Travel purpose | How to obtain an appointment | Where to apply
(on the date of appointment) |
Employment | | |
any kind of employment visa (including Blue Card, self-employment, fast-track procedure in accordance with § 81a AufenthG, ...)
Exceptions: Scientists / researchers are listed separately below. Au-pairs, internship/training, volunteers/religious purposes and job seekers are listed below under “Other categories”.
| VFS appointment booking portal
Selection: “Kolkata - Consulate General Of Germany”
→ “National Visa (stay of more than 90 days): Employment”
→ the appropriate sub-category depending on your exact travel purpose | at the Consulate General |
University students | | |
| students with APS certificate | VFS appointment booking portal
Selection: “Kolkata - Visa Application Centre”
→ “National Visa (stay of more than 90 days): Student Visa”
→ “D-Student visa: students with APS certificate”
Temporarily, additional appointments are also made available at the Consulate directly. Please also try selecting
“Kolkata - Consulate General Of Germany”
→ “National Visa (stay of more than 90 days): Student Visa”
→ “D-Student visa: students with APS certificate”
| at the VFS Visa Application Centre
or at the Consulate General (depending on the location selected in the appointment system)
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students that do not need an APS certificate because of one of the following reasons:- You have a foreign degree that is not Indian (e.g. British degree, Turkish degree, etc.)
- You intend to do a PhD / PostDoc in Germany
- You have an international Indian degree (e.g. International Baccalaureate)
- You receive a stipend from public funds (EU or German funds)
| VFS appointment booking portal
Selection: “Kolkata - Visa Application Centre”
→ “National Visa (stay of more than 90 days): Student Visa”
→ the appropriate sub-category depending on your exact travel purpose | at the VFS Visa Application Centre |
students that do not need an APS certificate because of the following reason:- You will obtain a non-German degree (degree issued by university based in another European country)
| VFS appointment booking portal
Selection: “Kolkata - Consulate General Of Germany”
→ “National Visa (stay of more than 90 days): Student Visa”
→ “Educational Facility awarding non-German degree” | at the Consulate General |
| Family reunion | | |
reunion to a spouse/child who has or will have a German visa/residence permit of one of the following categories:- Blue Card EU (“Blaue Karte EU”)
- skilled worker with academic degree (“18b Abs. 1”)
- ICT card (“ICT-Karte”)
- scientist/researcher (“18d” or “5 BeschV”)
- permanent residence permit (“Niederlassungserlaubnis”)
- specialist (“3 BeschV”)
- staff exchange (“10 BeschV”)
- holder of German or EU scholarship as student or researcher
If your family member already has a residence permit and you are unsure whether it falls under one of the categories mentioned above: The words/numbers in brackets indicate the words/numbers printed in the “Type of permit” or “Remarks” section on the residence permit card. The numbers are the corresponding sections of the German Residence Act.
If you wish to travel to Germany together: Please note that dependents cannot accompany their family member to their visa appointment. Every dependent has to book a separate appointment. Please make sure that the appointment of the dependent is at least one day later than the appointment of their spouse/parent who obtains the visa of the above-mentioned category.
| VFS appointment booking portal
Selection:
“Kolkata - Visa Application Centre”
→ “National Visa (stay of more than 90 days): Family Reunion”
→ “Spouse/ child of an Indian/Foreign with BC/ICT card/ staff exchange / Scientists/ Scholarship holders or holders of permanent residence permit”
| at the VFS Visa Application Centre |
any type of family reunion not mentioned above,
including if you intend to get married in Germany (“intended marriage”)
If you wish to travel to Germany together: Please note that dependents cannot accompany their family member to their visa appointment. Every dependent has to book a separate appointment. Please make sure that the appointment of the dependent who applies for a family reunion visa is later than the appointment of the spouse/parent who obtains the visa of another category (e.g. employment). | VFS appointment booking portal
Selection: “Kolkata - Consulate General Of Germany”
→ “National Visa (stay of more than 90 days): Family Reunion”
→ the appropriate sub-category depending on your exact travel purpose | at the Consulate General |
Other categories - au-pair
- internship / training
- job seeker
- language course
- volunteers / religious purposes
| VFS appointment booking portal
Selection: “Kolkata - Consulate General Of Germany”
→ the appropriate category and sub-category depending on your exact travel purpose | at the Consulate General |
Scientists / researchers
| VFS appointment booking portal
Selection: “Kolkata - Visa Application Centre”
→ “National Visa (stay of more than 90 days): Guest scientist / Researcher” | at the VFS Visa Application Centre |
Re-entry (Wiedereinreise) This category is only for applicants who already have a valid German residence permit, but have lost/damaged it during their stay in India.
If you contact the Foreigners' Authority (Ausländerbehörde) of your place of residence in Germany about your case, they may be able to speed up the procedure. | Please contact the visa section
directly via our contact form by selecting the “National visas (stay of more than 90 days)” category, providing as much information about the lost/damaged residence permit as possible. If possible, include a PDF scan of the residence permit. | at the Consulate General |
