dpamou:
Our senior colleagues. Where do we find our lawyer from bikonu. This is 6 months and counting waiting for lawyer. Make una help us oh .

Hi, what's the location the lawyer is supposed to do the verification? I mean what state?

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.

FrauPosh:
Children of God a friend of mine with two kids
had her interview in March. Her lawyer visited her two weeks ago. I am so heart broken. 💔💔💔. Na who we offend?

Which state will the lawyer be going to for verification?

Babbbbbbbbby:

Hi, what's the location the lawyer is supposed to do the verification? I mean what state?

Lagos

dpamou:


Lagos

I thought Lagos applicant always had theirs done faster than us living outside Lagos. Well I'm in the South-South, they'll get to you. If I could get mine done since after my interview in October then all those waiting for lawyer will see him soon. Amen

Thank God, this is good news dear it will soon end in praise for all of us. This our journey changes our name to patience, am still waiting for ABH approval since 3months now is well.

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.

If your husband have a blue card, you don’t need the language certificate. Pls does anyone know how long the visa processing takes if the person husband is on student category in Germany. I submitted my documents since 3rd of March 2023

Chessbaby:
I need an information on this, I read somewhere on the consulate website that some one whose spouse has a Blue card and the applying spouse has a University degree that they don't need the language certificate. How true is this and does anyone fall under this category?
Did they insist on the language certificate?

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.

We need to pop champagne. I am so happy for you. Finally! Your story has given me hope and raised my spirit. It will get to our turn in due course. Congratulations sis. Many congratulations. 🎉🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏

Babbbbbbbbby:


Which state will the lawyer be going to for verification?

Edo and Delta state.

Good morning all. I need an affordable hotel near the Embassy to just pass a night for my interview. Any recommendations please

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.

I am super happy to see this. Congratulations Babbbyyyyy. Progress is yours from now.

FrauPosh:


Edo and Delta state.

Not sure but we might get the same lawyer cos, just like he interviewd me I also asked him questions and of cos you know this people will give you diplomatic answers. But he told me that he'd be heading towards that side,he started from the farthest places from Lagos and he'd keep going further untill he finds himself back in Lagos. He even said that in one state he has 16 applicants for verification. So we will all get answers,though it will take time but it will come.

Sugiejay:




I am super happy to see this. Congratulations Babbbyyyyy. Progress is yours from now.

Thank you 😊

FrauPosh:


We need to pop champagne. I am so happy for you. Finally! Your story has given me hope and raised my spirit. It will get to our turn in due course. Congratulations sis. Many congratulations. 🎉🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏

Thanks, yours is coming too.

Amara97:
Good morning all. I need an affordable hotel near the Embassy to just pass a night for my interview. Any recommendations please

There’s Green Manor hotel opposite Mike Adenuga Towers or Glee Hotels, they are both in a walking distance to the embassy or you can take bolt or Uber with less than a thousand naira.
You can book online using booking.com

Babbbbbbbbby:

Thanks, yours is coming too.

Thank you very much Babbbbbbbbby. Your message gives me so much hope. 🙏🙏

Babbbbbbbbby:


Not sure but we might get the same lawyer cos, just like he interviewd me I also asked him questions and of cos you know this people will give you diplomatic answers. But he told me that he'd be heading towards that side,he started from the farthest places from Lagos and he'd keep going further untill he finds himself back in Lagos. He even said that in one state he has 16 applicants for verification. So we will all get answers,though it will take time but it will come.

I'm hopeful. One just has to be positive henceforth. Danke

Please If I get a pre approval from an Ausbildung company or hospital (if possible) will I be able to apply under the skilled workers visa or I still have to go with the normal Au-Pair,Bfd,work and Apprenticeship visa. Is there anyone who knows about this?

I received an email requesting me to submit travel date and health insurance.

How do I submit travel date? By booking a flight?

Please help.

Good evening N/L,
Please someone should help me with format on how to write to ABH, thank you.

KingXXI:
I received an email requesting me to submit travel date and health insurance.

How do I submit travel date? By booking a flight?

