Russian traveling from Mexico to Russia via Europe; Which Schengen airports allow transit without Schengen visa?
I am a Russian traveling from Mexico to Russia via Europe; Which Schengen airports allow transit without Schengen visa?
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Just about any major European airport with connections to both Russia and Mexico should allow sterile transit.
To be able to use this facility, you have to make sure that you have a single layover in the Schengen area (no Mexico-Frankfurt-Vienna-Russia but only Mexico-Frankfurt-Russia or Mexico-Vienna-Russia) and that you buy the whole trip as a single reservation with partner airlines so that you don't need to collect your luggage during the layover.
Beyond that, some people require an airport transit visa even for sterile transit but that's not the case for Russian citizens anywhere in the Schengen area except France. Even in France, Russian citizens only need a visa if they are in transit from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Turkey or Egypt so that restriction would not apply to you when coming from Mexico.
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Do Russians need a Schengen transit visa?
Russia. Russian nationals are required to be in possession of an Airport Transit Visa when passing through the international transit area of airports of the following Schengen countries: France (FR)Can you transit through Schengen without visa?
No, you cannot. If you have to leave the international transit area at the airport where you have landed in order to make your transfer, you cannot transit without a visa and you need a full short-stay Schengen 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.Can you transit through 2 Schengen countries?
No. Long stay visa or residence permit issued by a Schengen Agreement State allows you to travel or stay in other countries of Schengen area during the maximum period of \u201cshort stay visit\u201d (staying not more than 90 days within a period of 180 days).Why Russians Will Get Visa Free Travel To EUROPE
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