Mwhile:
Hi guys, compliment of the season to u all.Quick one, I got admitted into a uni. in Germany for master and am asked to pre-enroll through mail posting with so specified documents, which is not an issue but am asked to include an insurance certificate. Anyone with an info on how to get a student health insurance certificate should please give one. Trust in you guys for an info

Just tell dem u will get insurance upon ur arrival in Germany cus no naija insurance covers ur stay in Germany except if u av someone in Germany DAT will buy it for u which is a long thing considering DAT money will be deducted monthly from ur act to fund d insurance.

I told my SCH d same thing and dey waited. Wat is important is ur enrolment fees. Which SCH are u coming to

omoomoba:
Hi guys, would I be correct if I say that for a self sponsored program taking 2years, one would need to have at least €670*24months*227(exchange rate) = 3650160 naira for the block account? I thought it was around 2m for the block acct. Or one can pay for a year first Any more enlightenment please!

Wat dey are asking for is only for one year but if u av money surplus u can put excess, na ur money kill am

justwise:


Reply them with laptop or desktop PC first before using mobile device and avoid dropping your contact details here.

Plz is it a crime if I decide to drop my contact here and WO gave anybody the right to modify my message. I dint even know it's possible to modify msg posted by people and removing things from it. Are we in china, north Korea or Eritrea where dia is no freedom? Last I checked naira land is a Nigerian domain and u av just infringed on my freedom of expression by modifying my msg without my consent.

Plz don't turn ursef into a dictator here dis is a public forum and not peoples personal property so I can post wat I like so far its not insultive pornography or against d law.

I noticed dat some people here are trying to send me msg. Plz I av not replied dem cus I can't get ur msgs. All I get is so and so sends u a msg reply to connect but wen I reply I get a failure delivery msg. So plz if u av tried sending me a msg and I av not replied, I am not snubbing u jst dat I avnt gotten d content of ur msg.

Danke

Cindino20:


Don't get home sick my man...which city u dey...try this job agent "unique zeitarbeit" they re in major cities...all u need to do is apply fill d normal forms specify that u don't understand German...they gv jobs to pple even without german lang...well it depends on their client's need.....the job won't be regular they will call u whenever they ve something for u that suit u...then u record the number of hrs u work per week or Mth on a sheet of paper at the end of the Mth they pay u...

2. Look for nigerians in ur city Omo na dem go show u road o...work dey lang na barrier but men still dey run am...if no Nigerian around hook up with Cameroonians...

All the best bro....

Danke. Mixing with Nigerians and dey av bin helpful. I'm in Frankfurt

Mickyboiz:
@nevilbot longst tym aw studies? Noted tanx 4advc tho

studies is fine oo, finished the ist part of winter semester today. wont be going to sch till jan 12. just wish i could get a constant job. went to two job casting interviews during the week but i was turned down cus of my no german proficiency and speaking abilities.

im really tired jare, really feeling home sick

beebee5000:


@nevillbot The lady who told you this story, how was she able to survive with multiple jobs? You are given a specific time to work per week and during holidays and from research the money is usually not enough to depend on only, unless you earn Schwarzgeld and that is dangerous. Brother don't be tempted ohh.

Well how she did it I dint bother to ask details but I know she did it. Was still with her thru out sunday and we still av plans to meet this week cus she wants to help me with securing a messe job. There are rules on paper and dey can b bent a lil. Like she worked nights mainly but she is a success story now anyway.

She is still searching doe for after graduation job

when i read some comments on social media, i cant but pity the mental faculty of some people. a rail project that has not even started and one company is calling it world class and some people are already using it as an avenue to start a pdp apc war. why dont we wait till the next 25 years wen it will be 'ready' before we start arguing abt if its world class or not.

if the whites and advanced country we want to be like rejoice in speculative news do u think they will be wia they are today? and in 25 yrs time wen that real system is eventually ready which i totally doubt, will the rail system of these advanced countries still be wia it is today?

i dont just understand y we keep falling for the cheap publicity stunt of this clueless administration. for ur info, i am a nigerian residing in germany so i know what a world class rail system looks like not one that have not even stated and youths are already abusing themsef ova

i do not usually write long stories but i really think i have to do it today. i met a nigerian lady recently here in frankfurt and i think i should share the story she told me yesterday cus we guys already here can learn a lot from it.

she came to germany for her masters two years ago with a sponsorship letter from her brother and her broda only paid her rent for 2 months and her insurance for 5 months so she had to struggle to survive by getting multiple jobs yle studying. the gist doe is not abt her cus she made a success of it as she has graduated now with good grades but abt a friend dey came together from OAU ife to the same sch here in fulda, germany.

