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Many of our services are subject to a fee. Find information on the amount and the payment options.

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The fees we charge are stipulated in German law, for example in the Passport Act or the Regulations on Fees for Services Abroad. Fees are set in Euro and will be converted into Tanzanian Shilling (TZS) according to the Embassy's exchange rate. The amount is rounded up or down to the nearest 1000,- TZS amount.

Fees are payable in cash in Tanzanian Shillings (TZS) or by credit card (Visa or MasterCard)

Please note the following:

  • It is not allowed to take your cellphone into the building. If you need an OTP for credit card transactions it will not be possible.
  • Due to technical reasons, failures in credit card payments may sometimes occur.
  • Credit cards will be charged in Euro from Germany and additional bank charges may apply. Please ensure that the security measures of your bank do not prohibit credit card charges from abroad.

If you visit an Honorary Consul, special provisions and additional charges apply, read here

Passport Fees

Are you not resident in the German Missions consular district or do you retain a German place of residence? Then the increased fee including surcharge for applications out of jurisdiction apply to you.

normal

with out of jurisdiction surcharge

Biometric passport with 32 pages
(applicants aged 24 years and older)

101,- Euro

171,- Euro

Biometric passport with 32 pages
(applicants under 24 years)

68,50 Euro

106,- Euro

Temporary passport

70,- Euro

96,- Euro

ID card
(applicants aged 24 years and older)

67,- Euro

80,- Euro

ID card
(applicants under 24 years)

52,80 Euro

65,80 Euro

Additional Options

Biometric passport with 48 pages
(useful for frequent travellers)

fee
plus 22,- Euro

Express processing
(expedited processing and production -
approximately 3 weeks)

fee
plus 32,- Euro

Fees for Other Services

The fee schedule for consular services has been adapted with effect from 01.10.2021. Fees are now charged on the basis of the “Besondere Gebührenverordnung des Auswärtigen Amts (AABGebV).

Background information: The AABGebV implements the specifications of the Federal Fees Act which came into force in 2013. The reform of the federal fees structure brought with it a strengthening of the principle of cost recovery. This is to ensure that all costs incurred with a public service that can be attributed individually to a single person must be charged to that person and not to the public (i.e. the taxpayer). Thus the previously applied principle of equivalence in the administrative fee calculation, according to which there should be a balance between the fee charged and the significance or economical value of the service received has been abandoned. Please see in detail here.

Thus the following fees are now being charged:

Verification of signatures
(e.g. declaration of consent for a real estate deal)

56,43 Euro

Name declaration

Fee for the verification of signatures: 79,57 Euro
plus fee for certified copies (see below)
plus subsequent fee of the registrar´s office

Birth registration / application for registering a birth abroad in the German birth register

Fee for the verification of signatures:
56,43 Euro without name declaration
79,57 Euro with name declaration
plus fee for certified copies (see below)
plus subsequent fee of the registrar´s office

Marriage registration /
Application for registering a marriage abroad in the German marriage register

Fee for the verification of signatures:
56,43 Euro without name declaration
79,57 Euro with name declaration
plus fee for certified copies (see below)
plus subsequent fee of the registrar´s office

Certified copies

The fee is charged for each document separately.
The compilation and certification of several documents in one package is only possible if copies of various documents must be submitted to the competent German authority in connection with another individually attributable public service (name declaration, birth registration).

23,22 Euro

Draft of a text for full notarization of a declaration (e.g. declaration for joint custody, declaration in lieu of an oath)

Full notarization of a declaration (as mentioned above) e.g. acknowledgement of paternity, declaration of custody)

144,75 Euro

102,76 Euro

Draft of a text for an application for a certificate of inheritance, a European succession certificate or a certificate of executorship

Full notarization of an application
(as mentioned above)

293,58 Euro

154,45 Euro

”Lebensbescheinigung“

free

Police clearance certificate /
Certificate of good Conduct

The for a standard consular certificate applies:

34,07 Euro

plus subsequent fee of the Federal Office for Justice

Export certificate for tax refund/

Other standard consular certificates

34,07 Euro

Legalization of Tanzanian certificate

28,45 Euro

Urn transport certificate /Corpse transport permit

64,07 Euro

Certificate of citizenship / determination of citizenship

No fee by the German mission
Fee charged by the Federal Office of Administration

Letter of citizenship retention

No fee by the German mission
Fee charged by the Federal Office of Administration

Visa Fees

The visa fee differs depending on the sort of visa and the age of the applicant:

Schengen visa - short trips of up to 90 days
(applicants aged 12 years or older)

80,- Euro

Schengen visa - short trips of up to 90 days
(applicants aged between 6 and 11 years)

40,- Euro

National visa - long-term stay of over 90 days
(applicants aged 18 years or older)

75,- Euro

National visa - long-term stay of over 90 days
(applicants aged between 0 and 17 years)

37,50 Euro

Schengen visa - short trips of up to 90 days
for citizens of countries with whom the European Union has entered into visa facilitation agreements
(Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cape Verde, North Macedonia, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine)

35,- Euro

The fee will not be refunded if the application is rejected. The fee is not charged for the issuing of a visa, but for the processing of the application.

Fee Exemption for Visa:

Who?

additional proof in order to claim exemption from fee

Children under 6 years of age (only Schengen visa application)

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Spouses of German citizens

Copy of the (unabridged/legalized) marriage certificate and the German passport of the spouse

Spouses of EU-citizens, if travelling together

Copy of the (unabridged/legalized) marriage certificate and EU passport of the spouse

underage children of EU-citizens

Copy of (unabridged/legalized) birth certificate and EU passport of parent

Pupils, students and teachers for study purposes (short trips only)

Proof of purpose of trip

Researchers for research purposes (short trips only)

Proof of purpose of trip

Trips upon invitation by German governmental organisation

Invitation

Representatives of non-profit organisations up to the age of 25 in order to participate in seminars, conferences, sports or cultural events or lectures that are organised by non-profit organisations

Proof of purpose and nature of trip in invitation or accompanying letters

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