Hello, Good evening everyone.

I had my student visa interview on the 5th Dec, which I believe went rather smoothly. The visa officer returned my passport to me (is that the normal procedure?). She said if they needed my passport, I would be contacted. Did anyone else have their interview recently? Were you contacted after your interview? How long did it take before you got your visa?

PS: I am a Ph.D. student.

Bless.

Guten Morgan!

Please are there any current Ph.D. students here? I got a supervisor at Goethe University Frankfurt and met with her and my team in September (traveled on a tourist visa). Fortunately, after weeks of waiting, I got a Visa appointment date for 5th December 2018. Now the challenge is, I will not get my official admission letter from the university before my appointment as the Ph.D. committee has to meet first before sending out letters (This is just for formalities). Their next meeting is on the same day as my appointment (5th Dec) thus, the challenge.

My supervisor sent me a letter from the department stating she has accepted me and so has the HoD (He is also my 2nd supervisor) and we are just waiting for the committee's formalities. Does anyone think that the consulate will accept this as an admission letter? Any idea if I will be able to open a blocked account with this? Which of the banks is fastest to open a blocked account? Or should I just cancel my appointment?