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TravelRe: General-german-student-visa-enquiries Part 8 by vffur45: 9:35pm On Sep 10, 2025
younging99:
Hello, please I heard you don’t need complete documents to request for visa appointment at the German embassy. Please how can I go about it
When you did your research, what was the outcome? Where did you search also?
TravelRe: General-german-student-visa-enquiries Part 8 by vffur45: 6:02pm On Sep 05, 2025
pineapplejuice:
That's what I mean, to enter germany before the start of the full insurance, I would need a separate insurance plan, such as the mawista visum plan to cover the time before the full insurance starts. Aka incoming insurance.

I can't enter gwrmany the same day my classes start, and you cant put an insurance start date that isn't October 1st. Which is when my classes start.
Don't worry about the gymnastics and maneuvering, your visa date will never start before your so called full insurance start date, so there's no need to anticipate buying an insurance to cover before your "full insurance" kicks in. One could also buy a comprehensive Mawista health insurance that covers for health and travel at oncento prevent further request for incoming health insurance.

Also, incoming insurance is travel insurance which is demanded because your kind of health insurance plan isn't sufficient to cover travel insurance. Travel insurance doesn't mean you're allowed to enter Germany, it only means you're allowed to board a plane headed to Germany as a non-EU resident.
TravelRe: General-german-student-visa-enquiries Part 8 by vffur45: 5:38pm On Sep 05, 2025
pineapplejuice:
I haven't registered, I have the link for the application without an account, my question as about travel insurance.
Tye mawista student starts only on the first of october, assuming i want to enter germany before then I'll need a different insurance no? The mawista visum one, but in the application I don't see the option to pay later, and if my full student insurance will start like a week later, I don't want to pay the full amount.

That's why I'm thinking of using Dr Walter, if anyone has experience with them too.
The embassy will not issue you a visa with a start date before your insurance start date. You can't travel before your visa start date, because your visa hasn't kicked in, and also, your insurance date isn't due.

I don't know if you have interviewed yet or gotten your visa but the embassy declined visas because of date discrepancies like sstudy start date not corresponding with insurance start date.

Also, if you get into Germany even on the 31st of the month, you will pay the full amount for health insurance for that month because insurance is charged per month not per day.
TravelRe: General-german-student-visa-enquiries Part 8 by vffur45: 5:33pm On Sep 05, 2025
gosarumese:
Can I use the health insurance throughout my study period? I want to know, maybe I should go on to cancel my MAWISTA insurance. And Can I send this one to TK to send my insurance confirmation to my school?

Also, I want to know, will the embassy ask me the source of the funds in the blocked account?

Please, y'all kindly inform me about this.
The embassy rejects TK insurance for those under 30 whether it was issued by Expatrio or not, you will be asked for a comprehensive insurance after your interview, that's if you're getting an approval.

Mawista Student Classic Plus covers semester enrolment, health insurance throughout your stay in Germany and travel insurance into Germany, so the embassy accepts this.

Get Mawista Student Classic Plus whether you're under 30 or not. If over 30, submit it via email to TK and ask that they send your school a statutory exemption on your behalf. Use Mawista for enrolment, and take the it along to your interview and avoid unnecessary delays that may slow down the visa decision.
TravelRe: General-german-student-visa-enquiries Part 8 by vffur45: 5:25pm On Sep 05, 2025
chikajulietleo:
Hello Everyone, Gooday. Please I have a very important question. I had plans to be in Germany by October 2025 as my school resumes 1stw week October. But I had delays with appointment date and all. But as it is, I will definitely go for my visa appointment next month or November latest and by then school has resumed before I get my visa (by the grace of God). I plan to call my school next week to defer my admission so I can resume October 2026 due to some circumstances I can comfortably resume October next year and not earlier than October 2026. My question now is if I go for my interview in November and drop my passport, will my visa start to read based on the date I choose to arrive Germany (which I will choose September 2026 for arrival). Will this be an issue as this is a year from now? Please if you know the answer help me. Thank you..
If you plan to defer your admission after your interview or after you've gotten your visa, you have to go back to the embassy for reissuance if you don't travel within 90 days, and I want you to imagine how that conversation would go and if they'll grant you approval afterwards. Short answer, no, they'll rescind their decision.

