German Student Visa Rejection
I see students saying that German embassy has gone messy and they are rejecting so many applications. Consider this scenario (Example) Till last year , embassy was giving about 50 visa’s for winter semester and the number of applicants were about 70. It means that only 20 cases got rejected in winter semester. Since this group had not many students last year , not many people shared their actually accept/reject ratio here. Other European countries have implemented fee’s while germany has kept the fee’s the same or have removed it completely. An international student has to pay the same money as a local student pays in the university for education. Here they say. “Education is free for all, no matter where they come from”. All the load from Finland/Sweden where most of the Pakistani students were going , had shifted to germany. So if for the same 50 visa’s there are 500 applicants, You can easily think of the ratio of acceptance and rejection. In issuing the student visa , Only the embassy is not involved but the local authorities and states are involved too. They check for their requirements , how many people can be accommodated/transport facilities etc. and so on. I remember last year , when there were so many new students coming. Accommodation was a real problem , keep international students aside , many local students had to sleep in churches for about two weeks because they just couldn’t find any room to live. The average cost of living per Sqm had increased from 200 avg to 290 euro avg (Darmstadt). Furthermore , the students are not only coming from pakistan , but from india etc too. Than there are the local students and than there are these Huge number of Erasmus exchange students. I see some students are commenting that visa refusal is due to Nato problem etc , some debate that its due to the illegal immigrants. My friend from Bangladesh tells me that from last three months , German embassy in dhaka has not issued even a interview date to the applicants , keep the issuance of visa aside. As the number of applicants increase , the processing time would def. increase with it. Even when you come to germany , the Electronic Residence permit take about 4-7 weeks to arrive.
Now we cannot do anything about how long will they take to process the visa? what we can do from our side is that to apply to the university at the earlier. Say you want to join in September. You must send your application at the end of december or in january. You will get admission letter by post in feb or say in march. You can open bank account and apply for visa in april and you will have enough time even if they take months to process it. I would also like to say that offcourse its very annoying that if everything is complete and still the visa is rejected , it makes no sense. But than again , its their home , its upto them who they let in and who they dont. The only choice we have is that can appeal against it. Using bad language here for them or the people who are already in germany legal/illegal is not going to help anyone. Raising such issues on this forum is beyond the scope of this group. I and many others like me had joined this forum to help students about study and general life questions which you may have for studying in germany. During my application and the rest of others already in germany , we had no such help from other people , no guidance. Last but not the least , i wish everyone get the visa and they come to germany for study but if they dont , we are muslims and i believe that Allah has choosen the best for us and Germany is not the end of the world!.
what does this local authority body name in germany ,our documents approved by them.
Stadt’s Auslanderbehorde?
I have no idea i was asking you.
There are many: Auslanderbehorde in the city you wish to goto , federal foreign office , interior office , etc
Dear admin,
I hope you are doing great,
I have one problem that need suggestion from admin. I have applied my student visa since the beginning of August and I have not received any information at all till now. I contacted embassy, but they said that they are still waiting further notice from Germany, Then, I sent an email to foreign office where my university located, but they replied that “I should contact embassy in my country”. so does it means that my visa has been rejected? and at the same time, studentenwerk offered me a room where I must confirm this offer (and sign the contract) by the end of this month. so do you think I should sign it or not if I don’t even know whether I will receive my visa or not?
Thank so so much.
LH.
Dear LH,
due to the involvement of many agencies / offices in the visa decision process , Generally they cannot tell you the status.
Did you email the auslanderbehorde of of the town your university is in ?
Or did you email the federal foreign office of germany?
Try both. and no it doesnt mean your visa is rejected
Cheers
Dear admin,
Thank you very much for your answer, I did emailed the auslanderbehorde of the town that my university is in. But, well i think the only thing that I could do now is to wait and hope for the best since my enrollment period will be from 1 – 15 October. I really hope that they can fasten the visa process.
Again, thank you very much admin, your website really provided me a lot of useful information.
Best,
LH
No worries ,
We are always happy to help. The govt. offices like any other country are sometimes not very efficient. it may take them to process it pretty fast , sometimes it gets stuck in the middle.
