Germany · 5 rules · 3 calculators
How many days can you spend in Germany?
It depends on why you’re there. Visiting from outside the EU, you can spend 90 days in any 180 in the Schengen area, Germany included. For tax, a connected stay of more than six months — or a home in Germany you keep and use — makes you fully liable. A German residence or settlement permit ends if you leave and don’t come back within 6 months; the EU Blue Card allows 12.
Visas and stays
How long can you stay in Germany as a visitor?
Germany is one of the 29 Schengen countries: visitors from outside the EU count their days anywhere in the area together, towards one limit of 90 days in any 180. EES records every entry and exit.
Tax residency
Tax residency in Germany: six months, or a home
How many days can you spend in Germany before you’re tax resident? Germany doesn’t count 183 days: a connected stay of more than six months — which can be fewer than 183 days — makes it your habitual abode from the first day, and brief interruptions don’t break it. A home you keep and use there is enough on its own.
Residence permits
Living in Germany: 6 months to come back
Past 6 months away, a residence permit (Aufenthaltserlaubnis) or a settlement permit (Niederlassungserlaubnis) ends by law, unless the immigration office has set a longer period. EU long-term residence ends after 12 months in a row outside the EU.
Day calculators for Germany
Germany: questions and answers.
Is Germany in Schengen?
Yes: Germany has been in the Schengen area since 1995, when checks at its borders with the other Schengen countries were abolished. It joined the EU in 1958. It was one of the five countries that signed the Schengen Agreement in 1985.
How many days can I stay in Germany without a visa?
If your passport lets you visit without one, 90 days in any 180, counted across all 29 Schengen countries together — days elsewhere in the area use them up too.
Is 183 days the limit for German tax residency?
No. German law looks at a home in Germany, or a connected stay of more than six months — which, depending on the months, can be fewer than 183 days.
Can I keep a German residence permit while living abroad?
Only for 6 months away, unless the immigration office has set a longer period — 12 with an EU Blue Card. Past that, the permit ends by law.
How many days can you spend in Germany? FlySee counts them for you.
Track days in every country and know the date you can stay until.
- Counts your Schengen days automatically, in the background
- Shows the date you can stay until, and “Next entry from …” when you’re out
- Logs every day you’re in Germany and abroad, automatically, and rebuilds past trips from your photos
- Exports your stays with dates as PDF, Excel or CSV — for your tax return or your adviser
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Sources
Germany and the Schengen area
EES (Entry/Exit System)
- European Commission, Migration and Home Affairs — Entry/Exit System (EES)
- GOV.UK — EU Entry/Exit System: guidance for British travellers
- Swedish Police Authority — The Entry Exit System (children, data storage, days left)
- European Union — Entry/Exit System: check how long you can stay
- European Union — Entry/Exit System: the Travel to Europe mobile app
- Frontex — Travel to Europe app
FlySee counts days; it doesn’t give tax advice. Whether you’re resident is for you and your adviser.
FlySee counts days; it doesn’t give immigration advice. Whether you qualify is for you and your adviser.
FlySee counts days; it doesn’t give legal advice. Whether you can stay is the border guard’s call.