For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?
Generally a Schengen visa is required for third-country nationals; EU nationals and nationals of countries exempted by the EU visa regulation need no visa for short stays of up to 90 days in a 180-day period.
See recorded sources
- Nationality-dependent: the full exemption list is in the separate country table, not reproduced here.
- https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/visa-service/215870-215870
Generally speaking, third-country nationals require a visa to enter the Federal Republic of Germany.
- https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/visa-service/215870-215870
An exemption applies to EU nationals and nationals of those countries for which the European Community has, with the visa regulation of the European Union abolished the visa requirement for short stays of up to 90 days in a 180‑day period.
