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You should go with the original sponsorship letter if you can, if you can't, you can go with a scanned copy but I think most people here went with the original copy.

halimahraji:
Hi.... Please i want to confirm this fr, Do they really require us to bring the original sponsorship letter document for the interview.

Auroralyn:
Hello everyone, kindly advise

Please if you used the sponsorship letter for your proof of fund, did your sponsor send the hard copy to Nigeria or he can just scan and send a soft copy ?

Can I use the soft copy and print it out or it must be the exact hard copy my sponsor received in Germany?

Sponsor should send the Original sponsorship letter through DHL to you. It's required

On the sponsorship letter question, the original is what you need. The formal obligation letter your sponsor signs in Germany is issued by the Auslaenderbehoerde there, and what they hand your sponsor is an original document with a stamp and a serial number on it. That stamp is the thing the embassy is checking, and a printout of a scan does not carry it.
DHL from Germany to Lagos or Abuja is usually a few days, so ask your sponsor to send it as soon as it is issued rather than waiting until your appointment is close. Keep the scan as well, it is useful for filling forms and for your own records, but do not plan to walk in with only a printout.

One thing worth knowing before you go far down this road. The obligation letter is not the only way to prove funds, and it is not always the easiest, because your sponsor has to show the German office they earn enough to cover you. If your sponsor is not comfortable with that, the blocked account route is the more common path for us.
I went through the funds proof myself when I moved, so if you say which route your sponsor is on I can be more specific.

Good morning everyone.
Please, what’s the update on October applicants ? What date are they on now ?

Last I heard was October 18th

Auroralyn:
Last I heard was October 18th

Yes, I heard so too. I was thinking they’d have gone further.

Good day everyone, please I need clarification, I recently created a profile for a chancekarte but the attached images is what my profile currently looks like, I would like to ask if I need to upload all the necessary documents before I moved to the next phase. Also, which one should I choose amongst the lists of options " Please indicate which of the above applies to your professional qualifications" I have a master's Degree in Maritime administration and management in Unilag. Can someone please provide any viable information. Thank you.

We November 2025 applicants might have to wait to expect feedback from October 2026.

charlesklaus:
We November 2025 applicants might have to wait to expect feedback from October 2026.

No... By next month, they should get to November

Laryfrosh:
No... By next month, they should get to November

Probably. I noticed that October 2025 has been the longest batch so l far. I think they received so many applications that month.

Auroralyn:
Last I heard was October 18th

They are on the next week after 18th now.

Aterri:
They are on the next week after 18th now.

Next week ke Which week Which date

charlesklaus:
Probably. I noticed that October 2025 has been the longest batch so l far. I think they received so many applications that month.

Yea... They were delays...

Thank you for your contribution on this platform WiseKing. I would like to ask. How long did it take you to secure a job after you move and what is your field, Thank you. This will help incoming like us prepare and weigh our chances.

wiseking120:
On the sponsorship letter question, the original is what you need. The formal obligation letter your sponsor signs in Germany is issued by the Auslaenderbehoerde there, and what they hand your sponsor is an original document with a stamp and a serial number on it. That stamp is the thing the embassy is checking, and a printout of a scan does not carry it.
DHL from Germany to Lagos or Abuja is usually a few days, so ask your sponsor to send it as soon as it is issued rather than waiting until your appointment is close. Keep the scan as well, it is useful for filling forms and for your own records, but do not plan to walk in with only a printout.

One thing worth knowing before you go far down this road. The obligation letter is not the only way to prove funds, and it is not always the easiest, because your sponsor has to show the German office they earn enough to cover you. If your sponsor is not comfortable with that, the blocked account route is the more common path for us.
I went through the funds proof myself when I moved, so if you say which route your sponsor is on I can be more specific.

Laryfrosh:
Next week ke Which week Which date

Please calm down, I’m also on the queue like you, I just shared what I was told thinking it would help but clearly it isn’t, if I know the exact date why wouldn’t I drop it?

The batch they called last is 11th -20th of October 2025, so the next batch is 21st to 31st of October, they call in batches

Please has anyone successfully used their statement of result certificate in place of their university certificate? There’s been some delay in getting mine and I’m wondering if the statement of result certificate will be a good alternative as it still shows I graduated

dfamous2:
Good day everyone, please I need clarification, I recently created a profile for a chancekarte but the attached images is what my profile currently looks like, I would like to ask if I need to upload all the necessary documents before I moved to the next phase. Also, which one should I choose amongst the lists of options " Please indicate which of the above applies to your professional qualifications" I have a master's Degree in Maritime administration and management in Unilag. Can someone please provide any viable information. Thank you.

