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energixx:
Please I need advise

I got a PhD in Germany which comes with several gadgets (laptop, desktop, phone, flight coverage, residency option etc) and huge salary. At the same time, I got a PhD offer in the USA with a research assistantship.
The salary in Germany is 1.8 times the one in the USA
USA PhD will take me 5yrs to complete while Germany will take me 3yrs
The course from Germany directly aligns with my interest while I'm gonna be picking up another field in the USA, all in Engineering.

Which one will you advise me to go for?

I believe your an adult. and adult think futuristically. Money should not be your priority now. unless you love German language, then come to Germany but if you do not want the stress of learning language, better go to USA and live your live. More opportunities would follow after your PHD in usa. After your PHD in Germany and your not able to get a Job, They will kick you right back to Nigeria but in the USA, with a PHD your eligible to apply for green card. Be wise

mercy444:
I have written to their headquarters in Berlin thru that email address bt still they haven't replied me. please do u knw watelse I can do? they still came for my baby's document verification cos they said I shld pay 100k at the embassy which I did, since April d lawyer came for document verification of jst his birth certificate, since den I've not hrd anything from dem, I've written several mails to both d embassy. both my husband and I yet they dnt replied, my husband contacted d foreign office of his city bt they said there's nothing they can do, dat we shld jst kip contacting the embassy. my baby is 9months nw and still I don't know my faith, I started dis process wen he was jst 1month plus. I jst pray that God helps me and any1 in dis type of situation. Amen

I honestly know how you feel. you need answers urgently. your case is different because your baby is no longer a newborn and u might not have notified them of your pregnancy during your visa process. that is why they are doing that verification and besides, your applying for a German passport. Germans do not give it any of their documents easily, they deliberately want you to suffer for it so that you will cherish it when you get it.
This is summer time in Germany and most Germans are on holidays, so do not expect urgent reply. relax and exercise patience. but keep sending emails bacuase they read all their emails and deliberately ignore it.

The auslanderbehörde in Germany do not like to interfere with lagos visa process, though they have the right to interfere but will choose not to interfere because of German law of amt independency. in my friends case , the lawyer wrote to both Auslandebehorde and lagos consulate but lagos never replied until after dead line the lawyer gave them. please relax, i will advise you to remove your mind from it but keep writing email to them, it is your right. your husband pays a lot of tax and they must honor it. they can only delay it but not forever.

Fabulousaify:
No i haven't. Still contemplating if i should send my passport, travel insurance and date of departure that they asked me to send before i write them that i put to bed while waiting for my visa. As it stands now I'm even confused, someone told me this evening that if i do not travel that i might have to start the whole family reunion process from the beginning. I'm tired

many of us suffer in silent here. I really pity the good hearted Nigerians. we do suffering and smiling. I remember posting a lot of things here when i was in your shoes and no one cared and people that I messaged did not even reply me. Thank God my family is with me now. I fought the fight with God and won.

my advise to you is that you should never travel without your baby. write them asap and tell them about your newborn. that will even expedite the process of your newborn. They will not do verification for your newborn. They will only request for the passport and birth certificate. I believe when you went for interview, they knew you were pregnant?. furthermore, Embassy read every email you send them but they are not obliged to reply you. by law, email is not German form of communication. write them the convectional way ( by post). If you do not get reply. write to their head quarters in berlin ( 509-visa@zentrale.auswaertiges-amt.de). they will reply you and send the email to Lagos on your behalf.

Finally, do not relent. as long as you do not forge any of your documents. They are by law obliged to honor your application. They can only delay it but never forever.

Those of you that hoard information. continue and those of you that are good, please keep being good. God has a way of rewarding you in one way or the other.

Tschuss.....

[quote author=MarvinAjereh01 post=102341895]I got denied because of age difference , after 3years of fighting. Not that my documents was incomplete but they just decided what they wanted . My question is that how do they know that Gays love each other . German embassy is unfair.

I and my fiancé , hired a German lawyer to sue the embassy and she has requested all my documents from the German embassy Lagos to be handled over to her [

So sorry to hear that. Tell your fiance to make sure that the lawyer has your best interest at heart. some lawyers literally dont do anything. they just collect your documents and dont fight for your right.

