Consulate General of Germany in Yekaterinburg - official website, rules for obtaining a national visa

Bilateral communications

Russia and Germany are the largest countries in Europe in terms of population.
Appropriate importance is attached to their bilateral connections. After an era of bloody conflicts and political contradictions, today they meet as equal partners in a merging Europe. The starting point for this fundamental change in bilateral relations is the joint contribution of the two states to ending the East-West conflict in 1989 and 1990. In Germany, they did not forget that the then leadership of the Soviet Union, led by Mikhail Gorbachev, did not interfere with the unification of Germany, but contributed to it.

Since then, despite differences in views and interests on certain issues, there has been broad fundamental agreement between the political, economic and cultural goals of the two countries. They both claim to share common core values ​​and principles.

For both of them, security and stability in a united Europe, economic development within the framework of a market economy, freedom and prosperity for their citizens and intensive cultural exchange are important.

Russia is one of the few countries with which the German Federal Government regularly holds so-called “interstate high-level consultations,” i.e., ministerial-level meetings jointly chaired by the Federal Chancellor of Germany and the President of Russia.

Cost, validity and production of a German visa

The visa processing time will depend on its category. A Schengen visa is issued within 10 calendar days. A national visa application can be processed within 6-8 weeks. In this case, German authorities take part in the procedure. As for the validity period and cost of a stamp permitting entry and stay in the country, a more precise answer can be given here.

Please note that the cost of a German visa in 2021 is formed from the cost of visa center services and consular fees. If there is one tariff for Schengen in all EU countries, then the fee for a national visa depends on the specific state.

It is noteworthy that the validity period of the document should be distinguished from the number of days of permitted stay. With a Schengen visa you can stay in Germany for no more than 90 days, but a type D document may allow you not to leave the country for 180 days.

Although, in addition to standard deadlines, there are also individual situations.

You will find detailed information about this in the article “Visa validity period”.

Consulate General of Germany in Yekaterinburg - official website, address and opening hours

The Consulate General has only one official website - germania.diplo.de/ru-ru/vertretungen/generalkonsulat1jekaterinb.

Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Yekaterinburg:

• Head: Dr. Stefan Keil, Consul General;
• Telephone;
• Fax machine;
• Postal address: 620075, Russia, Ekaterinburg, st. Malysheva, 51, 28th floor;
• Building: Business Center “Vysotsky”;
• Consular district: Republic of Bashkortostan, Perm Territory, Sverdlovsk Region (including Yekaterinburg), Chelyabinsk Region, Kurgan Region, Tyumen Region, Orenburg Region, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Yugra (KhMAO), Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug);
• Languages: German, Russian;
• Email address

Departments:

1. Administration:
   • Tel.;

   Fax machine.

Working hours:

• Mon - Thu: 08:30 - 17:00;
• Fri: 08:30 – 15:30.

Submission of visa documents at the Visa Department is carried out only by prior online registration through RK-Termin.

• Telephone consultations - Mon - Fri: 13:00 - 15:00;
• In-person consultations at the Visa Department (except for late migrants) - Wed: 13:30 - 15:00, Fri: 13:30 - 14:30.

To make an appointment and consultation by phone:

• Mon, Wed: 8:30 – 10:00;
• Tue, Thu: 15:00 - 17:00;
• Fri: 14:00 - 15:00.

Non-working holidays in 2019-2020

In 2021, the German Consulate General in Yekaterinburg will be closed on the following holidays:

1. January 1 - Tuesday, New Year;
2. January 7 - Monday, Orthodox Christmas;
3. March 8 - Friday, International Women's Day;
4. April 19—Friday, Good Friday;
5. April 22 - Monday, Easter Monday;
6. May 1 - Wednesday, Spring and Labor Day;
7. May 9 - Thursday, Victory Day;
8. May 30 - Thursday, Ascension of the Lord;
9. June 10 - Monday, Trinity;
10. June 12—Wednesday, Russia Day;
11. October 3 - Thursday, German Unity Day;
12. December 24—Tuesday, Christmas Eve;
13. December 25 - Wednesday, Christmas Day;
14. December 26 - Thursday, Christmas Day;
15. December 31 is Tuesday, New Year's Eve.

Address, how to get there

The German visa center in Yekaterinburg is located on Voevodina Street, building No. 8 (Business Center "Limerance Fashion Center").

