# 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 5 February 2025, German citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 189 countries and territories. Ranking the German passport 3rd in terms of travel freedom (tied with the passports of France, Italy, Spain), and tied with the greatest access of all European Union member states along with France, Italy, and Spain, according to the Henley Passport Index.

## Recent

Recently visa requirements for German citizens were lifted by China (December 2023), Angola (September 2023), Tajikistan (January 2022), Oman (9 December 2020) (Previously Visa on arrival), Uzbekistan (15 January 2019), Cape Verde (1 January 2019), Belarus (February 2017), Solomon Islands (October 2016), Tuvalu (July 2016), Marshall Islands (June 2016), Palau (December 2015), Tonga (November 2015), Sao Tome and Principe (August 2015), Vietnam (July 2015-June 30, 2021 at least), Indonesia (June 2015), United Arab Emirates, Timor-Leste, Samoa (May 2015), Kazakhstan (July 2014), Mongolia (September 2013) and Kyrgyzstan (July 2012).
German citizens were made eligible for eVisas recently by Guinea and Malawi (October 2019), Saudi Arabia (September 2019), Russia (only Kaliningrad Oblast, Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, free of charge), Suriname and Pakistan (April 2019), Tanzania and Papua New Guinea (November 2018), Djibouti (February 2018), Egypt (December 2017), Azerbaijan (January 2017), India (e-Tourist visa from November 2014) and Myanmar (September 2014).

