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Biya007:
Please i need help as my appointment date is fast approaching
Please i need help with insurance how to secure travel insurance cover for 30 days?
I please also need help with information below.
I am employed not self employed and I am going for trade fair as visitor for three days event.
Please is the document that I circle in the uploaded document necessary as I am not the owner of the company I work with and certainly to get such documents won't be easy in any way.
Please must I submit that with my documents?

How long did it take you to get an interviewdate please?

Biya007:
Please i need help as my appointment date is fast approaching
Please i need help with insurance how to secure travel insurance cover for 30 days?
I please also need help with information below.
I am employed not self employed and I am going for trade fair as visitor for three days event.
Please is the document that I circle in the uploaded document necessary as I am not the owner of the company I work with and certainly to get such documents won't be easy in any way.
Please must I submit that with my documents?

Have you gotten an interview date now? How long did it take?

OnowakpoEOto:
it's been 5 weeks now, i haven't gotten any appointment email. i hope, i will have it within 2 months

Thanks! I finally got a date

femo86:
Appointment date showed today at 12 midnight Germany Time (11pm Nigeria Time)....

Always check at this tiime. Best of luck

Please has appointments been showing up for anybody? Even as we've entered April, no calendar is coming up for May

What is it like working there as a black person? Is there any discrimination amongst the staff? And what is the work culture like?

I am a Nigerian currently working with a multinational company in China, before i left Nigeria for China 2 weeks ago i needed some information about life/work in China and some other things, i tried searching the web so as to see if i could find at least some information but it was to no avail, I only saw very few post about China on this forum.Having spent 2 weeks here in China, i've decided to open this thread and i hope it helps my fellow Nigerians who are intending to come or are already in China in many ways.
Please let's come together as one for our great country and share our experiences.

Berlin

ayonimofemi:
Congratulations sis. Which city pls.

Visum Alert!

After 2yrs of the journey we've finally received our visa

Book appointment- October 10 2021
Appointment mail- November 14 2022
Visa interview- December 15 2022
Lawyer visit- March 28 2023
Verification completed- July 31st and we were asked to submit new A1 certificate because the previous one expired

A1 certificate submission- October 15 2023
ABH approval- October 26 2023
Approval mail- November 2 2023
Passport was submitted the same day
Passport received- November 10 2023

I pray for good news for everyone still waiting. If your spouse over there can put pressure on them also, it helps a little bit. Send mails regularly even if they don't reply. Thanks to everyone who replied my questions and posted their experiences

We've submitted the A1 certificate for two weeks now and even ABH says the application is approved on their end. Who knows how long before the embassy sends AM?

Thank you very much. We didn't have a preapproval. Hopefully we get an approval mail soon

megaxart:
Both authorities have to give approval. Usually the embassy here approves and forwards your application to the Foreigners' Authority (Ausländerbehörde) and only after the approval of the ABH can the visa be issued. In the case of a pre-approval the foreigners' authority approves the application first but the embassy in Nigeria still has to give it's approval before the visa is issued. The thing is it's typically rare for the rejection to stem from the Nigerian embassy as long as your application was complete and you didn't raise any suspicions of fraud.

Good afternoon everyone, please who exactly approves the visa? is it ABH or the embassy? Also if you want to check if your application has been sent to the Alien Authority in Germany you can send a mail to (zzVISABVA@bva.bund.de) with your full name and Passport number and date of birth. It worked for me

MintyChoccochip:
Hello house! Please has anyone that submitted A1 certificate recently received a response from the embassy. Or how long does it usually take them to respond after the submission?

Congratulations! Finally some good news here

TripleJ03:
Hallo house…… good news visa approved will be back later to share my experience..

Hello house! Please has anyone that submitted A1 certificate recently received a response from the embassy. Or how long does it usually take them to respond after the submission?

Congratulations! The wait is finally over. Our good news will come too

UCEKE:
My visa just arrived at my door step this evening. The struggle is finally over.

Will share everything this night

Thank you, we'll do just that

chidi4eze:
Hello!! I think your husband should reach out to his ABH and ask them. They may have so much work or the person that handles his file is on holiday. Hopefully, the request is on their desk.

Oh okay, thank you. Ours wasn't returned

GraceIsaac09:
Thank you so much. I took his payslips with me but they were returned to me.

