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IMustWin:
Plz house, do anyone here know the cost of certifying documents at the Ministry of Education and Foreign Affairs?

I think it is 300 naira per document. Please check @victorsol's previous posts, he mentioned some things about that.

Also check this thread: https://www.nairaland.com/566958/authenticity-documents-ministry-foreign-affairs/10

smartlepere:
Please help mke to contact me, not used to it

Reply the email I sent to you

smartlepere:
Can we chat Mean DM

Sure

smartlepere:
And I the screenshot isn't working since I can't access the application form with my phone

Okay what about the link so that I can see that part. Cause I don't understand the employment certificate part

smartlepere:
People in the house I really need help, I am filling my masters admission application form and they are demanding for some documents such as employment certificates and other in my post secondary education activities. Please what do I do since we don't have such in Nigeria? Please I need urgent help..

Can you put a screenshot of it?
Also what school?

IMPORTANT NOTICE
Date: 18 March 2020

IMPORTANT NOTICE/BELGIUM CLOSURE OF VISA SECTION



The heads of state and government of the European Union decided last night to temporarily close the external borders to third-country nationals on non-essential travel.

This means that, until further notice, no visa application can be received nor any visa issued. Certain limited categories of exceptions (listed below) may be accepted.

These requests must contact the Embassy via e-mail on abuja.visa@diplobel.fed.be; the management of VFS has been instructed to no longer to accept any applications on behalf of Belgium till further notice.

Please note that this measure applies also for applications we take on behalf of the Netherlands, Luxemburg, Estonia and Lithuania.

We thank you for your understanding and collaboration.



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The visa application in these categories will be decided on a case-by-case basis by the Embassy.



The above message is on the Belgian Embassy Nigeria website

fikki1:
Do you mean the quoted??

Yes that

fikki1:
Yes I did.
To answer your question,
You have to apply to your school and get the normal admission. The provisional admission given to you by the school will be used to apply to language school. So basically you will be given two admission letters from Belgium.

1. For your normal course (3 years or 4)
2. Admission letter for Language course(UCT).

Note: you have to do interview for the Language admission to be given and it’s just English language test, to check if you can understand properly and speak properly, which you have passed already, since you are communicating here on NL.

I HAVE NOT BEEN REPLYING ON NL BASE ON THE FACT THAT MY FRIEND AND BROTHER IS GIVEN RESPONSE ALREADY (KONJA44).

@others, you doing great Job.
God Bless you all

Stay safe..

Thanks for this.
Please can you address @IMustwin's post

legionnaire:
Please does Belgium allow one to stay back after masters studies?

Unfortunately they don't have any permits for you to stay back after your program to look for a job. As the study permit expires you have to leave.

But you can search for job offers during your last year and if you receive one, a work permit will be processed OR continue with a PhD.

Klaity26:
Thanks for your input. Now working on securing the funds. I applied to VUB

Alright then. Good luck

Thewizardof0zil:
Hi gurus in the house, I found a school I really like in Belgium, but the mode of instruction is Dutch, now the school said they can offer me a conditional admission, so I can take language classes in a language school for a year, which I’m willing to do, cos i really wanna learn the language, because I feel it will be of great help to me.

Now my question is, what are my chances of securing a language school visa in Nigeria?

Hi,

So I know @fikki1 on this thread applied some years back to Ghent university and he applied separately for a language school as well cause that was the condition for his admission.

He also applied for a study visa directly which he got, not a language visa.

Read his posts on this thread and send him a message maybe he can help

Klaity26:
It may take a while for me to be able to get a solvency certificate. From experience is applying for a Visa around mid to late August too late?

It depends on when your school is resuming. If your school resumes in September, it will probably be too late cause it has been seen that at times the Belgian embassy can take a while (maybe 2 to 3 months) before issuing visa.

Are you working with your school to get the solvency certificate? Please try and let them know you need it as soon as possible.

Also which school are you heading to?

Thewizardof0zil:
Please guys, I wrote NECO but the original certificate isn’t out yet. Is it possible to legalize the online printout?

Or will confirmation of result from NECO be accepted by schools in Belgium?

Check out this thread about authentication at MOE and MOFA. The thread is very short.

On page 11 or so someone mentioned that if you wrote NECO/WAEC within the past 5 years that the online printout with scratch card will be accepted.

https://www.nairaland.com/566958/authenticity-documents-ministry-foreign-affairs/10

Joshph:
Pls if l need to legalize my document to send it to Belgium can l use my student transcript or it must be official transcript.

@victorsol please help with the above

Aphrikanna:
Please this is urgent. has anyone applied to University of Antwerp? They asked for a course description in the application and I have absolutely no idea what they are talking about. Can anyone please throw in more light on what they are actually asking for?

