Afghan nationals and other non-EU nationals need a visa in order to enter Germany.
The type of visa you require depends on how long you plan to stay.

Important Information:

The visa section of the German Embassy in Kabul remains closed until further notice.  As a result it is not possible to submit a visa application in Kabul.

Applications for national visa (long stay) can be submitted in Islamabad or New Delhi. Applications for Schengen Visa (short stay) can be submitted at the German Embassies in Islamabad, New-Delhi, Dubai and Istanbul. Please check the information below for further Details.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR VISA APPLICANTS.

Taking into consideration the decision of EU Heads of States and Governments on 17th of March 2020 agreed to implement 30-day travel restrictions for non-EU nationals traveling from outside the EU,  the Visa Section for Afghanistan of the German Embassy Islamabad will be closed with effect from Wednesday, March 18th to initially April 19^th and the Visa Section of the German Embassy New Delhi will be closed until April 15^th, 2020. 

The Embassy is notified that the Pakistani and Indian government has ordered to seal all borders with Afghanistan and has closed all of the consular sections inside Afghanistan. The higher authorities of the Embassy are monitoring the situation deeply and you all will be informed soon regarding the decisions made.

We kindly ask you to notice the following instructions:

National Visa

• If you have received an appointment confirmation under the rules hitherto applied, the embassy will provide an alternate day as soon as visa operations will return to normal.
• If your case is ongoing and you want to submit new documents, we kindly ask you to send these documents only via E-Mail. Please mention your file number.

  For Islamabad: visainfoafg@isla.auswaertiges-amt.de

  For New Delhi: afgvisa@newd.auswaertiges-amt.de

• In case you have an appointment for visa issuance, we will reschedule this appointment immediately after we have re-open our Visa Section.

Schengen Visa

• All appointments for Schengen Visa until April 19^th (Islamabad) or April 15^th (New Delhi) are cancelled by the Visa Section/VFS. Applicants have to register for a new appointment by theirself on our website or via VFS. At the moment we do not accept any new registrations.
• If your case is ongoing Visa Section is going to contact you via E-Mail.

Please also note that due to the high number of emails and requests received each day, you are requested to send your emails with complete details in English or German language only once. All emails are replied but may take some time so please refrain from sending multiple emails with the same issue.

We kindly ask you to check our website https://afghanistan.diplo.de/af-en  regularly for updates regarding this Situation.