At Helsinki airport, is there exit immigration for Schengen to non-Schengen flights?
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3Why wouldn’t there be Border checks?Traveller– Traveller2025-07-22 06:33:04 +00:00Commented Jul 22 at 6:33
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4Yes and you actually want that, at least if you are not an EU citizen for, unlike the UK or US authorities, the EU has no other way to properly record the date you left. The entire system relies on exit checks and stamps (or in the future the EES) to enforce maximum stay rules.Relaxed– Relaxed2025-07-22 08:12:35 +00:00Commented Jul 22 at 8:12
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4@Traveller Not every country and not every airport has explicit exit immigration checks. (Most notably the US: international flights departing the US leave from the same gates domestic flights do, and no US government official checks your passport when you leave.) -- That's not the case for Schengen, but if you didn't know that already it's not like it's required to be that way a priori.R.M.– R.M.2025-07-22 13:31:39 +00:00Commented Jul 22 at 13:31
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4@R.M. Indeed, however a bare minimum of research by the OP would have given them the answer. I found the page I linked in my comment in under 30 seconds, less than it would have taken the OP to post their question.Traveller– Traveller2025-07-22 13:38:11 +00:00Commented Jul 22 at 13:38
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Except US, UK, Ireland and Canada, every other country has formal exit immigration checks (exceptions exists).Anish Sheela– Anish Sheela2025-07-23 01:58:43 +00:00Commented Jul 23 at 1:58
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Yes. All flights leaving the Schengen Area require exit checks. See point #2 in the linked website.
- If you are travelling to or from Asia, America, Middle East, Russia or Great-Britain, you will go through passport control. Citizens holding biometric passports can use the fast and convenient automatic border control.
