Hello All ,

I have small query it was not clear who team check with exactly.

I got Nation visa (type -d) for Austria(Europe) and visa validity starts on JAN 4th 2016.

I am planning to travel on same day to Austria from Hyderabad .

I am planning to Book Qatar Airways from Hyderabad to Vienna on JAN 4th Flight.


Flight departs at Hyderabad on 03:45AM IST timing on JAN4th and reaches vienna by 01:00 PM via DOHA


My question here is as flight departs in Hyderabad 03:45 AM IST which europen time is 11:15PM(03th JAN) . So does immigration at Hyderabad do they stop me for Boarding ?? the VISA validity counts the time zone also ?? or just date ?? reaching final destination as per visa validity only

Any one having Hyderabad airport immigration at departure email id to confirm with them ??

Your visa needs to be valid when you arrive, which is on the 4th.

It Means Departure Immigration team does not stops me ?? Visa Validity doesn't count the departure time .

You are departing on the 4th local time and arriving on the 4th. It is highly unlikely they will calculate the timezone difference and realise when you depart it is the 3rd at your destination. Even if they do, you are landing on the 4th so you have no problem.

Tens of thousands of people fly from North America to Europe every day, and arrive the day after they left. While the majority of those people are U.S. citizens flying to countries for which they don't need visas or European citizens returning home, surely more than 100,000 every year need visas for their destinations. Some of those visas undoubtedly have validity that starts on the arrival date. You won't be the first person to have been in this situation. Relax.

Thank you for suggestion , I am not the US citizen . I am from INDIA and We need visa to entry to Europe.

As nux said , if immigration don't count timezone difference it is good .

The issue is "will your visa be current and valid when you arrive at the issuing country?"

Some countries routinely issue single entry visas with very small windows for entry and exit. In these cases, it wouldn't be unusual for the first flight to depart before the visa is valid.

I know the final destination and I will reach final destination after visa validity counts only .only the problem if does departure immigration or airlines does stops boarding ?? As visa issued country time zone doesn't started ??

Did any one faced this kind of issue ??

One last time: Your visa needs to be valid on the date you arrive in that country.