Transit Visa Requirements for United Kingdom, France, Germany and other countries for traveling from USA to India and back

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Transit Visa Requirements

Following table describes the transit visa requirements for citizens of India who are in USA on non-immigrant visa and either their non-immigrant visa has is valid or expired or have filed for Adjustment of Status (I-485) and have either received their advance parole or not. When such individuals travel between USA and India, depending upon the airline they fly in and transit places, there may be different transit visa requirements. Please note that transit visa requirements are enforced by a particular country where transit place is located and not by individual airline itself.

Atlantic Route
Country	Transit City	Airlines	Valid Unexpired USA Visa	Expired USA Visa	Remarks
Austria	Vienna	Austrian Airlines	Not required	Not required	Consulates in USA Consulates in India
Belgium	Brussels	Brussels Airlines Jet Airways	Not required	Not required	Consulates in USA Consulates in India
Finland	Helsinki	Finnair	Not required	Not required	Consulates in USA Consulates in India
France	Paris	Air France Air India Qatar Airways	Not required, transit less than 6 hours and have confirmed airlines tickets (no open tickets)	Required, even for Advance Parole holders. Exception: Not required for Re-entry permit holders.	Consulates in USA Consulates in India
Germany	Frankfurt Munich	Air Canada Air India Delta Airlines Lufthansa	Not required	Required Not required for Advance Parole holders	Consulates in USA Consulates in India
Italy	Milan	Alitalia Delta Airlines	Not required	Not required	Consulates in USA Consulates in India
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Kuwait Airlines	Not required	Not required
Netherlands	Amsterdam	KLM Northwest	Not required	Not required	Consulates in USA Consulates in USA
Qatar	Doha	Qatar Airways	Not required	Not required
Oman	Muscat	Gulf Air	Not required	Not required
Russia	Moscow	Aeroflot	Not required	Not required
Switzerland	Geneva Zurich	Kuwait Airlines Swiss Airlines	Not required	Not required
UAE	Dubai	Delta Airlines Emirates	Not required	Not required
UAE	Abu Dhabi	Etihad Airways	Not required	Not required
Ukraine	Kiev	Aerosvit	Not required	Not required
United Kingdom (UK)	London	Air India British Airways Gulf Air Kuwait Airlines United Airlines Virgin Atlantic	Not required	Required, even for Advance Parole holders
Nonstop Flights	-	Air India American Airlines Continental Airlines Delta Airlines	Not required	Not required
Pacific Route
Country	Transit City	Airlines	Valid Unexpired USA Visa	Expired USA Visa	Remarks
China	Hong Kong	Air China Cathay Pacific	Not required	Not required	If you want to go out of airport, 14 days visa on arrival available.
Japan	Tokyo	ANA (All Nippon Airways) Japan Airlines	Not required	Not required
Korea	Seoul	Korean Air	Not required	Not required
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysian Airlines	Not required	Not required
Pakistan	Islamabad	PIA	Not required	Not required
Philippines	Manila	Philippine Airlines	Not required	Not required
Singapore	Singapore	Singapore Airlines	Not required	Not required	If your transit is more than 7 hours, you can get transit visa on arrival to go out of the airport.
Taiwan	Taipei	China Airlines Eva Air	Not required	Not required
Thailand	Bangkok	Thai Airways	Not required	Not required	If you want to go out of airport, 14 days visa on arrival available.

Notes:

Above requirements are true only if you are not changing any airports at the place of transit. Transit visa would be required in most places if you are changing airports. (Like London-Heathrow to London-Gatwick and vice versa).
These requirements are only for citizens of India in USA who don't have green card. For citizens of other countries, look at the links below for further detailed requirements.
In case transit visa is required for your specific journey, look at the links below to get more information about getting transit visa.
If your particular journey requires multiple stops in different countries, make sure to check the list of all concerned countries to figure out whether you require transit visa or not. e.g., if you are flying in Kuwait Airlines on route US-London-Kuwait-India, you will not require transit visa in Kuwait, but will require in London, UK. If same airline's route is US-Kuwait-India, you will not require transit visa.

More Details:

Non USA Transit Visa
Germany Transit Visa
Airport Transit Visa - Schengen

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