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Non-Schengen → Schengen at CDG

Your transfer enters the Schengen Area: entry border control and security both typically apply.

Quick answer

Border control
Entry control
Security
Typically
Baggage
Checked through
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 — do not follow arrivals/exit signs.

  2. 2

    Clear entry passport control into the Schengen Area. Non-EU passports: EES registration (fingerprints + photo).

  3. 3

    Clear security screening before the gate area.

  4. 4

    Head to your gate with time to spare; queues here are the biggest variable.

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