Your blocked account has a term of between 2 and 12 months. Your duration depends on the time of your stay.

If you want to stay in Germany for longer than 12 months, you can easily extend your blocked account later on.

Your blocked account starts earliest in the month during which your visa begins.

If you want to stay in Germany for longer than 12 months, you can easily extend your blocked account later on in the process after setting up the payouts for your initial term .

Firstly, please note that an additional basic sum is only necessary in exceptional cases. 

The "additional basic sum" is an additional amount on your blocked account which only needs to be entered if your local embassy, consulate, or immigration authority inquires a special request. Please do not enter any "additional basic sum" without the particular request by the embassy. If you have to enter an "additional basic sum" it is just a security for the aforementioned entities. Please keep in mind that this sum remains blocked during your time in Germany. 

You can check if you have an additional basic sum for your German student visa by contacting the German Embassy or Consulate in your home country where you are applying for the visa. They will be able to provide you with the most up-to-date information about the blocked amount and any additional basic sum that is required for your specific case.

You can also check on the website of the German Federal Foreign Office.

It's important to note that the rules and requirements are subject to change so it's always best to check with the most recent information.

If you have to provide an additional basic amount, your relevant authority should have mentioned that to you already. Please check your correspondence with them to find out, whether you have to provie a basic sum and if so, how high it should be.

In general, €934.00 for every month of your stay are required as a monthly blocked amount. This is the standard monthly sum required by the German authorities. Please note that only your local embassy, consulate, or the local immigration authority can provide you with binding information on the required monthly blocked amount in your individual case.

The additional basic sum is an additional amount on your blocked account which only needs to be entered if your local embassy, consulate, or immigration authority has a special request. Please do not enter any "additional basic sum" without a particular request by the embassy. If you must enter an "additional basic sum" it is just a security for the aforementioned entities. Please keep in mind that this sum remains blocked during your time in Germany.

Please choose the reason for your primary motivation to come to Germany. It is also the reason as for which you are applying for a German visa.

In your visa application documents, it will later be stated what the reason for your application is. 

So, please enter here the accurate reason. However, in case it changes later on, you can contact us to change it again for you.

If you don't know your exact date of arrival in Germany, please simply fill in the first of the month during which you are planning to arrive. Do not worry, this date can easily be changed later on again.

If you don’t have a first or last name, please enter “-” instead. 

This depends to which part of your name the middle name belongs. If it is part of your first name, please enter it in the first name field. If it part of your last name, please enter it in the last name field. 

We need specific personal data of you to be able to open a blocked account for your. For this reason, we also require information about your gender.

The passport number is usually part of the core information of your passport and may consist of numbers and letters. However, passport numbers that only include numbers are also possible.

These dates are key information of your passport and should be easily spottable on your passport. Some countries have multiple pages for their passport, so, if you cannot find the dates on the first page, please check the remaining ones. 

You will not find any nationality pointing at those nationalities in our list. This is because we are not able to open Blocked Accounts for people that hold the nationality of those countries. We apologise for that. 

Please enter here your first nationality. You will have the possibility to enter a second one in following steps. 

A second nationality refers to a person holding multiple citizenships in addition to their primary nationality. A person can acquire a second nationality through a variety of ways such as naturalization in another country, marriage to a foreign national, or having a parent or grandparent from another country.

It's worth noting that some countries do not allow dual citizenship and may require an individual to renounce their previous citizenship in order to acquire a new one.

If you do not have a second nationality, this step can be skipped. However, if you have a second nationality, please make sure to enter it here. If you are keeping a second nationality hidden here, we reserve the right to cancel your contract immediately. 

You will not find any nationality pointing at those nationalities. This is because we are not able to open Blocked Accounts for people that hold the nationality of those countries. We apologise for that. 

A second nationality refers to a person holding multiple citizenships in addition to their primary nationality. A person can acquire a second nationality through a variety of ways such as naturalization in another country, marriage to a foreign national, or having a parent or grandparent from another country.

It's worth noting that some countries do not allow dual citizenship and may require an individual to renounce their previous citizenship in order to acquire a new one.

If you do not have a second nationality, this step can be skipped. However, if you have a second nationality, please make sure to enter it here. If you are keeping a second nationality hidden here, we reserve the right to cancel your contract immediately. 