## Visa requirements

| Country / Region | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes (excluding departure fees) | Reciprocity |
| Afghanistan | Visa required | | | ✓ |
| Albania | Visa not required | 90 days | ID card valid. | X |
| Algeria | Visa required | | | ✓ |
| Andorra | Visa not required | 90 days | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Angola | Visa not required | 30 days | 30 days per trip, but no more than 90 days within any 1 calendar year for tourism purposes only. Visitors must have a return/onward ticket and a hotel reservation confirmation. An International Certificate of Vaccination is required. | X |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Visa not required | 180 days | | X |
| Argentina | Visa not required | 90 days | | ✓ |
| Armenia | Visa not required | 180 days | | X |
| Australia | eVisitor | 90 days | eVisitor is considered to be a visa under Australia law. 90 days on each visit in 12-month period if granted. | ✓ |
| Austria | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Azerbaijan | eVisa | 30 days | | X |
| Bahamas | Visa not required | 90 days | | ✓ |
| Bahrain | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 30 days | Extendable for an additional 2 weeks. | X |
| Bangladesh | Visa on arrival | 30 days | | X |
| Barbados | Visa not required | 90 days | | ✓ |
| Belarus | Visa not required | 90 days | Visa-free until 31 December 2025. | X |
| Belgium | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Belize | Visa not required | 30 days | | X |
| Benin | eVisa | | Must have an international vaccination certificate. | X |
| Bhutan | eVisa | | Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival. | X |
| Bolivia | Visa not required | 90 days | | X |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 6-month period. ID card valid. | X |
| Botswana | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days per calendar year. | X |
| Brazil | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 180-day period. | ✓ |
| Brunei | Visa not required | 90 days | | ✓ |
| Bulgaria | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Burkina Faso | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 90 days | | X |
| Burundi | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 30 days | From December 2021, passengers of all countries that required visa, can now obtain visa on arrival at Bujumbura International Airport, and all land borders. | X |
| Cambodia | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 30 days | Visa is also obtainable online. | X |
| Cameroon | eVisa | | | X |
| Canada | eTA / Visa not required | 180 days | eTA required if arriving by air. | ✓ |
| Cape Verde | EASE | 30 days | Must register online at least five days prior to arrival. | X |
| Central African Republic | Visa required | | | ✓ |
| Chad | eVisa | 90 days | Must apply at least 7 days before arrival but maximum 90 days before arrival. | X |
| Chile | Visa not required | 90 days | | ✓ |
| China | Visa not required | 30 days | Visa-free from December 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025. 24-hour visa-free transit through any international airports of China, allows domestic travel through different airports. 72-hour visa-free transit through Changsha, Guilin and Harbin airports, or Beihai port. 144-hour visa-free transit through Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Jieyang, Kunming, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xiamen and Xi'an airports, or Dalian, Guangzhou, Lianyungang, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Xiamen and Zhoushan ports. Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan count as third countries under the 24, 72 and 144-hours transit without visa (TWOV) policies. | X |
| Colombia | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days – extendable up to 180-days stay within a one-year period. | ✓ |
| Comoros | Visa on arrival | 45 days | | X |
| Republic of the Congo | Visa required | | | ✓ |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | eVisa | 90 days | | X |
| Costa Rica | Visa not required | 180 days | | X |
| Côte d'Ivoire | eVisa | 3 months | e-Visa holders must arrive via Port Bouet Airport. | X |
| Croatia | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Cuba | eVisa | 90 days | Can be extended up to 90 days with a fee. | X |
| Cyprus | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Czech Republic | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Denmark | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Djibouti | eVisa | 90 days | | X |
| Dominica | Visa not required | 180 days | | X |
| Dominican Republic | Visa not required | 30 days | Application for a fee-based extension possible. | X |
| Ecuador | Visa not required | 90 days | | X |
| Egypt | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 30 days | ID card valid, passport type photo is required on arrival. | X |
| El Salvador | Visa not required | 90 days | | ✓ |
| Equatorial Guinea | eVisa | | e-Visa holders must arrive via Malabo International Airport. | X |
| Eritrea | Visa required | | | ✓ |
| Estonia | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Eswatini | Visa not required | 30 days | | X |
| Ethiopia | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 90 days | Visa on arrival is obtainable only at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. e-Visa holders must arrive via Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. e-Visa is available for 30 or 90 days. | X |
| Fiji | Visa not required | 120 days | | X |
| Finland | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| France | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid (including in Overseas France). | ✓ |
| Gabon | eVisa | 90 days | e-Visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport. | X |
| Gambia | Visa not required | 90 days | | X |
| Georgia | Visa not required | 360 days | ID card valid. | X |
| Ghana | Visa required | | | ✓ |
| Greece | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Grenada | Visa not required | 90 days | | ✓ |
| Guatemala | Visa not required | 90 days | | X |
| Guinea | eVisa | 90 days | | X |
| Guinea-Bissau | Visa on arrival | 90 days | | X |
| Guyana | Visa not required | 90 days | | X |
| Haiti | Visa not required | 90 days | | X |
| Honduras | Visa not required | 90 days | | X |
