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pompido:
I need to ask here, how and why did you miss the connecting flight? If it was that your flight from naija arrived late or for whatever reason, all you needed to have done is go to the Turkish Airline customer desk and explain to them. They would normally book you on the next flight out free of charge. If the next flight is still some hours away, they even give meal tickets that you can use to get food at the food stands in the airport. Such experiences abound on this thread (part 2 and 3).

Your naija bank cards will also work anywhere for withdrawals (rates might not be nice).

Never put your cash and cards in your main luggage. Have them in your carry on or wallet (that's its purpose). Immigration can't force you to part with nothing. It is your money and you are not father Christmas.

Planning is key when travelling to a new environment. Google map is your friend. Ask people the best way to get to where you need to be and let them know if you are coming on a weekday or weekend. Transportation frequency differs. Staying a hostel is quite expensive and so should be avoided unless you have absolutely no where to stay.

Why N26 black card? Been using N26 for up to 2 years and see zero value in the black card other than just gifting the bank money when the regular account does everything one needs.

No matter the type of question you have please ask. Better to ask and get varying responses you can learn from than to learn from your own mistakes.

Thanks bro

heybaby12:
Sorry for your stress but I warned ppl when I got here my luck was I had my accomodation sorted out. Could not call home or communicate with ppl back home until Monday when I bought line and Wi-Fi.

To your question i unblocked in 4days(using N26)
I got my postldent while I was in nigeria. When I got here I submitted it on Monday, opened N26 on Tuesday.. got a reply from Fintiba on Wednesday morning , then sent my IBAN to fintiba and then got my TAN and other information. Early morning on Thursday the money was I my account.

Thanks a lot for the prompt response.
Pls, is Rent Insurance a real thing here? Like, do landlords accept it? Cos I have Fintiba Rent Insurance. Or must I pay the full kaution fees attached to the rent.

I thank God for everything.

A lil advice for all who'll be heading to Deutschland in future:
Pls and don't come here on weekends, or better still don't leave Nigeria towards weekend (like Thursday or Friday); I really hear pepper.

I left our dear country on Thursday, missed my flight on transit, and had to spend an entire day at Turkish Airport (btw Turkish Airport is the most bubbling of all international airports I have been to).
All my funds were in my luggage, as well as my cards, so I was stranded, so I couldn't buy a new ticket, couldn't buy food, couldn't pay for Airport hotel, and couldn't go into town either. Thank God my phone was charged and credit loaded, so I called home (calls rates from here are crazy high), they bought a new ticket, which would leave the next day evening, but I was still stranded in terms of food and shelter. Thank God for a Nigerian woman I met at the Airport, she lived in Europe, was stranded too, but had no means of communications, she heard me blurting my local vanacular on Phone and pleaded to use my phone, which I gave her. We spent the next 24hrs in that Airport, she bought my meals twice, that's how I survived those 24hrs. Turkish Airport is alive 24hrs, it's like The Palms and Leisure Mall in one place, food and drinks everywhere; this 'livelyness' really helped me, there was never a dull moment.

I finally arrived here Friday night, slept at the closest hotel to the airport; I thought I could get into town, but when I got out of the airport doors, the freezing cold didn't even let me think correct. I was just shouting "Hotel, Hotel, Hotel" to all the Taxi men there. One of them finally pointed a hotel to me, and I ran like a mad man into the hotel.
I left for my town the next day hoping to settle into my accomodation. Lo and behold, my people, Saturday and Sunday here is like National Election day in Naija, you won't even see anyone outside, not to talk of paying for accomodation. The only places open are Train stations, Malls, and Petrol stations.

So I "jejely" lodged into another hotel, this time for two nights, till Monday, (the cold here alone wont allow u spend a minute outside). Thank God I came with my Dollar card, it has been so so helpful. My account officer also told me our Naira cards also works abroad, but I've not tried it yet, I don't want any embarrassment, and someone will start looking me one-kind-eye. Germany is a cash society, so I advise you come here with cash; I came with cash also, but only use it when they insist it must be cash. All my train Tickets were bought with my Card; my cash(€) is very "sacred", it rarely comes out.

Pls also try learn a lil Deutsch, cos if your case was like mine, hmmmmm.
I missed my stop in between train stops, but thank God, I had Deutsch upto B1, so I could ask for simple directions.

My advice(s) in summary;
1.Leave on a Sunday,Monday, or Tuesday (at worse Wednesday), except u have your accomodation already sorted out and settled.
2.Load your Nigerian line, as much as you can; this saved my 'life'.
3.Pls hold some Euros, no matter how small, you can never tell (me myself, I never believed that all the things that have happened to me these past four days could ever happen to me)
4.Just a lil Deutsch, even if it is "Guten Tag", or "Hallo".

So lemme now ask my question:
Pls and pls to those who have unblocked their Fintiba Account, how long does this take??
I opened an N26-Black Account(it comes with a monthly charge) back in Nigeria, and they've even sent my card, but I wasn't around to pick it, so it was returned. What else do I need to unblock my account? And how long exactly will it take?

ralphosondu:
Please how long was it before they sent back your passport with visa after AM dropped?

