Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced it will host a temporary Germany-Schengen visa Biometric Clinic in Male’, organized by the Embassy of Germany to Maldives.
The Biometric Clinic will operate from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm from February 3 to 5, 2020 at Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The ministry said applicants can book appointments online, until 5:30 pm on January 25, 2020. Further information regarding the biometric clinic can be found on the website of VFS Global.
The temporary clinic aims to ease the difficulties Maldivians face while applying for visas to travel to Germany, including those participating in Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin (ITB) Fair in March.
Following the announcement by Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid and Ambassador of Germany to Maldives Jörn Rohde on December 16, 2019, the ministry is also currently working with VFS Global to establish a permanent Schengen Visa Application Centre in Maldives, which will begin operations in March 2020.