Immigration at Tenerife South Airport

Hi Gary,

I have a Schengan visa from 21 Dec, but my flight arrives in Tenerife South at 21:45 on 20th Dec. Are the spanish authorities going to be problematic about such a thing?

Many thanks,
Mohit

Hi Mohit,

I would not like to guarantee that immigration will let you through on the 20th as the Spanish Airport Authorities can be very unpredictable and strictly speaking you cannot enter the country until the 21st. They may well make you wait in the transit area until midnight. If you can get it changed to the 20th I would do so.


Linda

Thanks so much Linda. Fully appreciate that the outcome is unpredictable, but I do appreciate your thoughts.

From speaking to some other people as well, it sounds like the worst case outcome is that they put us in the waiting/transit area for 2 hours, (rather than send us packing back to britain on that or the following day).

Given that we dont mind waiting the 2 hrs, and Tenerife South airport seems to be open 24hrs, I'm hoping that we should be fine.

But please do point it out, if there's anything additional you think I should also consider.

Kind regards,
Mohit

Hi Mohit,

As long as you have a valid passport and a Schengen visa for the 21st they will not send you back to the UK. Even the Spanish immigration are not that unpredictable!

Linda

Thanks so much!

ps - I love your website, it's very helpful indeed.