Category A

Fatalveli:
Congrats.

What category?

Sent you already..

SOLARPOWER1:


Send me pm

Wow..congratulations to u too..

MrAAA2:


It's good that they are opening to Cat B candidates.
You mean all that questions?
I did not even have time to prepare for my interview in Dubai and wasn't even asked what my name was! The only question asked was:
Can I have your documents?
Other comments by the VO were:
You may have to take a seat for about 20 mins while I field in you information.
Can I have the money for the visa fee (75 EUR equivalent)?
We will contact you in about 4 weeks.
...
I only said:
Thank you.
Will that be all? She smiled and replied yes.
I acted surprised asking 4 weeks? My lectures ought to have begun by then already. She replied, that's not my fault, you applied late and the issuance of visa comes from Germany and there was nothing she could do.
Again I said, thank you as I retrieve my original documents and said to her, I will have to take a seat again and arrange these papers. She replied, okay fine!
I just waka comot pondering whether it was a good or bad interview � until the AM and the Visum!

Keep striving pals.

Congratulations. Pls do u mind sharing ur interview transcript ?

IamkingP:
Visum Alert
AD : oct 20
AM : December 3
Never give up guys the hustle is real...been on the German waka since 2018 after canada rejected me.....stay focused and blessed

I was the first to arrive
Vo asked
Can I have your travel insurance
Which course
Why this course
Can you speak German
Why not NIGERIA
Why not USA, canada
Facts about germany
Plans after study
That's all

Irabor1990:
Congratulations. Pls do u mind sharing ur interview transcript ?

IamkingP:
I was the first to arrive
Vo asked
Can I have your travel insurance
Which course
Why this course
Can you speak German
Why not NIGERIA
Why not USA, canada
Facts about germany
Plans after study
That's all

Which one is travel insurance again?

Irabor1990:
Congratulations!!
No be small questions oo


quote author=SOLARPOWER1 post=96937724]Finally my visum arrived today...Thanks to every member of this group and my wonderful friends here who helped me through out the process from 2018 till date.

AD: Oct 9th

AM: Dec 1st

Visum: Dec 10th

Course: Msc Communication Systems and Networks. ..... TH Koln

I encourage guys still trying to keep pushing,... If you are new here and going for Msc in the area of Electrical Engineering and/or IT, I am available for advice and assistance throughout the process free of charge

*My interview transcript*

I got to Walter Carington at about some minutes to 7am. My appointment was scheduled for 9am but one of the lady selling outside advised me to go in on time that they would attend to me if 7am people are not much.

Based on info from guys here, I was fast with my document arrangements; Paulinus was good to me, he made sure I was tie first to be interviewed even before people that came earlier he took me personally to the VO that interviewed me

Questions
**Quick questions as I was doing my biometric* :

Are you a scholarship student?

Where do you work?

How much is your salary ?

Who is sponsoring you ?

Are you married? …

When is the start date of this your program?


*Main Interview* :

Do you have a goal of setting up your own firm in Nigeria.

Why this course

Why Germany for this course?

She asked a question and I gave an answer explaining how Germany's educational system is world class and how the system has been shunning out renowned scientist over the years

Then she said name some of those scientists


Is your future aspiration to become a specialist in this field ?


Tell me something about Germany's economy

What are the three countries ahead of Germany with respect to norminal GDP

Name some companies in Germany

Name some of the major products produced and exported from Germany

Is USA still number one with respect to nominal GDP considering this corona pandemic.

Do you want to set up an ICT firm maybe like Glo, ....I said no, not in that capacity... Then she helped me by saying: something smaller to assist those kind of big ICT firms with their operations.... I said exactly...

What is your bachelor's thesis

Why Germany and not UK or USA

Why not Nigeria

Tell me what you know about German Politics

Who is the President of the Bundesrat

Who was the President of Germany before Dr Frank Walter S.

What is the party of the current president of Germany

Which day is celebrated way back in history as Germany's bla bla bla (I had to ask her, do you mean the reunification day)...she said yes....

What brought about the reunification?

What was happening at the Berlin wall and why were the people trying to cross to the West?

Why was East Germany less developed?

What time period was the second world war?

What is the longest river in Germany and how many kilometer

How many cities are referred to as city states in Germany? List them

How many countries are surrounding Germany? Which one is to the North? Which one is to the South, which one is to the East and which one is to the West.

What is your school's city and state.. What is the capital of that state.

Have you applied for any visa before? USA or UK


I left the embassy around 8:30am

Thank you and have a nice day.


NB: Any question you are answering just get ready to be hit back with questions from your answers.

