Hallo Zusammen!!!!
My name is Srinivas from Warangal. I came to Germany on April 2022. Starting from my application for the admission to reaching Germany was thrilling day by day. I was supposed to approach consultancy to make easy. But many people suggested that you can do it on your own if you have patience to know about application process.
I don't know anyone from Germany when I started my application. I sent friend requests to the students who are studying in the University through LinkedIn & Facebook.
I don't know anyone from Germany when I started my application. I've searched in google for every step to reach Germany. Then, I sent friend requests to the students who are studying in the University through LinkedIn & Facebook. Luckily few accepted and I started be in touch with them in every phase. I'm very much thankful to them.
After getting admission, visa processing will not be much complicated if your documents are clear. Better we can apply through VFS Global Hyderabad which makes easier than the German consulate in Chennai. Bcz., I don't face any interview session in VFS Hyd. It's just a dropping your documents. I heard that there is an oral session in German in German consulate in Chennai. And also I had an option to apply for student visa without blocked account while applying. But, it's better to have it while applying as it may make any hassle to process your application from the consulate. Exactly at the end of one month, my visa got approved and applied for Stamping which took 3-5 business days.
However you have to show blocked amount funds while applying for stamping if you don't have while applying. I suggest to make your planning to German such as booking flight tickets after completing stamping process.
Then shopping and travelling to Deutschland. Choose a good airlines if you are travelling from India. Bcz, In airlines like Air India, Vistara we can carry up to 46kg+8kg cabin bag which is very good for us to carry lot of things from India which are cheaper than in Germany. Airlines will provide food while in journey. No need to worry about hunger.
I strongly recommend you to arrange accommodation before coming to Germany. Bcz staying in hotels in Germany is very expensive. I saw few students who were struggled for accomodation and paid 40-80€ per day in several cities. And also get Wohnungsbescheinigung (Landlord certificate) from your house owner which is the document required to open your bank account. And book train tickets to your city as early as possible before coming to Germany, bcz transport prices will increase as the days are getting closer. And finally I'm in Germany after few struggles.
I strongly recommend you to arrange accommodation before coming to Germany. Bcz staying in hotels in Germany is very expensive.
What I observed is,
1. We have to habituated to cold climate.
2. You can drink tap water bcz the water was very clean. (Note: It also varies with cities.)
3. You have to cook the food in your own. There will be no hostel mess like in our country.
4. Beware of smoke alarms. Every room has a smoke alarms, once it detects smoke even without causing any harm you have to pay 800-900€ penalty.
5. Friday evening to Saturday you can enjoy as much as you can. No one has authority to stop you.
6. Don't download any movies, softwares from pirated sites. They will track your IP address and penalities are high as hundreds to thousands of Euros. But you can watch online.
7. If you are an alcoholic lover, Germany is like heaven for you. You will find hundreds of varieties in brewery with less price.
8. You must follow the rules for every operations.
9. Misbehaving with minors (boy/girl) will have severe legal consequences.
10. Students have discounts on food in Mensa(canteen), transportation, any entries to museums etc.,
11. You have to take appointments for every meeting. Even with your professor, house owner, saloon, doctor etc.,
12. Consulting doctor was free of charge but you have to pay little amount for medicines.
13. Many historical places with outstanding architecture.
14. For a 3 months(June,July, August), German government introduced 9€ ticket per each month. With this ticket you can travel in all kind of public transport except in ICE,IC,Flixbus,Flixtrains for a whole month within Germany.
15. If you are a automobile lover, then no doubt Germany rules the industry. Huge varieties of cars,bikes will makes you fall in love with it.
16.Most important thing is German language skills. It's better to learn basic levels in our country. Everything in boards with directions,emails,names of groceries etc., will be in German language.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Srinivas Rao Chinnam.
Very Insightful