Can someone tell me (or care to speculate) why a Bangladeshi passport holder needs an airport transit visa for changing planes in Frankfurt, or for that matter, anywhere in Europe? I’ve just had an awful experience of being harassed by Lufthansa (even though the German consulate says that I shouldn’t need an air transit visa.)
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August 28, 2007 at 5:17 am
AsifY
Had the same problem with Lufthansa. My sympathies Saif!
August 28, 2007 at 5:17 am
AsifY
Should add: I took my revenge by flying BA >:).
August 28, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Rezwan
I know of an incident that a Bangladeshi with Czech residence permit was not allowed to change plane in Frankfurt towards Prag for a transit of only two hours, because he did not have transit visa. He was deported to his point of departure, Dhaka. He called the embassy for help and Embassy’s repeated requests to the authority were turned down citing rules of the land. Don’t have any idea about other European countries but UK requires transit visa.
August 28, 2007 at 5:27 pm
Ahmed Bhuiyan
Lufthansa has always had that problem…actually as far as I know its some weird german thing…
thankfully I had a residence permit though
August 28, 2007 at 8:16 pm
Anonymous
Even BA requires transit visas through Heathrow if you don’t have a valid visa to re-enter the US (and you are leaving the US). What a pain!
August 29, 2007 at 4:33 am
AsifY
I think that’s an American thing though. I’ve gone through Heathrow without transit visas just fine for the last few years.
August 29, 2007 at 1:22 pm
Hussain
I am not quite sure of Frankfurt, but I know that Schiphol at Amsterdam has implemented cumbersome transit visa requirements on Bangladeshi citizens as a penalty against Biman’s pending account payables. Perhaps we wronged the Germans in the same way?
August 29, 2007 at 6:37 pm
Syed
When our “glorious” countrymen undertake shortsighted criminal/law breaking activities in whatever country they’re admitted into…it should come as no suprise that retribution and collective punishment will be swift and certain. These simply reinforce the already existing racist/supremacist tendencies of the West. Sad thing is innocent people like Saif have to suffer cause they’re considered guilty until proven innocent.
August 30, 2007 at 4:36 am
AsifY
Hussain,
Are you serious about Biman?? Talk about polishing up our “bhaabmurti”!
August 31, 2007 at 7:34 pm
Hussain
Asif:
Like I said, I do not know of Frankfurt, but Biman owing KLM at Schiphol, I know as a cold hard fact.
August 31, 2007 at 11:44 pm
AsifY
That is just sad on so many levels….. thanks Hussain. I might just quote you on this on my blog ;). Stay tuned.
September 3, 2007 at 8:30 am
bdfact
I returned Dhaka from Norway via Frankfurt last Friday and nothing happened. The onward journey was also hassel-free.
September 5, 2007 at 12:26 am
AsifY
Maybe it’s something to do with the airline bdfact.