I just booked my husband's return flight thru Germany. NAA was sold out for the date I wanted. Anyway.. they did not assist me in anyway in getting his transit visa. They said I had to contact the German consulate in lagos. They have a whole 20 step procedure in doing this. Has anyone done this before? Is it possible to get it w/in a few days after the interview?

Any help would be appreciated!

I can't comment on the German Embassy in Lagos, but my husband has had to transit through Paris a few times any visa to a European country is the same. He will have to show proof of insurance and usually strong ties to his home country, but I would think an immigrant visa to the US would negate that requirement. Here in China at the French Embassy in Beijing they accept applications on a Monday and visas are usually granted on that Friday, but I think my husband managed to get a visa in one or two days with a little pull from the Consular Officer from his country's embassy.

Another option is that he not leave the airport. If he does not have to change airports, he does not need a transit visa. If his layover is not too long, he could just hang out for a while. My poor husband has had to hang out at Charles De Gualle a few times, and the layover there when traveling from Beijing to Benin, his home country, is 23 hours. 23 hours of HELL, I say.

You'll want to investigate the airport he is flying through, but most people passing through a European airport from outside of Europe to a final destination outside of Europe do not ever have to go through passport control.

Congrats on the visa!!!!!!

I wish that were true for us but it's not. Thank you for answering my question though

List of countries whose citizens do need a airport transit visa

Afghanistan (please see exception 2)

Angola (please see exception 1)

Bangladesh (please see exception 2)

Columbia (please see exception 1) as of Jan 01, 2007

Congo, Democratic Republic (please see exception 2)

Cuba (please see exception 1) as of Jan 01, 2007

Eritrea (please see exception 2)

Ethiopia (please see exception 2)

Gambia (please see exception 1)

Ghana (please see exception 2)

India (please see exception 4)

Iran (please see exception 2)

Iraq (please see exception 2)

Jordan (please see exception 3)

Lebanon (please see exception 1)

Nigeria (please see exception 2)

Pakistan (please see exception 2)

Somalia (please see exception 2)

Sri Lanka (please see exception 2)

Sudan (please see exception 1)

Syria (please see exception 1)

Turkey (please see exception 4)

Special regulations for official passport holders may apply, please call.
If your country is not mentioned, you do not need a transit visa.
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Exception 1 to the list above:
If you hold
- a visa or other residence permit for a member country of the European Union or the European Economic Area or

- one of the follwing US residence permits:
§ I-551 Permanent Resident Card (2 or 10 years validity)
§ I-551 Alien Registration Receipt Card (2 or 10 years or unlimited validity)
§ I-327 Reentry Document (2 years validity, issued to I-551 holders)
§ Resident Alien Card (2 or 10 years validity, only sufficient if the stay abroad does not exceed 1 year)
§ Permit to Reenter (2 years validity, only sufficient if the stay abroad does not exceed 2 years)
§ Valid Temporary Residence Stamp (1 year validity)

or
- a specific residence permit allowing unrestricted return for Andorra, Japan, Monaco, Canada, San Marino, Switzerland (please call for details)
you do not need an airport transit visa.
If you are still in doubt whether you need an airport transit visa, do not hesitate to call the German mission which serves your place of residence in the US.
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Exception 2 to the list above:
If you hold
- one of the follwing US residence permits:
§ I-551 Permanent Resident Card (2 or 10 years validity)
§ I-551 Alien Registration Receipt Card (2 or 10 years or unlimited validity)
§ I-327 Reentry Document (2 years validity, issued to I-551 holders)
§ Resident Alien Card (2 or 10 years or unlimited validity, only sufficient if the stay abroad does not exceed 1 year)
§ Permit to Reenter (2 years validity, only sufficient if the stay abroad does not exceed 2 years)
§ Valid Temporary Residence Stamp (1 year validity)

or
- a Schengen Visa valid for all Schengen countries or
- a residence permit for any Schengen country or
- a Schengen Visa restricted to the issuing country if you are on your way to this country or
- a specific residence permit allowing unrestricted return for Andorra, Japan, Monaco, Canada, San Marino, Switzerland or for one of the new EU-countries Poland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Malta, Cyprus and Slovenia (please call for details)
you do not need an airport transit visa
If you are still in doubt whether you need an airport transit visa, do not hesitate to call the German mission which serves your place of residence in the US.

When I was in Nigeria , Jospeh drive me down to where the embassys are . The german one is right there with the rest. There wasn't a huge line and holding area like the US one. He should be able to call and ask or go and ask if he is in the area. Have him take his flight info. If he is just passing through and staying inside the airport then I don't think it is a problem .

Once you have the US visa a transit visa is very simple to get.

It is easier to get a tourist visa to Germany than US so no worries. My SO has two Germany tourist visas with no problem in obtaining them.

kathryn

Franklin was supposed to transit via Germany I contacted the german embassy they said he couldnt get a transit visa with out US visa . It supposedly takes 10 days and costs 60 USD. I found that they were not very helpful and I called the airline as well to try and figure out what to do and I just ended up canceling the flight and gettign a credit and goign with NAA. I asked that question and they kept giving me this stupid standard answer. The airline would not assist us either