German travel ban
On June 5438+February 1 2020, the Embassy and Consulate of the Federal Republic of Germany in People's Republic of China (PRC) issued a ban on non-essential travel to the EU under the COVID-19 epidemic. According to this updated version, although Germany will continue to implement the Schengen entry ban adopted by the EU heads of government on March 17, some visa exceptions have been allowed to be relaxed and allowed to enter Germany.
I have to go to Germany. How to apply for a visa?
Currently, VFS. Global, the service provider of China and German embassies and consulates, is still closed. You can submit your visa application in person at the visa office. When you apply for a visa, you can make an appointment online at the corresponding embassy or consulate in official website.
For urgent travel reasons, you can only submit your visa application at your own expense. Proof of travel necessity is required when submitting a visa application. If you can't prove that you belong to the special circumstances mentioned in the entry ban, your visa application will be rejected for lack of entry possibility. Regardless of whether the entry ban is continued or relaxed, the Schengen Law and the Law on the Administration of Foreigners will remain unchanged and remain effective. In particular, the visa issuance conditions stipulated in it must be met even if there are important reasons for entry.
A short stay on a Schengen visa
Generally speaking, only German citizens or citizens of EU member states and nuclear family members of third-country citizens living in EU or Schengen countries have valid long-term residence permits, so they can be exempted from the entry ban. Nuclear family members include spouses, registered life partners, minor children and parents of minor children. This group can apply for a visa according to normal procedures.
For other types of applicants: According to the entry ban, routine business, visiting relatives and friends or sightseeing are not allowed at present.
Only under the following special circumstances can you apply for a Schengen visa
Persons visiting first-and second-degree relatives for emergency family reasons (i.e. adult children, parents of adult children, brothers and sisters, grandparents) must provide corresponding official/hospital certificates or written certificates about special family reasons (such as birth, marriage, death/burial of children, etc.). ).
Emergency family reasons must be proved; A person who visits an unmarried life partner/fiance (wife) in a long-term partnership. If the applicant visits a partner living in Germany, they are required to have met at least once before. If the applicant and his partner go to Germany to visit relatives, they are required to have lived together outside Germany and need to go to Germany together for urgent family reasons;
Persons suffering from life-threatening diseases that cannot be treated in China (written proof of receiving German medical institutions is required;
Seafarers or crew members of inland river transport vessels boarding or disembarking shall be recruited; Transit passengers who need visas (when there are no other travel routes to choose from;
Professional or high-quality employees who need to go to Germany for business talks or negotiations, formulate contract quotations for their foreign employers, sign contracts or supervise the implementation of contracts, can't delay their work or do it outside Germany, and really need to enter the country from the economic point of view after fully considering the epidemic situation (written proof materials must be provided;
Professionals engaged in the work related to the first paragraph of Article 19 of the Employment Management Regulations (must hold the employment registration certificate of the Federal Labor Bureau and engage in the work described in the first and third paragraphs of Article 19 of the Employment Management Regulations;
As well as exhibitors and visitors. In addition to the admission ticket, the exhibitor must provide at least one certificate to prove that he has made an appointment with the exhibitor for business negotiation at the exhibition;
Professional athletes participating in the competition; A person who must attend and speak at a large meeting in person.
: Answers to frequently asked questions about visa processing in Germany
1. How to make an appointment for an interview and apply for a long-term visa (German visa?
Every German visa application must be submitted through the website of the embassy at a specified time (except for the family members of citizens of non-German EU member States). Every applicant needs a separate interview time, and children and babies are no exception. Only when the right cat is reserved.
Please make an appointment for an interview with the foreign embassy or consulate in charge of your residence/permanent residence.
Spouses of German citizens must also make an appointment for an interview when applying for a German visa. Families of EU/EEA citizens who have the right to move freely can apply for this visa without making an appointment in advance. Please consult the embassy or consulate where you submitted your application about the acceptance time of such cases.
2. Which embassy or consulate is responsible for handling your long-term visa (German visa application?
German embassies and consulates in China is divided into consular districts according to its geographical location. Which embassy or consulate is responsible for your application depends entirely on your permanent residence. Permanent residence refers to the place where you actually live and/or work or study, not the place of birth, residence or nationality. Going home for a short vacation or traveling cannot be used as a basis for applying for a visa to embassies and consulates in China.
Your permanent residence is in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Qinghai, Gansu, Xinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hunan, Jiangxi or Shandong Province. Please make an appointment with the visa office of the German Embassy in China.
Your permanent residence is in Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangsu or Zhejiang Province. Please make an appointment for an interview with the visa office of the German Consulate General in Shanghai.
Your permanent residence is in Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan or Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Please make an appointment for an interview with the visa office of the German Consulate General in Guangzhou.
Your permanent residence is in Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan or Chongqing. Please make an appointment for an interview with the visa office of the German Consulate General in Chengdu.
Your permanent residence is in Liaoning Province, Jilin Province or Heilongjiang Province. Please make an appointment for an interview with the visa office of the German Consulate General in Shenyang.
3. Long-term visa (German visa application form must be filled in which language?
Please fill in the application form in German or English.
4. What materials should be translated for applying for a long-term visa (German visa)?
All certificates, certificates and other materials submitted in the process of German visa application must be translated into German. Translation must be accurate. The consequences of submitting inaccurate or incorrect translations will be borne by you personally. There is no need for sworn interpreters to translate or notarize translation.
If the application category is academic visit (research visa or work visa), English materials do not need to be translated into German.
5. Apply for a long-term visa (do you need a certificate/proof for a German visa?
In principle, all personal documents and official certificates in China must be certified except the content page of the household registration book and the graduation certificate of universities or primary and secondary schools. Authentication is to determine the authenticity of the certificate/official certificate. See the column "Certificate, Notarization and Authentication" for details.