Visa Requirements for German Passports

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Germany's passport is one of the strongest in this group, with visa-free or freedom-of-movement access to 42 of 43 European destinations and the best Oceania coverage of any passport tracked here, at roughly seven in ten countries. That EU membership advantage carries over into a genuinely global reach: even in Africa and Asia, German travelers see more visa-free doors than US, UK, or Canadian passport holders do. Only a small slice of destinations, mostly in Africa and parts of Asia, still call for an eVisa or visa on arrival.

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This page covers requirements for short-stay tourist and visitor travel only. Business trips, work assignments, study programs, and immigration all follow separate application processes with their own documentation, so check with the relevant embassy or consulate before traveling for any of those purposes.

Visa requirement data last verified September 19, 2026. Fee and refusal-rate figures are sourced separately -- see the methodology page for how refusal rates are calculated.

Destination	Requirement	Typical stay	Fee	Refusal Rate	Documents Needed
Afghanistan	eVisa	30 days	—	—	1+
Albania	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Algeria	Visa required	—	—	—	1+
Andorra	Visa not required	—	—	—	1+
Angola	Visa not required	30 days	—	—	1+
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa not required	180 days	—	—	1+
Argentina	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Armenia	Visa not required	180 days	—	—	1+
Austria	Freedom of movement	—	—	0.8%	1+
Azerbaijan	eVisa	30 days	—	—	1+
Bahamas	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Bahrain	Visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Barbados	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Belarus	Visa not required	30 days	—	—	1+
Belgium	Freedom of movement	—	—	0.0%	1+
Belize	Visa not required	—	—	—	1+
Benin	eVisa	30 days	—	—	1+
Bhutan	eVisa	90 days	—	—	1+
Bolivia	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Botswana	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Brazil	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Brunei	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Bulgaria	Freedom of movement	—	—	0.0%	1+
Burkina Faso	eVisa	90 days	—	—	1+
Burundi	Visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Cabo Verde	Visa not required	30 days	—	—	1+
Cameroon	Online visa required	180 days	—	—	1+
Canada	eTA	180 days	—	—	1+
Central African Republic	Visa required	—	—	—	1+
Chad	eVisa	90 days	—	—	1+
Chile	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
China	Visa not required	30 days	—	—	1+
Colombia	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Comoros	Visa on arrival	45 days	—	—	1+
Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)	Visa required	—	—	—	1+
Costa Rica	Visa not required	180 days	—	—	1+
Croatia	Freedom of movement	—	—	0.0%	1+
Cuba	eVisa	90 days	—	—	1+
Cyprus	Freedom of movement	—	—	—	1+
Czechia (Czech Republic)	Freedom of movement	—	—	0.0%	1+
Democratic Republic of the Congo	eVisa	7 days	—	—	1+
Denmark	Freedom of movement	—	—	16.7%	1+
Djibouti	Visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Dominica	Visa not required	180 days	—	—	1+
Dominican Republic	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Ecuador	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Egypt	Visa on arrival	30 days	USD 30	—	1+
El Salvador	Visa not required	180 days	—	—	1+
Equatorial Guinea	eVisa	—	—	—	1+
Estonia	Freedom of movement	—	—	—	1+
Eswatini (fmr. "Swaziland")	Visa not required	30 days	—	—	1+
Ethiopia	Visa on arrival	90 days	USD 62	—	1+
Fiji	Visa not required	120 days	—	—	1+
Finland	Freedom of movement	—	—	0.0%	1+
France	Freedom of movement	—	—	1.3%	1+
Gabon	eVisa	30 days	—	—	1+
Gambia	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Georgia	Visa not required	360 days	—	—	1+
Ghana	eVisa	—	USD 260	—	1+
Grenada	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Guatemala	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Guinea	eVisa	90 days	—	—	1+
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival	90 days	—	—	1+
Guyana	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Haiti	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Holy See	Visa not required	—	—	—	1+
Honduras	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Hungary	Freedom of movement	—	—	0.0%	1+
Iceland	Freedom of movement	—	—	—	1+
India	eVisa	30 days	—	—	1+
Indonesia	Visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Iraq	eVisa	30 days	—	—	1+
Ireland	Freedom of movement	—	—	—	1+
Israel	eTA	90 days	—	—	1+
Italy	Freedom of movement	—	—	4.7%	1+
Jamaica	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Japan	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Jordan	Visa on arrival	90 days	—	—	1+
Kazakhstan	Visa not required	30 days	—	—	1+
Kenya	eTA	90 days	—	—	1+
