Timeline for Departing from airport before visa is valid, but arriving when it is
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:52 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Dec 4, 2016 at 6:50 | comment | added | Christian | Hello - Everything went as expected! They checked my VISA at Amsterdam Airport and gave me green light to go on the plane :)) | |
| Nov 10, 2016 at 23:32 | vote | accept | Christian | ||
| Nov 10, 2016 at 23:15 | comment | added | Jan | In this check, they decide whether they want you in the country or not, whether they will let you in or not. However, they don’t care when your visa validity started, they only care if it is valid now. | |
| Nov 10, 2016 at 23:14 | comment | added | Jan | @Christian The airline staff checks your passport/travel documents either at check-in, luggage drop-off, the gate or somewhere in-between. They are required to make sure you provide sufficient documents, which for Russia means passport + valid visa. However, this is typically just a basic sanity check; they can get fined for letting a person on the plane who requires a visa but does not have one. The check you want to be ‘worrying’ about, however, is the check the Russian immigration officer performs at Sheremetyevo somewhere between leaving the plane and exiting the airport. | |
| Nov 10, 2016 at 23:11 | comment | added | Christian | Thank you! My questions may seem obvious, but I just have to be sure - this is my first travel outside EU alone. Don't they check the visa on departure or is it only on arrival? Can the airline/officer deny me boarding the plane? | |
| Nov 10, 2016 at 21:38 | history | answered | Jan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |