dolpaz:

Think it may be useful posting likely interview test questions from the thread again for Bsc interview preparations.https://www.nairaland.com/2098236/general-german-visa-enquiries-part/178

Goodluck.

Adexhat:


You're on point bro, Germany is in leading position in the area of energy and climate. Ren. Energy generation share for her electricity is about 26% with plan to increase it to about 35% by 2030. The state i'm going generates 100% energy from wind and many more. I also wished i had known all these while. But it's better late than never as the saying goes...

choi oga Adexhat n @ pompey4 see as una just give us better expo for letter of motivatn n visa interview question for people like us wey de go for electrical power related course. @holyatan et al congrats on ur visal approval, go n excel!
#Team Winter 2016

congratulations my bosses @hollaytan @obiwann and @Dehonourable my bbm padi.....

i remembered the day hollaytan told me he wanted to cancelled his interview cos there was no hope of funding the account.......i felt like crying....

i pray the Almighty Allah send help to every other soul still struggling with funding his/her blocked account...also may Allah make our going to Germany fruitful.

@Obiwann how far about the Nipost package....Garri must enter hamburg now..plenty plenty....

for #winter 2016 crew lets get rolling
i applied to only two schools
Msc Environmental Governance at Freiburg,
Msc Environmental Management at CAU Kiel.
I GOT ADMITTED AT CAU KIEL.
The application for kiel was online and free of charge,only scanned documents were required and an online motivation letter of not more than 4500 words including commas,full stops and space.
i hope this is useful to someone.

#iwasalsohelped

Nice one bro. Yes lets get it rolling in. But do you really mean that .

aibee01:
congratulations my bosses @hollaytan @obiwann and @Dehonourable my bbm padi.....

i remembered the hollaytan told he wanted to cancelled his interview cos there is no hope of funding the account.......i felt like crying....

i pray the Almighty Allah send help to every other soul still struggling with funding his/her blocked account...also may Allah make our going to Germany fruitful.

@Obiwann how far about the Nipost package....Garri must enter hamburg now..plenty plenty....

for #winter 2016 crew lets get rolling
i applied to only two schools
Msc Environmental Governance at Freiburg,
Msc Environmental Management at CAU Kiel.
I GOT ADMITTED AT CAU KIEL.
The application for kiel was online and free of charge,only scanned documents was required and an online motivation letter of not more than 4500 words including commas,full stops and space.
i hope this is useful to someone.

#iwasalsohelped

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Graciouse:
Nice one bro. Yes lets get it rolling in. But do you really mean that .

are you referring to the motivation letter because that is the most difficult part of the application as 4500 character wont be enough..i had cut out many stuffs from my pre-composed application.

Neyoalao:


Thank God u showed up have bin wanting to know how far bout it......... how did u reply dm please tell us..........


congrats to all the bosses dat gt visa.......... we winter2017 dy wish u goodluck in Germany

Winter2017? Ahh u get mind

Well I think this motivation letter of a thing varies from schools and courses, because the highest i have seen for my course is (350-450 words). Maybe because i will still have to submit a portfolio. BTW Its Architectural related courses. Anyway even if they want 10,000 words, we dey gallant.

aibee01:

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are you referring to the motivation letter because that is the most difficult part of the application as 4500 character wont be enough..i had cut out many stuffs from my pre-composed application.

Eke40seven:

Congratulations!! when I told you I was a retired prophet you thought I was joking...Did it exceed this week?.

@Obiwannn and Hollaytan congrats too...go to Deutschland and succeed.


@haddassaeke, you can bring it on anytime...although am a bit engaged to one or two things at the moment. For the fact that its TUM, you are getting special treatment.

Lol. You said so and I claimed it instanta. Soon u shall declare yours. I wish u d very best bro.

unto the lord be the glory ... i want to thank God for what he has done. after 8 weeks of waiting and several disturbance to my alien office the good news came in this afternoon i found my account about 4weeks ago. for those waiting God will do it ..... the waiting period is killing

Obiwannn:
AZZIN...

