Transit Visa for Frankfurt layover

[akrao23]

Hello,

I'm travelling from US to India in Feb 2017. My current H1B stamp is expired in Sept 2016 but have approved I-797 and I-94 valid until Dec 2017.

I have a 6 hr layover at Frankfurt Aiurport. Do I need visa while travelling from US to India (Home country), while returning to US I will have H1B visa stamped.

Can anyone was in this situation recently? please share the information.

Thanks in Advance!!!

[Teja90]

Call the airlines and confirm if you'd need a transit visa or not. 

As you're travelling to your home country, I believe you don't need any transit visa. 

[rksingh]

Unfortunately you will need a transit visa since your current US H1B visa is expired. Even though you have a valid extension of your H1B and are travelling to your country of citizenship, you still need a transit visa.

***This STUPID rule mirrors similar requirements of transit visa while going thru London. As far as I know, Amsterdam still allows Indian passport holders to transit thru without transit visa if they are travelling to India.

[MASH01]

Hello AKRAO23,

Could you please share you visit experience via Frankfurt. I am schedule to travel Washington-Frankfurt-Delhi, and have expired US Visa. I am an Indian citizen.