I hope you hear a positive outcome soon so that you can join your intended course.
Best of luck.
Regards
Admin
Hey Admin,
I would really appreciate if you can explain me this whole confusion.
I have applied for student visa on 4th August 2015. I will be studying at IUBH bad Honnef for Master course. On the 15th September I tried to contact foreign office via Email – She informed me that decision regarding my visa application has been already sent to Embassy on 7th September. So you should contact to Embassy. I contacted Embassy and every week they reply We still don’t have clearance from Foreign office. So i decided to call foreign office regarding this issue and they checked in system and said we made approval for you on 7th September and it even shows Embassy rejected you on 9th September itself!!!. Then why Embassy keeps on saying its under process even when they know they made decision?
and help regarding this issue is highly appreciated.
Best Regards
Greetings Nicks,
Sorry to hear about that. It seems that embassy is your final talk point, there isnt much you can do right now but to wait for their decision. If they do reject you , i guess you should ask them for the specific points why your application was rejected. Rectify it and apply again.
Cheers
Admin
Hey Nicks,
Even I have applied in IUBH University Berlin Campus and I have not received my visa yet currently what is your next step that you are going to take ?
Hi Nicks,
I am also facing a similar problem. Has there been any development in your case? Has the embassy replied?
its a refusal for me.. what actually embassy tell you when you call them for status? and which embassy by the way? mine was mumbai !
Hi,
The embassy said they haven’t received authorization from German authorities. What did they say was the reason for your refusal? Mine is in Kenya.
FOR WHICH PROGRAM YOU APPLIED AND YOUR UNIVERSITY……..?
Umm I think in this case best advice is to contact foreign office in which your university belongs !! They would give you perfect reply or you may even ask your university to check out with foreign office … And my reason was that they don’t trust that I actually wanna go for study just because I admitted that I have a German girlfriend !! Soo stupid !! As if it’s a sin to have a German girlfriend ..!!
Dear Admin,
I am from Kolkata in India and I had my visa interview on 13th of August it has been more than 4 weeks as it is the 30th of September today and whenever I call the Kolkata German Consulate they inform me that they are yet to receive an approval from Germany.
I will be studying in IUBH University (BERLIN) Campus, I visited the Kolkata German Embassy today and they told me that your visa application had been sent to Bad Honnef first and they have shifted the application from (Bad Honnef) to (Berlin) on the 10th of September and their system is yet to receive an approval from Germany.
On 11th of September the Kolkata German embassy asked me to submit a document which states that your course starts from 1st October so I submitted an official IUBH document which I received from the university that states that my course starts from 1st October and the last date of entry in 26th October.
My first semester tuition fees, accommodation fees and blocked account are all paid for.
I would kindly request you to give me some helpful advice as to what should be my next step of action to obtain my Visa ??
Hoping to receive a reply from your side soon.
Kind Regards.
I think there isnt much you could do. Due to the extreme large amount of Refugee’s applications , other applications have been overloaded as they have to be approved in berlin. Just keep asking the embassy in a while about the visa status.
Regards
Admin
Dear Admin,
I hope you are doing good I really need your help.
Even I am from India and even I have applied in IUBH UNIVERSITY BERLIN CAMPUS and in my case my application was sent to bad Honnef first since the main headquarters of the university is in bad Honnef but the application should have been sent to The Berlin immigration office by the Kolkata German consulate so even my application was shifted from bad Honnef to Berlin on the 9th of September.
So my university has said once the application reaches Berlin a countdown period which is known as “Verschweigefrist” known as the period of silence starts from that date that is the 9th of September starts. If the immigration office has received the application they will stay silent for 3 weeks and 1 day and if the Kolkata embassy doesn’t hear anything from the immigration office in Berlin for 3 weeks and 1 day it is a sign for them to issue the visa.
Even I have an extension till 28th of October do they generally keep this in mind and slow your visa process ?
Could you please let me know what are my chances of getting my visa ?
What should I do next to get my visa ?
Urgently need your advice and help so that I can follow what you advice me ?