| Hungary | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Iceland | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| India | eVisa | 30 days | e-Visa holders must arrive via 31 designated airports or 5 designated seaports. An Indian e-Tourist Visa may only be obtained twice within 1 calendar year. Foreigners of Pakistani origin or who hold a Pakistani Passport are not eligible for an e-Visa. Foreigners who are not Pakistani nationals, but whose parents or grandparents (either paternal or maternal) were born in, or were permanent residents in Pakistan, are also not eligible for an e-Visa. Former Indian citizens with an OCI (Overseas Citizen Of India) cards are eligible for unlimited travel and stay. | X |
| Indonesia | e-VOA / Visa on arrival | 30 days | Cost for Visa on arrival approx. 30 Euro for 30 days. You can extend it once in Bali by another 30 days. As of February 2024. | X |
| Iran | eVisa | 30 days | Passengers who have already made an application, at least 2 days before arrival, at the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affair's e-Visa website and present the submission notification at the airport's visa desk may obtain a visa on arrival. | X |
| Iraq | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 30 days | | X |
| Ireland | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Israel | ETA-IL | 90 days | 3 months for tourism only. German citizens born before 1 January 1928 need a visa which will be issued for free if one was not a member of the Nazi party or involved in crimes committed during the time of Nazi Germany. Starting June 1st, 2024, the ETA-IL (Electronic Travel Authorisation) will open for application submissions as a pilot program for German and American citizens. Applying will be voluntary and exempt from fees. The system will open to other nationalities on July 1st, 2024. | ✓ |
| Italy | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Jamaica | Visa not required | 90 days | | X |
| Japan | Visa not required | 90 days | | ✓ |
| Jordan | eVisa / Visa on arrival | | Visa can be obtained upon arrival, it will cost a total of 40 JOD, obtainable at most international ports of entry and land border crossings (except King Hussein/Allenby Bridge) | X |
| Kazakhstan | Visa not required | 30 days | | X |
| Kenya | Electronic Travel Authorisation | 90 days | Applications can be submitted up to 90 days prior to travel and must be submitted at least 3 days in advance. eTA fee is USD 32.50. Proof of reservation at the hotel where visitors plan to stay is required (if staying with friends, an invitation letter is also acceptable). Yellow fever vaccination certificate is required if coming from endemic countries. | X |
| Kiribati | Visa not required | 90 days | | X |
| North Korea | Visa required | | | ✓ |
| South Korea | Visa not required | 90 days | | ✓ |
| Kuwait | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 90 days | | X |
| Kyrgyzstan | Visa not required | 60 days | | X |
| Laos | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 30 days | 17 of the 31 border crossings are only open to visa holders. e-Visa may be used to enter Laos through Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, 3 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges and in Boten (road and railroad). Visa on arrival is available at Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, the 4 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges and 6 border crossings. Visa on arrival is extendable for an additional 60 days at the Department of Immigration in Vientiane. | X |
| Latvia | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Lebanon | Free visa on arrival | 30 days | Extendable for 2 additional months. Granted free of charge at Beirut International Airport or any other port of entry if there is no Israeli visa or seal, holding a telephone number, an address in Lebanon, and a non-refundable return or circle trip ticket. | X |
| Lesotho | Visa not required | 14 days | | X |
| Liberia | Visa required | | | ✓ |
| Libya | eVisa | | | X |
| Liechtenstein | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Lithuania | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Luxembourg | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Madagascar | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 90 days | | X |
| Malawi | Visa not required | 30 days | | X |
| Malaysia | Visa not required | 90 days | | ✓ |
| Maldives | Free visa on arrival | 30 days | | X |
| Mali | Visa required | | | ✓ |
| Malta | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Marshall Islands | Visa not required | 90 days | | ✓ |
| Mauritania | eVisa | 30 days | An eVisa is mandatory before travel. | X |
| Mauritius | Visa not required | 90 days | | X |
| Mexico | Visa not required | 180 days | | ✓ |
| Micronesia | Visa not required | 90 days | | ✓ |
| Moldova | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 180-day period. ID card valid. | X |
| Monaco | Visa not required | 3 months | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Mongolia | Visa not required | 30 days | | X |
| Montenegro | Visa not required | 90 days | ID card valid for 30 days. | X |
| Morocco | Visa not required | 90 days | | X |
| Mozambique | Visa not required | 30 days | Travelers must register on the e-Visa platform at least 48 hours prior to travel and pay a processing fee of 650 MT. | X |
| Myanmar | eVisa | | e-Visa holders must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports or via land border crossings with Thailand — Tachileik, Myawaddy and Kawthaung or India — Rih Khaw Dar and Tamu. e-Visa available for both tourism (allowed stay is 28 days) or business (allowed stay is 70 days) purposes. | X |
| Namibia | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within a calendar year. | X |
| Nauru | Visa required | | | ✓ |
| Nepal | Online Visa / Visa on arrival | 150 days | | X |
| Netherlands | Freedom of movement (European Netherlands) | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| New Zealand | NZeTA | 90 days | NZeTA is an electronic travel permit but not legally a visa. May enter using eGate. International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy must be paid upon requesting an Electronic Travel Authority. Holders of an Australian Permanent Resident Visa or Resident Return Visa may be granted a New Zealand Resident Visa on arrival permitting indefinite stay (pursuant to the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement), subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure. Such travellers are not required to pay the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy. | ✓ |
