Visa requirements for German citizens

[26] German citizens were made eligible for eVisas recently by Guinea and Malawi (October 2019), Saudi Arabia (September 2019), Russia (only Kaliningrad Oblast, Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, free of charge),[27][28] Suriname and Pakistan (April 2019), Tanzania and Papua New Guinea (November 2018),[29] Djibouti (February 2018),[30] Egypt (December 2017),[31] Azerbaijan (January 2017),[32] India (e-Tourist visa from November 2014)[33] and Myanmar (September 2014).

[34] Visa requirements for German citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas and partially recognized countries: 6 months [189] Visa requirements for German citizens were lifted by China (1 December 2023),[282] Zambia (1 October 2022),[283] Oman (9 December 2020, previously visa on arrival),[7] Uzbekistan (15 January 2019),[8] Cape Verde (1 January 2019),[284] Belarus (February 2017),[285] Solomon Islands (October 2016),[286] Tuvalu (July 2016), Marshall Islands (June 2016),[13] Palau (December 2015),[287] Tonga (November 2015),[288] São Tomé and Príncipe (August 2015),[16] Vietnam (July 2015 – June 30, 2021 at least),[17] Indonesia (June 2015),[289][290] United Arab Emirates, Timor-Leste, Samoa (May 2015),[20][291][292][23] Kazakhstan (July 2014),[293] Mongolia (September 2013)[294] and Kyrgyzstan (July 2012).

[295] German citizens were made eligible for eVisas by Russia (January 2021, suspended during COVID-19 pandemic, previously only Kaliningrad and Far East),[296] Guinea and Malawi (October 2019), Saudi Arabia (September 2019), Suriname and Pakistan (April 2019), Tanzania and Papua New Guinea (November 2018),[297] Angola (March 2018), Djibouti (February 2018),[298] Egypt (December 2017),[299] Azerbaijan (January 2017),[32] Tajikistan (June 2016),[300] India (e-Tourist visa from November 2014)[301] and Myanmar (September 2014).

[339] Countries requiring passports to be valid at least 6 months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Cambodia, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq (except when arriving at Basra – 3 months and Erbil or Sulaimaniyah – on arrival), Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Libya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen.

[342] Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[343] routinely deny entry to non-citizens who have a criminal record, while others impose restrictions depending on the type of conviction and the length of the sentence.

[344] Kuwait,[345] Lebanon,[346] Libya,[347] and Yemen[348] do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.

[349] Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,[350][351] Argentina,[352] Brunei, Cambodia,[353] China,[354] Ethiopia,[355] Ghana, Guinea,[356] India, Japan,[357][358] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),[359] Malaysia upon entry and departure,[360] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,[361] Singapore, South Korea,[362] Taiwan, Thailand,[363] Uganda,[364] the United Arab Emirates and the United States.

[370][371] The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to greatly increase the biometric data it collects at US borders.

2 Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Russia and the partially recognised republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia each span the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia.