Do I require airport transit visa at Frankfurt? [duplicate]
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I am flying from Mumbiai to Montego Bay via Dubai and Frankfurt as my final destination. Do i require airport transit visa at Frankfurt. i will be having invitation letter from husband and even visa from Montego Bay.
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According to TIMATIC, you do not need a visa if you are
holding onward tickets in transit through Cologne/Bonn (CGN), Frankfurt (FRA), Munich (MUC), Hamburg (HAM), Dusseldorf (DUS) or Berlin Tegel (TXL) AND meeting one of the following conditions:
- holding a valid visa issued by Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Ireland (Rep.), Japan, Romania, USA or United Kingdom;
If you hold a visa for any of these countries and your connection is less than 24 hours then you can transit Frankfurt without a visa.
If you do NOT hold a visa for any of these countries then you WILL require a transit visa for Frankfurt.
The Lufthansa website also contains similar details.
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Do you require transit visa for Frankfurt?
German Transit Airports In these five airports in Germany, you can stay at the International Transit Area without a visa: Frankfurt/Main airport (open 24 hours) Munich Airport (open 24 hours) Hamburg Airport (4:30 a.m. \u2013 11:30 p.m. only)Do I need a visa when transiting through Germany?
The vast majority of other foreign travellers benefit from what is known as \u201ctransit privileges\u201d. If during transit through a German airport, you do not leave the International Airport Area and if your destination is not within the Schengen area, you do not need a transit visa.Do I need a visa to change terminals in Frankfurt?
You would need a Schengen visa if you want/have to leave the international airport zone (airside). At Frankfurt Airport you can stay however airside when changing terminals.Do I need a transit visa if I stay in the airport?
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.Does Frankfurt require transit visa?
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Answer 2
According to the Airport Transit in Germany page, you likely do need a visa (assuming you are a national of India):
Nationals of the following countries are required to be in possession of an airport transit visa when passing through the international transit area of airports in Germany:
AFGHANISTAN, BANGLADESH, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, ERITREA, ETHIOPIA, GHANA, INDIA, IRAN, IRAQ, JORDAN ** (please see below), LEBANON, MYANMAR, MALI, NIGERIA, PAKISTAN, SOMALIA, SRI LANKA, SUDAN, SOUTH SUDAN, SYRIA, TURKEY
There are exceptions to the above rule for holders of various USA visas and related documents, but if you're not travelling to or from the USA then those exceptions won't apply to you.
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