Toerless Eckert wrote: > they told me that > if i was to attend a conference i would need a business visa Interesting. The website says: Dieses Visum ist für Geschäftsleute vorgesehen, die Kunden besuchen, Geschäfte tätigen, Marktstudien durchführen, an Messen oder Ausstellungen teilnehmen möchten, und ähnliches. (Google turns this into: This visa is designed for business people who visit customers, do business, market studies carried out, wishing to participate in trade fairs or exhibitions, and the like. ) I'm not planning to do any of this, so this visa is not for me. Grüße, Carsten