Please complete the online application form (application forms are required for each applicant separately; all children require separate forms) and bring the printed and signed form including the barcodes to your appointment.

A valid passport signed by the holder, issued within the last 10 years and valid for at least one year is necessary. The passport needs to have at least 2 subsequent blank pages. Please bring 1 photocopy of the passport biodata page to your appointment.

1 fully biometric passport photo, 35 x 45 mm, no older than three months. Digitally altered passport photos cannot be accepted. Please ensure that your photo adheres to German biometric requirements and is taken in front of a white/bright background.

Bring your valid Qatar residence permit (QID) and 1 photocopy to your appointment.

If issued outside Germany, the EU or the UK, documents must be legalised or apostilled as applicable.
Any document in a language other than German, English or French needs to be translated into one of these languages by a certified or sworn translator.
Please provide a photocopy of the certificate and (if applicable) the translation

Original or certified copy of German passport (biodata page only) or German ID card (Personalausweis) of spouse/ partner (front and reverse and a photocopy of the same

If spouse/ partner is already resident in Germany please provide a photocopy of confirmation of spouse’s/ partner’s registration (Anmeldebestätigung or Meldebescheinigung)

Certificates issued by any institution testing in accordance with the standards of the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) are accepted. The test may not be older than one year. There are a number of exemptions from the language proficiency requirements.