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jnyuwa02:
Just to add a caveat, securing a supervisor is not tantamount or close to gaining admission. Out of the pool of applicants who got supervisors, an admission office turns a lot away. The letter of intent is the single most important part of the application process, many schools say so.

Sharles:
I just applied for visa yesterday winter 2018. Online route. M.eng Civil engineering. UWO

Oben209:
When I said this guy was a scammer ,I guess I was right ... the page he uses for the gcms is fraudulent and it’s third party .. the lady who got her gcms was just lucky .. because what I think he did was to order with a legit page then he would now paste it to you when it gets to him ..... this is a well organized scammer .. people should just beware of people like this ..

yeahkim:
Praise God!
Trv has been approved, got request for passports this morning we thank God.
Applied for study permit for myself and visitors visa for my parents.
Timeline
applied 26th June
medical call and request for new LOA 10th october medicals passed 12th october
all Approved 18th october

KlausMike:
Good day Everyone! Can anyone here be kind enough to provide advice on my situation.

I have been a silent reader for some time now after several rejections from three canadian school ( carleton, mcgill, manitoba).

Schools and Programs i applied for:

Carleton - Msc Computer Science
Mcgill - Msc Electrical and Electronics
Manitoba - Msc Computer Science



My Background:

I graduated from a ghanaian university in 2009 (i.e. 8 years ago) with a BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2.1). In 2010, after my nysc, i got a job with a business solution provider that deploys software applications like SAP, Sage and have been there since then. I have 2 SAP certifications (SAP Business One and Incident Management with SAP BusinessObjects). Within the years, i have grown to love working with computers and more of the technical aspect (troubleshooting networks, working with operating systems, custom reports using SQL queries etc) of the job as compared to the business consulting part. I got an opportunity to look into studying in canada also with the idea of staying afterwards and started applying last year.

I understand that i don't have a background in computer science but was just hopeful that if i plea my case, and identify my roles and responsibilities over the years, i would be considered and probably be given the option to take some prerequisite course before the main msc program. Well, i guess i was wrong. At the moment i am not sure how to proceed and i am not even sure i would get admission to study electrical and electronics since it has been ages, my work experience is nothing close to electrical and electronics and i like to think 'that boat has sailed'.

Does anyone have any advice as i would not want to miss admissions for 2018.

Thank you guys very much.

Ndyoo:
Hey It's being long peeps...I hope you guys are doing good. I once read someone looking to apply for Masters in Physics.
http://www.uni-ulm.de/nawi/master/physics-msc.html....I think the deadline is near.

And those of you interested in Finance, one of my colleague here is doing the programme and it's really challenging and the application starts January 1, mostly what you see in the department are internationals and Ghanians...
http://www.uni-ulm.de/index.php?id=43481

For the Engineering guys : http://www.uni-ulm.de/nawi/chemie/studium-und-lehre/studiengaenge/energy-science-and-technology.html
There is Energy Science and Technology...

Why I gave out the link is not to spoon feed anyone but I felt someone might be interested and also it will give them ample time to start arranging their documents.

Mirror97:
you will send it to them through courier service UPS or DHL u gonna send it along with ur supporting document

nevilbot:
I can feel u broda cus I'm going thru d same thing u are going thru here in Frankfurt. Wia I finally see house na 35 mins to Frankfurt by train plus 30 mins to get to d train station from my house by foot cus d bus na once every hour

nevilbot:
This question is for those already in Germany to answer plz and it's about extending the 3 months visa to a 2 year resident permit before d 3 months visa expires.

My question are what's the procedure?
Do we need to pay for it cus my classmate from turkey said she was asked to pay 100 euro for a year extension cus her dad scholarship was only for a year so she got extension only for a year.
My last statement now brings me to d last and most important question.

A Nigeria guy I met here WO is a bsc student but married to a German told me I will still av to provided prove of fund for my second year to extend my permit for two years and considering wat my Turkish mate told me that she got a year extension cus her daad scholarship was for one year and she will av to go back after year one to show prov DAT she got it extended based on her performance before she gets permit for year two.

