justwise:
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..even more annoying when people like you make this sort false assumption. What difference does it make that you warn somebody and ban him or ban him before warning him?

He should have been banned a long time ago
You allowed all his unnecessary talks here for too long since I've been guest I've been observing how he says a lot of false statements and insults people.

Energygod:


He should have been banned a long time ago
You allowed all his unnecessary talks here for too long since I've been guest I've been observing how he says a lot of false statements and insults people.

True.

fieryy:


I can't wait till you get here, I'm already really looking forward to the updates we'll be receiving. I just hope you remain honest with us.

Someone that don't even have money for block account

I just wonder why you all are taking this gamingorca so serious. Like seriously that guy is just every where. Nah only him won go Dubai, USA, Germany, Ukraine even Ivory coast that guy dey there. Don't be surprised he doesn't even know anything about Germany. For people to just calm down and learn from experience Na wahala.

Wow, it's exactly a month today I got to Germany to the glory of God.!!!!!!

It all started from here in February 2019, I remember nairaland became my second home , I met and made good friends here and also learnt alot.
It's not been easy settling down in a new environment with language barrier but God has been faithful!!
To all the summer hopefuls, don't give up, pray and work hard and God will do the rest!!

The cold here no be small

Greetings from Witten, North Rhine Westphalia

futurewise11:
Good job.but most govt schoool wıth englısh program are also free of charge.ı only pay 70 euro per semeter.my program ıs purely ın englısh and free german language ıf u need to develop your language for ıntegratıon.

please, which school is that.
please, I just finished my masters in Nigeria and intend to study PhD in Germany and I will if u can assist on how to go about it. my mail is abdullateefawodele@gmail.com

Legacy666:
Wow, it's exactly a month today I got to Germany to the glory of God.!!!!!!

It all started from here in February 2019, I remember nairaland became my second home , I met and made good friends here and also learnt alot.
It's not been easy settling down in a new environment with language barrier but God has been faithful!!
To all the summer hopefuls, don't give up, pray and work hard and God will do the rest!!

The cold here no be small

Greetings from Witten, North Rhine Westphalia

please, I will like if you can assist me about doing PhD in Germany.

Legacy666:
Wow, it's exactly a month today I got to Germany to the glory of God.!!!!!!

It all started from here in February 2019, I remember nairaland became my second home , I met and made good friends here and also learnt alot.
It's not been easy settling down in a new environment with language barrier but God has been faithful!!
To all the summer hopefuls, don't give up, pray and work hard and God will do the rest!!

The cold here no be small

Greetings from Witten, North Rhine Westphalia

Congrats!

I'd like to ask you a few questions. Can I DM you pls?

naijacentric:
make the guy hurry o Germany is already closing their gate its not as easy as before lets be honest

how is it easy to do PhD, prospect of settling down afterwards and raising a family.

JosephAdeoba:
I have worked with Indians very well they are very good people some Nigerians are funny people full of hatred the fact that Indians in Germany can accommodate friends in his room said it all, Some of our Naija people are bad not all but some and don't forget Asians chaii especially Philippines they love themselves and always ready to help each other only some Nigerians are funny.

From one on one experience, reasons most Nigerians do not like helping, this happened to a good fellow, in Essen, he wanted to assist a fellow Nigerian in Germany by accommoding him, before he finds his feet, but along the line, this guy's turns out to be a fraudulent fellow, who specializes in dating Germany women on like, one day he stole the guys Bank details IBAN and asked one of his vitims to send the money to that account, that his mother is about to pass out, and the sum of 10k euros was sent, to cut the long story short, the guy was invited by the police, while the fraudulent guy ran away till date.

He was advised to get a lawyer and the case is till pending till date.

This are some of the reasons most people don't help.

awo666:
how is it easy to do PhD, prospect of settling down afterwards and raising a family.

i think u should äsk the ancestors i just got in sef.

WildChild00:



From one on one experience, reasons most Nigerians do not like helping, this happened to a good fellow, in Essen, he wanted to assist a fellow Nigerian in Germany by accommoding him, before he finds his feet, but along the line, this guy's turns out to be a fraudulent fellow, who specializes in dating Germany women on like, one day he stole the guys Bank details IBAN and asked one of his vitims to send the money to that account, that his mother is about to pass out, and the sum of 10k euros was sent, to cut the long story short, the guy was invited by the police, while the fraudulent guy ran away till date.

He was advised to get a lawyer and the case is till pending till date.

This are some of the reasons most people don't help.

