So my passport was already checked once upon entering the D gate, since I'm visiting non EU, non schengen zone, obviously. Now while waiting in front of my gate, there's another passport control waiting there and what's even weird is that there's no sign or anything that it is required to do so, they're just standing there weirdly and I was so confused about it. They stay there for almost every D gate and every non EU non Schengen zone country. What is this?

I asked one of these guys, they only said that it's a requirement from airlines and did not provide any additional informations.

by Desperate-Mistake611

6 comments

  2. Sometimes the airlines also need to check your entry eligibility, eg. if you have the right visa and such. That happens at gate

  3. The first check is the swiss government checking your ID as you leave Schengen.

    The second check is your airline, they do it because they are on the hook for your deportation costs if the receiving country won’t let you in (terms and conditions apply, it is complicated, the receiving country might also mandate it).

  4. This is actually a requirement of the country you are entering. Every flight from the Schengen area to London do this because the UK mandate they do this. It’s to check the ticket name against the passport. This is absolutely nothing to do with Switzerland or Zurich airport.

  5. It must be an airline thing.
    Swiss does a second check for flights to Ireland whereas Aer Lingus doesn’t.

  6. It’s US regulations. Been like that for a long time. United flights do it at check in I think (at least for business). Sometimes there are people after the boarding gates before you hit the plane.

    Edit — missed it was London flight. It’s country you traveling to regulation.

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