You do need a visa for short stays in Germany if you are a citizen of a country listed below:
| Afghanistan | Guinea | Palau |
| Algeria | Guinea-Bissau | Papua New Guinea |
| Angola | Guyana | Peru |
| Armenia | Haiti | Philippines |
| Azerbaijan | India | Qatar |
| Bahrain | Indonesia | Russia |
| Bangladesh | Iran | Rwanda |
| Belarus | Iraq | Samoa |
| Belize | Jamaica | Sao Tome And Principe |
| Benin | Jordan | Saudi Arabia |
| Bhutan | Kazakhstan | Senegal |
| Bolivia | Kenya | Sierra Leone |
| Botswana | Kiribati | Solomon Islands |
| Burkina Faso | Kuwait | Somalia |
| Burma/Myanmar | Kyrgyzstan | South Africa |
| Burundi | Laos | Sri Lanka |
| Cambodia | Lebanon | Sudan |
| Cameroon | Lesotho | Suriname |
| Cape Verde | Liberia | Swaziland |
| Central African Republic | Libya | Syria |
| Chad | Madagascar | Tajikistan |
| China | Malawi | Tanzania |
| Comoros | Maldives | Thailand |
| Congo | Mali | Timor-Leste |
| Cote D’ivoire | Marshall Islands | Togo |
| Cuba | Mauritania | Tonga |
| Dem. Rep. Of Congo | Micronesia | Tunisia |
| Djibouti | Mongolia | Turkey |
| Dominican Republic | Morocco | Turkmenistan |
| Ecuador | Mozambique | Tuvalu |
| Egypt | Namibia | Uganda |
| Equatorial Guinea | Nauru | Ukraine |
| Eritrea | Nepal | Uzbekistan |
| Ethiopia | Niger | Vanuatu |
| Fiji | Nigeria | Vietnam |
| Gabon | North Korea | Yemen |
| Gambia | Northern Mariana’s | Zambia |
| Georgia | Oman | Zimbabwe |
| Ghana | Pakistan | Kosova |
You don´t need a visa if you are:
- Citizens of any countries not mentioned above will not need a visa to enter Germany.
- a citizen of the EU/EEA/EFTA countries
- a partner or child of an EU/EEA/EFTA national and only if you are travelling together
- a holder of a Diplomatic, Service or Special Passport from Chad, Ghana, Philippines, Thailand and Turkey
- a holder of a Diplomatic Passport from Algeria, Georgia, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Namibia, Pakistan, Peru, Russian Federation, South Africa, Tunisia and Ukraine.