To be honest, some Nigerians can be very funny, I also had issue with one. I accomodated him for 2 months without asking him to pay any bill, but when i refused to carry extra luggage for him from Nigeria, I became a wicked person.
It is well sha.

awo666:

please, I will like if you can assist me about doing PhD in Germany.

I don't know much about phd, am a master's degree student, but you can ask your questions here for contributions from those good with the process.

Xzbit91:


Congrats!

I'd like to ask you a few questions. Can I DM you pls?

Thank you, okay

I have a question please..


For someone who just finished OND and wishes to continue in Germany, what Degree should the person likely go for?

Wrong topic to post your questions, please find the travel section and post in study in Germany thread.

FreshGuy2:
I have a question please..


For someone who just finished OND and wishes to continue in Germany, what Degree should the person likely go for?

awo666:
how is it easy to do PhD, prospect of settling down afterwards and raising a family.

We are are seeking the same opportunity. Ask your questions here.

https://www.nairaland.com/5296943/general-german-student-visa-enquiries

Thank you all so much for the wealth of information on this thread. I have just been accepted into T. U Dresden to study LLM in International intellectual Property Law in the summer 2020 session.

Is anyone studying, planning to study or has any info specific to the region or Uni? I'll greatly appreciate the assistance.

Many thanks in advance.

awo666:
how is it easy to do PhD, prospect of settling down afterwards and raising a family.

Education (read Research) is generally is intensive (demanding) in Germany, so don't expect PhD to be "easy".

1. The prospect/process of settling down afterwards is similar to that of BSc/MSc students - finish your degree, get a job or get the 18 months employment seeking visa. .. Get your permanent residence after meeting the specified conditions (you can search for the conditions online)

2. PhD work permit is a bit different, in that you get full working permit as against that of MSc/BSc students which is very limited. Therefore, if a PhD student can get a job (with sufficient social contributions) during his/her study, then it should count towards getting a permanent residence after concluding the study.

3. I should add that not all research funding, research/graduate assistant jobs, grants or scholarships has social contributions included in their structure, so if you manage to get a PhD admission and get any of these ... be 100% sure about what you are getting (person wey dey ask question no dey miss road o)

PS:: I am not a PhD student, I just happened to have heard these info from few people who are.

Legacy666:

Thank you, okay

Thank you

WildChild00:



From one on one experience, reasons most Nigerians do not like helping, this happened to a good fellow, in Essen, he wanted to assist a fellow Nigerian in Germany by accommoding him, before he finds his feet, but along the line, this guy's turns out to be a fraudulent fellow, who specializes in dating Germany women on like, one day he stole the guys Bank details IBAN and asked one of his vitims to send the money to that account, that his mother is about to pass out, and the sum of 10k euros was sent, to cut the long story short, the guy was invited by the police, while the fraudulent guy ran away till date.

He was advised to get a lawyer and the case is till pending till date.

This are some of the reasons most people don't help.

Just imagine now Nigerians!!!

Please anyone here sending Docs to Uniassist from Ibadan this week?

Good morning guys, I'm a winter hopeful and I quickly wanna get clarification based on laminated docs....cos most of my docs were laminated. Pls house, does the German embassy or any of their institutions raise brows in this regard ? Many thanks as I anticipate your kind response to my curiosity.

Kindly note that I've channeled this same question to the German student visa enquiry thread...but none seem to kinda do justice to my question. I'll appreciate if someone can bail me out from here.

Thank you.

mykohayz:
Good morning guys, I'm a winter hopeful and I quickly wanna get clarification based on laminated docs....cos most of my docs were laminated. Pls house, does the German embassy or any of their institutions raise brows in this regard ? Many thanks as I anticipate your kind response to my curiosity.

Kindly note that I've channeled this same question to the German student visa enquiry thread...but none seem to kinda do justice to my question. I'll appreciate if someone can bail me out from here.

Thank you.

They have no issues with laminated docs.

asamwababy:


They have no issues with laminated docs.

You're blessed ma'am

Thank you very much.

I applied for conditional admission at University of paderborn, I had my interview on 24th may and after the foreign office in paderborn have accessed my documents, and after school have started, I got a rejection letter from the embassy on 24th July which I made an appeal on 26th july and embassy responded to me on 26th that they will access my documents and get back to me, so since then, I waited but no response, then on September, I had to send an extension of my admission to the embassy and they responded that they will add my documents to my files and work in it,
So since that day I submitted the appeal till date, there is not better response from them, only thing they keep on telling me is that they will work on my documents and get back to me, even when I called them this week, the customer care was astonished that I have not gotten any response from them since July 26th, and she also told me after I called my visa reference number for her that I can not book for a new date, that my application is still on process, is up-to 6 months I make the appeal but no decision has been made on my application.
Now from the recent extension I sent to them stated that my enrollment will start on December 3rd to 12th while school will start officially on January 2020.
So friends, in this case, what will I do about it?

asamwababy:


They have no issues with laminated docs.

