Space requirement to sponsor mother on Schengen visa to Germany

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https://www.frankfurt.de/sixcms/media.php/738/Bundeseinheitliches%2520Merkblatt-deutsch.pdf

Zu prüfen ist auch, ob ein ausreichender Wohnraum (§ 2 Absatz 4 AufenthG) für den Ausländer zur Verfügung steht. Ausreichender Wohnraum ist, unbeschadet landesrechtlicher Regelungen, stets vorhanden, wenn für jedes Familienmitglied über sechs Jahren zwölf Quadratmeter und für jedes Familienmitglied unter sechs Jahren zehn Quadratmeter Wohnfläche zur Verfügung stehen und Nebenräume (Küche, Bad; WC) in angemessenem Umfang mitbenutzt werden können. Das Vorhandensein ausreichenden Wohnraums kann durch Vorlage eines Mietvertrages oder eines Grundbuchauszuges belegt werden. Die Anforderungen an den Wohnraum sind aber im Verhältnis zur vorgesehenen Aufenthaltsdauer zu prüfen. Bei Kurz- und Besuchsaufenthalten ist eine Abklärung der Wohnraumverhältnisse des Verpflichtungsgebers grundsätzlich nicht erforderlich.

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For every family member over 6 years of age - 12 square meters, and 10 sq. m. for those younger than 6.

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For short stays and visits a proof of sufficient living space is not generally required.

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Ausreichender Wohnraum ist, unbeschadet landesrechtlicher Regelungen, stets vorhanden

My German might be rusty here, but I interpret this as meaning that if you have the 10/12 sq.m. per person, you have sufficient living space, but the requirements might be relaxed in some federal subjects of Germany.

In practice, I have never had to verify the footage of my apartment for getting visitor visas. I did have to do this to get a residence permit for my family.

Generally, proof of income is a far greater concern; if several people are resident at your place and are your dependents, inviting someone can become problematic.

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The answer is that you need an amount of space that is appropriate to put your mother up for 3 months. That isn't going to be a fixed amount, but you need to show an amount that would be considered normal.

For example if you have an unoccupied guest bedroom that your mother could sleep in, a kitchen big enough to prepare meals for everyone in the house plus her, and space for a table where you can eat together, that's almost certainly going to be fine. If you are living in one room, where there is no space for a second bed, and no kitchen, that's almost certainly not going to be OK.

If your space available is towards the bottom end of that, and especially if you don't have a bedroom where your mother can sleep, you are going to have to explain how the living arrangements will work.

You are also going to need to show that your living arrangements allow for your mother to stay. For example, if you are renting an apartment showing that your landlord is OK with your mother staying with you for 3 months.

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