Kiribati	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Kyrgyzstan	Visa not required	30 days	—	—	1+
Laos	Visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Latvia	Freedom of movement	—	—	—	1+
Lebanon	Visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Lesotho	Visa not required	14 days	—	—	1+
Liberia	Visa required	—	USD 103	—	1+
Libya	eVisa	—	—	—	1+
Liechtenstein	Freedom of movement	—	—	—	1+
Lithuania	Freedom of movement	—	—	—	1+
Luxembourg	Freedom of movement	—	—	0.0%	1+
Madagascar	Visa on arrival	90 days	—	—	1+
Malawi	Visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Malaysia	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Maldives	Free visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Mali	Visa required	—	—	—	1+
Malta	Freedom of movement	—	—	—	1+
Marshall Islands	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Mauritania	eVisa	90 days	—	—	1+
Mauritius	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Mexico	Visa not required	180 days	—	—	1+
Micronesia	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Moldova	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Monaco	Freedom of movement	—	—	—	1+
Mongolia	Visa not required	30 days	—	—	1+
Montenegro	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Morocco	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Mozambique	eTA	30 days	—	—	1+
Myanmar (formerly Burma)	eVisa	28 days	—	—	1+
Namibia	Visa on arrival	90 days	—	—	1+
Nauru	Visa required	—	—	—	1+
Nepal	Visa on arrival	150 days	—	—	1+
Netherlands	Freedom of movement	—	—	0.0%	1+
New Zealand	eTA	90 days	—	—	1+
Nicaragua	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Niger	Visa required	—	—	—	1+
Nigeria	eVisa	30 days	—	—	1+
North Korea	Visa required	—	—	—	1+
North Macedonia	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Norway	Freedom of movement	—	—	—	1+
Oman	Visa on arrival	14 days	—	—	1+
Pakistan	Visa Grant Notice	30 days	—	—	1+
Palau	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Palestine State	Visa not required	—	—	—	1+
Panama	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Papua New Guinea	eVisitors	60 days	—	—	1+
Paraguay	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Peru	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Philippines	Visa not required	30 days	—	—	1+
Poland	Freedom of movement	—	—	100.0%	1+
Portugal	Freedom of movement	—	—	33.3%	1+
Qatar	Free visa on arrival	90 days	—	—	1+
Romania	Freedom of movement	—	—	—	1+
Russia	eVisa	30 days	—	—	1+
Rwanda	Visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Saint Kitts and Nevis	eTA	90 days	—	—	1+
Saint Lucia	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Samoa	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
San Marino	Visa not required	—	—	—	1+
Sao Tome and Principe	Visa not required	15 days	—	—	1+
Saudi Arabia	Visa on arrival	90 days	SAR 535	—	1+
Senegal	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Serbia	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Seychelles	eTA	90 days	—	—	1+
Sierra Leone	Visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Singapore	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Slovakia	Freedom of movement	—	—	—	1+
Slovenia	Freedom of movement	—	—	—	1+
Solomon Islands	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Somalia	eTAS	30 days	—	—	1+
South Africa	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
South Korea	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
South Sudan	eVisa	30 days	—	—	1+
Spain	Freedom of movement	—	—	0.0%	1+
Sri Lanka	eTA	30 days	—	—	1+
Sudan	Visa required	—	—	—	1+
Suriname	Visa not required (Entry Fee)	90 days	—	—	1+
Sweden	Freedom of movement	—	—	25.0%	1+
Switzerland	Freedom of movement	—	—	0.0%	1+
Syria	Visa on arrival	30 days	—	—	1+
Tajikistan	Visa not required	30 days	—	—	1+
Tanzania	Visa on arrival	90 days	—	—	1+
Thailand	Visa not required	60 days	USD 0	—	1+
Timor-Leste	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Togo	eVisa	15 days	CFA 25,000	—	1+
Tonga	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Tunisia	Visa not required	120 days	—	—	1+
Turkey	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Turkmenistan	Visa required	—	—	—	1+
Tuvalu	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Uganda	eVisa	90 days	—	—	1+
Ukraine	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
United Arab Emirates	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
United Kingdom	eTA	180 days	—	27.7%	1+
United States of America	ESTA	90 days	—	12.2%	1+
Uruguay	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Uzbekistan	Visa not required	30 days	—	—	1+
Vanuatu	Visa not required	120 days	—	—	1+
Venezuela	Visa not required	90 days	—	—	1+
Vietnam	Visa not required	45 days	USD 25	—	1+
Yemen	Visa required	—	—	—	1+
Zambia	Visa not required	90 days	USD 50	—	1+
Zimbabwe	Visa on arrival	90 days	—	—	1+

Sourced from live visa requirement data. Provided for general guidance only and may not reflect the latest rule changes — confirm with the relevant embassy or consulate before booking travel.