‎Furqan Ahmed‎

Today was my visa interview.

Intended Couse: MBA International Trade , Anhalt University Bernburg

Documents Asked:

2 sets of,

All educational docs, HEC attested

All experience Certificates

Nic, passport New and Old

Study Visa Form, Applicant Declaration, some undertaking I dont remember the name

Blocked account confirmation

The travel insurance, polio certificate and ticked print would be required when thry call you again for visa i guess..

Questions Asked:

Why germany

Why Anhalt and this program

Travelling date

Siblings

Any one in Germany

Recent Employer and your Designation

Being a student of Business Administration/ management and economics I am passionate about taking the course of International Trade due to my interest in it and its high scope in Pakistan (Gwadar Port etc) and worldwide. Hence I defended my point of why germany and Anhalt

They returned my ubl blocked account letter and gave me sometime to submit it again with corrections i.e. properly addressed to German consulate, signed and seal stamped, maintenance certificate and statement, and a covering letter describing that this letter is for Consulate for study visa blocked account requirement and ghe amount is blocked with ubl via this branch. They are having difficulties with ubl sending confirmations online to them and hence there I realised I should had gone for Fintiba. They didnt recieve the bank statement of my parent tjough i wrote in Form : "Financial Support from Parents and Funds secured in UBL blocked Account" :/

I did prepare for few facts regarding germany but it wasnt required. Such as,

Population: 83 M

Area: 3.5 lac sq km

Divisions : 16 States

President: Frank Walter

Chancellor: Angelia Merkel

Other Facts:

3rd Largest Exporter of Goods in world

Major Exports are Vehicles, Machinery, Chemicals, Electronics, Medicine, Metals, Food, Rubber, Plastic

4th Largest in World by Nominal GDP

Common Euro introduced by Germany in 2002

Most populous & Strong Member of EU ( which facilitates the free trade concept)

Practical education concept which is project based.

Home to pioneers in the field of education and research.

Lets see what happens when i submit it again. Best of luck to me

Umeed hi hai ab buss..

Any feedback would highly be appreciated

Syed Najam

Finally, done with interview process. I am posting this so that I can guide others who are still in struggling phase.

I am about to explain everything in details, Interview date was on 3 August, 2018.

After my Admission Letter :-

1- I started looking for appointment, I got appointment on previous system.

2- Checked pros & cons for fintiba & db account. Choose db, call German consulate in Lahore and asked for appointment, he gave me the appointment in order to open block account (in fintiba you have to fill everything online) so I reached there at jail road office, he attested my documents cost me 3400/- and I send those documents in Germany, after 3 days they opened my account.

3- I checked almost every branch to transfer euros, in my case easiest way was to transfer via MoneyGram via Wall Street in Gulberg, Please note this, you do not have to submit 5% tax, because this block amount is not your educational fees, its your personal money. He gave me TT rate of euro which was 3.5 rupees more then the market and cost me around 3300/- for transfer. Bank cost me 10 Euro and blocked my 8640/- amount. They gave me confirmation after 14 working days. (Tip:- if you have enough time like a month or something and go for db else for fintiba, nothing else matter)

4- I searched the group and find out someone has already compile past interview questions, I started preparing those questions according to my own scenario.

5- Checked embassy website and completed my all documents for interview. You can find out those documents in Files section easily. (Tip:- Please read bottom passages carefully)

6- Prayed to Allah for better. Tried my best to be neutral, If Allah has planned something for me, nobody can snatch it from me. (Tip:- Do this and you will see ease in your process)

Okay, now the big day comes,

1- As, I am in Lahore. I travelled at night around 12:10 AM and reached at Islamabad exactly at 4:45 AM, took tea and waited till 5:30 AM at Faizabad Stop. (Tip:- Please don't go empty stomach and don't panic, just relax and go with the flow)

2- Booked Cream and visited Diplomatic Enclave (Tip:- Save this place in your cream/uber app, these apps are not that accurate)

3- Reached by 5:45 AM and waited with others, they opened gates around 6:00 AM, we went inside and submitted our bags, there is a big waiting hall, with printing, photocopying, restaurants and even washrooms.

4- There are two shuttle services in Diplomat Enclave area, first is coster (500/-) and second is Car (1000/-). I selected executive service (1000/-) just because I didn't like the bus :P anyways, a man booked my ticket and asked me to submit my mobile, after this he asked me to wait. (Tip:- yr itnay paisay lga diye hain khamoshi say Car book karwao ta k jaldi pohanch jao jaldi number aa jaye aur jaldi wapis aa jao aur thora maza lo apnay dreams ko sochtay huway :D )

5- They asked us to sit in car exactly at 6:50 AM, car dropped us at embassy exactly 7:10 AM and we waited till a man came and asked for appointment proof, print of our email from embassy. He marked the page and checked passport then asked me to wait. So please carry a extra appointment email print.

6- After a while he asked me to go to the counter, at counter a man checked again appointment print and my passport then gave me a token number and asked me to go through security check. Another man checked documents and other stuff like even water bottle, then he send me to hall.

7- In hall, there is a counter number, so you have to wait till your turn comes out, and a man meanwhile arrange all your documents, and will ask you for about 500/- for passport delivery. Please Please make sure to ask him to arrange your all documents carefully.

8- On your turn go to the counter, counter number 1 is on your right and 2,3 are on your left. I went to counter number 1. He asked me sit down, seems in good mood yet a bit serious. And thus interview starts,

I made 3 mistakes, please please do not repeat my mistakes and do everything carefully,

1- I didn't signed documents I thought declarations should be signed in front of VO.

2- I didn't ask man in hall to arrange my documents, I was confident about my arrangement, as I double/triple checked from embassy website.

3- I didn't copy both sides of educational documents.

Initially, he asked me to go back and come with new appointment, I requested him that It will ruin my whole year, I can correct these things right now.

He said, we are here to help you so that you guys can represent Pakistan in Germany. Although it is very easy for us that we send back you right away.

I said, please help me, he said okay, sign these documents and let me re-arrange everything for you. During this he was constantly asking questions (see question list below).

Then I went out for photocopy, you do not have to visit shuttle service again as there is a photocopy shop near bank, walking distance from embassy, ask from any security guard just in case.

Okay, now I came back, he asked more questions and asked me to write down LOM (questions are below). Then he asked me for biometric verification. Please check the picture first and then put your fingers and remove all your rings and other such stuff from fingers. Don't compel your VO to ask you this, there were some ladies who were in difficulty because of this ring type thing, scanner was causing issue.

Questions,

Name?

Introduction?

Previous Degree?

Previous University?

Year of Graduation?

Which University you choose now?

How many universities you have applied in?

Got admission in how many?

Course Content of Previous degree?

Course Content of New degree?

Duration?

Sponsor?

Why both your parents? why not only father or mother?

other source of income?

why MS now?

why you waited for 2 years?

Future plans?

Why you want to come back?i

If you got job?

Why you want to do job in Germany?

What goals do you have in your life?

How this course is related to your previous degree?

Who helped you?

Who misguided you?

How to you rate that fb group? (As there are other students as well who are making a lot of mistakes and blaming that group & its member)

Did you hire any consultant?

(Because I used paper clips and arranged things in a bit weird manner, I am a software engineer for me that was normal :P)

Why not Pakistan?

Any relative in abroad?

Any relative in Europe?

Why you are not going to USA you have close family there?

Why you do not like USA? (Because I said I don't like America)

Why you like Germany?

(Your inspiration for Germany)

Your VISA type?

Tips:-

1- Go to Fintiba if you do not have any time, go to Db if you have time.

2- Transfer money on Thursday, that's when euro is down relatively.

3- If you are travelling at night book Business Class Bus.

4- User cream/uber if you are outsider. Really cheap in Islamabad as no traffic like Lahore.

5- Book Car in shuttle service.

6- Make proper queues anywhere it is possible.

7- Don't drink that much water in anxiety.

8- Don't get late.

9- Ask VO anything but don't ask silly questions about visa duration etc etc

10- Be confident, loud, clear.

11- Don't ask him to repeat questions.

12- Use thank you & sorry words.

13- Show smile and be energetic (mari hui shakal na bna k jana)

14- Pray to Allah.

My Request,

Kisi b VO k baray main ghalat mat kaho bhai, hum apni ego main aa jatay hain jab woh hamri koi mistake nikaltay hain, aur hum agay say bar bar argu karnay lag jatay hain. Unka daily ka kaam hai woh behtre jantay hain agr apko waqai koi cheez ghalat lagi hai to embassy ke website pay email kar do simple hai. warna unki bat maan lo. Hum yahan group main har aik banday ko judge kartay hain aur us k character tak bat kartay hain. Please don;t do this, agr ap yahan manners nahi show karwa sak rahay to bahir ja k ap nay Pakistan ka image kharab karna hai. (Koi banda mind na karay this is a request ....Thanks)

Please please ye mat kahna aik aik step btaow, is say b zyaida ab aur kya bta sakta hun. Secondly all of you best of luck and take care. I am available you can ask me anything anytime I will try to reply all of you ASAP.

