A How do I apply for a German visa and what materials do I need?

To travel to Germany, generally apply for a Schengen short-term visa, you need to fill in/prepare the following materials:

I. Basic information

1. Passport: original personal passport valid for more than 6 months; Please sign your name on the last page of your passport (Chinese name); Holders of reissued passports must provide all original passports at the same time.

2. Photos: 3 recent color photos on a 2-inch white background; The photo size is required to be 35×45mm；; ; Please write your name in pencil on the back of the photo.

3. Household registration book: a clear copy of the household registration book of the whole family; Copies include the home page, home page, personal page and spouse page of the household registration book.

ID card: A clear copy of the ID card, please copy it on both sides.

5. Marriage certificate: If married, please provide a clear copy of marriage certificate (if divorced, please provide a clear copy of divorce certificate); If the certificate is lost, please provide the certificate of loss issued by the Civil Affairs Bureau.

6. Provide true and complete personal data: pay special attention to the authenticity of the telephone number of the company (the embassy will verify it by telephone).

Second, the asset certificate:

1. Incoming and outgoing statement of salary card (or pension or retirement pension) in recent 6 months; If there is no salary card, the applicant is required to provide a debit card (savings card) entry and exit statement (except credit card) for nearly 6 months; It must be stamped by the bank, with a balance of at least 50,000.

2. If the applicant is under 18 or unemployed, it is required to provide the original salary card statement in the name of parents or spouses for the past six months, notarized kinship certificate (or marriage certificate) and certification by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

3. Optional: Vehicle production and property certificate.

Third, the itinerary: it needs to include travel itinerary, hotel orders and air tickets (generally, you entrust the travel agency to handle it, and they will help you prepare this part).

Four, on-the-job personnel need to provide:

1. business license: the company is the applicant of the enterprise, please provide a clear copy of the business license, copy it on A4 paper, with annual inspection records, and affix the official seal of the company to the copy; The applicant whose unit is a public institution, please provide a clear copy of the organization code certificate, copy it on A4 paper with annual inspection records, and affix the official seal of the unit on the copy (business license or organization code certificate is acceptable).

2. Original employment certificate: employment certificate in duplicate, one in Chinese and one in English; Use the company's regular stationery to print and affix the company's red seal; On-the-job certificate should include: company name, my position and income, business trip time (from the same day to the same day), position of person in charge, signature, telephone number and fax number, and also indicate who will bear the expenses when the guarantor returns to China on schedule.

Five, retirees need to provide:

Retirement certificate: a clear copy of retirement certificate.

Six, minors under the age of eighteen need to provide:

1, notarial certificate and authentication certificate:

-With your parents, you need to provide:

Notarization of three-party kinship certificate with children as the main applicant (in Chinese and English).

-With a parent, you need to provide:

Notarization of three-party kinship certificate with children as the main applicant (in Chinese and English).

B the party who does not go shall issue a notarized power of attorney (in Chinese and English).

-When traveling with non-immediate family members other than parents, you need to provide:

Notarization of three-party kinship certificate with children as the main applicant (in Chinese and English).

B notarized power of attorney issued by both parents (in Chinese and English)

Original medical insurance: if you apply for a short-term visa, please purchase overseas medical insurance applicable to the whole Schengen area; Insurance clauses must cover medical and living repatriation expenses, and the insured amount shall not be less than 30,000 euros (about 300,000 RMB); The underwriting time must cover the whole process of Schengen area.

To apply for a German visa, you can ask a travel agency for help or apply in person. German short-term visa applications are currently submitted through the German Visa Acceptance Center (China-Chile Visa). If you handle it yourself, you need the following process:

Step 1: register online:

Step 2: get the list of materials and the application form for applying for a root visa.

Step 3: Make an appointment online.

You can choose an appropriate time to submit your visa application online. Please note that if you fail to submit your application as scheduled, your personal registration information will be automatically deleted on the day of appointment. If you want to make a new appointment, you need to register again.

Step 4: Prepare visa application materials.

Step 5: Submit the materials to the Beijing Center of China-Chile Visa Germany Acceptance Center.

Attention! The applicant should arrive on time and submit the materials as scheduled. Applicants who fail to arrive on time will not be able to submit and need to make a new appointment.

Step 6: Submit the materials

The staff will check whether the materials you have prepared are complete and meet the requirements of the embassies of the Federal Republic of Germany and China in China.

If the application materials are incomplete, you can supplement the copies of documents provided by the center or submit the application directly (this may increase the risk of visa refusal). If you don't want to submit an application with incomplete materials, you can log in to our website with the same German visa acceptance center account within three days and make a new appointment.

Step 7: Pay the visa fee and visa service fee.

Step 8: Query the application process

You can log on to the website and browse your personal page at any time.

Step 9: Get your passport.