Schengen Visa (Type C)
🇩🇪 Germany visas · Tourism
What it is
Short-stay visa for tourism, business, family visits or transit covering Germany and the wider Schengen area.
Key facts
- Category
- Tourism
- Duration
- Up to 90 days within any 180-day period in the Schengen area
- Processing time
- 45 days
- Maximum validity
- 3 months
- Extendable
- No
- Path to permanent residence
- No
- Dependants
- No
- Work allowance
- 0 hours per week
- How to apply
- Embassy
- Health insurance
- Not required
Standard figures for this route. Some applicants pay a reduced fee or none at all, so confirm your own case on the official page.
Fees
- Application fee (short stay, up to 90 days)
- EUR 90
- Application fee (children aged 6-11)
- EUR 45
Key requirements
- Valid passport with at least 3 months validity beyond planned departure
- Purpose of visit (tourism, business, family) documented
- Proof of sufficient financial means for the stay
- Travel medical insurance with minimum EUR 30,000 cover
- Confirmed accommodation and return travel
Working on this visa
No employment: a Schengen Type C short-stay visa does not permit gainful employment; it is not a work permit.
Facts checked against the official source. Last updated 27 July 2026.