EDIT-1 :-

CGPA 3.47, No German Language,

Universities,

1- Chemnitz, Technische Universität Chemnitz (TU)

Master Web Engineering

2- Köln, Technische Hochschule Köln

Master Informatik/Computer Science

3- Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin

Master Uni mit Abschluss Comp. Sc. / Informatik

4-Frankfurt/Main, University of Applied Sciences

Master of Engineering Information Technology MA

5-Passau, Universität Passau

Master Informatik/ Comp. Science

6-Paderborn, Universität Paderborn

Master of Science Computer Science

7-Kiel, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

Master 1-Fach Informatik

8-Bayreuth, Universität Bayreuth

M.Sc. Computer Science

9- Potsdam, Universität Potsdam

M.Sc. Data Science

EDIT 2:-

Got admission only from 4. Not all.

1- Bayreuth

2-Chemnitz

3-Kiel

4-Paderborn

EDIT 3:-

Please Transfer money which is better for you. According to your own scenario. For me, FC account was not good so I used MoneyGram. I am not recommending anyone about anything. This is what I did, you should follow your own case.

EDIT 4:-

My CGPA 3.47 from PUCIT (new campus) & IELTS .... main nay IELTS dia hai aur bohat acha score b kya hai ..bs is group main aik dost hai ussay main nahi btana chahta score hamari thori c bet lagi hui hai ...is leye woh mention nahi kya main nay ......but yes IELTS dia hai main nay .....

‎Ahsan Nasir

VISA Interview experience 6th august, 2018 at Islamabad Embassy.

Intended Course: Distributed Systems Engineering

Intended University: Technische Universitāt Dresden

Previous Degree: Bachelors in Computer Science from COMSATS

German Grade: 2.2

Experience: Two years of experience as a Software Engineer and 4 month Internship.

I reached VISA shuttle at 7:20 am. Showed my appointment booking at the counter and i was issued a token through which i was able to buy the ticket for shuttle service (500 for bus, 1000 for car)

Reached Embassy at sharp 8:00 where you're supposed to wait for your turn to enter embassy. On embassy's entrance, a guy will ask you for your documents he will note something down and return it. Later, you will be issued another token (This one is for interview). You will be asked to sit inside the embassy's waiting area where you'll be called for AMEX receipt payment of 500 and document ordering check. Then just wait for your turn.

Personally, my interviewer was a nice guy on counter 2 unless you trigger him by saying something stupid. He just asked me very simple questions.

Intended Course name?

Your profile?

What does your father do? Mother and siblings?

Your bachelors CGPA?

Bachelor's University?

Work experience?

You''re sponsoring your studies yourself? How much money do you have?

Since you have a good work experience, you can be offerred a very good job after completing your studies. Would you take the offer if offerred a 400K/month job? (i said no and cleared it up why i wouldn't)

In the end he gave me a piece of paper and asked me to write answers to:

Why Germany?

Course Contents

Plans after studies.

It was a quick interview of just 10-12 minutes and later i paid the standard chartered slip of 11,800 at the bank and left.

One Tip: While you wait, You will hear echoes of the other interviews and it can send shivers down your throat. But it's just a stupidsd feeling Interviewers are generally very nice and your best shot is to stay confident and don't go in with a worried face or they'll strike where it hurts. Be confident, go with a smiling face. And trust me it will be an easy interview. Good Luck all!

Also, i used Coracle's (ERV) travel insurance and embassy accepted it without any concern.

And i need prayers as well. Let's hope i get a positive response soon enough :) Thanks, JazakAllah.

Arsalan Ahmad

Apologies for posting a little late...

Alhamdulilah

By the grace of Almighty Allah, prayers and dedicated support of my family and friends and guidance from this amazing platform, I have finally received my Visa.

My profile:

Bachelors: Mechanical Engineering

Institute: Ghulam Ishaq Khan University (GIKI)

CGPA: 2.80/4

Work experience: 1 year and 10 months

IELTS: 8.0 Band

Intended University for Masters : RWTH Aachen

Status: Admission granted in Management and Computer Aided Mechanical Engineering (MME-CAME)

Blocked account in DB: 9000 €

Bank statement: Rs 1.2 million

My experience:

Place of interview: German consulate Karachi

Interviewer: A polite Lady who can be found in counter number 3.

Date of interview: 27th June

Visa clearance: 16th July

Visa received: 23th July

Following fingerprints scanning and submitting visa fee, I was asked a few questions as follows:

Q1) Where did you do your bachelors from?

Q2) Where is this university located?

Q3) How was the experience there?

Q4) Where do you live currently?

Q5) Who is sponsoring you?

Q6) Why did you choose this particular university for Masters?

Q7) What are your plans after completing Masters?

Q8) Do you speak German

I had taken A1 classes from Goethe Institute hence I submitted my class participation certificate and I told my interviewer that I do plan on giving my exam soon.

Q9) Do you have any work experience?

The lady also asked me to submit a one page letter of motivation (typed). It was 11:30 am and I was given time until 3 pm to submit LOM on the same day. When I asked that the "Letter of motivation" is not mentioned on the list of required documents to be submitted. She replied, " It is a special requirement for the visa process".

My advice for any future applicant would be to take along three copies of a one page typed Letter of motivation beforehand in order to avoid any hassle.

Thankfully I submitted my LOM on time and got done with the process on the same day. The Lady ended the interview by saying that the process could take upto one month.

Pointers:

Pre-interview phase can be a scary period for many applicants. My advice would be to be confident in your answers and have your application ready beforehand. This group contains all the necessary information and valuable interview experiences of many applicants. Just don't forget to fully utilize this data. Preparing for visa interview is a nervous but also a fulfilling experience. With the right guidance and disciplined approach many people would end up realizing that consultants are not really required in order to apply abroad. This group stands testament to this fact :).

In the end I would like to specially thank Syed Wasf Haider Zaidi for lending crucial support and continuing to aid future applicants towards fulfilling their dreams of studying in Germany.

I am always available for any queries that you guys might have on your side :)

To everyone who is applying for Visa currently or gearing up for the process, I wish you Best of Luck and InshaAllah you will receive your Visa on time :D

Hira Siddiqui

Visa Interview Experience: Islamabad Embassy (9th July,2018)

Intended University: TU Dresden

Intended Course: Masters in Distributed Systems Engineering

Blocked account: Fintiba (9000 euros)

Bank Statement: Approx 1.2 million pkr

My interview experience was very different than usual, posting it here for prospective students with similar circumstances.

I, along with my spouse had applied to the same course/same university.

Here is the series of questions that were asked:

1. Introduce yourself.

2. Are you single? (He had already seen the marital status on my passport as married)

3. What does your husband do?

4. Where will he be during your study duration?

5. Has he applied for a student visa too?

6. Are you both going to the same university?

7. Are you both going for the same course?

8. Do you have kids?

9. How many years since marriage?

10. Why did you choose Germany?

11. Why did you choose this course?

12. Why did your husband choose this same course?

13. On what date does your husband has his visa interview? (He then proceeded to check his name and appointment in the system and typed something on the computer)

14. Why did you choose this university?

15. Is it a public or private university?

16. In which city is your university located?

17. Can you describe the geographical location of your city?

18. Why is your admission letter not signed by official authority? (I had simply printed out the letter which I got in email)

19. Was GRE required for this course?

20. Describe your course. (My course was distributed systems engineering so I explained him what it is)

21. Is this course taught in English?

22. Who is your sponsor? (Followed by a few questions regarding the bank statement, source of funds etc)

23. What’s your annual salary?

24. Have you resigned from job right now?

25. What are your future plans?

26. What are some of the subjects that are taught in this masters?

27. Does your masters related to your bachelors?

28. What are some of the course in your UG that relate to your masters?

29. What does your father do?

30. How many siblings do you have?

31. Where are your siblings?

32. Do any of them work?

33. Any relatives abroad?

34. Any blood relatives in Europe?

35. Any uncles/ non-direct relatives living in Germany?

And then came the question which has got me worried the most:

36. You are going there to settle right? – I retaliated a bit on this question and told him that we both are capable people going there because education means a lot to us which can be easily seen from our profiles, and I went on to explain a few family reasons why we need to come back.

After that, he asked me to write an LOM with the following questions:

Why Germany, why this course, why your husband is going with you, why your husband chose this same course, why is it important that both of you stay together, what your future plans, what do you both intend to do after masters, how did you arrange the funds.

Other tips:

• Take a pen with you. Keep a water bottle with you. Be calm and do not give in to the pressure that the Visa Officer puts on you, they are just doing their job and want to judge whether you are telling the truth or not.

• Spend ample time on the documentation as they get really pissed off if your documentation isn’t correct. Spending a few extra hours on document preparation would serve you well on the day of interview.

• Make a separate folder for optional documents that they might ask and keep 2 photocopies of each document. This is just to be on the safe side. In my case, they also attached two copies of Nikah Nama, Marriage Registration Certificate and passport photocopies of my husband with my sets.

• If someone does not have appointment at 8 a.m., please take the shuttle service instead of car, as there is a high chance you won’t get a car on the way back anyways.

• The standard chartered bank fees is 700 rs, the lady in the bank took 1000 rs extra from me for God knows what, and I didn’t notice. There is a massive loot culture in the embassy area, keep your eyes and ears open.

If someone has had similar experience and/or got the visa with similar case, please inbox. Hopefully, this would help other people in the same shoes as me.

Prayers needed.

Questions and comments are welcome. Kindly refrain from direct messaging as the only purpose for this post is to better prepare the upcoming students. I’ll be happy to answer your queries in the comments.

Thanks.

‎M Faizan‎

Islamabad Embassy Procedure for Interview

- Reach Islamabad Embassy Shuttle service early in the morning. (around 6:45 am).

