Visa requirements for German citizens


Visa requirements for German citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Germany.
As of 10 September 2025, German citizens had visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 187 countries and territories. According to the Henley Passport Index, the German passport ranked 4th in the world for travel freedom, tied for the highest ranking among all European Union member states alongside those of Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Spain.

Recent

Recently visa requirements for German citizens were lifted by China, Zambia, Angola, Tajikistan, Oman, Uzbekistan, Cape Verde, Belarus,
Solomon Islands,
Tuvalu,
Marshall Islands,
Palau,
Tonga,
Sao Tome and Principe,
Vietnam,
Indonesia,
United Arab Emirates,
Timor-Leste,
Samoa,
Kazakhstan,
Mongolia and
Kyrgyzstan.
German citizens were made eligible for eVisas recently by Russia, Guinea and Malawi, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Suriname and Pakistan, Tanzania and Papua New Guinea, Djibouti, Egypt, Azerbaijan, India and Myanmar.

Visa requirements

Country / RegionVisa requirementAllowed stayNotes Reciprocity
Afghanistanno|Visa requiredyes|✓

Requirements for entry to territories and states with limited recognition

Visa requirements for German citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas and partially recognized countries:

Special/Restricted areas

CountryAreaMaximum stayDetails
Chinano|TTP required

Vaccination requirements

Vaccination requirements map

Certain countries and territories require travellers arriving from Germany to be vaccinated against specific diseases. This is a map of vaccination requirements for German citizens and residents arriving directly from the Schengen area, excluding those arriving from third countries.

Quadrivalent meningococcal vaccination (ACYW135)

Country or territoryDetails
Gambia

Polio vaccination

CountryDetails
Afghanistan

COVID-19 vaccination

Many countries increasingly consider the vaccination status of travellers with regard to quarantine requirements or when deciding to allow them entry at all. This is justified by research that shows that the Pfizer vaccine effect lasts for six months or so.

Passport requirements

Passport not required

German identity card is valid for these countries:

Passport validity length

Many countries require passports to be valid for at least 6 months upon arrival and one or two blank pages.
Countries requiring passports to be valid at least 6 months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Cambodia, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Libya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen.
Turkey usually requires passports to be valid for at least 5 months upon entry, but for German citizens Turkish authorities allow to enter even with passport or identity card expired within last year.
Countries requiring passport validity of at least 4 months on arrival include Azerbaijan, Micronesia, Zambia.
Countries requiring passport validity of at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegowina, Honduras, Moldova, Nauru, North Macedonia, Panama, Qatar, Senegal and French territories in the Pacific
Countries requiring passport validity of at least 1 month on arrival include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, Maldives, New Zealand, South Africa
Other countries require either a passport valid on arrival or passport valid throughout the period of intended stay.

Medical passport

Many African countries, including Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Togo, require incoming passengers older than nine months to one year to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.

Right to consular protection in non-EU countries

In a non-EU country where there is no German embassy, German citizens, like all other EU citizens, have the right to get consular protection from the embassy of any other EU country present in that country.
See also List of diplomatic missions of Germany.