Cahnellven, cant i visit reeperbahn just for "selfhealing" purposes? (pun intended).

Hmnn obiwon this ur post would attract Numbers 13 oh, Lol. Numbers 13 my guy where art thou?
Congrats obiwon,hollaytan,dehonourable, et al. Go and do exploits.

aibee01:
congratulations my bosses @hollaytan @obiwann and @Dehonourable my bbm padi.....

i remembered the day hollaytan told me he wanted to cancelled his interview cos there was no hope of funding the account.......i felt like crying....

i pray the Almighty Allah send help to every other soul still struggling with funding his/her blocked account...also may Allah make our going to Germany fruitful.

@Obiwann how far about the Nipost package....Garri must enter hamburg now..plenty plenty....

for #winter 2016 crew lets get rolling
i applied to only two schools
Msc Environmental Governance at Freiburg,
Msc Environmental Management at CAU Kiel.
I GOT ADMITTED AT CAU KIEL.
The application for kiel was online and free of charge,only scanned documents were required and an online motivation letter of not more than 4500 words including commas,full stops and space.
i hope this is useful to someone.

#iwasalsohelped

Thanks bro, all the way from unilorin frm the same living house now to germany together....together we shall keep excelling.

Graciouse:
Well I think this motivation letter of a thing varies from schools and courses, because the highest i have seen for my course is (350-450 words). Maybe because i will still have to submit a portfolio. BTW Its Architectural related courses. Anyway even if they want 10,000 words, we dey gallant.

Bro. Dont get it twisted oo..He meant "characters" like a, b, c..not words

Word of advice to the newbies.
Please be do the necessary things as required by your school before forwarding your application, as i learnt from eke47 that if possible send a mail to the school for your transcript review prior your application. Apply to as many schools as possible, and write a very good motivation letter. My secret of writing my motivation letter is going to my intended departmental website, read through their on-going researches, stating the name of the researcher, establishing a close proximity with my area of interest and the school area of research.
Most importantly, never feel discouraged by any unfavorable circumstance you may find yourself. The journey begun last summer with 4 schools , 3 rejections, the last admitted me for winter. Intended using sponsorship letter but sponsor lost his job.... But today everything ended well.
Dont forget that there is always a God factor in all our dealings, but the most high one doesnt work on magical template, so do the right thing and be optimistic......truly God is awesome

Anyone who can help out with affordable accommodation in cologne,

peruziii:
unto the lord be the glory ... i want to thank God for what he has done. after 8 weeks of waiting and several disturbance to my alien office the good news came in this afternoon i found my account about 4weeks ago. for those waiting God will do it ..... the waiting period is killing

Number 4 Shuuuuuuu!

Ich gratuliere Ihnen, Herr!!

peruziii:
unto the lord be the glory ... i want to thank God for what he has done. after 8 weeks of waiting and several disturbance to my alien office the good news came in this afternoon i found my account about 4weeks ago. for those waiting God will do it ..... the waiting period is killing

Congrats... enjoy

pls i wanted to apply for German tourist visa but i saw that the they require travel Medical insurance as part of the documents to summit, how can i do the medical insurance?

Bigolly:
pls i wanted to apply for German tourist visa but i saw that the they require travel Medical insurance as part of the documents to summit, how can i do the medical insurance?

Go to insurance company and get your medical travel insurance eg Mutual benefit, IGI,Niger insurance etc

kilo4sure:

Hmnn obiwon this ur post would attract Numbers 13 oh, Lol. Numbers 13 my guy where art thou?
Congrats obiwon,hollaytan,dehonourable, et al. Go and do exploits.

I dey o. How far? I just visit the thread occasionally to know what's going on. I've simply given up on looking for Obi-Wan Kenobi's puns.
Congrats, Obi-Wan. The Force be with you, always. Congrats to all other people who have got their visas.