- Submit your bag/purse on a counter outside the shuttle service door inside the parking area. (Do Not submit mobile here)

- First get a slip from check-in counter by displaying passport and appointment email print.

- Buy the ticket of shuttle service. The economy shuttle service starts at 8 am so those who have appointment at 8 am have to take ticket of executive shuttle service. (charges Rs. 1000)

- Then submit your mobile to the counter which is left to the shuttle service ticket counter.

- The shuttle will then take you to the german embassy. Remember that german embassy has two gates, one is for visa section and other is for attestation purpose, so dont forget to ask the shuttle service to drop you at the visa section gate.

- There will be benches at the visa section gate, try to get a seat near the embassy door as the sitting order serves as the position in the queue.

- The representative will ask you to come and submit the 2 sets of photocopies and 4 photos to the first counter. The lady on the counter will check the documents, order them and return you back.

- Then you will enter the visa interview waiting room. At the right corner there will be a person sitting who will give you teh AMEX receipt (charges Rs. 500)

- Go to the counter when its your turn. The interviewer will take the 2 set of photocopies.

- At the end of your interview, the interviewer will give you a challan form for visa fee. You have to then exit the german emabassy and go to the standard chartered branch which is two streets away. You can ask any gaurd to get the correct way. You have to walk there as the shuttle will not drop you there.

- Standard chartered charges Rs. 700 as handling charges as well.

- Once the payment is done, get the shuttle and you are free to go.

Khuldoon Usman

Detailed Breakdown of what to do on the day of the visa appointment at Islamabad embassy:

-Reach the shuttle service location by max by 6:45 AM

Visa Seeker Shuttle Service

3rd Ave, Maira, Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory

https://goo.gl/maps/Y59FhheLXjP2

- There are two types of shuttle service:

a) Executive: Basically a Car and it's booking starts at 7AM sharp. Costs 1000Rs.

b) Economy: A coaster and it's booking starts at 7:30AM sharp. Costs 500Rs.

Whichever one you take you will get to the embassy in time. You'll get a token for the shuttle which you will use to get back.

- As you get there, you will wait on the benches outside at the entrance while a man calls you one by one and sees your appointment email and notes down your passport number. Then he asks you to remain seatee and wait for your turn

- Once you're called to the entrance, a woman will check your photocopies and make sure they are in the correct order. If they are not, they will rearrange the order for you and ask you to do the same for both sets of photocopies. Once this is done, she will buzz you in and you'll go through a security scan.

- After the security scan, you'll go to the waiting area with a token number and wait for your turn at the visa counters. During that time, a guy will take your passport and note your details for courier and ask you to pay the 500Rs.

- Now once your turn comes, you'll go to the counter and wait for the interviewer to ask you what he/she wants.

- The interviewer will first ask you to make sure the photocopies are in the right order and then he/she will go through both sets to check.

- Then they'll take your fingerprints

- After that comes the Q&A after which you'll be handed the payment receipt and you'll be told to collect your originals, pay the receipt at the standard chartered branch of the diplomatic enclave and then go home with shuttle token. You will also be asked ti write the LOM so make sure to have a pen on hand with you.

This is it. The whole process takes around 3-4 hours.

My details:

- Course: M. Sc Mechanical Engineering and Management at TUHH

- DB Blocked Account: 8900 Euros

- Second Year Statement: 2.4 Million

Questions Asked:

-Why Germany?

- Why this course and this university?

- How is this course linked to your field?

- Future Plans?

- What do your father and mother do and what they earn?

-How many siblings and what do they do?

Hope this information helps, Good luck to all those who are going to give theinterview and prayers for those who still need an appointment at the embassy.

Abdul Rehman

Karachi Consulate Visa Interview Experience - 2nd July 2018

The whole interview process was around 15 minutes. I was asked to make 2 sets of photocopies of all the documents. In this post, I've attached the Excel Sheet list of documents that I took to the consulate. After the biometrics were done and the Visa Fee of PKR 10,400 was paid, the question answer session began which hardly lasted around 1.5 to 2 minutes.

Q) What's the name of your course?

Q) Why have you chosen this course?

Q) What are your plans after completing your studies?

Q) Where did you get to know about this course?

Q) Where did you complete your bachelors from?

Q) In which subject did you complete your bachelors in?

These are most of them as far as I can remember.

Prayers Needed :)

Faizan Ali

Alhamdulillah Visum! 😊

Interview date: 31st January

Receiving date: 27 Feb

Course: MSc Chem and Energy OVGU Magdeburg.

Some Facts: yar jitna hawa bna hua ha ussay bht easy hota interview and secondly jitny doc required hain srf utny lay kr jaeen no extra doc needed, furthermore bank statement doesnt matter they just want to chk k ap k resources se jo income as rhi wo asal main aati k nhi,,,,

Profile:

BS Mechanical from UET Taxila.

Gpa: 3.14

Statement: 1.2m only for 2 months on my name.

Interview:

Counter no:1,VO: aged lady

Questions:

1: why Germany?

Ans: Due to high quality of research work specially in Renewable energy, diverse international culture and yes free studies for international students.

2: Uni name?

3: spinsor name?

4: when u finished ur BS

5:how many siblings?

6:If u offered job after MS what will u will do?

Ans: As my research in BS was on renewable and my intended course majorly focus on renewable energy, In Pakistan it is need of hour to introduce renewable energy as country is facing issues in power sector so think Pakistan eill be better choice for me thats y i will not accept the job.

(She appreciated my POV)

7: any relative in EU

8: who told u abt Germany

Ans: Google and my personal intrest and find uni using Daad

9: who told u abt Daad?

Ans: One of my previous teachers is doing Phd from Germany he told me abt daad

10: When will u like to travel to Germany?

Ans: As my classes will start from 26th March i will prefer to travel one or two weeks prior

At the end she asked me to write 1:Why Germany, 2:Course structure, 3:Future goals

on a paper and it took 10 mnts to do that

May Allah shower His blessings on all umt e Muslim 😊

Special thanks to Afshan Malik Yasir Iqbal and my beloved Friends who helped me a lot,

Junaid Khalid 

02 February, 2018 was the date of my interview at German Embassy at 8am i was first one at this counter.

Duration of interview: about 40 Minutes

Questions Asked: More than 40

Counter Number: 03, Pakistani guy, no beard with mustache, decent looking guy, very serious.

Behavior: very very rude, he was not even letting me to complete my answers of asked question.

Intended Degree:

Master in Management of Textile Trade and Technology from Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences.

Note:

1) I did not had IETLS, only have IETLS exemption letter from my intended university and English proficiency certificate from my Bachelor University. It worked. So for future Guys! If university doesn’t need IELTS you can appear in Embassy interview without it.

2) I did not had my blocked account confirmation, just had an opening statement from Fintiba. He did not made any big objection on that thing. He just said block your money ASAP and mail the blocked Account Confirmation document on the embassy email address.

3) Dressing won’t matter so much, but cold will kill you. Cover yourself properly. Coz 4 counters me sy 1 counter pr khre ho kr through window cell interview hoga. Only counter no 1 will take interview by sitting in front of VO.:)

4) Increase your writing speed for LOM cuz they don’t give you enough time and write in a nice, readable handwriting. Practice writing Following question in 5 minutes at home again and again. Be as precise as possible in your answers.

5) Many persons were having problem with biometric photos. Be careful of the size of the picture and biometric photos use special dull kinda paper. Do bring that one with you. Otherwise you will be wasting your money (about 1000), energy and time in this thing there.

Okay coming to questions.

Questions:

~What is your visa type ?

~What is your qualification ?

~Why Germany ?

~Why this institution ?

~Language of instruction ?

~Why not Australia, UK or USA ?

~Why not Pakistan ?

~Siblings details ?

~Parents Details ?

~Business Details ?

~University Details ?

~Intentions after the course?

~Why do you want to come back to Pakistan ?

~Your course is in English why did you learn German Language?

~How is your this course matches your previous course ?

~Source of income?

~Do you want to settle there ?

~your sponsor and what are he doing?

~Children of my sponsors ?

~Any relative abroad ?

~What are you doing now a days?

~starting date of classes

~Where does your sponsor work?

~What is his salary per month?

During interview he dictated me the questions for writing LOM and keep checking my documents and was busy in his other stuff. He did not gave me enough time to answer them properly.

Questions were

~Which subjects of this degree attracted you?

~What are your future plans?

~Why Germany?

~Why this university? Note down some universities that are competitive to your intended university.

~Has anyone help you in this processing

After interview, because I was focusing on the research during interview. He gave me an additional form having details info about my planned research and supervisor details. It was made especially for researchers. Also had to write research plan on it with in embassy area. It does not happen usually. Only for special cases.

Needed to attached

~A biometric picture.

~Detailed CV

~Copy of Motivational Letter written before

~Copy of Admission letter

Total cost:

1000/500 for shuttle service

500 for courer service to return back ur passport.

100 photostate wala ly ly ga bs documents me 2 pins r staple krne k :P

9740 visa fees that would become 10,400 something after including tax at bank.

Wish u all good luck. Please Pray for my Visa.

Dont hesitate to contact me for any kinda inquiry??

Baidar Bukht

By the grace of Allah Almighty, Got Visum 🇩🇪

Interview was just simple but the day was memorable that "Jis din hmara interview tha to Zalzla bhe support ko aya tha".