nuel80:
After the much awaiting time, I am finally here with a testimony, I got my visa, the journey was not an easy one, I noticed German embassy don’t keep to their own side of the requirements sometimes, I was made to pay for visa fee and of course verification fee which I guess was compulsory in most cases, but they have an A1 language certificate exception if your spouse is a German, but even after submitting the first one that got expired, I was forced to get a new one, some persons were lucky to take the test ones and pass it, in my case, I had my first attempt in South Africa, second attempt in Lagos, then the lockdown hit in and institutions in Nigeria was closed, I was given a deadline to submit a new one, that made me travel to Istanbul, Turkey to take another test, this time, I gave it my all by forsaking my business in Nigeria. Sent them the result but I guess they doubted it, because they asked I send them an entry and exit stamps to Turkey, I did all that, before they asked for my passport and insurance. Submitted that on Monday the 3rd of May, with a note that I would like to pick up my passport since I have a return flight to Istanbul, these people ignored that request and sent my documents to Edo state, I had a supposed flight to catch on Friday the 14th but I missed it because I was looking for my passport, finally got a call in the evening for passport delivery, paid quite a large sum for it to be sent via flight to Lagos for me, but it did not make it to Lagos until the 15th of May.
But in all these, I give God thanks for his grace to believe he had the best plans for me.
I wish everyone here success in your application.

congrats. just look at what you went through . Sometimes i keep asking myself if we are dealing with humans or monsters

MarvinAjereh01:
Please please N/L house , I am in a hot seat now , the embassy wrote to me first week of this month to come and take my passport and do a new one because my own passport has only 2 months to expire, they have been holding my passport since September last year , now I went to Ikoyi passport center here in Lagos , to do a new passport and after capturing , The immigration officer told me that there is no booklet at the moment and it’s a nationwide something and that he would give me a document, indicating that I have applied for a new passport and paid fully for it and my second interview at the embassy is on Monday, please what should I do ?

Please how did it go ? did u later get a new passport or did the embassy accept the document immigration officer gave u ?
Please it would also be nice if you could reply my dm. I am facing the same situation

ibukunpops:
You are good to go.

I travelled with my baby @ 3 weeks old and I had CS

Body is different sha but a multivitamin drink helped me heal fast, the name is Trevo, started taking about a month or two to delivery and continued for a few weeks after.

Thanks for the reply

njidekachi:
very well recommended.
For those of us that does white collar job 2months is even too much, Infact i am use to leaving before 2 months, not even once cos i need to stay at home a while before resuming work.

Thanks so much

Please what are your recommendations about travelling with a 2 months old baby to Nigeria? is it recommendable or advisable ?

experienced mothers please advice based on experience

Debbieeeeeee:
Please any tips for dates searching in Lagos ? I just paid and filled a form , the thing is giving me 2/1/24.
Pl appreciate any tips

seems they have adopted German embassy method. Nigeria is finished . God help us all. No encouragement for the good guys. these people want to make everyone to take the option of jumping through the sourthern border

Godson201333:
You are only qualified for a re-union visa, if you have unbefristet Aufenthaltstitel. This is not your case.

Your 18 month visa is only valid for you to look for job so that you can qualify for the Blue Card/ employment visa.

You are not going to get the 18 month residence permit issued at once, They will split your 18 month into two.

It is not wise to start any reunion visa process but your wife might apply independently for a German student visa.

some things you stated are not true like You are only qualified for a re-union visa, if you have unbefristet Aufenthaltstitel . Many students bring their spouse as long as they are still studying and they are usually required to block some money for their spouse and kids. I will not advise you to apply for 18 months yet. if your purpose is for you to bring your wife while still in Germany. then get another admission after studying your current program. during your wife interview, I would advise that your wife should tell them that she planned to also study in germany while being on family reunion.
Please if you plan to leave germany after your study. better dont stress your wife through all these german protocols cos the stress is not worth it. your dealing with people that are determined to ruin your peace of mind with their bureaucracy.

customised87:
In Abuja, the earliest date is Nov 1, but there are no appointment dates in Lagos for now. I can’t really say why

Thanks . atleast this saves me the time and energy in filling the D-s forms

Please who knows the date I will get if I apply today for my B1/B2 visa interview ? there are no dates on the websites before registering . I do not know if I will see dates after filling all the fields? Please those with experience should help out

nwigwemark:
Good day ladies and gentlemen, my wife and children had their interview on the 4th of January and I received this email from my Landratsamts this morning

Dear Mr.

In the meantime, the visa application documents for your wife and children have been received here.

You will be asked to attend the above date to submit the following documents:

1) A short written description of the course of your relationship with your wife so far
(Getting to know each other, engagement and marriage)
2) Written short description of the planned further center of life - would you like to live permanently with your family in Germany?
Or are you planning to return to your home country after completing your studies?
3) Evidence of how the family's livelihood and health insurance will be covered
(e.g .: family scholarship, savings account with blocking notice, planned job for your wife?)
4) Planned living space?
Submit a copy of your rental agreement stating all additional costs and the size

Please note that this is only preliminary information; further documents may be required.

