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Indians No Longer Require Airport Transit Visa: France

Darpan News Desk IANS, 27 Jul, 2018 12:32 PM
    France has announced that Indian passport holders will no longer require an airport transit visa while transiting through the country.
     
     
    “I’m pleased to announce that, with effect from July 23, 2018, holders of Indian passports will no longer require an Airport Transit Visa (ATV) while transiting through the international zone of any airport in France #ChooseFrance,” France’s ambassador to India Alexandre Ziegler said on Twitter last week.
     
     
    France forms part of the Schengen Area comprising 26 European states.

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