India – Munich – Brussels – Freetown and back, is Schengen Visa Type A enough?

7/30/2016 4:24:52 AM

@blackbird57’s answer is correct but refers to a 3rd party site instead of relevant FAQ on the website of the European Commission:

An airport transit visa (ATV) authorises you to pass through the international transit
zone at an airport located on the territory of the Schengen State and to await a
connecting flight to a non-Schengen country. The ATV does not allow you to enter the
Schengen territory (to stay at a hotel or to take an onwards flight to another Schengen
State, for example).

that’s crystal clear.

I was struggling with finding a good document to show that Type A means Airport Transit Visa but I found it in the Regulation itself:

‘TYPE OF VISA’ heading:
In order to facilitate matters for the control authorities, this heading specifies the type of visa using the letters A, C
and D as follows:
A: airport transit visa (as defined in Article 2(5) of this Regulation)

8/17/2016 12:24:44 PM

Schengen visa types states:

An airport transit visa (ATV) authorises you to pass through the international transit
zone at an airport located on the territory of the Schengen State and to await a
connecting flight to a non-Schengen country. The ATV does not allow you to enter the
Schengen territory

You’re only entering the Schengen country area if you pass immigration, and it seems that to transit to another Schengen airport you will need to leave the international area, so your Type A visa is not enough in this case.

The website for the German mission in the US has a note about this:

Airport transit privilege does not apply and you will need a visitor visa
[…]
2. if you are transiting through two or more airports in the Schengen Countries (for example: Miami-Frankfurt-Paris-India or New York-Frankfurt-Munich-India).

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