DawnEden:
I just joined NL today but have been a guest for the past two years. This treads has prompted him into signing up into NL. For the past 1 weeks, I have been reading comments from the tread oracle @Eke40seven concerning the german life and german visa application, and @XpensiveT for the #TeamFreiburg movement. One step at a time. For anybody applying into the university of Freiburg or has applied and gotten an offer letter. i have some few questions.
1. I would like to know whether my recommendation should include the referee's questionnaire only or both the recommendation letter and the questionnaire?
2. I would also want to knw will the university wait after May(which the application deadline) to give one an offer or reject letter?
3. What does an certified copy of certificates means?

@Eke40seven @XpensiveT and the lovely family, pls your help and comments will be appreciated

Let me put in my 2cents...

1. I would like to know whether my recommendation should include the referee's questionnaire only or both the recommendation letter and the questionnaire?

Most schools only require the letter of recommendation but where there is a questionnaire involved, you would have to look at the list of requirements properly for guidance because some schools just require the signed questionnaires but if the requirement states that separate letters of recommendation should accompany the questionnaires, then so be it.

2. I would also want to knw will the university wait after May(which the application deadline) to give one an offer or reject letter?

I may not be the best authority here as Freiburg isn't my city but in most cases the schools take a few weeks after the deadline to decide before offers are sent out unless they have a rolling admission policy wherein applications are evaluated as they come in and offers given.

3. What does an certified copy of certificates means?

In simple terms: make photocopies of your original documents. Take those copies to either the German consulate in Lagos or any High court and get a notary public to stamp and seal those copies. These stamped and sealed copies have now become certified copies of your certificates which you will send as part of your application package.

liopub:
Hello House, I will like to know if it is important for Applicants to have Secondary and Primary School Leaving Testimonial as part of the checklists required for Postgraduate students Visa interview in German embassy. Urgent response needed Please.

Either the testimonials or the corresponding certificates would suffice. Any one of them would be fine.

Regards

welDONE:
bro whats wrong with my question, feel bad you answering me that way. my GP 3.01
wnted you and some bosses to suggest schools i could apply for masters without TOEFL and GMAT but that English proficiency letter. I mean schools with areas that are work friendly. Studied materials and metallurgical engineering.

The only thing wrong with your question is that it seems to portray you as being lazy with the research you need to get what you want. I do not think anyone here will have the answer to your question because the requirements of each school changes every semester while some remain the same. It is your job to research the schools offering your choice course(s), check all their requirements to see which ones fit your profile and if not sure about their specifics, you can send a mail to the contact person(s) for the programmes to get a more concise answer to your question.

So giddy up and do the work, you will be better off at the end.

Regards to everyone out here......we all are still here ooo....

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Hi Seyi,

I you should have a response. Check your mail.

modified:

Lekan (if na you ooo) na wa for you ooo. since october 3 or so wey u say u go comot naija i no see your brake light. God dey ooo. Reply my mail with your digits make i buzz you.

duro4real:

Okey thanks my old passport has expire two years ago.

2 years!!!

Mistakes do happen but I saw this same scenario play out a couple of times I was at the embassy.

All the best to you

duro4real:

I mean my uncle in Germany may not see
somebody to send with the invitation letter, and
let me suggest this u know out of the documents
sent to me, my passport number just reflect on
two which is the application letter and the
invitation letter, u know appointment letter is
different from application letter, what about if I
re registered for a new application letter that will
contain my new passport number and I tell them
at d embassy that when coming next week dat I
will come along with a new invitation latter. Is
dat possible?. Pls suggestion needed.

Let me chip in a few words here.

My advice is that you book another appointment immediately with your new passport details. This will most likely be the response you will get at the embassy but I am not trying to discourage you from going there or following all the previous advice given.

For you to get to the VO, your passport will be examined at the gate which is where your troubles may start because they will check the passport number and the expiry date before allowing you in. So my advice is that you go with the both passports and present the old one at the gate. You may then be tackled on the expiry issue which gives you the opportunity to explain your way out of it. This is where it will either start or end because if you sell yourself well and they have a workaround then you are in, otherwise you would be told to go and book another appointment with the right passport number.

