How to extend visa in Germany? [duplicate]

I’m currently in Berlin, Germany, with a C category visa (personal invitation). According to my profession I had several meetings with competent people, as a result I will be involved in shootings of the movie, which is very important for my career, but it starts after my visa expires (90 days, 6 months) I will have used 90 days. Please kindly guide me if there is any chance to prolong visa if I provide all kind of required documents.

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Best Answer

You cannot easily extend a type C Schengen visa (you can find previous questions about that for details). You have at least two option:

Leave right now (or at least well before the end of your 90 days) and return when you need to be here. The clock stops, as it were, and if you have a multiple entry visa and it's still valid, you can use those 90 days any way you like, not necessarily at once starting from your first entry.

One issue however is that it's not clear that shooting a movie would be allowed for you. Working is in fact allowed under a Schengen visa but you also need to secure a separate authorisation for that.
Apply for a German (long-stay) work visa. It's complicated and I am not sure it would be possible to get one in your situation but if you do get one, you kill two birds with one stone: the 90 days are not relevant anymore and you don't need to have any concerns about shooting a movie. You would have to leave Germany first and apply for it from your place of usual residence.

(In some very specific circumstances, it is also possible to apply for a residence permit directly from within Germany – instead of a long-stay visa – but I don't think this would be possible in this case.)

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Can I extend my German visa?

It is only possible to extend the validity of visas in certain exceptional cases. This can only be done by the foreigners authority in Germany covering the place of residence of the visa holder. This is the only authority that can decide on an extension of a visa during a visit to Germany.

How can I extend my German visa in Germany?

You can extend your visa at the foreigners' registration office in the town or city where you live. Alternatively, you can apply for an Aufenthaltserlaubnis (residence permit). As it takes some time to process your application, you should apply for an extension about two months before your visa expires.

How many times can you extend visa?

The maximum amount of time you can extend on a B-1 visa is up to 6 months, for a total of 1 year. It is a common misconception that you are only allowed to file for an extension of stay if you are a B1, business visa holder or a B2, tourism visa holder.

How long does visa extension take in Germany?

Upon submission of all required documents the application will be forwarded to the Aliens' Authority (Ausl\xe4nderbeh\xf6rde) competent for your intended place of residence in Germany. Applications take about 1-3 months to be processed.

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