Schengen visa

The German Embassy Nairobi has outsourced the application process for Schengen visa to the external service Provider TLScontact on 01 May 2022. All applications for Schengen visa must be handed in at the Visa Application Centres of TLScontact in Nairobi. Please refer to their website which will guide you through the application process.

National visa

The receipt of national visa applications in the categories of

• vocational training
• advanced vocational training
• internships and training programmes
• higher education studies
• measures regarding the recognition of foreign professional qualifications
• skilled workers with vocational training qualification
• skilled workers holding a university degree
• research and science
• EU Blue Card
• personnel on passenger ships and
• short-term quota-based employment

has been has been outsourced to the external service provider TLScontact.

Visa applications for the Opportunity Card and seeking a vocational training place must be submitted online via the consular services portal.

The German Embassy Nairobi introduced three convenient appointment waiting lists where you can register for an appointment to apply for all other national visa categories.

On the first waiting list you can register for an appointment for all national visa categories except the above mentioned categories and the family reunification to persons entitled to protection.

On the second waiting list you can register for an appointment to apply for the family reunification to persons entitled to protection (except the family reunification to persons granted subsidiary protection status).

You cannot book appointments directly anymore. This easy registration procedure allows us to allocate you an appointment as soon as it becomes available in the order of the registrations received.

Please continue here to register on the first or the second waiting list.