Congratulations! Thank you for sharing your experience. Please did you previously submit your husband's payslip during the interview too? We've got verification complete mail for over a week now and stoll no request from ABH. We don't knowif it's because we submitted those things during the interview

GraceIsaac09:
**** Visa approval Update *****

Good day wonderful people of this forum. My FRV update is finally here and I’m sharing to give insight and hope to someone else.


27th August, 2021: Application for FRV


*2022*
5th July - Goethe A1 exam

23rd September - E-Mail confirmation of appointment.

17th October - Visa appointment & interview - all documents confirmed to be okay.

No update, no lawyer, nothing.

*2023*

19th February - My husband sent an email to BVA (Bundesverwaltungsamt) and ABH to find out application status.

22nd February - Called the Embassy and the lady I spoke with confirmed my application was in processing and my husband should get in touch with the ABH in his city.

28th February - Got a response from BVA that my application/documents were in the ABH but the current status of the application could not be confirmed. Only the location of the application was confirmed.

3rd April - My husband sent another email to ABH requesting an update.

11th April - Got a response from ABH that the application was with them, was being reviewed and to be patient.

1st May - Lawyer's verification.

12th June - “Verification completed” email received.

13th June - ABH emailed my husband to send his documents (payslips, employment certificate, employment & housing contracts, proof of payment of rent, health insurance and proof of pension insurance).

28th June - My husband submitted requested documents (via email).

30th June - ABH visa approval received via email.

9th July - Sent an email to German Embassy & ABH forwarding the visa approval email from the ABH; both of us sent separate emails to the Embassy while my husband alone sent to ABH (the email was in German). I also filled the contact form on the Embassy website.
We spammed them as we were already tired of waiting at this point.😅

12th July - Approval email from Embassy requesting for my passport, travel date and travel insurance.

13th July - Submission of passport and travel insurance (got there before 7am but was told submission doesn’t start till 11; had to wait)

19th July - DHL delivered stamped passport


*Key lessons*
* Prayer and patience are very important. This one is self explanatory.

* BE HONEST - both you and your spouse. E get why. Every single document I submitted and claim i made about my identity was verified - from birth, baptism, marriage, education to work. Like someone else has mentioned on this platform, “they will juxtapose your interview with the forms you submit”.

* If you’ll be needing the German A1 language certificate, try to take the exam as close to your estimated appointment date as possible (the wait time is currently about 14 months after your application date. Note that Goethe Institut closes for summer break throughout August) This tip is in case this 1 year plus wait time continues; to avoid taking the exam again as the embassy typically requests certificate not older than 1 year.

* If you’re not sure what a document is/how to fill in some information please just ask on the thread.

* Additionally, always filter information before applying it to your situation.

* Everyone’s case/situation/visa type/application officer(s) is different…using timelines shared on this platform to try to plan how much time yours will take will likely only cause you anxiety.

* Live your life. I know it’ll be hard to, but please apply yourself to your job/trade/engage in activities and hobbies and learning transferrable skills for when you finally get to Germany.




Praying for everyone else in the waiting period…may we be reading your good news soon.🙏🏾

Congratulations! We'llbe waitingto see your timeline

UCEKE:
Good news… I just got a mail to submit my passport. I will share my Journey as soon as I receive my passport.

Yes, it expired March this year

Amadi247:
Why do you have to rewrite A1? Is it expiry issue?

We just received the verification complete mail! But we're asked to submit another A1. Has anyone been able to avoid having to rewrite?

MintyChoccochip:
Wow congratulations. Ours cane in April and we'reyet to hear anything

Wow congratulations. Ours cane in April and we'reyet to hear anything

Babbbbbbbbby:
Mine came in May and I received verification complete on 14th july

Please has anyone else whose lawyer came in March April received verification complete mail? Because I'm not understanding this delay

chidi4eze:
Yes, we have received verification complete mail. However, I am still trying to get in contact with my ABH.

Thanks

Oh okay, thank you. Hopefullywe get a response this week too

chidi4eze:
Last week…

Please when did you get theverification complete nail? Our lawyer came since April butno response yet

chidi4eze:
Yes, we have received verification complete mail. However, I am still trying to get in contact with my ABH.

