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adeotun:
Hi everyone! Good evening I'm Ade ���
I have been following these forums and I really wish there was more detail with regards to work visas. I am a recent graduate ��� but I am a seasoned programmer and I got a job as a software developer in Germany. My company is really awesome and there's an organization paid to handle their relocation processing but I'm still a little stumped here. At this stage in the process, my relocation buddy sent me a guideline for the motivation letter and I sent back my draft for her to go through. She's not satisfied lol ��� can someone share the exact reason they put as their drive to work in Germany? I don't really see how I can link up Germany's strong economy with the software I build.

Here was part of her feedback this evening (it's not complete because I have rectified the other things she pointed out):

There are a couple of things that I would like to point out:
- I also love the work/life balance in Germany, but I'm not sure whether this is something that you should point out as the main motivation for your relocation. I would rather point out an aspect in relation to the economy, the German IT sector, etc

I think you sold yourself and your qualifications really well but your motivation to work with ***** seems a bit too generic to me. We need to convince the officer also that ***** is the only fit for you so that there is no other option but you going to Germany.

I dont remember spend time on the motivation letter. Maybe I was lucky but I wrote that letter a day to the interview


see what i sent

My name is ***, a graduate of Optometry from the University of Benin Nigeria. I was an eye doctor for a while before I made the switch to tech. Here are a few reasons that motivated that switch;

Firstly, I have always had a curious mind and tech has always fascinated me the most. Why did things work? How did they work? Are some of the questions that puzzled my young mind. This curiosity led me to google and that was the beginning of what would later lead to a career switch.

Secondly, although I was an eye doctor, I considered tech geeks to be extremely smart people and I wanted to feel that kind of smartness too. I began asking questions and finding answers on Google, Youtube and other online resources. It wasn’t long before I started to love tech with passion.

Finally, I see myself as a problem solver and I feel tech is the tool I need to solve some problems in the world.

In addition, I would love to continue my tech journey of solving problems in the Federal Republic of Germany.

jkong:
Lufthansa. It's more expensive but I wanted a direct flight to Germany and I didn't want to apply for a Transit Visa from the other Embassies
But if you want to save some $ You can use Turkish airlines or British airways.

Just check if you need a Transit Visa

I used KLM but I didn't need a transit visa.

@all is there like a whatsapp group or telegram group I can join please..

jkong:
Guys I made it to Germany.

It's just over a week since I got here so I'm still settling in. The weather is nice and Warm, no complaints about that.
The entire process took 1 month and 1 week after my Visa interview

And concerning the issue with my change of name (check page 59 and 60). It wasn't an issue. I asked the Embassy officer directly and he said it's not a problem as long as your academic documents BEAR THE SAME NAME AS YOUR PASSPORT.If your birth cert has a different name Just take the legal change of name document along with you. He looked at it but he said there's no need to submit it.
NOTE: This is for work Visa. I don't think it applies to family reunion since your name is the only way of establishing the relationship.

Thanks for all the Info and encouragement guys! I don't have much experience with the system here but I'm open to other questions before the Visa i.e Application process, requirements, Travel Insurance etc

What airline you used?

nuel80:
From my experience and that of persons I know, your passport is ready for collection, usually the embassy fix your visa to start counting on your travel date, so even if you get it now, you can’t travel until that day.
Send them a reminder mail or call before 11:00AM on official days

beatemp

Guys.. My documents came today

Visa is approved.

Thanks so much nuel80

beatemp:
Are you going to Berlin?

No hamburg

beatemp:
Do you mean June 17? Nawa o

I submitted mine June 22

They haven't responded to my emails as well. I sent it around past 9 today.

What date did you submit for departure?

yea.. June 17

July 20 for departure

could that be why?

nuel80:
If it’s more than 10 days since you submitted then your documents is either sent out via the courier envelope you dropped or waiting for you to pick up.
Write the embassy to know about your documents, they will reply you.
Send them a mail between 9:00AM and 11:00AM.

