Timeline for Do I need a visa to transit (or layover) in the Schengen area?
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| 12 hours ago | comment | added | Ari Brodsky | Most of the links to the EU sites are dead (again?). | |
| Apr 2 at 2:42 | history | edited | mlc | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
bulgaria and romania are now in schengen and are thus not exceptions
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| Oct 24, 2023 at 0:20 | history | edited | mlc | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
update annex 7b link
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| Aug 4, 2023 at 21:43 | history | edited | mlc | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
update annex 7b link
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| Mar 6, 2023 at 16:37 | history | edited | Michael Seifert | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 18, 2023 at 16:12 | history | edited | jcaron | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
fix Airport transit visa link
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| Jan 7, 2023 at 9:10 | history | edited | mlc | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
update EU link to current version; Croatia is in Schengen
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| Mar 31, 2022 at 14:37 | comment | added | DavidRecallsMonica | @Relaxed You're welcome. I just did the same for the subsequent section of the answer. | |
| Mar 31, 2022 at 8:42 | comment | added | Relaxed | @DavidSupportsMonica Apparently all links to this website have been broken, I tried to find new ones, thanks. | |
| Mar 31, 2022 at 8:40 | history | edited | Relaxed | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 30, 2022 at 20:36 | comment | added | DavidRecallsMonica | Both EU links above in the section titled "Do Citizens of Your Country..." are dead. | |
| S May 19, 2021 at 19:31 | history | suggested | overground | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
fix broken link to visa map
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| May 18, 2021 at 9:40 | history | edited | Relaxed | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 13, 2019 at 2:01 | history | edited | Michael Seifert | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Clarified countries whose expired visas can be used to transit Germany
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| Mar 18, 2019 at 19:59 | history | edited | phoog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Expired US visas on return trip.
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| Sep 4, 2018 at 21:46 | history | edited | Michael Seifert | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
fixed link to EU visa policy map
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| Apr 3, 2018 at 12:31 | history | edited | hmakholm left over Monica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 3, 2018 at 6:38 | history | edited | phoog | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 9, 2017 at 19:17 | history | rollback | Relaxed |
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| Nov 9, 2017 at 16:09 | history | edited | Crazydre | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 9, 2017 at 15:45 | history | edited | phoog | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 28, 2017 at 11:34 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Relaxed | ||
| Sep 7, 2017 at 10:14 | history | edited | JonathanReez♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 7, 2017 at 17:28 | comment | added | Relaxed | @becko How did you confirm that? | |
| Jun 7, 2017 at 14:21 | comment | added | a06e | I just confirmed that as a Cuban going to the UK, I need a transit visa from Madrid. Maybe part 4 needs an update, or I misinterpreted. Thanks. | |
| Jun 7, 2017 at 12:46 | comment | added | a06e | Regarding part 4, is still true (considering BREXIT) that if I hold a UK visa I don't need transit visa from Schengen countries? | |
| Mar 16, 2017 at 7:29 | comment | added | RedBaron | As this is THE canonical answer for a host of questions, IMHO it would be better to add a link to the Timatic web-tool with a note that approximate visa requirements (which are fluid or airport dependent, e.g. Geneva requires transt on same calendar day and so on) may be obtained/verified through that tool. | |
| Mar 15, 2017 at 2:45 | history | edited | Crazydre | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 1, 2017 at 14:46 | history | edited | Crazydre | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 15, 2017 at 0:31 | history | rollback | Relaxed |
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| Jan 14, 2017 at 23:26 | history | edited | Crazydre | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 14, 2017 at 23:20 | history | edited | Crazydre | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 18, 2016 at 22:30 | comment | added | shirish | @Relaxed ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/e-library/documents/policies/… is no longer there, seems to have been moved to some other place. | |
| Jul 9, 2016 at 4:29 | comment | added | Relaxed | @user1742188 That's article 3(5) of the Schengen Visa Code. | |
| Jul 9, 2016 at 1:47 | comment | added | user1742188 | Is there a source for the statements in part 4? I would like to print out a hard copy in case of any trouble at the airport. | |
| Mar 3, 2016 at 17:11 | comment | added | phoog | According to the French consulate in LA (consulfrance-losangeles.org/spip.php?article791), there's no requirement that a used visa be "recently expired." Specifically: "Holding a visa delivered by the United Kingdom, Ireland, Rumania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Liechtenstein, Canada, Japan, or the United States of America, even if this visa has been used and isn’t valid for another entry, at the condition that the airport of departure is located in the country that delivered the visa. That exception applies only for people returning from their trip." | |
| Dec 27, 2015 at 0:23 | comment | added | Relaxed | @fkraiem Yes, it's US specific as far as I know because visas work a bit differently there (a visa need not be valid during the whole duration of your stay, only on the day you enter) and some non-immigrant statuses (e.g. H1B) can last much longer than the typical tourism visit. | |
| Dec 27, 2015 at 0:15 | comment | added | fkraiem | So this is a US-specific thing then? (The question was purely academic, I am actually living in Japan, where everybody who's not a tourist is a resident and has a residence card.) | |
| Dec 27, 2015 at 0:11 | comment | added | Relaxed | @fkraiem The difference is that not everybody who stays legally has a residence permit. But if you have a residence permit or green card, you don't really care about the distinction, this is mostly relevant for visitors who entered on a non-immigrant visa. | |
| Dec 26, 2015 at 23:54 | comment | added | fkraiem | Regarding part 4, what's the difference between having a residence permit and staying legally (with an expired visa)? | |
| Nov 17, 2015 at 9:11 | history | edited | Relaxed | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
That's not an additional exception, that's what the previous paragraph is about
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| S Nov 17, 2015 at 4:32 | history | suggested | Zach Lipton | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
add note about TWOV through some Germany airports even with expired US visa
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| S Nov 1, 2015 at 13:35 | history | suggested | Louis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added a link to source the statement that US visa holders don't need a transit visa in France.
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| Jul 1, 2014 at 10:30 | vote | accept | Relaxed | ||
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| Jun 17, 2014 at 21:39 | history | answered | Relaxed | CC BY-SA 3.0 |