{"id":289433,"date":"2020-04-24T09:38:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T08:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/?p=289433"},"modified":"2020-04-24T09:38:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T08:38:14","slug":"how-to-book-appointment-in-german-embassy-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/how-to-book-appointment-in-german-embassy-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Book Appointment in German Embassy in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"

The German Consulate General in Nigeria is located in Lagos state while the German Embassy is located in Abuja. Obtaining a visa application form as well as the appointment booking are free of cost. The only fee incurred during the visa procedure are the visa fees. When applying for a visa with the German embassy, it is not recommended that you use intermediary service providers because the German embassy does not cooperate with any of them. This article provides you with information on how to book an appointment in German embassy in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

How to Book Appointment in German Embassy in Nigeria<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

Schengen visa<\/strong>: <\/em>\u00a0This is a short-stay\u00a0visa<\/em>\u00a0that allows a person to travel to any members of the\u00a0Schengen<\/em>\u00a0Area. Holders of the Schengen visa<\/em>\u00a0can stay for up to 90 days for tourism, business purposes or trade fair. The visa also enables its holder to enter and freely travel within the\u00a0Schengen<\/em>\u00a0zone and from any of the\u00a0Schengen<\/em>\u00a0member countries. If you intend staying in Germany for up to 90 days within a period of 180 days, you have to apply for a Schengen visa. You can apply for a Schengen visa up to 180 days before your planned date of travel<\/p>\n

Immigrant \/ Long term Visa: <\/strong>This is for applicants\u00a0<\/strong>staying more than 90 days for such reasons as family reunion, employment purposes or study purposes.<\/p>\n

Where to book an Appointment<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Appointments already booked online for all applicants travelling to Germany as their main destination must be done in person at the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany located in Lagos. <\/strong>The only time it is not necessary to submit your application in person is under the following circumstance:<\/p>\n

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  1. If your fingerprints have been scanned for a Schengen visa application any time in the past five years.<\/li>\n
  2. If your fingerprints have been scanned at the German embassy in Lagos, at another German embassy anywhere else in the world or at the visa section of another Schengen member state<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In the case of all the above, you may submit your visa application through a representative. However, you are still required to book an appointment.<\/p>\n

    Note that the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Abuja can issue visas only in exceptional cases. These are:<\/p>\n

    Applicants on\u00a0official and medical emergency trips\u00a0residing in Abuja or administrative areas of the embassy such as Niger state, Kwara state, Kogi state, Nassarawa state, Benue state, Taraba state, Plateau state, Adamawa state, Gombe state, Bauchi state, Kaduna state, Zamfara state, Kebbi state, Sokoto state, Katsina state, Kano state, Jigawa state, Yobe state, Borno state.<\/p>\n

    Elligible applicants allowed to process visa appointments from Abuja include:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Employees of the Federal Level:<\/p>\n

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    1. Federal Authorities who are only on official trips \/ official passports<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Federal Authorities on private trips only with a note verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Applicant must be working actively for the federal authority with payslip as proof)<\/p>\n

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      1. Presidency<\/li>\n
      2. Members of the National Assembly<\/li>\n
      3. State House<\/li>\n
      4. Senate<\/li>\n
      5. Military: Only official trips with invitation from Germany<\/li>\n
      6. SSS: only official trips or with full cost coverage<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Applicants in this case may be accompanied by one PA, spouse and children.<\/p>\n

        Other exceptions include:<\/p>\n

        Employees of the\u00a0UN\u00a0and ECOWAS in Abuja<\/p>\n

        Spouses and children of Germans living in Embassy\u2019s jurisdiction<\/p>\n

        Employees of the German political foundations in Nigeria<\/p>\n

        The visa section in Abuja can only process applications for Schengen visas (C-Visas, short term). Aside from diplomats, National visas also known as D-visas cannot be processed in the German Consulate General in Abuja.<\/p>\n

        Applicants who do not need an appointment<\/strong><\/h3>\n