the guy (an ibo guy) in question had a blocked acct and was being sponsored by his brother in nigeria so he was very relaxed and would not work but will go flexing and wasting money with another guy from nigeria who was on a monthly scholarship. he would also be sending money home from this same block acct to his gf in nigeria forming don and partying and buying things from expensive stores, dating german gals, moving with unserious people. you all know that 8000 euro in germany is really chicken change so the money burnt fast and he had to start begging his broda in nigeria for more money.

the broda pitied him and sent him around 2000 euro to renew his permit cus he got one year initially but during the process of his being broke and finding it had to survive, he lost focus and failed the semester exam woefully. so the visa office refused to extend his permit and he was asked to return home cus he could not cope with the rigours of the masters program. it was so bad for him that they had to send money for his flight back home from nigeria as he had wasted all money on him.

on getting back to nigeria with nothing to show for it after wasting close to 11000 euro, his gf back home that he was forming don for broke up with him and used the saving from all the guys foolishness to travel out herself. now the guy is back in Nigeria with no job and no certificate to show from his germany adventure and his brother have refused to spend a dime on him again.


moral of the story: we know the sacrifice we had to make to get here, the nights searching online for schs, the periods fine tuning our motivation letter, the trips to lagos and abuja to certify documents, the nights reading for IELTS and TOEFL and in some cases also preparing for german language proficiency exam. Most importantly, we know the biggest sacrifices some of our parents and sponsors had to make for us to be here in monetary terms. some parents (like mine) took loans with huge interest rates using a valuable asset as collateral. plz and plz, let us face wat we are here in germany to achieve cus the authorities here would not hesitate to send us back if we mess things up.

im not saying we cant flex once in a yle but we should remember the saying that dia is time for evrything under the sun. for those with a mindset of coming here to flex with german guys and ladies wo are already citizens, i would advise we do it with sense cus if things go wrong, they have a social system to fall back on but we will be left hanging out dry. if we dont av sex in a year we cant die and dia is a way we will prove oursefs that these gals will offer themself to us on a platter. i already have two german ladies in my class wo wants my dick but im running with sense not cus im impotent but cus i know say time neva reach.

and for us who have fiances back home in nigeria, dont let wateva pressure they pile(stuff like u av not called today, u dint send me a msg, u know i need attention and money) affect us cus they cant understand wat we are facing here. if he or she cant wait, then let him or her go, another person will come.

my 2 kobo. takia

Got my resident permit today but it was just one year and it cost 100€.

If u are in ur ist semester like me and u av a b something certification in German language proficiency den u might want to check out this scholarship DAT i stumbled on. Mind u its only for dos already in German and still in ur ist semester of masters. I can't apply cus I don't av German language certification

http://www.scholars4dev.com/3761/heinrich-boll-scholarships-for-international-students/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scholars4dev+%28Scholarships+for+Development+%7C+International+Scholarships+for+Developing+Countries%29

Mickyboiz:
ar u serious you ar JW ? Plss let relate bro

Yes I'm a Jw. U can pm me

kelly4top:


Buy a bicycle and your problem is solved

Yes will buy one soon at d fley market. Got my ist job today oo thanks to d naija guy I met. I actually decided to boycott lab work today for d job and it was worth it. Got paid 85€ for 10 hrs job. Already got a call for another 2hrs for 30€ tomorrow cotc of anoda naija man i met in d kingdom hall as I'm a JW. Hoping for me

damsamty16:
Guten morgen people! am sorry i have been away for awhile..the education here has been really stressful and hectic for me it's not beeen easy atall..just trying to integrate with the german system because i have missed 7weeks lectures and lectures on 2 of my courses will end nextweek so i have to drop them.now am concentrating on 4courses and damn they have really gone far and i have alots to cover plus research works and presentation..not easy atall.Another thing am regreting right now is not learning the language before leaving naija..chai it's frustrating because 90% of this people speak german and if not because of BISSIEJOE AND KAYUSEBOSS maybe i would have packed my things and go back to naija out of frustration(just maybe)..big thanks to BISSIEJOE AND KAYUSEBOSS damn God is really using them for me.(PLEASE LEARN THIS LANGUAGE BEFORE COMING HERE).Also the hunt for accommodation is not been easy atall and very expensive(from 300-500euros monthly) so try your best to secure a place before coming here if you dont wanna spend close to 100euros daily on hotel except you have someone to accommodate you for awhile.

