[quote author=KenGreat1 post=130597044]I applied June 2nd 2022 got interviewed 10th, August 2023. Then I got an email from the embassy that verification is completed on 7th December, since then I haven't heard from the Embassy and the foreign office in Germany told my wife that they haven't received my verified documents, which the embassy in lagos claimed to send to them for over six months. Please guys what should I do? I have gone twice to the Embassy in Lagos, but the security man told me to go that the embassy will contact me I need your suggestion guys.

KenGreat1:
I applied June 2nd 2022 got interviewed 10th, August 2023. Then I got an email from the embassy that verification is completed on 7th December, So after the verification, I tracked the document because I was given track code dhl to check if it has gotten to Germany, but the document was showing me Sweden. So I went back to the embassy to know why the document was showing me Sweden instead of Germany because my wife has called the foreign office. They said they have not yet received my document. The security man wasn't nice he asked me to go that the embassy will contact me till date 21th June 2024 no inform from them.

guys abeg how much be student visa
i b student of lasu ... i f up im suppose to grAD THIS year

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I ll say just try and be patient. My lawyer visited in October 2023 that was 10 months after my interview in January 2023 up till this moment I haven't received verification complete email. 8 months after lawyer verification I still haven't received verification complete email. July will make it 9 months. So you see say your own even good. I have sent millions of emails to no avail. My patience has run out since. Na sit down dey look I dey now. Waiting is so hard but we will all get there.

Please i have a friend that was born in Germany with a parents of Nigeria but they moved to Nigeria when he was 4 years old and they haven't went back to Germany since then. He's like 28 years old now... Please how can he go back as a citizen on his own.. I need your advise about this.

ConnectNation:
Please i have a friend that was born in Germany with a parents of Nigeria but they moved to Nigeria when he was 4 years old and they haven't went back to Germany since then. He's like 28 years old now... Please how can he go back as a citizen on his own.. I need your advise about this.

Born in Germany doesn't automatically make him a German citizen. Are his parents or any one of his parents German? If any one of them is German before they gave birth to him.Then he can claim German citizenship and can simply get the German passport from the German embassy for his travel. Otherwise o tilo, .....he gats go through normal route like everyone.

To those who are in the know, abeg which date abi month is the embassy now. Dem don reach Jan 2023?

KiaraJones:
Is there a Whatsgroup for people waiting on germany family reunion visa. Please share the link.

Also for those that have gone for their interview, what are the requirements? I Applied August 2023.

I would be very grateful to get responses on the above. Thank you.

Hello ,have you gotten any update?

magnificient7:
To those who are in the know, abeg which date abi month is the embassy now. Dem don reach Jan 2023?

is there any update on this please ?

Please help us. Is there any report for January 2023 applicants?

Yes January 3rd 2023 received mail last week Friday

FrauBasilia:
Yes January 3rd 2023 received mail last week Friday

Vielen dank FrauBasilia

VISA ALERT!!!

Timeline

Nov 16, 2022-Booking of appointment

Aug 16, 2023 - A plea for intervention in getting an appointment

Aug 16, 2023 - Embassy's response:

Dear Applicant.
We are sorry but the waiting time for an appointment in your category is over one and a halve year now. It is not possible at this moment to give a more precise prediction. The reasons are the number of registrations and the shortage of staff. I regret not being able to give you a better answer.

Sept 20, 2023 - Another plea for appointment due to health reasons (with doctor's report submitted).

Sept 21, 2023 - Embassy's response: Appointment still not possible; an approximate time was given, which should be in April 2024!

Oct 2023 -Jan 2024 - Two emails sent requesting for special consideration for an appointment, but these were turned down!

Silence

April 15 - An email sent reminding the embassy about Sept 21 email that we should expect an appointment in April. By this time, the estimated time had passed!

April 16, 2024 - Notification for an appointment

May 13, 2024 - Appointment day. Required documents were submitted. The original marriage certificate was however not taken along! This was later couriered to the embassy the next day.

May 17, 2024 - An email sent to the embassy explaining (with evidence) that my wife was not supposed to be charged visa fees.

