Originally Posted by
shiningkey2008
Dear olm022
Thanks very much for your detailed explanation. My concern is whether I can fly back to my home country with the same air tickets (transit in Germany). I understand that I don't need transit visa for Germany. However I was confused by the visa. Travel agent told me I don't need a visa for that country when I'm flying back to home country.
Do you have an idea?
Thanks!
shiningkey2008,
Sorry I did not reply earlier - I completely forgot about this threat.
Like noted before, you have the right to go through other Schengen countries only one time. Once you have landed in Frankfurt and they have put an entry stamp in your passport, your "+1 transit" is used and only the "national" part of your visa is valid, i.e., only for Spain.
The best, safest and quickest option is to go to the German Embassy in Madrid (or any other consulate), bring the application form, your ticket and apply for a transit visa. These type of visas are the easiest to obtain. In your case there should not be any problem in getting one. After all, German will collect 35 euro for putting a sticker which costs less than 20 cents to produce.
Also, though I do not recommend it, in case the immigration officer in FRA does not put an
entry stamp in your passport, you can still use your current visa when you fly back. But this may involve you having to lie in case they ask whether you flew to Madrid last time nonstop or via Frankfurt (you can always claim that you flew via London and in this case the only stamp you could get would have been a MAD airport stamp). But like I said, it is not really worth it.
ghsrikanth,
Elaborate more about your current visa status and your citizenship.
If you are in the same position as
shiningkey2008 (i.e,. you have a National visa with only one transit), you may run into troubles. Now that CH has fully entered the Schengen, they will do the passport inspection in ZRH in case this is the last place before you leave Schengen.