Do i require a transit visa to head through munich? [duplicate]

I am an Indian citizen. I have a British Residence permit for a year as I am studying in the UK. I plan to travel home during the Easter vacation and have booked tickets in Lufthansa. The itinerary requires me to travel through Munich and Frankfurt in the to and fro journey to and from Mumbai respectively. Do i need a airport transit visa at Germany?

My connecting flight is within 2 hours of landing in Munich as well as in Frankfurt on the return trip.

Best Answer

Inputting your data into Timatic (the database used by airlines) yields these results:

TWOV (Transit Without Visa): Visa required, except for Nationals of India transiting through Frankfurt (FRA) or Munich (MUC), arriving from a non-Schengen Member State with a confirmed onward ticket for a flight within 24 hours to a third country which is not a Schengen Member State. They must:

have a residence permit issued by the United Kingdom, and

stay in the international transit area of the airport, and

have documents required for their next destination.

Therefore, you don't need a visa for either Munich or Frankfurt if you are not transferring between them as well. In that case, you'd leave the international transit area and enter Schengen for an intra-Schengen flight.

You need to make sure that you have your luggage checked through and are not self-connecting so that you can stay in the international transit area. Don't follow the passenger flow, but ideally ask the staff at the gate where to go for international connections inside the transit area, the layout can be confusing.

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Do I need a transit visa for Munich Germany?

Do I need a visa? The vast majority of foreign travellers benefit from the \u201ctransit privilege\u201d - if during a stopover at a German airport, you do not leave the International Airport Area and if the destination is not in a Schengen country, you do not need a transit visa.

Do you need a visa when taking a connecting flight?

Re: Do I Need A Visa For A Connecting Flight Through The US? Yes. There is no transit at US airports and you will need to clear both Immigration and Customs at your first point of entry into the US regardless. You will need either an ESTA or a Visa.

Who requires a transit visa?

A transit visa allows you to pass through the border controls of the country you plan to transit in to board your outbound flight or boat. You cannot stay in the country, however. For example, you may be required to get a transit visa if: You are changing transport in a country to travel to another destination.

Do I need visa during transit?

Travelers transiting through India for less than 24 hours are advised to book the connecting flight on the same ticket as the flight to India. This way, there will be no need to leave the designated Transit Area in order to re-check luggage for the connecting flight, and so a transit visa will not be required.

Transit Visa To Visa Free Countries

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