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Make a stopover in the Schengen Zone without a visa

¿You can stopover at Schengen area without having one visa? Today I answer this comúA question for travelers to this area, but in connectionón.

This is not the first time I have been asked this question and I have it.ípending writing. The need or love to travel takes us to very distant destinations, where we will generally need to perform a scale in connectionón to reach our final destination.

In this búmany travelers are forced toón, so to speakí, to make a stop at Unión European within its so-called Schengen Zone, where several nationalities such as the Ecuadorian, require a visa to get into conditionón of tourism.

¿You can make a stopover in Europe Schengen area in connectionón?

Answering the question that originates this post, the answer fácyl is, sí It can, but you must take into account the following factors so that you do not have problems:

  • You can make a connectionón his visa at the Universityón European or Schengen area as long as your next point of the trip is a countryís outside this space without leaving the traffic zoneáinternational site:
    • flight example 1: Guayaquil – Madrid – Doha
    • flight example 2: Quito – Bogotaá – Amsterdam – istanbul
  • If your next point is within the Schengen area, but with final destination another countryís outside this zone, dutyás process a short-stay or tourist visa:
    • flight example 1: Guayaquil – Panamá – Paris – Roma – Egypt
    • flight example 2: Quito – Lima – Madrid – Paris – Muskú
  • If when making a stopover in the Schengen area you must leave the travel zoneáinternational airport, for example to remove a suitcase from the hold and check it again at another airlineínea, dutyás obtain a short-stay or tourist visa
  • If your next point is within the Schengen area, you mustás process a short-stay tourist visa.

¿Whaté What happens if I change Aerosol?ínea when having different reservations?

In this case, the airínea podrá deny your boarding, since the first aerosolínea is responsible for reviewing your documents and since it does not have control over the entire reservation, it has the power to not allow it.:

  • flight example: Guayaquil – Amsterdam on KLM and afterés change of aerosolínon-partner of the first to fly from Amsterdam to Istanbul with Pegasus.

Así what a dutyás process a short-stay tourist visa.

I have a suitcase checked with an airlineínea, but I have to pick it up to send it with another airlineínea, ¿I can do it?

  • Sí, but dutyás process a short-stay or tourist visa to be able to enter the Schengen area to pick up the suitcase and check it again at the new airportínea.

¿Whaté paíThey are part of the Schengen area?

Son 26 paíyou países the Schengen States:

  • Germany
  • Austria
  • Bélogic
  • RepúCzech war
  • Denmark
  • Slovenia
  • Slovakia
  • España
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Greece
  • Hungría
  • Iceland
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Norway
  • Paílow ses
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland

¿There is a visa only to do workáairport site?

Sí, but this is requiredófor the following nationalities:

  • From Afghanistanán
  • Bangladesh
  • Cuba (some paíSchengen countries request, consult specific caseífico)
  • República Democrática of the congo
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopiaía
  • Ghana
  • Andán
  • Irak
  • Nigeria
  • From the packán
  • Somalia
  • Sri Lanka

As we can see, connection can be madeón in tráAirport route by airports in the Schengen area, but we must be attentive to each of the conditions hereí described.

¿Have you ever stopped at the Unión European? Cuétell me your experience in the comments.

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273 comentarios en “Hacer escala en Zona Schengen sin visa

  1. Good day,
    Cumplí los 90 días en el espacio Schengen y volví a México.
    Ahora planeo ir a Marruecos pero la escala es en Madrid, puedo hacer la escala ahí sin problemas?
    Thanks!

  2. Tremayna Barboza Castillo

    Hola buenos días y gracias por tu valiosa información. Quería comentarte mi caso ya que ni el consulado ni la aerolínea me dan respuesta.
    Mi madre vendrá a visitarme a Suiza mi actual lugar de residencia. Su vuelo hace escala en Madrid. Le he hecho la carta de invitación que me exigen en Suiza pero en el consulado de España me dicen que pueden que le nieguen la entrada si sale de la Zona de tránsito internacional. Me dicen que si sale o no de esa zona me lo debe decir la aerolínea y la aerolínea me dice que es el consulado quien lo sabe. Así que estoy muy nerviosa porque nadie me da respuesta. Su vuelo viene de Bogotá Madrid Ginebra. Agradezco toda tu ayuda aclarándome este asunto. Te mando un cordial saludo y feliz dia

    1. Hola Tremayna, la información te la da la aerolínea al momento que tu hagas la compra en la web, ahí cuando compras el boleto te dirán si hay cambio de terminal, cambio de avión o todos los detalles del viaje.

  3. MERY SANDRA GALLO

    se compro por el pasaje completo por KIWI nos indicaron que el primer avion sale desde casablanca a Madrid con la aerolinea Iberia y desde Madrid a Bogota colombia con la aerolinea de avianca con el equipaje totalmente facturado, mi esposo tiene carta de invitacion y su pasaporte en regla, el fue al consulado de españa y le indicaron que no habia ningun problema, recibimos un correo del consulado de españa y nos dicen que si el equipaje esta totalmente facturado no habia ninguna clase de inconvente pero queremos estar seguros

  4. MERY SANDRA GALLO

    Good day
    My question is this, mi prometido es de nacionalidad Marroquin, yo compre su pasaje con facturacion de su pasaje de la siquiente manera ORIGEN: Marruecos Casablanca DESTINO Bogota Colombia con escala en MADRID, para abordar el avion que lo llevara a colombia requiere visa ? o NO

  5. Hello there,
    On a flight from Morocco to Madrid and from Madrid to Brazil, for instance, If it is not necessary to change terminals and I travel without checked luggage; I need transit visa?
    Thanks!

