CASES ON EMIRATES

1. Indian PSPT
(JAN 10)

BLR-DXB-LAX-GRU Offloaded in DXB as USA does not have TWOV facilities and pax will need a valid USA visa to transit

2.

Indian PSPT
(MAR 10)

BLR-DXB-MUC

Start-date of Schengen visa was 1(one) day later than paxs arrival in MUC. Pax was offloaded in DXB Pax an Indian national is required a hold valid visa to transit in ZRH.

3.

Indian PSPT
(MAR 10)

BLR-DXB-ZRHGRU-SCL

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CASES ON EMIRATES
4. Indian PSPT
(MAY 10)

BLR-DXB-LHRXXX(AMS)

Indian nationals are not allowed to TWOV in UK. Pax held a NL noncommon format Returning Resident Visa which was not recognised by UK Offloaded in DXB as USA does not have TWOV facilities and pax will need a valid USA visa to transit, even if holding Canadian PR.

5.

Indian PSPT also PR of Canada

(JUN10)

BLR-DXB-JFK-YYZ

6.

Indian PSPT
(JUN 10)

BLR-DXB-Schengen

Visa in paxs passport was already utilised on a previous trip. There was a Schengen Immigration stamp on visa to show this

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SCHENGEN STATES Travel Documents / Visa

(Updated Jun 2010)

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SCHENGEN STATES (25 countries)

Austria Finland Iceland Malta Slovak Rep Belgium France Italy Netherlands Slovenia Czech Rep. Denmark Germany Greece Latvia Lithuania Norway Spain Poland Sweden Estonia Hungary Luxembourg Portugal Switzerland

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SCHENGEN STATES
There are 3 categories of Schengen Visas:
Type A (direct-airside transit only) Type C (short-term stay or transit) Type D (long-term stay or residence) Note : There is no Visa-on-Arrival (VOA) facilities in any of the Schengen States

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New Schengen Visas

(that are issued effective APR 2010)

TYPE A (Airside Transit Visa)

- nationals that are not allowed to TWOV must be in possession of this visa in order to transit
e.g. (India, Afghanistan, Congo, Sri Lanka etc.)

-must remain in transit and no doubletransit with this visa e.g. BLR-DXB-ZRH-FRA-GRU

New Schengen Visas

(that are issued effective APR 2010)

TYPE C
short-term visit visa for tourist or business purpose also issued for Transit through Schengen and allowed to clear immigration and travel within the Schengen States (limited to max. 15 days)

once inside a Schengen State, the national will also get free access to the other Schengen States. Example : SIN-ZRH-FRA-PAR etc

New Schengen Visas

(that are issued effective APR 2010)

Type D visa are:

long-term stay visa are allowed to travel to any or via any Schengen States

Verifying a Schengen Visa

Check the start and end date of the visa Number of entries.
In single-entry visa, check that it had not been used on a previous trip, by checking on the Immigration stamp on passport page near visa

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Validity of Schengen Visa

Verify the validity by checking both the start date & end date of the visa

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Check Entry(ies) of Schengen Visa

Verify the entry by checking Immigration stamp on Visa or PSPT page near the visa

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German Resident Permit

OK to accept for travel or transit in any Schengen states

Check validity

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TWOV in Schengen States

TWOV in Schengen State is NOT allowed for Indian Nationals, e.g. BLR-DXB-ZRH-GRU-SCL
Exceptions :

TWOV allowed if TWOV via Netherlands or Italy e.g. BLR-DXB-AMS-GRUSCL or TWOV allowed if holding Schengen Type A visa or TWOV allowed if holding a valid visa issued by USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Liechtenstein, Romania, Japan Slide 1 of 10

Returning LABOR IMMIGRANTS To Greece are NOT allowed to Transit in any Schengen States

Returning Labour Immigrants to Greece, must travel directly into Greece and not allowed to transit via any Schengen States

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