Visas

What is a Visa?

A citizen of a foreign country who seeks to enter the United States generally must first obtain a U.S. visa, which is placed in the traveler’s passport, a travel document issued by the traveler’s country of citizenship or nationality.

Certain international travelers may be eligible to travel to the United States without a visa if they meet the requirements for visa-free travel under the Visa Waiver Program. The Visa section of this website is all about U.S. visas for foreign citizens to travel to the United States. If you cannot find what you are looking for here, please visit Travel.State.gov for additional information.

Note: U.S. citizens do not need a U.S. visa for travel to the United States, but when planning travel abroad a U.S. citizen may need a visa issued by the embassy or consulate of the country they wish to visit.

Applying for a U.S. Visa in Germany

For information on how to apply for a U.S. visa in Germany, or to follow up on a pending visa application, use the Navigator (“Wegweiser”) below for the nearest Embassy or Consulate location listed below. The Navigator will ask you a series of simple questions to guide you to the appropriate information or instructions to submit your question by email.

U.S. Travel Docs, our official partner for U.S. Visa Services in Germany:

Please note that some of the answers in these Navigators will redirect you to the website of U.S. Travel Docs, a third-party company authorized by the U.S. government to handle many aspects of visa application and appointment processing in Germany. U.S. Travel Docs is our official visa service provider and the only private company that the U.S. embassy and consulates in Germany authorize to provide visa information and visa application services.

U.S. Travel Docs Website: http://ustraveldocs.com/de/

Email: support-germany@ustraveldocs.com

Visa Navigators

U.S. Embassy Berlin

U.S. Consulate General Frankfurt

U.S. Consulate General Munich

Visa Types

Our Visa Processing Locations

Visa services in Germany are offered at the U.S. Consulates General in Frankfurt and Munich, and the U.S. Embassy in Berlin. The U.S. Consulates in Hamburg, Leipzig, and Dusseldorf do not offer visa services.

U.S. Embassy Berlin

U.S. Consulate General in Frankfurt

U.S. Consulate General in Munich

U.S. Embassy Berlin

Closed on American and German holidays

Address:

Clayallee 170 14195 Berlin Federal Republic of Germany

Phone:

+49-30-8305-0

U.S. Consulate General in Frankfurt

We are closed on German and American holidays.

Address:

Gießener Str. 30 60435 Frankfurt am Main Federal Republic of Germany

Phone:

+49-69-7535-0

U.S. Consulate General in Munich

Address:

Königinstraße 5 80539 München Federal Republic of Germany

Phone:

+49-89-2888-0

Additional Information

Visiting the Embassy/Consulate Rights and Protections for Temporary Workers Rights and Protections for Immigrant Visa Applicants

Visiting the Embassy/Consulate

The Embassy/Consulates do NOT store prohibited items for applicants. There is no facility at the Embassy/Consulates to store such items, so you must make arrangements to store these items elsewhere before you enter. If you arrive with a prohibited item, you will be turned away and asked to make a new appointment.

Rights and Protections for Temporary Workers

The pamphlet linked below informs you of your rights as a nonimmigrant visa holder in certain employment- and education-based categories.

Select Your Pamphlet

Rights and Protections for Immigrant Visa Applicants

The pamphlet informs applicants applying for K-1 visas, K-3, IR-1/CR-1 immigrant visas, and F2A immigrant visas of their legal rights relating to domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse.

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