| Nicaragua | Visa not required | 90 days | | X |
| Niger | Visa required | | | ✓ |
| Nigeria | eVisa | | Holders of written e-Visa approval issued by the Immigration Authority can obtain a visa on arrival, provided they hold a visa application form and e-Visa application payment receipt and have an invitation letter from a Nigerian company accepting immigration responsibilities. | X |
| North Macedonia | Visa not required | 90 days | ID card valid. | X |
| Norway | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Oman | Visa not required / eVisa | 14 days / 30 days | | X |
| Pakistan | eVisa | 90 days | | X |
| Palau | Visa not required | 90 days | | ✓ |
| Panama | Visa not required | 90 days | | ✓ |
| Papua New Guinea | eVisa | 60 days | Available at Gurney Airport (Alotau), Mount Hagen Airport, Port Moresby Airport and Tokua Airport (Rabaul). | X |
| Paraguay | Visa not required | 90 days | | ✓ |
| Peru | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 6-month period. | ✓ |
| Philippines | Visa not required | 30 days | | X |
| Poland | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Portugal | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Qatar | Free visa on arrival | 90 days | Available free of charge. | X |
| Romania | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Russia | eVisa | 15 days | | X |
| Rwanda | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 30 days | | X |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Visa not required | 90 days | | X |
| Saint Lucia | Visa not required | 90 days | | X |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Visa not required | 90 days | | X |
| Samoa | Visa not required | 90 days | | ✓ |
| San Marino | Visa not required | 3 months | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Visa not required | 15 days | | X |
| Saudi Arabia | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 90 days | | X |
| Senegal | Visa not required | 90 days | | X |
| Serbia | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 6-month period. ID card valid. | X |
| Seychelles | Visa not required | 90 days | | ✓ |
| Sierra Leone | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 30 days | | X |
| Singapore | Visa not required | 90 days | | ✓ |
| Slovakia | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Slovenia | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Solomon Islands | Visa not required | 90 days | | ✓ |
| Somalia | eVisa | 30 days | All visitors must have an approved Electronic Visa (eTAS) before the start of their journey | No |
| South Africa | Visa not required | 90 days | | X |
| South Sudan | eVisa | 6 months | Obtainable online. Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel. | X |
| Spain | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Sri Lanka | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 180 days / 30 days | The standard visitor visa allows a stay of 60 days within any 6-month period. Visa fees (for Standard visitor visa): SAARC - USD 35 Non SAARC - USD 75 e-Visa categories will be charged an additional USD 18.50 service fee. If transiting from any of the Sri Lankan airports, An e-Visa is exempted (2 day transit period). | X |
| Sudan | Visa required | | | ✓ |
| Suriname | Visa not required | 90 days | An entrance fee of USD 25 or EUR 25 must be paid online prior to arrival. Multiple entry e-Visa is also available. | X |
| Sweden | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Switzerland | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Syria | eVisa | | | X |
| Tajikistan | Visa not required | 30 days | Visa also available online. e-Visa holders can enter through all border points. | X |
| Tanzania | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 90 days | | X |
| Thailand | Visa not required | 60 days | Maximum 2 visits annually if not arriving by air. | X |
| Timor-Leste | Visa not required | 90 days | | ✓ |
| Togo | eVisa | 15 days | | X |
| Tonga | Visa not required | 90 days | | X |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Visa not required | 90 days | | X |
| Tunisia | Visa not required | 120 days | ID card valid if entry takes place as part of a package tour. | X |
| Turkey | Visa not required | 90 days | ID card valid. Former Turkish citizens with a Turkish "Blue Card" (Mavi Kart): Freedom of movement. | X |
| Turkmenistan | Visa required | | | ✓ |
| Tuvalu | Visa not required | 90 days | | ✓ |
| Uganda | eVisa | | | X |
| Ukraine | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 180-day period. | ✓ |
| United Arab Emirates | Visa not required | 90 days | 90 days within any 180-day period. | ✓ |
| United Kingdom | Visa not required | 6 months | ETA UK (valid for 2 years when issued) required from 2 April 2025. Adults can use ePassport gates. | ✓ |
| United States | Visa Waiver Program | 90 days | ESTA is valid for 2 years from the date of issuance. ESTA is also required when entering the country by cruise ship or land. Visa required for nationals of VWP countries who have travelled or been present in Iraq, North Korea, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, or Yemen at any time on or after 1 March 2011 (with limited exceptions), or those who have travelled or being present in Cuba at any time on or after 12 January 2021, or nationals of VWP countries who are also nationals of Iraq, Syria, Iran, North Korea or Sudan. | ✓ |
| Uruguay | Visa not required | 90 days | | ✓ |
| Uzbekistan | Visa not required | 30 days | | X |
| Vanuatu | Visa not required | 90 days | | X |
| Vatican City | Visa not required | 1 day | ID card valid. | ✓ |
| Venezuela | Visa not required | 90 days | | X |
| Vietnam | Visa not required | 45 days | A single entry e-Visa valid for 90 days is also available. | X |
| Yemen | Visa required | | | ✓ |
| Zambia | Visa not required | 90 days | Also eligible for a universal visa allowing access to Zimbabwe. | X |
| Zimbabwe | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 90 days | Also eligible for a universal visa allowing access to Zambia. | X |