Thanks

Congratulations! Hopefullywe get ours soon too

Babbbbbbbbby:
I just got my verification complete email

Congratulations! Our goodnews will come too

IAD2020:
Hiyaa people, so we finally got our visas delivered to the Glory of God!
The journey is really not for the faint hearted o. Being patient was very tough but this platform made it easier to bear. I’d like to share my time line cos every time I saw someone’s update here, it gave me hope and uplifted my spirit. So here goes,

August 8th 2022 got pre-approval

August 8th 2022 applied for a date for myself and child

August 9th 2022 got email for Interview

August 26th 2022 Interview date


December 20th 2022 Lawyer came


March 23rd 2023 Embassy sent me an email to provide the verification fee of #150k (this was not collected from me on the day of interview despite providing it)

March 31st I submitted the verification fee


May 2nd I sent them an email that it was over 8 months since our interview and we needed an update, and I also called (we had been calling and sending emails prior to this with no tangible answer or response to our emails)

May 3rd I got an email stating that our verification is complete and they were waiting for the final decision from the alien authority

May 4th my spouse sent an email to the state immigration office to inform them that the verification process has been completed (they had earlier sent him an email that they have our documents but waiting for the verification to be complete)

May 8th my spouse was contacted to provide some documents


June 4th my spouse submitted these documents

June 14th got approval from foreign office

June 15th sent an email to the German embassy to inform them of the approval

June 20th got mail to submit our passports, travel insurance and travel date

June 22nd submitted our passports and travel insurance


July 11th got our passports and other documents delivered.


Over 10 months wait after interview to get our visas, I didn’t see that coming. Super grateful to God it’s over now, packed and ready to go reunite with my boo!

Big thanks to y’all giving information and sharing experiences.

I sincerely wish everyone still waiting, a speedy process and successful application.

It is well o

Sugiejay:
Not yet o. The thing tire me

Have you heard anything from them please? Mine was April too

Sugiejay:
Mine was April

Yet to get verification complete mail

It wasn't given by a head of family

VERASONDUBABE:
Please what happened to the one (affidavit of spinsterhood) she submitted?

Good afternoon everyone, I want to post my mom's family reunion interview transcript because reading from the experiences of others helped us prepare for ours.

Booked appointment: 21/10/2021
Appointment mail: 15/11/2022
Appointment date: 15/12/2022

We got there around 5am, immediately we were accosted by these canvassers saying we'd need to get a pass before queuing at the German embassy and they'll need to check her documents and everything. We already knew this was all a bid to make money but we were confident that our documents were complete so we let them perform the drama they wanted to.

After they realized there was no money to be made, they waved us away without the so called pass. Please remember to bring everything on the checklist and make your photocopies complete unless you want to be a money horse for those canvassers.

At the embassy we were told by the security to hang around till it was 6:30am since her appointment was by 7am. But by 6am, another security arrived and told everyone around to arrange themselves on a line and those without appointment to leave to the park. It was at this point I had to leave my mom and sister to their fate. I warned them about Oga Paulinus and was like whatever he says or shouts, remember to stay calm.

I waited till 12pm at the car park and witnessed a lot of people being taken advantage of because they were not fully prepared. When they finally came out, she told me about their experience. My sister wasn't asked any questions. Oga Paulinus of course flexed muscle a bit when she wasn't fast enough arranging the documents as he asked but she said he wasn't as bad as she expected.

The questions she was asked was similar to the questions on page 130 and she was asked about me since I wasn't a part of the interview. She was asked to bring a new affidavit of spinsterhood and a better proof of residence of her spouse and that was it. Now we await the lawyer for verification.

Thank you so much

Ahmed4002:
LETTER OF CONSENT FOR VISA APPLICATION/TRAVEL OF A MINOR CHILD


I, XXXX 00.08.19** the mother of:

Child full name: ABC

Date of Birth: 00.00.000

Passport Number: A1***


Daughter name has my consent for visa application for family reunion and travel with me (mom name) to reunite with her father (father name) 00.00.19** in City name, Germany.

Please kindly accord my daughter (daughter name) with the necessary help needed.

Kind regards,

Mom name and signature


Adjust it the other way round also for the father

Good morning everyone, please I have a question concerning the application form. What do I do if I don't know date of birth of the applicant? The father has been dead for a while so there's no even any way to find out

Thank you