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Old Jul 19, 2012 | 7:03 am
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Originally Posted by haggis79
In this case, yes you will need a transit visa, since you need to claim your baggage and re-check it, which happens landside.

Also make sure that you have ample time for your connection, since if you miss your connecting flight you will have to find alternate means of transport to GLA on your own expense.
The poster didn't tell us his citizenship, but I assume he's Vietnamese ? He as to check carefully what are the requirements (I'm no expert at all in this), as I'm not sure only a transit visa is needed. Could a full Schengen visa be required (as basically the traveller will pass immigration in CDG and be allowed to enter the Schengen area) ?

Note to Goma : to avoid all these hassles, you could have booked this entire itinerary under AF flight numbers, as AF code-shares with both VN and BE on your routing (and so interlines with both).
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