GUYS PLEASE BARE WITH ME OOO I NO BE INGRATE OOOO NA JUST THE WORKLOAD WEY TOO MUCH AND THE LECTURES HERE JUST BE LIKE MAGIC TO ME..WAS JUST LOOKING LIKE A MUMU..CHAI SEE AS BISSIEJOE AND KAYUS DEY LAUGH ME FOR CLASS TODAY..GOD DEY SHA

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

Eke40seven I really feel ur last post. Dis page dwells more on life before getting to Germany and less on after it bcus people WO got here b4 us are usually silent after getting here.

No one actually told us DAT u get to pay over 100€ for resident permit wen u get here until I raised d question. A lot of other issues like settling down here and getting a job are also not treated. I most confess DAT I av not bin finding things easy since I arrived cus I came here without knowing anybody and most of d tins I av done here were thru d grace of God WO made me meet a Nigerian guy DAT have bin so wonderful.

We really need those already here and settled to come back here to give to wia dey got from most especially in getting jobs as I most confess d 8040€ blocked is not actually enuf if u stay in a city like Frankfurt wia I am and I can't call home for money. U should also b aware that u av to pay enrolment fee again every semester and DAT was not calculated with d 8040 so if guys WO are already settled don't assist us just finding our feet won't d visa b a waste wen we loose our studentship?

I can Neva forget this forum cus its part of wat got me here and I hope others can help too

naijaobi:

dats not true dude. I hope u r not looking for office job o. I remember i once sent you pm as a Nigerian living in the same state Hessen, but you ignored me. Well thats alright. All i can tell you is to find some Nigerians living in frankfurt, they'll put you thru.

My 2 kobo.

I did not ignore u as I replied all pm I got from d members here and dos WO I replied can bear me witness. I did not get ur pm.

dolpaz:


You see what I tell people about learning the German language at least at the A1 level. God bless you Beebee for the little inspiration..I was really glad to see you that day with your spoken German top notch... I felt like a baby learning to speak Lil . anyway, am seriously advancing everyday and watching German movies also helps. I can converse with long sentences and also understand the verbs and conjugations. Now, back to Nevilbot, I pray you find a job asap. I know its not gonna be easy but do yourself a favour by applying for language course whilst you study and Job hunt. anyway, what's your field? if you are from an IT field, visit this site: http://t3n.de/jobs/ you'll find a whole lot of IT jobs there.. else, keep searching bro. God will see you through.

have a blessed week y'all

Before judging me for not learning German before coming u should av asked me y. I finished SCH and was posted to a village in Owerri IMO state for nysc. Got admitted to Germany during d nysc and did not even finish it wen I came to Germany with two months to go. So will I learn German from IBO speaking villagers in umuanunu wen d German SCH is in Lagos or how will I av sorted it.

I am not looking for a white collar job oo just something DAT will put coins in pocket. I av meet African people and I am really getting close to Nigerians here and sharing my probs and dey av bin very helpful. I'm even looking for an evening job as my masters program is 9 am to 4pm everyday and as for German classes I will stat one tomorrow. Thanks

I am finding it difficult to find a job in Frankfurt cus I don't speak German and d immigration office here only extend for one year so I need a job seriously.

Any help from any one WO has a link would be very helpful and appreciated cus I can't call hhome for money again oo after d sacrifice dey already made to get me 2.3m .guys in Germany plz help a broda oooo

D state govnor is a bloody liar shows DAT dey don't care about we d citizens. What about the lady student from ondo DAT was killed. Fasilat oludege. My very close friend is a friend to her and dey went to d same sec SCH, infant she is still in shock now and dis stupid governor is coming here to tell us only d suicide bomber was killed. The lady in dis picture named fasilat from ondo state is not a human being abi.

How I wish we could do wat dey did in Burkina Faso to our leaders. Bloody inhumane fools

Dehonourable:
I just hav to comment on d issue of seal/stamp that has been lingering on here. I applied to various schools including uni-assist wit d certification below and it was accepted without any problem. U guys shld refrain frm all dis confusion abegi.

Nobody is confusing anybody here. I applied to uni-assist using the same format i.e stamp and signature only, as yours and dey mailed me back to tell me it was not acceptable and gave me the link to d post I shared eailer about a seal. I mailed them back that that is wat my school uses to certify since I certified mine then initially at d registrar office and my svhoo does not use a seal. They replied telling me that was dia rule and dey won't bend it for anybody as its my duty to read understand and follow it before I applied. I forgot about it only for them to mail me back later that they will process my document and till today I do not know d reason for their change of mind. They processed it and I got the admission.

