Good Morning,

can someone who is currently in holland assist with the process for visa application. Eg website

I want to move to netherlands and i have searched this site nothing really is on Holland. is it a good country for an immigrant? what is the employment rate like and also cost of living.

Thank you

What kind of visa are you looking at? Study or Visit?

megastu:
What kind of visa are you looking at? Study or Visit?

Residency

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Queenmark:

Residency

BamBamK:
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Good to know I am not the only one

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Please can I get a cheap English speaking school in Holland with $4000?

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Nobody dey go or live holland or Netherlands?

Na wa o

You cannot apply for a residency visa from Nigeria unless you go Study route or spousal route. After studies you can have a job and then renew your residency. I once had a residence permit but abandoned it and came back to Nigeria. That was in 2008 though.

megastu:
You cannot apply for a residency visa from Nigeria unless you go Study route or spousal route. After studies you can have a job and then renew your residency. I once had a residence permit but abandoned it and came back to Nigeria. That was in 2008 though.

How can one go about the study route?

You can go directly to the school website. My Alumni was UVA (www.uva.nl) or just use google to search for schools in holland and contact them.

megastu:
You can go directly to the school website. My Alumni was UVA (www.uva.nl) or just use google to search for schools in holland and contact them.

Any idea on the cost and job opportunities after?

I have since lost touch. Cost of schooling is almost similar with U.K, a bit lower though. Also the residence permit gives you access to almost all European countries.
As for job opportunities after, you need to consider the language barrier. I.T jobs are in abundance though.

lucasalves:


Any idea on the cost and job opportunities after?

Queenmark:
Nobody dey go or live holland or Netherlands?

Na wa o

We are together

Queenmark:
Nobody dey go or live holland or Netherlands?

Na wa o

na who dey give people visa and residency Nigerians dey go. Holland no be one of them. A friend and wife went there last year. She got job offer from here. IT field. If you no dey IT no one go give you job offer

If I don't want to go through study route considering the cost of school fees
Please which other route can I go with

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ZIINI:
If I don't want to go through study route considering the cost of school fees
Please which other route can I go with

so after all this while na wetin you dey ask me this. Only other way is work permit. Are you in the IT field or have special skills if no. No other way except studies.

ednut1:
so after all this while na wetin you dey ask me this. Only other way is work permit. Are you in the IT field or have special skills if no. No other way except studies.

I studied mech-eng In school
Although am yet to collect my result
Just want to know in case am ready for the processing
Going through study route will cost alot and after studying there's no guarantee that I'll get a job and any stay beyond the given time will lead to something else

Queenmark:
Good Morning,

can someone who is currently in holland assist with the process for visa application. Eg website

I want to move to netherlands and i have searched this site nothing really is on Holland. is it a good country for an immigrant? what is the employment rate like and also cost of living.

Thank you

Study route does not guarantee permanent residence. After you graduate you are given one year to find an employer to sponsor you. Majority of Nigerians have had to go back despite spending thousands of Euro's. They prefer immigrants from the European Union. Easiest route for an African is through marriage.

RuudVanNisteroy:

Study route does not guarantee permanent residence. After you graduate you are given one year to find an employer to sponsor you. Majority of Nigerians have had to go back despite spending thousands of Euro's. They prefer immigrants from the European Union. Easiest route for an African is through marriage.

It depends on what you are studying. If it's pure engineering the chances of getting sponsored is almost 0 percent but if it's IT there's a very high chance of sponsorship. I know around 3 developers that got jobs and sponsorship visas in the Netherlands from Nigeria here.

tensazangetsu20:

It depends on what you are studying. If it's pure engineering the chances of getting sponsored is almost 0 percent but if it's IT there's a very high chance of sponsorship. I know around 3 developers that got jobs and sponsorship visas in the Netherlands from Nigeria here.

I have a friend currently there that studied finance and has 5 more months before her visa expires struggling to find a job, so an employer can sponsor her to remain there. The thought of returning back to Nigeria has thrown her into depression.

RuudVanNisteroy:

I have a friend currently there that studied finance and has 5 more months before her visa expires struggling to find a job, so an employer can sponsor her to remain there. The though of returning back to Nigeria has thrown her into depression.

That's possible. I usually do a lot of research with regards to jobs on LinkedIn and indeed and there's very few engineering and finance jobs in many European countries contrary to what many people think. Most of the jobs available now are for people in IT. Web developers, security analyst, networking engineers, UI and UX designers, product designers and managers et Al. If I am going for a master's degree today it must be in computer science o or nothing. Going to abroad and coming back to this shithole is depressing.

tensazangetsu20:

That's possible. I usually do a lot of research with regards to jobs on LinkedIn and indeed and there's very few engineering and finance jobs in many European countries contrary to what many people think. Most of the jobs available now are for people in IT. Web developers, security analyst, networking engineers, UI and UX designers, product designers and managers et Al. If I am going for a master's degree today it must be in computer science o or nothing. Going to abroad and coming back to this shithole is depressing.

What I will advise prospective immigrants is to go into I.T or the healthcare field. The demand in both fields is high and they have job security. I have friends in I.T running from one company to another, the demand for their services is high.

I pray my friend gets a job before her work visa expires. I don't want her to return to Nigeria in the current state the country is in. My last visit was in 2018 and was shocked it was still the same way I left it.

RuudVanNisteroy:

What I will advise prospective immigrants is to go into I.T or the healthcare field. The demand in both fields is high and they have job security. I have friends in I.T running from one company to another, the demand for their services is high.

I pray my friend gets a job before her work visa expires. I don't want her to return to Nigeria in the current state the country is in. My last visit was in 2018 and was shocked it was still the same way I left it.

Nigeria today is worst than how it was in 2018. Nigeria wasn't the world's poverty capital in 2018 and the borders were still open for business. 2019 Nigeria became the world's poverty capital and as if that wasn't bad the dullardhino closed the borders to trade permanently which crippled so many businesses as if that wasn't bad Corona came

@tensazangetsu20 Is it possible for someone with 2 years experience to get a job to relocate to the Netherlands

tensazangetsu20:

Nigeria today is worst than how it was in 2018. Nigeria wasn't the world's poverty capital in 2018 and the borders were still open for business. 2019 Nigeria became the world's poverty capital and as if that wasn't bad the dullardhino closed the borders to trade permanently which crippled so many businesses as if that wasn't bad Corona came

what was their experience level like?