Bonn2007:
My dear irrespective of the war the poster's spouse in Germany doesn't loose anything in enquiring from the Foreign office in Essen via Email or Letters. At times applying a little bit of pressure is recommendable, so they up their game. Didn't you read where he/she said the whole silence is affecting him/her mental state?
Your waiting for PR appointment is a totally different thing and its up to you what you do about that.

Atopet:
Please house, is 3 months of Insurance accepted by the Embassy for the Family Reunion Visa?

Bonn2007:
Hello dear,

I am in Essen and we did family Reunion visa here. In our case it took around 1 or maximum 2 Weeks. Your spouse in Germany should write or send them a Mail/ letter enquiring the stand of things, stating that you haven't been updated yet by the Embassy inNigeria.
By God's grace they will reply you soon.

KingXXI:
I received an email requesting me to submit travel date and health insurance.

How do I submit travel date? By booking a flight?

Please help.

Amara97:
Good morning all. I need an affordable hotel near the Embassy to just pass a night for my interview. Any recommendations please

dpamou:
Our senior colleagues. Where do we find our lawyer from bikonu. This is 6 months and counting waiting for lawyer. Make una help us oh .

dpamou:
Our senior colleagues. Where do we find our lawyer from bikonu. This is 6 months and counting waiting for lawyer. Make una help us oh .

dpamou:
Our senior colleagues. Where do we find our lawyer from bikonu. This is 6 months and counting waiting for lawyer. Make una help us oh .

Mopricelezz:
Good morning, and happy Sunday. I need some help while myself and kids await our appointment mail.

1. So, I left primary school in primary 4 and never wrote primary school leaving exam. But I have a testimonial from my primary school. Can this suffice as evidence for my primary school education?

2. I attended 2 different secondary schools, and unfortunately, both secondary schools have packed up. Though I obtained my secondary school leaving certificate from the second.
Now my question as regards this is on the form to fill, I noticed that there is only space for one secondary school. So how do I incorporate the previous secondary school I attended and do I need to notify them that both schools are no longer in existence?

I would appreciate all the help I can get as this has been a huge source of worry for me. Thanks🙏

MrAnonymous:
Thank you. I saw it, but my colleagues in Germany say I'll need to take it.
Also, do you know if flight companies request it before boarding flights? I remember seeing this somewhere. Or that has stopped too?

pseudonomer:


Like I said, it's not a do or die if you work in an IT, I only applied because my foreign officer only gave me an official signed stuff, because according to him, it's better I do it because it will be subsidized for me, and lots of benefits to get citizenship faster.

Basically, there's google translate and deepl which is better than Google translate.

Also, as a blue card holder, you will get a permanent residence after 33 months with A1, I have A1 certificate but can't speak jack. As a German university graduate, you will get a permanent residence after 24 months with no reference to language. I have both.

You should have a language skill in the country you live in, same as Czech or Netherlands where nearly everyone speaks English...but it's not a do or die matter.

I have a friend who is a senior software engineer, works for FAANG, but can't speak German, he lives in Berlin and here for almost 6years.

If you don’t have skills, German is a must… you can't do warehouse jobs without German except Amazon.

I know nearly all German laws without speaking German, it’s easy these days.

I only support the user who said learning German is not a do-or-die matter, I know some of my classmates in the university that focused on German instead of skills and internships, but they are not still employed.

Learning German is necessary if you plan to live longer in Germany, but it's not like you'll die without German, and it's not like knowing German will get you a job that your skills do not qualify for.

Learn German, but don't be scared... It's not a 1 or 0 situation

pseudonomer:


You are right, but to correct you. My job contract is in English, and yes, it's a German company. I also previously worked for a German company when I was a student, the job contract is in German and English.

I studied in Germany, and the Ausländer officer speaks English with me right from day one of my student permit, to blue card. I've been in Germany for almost 3.5 years, I can't speak German.

It's not a do or die, if you work in IT... My company emails, meeting and documentation is 100 percent in English.

But I have applied for an integration course, though; I intend to start in October.

JahBwoy:


Lol depends sha on your location and work environment

I agree that learning German is important for integration but it's not a do or die affair from my experience. My work is fully in English and most residents here understand basic English. I've almost never met anyone here who can't understand English

Anthonyedr:
Hi actually that’s applicable to everyone. You need a certified translator to translate them to you in German. You can also get an apostille on them in Abuja or a notary public.



Omabisco, i am in the same position. I was told it will take up to 15 weeks to get the pre approval.

Can u enlighten me on how you managed to do this if you have.

Hello everyone,

My employer is asking for German translation of my degree and Apostille of my Degree for the pre-approval. Has anyone recently done any of this that can guide where to do this?

