Please submit a passport for each applicant. The passport(s) must be valid and there have to be at least two empty pages. Please also submit a copy of the passport data page(s) (page with photo and validity dates) for each family member.

If you are an Afghan citizen and you have applied for your passport at the Afghan Consulate General in Istanbul (place of issue: „MFA Kabul“): Please submit additionally your e-Tazkira or a paper Tazkira accompanied by a translation into English stamped by the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Please fill in, print out and sign the address confirmation and e-mail consent.

After your application has been processed, we will send your passport and other original documents via UPS to the indicated address.

WARNING: If your (e-mail-)addresses change during the application procedure, please inform us immediately. Otherwise, we can not ensure that your documents or important information with regard to your application reach you.

Please submit your expired residence permit, and, if applicable, your expired passport replacement document.

If you do not have your residence permit or your passport replacement, please submit at least one copy of those and protocol by the Turkish police about the loss loss / theft with German translation. Please bring the original document (you will get it back later) and one copy of the Police protocol.

If available: Preliminary approval (Vorabzustimmung) of the responsible alien authority (Ausländerbehörde) in Germany. Please bring the original document and one copy.

By submitting an original pre-approval when applying for the re-entry visa you may help us to keep processing times short.

One copy of the insurance confirmation. A Turkish travel health insurance is NOT sufficient. The health insurance is considered adequate if it corresponds in terms of type and scope to that of the statutory health insurance, i.e. in particular it must not provide for any more substantial exclusions of benefits or include any limitation of the costs to be refunded in the event of sickness or any termination or expiry clause due to a particular age being reached, work being discontinued, a change in the purpose of residence or the loss of legal residence status.

IMPORTANT: Being uninsured may have serious consequences as in the worst case no adequate medical can be provided. We strongly recommend that you apply (if applicable) for statutory or other private long-term health insurance as soon as possible after entering Germany.

Birth certificate of the child. Please bring the original document (you will get it back later) and one copy.

Please bring German translations of all foreign language documents. Only English language documents do not need to be translated.

Documents from German authorities will be accepted without further formality.

Turkish documents are accepted without further formality if they are presented in the international form (e.g. Formül B for marriage certificates, Formül A for birth certificates).

For other foreign civil status certificates and other public certificates please check on the website of the German mission in the issuing state whether any formal steps must be taken in order for the document to be accepted by German authorities (i.e. legalization, apostille). The legalization can generally only be done by the German mission in the country where the document was issued.

Copies of the passports of the parents or the person(s) with custody or, if applicable, of the authorized representative an their residence permits, if residents of Germany.

If parents are not the legal guardian of the minor: court decision on custody (e.g. in divorce decree) in the form required of the country of the decision, e.g. legalized or with apostille. For foreign public certificates please check on the website of the German mission in the issuing state whether any formal steps must be taken in order for the document to be accepted by German authorities (i.e. legalization, apostille). The legalization can generally only be done by the German mission in the country where the document was issued. Please bring the original document (you will get it back later) and one copy.

Death certificate of the deceased parent. Please bring the original document (you will get it back later) and one copy.

Please bring German translations of all foreign language documents. Only English language documents do not need to be translated.

Documents from German authorities will be accepted without further formality.

Turkish documents are accepted without further formality if they are presented in the international form (e.g. Formül B for marriage certificates, Formül A for birth certificates).

For other foreign civil status certificates and other public certificates please check on the website of the German mission in the issuing state whether any formal steps must be taken in order for the document to be accepted by German authorities (i.e. legalization, apostille). The legalization can generally only be done by the German mission in the country where the document was issued.