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Me and my family is travelling from San Jose, Costa Rica to New Delhi (India) via following itinerary

San Jose (United Airlines) - Houston (United Airlines) - Frankfurt (Lufthansa) - New Delhi

We have 2 hrs transit at Frankfurt and we have a valid B1/B2 U.S. Visa. I called up German Embassy in San Jose and they said that you require a Airport Transit Visa but seeing in various forums and online on German embassy's website I see that though transit is required for Indian Citizens but an exception is there if you have a valid U.S. visa. I am not sure what type of U.S. Visa are they talking about here. Does my B1/B2 visa hold as an exception for transit in that rule?

I am not sure if I need to get the transit visas or not and feel that embassy guys just didn't listen to me properly before giving me a verdict of getting a Transit Visa.

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This answer applies:

No, you do not need a visa for going from the US to India via Frankfurt airport (or vice versa), as long as you stay in the transit area and have a connection in less than 12 hours. Lufthansa, emphasis mine:

Indian nationals can Transit without Visa via FRA or MUC if holding a valid visa for the destination and a valid Visa for any of the following countries: Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Ireland, Japan, Liechtenstein, Romania, UK and USA (the approval notice I-797 is not valid document for visa free airport transit).

The site of the German Consulate in Kolkata confirms this as well.

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