Originally Posted by
Kleffen
Hi,
I've noticed that when arriving from long haul into AMS, sometimes I have to pass through security, but sometimes only passport control. What determines this?
Last year I flew from Houston and forward to Oslo, and only did passport control.
One month later I flew from South Africa and forward to Oslo, and had to transit through security. What determines this, is there a list over which countries requires what?
There's "safe" origins (US, Canada, others) and "unsafe" origins (South Africa, Caribbean, Latam, ..).
For the former, only passport control is needed. For the latter, you'd also go through security.
There's a list somewhere with countries having "sufficient" security in place so no re-clearance has to happen - it's also not a list AMS decides on themselves, just can't find it right now.