(PLEASE SELECT MY PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE IS RECOGNISED IN GERMANY

THEN GO AHEAD AND DO ZAB.... I SELECTED WHAT YOU CURRENTLY SELECTED AND IT AFFECTED ME BADLY.....

yemyke001:
Thank you for your contribution on this platform WiseKing. I would like to ask. How long did it take you to secure a job after you move and what is your field, Thank you. This will help incoming like us prepare and weigh our chances.

Thank you, glad it helped. Let me answer straight, but with one correction first, because otherwise my timeline will mislead you.

I did not come on the Chancenkarte. I came on the study route, so my clock and my legal position were different from yours. As a student I could work from day one within the student allowance, which is 140 full days or 280 half days a year, and I was not under pressure to find qualified work inside a fixed window the way a Chancenkarte holder is. That difference matters more than any number I could give you.

For what it is worth on my side, my first paid work in Germany came within a few months of arriving, and it was not in my field. It was practical work while I studied. My field is digital marketing, and building anything in that direction has been the slower, longer project running underneath. I say that plainly because the thing I see people underestimate is not how hard it is to get any job, it is how long it takes to get the job you actually came for.

The honest lesson for anyone incoming, whichever route you take: land with more months of money than you think you need, and start applying before you fly, not after. The people who struggle are almost never the ones who lacked skill. They are the ones whose money ran out during the search.

Too much wisdom embedded in this. Thank you so much.

Is it possible to apply for a masters' program if jobs are not forth coming? is that a possibility?

Regarding applying from here I have gotten countless rejection which I believe is becuase my address still carries Nigeria. By the way I am in tech. I am a data engineer

wiseking120:
Thank you, glad it helped. Let me answer straight, but with one correction first, because otherwise my timeline will mislead you.

I did not come on the Chancenkarte. I came on the study route, so my clock and my legal position were different from yours. As a student I could work from day one within the student allowance, which is 140 full days or 280 half days a year, and I was not under pressure to find qualified work inside a fixed window the way a Chancenkarte holder is. That difference matters more than any number I could give you.

For what it is worth on my side, my first paid work in Germany came within a few months of arriving, and it was not in my field. It was practical work while I studied. My field is digital marketing, and building anything in that direction has been the slower, longer project running underneath. I say that plainly because the thing I see people underestimate is not how hard it is to get any job, it is how long it takes to get the job you actually came for.

The honest lesson for anyone incoming, whichever route you take: land with more months of money than you think you need, and start applying before you fly, not after. The people who struggle are almost never the ones who lacked skill. They are the ones whose money ran out during the search.

Please Trigger1. I already chose My profession is only recognised in my country. I am in the waiting list already. hearing that it affected you, please what can I do because I am unable to edit it.

trigger11:
(PLEASE SELECT MY PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE IS RECOGNISED IN GERMANY

THEN GO AHEAD AND DO ZAB.... I SELECTED WHAT YOU CURRENTLY SELECTED AND IT AFFECTED ME BADLY.....

yemyke001:
Please Trigger1. I already chose My profession is only recognised in my country. I am in the waiting list already. hearing that it affected you, please what can I do because I am unable to edit it.

WHEN THE PRELIM CHECK IS UP FOR CHECKING YOU WOULD BE ALLOWED TO EDIT AND SUBMIT

yemyke001:
Too much wisdom embedded in this. Thank you so much.

Is it possible to apply for a masters' program if jobs are not forth coming? is that a possibility?

Regarding applying from here I have gotten countless rejection which I believe is becuase my address still carries Nigeria. By the way I am in tech. I am a data engineer

Yes, that is a real option, and you do not have to drop the Chancenkarte queue to look at it. They are separate applications and being on one waiting list does not stop you preparing the other.

I came on the study route myself, so I can tell you how it runs from Nigeria rather than guessing. Pick your programmes, apply through uni-assist where the university uses it. That costs EUR 75 for your first application and EUR 30 for each further one in the same semester's application period, so applying to several at once is much cheaper than people expect. Get the APS started early, because that is the step that quietly eats the most time and almost nobody plans for it. Then admission, then proof of funds, which for most people is the blocked account at EUR 11,904 for the year with EUR 992 released to you monthly, then the visa fee at EUR 75.

Watch deadlines rather than intake dates. Applications close well before the semester starts, and missing that by a week costs you a full semester, not a week.

