Do German passport holders need a visa for Latvia?
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How we checkNo visa. German citizens can enter Latvia with a passport or a national ID card.
Latvia is an EU and Schengen member, so German citizens cross without a visa and are not registered in the EES. The German Foreign Office lists a passport, a provisional passport, an ID card, a provisional ID card and a child passport as valid entry documents, and says every traveler, children included, must be able to show a passport or ID card at a border even inside the Schengen area. Latvia's Electronic Travel Declaration does not apply to German citizens, who are on the exempt list at eta.gov.lv.
Source: Auswärtiges Amt (German Federal Foreign Office). Checked Oct 4, 2026See the source
- Visa
- Not required
- Latvia is an EU and Schengen member.
- Documents
- Passport or national ID card
- Provisional passports and IDs, and child passports, are also accepted; a provisional ID must be valid.
- At the border
- No EES, no ETIAS
- Both apply to non-EU visitors only; the EES excludes nationals of the countries that use it.
- Travel declaration
- Exempt
- Germany is on the exempt list at eta.gov.lv.
Changes to this rule
- Sep 1, 2025Latvia's Electronic Travel Declaration began; EU member state citizens are exempt.