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DanNwaGod:
No o. Nothing yet o. Have you received?

DanNwaGod:
Normally, they send invitation on first come first serve basis right?

I want to believe for EU blue card, their spouses don't need the A1 certificate right? Or has it changed?

When did you apply?

Gracias112:
Yes it is Optional

FrauPosh:
I still haven't heard from my lawyer. No verification yet from any lawyer. At this point words fail me. Na look I dey look now.

DanNwaGod:
Normally, they send invitation on first come first serve basis right?

I want to believe for EU blue card, their spouses don't need the A1 certificate right? Or has it changed?

When did you apply?

DanNwaGod:
Hello,

Has anyone who applied in July 2022 been given an appointment?

I applied July 22nd 2022, but no appointment yet.

Martins00:
Here are some tips to significantly reduce the processing time for your visa application:

1. Learn to patiently read and assimilate lengthy texts.
2. Carefully compile and cross-check all the required documents on the checklist that pertains to your application. Remember, no document
is insignificant!
3. The timing of obtaining the A1 certificate could be crucial. You may want to acquire it as late as possible, yet early enough to avoid any
timing issues.
4. Here's a relatively unknown tip: You can initiate the document verification process independently. You can kick-start it while waiting for
your appointment, which currently has a 13-month wait time. This ample waiting period should allow you to have your documents verified
beforehand.

I hope these tips are helpful!

chidi4eze:
My FRV timeline;

Applied: 23.08.2021

First interview date: 14.10.2022

Final interview date (embassy made a mistake in my first appointment and I also gave birth that period so I needed a little time to recover before traveling to Lagos:
21.11.2022

Interview date for infant: 29.12.2022

Mail from embassy to submit A1: 01.02.2023

My husband’s ABH wrote him: 22.02.2023

Approval from my husband’s ABH: 01.03.2023

Submitted my A1 certificate: 26.04.2023

Lawyer verification: 10.05.2023

Lawyer verification complete email: 17.07.2023

Second approval from my husband’s city: 23.08.2023

Send passport email: 25.08.2023

Received stamped passports: 05.09.2023

My child and I landed in Germany: 09.09.2023

Babbbbbbbbby:
MY TIMELINE FOR GERMAN FAMILY REUNION VISA (sorry it late been really busy)
My spouse was a blue card holder who became eligible for permanent residency just before my interview. Before my interview, my husband already submitted his documents to ABH and I got my first pre-approval with hopes that it will make things move faster but it didn’t.
1.Booked on the 21st August 2021.
2.Appointment email came on 16th Sept.2022
3.Interview was for 13th Oct.2022
4.I submitted my A1 result on 14th Dec.2022 (strategically delayed to avoid expiration before visa completion.

Then ,there was a prolonged period of silence for 7 months +. Calls and emails went unanswered. In February we called Bundesverwaltungsamt and we were told that a second pre-approval was sent to the embassy on 5th Jan.2023 and the lawyers verification was the only thing left for my visa to be approved. We were advised to have patience and stop with the frequent calls.

5.We started working with a German immigration lawyer on 11th may 2023 and he contacted the embassy, they replied him saying that the verification center had promised to do the verification as soon as possible and the lawyer should contact them by the first week of July 2023 to know the result of the verification.
6.Lawyer called for verification on 24th May 2023 and he came on 25th May 2023 and he was done by 31th may 2023.
7.Verification complete email sent on 14th July 2023 and it also said they were waiting for final decision from alien office. We called ABH on 17th July but was told the man in charge of our case was not available and they were yet to find someone to replace and handle his work. We emailed our lawyer same day and forwarded the emails sent by the embassy and ABH. He wrote them and was told the approval I got had expired and he also sent an email to ABH asking them to treat as urgent. Urgent efforts were made for an approval to be sent. My spouse wasn’t asked for any document or informed of the approval when it was finally sent.
8.Email to send passport, travel date and travel insurance 15th August 2023
9.I sent documents on 17th August 2023 from Uyo via Dhl and it was delivered on August 21st , 2023 to the embassy.
10.Passport received with visa August 28th , 2023 via Fedex to Uyo

Key Takeaways:
**learned patience,importance of privacy and how to pray more.
** persistent communication through calls and emails is crucial,even if responses aren’t immediate.Someone is seeing your emails.
** Advisable to complete A1 requirements closer to the appointment to avoid expiration before visa completion.
**Lastly we all might be applying for FRV but our cases/situations /Cities/application officers are different.

