Originally Posted by
flyertalker543
However, at LHR I'll go through passport control with everyone else, since our first point of entry in Europe.
No. The UK is not part of Schengen - sorry for the ambiguity in my previous reply. I meant to say in
Schengen you go through immigration at your first point of entry (in your case HEL) as there is no border control for intra-Schengen travel.
Originally Posted by
clifford79
I believe you'll go through passport control in HEL also though (in addition to LHR), since LHR is not in Schengen.
He won't go through immigration in London as a transit passenger.
Additionally "passport control" is a bit ambiguous as basically your passport gets "controlled" by the airline at check-in and when boarding the plane. The point with the grumpy officials is usually called Immigration or Border Control.