  6. Good morning Nicolás, please help me, I'm going from Ecuador to Moldova, I have two stopovers, one in Amsterdam.- BUCHAREST on the same airline I am going as a tourist to Moldova I need that visa help me xfa

  7. Dear Nicholas, thank you for all of your help, I had a new question, I have to travel to Rwanda soon, From Ecuador. The route is Quito-Amsterdam-Kigali (Rwanda). I do not have a Schengen visa, and it will not be possible for me to obtain it due to time. As I see on the ticket, I'll have to stay in Amsterdam for around 20 hours, There are VIP room options or even hotels in the international zone of the hotel where I can stay? The ideal would be to be able to stay in a hotel for that time., but not having to leave the international zone for any reason, not even for a suitcase or some control or something extra, since as I mentioned before, I don't have a Schengen visa.

    1. Hello Gino, of course, In Amsterdam there are VIP rooms where you can enter with certain cards or paying a fee. About the hotel, I'm not sure, but I think there is one that allows you to stay without leaving the international zone.

      1. thanks Nicholas, I tell you that I already contacted one of Schipol's internal hotels, It's the Mercure hotel, They told me that I don't need a visa to stay there.. I just have one final question that came up., and it is the one with the suitcases, I am going to do the entire trip with KLM, Baggage registration is valid until the final destination? or it will be necessary to register again at Schipol even if it is the same airline? What happens is that someone there told me that since I'm going to be a little more 20 hours, I would have to check the bags again even if it is the same airline, and that is a big problem, because to do that I have to leave the international zone, which would not be possible in my case.

        1. Hello Gino, that depends on the reservation, if it is with the same airline, the 90% of the cases, checked until final destination. If in the event that you have to check the suitcase again you will need the visa.

  8. good night Nicholas, thanks for all the valuable information, I am Ecuadorian and I am planning to take a trip to Rwanda soon, check the options and there are 2: Quito-Madrid-El Cario-Kigali (Rwanda) and Quito-Madrid-Doha (Qatar)-Kigali (Rwanda). In the first option I have to change airlines in Cairo, In the second option, the entire trip is with a single airline, although on different flights.. Based on what I read, and considering that I do not have a Schengen visa, I wouldn't even have time to process it, I think the second option is the best, since in the first option there is the possibility that the second airline will deny me passage, you would be right? On the other hand, If I travel with the second option, which is the best, being a single airline, There would not be the risk of having to leave the international space to see a suitcase or register it again at the Madrid airport, right?? Thank you very much for your help!

    1. Hello Gino, Without a doubt, the best option is the one that is all under the same reservation and airline., At the time of making the reservation you have to make sure that this is the case and that your luggage is checked until the final destination. In any case, yes in Doha for example, you will have to remove the luggage, processing a visa in Qatar is much easier and faster, so it's better to do it with that option.

  9. Hello there, I am from the Dominican Republic and I have a flight from Marrakech to Santo Domingo with 2 different airlines. The first doing 2 stopovers in Spain and the second from Madrid to Santo Domingo. Do I have to have a visa? When I came to Morocco they didn't make a problem but I only had a stopover in Spain.

      1. Greetings… I have an urgent question .
        I'm in Italy , but I have to return to my country with my son 2 years , his document is being updated, I can scale with the paper where the update date is?? I have a single stopover in Madrid of two hours , taking another plane with the same line to my country, Dominican Republic . Suitcases directly from Italy to the Dominican Republic, I have to apply for a transit visa for ?

          1. The airline tells me that if I have all the documentation with me, there is no problem. , the child is declared only by me , I have absolute custody of him , I will go to Spain just for a stopover , As I told you, my suitcases from Italy go directly to the final destination REP. Dominican…

      2. Thanks , he is declared only by me . I have absolute custody of the child , The airline tells me that they have no problem letting me get on the plane. , What would it be if they controlled in Madrid at the moment? , but I understand that since we are Dominicans they can't give me problems , since I'm going to my country . Suitcase will go directly to my country from Italy , In Spain I will only go to the terminal that corresponds to me to go to my country .

  10. Hello Nicolas,
    I am of Moroccan nationality and I would like to do Casablanca – Madrid – Punta Cana with a 4-hour transit to Madrid even though I do not have a Schengen Visa. Do I have to go out to Madrid to collect the checked suitcases or can I continue and do my transit directly knowing that I am traveling with two different airlines

  11. Hi Nicolas, a query: My girlfriend who has an Indonesian passport will make a stopover in Madrid in the following way: DOHA – MADRID – LIMA. In Madrid you must change airlines, you must remove your luggage and recheck. Both flights will be at terminal T4S. You will need a visa in this case? Thank you

    1. Hi Adrian, It would be necessary to check if her nationality can enter Schengen without a visa, But if you would require a visa to do tourism for example, You must yes or yes have a visa to be able to leave, so be it to remove the luggage and check it again.

