If you want to enter Germany for a longer stay, you have to apply for a national visa.

Your name has changed and you are planning a trip to a country outside the EU? Then you need to apply for a new passport.

If you have a German passport and certain data changes, you must apply for a new passport.

If you travel a lot and need more space for entry and exit stamps and visas, you can apply for a passport with 48 pages.

If you can prove a legitimate interest, you can obtain a second passport.

Do you need a new passport immediately? Then you can apply for a temporary passport.

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.

Do you need a passport at short notice and can't wait 2 weeks or more for a regular passport? Then you can apply for your passport using the express order procedure.

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.

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.

If you live abroad, you can apply for your German passport in person at a German diplomatic mission or, in some countries, at an honorary consular official.

Have you lost your passport during a trip abroad? If you need a passport, you can apply for a passport, temporary passport or travel document for return as a passport replacement at the German diplomatic mission in the country of travel.

If you wish to participate in a European Voluntary Service under EU Directive 2016/801, you can apply for a temporary residence permit

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.

If you are a foreign national and discover shortly before you intend to leave Germany that your passport or passport replacement has expired, you can apply for an emergency travel document under certain conditions.

If you wish to export plants or plant products to a country outside the EU, you must apply for a phytosanitary certificate, a re-export certificate or an additional pre-export certificate.

If you wish to carry out research in another Member State, you can find more information here about your rights and obligations while working abroad.

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.

Here you will find information on health insurance rules relating to short-term and long-term stays in another Member State and your rights and obligations in relation to the European Health Insurance Card.

Information about rights and limitations when opening and using a bank account in another EU country.

You can apply for the issuance of a German death certificate for a death occurring abroad at the responsible German registry office.

This section provides relevant information if you wish to take out civil liability or compulsory insurance in another Member State.

If you wish to receive medical treatment in Germany, you can find information about your rights and obligations here.

If you are moving to Germany from another member state, you can find the most important information about the registration obligation and the applicable deadlines here.

Would you like to pick up your passport? Find out more here.

The pan-European network of  Points of Single Contact can provide you with details of any legal requirements and help you to complete relevant procedures.

Travel and safety information for your destination can be found on the website of the German Foreign Office.

Germans who find themselves in an emergency situation during their stay abroad can contact the nearest German diplomatic mission abroad.

Learn more about your rights to access and use the Internet and telecommunications and online services.

Here you will find information on your rights and obligations when travelling abroad as well as on necessary travel documents for minors and on the loss or expiry of travel documents.