Making an appointment for German visa becomes more difficult for citizens of Uzbekistan

The embassy draws your attention to the fact that the offers of third-party service providers, such as travel agencies, in connection with the submission of visa applications are not at all related to the offer of the Visametric visa center, which is an external service provider.

In addition, additional measures are being taken to prevent abuse of the admission system by the external service provider and to put an end to cases of artificial shortage of admission times,” the report reads.

The embassy recommended not to register through third parties – travel agencies.

“The number of applicants has increased” – Visametric

Kun.uz tried to get a comment from Visametric’s office in Uzbekistan about the reason why it became difficult to sign up for an interview. The operator who talked to us said that this is due to the increase in the number of interviewees.

“I cannot give exact figures about how much the number of applicants has increased compared to previous years. There are many applicants. We now have places available for August. Not for the next month,” he said.

The employee of the travel company who spoke to us said that it has been impossible to get a queue for a Schengen visa to Germany for 2 months.

“There are rumors that the system will work from June 18. If it works, it’s possible, but I can’t promise. We can arrange a queue for national visa for $100. But a Schengen visa is not possible now,” he said.

An increase in visa applicants can also be noticed when contacting the Visametric office by phone. Kun.uz reporter had to wait 45 minutes to contact Visametric operators between 10:00 and 11:00 on June 8.

Why did the applicants increase?

The German government has a long-term plan to attract skilled migrants from countries outside the European Union. Germany may be one of the new destinations for the Uzbek government, which is interested in reducing its dependence on Russia.

In May of this year, it became known that the governments of Uzbekistan and Germany are working on an agreement on migration. It was noted that this agreement will give Uzbek students and workers the opportunity to study and work in Germany.

However, even before that, starting from last year, Germany started making attractive job offers for Uzbeks.

In October 2022, the Foreign Labor Migration Agency started inviting citizens of Uzbekistan to work in Germany under several projects.

In the first project, training of nurses, German language training and employment in the “Asklepios” medical institution was envisaged, and in the second project, training of general medicine nurses, German language training and employment in the “Aachen Universitatsklinikum” medical institution were envisaged.

Also, an agreement was reached on vocational training of truck drivers and recruitment to Germany.

In addition, an agreement was signed with the German company “SPA GmbH” on training and employment of 100 Uzbek citizens in the German territory on the basis of the dual system in medicine, elderly care, metal structures and other technical fields.

In December 2022, agency officials told journalists that the geography of sending citizens to work in other countries is expanding and language courses are being organized to attract them to work in Germany.

It was reported that in March 2023, Uzbekistan and Germany agreed to sign an agreement on attracting Uzbek citizens to work in Germany in the field of nursing and elderly care.

In May, the parties discussed the issues of filling 5,000 educational vacancies in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is planned to fill these jobs from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2028 by Uzbek youth and labor migrants.