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Application information

Visa Application Fees

In order to apply for a visa, you will have to pay a visa fee and a service fee.

Visa fee - collected for the German Mission.
Service fee - collected for the processing of your visa application at TLScontact.

Attention: Payment of the visa fee and the service fees do not give any guarantee or right that a visa will be granted. The visa and service fee are both non-refundable and non-transferable if the visa application is denied by the staff of the German Mission or if the applicant decides to withdraw the application.

Visa type	EUR	BWP
Short stay Schengen visa, less than 90 days	90	1,390
Short stay Schengen visa, less than 90 days: Children between the age of 6 and below 12 years old;	45	700
Short stay Schengen visa, less than 90 days: Children under the age of 6; Family members of EU-citizens and Swiss nationals (Family = Father, mother, son, daughter or spouse; claim must be supported by birth- or marriage certificate and valid proof of EU nationality); Some organizations may be entitled to a free visa fee. If this is the case, a refund will be organized after the day of application.	Free	Free

Visa type

EUR

BWP

Short stay Schengen visa, less than 90 days

1,390

Short stay Schengen visa, less than 90 days:

Children between the age of 6 and below 12 years old;

700

Short stay Schengen visa, less than 90 days:

Children under the age of 6;
Family members of EU-citizens and Swiss nationals (Family = Father, mother, son, daughter or spouse; claim must be supported by birth- or marriage certificate and valid proof of EU nationality);
Some organizations may be entitled to a free visa fee. If this is the case, a refund will be organized after the day of application.

Free

* The visa fee, only collectable in BWP, may change as a result of currency fluctuation.

The visa fee is fixed in EUR but payable only in BWP. The exchange rate between these currencies is decided by the German Missions and is updated periodically, therefore the payable amount may differ from those quoted above. Please note that your visa application fee receipt will only quote the fee paid in BWP.

The service fee, mandatory for any visa application, is 24.51 Euros - BWP 385.00. This amount has been decided in agreement with the German Government and corresponds to the different services provided by the TLScontact centre (i.e. visa application reception, data processing, information collection, appointments booking, etc.).