If you defer your admission before your interview and attend the interview with a letter of deferment, your chances of getting approval is very unlikely because you just rendered your current admission letter invalid and it could take months, up to Feb/March 2026 (beginning of SoSe) for you to get an updated admission letter. If you defer for 2 semesters (up to Aug/Sept for WiSe), that's an outright rejection because your admission letter is outdated, also they won't hold your passport for a year, and won't give you a visa when it's not time for you to travel according to your invalid documents anyways.

You need a current admission letter for the incoming semester you hope to resume into, which means, either ways, you're getting a visa denial for showing up to the embassy with a deferral.

In a nutshell, if you defer your admission before your AD, cancel your visa appointment, reapply on the new portal and wait for 1 year plus more, because your admission letter would be invalid if you approach them for the interview with that. If you don't defer and you don't travel when you're issued an approval, you may never get another German visa from any country again.
TravelRe: General-german-student-visa-enquiries Part 8 by vffur45: 11:42pm On Sep 03, 2025
gosarumese:
For clarity, do you mean the primary school testimonial was from your school?

I had my primary school certificate from my primary school. It was not issued by a public school. I attended a private school.

Although, I have a school leaving testimonial from my school (private) that states I had studied from JSS to SSS.
Same as mine, I attended a private school, never went to a public school hence my not writing the FSL exam. You have your documents complete, if you want to acquire more, it's up to you.
TravelRe: General-german-student-visa-enquiries Part 8 by vffur45: 7:08pm On Sep 03, 2025
gosarumese:
Hello everyone,

I need answer to this. Please.

I do not have BECE, I have a statement of result from my junior secondary school. "Junior School Certificate Examination". and the primary school certificate I have is from my primary school. These were the documents amongst others that I submitted for my admission.

I want to know. Will the embassy accept it?

Note: I wrote Junior WAEC in 2009.
I didn't write FSL exam and don't have any certificate from JS3, what I had for my interview was primary school testimonial and my senior waec, the embassy accepted them.
TravelRe: General-german-student-visa-enquiries Part 8 by vffur45: 10:30am On Aug 31, 2025
MrAAA2:
All study visas often clearly state the name of the school. It is read as "this visa is valid for study at the XYZ University, München".

Let's stop this hypothetical questions, and do the right thing. You can do whatever you want later if needed. Keep a straightforward application and arrival.
You can't say all and often in the same sentence, the usage is contradictory to your statement. Therefore your information is wrong.

That said, stop spreading false information. Only a handful of visas specify these info. Of course if you're going for a PhD, you're tied to that school and that program, if you're on a scholarship, you're tied to that school and the program. Some study visas mention just the program and degree type only, while MAJORITY of students visa issued at the Embassy in Lagos says nothing about your program or school. It just states it's a valid study visa which allows employment according to 16(b).

Maybe yours did depending on your visa application category but kindly confirm the information you disseminate before it becomes deliberate misinformation.
TravelRe: General-german-student-visa-enquiries Part 8 by vffur45: 10:24am On Aug 31, 2025
Fwonder123:
Do they asked for other documents apart from the admission letter,like your school certificate, insurance, enrollment letter and so on at Germany airport
No, only if you give them a reason to ask. Carry along those documents just incase. Most don't ask for what you mentioned just your visa and admission letter and sometimes your enrolment certificate.
TravelRe: General-german-student-visa-enquiries Part 8 by vffur45: 9:09pm On Aug 26, 2025
Tweesky:
Hello, I have been trying to apply for MSc, I noticed I can’t apply for accounting which is my Bsc. because I have to learn in German then my grade credit score for some core subjects like economics related is low because I didn’t do much of economics in uni. I need help to know relating courses that I can apply for which It wont require economics, mathematics and statistics.
Go on daad.de and filter with the requirements you have, there are a million schools that don't require German for Accounting
TravelRe: General-german-student-visa-enquiries Part 8 by vffur45: 3:11pm On Aug 23, 2025
https://www.mawista.com/en/online-application-without-a-bank-account/

Joesno:
You mean you submitted your health insurance when you went for interview?

Wch health insurance did you use? And did you make payment prior?

I'm trying to register with Mawista but it's requesting for credit card details whc I don't have.
TravelRe: General-german-student-visa-enquiries Part 8 by vffur45: 6:02pm On Jul 11, 2025
kinzzy55:
Please for my own case, both my parents are dead , they died when I was little, so my uncle did the NPC birth certificate for me in 2016 , and I was above 18 then, but my uncle died in 2021, so the problem I have now the ID I will present to the embassy since my uncle is no more?
Your NPC birth certificate was gotten/registered after you turned 18, so you need affidavit for declaration of age by another head of your family. It's what the embassy stated, as it is on the checklist for student visa.

