NewStats: 3,265,561 , 8,187,227 topics. Date: Sunday, 15 June 2025 at 06:38 PM 15683k

@MintyChoccochip

I applied for family reunion visa 28/10/2011
Got email for appointment 18/11/2022
Appointment day 13/12/2022

Please I'd like to ask some questions. Here is my email address [email protected] please kindly send a message

Thanks a lot

Adegbeanna:
Yes

Have you now been ed by a lawyer

Wunme:
Please has anyone who went for family reunion interview in November, 2022 heard from the embassy yet?

To think I have been so worried that I have not heard anything from the embassy. I did mine December, 2022

How about now, have u heard from them

TripleJ03 can Someone please help me answer this question?



post=120690153:
Hello house

Please how much is visa interview fees in naira for adult and children.

[quote author=TripleJ03 post=120694180][/quote]


I paid 34,500 for Adult in Jan 2023. I don’t know for children. I believe it should be the same amount. Also they requested for cash but I don’t know if they will change the policy with this new CBN policy.

[thank you so much



quote author=UCEKE post=120694646]


I paid 34,500 for Adult in Jan 2023. I don’t know for children. I believe it should be the same amount. Also they requested for cash but I don’t know if they will change the policy with this new CBN policy.[/quote]

German marriage certificate? Haven't heard of that having any impact on the process though, thought people translate their certificates when they get to ? Besides, the lawyers do not ask for bribe when they come for verification. You only give them a token as appreciation if you feel like it. They don't ask you for it, atleast, they didn't ask me or anyone i know.

Nene2022:
Good day everyone! I’m a first timer here and I have carefully gone through this thread and would like to ask some questions!
Firstly,My husband and I just got married early last month and are already in the the process of getting our German marriage certificate because according to my husband, it’ll help Fasten the verification process when it’s time for that. Please how true is this?
Secondly My husband is at the verge of hiring a Lawyer from to help fasten the process of me getting my Visa (how possible is this with the help of a Lawyer)and also just in case we encounter any trouble especially from some Nigerian Lawyers who ask for bribe during verification . Please what do you all think about this?
I’ll really appreciate answers to these questions thank you🙏

Sugiejay:


To think I have been so worried that I have not heard anything from the embassy. I did mine December, 2022

How about now, have u heard from them

I had my interview October 2022…haven’t heard from the Embassy or a lawyer. The foreign office hasn’t ed my husband yet either.

Babbbbbbbbby:
Please has anyone who did interview in October 2022 heard from the Lawyer or the embassy?

Hello.
Have you heard from the Lawyer of the Embassy now?

GraceIsaac09:

Hello.
Have you heard from the Lawyer of the Embassy now?

No I haven't and you ?

Hi guys. What if my spouse does not have primary school certificate? Can she go to the embassy with only her secondary school and university certificates?

I did not go with primary school certificate as I don't have it, but I went with an old document. Your spouse should go with an old document like baptismal card, baby vaccine card etc

lmuhopeful:
Hi guys. What if my spouse does not have primary school certificate? Can she go to the embassy with only her secondary school and university certificates?

Please what is the current waiting period for family reunion with someone with a blue card.

[quote author=Fabulousaify post=120696229]German marriage certificate? Haven't heard of that having any impact on the process though, thought people translate their certificates when they get to ? Besides, the lawyers do not ask for bribe when they come for verification. You only give them a token as appreciation if you feel like it. They don't ask you for it, atleast, they didn't ask me or anyone i know.

IAD2020:

I did not go with primary school certificate as I don't have it, but I went with an old document. Your spouse should go with an old document like baptismal card, baby vaccine card etc

Your wife must be able to provide an evidence of primary school attendance, hence she will have to forfeit all her certificate by not submitting anything because if she does not attend primary school, she can not press forward to secondary school so if she will not be tendering her primary school certificate, she should atleast get a document to prove that she truly attended primary , she can go to ministry of education in her state, they will know what to give her and anything she is doing make sure it is legit cause of verification, they will every singe document you submitted

GraceIsaac09:



I had my interview October 2022…haven’t heard from the Embassy or a lawyer. The foreign office hasn’t ed my husband yet either.

Where is your locationare you in Lagos or close by? Those are the things that affect lawyer verification.

GraceIsaac09:

Hello.
Have you heard from the Lawyer of the Embassy now?

Not yet.

Gracias112:



Where is your locationare you in Lagos or close by? Those are the things that affect lawyer verification.

I stay in Lagos

Babbbbbbbbby:


No I haven't and you ?

Nothing yet

If you are really curious about what is going on with your application. You can Bundesverwaltungsamt. Applications go through them.

Send an email to [email protected] or call their phone number. They will need your name and port number.

They can tell if they are awaiting physical copies of your documents or whether they are with the Ausländerbehörde already. Your spouse in can take it up from there if the latter is the case.

