Airport Transit Visa

Visa fee: 60 euros

Mandatory Documents:

  1. Original passport VALID FOR SIX MONTHS at time of making the application plus one photocopy of the photo page of passport.
  2. The photocopy of Passport photo page and address page of the applicant.
  3. Photocopies of valid US, U.K. and previous Schengen visas.
  4. One application form with all COLUMNS filled in and 2 recent Passport size PHOTOGRAPHS of Dimension 3.5cmx4.5cm with plain clear light background.
    • ALL APPLICANTS SHOULD MENTION THEIR MOBILE NUMBER ON THE VISA APPLICATION FORM.
    • TRAVEL AGENTS AUTHORIZED BY THE EMBASSY OF FRANCE MUST MENTION THE APPLICANTS MOBILE NUMBER ON THE VISA APPLICATION FORM AND NOT THEIR OWN MOBILE NUMBER OR TRAVEL AGENCY NUMBER.
  5. Covering letter in ORIGINAL signed by the applicant.
  6. Copy of visa of FINAL destination and photocopy of documents which were submitted to obtain the visa of the final destination.
  7. Copy of air ticket or PNR (booking printout).
  8. All applicants except first time traveler (traveling first time to a Schengen country) while applying for a French visa will be required to fill visa insurance undertaking form in addition to the visa application form.

The documents must be arranged in the order given above.

Important!

  • The Embassy of France, New Delhi reserves the right to ask the applicant to produce original air ticket and insurance if required.
  • From year 2002, Indian nationals going to UK, Ireland, Switzerland, Canada and USA are exempted from airport transit visa if they hold a CONFIRMED RETURN ticket.  
  • Holders of a BUDDY PASS & OPEN TICKET require an ORDINARY TRANSIT visa.
  • As some countries have visa upon arrival the same MUST be mentioned in the covering letter.
  • All photocopies must be in A4 size paper.
  • Airport transit visa is for stay at airport for less than 5 hours.
  • No visa will be issued on additional pages.
  • Children must travel on their individual passports.
  • As some countries have visa upon arrival the same must be mentioned in the covering letter.
  • Each application must be supported by a copy of the requisite documents. If you have received a fax you must photocopy the same and attach it to your application.
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