For an independent trip to Germany, as for any other, it is necessary to obtain a Schengen visa .To do this, you will need a completed application form, a certificate from your place of work, insurance, bank account statements, a passport, a copy of a civil passport, 2 color photos, confirmation of hotel reservations (you can pick up not requiring prepayment) .Documents are also needed to confirm the willingness to return home: round-trip tickets, information on the availability of an apartment-car, marital status, children .If there is nothing like this, the above-mentioned certificate from the place of work .The list of documents is preliminary specified in the consular department, sometimes it changes .

After collecting the documents, registering for admission to the consulate, handing papers to the appointed window, paying 35 EUR of the fee and going through the interview. If done correctly, you will receive a visa in 3 working days.

Preparing documents for the embassy, ​​you can provide not redeemed tickets for the plane, and their reservation. Then, in case of refusal, you will lose a little. If the decision to authorize a trip is in your favor, tickets can be purchased or purchased from another airline for the same dates.