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For those people who do not want to go back to the begining of the thread and keep coming back to ask the same questions, Kindly read through this important message AGAIN!

Part4 is here https://www.nairaland.com/modifypost?post=58760455&redirect=%2F3941544%2Fgeneral-german-student-visa-enquiries%2358760455

I really have to thank those who stayed back to help even after getting their visas and despite their busy study and work programs in Germany.

I also have to thank those who shared their experiences right from visa journey to life in Germany as foreign students.


For newbies your German school search starts here https://www.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/en/



The following steps will help newbies (Thanks to CassieV for the tips)


Most of the schools in Germany are tuition-free even for international students, you only get to pay a certain amount as semester fees say between 100-400 euros and most times the semester fee comes with a semester ticket to aid in transportation in your city or town.
However, before you're granted a student visa, you have to prove that you can take care of your living expenses with one of the following means ;
1. Block account: The estimated living expenses for a student in a month is 720euros when you multiply that by 12 months, you get 8640euros. This is the amount you're required to block in an already opened account with either Deutsch bank, Fintiba or Xpatrio. It is called a block account because you will not be able to withdraw everything at once, only 720euros will be released to you every month.
2. Sponsorship letter: If you have a relative living and working legally in Germany, they can get you this letter. They'll have to visit the alien office in their city and will be required to provide some documents and pay a certain fee. The letter will be sent to you when they receive it so that you can go with it for your visa interview.
3. Scholarship: This is usually the best if you have the scholarship, your visa will be granted in under 2 weeks after the interview. So try and look for scholarships you can apply to.

Now that you understand the financial situation, let's go into the application process.
To search for schools, click on this link
https://www.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/?p=l&q=&fos=0&lang[]=2&fee[]=0&sortBy=1&page=1&display=list
filter your search to make it easier, there are English taught courses there.
Generally, the very important documents needed to apply to schools in Germany are;
1. Transcript
2. English Proficiency
3. School Certificates (Degree, Waec, etc)
However, depending on the school, some other documents needed are as follows.
4. Curriculum Vitae
5. Motivation letter
6. Reference letters
7. GRE test
8. Etcetera.. Visit your prospective school website and find out the documents they need from you.
Note: You don't apply with your original documents, you have to make photocopies of them and Certify them in High court or a Notary public. If you stay in Lagos, you can certify at the German Embassy too. You'll have to book an appointment for that.
For those planning to go for a Bachelors course, you need a 100level transcript from a university to apply for a BSc program in Germany. WAEC alone will not be enough and No, OND will not do, you need an HND.

For the application proper, it is always important to go through the website of the schools you want to apply to, you'll get a lot of information from there concerning how to apply. Some schools do only online applications, some require that you send your application documents to them by post after applying online, some you send your documents as pdf to their email address and then you get the uni-assist crew.
Like I said earlier, it is important to go visit and read the websites.

When you get your admission letter, open a block account immediately(that is if you don't already have a sponsorship letter) and as soon as you get your account details, send an email to the embassy requesting for a visa interview date.
You need these to get an interview date:
1. Admission letter
2. Block account/sponsorship letter/scholarship letter
3. International passport data page(scanned)
Then your Full name and Resident address.

Prepare for your interview
Go for your interview

ALL THE BEST!

stevebent:
Can I use IJMB A' Level for admission into uniAssit? I heard you can use A'Level for bachelor admission

Uncle I guess the reason you haven't had any response from anyone is maybe because no one knows the answer to the question

According to what I have heard and read on nairaland, the requirements for Bsc admission is you need to have at least 100L transcript from a university in Nigeria so if you're not a graduate yet, try to enrol into NOUN and get your first year transcript

As for A levels, unfortunately I have no idea about that but you can do your research on that yourself.

Send a mail to the school you intend to study with in Germany and make enquiries on the requirements. Also check your school's website for the requirements. If you had gone through this process, I don't even think you need to be asking anyone any question on nairaland

Nobody will do it for you, you have to do the hard work yourself uncle. Make Google and Daad your bestfriend

All the best

Reichtum:
I have 2 challenges now;

1) Has anyone here been questioned about place of employment.
I want to retain my employment status in my CV, though I've resigned since last year.

2) I booked my visa appointment using Abuja address(I am in Abuja) and I was given Lagos. Will it be ok if I use a prepaid envelope with Lagos address? DHL Prepaid envelope for Abuja is N7200 since I want to spend some time I Lagos.

For people who ask questions like this, do you actually think nairaland is closed to only you guys? Like other people like the VOs do not have access to it?

You guys had better be careful and not pour sand into the garri of future applicants

[/b]MY ONE KOBO[b]

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Harryokoli:
Thanks for your reply would want to know if AOK and TK are public insurance company.please which do you think is the best between the two companies

They're both public health insurance and they're okay. Go through the link I sent you and compare their prices. Though their prices are in the same range.

All the best

Harryokoli:
Please house th Ingolstadt is requesting for a German health insurance before I can be enrolled. I am still in Nigeria,can someone help me with a solution on how I can get a German health insurance from Nigeria. I am not up to 30 years.

There are many health insurance companies in Germany. But my own kobo is you can use TK or AOK.

For TK, you apply online now and you can get the document you need to send to your school. They'll
start deducting their money once you reach Germany.

Go through this link https://www.tk.de/tk/mobil/faq/h-english/health-insurance/164032

If your not satisfied with TK, check this site to compare prices of all health insurance in Germany https://m.krankenkassen.check24.de/app/vergleichsergebnis/?c24api_occupation_group=student&c24api_current_insurance_type=by_law&c24api_zipcode=83022&c24api_federal_state=Bayern

All the best