Dublin transit visa requirements for Indian citizens
My wife was not allowed to board her flight from Bangalore to the UK via Frankfurt and Dusseldorf as the Lufthansa staff claimed she needed a Shengen visa to take the flight from Frankfurt to Dusseldorf. She has an Indian passport with a valid UK spouse visa for 2 years.
I'm currently trying to book her on another flight and I've seen one going from Bangalore to Manchester,UK via Abu Dhabi and Dublin. I'm worried that the same issue may come up again in Dublin. Would she require a transit visa in this scenario to enter Dublin?
Also were the Lufthansa staff correct in not letting her board the original flight. I'm sure I've read that spouses of British Citizens are amongst those exempt from airport transit visa requirements in Germany?
Best Answer
Traveling by herself through Ireland
She would need a visa for Ireland, however would not be required to pay the fee under the "Short Stay Visa Programme" with countries including India. She can only using enter using the Common Travel Area rules if she is a visitor to the UK. The visitors to the UK section outlines the following:
This covers people visiting the UK (not settling) and includes:
- people coming for tourism, to visit friends and family or to do short courses of study
- unpaid academic, business, sports and entertainment activities
- permitted paid engagements
- people travelling to another country (‘in transit’)
- private medical treatment
- parents of children at schools in the UK
- visiting just for marriage or civil partnership
- the ‘Approved Destination Scheme’ agreement with China
- Commonwealth Games family members
She does not need a visa if she holds an EU Residence card.
You are a family member of an EU citizen and you hold a document called "Residence card of a family member of a Union citizen" as referred to in article 10 of Directive 2004/38/EC (pdf).
Traveling with you
She can travel within the Schengen zone without a visa as long as she is accompanying you.
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Do Indian citizen need transit visa for Dublin?
No Indians citizens do not require transit visa for Ireland if transiting at airside (without crossing border control) but you should be travelling on single pnr (one ticket and two boarding passes), you're luggage should be checked in for India and your transit duration should be less than 24 hours.Do we require transit visa for Dublin?
Nationals of some states or territorial entities are required to be in possession of an Irish transit visa when arriving at a port of entry in Ireland for the purposes of passing through a port (airport, seaport) in order to travel to another state. A transit visa does not permit you to enter Ireland for any purpose.How do I get a transit visa for Dublin?
You must apply for a visa from your home country, or a country where you are a legal resident. Prepare your application 3 months before you travel....Your application has 3 parts:Can I transit through Dublin?
"Only passengers transiting through Terminal 2 (arrive and depart from Terminal 2) with a confirmed onward ticket for a flight between 04:00 and 17:00 to a third country on the same calendar day, can transit without having to cross the state border in Dublin Airport.Flight Booked||Delhi to Dublin||Transit Visa||Covid RTPCR??||Cost
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