Legal and Consular, Passport and Visa Service
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For German residents abroad we are the most important liaison to their home country in many legal aspects of life. We also provide some of these services for other Nationals as well.
Do you need a visa for Germany or a new passport or you want to renew your current one ? Are you looking for information on German citizenship or numerous other consular matters, this site is a good place to start.
Are you planning to go to Germany ?
Please read the following section of our webseite carefully to determine if a visa is required for your stay.
We'll guide you through the visa process. All the visa application forms can be downloaded free of charge.
Visa
The following websites contain the most important information about German passports.
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Here we inform you about the basic principles of German Citizenship Law, dual citizenship and naturalization.
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Information about:
- marriage in Australia
- birth of a child in Australia
- name options
Family Law
Information for recipients of pension payments from Germany: Life certificates, pensions for former workers in a ghetto, ...
Pension Matters
Here you will find information about the application for a Certificate of Inheritance and about the renouncement of an inheritance in Germany.
Inheritance
Centre for German Legal Information
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
