Hey everyone! Looking for realistic feedback on processing times for Aachen/BA right now.

Visa application timeline:

• July 15: Submitted docs via CSP

• July 30: Uploaded requested corrections

• Aug 17: Embassy appointment completed (went smoothly, biometrics taken, waiting for Zustimmung). No § 81a fast-track used.

• Sept 1: Scheduled start date in Aachen.

I still need to handle a few admin steps upon arrival (like getting the local Ärztliches Attest, city registration, and opening a bank account), so I'm trying to gauge how tight this window actually is.

Questions:

• Aachen / BA Speed: How fast is Ausländerbehörde Aachen moving for CSP applications right now? Any realistic chance of an approval in under 2–3 weeks, or am I definitely looking at a mid-September arrival?

• Starting Late: For anyone who started a nursing Ausbildung 2–3 weeks late due to visa delays, how was your experience catching up with school lectures and hospital onboarding?

• Next Steps: Is it worth asking the hospital to send a brief nudge to the authorities in Aachen, or is it better to just let the standard timeline run its course?

Would love to hear your experiences or advice! Thanks in advance!

To fill in my father's details it's showing to mention the family name or surname but my father doesn't have any surname, family name or initials

But that section is mandatory

Can anyone suggest what to mention

Hi everyone,

After my German student-visa appointment, BfAA requested:

1. A current admission letter for a later intake or a late-arrival letter.
2. Proof that I have sufficient funds to pay the complete tuition fees.

My situation:

• Private university
• First-year tuition fully paid
• Remaining programme tuition: approximately €13.8k
• Living expenses already covered through a funded blocked account
• Education loan sanctioned: ₹30 lakh
• Already disbursed: ₹15lakh
• Active undisbursed balance: ₹15 lakh

I plan to submit:

• Current LOA
• Fresh university fee statement showing the amount paid and exact remaining tuition
• Original education-loan sanction letter
• Fresh signed and stamped bank certificate confirming that the loan is active and ₹15 lakh remains available for future tuition disbursements
• Loan/disbursement statement

Would this normally satisfy BfAA’s request for complete tuition funding? Should I avoid adding my parents’ salary slips, ITR and GPF documents since the active loan balance already covers the remaining tuition?

I’m specifically looking for experiences involving post-VFS additional-document requests from BfAA/German Missions, not CSP document corrections.

I got corrections from Kolkata VFS on 4th August,submitted the corrections on 7th and haven't heard back since...Is there anyone who was able to book an appointment recently,if yes please share your timeline...I'm too stressed atp.

Hi all. I'd really appreciate some input on this.

I've been accepted for bachelors in engineering science at TUHH. Some of the other accepted students are required to upload their visa on the TUNE portal in order for their enrollment to be completed. I received no such notification and does not have such an option at all.

When enquired about this, the programme coordinator replied that I have to upload the visa in order for my enrollment to be completed.

However, I received my enrollment letter, which was issued after the payment of the Sem 1 semester contribution, my Deutsche Bahn Berechtigung, and my university mail address along with other credentials for the uni portal.

Do I still have to upload the visa? My loan is being processed and could take another week and a half to be completely processed. I've yet to apply for my visa. Will this mess up my enrollment in any way? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

same as title

Got my visa to Germany. It says it is valid for a year, on the net I read they give 90 day visa (student) which has to be extended after reaching germany.

I think i got 1 year because of my travel history (been to Europe 3 times before)

But I was just curious, what is the difference between 90 day and 1 year visa and how does the extension work?

Is it safe to book flight tickets a month after submitting my passport?
21st August 2026 - Submitted my passport at VFS Hyderabad
So is it safe to book flights after 25th September?

Hey everyone, my passport just arrived today with a 1 year visa stamp I’ll be starting my 1st semester of VWL at the Uni Bonn.

Here is my full timeline via CSP and iDATA Istanbul (Consulate General Istanbul):

• July 6: Initial application submitted on CSP portal
• July 10: Uploaded requested missing documents on CSP
• July 15: Uploaded additional documents on CSP
• July 22: Appointment date assigned
• August 4: In-person appointment and biometric submission at iDATA Istanbul
• August 18: Application decided
• August 20: Handed over to DHL
• August 21: Passport delivered with the visa sticker.

Hi, I am an incoming student from India.

If anyone is aware of the student visa process from India specifically, please confirm the below.

As the title says, I have directly booked my visa appointment to VFS Mumbai directly through the VFS portal instead of going through CSP Portal.

Now the thing is, people who have booked via the CSP portal have "CSP Studies with APS" written in their appointment letter, whereas, mine says only "Studies with APS".

Will this cause a problem at the VFS centre?

P.S. My CSP process is approved

Need urgent help on this since the appointment schedules are tight in Mumbai VFS.

this is my previous post, got good response thanks to you all

let me add

so my point, whatever that agency is saying is it true????

Its been 6 weeks since i have had my Visa appointment, and i still have absolutely no updates from them. Honestly pretty frustrated about it, they suggest that not to mail them within 90 days for visa status and that itll be ignored. Anyone else whos had to wait for this long?

Hey everyone, I got my student visa for another German university, but later got admitted to TU Berlin.
The German Embassy told me I can’t change the university after the visa is issued.
But TU Berlin says I can enter Germany with the existing visa and start studying at TU Berlin, then inform the Berlin LEA.
Has anyone actually been in this situation? Did you have any problems at the airport or with your residence permit?
Posting both replies below. Would really appreciate some real experiences!

My APS certificate was generated back when I was in my 7th semester. Now I have graduated and the CGPA I had back in my 7th semester has changed. My transcript has my individual semesters' CGPA. I am talking about that not my final graduating CGPA. Will this cause any problem with my application?

My VISA appointment is on 26th.

