{"id":108596,"date":"2026-04-19T18:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T13:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=108596"},"modified":"2026-04-19T18:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T13:02:17","slug":"german-embassy-suspends-visa-services-ahead-of-peace-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/german-embassy-suspends-visa-services-ahead-of-peace-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"German embassy suspends visa services ahead of peace talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/germany-offer-job-opportunities-for-these-pakistanis\/\">German Embassy<\/a> in Islamabad has announced the temporary closure of its visa section because road closures in the capital city affected security measures for the upcoming US-Iran negotiations, which are scheduled to start next week.<\/p>\n<p>German ambassador to Pakistan Ina Lepel announced via X (formerly Twitter) that the visa section will remain closed from 20 April 2026 until at least 21 April 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The ambassador advised applicants to stay away from the visa section throughout this time because the embassy will handle all scheduled appointments by rescheduling them.<\/p>\n<p>The closure occurs during increased security operations in Islamabad which support high-level diplomatic activities that include US-Iran negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>The embassy did not announce a specific reopening date beyond the initial suspension period but indicated that updates regarding rescheduled appointments would be communicated when required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The German Embassy in Islamabad has announced the temporary closure of its visa section because road closures in the capital city affected security measures for the upcoming US-Iran negotiations, which are scheduled to start next week. German ambassador to Pakistan Ina Lepel announced via X (formerly Twitter) that the visa section will remain closed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":96248,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[40500,39640],"class_list":["post-108596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-german-visa","tag-peace-talks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108598,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108596\/revisions\/108598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}