Opening Blocked Account

Blocked Account, in German it is "Sperrkonto".
A Blocked Account is required for all foreign students from non-EU countries to study in Germany, if you are planning on financing yourself for your studies.

You can contact any bank in Germany over the internet and obtain the information regarding opening blocked account. I opened my Blocked Account with Deutsche Bank, but not the Deutsche Bank branch in Malaysia, because Malaysia’s Deutsche Bank does not offer this service.

To be frankly, opening a blocked account is really easy, all you need is just some time, roughly three weeks to one month. That's why I strongly suggest you to start with this throughout the whole mess, instead of preparing your motivation letter or to take a new grey/white-background passport photo. You can always prepare your motivation letter or to take a brand new good-looking passport photo when waiting for the application to process.

HOW to open a blocked account
First of all, enter here --> Deutsche Bank.
Here you'll see several types of form. Please choose the one which suits your condition best. In my case, the form I downloaded was "Opening ... ≥18 years (PDF)" because im 24 already!!! screaming******

Now, fill out the form.
If you have any question regarding opening a blocked account with Deutsche Bank, please  check in their FAQ's. Their FAQs cover from "Opening of the Account" to "Closing of the Account". Very helpful.

You will have to deposit a minimum of 670EUR per month of your staying in Germany.
For example, if you are going to stay there for 1 year, you will need to deposit 8,040EUR into your blocked account. However, this amount is subject to change, please check the exact amount from the embassy. At my time, it was 659EUR per month.

If you are not going to stay there for few months like me, REMEMBER TO FILL IN A DIFFERENT AMOUNT which you require. Otherwise, the prescribed default amount (8,040EUR) applies, and you must deposit full amount of it, or else your account will remain blocked.

I was so careless and didn't fill in a different amount (T.T) I end up have to deposit a total of 7,908EUR for my stay of only 6 months. This is not good, if I couldn't get myself to study in Germany for M.A. after this, I might suffer huge losses from the exchange rate to bank. Of course I could enter M.A. in Germany!!!

Together with the completed form, a copy of your passport, confirmation letter from university/language school (if available) and a registration fees of RM60 (please confirm with the embassy again before you head to embassy, in case the price changed).

There the embassy consular will authenticate your document. You will get back your application form with a/few stamps on it and a receipt. Keep the receipt as your reference, and then post the application form to the following address:

Deutsche Bank Privat und Geschaeftskunden AG
Service Center Hamburg / Auslaendische Studenten
Alter Wall 53
Deutschland / Germany

You may keep a copy of the application form for yourself, but please remember, you may only send the ORIGINAL application form to the bank.

Wookay, that's it! Fertig!
Thank you for reading and see you in my next post ;)