German Consulate General in Karachi

Consulate General Germany Karachi, Pakistan

Address: Shahrah e Iran, كراچى
Phone: +92 21 35 87 37 82
Website: pakistan.diplo.de
Fax: +92 21 35 87 40 09

No opening hours on record. Most missions receive visitors by appointment only.

Head of mission: Thomas E. Schultze, Consul General

Sources: OpenStreetMap · Wikidata · German Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) open data · Record last updated on 2 July 2026

Germany’s consulate general in Karachi has its offices at Shahrah e Iran, كراچى, while Germany’s embassy is in Islamabad, about 1,152 km away. Within 1 km there are 6 other foreign missions.

Opening hours of the German consulate general in Karachi

No opening hours on record. Most missions receive visitors by appointment only.

Note from Auswärtiges Amt, in German

Montag bis Donnerstag 07:30 h - 15:15 h Freitag 07:30 h - 13:30 h Öffnungszeiten der Rechts- und Konsularabteilung Montag bis Freitag: 08.00h - 12.00h Passabholung Montag bis Donnerstag 13:30 h bis 14:30 Uhr Nachreichen von Dokumenten NUR über den Briefkasten an der Wache, bitte die Antragsnummer angeben um weitere Verzögerungen zu vermeiden. Telefonsprechstunde der Visastelle unter +92 21 3582 1596 Dienstag und Donnerstag zwischen 10:00 und 12:00 Uhr Bitte beachten Sie, dass telefonische Anfragen bezüglich Visa nur in den angegeben Zeiträumen über die oben genannte Nummer beantwortet werden.

Upcoming closures

Public holidays in Germany

25Dec

Christmas Day

Friday
26Dec

St. Stephen's Day

Saturday

No regular hours are on record for the German consulate general in Karachi, but an official note on hours or appointments is shown (in German).

Germany visa for Pakistani citizens

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Pakistani citizens need a visa for Germany, obtained before travel. Check with the German consulate general in Karachi whether visas are handled at its counter or by an appointed visa centre.

Visa statistics

Year	Applications	Visas issued	Refused	Refusal rate	Multiple-entry share
2023	11,220	7,896	3,311	29.5%	97.0%
2024	11,933	7,967	3,955	33.1%	70.8%
2025	9,381	6,847	2,490	25.9%	53.9%

Germany’s visa offices in Pakistan, 2025

Visa office	Applications	Refusal rate
Islamabad	9,411	22.4%
Karachi (this office)	9,381	25.9%

In 2025, Germany’s consulate general in Karachi received 9,381 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 6,847. 2,490 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 25.9%. In 2024 it had been 33.1%: the rate fell by 7.2 points, a clear improvement for applicants. Applications fell by 21% compared with 2024 (11,933).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 25.9% (2025) to 33.1% (2024).

Germany issues Schengen visas at 2 locations in Pakistan; this office handled 50% of their 18,792 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Islamabad 22.4%, which makes Karachi the highest of the group. Each office serves the applicants who live in its own consular district, so the rates also reflect who applies where, not only how strictly files are assessed.

Across all Schengen consulates in Pakistan, 45.9% of applications were refused in 2025; Germany’s rate worldwide was 13.1%. Germany received the largest number of applications of the 17 Schengen states represented here.

Multiple-entry visas made up 53.9% of those issued. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Pakistan.

Source: European Commission, Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs, visa statistics for consulates 2023–2025 (© European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0). Short-stay (type C) visas. How these figures are made

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All missions of Germany in Pakistan (4)

For matters it cannot handle, the German embassy in Islamabad (1,152 km) is responsible. The German consulate general in Karachi is one of 4 missions of Germany in Pakistan. Honorary consulates: Quetta and Lahore. Pakistan in turn has 5 missions in Germany, its embassy being in Berlin.

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About the German consulate general in Karachi

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Germany in Karachi. The head of mission on record is Thomas E. Schultze, Consul General. A consulate does consular work for a region: passports, certificates and help for nationals in difficulty.