Did you book the appointment before the expiry of your passport? if yes, this may aid your explanations but I am sure they will counter with the fact that the booking system gives you available dates which should inform you whether or not your old passport would suffice.

All the best...

Obiwannn:

Ain't difficult to un brick na ... As long as it's not a perma brick.. There are some stores selling cheap second hand phones. You should try that out.

I no pray make this one be the permanent brick o...but the thing no even gree power on sef

Obiwannn:

Oga boss, how your end NA? Oboy school for here no be play oh... Imagine I had lectures 8 to 6 today...Several times I've said to myself, like say work dey 9ja person for no come this kain hard country for MSc o.. But I just gats motivate myself and do the needful. Again the 9ja stress of cramming plus teaching yourself plus going to night class is going to help a great deal. Hope Kiel no be like that oh... Now I understand why our ogas no dey too come here often once they enter Germany...

Obi, we dey here o. work starts next week because of the 350years anniversary but i already know my schedule. Mon & Wed na 8 - 4pm with language class 6 - 8pm. Tuesday is till 12noon, Thursday na 8-4. Not so bad in terms of timing but the workload will be the issue and time seems to fly fast here.

Guitarlife:
Boss am most grateful. I sent you a PM already. Pls oblige.

Many thanks.

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Guitarlife:
hello bro am also looking at doing a telecommunication engineering course in germany.

Kindly assist with any info.

Which school are you so i can look it up ?

I have a 3.78/5.0 in elect eng. Is that okay for admission.

Please help a bro.

Thanks.

Hi,

Your CGPA is fine but you need to add the requirements for a complete application. i.e. test of english (toefl or ielts), a sound SOP and others. Do a search on daad.de for international masters programs in that field but be sure to expand a little because i doubt there are just telecomms courses. usually comes in the form of media and communications engineering (https://www.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programs/en/?p=l#q=telecommunications&degree[]=2&fos=4&lang[]=2&fee[]=0&sortBy=1&page=1&display=list).

do your research, try and read this thread from the beginning (or just read my posts on this thread since i was in your shoes. this will make it easier to just follow all the steps i mentioned here when i started, my questions and the responses i got from the bosses)

my school only has digital communications (Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel)

all the best..

kosplateau:

oh u don't take jokes...many pple have suffered from that thing.. real. no worries still.

Cmon, I do take jokes...

But one can never be sure of who is reading and how they take things..... Hope you get the drift

kosplateau:

OK.. make una no put coke for person luggage oh. Na joke ooo..Thanks!

That is not a nice joke ooo.

Well, anyways my clipper blades (brand new clipper oo) are not sharp at all, so I need new clipper blades (sharp) and to top it off I hard bricked my phone yesterday while trying to upgrade so I have no handy as we call it here and trying to get one hasn't been that easy (budget things).

So what do I need? Someone to help with a phone (naija phone levels) and clipper blades...

Hope my coming out will spur someone to contact me with the offer of help.
Danke.

Great stuff...

I tried to bid for the Tbills this morning and my bank told me it was already closed so I opted for a time deposit and they came back with a 4% p.a rate

Well, the actual plan is to do this for like 2weeks and terminate in time for bidding for the November 5th Tbills sale.

Please keep enlightening us on other investment avenues and updates on calendars and such infos would be great.

kosplateau:

wow...so which program are u finally doing? learning two languages at d same time won't be fun!

Digital Communications....

Well, impossible is nothing!

Nobody said it will be easy to learn 1 sef.


P.S: Abeg who dey come Germany soon? Hamburg or anywhere close would be great but if not still please indicate.

Yes.....I need some help (there I said it ) but no be load matter.

Please PM me or just indicate here and I will do the rest.

Danke

Obiwannn:

You want an excellent advice? Take it:
Start now to learn those programming softwares on your own.
Start now to learn German.
Believe me, I too had or made plans to learn both of the above, but there wasn't any motivation. Well now, I am regretting by procrastination... but again its better late than never... although NEVER LATE IS ALWAYS BETTER!.

Tschuss!

Na that same programming matter make me jejely leave TUHH alone o. I see the curriculum fear catch me. How matter for your side nah. Work starts next week for men them here in Kiel.

Please and please oooo, those booking the 2016 buses, make una learn the language oo. E dey pain me seriously now say I no get time learn because them Don pass on me for some cool stuffs because of language. I for no Sabi sef if not for my German flatmate that helped call and them explain give am wetin affect my package.

