Hello All,

I will soon be applying for family reunion visa from Bangalore German Consulate. My husband is a DAAD scholar and went to Germany in May, 2014. I had few queries. I would really appreciate if you could answer these :
1. My husband's Visa fees was waived, will mine be too? (there is a clause which says that those receiving scholarships from German public funds and their families will be exempt from paying this fees)

2. How much cash should I carry for document verification process? The Consulate helpline could not guide me on this and asked me to follow the website instructions. They however said that only my spouse's passport & visa pages and our marriage certificate is required. They said A1 certificate is not required.

3. How long will it take to get the visa? My husband got his in 2 days but the website mentions that it will take 6-8 weeks for family visa. I need to plan my resignation in tune with that and would like to go to Germany at the earliest.

Thanks for your time & help!

Sorry, I cannot help with first two. But as for third, I will say from personal experience, it will be tough to tune your resignation with the stamping date. My colleague got his and the dependents VISA stamped in 3 weeks while I got a mail for verification in 4th week. So it differs from case to case. Wishing you a better luck then mine :-)

Thanks for your reply! It gives me a lot of courage. 

I have applied for Family Reunion Visa , 20 days ago.My Visa fees was waived and no cash was required for any document verification. They just kept our Marriage Certificate for verification. 

The verification officer in the German Consulate, Bangalore had said it would take 3 weeks. I am at the end of my tether. On calling the Consulate 3 days back, they said that my documents are in Germany and asked me to call again next week.

Members, any clue on how long will it take from hereon?

 

I got my visa - in exact 3 weeks !!  

I just learned one thing from the entire experience, always always believe the person on the counter where you submit the Visa application form. The lady on my counter had said 3 weeks and excat 21 days later the email came !!!