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: Existing registrations

The old registration system for the Summer Term 2025 has been closed.

• All fast track students who have already registered will receive appointments in January and February.
• Everyone else must use the new system.

Islamabad: New applications through the Consular Services Portal

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

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

For the time being, digital applications via the Consular Services Portal are not yet live for the Consulate General Karachi.

Applicants within the consular circumscription of the Consulate General Karachi (Provinces Sindh and Balochistan) can register directly for available appointment slots.

Applicants will be informed in this place as soon as the portal becomes live for Karachi.

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:

• Proof of admission
• Past degree certificates (school, bachelor or past master degrees)
• Degree transcripts
• Proof of payment of tuition fees (if applicable to the course of study)
• Proof of language proficiency
• Proof of means of study (blocked account, scholarship letter or Verpflichtungserklärung)

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.