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Re-entry Visa (Wiedereinreise)

05.09.2023 - Artikel

If you residence permit expired or was stolen during your stay in Pakistan, you need a Visa to re-enter Germany.

Please note that you must present your original documents when applying for the visa (including your passports). The passport you intend to travel to Germany on will remain at the foreign mission during the processing time.

The diplomatic mission reserves the right to contact you even after the application has been submitted to request additional documents.


Required Documents:
Additional instructions:

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.

1

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)

2

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

3

Certificate of residency in Germany (“Meldebescheinigung”)

4

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

5applicant’s current passport

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

6Pre-approval (“Vorabzustimmung”) of competent aliens' authority in Germany (if available)

-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)

-This document is not mandatory, but it might be useful to contact your local alien’s authority and ask for a pre-approval letter to speed up the procedure
7

Applicant’s declaration


8declaration pursuant to Section 54 (2) 8 in conjunction with Section 53 of the Residence Act


Visa fees

- 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

German Embassy Islamabad: Please make sure you have all necessary documents and then contact the visa section of the embassy via e-mail in order to get an appointment.

German Consulate General Karachi: Please make sure you have all necessary documents and then contact the visa section of the embassy via e-mail or telephone in order to get an appointment.

You can print the list of required documents here.

Disclaimer
Although the information on this website has been prepared with utmost care, we cannot accept any responsibility for inaccuracies contained herein.

Documents required for re-entry visa

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