General Information

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.

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.

What is the ancestry confirmation?

The Embassy checks the veracity of the statement before issuing the visa. If necessary, the Embassy can check the relation between the inviter and the invited person(s).
Your ancestry with the person is generally confirmed by the corresponding certificates of birth and marriage. For example, to prove your ancestry with the brother or sister, you should provide your and brother’s or sister's birth certificate and your certificate. It can prove that both persons have a common parent(s).

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.

How much time does it take to check the visa application form?

The processing time for applications for a Schengen visa is generally 10 working days.
When applying at the Visa Centers in Andijan and Bukhara, the processing time is 15 working days.

What is the price of the visa?

The Schengen visa costs 80 EUR. The children under 6 years of age are subject to duty exemption. The visa fee for the children at the age of 6-12 years is 40 EUR.

What does the Embassy check before the issue of the Schengen visa?

The Embassy should check the following criterion:
purpose of the trip (for example, the guest trip, business trip);
willingness to come back;
funding the trip (by the receiving party or traveler);
the provision of the medical insurance;
other information (AZR, SIS records, for example, the criminal offenses or other offenses/minor offenses).

What is the annual visa or multi-visa?

Here the question is about the Schengen visa issued with the validity period of one or multiple years up to the maximum period of five years and provides you with the three months duration of stay within six months and multiple entry into the country. The reason for that is the Regulation (EG) No. 810/2009 of the European Parliament and Council of Europe d/d July 13, 2009, establishing the Community Code on Visas (abbreviated: “The Visa Code”).
It is stated in the article 24, paragraph 2 of the Visa Code, that the multi-visas are issued for a longer period of validity, if the applicant proves or demonstrates that he is forced or intends to have the frequent or regular trips, for the professional or family reasons, in particular.
As a rule, the annual visa or multi-visa could be issued only, if the applicant demonstrated his whiteness and confidence, particularly, concerning the legal use of the previous visas (Article 24, paragraph 2 of the Visa Code).
In any case, the number "90" is entered in the visa credits after the "Residence time". But this is not the allowable residence time during the whole period of validity, but the allowable residence time for six months.

I was incorrectly informed by the person from the VisaMetric reception center, or my application form was filled by the third person, who promised I would obtain the visa. My application was refused, so what should I do now?

You take your personal responsibility for the information content of your application form. If the persons, who do not work at VisaMetric, convinced you to use their services, we would ask you to resolve this issue directly with these persons.
Please, provide all the information with the clear conscience and being true. Do not let anyone to tell you that the professionally filled application will guarantee you the visa - nobody can promise you the visa! Any person can answer the questions in the application form by himself. If you have the problems in filling the application, the VisaMetric employees will be happy to help you with that.

I / my guest was requested for the documents that are not included to the list, how could it happen?

The Embassy always makes the decisions for the particular case. But the list can contain only the general information covering the main, but not all the possible situations. Consequently, it may be that the document not included in the list was requested in your case. The fact that the additional documents were requested does not mean that the visa would not be issued for you.

The visa-free entry for the diplomatic passport holders

Since September 1, 2014, the diplomatic passport holders do not need the short-term visas for the trips to the Schengen zone countries.

When can I submit the visa application in VisaMetric reception center in Uzbekistan?

You can submit the application to the VisaMetric reception center in Uzbekistan, if you permanently and legally stay in Uzbekistan, and if your main place of destination is Germany.

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.

The additional documents for the minors.

The minors should also submit all the documents listed in the instructions. Besides that, you should always provide the copy of the birth certificate. Note that the parent, who is not personally present, should provide the notarized consent for the Schengen zone countries trip. The consent should be provided in original and in Uzbek language with the notarized translation into German. If the first trip will be done to another Schengen zone country, it is recommended to translate it additionally into this country language, or into English, if the previous is not possible.

Can I pay more for the faster processing of my application?

No, no such possibility does not exist. VisaMetric can not and is not entitled to accept the payments higher than those established by law.
The additional payments can be paid only as the fix costs of additional service to the Visa application center.

I still have a valid Schengen visa. But there are no free pages in my passport and that is why I have to apply for the new passport. What will happen to my visa?

Your old passport visa would be still valid, even if the passport has already expired. Therefore, you can travel with two passports with no trouble. Otherwise, you can apply with the old and new passports to the visa service information department at the Embassy and they would transfer visa to your new passport for free.

Visaing the foreign passports: 

Only the undamaged, valid and (for the major passport holders) manually signed passports can be visaed. 
Besides of that, according to the Visa Code, the Schengen visas can be issued only in the passports that

•  are valid within at least 3 months after the end of the planned trip,
•  were issued within at least the last 10 years,
•  have at least two completely empty pages (for issuing the visa)*

* If the visa is issued for the minor children registered in the parent’s passport, then the passport must have one more completely empty page (for obtaining the visa) for one child.

What language should I use to fill in the form?

The application form can be completed in German and English

Can I fill in the application form by hand as well?

If you can not fill in the online form due to the technical problems, you can fill in the application by hand. But, please note that in this case you will have the longer waiting period after the application submission.