Before Your Application

What is the statement of commitment?

The statement of commitment is used for the security for costs on the means of living in favor of the third country citizen and allows to prove in administrative proceedings that the economic conditions for providing the permanent resident card are fulfilled regarding § 5 paragraph 1 of the Residence Act.
When accepting the letter of commitment, the recipient is obliged to incur all the expenses for the residence and applicant’s departure for visa receiving. The recipient of the letter of commitment may be individual or legal entity.

I received the letter of commitment valid within 90 days / six month, but I would like to submit the application for a two-year visa. Is that possible?

Yes, but only the first 90 days will be insured financially according to the statement of commitment. You will have to prove your financial capacity for the remaining term of the required visa. You should also check your financial capacity, especially the bank account statements for the last 3-6 months that show your monthly income and prove your financial ability to stay abroad for the longer period of time.

Can I submit the application for multi-visa with the statement of commitment?

Yes. Your host country should report the planned duration of stay (from one to four years) to the Foreigners authority and request the corresponding note in the statement of commitment.
In that case the residence in Germany has the financial guarantee for the whole period of residence.
If the Foreigners authority undertakes the statement of commitment for only a short period of time, then you (the applicant) should additionally provide the financial situation guarantee. These are the bank account statement for the last 3-6 months that show your monthly income and prove your financial ability to stay abroad for the longer period of time.

Our company already invited the customers for several times, and it is known for you. Why should we provide all the documents related to our financial state for every visa application submission?

Due to the existing rules the Embassy does not store the information about the receiving part. The documents you send for the first customer invitation are stored in the Embassy with the visa application form and they are not sorted by the companies. That is why you have to provide documents for each customer separately.
The Embassy thanks you for the understanding.

What should we do if, for example, there are the mistakes in writing a surname in the statement of commitment?

Just as the identity of the invited person(s) is determined accurately, the differences in spelling the surname in the statement of commitment and the passport does not cause the refusal of entry on the border.

What is the informal invitation and how should it look like?

When submitting the visa application to visit your family members or acquainted persons you will be offered to provide the informal invitation from the person you are going to visit.
The informal invitation has to be in German and contain the information about the purpose of travel and traveling time. The informal invitation can be hand-written or printed on a computer. It must be personally signed by the member of the inviting family or the acquainted person. The signature authentication is not required.

Where can I get the application form and how much does it cost?

The application from are available in our reception of visa center. You can also download them from our website. All forms of application are available for free.

What should I do as the single mother (father) / divorced / widowed mother/father?

Please, submit the custodianship facts of evidence, when submitting the application.

The consent for the minors.

If the children of minority age travel alone or only with one tutor (usually the parents) to apply for the visa, it is obligatory to provide the letter of consent of both tutors or the other, non-accompanying tutor for the child. This letter must be notarized.
The letter should denote that the tutor agrees the child’s departure. As a rule, it also denotes the period and the purpose of journey it is valid for. Besides that, as a rule, it also denotes the person accompanying the child during the trip.
It is implied that the letter of consent protects the rights of the tutor due to the fact of the requested journey.
That is why the Embassy considers only those visa application letters of consent with the term of no more than 6 months after the visa issuance. In other words, if the letter of consent exceeds 6 months, when applying for the visa, it would not be accepted. In this case, please provide the new notarized letter of consent.

Can I obtain the visa without the letter of consent?

You can also obtain the visa without the letter of consent. Then you have to provide an evidence that you are able to refund your trip. Types of evidence:

•  bank account statements or the account statements

OR

•  credit card(s) and credit card statements.

Besides that you have to pay your health insurance for yourself.

Where can I prepare the official statement of commitment for my guest, and how much does it cost?

You can submit the statement of commitment at your place of residence in Germany to the authorized department of the Federal Office for the Foreign Citizens. You have to prove your paying capacity there. Besides that, you have to know the name and surname of the guest, his date of birth, address and passport number. Usually, there are the customs duties of 29 EUR, when submitting the statement of commitment.

What is the validity period of the statement of commitment?

The Embassy usually considers the statements of commitment up to six month after the visa issuance date.

We represent the company and would like to assume obligations of our business partner, how can we do this?

Please, write the following in your invitations: "... assume a commitment to defray the expenses according to §§ 66 - 68 of the Residence Act of..."
As an evidence of the paying capacity of your company, please send the extract from the economic entities register. Please, make sure that the invitation is signed by the person, who has the right for the legal representation of the company in foreign affairs according to the economic entities register. Please, provide the copy of the identity card or the passport of the signatory as well.
If the invitation is signed by a person, who does not have the right for that according to the economic entities register, the authorized person should provide this authority for him. Please, provide the required permit together with the copy of the identity card or passport of the authorized and empowering persons in that case.

I am a citizen of a foreign country but I live in Uzbekistan. Can I submit the application to the VisaMetric reception center in Uzbekistan?

