travel thru germany on K1

[John and Anna 0]

Can anyone tell me if there is any problem with flight connection thur Germany(frankfurt) on k1 visa to US?

Thanks in advance

Found my own answer here

http://www.germany.info/relaunch/info/cons...ountrylist.html

Edited October 12, 2006 by John and Anna

[payxibka 10,044]

Can anyone tell me if there is any problem with flight connection thur Germany(frankfurt) on k1 visa to US?

Thanks in advance

Found my own answer here

http://www.germany.info/relaunch/info/cons...ountrylist.html

For anyone who has this same question in general. Delta airlines has a neat little tool. You select the country of citizenship, connection country and destination country and it shows you the visa requirements.

http://www.delta.com/planning_reservations...ation/index.jsp

[Marc and Olga 0]

Can anyone tell me if there is any problem with flight connection thur Germany(frankfurt) on k1 visa to US?

Thanks in advance

Found my own answer here

http://www.germany.info/relaunch/info/cons...ountrylist.html

For anyone who has this same question in general. Delta airlines has a neat little tool. You select the country of citizenship, connection country and destination country and it shows you the visa requirements.

http://www.delta.com/planning_reservations...ation/index.jsp

I actually found that Delta site helpful, I was worried that Olga may need a transit visa in South Korea...she doesn't since she will be holding a US visa and traveling TO the US from South Korea!

[peejay 327]

The problem occurs if a flight is delayed or the connecting flight is the next day or longer. Without a valid tourist visa from Germany or any country the airport is located in, your fiancee cannot leave the secured area of the airport and get a hotel room.

Whereas a US citizen can leave the airport in countries we have a VWP (Visa Waiver Program) agreement with, your Russian fiancee cannot do this without a tourist visa from those countries. A US fiancee visa does not allow your fiancee to leave the airport and enter Germany, France, UK, etc. to stay overnight in a hotel. They are not US citizens and do not qualify for VWP.

My wife (then fiancee) and her daughter flew from Moscow to Frankfurt to Houston. I made sure the layover in Frankfurt between flights was short enough that they would not need a German hotel / German tourist visa (which is almost impossible for a Russian to get).

Russians do not need a German transit visa to transfer to a connecting flight to the USA through Germany. They just cannot leave the airport.

[John and Anna 0]

The problem occurs if a flight is delayed or the connecting flight is the next day or longer. Without a valid tourist visa from Germany or any country the airport is located in, your fiancee cannot leave the secured area of the airport and get a hotel room.

Whereas a US citizen can leave the airport in countries we have a VWP (Visa Waiver Program) agreement with, your Russian fiancee cannot do this without a tourist visa from those countries. A US fiancee visa does not allow your fiancee to leave the airport and enter Germany, France, UK, etc. to stay overnight in a hotel. They are not US citizens and do not qualify for VWP.

My wife (then fiancee) and her daughter flew from Moscow to Frankfurt to Houston. I made sure the layover in Frankfurt between flights was short enough that they would not need a German hotel / German tourist visa (which is almost impossible for a Russian to get).

Russians do not need a German transit visa to transfer to a connecting flight to the USA through Germany. They just cannot leave the airport.

That pretty much clears it up

Thanks!