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The nationals of the following countries are subject to the visa requirement to enter or transit in the Schengen area.

  AFGHANISTAN GUINEA QATAR
ALBANIA GUINEA-BISSAU RUSSIA
ALGERIA GUYANA RWANDA
ANGOLA HAITI SAMOA
ARMENIA INDIA SAO TOME ANDPRINCIPE
AZERBAIJAN INDONESIA SAUDI ARABIA
BAHRAIN IRAN SENEGAL
BANGLADESH IRAQ SIERRA LEONE
BELARUS JAMAICA SOLOMON ISLANDS
BELIZE JORDAN SOMALIA
BENIN KAZAKHSTAN SOUTH AFRICA
BHUTAN KENYA SRI LANKA
BOLIVIA KIRIBATI ST LUCIA
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA KUWAIT ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
BOTSWANA KYRGYZSTAN SUDAN
BURKINA FASO LAOS SURINAME
BURMA/MYANMAR LEBANON SWAZILAND
BURUNDI LESOTHO SYRIA
CAMBODIA LIBERIA TAIWAN
CAMEROON LIBYA TAJIKISTAN
CAPE VERDE MADAGASCAR TANZANIA
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC MALAWI THAILAND
CHAD MALDIVES TIMOR-LESTE
CHINA MALI TOGO
COLOMBIA MARSHALL ISLANDS TONGA
COMOROS MAURITANIA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
CONGO MICRONESIA TUNISIA
COTE D'IVOIRE MOLDOVA TURKEY
CUBA MONGOLIA TURKMENISTAN
DEM. REP. OF CONGO MOROCCO TUVALU
DJIBOUTI MOZAMBIQUE UGANDA
DOMINICA NAMIBIA UKRAINE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NAURU UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
ECUADOR NEPAL UZBEKISTAN
EGYPT NIGER VANUATU
EQUATORIAL GUINEA NIGERIA VIETNAM
ERITREA NORTH KOREA YEMEN
ETHIOPIA NORTHERN MARIANA'S ZAMBIA
FIJI OMAN ZIMBABWE
GABON PAKISTAN  
GAMBIA PALAU  
GEORGIA PAPUA NEW GUINEA  
GHANA PERU  
GRENADA PHILIPPINES  

arrow Travellers subject to the airport transit visa requirement by Schengen countries

  AFGHANISTAN ETHIOPIA NIGERIA
BANGLADESH GHANA PAKISTAN
CONGO (DRC) IRAN SOMALIA
ERITREA IRAQ SRI LANKA

However, nationals of the above countries will not be subject to the airport transit visa (ATV) requirement if they:

  • hold a valid Schengen visa, a national long-stay visa or a residence permit issued by a Schengen State; or
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  • have a valid residence permit issued by Andorra, Canada, Japan, San Marino or the USA guaranteeing the holder's unconditional readmission; or
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  • hold a valid visa for a Schengen State or for a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area of 2 May 1992, Canada, Japan or the United States of America, or when they return from those countries after having used the visa; or
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  • are family members of citizens of the Union; or
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  • hold diplomatic passports; or
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  • are flight crew members who are nationals of a contracting Party to the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation.
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