It's a good thing to be able to be honestly happy, but let's not go overboard in expressing our joy at getting a permit to visit a foreign country, shall we? Such emotional outbursts seems to diminish the value of our own country, and that's not very nationalistic.


I urge you all to make study your priority, and not work, or 'hustle' as some of you term it. It's astonishing to hear people make statements like 'I don't care about the standard of the university, I'm only interested in how readily available jobs are in the city/town/village where the university is located.' It's important that you make ends meet of course - without money, you won't be able to study. Isn't it better though, that you graduate with the best possible grades, and get the best possible jobs after?

The visa interview is what it is - an interview - not an exam. You're not granted a visa because of how many questions you answered correctly or wrongly. It suffices to show enough knowledge to prove that you're going to Germany to study, or for whatever reason you're going. Surely, getting as many questions as you are asked right is a way to 'show enough knowledge'. I'm just raising this point because it seems as if too much emphasis is laid on getting the questions right or wrong on this thread. Also, the VO simply types the answers you provide during the interview and sends it to the appropriate authority for assessment. I don't know if she includes her personal assessment of the interview with the answers, but the VO isn't the main person that you should be convincing during your interview - you don't get to see that guy.

My 2 kobo

AK47, any luck finding accommodation yet?

Disregard if the Nigerian-German GPA conversion Q's been already answered: GGPA = 1 + 3(maxNGPA - NGPA)/(maxNGPA - minNGPAtopass)

jerikoyan:
block account update was at union bank and stanbic bank yesterday and today labanon branch and ring road both in ibadan branch respectively.both said I can transfer after explaning for like 5mins showing nessesary doc,union bank rate 229 per euro as of yesterday and stanbic rate is 224.49 per euro, I think stabic is better and with 2k naira you can open a savings account and get ur account ready in 3 working days

Sup bro. I see u live in ib. I live in ib too, i'll pm u so we can link up. Thanks

Eke40seven:
@xpensiveT, na you use good news open this week. Go to Deutschland and succeed.....Congratulations!

Oga Boss. I hail. I sent you a message but i guess you didn't get it. Pls i am really interested in the German language study pack. I just came across the post on this thread very recently, i would've reached out before now if i had seen it prior to this time. Pls reply my pm so i can link up with u on how to get it. Thanks a lot and more power to your elbows for the fantastic work you've been doing on this thread right from part 1! God bless u!

acedboss:


Oga Boss. I hail. I sent you a message but i guess you didn't get it. Pls i am really interested in the German language study pack. I just came across the post on this thread very recently, i would've reached out before now if i had seen it prior to this time. Pls reply my pm so i can link up with u on how to get it. Thanks a lot and more power to your elbows for the fantastic work you've been doing on this thread right from part 1! God bless u!

I get the mailer Daemon notice after replying some PM and some of the PMs go straight to my spam so I have to search there before I can respond. The former was applicable yours, my sincere apologies, there was nothing I could do (CC: Princesam400 and many others I can't remember their moniker)
If you check the post you referred to well, I actually added a time frame, I'm a bit quite busy boss at the moment, so I don't know how soon you need it so I won't delay you as long as I did someone who asked for it like 2 week ago.

number13:




AK47, any luck finding accommodation yet?

This is the main thing for those of us heading to Munich now. I have been waitlisted by Studentenwerk and the private landlords I have mailed are either non responsive or are simply scams.

You guys can check this Facebook page: ESN TUMi Muenchen. There are a few Naija guys there. Perhaps we could connect. There are also lots of advertisements for housing.

Numbers, Eke abeg no forget me for the housing hustle oo..Man need place to put hin head when we land oo

https://www.fidelitybankplc.com/index.php/products/fidelity-exchange-rate?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C4952270903. 230NGN = 1EURO
The above link might interest some who wish to fund.
I wanted to lodge today or tomao buh d exorbitant exchange rate here .....smh is discouraging. Pls o! shebi I can tell dem to hold on? i.e dey shouldn't go on with d transaction let's see if d rate will come down next week? please urgent reply needed. Tnx.

number13:


I dey o. How far? I just visit the thread occasionally to know what's going on. I've simply given up on looking for Obi-Wan Kenobi's puns.
Congrats, Obi-Wan. The Force be with you, always. Congrats to all other people who have got their visas.

