Schengen - Visa - Extension

• 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).

• 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.

• Antrag auf Verlängerung eines Schengen-Visums (Application for extension of a Schengen Visa) - in German, English and Turkish) www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/labo/zuwanderun • Antrag auf Verlängerung eines Schengen-Visums (Application for extension of a Schengen Visa) - in German, French and Russian www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/labo/zuwanderun

• 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 If a second extension is required, the fees will be • 60.00 Euro for adults • 30.00 Euro for minors

• Aufenthaltsgesetz (AufenthG) § 6 Abs. 2 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_aufenthg/englisch_aufent • Article 33 Visa Code (Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of 13 July 2009) <https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32009R0810&from=DE>

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

• Contact form for unit B 5 to arrange an appointment www.berlin.de/einwanderung/ueber-uns/kontakt/formular.889013

This service can only be used at the Landesamt für Einwanderung (LEA, State Office for Immigration) at the Keplerstr. location.