Flying through CDG on our way to Marseilles next month. We are arriving from San Francisco around 11AM local time. If anyone has been through CDG for the first time recently I would like to hear how it went.
Thank You!
Posted by
Bend, OR
2144 posts
This question is asked frequently on here. The answer is the same for all the different EU airports…there’s too many variables and one person’s experience does not ensure you will have the same. What will happen is you go thru the Entry Exit System, show your passport, have your picture taken, give your fingerprints, they might ask where you are going…. if it’s your first time or even if you’ve been thru it before, it might take an hour of standing in line, it might take but minutes. And you go thru the process again going home only they may ask where you’ve been. Have patience and good luck.
Posted by
Used to be Steilacoom, now it’s Las Vegas
2589 posts
We had an evening arrival on May 25th. I would have been through in about 5 minutes but jet lag had scrambled my brain and I had trouble getting the passport going the right way and standing in the right place for the photo. I didn’t need to do fingerprints. Leaving on June 21st took about 30 min. but that was an 11:00 a.m. flight heading to LHR.
Posted by
Seattle
432 posts
We arrived at CDG from SEA on May 3. None of the EES kiosks were in use. We were directed to the E-Gates where our passports were scanned and a picture taken. Once the gates opened, we were on our way: no human contact or passport stamp. Upon exiting CDG on May 14, the same: no EES kiosks in use, e-gates only, no stamps.