It's a good thing to be able to be honestly happy, but let's not go overboard in expressing our joy at getting a permit to visit a foreign country, shall we? Such emotional outbursts seems to diminish the value of our own country, and that's not very nationalistic.

Speaking of nationalism, I recall people's negative reference to Aba-made shoes. If they look good, what's to prevent one from wearing them anywhere in the world? Or even if they look slightly less good? We simply have to learn to encourage our local industry.

I urge you all to make study your priority, and not work, or 'hustle' as some of you term it. It's astonishing to hear people make statements like 'I don't care about the standard of the university, I'm only interested in how readily available jobs are in the city/town/village where the university is located.' It's important that you make ends meet of course - without money, you won't be able to study. Isn't it better though, that you graduate with the best possible grades, and get the best possible jobs after?


The visa interview is what it is - an interview - not an exam. You're not granted a visa because of how many questions you answered correctly or wrongly. It suffices to show enough knowledge to prove that you're going to Germany to study, or for whatever reason you're going. Surely, getting as many questions as you are asked right is a way to 'show enough knowledge'. I'm just raising this point because it seems as if too much emphasis is laid on getting the questions right or wrong on this thread. Also, the VO simply types the answers you provide during the interview and sends it to the appropriate authority for assessment. I don't know if she includes her personal assessment of the interview with the answers, but the VO isn't the main person that you should be convincing during your interview - you don't get to see that guy.

My 2 kobo

AK47, any luck finding accommodation yet?

Disregard if the Nigerian-German GPA conversion Q's been already answered: GGPA = 1 + 3(maxNGPA - NGPA)/(maxNGPA - minNGPAtopass)

It's hasn't been an easy journey through life for most people. It's hasn't been an easy journey through school for most people. And after schooling, how much did they earn? They still had to suffer for months even trying to put together 8040 euros which is not a lot of money in Germany. Some of them even got rejected after finding and everything. So tell me, how can it not be a relief to finally have the visa stamped on their passports? If there were more opportunities in their motherland they would never dream of going anywhere so u can blame anyone. Life hasn't been easy. And doing ur Msc in Europe is a good chance at succeeding in the job race when u come back here. I'm very happy, in fact dancing for all my friends here who are coming to Germany. We should soon make a meet up somewhere in Germany all of us and have a party. Lol.
Speaking of hustle. @Number13 is right. U should concentrate more of studies and not hustle. After ur studies u can hustle and it will pay much much better in Germany or Nigeria. But of course u must hustle to survive in Germany. Just don't forget why u came in the first place when u get there.
Speaking on Patriotism, we all love Nigeria. Is there a reason not to? I always said that Nigeria could be the richest country in the world if we wanted to be. We just need to grow more which we are gradually.
Many Nigerians abroad are coming home to put the skills learnt abroad to use in Nigeria these days. The boss of a German friend of mine in Nigeria is a Naija guy who stidied in Germany. So u see, we are coming up. Gone will be the days where Nigerians say yes sir to those stupid expats in the country who are sometimes not so skilled.

