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advance of their departure date to enquire about any special local requirements
pertaining to visa formalities.
3.5.3 Time required to process a visa application
Applications for visas entitling the holder to a longer stay may take up to 3
months to process.
3.6 May I bring my family with me?
Basically, no. The reunification of families of foreign students is usually only
considered if the students belong to one of the following three groups:
• Postgraduate students
• Scholarship holders
• Nationals of the following states: all EU states, Andorra, Australia,
Canada, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Liechtenstein, Monaco, New Zealand,
Norway, San Marino, Switzerland, USA.
In all other cases, dependants can only join foreign students in cases of
particular hardship, above all if the foreign student is dependent on his/her
spouse for their livelihood. For families to join students in Germany, the student
has to be able to support himself/ herself and his/her family without social
assistance. The spouse who joins the student is generally not permitted to
engage in regular employment.
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