Please note that all copies of your documents have to be
- In DIN A4 size
- Complete and legible
- Not stapled

Please provide an application and the corresponding supporting documents for each applicant.

You have to arrange each set of documents according to the order outlined in this chart.
Please provide copies alongside all original documents.

Application form
For the Embassy in Islamabad: Please hand in one filled in application form per applicant.

For the Consulate General in Karachi:
Please hand in two filled in application forms per applicant.

- complete and correct information
- filled in on a computer
- each applicant needs their own application
-signed by the applicant (for minors under 18 years of age, the parent or legal guardian needs to sign the application)

For Islamabad: One passport photo

For Karachi: Two passport photos

- of each applicant
- no older than 3 months
- white background
- no photocopies of passport pictures
- please click here for additional information

Certificate of residency in Germany (“Meldebescheinigung”)

Copy of applicant’s German residence permit and FIR report + German or English Translation
or
Applicant’s original German residence permit

-If you lost your residence permit

or
-If your residence permit expired

- copies of pages 0-3
- copies of all pages with stamps and visas

-This document is not mandatory, but it might be useful to contact your local aliens' authority and ask for them to pre-approve your visa application

Pre-approval letter (“Vorabzustimmung”) of competent alien’s authority in Germany (if available)

Applicant’s declaration

- 75 Euro (adults)
- 37,50 Euro (between 0 and 17 years)
- some applicants may be exempt from paying visa fees based on their residence permit