please advice

[Alla 3]

I'm a citizen of Belarus with a green card. I'm planning to go to Belarus with my husband through Warsaw,Poland.

I read a lot of web-sites about visa to Poland but it is very confusing.

Could someone advice me how to obtain a transit visa to Poland?

Thanks for your time!

[slim 1,519]

The best place I've ever seen for visa issues with foreign countries is the Delta site - http://www.delta.com/planning_reservations/plan_flight/international_travel_information/visa_passport_information/index.jsp

I just plugged in Belarus citizen with US green card, transit through Poland on the way to Belarus and got - Travel without Visa (TWOV) if you stay in the airport and continue directly to your destination.

So, maybe your visa problems just disappeared!

[Brad and Vika 129]

If you are traveling from America to Belarus, and only transfer in Warsaw (less than 24 hours in the terminal I think), you won't need a visa. Now the new International Terminal is complete, and you move through a security check and down one floor to your next flight. At no point should you have to even see a passport control officer. My wife has transferred with a Ukrainian passport in Warsaw (with and without a green card) several times with no visa.

A transit visa is typically required when your connection is late enough that you need a day or night in the country where you are making your transfer. Incidentially I don't think a transit visa is difficult for an American green card holder to get in Poland either, so long as your flight out is 24 hours after your arrival. I saw a member here post that his wife was able to get a transit visa and spend a day shopping when her flight was delayed - putting her over the time limit.

[slim 1,519]

his wife was able to get a transit visa and spend a day shopping when her flight was delayed - putting her over the time limit.

And most likely over budget as well!

[Alla 3]

If you are traveling from America to Belarus, and only transfer in Warsaw (less than 24 hours in the terminal I think), you won't need a visa. Now the new International Terminal is complete, and you move through a security check and down one floor to your next flight. At no point should you have to even see a passport control officer. My wife has transferred with a Ukrainian passport in Warsaw (with and without a green card) several times with no visa.

A transit visa is typically required when your connection is late enough that you need a day or night in the country where you are making your transfer. Incidentially I don't think a transit visa is difficult for an American green card holder to get in Poland either, so long as your flight out is 24 hours after your arrival. I saw a member here post that his wife was able to get a transit visa and spend a day shopping when her flight was delayed - putting her over the time limit.

Thanks for the answer. The problem is that I have to go from airport to the bus station, so technically I have to leave the airport. Finally I found out how I can apply for a transit visa.

[sanuginz 0]

I heard Poland just upped the price of a visa as of June to the $300-$400 range as part of the European Union integration.

Are you trying to save money by taking the train into Minsk?

Edited August 14, 2010 by sanuginz