Transit Visa not required for Advance Parole travelling through Frankfurt

Dont Panic about Transit Visa at Frankfort airprt

Hello friends,

Issue Regarding Transit Visa:

Do not need to panic, reason this morning I went German Embassy Washington DC to
apply for my transit visa, at office no one there except me and the officer, she was sitting
alone. So I got the time to talk with her. What I got the information, I am posting here

1) If you have a valid passport and valid advance parole, you don't need a transit visa ( if your
are staying inside airport only, if you want to go out side to see or want to
stay for a day, yes you need a transit visa, otherwise you fine) while coming back
same, you don't need any transit visa, but, if any one asks to show the proof. yes you have to show
the advanced parole and valid passport.

2) if you have valid passport and valid visa such as H1B(not expired) or Student or any kind
of visa(not expired) and the stamped on you passport then you are fine.
( if you want to stay for a day then you need transit visa)


3) if you have a valid passport and the Valid visa was expired and you have H1b or any visa
approval with you and you are planning to transit through Frankfort then you don't need a transit visa,
but while coming back yes you need a transit visa because your passport was not stamped with the latest
visa approval even though you cannot enter USA.

Hope this will help you all, I am planning to visit India sometime this month and
I will post my exp. after return to USA
 
Here is a bit of history on this:
In the eighties, many people used the fact that you didn't need a transit visa as a way to enter germany in order to seek political asylum. They bought a plane ticket fom lets say Ghana to the US, changing planes in Frankfurt. Once they arrived in Frankfurt, they were not allowed to board the plane to the US in the absence of a valid US visa. Now, all they had to do was to utter 'I am seeking political asylum' and voila, they were allowed to stay in germany for 7-10 years until their asylum claim was adjudicated. 99% of these asylum claims where eventually denied, but in the meantime the german goverment had to house and feed these guys (this abuse created a social, political and criminal crisis severe enough that it led to a change in the german constitution severely restricting the right to asylum). Still, today the rules on transit visas are designed to make sure that anyone transitting through a german airport has a visa (or AP) for his final destination.
 
Hello HSS MD,

I guess you are travelling to India and India is your home country, then in that case you are correct you do not need a transit visa in Frankfurt as long as you have a valid US visa stamped in your passport or have a valid AP.

In my case I was transiting thru Frankfurt, but not actually travelling to my home Country (My home country being India and I was actually travelling to Lebanon) Thus I did need the Transit visa.

Hope this helps clarify.
 
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