Let's say 6 or 7days; in responding to the AM, I indicated that I'll like to personally pick-up my Visa at the Consulate, buh they didn't reply me, after two days I did a reminder, and yet no response, after four days, I did another reminder, telling them it's quite urgent (since school resumed since 1st week of Oct.), yet no response, I waited and waited all day refreshing my mail every hour, yet I saw no response from them, and this was driving me nuts, cos I really needed to resume asap.
Well, I got home that evening, and my sis told me she signed off a DHL package for me and kept it on my bed, and I just knew it had to be it. As I went to my room to see the package, I was praying it's not a rejection. I opened the parcel, lo and behold all my original documents, along with my Passport:
"VISUM".

KingUCC:
Emirates and Turkish Airline.
The promo code for Emirates is NGSTU18, check if it applies to the city you're going and the fare for the date you want, it's been N188k+ anyways
For Turkish Airline, you may need to go to their office to book a reservation. I guess It's cheaper than Emirates

Thanks a lot @KingUCC

Good morning all,

Does anyone know if the student promo for international flights to Germany are still available, and which Airlines are offering, and what price?

Good evening everyone
I really thank God for everything.

Had my appointment/interview on 29th August, and after a long wait of over 8weeks, got my AM yesterday 29th October 2018.

The wait was not easy tho, buh still worth it.

I advise we should always be calm and patient. The guys at the Consulate are actually on their best, buh that shouldn't stop your reminders through emails, and calls. Most times the hold up is usually from your destination alien office, cos mine took almost a month for them to reply. I was able to get their office line to call them, I was then informed that the lady in charge of my file was on hols, I had to wait two weeks extra. She finally resumed, they were so kind to give me her desk-ext number, so I called her for three straight days without any response, she finally picked on the fourth day, and promised to treat my file.

I had to call again the next week, and she told me that one of her colleague who was meant to be part of taking a decision on my file was sick, buh she'll try and convince others so they can reach a decision before the end of that week (This Phone conversation was on 22nd Monday last week). I still didn't get the AM all week, so on Friday 26th, I sent an email to the Consulate, and called her, and she informed me that they had responded to the Embassy on Tuesday 23rd Oct.

Yesterday, my AM dropped.


I pray for those waiting; just be of good faith, and always be sincere.

Once again, thank God for everything.

jesujoba001:
Good Morning Nairalanders,


Interview Date: 29th August

AM dropped: 25th September

City and School: Saarbruecken, Saarland University

Now, Just want to confirm if the axa manxard insurance to select is the one of ₦ 17047.26.??

And for the travel date to be indicated when sending it to the embassy, can I just type it as this and print on a sheet


travel date: 3rd of October, 2018?

Congrats,
I share also in your testimony; ours will sure arrive by God's grace

Good morning everyone;
pls does anyone here have any contact or a link/website through which I can get a student accomodation in Saxony(Dresden, Leipzig or any other city)?

Thanks a lot; blessed

Idonije8:
hello I really want to get in touch with you

Replied u

serendy:
Bro, thanks for this really resourceful response. Please, I will like to further interact with you, please, I sent a DM.
once again thanks.

Checked but saw no msg

serendy:
I am just wondering what difference this details made. DailyDolar still didnt provide the needed information.

This is not a language course and thus the language visa would not be adequate. It's a Pre-Study course; HS Fulda runs such a program, as well as some Hamburg Unis, more or less like a Studienkolleg. The Consulate advises you apply for a Student visa, since you'll be resuming immediately after the Bridge year. However, the school would need a fresh application from you after the program in order to proceed to your degree study, but this is entirely for formalty sake since they must already have evaluated your transcripts/results and found you adequate for the Bridge-year program in the first place.

I pray the best for you; and dont worry, the Consulate won't ask you why you didnt run it in Nigeria cos Nigeria does not offer such programs to start with.


Btw: I was admitted in one of such prep course

Good day house

pls, for those who done their enrollment, is there a request for official Transcripts?

justwise:
Here is the part 5.

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 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 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 a 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 form there concerning how to apply. Some schools do only online applications, some requires 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

Good morning all,

please is there a particular email address for Student Visa application? I submitted to one of the Consulate email address, but have not received their response.

Thanks a lot

Good day everyone,

pls has the booking visa for Winter Semester ended?
I just checked the online booking site, and did not see the option for student visas

honourableseyi:
Oh okk. They are the same. "Zertifikat Deutsch von Goethe" is a German sentence which means "Goethe German certificate or German certificate from Goethe". Shalom

Thanks a lot sir for your kind assistance.
I actually found my answer on Google; and they ain't same thing, entirely different actually.

Thanks once more.

honourableseyi:
This is just a simple English. Either or means one of the two will suffice. B2 is higher than B1 you are currently holding, so you need to get your B2 to be eligible for the course. Shalom

Thanks a lot for your prompt response.
Sir, my actual question is: I understand, what a Goethe B2 Certificate is, but pls what EXACTLY is "Zertifikat Deutsch"? Is it another name for the same B2 certificate? or is it an entirely different certificate? That's my question.