Thank you

Akhinoz:


Can you help provide food items to carry along with you and not to carry. Should it be in a “Ghana must go” bag

AmisOsas:
Good day everyone. Trust you are all doing good.

Please I want to confirm about the health insurance coverage for Germany. So apparently, there's a question on the visa application form: Do you have health insurance that covers the Federal Republic of Germany - long term stay. Tick yes or no.
The visa being applied for is an Ausbildung visa which is a long stay- 3 years.

How can one go about this health insurance coverage for Germany. Is it a very important document for the interview.

And yes! Someone helped us get a Reisekrankenversicherung (travel health insurance)
for 1 month. Does this particular insurance answer yes for the question on the application form?

Otherwise, like I asked earlier, how can one get this health insurance coverage for Germany or can the employer be of assistance in getting this health insurance coverage for the person?

Thank you in advance. I await your response.

Richard00000:
we've remonstrated no reply all this while and we've filed our case with the administrative court in Berlin don't know how long it will all take,does anyone know how long the administrative court in Berlin takes to respond on such matters?

Viju899:
Hi everyone,

Travelling in a few weeks and wondering if anyone could share tips on how package foodstuffs like dried fish and palm oil. Can I carry along ghana-must-go bag?

Thanks

Approvalissure:
Hello everyone, please I need help with my TOEFL payment. I would like to know if anyone could pay for me and I send naira to the person

adeinfinit:
Good evening! Our relocation agency in Germany requested for some documents including this

Marriage certificate with apostille and translation
into the language of your destination country - if
applicable

Who has an idea what the apostille entails and how to get the translation done?

Aminattah:
Hello.
My hubby is trying to register our marriage in his city in Germany. The city registry told him to submit some documents e.g our wedding certificate, passport data page etc and to fill the verification forms (same type of form that lagos embassy issues for reunion verification). He was also told that he will pay verification fee and they will contact lagos embassy to send a lawyer for the verification here in Nigeria. I understand this is the same verification process I would undergo after my visa interview later in the year. Someone once posted here that registering his marriage in his German city made the visa process faster for his wife and kids in Nigeria, that's why we want to try it.
My question is;
1. Will I be made to pay N150k for another verification or I can simply present the evidence/certificate of verification from my husband's city (it should be ready before our visa appointment date)?
2. Does anyone have an idea of how much it will cost him (the city office has not told him the fee yet. His appointment is next month)? We need to be financially ready.
3. Has anyone done this? Care to share?
Thank you.

MolecularSponge:
I am not entitled to it, infact he should leave it. I just beleive there is more to it. It´s not just this highlight he presented here, before some people will think that is how fast things could be. When presenting something like this endeavour to tell us the ko kko. This is why information on Nairaland is not applicable because people only present surface story

Mrbigman1:


This is not totally true.
Cameronians bring their spouses as fast as three months from application.

Ganesass:
Has anyone reported these demands by lawyers for bribes to the German authorities? What was the outcome?

mercy444:




Abeg which national is dis, cos what I knw is dat this pple suffer we Nigerians I say so wt reasons cos two of my hubby's colleagues at work , one's wife relocated to Togo ,she was lucky to get their residence permit there, den started d family reunion process , there u dnt wait up to a yr lyk Nigerian own , she said u get to choose ur appiontment date ,even if u wnt it d nxt day dat it's possible , d other of my hubby's colleagues wife in Bangladesch started dis family reunion process October last yr, her visit came out yesterday , this and many more stories I hear and see and it's absolutely clear dat it's jst d embassy being wicked to Nigerians cos they knw there's nothing we can do

Aj79:



please what About intended period of stay?

Josinobirian:


There is no way you can get a quicker appointment for Germany visa anyone that tells you they can help is a thief just know that

Germans are very strict and no back doors for appointment

Richard00000:
Been to DHL no docs yet,was finally able to call the embassy today, and they say they are still working on the visa and documents not sent yet, after asking me to submit travel date and insurance which have done for more than 3 weeks now,did anyone else expirence this?

QueenieDar:

@nuel80 and house please any input here

Richard00000:
Am confused I don't have the tracking code it's been more than a year I went for interview the travel date I gave them has long expired last week and they neighter,respond calls or mails

Atopet:
Probably you should have spoken about your experience, than using words like "faking" in your previous post, at least you've also heard from another person who had the PCR experience. Just FYI, my colleague is fully vaccinated and was returned because of PCR result older than 48hours, I also have someone who works in Lufthansa and confirmed it as a policy as at August 2021, So, its up to you to decide, its possible the conditions may vary by airlines and boarding points.