They have never replied my mail nor answered my calls.. Is it a format to get to them?

beatemp:
My bad, this was booked by my employer

Have you received your passport?

I submitted my health insurance and passport on July 17 and they haven't sent them back.

nuel80:
Yes it’s only your departure date you need to give them, but your departure should be minimum 7 days from the day you would submit it.

Hi Nuel,

does the embassy reply mails?

They have asked me to send a copy of my contract which I have done but I'm uncertain if it was recieved.

Is there a dedicated mail and phone number to reach the embassy? The numbers on their website dont always go through

have an idea?

nuel80:
I always advice and chose insurance providers from company in their country, it made it easy for me to getting the covid19 vaccine here. Find below the insurance company I used now and during my first visit to Germany.
https://www.mawista.com/.

I already got health insurance in Germany. My company did that on my behalf.. Do I still need another Travel Health Insurance and how many months?

Fabulousaify:
Haba. I don't know the answer to the question,if i knew i would have answered. But Nuel already answered naa... No vex

come and apologize in Germany

nuel80:
If it’s convenient for you, you can drop it off yourself that’s if you reside in Lagos, otherwise, it’s also safe for you to post it to them, I strongly advice you use DHL or UPS so you can conveniently check to know when it has been delivered, and then you can write the embassy to inform them that it has been delivered with date and who name of who received it.
Note: write your intended travel date on any available space on your travel health insurance but make it like 2 weeks ahead considering that they need minimum 7 days from the date your passport was delivered and also consider the days it would also take for the courier to deliver your passport.
Then also look out for your passport as the embassy would also send it back to you via the courier envelope you submitted during your application.
Congratulations

I live in Lagos and have a car.. I cant really tell which is more convenient but thanks

Congratulations ?? They never gimme visa yet na

Fabulousaify:
Please how does one get this travel health insurance?

You are not a nice person. You are one stage ahead of me and I asked you questions relating to the stage you just passed and you couldnt respond but here you are asking a question.

How Ironic.. If others are like you, this thread will be dead

nuel80:
What they are asking for is your international passport and your travel health insurance, if you have already sent this documents to them, write them and inform them about the date you dropped it off either by yourself or by courier, provide them with the name of who received it and delivery date.

Thanks

I figured I had my Passport with me

How do I suggest I post it?

Myself or via courier?

Fabulousaify:
They mailed me yesterday that they were done with the verification but I'm required to submit a new certificate and also another affidavit of spinsterhood

Hi

I just got a mail similar to this but my documents are already with them. The originals


See what was sent to me

In your above-mentioned visa matter you are requested to kindly forward the following documents to the undersigned (you may either forward them via courier service or drop them directly at the gate of the Consulate General):



your passport
a travel health insurance, valid for six months starting from the date of travel
(plus one photo copy)
Please also indicate your travel dates, bearing in mind that your departure should not be scheduled any sooner than at least 7 days after the posting of your envelope.

Kindly put the date in writing and send with the requested documents.

Is there a Whatsapp group somewhere? Most people don't come back to this thread after getting their visa

Dreadlord:
Hi please I have finally received my visa from the embassy. Please I just found out some documents are missing.
I took the vorabzudtimmug and Bundestagentur fur arbiet documents but only the vorabzudtimmug was returned to me. My Bundestagentur fur arbiet is missing. Please is this normal? Are they not supposed to return this as well

Boss. I applied for the skilled IT Visa and I have the vorabzudtinmug and the others... Can I send a DM please? I need help.... My appointment is in 2 days.. May 28...


What is that letter of motivation and is visa application form same as residence permit form?

tempuser2:
I benefited from this thread a lot while trying to figure things out myself so, I decided I'd help with some info of my own.


I'm a software engineer and recently got an employment offer from a german company. I already knew the wait time for the appointment was insane so even before the interview process concluded, I was already looking for alternatives. I came across the fast track process for skilled workers during my search. https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/looking-for-foreign-professionals/targeted-recruitment/entering-working-in-germany/the-fast-track-procedure-for-skilled-workers/

Then when I got the employment offer, I informed the employer about the crazy wait times and the ability to fast track. Thankfully they were already aware of the fast track process so they were happy to go that route.