All these things dey rack my brains so plz all dos already in Germany who av experience in all des stuffs I tink we need to discuss this.

esdajo:
Oga Kelly, I am still waiting to hear from you. I am very sure you are back from church so advise us sir!

hilarybanks:
Hello people. I attended my visa interview on September23 and the enrollment extension deadline given to me by the sch I gained admission was October15. Few days after the deadline had passed I sent a mail to the embassy requesting to know the status of my application. They replied that they are yet to receive a response from the alien authority at my proposed place of residence in Germany. I sent a mail to the sch explaining why I cldnt make it to Germany b4 the deadline date. I also sent them a copy of the mail I received from the embassy and I asked for further extension. They have not replied my mail till date and jst last nite, I got a mail from the embassy asking me to come with my passport and the printout of the mail I received. There was nothing like health insurance among the requirements. Please what does this mean? will I be issued my student visa or am I being denied the visa?

kelly4top:
I am sorry to hear this news. You can see appeal is replied thru mail and not e-mail as I told you.

I am sorry to inform you again that you have no right to appeal again, to the Embassy the second time but your next move is to appeal at the court in Berlin Germany and hire a lawyer here to represent you and they charge per hour ( i heard is about 40 euros per hour) and I can tell you to forget that Berlin appeal issue cos them dey very strict and Germany no dey use ear hear anything fake even if na person stamp am put for you.

So as I ADVISED BEFORE, try other countries as this guys might have placed your enemy on ban and they wont inform you. Make sure u forget that passport that has put your enemy into this shit and ensure you let your travel agent that did that rubbish know what it has caused you.

Can't write much now as am just coming back from work and need rest for tomoro church service but i insist you don't waste your precious time with the court in Berlin.

esdajo:
Hello House,

I got a letter from the German Embassy via FedEx at my home address yesterday regarding the appeal I filed last Tuesday regarding my student visa rejection. They said in the letter that my student visa application verdict remains the same on the following grounds:

1. I presented a passport with forged visa and stamps which made the passport non-visa compatible and that I am yet to present a genuine and authentic International Passport that is visa-compatible.

2. Even if I was to be granted the visa, that there was no way I could have met up with classes for Winter Semester considering when I had my interview and when lectures was to commence, i.e October 13th even though I had been granted an enrollment extension by the host institution.

With regard to the first ground, I already explained in my appeal that it was the visa agent who procured my expired S/African visa some 2 years back that added the fake Israeli visa and stamps on my passport when I contracted him to help me secure the former.

On the second ground, I had my interview on October 2nd but they claimed it was on the 7th; fat lie!

Its common knowledge that sometimes visa issuance does not take more than 2 to 3 weeks and if that is anything to go by, I would have had till the end of this month to get the visa but for the problem with the passport so that excuse does not hold any water at all.

Now the issue is this: I was advised to appeal to the Administrative Court if I am not satisfied with the decision within 30 days. This was in the translated copy accompanying the original copy which was in German and was even advised to get the document translated in English and I keep wondering if there is anything on the original document which was not included in the translated copy and I have uploaded it here for my ogas who are well versed in German language to translate it for me in English, verbatim for verbatim if possible so I will get a good grasp of what the document is all about before I will start reacting on the translated copy as I want to reply them and puncture every statement that is rebuttable on the document and am not ready to leave anything out.

Moreso, I want to know if I should write them and ask if I am under any ban whatsoever as I intend to defer my admission till next summer, get a new passport or replacement as the case may be and then go back to them armed to the teeth but that would be a futile effort if I am under any ban whatsoever as the same fate will befall my enemy unless I am cleared or so I think.

I need the house to contribute and advise me accordingly so I will know the next course of action.

Thanks in anticipation.

tayoslayer:
That is one major issue behind most people's mind. People in Germany testify that the learning is intense and we will have a lot of catching up to do academically. Learning the language while studying intensely and working will definitely rock anybody's world in Germany, so I think learning the language to an extent before Leaving Naija is important to avoid getting almost overwhelmed as we have told a lot about this. Non-EU students are allowed to work for only 20 hours a week( those who work more than this will have to pay into social security but there might be ways around this trust naija). I think how convenient it is depends on the type of Job you get, the type of Job you get also depends on your German proficiency( If you know German, you get more convenient choices where they pay more and if you don't speak German, you have to stick with the fewer English speaking jobs that come your way). If I remember correctly the minimum wage will be 8.5 euro/hour as from 2015 generally. Although this is applicable to people new to the German work system only after 6months of working( google more on this) so you can do the maths of the possible income. Ogas in Germo with the real experience should add or subtract

