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Me and my wife traveling to Macedonia next week. I am an Indian, holding a Permanent Resident Permit in Germany but my wife still has a one year resident permit. Does she need to apply for visa?

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  • How does your wife permit look like? Is it a plastic card with her photo, just like yours, only with different wording? What do you call a permanent resident permit btw, is it a Niederlassungserlaubnis?
    – Relaxed
    Commented Mar 10, 2016 at 8:12
  • It is exactly like mine, just the difference is she has limited period resident permit (1 year) and mine is unlimited.
    – 1234
    Commented Mar 10, 2016 at 8:16
  • My RP: Valid Till (Gültig bis): Unbefristet and Art des Titels: Niederlassungserlaubnis. My wife: Valid Till (Gültig bis): 09-06-2016 and Art des Titels: Aufenthaltserlaubnis
    – 1234
    Commented Mar 10, 2016 at 8:22
  • Hopefully someone who has actually been there on such a document will be able to confirm and post an answer but she should be just fine. The things I read just mention regular residence permits and that's what an Aufenthaltserlaubnis is. It's already one step up from a visa (and some of those are accepted too), demanding a permanent residence permit would be very restrictive indeed.
    – Relaxed
    Commented Mar 10, 2016 at 8:43
  • @Relaxed the comments on the answer seem to indicate that even though a temporary residence permit is logically between a visa and a permanent residence permit, unlike those two documents it does not excuse the higher from the visa requirement.
    – phoog
    Commented Mar 10, 2016 at 15:16

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

  1. EU member countries and signatories of the Schengen Agreement •have the right to enter the Republic of Macedonia with a valid ID card.
  2. Third countries with permanent stay in an EU member country or signatory country of the Schengen Agreement •may stay in the Republic of Macedonia for up to 15 (fifteen) days upon every entry to the territory of the Republic of Macedonia, and the total amount of the subsequent stays in the Republic of Macedonia must not be longer than 3 (three) months within a six-months period, starting from the date of the first entry.
  3. Third countries with multiple entry short stay Schengen visa type C valid at least 5 (five) days beyond the intended stay in the Republic of Macedonia. •may stay in the Republic of Macedonia for up to 15 (fifteen) days upon every entry to the territory of the Republic of Macedonia, and the total amount of the subsequent stays in the Republic of Macedonia must not be longer than 3 (three) months within a six-months period, starting from the date of the first entry.

So if you have a Permanent resident permit, you can travel to Macedonia for 15 days, however, unless you have a Schengen visa Type C, you can not enter the country without a Permanent resident permit.

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  • Ya this I read this on their website. I called up Auslanderbehörde to check whether my wife has Schengen C or D type they said Schengen C or D type is issued only for 3 months and Resident permit is one step higher then Schengen C or D which is issued for 1 year. So my question is when they allow people with Schengen C or D type, then why not for a Resident permit. Last year we had been to Croatia which is also not in Schengen, we could go in without any problem. Craotia is also a former part of Yugoslavia. Thank you for your time.
    – 1234
    Commented Mar 10, 2016 at 9:32
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    @Addy check out the question link I sent under the question as duplicate. There it mentions that someone who studies in Germany (Student Visa/Temporary Permit) went to Macedonia, however were refused entry.
    – Mert Karakaya
    Commented Mar 10, 2016 at 9:35
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    Student visa is basically the equivalent of temporary resident visa.
    – Mert Karakaya
    Commented Mar 10, 2016 at 9:52
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    I would like to share few information which I got from Macedonian Embassy Berlin it might be helpful for someone in the future. "Die Frage ist noch, sie haben indischen reisepass und haben unbefristet in Deutschland, aber was für ein Reisepass hat ihre Frau auch indischen oder..? Falls sie indischen Poass hat und aufenthalt bis 09.06.2016 dann ihre Frau braucht unbedingt ein Visa für Macedonien." Thank you.
    – 1234
    Commented Mar 10, 2016 at 12:37
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    @1234 Croatia is, like Macedonia, formerly part of Yugoslavia, and not part of the Schengen area, but unlike Macedonia it is part of the EU and is in the process of joining the Schengen area, so it's not unlikely that the rules around recognizing documents from Schengen countries would be different.
    – phoog
    Commented Mar 10, 2016 at 15:19

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