i am a US citizen traveling to Lyon, France for a few days and then on to Prague for a few days and back to Lyon. If my flight to Prague goes through, say Munich or Frankfurt, would I have to go through immigration/customs at that connection point and/or in Prague? I'm trying to figure out how much time I will need for the connection. Would an hour between connecting flights be enough? On the return trip, would customs/immigration be similar? Thanks so much for the assistance!
Immigration/Customs Question
Recent Activity
View all Europe activity »
- 1 Rome Hotels near Termini
- 2 Rhine River Intinerary
- 3 Rough Itinerary for Scotland, please more help
- 4 Connection in Newark EWR
- 5 Student Traveling 2 weeks in France, Italy etc
- 6 Schiphol to cruise port - luggage problem
- 7 1st, 6th or 7th in Paris
- 8 Travel to Italy prior to study abroad in Spain, Study Visa
- 9 Rome to Amalfie Coast-10 year anniversary
- 10 portugal
- 11
6 Weeks Traveling Around: Italy, Austria, Budapest, Paris
- 12 Credit card CHIP in Europe
- 13 Can I Get a US Credit Card with a Chip like They Use in Europe?
- 14 France Cities for a 14 Day Winter Trip?
- 15 Help with Sept. itinerary going north from Dublin
- 16 How to get from Nice to Cinque Terre by train
- 17
A bit of Scotland, wing mirror casualty, 7 days in London, and a Fodors GTG
- 18 Italy-Locarno or Stresa
- 19 London on a sunny day
- 20 First Timer - Itinerary Help - Europe tour for 22 days
- 21 Train tickets
- 22 Sardinia, Italy
- 23 Odessa--7 km bazaar
- 24 Anyone heard of or used a hotel booking site called Olotels?
- 25 Carpe Diem Flights Booked! Need help w final itinerary France/Switzerland
There are no regular border /passport controls between any of the countries in the Schengen treaty zone - these include France, Germany, and the Czech republic.
It will be treated just like a domestic flight in the US.
You go through immigration are your first entry point in Europe. Depending on the airport it could take longer than hour. I would plan closer to two hours since a number of small things can slow you down. With a couple of exceptions in Ireland, you would go through immigrations on your first entry point in the US.
Regarding connecting time, I've routinely done 50min connections in both Frankfurt and Munich without any issues. An hour is enough. If your incoming flight is delayed due to weather at the departing airport (been there, done that), then the airline will put you on the next available flight.
I find it useful to have the airline's local # on my cell phone in case rebooking is needed for some reason. Beats waiting in a long line at the service center (been there, done that).
Thanks again! I knew someone would know the answer!
Here discussion is most information for me. I got more information.