Williamso:


Honesty is heartbreaking

Litolysis:
Happy Weekend to you all.
Had my interview on 22/02/2018.

Some of the questions are:
What do you want to study?
Why the course?
Can you speak German?
Why Germany?
Why not USA, UK or Canada?
What was your undergraduate project all about?
What do you know about Germany?
What's your plan after your studies?
Where do you wish to work after your course?

These are the ones I can remember now. Guten Morgen onces again!

jcgodfrey:
Hi guys. Wanna appreciate this thread for all the good info sharing over the past months I've been applying. Got admitted to University of Southern Westphalia (Soest) for this summer; would be going to Lag next week for my visa interview, haven't funded, and as things turned out to be, probably won't.
Ran into some life issues and I may have to postpone the whole thing to winter or next year, I don't know.
But anyways, I booked the interview already on Feb. 28th, so I wanna ask, even though I know I may not go through with the whole funding process cus long story short, I don't have the means as I thought I would, is it still advisable to turn up for the visa interview?
Thanks guys.

isaacosas01:
So I'm finishing my NYSC in April and want to start looking at applying for Msc into Germany now! I have read a little here, you guys are amazing.

My question is shebi i can apply without uni-assit because I nor get their money oo, also I know a friend once apply directly to a school in Germany and was given admission.

Secondly abeg how I fit convert my Nigerian GPA to German scale.

And as i still be Jew, any particular resource I need to look at apart from reading through this thread would be a blessing, I need to join the hustle abeg.

I also see people talking about scholarships, but I thought that public schools in Germany are already free, abeg help me understand.

Metabolite01:


Will advise you cancel the appointment instead of getting a rejection because of inability to fund, since u already know you can't fund now.
Except maybe u believe God dat a miracle will happen soon regarding the funding stuffs.
Miracles still happen!

isaacosas01:
So I'm finishing my NYSC in April and want to start looking at applying for Msc into Germany now! I have read a little here, you guys are amazing.

My question is shebi i can apply without uni-assit because I nor get their money oo, also I know a friend once apply directly to a school in Germany and was given admission.

Secondly abeg how I fit convert my Nigerian GPA to German scale.

And as i still be Jew, any particular resource I need to look at apart from reading through this thread would be a blessing, I need to join the hustle abeg.

I also see people talking about scholarships, but I thought that public schools in Germany are already free, abeg help me understand.

jcgodfrey:
Hi guys. Wanna appreciate this thread for all the good info sharing over the past months I've been applying. Got admitted to University of Southern Westphalia (Soest) for this summer; would be going to Lag next week for my visa interview, haven't funded, and as things turned out to be, probably won't.
Ran into some life issues and I may have to postpone the whole thing to winter or next year, I don't know.
But anyways, I booked the interview already on Feb. 28th, so I wanna ask, even though I know I may not go through with the whole funding process cus long story short, I don't have the means as I thought I would, is it still advisable to turn up for the visa interview?
Thanks guys.

joshuaarmani2:


Hello bro, sorry about how things turn out for you at this time. I know you must be going thru loads of stuff. My tots and prayers are with you.

On your appointment with the embassy, please don't cancel it. You'll be banned for 6months as it's more than 1 week notice you're supposed to give.

I recommend you appear at the the embassy with some missing important documents like admission letter or sth and allow Paulinus to put a call thru to the VO's inside. You'll be asked to go and reapply and when you have ur complete documents.

That way, you buy time for yourself against winter or summer next year. It happened to someone recently.

Don't give up... Don't give in.. don't quit.

Regards.

honourableseyi:



Be careful with paypal money transfer mostly when the money is in a lump sum and it is not from your paypal account to your personal account directly. Sometimes they can block it and might take them ages to clear. You can ask the person to first withdraw it to his bank account from paypal and then use online money transfer to transfer it from his account to your fintiba account. Shalom

jcgodfrey:


Joshua, woh, thanks ooo. Infact, the matter weak me. Nice suggestion. Although I might still be holding out for a miracle, but if I were to go through with the interview and if a "rejection" wouldn't affect my future chances, etc, yea, I may do the interview.
So, I guess i'll like to know if a rejection would affect future moves, and how long it would take for them to make that decision given I'm to resume April 17th.
I'm trying not to be pessimistic in all these though, but I'm just considering all scenarios.
Thanks bro.

Utominawele:
HELLO GUYS
PLEASE HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TRANSFERS TO REFLECT IN MY FINTIBA BLOCKED ACCOUNT?

THANKS

dobeespen:
Another suggestion is this. Attend the interview with all your documents. After a week or two, write to the embassy explaining that you won't be able to meet you due to unavoidable financial limitations (this is assuming you're not able to meet up)

Ask to withdraw your visa application. They'll ask you to send it to them in writing and sign it, then they'll send all your original documents to you. That's what I did last winter and I avoided getting rejected.

Don't lose hope. Happened to me last year and I've used this time to better all aspects of my life. Time will go by so fast you won't even notice it. Good luck!

joshuaarmani2:


Hello bro, sorry about how things turn out for you at this time. I know you must be going thru loads of stuff. My tots and prayers are with you.

