Informationen on visa requirements

If you or your visitor need a visa for your entry to Germany, you have to comply with many formalities.

You can download the visa requirements as well as visa applications on the website of the Federal Foreign Office.

The European Council decided, as of 1 June 2004, that travel health insurance valid in the Schengen area which fulfils specific requirements is necessary for the issue of a short-term visa (Schengen visa). PROVISIT-VISUM insurance coverage fully complies with these requirements.

» Decision of the European Council