Zambia: Visa exemption
12/01/2023 16:00

A business or tourist visa is no longer required for Zambia - neither for entry, nor are these visas issued on arrival.

The DVKG consular advisors will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

China: Entry regulations from January 8, 2023
27/12/2022 10:00

The Beijing Health Commission has announced that the quarantine for travelers to China will be lifted from 8 January.

 

The following provisions apply with regard to the coronavirus test requirement and the health declaration:

1. mandatory testing

(1) All passengers traveling to China are obliged to undergo a PCR test within 48 hours before departure to China.

(2) Passengers in transit from Germany and üvia Germany may undergo PCR testing either in departure countries or in transit countries within 48 hours before departure time to China.

(3) The Chinese diplomatic missions in Germany have not designated or commissioned any specific test centers. Passengers may have the PCR test carried out at all officially recognized test centers and general practitioners in Germany.

2 Health declaration

(1)(2)

All passengers traveling to China should enter their PCR test result in the health declaration of the Chinese customs office. This can be done via WeChat, the website https://htdecl.chinaport.gov.cn/htdeclweb/home/pages/healthDeclare/declare.html  and the customs office app.

Quelle: http://de.china-embassy.gov.cn/det/sgyw/202212/t20221228_10997265.htm

 

The application for tourist and student visas is currently only possible to a limited extent.

The DVKG consular advisors will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Final certification and apostilles
22/12/2022 10:00

From January 2023, the Federal Office for Foreign Affairs (BfAA) will be responsible for the final legalization of signatures on German public documents used abroad and will issue apostilles on federal documents used in the countries acceding to the Hague Convention.

The seat of the authority is in Brandenburg an der Havel.

 

Source: https://bfaa.diplo.de/bfaa-de/service/ApostillenundBeglaubigungen 

 

DVKG office opening hours between Christmas and New Year (27.12.22 - 30.12.22)
09/12/2022 16:00

Dear ladies and gentlemen,

We are happy to be open for you in our offices from 08:00 to 16:00 and can be reached by telephone from 08:30 to 17:00.

We would like to thank you for the good cooperation this year and wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Your DVKG team

Travel volume continues to increase - apply for a visa early
15/11/2022 12:30

Due to the further increase in travel volume, the DVKG would like to once again recommend that its customers apply for the required visas in good time when booking their trip - we recommend applying four weeks before departure, as the volume at the consulates and the processing time are also increasing accordingly.

An early application saves costs on the one hand, as there are no surcharges for particularly urgent processing and, on the other hand, guarantees the greatest possible certainty of receiving the visa applied for in good time before the start of the trip.

Of course, we are also still available for last-minute and urgent bookings.