They requested that my degree certificate be certified and I did that at the Ministry of Foreign affairs in Abuja. After they had this and other documents (reference letter from past employers, passport data page, mawista health insurance), they applied for the pre-approval from their end. I can't say exactly how long this took because I don't know when they applied but, I sent the final document they needed on October 15, 2020. They also sent me a bunch of documents I had to sign and get back to them.


The company informed me they got the pre-approval on November 2, 2020 and I applied for an appointment same day using the WITH Approval link. I got a response for an appointment same day as well for November 20, 2020. Went for the appointment with all my documents and some extras that the company sent me to submit along.

At the appointment, I made a mistake by not photocopying the extra documents the company sent me. I assumed they'd take it as-is and tried to explain the company asked me to just submit this alongside the application. But the man that attended to me was very agitated by this because according to him, they're not "original documents" and I needed to have copies. It was all a lot of documents and making two copies of all made no sense to me (I didn't tell him this lol, I just stopped talking because he started saying I was arguing even though I was just trying to explain).

Long story short, I only gave him the documents I had copies for and he added those to a docket/file and gave me to take in. But I still went in with the other documents. At the appointment the lady asked questions about why you want to go, how you got the job, future plans etc. Then she specifically asked for a document which wasn't in the docket, she said if I had it, it would be an instant visa approval and she kept repeating the German name of the document. I looked for it in the documents the company sent and I found it thankfully, it was the Federal Employment Agency approval (not to be confused with Vorabzustimmung or the "pre-approval" ).

She also complained about me not having copies of that Federal Employment Agency approval document but she took it. I used the opportunity to submit some other documents the company sent that I thought would help, like university degree recognition stuff.

On November 25, I got the approval mail and was asked to submit health insurance plus travel dates. Submitted the documents by November 26. The consulate sent back my documents by December 2, 2020 but DHL delayed and I got it all by December 4, 2020.

Hi, I am in the same dilemna.. Didnt know of the ridiculous wait time and my contract is supposed to start next month.

I didn't study computer science in school too.... I got a software engineering job in Germany.. What's your advice for me?

SunriseW:
Do what?

count all the items you mentioned

maynation:
How about you learn simple and correct English first?

Be my tutor then... Will be glad...

We can't all be masters..

Pidgin is my forte I guess...


I want to send a bird your way... I'd love you send it back with a message?

SunriseW:
Just continue somebody will pass,but it will be someone that doesn't like plantain.
You have not even started searching, you have not seen one who will finish the plantains raw without frying
Keep on counting it piece by piece.
When you marry her, also count rice, beans, and don't forget measure yam with ruler.�

So much experience in few lines.. Did someone do this to you?

maynation:
You want to tutor me on how to write/speak in pidgin?

We could start from there....

I teach programming in pidgin...

Back to the question.....


How do you wanted to be toasted?

Here or phone

Hello maynation

the other room (your thread) is too crowded with people... I want to toast you privately...

Whassup..... can we talk here?

aycorporat:
Bro, do you mean to say this guy richdad50 that advises people is a scammer? Please bring out more details about him

He is reno omokri.

Thats a decoy.

He scams people under the guise of free leah sharibu campaign.

Richdad50:


A Fatal Attraction

Why do you scam Nigerians of their hard earned money?

Whenever someone engages you in your dishonest way to make money in an attempt to understand the rationale behind your schemes, he becomes the enemy.

Your generation will pay for this evil you do.

A child is in captivity and the best you could come up with is to exploit the situation to fill your pockets.

Travelling up and down for fun in the guise of a campaign.

Your son will be kidnapped by a deadlier sect and buhari's relative will exploit the opportunity as you have done to Leah.


You shall reap this evil you have sown.

nonsense politicians



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