Do I need a transit visa in Zurich on the way to Vietnam? [duplicate]

I am Vietnamese and I am flying from Dusseldorf to Vietnam, and I will take the transit in Zurich within 15 hours. I want to go to the Zurich center. Any transit visa or any special documents I should have? I don't have any Schengen visa.

Best Answer

If you embark in Düsseldorf, it means you are already in the Schengen area (and since you don't have a short stay visa, you presumably have some other legal title to be there like a German residence permit). You won't leave the area before Zurich.

In most cases, you won't see any border guard before you go to the non-Schengen part of Zurich airport and you will in any case be free to leave the airport and do whatever you want. It's only when you go to catch your Vietnam-bound plane that you will be stamped out.

If you are coming from somewhere else, say London-Düsseldorf-Zurich-Vietnam, then you definitely need a Schengen visa for this transit, not merely to see the city in Zurich but also to be allowed to board your plane and catch the Düsseldorf-Zurich leg.

Either way, if you are able to follow this itinerary, you won't have any problem leaving the airport in Zurich.

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Do I need a visa to transit through Zurich airport?

There is no such thing as transit visa. Either you have a visa for Schengen or you don't. Z\xfcrich airport has sterile transit so you can connect without a visa.

Can I transit in Switzerland without visa?

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 you need a transit visa for connecting flights?

Most countries that normally require that you have a visa, do not require the visa if you are a transit passenger, someone who is only transiting through the airport. As you don't go through immigration, and you don't enter the country, hence no visa is needed.

Is a transit visa required for Vietnam?

Vietnam is one of these countries, and does not require any transit visa, as long as you plan to stay inside the airport. Note, however, international airports such as Hanoi Noi Bai Airport and Danang International Airport are rather small and not the best places for a light-sleeper.

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