Hello I am studying MBA in a UK Business School after 4 years of work.
I recently applied German Job Seeker VISA in the Germany embassy located in London, and I hope to share the process here and hope it helps.
Here is the main description of this VISA:
This visa is aimed at highly qualified candidates, i.e. Non-EU nationals holding a German or
otherwise recognised equivalent university degree. The visa will enable the holder to remain
in Germany for a period of six months in order to find appropriate employment.
Here are the documents needed:
valid passport and valid UK residence permit --> I am using the UK VISA for study
residence permit application form --> this could be downloaded from German Embassy website, just searching for it.
CV and references --> a one page CV and reference letter from your former employers, if you do not have one, better ask them to write for you
German or otherwise recognized equivalent university degree --> Note the original degree certificate is required. Since I have not get the MBA certificate yet ( due in 4 months), so I used my bachelor certificate, however, I also provided the current transcript for my current study as reference.
Detailed motivation letter (area of work? what part of Germany? accommodation? future plans?) --> You must write in detail a reasonable plan to show your sincereness of working in Germany. I wrote why I am interested in Germany, what has triggered my interest, how I am planning to find jobs, which types of company I am targeting, backup plans, how to deal with accommodation and my future plans to support me in finding jobs. I also showed my will to learn German to increase the possibility of employment.
proof of stay in the UK (e.g. employment/student confirmation) --> Student status could be obtained from uni
if applicable: evidence of further preparations made to find a job in Germany --> I did not prepare this.
full travel-health insurance covering the whole period of stay --> This is a tricky part, I firstly used the travel insurance I bought for Schengen VISA, but was contacted later and told that it was not valid. The embassy need an insurance that could last for 6 months, so normally the annual travel insurance or single trip insurance does not fit as they only last for 21 -31 days per trip. You can find this in the policy wording - 'limitations' or 'what are not included'. Eventually I bought a six month insurance from a Germany company, which cost almost 240 pounds and was approved by the embassy. I was assured by the insurance company for a refund if my VISA was rejected.
proof of financial means --> There is no clear requirement on the financial cost of living in Germany. I have called the embassy and was told normally 300 euro per month should be fine. I put around 4000 pounds for the 6 months in the end.
Above are all the materials listed online, however, do not forget to get 2 photos for the application, passport photo size applies. There is also a photo booth inside the embassy and it costs 5 pounds.
I arrived the embassy in London at almost 8 am, and there was already a queue. There was 7 or 8 windows inside the embassy and there was only 1 window for VISA and it ran very slow. I was the 5th number but I waited almost 2 hours. The staff would ask you to provide certain materials she required one by one, you would better prepare all the materials in a folder to avoid inconvenience. You can prepare copies, or they could also copy for you free of charge.
I have received my VISA after 3 weeks of time. Note: You could only go there personally to get the VISA, it is not available for post.
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