diff --git a/DocumentOperator.Tests/Unit/Infrastructure/Services/PdfProcessing/DevExpressPdfProcessorTests.cs b/DocumentOperator.Tests/Unit/Infrastructure/Services/PdfProcessing/DevExpressPdfProcessorTests.cs
index d0abe89..7aed60b 100644
--- a/DocumentOperator.Tests/Unit/Infrastructure/Services/PdfProcessing/DevExpressPdfProcessorTests.cs
+++ b/DocumentOperator.Tests/Unit/Infrastructure/Services/PdfProcessing/DevExpressPdfProcessorTests.cs
@@ -47,6 +47,17 @@ public class DevExpressPdfProcessorTests
         return memoryStream.ToArray();
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Loads a test PDF from embedded resources as Stream.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="filename">Name of the PDF file (e.g., "valid.pdf")</param>
+    /// <returns>PDF content as MemoryStream (caller must dispose)</returns>
+    private static MemoryStream LoadTestPdfAsStream(string filename)
+    {
+        byte[] pdfBytes = LoadTestPdf(filename);
+        return new MemoryStream(pdfBytes);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Converts byte array to MemoryStream for testing
     /// </summary>
@@ -364,8 +375,195 @@ public class DevExpressPdfProcessorTests
     }
 
     #endregion
+
+    #region MergePdfsAsync Tests
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task MergePdfsAsync_TwoPdfs_ReturnsMergedPdf()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        using var pdf1 = LoadTestPdfAsStream("valid.pdf");
+        using var pdf2 = LoadTestPdfAsStream("pdfWithSwissQRCode.pdf");
+        var streams = new List<Stream> { pdf1, pdf2 };
+
+        // Act
+        byte[] mergedPdf = await _sut.MergePdfsAsync(streams);
+
+        // Assert
+        mergedPdf.Should().NotBeEmpty("merged PDF should contain data");
+        mergedPdf.Length.Should().BeGreaterThan(1000, "merged PDF should be reasonably sized");
+
+        // Verify it's a valid PDF by loading it
+        using var verifyStream = new MemoryStream(mergedPdf);
+        using var verifyProcessor = new DevExpress.Pdf.PdfDocumentProcessor();
+        verifyProcessor.LoadDocument(verifyStream);
+        verifyProcessor.Document.Pages.Count.Should().BeGreaterOrEqualTo(2, "merged PDF should have at least 2 pages");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task MergePdfsAsync_ThreePdfs_ReturnsMergedPdf()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        using var pdf1 = LoadTestPdfAsStream("valid.pdf");
+        using var pdf2 = LoadTestPdfAsStream("pdfWithSwissQRCode.pdf");
+        using var pdf3 = LoadTestPdfAsStream("pdfWithMoreThanOneAttachment.pdf");
+        var streams = new List<Stream> { pdf1, pdf2, pdf3 };
+
+        // Act
+        byte[] mergedPdf = await _sut.MergePdfsAsync(streams);
+
+        // Assert
+        mergedPdf.Should().NotBeEmpty();
+        
+        // Verify merged PDF
+        using var verifyStream = new MemoryStream(mergedPdf);
+        using var verifyProcessor = new DevExpress.Pdf.PdfDocumentProcessor();
+        verifyProcessor.LoadDocument(verifyStream);
+        verifyProcessor.Document.Pages.Count.Should().BeGreaterOrEqualTo(3, "merged PDF should have at least 3 pages");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task MergePdfsAsync_WithPageRanges_MergesSelectedPages()
+    {
+        // Arrange: Merge first page of each PDF
+        using var pdf1 = LoadTestPdfAsStream("pdfWithSwissQRCode.pdf"); // Multi-page
+        using var pdf2 = LoadTestPdfAsStream("pdfWithMoreThanOneAttachment.pdf"); // Multi-page
+        var streams = new List<Stream> { pdf1, pdf2 };
+        var pageRanges = new List<string?> { "1", "1" }; // Only first page from each
+
+        // Act
+        byte[] mergedPdf = await _sut.MergePdfsAsync(streams, pageRanges);
+
+        // Assert
+        mergedPdf.Should().NotBeEmpty();
+        
+        // Verify merged PDF has exactly 2 pages
+        using var verifyStream = new MemoryStream(mergedPdf);
+        using var verifyProcessor = new DevExpress.Pdf.PdfDocumentProcessor();
+        verifyProcessor.LoadDocument(verifyStream);
+        verifyProcessor.Document.Pages.Count.Should().Be(2, "should have exactly 2 pages (1 from each PDF)");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task MergePdfsAsync_WithRangeFormat_MergesSelectedPages()
+    {
+        // Arrange: Merge 2 PDFs, second PDF with page range "1" (first page only)
+        using var pdf1 = LoadTestPdfAsStream("valid.pdf"); // 1 page
+        using var pdf2 = LoadTestPdfAsStream("pdfWithMoreThanOneAttachment.pdf"); //  PDF with attachments