You can get there by metro (Ploshchad 1905 Goda station), trolleybus (No. 7 and 3), minibuses (No. 070, 056), buses (No. 64, 2, 25, 61). You need to get off at the “Big Chrysostom Temple” stop. From here to the German Exhibition Center you will then need to walk 5-8 minutes.

How to apply for a national visa

A national visa is an entry visa for the purpose of long-term stay within the framework of a specific purpose of stay provided for by law.

As a rule, its validity period is limited; in certain cases it is issued for one year. Depending on the purpose of your stay, after entry you will usually need to apply for an internal residence permit.

The German Embassy in Kyiv is authorized to issue visas for applicants living in Crimea. The German Embassy in Tbilisi is authorized to issue visas for applicants residing in Abkhazia (Georgia) and South Ossetia (Georgia).

Please rely exclusively on information from German foreign missions. Contacting third party visa agencies is not a requirement for a successful application.

Collection of documents

If you plan to stay in Germany for a long time, you should start by collecting documents. The duration of the entire visa application process can vary greatly - from several working days to several months.

The procedure involves mandatory payment of a consular fee for a visa. Application forms and instructions are provided free of charge. No intermediary is required.

Filling out a visa application and collecting documents

To successfully submit your visa application, you must provide a complete set of documents during your first visit. Please prepare a visa application, passport photographs, your foreign passport, documents relevant to the purpose of your stay and funds to pay the consular fee.

The documents provided must be genuine and have proper content. Fake or false documents will result in visa denial. Misleading the consulate about the purpose of your stay also leads to a refusal to issue a visa.

Submitting documents does not guarantee the issuance of a visa. In some cases, additional documents may be required. Please do not send any documents to the Visa Section of the Embassy on your own initiative, especially before submitting your application.

These documents cannot be stored and/or processed by the Visa Office. Please provide a complete set of all required documents at the time of application. When subsequently submitting the required documents, please indicate the case number (the so-called barcode, which will be communicated to you when submitting documents), the surname and first name of the applicant.

How to register at the German visa center in Yekaterinburg

To submit documents to the German visa center in Yekaterinburg, prior registration is not required. However, if you have decided to agree on the time of your visit in advance, you need to do this through the visa center website, more details here. Using the phone number that was indicated earlier in the article, you can sign up to submit documents. On the page you can not only directly make an entry, but also perform a number of actions with it, for example, transfer or cancel, as well as add or remove additional services.

Don't forget to take out travel insurance. You can find insurance at the best price here.

Most Russian tourists choose the visa center in Yekaterinburg because of the pleasant atmosphere and the absence of a long wait in line (the applicant must arrive at a previously determined time), but the total cost of the visa will be higher due to an additional fee from the center.

The appointed time must be taken seriously. If the applicant is 10 minutes or more late, he will not be able to submit documents that day. Then you will need to repeat the procedure and a new time will be assigned.

Make an appointment

A pre-registration for submitting documents at the Visa Department of the relevant foreign mission at your place of usual residence can be made online through RK-Termin. Each applicant must make a separate appointment (for example, three appointments are required for a family of three).

German foreign missions in the Russian Federation are divided geographically into consular districts. The area of ​​authority is determined solely according to the actual place of residence of the applicant. Information on consular districts and the respective consulates can be found in our general notes.

Registration

You must register to submit documents online in advance. You can submit documents for a Schengen visa directly to the German consulate in EKB or to one of the visa service offices in Germany: in Yekaterinburg, Ufa or Perm. But if we are talking about a national visa, then you need to apply exclusively to the consular office.

So, to register at the German consulate in Yekaterinburg, you need to follow the link and follow further instructions from the service.

Submitting an application

At a reception at a German foreign mission, personal attendance is required. You will be able to submit the documents you have collected and attached to the application, pay the consular fee, answer questions about your planned stay and provide biometric data (photo, fingerprints); the details of your specific situation will also be discussed with you.

Important information: It is prohibited to take mobile phones, computers, tablets, cameras, luggage, weapons, sharp and cutting objects, and liquids into the building of the Embassy and Consulate General.

Processing at the German foreign representation

The German foreign mission reviews and makes a decision on your case. Based on the submitted documents, the compliance of each case with legal grounds is verified.

Depending on the purpose of stay, the duration of this check can vary from several working days to several months, if the competent authorities for foreigners in Germany and/or the Federal Employment Agency are involved in it.

The processing period may also be extended if a more detailed check is necessary, or additional information is requested about the applicant or about his actual purpose of stay.

