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Hello everyone, please I know this group is for work and family reunion visa but I have a question about Schengen visa. What questions are asked during this interview, if a parent is visiting for the first on grounds of having a new grand baby?

FrauPosh:


How is it going sis? Any word yet? Omor this waiting is real .😰

Hi, have you gotten yours? You’ve been on my mind.

Amara97:
Good evening Everyone.
Please I want to ask a question.
I got a call from the Embassy lawyer regarding my verification but he didn't tell me the actual day he will be coming for the verifications although he said he will let me know when he is coming. I went for interview 31st May 2023.

So my question is; Will he be needing anything like ID or any documents from my parent ( my mother)? So she could prepare herself to avoid mistakes. Thank you

Anyone the lawyer see‘s should have an ID to if he or she is the person.

VERASONDUBABE:
Congratulations dear, it was truly a long wait but thank God it ended in praise, may Deutschland favour you dear.

thank you

Mopricelezz:


Congratulations, may Deutschland favour you and yours.

Amen and thank you.

FrauPosh:
Please has anyone who went for his/her interview in February been visited by their lawyer? Mine is January though.

Not to add to your worry,
i know someone who did on the 5th of January. spouse is a German Citizen, lawyer went for verification 3months after his interview but he is still yet to get his visa and his wife has not t been called by ABH

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 ed the embassy, they replied him saying that the verification center had promised to do the verification as soon as possible and the lawyer should 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 port, 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.port 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…

Sugiejay:


Finally, congratulations Babbbbbbbbby

.Thank-you

Mopricelezz:


The lawyer went to your place of work?

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.

VeeDee22:



Please what questions were your family and friends asked during the verification process? Were they also asked about your past trips outside the country

They were given a form to fill,and asked random questions about me(no one could.give me a specific question) and they lawyer asked for pictures from my baptism,my baby pictures,our family pictures and my pictures from secondary school and luckily I had pictures of myself with those I put in the form. The lawyer also took pictures of them while they were filling the form and also pictures of their ID. The form had lots of question about my education,my work,my husband,where we meet, when i married,any previous marriage and children etc things like that

Everyone finally my visa race is over,I just go my port with my visa. I'd share my timeline soon.

blovesther:
thanks they have given us appointment date but they did not state anything like health insurance or letter of employment as I read on the internet.
They just asked for port and application form and the appointment fee
Please the appointment date is just next week here.
Are these the only thing we are supposed to submit?

what type of visa are you applying for? If its family reunion,check on thier website you'd see all the documents required. It can't be just port,form and visa fee.

blovesther:
please how can we fasten visa processing with letter of employment from a company in ?
We have booked appointment but we have not gotten a date yet

hmmm my dear not to give you wrong info but in my dictionary this German embassy do not understand fast,so I really can't say.

VERASONDUBABE:
The country is too unfair, 10months today after interview and nothing, is well. Thank God man is not God.

Wow 10months,you should get an immigration lawyer if you don't have one,10months is alot.

Optimistirim:


Yes, I have. I and my child had our interview in February and since nothing.

let your spouse call Bundesverwaltungsamt and ask about the status of the visa. I don't really know what to say cos I waited 7months and 2 weeks before my lawyer came for verification,Bundesverwaltungsamt were the only ones answering us.

VERASONDUBABE:
I have not dear, I don't know the status too.

ah that's weird. What about here in Nigeria has your lawyer done verification?

VERASONDUBABE:
Please has your spouse submitted requested documents to the ABH, if yes, please has the ABH returned the original documents.

did you get your documents and what the status of your visa?

Optimistirim:
Absolutely unfair. They won't grant us visitor's visa, yet family reunion visa will take so much time. My marriage is hitting the rock bottom because of the distance. I haven't seen my husband in 1 year and 8 months. Get this, he hasn't met his child in person. He had to wrap up his programme and with his new job he can't just take holiday to come visit.

Hello, have you done your interview?

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 ed 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 ed 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 ed.

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 port, 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

Congratulations 🎊! Please how did you send your expected date of travel?

isArray:
Has anyone tried using an agent to get a closer date for FRV?

Don't let anyone deceive you and chop your money except you want to dash them German embassy doesn't accept agent especially not for FRV. This agents will only help you arrange your documents.

chidi4eze:


Okay, thanks.

