Sunday, July 28, 2013
Urgent!! Young Colombian lady stranded in Ukraine?
Urgent!! Young Colombian lady stranded in Ukraine?
There is a young lady from Colombia who went two years ago to study in Ukraine. She received a student visa to study there. She was able to travel through Madrid's airport in Spain with no problem. Now her family ran out of money and she needs to return to Colombia. Her problem is that her visa expires in 9 days and she is has been told that she cannot return with that visa alone, that she needs a Transit Visa. Since she will be travelling through Paris airport, she has been trying to contact the Consulate of France in Kiev, Ukraine and they never answer the phone. She lives far away from Kiev at 13 hours by train. Can someone tells me if she really needs that Transit Visa from the Consulate of France or what would happen if she just buy the plane ticket and try to travel with the student visa she has? In case of doubts, this is not a scam. I am in Orlando, Florida and the young Colombian lady in Ukraine is a niece of a friend of mine's wife. Also, she is not asking for money. All we want to know if she can buy a ticket to travel to Colombia and use her student visa to travel through Paris airport. We also want to know if the Transit Visa applies to her situation.
Embassies & Consulates - 4 Answers
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1 :
Hopefully shes not asking you for "Money" - I always hear about these on-line scams where all they need is just a little money and everything will be just fine! the reason I say this is most of the scams are coming out of Ukraine .
2 :
She has to remain in the transit lounge under the supervision of authorities while she waits for her connecting flight. She cannot leave a secured airport transit area without a transit visa. With close plane connections, she doesn't have time (and apparently she certainly does not have the money) to go to the airport's shopping concourse, leave the airport, etc., anyway!
3 :
The girl would not need a visa to connect to a flight in Paris airport or any other for that matter. When she arrives at the Paris airport, she will be in the secure customs area, where she will remain when connecting to another flight. The only reason she would need a visa is if she were to leave the airport. There will be restaurants, shops, etc available in this area as well to comfort passengers waiting for their flights. Theoretically you could travel around the world with no visa if you never left the secure customs areas of each airport.
4 :
I think she need call to France embassy in Ukraine and ask about it, here you'll find it address: http://france.visahq.com/embassy/Ukraine/ hope it'll help her...
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