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Airport transit visa

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Which travellers require a transit visa/permission and which officially documented exemptions are important?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm which travellers need transit permission and the main exemptions.

Can the traveller remain airside, and under what circumstances must immigration control be crossed?

The airport transit visa is valid only for passing through the international transit areas of airports in Member States. The official source does not state the circumstances in which immigration control must be crossed.

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  • The Visa Code does not state the circumstances in which immigration control must be crossed.

What officially documented baggage collection, terminal, separate-ticket or self-transfer situations affect the immigration requirement?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the baggage, terminal-change and self-transfer rules.

What maximum transit period, overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules matter?

For a single airport transit the Member State where the transit airport is located decides the application; for double or multiple airport transits, the Member State of the first transit airport. Multiple airport transit visas are issued with a maximum validity of six months. The official source does not state a maximum transit period, overnight or airport-change rule.

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  • No maximum transit period, overnight or airport-change rule is stated.

If permission is required, what permission is it, where/how is it obtained, and what core onward-travel evidence is required?

The permission is an airport transit visa, examined and decided by consulates. Applicants must present documents on continuing the journey to the final destination after the planned airport transit and documents establishing their intention not to enter Member-State territory; the consulate verifies the travel document is not false, the coherence of origin, destination, itinerary and transit, and proof of onward travel.

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