Official application route
Complete the official VIDEX form where required, then follow the German Embassy/VFS Global Beirut submission instructions.
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Detailed documents to prepare
Identity and application
- Passport: recognised, issued within the previous 10 years, valid for at least 3 months after planned Schengen departure, with at least 2 blank visa pages. Check national notices before booking.
- Application and photos: the signed country form, compliant recent photographs, and the originals/copies specified by the application centre.
Trip and stay
- Itinerary: round-trip reservation, any relevant inter-Schengen transport, a written purpose of travel and a coherent day-by-day schedule.
- Accommodation: hotel booking, prepaid lodging or property evidence; for a private visit, the destination’s valid host accommodation or invitation document.
- Medical insurance: cover valid throughout Schengen for the planned stay, with at least €30,000 for medical/emergency treatment, hospitalisation and repatriation.
Finances, ties and civil-status evidence
- Funds: evidence of sufficient, accessible funds, their history and lawful source. The Lebanon harmonised list asks for stamped bank movements for the previous 6 months or an accepted alternative; include any withdrawal terms or restrictions that affect access.
- Family register: an officially stamped, up-to-date extract.
- Return ties: documents showing your lawful income and situation in Lebanon—employment, business, study, family responsibilities or other concrete links that genuinely apply to you.
Documents that depend on your situation
- Employee: employment letter with hire date, role, salary and approved absence; last 3 payslips; CNSS registration.
- Company owner: company statutes, commercial registration and 3 months of company statements or corporate tax statements.
- Self-employed or freelancer: syndicate membership card or letter, tax statements and evidence of current business activity.
- Student or retired applicant: enrollment/attendance and scholarship evidence, or pension proof and other resource evidence, as applicable.
- Sponsored, unemployed or homemaker applicant: truthful status declaration, funding evidence and credible economic or social ties suited to the applicant and destination; use the destination’s sponsorship form where one is required.
- Minor: school certificate plus the normal identity documents; for one-parent or unaccompanied travel, the applicable consent, custody, travel-arrangement and parental-funding evidence.
Purpose-specific evidence
- Tourism: organised-tour or activity bookings, or a detailed itinerary with destinations and accommodation.
- Family or friends: invitation identifying the applicant and host, host address, reason and length of stay, host ID/passport or residence permit, and relationship proof where applicable.
- Business: official stamped/signed invitation with the inviting company’s contact and registration details, business purpose, dates and who pays; add sending-company employment or business-relationship evidence.
Germany-specific documents to add
- Signed VIDEX form and barcode page where the selected category requires it.
- Recent biometric photo, valid signed passport original and the requested copies.
- For a family visit or business trip, the separate German Embassy checklist and corresponding host or company invitation evidence.
Before you submit
Check the current submission route and the checklist for your travel purpose before booking. Processing and appointment availability are separate issues.