Leaning the language will do wonders for you guys so let the prospect of cool euros be the motivation to learn the language.

P. S : people please gun for the best here so that even when you fall short, you end up in the mid-level. When applying abeg apply to places you are sure you can Hustle whether asap or quite easily later, your lives will be a lot easier. Don't go and pick up admission in one remote village here oo.

Take care peeps

frankloloko:
ref @ Eke40seven i am done with the grading system , what is the next thing to do sir ?

I think the first step here is for you to know that you are only eligible for B. Sc programs and that may come at some cost as majority of the programs are being taught in German. Be that as it, there are English taught courses too but few and far between.

Your CGPA equivalent will also help determine whether or not you are qualified. So share that with the house and if up to scratch, expect prompt responses.

Tchuss

Obiwannn:

I think there's a workaround. Like me for example, the only reason why I would want to torrent would be to download softwares for school. Every other thing can be streamed. The only exceexception being pc games. Well if I really need to torrent that badly, I'd just get guys in 9ja who have unlimited Internet, have them torrent download the file I need and upload same to a cloud service from where I can safely download. Isn't efficient but should work.

Kai, you this guy!!!

I had been told about the restrictions (though i still need more clarity per what is allowed and what isn't) so I setup teamviewer on my naija laptop which i connect to from here, download whatever i want, archive the folder and upload to a dropbox storage (got a couple by the way). This way, I legally download all the stuffs i am not sure are allowed here.

Digital Communications
Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel
http://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/etit/digcom/en?set_language=en

Finally I can say to EKE.....Welcome to Germany where success is ours for the taking!!!

Congratulations EKE!!! I told myself that I will only wait till you testify before I say any other thing about my experience thus far.

Emmanuel, God bless you beyond measure, lines are going to continually fall in pleasant places for you and you shall receive divine favor every step of the way. You helped me like you knew me from your village compound. I would call you with numerous questions and you would calmly answer or give me links that could help me further. It is this attitude of yours that has helped hundreds of Nigerians into German universities and economy via the "Pay it Forward" model. Even I (small me for that matter o) can take credit for helping others that succeeded and that fills me with joy that more people are making it out here

Once again, I congratulate you and welcome you to Germany.

I arrived Kiel via Istanbul and Hamburg on the 3rd of October. Due to my long stopover at Istanbul, I quickly latched on to Obiwann's advice and went to Starbucks for a hot coffee, snacks (paid for these as the airline guys were quite busy so i skipped asking for the meal ticket but by all means try and ask if you are in the area) and the very important free wifi. MTN works in Istanbul (best option in registering for the free wifi to get the code by sms) and Germany. My experience has been great here because the level of organization and planning in this domain is simply amazing. Aibee01 and I keep joking that we will get hit by a car if we go back to Nigeria and cross roads the way we do here because once the traffic light directs to go, we don't look left or right.

So many of us have been blessed to be part of this forum and yet there are a lot more people with no knowledge of this forum or even the information available to us. My thinking is that we should all try and spread the word, encourage others and avail them of the information at our disposal, help others with genuine interest in studying in Germany with step by step details of how to achieve this dream, assist with whatever documents or weblinks we have to help make their lives and the entire process easier.

I totally understand the no spoonfeeding ideology but i think sometimes, it could be better to simply provide the information if it is easily retrievable than to have a newbie search the entire thread(s) for answers. Sometimes, it may be necessary to turn back the hands of time and start from the beginning albeit updated.

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. The room only ends up being brighter!

This motto has helped so many other nationalities quickly become a stronger and more unified unit here.e.g Ghana, Cameroun, India, Pakistan, Korea and Japan to mention a few. Older citizens of these countries help with information and sometimes sponsor letters amongst other things. They in no way expect payback other than for those helped to succeed and in turn help others. I do hope we can continue to grow stronger and look beyond our cultural differences, financial or intellectual capacities to build a stronger unit which in turn will bring the much deserved development to our dear country Nigeria.




Dolpaz....I see you
Do quick oooo

@Eke, great one. Prayers Don too much for your matter for the witches to have a say in the matter. Now the captain is ready for take-off.

