Germany has expanded its visa processing network across Africa and the Middle East through VFS Global, a private visa outsourcing company adding four new Germany Visa Application Centres in key locations including Nigeria, Cameroon, and Cyprus
This move follows a renewed seven-year contract between the German Federal Foreign Office and VFS Global.
Before the new visa centres were opened, Nigerian applicants for German (Schengen) visas were primarily using the German Consulate General in Lagos and the Embassy of Germany in Abuja for visa processing.