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If you go on a school trip with pupils, they can also enter a country of the European Union and some other countries without a visa or passport with the collective list.

If you do not have a passport from your country of origin and it is not reasonably possible for you to obtain one, you may be issued with a travel document for foreigners in exceptional cases.

Nationals who require a visa for a short stay in Germany or in the Schengen area must apply for one at one of the missions of the Federal Republic of Germany in good time before entering the country.

If a German or a German dies abroad, you can subsequently have the death certified at the responsible German registry office.

If you live abroad and have more than one nationality, you can submit a declaration of renunciation of German nationality under certain conditions.

If you live abroad and have to give up your German citizenship because you want to acquire another citizenship, you can apply for a release under certain conditions.

If you wish to enter Germany for a longer-term stay, you must apply for a national visa.

You can apply for the issue of a German death certificate for a death that occurred abroad at the competent German registry office.

If you live abroad, you can apply for your German passport at a German diplomatic representation abroad.

In the event of an emergency, you can be issued with an emergency travel document by the border authorities (Federal Police) before you travel, provided that you are a national of Germany or another EU Member State or have a secure residence status.

You can apply for the subsequent certification of a death on a foreign seagoing vessel in a German death register at the competent German registry office.

If a German citizen without a permanent residence in Germany dies abroad, you can have the death subsequently certified at the competent German registry office.