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MeineMutter:
I don’t know why those ministries can’t have a central secured database where all polytechnic, unis, NCEs and other tertiary will always deposit students’ transcripts and build a website where students can apply for this and pay online and the ministry gets the transcripts sent to the appropriate authorities either in soft or hard copies.
They would only need to agree on % of sharing the revenue from this application and the concerned institution and the ministry gets credited, automatically and instantly, with their own portion of the cash.
With this, MoE will find it easy to verify this document because they can also probe it from their database upon payment.

By the way guys, I just wrote a short mail to Austrian embassy, on behalf of applicants for residence permit process, on the need to have separate portal for those verifying and those legalizing.
I have my reason to the best of my ability but I would suggest if students can be coordinated on this and send more dignifying mails to the embassy on the same matter. Better still, students may approach MoE and MoFA on this for the two ministries to appeal to the embassy on this because those verifying tend to me more than those legalizing.

I assume the embassy has canceled legalization requests by applicants by way of sending emails, as it was being done in the past. That was what warranted the mail I sent to the embassy. If the embassy still gives legalization dates my emails but not my online appointment as portrayed on its current appointment portal system, it means my letter was needless.

I wish all applicants all the best.

You can do your legalization right at the point of collecting your documents at the Embassy after Verification. You just tell them you want to do your legalization; they'll ask you for which documents, and you present the documents which you want to legalize and pay. That's it. It's that simple and easy. I don't think there's any stress in doing the legalization at the Austrian Embassy.

Also, I'd like to advise everyone reading this post, especially those who don't know the process of the Austrian student visa application that the moment you've gotten and secured your admission, and depending on the agreement you may have with your university regarding submitting your legalized transcript and BSc Certificate (Some Austrian university can allow you to go ahead and apply for admission and then ask you to submit your legalized documents at a later date). That is if your school allowed you to use your documents which have not been verified and legalized to apply for admission. The moment you have secured this admission, you do not need to wait for the completion of your document verification and legalization to apply for a Residence Permit. The legalized documents are the school's requirements for admission, not the Austrian Embassy's requirements for a Residence Permit. The Austrian Embassy are quite satisfied with seeing your admission letter. Please go ahead and apply for your Residence Permit.

Send an email to the Embassy requesting an appointment date to come submit your application for a Residence Permit. The Embassy will respond with a date and a list of guidelines and documents you need to present for your Residence Permit. Follow their instructions, pray to God, and I'm pretty sure you'll get your Visa to come down to Austria and pick up your Residence Permit. That's it! That's how it goes. You'll come down to Austria and join the hustle

lokoventurex1:
Good evening guys.

Trust we are all doing well.

Please i want some honest truth about life in Salzburg as a dependant and student. Can a dependant be able to get some reasonable degree of work with or without German language knowledge ? Can the Student be able to get say a €850 monthly (20hrs/ week) job with or without German language knowledge ? And if we decide to do some German classes, how soon can we get integrated and be able to speak some basic German. Do we neccessarily need to write and read German too ? And where can be recommended for German language classes online or offline ?

Thank you for the good job we are doing here..

It is possible to earn up to 850 euros or there about every month on a (20hrs/week) job after tax and insurance without German language knowledge.

Usually, Most Universities in Austria arrange German language classes for their foreign students to register and learn German, and it is free. Sometimes even before you resume your classes for the semester as new students, they would have informed you guys about it via email with a timeline for registration. So, try and watch out for the announcement from your University once you secure your admission, and maybe pay your fees. Or the moment you resume classes, make enquiries from your program director or his secretary about such classes, and they'll give you more information about it.

Should in case you miss the deadline for registration from your school? There are other options where you can attend German language classes either at a discounted price or for free. you can check www.vhs.at for such options. They'll give you positive information about what I am telling you.

msttolusola:
Good morning,
I submitted student transcripts for verification and I v done verification, waiting for embassy verification report. Hope I can use the student transcripts. Please I need advice

Your question is not clear.

MeineMutter:
As a student, you are not allowed (officially) to work more than 20 hrs. Where you are lucky, your employers can allow you to work overtime, at times. After your graduation and even if you haven’t gotten to job-search visa, your employer may apply for up to 32 hours per week for you and it’s usually granted.

