Originally Posted by irishguy28 (Post 30598671)

That implies that all arrivals from outside of Schengen require a security check on arrival at AMS. And that transit passengers may need "exit control" at AMS. That is incorrect.

The security check has nothing to do with Schengen. The vast majority of flights arriving at AMS are from trusted or "clean" origins - all of the Schengen countries, plus many others such as the UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, UAE, Singapore, etc etc.

Only passengers arriving from the non-trusted origins - or passengers self-connecting from the low-cost pier to the "main" airport - would be forced to go through a security check while transiting at AMS. [Spot checks can occur on flights from any origin at any time, if deemed necessary by the authorities].

However, passengers transiting AMS and either arriving from non-Schengen and going to a Schengen destination, or arriving from a Schengen origina and going to a non-Schengen destination, will need to go through passport control.

Passengers transiting Schengen-to-Schengen, or non-Schengen to non-Schengen, won't need any passport checks.

Originally Posted by tr3k (Post 31867861)

Somewhat related - if I arrive on a non-Schengen flight (from the US) with a Schengen connection - is it possible to stay in the non-Schengen area for a while, and then go through passport control to the Schengen area? How is this handled practically?