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n3utron:
Hi guys!

Did my interview yesterday 03.03.2026

Met a particular guy on the queue and at the entrance. He was putting on glasses and wearing a white shirt.

He applied for opportunity card 1 year ago but reapplied for another visa type this time around.

While inside, you also informed me about the written test.

I totally forgot to collect his digits - Please if you are seeing this kindly message me so we can talk better.

Also, I was made aware there's an unofficial WhatsApp group for the opportunity card applicants - I'd love join this as well.

Danke!

Big man. How did it go? Did they ask you for any proof of German language? Plus, any pointers on the test? Thanks

Sid57:
Good news 🎉
Decision made
Passport received
Visa granted!
Off to Deutschland 😁

Congrats!

Hi everyone. Pls I need a clarification.

For those who have used a Declaration of Commitment (Verpflichtungserklärung) in their application, is it the same thing as a Letter of Sponsorship? If it isn't, does a Letter of Sponsorship (with relevant attachments) suffice?

sweetkev:
I don't envy these kind of people. Most of their children end up with one problem or the other.

Dey whyne yourself.

Maresca, plsssss. Don't start Hato for second-half.

Haliimmaa:
Hey Hey. I've been okay. So the first thing I did was to find my way to the city center and got a number with telekom and paid for a prepaid subscription. I then proceeded to open a Revolut bank account. I looked for appointment dates to register my anmeldung and couldn't find one close to me so I booked an appointment in another district. Went for the appointment and got my anmeldung in under 10 minutes. I recently got a job and realized that the DR Walter's health insurance does not provide you with an SVNR(social security number) so I had to register with a public health insurance(registered with TK) and government office sent me my SVNR. I currently need to switch from the opportunity visa to a Blue card so I'm running around looking for an appointment before my start date which is next week. Anyone who can help should please reach out.

I did not use a blocked account so I can't help with that.

As for accommodation, I had it all sorted out before I even got to Germany. The landlord has to put your name plate on your mailbox so you can get letters like your tax id, SVNR, insurance number, insurance card, deliveries, e.t.c

As for my job search, I was fortunate to get a job with the first company I interviewed with. I'm an iOS developer so the interview was first a HR interview, a 90 minutes live coding session and "meet the team". I got a job in 6 weeks of being here. If I could do it, you can as well.

Let me know if you're curious about anything else

Congrats, Haliimmaa. Thanks for this!

Beerbeer:
Please know what you're saying. I have always been grateful to her for everything she has done. This is the first time I have ever messed up.

Talk is cheap. Put your money where your mouth is.

irumole1975:
Which kinda wahala be this? No wonder men die early

Allow the egbon. I think he's bored and just wants to rile up nairalanders.

isyourboy:
I’m not the begging type as I have a lot of things going on for myself. My sister joined her husband in Canada last year courtesy of her husband. Outside of the little 50k, 100k there that this man used to send to me (I don’t know how much he gives my parent — In law, by the way ), he’s never thought of establishing me in business or find a way for me to join my sister in Canada.

Even most times you have to remind him before he send the pittance he sent to me. Last week, I told him to find a way for me to join my sister in Canada, and he said he’s still paying for the debt he took for my sister to join him and he want to send her to school also. Meanwhile I didn’t know this. Okay then I can wait. After then I told him to find me a bulk sum so I can start some business. He asked how much and I said 5M naira would be enough, he cut the phone, called him back and send him msg on WhatsApp which he read and didn’t reply. I called my sister and told her what her husband did and she said she will talk to him.

You have been in Canada for a while and little things to give back to the family is difficult for you? Not his fault

Bros, this writeup is play abi. Has to be.

trigger11:
PLEASE, ARE YOU Guys saying instead of waiting for my Sponsorship letter to come in and for me to upload even the health insurance as well? Can i go ahead and upload maybe my international passport under those sections and wait till the preliminary check and re-upload other documents later. ?

Yes. During preliminary review, you can update it to the correct document.

Una. We all know things like this can't be sustained. We don't need loans. We need this country to work! By getting basic infrastructures right. Labour laws right. Education right. Power right. And all of the fundamental things right. Then schemes like this can be built on top of those. Else, this is just another fooling, and an avenue for public theft.

CaptainZubi:
They had to use chatgpt to compose this lol...

Once you start seeing - sign in a sentence just know say na chatgpt.

stop embarrassing yourself. this is 2025. People who write well know how to use em-dashes

Fashanu123:
did I need certificate of origin and birth certificate for renewal of my passport?

Yes!

Hannania:
To join the waitlist, it is fine. That's because you have at least 6 months before the embassy will call you for a preliminary review. Just make sure you have the new one by then. They'll ask for both the new and old passports when you go for the interview. Please start processing it now asap.

Thanks!

anyimontana:
not advisable. Go and renew first

Thanks, boss

@Hannania, hiii.

I have an International passport with less than 6 months to expiry. To join the waiting list, can I submit my application with it, while I apply for a new passport? Will I be able to update my passport to the new one during preliminary review? Thanks

Haliimmaa:
I got the visa guys. Thanks for all the help. What do you mean by legalization? Also, is there a certified website i can take german classes? Is there anyone(preferably) female moving to Germany in August and want to get a place together?

Congrats!

To learn german, you could try https://learngerman.dw.com/en/overview

Congrats bros!

okonkwofabian51:
@ Hannania

Hello everyone and my able Hannania
I have received my opportunity card visa
And I want to say a very big Thank you to @Hannanias you have been very helpful and all you have said and advised has been true.

