Follow your dreams of travel. But whether you are planning a semester
abroad, want to visit exotic destinations or will be travelling with children in tow,
safety and health are important. Here you will find information for long, short or
unusual stays abroad.
In many countries outside the European Union (EU), you need a passport to enter the country. If you have German citizenship, you can apply for a German passport.
After a name change during a marriage or the establishment of a civil partnership, a new passport is required.
The issuance of a new passport is only necessary if the passport...
The delivery time for a passport is usually at least 2 weeks. If you need a passport at short notice, you can apply for the passport in an express procedure.
If you have lost your passport abroad or it has been stolen and you wish to travel home or onwards, you must have replacement travel documents issued abroad. You can apply for these at the German diplomatic mission in the country you are traveling to.
A temporary machine-readable passport is only issued if the time itself for issuing an express passport (production time on weekdays within 72 hours) is too short and it can no...
Nationals who require a visa for a short stay in Germany or in the Schengen area must apply for one at one of the missions of the Federal Republic of Germany in good time before entering the country.
If, as a foreigner, you discover that your travel documents have expired shortly before you leave Germany, you can apply for an emergency travel document under certain conditions.
If you perform official duties for the Federal Republic of Germany abroad, you may be issued an official passport by the Federal Foreign Office under certain conditions. Depending on the activity, you may receive a diplomatic passport or a service passport.
Properly issued death certificates from abroad are generally recognised in Germany. There is no obligation to re-notarize.However, the subsequent entry in the death register can...
If a German or a German without a permanent residence in Germany dies abroad, you can have the death subsequently notarized at the responsible German registry office.
You can apply for the subsequent certification of a death on a foreign seagoing vessel in a German death register at the responsible German registry office.
In the event of an emergency, you can be issued with an emergency travel document by the border authorities (Federal Police) before you travel, provided that you are a national of Germany or another EU Member State or have a secure residence status.
Germans who are abroad can register on the Foreign Office's crisis precaution list. This enables the responsible mission abroad to contact them quickly in an emergency.
In the event of changes such as a change of name due to marriage, registered civil partnership, divorce, dissolution of a civil partnership or other data, the passport must be amended or reissued.
You are obliged to report the loss of the children's passport immediately. A message is required for the following events:
Report of theft
Notification of loss
Report for...
You must immediately report the theft of a passport to the competent authority.
There is no obligation to apply for a new passport. If a passport is still required, a new...