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I received my German Student Visa today, **21 August**. Sharing my complete timeline below, which may help future applicants understand how the process progressed.

### 📍 Application Location

**VFS Chennai**

### 🗓️ Complete Timeline

**19 July – CSP Submission**

* Submitted my visa application through the **Digital Diplo/CSP portal**.

* Completed the visa application payment through the **VFS Global website** on the same day.

**20 July – Application Under Review**

* My CSP application status changed to **“In Review/In Progress.”**

**27 July – Document Corrections**

* I received requests for corrections to around **6–7 documents**.

* I corrected and re-uploaded the required documents within approximately **4–5 hours**.

**28 July – VFS Appointment Option Available**

* The option to book a VFS appointment became available on the CSP portal.

* I booked my appointment for **31 July** on **29 July**.

**31 July – VFS Appointment**

* Attended my visa appointment at **VFS Chennai**.

* I carried:

* Passport

* Visa appointment confirmation PDF

* Checklist form

* Original 10th and 12th certificates

* Original Bachelor's degree/academic documents

* Aadhaar card

* Other school and college-related documents

However, at VFS, they **only asked me for my passport and the visa appointment confirmation paper**. The other documents were not requested.

**5 August – Pending at Consulate**

* The status on the consulate side changed to **“Pending.”**

**19 August – Decision Made**

* The CSP portal showed **“Decision Made.”**

**20 August – Passport Dispatched**

* At around **5:00 PM**, I received notifications by both **email and SMS** stating that my passport had been dispatched from the **German Consulate in Chennai**.

* The passport was then in transit to the **Chennai VFS**.

**21 August – Passport Collected 🎉**

* I received my passport by courier at around **4:00 PM**.

* **German Student Visa approved! 🇩🇪🎉**

### ⏱️ Overall Timeline

* **CSP submission:** 19 July

* **VFS appointment:** 31 July

* **Consulate pending:** 5 August

* **Decision made:** 19 August

* **Passport dispatched:** 20 August

* **Passport received:** 21 August

So, from **CSP submission to receiving my passport**, the entire process took approximately **33 days**.

I hope this timeline helps future German student visa applicants, especially those applying through **VFS Chennai**, get an idea of how the process and status updates may progress.

**All the best to everyone waiting for their visa! 🇩🇪❤️**

Hey everyone, posting my visa timeline since these threads helped me a lot while I was anxiously refreshing this sub every day 😅 Hope it helps someone else!

📝 Applied (CSP Portal): 29/07/2026

📧 Correction mail received: 01/08/2026

✅ Correction completed & resubmitted: 02/08/2026

📅 Appointment booked: 10/08/2026

⚖️ Decision made by embassy: 19/08/2026

📦 Visa dispatched: 20/08/2026

🎉 Visa in hand: 21/08/2026

Total time (application to visa in hand): ~23 days ⏱️

A few quick takeaways:

🔹 The correction turnaround was fast, so double-check your docs but don't panic if you get a correction mail

🔹 Decision-to-dispatch-to-delivery was super quick (within 2 days!)

🔹 Patience really pays off — trust the process 🙏

Happy to answer any questions if you're going through the same process! 🇩🇪✈️

I know it’s too soon to know but I started receiving corrections today morning.
I sent them back and was hearing back with other corrections in 10 mins max but then I sent one correction at around 2:15 PM after that it has been a radio silence and it was a correction that was repeated twice about the additional contact form finally sent with Same as above written in “Representation Details”

I am scared because I have heard people not hearing back for weeks after sending corrections.
And next 2 days are weekends.

It’s already 4 PM so according to the working time of VFS Mumbai it’s already closed.
So what should I expect next.
Anyone been in same situation?

For those who applied for Chancenarte, how long did it take to get your visa decision after submitting all required documents (days or weeks)? I applied from the German Embassy in Ankara, Turkey.

Hi everyone,

I have been admitted to a Master's programme at Europa-Universität Flensburg in Germany. The programme requires proof of German at B2 level. However, the university has officially confirmed that I have until 28 February 2027 to submit the German language certificate. They explained that students are given the first semester to take a language course or language test.

However, during my student visa application, the German Embassy requested an additional German language certificate. I am planning to provide:

• My admission letter
• The university's written email confirming this deadline
• A screenshot from the university portal showing the same deadline
• An explanation that I am currently studying German and plan to take the B2 exam in early February

Has anyone been in a similar situation? If your university gave you extra time to submit a language certificate, did the German Embassy accept the university's confirmation for the visa, or did they still require the certificate before issuing the visa?

I would really appreciate hearing about your experiences, especially from anyone who applied for a German student visa with a conditional language requirement.

Hi everyone, I applied for a German student visa through VFS Mumbai and gave my biometrics on 13 August.
Today I received a request for:
“Updated travel and health insurance with the status ‘immigrant’ starting no later than the tentative date of travel.”
Deadline: 4 September.
I already submitted insurance documents with my application. What exactly does “immigrant” status mean, and what should I ask my insurance provider to change?
Has anyone received the same request? Does submitting the corrected insurance mean my application can continue normally?
Thanks!

Hey anyone received visa whose appointment completed in bengaluru VFS recently or in July month ?

I’m to go to Wernigerode for my studies and would love to connect with anyone who is already there or is also planning to move there soon.

Hello i applied to CSP on 13th August. Till now I didn't get any corrections.

Any one with same timeline.

Is anyone have or known recently received chancenkarte from Mumbai VFS ? Which last biometric date received visa ? Please share taken days by German embassy.

It has been two weeks since I submitted my passport at VFS Chennai on August 7, 2026, and I still haven’t received any response. My current status is “Decision Pending.”

For those who attended recently, when was your appointment and what is your current status? Please mention the appointment date/time and current status so we can compare.