Hi Everyone,

I looked into this and I got very different informations. My husband is a legal resident (green card holder) and he wants to travel to Germany for about 10 days to visit his sister. Do you need a travel visa for Germany if you are a legal resident in the United States. I looked into the website of German Counsular service and it seems that you need a visa and they require a lot of things to get this visa. Health insurance, employment letter and to have a certain amount of money in the bank. However, I am hearing from different people who have traveled overseas with a green card and they keep telling me, my husband does not need a visa if he is a legal resident. I am planning to call the German Embassy here but I wanted to hear from you as well.

I would appreciate it a lot if you know anything more.

Thanks a lot

-Luna

LPRs still need visas to travel to most foreign countries, if they were required to get a visa for that country before getting green-card.

Only Canada, Mexico, and most of the Caribbean recognize the I-551 green card and not require visas from US LPR's.

Useful tool to determine Visa requirements.

http://www.delta.com/planning_reservations...rt_information/

Go by the passport your husband has, which is his citizenship status.

German government will consider his citizenship status as #1. Not his US residency status.

So he will need to get the tourist visa for Germany.

US citizens are often giving the benefit of not having to apply for visas. But that benefit isn't extended to people from other countries.