Good morning house:

pls I have asked this here before, but I really need a more elaborate answer from someone who knows about German Language courses.
My school made a request that I submit either a Goethe B2 Certificate or a Zertifikat Deutsch von Goethe.
Please are these two certificates one and same? pls if not what are the differences?
btw; I already have my B1 certificates in Lesen, Schreiben, und Sprechen from Goethe.

Please I would really appreciate your responses on this, thanks a lot.

Good morning house

pls I would like to ask those who have successfully done their enrollment; pls is the transcript originals compulsorily needed from me for enrollment? Or is it my school that should send it?


Thanks a lot; I would really appreciate your responses

Immafrank:
Go to all those shops that does JAMB, WAEC/NECO registration or go to a cyber cafe

Thanks a lot for your response.

Please, I went to a cyber-café, and they sold me a set of numbers(digits) on a plain little slip of paper. Is this how the "WAEC scratch card" is? Or there's more to it? In other words, would the embassy accept this slip of paper?

Good afternoon everyone,

pls for all who had a successful Form-A processing, did they ask for your admission letter, and if they did, pls did they also request for a translated version, because my bank is giving me serious ish due to the language of my admission letter (which is auf Deutsch).

Thanks

URGENT!!!

Good morning all
pls does anyone know for sure where I can get WAEC scratch card; pls I have my interview in a few days, and this is so URGENT.

Thanks a lot for every help.

Good morning house

pls does anyone have information of the average cost of rent for an apartment in and around Frankfurt; preferably a room or two rooms.

Thanks a lot.

Good morning all you good people,

pls does anyone has information on this? it's really very important.

My admission letter states I must submit either Goethe-Zertifikat B2 or Zertifikat Deutsch von Goethe (ZD).

Does anyone have an idea of the exact certificate referred to as ZD?

Thanks everyone.

Good morning good people,

"Conditional admission": pls does anyone have any idea or experience on this pls.

I received an admission with a condition to provide a B2 certificate on enrollment, which is in April. However, my interview with the Embassy is in mid March, and I'm yet to register for my B2 classes but, I will be taking the exam in April though.
Pls would the Embassy request for this certificate during my interview?


Thanks a lot for every response

ayomeah:
Check today 12am

Thanks a lot @ayomeah for your kind response and information; however, I checked and yet no available dates.
I just hope they post new dates soon.

Thanks once again

Good morning house

pls there are no more new appointment dates for visa on the embassy site; pls does this mean they are done for Summer semester? Or are we to expect fresh dates?

Thanks a lot; I'll really appreciate any response or info on this

Gcapable:
This will be my last post about this issue.

The "Homeland Immigration office" as you call it is also responsible for issuing passports, yet every embassy issues passports to their citizen living abroad.

The same city office is responsible for issuing Birth and Death Certificate, yet this same embassy issues these certificates to citizens living abroad.

These same embassy process tax, pension, marriages and many other services for the citizen abroad. The embassy is much more than a visa issuing institute.

If the embassy doesnt offer such service, it wont be on its website.

P.S. Nobody is an island of knowledge. There are a lot of rights, privileges and information which we dont know about because we are not informed about them and we dont discuss about them. The fact that we are not informed about them doesnt mean they dont exist.
For example, it use to be the norm in part 1 of this thread that when apply for student visa, you just have to wait till the embassy write you to come until someone wrote the foreigners office of his city to enquire about tge status of his visa before it became the norm on this thread (you have the right to be concern about your visa status when the 8weeks the embassy specified lapse). The same way many didnt know about appealing a rejection even though the embassy do write it on the rejection letter until esdajo did and was issued the visa.

My sincere apologies; I humbly stand corrected and thanks a lot for the info.

However, G, your initial response to that guy was kinda harsh sha; loosen up a lil. It's true we don't have faces here, but there's still a brotherly spirit in the house.

Gcapable:
Problem with Nigerians we say what we dont know. What you dont know... you dont know it bro. Get yourself informed. Peace

Please bro, he's right; German embassy or Consulate DOES NOT issue VPEs (as some people call it), except you guys are referring to some other document. Homeland Immigration offices do that, located in each town, and the issuing office has to be the one of the town your sponsor lives in.
However, if a German citizen is resident in another country, and wants to sponsor his/her relative, he might go to the embassy in the country he is resident in, and plead with them to have his home-town issue a VPE and send it through the embassy.
Sometimes, we forget these institutions are set up for specific/particular purposes, embassises are foreign diplomatic institutes, they are not also saddled with internal issues. You're also aware that not only German citizens can request for VPEs foreigners also can, and it's the homeland Immigration offices that have the detailed data of each person in each town.

Good morning good people,

pls I need some advice from some of you with prior knowledge.

Pls which option is better or more advisable; I want to fund my Fintiba blocked account, should I buy Euro at black market and fund my Euro account then transfer directly from there, or should I raise a "Form A" from my bank (I bank with GTB btw).

Thanks a lot; in anticipation