# Travel
Are you planning a trip? It’s important to plan well. We will inform you about preparing properly for your journey, having the necessary travel documents and taking care of any health-related preparations.
To ServicesInformation about Rights & Duties
- Travel documents
- National traffic rules and requirements for drivers, including general rules for the use of the national road infrastructure: time-based charges (vignette), distance- based charges (toll), emission stickers
- Passenger rights, Package travel and timeshare
- Transport of animals, plants, alcohol, tobacco, cigarettes and other goods when travelling in the Union
- Voice calling and sending and receiving electronic messages and electronic data within the Union
- Transport and disability
- Renting a motor vehicle
In the event of an emergency, you can be issued with an emergency travel document by the border authorities (Federal Police) before you travel, provided that you are a national of Germany or another EU Member State or have a secure residence status.
If you want to enter Germany for a longer stay, you have to apply for a national visa.
If you want to use the online ID function as a provider in your own application, you need an authorisation certificate.
If you live abroad, you can apply for your German passport at a German diplomatic representation abroad.
If you are registered in the Central Register of Foreigners, you can request that your data not be disclosed under certain conditions.