Thank you,
Niharika
Is the “Verschweigefrist statement true in my case ?
Hi sir
My qualification is MSc in computer science and want to study in Germany
Sir my question is that i must need for the ielts for applying visa or without ielts i can apply?
Hi ,
You need IELTS 6 bands for your visa , if your course is going to be in englisch.
Regards
Admin
Some university give the admission. If any one have certificate that the previous study in english. In this case during visa time english prof. Certificate is required or the certificate given by the university is also allowed or not
Dear Admin,
I appeared in the visa interview in Chennai consulate. While submitting the documents, I have given the blocked account opening form instead of confirmation of blocked amount from DB.But it is stated in the Confirmation form that a copy of that will be forwarded to the Embassy.
Will that create any problem.???
Dear sir,
I applied for Schiller university in Heidelberg.
I have been selected in the university and all my tution fees and accommodation have been paid. I applied for my visa on 19th august and was called for an interview on 27th August. Its going to be 3 months since I’ve applied and I still didn’t get my decision from them. Can you please tell me something which I can do?
I’ve been asking them in every 2 weeks, everytime they say the decision is still pending. I missed my 3 session my next session in on January 8th.
Dear Sameer Khan ,
Due to the current refugee situation in Germany , all of the visa processing has been delayed even for people living in Germany there is delay of about 1-2 months for residence permit processing.
I would suggest you to send an email to the auslanderbehorde of Heidelberg , give your date of birth / name etc and see if they have any information about it
Best of luck.
Admin
Dear Sir,
I had already mailed them but I didn’t get a reply. Sir till what time I can expect my visa?
Thanks and regards
Sameer khan
Hello ,
as i said , there are huge waiting time. There is nothing once can do other then wait!!
hello!! i am in the same situation did you receive any news of your visa yet??
Hey bro,
Same prob I’m facing right now !! I had applied for Schiller University . Had submitted my visa application on 14th September but still I didn’t get any response from them even i did tried many ways to contact them but unfortunately didn’t got any response !! So let me know what you have decided ? Did you got any another way ?
Bro I am in touch with them every week. Call me here to talk.
hello!! i am in the same situation did you receive any news of your visa yet??
I’m in the same situation too. I’m dealing with kiel. The last registration day in kiel is 4th April, I planned to travel on 23rd March. Im wondering if it will be a problem if my visa decision is made after my planned travel date.
Did you get your visa and were you able to start your school on time? when did you apply and to which city?
hello admin
i applied for German applicant visa from Malaysia it has been 8 months but i didn’t get any response they just saying its still in process what should i do ? i did contacted migration office at Berlin they are not replying me too . what you think can i get visa after the long time ?
hello admin
i applied for German applicant visa from Malaysia but it has been more than 8 month but i didn’t get any response from embassy yet whenever i contact them they just say its still in process and i tried to contact migration office at Berlin but they are not replying my mail.Don’t know what should i do after this long time i waited . is it possible for student visa to take this much long for the process time . can i get visa after this long time or no?
thank you
hello admin
i applied for German applicant visa from Malaysia but it has been more than 8 month but i didn’t get any response from embassy yet whenever i contact them they just say its still in process and i tried to contact migration office at Berlin but they are not replying my mail.Don’t know what should i do after this long time i waited . is it possible for student visa to take this much long for the process time . can i get visa after this long time or no?
thank you
waiting for you kind response
Hey ,
That’s a long time. Ask them in writing , also contact Berlin again. Sadly there is hardly anything you do. Furthermore , due to refugee’s there is a huge processing time going on.
Regards
admin
dear admin
thank you . what do you think how long it will take again for process because before I waited nine months?
thank you
waiting for yur response
Hi
I also applied for student visa in Malaysia 5 weeks ago!
My course is starting soon and whenever I email the embassy I get similar answer like yours.!
Are you Malaysian ?
Have you heard from the embassy yet ?