Interview Date: 31 January

Receiving Date: 27 February

No 2nd year expense call

Course: MS Electrical Engineering (Power)

University: University of Rostock

IELTS Exemption Letter (No IELTS)

Counter No: 1 || VO (Old lady)

Profile:

BS Electrical Engineering from COMSATS IIT, Abbottabad

CGPA: 3.08

8 month Experience

2 month international experience

6 month statement 1.8 million

Interview Questions:

Why you have visited Malaysia?

Uni Name?

Intended Date of Departure?

Who is the sponsor ?

Source of income (sponsor)?

When u finished ur BS?

How many siblings?

Then she give me a paper and say to write LOM

Why Germany?

Future Plan?

If you got a job in Germany then whats ur plan?

Thanks to all group members who posted their questions.

Asma Khan

Visa interview details!

My interview was on 14th feb at counter no. 1 VO was male. His behaviour was polite but serious. He asked me 10 to 15 questions n gave me about 10 questions to write.

My name

My previous degree

My intended degree

University

City

Sponsor

Siblings

Any relative abroad

What were u doing after completing degree

Questions for LOM was:

Why Germany

Why this course

Why not other countries

why not Pakistan

Why you made passport early

Future plans

Cost of studies

Intended course subjects

There were one extra thing 'Research form'. Luckily i already decided my degree's final project so i wrote about that. Please take some extra photo, CV, Passport copies cz if anyone will be given reserach form then he/she has to attach them with form.

Need ur prayers badly .. n yes one advice:

BE TRUTHFUL N CONFIDENT! GOOD LUCK ALL!

Mujtaba Nawaz

Done with visa interview Alhamdulillah .

Isalamabad embassy . Time 9-10 am

Reached diplomematic enclave 7:30 .

My number came at 11:30

Counter 3

Vo questions

Straightlty after seeing my documents he told me one guy just left and he got admitted in same university ( he was talking about my friend we are going to same university and same programme .) i told yeah he is my class mate . Then he asked why are you switching from electrical to IT i told him that the course contents are same and related to my bachelors degree . Moreover i did my final year project in these subjects .

Then he told me what were you doing from 2015 ?

I told i did some volantary internships thats y didnt have certificate he was asking for exp certificate )

Then next questions

Why germany ?

Why this course?

Who is your sponcor ?

Siblings ?

Then he handed me a white page ro write LOM . ( future plans)

After that he handled me visa slip and i deosited !

And plus he didnt asked me about second year expences !

Tips ,

Be confident

Dont ever lie to VO

Learn your course content ( he asked me )

Remember me in your prayers .

Thank you

Ahsan Gujjar

ALHAMDULILLAH got visa today.

Interview date 19 feb

Visa received 20th march

Intended course: master of international finance and accounting

University: iubh school of business and management

Ielts: 6.0

Visa interview was very simple and hardly long for 10 to 15 minutes. Before my interview i have experianced a problem regarding bio matric pictures which takes lots of my time and money as well, so my suggestion is to take bio metric pictures at embassy as they know actual dimensions which most of the local studios didnt know.

Nihal Khan

Interview experience at Islamabad Embassy (at the opposite side of the Islamabad embassy where Afghans are interviewed)

Intended course: M-kurs Studienkolleg

I reached at about 10:30 at Shuttle service and it took me about 15 minutes to get ticket and reach the embassy. My interview timing was 11:45 to 12:30 however I was called in at about 1:00 since there was only 1 lady who was interviewing.

The Lady was really nice and as I sat she greeted me first and asked me to handover all the documents that I want them to have. She took original and then 2 copies of all the documents. She asked for 2 pictures which I gave. After checking and evaluating all the documents she then started questioning me.

The Questions were normal just like everyone else is asked duringinterview.

Why Germany

Why this course

How did you find about Germany

Why chose Germany

Duration of your course

When is your course starting

Parents and siblings details

Are you married or single

Father business details (since I said Father is my sponsor)

Travel history

Work experience

Where do you live

How much have you deposited in blocked account.

Interview was roughly half an hour and it went really great. She returned my passport (they dont take it from Afghans) and handed me over bank receipt which I submitted after the interview.

I used the Free Travel insurance by ERV which is a German company provided by Coracle and it was accepted. I recommend everyone to save your money and get the Free Travel insurance provided by Coracle instead of spending 7-8k and getting it from other private companies.

This post is specifically for the Afghan applicants who are applying at Islamabad embassy and good luck to everyone awaiting for interview, appointment or admission.

Malik Muhammad Affrasiab Zafar

Assalam u Alaikum!

Visa interview at Islamabad Embassy, dated 6-02-2018

Counter # 1 Pakistani Lady

Questions asked:

1- Type of Visa?

2- Duration of course?

3- Who told you about Germany?

4- Why not UK, USA, Australia?

5- Only applied in Germany or anywhere else?

6- Who is sponsoring you?

7- Source of Income?

8- Commencement of classes?

9- Course is in English?

10- When do you want to travel?

11- Sibling’s details?

12- Future plans?

13- Where did this money come from? (1 transaction of 1 million and 2nd was of 6 lacs)

14- What will you do if you get a well job in Germany?

Questions for LOM:

1- Who told you about Germany?

2- Intended course outline?

3- Future plans?

Best Wishes for those guys who are going to appear for interview. Feel free to ask me if you have any issue. Keep remember me in your prayers. Jazak ALLAH

SaaDi Mehmood

Done with Interview at German Embassy Islamabad.

*OVERALL PROCESS BEFORE INTERVIEW*

Reached there at 06:45

Submitted my docs bag (after taking all the docs out from it) at a counter.

Bought Economy shuttle service Ticket from the counter of worth PKR 500/-.

Submitted my mobile phone at counter no 1 against a token number.

Shuttle dropped me at German Embassy at 8:30. After going through with my appointment email screenshot print, they allowed me to enter into the embassy.

After entering i registered my self for passport delivery service worth PKR 500/-.

After this photocopier arrange all my docs and asked to submit PKR 100/-.

After all this i got my interview call at around 10:30 am.

*INTERVIEW DETAILS*

Counter no 1 (clean shave Pakistani guy in shalwar kameez)

Total time: 8-10 minutes

Asked very basic questions like who is your sponser, kia kr rhy ho aaj kal, MS k baad kia krogy, dosry saal ka expense kese arrange krogy, kitny behen bhai ko, krty kia hain sb, khud apply kia sara procedure, kisi agent consulatant se to nai krwaya, abu kia krty hain, ami kia krti hain, kab fly krna chahty ho, classes kab se start hain, course ki medium of instructions kia hai, course content batao pora semester wise, is program ko krny k baad is ka kia scope dekhty ho, wapis aaogy course kr k ya kia plan hai aagy ka?

Half of these questions were asked in urdu and half were asked in English.

Asked me to write half page LOM.

Didn't saw any original document at all.

After all this gave me Standard Chartered bank slip and said ja k yeh jama karao.

I said yeh original docs nai dekhny aap ny. He said no thanks. I said ok and went to standard chartered and submitted PKR 9970/- and waited for the shuttle to leave the diplomatic enclave.

*TIPS*

Don't fall in the trap of shuttle service company, they will beg you to buy executive ticket worth 1000/-.

Please make proper queues when it's necessary. Jahilo ki tarah hr counter per rush laga k kaam jaldi nai ho jata. So queues banana is better as well as it's a muhazzib way to do that.

That's it. Best of luck. :)

Naeem Sulehri

Done with interview..

Counter no 2. VO was so rude..interview was totally in english, asked me so many questions.

0.What is HCI

1.why germany

2.why this course

3.why this uni.

4.credit hour's , starting date of classes, medium of instruction

5.why u have two passport where did u applied previously

6.why u showed your own statement

7.course outline

8.In how many university you applied.

9.why u not apply in america or canada.

10. Total experience in months

11. Starting and ending date of work experiences.

12. Details about my work exoerience in software house

At the end he said me to write LOM questions were, why germnay, why this university,why two passports, future plans,who will fund you second year expense,name all the universities u applied in and courses name he said i will not repeat these questions just listen Carefully and gave me 5 mins to write all..

Adeel Hussain Manj

Alhamdulilah got visa today from Islamabad embassy.

Visa interview:1.3.2018

Visa received: 28.3.2018

Bsc. Chemical engineering

Intended course: Process safety and environmental engineering.

Otto von guericke university Magdeburg

Sponsor:uncle

Interviewer: French beared guy.

Interview was good apart from sponsorship valy questions. As i said my sponsor is my uncle he promptly said your visa chances are not good.

1. Why your father isn't sponsoring you. 2. what is the source of income/income of your uncle. 3. About uncle siblings.

Write LOM including why Germany? Your intended course and university? Who motivated you? Why your father isn't sponsoring you?

Baki Vai questions thay jo sub se poshay gai thay not a single new question.

Thank you so much Hassan Mirza, Salman Amjad Talha Anwar Talha Ahmed Ahmad Shakir for your help.

Hassan Liaqat Gondal

Alhamdulillah I got my study visa

Interview date: 11th July

Visa Issued: 21st August

Masters in Mechanical Engineering & Management from TUHH

Applied in Islamabad Embassy

Profile:

B.E Mechanical from NUST

CGPA: 3.40

IELTS: 8.0

01 year work experience

My visa interview was conducted by a super rude guy at counter 1. Asked me the usual questions. Some are below;

He asked that whether my relatives were outside Pakistan? Told him.

