What should I write in the “Member State of first entry” field on a Schengen visa application form?
Travelling to France from UK with my family and while filling in the visa application form but there is a question that needs to be answered and I am not clear what to fill in:
Member State of first entry - what should be filled in here?
Flight is from UK to France (CDG) but the flight operator is KLM and it is not direct. there is a 45 min break between two flights
UK(Leeds) — Netherlands(Amsterdam) — France (Paris)
Should the answer to this question be France (Paris) or Netherlands (Amsterdam).
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Travelling to France from UK with my family and while filling in the visa application form but there is a question that needs to be answered and I am not clear what to fill in:
Member State of first entry - what should be filled in here?
Flight is from UK to France (CDG) but the flight operator is KLM and it is not direct. there is a 45 min break between two flights
UK(Leeds) — Netherlands(Amsterdam) — France (Paris)
Should the answer to this question be France (Paris) or Netherlands (Amsterdam).
schengen applications
edited Apr 24 '16 at 12:11
JonathanReez♦
50.1k41239515
asked Apr 24 '16 at 11:42
user1226193user1226193
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add a comment |
Travelling to France from UK with my family and while filling in the visa application form but there is a question that needs to be answered and I am not clear what to fill in:
Member State of first entry - what should be filled in here?
Flight is from UK to France (CDG) but the flight operator is KLM and it is not direct. there is a 45 min break between two flights
UK(Leeds) — Netherlands(Amsterdam) — France (Paris)
Should the answer to this question be France (Paris) or Netherlands (Amsterdam).
schengen applications
edited Apr 24 '16 at 12:11
JonathanReez♦
50.1k41239515
asked Apr 24 '16 at 11:42
user1226193user1226193
1112
Travelling to France from UK with my family and while filling in the visa application form but there is a question that needs to be answered and I am not clear what to fill in:
Member State of first entry - what should be filled in here?
Flight is from UK to France (CDG) but the flight operator is KLM and it is not direct. there is a 45 min break between two flights
UK(Leeds) — Netherlands(Amsterdam) — France (Paris)
Should the answer to this question be France (Paris) or Netherlands (Amsterdam).
schengen applications
schengen applications
edited Apr 24 '16 at 12:11
JonathanReez♦
50.1k41239515
asked Apr 24 '16 at 11:42
user1226193user1226193
1112
edited Apr 24 '16 at 12:11
JonathanReez♦
50.1k41239515
asked Apr 24 '16 at 11:42
user1226193user1226193
1112
edited Apr 24 '16 at 12:11
JonathanReez♦
50.1k41239515
edited Apr 24 '16 at 12:11
JonathanReez♦
50.1k41239515
edited Apr 24 '16 at 12:11
JonathanReez♦
50.1k41239515
50.1k41239515
asked Apr 24 '16 at 11:42
user1226193user1226193
1112
asked Apr 24 '16 at 11:42
user1226193user1226193
1112
asked Apr 24 '16 at 11:42
user1226193user1226193
1112
1112
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The member state of first entry is the state through whose external borders you first enter the Schengen Area.
With the itinerary you describe, your first entry -- indeed your only entry into the Schengen Area -- will be the Netherlands. You will pass through immigration controls in Amsterdam, and your flight from Amsterdam to Paris is a Schengen-internal flight with no immigration control (save for whatever checks the French choose to do right now due to their ongoing state-of-emergency -- but that still doesn't count as an entry into the Schengen area).
answered Apr 24 '16 at 11:57
Henning MakholmHenning Makholm
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Thanks for your reply. Also if one does not leave the international zone and does not go through immigration control in Holland, then the first entry will be France. I have checked with the airline and they have confirmed that immigration control will be France
– user1226193
Apr 30 '16 at 9:06
@user1226193: You won't be able to get on a plane from Amsterdam to Paris without leaving the international zone in Amsterdam -- such flights depart from gates after immigration control. I don't know how you got an airline person to tell you otherwise, but they must not have completely understood which itinerary you were asking about.
– Henning Makholm
Apr 30 '16 at 9:40
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The member state of first entry is the state through whose external borders you first enter the Schengen Area.
With the itinerary you describe, your first entry -- indeed your only entry into the Schengen Area -- will be the Netherlands. You will pass through immigration controls in Amsterdam, and your flight from Amsterdam to Paris is a Schengen-internal flight with no immigration control (save for whatever checks the French choose to do right now due to their ongoing state-of-emergency -- but that still doesn't count as an entry into the Schengen area).
answered Apr 24 '16 at 11:57
Henning MakholmHenning Makholm
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Thanks for your reply. Also if one does not leave the international zone and does not go through immigration control in Holland, then the first entry will be France. I have checked with the airline and they have confirmed that immigration control will be France
– user1226193
Apr 30 '16 at 9:06
@user1226193: You won't be able to get on a plane from Amsterdam to Paris without leaving the international zone in Amsterdam -- such flights depart from gates after immigration control. I don't know how you got an airline person to tell you otherwise, but they must not have completely understood which itinerary you were asking about.