Thankd
Dear admin,
I have received admission letter for Studienkolleg From Karlsruhe institute of technology .Now Im seeking for Termin but available Termin is for March which is too late .Uni asked me participate in aufnahmetest which will be held on 02 feb.I requested them and told them my entire problem.They are giving me Extension for one month only which is not approachable. please tell me what to do
Sorry. Thats hardly anything you can do. Just plan things before hand. Visa processing is very slow these days.
I had my visa interview today at the Mumbai Consulate for the student visa.
When they asked me about my backlogs(I had 1 backlog during 4th semester), I replied “No” as it is nowhere mentioned in my marksheets, but when the same question was there in the questionnaire I mentioned there the correct fact and later on informed the VO about the same too. “I recollect having a backlog but in which semester exactly I am not sure”.
So my question is, will this affect my visa decision in any sense ?
Hey i have applied for german language visa on the 17th of dec and taday is 6 feb 2016 and i still didn’t get any reply from the embassy so what should i do? How much more time the embassy will take? I have issued a new admission letter that is of 1st march..earlier it was for 1 of feb but because there is no reply from the embassy i have to reissue my admission letter for 1st march? Please can you tell me what should i do now?
Thanks ankit
Hello,
Due to refugee crisis , there is a huge backlog going on. Even for people in Germany , there is a waiting time for 3 months for the extension of the visa.
After some time , if you feel it’s taking longer , try to talk to the german embassy!.
Hey
One last question?
I have just received a mail from the german Embasy new delhi
That’ we have sent a letter through post’
What could be there in the letter? Is my visa rejected or approved? I am scared a lot…can you please help me?
It means rejection or approval?
A sincere reply would be appreciated..
Thanks :)
To be honest enough .. I think it’s a rejection because in case of approval they contact you via email and ask you to submit your health insurance , flight ticket and passport to nearest vfs centre for stamping of visa sticker ! Still fingers crossed for you and keep us updated :)
Maan i am feeling like crying…i did so much for german visa but at the end this result..its really sad
But any chance that there can be approval? :(
Thankyou
Sorry for that bro , but first wait for the letter to be delivered … I have been through this so I know what you must be feeling at the moment .. If you don’t mind can you let me know which course ? And which university ?
Bro actually I haven’t applied in university yet but i have applied in german course and i was going on german course visa so i thought this visa i could get…….but i don’t know what would be the result…please help me out :'(
And plus my course A2 level was starting on 1st of feb…so in the letter can they ask me for new admission letter for 1st of march ? Is it possible?
Ohh I think that could be the reason “IF” it is refusal .. Usually they require b1 level of German fluency .. And they don’t ask for new letter from university for next month intake .. They check out with university itself … But let’s not be judgemental and wait for the letter.
Yaa bro lets wait. Tomorrow i will receive the letter..
Thanks a lot for helping me out
Dear admin
Admin i need your help my visa got rejected on 8th of feb and today i got the letter ie on 15 now whar should i do
I want to draft a remonstrance letter against the embassy..what should i do now please tell me? Please help me
I have only 23 days left for this
hi,
It’s been more than 3 months since I have given the interview. Now when I called the embassy, what was I advised is that your letter is ready. come and collect. That sounds rude ya. Also, they didn’t informed me regarding the status if it’s a rejection or what?? what should I assume than.
thank you
Germans are straight forward people. Did you get the letter? what did it say?
Apply against the decision. if you feel the decision was unfair or wrong
Hi,
I am going to go for the visa interview this tuesday. I am going for a student exchange to Germany. I have heard that they are asking everyone if thy have a backlog in their paper or not. Well, the problem is that I do have one backlog in one of my papers because I was absent. The thing is that in my marksheet it doesn’t show AB but it shows F. what do I do ? Will the embassy reject my visa because of this situation.
Please help. Please reply asap.
Dear Admin,
I am looking for three months visas that is German language courses visa. I am going to apply my visa application in Bangalore vfs. So visa application if you have any instructions to give me. Something need more I have to collect. Please help me. Please reply soon. Thanks
Sorry for such a delayed reply. Have you already applied? Well there is nothing much to worry about if you are confident and know about your course and your gaols for the language learning. Wish you best of luck
hi
I had also applied for my master. i am also suffering from the disasterous problem regarding Rejection. I got the rejection and it is mentioned that ” apply afresh for the student visa after completing all german levels in india which are required to get the admission in a german university.Now requirement for my university is up to DSH pruefung.. so NOW WHAT TO DO!!!……ANY SUGGESTION???