June 7, 2024 - Request for special consideration on issuance of visa. This was necessary because there was an event I needed to attend with my wife by the end of June. Details of the event were sent.

June 7, 2024 - Embassy's response saying it was not possible to get the visa on time due to backlog of applications!

June 14, 2024 - A follow-up email to the one sent on June 7.

June 18, 2024 - Request from the embassy for the submission of passport and proof of health insurance, although proof of health insurance was already submitted on the appointment day.

June 19, 2024 - Requested documents couriered

June 25, 2024 - Notification of visa issuance and request to come over for refund of visa charges.

June 28, 2024 - Passport delivered by the courier man. Unortunately, she couldn't attend the event as the event ended this day

July 5, 2024 - Wife arrived in Germany.

Grace and favor (and possibly, the gift of perseverance) to all still on the waiting list.

justt:
VISA ALERT!!!

Timeline

Nov 16, 2022-Booking of appointment

Aug 16, 2023 - A plea for intervention in getting an appointment

Aug 16, 2023 - Embassy's response:

Dear Applicant.
We are sorry but the waiting time for an appointment in your category is over one and a halve year now. It is not possible at this moment to give a more precise prediction. The reasons are the number of registrations and the shortage of staff. I regret not being able to give you a better answer.

Sept 20, 2023 - Another plea for appointment due to health reasons (with doctor's report submitted).

Sept 21, 2023 - Embassy's response: Appointment still not possible; an approximate time was given, which should be in April 2024!

Oct 2023 -Jan 2024 - Two emails sent requesting for special consideration for an appointment, but these were turned down!

Silence

April 15 - An email sent reminding the embassy about Sept 21 email that we should expect an appointment in April. By this time, the estimated time had passed!

April 16, 2024 - Notification for an appointment

May 13, 2024 - Appointment day. Required documents were submitted. The original marriage certificate was however not taken along! This was later couriered to the embassy the next day.

May 17, 2024 - An email sent to the embassy explaining (with evidence) that my wife was not supposed to be charged visa fees.

June 7, 2024 - Request for special consideration on issuance of visa. This was necessary because there was an event I needed to attend with my wife by the end of June. Details of the event were sent.

June 7, 2024 - Embassy's response saying it was not possible to get the visa on time due to backlog of applications!

June 14, 2024 - A follow-up email to the one sent on June 7.

June 18, 2024 - Request from the embassy for the submission of passport and proof of health insurance, although proof of health insurance was already submitted on the appointment day.

June 19, 2024 - Requested documents couriered

June 25, 2024 - Notification of visa issuance and request to come over for refund of visa charges.

June 28, 2024 - Passport delivered by the courier man. Unortunately, she couldn't attend the event as the event ended this day

July 5, 2024 - Wife arrived in Germany.

Grace and favor (and possibly, the gift of perseverance) to all still on the waiting list.

So nice to share the update.
A few questions: there seem not to be any document verification? How did that happened? Also, which category of people are exempted from paying visa fees. Lastly, didn't your city contact you during the process to submit some documents? At which date did that happen


Overall, I think the process was quite fast for you and send my big congratulations. May she excell in Deutschland.

congratulations

justt:
VISA ALERT!!!

Timeline

Nov 16, 2022-Booking of appointment

Aug 16, 2023 - A plea for intervention in getting an appointment

Aug 16, 2023 - Embassy's response:

Dear Applicant.
We are sorry but the waiting time for an appointment in your category is over one and a halve year now. It is not possible at this moment to give a more precise prediction. The reasons are the number of registrations and the shortage of staff. I regret not being able to give you a better answer.

Sept 20, 2023 - Another plea for appointment due to health reasons (with doctor's report submitted).

Sept 21, 2023 - Embassy's response: Appointment still not possible; an approximate time was given, which should be in April 2024!

Oct 2023 -Jan 2024 - Two emails sent requesting for special consideration for an appointment, but these were turned down!

Silence

April 15 - An email sent reminding the embassy about Sept 21 email that we should expect an appointment in April. By this time, the estimated time had passed!

