<div>You might need a visa to enter a country or for transit purposes, even if you don’t plan to leave the airport.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Before booking your trip, it’s a good idea to check the requirements of your destination as well as the countries you’ll pass through — <strong>it’s your responsibility to ensure you have the correct and necessary visas</strong>.&nbsp;</div>

We recommend checking the visa requirements of all the countries on your itinerary.

How to know if you’ll need a visa

<div>This is the visa you need to transfer through a country. Even if you’re not planning to leave the airport, you may still need a visa. Some reasons include:</div><ol><li>Rechecking your baggage</li><li>Moving between terminals</li><li>Multiple reservation numbers (PNRs) in your booking</li></ol><div>If you need a visa to enter a country, then you should assume (until proven otherwise) that you will need a visa to transit through that country.<br><br></div><div>As the passenger, it is your responsibility to ensure you have the correct visas and travel documents for your trip. Contact the embassy or your foreign ministry for detailed visa information.<br><br>Wikipedia is a good source of quick information for visa requirements. For example, here you can see the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Indian_citizens">visa requirements for Indian citizens</a>.</div>

An airport transit visa may be required when you have connecting flights in your itinerary.

What is an airport transit visa?

<div>A Passenger Name Record (PNR) is a unique carrier reservation number for one or more flights.</div><div><br></div><div>You can find your PNR on your e-ticket in the relevant segment of your itinerary. Each part of your trip and each passenger can have a different PNR.</div><blockquote><em>When your connections have different PNR numbers, you have a </em><a href="https://www.kiwi.com/help/search/article/131/"><em>self-transfer</em></a><em> layover. You might need to leave the transit zone, go through immigration, and then through security again.</em><br><em>Check if you need a </em><a href="https://www.kiwi.com/help/search/article/68/"><em>visa</em></a><em> or if there are specific COVID-19 </em><a href="https://www.kiwi.com/help/search/article/236/"><em>travel regulations</em></a><em> to enter the transit country.</em></blockquote><div><strong>What if I don’t see a PNR on my e-ticket?</strong></div><div>If you received your e-ticket and the PNR is missing, it means that the carrier hasn’t issued it yet. We’ll send you a new e-ticket when it’s ready.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>

A Passenger Name Record (PNR) is a unique carrier reservation number for one or more flights.

PNR numbers

<div>The self-transfer <a href="https://www.kiwi.com/help/search/article/338/">travel hack</a> makes travel cheaper by <strong>combining separate flights, train, or bus tickets</strong> into unique itineraries.&nbsp;</div><blockquote><em>Example: A direct ticket from New York to Prague is more expensive than 2 separate tickets New York → Amsterdam and Amsterdam → Prague, so we book you these separate flights.&nbsp;</em></blockquote><h2>What’s the catch?&nbsp;</h2><div>This isn’t an official itinerary offered by the carriers and they won’t take responsibility for the unofficial connections with self-transfer.</div><ul><li>You might need to <strong>leave the visa-free zone</strong> (the area behind security control, where the gates are) during layover and enter the layover country to recheck your baggage, check in for your next flight, change terminals, or simply because of the airport’s design.</li><li>If there are <strong>delays or disruptions</strong> during travel — like a delayed flight that will cause you to miss your second flight — the carrier who caused the disruption will only help you with flights that are part of their reservation. <strong>They</strong> <strong>won’t help you find a replacement or issue a refund for any other flights you missed</strong>. And the same applies to any extra compensation you might be legally entitled to — only the disrupted carrier reservation will be taken into consideration. <br> <br>💡 <em>To stay covered in situations like this, we recommend adding the </em><a href="https://www.kiwi.com/help/search/article/28"><em>Kiwi.com Guarantee</em></a><em>. With Kiwi.com Guarantee, we’ll cover another flight to your destination for you or give you a full instant refund.<br>Check </em><a href="https://www.kiwi.com/help/search/article/396/"><em>this article</em></a><em> to find out more about your rights when your trip gets canceled, changed, or delayed.


</em></li></ul><h3>Rechecking your baggage between flights</h3><div>If you have checked baggage or if the airline takes your cabin baggage into the cargo hold, you will need to “recheck” it. Here’s how to do it:</div><ul><li>Collect your baggage at the transfer airport. Go to the Baggage claim area and look for the belt with your previous flight number.</li><li>Get out of the visa-free zone and take your baggage to the check-in counter (or baggage drop) for your next flight.</li><li>Go through security and customs to the gate of your next flight — just like you did at your departure airport.<br><br><em>⚠️ If the self-transfer is too short, we </em><a href="https://www.kiwi.com/help/search/article/253/"><em>won’t offer you checked baggage at all</em></a><em> — you would not have enough time to recheck it. You’ll see this before you book your trip.</em></li></ul><h3>Check-in for your next flight</h3><div>We usually offer to <a href="https://www.kiwi.com/help/search/article/108/">check you in online</a> and send you your boarding passes in advance. But if you do not have your boarding pass for your next flight, you will need to go out of the visa-free zone to check in.</div><h3>Going through immigration</h3><div>You might need to leave the visa-free zone even if you don’t have checked baggage and are already checked in for the next flight.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>At some airports, you go through passport control and immigration right after arrival. If you need a visa or documents related to COVID-19 to enter the country, you will also need it for the self-transfer.&nbsp;</div><blockquote><em>ℹ️ You’ll need the same documents as if the transfer country were your final destination. You’ll find more info</em><a href="https://www.kiwi.com/help/search/article/68"><em> here.</em></a></blockquote><h3>Transfer between different airport terminals</h3><div>At some large airports, you might also need to travel to a <strong>different terminal.</strong> The terminals might not be connected.</div>

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