Do I require airport transit visa at Frankfurt?

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According to the Airport Transit in Germany page, you likely do need a visa (assuming you are a national of India):

Nationals of the following countries are required to be in possession of an airport transit visa when passing through the international transit area of airports in Germany:

AFGHANISTAN, BANGLADESH, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, ERITREA, ETHIOPIA, GHANA, INDIA, IRAN, IRAQ, JORDAN ** (please see below), LEBANON, MYANMAR, MALI, NIGERIA, PAKISTAN, SOMALIA, SRI LANKA, SUDAN, SOUTH SUDAN, SYRIA, TURKEY

There are exceptions to the above rule for holders of various USA visas and related documents, but if you're not travelling to or from the USA then those exceptions won't apply to you.

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According to TIMATIC, you do not need a visa if you are

holding onward tickets in transit through Cologne/Bonn (CGN), Frankfurt (FRA), Munich (MUC), Hamburg (HAM), Dusseldorf (DUS) or Berlin Tegel (TXL) AND meeting one of the following conditions:

  • holding a valid visa issued by Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Ireland (Rep.), Japan, Romania, USA or United Kingdom;

If you hold a visa for any of these countries and your connection is less than 24 hours then you can transit Frankfurt without a visa.

If you do NOT hold a visa for any of these countries then you WILL require a transit visa for Frankfurt.

The Lufthansa website also contains similar details.

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