A Schengen transit visa allows passengers to remain in the international transit area of the airport for up to 24 hours

A Schengen transit visa allows passengers to remain in the international transit area of the airport for up to 24 hours

1. Travel Documents Intensive Course | Intranet Index: 4.2.1.7.5.3.3/v1/Rev1| Location | Date Travel Documents Intensive Course Schengen’s Area Entry Requirements

2. Travel Documents Intensive Course | Location | Date Travel Documents Intensive Course Content Introduction Schengen Acquis & Area Measures adopted by Schengen states Schengen Visas Schengen Visas Security Features Counterfeit Schengen Visas Schengen Visa Types Schengen visa entry/exit stamps Page 1

3. Travel Documents Intensive Course | Location | Date Travel Documents Intensive Course SCHENGEN ACQUIS France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands decided in 1985 to create a territory without internal borders. This became known as the “Schengen area”. The name was taken from the name of the town in Luxembourg where the first agreements were signed. This intergovernmental cooperation expanded to include 13 countries in 1997, following the signing of the Treaty of Amsterdam. Today, there are 25 members. Page 2

4. Travel Documents Intensive Course | Location | Date Travel Documents Intensive Course Page 3 Indigo - Fully Schengen members (EU member states which have implemented the Schengen Agreement) Violet - Associated Schengen members (non-EU member states which have implemented the Schengen Agreement) Yellow - Other EU member states (EU member states which have not implemented the Schengen Agreement yet) Green - EU member states which apply only some Schengen laws SCHENGEN AREA

5. Travel Documents Intensive Course Schengen Countries Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Malta Norway Portugal Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden & Switzerland

6. Travel Documents Intensive Course | Location | Date Travel Documents Intensive Course Schengen Area The  Schengen Area  comprises the territories of twenty-five European countries that have implemented the  Schengen Agreement. The Schengen Area operates very much like a single state for international travel purposes with border controls for travellers travelling in and out of the area, but with no internal border controls. The Schengen rules were absorbed into European Union (EU) law by the Amsterdam Treaty in 1999, although the area officially includes three non-EU member states, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, and  de facto  includes three European micro-states, Monaco, San Marino, and Vatican City. All but two EU members states–Ireland and the United Kingdom–are required to implement Schengen and, with the exceptions of Bulgaria, Cyprus, and Romania have already done so. The area currently covers a population of over 400 million people and an area of 4,312,099 square kilometers. Croatia joining in 2012. Page 4

7. Travel Documents Intensive Course | Location | Date Travel Documents Intensive Course Measures adopted by Schengen states The removal of checks at common borders, replacing them with external borders checks . A common definition of the rules for crossing external borders. Separation in air terminals and ports of people traveling within the Schengen area from those arriving from countries outside the area. Harmonization of the rules regarding conditions of entry and visas for short stays. Coordination between administrations on surveillance of borders (liaison officers, harmonization of instruction and staff training). Page 5

8. Travel Documents Intensive Course Rules on travelling to the Schengen area and intra Schengen Travel Passengers coming from outside the Schengen area connecting to another Schengen member state undergo immigration controls at the first point of entry. Intra Schengen travel is done without controls, like domestic travel. E.G. An Egyptian national on the following routing. The customers passport and visa will be checked in Frankfurt. There is no passport check in Vienna.

9. Travel Documents Intensive Course Egyptian National on the following routings. The customer will need a visa to transit through the TWO Schengen areas to get home. LHR MUC ZRH CAI CAI MUC LHR The customer will not need a visa, if only transiting through ONE state. DOUBLE SCHENGEN TRANSIT WILL NEED A VISA Click to see Timatic information

10. Double Bounce Rule Excerpt from Timatic Web Presentation Title | Location | Date

11. Travel Documents Intensive Course Who needs a visa? Presentation Title | Location | Date No Visa Required Visa May be Required Check TIM Visa May be Required Check TIM No Visa Required