Regarding the VO and ur answers to her, she writes a personal review on th following
I. How composed u were when u walked up to her.
II. Ur body language( if u meant what u were saying or it was rehearsed and might be fake)
III. If u answered the questions straight , and correctly.
So yes it is very important to be prepared for this interview because whatever she writes is what the boss (formally Frau Eigeld) but now a new lady called Eisele Kim-Maren who then looks into ur documents and sends them to the immigration(aliens) office of ur city with a review from the embassy in Lagos . So if they write a review that u might not be serious about studying or whatever, it's possible that the ausländer Behorde of ur city writes a negative mail back to the embassy in Lagos. Please guys, impress ur interviewer. And prepare for the interview like it's an exam. If u do not answer simple root questions with her or u are not fully prepared, u might also do a small test which some people here had to write. With more preparation, (mathematically) mostly, u will not need a small test.
And the female (Yoruba) interviewer u guys have been saying is rude at first but nice later, that's her job, make u nervous, then make u feel comfortable so u can make mistakes for her to write. Do not think for one second that she is nice. I know personally, she isn't. She hardly wants students to get there and that's why sometimes she writes shitty reports.
One more thing, the reason that new questions have been coming in ( like d guy that was asked about his family business, and some other questions) is because of this new lady in charge. So prepare ur selves, she hardly talks to anyone so she depends mostly on this report from ur interview.

Congrats Bro... Please, I will like to speak with you privately aside here... No strings attached... Can I have your email! Mine is kayluxneedsu@yahoo.com.. Thank you

topbound2013:
At last...Thank God.
I finally got the visa approval mail today, I had my interview on 23rd July, it took about one month. I want to sincerely thank everyone who has kept this thread alive, providing every necessary info and tips- you guys are awesome. The names are many 'Motherly' Zeeblamj, Eke40seven, Walesby, and you.

[/b] My experience[b]
Last week Thursday i called the alien office in my City (after waiting for exactly one month), the man i spoke with told me they were still waiting for the german embassy to forward my Deutsche bank confirmation. I was shocked because i forwarded my DB confirmation 1 week after my interview. I asked him for his email, he gave me and i forwarded the document to him but he replied that he would still wait for the embassy to forward it to them before approving the visa.
When i received his response, i quickly sent a subtle reminder mail to the embassy, its content was like "I am writing because i did not receive any confirmation of receipt from the embassy when i sent my Deutsche Bank account credit confirmation last month. Kindly find the confirmation attached should it be that my earlier mail was not received".

My experience reveals that the embassy may delay visa approvals by failing to send the documents early enough as in my case.
May God hasten the approval of other visa hopefuls.

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

@pompido

Done.

Obiwannn:
"A man can cannot receive anything except it be given to him from above." John 3:27.

With joy in my heart and with gladness in my mind, I announce to the house that I have finally been given my ticket to book a place on the #TeamWinter2015 BRT Bus
O boyh! The wait wasn't easy I tell you.. So this is how it feels to be finally granted visa?
The journey that began in thread 1 and continued to thread 2 has finally come to an end...
I got my DB confirmation last week Wednesday, had done my interview on 6th of July. I couldn't bear the wait any longer and had to send mails to all the e-mails of the alien offices in Hamburg. Alas, an hour thirty minutes later the much awaited e-mail arrived. I couldn't believe my ears nor my eyes. I had to run it through Oye50 to make sure my eyesights were not failing me.

I thank first and foremost the Almighty God, my Oga Eke, my mentor Devmantic, my source of ogbolo inspiration Ahbbiey, our mother Zeeblamj and her namesake ibanj, my realest guyz Dolpaz and Cahnellven, my baddest guy Kennyoguns, my e-fighter Twinkle1 , Oye50, Obs3rver, Pompido, Aibee01, Williamso, XpensiveT, mostyg, lmuhopeful, number13, yusufftaiwo, hollaytan, my oga at the top Justwise, my ghost buddy Panzi and his fellow ghost-crew, all our ogas in Germany, Cindino20, styles2009, DANNIEmore, adenjnr, Diamlerbenz, Chief NaijaObi, Nevilbot et al, 2016 visa hopefuls led by the very able hadassaheke and every other person reading this post.

Oh! Finally Finally I can joyfully say that
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#WinterIsComing!
#WinterHasCome!

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

justwise:
@pompido

Done.

Many thanks.

@number13 & zeeblamj

I have to edit your post to remove certain mention. Please no more unnecessary drama here.

Thank you.