I am sorry to say this: 20 hrs can pay bills. Just learn how to live within your means. If you get a job of € 850 (net) like in fast food restaurants, and your monthly accommodation is not more than €400, your monthly transport card (buy 1-year pass) is €33, your internet is €10 max because you will always have access to WiFi at home, what’s next is for your upkeep for the month which shouldn’t be more than €150-200 Euro. I assume your employer will pay for your insurance monthly.
You can conveniently save €200 except if you have debts that you are paying back home or you have other areas you are spending on. 😜😜 you and I know.

For extra work, people do it in an under-arm way but I don’t advise it because if you are caught, you would pay heavily for it. More so, it would affect your studies.
You can utilize your holiday period to work full-time and still make some bucks.

You could also be lucky go get jobs that would pay you €1k to €1.2k net in a month.

Check Adecco. They recruit for Amazon but be ready to work even though they well above €12 per hour.

Check at Der Mann Bakery, Anker, Billa, BIPA, Enny etc.

One tip I will give you is that the companies that pay well are usually far from the cities. If you can be commuting long distance, lots of companies are waiting to may more, even up to 1.4k net per month.

It would be advantageous for you if you can drive and you have converted your Nigerian driver’s license to that of Austria. You can get a small vehicle and be using it to move to the outskirt of the city where lots of companies are there looking for people to work.

Pay per hour is not static. Some companies can pay than others but expect from €8 to €15 per hour.

Check clevylinks.com. They are taking applicants on full and part time basis. They are just building their warehouse in 21st District in Vienna. They are from China. Be ready to work and be on your feet for longer hours in a colder warehouse.

Check fiveguys restaurant’s website. They accept application on a daily basis. They are like McDonald’s.

There are lots of them out there.

If you can’t work full time at your company during summer holidays, look for event companies during that period. A lot of them have plenty jobs because there are concerts everywhere and you would make money and travel round Austria and beyond with the company.

Adecco will not give you work if they know that you hold a student residence permit. Their clients whom they recruit for such as Amazon don't have the patience to go and apply for work permits on your behalf. Unless you know how to speak read and write German, then you may be lucky to be employed by one of their other clients. As for Billa, BIPA, Horfers etc. I don't know about other States in Austria, but in Vienna, if you can't speak German, or you don't have a valid work permit, they will not employ you. Even for the most stupid job position, they will not give it to you. That is the bitter truth. No reason to sugarcoat it. But you're free to apply to them whenever you get here to see for yourself.

janda1:
Boss please can I send you a dm

The pay is very low I swear

I'm even afraid, 200 euro can't even pay money back home and can't run some bills back home

How can someone survive

If it's just to run 40 hours from Friday to Sunday and net that 1200-1500 euro a month, I'm ok with it

From Monday to Friday focus on studies

There's no way you can work for 40 hours as a student in Austria. If your employer knows that you're a student, he won't register you with AMS for 40 hours of work per week. Even if you're so good at what you do, and your employer wants to register you for a 40-hour-per-week job "AS A STUDENT" it would be difficult for him to do so because AMS may not allow him. Austria is not like Germany where it may be possible to work for 40 hours per week as a student. These people follow their processes very strictly. Your best bet would be if you're lucky and you get a warehouse job that pays well or a job that pays, and there are opportunities to work overtime (The overtime will not amount to 40 hours. It may be an additional 5 hours or about, added to your 20 hours). You may earn up to 1300-1400 euros as your monthly gross salary. When you deduct tax and health insurance, you may be going home with 900-1000 euros, and your body go tell you. You can work for 40 hours per week only when your school is on holiday after the end of a semester.

Secondly, even if you manage to combine two jobs, let's say a registered job with AMS and a black job, and you are working 40 hours per week, it will affect your studies. You need to excel in your studies to stand a chance for your residence permit to be approved for the following year. If you cannot get up to 16 ECTS in one year of academic studies, MA-35 won't renew your residence permit. During your studies, you would only be issued a 1-year residence permit which is renewable every year.

Unless you can learn how to speak, read and write German, then you can get a good job that will pay you well enough to earn up to 1300-1500 euros as your net salary. An example of such a job is "Doctors without Borders". They're always recruiting students, but you must know how to speak, read and write German.

RETURNOFENDSARS:
I'm a lawyer, called in 2016. I'm married with a kid and I'm in my early 30s. My wife is not working, so I have been the one shouldering the responsibility, despite that, God has given me my own house. Three bedrooms flat in front and three bedrooms flat at the back, all with full pop, water heater, full tiles, in fact all the modern facilities.
In all honesty I made between 600k-1.5m per month.