Further asked about how I got to know about this program and Germany? Told him that I did research and my friends are already there.

Follow up question was how many friends and at which university? Told him. And also was asked to write the same in my lom.

I had chosen Fintiba for my blocked account. In addition, I did not have blocked account confirmation from them at that time since I had sent the amount two days before.

My sponsor was my father. I presented the VO bank statement of my father’s business and foreign account statement in my father’s name showing the euros transferred into Fintiba. The VO objected to business account statement asking me to provide my father’s personal account statement. I explained to him that my father was the sole proprietor of the business and provided him a letter from the bank stating the same. Also, that he does not have a personal PKR account. He was still not satisfied.

He asked me on the spot to block my second year expenses also. I asked him specifically that if he wants me to block them or just transfer them. Moreover, I told him that Fintiba does not blocks 2nd year expenses. He replied that they do, and you have to do it. Afterwards, I searched through this group and contacted Fintiba. On my request, Fintiba sent me an email saying that they do not block 2nd year expense.

Afterwards, I transferred the 2nd year expenses to my Fintiba account. And sent a simple screenshot and details of the blocked account that I had received prior to transferring my 2nd year expense to Embassy. That was the end of the blocked amount fiasco.

Initially, I received my visa on 10th August. Visa start date mentioned on it was 1st October. The admission letter that I submitted to the VO clearly stated that my enrollment deadline is 1st October, and had also submitted travel insurance valid from 1st September. Therefore, it made no sense to me why my visa start date was also 1st October. Anyways upon asking on this group, the majority’s consensus was that I should ask the university to extend my dates.

However, I wrote the Embassy an email on 11th August mentioning all the details with evidence, and that I could not understand why they did this and requested them to change the dates on my visa.

I received an email from them on 14th to submit ticket reservation of my intended travel date and passport. Went to the embassy on 16th. Got my passport back on 22nd.

So if anyone has a reasonable problem with his or her visa, do not hesitate to contact the embassy. Just do not do it for unreasonable requests.

This group has helped me a lot with the information I needed. Please before asking questions, use the search bar on the left to try to find your specific query. Maybe it has been answered before. If it isn’t or you are not satisfied, then make a new post. This group is very effective and there a lot of people, who help, just try not to waste their efforts.

If you have any specific questions, please feel free to ask me in the comments. Thank you.

And a special thank you to Mr. Usama Nayab.

Tahir Waheed 

Got a strange interview today (12/02/2015) seniors and experts please evaluate L

Interview with that young lady at counter 2:

She: Hello good morning

Me: Good morning mam

She didn’t ask any thing and just read the name of my course from admission letter!

She read “process anaaaalyyysisss and Technology-Management”

She made her face like this course doesn’t exist on earth at all and asked whats the name of your course?

I told her and she said oh okay.

A long pause….

Then she asked when your classes are going to start I told her its 9th of March and she said whats the last date of enrollment I told her its 9th of March.

She said what if you didn’t get the visa till this date.

I told her that I have talked to my professor about extension she said did you get that I told her that I didn’t get his reply yet but I am sure I would get, she said hmmm.

Then again a long pause she was writing something on paper…..

Then she asked whats your qualification?

Whats your CGPA?

When you degree was completed?

Is this course related to your degree program?

How did you find this university?

Then again a long pause….

Then a question came and I got confused because I didn’t want her to ask that question:P

She said who will FINANCE you?

I said my brother and uncle?

She said what about your father?

I told her straight truth I didn’t hide anything.

She asked what your brother do. I answered!

What about your uncle doesn’t he has his own children I told her yes he has but they all are small and he is my supporter since I have started my high school and university  she said hmm achaaa…

I told this answer and I was very confuse and I was thinking in my heart “ block account bank statement show kr di ha to itna q pouch rae han mam !! jany dy ab Germany 6 mah sy khap rha hn es k pechy :P

Then again a long pause and then she spoke with a forceful voice.

I am just giving you 5 minutes write motivation letter while standing here and on the back side write course contents hurry up.

I forgot all the things and then again tried to get my nerves and wrote what I have thought to write and seriously my writing is very good but at that time it was like kery makory. Then she took my finger prints and asked me to get a photocopy of motivation letter I did that then she asked me to pay this fee and then you are free to go!!

She didn’t even bother to look my original documents!!

Abdullah Akbar Shafi

Alhamdulillah Received my passport day with Visa.

Interview date: 4th July

Received Passport with Visa: 21st july.

Profile:

Software Engineer.

CGPA 2.66

IELTS 7.5

Using Fintiba, wasn't asked for 2nd Year Expenses.

Intended Course: MS CS at University of Paderborn

Visa Experience:

1.) After reaching embassy, they told me that my Visa form is old one. I told them I got it in the appointment email. They asked me to go inside and fill the new form by hand (So make sure you guys fill the visa form present on the Embassy website.)

2.) The guy who checks documents outside the embassy told me my biometric picture is not right. I might have to go all the way back to get new ones. (So make sure you have the right pictures 80% face. It should only include your face and neck till collar bone.)

3.) I told him my intended date of travel is 15th September as last day of enrollment is 28th September. He recommended my that go for 25th otherwise you will have to show hotel booking. I said Alright make it 25th September.

The guy didn't ask much, he didn't ask any question like will you come back, whats the scope of this program. Just asked me basic questions. Who's your sponsor. Asked me about siblings and my degree.

Then he gave me a paper and asked me to write 5 questions on it. He gave me 5 minutes to answer the questions and he was constantly asking me questions while I was writing down answers, I wasn't able to properly write the answers. ( I will write down questions along with answers)

-Why Germany over other countries?

Germany is known for its education system as it puts value to practical experience.

-Why University of Paderborn?

University of Paderborn is among leading german scientific and research institutes and it is one of the best university in the field of Computer Science as evident by its high international ranking.

-Why CS over SE?

CS is natural progression to SE.

-Name modules of your intended course along with number of semesters.

I mentioned the modules but forgot to mention the number of semesters.

- Asked me if anyone helped with me admission or documentation process.

I did all by myself.

That's all. I really appreciate this group for helping me out in the whole process. I am up for questions or queries.

Muhammad Hassaan

ALHUMDULILLAH Received my passport today with Visa.

Interview date: 12th July

Received Passport with Visa: 12st August.

Profile:

Software Engineer.

CGPA 2.66

IELTS 6

Using Fintiba,

Received call for 2nd Year Expense: 14th July

Intended Course: MS CS at University of Bayreuth

Visa Experience:

First, Visa officer asked me to write motivation letter.

After that, he asked basic questions like who is your sponsor, Your intended date, Date of commencement of course, travel insurance validity date, Any relative living in Germany, About Siblings, Plans after completion of degree, Course structure of your program, Any help from consultant?

Answers:

My intended date: 25th September. (But my Visa is valid from 20th Sept)

Date of Commencement of course: 16th Oct

Travel Insurance validity date: 20th Sept for 6 months from Adam Jee

Any relative in Germany: No

About Siblings: No. of siblings. Then he asked what are they doing.

Plans after completion of degree: I will come back to Pakistan and will pursue my career here.

Course Structure: (See your course structure provided by university on their website)

Any help from consultant: No.

That's all. I really appreciate this group for helping me out in the whole process. I am up for questions or queries.

Hassnain Toori

Interview date 9th January

1: First of all VO asked in academic docmnts to experience letters more than 10’mints asked different questions.

2:why u made your passport earlier?

3:why Germany 🇩🇪?

4:why this course?

5:your master subjects?

6:your future plan?

7:your sponsor and what are he doing?

8:your siblings and what are they doing?

9:Is there anyone who motivated you to study in Germnay?

10: Is this course available in your country if yes then why not home country?

11: have you ever apply in Pakistan for master?

12:your family income?

at the end he asked for LOM, u have 7 mints write LOM which include these questions

1: Why Germany?

2: Your master subjects names?

3: your future plan?

4:your sponsor?

That’s all now plzxx remember me in your prayers

stay blessed you all ameen

Abduhoo Jamshaid

Alhamdulilah Received Visa Today

Profile

interview date 21st August

Bsc Mechatronics Engineering 2.77

Ielts 6.0

Intended course computer Scince for digital Media Buahaus University Weimar

Sponsor: Father

Statement:Strong

interview at co1 she was very polite

Typical questions

Why Germany

why this course

after graduation

siblings

hardly 10 to 12 minutes total

Why this course after Engineering why university gave me admission on this course after engineering

ok on the base of Final year Project and thesis they allowed me on conditional letter that you have to complete 3 courses additionally so most of times Grades don’t matter

Thinking about to apply after Graduation did my A1 levels from October to December

Then on March started to apply about 10 to 12 universities I applied

Selected in Buahaus University Weimar (Less Cgpa more universities no kanjosi )

Less Cgpa ok no problem

Give GRE

Langauge courses in German

Sop strong

Lor strong

Then april I started to apply to uni assist through my dear Brother shahryar Jamali

Then waited for reply from university

about 5 universities did not reply me on time then I daily mailed them and called on their official number use zong sim it costs around 1 rupee per minute from Pakistan to Germany and all universities responsed me through call they are very humble and friendly .

once uni assist pre checked my application and one of my document was missing and I called to the professor that X document is missing they said its ok send me right now after deadline.

on August 2017 I received letter from last university Weimar and I took appointment about 3 months before so its my request to take appointment always you can search all the universities through DAAD website and make your documents complete at time on one time I was hopeless that I will not select and I submitted my documents in Punjab university but after one day letter was issued and time was very short to apply for visa .After visainterview I was thinking that I am on conditional letter may be I will rejected but I got m y visa today that is all about me. Never go to consultant

Special thanks to my Parents, Friends and you Bro Shaharyar Jamali

Farhan Jawed

Allahamdulillah done with my Visa interview.

