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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 11:56 pm
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Hi,

Originally Posted by okflyer
When I flew from SEA to OSL via CDG in April and May I had to go through Passport Control. However, I was not transferring through CDG to another continent, but rather going on within Europe and to another Schengen (SP?) county at that.
The key here is that you were entering the Schengen zone. You always go through passport control in the first country in which you enter the zone.

If you had continued to ZRH or LHR, you would have been able to stay airside.

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