On your appointment with the embassy, please don't cancel it. You'll be banned for 6months as it's more than 1 week notice you're supposed to give.

I recommend you appear at the the embassy with some missing important documents like admission letter or sth and allow Paulinus to put a call thru to the VO's inside. You'll be asked to go and reapply and when you have ur complete documents.

That way, you buy time for yourself against winter or summer next year. It happened to someone recently.

Don't give up... Don't give in.. don't quit.

Regards.

jcgodfrey:


Thanks! I didn't even think of that though. Okay, i'll have until Monday to decide. If I were to go through with the interview, for instance, and if a rejection were to eventually suffice, assuming, any idea how long would that take for them to make that judgment? I'm to resume April 17th.

Thanks for your reply once again.

Metabolite01:


Well, nice suggestion all the same.
But in doing so, u need consider some things.

I saw someone suggesting dat he go for his interview and later write dat he can't meet up.

Well, why going through all d stress and money wasting if money is even d major reason here.

First, no one knows his location. Weda he stays far from Lagos state.

So for d suggestion of going with incomplete documents, he would have to travel to and from Lagos to get dat done of he is not in Lagos (dis involves, risk, money and time). Also he would have to maybe lodge in an hotel and also transport to d embassy.

For d suggestion dat says he shd get d interview done and write for withdrawal after 2wks, well, in addition to all I've said in d first suggestion, he would also have to pay d visa fee and also send d signed withdrawal confirmation to d embassy through postal mail/courier (dats fuda waste of money).

My suggestion, if u kw u won't be able to raise d funds for BA until Winter 2018 or summer 2019, just cancel ur appointment ryt away and save urself d stress and expenses.

Reasons:
If u get 6mths Ban, it will be lifted by August which still fall into winter 2018 not to talk of summer 2019.

Also, for d sake of ur fellow brothers/sisters dat are fully ready now (both academically, financially, materially, socially, physically and even spiritually, Lol), yet unable to get an appointment date, ur proposed date can help a fellow prospective germanite gets his/her dreams fulfilled. So just cancel and let someone else utilize dat date instead of u wasting it indirectly/intentionally.

Once again, God will person a financial breakthrough and miracle in your life soon. Amen!

area74:
Fellow nairalanders,

@Metabolicte, Honourablefseyi, Willgiamson, Jigbfa etc

Kindly help with a suggestion. I am a graduate of Accounting (2.1) as well as a working professional. I am interested in going for a master's degree in Germany. However, most schools offering Masters in Accounting and Finance require proficiency in German language which I do not have. I applied to english taught masters in economics but got rejected presumably due to my weak background in economics.

I have also checked closely related programmes like MBA and they require tuition fees.

Kindly help me out (ssuggestions/advise) on how to go about it. My major interest is the Accounting and Finance Masters.

I will appreciate everybody's responses.

Thank you.

mayorelnino:
Hello everyone, pls I like to know if my cgpa of 3.33 qualifies me for a masters program in Germany ( environmental program precisely).

And if not will going for another bsc program won't be a difficult hurdle to cross at the embassy during visa application. thanks.

Jigba:


Not to sound rude but there's no way to go around this other than learn German and apply for the course.

Unfortunately not all courses are offered in English language.

area74:


@Jigba,

You do not sound rude at all and I understand the possibility of having to learn the German language. I made enquiry at Goethe Institute in Lagos but was told that they don't offer weekend classes and that's where the problem is because I work full time around lekki. It is just not workable for me.

Reason why I asked for help is to know whether it is possible and advisable for me to study the German language in Germany before applying for the masters. And if at that, how do I go about it?

Thank you.

Williamso:


There will be economic (job-related) and social (integration) problems if you have no knowledge of German on arrival. Speaking from experience as I had none when I got here... And it's even more expensive (time/money) to learn it here (I paid approximately 200€ per level/month for an intensive program and that was the cheapest I could find even with 40% discount)

However, if your study program is in English, you should have no (or maybe very little) academic issues...

obioraeji:
Your cgpa is good to go.. you can get an MSC position..

Germanyinabit:
Hello Leute,
Please how soon will the embassy return my passport after asking for my travel date?
Thanks

area74:
Fellow nairalanders,

@Metabolite, Honourableseyi, Williamson, Jigba etc

Kindly help with a suggestion. I am a graduate of Accounting (2.1) as well as a working professional. I am interested in going for a master's degree in Germany. However, most schools offering Masters in Accounting and Finance require proficiency in German language which I do not have. I applied to english taught masters in economics but got rejected presumably due to my weak background in economics.

I have also checked closely related programmes like MBA and they require tuition fees.

Kindly help me out (ssuggestions/advise) on how to go about it. My major interest is the Accounting and Finance Masters.

I will appreciate everybody's responses.

Thank you.

Metabolite01:


Depend on your location, the courier service you used and how fast the embassy respond/attend to it.

Usually (most often) it will get back to you within 5-8days of posting