Please help.

You do not need to book a flight. Write it in a piece of paper and submit together with the health insurance print out, or in the body of the email if you want to send the health insurance as an attachment via email.

They use it to know what start date to print on the visa.

KingXXI:
I received an email requesting me to submit travel date and health insurance.

How do I submit travel date? By booking a flight?

Please help.

If you are going to submit the travel insurance in person, just take a plain white paper and write your intended travel date on it and attach to the envelope.
If via email. Write the dates the body of the message and attach your travel insurance e.g
Intended travel date: 30/June/2023.
You must give a space of three weeks from the day you would submit to the day you are traveling.
Good luck and congratulations

Hi Everyone,

I had been observing from afar for about 6 months now and just reading comments so that I could know what to expect for my husband's visa process. Here's a timeline of how my husband's visa application process went:

September 2021: Applied for appointment date (he was just my fiance then so you don't have to wait till you're married to book for a date as I read recently)
October 2022: Got interview date
November 2022: Had interview. Interviewer told him that the verification and A1 certificate is not necessary. i think this is because at the time my application to transition from student visa to blue card was still pending and he mentioned to them that I had applied for a blue card. The interviewer told him to bring back older pictures of us LOL, which he also submitted in November.

We didn't hear anything from either embassy or ABH between November and February. I wrote ABH in February to ask for a status update and they said I had to wait for my resident permit to be issued before they can continue with my husband's application. In the meantime, the salary requirement for blue card increased in 2023 and I had to switch from a blue card application to a resident permit for employment purposes.

March 14, 2023: Had interview to change my resident status from student to worker. I was told they will not process my husband's visa until I have physically picked up the permit, which took another 6 weeks.

April 26, 2023: Picked up resident permit

May 4: Got a letter from the ABH that some documents were not properly filled. So I filled them correctly and sent it back that same May 4.

After a week later, I called the embassy and asked for an update since i did not hear anything from the ABH. They said I have to wait and the lady I spoke to wasn't very nice anyway. i sent an email as well after my call asking for an update.

May 16: Got the email to submit passport, travel insurance and travel dates.

May 18: Submitted all documents.

May 26: Got passport back with visa and all documents.

His travel date is not until August since we only had the legal wedding last year, so we plan to do the church wedding before we both leave for Germany. All we had to do was submit travel insurance and ticket itinerary and made sure they matched, and they issued his visa to commence on his exact day of exit from Nigeria.

Gosh the whole anxiety concerning this process is something else, I was the one with the anxiety and my husband was chill the whole time LOL.I pray everyone who is waiting will be granted their visa cause this thing is not easy.

Hallo every one please i want to know if those who applied for family reunion for June 2022 have started receiving appointment date?
Thanks.

Congratulations I pray mine will be next.

dobeespen:
Hi Everyone,

I had been observing from afar for about 6 months now and just reading comments so that I could know what to expect for my husband's visa process. Here's a timeline of how my husband's visa application process went:

September 2021: Applied for appointment date (he was just my fiance then so you don't have to wait till you're married to book for a date as I read recently)
October 2022: Got interview date
November 2022: Had interview. Interviewer told him that the verification and A1 certificate is not necessary. i think this is because at the time my application to transition from student visa to blue card was still pending and he mentioned to them that I had applied for a blue card. The interviewer told him to bring back older pictures of us LOL, which he also submitted in November.

We didn't hear anything from either embassy or ABH between November and February. I wrote ABH in February to ask for a status update and they said I had to wait for my resident permit to be issued before they can continue with my husband's application. In the meantime, the salary requirement for blue card increased in 2023 and I had to switch from a blue card application to a resident permit for employment purposes.

March 14, 2023: Had interview to change my resident status from student to worker. I was told they will not process my husband's visa until I have physically picked up the permit, which took another 6 weeks.

April 26, 2023: Picked up resident permit

May 4: Got a letter from the ABH that some documents were not properly filled. So I filled them correctly and sent it back that same May 4.

