The purpose of the foreigner’s stay and the duration of stay applied for are to be entered on the second page of the formal obligation in the space for official remarks, for the information of the diplomatic representation.
The person submitting the formal obligation is free to specify a concrete period of time for maintaining his/her obligation between submitting a formal obligation and the issuing of the visa.
However, it should be noted that no more than six months should elapse between the time a formal obligation is submitted and the visa is issued, as the conditions for creditworthiness may have changed in the meantime. The person who submitted a formal obligation cannot renounce this obligation once the visa has been issued.
The fee for receiving and examining a formal obligation is twenty-five euros (Section 47 (1) no. 12 of the ordinance governing residence. This also includes authenticating the signature of the person submitting the formal obligation.
With regard to B) above, if more than one person submits a formal obligation for the same foreigner, each person will be required to pay the fee, i.e. if two people submit formal obligations, the fee will be fifty euros.
A fee will be charged even if creditworthiness cannot be proven or substantiated (Section 49 (2) of the ordinance governing residence).