hammed71:
@op, so is it better to get a work permit to France if one is not financially stable?

Working towards getting a working permit, I am avoiding the APS student card (non renewable 1 years carte de Sejour) ��, i like france though but if you dont speak the language you are equal as dead.

Joohan:





You won a scholarship for your MSC? If yes, which one is it please

No, the only scholarship available is Eiffel Scholarship which i doubt they give to black Africans except Asians.... France Fee have changed i guess so... it used to be just 246€ for Msc but now it almost 4000€ but not all university charge the new price

ShyWhale:


You people "misuse this doing well". I'm in Hamburg earning over €1800 a month. To many others, it may be doing well. To me, it's not. Considering my expertise, the kind of job I'm doing, lifestyle I'm used to in Nigeria and elsewhere and many others.

Your friends may not be as highly educated as this individual, may not be as skilled as this individual or they may not have bigger goals as this individual or are very contented in doing blue-collar jobs. They can also be in a better position professionally but I think doing well should be dependent on individual indicators. I know so many people in Nigeria would die to earn the €1800 that is making me a bit depressed same as many who would consider such an offer shameful . So doing well is relative to every individual and should not be used in general terms.

electromagnito, I can relate to your experience. I also finished from a French University technically as part of a Joint program though but my grades are in the French system also.Yes, I spoke French up to B1 level and I had to run with my tails from France. So many things against you PROFESSIONALLY as a Black African coupled with the covert racism in that place. But I have to disagree with you, it is very very hard to get a professional job after study but not impossible.

Also, I want to congratulate you on ending up with a grade point of 12+ considering how bad French grading is. You hit the minimum for PhD studies across the world but I still think you have an edge when it comes to doing a paid PhD in France. With a strong Undergraduate CGPA, you have more than enough chances in places like the US, Canada, Switzerland and the UK where the undergraduate grades also play an important role in the PhD process. But please, my advice is for you to write GRE and apply to US schools for PhD. Most of the funded positions will be closing by end of December / Early January. Run from Europe as far as you can if you're better than blue-collar jobs.

P. S. If you need a change of environment for now, you can consider the Netherlands Orientation Visa (check if your university is eligible). It costs €171 euros and does not require any proof of funds.

Thanks bro, you got it exactly... get a 12(PhD grade) in france is like going to heaven... but we pull through and thanks for your advise, i will work towards that.

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my France people... it has been 2years now, i feel i should share my experience, well 2years ago i was here, got admitted to france to study theoretical physics Msc. at Universite de Cergy Pontoise 20km away from central paris, i dont know if i made a mistake going to france or i should have stayed in Nigeria, when i traveled to france september 17th 2017, without little or no help. I traveled with just 750 euros, this was money i had saved up from working, because i had no one to help me. When i got to france, i went straight to my university where i paid the inscription fee of 246 euros and also registered for french class for 210 euros, the money left with me was about 480euros, i had no place to stay because i was too late to get the CROUS, i started asking myself some question on how to survive in this harsh environment i cant speak the language, so i had to stay with a course mate for somedays, i was attending lectures and thinking of what next at the same time, my brain was unstable. I finally met a Nigerian who said i can share his place but i have to pay half the rent, i told him i have just 480 with me, i will pay you 400 for 2 month and if i get a job before then i will move, by december when it was very cold, i didnt getr a job and i couldnt pay the house rent, the Nigeria guy drove me out and i almost felt like giving up plus i was till going to school in all those harsh condition, then a close friend of mine yannick who happens to be french told me he was going to talk to his mom for me since i have helped him in programming exam and he scored 16/20. So his mum accepted me and i stayed with them throughout december then i got a night job in January, so i pleaded with my friend parent that they should give me just january to move out, Note i was working all night and still go to school, Feburary 2018 i left to my own rented appartment, now life was getting better but at the stake of my education, i was able to pull through the first year having a overall grade for M1 at 11.8/20 i felt bad knowing my result in Nigeria was a way better graduating with 4.43 CGPA. Because of my love for school i decided not to give up and registered for M2, most of my professor didnt like me though because they knew i was working overnight and i was still passing their exams despite not been stable, in france the hardest master is theoretical physics trust me. M2 started and i knew this was last chance of improving my grade so i could get a phD since that was my goal before i traveled abroad, M2 was still indifferent from M1 hate from professor plus i still had to work all night to pay my bills, my house rent was 300euros per month and i still support my family in Nigeria with any amount i have. after the first session of M2 i had 11.3/20, i was not too happy because my best friend in class got 14/20, although he got a phd now in lyon, so i went insearch of internship known as stage for my masters thesis, i got a good place at ESPCI CNRS paris, so i was going to my stage and still working at night. I finished my stage this month september 2019 and also defended my Master thesis on 6th of this month. at the end of the day i graduated with an aggregated of 12.5/20. I couldnt get a Phd cause most Phd proposal are taken since i finish late, presently now, i am seraching for a phd and also thinking of coming back home since i am just 26yrs old, i have option of changing my status and be working during the night but this is not a job one can di forever, i am grateful to everyone here and if you stay in paris and you need my help, i am always opening..... bonne journee

Who is going to cergy il de Paris.... So we can hook up...

