90 days per entry· Visa exemption (Schengen Annex II)

Your passport must be valid for at least 3 months after you arrive.

A return or onward ticket may be checked at the border as part of demonstrating a genuine short visit.

You should have No fixed official amount is published for a short visit; sufficient funds for the length of stay may be requested at the border..

Short term tourist accommodation (a hotel, tourist apartment, or short Airbnb stay) does not require the standard Anmeldung address registration that applies to a longer term resident; an ordinary tourist visit is exempt from this requirement.

Check with the embassy for overstay penalties.A real range rather than one flat rate, roughly EUR 500 to 5,000 for an ordinary overstay depending on duration and circumstances, administrative costs of EUR 5,000 to 20,000 if a forced deportation is enforced, plus a Schengen-wide re-entry ban of 1 to 5 years.

Declare cash above EUR 10,000 or the equivalent in any currency, cash, must be declared in writing and unprompted when entering or leaving Germany from outside the EU; failing to declare, or an incomplete declaration, is itself a separate administrative offence punishable by a fine of up to EUR 1,000,000..

Extensions are not available for this stay.

Always confirm with the official embassy or consulate before you fly.