Sorry this is late. This is what I found from UAntwerp website on course description.��

Upload descriptions of the courses listed in your transcript of records. The description should give a good insight in the contents of the course. It can usually be found in the study guide of your university with details about the programme.
These descriptions must be in Dutch, French, German or English.
Even if you didn't yet graduate, we still need the descriptions of all the courses which you attended or will attend and which are part of your programme.

onecoder:
Yeah, they just did.
I mailed the course coordinator and he replied with a questionnaire I should fill.
He also said I should screenshot my payment details for the English test on my chosen test date.
On seeing that, he'll forward my documents appropriately

Alright then!

onecoder:
I think i'll mail the school tomorrow. I had't preapred for the english test.
And that will surely delay my application. I already have an EPL with me.

It shouldn't delay your application in theory.
Most times they give an additional deadline to submit the test OR they give conditional admission until you submit the test.

onecoder:
anyone studying in amsterdam? I applied for a course and was given a student number. Didn't get the option to submit my documents, so i mailed the school and they replied i should submit on datanose.nl
Looks a bit confusing and also is it a must i submit english test since i already completed my bachelors degree in english?

Yes, they usually require an English test.
To confirm though you can send a mail to the course coordinator to confirm

Pweedydaughter:
Good day at all, i received an email from ku leuven that ielts/toefl certificate is missing on my documents after i uploaded my proficiency letter from school...am helpless and scared ���

I think you should email the course coordinator and explain the situation.

It might be that the school does not accept EPL

ProfEinstein:
Hello people
Thanks for the help earlier on. Finally got my visa to travel and funny enough I wasn't invited for interview .

That's great. Congratulations!!

Can you tell us a little bit about your RP experience?

victorsol:
Am applying too.
can we connect?

No problem

victorsol:
Okay now.
are you in Belgium too or about too?

I am not in Belgium. I am also applying

victorsol:
pls how can rejuvenate this group?

By asking and answering NEW questions

Femiadeuyi:
Thank you for the response. One concern tho, I’ve read on here that Belgium Embassy doesn’t accept photocopies of credentials but only original. I don’t understand. How does that work? cause you said I should photocopy my original documents and legalise them at MOE and MOFA and Belgium Embassy.

Are you studying at KU Leuven or do you know anyone studying there?

I am not at KU Leuven. I'm a prospective student.

I think I know the post you are talking about. But the person was referring to the Visa process. (I have also not verified how true it is)

For admission, you make photocopies of your originals and legalize those photocopies.

Konja44 has also just confirmed what I said

Hi

1. For admission to the university, you scan your original documents and upload them as you fill the online application form.

After those scanned documents are processed, the University will ask you to send legalized hard copies to Belgium.

You will make photocopies of your original documents and legalize those photocopies.
To legalize, you will first go to the Ministry of Education, then the Ministry of Foreign affairs and finally the Belgian Embassy.

2. The school will provide a list of the documents they want you to legalize and send to Belgium

This is my understanding of the process, I stand to be corrected

Femiadeuyi:
Good day guys,

Pls l need clarification on legalisation/authentication of academic results and other official documents.

1. For admission to KU Leuven, must I legalise my original documents at the Belgium Embassy before uploading my documents on school application system or will the legalisation at Ministry of Education and Foreign Affairs suffice to secure admission?

2. Also, aside O’level, transcript and B.sc certificate, what other documents are necessary for authentification at the Belgium Embassy.

Looking forward to hearing back from you.
Big hugs to everyone that has been making helpful contributions on this forum. More wisdom.

smartlepere:
can we work together?

Sure no problem

I am not in Belgium
I am also an aspiring student and I am applying to universities in the Flemish region.

smartlepere:
Thank you very much for the information. Please do you stay in Belgium
? I need more help on the universities, there some information that are not very clear and I would love to be guided on the university amongst the three to make my priority.

Please note that the information below is copied from another thread. The user posted it in 2014. This is what I could find about the French community in Belgium.

I study in Belgium but in wallonia not flanders. there is no racism in belgium as far as I know and their educational standard is really high compared 2 many other countries cause i've met a lot of exchange students from different countries that say it's really tough here. The major problem you'll have is language barrier as belgium is not an English speaking country.however, most of their master programmes are in english as they have a lot of international students but for you 2 be able to interact u'll need to know a bit of french if you are in wallonia or dutch if you are in flanders. In flanders most pple speak English so it's not so bad and u can get a student job but knowing the language is an added advantage but in wallonia if u don't speak french it's almost impossible 2 get a job. Cost of living is relatively ok depending on where u stay,brussels is one of the cheapest cities 2 live in even though it's the capital,places like ottignies r more expensive. Belgium is a small country.u can travel from 1 end to another in 5 hrs and transport is a bit cheap compared 2 some other European countries,it's also in the centre of Europe and many international and EU organisations have their HQS there because of this it is quite tedious 2 get the visa,it's a long process so u av 2 start on time.
Goodluck.

smartlepere:
Good morning house, I am an intending masters candidate for the next academic session. I need help from anyone studying in any of the following universities in the French community in Belgium : université de liège, université libre de Bruxelle or université catholique de Louvain. Please I would love to be informed on all the documents needed for admission application as well as any other necessary info. Please help your brother.

Applications have opened for the 2020/2021 session... At least for Ghent University


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