Originally Posted by
caspritz78
The link of the German embassy in the US explains it very easily.
A summary would be:
Rule 1: Indian citizens need a transit visa for Germany even if they never leave the transit area of the airport and even if no one at the airport will check it. (Don't ask why, don't tell us this is stupid, since we know, just accept it)
Rule 2: Indian citizens who hold an US green card or an US visa are exempted from rule 1.
Not exactly: if you are returning from a few countries and have a used visa from those, you can transit without a visa:
http://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/ti...buser=DELTAB2C
Code:
TWOV (Transit Without Visa):
Visa required, except for Nationals of India holding onward
tickets in transit For details, click here through Cologne/Bonn (CGN),
Frankfurt (FRA), Munich (MUC), Hamburg (HAM), Dusseldorf (DUS)
or Berlin Tegel (TXL) **AND** meeting one of the following
conditions:
- holding a valid visa issued by Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia,
Cyprus, Ireland (Rep.), Japan, Romania, USA or United
Kingdom;
- holding an expired visa for the USA together with an I-797
notice of an extension applicable to that visa.
- returning from Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Ireland (Rep. of),
Japan, Romania, USA or United Kingdom after having used the
visa;
Thousands of Indians transit thru MUC & FRA each day using LH without a German Visa. @:-)