+        var streams = new List<Stream> { pdf1, pdf2 };
+        var pageRanges = new List<string?> { null, "1" }; // All pages from first, page 1 only from second
+
+        // Act
+        byte[] mergedPdf = await _sut.MergePdfsAsync(streams, pageRanges);
+
+        // Assert
+        mergedPdf.Should().NotBeEmpty();
+        
+        // Verify merged PDF has at least 2 pages (1 from first + 1 from second)
+        using var verifyStream = new MemoryStream(mergedPdf);
+        using var verifyProcessor = new DevExpress.Pdf.PdfDocumentProcessor();
+        verifyProcessor.LoadDocument(verifyStream);
+        verifyProcessor.Document.Pages.Count.Should().BeGreaterOrEqualTo(2, "should have at least 2 pages");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task MergePdfsAsync_SinglePdf_ThrowsBadRequestException()
+    {
+        // Arrange: Only one PDF (minimum 2 required)
+        using var pdf1 = LoadTestPdfAsStream("valid.pdf");
+        var streams = new List<Stream> { pdf1 };
+
+        // Act
+        var act = async () => await _sut.MergePdfsAsync(streams);
+
+        // Assert
+        await act.Should().ThrowAsync<BadRequestException>()
+            .WithMessage("*at least 2*");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task MergePdfsAsync_EmptyStream_ThrowsBadRequestException()
+    {
+        // Arrange: One valid PDF + one empty stream
+        using var pdf1 = LoadTestPdfAsStream("valid.pdf");
+        using var emptyStream = new MemoryStream();
+        var streams = new List<Stream> { pdf1, emptyStream };
+
+        // Act
+        var act = async () => await _sut.MergePdfsAsync(streams);
+
+        // Assert
+        await act.Should().ThrowAsync<BadRequestException>()
+            .WithMessage("*empty*");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task MergePdfsAsync_StreamNotAtBeginning_ThrowsBadRequestException()
+    {
+        // Arrange: Valid PDFs but second stream not at Position=0
+        using var pdf1 = LoadTestPdfAsStream("valid.pdf");
+        using var pdf2 = LoadTestPdfAsStream("pdfWithSwissQRCode.pdf");
+        pdf2.Position = 10; // Move position away from beginning
+        var streams = new List<Stream> { pdf1, pdf2 };
+
+        // Act
+        var act = async () => await _sut.MergePdfsAsync(streams);
+
+        // Assert
+        await act.Should().ThrowAsync<BadRequestException>();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task MergePdfsAsync_InvalidPageRange_ThrowsBadRequestException()
+    {
+        // Arrange: Invalid page range format
+        using var pdf1 = LoadTestPdfAsStream("valid.pdf");
+        using var pdf2 = LoadTestPdfAsStream("pdfWithSwissQRCode.pdf");
+        var streams = new List<Stream> { pdf1, pdf2 };
+        var pageRanges = new List<string?> { "1", "abc" }; // Invalid format
+
+        // Act
+        var act = async () => await _sut.MergePdfsAsync(streams, pageRanges);
+
+        // Assert
+        await act.Should().ThrowAsync<BadRequestException>()
+            .WithMessage("*Invalid page*");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task MergePdfsAsync_PageRangeExceedsPageCount_ThrowsBadRequestException()
+    {
+        // Arrange: Page range exceeds document page count
+        using var pdf1 = LoadTestPdfAsStream("valid.pdf"); // 1 page
+        using var pdf2 = LoadTestPdfAsStream("pdfWithSwissQRCode.pdf");
+        var streams = new List<Stream> { pdf1, pdf2 };
+        var pageRanges = new List<string?> { "1-99", null }; // 99 exceeds pdf1 page count
+
+        // Act
+        var act = async () => await _sut.MergePdfsAsync(streams, pageRanges);
+
+        // Assert
+        await act.Should().ThrowAsync<BadRequestException>()
+            .WithMessage("*exceeds document page count*");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task MergePdfsAsync_PageRangesMismatch_ThrowsBadRequestException()
+    {
+        // Arrange: Page ranges count doesn't match streams count
+        using var pdf1 = LoadTestPdfAsStream("valid.pdf");
+        using var pdf2 = LoadTestPdfAsStream("pdfWithSwissQRCode.pdf");
+        var streams = new List<Stream> { pdf1, pdf2 };
+        var pageRanges = new List<string?> { "1" }; // Only 1 range for 2 PDFs
+
+        // Act
+        var act = async () => await _sut.MergePdfsAsync(streams, pageRanges);
+
+        // Assert
+        await act.Should().ThrowAsync<BadRequestException>()
+            .WithMessage("*must match*");
+    }
+
+    #endregion
 }
 
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