A temporary biometric clinic for Germany-Schengen Visa has opened at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 27th January 2019. This Clinic is organized by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Maldives with the assistance from the Government of Maldives and the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Company.
The Clinic will take the biometric enrolments and documents from all applicants who have made prior appointments. A total of 123 appointments have so far been booked and due to increased demand, the Clinic services has been extended till 31 January 2019.
This is the first time Schengen Visa Application Service is provided in the Maldives and it 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 2019.