German Embassy for Slovakia - Address / Phone Number

German Embassy in Slovakia

Address: Hviezdoslavovo nám. 10, 813 03 Bratislava 1
City: Bratislava (Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +2 hours)
Tel.: (+421-2) 59 20 44 40
Fax: (+421-2) 54 43 14 80
Emergency tel.: +421 - 903 - 444 633

Working hours: Monday to Thursday, 8.00 - 17.15, Friday 8.00 - 14.00
Consular hours: Monday to Thursday, 8.30 - 11.30, Friday 8.30 - 10.30

The Legal and Consular Section supports and advises German citizens within the bounds of its possibilities. This comprises such duties as are taken care of in Germany by passport offices and public authorities in charge of nationality matters, notary publics, the courts of law, registry offices and social services. Any Germans who, through no fault of their own, find themselves in an emergency situation in the host country are given assistance by the Embassy so that they are able to help themselves.

German Embassies and Consulates can do the following:

• advise on how to transfer money through a bank or other money transfer company (such as Western Union),
• transfer funds to help those in distress,
• help victims of sudden illness, accidents and crimes so that they can get the medical care or other immediate assistance they need,
• grant a temporary passport for repatriation (to replace a passport which is outdated or which has been lost, stolen or destroyed),
• contact the insurance company in cases of sickness or death,
• help those in distress or crisis situations, or those taken into custody, to get in touch with their next of kin

Theft or loss of a valid passport must be reported to the police and a police report should be presented when applying for a new passport. Otherwise a passport is applied as normally. When reporting a lost passport to the police it should be noted that a report made by telephone and a registration number given on the basis of that might not be adequate proof to the insurance company. The report can be made in person at a police station so that a report of the crime is available in writing.

German citizens should be registered at the Registry of a German municipality. Registration permits the exercise of all the rights and duties of a citizen depending on each individual situation. The German citizen is obliged to inform his/her municipality, as well as the Consulate, of all registry data changes such as marital status, citizenship, address, etc.

Holders of an EEA (EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) or Swiss passport do not require a visa. Nationals from EU-countries as well as Switzerland and Liechtenstein may stay for an unlimited time. Holders of Slovakian Passports (European Union) do not need a visa for Germany. There are no restrictions on the remaining validity of ones passport, providing the traveler leaves Italy before its expiry date.