Transit through Netherlands AMS with a 9hr layover

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As Willeke mentioned, you can make this connection without a transit visa. You also don’t have to be uncomfortable. Schiphol airport has a couple of airside hotels; you can get some rest without having to clear immigration. As I recall, the Mercure is reasonably priced (unusual for an airside hotel!) and convenient.

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Basically you can go from every 'non Schengen' gate to every other 'non Schengen' gate in AMS without having to leave the international zone. Whether you can use that fact depends on whether you travel on one ticket or have to leave the airport to check in on your new flight. If that last you are out of luck, you would not only need a transit visa but a full Schengen visa.

You may get security or even a passport check (in some rare cases) but you do not need to leave the area unless you have to check in anew.
The airport in name has 4 terminals, but in fact they are one big building which has connections both airside and landside, as well as a separate walkway connecting the 'within Schengen' gates.

It is my local airport and I have used it to leave and arrive, never to transfer, but others have confirmed this in earlier questions about the airport.

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