  12. Hi thanks for the information, I wanted to ask for a ticket! I am of Moroccan nationality I have a Romanian residence card I am leaving from Bucharest to Zurich to Marrakech, the stopover is 14 hours with the same airline swiss air
    I want to know if there is a number of hours that must not be exceeded during a stopover

  13. Hello there. I am a Colombian national, my trip is Bogotá, Madrid, amsterdam, Such. Upon arrival in Amsterdam I change airline from Iberia to KLM within the same reservation. Should I just check if I should pick up a suitcase between those flights??

  14. bonjour
    j'ai un vol du casablanca vers Erevan et j'ai un escal en milan en italie sans changement d'avion
    I am Moroccan
    Do I need to have a transit visa?

  15. Hi Nicoas, thank you for your answers
    I am from Morocco and I am going to the United States with a stopover in Paris. I am traveling with the same airline and only one stopover

  16. good morning Nicholas, I have read the article, thanks for the detailed information.
    I have a concern, I will travel to Tokyo and make a connection in Spain without a visa since I will only carry hand luggage. I will use Iberia and in Spain I will change to Turkish Airlines in the article it says that in these cases I need to apply for a short visa, I am days away from the trip and this information took me by surprise.. In this case I must contact Turkish Airlines to ensure boarding ?

      1. Nicolás I tell you that I have the same situation., I'm going Bogotá – Madrid – Istanbul. I arrived in Madrid with Plus Ultra airlines and from Madrid to Istanbul with Iberia. Separate flights, but they come from the same terminal, I leave in less than 6 hours. You think there is no problem?

  17. Hello Nicolas, please travel to Bolivia from Türkiye with Milan connections ,Madrid with a stopover in Milano 11 hours I checked in and when I boarded they wouldn't let me now I can't leave the airport either. What I can do??guide me please

  18. Mario Mendez Latorre

    Hello Nicolas, your help please.

    I fly from Dubai on KLM to Amsterdam and then Barcelona and I have to change airlines to Avianca until Bogotá.

    I need visa ?

    Check the terminals and both companies are in the terminal 1

    I pass immigration control to remove the suitcases ?

  19. Hi Nicolas, I am from Ecuador and I want to travel Quito – Madrid – Barcelona – Tel Aviv and the return would be the same route, For this case you would need a Schengen visa

  20. Hello, I am in Egypt for 2 months I have to go to the Dominican Republic, what stopover is good and safe for me to reach my destination, the Dominican Republic

  21. Hello Nicolas, I am ONLY Moroccan I live in Morocco, I have to travel from Dakar to Kualalampur but I have to go through CDG for a 3-hour stopover with Air France, I don't have a residence permit, just my Moroccan passport, I don't have any checked baggage and my connection is at CDG for KUL, do I have to have a visa EVEN IF I DO NOT LEAVE THE INTERNATIONAL ZONE knowing that for KUL as a Moroccan we are exempt from a visa. thank you in advance Nicolas

  22. Bonjour , please I have a Romanian visa and no Shengen visa , I am a student in Romania I found a flight to Casablanca – Paris with a 1h30 stopover in Paris and then Paris – Bucharest and subsequently Bucharest – Iasi and what it does for me a dh well visa for the stopover in Paris ? Or I can go without a visa knowing that the entire flight is with the same company so I don't have to re-check my baggage in the hold ! Thank you

  23. HOLA, I HAVE A FLIGHT FROM ITALY TO ECUADOR.. BUT MY SOGGIORNO IS IN THE RENEWAL PROCESS.
    I HAVE A SCALE OF 15 HOURS, I'M AFRAID THAT THEY WON'T LET ME PASS TO GO TO MY COUNTRY.
    BE CAREFUL WITHOUT LEAVING THE AIRPORT

  24. Nicolas I am Ecuadorian, I have a flight from Quito to London but I have a stopover in Amsterdam , my flight is
    Quito-Amsterdam-London , I won't leave the airport, and that's the whole route , everything with KLM
    I need a transit visa for Amsterdam?

      1. Hello Nicolas I am Nigerian I have a flight to Casablanca but I have a stopover in Amsterdam my flight is Amsterdam Suriname I will not leave the airport it is the whole route with KLM
        I need a transit visa for Amsterdam ?

  25. Mawoutodji Charles SOMADJAGO

    Bonjour.

    I am traveling from Dakar to Canada with a stopover in Lisbon.

    The stopover being 12 hours, can I leave the airport to visit the city and come back afterwards ?
    I do not have a transit visa and the entire flight is operated by TAP PORTUGAL.

    I have a friend who could take me for a walk.

    Thank you for helping me

  26. Hello Nicolás, unfortunately I wanted to ask you if I am going from Morocco to Turkey and I make a stopover in Madrid Barajas but I have to stay there for one 10 O 12 hours and I have a hotel booked in Madrid will they let me leave the airport until my next flight or do I need a schengen visa to be able to leave the airport thank you and have a good day….

      1. Good evening Nicolas , I am from Guinea Conacry I am traveling to Colombia all flights must necessarily make a stopover in Shengen territory for 1h15 to 12h do I need a transit visa if I do not leave the ZT airport that I 'would wait there for my next flight.

    1. Good evening, how are you ? I have a flight to take from Dakar to Bolivia I have to make a 10 hour layover time in Madrid will I need a transit visa in Madrid. But I have an Ivorian passport

  27. Javier Claudio Torrente Solana

    Hi Nicolas,I have a very big question and I would like you to help me if you can,My girlfriend is Dominican and we are going to the Philippines because she does not need a visa to enter there,can do Santo Domingo -Madrid – Doha – Manila? Or would I need a transit visa?, thanks and regards

      1. Javier Claudio Torrente Solana

        but there is something that I did not understand,about having the flights within the same reservation,what do you mean with that ? By the way, how difficult would it be to get that Schengen visa? ?