April 16, 2024 - Notification for an appointment

May 13, 2024 - Appointment day. Required documents were submitted. The original marriage certificate was however not taken along! This was later couriered to the embassy the next day.

May 17, 2024 - An email sent to the embassy explaining (with evidence) that my wife was not supposed to be charged visa fees.

June 7, 2024 - Request for special consideration on issuance of visa. This was necessary because there was an event I needed to attend with my wife by the end of June. Details of the event were sent.

June 7, 2024 - Embassy's response saying it was not possible to get the visa on time due to backlog of applications!

June 14, 2024 - A follow-up email to the one sent on June 7.

June 18, 2024 - Request from the embassy for the submission of passport and proof of health insurance, although proof of health insurance was already submitted on the appointment day.

June 19, 2024 - Requested documents couriered

June 25, 2024 - Notification of visa issuance and request to come over for refund of visa charges.

June 28, 2024 - Passport delivered by the courier man. Unortunately, she couldn't attend the event as the event ended this day

July 5, 2024 - Wife arrived in Germany.

Grace and favor (and possibly, the gift of perseverance) to all still on the waiting list.

magnificient7:



So nice to share the update.
A few questions: there seem not to be any document verification? How did that happened? Also, which category of people are exempted from paying visa fees. Lastly, didn't your city contact you during the process to submit some documents? At which date did that happen


Overall, I think the process was quite fast for you and send my big congratulations. May she excell in Deutschland.

The process took 19 months! Do you mean this is fast
To your questions:
1. Yes, no document verification
2. Those exempted from visa fees: for now, I'm aware of students/researchers sponsored from public funds and who are staying in Germany for a minimum of 3 months. For more details, check: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthv/__52.html. You may need a browser that can translate into English.
3. I wasn't contacted to submit any documents except as stated above (June 18). We just submitted all the required documents, including house contact.

justt:


The process took 19 months! Do you mean this is fast
To your questions:
1. Yes, no document verification
2. Those exempted from visa fees: for now, I'm aware of students/researchers sponsored from public funds and who are staying in Germany for a minimum of 3 months. For more details, check: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/aufenthv/__52.html. You may need a browser that can translate into English.
3. I wasn't contacted to submit any documents except as stated above (June 18). We just submitted all the required documents, including house contact.

Thank you for the reply.

With respect to the time, I meant, from the time of your interview to the time the visa was issued was quite fast. Ordinarily, some spend more than 3-6 months just for verification of documents after interview. But since there was no verification for you, it's understandable.

Overall,

Hello everyone

I would appreciate it if I could get a response from those who booked for family reunion visa appointment on January 2023. I booked appointment for my wife on 18.01.2023 but she has yet to get an appointment. I wrote to the consulate, I was fortunate to get a response that the waiting time is clearly a year and a half now and that they cannot give me a precise date for appointment.

I want to know if the consulate has issue appointment to people that booked appointments after my wife.

Thank you

Arogz12:
Hello everyone

I would appreciate it if I could get a response from those who booked for family reunion visa appointment on January 2023. I booked appointment for my wife on 18.01.2023 but she has yet to get an appointment. I wrote to the consulate, I was fortunate to get a response that the waiting time is clearly a year and a half now and that they cannot give me a precise date for appointment.

I want to know if the consulate has issue appointment to people that booked appointments after my wife.

Thank you

I booked on the 15th Jan, and yet to get an appointment date.

Hope that helps you to calm down 😄, you ain't alone

Thank you for the response😊. It really helps. I think they have bypassed me.

I booked on the 15th Jan, and yet to get an appointment date.

Hope that helps you to calm down 😄, you ain't alone[/quote]

What I observed is that they are now using two months to give one month appointment. November 2022 applicants took March and April, December 2022 took May and June, now, January 2023 is taking July and August. So, the waiting time will definitely increase exponentially.

justt:
VISA ALERT!!!

Timeline

Nov 16, 2022-Booking of appointment

Aug 16, 2023 - A plea for intervention in getting an appointment

Aug 16, 2023 - Embassy's response:

Dear Applicant.
We are sorry but the waiting time for an appointment in your category is over one and a halve year now. It is not possible at this moment to give a more precise prediction. The reasons are the number of registrations and the shortage of staff. I regret not being able to give you a better answer.