After a week later, I called the embassy and asked for an update since i did not hear anything from the ABH. They said I have to wait and the lady I spoke to wasn't very nice anyway. i sent an email as well after my call asking for an update.

May 16: Got the email to submit passport, travel insurance and travel dates.

May 18: Submitted all documents.

May 26: Got passport back with visa and all documents.

His travel date is not until August since we only had the legal wedding last year, so we plan to do the church wedding before we both leave for Germany. All we had to do was submit travel insurance and ticket itinerary and made sure they matched, and they issued his visa to commence on his exact day of exit from Nigeria.

Gosh the whole anxiety concerning this process is something else, I was the one with the anxiety and my husband was chill the whole time LOL.I pray everyone who is waiting will be granted their visa cause this thing is not easy.

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

dobeespen:
Hi Everyone,

I had been observing from afar for about 6 months now and just reading comments so that I could know what to expect for my husband's visa process. Here's a timeline of how my husband's visa application process went:

September 2021: Applied for appointment date (he was just my fiance then so you don't have to wait till you're married to book for a date as I read recently)
October 2022: Got interview date
November 2022: Had interview. Interviewer told him that the verification and A1 certificate is not necessary. i think this is because at the time my application to transition from student visa to blue card was still pending and he mentioned to them that I had applied for a blue card. The interviewer told him to bring back older pictures of us LOL, which he also submitted in November.

We didn't hear anything from either embassy or ABH between November and February. I wrote ABH in February to ask for a status update and they said I had to wait for my resident permit to be issued before they can continue with my husband's application. In the meantime, the salary requirement for blue card increased in 2023 and I had to switch from a blue card application to a resident permit for employment purposes.

March 14, 2023: Had interview to change my resident status from student to worker. I was told they will not process my husband's visa until I have physically picked up the permit, which took another 6 weeks.

April 26, 2023: Picked up resident permit

May 4: Got a letter from the ABH that some documents were not properly filled. So I filled them correctly and sent it back that same May 4.

After a week later, I called the embassy and asked for an update since i did not hear anything from the ABH. They said I have to wait and the lady I spoke to wasn't very nice anyway. i sent an email as well after my call asking for an update.

May 16: Got the email to submit passport, travel insurance and travel dates.

May 18: Submitted all documents.

May 26: Got passport back with visa and all documents.

His travel date is not until August since we only had the legal wedding last year, so we plan to do the church wedding before we both leave for Germany. All we had to do was submit travel insurance and ticket itinerary and made sure they matched, and they issued his visa to commence on his exact day of exit from Nigeria.

Gosh the whole anxiety concerning this process is something else, I was the one with the anxiety and my husband was chill the whole time LOL.I pray everyone who is waiting will be granted their visa cause this thing is not easy.

Congratulations.🎉🎉 Please how did you submit your passport and travel date?

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

I have heard of a lady that went through this. I think it's to confirm the authenticity of the marriage. How long after you met your spouse did you get married ?

Please can i ask how u went about the custody process as a single mother because am about to Start my visa process for my child. How did u get sole custody

VERASONDUBABE:
Congratulations, but why did it take this long? This journey is draining ahh.

Pls how did u go about the process as a Single Mother.
How did u get sole custody?

heybaby12:
It's been a long wait
Applied for date Oct 2020

Got AD October for interview in November 2021

Lawyer went to my parents, hospital I gave birth, primary , secondary, and university Feb 2022

Mail and call from ABH to confirm my identity February 2022

Verification complete mail July 2022 (asking for more documents) did not pay for verification don't know why. I was still a student as of the time of interview.

Dead silence since then

Reconfirmation of Status by ABH March 2023
Approval mail March 2023

Visa on passport April 2023

Arrival in Germany April 2023 as an Unaccompanied minor.

Little background. Single mother family reunion visa.

Moved to Germany as a student and switched to working visa in 2022. As a single mother it's really really difficult as they expect you to bring the tooth of a sleeping white tiger.

Glory be to God for success at the end .

How did u go about the process as a Single mother

Guys please I need assistance with business visa application process.. someone please help..