A maiden name is the surname an individual has before they get married. It is the name an individual is given at birth or upon legal adoption and is used until they marry, at which point they may choose to take their partner's surname or hyphenate their maiden name with their partner's surname. In some cultures, an individual may choose to keep their maiden name after marriage, either officially or informally. If your name did not change after marriage, then you can answer this question with “No, I have not”.

A maiden name is the surname an individual has before they get married. It is the name an individual is given at birth or upon legal adoption and is used until they marry, at which point they may choose to take their partner's surname or hyphenate their maiden name with their partner's surname. In some cultures, an individual may choose to keep their maiden name after marriage, either officially or informally. If your name did not change after marriage, then you can answer this question with “No, I have not”. 

You must enter the address where you are currently registered. Typically the address in your home country. 

Later on in the process, you will be asked separately about your German address.

To create a blocked account for you, we need an active and current address from you. This is required by all European banks when creating new accounts.

A TIN, or Taxpayer Identification Number, is a unique number assigned to a person or entity by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the purpose of identification and tax-filing. There are several types of TINs, including Social Security Numbers (SSNs) for individuals and Employer Identification Numbers (EINs) for businesses. TINs are used to track and report income and taxes paid to the tax office.

If you no longer know your TIN, you can contact your local tax office and ask them to give you your TIN. 

Banks are required by law to collect and verify the Tax Identification Number (TIN) of their customers when they open an account. This is done to help the government combat money laundering, tax evasion and financing of terrorism. Banks are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each person who opens an account, including the TIN.

In summary, the bank is required by law to collect and verify TIN as part of their due diligence process to comply with anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) regulations.

There are some criteria, which do not allow us to open blocked accounts for certain groups of people. This includes:

- People with US Tax status

- Residents of Iran (IR)

- Residents of North Korea (KP)

This is because of underlying banking regulations and/or international anti-money laundering measures.

No. Unfortunately, you cannot open a blocked account with Fintiba if you are a US taxpayer.

In Germany, having health insurance is mandatory by law. Health insurance helps to cover the costs of medical treatment, including doctor visits, prescription drugs, and hospital stays. Without health insurance, these costs would be very high and can financially burden individuals and families.

Furthermore, having proof of health insurance coverage is a basic requirement to be granted a visa for Germany. 

We at Fintiba have created the Fintiba Plus package, which includes the blocked account together with all the health insurance you need. We have partners with renowned partners in Germany to provide you with great services and good prices, all together in one package, to make the visa application process for you as easy as possible. 

And the best part of it, if you go with Fintiba Plus and activate your health insurance from the package, you will receive Travel Health Insurance for free! 

The cost of German health insurance depends on several factors, including the type of insurance plan you choose and your income level.

There are two main types of health insurance in Germany: statutory and private.

Statutory health insurance is known as "gesetzliche Krankenversicherung" (GKV) and is the most common type of health insurance. 

Fintiba automatically checks which insurance suits you and creates a tailor-made package for you.

Please keep an eye on the checkout page. You will find the individual prices there. 

Yes, you must enter your current age here. 

Your age has an influence on the insurance we can offer you.

This form is configured exclusively for the blocked account for persons of full age. We have created a separate form for minors.

Just click on "Apply for blocked account for minors" to get to the appropriate form.

No, you do not have to be already enrolled at a university.

Simply select here the university to which you applied already. If you applied to many different universities and have not decided, yet, which offer you will accept, simply select one of those universities. And do not worry, you can change this information later on again. 

Also, if you are not planning to enrol at a university at all, you can simply select “I won’t study in Germany” and continue. 

For us to be able to correctly assess your insurance needs and provide insurance without any gaps, we require this information from you.

No worries, the date here doesn't have to be completely final or accurate. We just need an initial estimate to correctly asses your situation. You can also change this data later on again. So, please enter a roughly estimated date here.

You created the password yourself and we will not send it to you again. If you forgot your password, you can use the “Forgot password” functionality of the login area of the Fintiba App. 

Please check your emails now. We have sent you an email with further instruction to open your Fintiba account. All further steps will be explained either in the app directly or via email communication. We are glad to have you with us!