Destination · Germany

Germany entry requirements (all nationalities)

Visa-exempt tiers, e-Visa and arrival rules for foreign visitors. Your passport-specific page has the exact documents and fee.

Visa-exempt by stay length

Tier	Nationalities in our data
90 days	Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, Monaco, North Macedonia, San Marino +54 more

e-Visa — the default for everyone else

No e-Visa programme in our current data — check the official immigration portal for options.

Recent changes

1. 4 May 2022 · confirmed
   removed Vanuatu
2. 13 October 2024 · confirmed
   holders of Serbian passports issued by the Coordination Directorate for Kosovo and Metohija
3. 1 January 2024 · confirmed
   Kosovo

Policy history

Older entries from the destination's policy archive. Kept for reference, not current rules.

1. 9 June 2014 · archive
   all other British nationals
2. 8 October 2016 · archive
   Solomon Islands
3. 8 December 2015 · archive
   Palau
4. 6 May 2015 · archive
   United Arab Emirates
5. 3 December 2015 · archive
   Colombia
6. 28 May 2015 · archive
   Dominica, Grenada, Samoa, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Vanuatu
7. 28 May 2009 · archive
   Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Mauritius, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Seychelles
8. 28 March 2017 · archive
   Georgia
9. 28 June 2016 · archive
   Marshall Islands
10. 28 April 2014 · archive
    Moldova
11. 26 May 2015 · archive
    Timor-Leste
12. 24 June 2016 · archive
    Kiribati
13. 21 November 2015 · archive
    Tonga
14. 20 September 2016 · archive
    Micronesia
15. 2 July 2016 · archive
    Tuvalu
16. 19 January 2007 · archive
    British Nationals (Overseas)
17. 19 December 2009 · archive
    Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia), Montenegro, Serbia
18. 15 March 2016 · archive
    Peru
19. 15 December 2010 · archive
    Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20. 11 June 2017 · archive
    Ukraine

At the border — customs & health

• Cash declaration: * have sufficient funds for their stay and onward/return journey;

Visa routes to Germany · 1 routes · all corridors →

General information, not legal advice. Verified 2026-09-04 — rules change; confirm on the official portal before travelling.