{"id":7570,"date":"2026-04-23T17:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/france-ends-airport-transit-visa-requirement-for-indian-travellers-business\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:19:16","slug":"france-ends-airport-transit-visa-requirement-for-indian-travellers-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/france-ends-airport-transit-visa-requirement-for-indian-travellers-business\/","title":{"rendered":"France Ends Airport Transit Visa Requirement for Indian Travellers | Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130467311,imgsize-19712,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/good-news-for-travellers-france-scraps-transit-visa-for-indian-passport-holders.jpg\" alt=\"Good news for travellers: France scraps transit visa for Indian passport holders\" title=\"&lt;p&gt;Good news for travellers: France scraps transit visa for Indian passport holders&lt;br&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Good news for travellers: France scraps transit visa for Indian passport holders\"><\/p>\n<p>Good news for travellers: France scraps transit visa for Indian passport holders<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>France has lifted the airport transit visa requirement for Indian nationals with effect from April 10, the French Embassy in India announced on Thursday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"1\"\/>Indian nationals holding ordinary passports are no longer required to obtain an airport transit visa when passing through the international zone of airports located on French territory during a layover en route to a third country.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The change follows a decree amending the 2010 regulations on documents and visas required for the entry of foreigners into French territory. The decree was adopted and published in the French Official Gazette (Journal Officiel) on April 9, 2026.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">MEA welcomes the move<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\"\/>The Ministry of External Affairs welcomed the announcement.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>&#8220;We welcome the announcement on the operationalisation of visa-free transit for Indian nationals transiting through French airports,&#8221; MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>He recalled that the removal of the transit visa requirement for Indian passport holders was agreed between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron during their meeting in Mumbai in February this year.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>&#8220;The government of France has now operationalized this agreement,&#8221; Jaiswal added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Who benefits<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>The measure applies to Indian nationals transiting through mainland France exclusively by air, remaining in the international airport zone without entering French territory.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>President Macron had announced during his visit to India in February that measures would be taken to ease travel for Indian nationals via France.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>The updated procedures have been reflected on the France-Visas platform.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/business\/international-business\/good-news-for-travellers-france-scraps-transit-visa-for-indian-passport-holders\/articleshow\/130466695.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good news for travellers: France scraps transit visa for Indian passport holders France has lifted the airport transit visa requirement for Indian nationals with effect from April 10, the French Embassy in India announced on Thursday.Indian nationals holding ordinary passports are no longer required to obtain an airport transit visa when passing through the international [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}