        1. The same reservation would mean having all the sections of your flight on a single airline or with several airlines, but that they have an agreement between them, For example, if you have a flight from XXXX to XXXX with the reservation code 124455 and the other section with reservation code 34566 they would be different and you would have problems. About getting the visa, You must process it in the country of first entry into the Schengen area and it will depend on whether or not you meet the requirements of that country..

  28. Hello Nicolas, I am of Congolese nationality I have a Canadian visa but with Air Maroc I have a Lisbon ticket and another ticket from another company for Canada. Do I have to have a transit visa in Lisbon??

  29. good sir. Larenas.
    I'm dominican, I have a connecting flight: Santo Domingo-Madrid, Timisoara Romania.
    I would like to know if I need an airport transit visa to travel in the area and while I wait for my final destination flight?

  30. hello nice day, I'm Chilean, was 84 days in the Schengen area as a tourist, After that I left and traveled to Türkiye as 1 month and a half. It turns out that now my final destination is Morocco, but I have a connecting car stopover in Milan, that is to say, I have to go through migrations, collect baggage and re-check in with another airline. Then to return to Chile I have to make a self-connection in the Schengen area, Do you think it has problems?, since I have not stayed out the 3 months in a row?

  31. Hi Nico! Nice to greet you I am Ecuadorian and I have a trip from Egypt to Quito all in one reservation. I do not have a Schengen visa. I want to know what will happen to my luggage and what stopover in Madrid. Flight from Egypt with egyptair and change in Madrid to Avianca. My problem is if I should pick up my luggage in Madrid and why do I have a change of terminal. Thanks in advance

    1. Hello Alejandro, if you should pick up your luggage in Madrid and check it again, you must have a visa, if not and the reservation includes an agreement between those two airlines, You will not have to worry about your luggage or the visa.

  32. Hello Nicolas, I will travel to Tokyo by doing Algiers-Beijing, Beijing-Tokyo, with two different companies, it says that I have to take the luggage and check in with the second company to go to Tokyo, is it necessary a chinese transit visa or not?
    thanks in advance

  33. Good Morning, I am Dominican. I am traveling from Punta Cana to Marrakech with a stopover in Madrid, I just go 10 days with hand luggage and the next flight is in the same terminal that I arrive at (They changed my first flight and now I have a 24-hour stopover). I understand that I do not need any visa but the comments that indicate if they are the same reservation make me doubt, in this case they are different reservations because there are no companies that do that itinerary.

    Thanks a lot

  34. Dear Nicholas, I have a scheduled flight Quito – Guayaquil – Amsterdam – seoul, all on the same airline (KLM) and with transit stopover in Amsterdam (change of plane), everything is covered by KLM in the same reservation and according to the airline I receive my checked bag in Seoul. In that sense, according to what was expressed in this post, I do not require a visa, right?. It should be noted that the return is on the same airline, with Seoul route – Amsterdam -Quito

  35. Hello there, my name is Luna, I'm from Argentina and I don't have a European passport. I spent a year in Norway with a working holiday visa. I ran out of 8 of August, therefore I had to leave the schengen zone, Now I am in Bulgaria and I want to go to a country outside the Schengen zone but my flight stopovers are in two countries in the Shengen zone. My question is: if I don't leave the airport, Can I make these stopovers in the Schengen area since I have not been the 3 corresponding months outside the schengen area? taking into account that I left the schengen zone for just one month

  36. Tomasa Delgado Tello

    Hi Nicolas, can you help me with this question, I'm Peruvian, I traveled from Lima to Paris after a stopover in Madrid from 3 hours, with different airlines and different reservations, only carrying a carry-on bag. The flight from Lima arrives at the terminal 4 in ultraplus and I leave in iberia in the terminal 4, my query: I have to go through immigration at the Barajas airport, that is to say go out, and return to the iberia counter ?? Thank you for your attention and excuse the ignorance in these procedures

  37. Hello there! I have a flight from Panama to Madrid and from Madrid to Tel Aviv all with Iberia, but i have only 90 layover minutes, I have to go through some control when I get off in Madrid or I go directly out of one door and go to the other? I'm afraid that I don't have the time. Thank you very much!

  38. Hello there, I have a reservation from Guayaquil- Bogota with Avianca and Bogota – Madrid with Iberia (all in one reservation) arriving at the T4S terminal in Madrid, Due to time constraints and lack of appointments, we were unable to obtain the Schengen visa on time and we need to make another reservation for another flight that departs from the same terminal and connects to Istanbul or Cairo, which does not require a visa for Ecuadorians., can you do this? or we must request a change of destination to the initial reservation? I appreciate your help and support

  39. bonjour.

    I am of Moroccan nationality with residence card in Canada.

    I want to take a Casablanca/Lisbon/Ponta Delgada/Montreal flight .

    I don't have a schengen visa.
    all flights are operated by Azores airlines.
    is it possible to take this flight ?
    Thank you.

      1. Mouhamadou sadialiou Diallo

        hello I am Guinean I have a Guatemala visa. I took a Casablanca ticket- Guatemala, I have to make a stopover 14 h in Madrid with Iberia before continuing is this possible knowing that I don't have a Spanish visa..