– Henning Makholm
Apr 30 '16 at 9:40
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The member state of first entry is the state through whose external borders you first enter the Schengen Area.
With the itinerary you describe, your first entry -- indeed your only entry into the Schengen Area -- will be the Netherlands. You will pass through immigration controls in Amsterdam, and your flight from Amsterdam to Paris is a Schengen-internal flight with no immigration control (save for whatever checks the French choose to do right now due to their ongoing state-of-emergency -- but that still doesn't count as an entry into the Schengen area).
answered Apr 24 '16 at 11:57
Henning MakholmHenning Makholm
43.5k7105164
Thanks for your reply. Also if one does not leave the international zone and does not go through immigration control in Holland, then the first entry will be France. I have checked with the airline and they have confirmed that immigration control will be France
– user1226193
Apr 30 '16 at 9:06
@user1226193: You won't be able to get on a plane from Amsterdam to Paris without leaving the international zone in Amsterdam -- such flights depart from gates after immigration control. I don't know how you got an airline person to tell you otherwise, but they must not have completely understood which itinerary you were asking about.
– Henning Makholm
Apr 30 '16 at 9:40
add a comment |
The member state of first entry is the state through whose external borders you first enter the Schengen Area.
With the itinerary you describe, your first entry -- indeed your only entry into the Schengen Area -- will be the Netherlands. You will pass through immigration controls in Amsterdam, and your flight from Amsterdam to Paris is a Schengen-internal flight with no immigration control (save for whatever checks the French choose to do right now due to their ongoing state-of-emergency -- but that still doesn't count as an entry into the Schengen area).
answered Apr 24 '16 at 11:57
Henning MakholmHenning Makholm
43.5k7105164
The member state of first entry is the state through whose external borders you first enter the Schengen Area.
With the itinerary you describe, your first entry -- indeed your only entry into the Schengen Area -- will be the Netherlands. You will pass through immigration controls in Amsterdam, and your flight from Amsterdam to Paris is a Schengen-internal flight with no immigration control (save for whatever checks the French choose to do right now due to their ongoing state-of-emergency -- but that still doesn't count as an entry into the Schengen area).
answered Apr 24 '16 at 11:57
Henning MakholmHenning Makholm
43.5k7105164
answered Apr 24 '16 at 11:57
Henning MakholmHenning Makholm
43.5k7105164
answered Apr 24 '16 at 11:57
Henning MakholmHenning Makholm
43.5k7105164
answered Apr 24 '16 at 11:57
Henning MakholmHenning Makholm
43.5k7105164
43.5k7105164
Thanks for your reply. Also if one does not leave the international zone and does not go through immigration control in Holland, then the first entry will be France. I have checked with the airline and they have confirmed that immigration control will be France
– user1226193
Apr 30 '16 at 9:06
@user1226193: You won't be able to get on a plane from Amsterdam to Paris without leaving the international zone in Amsterdam -- such flights depart from gates after immigration control. I don't know how you got an airline person to tell you otherwise, but they must not have completely understood which itinerary you were asking about.
– Henning Makholm
Apr 30 '16 at 9:40
add a comment |
Thanks for your reply. Also if one does not leave the international zone and does not go through immigration control in Holland, then the first entry will be France. I have checked with the airline and they have confirmed that immigration control will be France
– user1226193
Apr 30 '16 at 9:06
@user1226193: You won't be able to get on a plane from Amsterdam to Paris without leaving the international zone in Amsterdam -- such flights depart from gates after immigration control. I don't know how you got an airline person to tell you otherwise, but they must not have completely understood which itinerary you were asking about.
– Henning Makholm
Apr 30 '16 at 9:40
Thanks for your reply. Also if one does not leave the international zone and does not go through immigration control in Holland, then the first entry will be France. I have checked with the airline and they have confirmed that immigration control will be France
– user1226193
Apr 30 '16 at 9:06
Thanks for your reply. Also if one does not leave the international zone and does not go through immigration control in Holland, then the first entry will be France. I have checked with the airline and they have confirmed that immigration control will be France
– user1226193
Apr 30 '16 at 9:06
@user1226193: You won't be able to get on a plane from Amsterdam to Paris without leaving the international zone in Amsterdam -- such flights depart from gates after immigration control. I don't know how you got an airline person to tell you otherwise, but they must not have completely understood which itinerary you were asking about.
– Henning Makholm
Apr 30 '16 at 9:40
@user1226193: You won't be able to get on a plane from Amsterdam to Paris without leaving the international zone in Amsterdam -- such flights depart from gates after immigration control. I don't know how you got an airline person to tell you otherwise, but they must not have completely understood which itinerary you were asking about.
– Henning Makholm
Apr 30 '16 at 9:40
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