As a result of changes in the global epidemic of new crown pneumonia, Germany has tightened its policy on visa applications, corporate visas, work visas, international student visas and a series of visas will be affected to a certain extent, for the processing of visas will also be more stringent, the details are as follows:

Corporate visas

Business plan review requirements have changed: if possible, the requirement to state that the plan The business plan is required to demonstrate the positive impact of the plan on innovation and research, if possible.

Work Visa

1, the declaration of employment relationship form has been added as a necessary document;

2, the German Consulate in Guangdong requirements: only accept work visa applications with a pre-approval letter issued by the German Federal Labor Agency, if you can't submit this letter of approval will not be able to submit the application.

2. The Consulate General of Germany in Chengdu requires that a pre-approval letter from the German Aliens Office is needed to apply for a long-term work visa (including internships).

3. The processing of work visas for interns has been resumed.

blue card

1, the employer relationship statement instead of a work contract, but the most secure way to apply or need to submit two copies;

2, ZAV into a necessary material, if there is no ZAV, the consulate will be sent to the labor bureau, and even if there is a ZAV consulate can be sent to the German local, unlike the previous consulate can be issued directly out of the visa, means that the blue card policy is tightened;

3. No progress inquiries allowed for four weeks.

International Student Visa

1, there is a German acceptance notice to go to Germany to go to college;

2, there is a matriculation school acceptance notice to go to Germany to go to matriculation;

3, there is a college acceptance notice to go to Germany to read first (for the preparation of university study) language class; the acceptance notice must still be valid after the language class course is over, and must prove that the language class requires me to come to the school in person.

4, to Germany to take the entrance examination, the end of the entrance examination must be able to enter the school directly;

January 2021 version of the list of documents are as follows:

Germany long-term visa which 1, family reunification class

apply for family reunification visa

apply for marriage and settlement visa

apply for family reunion visa with a minor child of German nationality

Application for family reunification/visa for accompanying children (minor children)

Proof of basic German language knowledge is required for family reunification/marriage visas

2. Employment/Au Pair/Internship/Volunteering

German Work (Dispatched Work) Visa

German Vocational Training Visa

European Union Blue Card

Academic Visit (Research) Visa

Visa for opening a private business in Germany

Job hunting visa

Visa for au pair

Working visa for a professional caregiver, visa for recognition of vocational qualification or training visa

Visa for a Chinese chef

3. Studying for a doctorate/university/language course or secondary school

Visa for studying for a doctorate in Germany

Study visa

Apply for a visa for an intensive German language class

Visa for high school students

German entry update

German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on the 28th that the mutated New Crown virus is widely spreading in Brazil, Britain, Portugal and South Africa, and that the German side intends to restrict the entry of people from these four countries.

AFP reported that Germany has been more effective in controlling the first wave of the outbreak last spring. The epidemic has worsened rapidly since October last year, and the German government began a "partial closure of cities" in November of the same year, closing restaurants, bars, theaters, museums and other cultural and leisure facilities. In December, the German government further tightened anti-epidemic measures, closing schools and stores selling non-essential goods, and the latest anti-epidemic measures are expected to last until the middle of next month.

Germany has accumulated more than 2.1 million new confirmed cases and nearly 55,000 deaths.

Source: new Xinhua news agency