  40. hello good, I'm from Argentina and I just came back from Italy where I was 90 days as a tourist. for 90 days in theory I could not enter again. but I want to travel to Ireland for a study visa, and I have to make a stopover in Madrid. As I do? can they deny me entry? I have to do migrations if I'm in connection waiting for another flight? Thank you!

      1. Hi Nicolas, I have a BOGMAD flight with Avianca but I transit without a visa since my final destination is TeLaviv in Israel that same day with Iberia, would have some kind of problem? Stay tuned

  41. Hi Nico, I have a question. I want to travel to Ecuador. i am living in doha. My question is the following, I travel from here Doha to Tel Aviv with Pegasus, then from Tel Aviv to Panama with Iberia and I make a stopover in Madrid from 7 hours. The baggage pass is covered by Iberia, so I don't need to check my suitcase again and I don't have to go through immigration, transit only. My Doubt is, Can I cancel my Iberia flight because I don't have a visa?, despite the fact that I am only going to make international transit in Madrid and Iberia covers that? I have an Ecuadorian passport

    1. Hi Luis, there is always a chance that the airline will deny boarding, but if the entire flight from Tel Aviv is in a single reservation with Iberia, shouldn't happen, since as you say, is covered by the same airline.

  42. hello, I am traveling on Pegasus airline from Istanbul to Quito, with connection in Amsterdam, from there I travel in Klm, I need to have the Shengen visa???

  43. hello i need guidance,I have a flight from Chile – Sweden. I make a stopover in Canada and then in Denmark to the final destination in Stockholm, I only have 55 minutes to board. My question is if I should check the suitcase ? again or arrive at final destination ,I don't want to miss the flight ( flight operated by Air Canada then airline change by scandinavian operated by air Canada) Thank you

  44. Hello I am going to Morocco from Algeria and there is no direct flight so I have to go through France and I do not have a Schengen visa
    But I have an Algiers ticket / Paris / Casablanca with Air France so I just have a stopover from 3 hours
    My question would I need a visa ?
    I am of Algerian nationality
    Thank you

  45. If I have to change my terminal, it means leaving the international connection area? Would this be the Schengen visa? Is there any chance they can deny me? I would appreciate it if you could help me with a guide to apply for this visa, please..

  46. Hello there.
    I am of Turkish nationality and I want to travel to Peru but with a stopover in Madrid, since there are no direct flights. I would like to know if I need some type of visa since my scale will be a maximum of 6 hours at the airport, What will it take me to go through immigration in Spain to be able to board my next flight?.

  47. CHRISTIAN PANTOA

    Hello there, I am Ecuadorian and I have a return flight, from Quito-Ecuador to Istanbul Türkiye (purchased with a single reservation AVIANCA-TURKISH AIRLINES).

    No visa is required for Ecuadorians to enter Turkey.

    On the way out, the scale is in Bogotá and then directly to Istanbul, so there is no documentation problem.

    The return is Istanbul – Madrid – Bogota – Quito. The stopover in Madrid is 7 hours and I understand that once there, I would not need a Schengen visa or an airport transit visa as long as I make sure that I do not have to go out to pick up luggage outside the international area and I have my boarding pass that I will manage online.

    The query I have is; Will they require a visa in Türkiye to let me board the Istanbul route plane? – Madrid?

    I should even clarify that I saw that people who have a valid US visa are exempt from getting a transit visa in the Schengen area and in my case I do have a valid US visa.

    Beforehand, Thank you for the help that you may be able to provide

      1. Hello, good day. I have a return flight from Istanbul/Guayaquil.. on turkish airline. but with transit of 4 hours in Madrid. coming T 1 and leaving through T4 s on Avianca airlines to Ecuador. Since the suitcases are going, I will say the destination from Istanbul to Guayaquil , I need a transit visa. It is a single Turkish flight shared with Avianca.

  48. Hello Nicolas
    my next trip with IBERIA casa /RIO DE JENEIRO with a stopover in Madrid as there is no direct flight, and I do not have a Schengen visa will I have problems boarding
    merci

  49. Good afternoon, I have a flight with KLM with a stopover at Schipol airport.- Amsterdam final destination Germany I need to process a visa I am Peruvian all the flight is operated by KLM

  50. Hello Goodnight, I have a question maybe you can help me, Soon we plan to travel with my husband to Istanbul from Guayaquil but we have two stopovers in Bogotá and Madrid. My husband is Turkish and I am Ecuadorian. We need a transit visa for the stopover in Madrid.? I would appreciate it for the information.

  51. Hello I hope you can answer me I have a flight I am in Turkey Istanbul and I want to return to Bolivia I am Bolivian I have a trip with a stopover in Istanbul- With a stopover in Amsterdam my final destination is Brazil Rio de Janeiro. I need a visa to enter Amsterdam will they let me board

  52. hello I would like to know if with a shengen visa given by the Italian embassy ,I can get a ticket to Spain and stay a month in Spain, Thank you

  53. I am a Mexican Resident, I have my FM3, here supposedly I understand that if I only have a connection in the Schengen zone if it can. In my case it would only be France both round trip, I hope that if I can travel being Ecuadorian with Mexican residence since my flight would be Mexico-France-Shanghai.