### 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:
| Visitor to | Visa requirement | Allowed stay | Notes (excluding departure fees) |
| Europe ||||
| Abkhazia | Visa required | | |
| Northern Cyprus | Visa not required | 3 months | ID card valid. |
| Faroe Islands | Visa not required | | ID card valid. |
| Gibraltar | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. |
| Guernsey | Visa not required | 6 months | |
| Isle of Man | Visa not required | 6 months | |
| Jan Mayen | Permit required | | Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours. Permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours. |
| Jersey | Visa not required | 6 months | |
| Kosovo | Visa not required | 90 days | ID card valid. |
| South Ossetia | Russian multiple entry visa required | | Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia. |
| Transnistria | Visa not required | | ID card valid. |
| Africa ||||
| British Indian Ocean Territory | Special permit required | | Special permit required. |
| Canary Islands | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. |
| Madeira | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. |
| Mayotte | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. |
| Ascension Island | eVisa | 3 months within any year period. | |
| Réunion | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. |
| Saint Helena | Visitor's Pass required | | Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling. |
| Tristan da Cunha | Permission required | | Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands. |
| Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Permit required | | |
| Somaliland | Visa on arrival | 30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival. | |
| Asia ||||
| Hainan | Visa not required | 30 days under certain conditions | Individual tourists need to select a tour agency and inform them their schedule. |
| Hong Kong | Visa not required | 90 days | |
| Iraqi Kurdistan | eVisa | 30 days | |
| Kish Island | Visa not required | | Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa. |
| Macao | Visa not required | 90 days | |
| Sabah and Sarawak | Visa not required | | These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies. |
| Palestine | Permit required | | Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed. |
| Taiwan | Visa not required | 90 days | |
| Phú Quốc | Visa not required | 30 days | |
| Caribbean and North Atlantic ||||
| Anguilla | Visa not required | 3 months | |
| Aruba | Visa not required | 30 days, extendable to 180 days | |
| Azores | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. |
| Bermuda | Visa not required | Up to 6 months, decided on arrival. | |
| Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba | Visa not required | 3 months | |
| British Virgin Islands | Visa not required | 30 days, extensions possible | |
| Cayman Islands | Visa not required | 6 months | |
| San Andrés and Leticia | Tourist Card on arrival | | Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival. |
| Curaçao | Visa not required | 3 months | |
| Greenland | Visa not required | | |
| Guadeloupe | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. |
| Martinique | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. |
| Montserrat | Visa not required | 6 months | |
| Puerto Rico | ESTA | 90 days (same as US) | |
| Saint Barthélemy | Visa not required | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. |
| Saint Martin | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid (passport needed for the Dutch part of the island Sint Maarten). |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Visa not required | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. |
| Sint Maarten | Visa not required | 3 months | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Visa not required | 90 days | |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | ESTA | 90 days (same as US) | |
| Oceania ||||
| American Samoa | Electronic authorization | 30 days | |
| Ashmore and Cartier Islands | Special authorisation required | | Special authorisation required. |
| Clipperton Island | Special permit required | | Special permit required. |
| Cook Islands | Visa not required | 31 days | |
| Guam | ESTA | 90 days (same as US) | |
| New Caledonia | Freedom of movement | | ID card valid. |
| Niue | Visa not required | 30 days | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | ESTA | 90 days | Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program ESTA required. |
| Pitcairn Islands | Visa not required | 14 days | Landing fee US$35 or tax of US$5 if not going ashore. |
| French Polynesia | Visa not required | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. |
| Tokelau | Entry permit required | | |
| United States Minor Outlying Islands | Special permits required | | Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island. |
| Wallis and Futuna | Visa not required | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. |
| South America ||||
| French Guiana | Freedom of movement | Unlimited stay | ID card valid. |
| Galápagos | Online pre-registration required | | Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure. |
| South Atlantic and Antarctica ||||
| Falkland Islands | Visa not required | 1 month | A visitor permit is normally issued as a stamp in the passport on arrival. |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Permit required | | Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling). |
| British Antarctic Territory | Special permit required | | |
| French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Special permits required | | |
| Argentine Antarctica | Special permit required | | |
| Australian Antarctic Territory | Special permit required | | |
| Ross Dependency | Special permit required | | |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands | Special permit required | | |
| Chilean Antarctic Territory | Special permit required | | |
| Peter I Island | Special permit required | | |
| Queen Maud Land | Special permit required | | |

