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If your are interested in working and living in Germany, you find extensive information on the Make it in Germany web page.

The page includes information on the legal bases of employment visa, routes to have your Pakistani qualification recognised and a large database of job listings.

Please consult this web page carefully before launching your application - good preparation will save you time afterwards.

A new way to apply for employment visa

The German Missions in Pakistan are changing the way to apply for employment visa and introduce the Consular Services Portal.

The changes at a glance:

• All applications 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 receiving our pre-approval you will be able to book an appointment for the necessary personal appearance at the visa section.

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.

Islamabad: Apply online via the Consular Services portal

Starting next week, 16 June 2025, all categories of employment visa at the German Embassy Islamabad will be launched on the Consular Services Portal.

You can already use the Consular Services Portal already for visa applications for vocational training.

Consular Services Portal - Employment visa

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.

Registrations on the old waiting lists for employment visa

The Embassy's waiting lists for employment visa are now closed.

Remaining registrations on the old waiting lists in the categories

• EU Blue Card,
• Research,
• Au Pair,
• Voluntary Service and
• Recognition Measures for your foreign qualification

have received an appointment or will receive one shortly.

All other waiting list registrations (employment for skilled workers, employees with employment contract, self-employment and freelancing, Opportunity Card) will be deleted. Starting 16 June 2025, you can launch your application in the Consular Services Portal.

Karachi: register on the waiting list

For the time being, the German Consulate General in Karachi is maintaining the pre-existing appointment system. Please register for an appoitnment in the regular way and bring all required documents to your appointment in a well-ordered manner.

Karachi: Book an appointment

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

To gurantee a fair appointment allocation to all applicants, please be aware that if you register for/book an appointment in the wrong visa category and/or at the wrong mission, you will be turned away and your application will not be accepted on your appointment day. In that case, you will have to register for/book a new appointment in the correct visa category.

Please make sure to bring all required documents with you and be on time on your application day. Further information about how to access the Embassy can be found HERE.