as per my experience the verification is not done for all aplicants only for some people they do it.
The consulate informs the applicant that they want to verify the marriage certificate provided at the time of applying also asking the required documents and money. Applicant shall pay the money for verification. They hire some third party to do the verification.

I recently applied visa for my wife. She had the interview in chennai. They said, the visa process will take 4-12 weeks, they will verify the marriage certificate alone. She submitted the application 2 weeks back. They didnt ask anything else. Immediately on the same evening, she received the message accepting the application and they returned her passport by courier. I havnt heard anything from the ABH as of now.
I.am from Darmstadt.Hope I dont have to pay for this verification process.
Fingers crossed!!!
PS:Sorry for my previous comment. I didnt know about this verification process.

Just wanted to share my experience
We applied at Mumbai embassy and got the confirmation yesterday. The time taken for processing from the date of application
3 months + a week. But if you consider from thje time they asked us to pay for verification it was about two and a half months.
Could have been faster in my opinion because once they got the documents here in Germany, i got the appointment one month
later. This time could have been cut down drastically. I had expected them to confirm it on the day of appointment itself.
But they took sometime and about a week and a half after i showed my documents in original at the AB, we got
the confirmation...
All the best to the rest of you guys stuck in the process. I still think most of the problems they create
for us are on purpose. But so is it. Its a harrowing experience after marriage but they seem not
to care... Patience

Hi

Tomorrow My wife and kid are appearing for visa interview in German consulate chennai .

After the interview do i need to submit same set of documents in Local AB office in the City i live in Germany .

we will receive any letter from Local AB office regarding our spouse / Chidren visa ?

If we need to know the status or submit any documents in local AB what is the procedure to be followed

Repsonse is highly appreciated

Thanks
RJ

Hi Raj, 

I am also in your same boat, but what i read is that.

Your wife and kid will appear for the interview, after which the documents will get forwarded to the ABH here in germany.
later the ABH will ask you to come and submit the needed documents.

my email id is : nathgopi214@gmail.com, can you send me your contact number, we can keep in touch

Hi Every one

We received a call from Chennai Consulate exactly after 3 weeks of attending interview by my wife and kid  stating that visa is approved .
Today we received the passport with stamping .
In our case the entire visa processing time for family reunion visa is less than 4 weeks ..

Thanks
RJ

Hello Rajsri2112,
First of all congratulations! I wish you a great life in Germany.

As you have mentioned, the entire process has been completed in under 4 weeks. This is in stark contrast to a majority of experiences on this forum. Can you help us, with what you think, helped you secure the family reunion visa so quick ? Do you think your's wife academic / professional qualifications or the fact that you have a kid help reduce the processing time ?

Your reply would help others in this forum understand this reunion visa process more exactly.

Regards,
Arun

Hey RJ,

Congratulations!

Can you share with all of us, on what all documents your spouse has submitted at the embassy?

Also, did you pay the marriage verification fees of Rs. 20,000?

regards,
Shyam.

Hi Raj,

Did you hear something from Chennai, do they ask for any verification.

Thanks
Gopi

Hi

When my spouse and kid appeared for interview on 30th october , Visa officer informed that if required

1. My Marriage Certificate & Birth Certificate  might be picked for verification
2. German Language Requirement

My Spouse is a post Graduate and holds a professional degree . Probably due to her education credentials  and having a kid might made our life easy

we got a call from chennai Consualte on 19th November  hardly 3 weeks from the date of interview to submit passport for stamping

The Passports got stamped and returned by 26th November .

I have not paid 20, 000 or anything like that . Entire Family Reunion visa processsing is completed just in 26 days

I have submitted the documents as specified by VFS .

 When i applied my wife visa i haven't  received my Resident permit card but consulate accepted the application with the Resident Permit Interview Letter .

I had only 1 Month German Paystub (12 days of pay)  not even 3 Month German Paystub but i submitted German work contract

Hope this information helps all other folks who are applying Family Reunion Visa

Thanks
RJ


 

Hello All,

finally my wife got the visa stamped.
here are the details.
06.07.2012 Visa interview at Chennai Consulate
29.07.2012 Got email from Consulate asking for 20,000 Rs DD with original marriage certificate and photos.
02.08.2012 Submitted the same.
26.10.2012 Got the call from Consulate confirming the Verificatio Completion.
02.11.2012 Sumitted Passport for Stamping.
09.11.2012 Recevied the passport with Visa stamping.

There are few lucky people who got the visa processes completed in few weeks!.
Best of luck to the people who are in the process.

Hi rajsri,
 Thanks for sharing the information. In my case also no vertification was done by chennai consulate. Me and my wife applied the visa together and we got it in about 70 days. Have you registered your marriage status in Germany? Have you got a class III tax card? I have a problem, though my wife is here in germany as my dependent, they want to do marriage verification in India, to update the marriage status. Thanks for the information.

Hi Guys, 

Date : 04-Dec-2012

We applied for the family reunioun Visa  in Chennai on 9th October 2012,

1) We did not submit any certificate for the Germany Languague for my wife, she is holds a Bachelor of Engineering, note she has travelled and lived in Norway on a dependent visa.

Yet we have not recevived any information from chennai consulate regarding the marriage verification/need for the German Language certification.

I have also not received any information from ABH asking the needed documents from my side, the documents are processed by the Berlin ABH.

Do you guys have any idea where this visa process is going currently and what to expect.

or how to contact the ABH and ask for the needed information.

But note, after applying for the family visa in Chennai visa, my wife got a job in Denmark and she also in parallel applied for Danish Work permit, and that permit is approved now.

I got dependent visa in exactly in 5 weeks from Mumbai conculate .....
I am too happy for it that they not said that marriage verification required...

Following are useful tips to avoid marriage verification
1. incluse ur huband name in passport or change ur surname in your passport( after marriage name) very IMP
2. Get goethe german A1 level certificate by registering ur after marriage name. ( U can directly appeare for exam by using their study material and test material on their website. very easy to clear.)
3. Dont ask consulate of ABH in germany regarding visa status. keep cool ...


u ll get ur visa within 5 wks frm mumbai conculate.

Hey bluebenny ..congrats for the whole issue. I am applying for the family reunion visa to join my bf after wedding in april. His work contract says he has a probzeit of 6months. Will it be an issue in my visa approval? or should i wait and apply after 6months ?? 

Hi , 
I also want to share my "wonderfull experience", which is not finished yet, with my Spouse German Visa process...
Here are some of the dates of the process:
23.12.2015 -  Application and Interview at the Embassy in Prishtina, Kosovo
14.04.2016 -  Got a call from the Embassy, for the Marriage Verifation Process,
15.04.2016 - Sent the necessary docs. and the payment of 200 EUR.

eventhough  they said that the process of Marriage Verification, will take from two to three months, still nothing... all they say is that I have to wait. Not any single, even aproximate forecast, of when will I get any response.
Thank you