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Non-Schengen → Non-Schengen at CDG

You can stay in the international transit zone — as long as your itinerary does not force you landside.

Quick answer

Border control
Only if you leave transit
Security
Typically
Baggage
Depends on tickets
Estimated time
Time varies
Your exact process depends on your itinerary. Separate tickets, checked baggage, Schengen direction and your arrival hall can change what you need to do.

Typical journey flow

  1. 1

    Follow the Transfer / Correspondance signs to stay inside the international transit zone.

  2. 2

    Complete security screening where your gate area requires it.

  3. 3

    If you must collect baggage or change landside, you enter France: border control and French entry rules apply.

  4. 4

    Proceed to your gate; keep your onward boarding pass ready for document checks.

What can change this

  • Your nationality and visa status can add requirements (see passport control and EES guides).
  • Separate tickets with baggage to reclaim turn this into a landside journey through arrivals.
  • Terminal pair and hall (2E K/L/M) change the walking and shuttle time.
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Get a more specific answer for your journey.
  • Passport / border steps
  • Baggage steps
  • Estimated route time
  • Route instructions