If they don't have any info, your application has not left Lagos.

Can some one help me I booked for only myself last year Nov 2023..and I have two kids 12and14years old .am I suppose to book for them saperately? I thought mybooking covers both of them.pls some one should reply.so I can do the needful.thnx

Write the embassy and explain to them with the references number given to u when u booked.





quote author=Collette post=120973627]Can some one help me I booked for only myself last year Nov 2023..and I have two kids 12and14years old .am I suppose to book for them saperately? I thought mybooking covers both of them.pls some one should reply.so I can do the needful.thnx[/quote]

Dear NL,

Pls, could someone recommend banks for block opening in ?

I use a Volksbank and the staff I spoke with on phone said he said one cannot open a block with them or does anyone know if they do?

Thanks.

Collette:
Can some one help me I booked for only myself last year Nov 2023..and I have two kids 12and14years old .am I suppose to book for them saperately? I thought mybooking covers both of them.pls some one should reply.so I can do the needful.thnx

Hello!! You will have to book for each separately with their international port numbers. This means you are booking two more appointments. After booking for both, you will then explain to the embassy in a mail with your reference number and theirs. The embassy will merge the application and invite the 3 of you at the same time for interview when it’s time. #cheers

Zluky:
If you are really curious about what is going on with your application. You can Bundesverwaltungsamt. Applications go through them.

Send an email to [email protected] or call their phone number. They will need your name and port number.

They can tell if they are awaiting physical copies of your documents or whether they are with the Ausländerbehörde already. Your spouse in can take it up from there if the latter is the case.

If they don't have any info, your application has not left Lagos.

Has anyone tried this? Did you get any response?

GraceIsaac09:


I stay in Lagos

You can them , because this verification of a thing is just somehow, some two weeks after their interview, their lawyer came , some 2 months, some more than that. Just be prayerful and have patient, your lawyer will locate you this month I believe

pseudonomer:
Please what is the current waiting period for family reunion with someone with a blue card.

One year after booking, I don’t know exactly after interview

Sugiejay:
@MintyChoccochip

I applied for family reunion visa 28/10/2011
Got email for appointment 18/11/2022
Appointment day 13/12/2022

Please I'd like to ask some questions. Here is my email address [email protected] please kindly send a message

Thanks a lot

You applied 2011? Or was that a typo error

Gracias112:






One year after booking, I don’t know exactly after interview

I thought the process is faster for blue card holders

Hello all, I like to ask the issue about verification fee. Is it to be paid by partner of a blue card holder as well? I have asked two people with blue card and someone’s partner paid the verification fee while the other person didn’t pay. There was no verification in both cases eventually. Any insight here pls

Also, is there anything like pre approval for family reunion?

Hello All,
Thought to share my update here as I’ve benefited from others here as well.
7/7/2022: My spouse(Blue Card)and I(Family Reunion) applied for an appointment/interview together. My Husband got a date immediately while I didn’t.
28/9/2022: My spouse arrived on a blue card visa.
24/10/2022: My spouse wrote the German embassy in Nigeria on my behalf to appeal the 14 month waiting period for an appointment on health concerns. We waited this long so my spouse could attach exit and entry visa stamps in the email just so they know we’re no longer together in Nigeria.
25/10/2022: Embassy responded to the email saying the “embassy no longer grants priority appointments to spouses and children of researchers, blue card holders, scholars, students e.t.c
We were sad to say the least but decided to try again at a later time.
15/11/2022: My spouse reached out to the embassy again on my behalf on health grounds and they responded almost immediately with the same response as before. We were determined to try again, still.
16/11/2022: To my utter amazement, I got an appointment email from the embassy. This was after they rejected our previous appeal barely 24 hours earlier. They even gave me a date less than 2 weeks from when they responded.
29/11/2022: Went for my family reunion interview at the embassy. No hassles. Went with all my documents except 1 as my spouse was yet to get a blue card in . The interviewer said my visa may take a while as I didn’t have my spouse’s blue card at the time but requested I send it once we get it.
16/12/2022: Sent my spouse’s Fiktionsbescheinigung to the embassy.
The rest of December: Waited with bated breath with no response from the embassy. Called their lines in Lagos to no avail. Was only told to wait.
18/01/2023: Got a mail from the embassy requesting my travel date.
19/01/2023: Submitted my travel documents to the embassy.
25/01/2023: Received my stamped port.
8/02/2023: Arrived .
In all, i was only separated from my spouse for 4 months as against the standard long waiting period.
Thanks to everyone who responded to my enquiries here. It’s a journey that requires a lot of patience indeed.

MY wife was there yesterday and she paid #17,500 for our toddler, and they collected cash, no transfer or paying in the bank. As for adults, it is now #34,500

TripleJ03:
Hello house

Please how much is visa interview fees in naira for adult and children.