France now requires you to have a transit visa just to pass tro their stinking airport. In case of Germany, if your Visa has expired you will need a transit visa even if you have a valid I-94 to pass thro frankfurt to reach India. Please boycott airlines of these cursed countries. Alos beware of Delta flights going tro Paris
Beware of flying Air France and Luftansa
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Sridam Maitra
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Thanks for sharing the info
Yes, there are enough routes other than Paris and Frankfurt to get to India . Let\'s boycott these 2 airports. Their consulates are just trying to make easy money by having people apply for transit visas and using "security" as an excuse. Talk about sleazy governments !
Yes, there are enough routes other than Paris and Frankfurt to get to India . Let\'s boycott these 2 airports. Their consulates are just trying to make easy money by having people apply for transit visas and using "security" as an excuse. Talk about sleazy governments !
Sridam Maitra
Registered Users (C)
Second- hand info
Haven\'t looked for any web site with this info but heard about a friend\'s friend\'s wife who was going from the US to India and was not allowed to board her connecting flight to India at Paris airport. For confirmation of this new requirement, best thing to do would be to call your local airlines agent ( someone who deals with trips to India ).
Haven\'t looked for any web site with this info but heard about a friend\'s friend\'s wife who was going from the US to India and was not allowed to board her connecting flight to India at Paris airport. For confirmation of this new requirement, best thing to do would be to call your local airlines agent ( someone who deals with trips to India ).
this rule is for any EU nation u will be transiting thru..
SO now india has joined the list of \'rogue\' nations,and along with pakistan,sudan,iraq,etc,if ur simply transiting thru any European Airport,u need a transit visa
I found one URL to this effect
http://www.consulfrance-washington.org/visas/visasen.htm
SO now india has joined the list of \'rogue\' nations,and along with pakistan,sudan,iraq,etc,if ur simply transiting thru any European Airport,u need a transit visa
I found one URL to this effect
http://www.consulfrance-washington.org/visas/visasen.htm
this rule has been in place for pakistan for a while...
I had to get an "airport transit visa" for milan airport on my way to the u.s. from karachi in 1999, which, in effect, allowed me to disembark from my incoming flight, take a pee, and then board the next flight. this type of visa is required for all countries in the "shengen" (or however they spell it) region, which comprises of six european countries. pakistan has been on many countries\' crap list for a while. those of us who would rather not smuggle and/or blow up things have had to suffer.
I had to get an "airport transit visa" for milan airport on my way to the u.s. from karachi in 1999, which, in effect, allowed me to disembark from my incoming flight, take a pee, and then board the next flight. this type of visa is required for all countries in the "shengen" (or however they spell it) region, which comprises of six european countries. pakistan has been on many countries\' crap list for a while. those of us who would rather not smuggle and/or blow up things have had to suffer.
u shd go via pacific then
well all I can say is that all these European airlines just lost my business..F*** conceited idiots...I shall go via pacific..and I fly business class..so it\'s their loss..
they treat innocent,tax paying,law abiding people like us like some bloody native...and yet terrorists manage to do as and what they please..wow...
well all I can say is that all these European airlines just lost my business..F*** conceited idiots...I shall go via pacific..and I fly business class..so it\'s their loss..
they treat innocent,tax paying,law abiding people like us like some bloody native...and yet terrorists manage to do as and what they please..wow...
here\'s another URL
http://germany-info.org/relaunch/info/consular_services/visa/transit.html
Here ,under "some countries" ,India has recently been added...
as part of a list of terrorist nations..
What sons of bitches..this is like the last nail in the coffin
and NSC\'s efficiency does not help things..
http://germany-info.org/relaunch/info/consular_services/visa/transit.html
Here ,under "some countries" ,India has recently been added...
as part of a list of terrorist nations..
What sons of bitches..this is like the last nail in the coffin
and NSC\'s efficiency does not help things..
Here are some more details...
The visa in question is the so-called "Airport Transit Visa", and is a requirement of certain European countries, not airlines.
These European countries are the ones that form the so-called "Schengen" region, which currently comprises of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden (in my earlier post, i had mentioned 6 countries... evidently more have jumped on the bandwagon since i last travelled).
Nationals of certain countries are required to obtain an "airport transit visa" if, while transiting through an airport in a Schengen country, they need to disembark to change planes. The U.K. and Switzerland are not part of the Schengen group, therefore you do not need an airport transit visa for those countries. If you are flying Air-India or Pakistan International, you usually would not need to change planes, hence in this case, too, you won\'t need a transit visa.
This rule has been in place for nationals of Pakistan for some years; it seems from the postings that they have now included Indian nationals as well.
The visa in question is the so-called "Airport Transit Visa", and is a requirement of certain European countries, not airlines.
These European countries are the ones that form the so-called "Schengen" region, which currently comprises of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden (in my earlier post, i had mentioned 6 countries... evidently more have jumped on the bandwagon since i last travelled).
Nationals of certain countries are required to obtain an "airport transit visa" if, while transiting through an airport in a Schengen country, they need to disembark to change planes. The U.K. and Switzerland are not part of the Schengen group, therefore you do not need an airport transit visa for those countries. If you are flying Air-India or Pakistan International, you usually would not need to change planes, hence in this case, too, you won\'t need a transit visa.
This rule has been in place for nationals of Pakistan for some years; it seems from the postings that they have now included Indian nationals as well.