A new way to apply for study visa

Starting 20 January 2025, the way to apply for study visa at the German Embassy Islamabad has changed.

The changes at a glance:

• Registrations for appointments will be registered at the Federal Foreign Office's Consular Services Portal.
• Instead of lists of required documents on our website, the portal will guide you in an interactive questionnaire to the documents we you have to submit.
• You will then have to pre-submit these documents as digital scans on the portal.
• Your uploads will be scrutinised for missing documents or other gaps in your presentation.
• Only after pre-admission will your application be placed on the waiting list for an appointment.

The system will guide you as to which documents to present and in which order to bring them to the Embassy. Please keep to this order carefully, as this will speed up the final application at the Embassy and enable more applicants to present their applications.

How to apply

Islamabad - apply via the Consular Services Portal

Applications for study visa are now made online through the Consular Services Portal.

Consular Services Portal

The consular services portal is opening for vocational training visa at the German Embassy Islamabad.
The Embassy Islamabad is open for applicants from the Islamabad Capital Territory, Gilgit-Baltistan, Khyber Pakthtunkwa, Azad Jammu & Kashmir and the Punjab.

Although the new system will allow for more study visa to be processed, for the time being a fast track for student visa will have to be maintained.

With the advantages of the new system, we will, however, be able to process applications faster. We will use this to move more students into the fast track. How many more students we can process will depend on how well you prepare your applications.

Please note that due to technical difficulties some mandatory documents are shown as optional in the system. Please see below which documents you must also submit for your application to be considered.

Karachi - register on our waiting list to apply at the Consulate General

The Consulate General has changed the procedure for booking appointments for Schengen and long term visas.
(Except Opportunity Card/Chancenkarte for which appointments can still be booked directly through the appointment allocation system.)

Due to the constant high demand, it has been decided to set up a waiting list in order to efficiently adapt the appointment allocation to the capacities of our visa office.

You will no longer be able to book an appointment directly, but you will first register your name on a waiting list and in a second step appointments will be allocated at a later date by the consulate in chronological order of registrations based on available capacity. To ensure that appointments are allocated fairly and smoothly, all applicants (for the above mentioned categories) are asked to register on the waiting list.

For this purpose, additional information is required to better understand your travel purpose. Therefore, please complete the waiting list registration carefully with the requested information. Only when the required data is entered correctly and completely an appointment will be allocated.

You do not need to use an agent to register on the waiting list! Registration on the waiting list is free of charge!

Karachi: Book an appointment

Appointments at the German Consulate General can be booked under this link. Applicants from Sindh and Baluchistan can apply here.

Preparing your documents

You have a part in the application process: The better you prepare your applications, the more applications can be processed. Accordingly, even if it is not yet your turn:

• Prepare all of your documents and confirmations
• Prepare well readable copies in A4 format
• Sort them in the right order

Make these preparations even if it is not yet your turn. Your chances of an appointment slot are higher if the people before you present their applications in an orderly fashion. As you hope for others to do so - do so yourself.

Mandatory documents

Due to technical difficulties, some mandatory documents are currently marked as only optional on the system. In particular:

• Past degree certificates (school, bachelor or past master degrees)
• Degree transcripts
• Proof of payment of tuition fees (if applicable to the course of study)

are mandatory documents and must be submitted from the outset.

If you do not submit these documents, your online registration will remain halted. You will receive a reminder email to submit them, but your application will run faster if you submit them immediately.