I am an Indian citizen and hold a work & residence permit for Sweden valid for 6 months. I came to Sweden through Swiss Airline via Copenhagen i.e. Delhi to Zurich and Zurich to Copenhagen through flight. Then, I took train from Copenhagen to Sweden.

The issue is that my passport was not stamped either in Zurich (Switzerland) or Copenhagen (Denmark). I flew from Delhi (India) on 26 April 2009 and got passport stamped from immigration department in Delhi. Thereafter, I reached Zurich at 6:30 AM on 26 April 2009. There was hardly 30 minutes to catch connecting flight to Copenhagen as next flight was around 7:10 AM. Immediately, I rushed to gate A65 and went through passport control. I presented my passport to a lady officer but she did not put a stamp on it which was quite strange to me, though she scanned it. Since I was in hurry, I caught flight to Copenhagen quickly.

After arriving at Copenhagen airport, there was no passport control encountered in the exit path. I was quite afraid that there is no inbound stamp on my passport for entering into Schengen country. I went to police within airport to report the same. I met officer and he told that it was not a problem for Denmark. But he acknowledged that since Switzerland was the first Schengen country in journey, so passport needed to be stamped there. He just advised that while going back to India, carry boarding passes for this journey and it was not our fault.

Please advise us why my passport was not stamped in Zurich and does it have any ramifications for me? I plan to visit other Schengen countries in holidays, so will it be a problem? Strange issue is that my colleagues having Swedish work & residence permit flying through Frankfurt faced no such problem. Their passports were stamped in normal fashion.

What options are available to me?