  54. Hello there, my question is that I have a flight with final destination Asia, but the flight is Mexico, layover in France 5 hours and then Asia. I am Ecuadorian and I would like to know if I will not have problems if I do not have a transit visa.

  55. Hello Nicolas I am Senegalese I am traveling to Nicaragua I have a 5 hour stopover in bogata I need a transit visa for dovecote oubien

  56. Hi Nicolas, I have a flight from Santo Domingo that stops in Madrid and then in Istanbul and my final destination is Singapore, I need a visa to be able to make these stopovers?

    1. Hi Alex, The stopover in Madrid is no problem as long as you comply with what I indicate in this same publication and take into account the recommendations. On the stopover in Istanbul it is already outside the Schengen area, you would have to find out.

  57. Josue Daniel Duenas Bolaños

    Hi, I hope you can answer me., i'm in manila, and i want to fly back to el salvador ( my country) is it ok if my flight was klm from manila to bogota( with a stopover in amsterdam) and then another flight to San Salvador with Avianca, Do you think it would be a problem?.

    greetings

      1. Hello Nicolas I hope I can receive an answer from you. I am an Ecuadorian residing in Mexico and I want to make a trip with a stopover in Paris and final destination outside the Schengen zone. Can I travel without a visa?? Since the connection is only a couple of hours. Thanks for your answer.

    1. Hi Nicolas, a pleasure to greet, I am from Ecuador and I want to travel to Egypt but the scale goes through Morocco, can i go in transit, his visa? thanks for your help

    2. Josue, estoy en una situación similar. También soy salvadoreño. Podría contactarte por correo o telefono. Necesito ayuda. Responde a este comentario, please

  58. Hello, I have a Gambian passport and it allows me to go to Belize, the country which is not far from Mexico, can I go there in the Senghen area and in America without their visa because I checked the ticket but the stopover is senghen space and America

  59. Josefina Ndong obang nsefumu

    Hi Nicolas. the lufthansa company has refused to bill me today. because my ticket said. malabo_frankfurt-munich-barcelona which is my final destination. I have a multiple entry visa 365 days. They tell me that I cannot make scales from two Schengeng airports. I have to be a resident .

      1. I don't know what is happening in Europe, sometimes you are denied boarding, I know someone with an Algerian passport who had a flight from Doha – Madrid – Guayaquil. The stopover in Madrid 6 hours. His return was Quito – Madrid – Doha (scale of 5 hours in Madrid) having travel insurance, hotel reservation. They didn't let him board, your flight had a single reservation with Qatar Airways operated with Iberia (the flight to Ecuador)

  60. Hi Nicolas,
    I have a trip to Barcelona from Guayaquil Ecuador, I have a Schegen visa from Spain but my flight has a layover of 2 hours in paris, I can scale 2 hours in Paris without the need for a special visa?

  61. Hi Nicolas , I have a question. I am Bolivian and I have a flight to Ireland. ,but for that I have to make scales , Spain , France or Amsterdam. in which I will make a connection, they will ask me for a visa or something? Of course I will do different airlines .

          1. Hi Nicolas , one last question , I leave Bolivia , I pass through sao paolo brazil and make a stopover in amsterdan , where can i do the transit visa, in my consul or in the same terminus of the amsterdam airport? gracias..

    1. Hello, my husband is from Morocco, he has Argentine residence, he can make a stopover in Spain to come to Argentina or he needs a visa, he would travel through Iberia

  62. Hello there, The post is very clear but to confirm. If I travel only with hand luggage then I completely stop worrying about the visa even if I travel with different airlines (if I go Guayaquil- Istanbul stopover Panama and return Istanbul – Guayaquil with a stopover in Madrid) I understand that I don't even have to go through migration in Madrid or Panama ? Thanks.

      1. So I have a problem if I arrive in Madrid at the terminal 1 (Turkish Airlines), and then I have to take the flight in Avianca (Terminal 4) ??

  63. Hi Nicholas, I have a question., although the post is very clear, I want to make sure since my nephew travels to Morocco for an exchange, in Iberia they offer the flight Quito Madrid – madrid casablanca; but it is with Iberia the first and with Air Maroc the second. If I book in iberia there is no problem with the checked bags as I understand it to be true?. Can you get me out of that doubt?. Thank you very much

    1. Hi, Pablo, Thanks for your comment. If the flight with Air Maroc is within the same Iberia reservation and you should not collect the luggage and not deliver it again, no require visa, opposite case, Yes.

    2. Hi Nicolas,my destination is egypt, but I am traveling from Cuba and my stopover is in Madrid for 2 hours and then I return the flight to Turkey and to my destination which is Egypt, to be the 2 hours in Madrid I need a visa?

      1. Hello there, if you follow the instructions in this post, plus the list of countries that do need a visa, you will have the answer. Finally, Come to the consulate to clear up any additional doubts.

  64. Boureima Ascofare

    bonjour, I have a Malian passport, I leave Morocco for Senegal transiting through Portugal in the same company TAP, do i need a transit visa ??

