Airport Transit Schengen Visa for the citizens of the Republic of Armenia
11.08.2022
We kindly inform you that pursuant to Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EC) No. 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code), the citizens of the Republic of Armenia must apply for airport transit visa to transit through Poland airports while traveling out of Schengen area starting from August 1st, 2022.
The airport transit visa allows the citizens of the Republic of Armenia to stay in the international transit zone without the possibility of leaving it.
The consular fee for issuing a visa is EUR 80.00.
The following categories of persons shall be exempt from the requirement to hold an airport transit visa:
a) holders of a valid uniform visa, national long-stay visa or residence permit issued by a Member State;
b) third-country nationals holding a valid residence permit issued by a Member State which does not take part in the adoption of this Regulation or by a Member State which does not yet apply the provisions of the Schengen acquis in full, or third-country nationals holding one of the valid residence permits listed in Annex V issued by Andorra, Canada, Japan, San Marino or the United States of America guaranteeing the holder's unconditional readmission, or holding a valid residence permit for one or more of the overseas countries and territories of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba);
c) third-country nationals holding a valid visa for a Member State which does not take part in the adoption of this Regulation, or for a Member State which does not yet apply the provisions of the Schengen acquis in full, or for Canada, Japan or the United States of America, or holders of a valid visa for one or more of the overseas countries and territories of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba), when travelling to the issuing country or to any other third country, or when, having used the visa, returning from the issuing country;
d) family members of citizens of the Union as referred to in Article 1(2)(a);
e) holders of diplomatic passports;
f) flight crew members who are nationals of a contracting Party to the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation
Detailed information on airport transit schengen visa is available here: https://www.gov.pl/web/armenia-en/a-type-airport-transit-visa