A significant number of Moroccan students wishing to continue their studies in Germany are complaining about the delay in visa application dates, which is preventing them from joining their chosen universities in Germany.
500 Moroccan students have signed a petition calling out the german diplomatic offices, and demanding them to find a solution to simplify visa submission procedure, considering that many have been waiting for months for an official response.
This petition, in particular, stressed that “for more than three months, students who wish to pursue their Stk, DSH and Master studies in Germany have been waiting for a visa appointment to submit their documents.”
The same petition stated that the waiting period was five months, as the students placed their applications, there are ones who started their university procedures based on this waiting period announced on the official website of the embassy, emphasizing that it has always been set to five months.
Unfortunately, the waiting period has been extended to over eight months.
The petitioners consider this to be very threatening to their educational future, especially since the school season is approaching, which makes all the efforts of students who took many exams to qualify, be wasted because of this complicated procedure.
The petition said that the new change enables Moroccan students who want to pursue their university studies in Germany to do so for “a year or more.”
“This new law applies even to students who planned their studies and exams according to the old law of five months,” the petition’s organizers explained, adding that the students had already been waiting to submit their documents for three months.
Moroccan students added that the lack of answers from the German embassy in Rabat makes them experience extreme psychological pressure. They hope that German authorities will somehow urge the embassy to find “effective solutions that will help students pass their exams on time or reach the desired universities on time.”
The petitioners stress that no officials from the German embassy and its consulate had contacted them so far.
Morocco and Germany had expressed their desire to facilitate travel and accommodation procedures for Moroccan students during their studies in Germany, wanting to also study the possibility of increasing the number of scholarships for Moroccan students in German universities.
The two countries will work together to expand vocational training opportunities; which includes the exchange of experiences and training courses, as well as cooperation in research and transnational education for the mutual benefit of both countries.
The German embassy website stated that when visa applications are filled out, the applicants are not given any guarantees when submitting their documents.
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