Interview date: 10th July, 2018.

Time: 8:00am

Venue: Islamabad Embassy

Intended Uni & Course: TU Hamburg, Masters Global Technology Innovation Management.

Previous Qualification: Bachelors in Economics (Major in Business Economics)

Gpa: 3.0

Previous Uni: University of Central Punjab.

Interview was quite smooth, VO only asked couple of general ques.

1) Why Germany?

2) What do you know about this course?

3) What do you get to know about this course?

4) Future plans?

5) Finally I was asked to write a Lom.

At the end I would like to thank Coracle for saving my Pkr 8000. Yes, like in Karachi, the Erv travel insurance provided by Coracle for free is accepted by Isb embassy also.

Remember me in your prayers :)

Danish Manzoor Malik

Visa received.

Interview Date 13 feb

Visa received Date 8 march

Ielts 7

Cau kiel (MS CS)

1.5 years experience software engineer

Interview questions were very simple

Previous degree

Intended unit, degree, duration,starting date

siblings, what do they do

about parents

Why kiel ?

Im how many universities you applied?

Future Plans

Thanks to everyone in group.

Best wishes for All 😊

Aly Abbasi

Done with visa interview. Following was my experience:

Interview timing was 8 am, so I reached "Diplomatic Enclave Visa Shuttle Service" at 7:15 am, Parked my car in car parking and then purchased the ticket for shuttle (Economy: 500 rs, Executive: 1000 rs). Economy mae bus chalti hai aur Executive mae car. So the car dropped me at German Embassy. Everybody was waiting outside because they only allow you to enter in the embassy at 7:45 am. So at 7:45 am a guy came to us and he checked my appointment email printout, after that he asked me to go inside the embassy. At the embassy gate, another guy checked my documents (all the documents, passport and picture) after checking all those things, he issued me a token and said "now you can go inside". After entering in the embassy, photocopier (who sits in the main hall) asked 2 sets of documents from me, he then checked the order of the arrangement of my document, I arranged perfectly so he just stapled my pictures on the visa form and he asked 50 rupees for that, If your documents is not in proper order and if he do the arrangement for you then he can ask upto 500 rs. After that I paid 500 rupees to another guy, who sits directly next to him, for passport delivery, and he gave me the AMEX receipt. After that they asked me to sit untill my turn comes.

Visa interview was very simple, VO was nice. He asked me some simple questions like:

* Why Germany

* What is the name of your university

* Location of my university

* In how many universities I applied

* Who is your sponsor

* Do you have any friend or Family Member in Germany

* He asked some more questions from my bank statement like from where did you get this money (he was pointing out my transactions), etc. (P.S: I showed my own bank statement).

* My salary

* My designation title

* When I completed my graduation

* Who motivated you to study in Germany

* How this course is relevant to your previous degree

* Whats your future plans

* How will you manage your 2nd year expense

Then he took my finger prints and after that he asked me to write a motivation letter, for that he gave me 7 minutes.

Then he gave me a chalan form and asked me to submit the visa processing fee (which was 9850 rs) in SCB bank (Diplomatic Enclave branch).

Thats it !!!!

P.S: The interview is very simple, you just have to answer honestly, If you will lie in your interview then they will caught you and that will make troubles for you !

Best of luck for all of you guys and girls and Pray for me, thanks :)

Raja Noman

Alhamdulillah Got VISA Finally :) Jis ka 2 saalon se intzar tha :D

Interview date: 4th August 2017

Passport received: 6th September

Visa Starting date: same as Insurance 8 September 2017

BS Geology

CGPA: 3.08

IELTS: 7.0

Intended University: BTU Cottbus

Intended Course: Environmental and Resource Management

Fintiba blocked account

No call for 2nd year Expense

Bank statement: 1.2 Million

Interview went okay

1) Who is your sponsor and total cost of Master

2) Why Germany , why not English countries

3) Course headlines

4) Future plans

5) Similarties BTW BS and MS

6) Purpose of last trip to Europe (August 2016)

This Group helped me alot in VISA and admission process and thank you everybody who helped me.

Best of luck who are waiting for thier Visas. ALLAH kry sab ko mil jaye Ameen

Special Thanks to my small baby boy Talal Shah <3

Uzair Khaskheli

'If you are grateful, I will surely give you more’ [Al-Quran]

Thanks to Almighty Allah and my parents, finally collected my passport with VISUM from Karachi consulate today.

Profile:

B.E in Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering from NUST PNEC.

CGPA: 3.19

CGPA on GERMAN Scale: 2.2

IELTS: 6.5 (L7.5, R=6.5, W=5.5, S=7.0)

Intended University: Koblenz-LANDAU (Program MMCS)

Visa interview date on: 9th feb

Visa clearance received: 12th march

Visa starting date: 22nd March 2018.

I have put my experiences in a file, will be posting it in comments.

I would like to thank the people who have helped me for the whole process from the start:

Syed Rizwan Tariq my first inspiration for Germany came from him.

He is my mentor from the time I joined NUST till now when I will be joining Koblenz and moving to Germany. Thanks sir.

Muhammad Arslan Ansari (special thanks to you sir, from teaching me how to tailor a europass CV to evaluating my LOM, you have helped me even you were busy in your university work. Really appreciated)

Tahir Junaid Khan (Thanks for encouraging me to apply early that was helpful :P and for guiding me for uni assist)

Dildar Ahmed Saqib saqib (Yar tere baghair fees pay nahi honi thi , thanks )

Jawad Ghourid ghouri (Ustaad that Karachi ki khuwari would not have been easy without your help and boss whatsapp group bana kar acha faisla kia apne. Wese apan dono to sath hi hen 😂)

And apologies if I forgot any name :P .

Finally, I will just give the following advices/tips regarding Germany to the people who would be applying in future:

1. Apply as soon as possible. This will increase your chances of getting admit soon and you will go through a smooth visa process. Getting an early response from university is hell of a relief in many perspectives (trust me, you will realize it later on .

2. Don’t just go for ranking (for me I don’t even bother about ranking), just go with the course which suits you the most. Secondly, look for university environment (how progressive it is by asking students who are currently enrolled there) and city rather than ranking.

Exception is there in the courses of management and law.

3. Don’t run from IELTS, in the long run its worth it. University also considers it a plus even if it doesn’t require IELTS but majority of the university require IELTS. Plus embassy ko bhi koi reason na do ap per sawal karne ka.

4. Don’t even consider consultants. They will ruin your case and please avoid them for your own good(save your time and money). Everything is available in this group and people here are helpful unless you start asking very childishly basic questions. (which you have seen are unanswered)

5. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE use the group search button of facebook, it’s the most helpful tool I came across during search for courses. (you can google If you don’t know how to use it. 😃

I have put my experiences in this file but do read it before posting any question:

https://drive.google.com/…/1SjdLokQqjSi9rcscO0qUs1aNM…/view…

You can find few useful documents regarding germany which I have downloaded from different groups in the comment section.

Dilon men tum apni betabiyan lekar chal rahe ho, to zinda ho tum.

Nazar men khuwabon ki bijliyan lekar chal rahe, ho to zinda ho tum.

Till next time:

God bless Pakistan

Ali Turab Abbasi

ALHAMDULILLAH FINALLY GOT VISUM 😍😍

Firsly I'd like to thank Allah, His Prophet (P.B.U.H) and 14 Masoomeen( A.S) jin se maine din raat duayen ki hain.

Also I'd like to thank this group for all the help especially Umer Qureshihi for adding me to this group and @yasir iqbal for the help.

Interview Date: 14th Feb 10:30 AM but interview was conducted at 3:30)

Visa Received: 27th March

Issued on: 26th March

Inteded University: TU Chemnitz

Course: MS Automotive Software Engineering

Profile:

BS Software Engineering: CGPA 3.58 (Jan 2017 UMT Lahore)

IELTS: 7.5 (L 8, R 7.5, W 7.5, S 7.5)

1 year experience as Assosiate Software Engineer at NextBridge Lhr

Applied in TU Chemnitz, Tu Berlin and Passau and got admitted in Passau and Chemnitz

Bank Statement: 1.4 Million ( A lot of transactions but deposited 1 million just 1 day before)

Fintiba blocked account 8900 Euro (Didn't had blocking confirmation at interview but had swift receipt but blocking confirmation was issued on same day and i emailed it to them)

Visa Counter No 2: Middle Aged Lady

Interview was very simple and smooth. Questions were :

Firstly she asked me my course and then my previous degree, then these questions followed:

Why Germany?

What other uni's did you apply and Why this Uni?

Why this course?

Duration of course?

Language of course?

Previous Degree?

GPA?

Sponser?

Siblings?

Monthly income of sponser?

What does your sponser do?

How many persons earn in family?

Any relatives abroad?

Start date of classes

Graduation date?

What have you been doing after graduation?

What will you do after you finish your degree?

What will you do after returning back?

How did you know about this university? Did you use a

consultant?