Booked: August, 2021
Appointment date: October, 2022.

Me too,i booked on 21st August 2021 did my interview on 13th October 2022. I'm still waiting for my alien office.

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

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

Oracle12:
Heyo!

Giving back. Here is our timeline.

I have the EU Blue Card and reside in Berlin.

Booked for re-union visa appointment 23/03/2022

Wife got an email from the embassy on 24/04/2023 for appointment on 16/05/2023 (verification fee was not asked, although she was with it, she did not bother to ask since we were even praying for that long process to be skipped….lol)

Received a letter from ABH on 15/06/2023, dated 9/06/2023 asking to submit documents (verification was indeed skipped)

I submitted the documents on 03/07/2023. I got a response from ABH on 10/07/2023 that my wife's visa has been approved and it is now on Lagos to issue the visa.

12/07/2023, she got an email to submit her port, travel health insurance and travel date. We submitted all same day and she got her port with visa stamped on 19/07/2023.

I hope it helps and gives someone hope.

Congratulations 🎊

Oracle12:


Calling this a pre-approval is misleading. It is approval. A pre-approval for EU Blue Card for instance is gotten before application (booking for appointment) is started at the embassy in Nigeria

Well you are probably right, but I'm calling it that because the very first email we received from ABH it was addressed as pre-approval and when my spouse also called them during our time of the dead silence from the embassy, they still called it pre-approval. I'm sorry if anyone feels mislead.

FrauPosh:


Oh really! 😅 Thank you so much in anticipation then. I ll patiently wait for it until when your process is complete.

Please this pre-approval of a thing I didn't do it for my own process. I guess my case is different. I didn't start mine from I guess that's the reason why. No pre-approval was sent on my behalf to to the embassy.

No no ,you don't need to worry about that. The embassy will ask ABH. ABH will ask your spouse for some documents and when the required documents meet the requirements,there will send the pre-approval to the embassy.

FrauPosh:


😲 Wow. Good to hear. Congratulations 👏🎉.
Please don't forget to update us with your timeline 👏👏👏👏🎉

I already have it typed on my PC 🤣

chidi4eze:
Hello everyone;

Please, has anyone whose lawyer came in April, May or June received verification complete mail?

Thanks

I just got my verification complete email

chidi4eze:
Hello everyone;

Please, has anyone whose lawyer came in April, May or June received verification complete mail?

Thanks

Not yet, mine was in May

Richykings:
Good evening house, I got a call from the embassy lawyer today, he just called me to say he is the one handling my file, but he didn't give a date when he is coming, My question is
1). Do the lawyers also speak with your reference
2) since he called me without giving me a date he is coming, I hope it's all good
3) what questions do the always ask during the verification, and what form do my parents have to fill
Thanks house I await response

Mine gave me a date,saw me first before seeing others. He'd see your family and references,give them a form to fill and interview them nothing difficult as long as you don't have anything that's false then no need to worry. Yours might want to see others first before seeing you,but you could have asked him too when he was coming.

FrauPosh:


Thanks for your kind words Babbbyyy. Please what is Pre-approval? Your pre-approval was sent before your lawyer visited you? What's that about? Please can you explain?

has to approve your coming before the embassy can give you visa. So after your spouse summits required documents to ABH and they are satisfied with your spouse status, they will send preapproval to the embassy. Its called preapproval because just one party has approved,the embassy has to also approve but even if the embassy approves has to approve too before the whole visa process is complete. Please senior colleagues correct me if am wrong .

onyeka84:
Hi FrauPosh and indeedevery other person who might be able to shed some light on my question.
I am aware that some persons do not have to go through the verification process, while other do. So the question now is: How do they select those that needs to be verified and how do they select those that dont require the verification step.
Thank you in advance :-)

If your spouse is a DAAD schola, a Blue Card holder and if you got married in Deutschland,there will be no verification

FrauPosh:

It's well dear, you'd hear from the lawyer soon. I know exactly how you feel. I'm yet to get verification complete email. As for ABH, when we called them some time in February, my husband was told that the preapproval was sent in January and our case with them and the embassy had been completed and closed but i have seen some people write here that the preapproval is valid for 3months. I dunno what going to happen but just to keep being patient. This process has been emotionally and mentally draining.