Hello Everyone,

I am Indian national and quite new to this forum. Recently I returned back from Poland and there I used to work with IBM and my wife was also accompanied me while stay in Poland. My question is here, I received a job offer from one Berlin based IT company. I am in process to apply work(Blue card) visa for Germany.

This time I also want to take my wife along with me. But just went though the procedure for the  German family reunion visa here in india, which is quite complicated to us!

So would like to ask, she still holds the valid Polish national visa, it mean she can travel to the any schengen state for 3 months. Is it possible, if she will travel to the Germany on same visa and there we will apply for her depended visa while be in Germany!

Will  really appreciate for reply

Thanks in advance

Spouse visa topic has been extensively discussed here. Search t7.

She has to apply from outside Germany. It is better from India, so that marriage verification kicks off faster.

Thanks for reply Cebit,

i already went through some of the same forum topics. But i am finding myself bit in different situation!
First of all, my wife go her Polish depended visa because of same marriage certificate(which has been already Apostille), Do you think she will get any advantage because of another EU state already granted visa on same grounds! or this is their regular procedure to verify this marriage certificate and other docs everytime!

I still remember my communication with German Embassy in Warsaw, and they that time they said to me, you wife needs only an insurance and a marriage certificate, we can give her visa even in a single day!

Thanks

there are two applications here: residence permit (RP) and visa application.
RP will be decided by foreigners office(ABH) in Berlin and visa will granted after RP approval. Embassy will only forward the RP application with some file notings. 

fraudulent certificates from Desh can also be apostilled. This has no value. ABH does not ask for apostille but for marriage verification.  When go to Berlin you can speak to ABH.   

Warsaw embassy rarely gets applications in your situation.

Many thanks again for reply and sharing this information.

But do you still think, if she will travel to warsaw and apply the same visa there in warsaw, will be bit faster in procedure!

And today i also contacted with the German embassy in new delshi and asked the same, what if she will travel to germany first and then apply this depended visa while be there. but this sent very tricky answer to my question! here is there email reply:

"Thank you for your Mail. Please be informed that your wife has to apply for her dependant visa from her current
place of residence which would be from here."

So from current place of residence could be change, if she will be in berlin!

If you have already relocated to India, Polish RP is invalid for your wife. Your wife has to apply from Desh.

Thanks coolguyinwuppertal for your reply!

May I ask, one quick question here, how amendment to present birth certificate while applying dependent visa! Because earlier 1989, it was not compulsory to registered birth or death with authorities or simple affidavit works somehow!
On same issue, I tried to contact with the German embassy here in new Delhi, and insist them, we can present other valid documents, Voter card, Matriculation certificate, Social Security card or even Passport as a proof of Birth, but wondering they only stuck to see the Birth Certificate, which is another challenge to get from the authorities while dig into the records!

Thanks

Sim, it’s not a big deal to get birth certificate these days. Just provide correct information where you or your wife have born with time and they will provide by checking records. I did apply recently and got it. I never had one earlier. Though the online system is available from 1986 in India, we can still get records from hospital for the years before that.Do not waste time. If authorities struck with one or several documents they make sure you have it or do not get required visa for that matter. It may look scary however in 1 to 2 weeks you will get birth certificate. Give it a try.

May thanks hprj for reply,

Yes you right, rather then wasting  time to explaing about other DOB document, its better to do some labour with the local authorities! and hope she will get her certificate without any hurdale!


Thanks again

Hi hprj,

May i ask one another question here, i
checked with German consulate, new Delhi and they said you can apply
your spouse’s dependent visa along with your application! just want to
know, is it recommended to apply both application same time!

Many thanks in advance!

sim

U r just posting questions without searching the forum. Please understand that all of us are volunteers.

I know cebit, everyone or we all are volunteers here ! and i did request here but didn’t force anyone to give answers to my questions!

anyhow, last night i searched through the forum even on other sources as well, but didn't get answer to my question and that’s i wrote my query here!
sorry,if i did something wrong!

Hi,

Cebit is right and he is one of our most important supporters here, but nevertheless, sometimes it is not easy to find the right answer.

Here it comes...

Yes, it is possible to apply for your spouse too. You just have to write it into the application form where they ask you if you will travel with or without family.

And yes, I strongly recommend to apply together, even if you do not take your spouse from the first day and let her/him follow you a couple of month later!

Good luck

Detlef

Hi Detlef

Many thanks for your reply.

Yes I do thankful to cebit for his previous comments and replies, no doubt those were really helpful!
But thanks to you as well, now its very much possible, we both will apply for German visa at same time.

Being Humble, may i request, one last piece of information, as i am eligible for blue card visa and because of that my wife doesn't need to proof her German language skills.
I got eligible salary offer and i do have Masterlevel university degree, so proving my degree to the German standard only level status from  http://anabin.kmk.org  is enough or there is something else which i have go through.

Many thanks in advance

sim

If your University is listed at ANABIN it is enough!

Many thanks again Detlef.

It was so kind of you

dear sir
I applied for german spouse visa from islamabad at german embassy 2 months ago and also 3 weeks ago an officer came from islamabad and visted me at home and verified all my documents along my marriage certificate. so how long will it take to get visa in hand ?

they will take 3 months minimum. If documents are not clear they will take more time. for example, if marriage is not registered in germany on time.