Editing German diaspora (section)

==Visa requirements==
{{Main|Visa requirements for German citizens}}

[[File:Visa requirements for German citizens.svg|400px|thumb|right|[[Visa requirements for German citizens]]:
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{{legend|#1191E5|[[w:Free Movement Directive|Freedom of movement]]}}
{{legend|#22B14C|Visa not required / [[w:Electronic Travel Authorization|ETA]]{{refn|group=Note|ETA required for [[w:Visa policy of Australia#Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) (subclass 601)|Australia]], [[w:Visa policy of Canada#Electronic Travel Authorization|Canada if arriving by air]], Cape Verde,<ref name="EASE">{{cite web | url=https://www.ease.gov.cv/ | title=EASE | website=www.ease.gov.cv}}</ref> [[w:Visa policy of Kenya#Electronic Travel Authorisation (eTA)|Kenya]], [[w:Visa policy of New Zealand#New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority|New Zealand]], [[w:K-ETA|South Korea]] and the [[w:Electronic System for Travel Authorization|United States]].}}{{refn|group=Note|Including [[w:Visa policy of Australia#eVisitor (subclass 651)|Australian eVisitor]].}}}}
{{legend|#B5E61D|[[w:Travel visa#On-arrival visas|Visa on arrival]]{{refn|group=Note|Including [[w:Visa policy of Cuba#Tourist card required|tourist card required in advance for Cuba]].}}}}
{{legend|#61C7A1|[[w:electronic visa|eVisa]]{{refn|group=Note|Including [[w:Visa policy of Pakistan#Business visa on arrival|visa on arrival with ETA for Pakistan]].}}}}
{{legend|#79D343|Visa available both [[w:Travel visa#On-arrival visas|on arrival]]{{refn|group=Note|Including [[w:Visa policy of Sri Lanka#Electronic travel authorization|visa on arrival with ETA for Sri Lanka]].}} or [[w:Electronic visas|online]]{{refn|group=Note|Including [[w:Visa policy of Indonesia#e-VOA / Visa on arrival|Indonesian e-VOA]].}}}}
{{legend|#C0C0C0|Visa required prior to arrival}}
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[[Image:Diplomatic missions of Germany.png|thumb|right|400px|Diplomatic missions '''of''' Germany]]
[[File:Diplomatic missions in Germany.png|thumb|right|400px|Diplomatic missions '''in''' Germany]]

As of July 2024, German citizens can visit 194 countries without a visa or with visa on arrival. The [[Henley Passport Index]] ranks the German passport second in the world in terms of travel freedom.

===Freedom of movement within other EU countries and the EFTA countries===

As [[European Union|EU]] citizens, Germans can live and work indefinitely in other EU countries and the [[EFTA]] countries; however, the right to vote and work in certain sensitive fields (such as government, police, military) might in some cases be restricted to the local citizens only. The EU/EFTA countries can exclude immigrants from getting welfare for a certain time period to avoid "welfare tourism," and they can refuse welfare completely if the immigrants do not have a job after a certain period of time and do not try to get one. Immigrants convicted of welfare fraud can be deported and be refused the re-entry of the country.

===Right to consular protection in non-EU countries===
When in a non-EU country where there is no German embassy, Germans as EU citizens have the right to get consular protection from the embassy of any other EU country present in that country. See [[List of diplomatic missions of Germany]] and [[List of diplomatic missions in Germany]].

German citizens can be extradited only to other EU countries or to international courts of justice, and only if a law allows this (German Basic Law, Art. 16). Before the introduction of the [[European Arrest Warrant]], the extradition of German citizens was generally prohibited by the German Basic Law.

Germany regularly publishes travel warnings on the website of the [[Auswärtiges Amt]] (Federal Foreign Office) to its citizens. The Office allows German citizens to register online in a special list, the Krisenvorsorgeliste ("Crisis-Prevention List") before they travel abroad (''Elektronische Erfassung von Deutschen im Ausland [ELEFAND]'' Electronic Registration of Germans Being Abroad). With a password, the registered persons can change or update their data. The registration is voluntary and free of charge. It can be used for longer stays (longer than 6 months), but also for a vacation of only two weeks. The earliest date of registration is 10 days before the planned trip.