Since 02.02.2020, the fee for Schengen visa has been EUR 80, to be paid upon submission of the application.

The fee for national visas has been EURO 60 and will increase to EUR 75 from 1st September 2017.

Visa Fees

Please note that the mode of payment of the visa fees in Embassy and respective Consulates are as follows:

- Consulate General of Chennai only by demand draft
- Consulate General of Mumbai only by demand draft
- Consulate General of Kolkata only by demand draft
- Consulate General of Bangalore by demand draft and cash also possible
- Embassy in New Delhi by demand draft and in cash

However, both the Visa Code (Schengen visas) and the Ordinance Governing Residence (national visas) provide for fee reductions or waivers in certain cases.

Fee Waivers

a) For Schengen visas: Visa fees are waived by all Schengen states for the following categories of persons, regardless of their nationality.
 Children under six years
 School pupils, undergraduates, postgraduates and accompanying teaching staff who Undertake trips for the purpose of study or training
 Representatives of non-profit organizations aged 25 years or less participating in seminars, conferences, sports, cultural or educational events organized by non-profit organizations.
 For the ‘replacement’ of an old, valid visa in a ‘full travel document’ (one that has no empty pages) with a new visa for the same period in the applicant’s new travel document.

b) For National visas:
 Foreign nationals receiving a scholarship from public funds during their stay in Germany, as well as their spouse or partner and minor children as long as they are covered by the funding
 Members of the diplomatic missions, consular posts and international organizations in Germany, as well as their spouse and children up to and including the age of 25
 Where Germany has undertaken to do so in bilateral or multilateral agreements.

c) Visa fees are waivered for the spouses, same-sex partners in civil union and minor single Children of German citizens, the parents of minor German citizens and family members of EU/EEA nationals, provided they enjoy freedom of movement

Reduced fees

a) The visa facilitation agreements with Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan stipulate a fee of EUR 35.00 for a Schengen visa worldwide and various waivers of this visa fee (e.g. for visits of relatives) For those nationals of Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Albania, Ukraine and Georgia who still require a visa (holders of non-biometric passports), visa facilitation agreements stipulate a fee of EUR 35.00

b) A reduced fee of EUR 40.00 for granting a Schengen visa applies to children between the ages of 6 and 12.

c) For national visas, the fee for minors is half of the regular rate, i.e. EUR 37.50

The German missions will also consider waiving or reducing fees charged in individual cases if the Applicant is seeking to enter the country to promote cultural interest, interest in the field of foreign policy, development policy or other areas of vital public interest or for humanitarian reasons. Foreign exhibitors at German trade fairs who present an official trade fair pass exempt from the visa fee.

Enquiries regarding visa fees in individual cases should be directed to the German mission responsible for the application in question.

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