If u follow the sequence of this my gist u will c that uni assist has a standard which is written clearly on their site for all to read and follow. Other schs av diff rules. I did not even eventually use d seal bearing certification for any German SCH but odas myt not b that lucky. So if ur SCH says seal give them seal if dey say stamp give them and if dey ask u to send them torn copies tear ur cert and send them. Chikena no need bin aggressive and using d word abegi for us here as if we dey disturb u

Copies of authenticated documents – regardless of whether they are provided in electronic or paper form – are mere copies, and themselves are not authenticated. A copy will only count as authenticated if it bears the original seal of authenticationn


STANDARD OFFICIAL AUTHENTICATION

Official authentications must always bear original copies of the seal and signature of the authenticator. The official seal can be round or oval and contains an emblem. Authentications that only have a stamp on them will not be accepted.

If the copy consists of several individual pages, then it must be shown that each page belongs to the same document. It is sufficient if just one page bears the authentication mark and signature, as long as all pages overlap one another (usually in the top-left corner) and are stapled and authenticated such that each page bears a part of the official seal.
On notary authentications (with string and a seal mark), the authentication mark only needs to appear on one of the pages of the copy or transcript.

Your documents may be authenticated by the following institutions:
the schools or universities who issued them, or the relevant Department of Education in your home country
the Diplomatic Missions to the Federal Republic of Germany
the Culture Department at the Embassy of the country the certificate was issued in
the authorities and notaries authorized to carry out official authentications in the country in question

That is d instruction as I just lifted it from uni assist site
http://www.uni-assist.de/standards_en.html

DAT is d seal

Eke40seven:


Hi nevilbot,
I didn't reply xketchDesigns based on the enquiries he made about the format in Abuja (I don't know what theirs look like) but my answer is in respect to previous strings of enquiries he made and I responded to. And even as a matter of fact, the authority he will eventually use in Abuja either court or ministry may have different materials for certification but either will be accepted if the requested formats are right.
Before now, he said he had done one in Nassarawa or one state in the north or middle belt and that it bore only a stamp and not an emblem. I was then trying to correct an impression that as far as the stamp forms a "coat of arm" of may be the local gov., state or Nigeria, it will be accepted that it will only be rejected if it only has "texts" I.e letters and not symbols.
Do you get my point now?
So in essence, it doesn't really matter what you used in making the emblem (symbol, sign, coat if arm, badge), whether stamp, seal, fire, thread or gold, what they want to see is the emblem. I hope you get the message I was trying to pass across.

And further, EXCEPT, the school specifically mentioned that you should use that of the ministry of education EXCLUSIVELY, I don't see why you should spend a fortune couple with the stress and procedure of going to the ministry of education when most German school will only ask you to use relevant AUTHORITIES like courts and notary public or even their embassies which is way way more cheaper and convenient.
My two cowries!

Eke, even uni assist told me back then that dey wanted a seal and not just a stamp. Dey specifically sent me a mail that my certification was not enuf cus it only bore a stamp and wat they accept is a seal. They sent me a link to somewhere on dia site wia it is expressly stated that wat they accept is a seal. As I said I went to abuja den cus the Italian embassy told me to go dia and dats d only one dey accept. I came back from my abuja trip after spending 12k to do it and Goethe sent me my admission letter so I dint eventually use it cus I decided to go to Germany instead.

The process in MOE takes officially two weeks but trust IBO boys WO hang around d ministry as agents. I gave d guy 1k per document instead of d official 250 and my certification was ready d next day. Den at d ministry of foreign affairs, dey don't accept documents on Thursdays but my IBO guy just waka inside and came out 30 mins later with d job done even doe it was a Thursday.

So my guy this is how it is done. Go to education ministry ist . make two copies of each of d document u wantvto certify. Submit it with a waec scratch card if waec cert is among and dey will certify it with a seal and a signature no stamps on d original and photocopies. Den forward match to d foreign affairs ministry and submit only the photocopies as dey do not sign original educational documents dia saying its d jurisdiction of education ministry. Dey will den put dia own seal and sign. Dats all. I will upload pics of it later

XketchDesigns:
Please has anybody certified their documents in Abuja before? Please if you have, did it carry the emblem? Thanks

Yes it had an emblem of the Nigerian coat of arm like a seal engraved into the paper from d back but it was not in colours. The ministry of education will ist apply their seal on d original and two photocopies yle foreign affairs ministry will put their own seal on d photocopies only after they av seen d seal from d MOE.

