Transiting through frankfurt airport
Sep 28, 2016, 12:09 pm
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Transiting through frankfurt airport
Hello friends,
I am traveling to canada on monday from malabo, guinea ecuatorial on Lufthansa. I have a layover in frankfurt for about 3 hours then ill take a plane to canada on Air Canada
I am a lebanese national with a valid canadian visa and i wanted to ask if i needed a transit visa to board the lufthansa airlines plane for a layover in frankfurt airport.
Regards
I am traveling to canada on monday from malabo, guinea ecuatorial on Lufthansa. I have a layover in frankfurt for about 3 hours then ill take a plane to canada on Air Canada
I am a lebanese national with a valid canadian visa and i wanted to ask if i needed a transit visa to board the lufthansa airlines plane for a layover in frankfurt airport.
Regards
Sep 28, 2016, 12:30 pm
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As long as you arrive from a non-Schengen country to FRA and you depart to a non-Schengen country you will be fine as you will be able to stay in (non-Schengen) transit at FRA without a Schengen visa.
Sep 28, 2016, 12:55 pm
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Welcome to FlyerTalk, Hassanfahs!
Based on the information you provided I searched the IATA website and found the following:
As SK AAR has said you don't need a Schengen visa if you stay in the non-Schengen transit area of the airport.
You may like to check for yourself entering your personal data on this website: http://www.iatatravelcentre.com/pass...quirements.htm
Based on the information you provided I searched the IATA website and found the following:
Passengers transiting only are exempt from holding a visa when:
Nationals of Lebanon holding onward tickets in transit **AND** meeting one of the following conditions:
holding a valid visa issued by Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Ireland (Rep.), Japan, Romania, USA or United Kingdom traveling to any non-Schengen Member State;
A max. transit time of 24 hours through Frankfurt (FRA) or Munich (MUC).
Nationals of Lebanon holding onward tickets in transit **AND** meeting one of the following conditions:
holding a valid visa issued by Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Ireland (Rep.), Japan, Romania, USA or United Kingdom traveling to any non-Schengen Member State;
A max. transit time of 24 hours through Frankfurt (FRA) or Munich (MUC).
You may like to check for yourself entering your personal data on this website: http://www.iatatravelcentre.com/pass...quirements.htm
Sep 28, 2016, 1:26 pm
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Sep 28, 2016, 1:27 pm
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Welcome to FlyerTalk, Hassanfahs!
Based on the information you provided I searched the IATA website and found the following:
As SK AAR has said you don't need a Schengen visa if you stay in the non-Schengen transit area of the airport.
You may like to check for yourself entering your personal data on this website: http://www.iatatravelcentre.com/pass...quirements.htm
Based on the information you provided I searched the IATA website and found the following:
As SK AAR has said you don't need a Schengen visa if you stay in the non-Schengen transit area of the airport.
You may like to check for yourself entering your personal data on this website: http://www.iatatravelcentre.com/pass...quirements.htm
Thank you very much for your help
Sep 28, 2016, 1:58 pm
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If the flight from Malabo/Lagos arrives at a Z gate and the flight to Canada leaves from a B gate, is it possible to easily transfer between the gate areas while staying in the non-schengen zone, or would that require special assistance such as a by-request shuttle bus?
Sep 28, 2016, 2:03 pm
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If the flight from Malabo/Lagos arrives at a Z gate and the flight to Canada leaves from a B gate, is it possible to easily transfer between the gate areas while staying in the non-schengen zone, or would that require special assistance such as a by-request shuttle bus?
FRA may seem confusing but you can transfer between B, C and Z without entering Schengen.
Sep 28, 2016, 2:06 pm
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I also found the answer in this thread: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/lufth...on-thread.html
Oct 2, 2016, 9:40 am
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Intl to Intl transfers are very common in airports of any size, so they are already set up to keep in in the "transit" side of things.