### Special/Restricted Areas

Special/Restricted Areas :
| Country | Area | Maximum stay | Details |
| China | Tibet Autonomous Region | TTP required | Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars). |
| Cyprus | UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus | Access Permit required | Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas. Access only possible from areas controlled by the Republic of Cyprus or the Sovereign Base Areas |
| Greece | Mount Athos | 4 days | A special permit required (25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed. |
| Eritrea | Travel outside Asmara | Travel permit required | To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa). |
| Fiji | Lau Province | Special permission required | Special permission required. |
| India | Protected and restricted areas | PAP/RAP required | Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year. |
| Kazakhstan | Town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy | Special permission required | Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty. |
| Maldives | Non-resort islands except Malé | Permission required | With the exception of the capital Malé, tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives. |
| North Korea | Areas outside Pyongyang | Special permit required | People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving) |
| Russia | Closed cities and regions in Russia | Special authorization required | Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization. |
| Sudan | Travel outside of Khartoum | Travel permit required | All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit. |
| Sudan | Darfur | Travel permit required | Separate travel permit is required. |
| Tajikistan | Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province | OVIR permit required | OVIR permit required, can be obtained with e-visa application for an additional $20. Locally it may be obtained for 15+5 Tajikistani Somoni. Another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez. |
| Turkmenistan | Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat | Special permit required | A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat. |
| Yemen | Travel outside Sana’a or Aden | Special permission required | Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden. |
| Korean Demilitarized Zone | | Restricted zone | |
| UNDOF Zone and Ghajar | | Restricted zone | |

### History

Visa requirements for German citizens were lifted by China (1 December 2023), Zambia (1 October 2022), Oman (9 December 2020, previously visa on arrival), Uzbekistan (15 January 2019), Cape Verde (1 January 2019), Belarus (February 2017), Solomon Islands (October 2016), Tuvalu (July 2016), Marshall Islands (June 2016), Palau (December 2015), Tonga (November 2015), São Tomé and Príncipe (August 2015), Vietnam (July 2015 – June 30, 2021 at least), Indonesia (June 2015), United Arab Emirates, Timor-Leste, Samoa (May 2015), Kazakhstan (July 2014), Mongolia (September 2013) and Kyrgyzstan (July 2012).
German citizens were made eligible for eVisas by Russia (January 2021, suspended during COVID-19 pandemic, previously only Kaliningrad and Far East), Guinea and Malawi (October 2019), Saudi Arabia (September 2019), Suriname and Pakistan (April 2019), Tanzania and Papua New Guinea (November 2018), Angola (March 2018), Djibouti (February 2018), Egypt (December 2017), Azerbaijan (January 2017), Tajikistan (June 2016), India (e-Tourist visa from November 2014) and Myanmar (September 2014).

## 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)

Meningococcal vaccination requirements for international travel :
| Country or territory | Details |
| Gambia | All travellers must show proof of vaccination with quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine (ACYW135) upon arrival. |
| Indonesia | Travellers arriving from or departing to Saudi Arabia must show proof of vaccination with quadrivalent ACYW-135. |
| Lebanon | Proof of vaccination with quadrivalent ACYW-135 is required for travellers departing Lebanon and going to Hajj, Umrah, and to certain African countries. |
| Libya | All travellers must show proof of vaccination with quadrivalent ACYW-135 upon arrival. |
| Philippines | Proof of vaccination with quadrivalent ACYW-135 is required for travellers going to Hajj and Umrah (in Saudi Arabia). |
| Saudi Arabia | Proof of vaccination is required for travellers 2 years of age and older who are Hajj or Umrah pilgrims and seasonal or pilgrim workers in Hajj and Umrah areas. Vaccination with quadrivalent ACYW135 (either polysaccharide or conjugate) must be issued not less than 10 days before arrival and not more than 3 years (polysaccharide vaccine) or 5 years (conjugate vaccine) before arrival. The immunisation certificate should clearly state if the traveller was vaccinated with the conjugate vaccine for the 5-year validity to apply. Vaccination is also required for domestic pilgrims, residents of Mecca and Medina, and any persons participating in Hajj or Umrah or seasonal or pilgrimage work in Hajj and Umrah zones. At the discretion of the Ministry of Health, travellers may be administered prophylactic antibiotics upon arrival. |

