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fadedayo: hello.

have you sold you other booth now? i am interested.

JewelStone: I wish we can have a separate thread for those who are travelling to Germany on Schengen Visa.

My interview was a smooth sail, like a chat. Got my passport back this week thru FedEx with my visa intact.

I was interviewed by a nice black young man. Lemme try and recap:

VO: good morning madam, "still talking to his colleague and laughing"
Me: good morning
VO: how are you doing? Please pass me your docs
Me:I passed my docs
VO: why are you going to Germany?
Me: going for tourism and fun
VO : what do you do?
Me: I work In .... bank
VO : are you married?
Me : not yet
VO : why? You're very beautiful with a European nose
Me : Aww...Thank you. I'm hoping to do that next year
VO : OK. I can see you're going to Munich and Barcelona, why did choose this cities and what do you plan to do while there?
Me : In Munich I want to visit Allianz arena, one of the castles etc, and then maybe take a trip to Stutgart to visit Mercedes Benz museum. In Barcelona I want to do bla bla bla
VO : cuts in...what is Allianz Arena, is it a castle? And how far is Stutgart from Munich?
Me : laughing....noooo Allianz Arena is Bayern Munich stadium. And Stutgart is less than 3 hrs from Munich
VO : laughing...how did you know the distance between Stutgart and Munich,, you haven't been there before
Me : laughing... Google told me
VO : so basically you're going for tours?
Me : Yes
VO : what's your level and how long have you been working?
Me : told him
VO : you're quite young and you have so much money in your 2 accounts
Me: I have a biz I was doing even b4 I started work...told him abt the biz
VO : so you're still running it
Me: laughing...it's still my biz, altho I have peeps running it for me
VO : you've been to France before, what did you go for and how long did you stay?
Me : told him everything.
VO : where else have you been to?
Me : told him
VO : I can see a PTA stamp on ur passport from Diamond bank in June, why didn't you use ur bank?
Me : I wanted to travel to Dubai but later changed my mind, and Diamond's PTA was cheaper than my bank's rate. He asked me about the different rates and the black market rate and I also told him.
VO : ok. Do you have account with Diamond bank?
Me : Yes. But I didn't come with the statement cos I knew the two I brought will be enough
VO : ok fair enough
VO : did you use any agent?
Me : no
VO : are you sure?
Me: Yes, you can ask me anything
VO : what's ur email?
Me : told him (all my docs had the same email) and he actually confirmed it
VO : do you have anybody in Germany?
Me : no
VO : are you sure?
Me : very sure
VO : ok. Madam, we don't accept online hotel reservations, you need to get written confirmation from the hotels. And also your itinerary shows like you're going directly to Barcelona, without stopping over. Is that what you want?
Me : I'm stopping over in Munich for 4 days. Tried booking multi destinations but couldn't, called Lufthansa and they asked me to come to their office. Was planning to go there from here, to modify it
VO : ok you need to rush there and sort that out. I'll give you a note, you'll drop the modified itinerary at the gate before 2 pm today. Then you call the hotels and ask for confirmation. In case you cant get the confirmations today, I'll give you an email that you can it to by the end of tomorrow.
Me: 2 pm is too close considering Lagos traffic
VO : I'm shutting down by 3pm. Ok 2:15 pm latest. Remember that you must give me the modified itinerary today, hotel confirmations can wait till tomorrow latest. Give me ur visa fees
Me : gave him and he did my biometrics
VO : thank you and have a nice day
Me : thank you too, bye

I basically went with everything in their tourism checklist. I had regular transactions on both my Naira and Dollar accounts, no cash lodgement. I was precise with my answers, was friendly and polite, and my answers corresponded with what I had in my docs.

I dropped the modified itinerary from Lufthansa as well as the confirmation from my Munich hotel cos they responded with speed. I sent my Barcelona hotel confirmation the next day via email.

It was the easiest Visa interview I've ever had, lasted for about 15 mins or less.

If you have genuine reasons for travelling and your informations are coherent, you shouldn't have any issues.

JewelStone: Hi guys,

Please I need a little help. I'm applying for short stay German visa. I'm going for tourism, my interview is next week.

I'm meant to fill an online form called 'Videx', and I'm having challenges with this form. Some options are not highlighting, and it's also asking for bar code. When I tried printing, only the first page came out.

If there's anyone that has experience with this form, kindly help me out.

isha99: A job well done mr gbenga! Please i want to buy a first model peugeot 508 (not the turbo).what will be the landing cost including clearing from cotonou? Thanks and awaiting your response asap.
Thanks

naijacutee: What brands are they? Are they sold with service agreements?