‘’PS’’: The lawyer asked for old pictures of me in secondary school and in family events when he came. Asked my parent about me;previous marriages if any, children if any, my educational level, how I told them about my spouse etc…

Babbbbbbbbby:
Yes cos i was working and I also gave the embassy a letter from my boss. To the best of my knowledge, you shouldn't be idle because 2years plus is a long time to wait for visa and you'd be asked in the interview why you are idle.

Babbbbbbbbby:
Thanks everyone for your concerns,we are all in this together. I see us as a small family. At exactly 7months after my visa interview, the lawyer called,Since I am in a different city from my parents and where all my school and other documents were to be verified,he saw me first as he also needed to verify with my employer before proceeding to see my parent and also to verify my documents which are in the same state as my parents. I am so happy, atleast one step forward. Now it's to wait for verification complete email then send your passport and travel date email,I can't wait.

Zluky:
I would like to use this medium to thank everybody on the thread. your contributions really helped in making sense out of this long and arduous wait. Below is the time line for our application.

FRV TIMELINE (Principal Applicant on Study Visa)

Application: 09.11.2021
Appointment Date email: 19.11.2021

Sat for A1 exam: 06.12.2022(They did not request for a new one)

Appointment Date: 22.12.2023
ABH requested for documents: 14.03.2023.
Lawyer came for verification: 21.03.2023.
Verification complete: 21.07.2023

ABH requested for documents again: 01.08.2023.

ABH sent decision to embassy: 04.08.2023

Embassy requested for passport, travel insurance and travel date: 10.08.

Submitted passport and other docs on 11.08.

Got documents back 29.08.2023.

Open to questions.

PS: Sent numerous emails but got not even 1 reply.

UCEKE:
Good evening,

Below is my update.

I applied to the Family reunification visa in Nov, 2021.

I received Appointment mail in Dec 2022

Had my interview on the 11th of Jan, 2023.

During the interview I was asked to pay for verification(150,000), which i paid.

I didn’t receive any message from the Embassy but in March 2023, KVR sent a message via post to my spouse requesting for some documents which include 12months house contract, Work permit, payslip, some documents from my spouse place of work and legalized marriage certificate.

We submitted the document on the 15th of March, 2023 and we didn’t hear anything from both KVR and the embassy.

In June 2023, KVR sent a mail to my spouse stating that we are yet to submit the document they requested for and asked us to send it via mail even though we had previously sent it via post but they couldn’t find it.

On the 25th of June, 2023, we sent all the documents via mail and we didn’t hear from them.

I called the embassy to follow up the issue and they told my the i should wait for my lawyer that they assigned a lawyer to me while my spouse kept calling KVR but we couldn’t reach them.

In July 2023 we received another from KVR stating that the legalized marriage certificate we sent was not what they wanted and we should send a legalized marriage certificate.

We became confused because we had our marriage at the federal registry. So because of the request they sent in March, 2023, I took the color photocopy of our marriage certificate to Ministry of Foreign Affairs to legalize it and also took it to a notary public lawyer to notarize it and I then sent it to my spouse but KVR rejected it.

When we received their mail in July 2023, the requested we send the legalized document according to German standard before 1st of August or our Visa will be rejected.

I called and sent a mail to the German embassy in Nigeria and the respond stating that I should tell the KVR that such condition is not applicable to us and that I have paid for verification fee but because we didn’t want to take chances, we contacted an immigration lawyer.

So in July 2023, we reached out to an immigration lawyer and narrated our issue after paying him. We shared all the documents we submitted and also the mail response I received from the Embassy. So he sent a power of Attorney for me to sign and he took over the matter. He contacted KVR and the Embassy in Nigeria. But before then we had already sent the mail from the embassy to KVR with our August house rent.

Note: During this period my language certificate have expired and I had to rewrite in July in case they request for it because I was told during the interview that if it expires, that I will need a valid one before they will stamp my visa. So I had to rewrite it and I passed.

Also, because they KVR insisted that the house contract must be a 12month contract, we had to rent another house to take care of that.

On the 3rd of August, 2023, I received requesting for my spouse resident permit and my lawyer was copied.

I respond on the 4th of August 2023 to their request.

On the 8th of August, I received a mail requesting for my passport, insurance and travel date. Then they also stated that I should come and collect the 150,000 that I paid. Note: my spouse if not a Daad scholar neither did we submit a blue card. They also copied my lawyer.

My lawyer sent a mail to the embassy on the 9th of August, 2023 stating that am not in Lagos and it will be expensive for me to come and collect the 150,000 and demanded that a third party should collect it. Then he attached a power of attorney which the third party will come with to collect the money. The embassy replied and agreed for a third party to come and pick the money upon presentation of an ID with the letter.

I submitted it to DHL of the 9th of August, 2023 and it was delivered to them on the 10th of August, 2023.

