Appointment-System of the German Foreign Office — Peking
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On the following pages you can book an appointment to apply for signature certification, passports, identity cards and for a formal obligation.
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For visa appointments, kindly use the below section "visa".
如需在签证处预约，请使用下方的“签证”部分
German Embassy Beijing appointment-scheduling for national visas
Please kindly submit your Schengen visa application for short-term stays up to 90 days at the visa application center of our service partner VFS.Global. Detailled information on the application procedure and how to book an appointment can be found on VFS website https://visa.vfsglobal.com/chn/zh/deu/
Appointment booking: Please book a separate appointment for each visa applicant. To successfully book an appointment you have to provide a valid e-mail address and the applicant’s passport details.
National visas for stays over 90 days have to be applied for in person at the Embassy.
Due to the effects of the pandemic, the personal capacities of the Visa section in Beijing are still considerably reduced.
In order to be able to manage the demand for appointment for visa interviews, the Visa section Beijing has implemented appointment waiting lists for some categories of applicants for national visa:
Until further notice, there will be waiting lists A and B for students and one waiting list for researchers/Phd candidates. This procedure ensures that visa applications of applicants with better/higher qualifications can be processed with priority.
You can register in these waiting lists and receive the next available appointment without having to search for appointments regularly in the Embassy`s appointment system.
There will be appointment waiting lists for the following visa categories:
-Students with APS procedure
-Students without APS procedure (no doctorate)
-Researchers /PhD candidates without a German or EU scholarship/ without a working contract
I. STUDENTS
Students that want to attend a university of music or arts, and have not completed the APS’s C procedure, must register in the appointment waiting lists without APS.
Please note:
With effect from 1 March 2023 the entry restrictions for travelers from China which have been in effect since 2020 have been lifted. The former criteria for waiting list A and B have been adjusted accordingly.
You can only register in the appointment waiting list A if you fulfill the following criteria:
1. Students with APS procedure:
- Admission of a university in Germany for university studies and/or
- Admission to a preparatory college (Studienkolleg)
2. Students without APS procedure (no doctorate):
- Admission of a university in Germany for university studies or
- for students of The Arts / music: an invitation for an entrance exam at one of the member universities of the HRK German Rector`s Conference.
The possible Artistic Universities can be found in the following link: https://www.hrk.de/mitglieder/mitgliedshochschulen/kuenstlerische-hochschulen/
You must qualify for one of the above listed requirements on the day of your visa interview.
If you do not qualify for any of the above-listed requirements (e.g. if you are still in the process of applying to a university or want to take part in a preparatory language course but are not yet admitted to a university), please register on the respective appointment waiting list B.
Should you have been admittied to a university for a language course without also having been admitted to a subsequent study program, please register on the respective waiting list B.
Please note that if you register on appointment waiting list A in order receive an priority appointment without qualifying for one of the respective requirements on the day of your visa interview your application will be refused immediately and without further processing.
II. RESEARCHERS:
1. Researchers/PdD candidates who meet the following criteria can book a regular appointment directly in the category “National visa for researchers and PhD candidates with scholarships from German or European funds as well as for researchers with a working contract and their family members with joint entry”:
-you have a scholarship that comes predominantly from German or European funds (> 50% of your funding)
-you have a working contract with a German research institute
2. All other researchers/PhD candidates who do not meet the above listed criteria, can only register in the appointment waiting list for researchers and PhD candidates.
Accompanying family members need their own appointment. They can also register in the appointment waiting list. Kindly note the name of family members so we can arrange a joint appointment.
Please note that if you book a direct appointment in the category “National visa for researchers and PhD candidates with scholarships from German or European funds as well as for researchers with a working contract and their family members with joint entry” without qualifying for one of the respective requirements on the day of your visa interview your application will be refused immediately and without further processing.
To make an appointment please click "CONTINUE" and choose relevant type of visa.