On the rejections, let me be straight with you, I do not know that your Nigerian address is the cause. It is a common theory on here and I have never seen anything that actually proves it, so I would not build a plan around it. What I do know is that for a data engineer the thing that genuinely changes how employers read you is already having the right to work in Germany, and studying here is one way to get that while you build local experience and a local network. That is the real argument for the study route in your position, not the address.

God bless you. This is really helpful and I am sure other people who would join this platform would also find the extremely useful. Thank you

wiseking120:
Yes, that is a real option, and you do not have to drop the Chancenkarte queue to look at it. They are separate applications and being on one waiting list does not stop you preparing the other.

I came on the study route myself, so I can tell you how it runs from Nigeria rather than guessing. Pick your programmes, apply through uni-assist where the university uses it. That costs EUR 75 for your first application and EUR 30 for each further one in the same semester's application period, so applying to several at once is much cheaper than people expect. Get the APS started early, because that is the step that quietly eats the most time and almost nobody plans for it. Then admission, then proof of funds, which for most people is the blocked account at EUR 11,904 for the year with EUR 992 released to you monthly, then the visa fee at EUR 75.

Watch deadlines rather than intake dates. Applications close well before the semester starts, and missing that by a week costs you a full semester, not a week.

On the rejections, let me be straight with you, I do not know that your Nigerian address is the cause. It is a common theory on here and I have never seen anything that actually proves it, so I would not build a plan around it. What I do know is that for a data engineer the thing that genuinely changes how employers read you is already having the right to work in Germany, and studying here is one way to get that while you build local experience and a local network. That is the real argument for the study route in your position, not the address.

Thanks alot . I appreciate this

trigger11:
WHEN THE PRELIM CHECK IS UP FOR CHECKING YOU WOULD BE ALLOWED TO EDIT AND SUBMIT

halimahraji:
Hi.... Please i want to confirm this fr, Do they really require us to bring the original sponsorship letter document for the interview.

Hi, pls, for your own sake, take every relevant documents of yours to the interview, uploaded or not uploaded.

halimahraji:
Mine was at kaiserslautern and it took roughly a month and half.

Please bro assist me on how to do sponsor letter

Hi guys,
I’m November 8 applicant and my waiting time has changed to 2-8weeks. Just thought to put this here.

Chocolatey17:
Hi guys,
I’m November 8 applicant and my waiting time has changed to 2-8weeks. Just thought to put this here.

Same here

Please is there anyone with an experience with any of these financing companies that claim you will pay some certain fee and then they will open an account in your name under edubao. They will lock some amount that you won't have access to and then you have access to the rest. Anyone with an experience to know if they are legit?

yemyke001:
Please is there anyone with an experience with any of these financing companies that claim you will pay some certain fee and then they will open an account in your name under edubao. They will lock some amount that you won't have access to and then you have access to the rest. Anyone with an experience to know if they are legit?

Edubao itself is genuine, so start from there. It is an established provider, it states that it is BaFin regulated and approved by the German Federal Foreign Office, and German missions accept it. You can also open one directly on their own website with no middleman at all, and their site says that takes minutes.

Now the part that matters for your actual question. Edubao openly runs a partner programme for recruitment agencies, so an agent arranging an Edubao account for you is a normal channel and not by itself a sign that something is wrong. The middleman is not automatically the problem. What decides it is one question: whose money is going into that account?

If you are depositing your own funds and they are only handling the paperwork, then the fee is buying you form filling, and you should weigh that against opening it yourself on their site and paying only the provider's own charge. If they are the ones putting money in to make up the amount, and taking it back once your visa is issued, walk away from it. Those funds are not yours, the mission is being shown money that is going to disappear, and if it unravels it is your visa and your name on the file, not the agent's.

Two checks before any money moves. The account must be in your name with your own login details, and the monthly payouts must land in your own German account after you arrive. And look hard at how they described it to you, because a normal blocked account locks the whole amount and releases it to you month by month. An arrangement where part of it is locked away and you get "the rest" is not the standard product, so make them put in writing exactly what they mean by it before you pay anything.

I funded my own blocked account when I came, so I know the figure is big enough to make a shortcut look attractive. That is exactly where people lose money.

Good morning house.....u all are great and been doing great jobs here.
Pls sir/ma,I am new here i joined today n tried to read information herein to apply for my own opportunity card but it seemed complex yet.
Can someone volunteer to help me get my application filled successfully. I beg.
I have done the assessment and was successfully. Kind regards to all