Please if anyone needs any information on opportunity card visa pls listen to Hannanias he knows what he is saying.

@Hannania please I need to register my address at the Residents Affairs and part of the documents requested are

original civil status documents (e.g. birth certificate, marriage certificate, name declaration)

and, if necessary additionally
Proof of the authenticity of the document in the form of legalization or apostille
Translation by a sworn interpreter

My question is does the document has to be translated and notarized, if yes can you advise how to go about it , or link me with someone to legalize the documents.

Thank you.

Jamesrock:
Please is closing date for OSS 2025 application today (May 28th) or June 3rd.

I don’t understand the rumor I’m hearing biko.

June 3rd. It's clearly stated in the scholarship application guidelines; https://scholarship.ptdf.gov.ng/guidelines

Vergovert:
Eku Orobo = Obese rodents

Bad guy.

meobizy:
Where una dey find them? Someone can ask if Jack was a boy, a poster will respond with a meme. “How was the morning?” is followed with a meme. Some are irrelevant. Some are dead on point. If one asks me, using them displays immaturity on the person’s part. How hard is typing a well thought response to a subject one finds interesting.

No mind them. Na peak fooling.

Hannania:
The date does not start counting when you enter Germany. The validity date will be stated on your ticket. It will be exactly 1 year. So if you're approved and decide to wait in Nigeria, just know what's on your passport is the decider.

So chose carefully the date you wanna travel

Hmm, I see. Thank you very much.

Hi, @Hannania. I want to ask; I heard that the 1 year validity of the Chancenkarte starts to count exactly when one step foot into Germany. And that when one's visa is approved, there's usually a period of entry, say xx-date to yy-date. Not sure, but apparently, the entry period differs from each applicant's home country. Do you have an idea what that period is for Nigeria; 30, 60, 90 days? And is there a maximum "intended date of travel" for the Chancenkarte visa application? For example, can I start applying for Chancenkarte now, if I plan to travel around mid next year?

Thanks for your time!

pimplucious:
Leaving Nigeria for UK for my masters immediately after graduation. Mistake.

Wawu. Abeg do you mind sharing why exactly you think it was a mistake.

Sofistcatdmoron:
Lie too can be what has been destined

This guyy.

Hannania:
You can open your block account and snap the page and upload. Please don't block yet until you've been called to send for preliminary review. You can block your account from 24hrs to 5 days depending on the provider

Hi, Hannania. Thanks for your time. I have a question. For example, if one applies today, and wait time is exactly 6 months from now, when, roughly, should one expect to be called to send for preliminary review? Is it like a month or two after application was submitted, or towards the end of the 6 months wait time?

Cofficial:
All applications must be submitted online through the PTDF Scholarship Management Portal. The application portal is live and will remain open until June 4, 2025.

Deadline isn't 4th of June as stated in the original post. Last day of application is on the 28th of May, as stated on the official website. Kindly update.

Retrovibes1:
Does this mean the validity of the card will be 6 months?

Hmm, apparently. But I read there's a provision to extend for another 6months.

Omo, omo. Apparently one doesn't need a full year of Blocked account money to apply for Chancenkarte. Half of it is now enough.

Hannania:
You're not yet in the preliminary stage yet. After the 2-8 weeks period, you'll be notified to upload the required docs

Hello @Hannania. Thanks for taking out time to answer these questions on here.

I wanted to ask about this Anabin degree thingy. So when I search for my Bachelors degree - Computer science - on Anabin, under "university degrees," filtered with "Nigeria," I see it listed. But when I click on it, my alma mater - University of Ilorin - isn't listed under "awarding institutions." Do I still need to do ZAB?

ps: For Nigeria, only 3 universities are listed as degree awarding institutions for Computer Science, namely; Unilag, Kola Daisi University, and Anchor University.

Thanks!

I know of Softrays. I know quite a number of my coursemates - Computer Science - who did their SIWES internship there.

edogu:
This morning I went to a POS attendant to make a withdrawal and in the process she narrated to me how she was duped of N20,000.

According to her, a young man ( probably early 20s or less) approached her to make a withdrawal of N20,000. After inserting his ATM card into the POS machine, she returned the machine for him to insert his PIN. The transaction was successful with an inscription "withdrawal approved" written on the POS screen. At this point, there was nothing suspicious about the transaction. She counted the money and gave the young man.

How did she find out?

Well, when the young man left, another customer came to make a withdrawal using First Bank ATM, she discovered that there was no network. If that's the case, according to her, how then did the first person succed (the first person equally came with First bank ATM) when there's no network at all.

The above scenario prompted her to check her transaction history. Unfortunately, there was no trace of initial transaction (N20,000). Instead what she saw on the history was a message that the first person has exceeded his limit. Which means the transaction wasn't actually successful but the young man manipulated the machine to look so. At this point, the young man has gone to God knows where. May be to try his luck on another ignorant attendant.

According to woman, she has never had this kind of experience. There's no trace of withdrawal but the transaction was successful from the indication on the POS screen.

The guy even bought boxers worth N3000 from the attendant using the same money.

Here comes my question?
How was he able to maneuver or manipulate the POS machine for the " withdrawal approved" message to come up? Mehn, one really need to be careful especially in this difficult moment.

I am quite sure this impossible given the small amount of time customers are given the pos device to input their pin. I have a bit of experience building software for pos devices, so I know. The only way this is possible is, if the guy cancels the initial amount inserted by the pos attendant, and inserts a new amount lesser than the pre-agreed one. And this only works if the pos device doesn't show the successfully [debited] amount on the screen along with the green success checkmark icon.