• completely fill out form in English or German
• signed by applicant (or leageal guardian) with place and date

For more information on how to fill in the Videx form, click here.

To accept a visa application for a minor, we require a declaration of consent from all legal guardians.

If not all legal guardians attend the child's visa interview:

• The absent guardian must provide a letter of consent with signature of absent parent.
• Present a copy of the absent parent's passport at the appointment.

If both parents cannot attend (exceptional cases with justified reasons):

• Parents may authorize a third adult to accompany the child and submit the application.
• The third party must show ID (passport, voter's card, driver's license, or NIN slip – original + copy).
• Both parents' signatures must be notarized by a German authority.
• Include copies of both parents' passports.
  

• If only one parent has the sole custody:

  Custody order showing:

• Children aged 3+ were heard (directly if 14+, or via neutral authority).
• The other parent was heard (or court made reasonable efforts to locate them).
• Issued by a competent court.
  Nigerian court orders require document verification (fee requested at interview).
  

• If the other parent is deceased:

  Death certificate of the deceased parent.

• If the child is adopted:

  Certificate of recognition issued by a German family court. More information.

a. if applicable: current German residence permit of person living in Germany

• Front and back
• We do not accept “Fiktionsbescheinigungen”

b. Passport of Person living in Germany

• Copy of data page

c. German registration certificate (Meldebescheinigung)

• Not older than 6 months

d. Entry and exit stamps

• From all visits to Nigeria by the person living in Germany.

e. if applicable: Divorce decrees of earlier marriages

• Divorce decrees of all previous marriages.

• The divorce must have been legally binding before the new marriage was entered into.

  Nigerian divorce decrees: Issued by the locally competent court.

  German divorce decrees: With “Rechtskraftnachweis” (proof of legal force).
  

f. if applicable: proof of income

• Only required if the person in Germany is a DAAD scholarship holder.

• as proof of a legal residence status in Nigeria
• only for applicants with a nationality other than Nigerian

For births before December 15, 1992

1. Certified copy of the local birth register extract based on the first registration

and

2. Affidavit* (“Declaration of Age”) of one parent or the head of the family** if both parents are deceased

and

3. Copy of an identity document showing the signature of the person making the affidavit

For births at or after December 15, 1992

1. NPC birth certificate, issued from the NPC of your place of birth

if you do not have a birth certificate from the NPC:

1. Certified copy of the local birth register extract based on the first registration

and

2. Affidavit* (“Declaration of Age”) of one parent or the head of the family**

and

3. Copy of an identity document showing the signature of the person making the affidavit

* If necessary with a note of illiteracy, preferable e-Affidavit

** Head of family and at least 10 years older than the applicant

For example, if you changed your name or there was a mistake on any of your documents
e.g.
- Affidavit of Change of Names (with the published newspaper advertisment)
- Affidavit of Reconciliation of Names
- Affidavit of Spinster- / Bachelorhood
- Affidavit of Facts

• if necessary, with a note of illiteracy
• issued by the competent court

Additionally, a copy of an identification document must be submitted showing the signature of the person making the affidavit

that prove your identity

Examples:

• hospital birth registration
• weighing card
• baptism certificate
• voter ID card
• vaccination certificate
• other expired passports
  

in chronological order

1. Primary
2. Secondary school
3. WAEC or National diploma
4. Bachelor Degree
5. Masters Degree

a. Passport data page

• Copy of data page

b. If applicable: Copy of residence permit for Nigeria

• as proof of a legal residence status in Nigeria
• only for applicants with a nationality other than Nigerian

c. Birth certificate

• Birth certificate

d. if applicable: Marriage certificates and divorce decrees of earlier marriages

• Divorce decrees of all previous marriages.

• The divorce must have been legally binding before the new marriage was entered into.

  Nigerian divorce decrees: Issued by the locally competent court.

  German divorce decrees: With “Rechtskraftnachweis” (proof of legal force).

e. Affidavits

• For example, if you changed your name or there was a mistake on any of your documents
  
  Additionally, a copy of an identification document must be submitted showing the signature of the person making the affidavit

f. old documents

• that prove the identity

g. School results

• in chronological order

1. Primary
2. Secondary school
3. WAEC or National diploma
4. Bachelor Degree
5. Masters Degree
   
   

Certificates issued by any institution testing in accordance with the standards of the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) are accepted. The test may not be older than one year.

Click here to figure out which language level you need.

• all originals for the copies mentioned above must be submitted in chronological order.

Your original documents will be returned to you once your application has been processed.