On the 15th of August 2023, my cousin went and collected the money on my behalf after presenting the power of Attorney and his ID.

On the 16th of August 2023 by 4:30pm, I received a call from Fedex that I have a package from the German Embassy and it was delivered to my door step.

This is a summery of my Journey.

It was not an easy Journey but am glad it is over.

All road lead to Munich

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.🙏🏾

Sugiejay:
I am also interested o. I thought someone mentioned here before now that there is a whatsapp group for family reunion, I will really like to join

justt:
Thank you for your responses @bamsz and Mopricelezz

We already booked an appointment. We are only trying to get the needed documents ready for her visa application. Yes, she has not been given an appointment date but we are hopeful she will get one soon but since I don't have the RP yet, and possibly may not get it before her appointment date, I thought my visa would suffice for now.

justt:
Hello, we are planning to contact the Embassy for appointment for my wife to submit her visa application. Please is it possible I use my visa in place of Residence Permit? I'm yet to get my Residence Permit, in fact, I have not been given an appointment. In order to save time, I was thinking we could use my visa since it is also a form of residence permit although for temporary period.

Is this possible?

Thank you.

Geekop:
Wawu! Please how much is Ibadan to Ilesa now??
Thanks.

Babbbbbbbbby:
Yes you can. I submitted mine 2months after my interview although I was told that I can submit whenever it was ready. I wasn't given a time frame. But I'd say its better to try and submit before you are asked.

I remember the interviewer saying the only thing standing between me and my visa is my A1 and lots of patience.Now I know what he meant! This whole process has taught me patience

Beress:
250k for Northern states and 180k for other states. Pls can someone in the know tell us if this fee is compulsory for all categories. Aside the visa fee of $75?

Mrsstephanieo:
Yes please but I think there is a timeline for submission

Richystep:
Good day house, please Is there always a second interview after the first visa appointment in the embassy for family reunion visa, were you are required to come again for the second interview at the embassy, this time you have to do it with your spouse's at the same time, you have your own here in Lagos and your spouse have their own interview at the auslaenderbehoerde in their city?? Is this same in some case?? Thanks I await responses

Chimezie198:
please post for E10

Firefox01:
Where episode 9 first?

dipotol:
Visum alert, timeline below

Booked- Feb 8, 2022
Appointment - Feb 17, 2023
Interview - March 14, 2023
ABH sent appointment letter - April 21
ABH appointment- May 2
AM - May 4
Visum delivered today May 12

PS - spouse is a blue card holder and wasn’t required to do verification. Also, reaching out to the embassy helps a lot, via email, not phone cos the woman that picks the call can discourage you. For each of the milestones above, reached out to the embassy a day or two before

FrauPosh:
If you can not cancel and book again,then I think that's what you should do to be on the safer side. You get the affidavit from the court. They have the format. You will state that (quote the two names) is the same person as (quote the three names) as seen on the international passport and all other documents. Just tell the court the issue. They know how to type the affidavit. Then you will have to do this individually for each child . That's is if you are far gone and can't rebook the appointments again.My one cent.

FrauPosh:
I booked with just my name and surname and didn't have any issues with the man at the gate. My passport carries three names. Although I went with an affidavit of reconciliation of names because my some of my certificates carried my first name and surname while others had my first name, surname and third name. I wonder why they didn't create a place for a third name. I ll suggest you just get an affidavit of reconciliation of names stating your three names,that you are one and the same person.

Oby94:
Good morning Landers...

I have come to testify God's mercy.... And tell how it all went..

June 2021... Booked for an appointment (i was pregnant,
Gave birth October 2021….. my baby clocked 2months, i booked for him as well)

July 2022.... We both went for interview...
.
Dead silence.... Until

October 2022... Got a call from the lawyer,

November 2022.... We met the lawyer...(he had already gone to the north to verify my primary and secondary school).. cos i was born and bred in KD State, then relocated to Onitsha...
( sometimes, Northern verifications is another factor for delay, some lawyers are scared to travel to the north for an applicants sake)
.
Silence again
.
February 2023.... Verification complete mail was sent...

March 23th 2023.... Embassy requested for our passports, travel insurance and date... Which we sent immediately..

April 3 2023.... Our documents arrived with stamped Visas

April 26... We left Nigeria and landed in Frankfurt 27th April 2023..


I must confess, this group helped me mentally, when i got to know i wasn't waiting alone, there was some sort of relief 😮‍💨....
May we all get what we've been waiting for, IJN AMEN 🙏🙏🙏

Rammycares:
Saxe is gone.

Dru should be next, he is just so annoying.