Welcome to the German Embassy in Egypt
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Germany’s candidature for a non-permanent seat on the Security Council for the period 2011/2012
As a globally engaged country, as an important actor in the United Nations and as the organization’s third-largest contributor, Germany belongs on the United Nations Security Council. Because the Security Council is the centrepiece of the international peace order. Our candidature for a non-permanent seat on the Security Council for the period 2011/2012 is the logical consequence of our global engagement...
Germany-South Africa: Let's stay Friends - From 2006 to 2010 and beyond
A new special website is dedicated to showcase the support Germany gives to football projects in South Africa. Germany and South Africa have enjoyed a close partnership for many years. With this in mind, it is no surprise that Germany and South Africa, as consecutive hosts of FIFA Football World Cups, also work closely together in this area.
The site, in English and German, also offers useful information to all visitors and international football fans about the event and its host country. The FIFA Football World Cup 2010 will show the world a new, more dynamic face of Africa.
Latest update: influenza A (H1N1) ("swine flu")
Please take note of the current travel and safety advice for your country of destination, the Federal Foreign Office's recommendations on an influenza pandemic, as well as further information on the website of the Robert Koch Institute:
Starting signal for the initiative "Schools: Partners for the Future"
The initiative "Schools: Partners for the Future", also called PASCH, was started on 16th October 2008. Federal Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier launched this initiative in order to build up a worldwide network of at least 1000 partner schools...
"Connecting worlds of knowledge" – a research and academic relations initiative
In 2009 the Federal Foreign Office plans to expand its support for international academic exchanges. For us research and academic relations policy is all about opening up new horizons for people and building bridges and links between societies. And we recognize how valuable this is in stimulating new thinking, innovations and hence also growth here at home.
Particularly in a globalized world in which education, knowledge and experience are universally available and instantly accessible, international networking is essential if Germany is to remain at the cutting edge of research and technological progress. International exchanges are an excellent way not only to develop joint responses to global issues of our time such as climate change, energy security and terrorism but also to foster greater understanding between societies and civilizations. And creating a global network of academics and researchers is also of course a sure way to gain friends and partners all over the world. So the aim of our research and academic relations activities is two-fold: to advance our general foreign policy goals and to promote Germany as a prime research and business location.
As part and parcel of the new Strategy of the Federal Government for the Internationalization of Science and Research unveiled in February 2008, the research and academic relations policy of the Federal Foreign Office is global in scope, with certain regional and thematic priorities. Its hallmark is excellence coupled with targeted yet broad support. The aim is on the one hand to raise Germany's international profile as a centre of learning and research and on the other to promote close cooperation with partners both in Germany and abroad.
Under the motto "connecting worlds of knowledge", the Federal Foreign Office plans in 2009 to expand its activities in this area. Existing policy instruments are to be further developed and new ones put in place. These will include a number of new scholarship programmes run by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the establishment – in cooperation with research organizations and companies with a strong research focus – of "German science fora" and the creation of new centres of excellence for teaching and research at universities abroad.
This new initiative will be launched at a conference to be held at the Federal Foreign Office on 19 and 20 January 2009. Together with distinguished academics and researchers from Germany and abroad Federal Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Federal Education and Research Minister Annette Schavan will discuss research and academic relations goals and prospects in the global knowledge society.
http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/diplo/en/Aussenpolitik/KulturDialog/Wissenschaft/HochWissFor.html
Database for German Legal Information now available online (in English)
Welcome to the "Centre for German Legal Information" - the gateway to German law in English.The centre's website offers you a comprehensive and freely accessible database of electronic materials on German law. It brings together English translations of court decisions, legislation, articles and other law-related documents scattered over the internet and adds them to its own collection of German legal information.
For more information please visit the following website:
How to apply for a visa
On the following page you obtain detailed information on how to apply for a visa for the Federal Republic of Germany. Several information sheets as well as the various visa application download files are listed as well.
The working hours of our visa section are from Sundays to Thursdays from 08.00 a.m. until 12.00 p.m. Please note, however, that you need a confirmed appointment before providing the Embassy with your visa documents. In order to fix such an appointment, please contact our "Call Center Vodafone". You can reach it daily from 08.00 a.m. to 08.00 p.m. under the telephone number 0900 70678. Holders of Vodafone Mobiles can also dial the number 2101 (these two phone numbers can only be reached within Egypt and not from Germany).
For each call Vodafone charges L.E. 2.00 (only two Egyptian pounds) for each minute or part of thereof.
Please understand, that exceptions to the above mentioned regulations cannot be made. In your own interest we strongly recommend, that you contact our call center for an appointment as soon as your travel plans are taking real shape. Due to a huge demand of visa appointments, longer waiting times are unfortunately inevitable.
If you do not want to make use of the Vodafone service, you are free to arrange an appointment directly at the Visa Section of the Embassy free of charge. In this case, please appear in person with your passport at the Visa Section of the Embassy. This service is offered every Monday between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.
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