Hello!

I also have a question to ask that haven't been attended to on the general student visa thread. Pls can I go ahead so you can Kindly help out ?

I beg of you pls....Thanks.

toffee08:
Thank you all so much for the wealth of information on this thread. I have just been accepted into T. U Dresden to study LLM in International intellectual Property Law in the summer 2020 session.

Is anyone studying, planning to study or has any info specific to the region or Uni? I'll greatly appreciate the assistance.

Many thanks in advance.

Heyy . Pls how much is the fees?

Someone should pls answer me.

I know most of u here have gone pass this stage so I don't want to make any mistake. Pls I want to confirm the filling of my student visa form;

1. I intend to stay for NO longer than twelve months in the federal territory and apply for a visa that covers the entire duration of my stay -Yes or No. I ticked no

2. What is my reference? I wrote the the sch I gained admission

3. Will I retain my permanent residence outside Germany? Yes or no. It ticked yes

Pls confirm the info

Thank you.

Victorex001:


Thank you so much for this informations. I plan on coming for my masters, I studied Chemical Engineering and would like do something related to engineering because I heard it’s lucrative over there in Germany. A 450€ pay as a student is still better at least with all I have been reading 400€ can be possible to sustain one for the month, that’s houserent, feeding and health insurance.

I don’t plan to abandon studies because I can see studying is one of the best ways to get PR abroad. As a student” and without the knowledge of German yet, I don’t mind doing all sorts of menail jobs as long as there’s job over there (which you mentioned I apply for big cities)

I’m 26yrs old, working legal menail Jobs is not a problem as long as it’s possible, after masters one can talk of getting better job, but to me it’s a privilege to work and earn money for bills and maybe 50€-100€ one can send back to the family....
But the BA is my hope of savings, and during holidays one can also save from working full time.

Sis, I appreciate your time, I know I’m too inquisitive and night sound inconveniencing but I really appreciate this.

My brother it's as if you're in my head lol. Every question you have asked is what I really wanted to know. So, thank you very much for being inquisitive. I was going to go to huidi abi nah huldi but bigger cities equal bigger chances that Munich or Frankfurt dey enter my eye seriously but the BA is killing. I love Berlin as a city though I never enter DE but I've had business Associates and one or two friends from Berlin. From their description Berlin is like a beautiful strong and proud very poor woman. Friends are complaining bitterly about the lack of job in Berlin but those bloody buggers are just probably too lazy or are looking for a nice top floor office job or something. But an Associate in Berlin confidently. told me that Germany is the best country in the world for work, his name is Mohammed and he's a Turkish immigrant so I'm sure he knows what he's saying. And the other lazy buggers are complaining they want to relocate to china LOL. They're both natives sha, Stuttgart to be precise.
P.S: I read German women(especially young 20s, 30s) are strong, intelligent, educated and independent women. They're really disciplined and tough to crack but once they let you in they love with everything. How true is this? And they drink LOTS of beer? lmao be truth or myth?

PattyMike:


My brother it's as if you're in my head lol. Every question you have asked is what I really wanted to know. So, thank you very much for being inquisitive. I was going to go to huidi abi nah huldi but bigger cities equal bigger chances that Munich or Frankfurt dey enter my eye seriously but the BA is killing. I love Berlin as a city though I never enter DE but I've had business Associates and one or two friends from Berlin. From their description Berlin is like a beautiful strong and proud very poor woman. Friends are complaining bitterly about the lack of job in Berlin but those bloody buggers are just probably too lazy or are looking for a nice top floor office job or something. But an Associate in Berlin confidently. told me that Germany is the best country in the world for work, his name is Mohammed and he's a Turkish immigrant so I'm sure he knows what he's saying. And the other lazy buggers are complaining they want to relocate to china LOL. They're both natives sha, Stuttgart to be precise.
P.S: I read German women(especially young 20s, 30s) are strong, intelligent, educated and independent women. They're really disciplined and tough to crack but once they let you in they love with everything. How true is this? And they drink LOTS of beer? lmao be truth or myth?

