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Preparing your application - a new way to apply for your visa

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Which visa do I need for Germany?

I want to travel to Germany as a tourist, on business, for my studies, to work, or to join family members who live there.

Which visa should I apply for?

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Please submit your application for a long-term visa via the Consular Service Portal. The Consular Services Portal offers you a fast and efficient process for applying for your visa. The new system will lead to much faster processing of your applications. You can easily and securely upload your documents step by step. We will provide you with online feedback on whether everything is correct and complete. Once your documents are fully uploaded, you can independently book an appointment according to the availability of your Pakistani entry visa. This way you will be optimally prepared for your on-site appointment at the Afghanistan visa section in Islamabad. If your application is complete from the start, it will also be processed first, leading to an appointment in short order.

These visa applications will be available online:

• Blue Card (EU)
• Taking up employment as an academic
• Taking up employment as a skilled worker with professional training
• Taking up employment with work experience
• Conducting a qualification analysis
• Opportunity Card
• Visa for studying
• Visa for basic or advanced vocational training and to seek a vocational training place

If you would like to familiarize yourself with the required documents for the application process in advance, you can still find the relevant information sheets for your purpose of travel here:

• national visa for non-work purposes
• national visa for work purposes

Submitting your application - a new way to apply for your visa

In order to submit your application, please attend your appointment at the Visa Section in person. Please hand in your complete documentation and pay the fee. The Visa Section will ask you questions about your planned trip and take your photograph and fingerprints. Your passport will not be retained for the duration of the process.

You only need to travel to the host country (Pakistan or Iran) shortly before your confirmed appointment. For long-stay visa applications, you do not need to be present in the host country either during the visa processing or to collect the visa, as an authorized person can do so for you.

Fees

The fees for a national visa are 75 Euro - converted to Pakistani Rupies this amounts to 25.000,- PKR. Due to short-term currency exchange rate fluctuations, the actual amount can vary slightly.

Please be advised that the visa section only accepts cash payments in PKR.

What happens during processing?

The Visa Section will review your application and make a decision on whether or not to grant you a visa. To this end, it will check whether your application meets the legal requirements. Depending on the purpose of your trip, it can take up to six months to check your application. The Visa Section will contact you as soon as it has made a decision on your application. We hope you will understand that we are not able to answer any questions on the status of your application during this processing period. After that, enquiries are only answered if they are made by the applicant, his/her legal representative or another person authorised in writing by the applicant.

Approval

Once the Visa Section has decided on your application, you will be notified to submit your passport for visa collection.

The visa collection must be done in person by the applicant or an authorized person. The original passport of each applicant (including all minor children) used for the application must always be brought to the Visa Section for collection. This applies even if the collection is made by an authorized person.

If an authorised person collects the visa, they must present the following documents (+ 1 copy each) upon collection:

• Passport of the authorized person
• Original passport of the applicant
• Original power of attorney signed by the applicant
• Photo of the applicant with the passport of the authorized person (only for Visa Collection in Islamabad)

Visa collection for minor children is possible with a parent without a power of attorney or a third person with a power of attorney from the parents.

Power of attorney
Power of attorney (children)

Rejection

There are various reasons why your visa application may be rejected. The reasons will be stated in the letter notifying you that your application has been rejected.

As of 1 July 2025, it is no longer possible to object to a visa rejection by filing a remonstration with the mission abroad. Remonstrations submitted to the mission have no legal effect whatsoever and will no longer be processed. This means that no confirmation of receipt will be sent, and queries about the status of the remonstration will not be answered. If you have submitted a remonstration against a visa rejection dated before 1 July 2025, this will still be processed in full.

As of 1 July 2025, you have the following options after a visa application is rejected:

1. You may submit a new visa application at any time; this will generally be subject to the usual fee.
   For this new visa application, you will again have to present all relevant documents and documentary proof. The application will be reviewed neutrally on the basis of the current legal situation.
2. You may appeal against the visa rejection by filing an action with the Berlin Administrative Court at your own expense.

Further information regarding the suspended remonstration procesure.

More than ever: Reduce the risk of rejection by submitting all required documents at once. If the Visa Section requests additional documents, please provide them within the given deadline.

Have a good trip! Information for visa holders

If all the information on your visa sticker is correct, your travel is clear to proceed. Please check this as soon as you have your passport with the visa at the Visa Section. Any errors should be reported immediately so that a new visa can be issued.

Your visa displays your full name, passport number, and photo. It also indicates the number of days of stay and the validity period of the visa – the time you have until receiving your residence permit. Shortly after your arrival in Germany, schedule an appointment to register with the responsible Foreigners Authority (Ausländerbehörde) to obtain the necessary residence permit.

With the entry visa, you can travel within the Schengen Area

Contact the Visa Section in Islamabad

You can reach the Visa Section Afghanistan in Islamabad quickly and easily at any time via the contact form: Contact form for the Visa Office for Afghanistan in Islamabad