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Old May 3, 2018, 8:29 am
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Originally Posted by Marsh11
Out of curiosity: a while back I flew IAD-LHR-LYS and did not go through passport control in LHR (which would be the EU port of entry, right?), only when I arrived at LYS. Why is the process for PHL-MUC-HER different?
Perhaps because the United Kingdom is not a signatory to the Schengen Agreement? (But as MADPhil says below, transit is transit at LHR).

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