Please understand that inquiries regarding the status of your case cannot generally be answered within the first eight to twelve weeks of processing. The German foreign mission will contact you as soon as a decision on your case has been made.

For clarification: Based on data protection regulations, detailed information can only be provided to the applicant, his legal representative or an authorized person with a written power of attorney. Replies to requests from third parties, unfortunately, cannot be provided.

Visa refusal, appeal procedure

In response to the decision to refuse a visa, the applicant may file an appeal in writing, i.e. appeal against this decision.

The application for appeal must be drawn up in German, or an appropriate translation must be attached to the application in Russian.

The foreign mission will review your case again, and the relevant authorities in Germany, if necessary, will again take part in this. Please note that the appeal process may take several months.

Russian Embassy in Germany

Russian citizens can solve problems on the territory of the GDR by contacting:

• embassy located Via Gaeta 5 in Roma or call contact details: 39064941680; 39064941681; 39064941683;
• The consulate is located at Behrenstraße 66 in Germany, or by calling 03022651184 for German speakers, 03022651183 and for the Russian population. Valid emails [email protected] Office hours are from Monday to Friday, from 9:00 to 13:00.

Citizens can also submit requests to the Russian Consulate in Germany at the postal address: Konsularabteilung der Botschaft der Russischen Föderation Unter den Linden 63-65, 10117, Berlin.

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Consular fee

The application fee is EUR 75 (for applicants under 18 years of age: EUR 37.50) and will be charged when submitting the application at the current cash rate in Russian rubles. Payment by credit card is also possible at the Kaliningrad visa office.

There is no application fee if the applicant is a spouse, same-sex registered partner, minor, unmarried child of a German citizen, or if the applicant is the parent of a minor child of a German citizen.

This also applies to family members of EU citizens entitled to free movement. Foreign citizens who receive a scholarship from German public organizations or European Union funds to stay in Germany are also exempt from paying the consular fee.

Including their spouse, same-sex registered partner, minor children, if they are indicated in the document confirming the issuance of the scholarship.

Cost of services

The visa fee for a Schengen visa for citizens of the Russian Federation is 35 €. You will also need to pay an additional visa center service fee. The amount is 20.40€.

Please note that the German visa center in Yekaterinburg does not provide the opportunity to submit documents for an express visa!

Worth knowing:

• children under 6 years of age, people with the first group of disabilities, as well as one accompanying person are exempt from paying the service fee;
• You can pay for services only in rubles at the current exchange rate;
• You can pay the consular and visa fees either in cash or by card;
• funds are not returned if the application is rejected.

National visa validity period

The national visa has a limited validity period of 3 to 6 months. Subsequently, a long-term residence permit will be issued by the competent authority for foreigners in Germany in accordance with the purpose of stay.

If the duration of the planned stay does not exceed one year, such as in the case of a study exchange or an annual staff exchange, the visa may be issued for the full duration of the planned stay.

At the time of the visa procedure, your passport must have at least two blank pages, and, in the case of a limited stay, it must be valid for at least three months after the end of the planned period of travel.

Documents for visa application

To obtain a permit to enter Germany, a foreign tourist must submit the following package of documents:

• International passport;

The main condition: the document must be valid for at least 90 days from the end of the planned trip.

• Online form with personal data;
• Photo volume 3.5×4.5;
• Document from the place of work;

It must contain the following information:

1. Position held and date of crime related to duties;
2. Monthly income;
3. Company seal;
4. Endorsement of the form by an authorized person.

• Proof of hotel reservation;

For proof, the tourist can provide: personal data, namely last name, first name, patronymic according to the foreign passport. Also the address and contact details of the hotel.

• Tickets;
• Proof of financial stability;

You can prove your financial well-being to the consulate in the following ways:

1. Bank account statement or bank card statement;

The validity period of documents should not exceed one month.

1. Original receipt from an ATM, the document is valid for 3 days;
2. Passbook.

• Photocopy of international passport;
• Agreement for the processing of personal data;
• Passport of a citizen of the country;
• A check confirming payment of the consular fee.

Additional Information! The processing time for a visa through the visa center takes from 5 to 14 working days. The fee is paid in rubles, the cost of a visa permit to Germany for 2021 is 35 euros for citizens of Russia and Ukraine, citizens of other countries pay a fee of 60 euros. For age categories up to 6+, a visa is issued free of charge. The price for the center's services is 20 euros, if the tour operator does not have enough time to handle the registration personally.*

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