The rate Italian embassy refuse student for visa is very alarming same thing that happen last year where I spent up to 300k from my NYSC saved money only to be denied on useless excuse like no DOV and I submitted, insufficient fund and my statement of account was 8M, and I doubt if this year will be indifferent for people that apply...Italy prefer a scammer who uses is Mom and dad name statement of account than a geninue student who want to go to school base on his uncle/aunty expense. It is really disappointing after spending 300plus for visa and you get denied, and I don't really blame them most Nigeria end up not going to school over there and also use fake documents especially at Italian embassy cause they don't even bother to verify cause they are just after dov and surname on statement of account, newcca set were fortunate they even gave them visa without DOV then... I will just encourage you guys not to give up, Italy is even one of the worst country in schegen region so look someone else to study... Wish you all the best

Pls any nairalander in this region signify I need accommodation urgently

Good day guys am really happy this group was more active compare to last year... Am icehood and I was denied last year, I could remember how I cried for foul play at the Italian embassy for having first class and a genuine statement of account yet was denied and people who used fake statement of account was granted base on the surname... I never gave up but thank goodness I shun Italy and got admitted to France... Where interview is done to know who and who is truly going for studies and I was granted my student visa this year not base on statement if account but base on my true intentions to study. Guys dont give up the best is coming.... Wish you all the best of luck

Guys am really scared here, I applied for visa on 11th of this month and it just 13 days only, and I got a mail my passport is ready for collection though I applied with my company account and am really scared now, God help me..

Document
Company account
My own account
Company CAC
Letter of sponsorship from company
Well detailed Motivation letter

Guys am really scared here, I applied for visa on 11th of this month and it just 13 days only, and I got a mail my passport is ready for collection though I applied with my company account and am really scared now, God help me..

How much do they pay engineer

One sweet thing about italo student stuff be say no biometric and no refusal stamp and of such ur passport will come out clean.... Lol

How much be visa fee.......

Guys I need help m using a company account for my study visa..... Is it safe

Okay... But nothing for now

Did mine on Tuesday.. . score eighty percent in second test and hundred percent in third test no news yet

The interview went well but could barely hear the Indian boss...

I got an invite to come for an interview on Saturday... I can't remember applying... But I knew I apply for a post support electrical engineer... I Google Search and I found out the company is a UK company with branch here playing who know. About them and there. Interview with pay.. God bless

Boss Miccoy, the geeks here in Lagos are really unhappy cause of the phantom of lies given to them...the employment letter read 55k this june and everyone here in Lagos are feeling bad... Though we just have to be positive......

It might be error.... Maybe no be regret mail.....

Some people too get wahala... Whether them post questions here or not if you go get success mail, you will certainly get it.... Why fight someone for dropping an interview questions, I have done mine without help... Even if I made use of this expo na still.the same result cause shell knows people will.definitely share questions... Abeg make.unna no.bring unna mentality of 1st position come here oook.. Am not supporting anyone dropping questions here but let it be free will...

Before u judge me, immediately the message enter, I reply them telling them I never did 1st stage and my name is not alex rather Ayobami... I hope they reply soon and if they don't I wont go..s.. Though my test also had wrong name too, I wont go..... Thanks all..

Okay baba your head they there.... Funny enough if I go the interview na my former boss dey ask.questions....

Lemme state it well..my keypad dey misbehave... I did my test April 10th, got a regret mail for it... Since then nothing... I no do any 1st interview, so I was surprise to see 2nd stage interview with mail... For dear Alex... My argument is why me out of those that have gotten regret mail since end of April.... Why dem no mistake send invite for 1st stage (that means my mail was not included), why send me mail now when I never did first stage.... Or is it because I serve there... And the person number I have is the head HR operation... Just can't call her and start telling her all this.

Pls if you know your name is Alex, please your mail is with me ooo, I never did 1st stage, I did my test on April 10th when we all got regret mail....now I got invite for 2nd stage and I no do 1st stage.... And if shows Dear Alex, and my name no be alex

Nope cause we collected it today in Lagos and we were told to show face at our branch...

Boss the thing wey they be say I did test April 10th first set that almost everyone got regret mail and since then I don forget about them... Now am seeing 2nd stage interview and dem don do first stage... He come be wrong name again....

Gbosa for shell.... Na only abstract I do finish... I no sure I.do.up to 10 per each section..lol the thing sef confuse me... Anybody wey do everything... Na genius... Lol einstein....

Make unna help me oooo, I got mail for 2nd stage interview but na Dear Alex dey there and my name na Ayobami... And I was among the first set... Where almost everyone was given regret mail... Na for EE...help me ooooo coming from Abuja... I have mail no response

Biko hell me, I got invite but I have gotten. Regret mail before now for mag 2nd test... And the name on this mail is Alex... And my name is ayobami