### Polio vaccination

Polio vaccination requirements for international travel :
| Country | Details |
| Afghanistan | Travellers from polio-endemic countries (Pakistan) need Carte Jaune proof of polio vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. Residents and ALL travellers staying in Afghanistan longer than 4 weeks need proof of polio vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) when departing from Afghanistan. |
| Belize | Travellers from Afghanistan and Pakistan need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. Belize residents travelling countries with confirmed polio cases also need proof of vaccination. |
| Brunei | Travellers from polio-exporting countries need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Egypt | Travellers from Afghanistan, Angola, Benin, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, China, Congo-Kinshasa, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, and Somalia need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Georgia | Travellers from at-risk countries need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. Travellers without proof are offered OPV vaccination upon arrival. |
| India | Travellers from Afghanistan, Congo-Kinshasa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, and Syria need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Iran | Travellers from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. Travellers without proof will be vaccinated upon arrival. |
| Iraq | Travellers aged 15+ from Afghanistan and Pakistan need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival; children under age 15 must have received three doses of polio vaccine before travel. Travellers without proof will be vaccinated upon arrival. Travellers departing Iraq to Afghanistan and Pakistan must also provide proof of vaccination upon departure. |
| Jordan | Travellers from Afghanistan and Pakistan need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Lebanon | Travellers from and to polio-affected countries need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Libya | Travellers from Afghanistan and Pakistan need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Maldives | Travellers from and to polio-exporting countries, as well as Hajj and Umrah pilgrims, need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Morocco | Travellers from polio-affected countries need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Nepal | Travellers from Afghanistan, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Papua New Guinea need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Oman | Travellers from polio-exporting countries need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Pakistan | Travellers from ALL countries planning to stay in Pakistan for more than 4 weeks need Carte Jaune proof of OPV vaccination upon arrival. Residents and ALL travellers staying in Pakistan longer than 4 weeks need proof of OPV vaccination when departing from Pakistan. |
| Philippines | Travellers from or to high-risk countries need Carte Jaune proof of polio vaccination upon arrival or before departure, respectively. Due to an ongoing local VDPV2 outbreak, the government recommends all others travellers to consider getting a polio vaccine or booster dose, depending on their situation. |
| Qatar | Travellers from polio-exporting countries (identified by Qatar as: Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan and Philippines) need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Travellers from polio-endemic countries as identified by WHO (Afghanistan and Pakistan) need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Saudi Arabia | Travellers from active-transmission (including wild or vaccine-derived poliovirus) and at-risk countries, as well as all travellers from Afghanistan, Congo-Kinshasa, Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen, need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. Regardless of immunisation status, all travellers from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen will be given an Oral Polio Vaccine dose upon arrival. |
| Seychelles | Travellers from countries with polio outbreaks need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. |
| Syria | Travellers from Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Pakistan need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. ALL Syria residents departing Syria to any country also need proof of vaccination. |
| Ukraine | Long-term visitors departing to states with wild or circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus transmission should present Carte Jaune proof of vaccination with at least one dose of bivalent OPV or IPV (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure). Persons obliged to undertake urgent international travel must be immunised with a single dose of polio vaccine before their departure. There is also risk of poliovirus transmission inside Ukraine itself, and travellers to Ukraine are recommended to be up to date with their polio vaccination before entry. |

