Schengen - Visa - Extension am Standort LEA, Keplerstr.

Information on the address of this location

Additional information

• Fee payments are also possible by credit card (VISA, Mastercard) and contactless via smartwatch or smartphone.
• Photo booth available on the ground floor. Photos cost 5 euros. Please pay cash with coins or 5-euro notes (no change or card payments accepted at the photo booth).

Payment options

• girocard (with PIN)

• in exceptional cases where new facts and special reasons arise after entry or
• if entry into the Federal Republic of Germany or into another Schengen state was late.

Prerequisites

• Exceptional reasons: Force majeure, humanitarian or important personal reasons
  
  A visa extension can be considered for humanitarian or important personal reasons or in the case of force majeure.
  

  • Example of force majeure:

  No air traffic due to weather conditions or strike
  
  

  • Examples of humanitarian reasons:

  Urgent medical treatment is needed or where the applicant is incapable of travelling or in the case of some worrying event affecting a close family relative
  
  

  • Examples of important personal reasons:

  Urgent business or professional reasons which were not foreseeable before entry
• Late Entry
  
  A visa can also be extended where the visa period has not been fully used because entry into the Federal Republic of Germany or another Schengen State was late.
• Proof of Income
  
  Proof of income must be provided for the duration of the visa extension.
• This service can only be taken with an appointment.
  
  To arrange an appointment, please contact unit B 5 using the contact form (see “More information” section).

Documents required

• Passport with valid visa
• Power of Attorney with Passport or Personal ID Document
  
  In case personal interview is not possible
• Filled in form "Antrag auf Verlängerung eines Schengen-Visums (Application for extension of a Schengen Visa)"
  
  see section "Forms"
• Proof of Income
  
  • Formal obligation and proof of sufficient financial means of person issuing invitation (bank statement / three most recent wage slips / income statement from tax advisor for self-employed persons) or
  • proof of own sufficient means or
  • where necessary, reference from relevant embassy with assumption of costs of living
• Health insurance
  
  • Travel health insurance for the duration of the extended stay or
  • reference from relevant embassy with assumption of costs of living

  Accident and acute illness must be covered by insurance in both cases.
• Other Documentation
  
  In the case of a visa issued for business or professional reasons, documents must be provided which found a public interest in the extension.

Forms

• Antrag auf Verlängerung eines Schengen-Visums (Application for extension of a Schengen Visa) - in German, English and Turkish)
• Antrag auf Verlängerung eines Schengen-Visums (Application for extension of a Schengen Visa) - in German, French and Russian

Fees

• Free of charge: when the Schengen visa is extended because of force majeure or for humanitarian reasons
• 30.00 Euro: when the Schengen visa is extended for important personal reasons or due to late entry

• 60.00 Euro for adults
• 30.00 Euro for minors

Legal basis

• Aufenthaltsgesetz (AufenthG) § 6 Abs. 2
• Article 33 Visa Code (Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of 13 July 2009)

Average time to process request

As a rule, the extension is carried out on the same day, if possible.

More information

• Contact form for unit B 5 to arrange an appointment

Hinweise zur Zuständigkeit

This service can only be taken advantage of in the Berlin Immigration Office (Landesamt für Einwanderung – LEA) at Keplerstr.

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