AMS - Transit Security?
Jan 2, 2019, 6:05 am
#16
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: HAG
Programs: Der 5* FTL
Posts: 8,180
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.
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.
It implies that while a Schengen arrival will never require security control (true), a non-Schengen arrival might (also true), and that while a Schengen to NS connection will include a passport check (true), a NS-NS connection will not involve passport check (true, except for the ID check)
Dec 22, 2019, 9:06 pm
#17
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 1,657
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?
Dec 23, 2019, 1:12 am
#18
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: CPT,AMS
Posts: 4,414
Just make sure to get to immigration with plenty of time to spare as queues can be long at times.