To all, PTA is still very possible as I got some from Stanbic bank at the rate of 225.24naira to 1€. At least two branches of the bank are able to do this (Idaho and Allen branches).

All they require is your passport, admission letter and flight booking itinerary. Of course you must have an account that with them as the deduction would be made from your account directly. The maximum amount to that can be collected is the equivalent of $4k so you all can collaborate since iI doubt anyone will be travelling with up to 4keuros.

Cheers

RoyalPurple:
No visa approval yet this week...God forbid!!! What is happening na

Don't be too sure.

I just got a call some minutes ago about an approval.

The wait can be frustrating though but it will definitely happen!

Cheers...

hollaytan:
Alhamdulilah, I arrived at dussedorlf international airport last night, its really getting cold here, chilling with my chilling wit my uncle and his family till end of Sept before going to oldenburg, to all did preparing for departure aibee, exensiveT, and others wish u safe journeyM..... Success to all members of the family

Oya come give us breakdown of the waka nah, especially the packaging of the foodstuffs... odikwa very important!

Ahbbiey:
;DD

No need to inbox.

Sorry for the unclear post I was actually referring to those who might want to run away from TOEFL because of the 'scrolling up and down' not you in particular.

Like I said before you can disregard my deductions if IELTS was not the last English proficiency exam you took.

Well future applicants, any choice you pick is yours to carry.

Pompido said he did not need to read for the exams and he got good scores on them. I know a number of other people that did little to no practice for the exams and they did well too. It goes to show there is nothing to these exams however a little practise will help, real time practice so you won't be overwhelmed.

(PS the above paragraph is not an insult nor an intended insult on any person(s) my point is either exam is simple enough for you to pass, no need to ask TOEFL or IELTS, take which ever you want)

Exactly the point!

Abeg... Those that have moved all those egusi, garri and akporoko to Germany should start gisting us the modus operandi to use o.

To all 2016, 2017, 2018 etc...

Help will always be available here.

Drpain:
Please, does mean all sections of IELTS are paper based except the speaing?. Have done TOEFL before not IELTS.

Yes. You get to do the speaking first on a different day. Usually on a weekday in the week you will be writing the exam. Say you take speaking on Wednesday, the remaining parts will happen on the Saturday after.

Ahbbiey:
Not trying to look for a fight and I know you stated your opinion but did you list them im the order which you wrote them?

Did you write TOEFL first and IELTS last?

The higher score on IELTS can be atributted to previous experience with the test.

You got better as you rewrote so it felt 'easier'.
Both exams are simple to be honest.

People not used to using computers may be affected in TOEFL that's just it.

(That is of you wrote TOEFL first and IELTS last though, if not disregard)

Improve your computer usage skills, it would be a walk over.

Plus I want to believe that computers would be used a lot in school so getting used to it should be an advantage.

I am not trying to encourage or discourage anyone from picking either exam, they both serve the same purpose, if you are not ready for either exam you will fail easy or not.

Smiling: Sis, I studied electronics/computer engr for 5years and luckily had me a PC and later a laptop all through my studies (school and certifications (more than 5) mostly done on my PC). This is just to try and point to the fact that I am close to being a native PC user .

In the order I took the exams

TOEFL 106 attempt 1(lowest score in reading 24, highest writing 30)

IELTS. 8.5 only attempt. Lowest in writing 7.5, highest in reading 9.0

TOEFL 107 attempt 2. Lowest in speaking 23, highest in writing 30)

Reasons why I wrote them 3times? Inbox me .

I didn't need to get better at these exams because I do not need to read for them so I can only be objective in my opinion when I say that from my experience, whether they make both exams CBT or not; IELTS is the easier all things maintaining status quo.

But then what do I know...

The choice of which language test to take is dependent on the individual. The fact that some people say one is easier than the other doesn't necessarily mean that will apply to all.

I have written both (some more than once) so I think I can make a few statements about both exams.....but at the end of the day, it still comes down to those statements being my "opinion"

My Scores

TOEFL Test 1: 106

TOEFL Test 2: 107

IELTS: 8.5


Want to know my opinion? IELTS is the easier one of the two!

My reasons range from the fact that IELTS is paper based and the speaking is usually like freestyling with ideas about the topic being handed to you, the reading is like WAEC passages where you can easily trace your answers to parts of the passages etc.