You have to get an age declaration, and whoever deposed that affidavit should give you their ID showing their signature for you to take along to the embassy.

So what you're going with to your interview is:
1. Death certificate of one of your parents
2. NPC birth certificate from 2016
3. Affidavit for age declaration sworn by the now acting head of your family (they can get this done for you using their government issued ID including NIN or voters card. They have to be at least 7 years older than you) to depose your affidavit as required by the high court of justice.
4. ID card of whoever deposed/swore/signed your affidavit which could be a work ID provided it has their signature on it.
TravelRe: General-german-student-visa-enquiries Part 8 by vffur45: 4:53pm On Jul 11, 2025
gosarumese:
Actually, I don't have it..

On the website, it says. 👇👇👇

b) for births after December 13, 1992

(i) NPC birth certificate if the birth was registered before the age of 18

otherwise/or

(ii) certified copy of the local birth register extract based on the first registration and affidavit* (“Declaration of Age”) of one parent or the head of the family if both parents are deceased (please hand in the death certificates) AND copy of an identity document showing the signature of the person making the affidavit makes an affidavit.


In this case, I was born after 1992, I want to know which one will I do. I dont have the NPC birth certificate.
You were born after 1992, you don't have birth certificate.

Step 1: Go to the high court in your location with either of your parents or the head of your family so they can get you a sworn declaration of age.

Step 2: Go with the declaration of age to the nearest NPC office and obtain a new birth certificate.

In a nutshell, whether or not you successfully get a new birth certificate, since you don't have an original birth certificate, regardless of when you were born, you must show up to the embassy with a declaration of age and a copy of the deponent's ID for signature confirmation.

Even if you have the original birth certificate, if your birth was not registered before you turned18, you must show up to the embassy with a declaration of age.

I don't know how else to explain it to you, if you don't understand at this point, someone else would hopefully pickup where I left off. If you show up to the embassy without an NPC birth certificate and no declaration of age, you're responsible for whatever their decision will be.
TravelRe: General-german-student-visa-enquiries Part 8 by vffur45: 4:18pm On Jul 11, 2025
gosarumese:
Thank you. How do I get the certified copy of the local birth register?


I am asking because according to the visa application website, I have to the submit the certified copy of local birth register with affidavit.
You don't have to certify it anymore, take the original birth certificate as it is to the embassy.
TravelRe: General-german-student-visa-enquiries Part 8 by vffur45: 3:20pm On Jul 11, 2025
Lizzypleroma:
Hello house
Can anyone who has gone through this interview process please tell me what they were asked? Mine is in a few weeks and I don’t know what to expect. Someone said they asked for the name of the Germany’s president. Any input you have will be highly appreciated.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YSUhmSWfUXU4pPUmIYvVrOa7OMnyD1u-wpin-y5KaK4/edit?usp=sharing
TravelRe: General-german-student-visa-enquiries Part 8 by vffur45: 3:02pm On Jul 11, 2025
Petit08:
Please we the embassy accept local birth certificate without affidavit because the issues of this affidavit is an issues
If you were born before December 13, 1992, the embassy requires age declaration, and birth attestation from NPC, plus your original birth certificate if available.

If you were born after December 13, 1992, the embassy accepts NPC birth certificate, if you were registered before age 18, otherwise, age declaration and your original birth certificate.

You must go to the embassy with your affidavit:
1. If you were born before December 13,1992.
2. If you were born after 1992 and your birth wasn't registered before age 18.
TravelRe: General-german-student-visa-enquiries Part 8 by vffur45: 11:46am On Jul 11, 2025
gosarumese:
Please, kindly explain, I am not clear.

Based on the website, 👇👇👇


certified copy of the local birth register extract based on the first registration

and

affidavit* (“Declaration of Age”) of one parent or the head of the family if both parents are deceased (please hand in the death certificates)
AND copy of an identity document showing the signature of the person making the affidavit makes an affidavit.


In my case, both my parent are no more, can my older brother make the affidavit for me as the head of the family?

also, how can I get "certified copy of the local birth register extract based on the first registration"?
Your older brother can depose your affidavit if he's 7 years or more older than you, as requested by the high court, but you can take a chance and give it a try if he's not up to 7 years older.

Also, it means you'll take his valid ID along with you to the embassy to verify the signature on your affidavit, plus the death certificate of any of your parents since they've passed on.