Sept 20, 2023 - Another plea for appointment due to health reasons (with doctor's report submitted).

Sept 21, 2023 - Embassy's response: Appointment still not possible; an approximate time was given, which should be in April 2024!

Oct 2023 -Jan 2024 - Two emails sent requesting for special consideration for an appointment, but these were turned down!

Silence

April 15 - An email sent reminding the embassy about Sept 21 email that we should expect an appointment in April. By this time, the estimated time had passed!

April 16, 2024 - Notification for an appointment

May 13, 2024 - Appointment day. Required documents were submitted. The original marriage certificate was however not taken along! This was later couriered to the embassy the next day.

May 17, 2024 - An email sent to the embassy explaining (with evidence) that my wife was not supposed to be charged visa fees.

June 7, 2024 - Request for special consideration on issuance of visa. This was necessary because there was an event I needed to attend with my wife by the end of June. Details of the event were sent.

June 7, 2024 - Embassy's response saying it was not possible to get the visa on time due to backlog of applications!

June 14, 2024 - A follow-up email to the one sent on June 7.

June 18, 2024 - Request from the embassy for the submission of passport and proof of health insurance, although proof of health insurance was already submitted on the appointment day.

June 19, 2024 - Requested documents couriered

June 25, 2024 - Notification of visa issuance and request to come over for refund of visa charges.

June 28, 2024 - Passport delivered by the courier man. Unortunately, she couldn't attend the event as the event ended this day

July 5, 2024 - Wife arrived in Germany.

Grace and favor (and possibly, the gift of perseverance) to all still on the waiting list.

congratulations, please which email are you sending it to

I booked on January 31st 2023. I emailed them and they confirmed that I'm in the system. Someone above said they've started sending appointment emails to January applicants. Be patient. I'm sure your email will arrive shortly.

Arogz12:
Hello everyone

I would appreciate it if I could get a response from those who booked for family reunion visa appointment on January 2023. I booked appointment for my wife on 18.01.2023 but she has yet to get an appointment. I wrote to the consulate, I was fortunate to get a response that the waiting time is clearly a year and a half now and that they cannot give me a precise date for appointment.

I want to know if the consulate has issue appointment to people that booked appointments after my wife.

Thank you

magnificient7:



I booked on the 15th Jan, and yet to get an appointment date.

Hope that helps you to calm down 😄, you ain't alone

Just an update on this, 15th Jan received an appointment date today. Scheduled for interview next month.

Congratulations! This is a good news to me.
So happy for you.

Just an update on this, 15th Jan received an appointment date today. Scheduled for interview next month.[/quote]

magnificient7:


Just an update on this, 15th Jan received an appointment date today. Scheduled for interview next month.

Congratulations

I took a full month of July to give appointment from 1st to 15th January.

This will be a long ride

[quote author=Arogz12 post=131176845]Congratulations! This is a good news to me.
So happy for you.

You are getting yours next week
I think from Jan 16th to 18 or 19th will get next week.

nikkyra:


congratulations, please which email are you sending it to

info@lago.auswaertiges-amt.de

Yes o.
My wife got hers today too but they also sent her on Friday as well. Thank you so much🙏🙌

Arogz12:
Yes o.
My wife got hers today too but they also sent her on Friday as well. Thank you so much🙏🙌

Congratulations

That’s good to know

I wish others will be updating us when they receive theirs

Didibk:
I booked on January 31st 2023. I emailed them and they confirmed that I'm in the system. Someone above said they've started sending appointment emails to January applicants. Be patient. I'm sure your email will arrive shortly.

Please let us know when you hear from them

Thanks a lot

Sure! I will update you all when i get my email.

Enjay1998:


Please let us know when you hear from them

Thanks a lot

Hi everyone,

I’ve been reading up on the thread and I see that there is a 1 year plus wait time for visa appointment.

Does this long wait apply for reunion visa or blue card or for both?

I’m looking to apply for a blue card. On the german website, it looks like it’s possible to apply online. Is this the case or not?