Schengen visa - Germany - Invitation letter

[OnTopic]

I got a question regards the Invitation Letter

 

I'm married 10 years to my Thai wife and she already has 6 previous Schengen Visa in her passport and been to Germany many times before.

They were all issued in the UAE when we lived there together over the past couple of years. At that time, I've just included a very simple letter, written by myself, explaining

the reason for our travels and where we would stay. It was super easy and straightforward.

 

Now we live in Thailand and I want to make sure I follow the correct procedure required by the BKK embassy & I have no experience as of yet how strict/formal they are?

 

Reason for travel is my Grandma's 100's birthday and we will be staying at my sisters place in Germany.

 

Can I simply type out the invitation letter stating the reason for travel, where we stay etc. or does this have to come from my sister?

From looking at the embassy websites, I'm getting the feeling the invitation letter must come from someone who's officially living in Germany, or is it OK if it comes from me living abroad?

Can the invitation letter be informal or is it advised to follow examples available on the Net, which have certain wordings?

 

Will I be allowed to join my wife during the appointment or is there no interaction or conversation possible from my side?

 

 Many thanks in advance for any info or comments/experience on this!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 16, 2016 by OnTopic

[thedivezone]

Don't understand why you want to show an invitation letter from either yourself or your sister.

If the lady is your legally married wife,the marriage certificate is all that's required , and the visa is free for your spouse, done it several times at Bangkok (i'm assuming your wife is Thai).

[Donutz]

What's your nationality?

 

If that is any EU/EEA nationality except (!) German, then freedom of movement directive EU/2004/38 applies. A visa will need to be issued ASAP, without visa fee and one only needs to show evidence of a legal and genuine marriage. An embassy may request that the maritialpapers are legalized and translated into a language that they understand. A letter from you explaining that you as an EU national (include your passport copy) intend to travel to Germany with your Thai wife will do just fine. Details in the Schengen sticky. 

 

If you are German: a country can apply this directive to it's own citizens if they wish. I have heard that some member states do this but I don't know if Germany is one of them. 

 

The instructions of the German embassy used to be clearly mentioned last time I checked (2014). Don't know if they still do, though the visa rules are ofcourse still the same.