Lizzer:
I tried to book an appointment and it was telling me no appointment for the visiting visa. is anyone here experiencing same thing.
Thanks.

quote author=Bonn2007 post=107790248]Booking is free of charge. Go to the German embassy website and search under short stay( schengen visa).
Appointments are made available in regular intervals for booking.

They release appointment for short term visa 12am sharp daily. You have to stay awake till that time to book

Bonn2007:
Hello y'all,

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Glory be to God!

Family reunion visa gotten.

Interview date : 16th July 2020

Got a call from lawyer: 4th August 2020

Lawyer showed up: 12th August 2020

Verification completed and request for new affidavit of spinsterhood and reconciliation of name: 18th November 2020

Request for a new affidavit again because the one I submitted was not deposed by a person that was interviewed: 23rd November

Request for a new passport and insurance 18th December 2020

Passport and insurance got to the embassy 29th December because of holidays and I had to do a new passport with the correct arrangement of names

Passport received with Visa 7th January 2021


The whole process was frustrating and long but I thank God. Please don't give up and be patient. Your visa will surely come but it requires a lot of patience and emotional energy. I wish everyone speed and favour in their process

Sylviacool:
Family Reunion Visa approved..

April, 2019 applied for appointment
Dec/12/2019 my appointment day
March/2020 lawyer verification
April/17/2020 verification completed
Sept/30/2020 submission of new A1, former A1 expired
December/7/2020 second Interview (reasons- marriage doubt)
Dec/14/2020 I got approval mail
Dec/19/2020 I collected my original documents nd my passport with VISA stamp on it
destination : Berlin Germany
Thanks to God Almighty.. the whole visa process was frustrating, but l thank God as I'm with my husband now. Yours is around the corner, you just have to be patient...

Kai congratulations o. May our own come soon

nuel80:
I just got a mail to forward the original language certificate from Goethe institute. Thought they will skip this part since my spouse is a German citizen?
I’m worried because I didn’t make the last exam I sat for. Is there any option to this case ? The deadline given is too short

Call them and ask for clarification. Tell them your spouse is also a German citizen and goethe institute is closed. They will tell you what to do. Did they ask you to submit passport and insurance too?

ndewogermany:


we all are facing the same thing. so the early you apply for it, it is the better for you. lamenting wont solve the problems

True o
Apply now and be preparing all your documents but take your mind away from it and be visiting your family anytime you can in Nigeria. No just put mind because family reunion takes so much time and putting your mind can be so depressing. The visa will surely come but it takes so much time.

So many of us that had our interview in July are yet to get out visa.

knogbu:
Same date. no news till now

Does it mean they have not given anyone who did interview for family reunion post covid visa?


Pls if there is anyone let us know so we can be encouraged o

Potymarket:
I just called the embassy now to verify and I was told that since its national visa that I applied for and I hv gotten a date already, I should come for my interview. That means that persons that applied for national visa and have gotten date already re not affected.

Good morning
How far with your visa for family reunion?

MrsM2019:
Hello everyone, please I will like to ask if anyone is in this same category with me regards this visa process.
1. I did my interview on the 29th of July.
2. My lawyer called in August but completed the verification process in September.
3. I got an email on the 18th of November confirming my verification has been completed and requesting for my passport with my new data ( I changed my name after marriage). The mail also came with a request that I submit a reconciliation of name affidavit.
I submitted all these requested documents on the 19th of November and I have not heard back from them since. They have also not reached out to my spouse in Germany to submit any document. So I was wondering if there are other people like me and I am not the only one.

Did they ask for your travel insurance and travel date?

tempuser2:
I benefited from this thread a lot while trying to figure things out myself so, I decided I'd help with some info of my own.


I'm a software engineer and recently got an employment offer from a german company. I already knew the wait time for the appointment was insane so even before the interview process concluded, I was already looking for alternatives. I came across the fast track process for skilled workers during my search. https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/looking-for-foreign-professionals/targeted-recruitment/entering-working-in-germany/the-fast-track-procedure-for-skilled-workers/

Then when I got the employment offer, I informed the employer about the crazy wait times and the ability to fast track. Thankfully they were already aware of the fast track process so they were happy to go that route.

They requested that my degree certificate be certified and I did that at the Ministry of Foreign affairs in Abuja. After they had this and other documents (reference letter from past employers, passport data page, mawista health insurance), they applied for the pre-approval from their end. I can't say exactly how long this took because I don't know when they applied but, I sent the final document they needed on October 15, 2020. They also sent me a bunch of documents I had to sign and get back to them.


The company informed me they got the pre-approval on November 2, 2020 and I applied for an appointment same day using the WITH Approval link. I got a response for an appointment same day as well for November 20, 2020. Went for the appointment with all my documents and some extras that the company sent me to submit along.

At the appointment, I made a mistake by not photocopying the extra documents the company sent me. I assumed they'd take it as-is and tried to explain the company asked me to just submit this alongside the application. But the man that attended to me was very agitated by this because according to him, they're not "original documents" and I needed to have copies. It was all a lot of documents and making two copies of all made no sense to me (I didn't tell him this lol, I just stopped talking because he started saying I was arguing even though I was just trying to explain).

Long story short, I only gave him the documents I had copies for and he added those to a docket/file and gave me to take in. But I still went in with the other documents. At the appointment the lady asked questions about why you want to go, how you got the job, future plans etc. Then she specifically asked for a document which wasn't in the docket, she said if I had it, it would be an instant visa approval and she kept repeating the German name of the document. I looked for it in the documents the company sent and I found it thankfully, it was the Federal Employment Agency approval (not to be confused with Vorabzustimmung or the "pre-approval" ).

She also complained about me not having copies of that Federal Employment Agency approval document but she took it. I used the opportunity to submit some other documents the company sent that I thought would help, like university degree recognition stuff.

On November 25, I got the approval mail and was asked to submit health insurance plus travel dates. Submitted the documents by November 26. The consulate sent back my documents by December 2, 2020 but DHL delayed and I got it all by December 4, 2020.

Congratulations

Chinny22:
Is it possible for embassy to cancel an appointment ..for incomplete documents and failure to bring dem the date given to you...help a sister

Call dem on monday and ask. They usually answer except when you ask for the status of your visa. Good luck

nuel80:


Not yet, I’m still waiting patiently

Can we talk privately pls. Its important

Debsmor:
I am also in the same dilemma.As for me I already even got approval letter but due to the covid 19 period my A1 expired and I was told to get another one.Now the Goethe is closed and I have also been on this for three years now.Dont know what to do.please i won't mind you reposting about the A1 maybe I can learn something of benefit.

Helo. Have you gotten your visa?

doctormaliko:


Nice! What date in July and what date did you get the email? Has your spouse in Germany been contacted?

Interview was 16th july
Verification mail 18th November
Yours?

nuel80:
Just one day...these people will issue my visa, and I will reunite with my wife. Protocols must be broken for my sake. I can’t wait in the lord in vein.

How far. Have they gotten back to you?

doctormaliko:
Abeg, does anyone know anyone who went for interview in July and after that has gotten visa?

Let's share good news and encourage others that are waiting abeg.

I also did my interview mid july and got the verification completed mail and request to submit affidavit. Till now nothing o