Fees

Visa Fee and VisaMetric Service Fee

• Visa Fee: Visa fees are collected on behalf of the embassy and forwarded to them to process your visa application.
• Service Fee: The service fee is charged by VisaMetric for accepting your visa application. The service fee charged by VisaMetric for each national visa application is 40 Euro and for each Schengen application is 30 Euro.
• Important Note: Payment of the visa fee and the service fee does not guarantee the issuance of a visa. The visa fee and service fee will not be refunded or transferred once the visa application has been forwarded to the embassy, or if the visa is refused or the procedure is dropped by the applicant.

To book an appointment, an advance payment of the service fee must be made. The service fee is charged by VisaMetric for accepting your visa application. The service fee charged by VisaMetric can be found under ‘’Fees’’.

Please note that you can cancel your appointment up to 72 hours before the scheduled time. However, please note that the service fee you paid as part of your prepayment is non-refundable under any circumstances if you cancel less than 72 hours in advance. Please have your credit card details ready while you book your appointment.

* Citizens of countries with whom the European Union has entered into visa facilitation agreements (Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cape Verde, North Macedonia, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine);

Please note that by booking this service, you will not receive an earlier appointment to submit your application, and your application will not be processed any faster by the embassy compared to using the standard service. Utilizing this optional service does not influence the decision on whether your visa is granted. The decision on your visa application is made by the German Embassy, not VisaMetric.