Consular Information

Visa requirements

We want to make your arrival in Germany as easy as possible. Here you can find all the information you need on applying for a visa, along with an application form as a pdf file to download.

Africa and Germany

May 21, 2013 12:31 PM

German Minister Niebel visits Namibia and Zambia

German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Dirk Niebel is on a five-day trip to Namibia and Zambia from May 19 to 23. The main purpose of his trip is to get a first hand-impression on the progress in the establishment of the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA), which is supported by Gemany with 35.5 million Euro.

May 15, 2013 2:14 PM

Lake Turkana Festival, where Tradition meets Culture of ten different communities

When most people hear of Turkana they associate it with cattle rustling, clashes, poor infrastructure among other vices, but this does not have to be the picture as Andrea Sasse Head of Press and Culture at the German Embassy explains to the GIC.

May 13, 2013 3:29 PM

Taxi Poetry on Joburg's roads

Johannesburg's mini-bus taxis will show a new face these days. In cooperation with the German Goethe Institute the project Taxi Poetry is providing magnetic stickers to 'tune' taxis in a different way. On May 12 Taxi Poetry kicked-off with a Show and Shine event in Thokoza Park with music, braai and poetry.

May 10, 2013 12:20 PM

South African winner of Cotton made in Africa Fashion Contest

As winner of the Cotton made in Africa Fashion Contest, South African design student Michelle Thornhill created a t-shirt that combines traditional African prints with modern design. The idea behind the contest was recognize design that combined fashion, sustainability and creativity to fashionably present cotton the symbol of CmiA.

May 6, 2013 1:56 PM

German Foreign Minister Westerwelle in Mozambique

Recognition of political and economic progress: during his visit to Maputo, Foreign Minister Westerwelle said cooperation between Germany and Mozambique should be further intensified. Thanks to its reform-oriented policies, Mozambique had become an “anchor of stability” for the region as a whole, Westerwelle said during a meeting with his counterpart Oldemiro Júlio Marques Balói on April 30.

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Centre for German Legal Information

Anwaltstorso mit Code Civil

The Centre for German Legal Information offers you a comprehensive and freely accessible database on German law. It brings together legislation, translations of court decisions, articles and other law-related documents in a searchable and categorised form

German National Tourist Board (DZT)

DZT

Tourist information on holidaying in Germany, conference venues, shopping or ideas for young people: consult the German National Tourist Board website for all this – and much, much more!