Compare this with scrolling up and down the computer screen looking for answers and having to type answers to questions (scored 30 here both times) and listening to passages to remember everything they discussed when questions come up...etc

So as you can see, I prefer IELTS and that is my view.....

Meine Zwei Loffeln ist dass yyou do your homework and see which exam style gives you the edge, then go blast that particular exam.

Eine Liebe

P.S: your score matters.... the higher the better.....remember, getting admitted to a course is a competition so you have to put your best dress on and your best foot forward.

Obiwann and Dolpaz, it was great meeting you dudes and sharing ideas with you guys today. God bless us all.

Holla at me anytime and I will oblige.

Eke , we are dutifully waiting on you.

Congrats Ama!

Galads:
Thanks to all that has being helping me look for a solution. I got a mail this morning from DB after much disturbance. I have an address in germany I usually use as a corresponding address and I think they want current address. They ask me to send it to them in their mail but I really don't understand their statement. This is part of the mail

"We regret your account cannot be opened because your current home address has not been included.
Please provide your home address format "street with house no., postal/zip code city, optionally additional address lines (e.g. c/o), country".


!!! Please reply only in this particular case this inquiry to our email address directly. !!!

In direct response to our request we will process your order for further processing as soon as possible.
Our automatic reply does not apply in your particular case".
I don't even know which mail address they want me to send to. English pple Abeg help me

I believe this is simply a case of DB insisting on you using your home country address as it is generally assumed that you are opening the account from your country.

Simply reply the email sent to you and put in your Nigerian address in the format they have stated. e.g

street with house no., Alade Street, Plot 21. Apapa-Oshodi Expressway.
postal/zip code 23401
city, Lagos State
optionally additional address lines (e.g. c/o),
country" . Nigeria.

The DoNotReply clause does not apply in your case. So do the needful and move on to the next thing.

dolpaz:


Just Because it worked for you, may not work for others.

Imagine if you had been in his shoes?

Anyway, let God intervene

I also submitted a number of my certificates laminated and didn't have any issues with it. I also know a number of folks that had a mixture of laminated and paper certificates.

I am a bit shocked at the statement of certificates not being laminated. Yes, some issuers state the non-lamination of their documents but a healthy number also advise pro lamination.

I actually laughed at the security feature statement..

Security features on our certificates in Nigeria!

May it happen soon. Amen

Oye50:

MTN hasn't been cooperating with me since yesterday. Hence why I haven't replied your message on facebook. Congrats to you. I believe in a few years time. ALL of us here will come back to share a testimony of our exploits in Deutschland, the Lord that started this journey with us all is faithful and just to bring us to a much desirable destination. Joshua 1:8
it'll all end in praise. I pray also for everyone that non of us will regret ever embarking on this life changing journey. In Jesus name

A big Amen!!!

justwise:
@pompido

Done.

Many thanks.

For those booking flights and would like to choose particular seats on these flights, this one is for you.

go to www.seatguru.com

select "browse airlines"

choose your carrier. e.g "Emirates"

Select "Planes and seat maps"

Select the type of plane listed on your booking website for the trip and an image of the plane will show up.

you can use this to determine which seat numbers to check with your travel agent to try and book you on.

Other information are available on the website for your digestion.

Congrats to all that have surmounted the hurdles to this point, we thank God for his mercies and using loads of great guys on this forum. God bless everyone and grant testimonies all round.

I started this journey in January 2015 when a friend sent me the dad.de link to check and see what I can find, as I had been stuck with trying to combine GRE and my work with very little success due to my busy days, late nights and loaded weekends.

I checked out the daad.de website and found a couple of courses that caught my fancy but i need more information so i did a google search for prospective german students (in a couple of different ways) and voila, this great thread came up and i started reading from thread 1. After a few pages, I felt like i was in the past and then moved ahead to the part 2. It was the right move as it was in the heat of applications and submissions so I got all the info I needed to apply without even commenting. This is the first phase!

God bless everyone that takes out time to ask questions and those that give answers and explanations. The questions speak the minds of many and the answers open the eyes and minds of a lot more.

All prospective applicants can be rest assured of one thing, help will always be available here!

Gott Segne