Reapplying for Summer Student Work Visa after "Reason 13"
Hi everyone,
I’m an international student studying in Turkey and I recently got rejected for a 90-day German student summer work visa (Ferienbeschäftigung) under Reason 13 (intent to leave the territory could not be ascertained).
I'm reapplying this week on a massive time crunch because my placement is with Mercedes AG through Randstad, and my start date is at the end of June.
For my reapplication, my German employer did something I haven't seen a lot of people talk about online. They wrote a letter directly addressed to the German Embassy in Ankara defending my application. They explicitly stated that my contract is strictly bounded to 90 days, housing is already secured, and they literally wrote: "Your concerns regarding not leaving the Schengen area are unfounded; the client simply wants to fully utilize the 90 days."
I am also fixing the mistakes from my first application (like adding my official university transcript to prove my roots/studies here).
Has anyone here been in a similar situation where a massive German corporation directly advocated for you and challenged a Reason 13 refusal? Did the embassy actually take the employer's word for it and grant the visa?
Any advice or similar experiences would be awesome. Thanks!