It was a very simple and jolly interview which took hardly 10 minutes. She gave me a paper to write LOM during interview and asked to answer questions while writing. After interview as i was still writing she asked to go out in the hall and finish it and then bring it to her with a photocopy. LOM Questions were

Why Germany?

Why this Uni and course?

Course Contents?

Did you use a consultant

In the end I'd like to say this group is a blessing for anyone who wants to study in germany. DO NOT GO TO ANY CONSULTANT. Nobody can give you the information that this group can. I myself went to Times Consultant but understood their mischievous plans.

Waqas Sidhu 

This post is bit lengthy but could be helpful for some students.(Finance, business management students)

Alhamdulillah

By the grace of Allah Almighty, with the prayers of my parents and family got visum today. I want to say special thanks to Yasir Iqbal Afshan Malik and an unknown bro who helped me in appointment booking.

My profile:

M.Com (2014) (Hailey College of commerce, university of Punjab Lahore)

CGPA: 3.18

IELTS: 6.5

Intended University: University of Applied Sciences, Kaiserslautern.

Intended Course: M.A Financial services Management Experience: Internship (1.5 Months- Accounts department)+ 2.5 Years Job as Assistant Accounts Manager

Sponsor: Maternal Uncle

Statement: 40M (Company’s Bank statement)

No second year expenses

Blocked Amount Transferred: 8830

Interview date: 15 JAN 2018 (ISB)

Visa received: 14 Feb 2018

Visa Interview:

It was on counter 1 and an old lady was there for taking my interview. She was almost most experienced person there but I found her bit tired. According to her first expressions I felt like she doesn’t want to take the interview of a student. (During this she had a look at my visa form and started asking questions like :

1) Are you student ?

ANS: (Yeah, I am a student)

2) What were you doing during these 3 years ? Asked about the gap.

ANS: ( I told about my job and how it is relevant to my studies)

3) Why are you going for second masters ?

ANS: (Its not second masters because I did B.com(2 years) and then M. Com (2 years) so according to this I would have to study M.phil in Pakistan and Masters in Germany as there is no such concept of M.phil, in other words my education is 16 years and I had only this option.

4) Why Germany ?

ANS: (Many reasons, Most important is the course content/modules the university is offering)

5) Who is your sponsor ? its not your father ?

ANS: ( Yeah, he’s my uncle)

6) Why your father is not sponsoring you ?

7) Source of income of sponsor ? (Business man, documents are attached, FBR, Company registration certificate are there, you may have a look at them)

8) About siblings ?

9) How many dependents your sponsor has ?

10) Future Plans

11) Who told you to study in Germany ?

ANS: ( I have searched a lot of countries over internet and I find Germany the best amongst them)

12) What other countries you had in your options, search over internet ? ANS: ( Australia, Canada etc.)

13) Why didn’t you choose Canada then ?

ANS: ( The Masters program that I am going to study is the best because of its modules and unique thing is that university allows applicant to choose the modules as per his own potential and interest, there was no such university in canada who offers this option.)

14) You mean this program is not offered anywhere else in the world ?

ANS: ( No, I didn’t mean that. But I am 100% sure no other university Allows student to choose modules according to his own choice/desire and that’s wonderful thing.)

15) What if you get a job there ?

ANS: (I would come back as I have already explained my future plans furthermore I want to contribute in development of my own society, my own country)

16) Write LOM : ( Why Germany, future plan ) she also asked two more things to write in LOM which I forgot while writing the LOM. I asked her to repeat her words for writing LOM. ( She passed a smile and said its alright, go and take a copy of this LOM and return it back to me after writing your name, signature and date.

Good luck and best wishes for all.

Saqib Shakeel

So finally the wait is over !!

By the grace of Allah Almighty, with the prayers of my parents, family members, teachers and all my friends, I have received my passport with withVisum. Alhamdolillah :)

My profile:

B.Sc Electrical Engineering (CGPA 3.53) COMSATS Wah Campus

IELTS 6.5

Experience: Two 1,1 month internships

Intended University: Hochschule Kempten

Intended Course: MS in Electrical Engineering

Sponsor: Uncle

DB account Opening: 15 June

Amount Transferred: 5 July (8700)

Statement Confirmation: 11 July

Visa appointment: 24 July

No call for 2nd year expenses

Interview: (VO- The rude guy with french beard)

My interview was at counter no 1. At the entrance for initial scrutiny of documents, a man with french beard was sitting, he checked all my docs. I had some name issue on my Passport due to which I had two passports. So he rudely said why you have 2 passports. I told him the reason and he said chalo ander jao pata chal jaye ga. I was asked to go to counter 1. I went and the same guy was sitting for my interview.He said me to introduce myself. I started and he interrupted and asked me questions following questions

1. Who is your sponsor?

2. Why Germany?

3. Why this university?

4. Why your father is not your sponsor?

5. The VO said that we may need your father's statement as well as the 2nd year expenses. I said sure, I don't have any problem.

6. What your father and mother do?

7. Number of siblings?

8. Their profession?

9. Your experience? (I have one year gap between inter and Bachelors and one year gap after bachelor's)

10. Any relative living abroad?

11. Any relative living in Germany?

12. Anyone helped you?

13. Any other university you applied? ( I applied in TUM and got rejected so I told him)

Then he said me to write a motivation letter which includes all these questions and said that you have 6 to 7 minutes.

Then the VO gave me the fee slip and asked to deposit the fee in MCB Diplomatic Branch.

Credits to all the people who helped me at every single point. Very Special thanks to Nouman Zia bhai, Ma'am Shaheela Baig and Waqar Baig and every single member of this group.

From university search to Visa, this group has been so much informative and helpful that one don't need to go to the consultants who are making money for nothing.

I am open to your questions. Feel free to contact me for any query regarding anything. I am there to help you out.

Good luck to those who are waiting specially Zeeshan Ahmed.

Jazaq'Allah :)

Ammar Tanveer

By the grace and Countless blessings of Allah Almighty, and with the prayers of my parents, family members, and my friends, I have received my passport with Visum.

Alhamd-o-lillah :)

Profile:

B.Sc Electrical Engineering COMSATS WAH Campus. (CGPA: 3.32)

IELTS: 6.5

Intended University: Universitat Rostock

Intended Course: MS in Electrical Engineering

Sponsor: Father

DB account Opening: 10 July 2017

Amount Transferred: 17 July 2017(8800 Euros)

Statement Confirmation: 21 July 2017

Visa appointment: 31 July 2017

Call for 2nd year expense : 1st August 2017

Deposited 2nd year Expense: 3rd August 2017 (8660 Euros)

Confirmation of 2nd year Expense: 10 August 2017

PASSPORT RECEIVED: 24 August 2017

Interview: Lady VO At counter # 1.

Questions She asked me Were!

1. Why Germany?.

2. In how many Uni's you have applied?

3. Who is your sponsor?

4. Number of siblings?

5. Do you know any one in Germany?

6. Any one living abroad?

7. If we ask you to submit 2nd year expense will you submit it? ( I said yes !)

8. What your Father and Siblings do?

9. Ever visited any country?

At the end she asked me to write almost the same questions on a paper as LOM.

My special thanks to Bro Muhammad Junaid Aslam ,

@Shahroze Azeem & @Taha Sidiiqui for their guidance and support.

Best of luck to all the awaiting Applicants.

In case of any query i am here to help you.!

Naveed Khan

Al Hum Dulillah! Bari mehnat k baad... Passport ka ek page VISUM ki stamp lag k mil hi gaya 😂

Uni Applied: FH sudwestfalen (SEEM) through Uni Assist.

Admission Recieved: Dec 2016

Db Account: Jan 2017

Blocked Amount confirmation: 20 Feb 2017 (9000€)

Visa Interview Date: 6th March

Visa Recieved: 31 March (25 Days)

Ielts: 7.0

CGPA: 3.01 Electronic Engineering

Visa Interview Exp:

6:30 Consulate k bahar naam darj karwaya 😊

8:30 Entered

9:05 Counter No 3 (Khi consulate)

Interview Que: M.S course Language?

Intend travel Date ?

and thats it 😑 and i was like (Kuch to puch lo yaar) didn't even checked my docs just Ielts and admission letter photocopy.

I was in great tension VO ne docs pe lagi 2 thumbpins me se 1 nikal kar wapis kardi thi or kaha tha Save it for the next time 😂 and she laughed and i was like hain what?

But Allah ki razamandi and Parents ki prayers I got my visa ☺

Special Thanks to Syed Hammad . Abrar Khan Haseeb Sami Shaharyar Khan.

I am always available to help.

Ibtisam Nawaz

ALHAMDULILLAH By the Grace Allah Almighty with the Prayers of Parents,Relatives and Friends .I got my VISUM on 15th feb.

Got acceptance form university:1 feb

Booked VIsa Appointment : 5 feb

Visa Interview :14 feb

Blocked Account (Fintiba) :8829

Sponsor Parent: 0.7 million

University : Deggendorf Institute of Technology

Course : Msc Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

Previous Studies: BS EE

CGPA:2.63

IELTS: 7.0

German :A1

1 conference Publication

Previously Rejected from Italian Embassy 2017

VISA Interview Counter 1 (VO:Male )

After asking about some personal details.He inquired about previous rejection.Then he gave me A4 paper and told me to write the questions.

Q: why you have made Passport back in 2015?

Q: why Germany?

Q: which other countries and courses you have searched ?Why you applied for studies in Italy?