Just of recent, the zeal to Japa to Canada has been on my mind through school route. I currently have like 7m in my account and I know I could raise it till 15m before the end of the year. The cost of schooling keep giving me issue. How will someone travel abroad and spend over 15m when I could used the money to buy hostel from people who desperately needs money or invest in real estate.

Another concern of mine is that the future of legal profession is reducing because of the amount clients are paying particularly in the area of agreement and other things.

Definitely, I won't be selling the house if I decide to relocate, the rent from the two flats will go to my mom and the least could only be 500k per year. I won't have issues sending money at home.

Please, I really need advice from lawyers that are there, how do you cope migrating. Is it advisable I leave, if yes, what are the first things I might encounter, if am relocating it will be with my family. I just don't want to regret relocating. The exchange rate is just too much

Please don't go to Canada to study law, it will be a very unwise decision you will make if you decide to go to Canada for study purposes. Also, I understand that the major reason a lot of people convince themselves to japa from Nigeria, especially for someone of your status is insecurity. However, my brother, e easy for obodo-oyibo o.

What I would advise is that you should first of all go and visit a friend or a relative in the country of your choice which you want to migrate to. When you get there, ask questions and see how life is out there. If it is something you feel you can cope with, then by all means, japa. Otherwise, stay back in Nigeria and create wealth for yourself. You have a good amount of savings, build on it and make some mouth-watering investment for your future, and that of your Children.

The Coach should sub Alex Iwobi and Moses Simon.He should replace them with Aribo and Chukwuemeka. Secondly, why're we playing a 4-5-1 formation? What is the role of Iwobi on the pitch?

Great news guys! If you plan to move to Vienna, Austria by March, seek a legit accommodation to rent, and apply for a residence permit. I have got 2 private rooms to let. One cost 470 euros, and the other cost 490 euros. The agency fee is 100 euros. Legit documents would be given to you to use and apply for your residence permit. If you are interested, contact me at nwokoronkem@gmail.com.

Please, kindly note that these are for serious people who are determined to move to Vienna, Austria and might be finding it difficult to get accommodation online and don't know who to trust. I am a Nigerian student like you are and I live in Vienna, Austria, and I am well settled and quite comfortable with my present condition out here, so please, this is not a scam. I am not forcing anyone to patronize me, I was once like you on this forum, and that's why I am doing this to help because I know how difficult it is to get accommodation in Austria from Nigeria.

This is the much I can say, send me an email if anyone is interested and we will take it from there, and I will provide you with information about the property. Thank you.

If you can comfortably pay your bills and have some funds to save, please stay in Nigeria and develop yourself further in your career. For you to be earning more than 200k in your FG job tells me that you have a good job with career prospects. Therefore, I will suggest you stay and climb in your career as a civil servant.

Obodo oyibo no easy, suffer dey there o. Japa is not for everybody, and you don't strike me as one of those who should travel out of the country for greener pastures. Just my thought sha.

janda1:
Since last week sir

This my digit sir

+234 708 994 3257

Is this your WhatsApp number?

janda1:
Boss good morning I sent you a mail using tonybank01@gmail.com

I have few questions to ask about Austria

Have submitted my application at moe and mofa

Oh great! When did you submit your application? However, I don't think I got your email. I wish there was a way I could pass on my email to you privately.

Concman:
Fuel everywhere

Yet, the prices of fuel is still high.

janda1:
Have sent you a message

What's the name of your email address so that I can search for it?

Purplelemon:
Please how long does it take to get an approval for RP application?

It depends on how your documents are complete and convincing. Mine took 1week . I have heard of other people's own taking up to 3months.

janda1:
Boss please can I dm you

I have few questions to ask

Hi could you resend your dm to me again please?

I couldn't find the one you sent earlier.

janda1:
Boss please can I dm you

I have few questions to ask

Sure you can.

janda1:
This is how much @Jenizonto spent to move to Austria🇦🇹.

She landed in Austria 2 weeks ago by reading my tweets and doing it herself.

She spent a total of 4.1M Naira from start to finish.

