Odd situation- madrid
Feb 17, 2016, 11:31 pm
#1
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Odd situation- madrid
Hi all members im new to this site, i have different situation than yours and want explain to you and see if that possible or not please help me.
I have colombian student visa and i from lebanon but i live in UAE and my situation like this, want travel to Colombia but normal airlines takes more money more time in transit and above that need 2 or 3 more visas (transit ones), so im thinking of make it on 2 tickets like the following:
(1) abu dhabi---madrid
(2) madrid-----medellin
the second ticket i will reserve it in the airport itself, now my questions are:
1-do i need schengen visa for this situation ?
2- will they allow me to do this change from T1 to T4 ?
Thanks for your time
Best regards,
I have colombian student visa and i from lebanon but i live in UAE and my situation like this, want travel to Colombia but normal airlines takes more money more time in transit and above that need 2 or 3 more visas (transit ones), so im thinking of make it on 2 tickets like the following:
(1) abu dhabi---madrid
(2) madrid-----medellin
the second ticket i will reserve it in the airport itself, now my questions are:
1-do i need schengen visa for this situation ?
2- will they allow me to do this change from T1 to T4 ?
Thanks for your time
Best regards,
Feb 18, 2016, 12:40 am
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Colombians don't need Schengen visas even to leave the airport. Also, Etihad arrives at T4 so you won't even have to leave the terminal. Just go through the transfer desk and security again within T4S.
So yeah, it's a perfectly fine plan taking all the standard precautions for separate tickets.
So yeah, it's a perfectly fine plan taking all the standard precautions for separate tickets.
Feb 18, 2016, 2:56 am
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Try if possible to print your boarding pass doing the online check in on Iberia or Avianca in advance. There are also transfer desks where you can drop your luggage if they don't allow you to send it direct from AUH to MDE.
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Feb 18, 2016, 12:26 pm
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I'm sorry, I was confusing Emirates and Etihad. Yes, Etihad goes to T1 but there is a transit transfer (a bus will take you to T4S) and you don't need a visa to transit. That said, you would have to do this without any checked luggage.
Feb 18, 2016, 1:06 pm
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So no schengen visa needed ok thats fine and passport control will see colombian visa and let me pass through to T4S and from where exactly i can reserve the other ticket, please give me more details --thats whats i want to hear god bless you--
Feb 18, 2016, 3:58 pm
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Your situation is definitely not odd.
Plugging the above info into TIMATIC (a system that airlines use for visa requirements) we get the following:
So it looks like you don't need a transit visa if you don't need to go landside.
Now, if this is 2 separate tickets, this will be a problem and you WILL need a transit visa, because it's very likely that Etihad will not let you board the plane in Abu Dhabi without a valid Spanish/Schengen visa. Also, if you check bags, there's a good chance they will not check these bags through to Colómbia.
you say "the second ticket i will reserve it in the airport itself" - why not pre-book it online? They will not let you through passport control without a valid visa, and the ticket office is landside.
Plugging the above info into TIMATIC (a system that airlines use for visa requirements) we get the following:
Code:
Summary Conditional, The traveler will need to hold travel documents as detailed below. Type: Notice Colombia - Destination Passport Entry and Transit restrictions apply: Visitors with a non-machine readable passport are not allowed to enter. Additional information: Nationals of Colombia holding dual nationality must enter and depart with a Colombian passport. This does not apply to nationals of Colombia who obtained their second nationality before the 4th of July 1991 and never recovered their Colombian nationality. Type: Notice Colombia - Destination Visa Visa required. Visa issuance: E-visas can be applied for at www.cancilleria.gov.co. Visitors must hold a printed copy of the e-visa. Additional information: Visitors traveling to San Andres Island, are required to hold return/onward tickets. Visitors over 6 years of age traveling to San Andres (ADZ) are required to purchase a Tourist Card. Fee: COP 47,700.- Visitors over 6 years of age traveling to Leticia (LET) are required to purchase a Tourist Card. Fee: COP 20,000.- Important: Visitors, traveling as tourist, not holding return/onward tickets could be refused entry. Type: Ok Colombia - Destination Health This information is for guide purposes only. Other health organisations may recommend alternative precautions. Vaccination against yellow fever is required if traveling to Arauca (AUC). Recommended Health and Vaccination precautions: Vaccination against yellow fever for all passengers of 9 months of age and older travelling to the departments at altitudes below 2300m, except for those travelling to areas west of the Andes. Malaria prophylaxis. malaria risk (high and low) in some municipalities. Recommended prevention in all risk areas: C. In Timatic, the recommended type of prevention is referred to as: - Type A (very limited risk of malaria transmission) - Mosquito bite prevention only. - Type B (risk of P. vivax malaria only) - Mosquito bite prevention plus chloroquine chemoprophylaxis. - Type C (risk of P. falciparum malaria with chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance) - Mosquito bite prevention plus atovaquone-proguanil or doxycyline or mefloquine chemoprophylaxis. - Type D (risk of P. falciparum malaria plus reported multi-drug resistance) - Mosquito bite prevention plus plus atovaquone-proguanil or doxycyline or mefloquine chemoprophylaxis, depending on local drug restistance. Chemoprophylaxis should be started preferably one week before departure and no later than the first day of exposure; it must be taken with unfailing regularity and continued for 4 weeks after the last exposure. No prophylactic regimen is 100% protective against infection, but even if it fails to prevent the disease it may, nevertheless, render the infection milder and less life threatening. Type: Notice Spain - Transit Visa Visa required. Transiting without a visa is possible for: Holders of onward tickets in transit . Type: Ok Spain - Transit Health This information is for guide purposes only. Other health organisations may recommend alternative precautions. Vaccinations not required.
So it looks like you don't need a transit visa if you don't need to go landside.
Now, if this is 2 separate tickets, this will be a problem and you WILL need a transit visa, because it's very likely that Etihad will not let you board the plane in Abu Dhabi without a valid Spanish/Schengen visa. Also, if you check bags, there's a good chance they will not check these bags through to Colómbia.
you say "the second ticket i will reserve it in the airport itself" - why not pre-book it online? They will not let you through passport control without a valid visa, and the ticket office is landside.