{
  "schema_version": "passenger-guide-1",
  "standard_version": "1.18",
  "airport": "FRA",
  "language": "en",
  "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": "/en/fra/self-transfer/"
    },
    {
      "topic": "connecting",
      "url": "/en/fra/connecting/"
    },
    {
      "topic": "at-the-airport",
      "url": "/en/fra/at-the-airport/"
    }
  ],
  "content": {
    "summary": "Collecting bags, using public check-in desks, or leaving for a hotel can require entry into the country. Permission for airside transit is not automatically permission to enter. Confirm your actual route with the airline, then check the official requirements.",
    "source_ids": [
      "de-visa",
      "de-transit",
      "fra-transfer"
    ],
    "country": {
      "summary": "Requirements depend on your passport, residence documents, journey and whether you cross border control. Use the government checker for your own situation before booking.",
      "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": "Germany Visa Navigator"
      },
      {
        "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": "German airport transit visa guidance"
      },
      {
        "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
      }
    ]
  }
}