Certified copy of the local birth register simply means your original birth certificate as it was given to you/your parents (without notarization or any tampering of such). Just your birth certificate, that's all. Note that some people don't have birth certificates so they go to their visa interview with age declaration and attestation letter or birth certificate (depending on your birth date) issued by the NPC.
TravelRe: General-german-student-visa-enquiries Part 8 by vffur45: 11:43am On Jul 11, 2025
Chi123456:
Please i have a question , when filling up the form in the portal.
can i use family as my reference ?
(note: my family is one giving me SL)
No, the educational establishment that offered you admission would be the reference on your visa/videx form
TravelRe: General-german-student-visa-enquiries Part 8 by vffur45: 11:42am On Jul 11, 2025
Optim56:
What's SL, I've been seeing it around
Sponsorship Letter requested as proof of funds by the embassy which works in place of a Blocked Account
TravelRe: General-german-student-visa-enquiries Part 8 by vffur45: 11:40am On Jul 11, 2025
gosarumese:
Hello everyone,

I want to know, I made a mistake typing my average grade point on my university portal. instead of 3.79, I typed 3.9. I was admitted anyways, I just noticed it when I accessed the enrolment page. I want to know, is it right I call the university attention to it or I should move on because they admitted me already and I accepted the admission.
You have to correct it. If the discrepancy is noticed during your enrolment or midway through your program, they can expel you for result falsification, given that your CGPA plays a huge role in admission offers. Even if they discover at the end or 2 years after you're done, they can withdraw your certificate and take legal action against you.

gosarumese:
Also, my program of study will be taught in English, and the visa application website on the Proof of the language skills in the language of instruction section, the instruction there is "if not confirmed by the university in the admittance notification" and I was admitted using an English proficiency letter from my previous studies which was accepted. Please, I am requesting, is it possible I write to get a letter from the university to indicate that the document I submitted was sufficient enough because indeed the university finds it sufficient that is why I was admitted. for me to show a confirmation to the embassy on the day of my interview, although my program is completely taught in the English language.
It should be written on your admission letter that your program is entirely English-taught. If it isn't, please contact your admission office informing them that the language of instruction wasn't stated on your admission letter as required by the Embassy. Request a letter specifying that your program which you've been admitted to for the incoming semester, is entirely English-taught and that you have fulfilled the language requirements with your English Proficiency Letter.
TravelRe: General-german-student-visa-enquiries Part 8 by vffur45: 8:33am On Jul 11, 2025
Petit08:
.so, invariably I will need my father's international passport when coming for an interview as my deponent and the affidavit must have letter head not the normal A4?
God have mercy ooooo.
Yes to your questions. For your deponent's ID, it could be any ID card, even a work ID, insofar as their signature is on it.
TravelRe: General-german-student-visa-enquiries Part 8 by vffur45: 12:13am On Jul 11, 2025
Petit08:
My father and I are not in the same state. Please must the affidavit have a letter head paper of d high court before being accepted by the embassy because am hearing letter head paper for affidavit for the first time.
Yes, in 2025, your affidavit must come from a high court with it's new letterhead. The old version typed out on an A4 would be rejected. Either of your parents or the head of your family would go along with you with a government issued ID card (NIN, voters card also acceptable) to get it done.

Whoever signs your affidavit is whose details you would go with to the embassy for your interview.

If one of your parents deposed your declaration of age, you'll bring an ID containing the deponent's signature along with you to the visa interview.

Or

If your declaration of age was sworn by anyone who stands as the head of your family, you'll attend the visa interview with an ID showing their signature, AND (1) death certificate or (2) letter of illiteracy from one of your parents.

Someone has to depose your declaration of age at a high court, and it can't be you.
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TravelRe: General-german-student-visa-enquiries Part 8 by vffur45: 1:03pm On Jul 10, 2025
Petit08:
Thanks for the information. Please how do I go about the Grey App, and what are d requirements for me to download it, and can I download it on play store?
Check Google and YouTube, your answer to these questions are there.

Meanwhile, go to your bank and ask for the process of opening a Euro domiciliary account, and open it immediately, for your own personal needs.
TravelRe: General-german-student-visa-enquiries Part 8 by vffur45: 1:00pm On Jul 10, 2025
Petit08:
Okay, thanks for the clarification. Please I have an affidavit for declaration of age signed by my father but it was last year the date carry because I was thinking then that my AD will come, I hope I can still use it at the embassy this year.
Is it on the new high court letter head? If no, please go along with your father and do another one at the high court closest to you
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