Airport transit visa from Brussels (Belgium) to Geneva
I am a US green card holder. I am traveling from Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) to New York. The airline is Brussels airline and from Brussel we need to tranfer to another plane that will take us from Brussels to Geneva, there we can go to New York. I would like to know if I need a Schengen airport transit visa for the Brussels-Geneva leg.
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Brussels and Geneva are both in the Schengen area. For this reason, the flight to Geneva will depart from another part of the airport than the flight from Ouagadougou and there will generally be no passport check on arrival in Geneva.
Because of that, an airport transit visa is not enough and the US green card does not help either. You will enter the Schengen area in Brussels and leave it in Geneva, with a passport check and stamp in each case and for that you need a regular Schengen visa (if you are a citizen of Burkina Faso).
See also Do I need a visa to transit (or layover) in the Schengen area?
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Do I need a transit visa for Geneva?
If you are not obliged to hold an airport transit visa, you are allowed to transit through Switzerland and stay in the airport international transit area without any visa.Do I need a transit visa to travel through Belgium?
If you transit through more than 1 airport in the Schengen area (e.g. Amsterdam and Brussels) before taking your flight to your end destination, you will need to apply for a visa type C, even if you don't leave the airport. A multiple transit visa will only be granted if the need for such a visa has been proven.Do I need a transit visa for a connecting flight in Europe?
A transit visa is a travel document allowing you to pass through another country until you reach your destination. For example, if you are traveling from India to the US, but you need to stop in the Schengen Zone to continue your flight for the US, you require a transit visa for the Schengen Area.Do we need transit visa for Brussels?
There is no specific transit visa for someone entering Belgium for a few hours, so if you are travelling on separate tickets and with hold luggage that needs to be collected from the first flight, which means leaving "airside", you need an entry visa (and won't be allowed to board the flight in India without one).TRANSIT BRUSSELS Airport (BRU) - Brussel-Zaventem Airport (BRU) - Concourse A - Belgium Travel video
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