Select the purpose (completed)
German national visaA4 · Not more than 10 MB
Please select the purpose of the upload. The paper and file size limit are set for it. If your purpose is not listed, select “Multiple images into one PDF” and change the settings in step 3.
Upload and arrange images (current step)
You can also drag images here. Several images can be selected at once.
- Accepted formats: JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, GIF, BMP, AVIF.
- One PDF can hold up to 100 images.
Page settings
After you add images, check the paper, images per page and file size limit here.
Check and download
After you add images, check the pages and file size here and download the PDF.
German national visa: file requirements
The tool above is already set up for the requirements below.
- File size
- Not more than 10 MB
- Paper
- Not specified
- Pages
- Not more than 50 pages
- Applies to
- National visas (type D) applied for online in the Consular Services Portal of the Federal Foreign Office. This is not the short-stay Schengen visa.
- File format
- PDF, JPG or PNG. Please use PDF for multi-page documents.
- Each file
- Not more than 10 MB and not more than 50 pages. Very long file names should be avoided.
- Sources
- Federal Foreign Office, Germany: Consular Services Portal – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Individual files may not exceed 10 MB and must contain no more than 50 pages.
- Federal Foreign Office, Germany: Consular Services Portal – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Whether you can use the Consular Services Portal depends on the country where you apply. Please select your country in the portal to confirm. For short-stay Schengen visas, follow the upload instructions of the visa application centre.
Make the PDF with this tool
- Step 1 is set to “German national visa”, and step 3 is set to: A4 portrait, 1 image per page, 10 mm margin, file size not more than 10 MB.
- In step 2, upload the images. Arrange them by dragging on the page preview, or with “Move earlier” and “Move later”. Rotate or crop them if needed.
- The checklist in step 4 shows whether the file has more than 50 pages.
- Please split documents longer than 50 pages into several PDFs.
- In step 4, check the pages, paper and file size. When all items are valid, download the PDF.
Common reasons for rejection
- The file is larger than 10 MB or has more than 50 pages.
- The file extension is not .pdf, .jpg or .png.