Yes - the main factor is not your citizenship, but the place of the permanent residence. If you stay legally in Uzbekistan and you can prove it with a residence card, then the VisaMetric reception center will provide its service for you.

I am a citizen of Uzbekistan but I live in other country. I stay in Uzbekistan for a short time and I would like to apply for the visa to trip to Germany. Can I do it?

No – because your main place of residence in this case is not in Uzbekistan, that is why you can not approach the VisaMetric reception center in Uzbekistan. Submit the visa application to the German Embassy in your country of residence.

I would like to visit different Schengen zone countries during my trip. Can I submit the application to the German Embassy?

You can submit the application to the German Embassy, if your stay in Germany would be longer than in the other Schengen zone countries. If you would stay in the same countries during the same period of time, then you should apply for the visa at the Embassy of the country you would enter the first.

When can I submit my application?

The submission of the application is possible only at the date you reserved. The date appointment can be made in electronic format via our date appointment system. Please, arrive at the appointed time on schedule.

What should I bring along to submit the application?

Please bring all the required documents listed in the instruction to your purpose of journey. Please, note that only fully prepared application documents can be accepted. It is impossible to add any required document later.

Should I be personally present at the Embassy?

Schengen visa:
The European Union Visa Information System (VIS) will come into operation in Uzbekistan in November 11, 2013. It means that since that date each applicant will be required to provide the fingerprints to apply for the Schengen visa.
The personal attendance is necessary for the applicants, who submit the application for the first time due to the process of capturing the fingerprints, if they do not belong to one of the following exceptions.
If you have already provided your fingerprints during the Schengen visa application within the last 59 months, the personal attendance is not obligatory for you. The country of the Schengen zone your provided the fingerprints for, does not matter.
Getting and legal usage of the previous visas should be proved by the corresponding passport copies.
If the married couple travels together, the application can be submitted by one of the spouses, providing that the other spouse has already had his/her fingerprints captured in the Schengen representation during the last 59 months.
The same applies to the children under 18 years of age, providing that the fingerprints of the children of under 12 years of age are already captured in the Schengen representation during the last 59 months.

If I do not have to be personally present, what should I pay attention to when booking an appointment?

A reservation is necessary even if a personal interview is not required. Reserve an appointment using your name, not that of the person who will submit your documents to the VisaMetric application center. In case of several applicants, one appointment for each person must be booked. Only one application will be accepted, if only one appointment was booked, even if several people intend to apply.
The person who submits the application on your behalf needs to have notarized power of attorney in order to submit the application and answer questions at the VisaMetric application center. Please provide this person with all information required to answer all questions related to the purpose of your journey.

Will my document package be accepted, if it is not complete?

If you address the VisaMetric application center with the non-complete document package, our employees will tell you about that. Then you will have the following options:

•  The documents are returned to you and you reserve a new meeting date on our website;
•  Your apply with the non-complete document package. However, the missing documents may cause the refuse of obtaining the visa. You should sign the corresponding warning about that, when submitting the application.

There is no specific document in my application package. Should I submit the documents in this way or my application will be refused?

Always submit the complete package of your documents. It is impossible to forecast the decision in advance, if your application will have the positive decision despite the missing documents.

The foreign passport of the minor. What should I pay attention to?

You can submit the application for the minor only, if she/he has her/his own passport or she/he is registered in the passport of person with the parental authority. If the minor is registered in the passport of the grandparents, sibship or teachers, the visa application can not be accepted. The separate passport is required, if the minor travels alone or unaccompanied by the persons with the parental authority.

What things should I consider during the submission of the application for the minor regarding the application form?

The application form should be filled for the minors as well. It has to be signed by all the persons with the parental authority. If a person with the parental authority can not sign, then it is required to provide his (her) notarized consent for the Schengen zone countries trip.
The applicant, who has reached the age of 16, has also sign the form on one’s own.
Please, have a look at the completed example of the application form for the minors.

I obtained the annual visa and spent 50 days in business within this half a year in Germany. I would like to spend 14 days of vacation in Spain. Is that possible to do?

Yes. The Schengen visa is valid for all the Schengen zone countries. But make sure that you spend most of the time in the Schengen country that issued you the visa. The rest of the days can be spent in all other Schengen zone countries.

I obtained the Schengen visa for 15 days and I stay in Germany now. Can I stay there for a longer period of time? What should I do for that?

Immediately address the corresponding foreigners authority according to the place of your residence and apply for extension of the visa. Staying with the expired permanent resident card is the abuse of the German residence right and it can cause the penalty or even the entry prohibition.
Besides that you should address the corresponding foreigners authority, if your visa was not issued by the German Embassy or if you reside in other Schengen zone country.

My minor child was registered in my passport up until recently. His visa was in that passport as well. Now he has his own passport. What will happen to the visa?

You can transfer visa from your passport to the child’s new passport. Please address to the visa service information department with the old and new passports. The transfer will be done for free.