kunlelikeme:
@all....pls who is in Rhine-waal university here.i want to know if it is possible to fly to kleve or dusseldorf straight from Nigeria.someone was telling me to fly to Amsterdam,then connect to Kleve from there.
Please house pls help a brother here,how can i get to kleve from Nigeria and also is it advisable to buy one way or return ticket.....hope to read from you soonest.
Thank you

kunlelikeme:
@all....pls who is in Rhine-waal university here.i want to know if it is possible to fly to kleve or dusseldorf straight from Nigeria.someone was telling me to fly to Amsterdam,then connect to Kleve from there.
Please house pls help a brother here,how can i get to kleve from Nigeria and also is it advisable to buy one way or return ticket.....hope to read from you soonest.
Thank you

esdajo:
Hello house! I sent an email to the German Embassy on Monday following my student visa refusal and withholding of my passport on account of fake entry/exit stamps and visa immediately I got home and they sent me an email that I can appeal if I think the rejection was wrongful.

I already sent in the Notice of Appeal the following day being the 14th. The question now is; will the appeal be treated here or in Germany and what is the maximum waiting period? If my appeal is allowed; that is, successful, will I be given back my International Passport so I could go for a replacement or they will still send it to the Immigration as alleged in the rejection letter? Moreso, will I be allowed to apply for a German student visa in the near future and how soon? I know my questions are a bit weird but I just want people with similar experiences to comment and/or contribute so I can be better informed. I cant waste 3M like that so its better I know what my chances are so I will know if I should ask the school and Deutsche Bank to refund my money as soon as possible so I can seek admission elsewhere.

Your contributions and/or comments will be highly appreciated as usual.

LyfeJennings:
Brov,U spoken words of wisdom. Seem like U saw through me. I'm a staunch believer of God & practice my religion so deep. I went for medicals last year,paid my full tuition & accommodation,I even paid extra 2,000usd as agent fee. Just for no reason,ABSOLUTELY NO REASON,I was denied. Felt terrible & my faith shook. My faith in God trembled,I was tried in the most unusual manner. It didnt stop there,I applied 2more times with full documentations & met brickwalls.

Moral of the story is through the whole ugly happenings/denial,I was strong to myself,I rededicated myself & learned the word patience... I sowed the seeds of patience & learned lessons money would never buy. This is my fourth application & I dont understand any alphabet of the word "faith" like I used to but I do hope I get the reward of my "patience" seed & I harvest with a big smile..

Thanks brov

Holu26:
This is for the benefits of those that had been delayed before. Don't give up!!!

Most of us have a distorted idea about patience. We think of it as something designed to help us suffer failure gracefully, but according to these scriptures"Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.", it will actually put us on the path to success!
Patience (or being consistently constant) is the power twin of faith. They work together to see to it that the promises of God are fulfilled in your life.
Say, for example, you need a job. You can go to the Word and see clearly that God promises to provide your needs. You can see He takes pleasure in the prosperity of His servants. Once you see that, faith takes hold and you shout, "Hallelujah, I've got the job I need."
But what happens to that faith tomorrow morning when you go to three interviews and get turned down all three times? Then what? That's when patience has to take over! That's when you have to make a decision to stay constant, to act as if nothing's changed.
The truth is, if you based your confidence on the Word of God, nothing has changed. It says exactly the same thing it said yesterday.
So, if you'll put patience to work, you know what you're going to say after those three unsuccessful job interviews? You're going to say, "Hallelujah, I've got the job I need!" just like you did before.
You see, faith opens the door to God's promise for you; and patience keeps it open until that promise is fulfilled.
Do you have your faith sights set on a promise of God today, a promise you've been waiting on for some time? Don't let the delay discourage you. Put patience to work. The Word guarantees you will receive your reward.

esdajo:
Good day house. I was at the embassy this morning as expected and to my greatest surprise I was rejected a student visa, reason: fake visa and/or entry and exit stamps on my passport.

I travelled to South Africa in August 2012 and the visa agent that procured the visa for me stamped a fake Israel visa and entry and exit stamps on the passport and his reason was that if the passport was virgin or fresh, the South African Embassy then may refuse the visa application. Eventually I got the visa then. At the point of departure, the immigration official detected and withheld my passport but because I was assisted by an Immigration officer, my passport was later given to me and I left successfully without any hassles.

Got back in December 2012, collected my NYSC certificate as I was still serving at the time I travelled. Started working where I still am till date in January 2013. Saved a little then decided to pursue my Masters in Germany since it's quite affordable when compared to the US, Canada or even the UK.