12. Travel Documents Intensive Course | Location | Date Travel Documents Intensive Course Schengen visa Schengen visa is a special document that allows a Schengen visa holder to travel freely within the 25 Schengen zone member states. Page 6 Only bordercontrol at the outside borders (air, sea and landborders) No bordercontrol inside the Schengen area One visa, valid for 2 5 countries

13. Travel Documents Intensive Course | Location | Date Travel Documents Intensive Course Schengen visa security features Page 7

14. Travel Documents Intensive Course | Location | Date Travel Documents Intensive Course Schengen visa security features Page 8

15. Travel Documents Intensive Course | Location | Date Travel Documents Intensive Course Page 9 Schengen visa security features

16. Travel Documents Intensive Course | Location | Date Travel Documents Intensive Course Schengen visa security features Page 10

17. Travel Documents Intensive Course | Location | Date Travel Documents Intensive Course Schengen visa security features Page 11

18. Travel Documents Intensive Course | Location | Date Travel Documents Intensive Course Counterfeit S chengen visa Page 12

19. Travel Documents Intensive Course | Location | Date Travel Documents Intensive Course Counterfeit Schengen visa, continued Page 13 Fluorescent “Fibers” made with UV pen Spelling mistake: DDUR instead of DUUR

20. Travel Documents Intensive Course | Location | Date Travel Documents Intensive Course Counterfeit Schengen visa, continued Page 14

21. Travel Documents Intensive Course | Location | Date Travel Documents Intensive Course Counterfeit Schengen visa, continued Please note that only the portion of the visa bordered in red is from a genuine visa. The remainder of the visa is counterfeit. Detection points include the garish mauve and yellow background print and the incorrect font in the Machine Readable Zone. Beware!! - the counterfeit portion of the visa has impressive simulated UV safeguards ( not shown). . Page 15

22. Travel Documents Intensive Course | Location | Date Travel Documents Intensive Course Schengen visa Schengen Visas are divided in 3 categories: Uniform Schengen Visas ( USC ) Limited Territorial Validity Visas ( LTV ) National Visits ( NV ) Page 16

23. Travel Documents Intensive Course | Location | Date Travel Documents Intensive Course UNIFORM SCHENGEN VISAS ( USV ) Are valid for the entire territory of the Schengen space and they may be : Type A : for airport transit , compulsory only for the citizens of certain countries to transit the international areas of an airport, without entering the national territory. Type B : for transit, valid up to 5 days and allowing its holder to pass through the territories of the Schengen space en route from one Third country State to another Third State . Type C : for short visits or travel up to 90 days , valid for one or more entries (provided that neither the length of a continuous visit nor the total length of successive visits exceeds 3 months in any half year as from the date of first entry into the Schengen area. Page 17

24. Travel Documents Intensive Course | Location | Date Travel Documents Intensive Course LIMITED TERRITORIAL VALIDITY VISAS ( LTV ) These visas are valid only for the Schengen countries whose Embassy has issued the visa ( or, in special cases, also for specifically indicated Schengen States ) without any possibility of accessing the territory of other Schengen States, even for transit purposes. Such visas are likewise valid for : Type A – airport transit Type B – transit Type C – short visits or travel Page 18

25. Travel Documents Intensive Course | Location | Date Travel Documents Intensive Course NATIONAL VISITS VISAS ( NV ) These visas are valid only for visits exceeding 90 days ( Type D ) in accordance with characteristics of each visa type, with one or more entries, only in the territory of the Schengen country that has issued the visa and for possible transit, for no more than 5 days, through the territory of other Schengen States. Page 19

26. Travel Documents Intensive Course | Location | Date Travel Documents Intensive Course Schengen border stamps Page 20 Exit stamp  for  air travel issued at Prague airport. Exit stamp  for  rail travel , issued at  Bad Schandau train station. Exit stamp  for  road travel , issued at  Korczowa  border crossing. Exit stamp  for  sea travel , issued at  Helsinki  port.

27. Travel Documents Intensive Course | Location | Date Travel Documents Intensive Course Congratulations! You have completed the Schengen’s Area Entry Requirements presentation. Page 21