Q: Why you have done A1 and who advice you?

Q: why your SGPA and CGPA low?

Q: Major Courses Related to selected University? Duration and cost of Master Stuides?

Q: which Course attracted you for selecting this Master?

He doesn’t told me the entire above question in one go. After dictating 1 question he asked me questions related to sponsor income,Siblings and about my experience.

Talal Shah

Alhamdulillah!

Without my father's prayers and my family efforts it wouldnt have been possible.

I got the visa.

CGPA :3.65

IELTS: 7.0

GRE: (very less score)

Interview Date: 2nd August

Second Year Expenses Call: 7th August (16218€ total) DB

Visa: 6th September

University: University of Koln

Course: Environment Sciences

Interview experience:

Counter 3

Lady in her late 30s(probably)

Me:Good Mornign Officer

VO: Good Morning

VO: give me your passport and other docs

Me: passed them*

VO: are your degrees attested by HEC

Me: Yes

VO: whats your CGPA

Me: 3.65

VO: what course?

Me: environmental sciences

VO: what University?

Me: University of Koln

VO: so you are working at women rights association? ( With a grin)

Me: yes! At women rights association pakistan

Vo: auroton k lie kam krtay ho? ;-) with a smile

Me: g aurton k lie :-) with a laugh

VO: write on this paper why do you want to go to Germany dont write more than one paragraph.

Me: i wrote one paragraph

VO: this is too short

Me: you forbid me to write more than one

Vo: oh okay sorry its fine then

Me: how many siblings?

Me: Answered

VO: Your sponsor?

Me: Mom

VO:What is the source of income

Me: Blah blah blah

Me: I said i have GRE as well.

She ignores

VO: what are your future plans

Me: i want to work in united nations

V0: you dont want to come back?

Me : (scared) i prefer to work in Pakistan

VO: ( with a smile and in Urdu) tumnay wapas ni ana mughy pata hai;-) she smile at me

She gives me the fee receipt and ask me to pay the fee.i said have a nice day to her and she smiled and said you too :-)

It was so pleasant that day. It felt like some dreamy movie and some the weather was so damn cloudy and dreamy.

Best of luck to all other

P.S Sorry if i had forgotten something

Raja Noman Majid Khan :-) without you it wouldn't have been possible too.

Qazi Babar

Shukar Alhamdulillah.

Received passport with Visum

Interview date: 2nd August 2017

Passport Received: 30th August 2017

Blocked Account: 8740 euros Fintiba Sutor bank

No call for 2nd year expense

Sponsor's bank statement: 5 lac only

Bachelors in Civil Engineering

Cgpa: 3.31/4.00

Ielts: 6.0

Course: MS in Natural hazards and risks in Structural engineering

University: Bauhaus University Wiemar

enrollment of classes: 1st October 2017

VO was that French beard guy, counter no.1. he asked simple questions such as

1. Who is your sponsor?

2. What's monthly income?

3. Why this course?

4. Write your LOM mentioning why Germany? Why this course? What is the plan after getting the degree?

Interview was hardly 10-15 mins including writing of the LOM and photocopying it.

In last thanks to Almighty Allah, my parents and friends who helped and motivate me in this process. And this group which provided the platform for me to apply. Also thanks to Muhammad Ehtisham Qasim who provided me with the tayar halwa in searching of course program .

One thing to notice if two friends who’s university and course program are same and at the ticket issuing counter if those people insist to give 1 ticket to both guys, always demand for separate ticket. Because this one misshape suffered me with wastage of 5 hours on interview day.

Afshan Malik

Alhamdulillah 🙂 🙂 🙂 

By the grace of Allah Almighty, with the prayers of my beloved parents, family members and my group mates got visum today.

My profile:

B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Bahria Uni Islamabad

CGPA: 3.18

IELTS: 6.5

Intended University: OVGU Magdeburg

Intended Course: MS in Medical Systems Engineering

Sponsor: Myself

Statement: 1.5 million

No second year expenses

Block account in Fintiba

Amount Transferred: (8850 )

Interview date: 20th Dec 2017 in german consulate Turkey.

Visa received: 7th Feb 2018

Interview:

My interview was more than perfect taken by German guy, here was not like Pakistan so they asked some basic questions about city i am going,

1:Which city?

2:Which side of Germany it is?

3:Nearest Cities?

4:Your course is related to work?

5:How many years you are working?

After that he said your answers are pretty good and he said nothing else to ask and then he asked do you know german?

i said just basics of daily life.

He was pretty impressed the way i arranged documents and he said i have never been to Pakistan but you gave me perception that Pakistani People are very well organized, that boosted my confidence really.

He gave me thumbs up and said all the best.

Later i received an email asking me that although i have admissions from other unis why i selected this course ?

Very Special thanks to people who helped me out .

Although most of people know me already.

I will just say one thing to all new students that you do not need to post every petty thing as you are graduate engineers and it is expected from you that you know basic search skills on google and older posts. Only post when you are not finding answers .

Daad is best and if info is not on daad then uni websites are best to look for accurate info.

Good luck and best wishes for visa waiting members.

Ali Raza Khan

FINALLY GOT VISUM

Interview Date: 4th August (Islamabad Embassy)

Passport Received: 6th September

VISA Starting Date: 01-09-17

Fintiba Balance: €16075

Sponsor: Father

Bank Statement: 0.4 Million

Intended Course: MS Industrial Mathematics & Scientific Computing

University: TU Kaiserslautern

Profile:

B.Sc (Hons) Mathematics (GC University, Lahore)

CGPA: 2.73

IELTS: 6.5

Interview:

VO was the lady at counter # 3

She asked me to write the letter of motivation.

Why Germany?

Why this Course?

What will you do after your Master?

Cost of living in Kaiserslautern?

Why you have deposited two years expenses?

What will you do after your Master?

After that she asked the questions related to Family, Sponsor & Study Gap.

Special Thanks to Waseem Ahmed & Aneel Khan

Good Luck to those who are waiting for VISUM.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to inbox me.

Malik Junaid Rasheed

ALHAMDULILAH Got German Visum Today ❤️

Prepared ielts on my own & done all procedure on my own with the help of some seniors & this group 🙂 Beware from consultants procedure is really very easy but time consuming 🙂 

Profile

CGPA 2.61

IELTS 6.0

Previous Degree -BSCS

DB amount - 9000 euros

Sponser - Father

Bank statement 1.6 million

Intended Course & Uni -- University Of Bayreuth & Masters In Computer Science (Data Science Certification).

Interview Date : 29-01-2018

Visa recieving date: 28-02-2018

Interview Experience

Counter # 1 Old lady

Questions were simple but she stricktly told me to give my interview in English each & every word should be in English.

Questions

Why germany ?

Why this course?

Why not here in Pakistan?

Future Plans ?

Then LOM & that's it

Thank you soo much Mam #shaheela , #yasir bhai you are the gems of this group . Thanks to seniors #abdul_wahab, #Ahmad_Jibran, and my teacher #sir_umar_farooq Thanks for your guidance 🙂 

Best of luck everyone I am here for your help now 🙂 Remember me in your Prayers 🙂

Procedure

1- ielts

2- Find unis for your field on daad.de

3- After getting admission open DB account transfer 8640 euros in it & take an appointment for german embassy interview .

4- prepare documents for interview mention on embassy website

5- interview & wait for your visa 🙂

Zaiban Ali

Alhumdulillah

Erhielt Deutschland Visum :)

Translation: Visa Mill gaya hai :p

Appointment:- 16th Feb

Received:- 17th March

Stamp:- 16th March

Travel Allowed:- 28 March

Profile:

DEGREE:- BS in Electronics Engineering

CGPA:- 3.62

IELTS:- 6.5

UNI:- Universitat Kassel

COURSE:- MS in Electrical and Communication Engineering

Sponsor:- Father

Fintiba Account:- Opened 1st Jan

Amount Transferred:- €8,740 – 14th feb

Bank Statement:- 2 Million

Started all the process in late October. Applied in 6 universities, rejected from 5 :p. First appointment date was 26th Jan which was taken two months before but due to rejections and no response from universities – I have to cancel it two weeks before the appointment. Received admission letter from Kassel on 1st Feb with no hope of getting appointment again, I still tried tirelessly for two days and luckily my fortune shined on 6th Feb, I got an appointment for 16 Feb – Friday – 8:00am.

Interview:

VO Counter # 3, Young Sweet Lady

*GPA

*Why Germany? Blah blah

*Why this university? Blah blah

*Why this course? Blah blah

*Future goals and intentions? Blah blah

*Will you accept the job if you get an handsome offer? No

*Any siblings there? Yes

*Any consultant used? No

*Motivations? Blah blah

*Who is sponsoring? Father

*What are you doing after graduation? Blah blah

*How much you earn? Blah blah

*Write a motivation letter and answer these in written.

To the point answers, nothing extra.

In the end, she gave me a receipt and said I am free to go.

Procedure Followed:

*Passport

*IELTS

*PEC registration

*Degree and transcript attest

*CV

*Motivation Letter

*University and course find on daad.de

*Apply there and wait

*Apply for appointment and wait

If all are positive you are good to go too.

Disclaimer: The process is very very slow and tiresome.

Best of luck to all the awaiting.

PS:

I am facing difficulties finding accommodation there, applied in studentenwerk but all the rooms are occupied. Searched alot for alternative but no luck yet :(

Can anyone from kassel help me out?