General Information

Visa applications for Schengen for airport transit can be submitted at the earliest 6 months before and at the latest 15 calendar days before traveling.
To withdraw your application, please submit a signed withdrawal letter.

Please ensure that your application documents are complete! Incomplete applications can cause delays or may result in rejection of the visa application.

This checklist is regularly updated but makes no claim to be complete.
Further documentation can at all times be requested or provided by the applicant, in support of the application.

All kinds of student visa have to be applied for at German Visa Application Centre - VFS Global. For more information see below- “book an appointment”.

Transit Visa in certain cases

You can find out what a transit visa is and whether you need to apply for one here.

Prepare your application

Please do not staple the documents and renounce paper clips.

• 1 original duly completed and signed visa application form
  

The following documents need to be presented in original and 1 copy:

• passport (at least 2 free pages, not older than 10 years)
  • you may provide copies of previous Schengen visa
• for non-Singaporeans: proof of legal residence in Singapore (e.g. EP;DP; Student Pass), incl. printout of your current Singaporean residence permit validity (no QR-Code)
• 1 recent passport photographs (not older than 3 months) according to biometric specifications (see sample photos below)

• Original letter from employer: confirming employment, duration of recruitment, status, income and upcoming confirmed leave or Business trip

  • self-employed, provide current printout of BiZ-File issued by ACRA.

  • student: University letter, signed with blue ink.

  • dependant spouse with no income: letter by your spouse's employer confirming the employment, beginning of employment and monthly salary and marriage certificate (original with one copy) as well as copy of your spouses passport (+ Singapore residence Permit)

• intended flight itinerary (NO booked ticket is needed)

• If applicable, copy of visa for the country of destination

• for minors (below 18 years):

  • birth certificate, school letter and marriage certificate of parents (originals with one copy) as well as passport copy of parents. Both parents have to sign the application form personally

• fee for the processing of the visa application is the equivalent of EURO 80.00 (for children EUR 40.00) to be paid in SGD. Additionally, VFS charges a service fee of EUR 34.13 in SGD as well.

Information on the visa process

Please do not send unrequested documents to the Visa Department, especially not before applying for the visa, as those cannot be kept. Please submit all documents when applying in person at VFS.
Foreign documents issued in other languages than English or German have to be submitted with an official Translation.
The processing of the visa application is usually 10 days, upon submission of complete documents, sometimes longer.
You will be contacted by VFS as soon as the Embassy as decided on your applicaion. Please note that questions regarding the status of your visa application cannot be answered.
It is recommended that at no time a flight ticket should be purchased until a visa has been granted.

Book your Appointment

To submit your application, please book an appointment and appear in person at the visa application center of the Embassy - VFS:

There your complete application documents including the visa fee will be accepted and biometric data registered.

The appointment needs to be booked through the website of VFS.