  65. Hello there
    I am Ecuadorian returning from MNE my flight leaves from Pogdorica Gye, makes a stopover in Barcelona, Madrid Gye. My question is can I transit without a visa?. SINCE I DON'T HAVE A SCHENGEN VISA

      1. Hi Nicolás, I could fly from Cuba to Madrid and Madrid London, my final destination is London alone. 3 hours of stay I need a transit visa to 3 city ​​o 2

          1. I still haven't made the reservation because I don't know if I can make a stopover in Madrid and continue to my final destination, which is London.. But I wanted to book with air Europa Havana Madrid. Madrid london. And on the way back do the same operation with air Europa. Why did they tell me that Air Europa flew from the same terminal? 1 a london. And they tell me that I have to change there is always the same with air Europa for london 2 O 3 pray for my next flight

          2. To another question if I also book with iberojet santiago de cuba… Madrid and Madrid London with air clothing always under the same reservation, do I need a transit visa or not?. And upon return the same reservation London Madrid Madrid Santiago requires a transit visa

          3. I leave Cuba and go to London but the stopover is in Madrid from 2 O 3 hours and I take the next flight to London you need the transit visa

  66. Hi, how are you ?
    I have a question, I hope you can help me solve it.. i am currently working in qatar and i am going to ecuador for my vacation in march, My flight leaves from Doha to Madrid with Qatar Airways and from there Madrid to Quito with Iberia (all under one booking reference) I need a short stay visa ?

  67. Hello there, I have planned to travel to Japan for studies in the middle of the fortnight of March. Tickets have not been purchased yet, but I see that most of the flights have a stopover in Paris or Amsterdam, if they do not stop at both. Some flights make stopovers of more than 10 hours, while in others 5 hours approximately

    EXAMPLE 1 : Lima a Amsterdam (operated by KLM- layover 5hrs), then to paris ( Operated by AIR FRANCE- scale 14 hrs) finally to japan (operated by AIR FRANCE)

    EXAMPLE 2: Lima a Paris ( Operated by AIR FRANCE- scale 7 hrs) finally to japan (operated by AIR FRANCE)

    EXAMPLE 3: Lima a Amsterdam ( Operated by KLM- escala 4hrs) finally to japan (operated by KLM)

    . I would like to know if I have to get some type of visa or permit for the stopover, I'm not going to leave the airport, but if the scale is long I will have to stay in a hotel, which I believe that inside the airport there is also, but if to stay I need a visa from the country, I better not stay. I hope you can help me.

    1. Hello there, as explained here, as long as you make a single stopover in the Schengen area you do not need a visa, if you do more than one, there you will need a visa. Make sure that your purchase is all in a single reservation with checked baggage to the final destination, so you don't have problems.

      1. good night nicholas, how are you?, I have a concern, I am going to make a trip with final destination to Egypt, but the flight stops in Amsterdam and Madrid, we would need to have the Shengen visa.

  68. Hi Nicolás, aireuropa sold me a flight to Istanbul with the airline and then changing with Turkish airlines. I must scale 6 hours in Madrid as a Bolivian I do not need a visa to make the stopover. but if I change airlines in the same terminal it is T1 my suitcase goes directly from Bolivia to Istanbul. could you help me with this please

  69. good night Nicholas. could you help me with a question. I plan a trip from Guayaquil to Istanbul, the flight stops in Panama and Barcelona. My question is if I need a Schengen visa for international transit? And if so, how long does it take to get it since my trip would be in August?. thanks for your time

    1. Gabriel Yazan Hurtado

      No friend… I have a return flight from Istanbul to Quito, I stopover in Amsterdam, if I don't exit the terminal, I do not need a Schengen visa

  70. Estimated
    I would like you to help me since I cannot find information anywhere and the Spanish embassy in Ecuador does not answer my calls or emails
    * I am Ecuadorian, my final destination is israel , but my flight has two different booking codes , the first reservation code guayaquil – Madrid , and the second Madrid – Israel , They leave from the same terminal and I don't have a checked bag, just a carry-on bag. I do not have a Schengen life because they are not giving appointments , would there be a problem or does it have to be the same reservation code ? I would really appreciate the answer 🙏🏻

        1. They are the same airlines and leave from the same terminal, the only difference is that they are different reservation codes.

          If I have the same reservation code, yes I could?

          The airline is Iberia

  71. Hi Nicolas! I have a question, my girlfriend has Schengen life for the Netherlands, I could make a stopover in Madrid and take another flight with a different company to the Netherlands? I would go with one or two checked bags that I would have to re-check later. I would have a problem going through immigration? The airlines arriving to Madrid and departing to the Netherlands must be in the same terminal? You can leave the terminal if necessary to catch the flight to the Netherlands?Thanks

  72. Hi Nicolas. One question I am of Colombian nationality (I understand that I do not need a visa for the Schengen area). I have a first reservation to Venice (Italy) from Panama (where i currently live) with a stopover of an hour and a half in Madrid (This route is operated by Iberia and up to Italy everything is within the same reservation). However, I have a totally different reservation (operated by Austrian Airlines) with a flight that takes off exactly 4 hours after arriving in Italy and bound for Romania (this is my final destination). The question is: Can I stay in Italy in the international transit zone and go to my flight to Romania or should I go into Italy and then go to the Austrian Airlines counter, check in and go back to Italy to leave Italy?. I appreciate any information you can give me.. Since the scale is 4 hours I think that gives me enough time for whatever the case may be.

    1. hello johan, Being Colombian you don't have any problem with your stopover or multiple stopovers in the Schengen area. Regarding what you say, if you do not have luggage in the hold to check, You must not leave the international transit area, yes indeed, Check that at the arrival airport, the airline that takes you (Iberia) and the one that connects you (Austrian Airlines) are in the same terminal or the terminals have a connection, it usually happens that for example X arrives at the terminal 3 and Y exits the terminal 7 and both do not have an internal connection and there you would have to migrate.