### Yellow fever vaccination

Yellow fever vaccination requirements for international travel (July 2019) :
| Country or territory | Status | Vaccination required for travellers coming from | Traveller age |
| Albania | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Algeria | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Angola | Risk country | All countries | 9 months or older |
| Antigua and Barbuda | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Argentina | Risk provinces: Misiones, Corrientes | No | – |
| Aruba | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Australia | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Bahamas | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Bahrain | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Bangladesh | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Barbados | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Belize | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Benin | Risk country | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Bolivia | Risk country | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Bonaire | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Botswana | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Brazil | Risk country | No | – |
| Brunei | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Burkina Faso | Risk country | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Burundi | Risk country | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Cabo Verde | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Cambodia | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Cameroon | Risk country | All countries | 9 months or older |
| Central African Republic | Risk country | All countries | 9 months or older |
| Chad | Risk country | All countries | 9 months or older |
| China | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Christmas Island | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Colombia | Risk country | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Congo-Brazzaville | Risk country | All countries | 9 months or older |
| Congo-Kinshasa | Risk country | All countries | 9 months or older |
| Costa Rica | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Risk country | All countries | 9 months or older |
| Cuba | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Curaçao | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Dominica | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Dominican Republic | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Ecuador | Risk country | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Egypt | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| El Salvador | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Equatorial Guinea | Risk country | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Eritrea | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Eswatini | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Ethiopia | Risk country | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Fiji | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| French Guiana | Risk country | All countries | 1 year or older |
| French Polynesia | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Gabon | Risk country | All countries | 1 year or older |
| Gambia | Risk country | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Ghana | Risk country | All countries | 9 months or older |
| Grenada | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Guadeloupe | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Guatemala | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Guinea | Risk country | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Guinea-Bissau | Risk country | All countries | 1 year or older |
| Guyana | Risk country | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Haiti | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Honduras | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| India | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Indonesia | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Iran | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Iraq | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Jamaica | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Jordan | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Kenya | Risk country | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Kyrgyzstan | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Laos | No risk | Risk countries | Unknown |
| Lesotho | No risk | Risk countries | 6 months or older |
| Liberia | Risk country | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Libya | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Madagascar | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Malawi | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Malaysia | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Maldives | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Mali | Risk country | All countries | 1 year or older |
| Malta | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Martinique | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Mauritania | Risk country | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Mayotte | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Montserrat | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Mozambique | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Myanmar | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Namibia | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Nepal | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| New Caledonia | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Nicaragua | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Niger | Risk country | All countries | 1 year or older |
| Nigeria | Risk country | All countries | 9 months or older |
| Niue | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| North Korea | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Oman | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Pakistan | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Panama | Risk country | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Papua New Guinea | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Paraguay | Risk country | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Peru | Risk country | No | – |
| Philippines | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Pitcairn Islands | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Rwanda | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Saint Barthélemy | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Saint Helena | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Saint Lucia | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Saint Martin | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Samoa | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Saudi Arabia | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Senegal | Risk country | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Seychelles | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Sierra Leone | Risk country | All countries | Unknown |
| Singapore | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Sint Eustatius | No risk | Risk countries | 6 months or older |
| Sint Maarten | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Solomon Islands | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Somalia | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| South Africa | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| South Sudan | Risk country | All countries | 9 months or older |
| Sri Lanka | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Sudan | Risk country | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Suriname | Risk country | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Tanzania | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Thailand | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Togo | Risk country | All countries | 9 months or older |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Risk region: Trinidad | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Uganda | Risk country | All countries | 1 year or older |
| United Arab Emirates | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| Venezuela | Risk country | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Wallis and Futuna | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Zambia | No risk | Risk countries | 1 year or older |
| Zimbabwe | No risk | Risk countries | 9 months or older |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 Also required for travellers having transited more than 12 hours through a risk country's airport. 1 2 3 The WHO has designated (parts of) Argentina, Brazil and Peru as risk countries, but these countries do not require incoming travellers to vaccinate against yellow fever. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Also required for travellers having transited any time through a risk country's airport. ||||

### 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:
* EU and Europe (including Gibraltar and except Belarus, Russia, the United Kingdom [for tourism] and Ukraine)
* Egypt (passport type photo is required on arrival)
* French overseas territories (passport needed if the direct flight has a scheduled intermediate landing in a country that requires a passport)
* Georgia
* Tunisia (on package holidays)
* Turkey
* United Kingdom (individuals with pre-settled or settled status or frontier-worker permits can continue using national identity cards

### Blank passport pages

Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages. Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.

### 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 (except when arriving at Basra – 3 months and Erbil or Sulaimaniyah – on arrival), 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 (150 days) 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 (i.e. French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna)
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 all 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.

## Entry bans
### Criminal record

Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States, routinely deny entry to non-citizens who have a criminal record, while others impose restrictions depending on the type of conviction and the length of the sentence.

### Persona non grata

The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata, banning them from entering the country or expelling them if they have already entered. In non-diplomatic use, the authorities of a country may also declare a foreigner persona non grata permanently or temporarily, usually because of unlawful activity.

### Israeli stamps

Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, and Yemen do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.
To circumvent this Arab League boycott of Israel, the Israeli immigration services have now mostly ceased to stamp foreign nationals' passports on either entry to or exit from Israel (unless the entry is for some work-related purposes). Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport. Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017) stamped at Erez when passing into and out of Gaza.
Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.

## Biometrics

Several countries mandate that all travellers, or all foreign travellers, be fingerprinted on arrival and will refuse admission to or even arrest travellers who refuse to comply. In some countries, such as the United States, this may apply even to transit passengers who merely wish to change planes rather than go landside.
Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan, Argentina, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Japan, Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken), Malaysia upon entry and departure, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
Many countries also require a photo be taken of people entering the country. The United States, which does not fully implement exit control formalities at its land frontiers (although long mandated by its own legislation), intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.
Together with fingerprint and face recognition, iris scanning is one of three biometric identification technologies internationally standardised since 2006 by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for use in e-passports and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa. The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to greatly increase the biometric data it collects at US borders. In 2018, Singapore began trials of iris scanning at three land and maritime immigration checkpoints.

## 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.