ON THE INITIAL QUOTED POST

Earning 450 Euro per month should be sufficient to keep you up (Housing - 250, Insurance - 110, Feeding - 90), if you are in normal German cities and not the advanced ones (Berlin, Hamburg,Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart etc.) and of course it also depends on preferences e.g someone that will eat out most times cannot live on 90 Euro for a month (anywhere I will say.)

There will be months where you will get those menial jobs and there will be month where you won't get any, it is not a given. Imagine, if you have gone three months without a job (menial or not) and the one that shows up next falls during your exam months .. will you take it and hustle it with exams? or you drop it and hope that you will get another or maybe go five months with a job? Regardless of whether the job is menial or something that has to do with your professional career. E.g I know those that cancelled semester(s) just because they want to go for internship/work, especially if it has to be in another city or state. Don't forget that getting a job is not a given (full time or not, menial or not), you have to seek and earn it (it is easier to say that I will only work full time during the semester break than anything .. ) This is the type of scenario that plays out in reality and why people often say combining study (relatively hard on its own) with work is very hard and as you can guess, people will make different decisions when they are face with similar scenario "as wetin dey pursue us different".

ON YOUR POST

There are jobs everywhere in Germany as much as there are no jobs everywhere... the questions are, are you qualified for the ones that are available (skills: language, previous working experience, ability.) in the area? .
On German women (not sure I have the range on this though.), they are not so different only that we have different culture which means how we generally view things. e.g relationships (work, friendship, romantic etc.) is not the same just like it is different for both Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo. Independent living is a way of life around here whereas in Nigeria it is more of a community living (where you know everyone on your street and they do same..lol.. here, you might not even KNOW people in your flat/building). If you are interested in crossing that bridge, you will need to unlearn, learn and relearn appropriately when the time comes.

In summary:

1. Regardless of whatever anybody will tell you here or somewhere else, how well you are going to enjoy Germany during or after your studies really depends mostly on how fast and well you are able to improve your GERMAN PROFICIENCY. Your previous working or living experience, your abilities and professional skills and also, whatever made you leave Nigeria.

2. The best thing (after God) that can happen to anybody moving to any of the cities directly from Nigeria, is to have and know people you can trust 99.8% on ground who can give and explain the realities to you before concluding on choosing any of the cities. The reason is that, the dynamics (work-type availability, visa renewal requirements, studying in the city, flexibility etc) is not entirely the same for each state/city even though there are similar education standards obtainable everywhere. Trust me, the experience of a Nigerian study in Berlin is not the same as that studying in Wernigorode or Kassel.

3. Whether you have/get No. 2. or not, you still need to adapt every info that you get (even the ones here) to your personal situation. E.g If you are married with kids in Nigeria and you are soaking in advise like that without proper evaluation from someone who is single and they are still sending money from Nigeria.. OYO oo because the fact is, your realities are not 100% the same. We all don't have the same experience, skills and abilities. This might be weird but as you come in, try as much as possible to get in touch with (if any) fellow Nigerians (that you can trust one another) and form a relationship with those that you are sure you have similar objectives or from similar "background". The Nigerian community is still relatively minute in Germany compare to other nationalities (my observation) and also varies from one city to another, and trying to figure out everything, getting all information, all by yourself might just literally kill you.

4. I know it is easy to cast the blame that Nigerians are terrible blah blah blah, poor at accommodating others, always hiding information, selfish etc.. when you sef land and you face the realities on ground ..you can choose to do as it pleases you.. we are all product of our experiences , I can only wish you nothing but that you only have good ones.

5. This might look funny, You cannot do every available menial jobs oo ... forget the 'pseudo' hustling spirit you think you have in Nigeria, menial job here is HARD (physically and mentally).. so please know your limit o, don't come and kill yourself in Deutschland and please again, don't think you can work hard like Germans or other Europeans.. just make sure you are always putting in your best (at least until you properly fit in) and again, PLEASE KNOW YOUR LIMIT.

6. Heheh .. you can't really save your BA o, like you want that 8 or 10k to still remain like that? ...(I am not saying it is impossible o but but... )

chai.. this is getting longer than I wanted ...
Regardless, Germany is a great land, the question is, are you ready for what is about to hit you ?

Someone should pls answer me

4realisreal:


I know most of u here have gone pass this stage so I don't want to make any mistake. Pls I want to confirm the filling of my student visa form;

1. I intend to stay for NO longer than twelve months in the federal territory and apply for a visa that covers the entire duration of my stay -Yes or No. I ticked no

2. What is my reference? I wrote the the sch I gained admission

3. Will I retain my permanent residence outside Germany? Yes or no. It ticked yes

Pls confirm the info

Thank you.