Do German passport holders need a visa for Poland?
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How we checkNo visa. German citizens can enter Poland with a passport or a national ID card.
Poland 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, valid for the whole stay.
Source: Auswärtiges Amt (German Federal Foreign Office). Checked Oct 19, 2026See the source
- Visa
- Not required
- Poland is an EU and Schengen member.
- Documents
- Passport or national ID card
- Valid for the whole stay; expired documents are not accepted.
- At the border
- No EES, no ETIAS
- Both apply to non-EU visitors only; the EES excludes nationals of the countries that use it.
- Land borders
- Checks on the German-Polish border; carry a valid travel document when crossing
- Both countries run temporary checks there; carry your passport or ID card.
Changes to this rule
- Oct 19, 2026Carry a valid passport or national ID card when crossing the German-Polish border.
- Jul 7, 2025Poland began temporary border checks on its land borders with Germany and Lithuania.