Now my student visa application was refused, passport confiscated and was told to contact the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service at GRA, Ikeja. I know if I go there, I will be arrested so I decided to come down here to Immigration office in Festac town to see how I can retrieve the passport using an officer and then do a fresh one, if possible .

The question now is how possible is it to get a fresh passport using the same details as I am not ready to bear another name and can I still reapply for a German student visa after getting a new passport or I should just forget about Germany for now and request the school to refund my 5,000 Euros (US$6,500) tuition fee and ask the bank to wire my money back into my Nigerian Dom account from where I initially initiated the transfer.

I already called the agent and told him what that act he did 2 years ago has caused me and he was very apologetic and was even praying for me on the phone but the did had been done already and there is no point crying over spilled milk.

Please house, what are my chances of getting another passport using an insider so they won't bar me from getting another one or even blacklisting my name and picture in any of the passport offices and/or the airports due to what happened and how soon can I reapply for a German student visa if I get a new passport or is there a life ban or any other temporary ban for such and what are my chances of getting a visa if I later reapply since they would know I have been refused before on this ground.

Please I need you comments and/or contributions no matter how hurting it may sound as the truth hurts anyway but there is nothing I can do about the reality and it's better to know than to keep wasting time, money and having false hopes. Comments please !

researchQ:
BREAKING NEWS
My people, I just got a call this morning from my friend in Germany that now if you want to invite someone from any West African country Nigeria inclusive, you have to pay money. 1700€ for 1 month visa, 2000€ for two months visa and so forth...ie with letter of invitation.
He said it all because of the Ebola outbreak. if any one gets visa now I think the person is lucky.He even asked if any one has gotten the study visa recently. I told him that I don't know.
May the good Lordnot allow this to hinder us from going to Germany o.

researchQ:
Thanks to all who replied me. I have finally been sent my score. But the problem is, my application deadline is 15th and today is saturday 11th and court is not open till monday to notorize. If i send it on Monday 13th through Fedex i am assuming it may reach say 16th, 17th. If it gets there then knowing the deadline is 15th will the school still accept my application? Has anyone's application gotten to the school a few days late and the school accepted it? Abeg i dont want to waste my 9k if they wont accept. Awaiting replies please.

tossbal4real:
Don't be negative just have an open mind. From past precedence asking you to come within one week after your interview is not a good sign. However it may be that they are asking you to come over so they can return your passport back to you because keeping it back is not the usual practice of the German embassy. Just stay prayerful and positive. It will be well.

giftwalter:
Am not the 1 asking it ooh, its my friend..I told him about this thread and all the people who are studying and those who are preparing to study...so he started asking those questions..when I told him my own part..he wasn't yet convinced dat was why I had to make it public so I can convince him.


As for me, I don't need any one to educate me or make me see reason why I should study abroad...cuz I no fully well dat the Nigerian Educational System has notin to offer...See Germany for we to apply for undergraduate we must go do 1 year for university cuz our Educational Standard is too low. People complain everyday for no Job, of which der are so many Jobs around but no Company is ready to Employ a graduate dat cannot offer anything useful...Companies are looking for professionals with wide arrange of not only Academic Excellence but Exposour..Can u compare a Nigerian Graduate with a German Graduate?

Or compare an MIT graduate with the Best University graduate in Nigeria?

giftwalter:
Am not the 1 asking it ooh, its my friend..I told him about this thread and all the people who are studying and those who are preparing to study...so he started asking those questions..when I told him my own part..he wasn't yet convinced dat was why I had to make it public so I can convince him.


As for me, I don't need any one to educate me or make me see reason why I should study abroad...cuz I no fully well dat the Nigerian Educational System has notin to offer...See Germany for we to apply for undergraduate we must go do 1 year for university cuz our Educational Standard is too low. People complain everyday for no Job, of which der are so many Jobs around but no Company is ready to Employ a graduate dat cannot offer anything useful...Companies are looking for professionals with wide arrange of not only Academic Excellence but Exposour..Can u compare a Nigerian Graduate with a German Graduate?

Or compare an MIT graduate with the Best University graduate in Nigeria?

You have said it all. When you come here you will have more to say as you cannot compare both in terms of quality education and standard. Tell that your friend that everybody's destiny is not the same. When he points negative examples to you, then point positive examples to him. Avoid those that always see the negative side of life. They will slow you down.