A Schengen visa permits the holder to stay in the Schengen area for up to 90 days during a six-months period. 
The German Embassy Doha will process the visa application if the main Destination for travel is one of the following countries: Germany, Austria, Norway, Finland or Slovenia.

Preparing your application

Please familiarize yourself with the visa regulations and procedures described here .

Prepare your application as follows:

•  Fill out the visa application form.
• Please ensure that you have gathered all of the  documents required to submit together with your application. Your visa application may be rejected in case of missing documents. Below we have prepared a detailed list of required documents for each types of visa.
  Qatari Nationals: Visa for Tourism
  Qatari Nationals: Visa for Business
  Qatari Nationals: Visa for Visit
  Qatari Nationals: Visa for Medical Purpose
  Non-Qatari Nationals: Visa for Tourism
  Non-Qatari Nationals: Visa for Business
  Non-Qatari Nationals: Visa for Visit
  Non-Qatari Nationals: Visa for Medical Purpose
  Non-Qatari Nationals: Visa for Airport Transfer (24h)
  Qatari or Non-Qatari Nationals with German or EU spouse, child or parent: Visa for Visit
• General Instructions Form
• It is essential to make an appointment  for submitting your application. You  can submit your application three months prior to your planned trip.

Important information:
Please refrain from sending any documents to the Embassy's visa section unless expressly instructed to do so, in particular not prior to your application. Any documents sent to the Embassy in advance will be disregarded.

You are requested to bring all required documents to your appointment.

Submitting your application

It is mandatory to apply for a visa in person.  VFS Global personel will take your fingerprints and photo and you will have to pay the visa/processing fee. You might also have to respond to questions regarding your planned journey.

What happens during processing?

The Embassy will review your application and decide whether the criteria to issue a visa are met.  Processing generally takes 15 days. As soon as the process is finalized, the Embassy will inform you about the decision. During the processing period it is not possible to inquire about the application status. Upon expiry of this period, only the applicant, his/her legal representative or  persons holding an authorization letter signed by the applicant may inquire about the status of the visa.

Passport Collection

After the  Embassy has decided on your application, you will be able collect your passport from the external service provider VfS Global.
Should your visa application have been disapproved,  you will receive an explanatory statement together with your passport.
You can always submit a new application at any time, provided that you present  all necessary and properly filled in documentation.

FAQs/Contact us

Here you may find answers to frequently asked questions.

If you were unable to find the answers to your questions in our FAQs, you can contact us using this form.

Complaints about the Schengen visa application process

Schengen visa applicants may submit complaints about the conduct of the consulate staff, the external service Provider VFS Global or the visa application process via the contact form . In the contact form, please select the option “Beschwerde zum Schengen-Visum-Verfahren”. Please note that complaints may only be submitted in German or English. We are unable to follow up on complaints in languages other than German or English. Please enter one of the following three options in the “Subject” field of the contact form:

• Complaint about the conduct of consulate staff
• Complaint about the conduct of the external service provider VFS Global
• Complaint about the visa application process

We will follow up on your complaint once it has been received.

Important information: No legal remedies against decisions to refuse, annul or revoke a visa – in particular no remonstrations – may be submitted via the complaints contact form.