The Ger­man Con­su­la­te that will issue the visa might ask for a
"Proof of Suf­fici­ent Fi­nan­ci­al Means to Cover Cost of Li­ving".

Po­ten­ti­al ap­pli­cants should get in touch with the con­su­la­te in time to find out which type of fi­nan­ci­al cer­ti­fi­ca­te will be re­qui­red. Self-fi­nan­cing of stu­dies through gain­ful em­ploy­ment is nor­mal­ly not ac­cep­ted!

The fol­lo­wing pos­si­bi­li­ties are ge­ne­ral­ly of­fe­red (de­tails are availa­ble through the re­spon­si­ble Ger­man Con­su­la­te):

• Col­la­te­ral Se­cu­ri­ty in a Blo­cked Ac­count:
  As proof of suf­fici­ent means for fi­nan­cing your source of li­ve­li­hood, a so-cal­led blo­cked ac­count can be ope­ned to which an ade­qua­te amount of funds can be trans­fer­red. 
• For­mal Ob­li­ga­ti­on:
  In con­junc­tion with pro­vi­ding proof of fi­nan­ci­al cir­cums­tan­ces, a per­son who re­si­des in the Fe­de­ral Re­pu­blic of Ger­many pled­ges to cover all costs in­cur­red du­ring your cour­se of stu­dies.
• Schol­ar­ship:
  No­ti­ce of a gran­ted schol­ar­ship can be ac­cep­ted as proof.
• For­mal State­ment of Par­ent's Fi­nan­ci­al Cir­cums­tan­ces:
  Par­ent's fi­nan­ci­al si­tua­ti­on must be con­fir­med by a Ger­man for­eign re­pre­sen­ta­ti­ve/em­bas­sy.
• Bank Gua­ran­tee (Aval):
  De­po­sit of a bank gua­ran­tee at a fi­nan­ci­al in­sti­tu­ti­on in the Fe­de­ral Re­pu­blic of Ger­many. This bank gua­ran­tee is to be re­ne­wed an­nu­al­ly and must amount to the an­nu­al sum of the ma­xi­mum pos­si­ble Ger­man state stu­dent loan and grant (see above "Blo­cked Ac­count").