Visa

The entry requirements for Germany differ according to your home country. Your nationality, not your university, determines the visa regulations. For example: If you study in a European country and have a residence permit for this country but your nationality is not European, you need to apply for a student visa for Germany. In this case, please contact the German embassy in your country of origin or the German embassy in your country of studies.

Please check on your visa matters as soon as possible.

Visa procedures for exchange students from Non-European countries

REST Directive 2016/801

If you are Non-EU citizen and you study at a partner university in a EU country, which ratified the REST Directive 2016/801, you can undergo the following procedure to get the permission for your mobility (max. 360 days):

As soon as you received the letter of acceptance, you need to provide us with the following PDF documents collected in ONE email:

residence permit of the first EU Member State (country of home university) for the purpose of study – the residence permit need to be valid for your complete stay at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Ludwigshafen. Both sides of the card need to be scanned in one PDF file.
evidence of the participation in the ERASMUS+ programme – please ask your home university for this confirmation. However, it need to be in GERMAN language.
recognised, valid passport.
proof of subsistence/ financial resources - currently at least 992 EUR per month - , e.g. by opening a blocked account or by a confirmation of your home univesity that you receive ERASMUS+ scholarship incl. the amount to be received. If you should receive an ERASMUS scholarship for less than 992 EUR monthly, you would only have to guarantee the difference of the full monthly amount.
valid health insurance, which covers your stay at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Ludwigshafen.
This document needs to be filled out completely and digitally.

The university in Germany must submit these documents to the National Contact Point (Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, BAMF) for digital registration for the study period in Germany and its subsequent acceptance by the responsible immigration authority.

More information can be found here.