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Lonergem:
Congratulations Sirsanni

Oiganji02
Steward89
Sirsanni

Pls can you list the guidelines of how to apply for the scholarship am planning to enroll for my masters degree in São Paulo university next year.

Sirsanni:
Congratulations, I got the same scholarship to the same school, please reach out to me, we can help each other, Congratulations again

Oiganji02:
Thank you for all the information.

Pls I just recently got Gcub scholarship I want to know how life is over there in Brazil and how much it’s would cost me for visa processing here and flight ticket to Brazil.

And please do you have any information on the school Universidade Federal do Pará, I think it’s in Belem, para Brazil. I want to know what the standard of living and how the state like in general. Thanks

Brasileira:
Congratulations! I’m in São Paulo. Feel free to reach out when you arrive.

Brasileira:
Yes, you can change your status to a study visa while in Brazil. For normal universities, it may be difficult because you only have a maximum of 6 months stay with your tourist visa. For Portuguese language schools, yes it’s absolutely possible but they are private schools. Your study visa will only be valid for a year in that case except you start another course.
I don’t know much about vocational schools.

Brasileira:
I haven’t been to Belo Horizonte but generally, Brazilians are warm and friendly people regardless of location. Some are of the opinion that it’s just face value but the point is they are friendly regardless. Just like everywhere else, there are good and bad people.

Some states tend to be more laid back than the others. Maybe you have to explore to see where you like. I have friends who didn’t like São Paulo and moved to other states, Rio and Floripa.

If you’re used to Europe, you’ll like Floripa(Santa Catarina) and Curitiba (Parana). Americans tend to like Rio more, I guess it’s because of the weather.

I’ve been to Brasilia, it seemed safe but it also seemed boring. It was giving Abuja

Nigerians are everywhere but I think São Paulo has the most concentration of Nigerians. It was hard to find Nigerian restaurants in other states, actually didn’t find any but there’s a good number here in SP.

In terms of job opportunities, São Paulo takes it but you’ll need to speak Portuguese. If you get a remote job, you can live anywhere. I’ve heard Parana has good job opportunities too.

For Family setting, I can only speak of SP cos that’s where I live but I believe it’s the same or even better in other states. Brazil generally is family/Kids friend. They always make provisions for kids. Education is free, healthcare is free, transportation is free for kids up to a certain age, there are parks everywhere. In malls, asides the general bathrooms, you’ll find family bathrooms for people with kids and changing rooms for babies. There are free baby trolleys/Prams for babies at the malls. If you live in an apartment, most apartments come with playrooms/parks for the kids who live there. The government also pay low income families with kids monthly, they provide food items as well.

Oh, kids don’t take food to school here, no lunch boxes because they get fed in school, breakfast and lunch for daycare/preschoolers. At the beginning of every month, my kid comes home with food time table for the month so we see everything they are being fed (0-4years old)
The govt also provides school uniforms, 3 shortsleeved shirts, 2 long sleeved shirts, 2 pairs of trousers, 2 pairs of shorts, 4 pairs of socks and a pair of shoes per kid.

If you study at the University, you even get free lunch everyday.

If you birth here, you are not allowed to bring food from outside. They feed you according to your health requirements, they feed you and whoever is staying with you and the food is great!

I could go on and on, let me stop here.