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Family reunion visa
Posted on 19.01.2004 17:24
Family reunion visa
Hello all
I am new into this forum, I am from india and now working in köln. I have some doubts about my wife visa from india. (Chennai)
1.She was told by the german authorities that it will take 10 weeks to get the family reunion visa. Is it normal and true ??
2.If that is the case, can a person get a tourist visa for 90 days and process the family reunion visa at the same time?
3.My lohnsteuerklasse is now 1 and if my wife comes here, i can change it to 3. Is it possible that if she comes here on a tourist visit and i register our apartment in the ANMELDUNG and with that, i can change the lohnsteuerklasse? (I mean without having her residence permit done..just with the anmeldung, can i claim that she is staying with me)
I would like have the fellow GCs experience in this..
thanks and viel spaß
sriramanv
Member since 19.01.2004
Posted on 20.01.2004 14:01
Re: Family reunion visa
Hi Bro,
I would like to answer some of your questions. First one is . Yes it does take atleast 2 to 3 months to process the whole family visa. First the papers will be submitted in the Embassy in your city and then they will be sent to Germany in your local "Auslanderamt" for further verfication. The Auslanderamt will send you a paper in a month or 6 weeks after you applied in India and ask you to prove the following:
1. Place of residence (if its big enough)
2. How much you earn?
3. How long your visa is?
All of this info you will submit back to the auslanderamt. After this it will take 3 days for the papers to be sent back to India after a thorough verification in Koeln (for whatever reasons mine were sent to koeln).
Answer to your second question? I have no idea if she can get a visit visa during that time. But she would have to go back to India for the original Family visa and they will call her for that visa as soon it is processed.
Answer to your 3rd question is "NO" because as you most probably know that your "Anmeldung" is done only after you have a permanent visa (Long term) for Germany. So she would have to get a visa first and then she would be registered with the Rathaus.
Hope all of this helps..
Wajeeh aka Amorpheous
wajeehuddin
Member since 10.11.2003
Posted on 20.01.2004 14:24
Re: Family reunion visa
Dear wajeehuddin
Thanks very much for your reply.
Regarding the anmeldung, it can be done with a tourist visa, the residence permit is not required. I could do my anmeldung (registering yourself and your flat) without having my aufenthalttitel (residence permit). So my question is, anmeldung is enough for changing the lohnsteuerklasse or residence permit is required.
Thanks
sriramanv
Member since 19.01.2004