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此电子预约系统用于德国驻北京大使馆申请德国长期签证
不超过90天的申根签证，只能在我们的服务商VFS.Global 签证中心申请。相关申请流程和预约信息请参考其官网 https://visa.vfsglobal.com/chn/zh/deu/
预约注意事项：每一位签证申请人均须单独预约一个名额。申请人须有有效的电子邮箱和有效护照，才能成功预约。
需要继续预约或在预约等候名单中登记，请点击页面下方“Weiter”然后选择正确的签证类别。
德国长期签证（逗留时间90天以上）：须本人亲自到使馆提交申请。
学生签证和研究人员/博士生签证的新预约系统（仅北京签证处适用）
受疫情影响，2020年以来德国驻华使领馆签证处工作人员人数大幅减少。
在此情况下，针对签证申请人的需求，德国驻北京大使馆今后将在德国签证（长期签证）的一些类别中采用预约等候名单，包括为留学生设立的预约等候名单A和B，和一个单为研究人员设立的预约等候名单。这一流程确保了资格较高的申请者能够得到优先处理。
您在预约等候名单中登记，之后将获得我们分配给您的下一个可用预约名额，不必自己反复查寻可约日期。
预约等候名单适用于以下签证类别：
- APS 程序留学生
- 非APS程序留学生（不含读博）
- 无德国奖学金/无欧盟奖学金/无工作合同的研究人员/博士生
I. 留学生
如果签证申请人已赴德留学，但是未完成学业就离开德国，现在想返回德国继续完成学业的签证申请人，需要在非APS程序的等候名单中登记。
如果签证申请人申请了德国的艺术学院或者音乐院校的纯艺术类专业，且通过留德审核部K程序，需要在非APS程序的等候名单中登记。
如果签证申请人计划在德国的艺术学院或者音乐院校毕业，且通过留德审核部C程序，需要在APS程序的等候名单中登记。
请注意：
由于自2020年起生效的中国赴德旅客入境限制已于2023年3月1日取消，因此之前的A类和B类名单的登记要求也做了相应调整。
只有符合以下标准，才可以在名单A中登记：
1. APS 程序留学生
- 持有德国高等院校录取通知书并将于该校进行专业学习，且/或
- 持有预科录取通知书
2. 非APS 程序留学生（非博士生）
- 持有德国高等院校录取通知书并将于该校进行专业学习或艺术/音乐学习
- 持有德国高等院校校长会议（Hochschulrektorenkonferenz）成员校的入学考试邀请函的艺术/音乐生
您可以通过以下链接查找符合该条件的艺术院校：
https://www.hrk.de/mitglieder/mitgliedshochschulen/kuenstlerische-hochschulen/
您须最晚于递交申请的当天证明满足上述规定条件中的一条。
如果您不满足上述任何条件，请您在名单B中登记。这尤其适用于没有（有条件的）录取通知书的留学申请人（Studienbewerber）和参加预备语言课程的申请人 。
请注意：
如果您申请了A类优先预约名额但不能证明能满足其规定的条件，那么在留德人员审核部或签证处面谈时，您的申请将不予受理并被立即退回。
II. 研究人员
1) 满足以下条件的研究人员/博士生，仍可以同以往一样在“长期签证：获德国或欧洲奖学金的科研人员和大学生，以及持工作合同的科研人员及与其同时申请签证的家属”这一类别中直接进行预约
- 主要由德国或欧洲基金提供的奖学金（> 50% 的研究资助）
- 与德国研究机构签订了工作合同
2) 不满足上述条件的研究人员/博士生，可在研究人员和博士生的预约等候名单中登记。
陪读的家属也需要单独预约并在预约等候名单中登记。请您在预约时告知家属的姓名，以便我们能提供一个共同的面签时间。
请注意：
在长期签证：“获德国或欧洲奖学金的科研人员和大学生，以及持工作合同的科研人员及与其同时申请签证的家属”这一类别预约了的研究人员/博士生，如果您不能证明能满足该类别规定的条件，那么在签证处面谈时，您的签证申请将不予受理并被直接退回。