  73. Hi Nicolas, I have a flight to Amsterdam – São Paulo, in which I transit 5 hours in paris, the flight is with Air France and Latam, I am of Indian nationality, I will require Visa? and additionally, how much transit time is allowed in the Schengen zone

  74. Hi Nicolas
    a question my wife and my son are traveling to bogota hong kong making two stopovers the first in madrid and the second in frankfurt. They would need a short-term visa or it does not apply, their final destination being Hong Kong..

  75. Nicolas Larenas

    Hello good evening, I traveled from Cuba to Egypt making a stopover in Madrid. The flight is fully operated by Qatar Airways.
    Do I need a transit visa to be able to make the stopover??

    Thanks a lot

  76. Hi Nicolas, I have a trip with final destination London. I already have the tourist visa for the UK, but I have to make a two-hour stopover in Madrid or Amsterdam, and I want to know if I need a Schengen visa to be in transit in these countries.

  77. Hi Nicolas, I have the following doubt, I hope you can help me. I already have my residence permit approved in the Netherlands, and I have a Return Visa to be able to travel to the Netherlands and be able to collect my new residence permit there. Can I enter Spain to make my stopover?? I would have to pick up my bags to board the second flight again, they are two independent flights.

    1. Hello Alberto, At first glance I do not see that you are going to have problems with your return visa document, but I am left wondering if the airline from your initial point of travel is going to file an objection since it cannot affirm that you are not staying in Spain, although it would be illogical to have your visa for the Netherlands.

  78. hello sir nicholas how are you, i have a ticket from turkey to guinea but i have to stop over in portugal do i really need a transit visa for senegal ?

    I have a Guinean passport

  79. Hello, I hope you can help me solve my existential problem 🥹 I'm going to study in Ireland from Bolivia and my flight leaves from Bolivia, I go through Panama, my first stop and I go through France, the second connection through 2 hours that I would have to wait and my final destination is Ireland I need to obtain a transit visa ? 🙏🏻😢

  80. Hello my flight and for Serbia but stopover and 4 p.m. in Rome for a connecting flight from air serbia I do not have a transit visa do I have to have it even if I do not move from the airport ? If it is mandatory on site I can have it democratic republic of the congo

  81. Your help please I go. Travel from Quito to Istanbul.. With an intermediate stopover in Madrid.. My question is my flight is with a contract of two airlines Avianca and Turkish Airlines, I'm going to need a visa for Madrid my stopover is from 4 hours??

      1. Hello Nicolás, I have a question, I hope you can help me. I did a tour from Quito with a stopover in Bogotá from Bogotá Barcelona with a final destination in Istanbul. My vacations were from 10 days but having some problems in my business in Quito I have advanced my return flight to Ecuador I have two return tickets from Istanbul Barcelona and my next ticket is Barcelona Ecuador but my flight leaves the day after being in Barcelona my agency has made with hotel reservation ? I could go out to rest in the hotel until I resume my connection

  82. Hola.. I have a flight from Quito to Doha with a stopover in Amsterdam, How do I know if I am leaving the international area of ​​the airport or not?? everything is with the same airline KLM

  83. Hi Nicolas! I bought a return ticket to Qatar with KLM, my one way scale is: Gye – Amsterdam – Doha; and the return is Doha- – Paris – Panama – Guayaquil, I have a suitcase that, being from the same airline, will go directly to my final destination. My question is that both the outward and return journeys go through ONE Schengen area airport with less than 24 hours and I know that initially I do not need a transit visa, but being different airports (ida: Amsterdam, he came back: Paris) I won't have a problem with that?

  84. Hi friend, i am traveling to dublin (I don't need a visa) from bolivia
    and I have a stopover in Spain I need a visa? I will fly with two different airlines but I will only take hand luggage

  85. hello! I read that the visa to Japan allows us to make several transit stops without leaving the airport in the Schengen area when our final destination is outside the schengen area, maybe you know something about that?

    1. Hello there, the basic rule is that you can make ONE stopover in the Schengen Zone as long as your next point is outside this space. The visa to Japan has no influence that I know of to allow you more layovers.

  86. Hi, I'm thinking of traveling to Qatar with a round trip stopover in Madrid. 6 hours I need European visa. From Madrid to Qatar with flight Qatar airwayis

  87. Hello excuse me, I travel in November, My flight is from Ecuador-Colombia- France(scale of 6 hours) -Dubai. I was looking for information if I need transit visa in France, I travel with Air France. On some websites I read that if I need a transit visa and on others I don't.

  88. I had a flight with only one connection in Europe, but they just changed it for one of two. I do not have a visa and I have Ecuadorian nationality. The flight is handled by a single company (KLM)

    1. Hello Cristian, if the next stop is within the Schengen Zone or from a country that asks us for a visa, you will need to apply for a visa. but just in case, go to a KLM office to see if they give you a different guideline as it is their fault to change the reservation.

      1. hi nicolas I'm mustapha moroccan I have a ticket from Casablanca Morocco to Yerevan Armenia (I have a visa for Armenia) I bought the ticket online from Mohamed airport 6 Morocco towards Yerevan I 1 escal to milan malpensa 7 hours 5 min I kindly ask if I can travel without problems or do I have to have a visa from the country where I will be doing escal?

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