# Germany passport to North Korea: Visa required

Current access classification: **Visa required** — Traditional visa required before travel.

Access data checked August 24, 2026. Evidence status: **official evidence collected**.

This page concerns ordinary short visits unless an official source states otherwise. Authorities apply the current rule, and individual circumstances can change the applicable treatment.

## Evidence timeline

- **Current official route — German ordinary passports: named advance visa routes** (Visa required)
  The Federal Foreign Office expressly requires pre-departure mission issuance for each listed German ordinary-passport visitor route.
  - KP: entry is limited to organized travel with assigned guides or interpreters and Foreign Ministry permission; tourist cases are handled by the travel agency, require a Korean-side invitation, and embassy issuance normally takes at least four weeks. LY: apply at the Libyan Embassy in Berlin for a Germany-based applicant. CG: apply before entry at the Republic of the Congo Embassy in Berlin. SS: apply before entry at the South Sudan Embassy in Berlin. CF: apply before entry at the competent Central African Embassy in Paris. LR: visa-on-arrival issuance has ended; Germany-based travellers apply at the Liberian Embassy in Berlin. ML: apply at a Malian foreign mission in Germany.
  - This does not normalize travel warnings, operational access, invitations, special documents, work, residence, transit or final admission.
  Official sources:
  - [Auswärtiges Amt: Auswärtiges Amt: North Korea travel and security advice](https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/reiseundsicherheit/koreademokratischevolksrepubliksicherheit-216104)
  - [Auswärtiges Amt: Auswärtiges Amt: Libya travel and security advice](https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/libyen-node/libyensicherheit-219624)
  - [Auswärtiges Amt: Auswärtiges Amt: Republic of the Congo travel and security advice](https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/reiseundsicherheit/kongorepubliksicherheit-208542)
  - [Auswärtiges Amt: Auswärtiges Amt: South Sudan travel and security advice](https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/reiseundsicherheit/suedsudansicherheit-244250)
  - [Auswärtiges Amt: Auswärtiges Amt: Central African Republic travel and security advice](https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/reiseundsicherheit/zentralafrikanischerepubliksicherheit-226450)
  - [Auswärtiges Amt: Auswärtiges Amt: Liberia travel and security advice](https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/reiseundsicherheit/liberiasicherheit-222378)
  - [Auswärtiges Amt: Auswärtiges Amt: Mali travel and security advice](https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/reiseundsicherheit/malisicherheit-208258)

## Useful links

- [HTML evidence page](https://multipassrank.com/germany-north-korea-visa)
- [Germany passport access](https://multipassrank.com/passport/germany)
- [All passport requirements for North Korea](https://multipassrank.com/destination/north-korea)
- [Dataset license](https://multipassrank.com/data-license)