Read🔽

1. Admission Application Fees : Nil

2. Verification at both Ministry of Education and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (I went myself) : #10,000

3. Affidavit of Age and NPC : #12,000

4. Verification fee (Lawyer fee): #200,000

5. Legalisation fee : €80 per document (7 document) #277,200

6. Tuition fee : €749 per semester (paid when I arrived)

7. Accommodation +deposit : €350 +€500( I use black market rate becos I paid from Nigeria) #892,500)

8. Health Insurance - #25,000

9. Police Character Certificate - #35,000
Legalisation fee :€80 (#68,000)

10. POF - they request for €13k (You can get someone to help you with this)

11. Fingerprint fee : €20 (17,
000)
12. Resident Permit application fee : €120 (#102,000)

13. Visa Application Fees - €150 (#127,500)

14. Document for my source of fund(used self supported so I made use of land sales) : #350,000

Total cost : #2,126,200

NOTE:

i. You will also Authentic ur Police character certificate at MoFA and also Legalize it at the embassy with €80 on the day you want to apply for Resident Permit.

ii. Prove of Accommodation is a must before applying for Resident Permit.

iii. Source of income is a must, u either use self sponsored or Sponsorship( you also need document for this, like your sponsor payroll, bank statement, employment letter, if it a business person; CAC.

iii. Accommodation deposit will be given back you.

Iv. During my Legalisation I paid when €1=495
While other was €1=850

- I travelled with €1800

-For my tuition fee : €749 (#823,900)

-Accommodation for 2 months: €700 (#770,000)

-Austria insurance fee: €70 (#77,000)

-miscellaneous : €281 (#309,100)

-since I don't know when I will get a job at black market rate

Total: #1,980,000

Final Total cost: #4,106,200
#copied

For point 7, the accommodation part. I want to state that although you can get a shared apartment for €350. Sometimes in some shared apartments, these €350 excludes utility bills such as electricity, water and internet.

Also, I don't know about other States in Austria, but in Vienna, accommodation is a little bit scarce and getting a student apartment in a dormitory is quite challenging. Sometimes you may apply for accommodation and would be on the waiting list for up to 3 months before you get a student-shared apartment within the price tag of €350 - €370. Because shared apartments don't come easily, and you must present to MA35 an apartment which you have secured and can register at the local district you hope to reside in (Medezettel) before they give you your residence permit, I will advise you to budget at least €400 - €500. I know it sounds expensive, but Austria is experiencing Inflation and the price of renting an apartment is surging too. Budget at least €1000 for security deposit (This would be paid to the landlord/landlady when you move into the apartment).

Make a solid plan for yourself as to how you will survive when you get into Austria. These rents are paid every month and don't expect to get a job immediately you land in Austria, no matter how skilled you think you are. So come along with some foodstuff and some funds that may last you for at least up to 3 months. If you can afford to come along with funds that will last you for 5 months - 6 months, then all the best.

If you are physically, mentally and psychologically prepared to study, live and work in Austria, then please start learning German. Start learning it from Nigeria, you will thank me later for this advice. Life will be easy for you if you can learn German to B2 level before moving to Austria. Learn some other skills like barbing, phone repairs, plaiting of hair, graphics design, photography etc. These skills can help you survive the first few months when you arrive in Austria.

Remember, it is not easy in Austria. Getting a job as a student in Austria is not easy especially in Vienna, because of the language barrier. So you need to prepare. Well I don talk finish sha.

FreeStuffsNG:
Despite being the largest economy in Africa, we are barely indebted to IMF. This is impressive. I reckon this was the forex support we got from the IMF during the covid 19 pandemic but today our economy is in surplus and our GDP keeps increasing quarter on quarter.

Below is the current data on Nigerian economy, Q3, 2023 as shared by Statisense


✅Q3 2023 GDP growth rate at 2.54%.

✅The Oil Sector had it best growth in Q3 2023 since Q1 2020 when it grew by 5.06%.

✅Improved Oil Production capacity, achieving the best output in Sept at 1.390 mbpd.

✅Achieved Trade surplus of ₦1.89 trillion in Q3 2023 and ₦3.52 trillion in 9months, Exports > Imports.

✅Stock Market performance of +38.1% Year Till Date.

✅FG surpassed its Revenue target of ₦8.283 trillion as at Sept 2023, achieving ₦8.653 trillion, a 4.5% above expectation.

✅Effective tax collection with CIT at +121% of its target and VAT at +11% (2023).

#Statisense
(NBS, OPEC, Budget Office)

https://twitter.com/StatiSense/status/1732148735746900053?t=GDJDpXxhrGJvUFgCmjN4lA&s=1


The naysayers, unpatriotic elements, criminal defamers, cyberbullies and liars will not see these milestones nor benefit from the progress we are making.

Ghana and Egypt no try at all. Ghana is particularly a very bad case given that 56% of her total debt were forgiven around 2002, it's today back in serious debt, economic quagmire and even unable to pay its debt. It's now offering to pay debt with gold and cocoa.

