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The most open large economy we cover, and the only destination where the rules are published, verifiable and applied consistently. German is the gate on almost every route — and two routes people come looking for do not exist here at all.
Germany · Student
Open and growing. The money test is the real test.
Germany has no tuition fees at most public universities, which is why it is now the fastest-growing study destination for Indian students while Canada, the UK and Australia contract. That does not make it cheap: you must prove roughly a year of living costs in a blocked account before the visa, and that is where most applications actually fail. The second route, Ausbildung, is badly understood outside Germany — it is paid vocational training, not study, and the German-language requirement is real. Note that the number of non-EU people entering Ausbildung each year is far smaller than the headline apprenticeship numbers suggest.
Does this apply to me?
Two taps. Nothing is sent anywhere, and there is no sign-up.
What do you do?Which passport do you hold?What Germany wants
This order is Germany's, taken from its official shortage analysis. It is not our opinion and we do not re-rank it. Tap a row to mark it as yours.
Ranking source: Federal Foreign Office — opening and closing a blocked bank account (checked 2026-11-03) · Study.eu — reported student blocked-account amount (commercial portal, cites no source) (checked 2026-11-03)
The routes
Every requirement below is printed as the official source words it. If a route is restricted or closed, the pill says so.
Student visaVisum zu Studienzwecken
OpenA residence permit for degree study at a German university, with the right to work part-time and to stay on afterwards to find work.
You must have all of these
0 of 4 tickedTap each one you already have. This stays on your phone and is not a decision — the checker gives you that.
Source: Federal Foreign Office — opening and closing a blocked bank account (checked 2026-11-03) · Study.eu — reported student blocked-account amount (commercial portal, cites no source) (checked 2026-11-03)
Vocational training (Ausbildung)Berufsausbildung
OpenPaid dual training with an employer, combining work and classroom study, leading to a recognised German qualification.
You must have all of these
0 of 3 tickedTap each one you already have. This stays on your phone and is not a decision — the checker gives you that.
Source: Make it in Germany — Opportunity Card (Federal Government portal) (checked 2026-11-03)
What it actually costs
The honest total, including the parts agents leave out of their quote.
Tap a line to see what it is and where the figure comes from. Untick anything you do not pay and the total below follows.
Where a blocked account appears above, that is your own money and it comes back to you monthly after arrival. It is not a fee to anyone. Nobody should ask you to hand it over.
How long it really takes
Start to arrival, for someone beginning today with nothing done.
9–24 months, start to arrival
Admission cycles, not visas, set the pace. Application deadlines fall months before intake, document attestation takes weeks, and visa appointment waits in India have run long. Start 12 to 18 months before the intake you want.
Is this route real? The numbers
Published figures for how many people actually went this way. A route with no numbers behind it is a brochure.
EUR 11,904
Blocked account required for 2026
Source: Federal Foreign Office — opening and closing a blocked bank account (checked 2026-11-03) · Study.eu — reported student blocked-account amount (commercial portal, cites no source) (checked 2026-11-03)
EUR 992
Released per month after arrival
Source: Federal Foreign Office — opening and closing a blocked bank account (checked 2026-11-03) · Study.eu — reported student blocked-account amount (commercial portal, cites no source) (checked 2026-11-03)
About 71,000, up 14%
Qualification recognition applications in 2024
Source: Anerkennung in Deutschland — recognition statistics 2024 (checked 2026-11-03)
Find out whether Germany would take you, as student
The checker runs the official test for this track and gives you a straight answer. If the answer is no, it names what would change it. Free, no sign-up, no email.
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