Please note: just hand in the documents, a more detailed discussion cannot take place.

Please experts in the house I will be glad if you can give me insights on how to respond to this especially especially number 2.
Please note that I am here as a student.

Please help me out to avoid mistakes

you have to be diplomatic as well. The German embassy is very cunny. You also have to play their games.
1. I believe you know what to write her. Just write an epistle of love story in MS word and later convert it to PDF
2. be very diplomatic here, Germans never answer questions directly cos of legal reasons. I do not know what you told them during your student visa, but most people always jam talk by saying they will further with PHD and come back to Nigeria to impact their knowledge. So the best thing to answer here should be that " at the moment you need your family to be close to you to enable you focus on your studies and long distance relationship is having an effect on your studies" . By saying this, your not being direct and they cant quote you out of context in the future.
3. Get a block account and send it to them.
4. Rent a bigger space. each adult is 12m3 . so do your calculation by the number of families you have . GERMANS do not care about the number of space. they care about the size of the apartment.

Ganesass:
Hi everyone,

I got a job as a software engineer in Germany and am able to get the EU blue card too. I would like to bring my family over from Nigeria. Does anyone know what the process is like and what I should do?

I saw at the embassy website that the earliest date my family can get for Visa application is November 2021. This is incredibly long time. Is there a fast track process or anything I can do to shorten this time?

Thanks for your help.

we all are facing the same thing. so the early you apply for it, it is the better for you. lamenting wont solve the problems

MrsM2019:
Hello everyone, please I will like to ask if anyone is in this same category with me regards this visa process.
1. I did my interview on the 29th of July.
2. My lawyer called in August but completed the verification process in September.
3. I got an email on the 18th of November confirming my verification has been completed and requesting for my passport with my new data ( I changed my name after marriage). The mail also came with a request that I submit a reconciliation of name affidavit.
I submitted all these requested documents on the 19th of November and I have not heard back from them since. They have also not reached out to my spouse in Germany to submit any document. So I was wondering if there are other people like me and I am not the only one.

IT is possible that your spouse wont be contacted at all throughout the process if you had submitted his payslips and work contract documents and house contract. Nigerian embassy likes documents a lot. if they need to verify anything at all, they easily contact Berlin or the stadthaus of your spouse.

So relax, the next step for you now is to be called for your passport and travel insurance

asamwababy:
I thought i was the only one that noticed this.

To be honest this is gross incompetency on the path of the embassy.

I submit a valid docs to you in the course of an application with date of appointment of interview fixed at your own convenience, and you come back to ask me for another valid A1 again.

This is the height of it all.All this incompetence needs to be tabled before the consulate.

The truth is embassy does not want you in Germany. Family reunion to them is not adding anything to their economy especially for Nigerians. I put up a tweet and nobody retweeted that. When we are ready for a change, a change will come. We are not ready. The A1 certificate is just a way to frustrate you the more. By next year, they will introduce B1 certificate for family reunion to make it impossible to enter through family reunion. Then when you did not complain, they will reintroduce another B2 and so on untill you give up and never dream of going to Germany

Richard00000:
what if my wife is German do I still need the A1 result?

I do not think you need it. The people that need it are people that mostly have Aufenthaltstitel

Diaperssbabies:
Please check your mail

Did your interview latter held on Friday?

toystars:
First, not all European countries are in the EU. And for those not in the EU. they also have a somewhat long wait time to get their visas. As I mentioned before, you can't put 100% of the blame on Germany. And to be clear, I am in no way justifying the long time families spend separated from one another.

I believe your very educated so I want us to have honest conversation. I asked a simple question. Why cant I blame them 100%? Who issues appointment? (German consulate), who determines who gets visa? (German consulate).

Now my question is, Why cant I blame them 100%?. Do not give me reasons by comparing Nigeria to other countries waiting times. Which ever country it is. Separating families that met their ridiculous requirements is never justified in any way. I gave you reasons why it can never be justified in my earlier post no matter the country it is, whether EU countries or non-EU countries. If you love your family believe me, You will never spend a day without them in this life. Life is too short to spend it outside your family.[b][/b]

[quote author=toystars post=95109708][/quote]so your justification is by comparing Nigeria with just two countries? . First of all, EU does not need visa to travel within Europe and 5 months is not the same thing as 1 year waiting for appointment date. Work permit is never the same as family reunion. Someone whose families are not with them in Germany has 80percent chance of loosing his/her job because of lack of concentration. Job search visa can never be compared to separating families.

