I have a connecting flight at CDG, do I need a visa?

Question

I am landing at terminal 1 of CDG airport from NY and need to catch a connecting flight at terminal 2E at CDG airport. Will I be required to get a visa to make this transfer?

Answer 1

The above answer from @jcaron lays down the documentation requirements

Provided you can do air-side transit, you can take the Blue shuttle from T1 (airside) directly to T2E gates L (16 min. transit time), K (21-23 min. transit time) and M (transfer to the Purple shuttle at 2E-L (Add 7' + eventual wait for the shuttle))

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NOTE: This was the answer while T1 was shutdown due to COVID

There are no air-side Non Schengen-Non Schengen (i.e. not passing through immigration) transfer facilities from/to CDG's Terminal 1 (and also T3) (only between 2E-F-G) (at least not until 2040). Your luggage may be transferred depending if you're on a single ticket.

This means you will need to pass passport control and hold a Schengen short-stay C-Visa and NOT an Airport Transit Visa (like is stated in @hojusaram answer, but this only applied to airside transfers, which a transit to/from T1/T3 isn't)

Once through passport control, and on the arrival floor, follow the signs, take the elevators down to the basement and take the rail shuttle CDGVAL to Terminal 2 station

Travel time : 8 minutes

Once arrived at the Terminal 2 station, follow the signs, walk a bit through to T2E, pass security, passport control and board as usual

Answer 2

• If your flights are on separate tickets: you will need a full type C Schengen visa.

• If your flights are on the same ticket and you can do airside transit:

  • If you have a valid visa or permanent resident card from the US, an EU country, Canada or Japan (and a few others): no visa required.
  • Otherwise: an airport transit visa (ATV) is required.

At this time, there is no possibility to do airside transit between T1 and T2, but that's probably just because T1 is closed. I would expect an airside shuttle between T1 and T2 to resume once T1 reopens, though the exact route may be complex (before it shut down, you had to take one shuttle from T1 to T2A and then another shuttle to T2E).

Answer 3

Yes.

As per https://wwws.airfrance.in/information/meilleures-offres/travelrestrictions

As of April 27, 2021, The French authorities have implemented new travel requirements. Passengers holding Indian passports must be in possession of a valid Airport Transit Visa (ATV) to transit via France for final destination outside the Schengen Area.