Well , it’s always a good idea to apply for an englisch course. The course which you want to study is not offered in Englisch at all?
Hi admin,
Im from Indonesia and i have applied my visa for study in 14.12.2015 . I have sent emails to berlin auslanderbehorde and auswartigesamt. They said that my visa is not yet decided. What should i do then? I haven’t applied for any university but i have applied for hartnackschule berlin. My friends, who applied their visa 1 month later than me, have recieved their visa. But i havent got anything. What should i do? I’m really stressed about it. Everytime when i contact the embassy in jakarta, they told me to ask the german embassy or auslanderbehorde in berlin. They say that they have nothing to do with that. Can you give me an advice? Thanks!
hello Admin,
I applied for german student visa , hadvinterview on 16/02/2016 , today i got email that “your visa application has been decided upon pls submit passport n health insurance to vfs office”
what does it means ? did I got visa 100% sure? should book tickets ? because I getting late for university.
thanks.
hello Admin,
I applied for german student visa , had interview on 16/02/2016 , today i got email that “your visa application has been decided upon pls submit passport n health insurance to vfs office”
what does it means ? did I got visa 100% sure? should book tickets ? because I getting late for university.
thanks.
I have completed my 12th grade in 2006. Then I am doing job and ACCA till today. Now I want to continue my study(Undergraduate) in Germany. Can it possible after a long 9 years study break? please suggest me.
Better to ask the university :)
Dear Admin..
I am from sri lanka.I already applied for the student visa on 18/01/2016 ,I have submitted all the required documents and additional also.I have applied to start my german language course from B2 and my all expences will bare from my sponsor(My girlfriend who german national) I have submitted all the sponsor letter and the insurance too.I gratuated in Hotel Management degree in sri lanka and i Have completed german lasguage till B1 in sri lanka.So now my file is in the auländerbehörde in Dortmund.My friend in germany went to the auländerbehörde and they said because of the refugee problem there are in two months in delay and they said my file is in the system but they didn’t start to work on it yet,So till today I didnt get any reply from the embassy,ALso I have went germany for one month in last octomber.
Dear admin I have my friend in the Embassy in sri lanka he said they only waiting for the approval from germany and after that I can get my visa,and he said if embassy want to reject my visa they wont send my file to auländerbehörde.
Please give me some advises if I should do
There is a backlog for about 4 months in Germany. Just wait
Hello Sir,
I have applied for Student Visa (Master Program). Interview was taken by a German Women. She was really impress by me. I applied about 5weeks ago. my classes are stating from 9 may. I applied on 29 April.
Please tell me the ratio of visa acceptance or rejection?
She told me that she will sent these documents back to Germany for verification. As soon as she I will have any good news will inform you by email.
What should i expect?
Sounds good luck for it.
Unfortunately our fortune teller is currently on vacations. Hence cannot say anything about the outcome.
cheers
Admin
AOA Dear Admin
i hope you will be fine same here, My question is that i have got the German student visa and after passing some months i came back to Pakistan, now i want to go back to Germany, but the i have left only two (02) days in visa expiry if i will catch the first available flight to Frankfurt. Keep this in mind that i have already appointment for visa extension there in Germany,05 days later after expiry of my visa. In the above stated scenario, should i go to Germany or not if yes than how will i satisfied the immigrant officer.
An abrupt prompt will be highly appreciated..
Thanks
As long as your visa is valid you can goto germany back.
Furthermore , check if your visa had mentioned “MULTIPLE ENTRY”. Also you would need a valid admission at the university.
Regards
ADmin
helo..wat if interview doesnt go well…will it be problem for visa acceptance…interview totally depend for visa acceptance or not….coz my interview was no so good as i thought…i m worried for my result…plz could reply me…
No..its been 19day from my interview…i hav not receive any call or msg from embassy