Pakistan and Nigeria are the only countries suffering from this appointment system. I was expecting you to justify Embassy by stating that Nigerians applicants are many, which if you had said that, I would tell you that India, Chinese and USA applicants are more than Nigerian applicants. The only reason they are able to do this to us is because our leaders/ambassadors are not representing us properly. Nigeria is just like Pakistan, Pakistanis leaders does not give a damn about them as well.

There is no justification for separating families especially to families who meet their ridiculous visa requirements. You live in Germany right? and they put you in tax class 1 knowing fully well that your married. and your happy paying that ? spending in Nigeria and spending in Germany? .
Assuming you have kids, so you book a different date for your kids and your justifiying this?
assuming you have a 2 year job contract and before you even start application, your job contract has finished. yet your justifying this? please set your justification right.

toystars:
I understand your situation. I also started family reunion visa process for my wife and son in June 2019 and visa is yet to be issued. But to be fair, we can't put 100% of the blame on the German embassy or immigration office. All the same, I totally agree they should do better and not make this process as time consuming and complicated as it is right now.

Please I want to hear your reasons about not putting 100 percent of the blame on them. Let's be reasonable here . How many countries do they treat like this? Do u know families pay tax as single person here and yet refused to grant their families appointment date . What's your justification of this act,,,?

ndewogermany:
This is the kind of spirit i need. I am trying to post on twitter but twitter is not working for now. when I create. I will send the link here so that people interested can retweet it. Please we need to voice out. Dont keep quiet

This is the link.please let's retweet this
https://twitter.com/GermanyNdewo/status/1318273792951656450?s=19

Mrbigman1:
I have sent them several mails but I kept getting unscrupulous replies from them.
I asked them if we are a different people from Ghana who choose date themselves? Or their family values of keeping families together ended at the Nigerian border line ?
How can you keep families away all through the pandemic and over yet you can’t be remorseful.
We can tag them and the useless Nigerian embassy in Berlin and National Assembly and buhari.
They are doing multi billion euros business with nija but want to keep her ppl at arms length

This is the kind of spirit i need. I am trying to post on twitter but twitter is not working for now. when I create. I will send the link here so that people interested can retweet it. Please we need to voice out. Dont keep quiet

Ajereh01:
I just don’t know , I went for my interview 2nd of last month, I have already done my verification since . Up till now , I haven’t heard anything from the embassy! I’m just depressed

Until we wake up. nothing will be done. there is no need to be depressed. your dealing with heartless people. those people in that embassy are very heartless and wicked. I suggested a protest and nobody supported. we are doing ourselves. until we are ready for a change, then change will come

Ahmed4002:
It's just so unfair the way we Nigerians are treated. I register for my spouse since June 2019. We got appointment for March 30th 2020, and it was canceled due to the Covid 19. Since then, she's yet to get a date.

While people are still getting date for visa.

So imagine staying away from your family for over 3 years or more.
It's just like a desperate action to cause us our marriages

Honestly, these are the things we need to voice out. if we keep quiet, we wont be heard. this your situation is very sad. Germans value there families a lot and will never want to be separated from them. Just look at what happens during Covid19 lockdown. You saw how badly they complained, atleast they felt a little impact of immigrants being separated from their familes.
Please we need to voice out. we need to protest or else we keep suffering becuase we are Nigerians. Image writing A1 exam and keep waiting for an appointment and they tell you that your result is invalid and that you need to re-write. We need to protest and tag Angela Merkel

Ajereh01:
The German embassy doesn’t want you to know this because they know what they are doing is unfair.I waited for 2 years to get an appointment at the embassy, I went to the embassy on the 2nd of this morning and my marriage is next tomorrow in Germany. Well the marriage document I got from ( stadtamt) would expire on the 2nd of October. In conclusion it’s a crime to be a Nigerian . The world sees us as nothing!

This is very sad to hear. this is the kind of things international communities frowns at. Just because of their unfairness families are separated and unhappy. I believe in doing the right thing and following the accurate path, but this is not encouraging for the hardworking Nigerians.
We have to change this, we need to protest. even if we do not have time to do it at embassy, we can always tweet and tag many embassies including european union. it is not crime to be a Nigerian

Oriaku1:
Hallo Haus,
Plz those dat went for interview this week should kindly post their transcript.. To give us that are waiting hope... This long wait is frustrating me now, this the 9th month i registered for appointment... ��

Seriously speaking, this embassy new appointment system is wickedness of the highest order. why will they intentionally separate families like this. This is just for an appoint and not even verification time. that means adding verification time will take 1.5 years.
I recently saw people protesting for student visa at the embassy . that was really commendable. I wish we can do so for family reunion visa. if there is one thing international community frowns at, it is separating families.
It is so sad that this thing is happening to only Nigerians. Got to Ghana website and you will get appointment date. when has it become a great crime to be from Nigeria.