Nigeria is in great,steady, competent and patriotic hands. Dangote Refinery is to start production soon, dry season farming to ramp up our wheat, massive electricity projects on going, subsidy off, end to the use of our hard earned forex to defend a USD being overvalued by the street/unpatriotic speculators and a brilliant team headed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu!

All the enemies of Nigeria ti keran and will lose las las. They always lose.God bless Nigeria for ever! Check my signature for free stuffs!

Stop deceiving your Father abeg

Rating:
Pardon me o, but this sounds like the typical corner-corner way. Lol!

Toh, na you call am like that. I only said if you're hungry for something, you would find a creative means of getting it. I used to be in your shoes, and I found a creative means of getting what I wanted. So it's up to you.

lucksonlight:
Please I have been trying to book an appointment date for legalization at the Austrian embassy site but they keep saying they don’t have an available appointment date.

I sent a mail and they responded by referring me back to the site I keep on saying that there is no available appointment date.

If you really need something desperately, you would know what to do.

Ndaife:
Evening Guys..
Pls I'm new on this tread.
Will like to know if Austrian Embassy Abuja is issuing Appointment Dates for interviews, or do we have to wait for one year before getting such just like d way German Embassy is currently doing

The Austrian Embassy does not conduct interviews for Study Visas.

tutuwater:
Please what can I do ooh.
12 weeks have passed and I am yet to receive notification that the embassy is done with my verification.
The lawyer came to visit since November 4.
Is there anything, I can do to confirm what is happening.

You can send a message to the lawyer to ask what exactly is delaying the verification. Some Nigerian Universities are difficult to handle, thus this sometimes delays the verification process. So, if you had struck a good rapport with the lawyer, I'm sure he would tell you what is delaying the process. He's a Nigerian just like you are, I don't think he's a bad person. I'm sure he will give you a hint as to the reason for the delay.

Souzin:
Question: is it compulsory to legalize & verify primary school certificate? I'm intend going for masters

Please link to the Whatsapp group

It is not compulsory. I would recommend you don't waste your money doing that kind of legalization at all.

ChiomaMC:
Please my school sent my transcript to a school here in Nigeria that I wanted to do my masters in years back, but the school didn't give me admission. So I went to the school and took the transcript. Now can I use this for my Austrian application? Is it authentic? Will it be accepted for legalisation? Or I need a new one altogether?

It will be accepted. Before you submit your transcript for legalization, the Austrian embassy would want to know if WAEC has authenticated your transcript before they conduct their verification and legalization. So, just take it along with you and do your authentication first, but make sure it is still neat which I believe is the most important thing.

Osas14:
Hi Guys, i am new here, pls can i apply for school in Austria with my student copy transcript

Yes, you can. However, it is advisable to get your transcript and certificate legalized. Some schools in Austria won't give you your admission letter till they see your legalized transcript and cert. In some other schools, admission is so competitive that the edge you may have over other students would be your legalized documents. So you should get them legalized before applying, if possible.

spiSeyi:
There is nothing bad in jakpa just make sure you do your research very well and probably get 2-3 jobs processed over their b4 traveling . And I think that it makes no sense to jakpa because everyone are doing it, if you can make up to 10-20 M in Nigeria within a year I don't think the jakpa is worth it all you need to do is to invest more on your biz because only a minute of the migrants can save up to 10M within a year while working abroad.
You hardly see a well to do Igbo or aboki biz men jakpa , they would rather go for holiday or some biz trip

I agree with you, and I also understand that lady's perception. So, the thing is if you're doing well in Nigeria, don't jakpa. Don't even think of it because it's not worth it. These foreign countries don't give a shit about you, even on top of your own money. Their system is designed to make life easy for their people, and not for you who is coming from a third-world country.

Well sometimes people wouldn't understand until they travel out and see for themselves.

Most Nigerians don't like to help one another in foreign lands. In fact, if they see an opportunity to rip you off your small hard-earned money, they will quickly do so without hesitation.

It is what I see every day in the country where I live. It's so terrible.

Omobude244:
This is a tough one

Kindly drop your comments for the most corrupt body of the year 2023 in Nigeria

The judiciary of course. No other body can beat them for this year.

Na wa o, poverty is real o

Toh, wetin concern me, I no follow una dey Nigeria again, so if una like, make una dey mumu una sef for that Country. Even those stupid fowls supporting Tinubu go still follow suffer the suffer.

Racoon:
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