Finally the long wait is over���
Here is my timeline

Applied march 15th 2021
Appointment mail march 21th 2022
Appointment April 13th 2022 (was asked to submit my A1 certificate....I wrote the exam and passed, then I submitted it to the embassy)

Lawyer called may 19th .
Lawyer's verification 5th.
July ..... No response or update

August 23rd ..... I received verification complete mail. was asked to send additional documentd.

September...... No response or update
October....... No response or update

November..... my spouse contacted ABH in his city on the 24th of November and they asked him to forward his document on the 25th of November .

Spouse submitted his document on 1st of December.

On the 13th of December 2022 I received a mail from the embassy requesting for my travel insurance and passport and travel date.

Submitted the requested document on the 16th December
Documents received and visa stamped 22nd of December ��

Arrived Germany 31 st December ��. All glory be to God����

Msticks:


Checked on the website, but only saw the contact form. Does anyone know the german embassy email address to send an updated document? ����

Here is the email the gave me when I went for my interview....
Info@lago.diplo.de

[quote author=Msticks post=112625332]

Thanks for the info. Please which email will you be using to send the new meldebescheinigung? [/quotes


The embassy official mail .

Msticks:
Hello everyone,

My reunion interview at the embassy is on 25th of this month.
My spouse’s Meldebescheinigung (almedung) will change as he will be moving to a new town on 1st of june.
I plan to submit the current one where he lives right now but he will be moving from there on 28th may.
how do i inform the embassy of this update after the interview so i can submit the new Meldebescheinigung?

Please experienced people in the house, please help

I was in the same situation as you.i had my interview on April 13.and my husband was to start staying in a new city from 1st of may.i just went with the current meldebescheinigung ,and went along with the new house contact (even thou it was not collected or requested)and house contract.my spouse is about to do his new meldebescheinigung which he would get on the 17th of may ......which I plan to mail the embassy with....... informing them of the new change

Mat94:
Appointment on the 2nd of February 2022
Lawyer verification on the 27th of March

Sorry to ask...but has the foreign office contacted your spouse?

bashito:
Finally, the torturous journey of getting a German National Visa for about 2 years ends today!

To God be the Glory!

When the journey seems longer than usual it is not always an indication that you have a problem.

Let me give you a highlight of my journey on this family reunion visa process.

I applied for a family reunion visa on the 28th July, 2020.

Received a mail for interview on the 8th July, 2021.

Had my interview on the 5th of August, 2021.

Lawyer called on the 4th September, 2021.

Lawyer visited on the 9th September, 2021. The lawyer tried to manipulate me to pay him 200k as bribe but my spouse called his bluff because I have complete documents. No issues.

We waited for the foreign office to contact my spouse but they didn't. So, we chose to contact them. He wrote them a mail on the 2nd of November, 2021 informing them of our application.

They responded on the 4th of November, 2021 and requested him to submit some documents.

He submitted these documents on the 12th of November, 2021.

Since then, we waited and waited and waited!

After the endless wait we started calling them at the foreign office and sending mails. No response to mails and no picking of calls.

Around January, 2022 they started picking calls. They informed us that the woman in charge of our file was sick and she just resumed. So we should expect a response in two weeks.

After 3 weeks, we called again and we learnt that the woman's health had gone very bad and she had gone off work. And our file would be given to someone else to handle.

We waited and called again. No definite answer. We are working on it nooni!

Then, 1st of March, 2022 the foreign office sent my spouse a mail. They apologised profusely for delaying our application because of shortage of staff and covid.
They informed us that the positive response had been sent to the embassy in Nigeria and we should contact them henceforth.

We called the Nigerian embassy again and they told us to send a mail and attach the response we got from Germany to it. This was done on 10th of March, 2022.

On the 15th March, 2022. Approval Mail sent to me.

Dropped documents in person at the consulate on the 16th of March, 2022.

Documents received back today, 31st March, 2022 with my Visa stamped on my passport. Dem grant their mama 6 months!

Note: My A1 expired on the 24th of January, 2022. I prayed they shouldn't request another one and it was answered.

Germany here we come o!

I'm open to questions.

God's speed to others that are still on the waiting list.

Congratulations

[quote author=Nekkyblinkz post=111395361]Please what do I do. I've applied for visa appointment with the German consulate since July last year and I'm yet to get a date for my interview. Please does it take this long. It's 8months now. What can I do please. Anyone?


It takes a year to get a date for your interview.so expect it July this year

EngrOsax:


Had interview Feb 1st and lawyer came for verification march 8th.

Wow..........do you stay in Lagos?

Aminattah:
March 2021 applicants, please has anyone gotten invitation email?

Natin yet oo......march what did you apply?

stellina22:


I applied on the 14th of March ….. pls can we chat? Sent u a mail

Alright

stellina22:


Pls I also applied in March last year and nothing yet too ….

march what did you apply? because I applied 15th of march last year.

toyeebahlim:
Good day. Any March 2021 applicant who has got a date for interview?

I also applied match last year .....and still haven't gotten a date for interview.

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[quote author=Myfavour22 post=110505176]
I applied January 2021 and interviewed Feb this year[/quote

Please I would like to ask..........what kind of question were you asked?

Deborah75:
Visa approval update���

Timeline

Applied: 1 Feb 2020

Appointment mail:4 march 2021

Appointment date:1 April 2021

Lawyer verification: 22 November 2021

Verification complete: 3 January 2022

8 January 2022: city office contacted spouse to submit documents and to open block account

Visa clearance: 25 January 2022

Documents sent: 25 January 2022

Documents received: 31 January 2022

Arrived Germany: 5 Feb 2022

Thank God for Grace ��

Wow congrats......

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