confusion on airport transit visa

[mkn9 0]

hi

i am about to book the tickets for my parents.they will travel from India via Paris on a tourist visa.do they have get an airport transit visa to change planes in Paris( layover is 2 hrs 20 mins.)and Amsterdam on their way back(layover for 2 hrs).I have been searching for the right information but not getting one.right guidance highly appreciated.

thanks in advance!!

[Boiler 45,993]

The Airline will know.

[newacct 688]

hi

i am about to book the tickets for my parents.they will travel from India via Paris on a tourist visa.do they have get an airport transit visa to change planes in Paris( layover is 2 hrs 20 mins.)and Amsterdam on their way back(layover for 2 hrs).I have been searching for the right information but not getting one.right guidance highly appreciated.

thanks in advance!!

From reading the French consulate website, it seems they do not need an airport transit visa:

http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/spip.php?article658

You DO NOT NEED an airport transit visa if you :

...

* hold a valid visa for ... the United States of America;

* hold an expired visa for ... the United States of America but you are leaving the country which delivered it (for e.g., if you are an Indian citizen holding an expired US visa and flying to Dubai via Paris, and if you do not plan to leave the international zone of the airport, you do not need to apply for a Schengen visa of any kind);

[ndu26 114]

They do not need a transit visa in this case. As long as they stay inside the airport, they are good. they wait out dthe layover and move on to the next half of the journey.

[Shiobhan 235]

I would call and find out I know someone who travelled USA-London_Paris to Germany to his sister graduation, the Airline knew he is a GC holder never told him

about a transit visa Paris immigration turned him around back to USA layover was 3 hrs...he even asked them to confine him for the 3 hrs so he would not miss his younger

sister graduation, maybe he just was unlucky but I would check....No he has no criminal records anywhere

[Harsh_77 718]

Post #5

I am missing something, I have travelled thru Europe and other countries if you are not leaving the airport you do not need transit visa.

Unless your layover is over 10-12 hours and you are going to use the hotel or something or, in UK if you are chaning the airport than yes you might need a transit visa.

[Mariana2012 89]

Post #5

I am missing something, I have travelled thru Europe and other countries if you are not leaving the airport you do not need transit visa.

Unless your layover is over 10-12 hours and you are going to use the hotel or something or, in UK if you are chaning the airport than yes you might need a transit visa.

It's not about leaving the airport ,it's about weather the passenger can transfer through a transfer only area or weather he has to go through immigration to transfer to the next flight. Depends on the destination, terminals etc not the duration of your layover. Only the airline and the French consulate of the country can tell them for sure. From what I remember at Charles de Gaules I was free to go wherever I wanted before my connection so if I were from a country who needed a visa from France I would have needed a transfer visa when I flew via Paris

Edited March 29, 2013 by Mariana2012