Hi,

I am holding a non-EEU passport and got a B permit. Now I booked the air tickets to Spain from Ryanair company.

But Ryanair says that they only accept EEU passport, but isn't a Swiss B permit is valid to travel to Spain? I am trying to contact them, but there is no customer service contacting number.

Any one here has experience about Ryanair? And how should I check-in ?

Thank you very much.

B permit is valid in CH.

You need an acceptable Travel Document as airlines will refer to TIMATIC if you can board or not.

http://www.timaticweb.com/

Refer to Ryanair's T&C:

http://www.ryanair.com/en/terms-and-conditions

They will accept your passport. Residence permits, regardless of your status, are not valid. Your permit shows your status within Switzerland/Schengen area, but you must travel with your passport.

Thanks very much. So I just need to travel with both my passport and B permit, right? I just want confirm that I would not be charged for unknown additional fees.

If you are non EU/EFTA, be sure you go to their visa check desk (see here) and get their stamp (after check-in - which you will do at home anyway, before security). They will gleefully deny you boarding if you do not.

Thanks for the reply. Actually my visa is now expired, but my B permit is valid, in this case, is it OK to check at RyanAir? Or I still need to require a visa to Spain?

Legally no idea - but knowing Ryanair I would make sure your passport shows you as able to enter Spain

If you require a visa to enter Spain then having a B permit will not help. If you do not have a valid visa then you may not be allowed to board the plane or turned back at passport control in Spain. Or am I misunderstanding the situation?

If you are from a country that Spain requires to have visas to visit then yes, you had better make sure you have a valid visa before you travel. As baboon says, "make sure your passport shows you as able to enter Spain." That way you are covered, B-permit or not.

Try this ( as a substitute for TIMATIC ):

http://www.iatatravelcentre.com/

As a non-EU with a Swiss C permit, I can't check-in online with say Wizz Air and have to proceed to the check in desk for a doco check. I do not have this issue with SWISS or some other carriers. Each carrier checks with TIMATIC.

Your B permit is a valid visa by itself. So yes you need to travel with your passport and your B permit. Show these at the Ryanair Visa counter and they will stamp your boarding pass.

In case your B permit has gone for renewal or something and you do not have the card then you will need a visa from the canton office (retour visa - that is another topic/thread).

However Non EU residents in Switzerland who have a B permit are legally allowed to travel to Spain and Ryanair cannot deny you boarding.
Just go to the airport early enough so you have time for any of these formalities... Have fun in Spain...

Really thank you very much. Now I am clear about these stuffs and will be there early enough to avoid these issues.

oh btw - online check in might not work, but the traditional method of check in at the airport will still work. I faced that challenge when I traveled to the US as well last year. Online check in wasn't allowed for Non EU passport holders

I'm guessing that ain't cheap at FR.

Thanks for the msg. I've just tried online check-in and succeed. It seems that non-EU can also online check-in for the moment.

Want to bet? This is Ryanair you're talking about.

Airport check-in will cost € 60. Per person. Per segment.

Really? But I've already online check-in. It seems that I do not need to check again at the airport, right?

...was answering the earlier message not yours. You are checked in but you do (according to FR) need to go to the visa check desk.

Google "Ryanair visa check" and "denied boarding" to find out what happens otherwise....

http://www.ryanair.com/en/questions/...nline-check-in

Much the same with me ( non-EU ) and Wizz Air, online check-in with boarding pass issued but needed to verify documents at airport desk first and get a stamp. Fortunately Wizz Air did not charge for this document security check.

Denying boarding without a visa check doesn't sound unreasonable.

If you are denied entry at the other end due to invalid visa then the airline is fined.