{
  "schema_version": "passenger-guide-1",
  "standard_version": "1.18",
  "airport": "FRA",
  "language": "de",
  "topic": "visa-entry",
  "automatic_refresh": false,
  "personal_eligibility": "not_assessed",
  "live_availability": "unknown",
  "acceptance": "reviewed_website_guidance_not_canonical_promotion",
  "next_actions": [
    {
      "topic": "self-transfer",
      "url": "/de/fra/self-transfer/"
    },
    {
      "topic": "connecting",
      "url": "/de/fra/connecting/"
    },
    {
      "topic": "at-the-airport",
      "url": "/de/fra/at-the-airport/"
    }
  ],
  "content": {
    "summary": "Gepäckabholung, öffentliche Check-in-Schalter oder ein Hotelbesuch können eine Einreise erfordern. Eine Erlaubnis für den Transitbereich erlaubt nicht automatisch die Einreise. Kläre den tatsächlichen Weg mit der Airline und prüfe die behördlichen Vorgaben.",
    "source_ids": [
      "de-visa",
      "de-transit",
      "fra-transfer"
    ],
    "country": {
      "summary": "Die Anforderungen hängen von Pass, Aufenthaltsdokumenten, Reiseweg und Grenzübertritt ab. Prüfe deinen Fall vor der Buchung mit dem behördlichen Angebot.",
      "source_ids": [
        "de-visa",
        "de-transit"
      ]
    },
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-11",
    "sources": [
      {
        "id": "de-visa",
        "scope": "country",
        "airports": [
          "FRA"
        ],
        "url": "https://digital.diplo.de/navigator/en/visa",
        "web_ref": "turn12search2",
        "retrieval_mode": "search_index",
        "paraphrased_evidence": [
          "German Foreign Office Visa Navigator identifies relevant visa information from the purpose of entry and stay."
        ],
        "limitations": "",
        "label": "Visa-Navigator Deutschland"
      },
      {
        "id": "de-transit",
        "scope": "country",
        "airports": [
          "FRA"
        ],
        "url": "https://www.germany.info/resource/blob/917514/c68e63885dcbd339fdc4bc3c44bcf201/airport-transit-country-list-data.pdf",
        "web_ref": "turn10view0",
        "retrieval_mode": "full_pdf",
        "paraphrased_evidence": [
          "Frankfurt has an international transit area.",
          "Collecting baggage or needing landside check-in changes the entry analysis; airside transit permission alone is insufficient.",
          "Nationality and qualifying visas/residence documents affect transit requirements."
        ],
        "limitations": "June 2026 German mission document; exceptions are jurisdiction-oriented. Do not generalize eligibility or reproduce nationality tables.",
        "label": "Deutsches Flughafentransitvisum"
      },
      {
        "id": "fra-transfer",
        "scope": "airport",
        "airports": [
          "FRA"
        ],
        "url": "https://www.frankfurt-airport.com/en/flights-and-transfer/transferring-at-fra.html",
        "web_ref": "turn10view1",
        "retrieval_mode": "full_page",
        "paraphrased_evidence": [
          "If a bag is not checked through, collect it and check it in with the next airline; this also applies to individually booked connections.",
          "Onward boarding passes may be obtained at airline transfer desks; otherwise gate information desks or public check-in desks.",
          "Security screening may be required again.",
          "SkyLine provides free terminal connections; use current terminal and gate information."
        ],
        "limitations": "Do not publish universal minimum transfer time or exact terminal count from this source.",
        "label": null
      }
    ]
  }
}