kingspalas:

Dear brovs &sists. Germany from all indication hz about 90% chances of becoming my travel destination frm naija prety soon on schengen v. honestly i don't intend to be back.even after the kpali 'goes out'. i see it as an opportunity to hlp my sef& family back here. Pls what are the steps i nid to take rite from my arival at airport to where i wil gt cheap accomdatn,plus other things i shld do or not do to avoid traps that cld possibly send me back to sqr1. Also i wld want to know the best aproach to securing the status that wil alow one work, as i'm not disposed to the dirty&fast one. I love u all.

Calling On Vicj

Vicjustice:

Next time you write in this kind of sms text English, i will not waste my time on efforts to understand you.
   Your first challenge, and perhaps the most important one would be getting through the airport. Bear in mind that a visa does not guarantee you entry into a country, an immigration officer reserves the rights to allow or refuse you entry; therefore, you need to prepare yourself for the possible questions that you would be asked at the port of entry.
The likely questions are:
* Where are you coming from?
* What's your purpose of coming to Germany?
* Where would you be staying?
* How long would you be staying for?
* Do you have a return ticket?
* What would you be doing in the country?
* How much money are you supporting yourself with?
* Do you have a credit card?
* Do you intend to visit another country?
* Do you have any contact in Germany?
   Prepare what to reply just in case these questions are fired at you: Answer them wisely as a little suspicion can result in your stoppage, but let's hope you don't meet an immigration officer who really wants to go into detail questions with you because, given that your intention isn't genuine, you might just give yourself away with your answers, and remember that these guys know about psychology.

Note: Immigration officers tend to work with speed when there are long queues of people so, ensure that you position yourself in the middle of a long queue of arriving passengers because you wouldn't want to be in a position that would make it easy for them to comfortably ask you all sort of different questions.

   As for accommodation, What do you really intend to do, would you be seeking asylum? If so, then the German authority would sort out an accommodation for you pending your application for asylum, but if you're not seeking asylum, then you need to find and arrange with someone who would harbour you even before leaving Nigeria, this is very important.
   And as for the securing of residence/work permit, i must honestly warn you that this would be a hard task, but you have to get there first and then, you'd see what others are doing to secure their own documents, those who are already in the system should show you the way, but really, be careful with criminals, German police/security are some of the best in the world.

kingspalas:

@vicjustice: i'm sorry about the sms text typing. But thanks a zillion for your great efforts.so many destinies hav been saved thru your guide here. I wil provide answers to those questions so you can help me see if they are ok. I wont be going for asylum but what makes people seek it.

kingspalas:

Also how much fund say minimum must one have with him on this trip at least to ensure easy pasage at the airport.does posession of credit card an advantage.

kingspalas:

does posession of credit card an advantage.

kingspalas:
. . . I have relatives in italy,holand,denmark ,london and a few friends in germany. With schengen visa can i acess any of this locations. Your guide brothers

justhustle:

hello vicjustice and co
,i wish to know if it is possible to change status while in canada,
i mean going in with a visitors visa and on getting to canada,before the expiration of the 6 months temporary visa change status to,say student category,
i would like to know the processes/procedures and possible duration
your comment would really be appreciated.