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.

• Original marriage/ civil/ registered partnership certificate (and 1 photocopy)

  If issued outside Germany or the EU or UK 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.
  

Original or certified copy of EU/ EEA/ Swiss passport or National ID card of spouse/ partner (passport: biodata page only)
and a photocopy of the passport biodata page or ID card

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