Germany

Singaporeans do not require a visa for visits less than 90 days within a period of six months. For stays longer than 90 days, you are required to apply for specific visas (i.e. with listed purposes such as for study, work, or family reunion), which have a maximum validity of 90 days, prior to travel to Germany. After arriving in Germany, this visa has to be converted into a long-term resident permit based on the total requested length of stay. The conversion can be done at the local Office for Foreigners (sometimes referred as “Aliens’ Office”). Please note that resident permit will not be granted to applicants who enter Germany using the 90-day visa free privilege (i.e. without applying for a specific visa at the German Embassy in their home countries prior to travel) and seek to extend their stay in Germany thereafter. The Office for Foreigners or “Aliens’ Office” will also not grant an extension of the resident permit if the original purpose for the application of the resident permit in Germany has changed. In this case, the applicant has to leave Germany to obtain a new specific visa in his or her home country, and re-apply for a new resident permit when they travel again to Germany thereafter.

As immigration requirements can change at short notice, travellers are advised to contact their travel agent or the Embassy of Germany in Singapore for the latest information.

Singaporeans are advised to exercise normal travel precautions and vigilance in crowded areas.

Germany has strict laws governing the following:

• Insult of government officials.

• Bringing into, or taking out of, Germany any literature, music, or paraphernalia that glorifies fascism, the “Nazi past”, or the “Third Reich”.

• Use of the Nazi salute in Germany.

• Breach of domestic peace such as trespassing, disturbance of peace in private properties.

• Driving under the influence of alcohol.

Notice: Closure of Honorary Consulate-General of the Republic of Singapore in Stuttgart, Germany

The Honorary Consulate-General of the Republic of Singapore in Stuttgart, Germany is closed until further notice. For consular assistance, please contact the Embassy of the Republic of Singapore in Berlin or the Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Singapore in Munich, Germany. The contact details are:

Embassy of the Republic of Singapore in Berlin
Voßstraße 17, 10117 Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany
Tel: +49 (30) 2263 430
Emergency Tel (after office hours): +49 152 2341 2182
Email: singemb_ber@mfa.sg

Honorary Consulate-General of the Republic of Singapore in Munich, Germany
Maximilianstraße 32, 80539 Munich, Federal Republic of Germany
Tel: +49 (89) 58801 0380
Email: info@HCSingaporeMunich.de

Please refer to MFA’s general travel advice for Singaporeans before you travel overseas.