You remain in
the airport’s international zone while waiting for the transfer flight to your final destination, and your final destination is located outside the
Schengen area.
1/ You are travelling from an airport in a country located outside the Schengen Area and
staying in the international zone of an airport located in metropolitan France while waiting for your connection to your final destination, which is also located outside the
Schengen Area.
- You must apply for an "A" airport transit visa (ATV) if you hold:
- An ordinary, service or special passport issued by: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, or Sri Lanka;
- An ordinary passport issued by: Angola, Bolivia, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, India, Mali, Mauritania, Nepal, the Philippines (except in the case of seafarers holding a seaman’s book issued in accordance with international conventions), the Republic of Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, Russia (if you are travelling from an airport located in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Turkey or Egypt), Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria or Turkey
- A service passport issued by the Republic of Guinea;
- A travel document for Palestinian refugees;
- A travel document for Palestinian refugees issued by the Egyptian, Lebanese or Syrian authorities.
This requirement does not apply to holders of diplomatic passports.