AIRPORT TRANSIT VISA A REQUIRED DOCUMENTS – Important: An Airport Transit Visa A permits you to enter the international transit zone of an airport in order to take a connecting international flight. This visa does not permit you to enter the Schengen territory. Good Practices: Do not wait for the last minute to apply for your visa. Apply for your visa in the 90th and 15th days preceding the intended date of your travel. Every file has to be composed of a set of original documents + 1 set of clear copies of every original document. DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER Valid passport containing at least 2 blank pages and with a validity superior to at least 3 months from the expiration date of the requested visa. Copy of your passport and copies of all the visas with entry and exit stamps from the visited countries. Two well filled and signed Schengen visa application forms do not forget to – indicate on the form a clear e-mail address. Two recent pictures (35 x 45 mm) with a white background. For the non-Rwandese citizens, valid long stay visas or residence cards are required. Valid visa for the final destination after the airport transit or proof of visa exemption (e.g. visa will be delivered at the border of final destination, visa exemption). Documents relating to the travel to your final destination after the airport transit (e.g. invitation letter and proof of the travel purpose to your final destination). Information permitting to evaluate your intention not to enter the Schengen territory. as from airport of departure to airport of final destination. Flight reservation Important: The authorities competent for the control at the external borders can refuse letting you transit through the international transit zone if the further travel to your final destination is not assured. Please keep all documents relating to your final destination on you. Submit a complete file. All information is available on the Belgian Embassy of Kigali’s website and on the website of the Belgian Immigration Office. For that matter the Belgian authorities in charge of the examination of visa applications consider that the submission of an incomplete visa application means that the person asking for the visa is not taking the application seriously or that the person is incapable of submitting the necessary documents.
AIRPORT TRANSIT VISA A – REQUIRED DOCUMENTS Important: An Airport Transit Visa A permits you to enter the international transit zone of an airport in order to take a connecting international flight. This visa does not permit you to enter the Schengen territory. Good Practices: Do not wait for the last minute to apply for your visa. Apply for your visa in the 90th and 15th days preceding the intended date of your travel. Every file has to be composed of a set of original documents + 1 set of clear copies of every original document. DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER Valid passport containing at least 2 blank pages and with a validity superior to at least 3 months from the expiration date of the requested visa. Copy of your passport and copies of all the visas with entry and exit stamps from the visited countries. Two well filled and signed Schengen visa application forms – do not forget to indicate on the form a clear e-mail address. Two recent pictures (35 x 45 mm) with a white background. For the non-Rwandese citizens, valid long stay visas or residence cards are required. Valid visa for the final destination after the airport transit or proof of visa exemption (e.g. visa will be delivered at the border of final destination, visa exemption). Documents relating to the travel to your final destination after the airport transit (e.g. invitation letter and proof of the travel purpose to your final destination). Information permitting to evaluate your intention not to enter the Schengen territory. Flight reservation as from airport of departure to airport of final destination. Important: The authorities competent for the control at the external borders can refuse letting you transit through the international transit zone if the further travel to your final destination is not assured. Please keep all documents relating to your final destination on you. Submit a complete file. All information is available on the Belgian Embassy of Kigali’s website and on the website of the Belgian Immigration Office. For that matter the Belgian authorities in charge of the examination of visa applications consider that the submission of an incomplete visa application means that the person asking for the visa is not taking the application seriously or that the person is incapable of submitting the necessary documents.
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