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Airport transit visa (A)

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Which travellers require a transit visa/permission and which officially documented exemptions are important?

Only nationals of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia and Sri Lanka are obliged to apply for an airport transit visa. The official source does not state exemptions.

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Limits of the record
  • No exemptions (e.g. for holders of residence permits or visas) are documented on this page.
  • The source is the consular page of the Hungarian Embassy in Kuwait, not a Hungary-wide nationality matrix.
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    Only nationals of the following states are obliged to apply for an airport transit visa: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia and Sri Lanka.

Can the traveller remain airside, and under what circumstances must immigration control be crossed?

The airport transit visa (A) authorises the bearer to enter the international zone of the airport and remain there until the departure of the flight to the destination country. The official source does not state when immigration control must be crossed.

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Limits of the record
  • Circumstances in which immigration control must be crossed (leaving the international zone) are not stated.
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    **1.)** Airport transit visa (A): Authorize the bearer to enter the international zone of the airport and to remain there until the time of the departure of the flight to the destination country.

What officially documented baggage collection, terminal, separate-ticket or self-transfer situations affect the immigration requirement?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the baggage, terminal-change and self-transfer rules.

What maximum transit period, overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules matter?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the maximum transit period and overnight, airport-change or multiple-stop rules.

If permission is required, what permission is it, where/how is it obtained, and what core onward-travel evidence is required?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the permission required, where to obtain it and the onward-travel evidence.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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