To reply d person DAT ist replied u, the certification in abuja is not just an ordinary ink stamped thing ooo. No ink will even appear on the paper. Its a seal and den a signature of the person who puts d seal that will be on d certified documents and based on what I heard and made to believe wen I went dia for d process only 4 people can sign it in d whole of d ministry and if u take d documents to foreign affairs ministry with a diff signature from d four dey already know it will be rejected. All embassies accept this certification without exception cus it carrys d seal of d forieng affairs ministry. Na even Italian embassy even asked me to go do it dia cus that's d only certification dey accept as na uni of Trieste in Italy I ist get admission before baba God come say na germo I most come.

ogompaul:
I went to Nipost yesterday to send my application and I was asked if I would want it registered or unregistered and I asked them d differences btwn d two and dey said that registered can b tracked but d receiver will come to their office and collect the application buh if it's unregistered, it can't b tracked buh it will b delivered to the exact address written on the envelope, So, I ended up using unregistered. So, my question is how reliable z unregistered nipost mailing? becos I have exactly two week to deliver the application to d school before their closing date which z 15th November. please is there any hope at all? and it's ENUGU NIPOST dat used, please an urgent reply will b highly appreciated, Thanks.

Guy by using unregistered nipost u can kiss ur admission good bye cus u just used ur own hand to do ursef after many post on this thread talking about this issue. Do you think Nigeria post system works like Germany DAT dey will tell them to come pick letters in Germany? Letters are delivered to your door in advanced countries eida registered or not but the fact u used unregistered simply means the letter will not get there before Nov 15. When people like eke40seven keep shouting that u should read previous post u will think he is being rude. Guy pray for luck sha ooo

kennycanny:


Thanks for your response, I actually read d last 2 pages u talked about but still have question.
Its my university that will send the transcript directly, they only invite someone using courier to come over to pay for it , and in d process he will have the tracking number, but as for Nipost, the school just send it like that, student will not have opportunity to register it. That's y I asked how reliable is Nipost on unregistered mail.

My school did the same (Lautech) and I was even sending to Finland then.I checked d price for FedEx and it was 12k told them abeg send it through nipost of 500 naira.12 days later, I got a mail from Finland DAT my transcript Don land. So Bros let dem send it with nipost. Dey av a tracking for it cus na registered dey use. I sincerely do not want the issue of nipost to appear on this thread again cus at present nipost is the only federal govt parastatal that has been rebranded and working effectively. If I have to send any document ten times over, nipost all the way. Even stuffs that I bought from China got to me through nipost not one of them was tampered with.

igwejay:
the school i applied in germany requires 50 euro assesment fee before my application can be processed which must be transfered to their german account through bank fund transfer. the issue now is dat the two banks am using was like, i must own a dormicilary account before it can be transferred. but i don't want to open an euro dorm account because of 50 euro because i can't open it with a minimum of 100 euro. am just tired

Its free to open it with Gtb and d minimum balance is zero naira

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.

All those asking about TOEFL, the thing is u can't register it by ursef u most use an agent WO might stress u in d end like we av heard here. I don't know y u guys don't just register for ielts DAT u can register by ursef and get ur result wen u need it

As for emirates luggage of 30kg, I took Turkish and dey allowed 2 diff luggage's of 23kg each so if u do d maths DAT is more Dan emirates single luggage of 30kg and I still carry hand luggage join. And the advantage of Turkish over emirate is d distance of d second flight to Germany. The first flight from Lagos to Istanbul or Dubai is roughly d same but na d second leg u go which u av taken a shorter route cus u will b tired already. Turkish will b like 3 hrs to Germany while emirates will be anoda agonizing 7 hrs or dia about. I would av died if I took emirate cus 2hrs into my second flight I was already finding it difficult to breath in d plane. So my advice will b to take an airline with a shorter second flight to ur destination.

As per d cold, oh boy d tin Don wan kill me so Tay I Don go buy hand gloves Eskimo hoodie e.t.c even my jeans no thick reach. Guys don't waste money buying all does flat soles naija shoes called knock about, buy correct tennis with lace and ankle shoes with big soles cus d cold no b beans o.its 6 degrees today in Frankfurt if u know wat that means.

My main problem now is accommodation so if anyone has any link in Frankfurt that can assist me with that plz holla me asap cus I most leave wia I'm staying by 30 of dis month so if u no want make a naija broda sleep under bridge wen he has money in Deutsche bank plz help me.

All our dreams go become reality ooo

oladunwo:

Congrats bro, but are u telling us that NYSC certificate is not part of German visa requirements

Yes that is what I am categorically telling u. I did not av nysc cert obviously when I applied for my visa and did my interview . I was two weeks in Germany already before nysc cert came out so don't let any body bobo u. D v.o did not even ask me for any nysc related issues

Guys abeg congratulate me ooo. Today is my nysc passing out day. I'm a batch c coffa . though I'm now a MSc student in Germany but I still serve my fadaland small niw