Do you need a visa for Germany?

You DO NOT need a visa for short stays in Germany if you are:

	a citizen of the EU/EEA/EFTA
	a partner (married or civil partnership) or child of an EU/EEA/EFTA national if you hold a British "Residence Card of a Family Member of an EEA National" or a "Permanent Residence Card" - and only if you are travelling together with the EU/EEA/EFTA national
	a holder of a Diplomatic, Service or Special Passport from Chad, Ghana, Philippines and Turkey
	a holder of a Diplomatic, Service, Special or Official Passport from Thailand.
	a holder of a Diplomatic Passport from Albania, Algeria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Georgia, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Macedonia, Malawi, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Pakistan, Peru, Russian Federation, Serbia, South Africa, Tunisia, Ukraine and United Arab Emirates
	a citizen of a country listed below (provided you are not going to stay longer than three months and you are not going to do any paid or self-employed work)

Albania	Bulgaria	Japan	New Zealand	Taiwan (only passports that include an ID number)
Andorra	Canada	Korea (Republic of)	Panama	USA
Antigua & Barbuda	Chile	Macao (RAE only)	Paraguay	Uruguay
Argentina	Costa Rica	Malaysia	Romania	Vatican
Australia	Croatia	Mauritius	San Marino	Venezuela
Bahamas	El Salvador	Mazedonia	Serbia
Barbados	Guatemala	Mexico	Seychelles
Bosnia Herzegovina (only biometric passports)	Honduras	Monaco	Singapore
Brazil	Hong Kong (SAR passports)	Montenegro	St. Kitts & Nevis
Brunei	Israel	Nicaragua	Switzerland

Holders of British Passports/Travel Documents:

To enter Germany without a visa, you must have one of these:

	British "European Community" passport issued in or after July 1988
	British "Isle of Man", "Jersey" and "Guernsey and its dependencies" passport
	Travel Documents according with the Convention of July 28, 1951 or the Convention of September 28 1954. (These Travel Documents must be valid for at least another four months at the time of entry into Germany.)
	British Subject passport, with the additional entry: Holder has the right of abode in the United Kingdom.
	British Overseas Territories citizen passport, with the additional entry: Holder is defined as a UK National for community purposes.
	British Nationals Overseas (BNO) passport.

Citizens of any countries not mentioned above WILL need a visa to enter Germany.

Please note:
The processing time for visa applications for the nationals of the following countries is 14 days. In addition to the regular requirements, these nationals have to provide a full address of reference in Germany with postcode.

Afghanistan	Algeria	Bahrain	Bangladesh	Belarus
Burundi	Congo (DR)	Egypt	Indonesia	Iraq
Iran	Jordan	Kazakhstan (diplomatic passports only)	Kuwait	Lebanon
Libya	Morocco	Mauritania	Nigeria	North Korea
Oman	Pakistan	Palestine (Travel document)	Philippines	Qatar
Rwanda	Saudi Arabia	Somalia	Sudan	Syria
Tunisia	United Arab Emirates	Uzbekistan	Yemen	Vietnam

Please note that Travel Documents issued by the above named countries will need the same processing time.