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Can you give an example? I've never had this happen to me and my assumption was that if you stayed airside (didn't cross immigration) you would be fine.

TomMarius 8y ago
Many countries require a transit visa AFAIK. For example: https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/transit-schengen-visa/ https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/transit-schengen-visa/
- xaranke 8y ago
  A lot of countries will waive this requirement if you have a visa from the US or another first-world country. Have transited through CDG,MXP,AMS,LHR using a US visa.
  - TomMarius 8y ago
    Maybe you're flying third world->third world and have not been able to obtain the first world visa, though.
    - xaranke 8y ago
      That's rough, generally having at least 1 first-world visa makes things a lot easier.
  - vinni2 8y ago
    I was not allowed to transit through Sydney to New Zealand even though I had valid US B1/B2, Permanent residence in one of the schengen countries, Canadian visa and UK visa.
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zcbenz 8y ago
When the plane has to land on the nearest airport, the chosen airport is very likely to be a small one and does not have any kind of international zone, and even without custom control.
- xaranke 8y ago
  Yeah, that is truly unfortunate. Thankfully that has never happened to me.
dman 8y ago
Indians require transit visas when traveling through Canada. (I almost learnt this the hard way when flying through Canada, as a complete coincidence I had a canadian visa from a prior trip that was close to expiring)
- xaranke 8y ago
  Right, but Canada doesn't have a distinction between airside and landside transit. Although as a rule of thumb you should always check the rules for every country you are passing through.
- vinni2 8y ago
  A friend of mine learned it even harder way he wasn’t allowed to board the plane and sent back.
gnopgnip 8y ago
In some countries like the US you have to go through immigration before going to a connecting flight.
w00kie 8y ago
I was once on a flight from Phuket to Bangkok, connecting back to my home in Tokyo. In such a case Thailand makes you pass immigration on the first flight, so Phuket, then your transit in BKK stays on the airside. While taxiing to take of, the front landing gear broke so we had to go back to the Phuket airport (still airside) until another plan could be made available. Since we would not make the connection in BKK, they collected everyone's passport to stamp them with a temporary transit visa as we'd need to go to a hotel in Bangkok to wait for the next connection. After 2-3h the new plane arrived, we flew to BKK and upon deplaning at the gate, a flight attendant came in holding a trash bag filled with all of our passport and proceeded to dump it on the floor and let the 100 or so passengers sift through the pile to find their own passport... Good times.
- robocat 8y ago
  Thailand has many more "interesting" administrative techniques!

TomMarius 8y ago

Many countries require a transit visa AFAIK. For example: https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/transit-schengen-visa/ https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/transit-schengen-visa/

xaranke 8y ago
A lot of countries will waive this requirement if you have a visa from the US or another first-world country. Have transited through CDG,MXP,AMS,LHR using a US visa.
- TomMarius 8y ago
  Maybe you're flying third world->third world and have not been able to obtain the first world visa, though.
  - xaranke 8y ago
    That's rough, generally having at least 1 first-world visa makes things a lot easier.
- vinni2 8y ago
  I was not allowed to transit through Sydney to New Zealand even though I had valid US B1/B2, Permanent residence in one of the schengen countries, Canadian visa and UK visa.

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zcbenz 8y ago

When the plane has to land on the nearest airport, the chosen airport is very likely to be a small one and does not have any kind of international zone, and even without custom control.

xaranke 8y ago
Yeah, that is truly unfortunate. Thankfully that has never happened to me.

dman 8y ago

Indians require transit visas when traveling through Canada. (I almost learnt this the hard way when flying through Canada, as a complete coincidence I had a canadian visa from a prior trip that was close to expiring)

xaranke 8y ago
Right, but Canada doesn't have a distinction between airside and landside transit. Although as a rule of thumb you should always check the rules for every country you are passing through.
vinni2 8y ago
A friend of mine learned it even harder way he wasn’t allowed to board the plane and sent back.

gnopgnip 8y ago

In some countries like the US you have to go through immigration before going to a connecting flight.

w00kie 8y ago

I was once on a flight from Phuket to Bangkok, connecting back to my home in Tokyo. In such a case Thailand makes you pass immigration on the first flight, so Phuket, then your transit in BKK stays on the airside. While taxiing to take of, the front landing gear broke so we had to go back to the Phuket airport (still airside) until another plan could be made available. Since we would not make the connection in BKK, they collected everyone's passport to stamp them with a temporary transit visa as we'd need to go to a hotel in Bangkok to wait for the next connection. After 2-3h the new plane arrived, we flew to BKK and upon deplaning at the gate, a flight attendant came in holding a trash bag filled with all of our passport and proceeded to dump it on the floor and let the 100 or so passengers sift through the pile to find their own passport... Good times.

robocat 8y ago
Thailand has many more "interesting" administrative techniques!