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I am a Pakistani doctor, having worked with the United Nations in Africa for a year. I have an official (service) passport issued by the government of Pakistan. I intend to visit Norway for about 8 days and I do not require any visa to enter Norway (because of the official Pakistani passport). I will book a flight with TAP from Accra (Ghana) to Oslo (Norway). This flight has a layover in Lisbon of 26 hours.

  1. Would I be allowed to leave the airport and visit Lisbon during these 26 hours, or do I have to stay inside the airport for that period?

  2. Should I get a visa for this stay in either case, keeping in mind that I don't have any Schengen visa?

JonathanReez
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Unless you have a diplomatic passport, you will need to apply for a transit visa. Your immigration status and passport will be checked in Lisbon, as this is your entry into the Schengen zone.

You need to apply at the Embassy of the Netherlands:

The consular department assesses Schengen visa applications and Dutch Caribbean visa applications. The Kingdom of the Netherlands has made representation arrangements for short stay visa applications (thus for a stay of maximum 90 days per 180 days period) with other Schengen countries.

Residents of Ghana travelling to Portugal, Poland, Luxembourg, Austria, France, or Lithuania, can also apply with the Netherlands embassy in Accra, Ghana.

Those wishing to settle in the aforementioned countries and wishing to apply for a residence permit should however turn to the nearest embassy of the aforementioned countries to start the proper procedure.

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