Begin to apply for accommodation at the school Dormitory asap.

Guys, I want to apply for MSc but do German schools accept EFSET (EF standard English Test) certificate as proof of English Proficiency or can my English language score in WAEC suffice?

Wow...

Winter is coming!

Nice to see that the thread is still active... and how far it has come

Been a while.

I think I am free this weekend so I can give back to the community that made me what I am today. Drop your questions and I will try to answer.

Please no admission related questions as everything has changed

Most people here have admission is AD we are praying for

Congrats bro.

SOLARPOWER1:
Finally my visum arrived today...Thanks to every member of this group and my wonderful friends here who helped me through out the process from 2018 till date.

AD: Oct 9th

AM: Dec 1st

Visum: Dec 10th

Course: Msc Communication Systems and Networks. ..... TH Koln

I encourage guys still trying to keep pushing,... If you are new here and going for Msc in the area of Electrical Engineering and/or IT, I am available for advice and assistance throughout the process free of charge

*My interview transcript*

I got to Walter Carington at about some minutes to 7am. My appointment was scheduled for 9am but one of the lady selling outside advised me to go in on time that they would attend to me if 7am people are not much.

Based on info from guys here, I was fast with my document arrangements; Paulinus was good to me, he made sure I was tie first to be interviewed even before people that came earlier he took me personally to the VO that interviewed me

Questions
**Quick questions as I was doing my biometric* :

Are you a scholarship student?

Where do you work?

How much is your salary ?

Who is sponsoring you ?

Are you married? …

When is the start date of this your program?


*Main Interview* :

Do you have a goal of setting up your own firm in Nigeria.

Why this course

Why Germany for this course?

She asked a question and I gave an answer explaining how Germany's educational system is world class and how the system has been shunning out renowned scientist over the years

Then she said name some of those scientists


Is your future aspiration to become a specialist in this field ?


Tell me something about Germany's economy

What are the three countries ahead of Germany with respect to norminal GDP

Name some companies in Germany

Name some of the major products produced and exported from Germany

Is USA still number one with respect to nominal GDP considering this corona pandemic.

Do you want to set up an ICT firm maybe like Glo, ....I said no, not in that capacity... Then she helped me by saying: something smaller to assist those kind of big ICT firms with their operations.... I said exactly...

What is your bachelor's thesis

Why Germany and not UK or USA

Why not Nigeria

Tell me what you know about German Politics

Who is the President of the Bundesrat

Who was the President of Germany before Dr Frank Walter S.

What is the party of the current president of Germany

Which day is celebrated way back in history as Germany's bla bla bla (I had to ask her, do you mean the reunification day)...she said yes....

What brought about the reunification?

What was happening at the Berlin wall and why were the people trying to cross to the West?

Why was East Germany less developed?

What time period was the second world war?

What is the longest river in Germany and how many kilometer

How many cities are referred to as city states in Germany? List them

How many countries are surrounding Germany? Which one is to the North? Which one is to the South, which one is to the East and which one is to the West.

What is your school's city and state.. What is the capital of that state.

Have you applied for any visa before? USA or UK


I left the embassy around 8:30am

Thank you and have a nice day.


NB: Any question you are answering just get ready to be hit back with questions from your answers.

Please help me out with the email address @ theochael@yahoo.com

SOLARPOWER1:


Send me pm

Thank you and God bless.

Miscellaneous:


Which one is travel insurance again?

Hahaha no go come embarrass urself for VO place ooo ���

IamkingP:
I was the first to arrive
Vo asked
Can I have your travel insurance
Which course
Why this course
Can you speak German
Why not NIGERIA
Why not USA, canada
Facts about germany
Plans after study
That's all

This is straight-forward. Nice one

IamkingP:
Category A

I thought Cat A visit takes less than a month to process.

Good morning nairalanders,

I’m new to this page and I just finished my nysc. I’m hoping to start a German study visa application. I need help on how to go about it. Can someone be nice to help me out with what to do. I mean the first set of steps to take for the admission.

I look forward to someone helping me out

Gifty28:
Hey guys, pls this is my first time here. someone told me that if you get a scholarship for masters degree, then you don't need to put money in the Germany acct (block account), how true is this? he said the money is abt 3mill naira. How can one get scholarships?? pls responses are needed. Thanks

If you have scholarship, you won't have to pay the blocked amount whuch is about €10300( currently #4.7mil using official rate of 480).
You can check daad.de for scholarships using the below link. Just filter the database according to your course of study.
https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/datenbank/en/21148-scholarship-database/

Gifty28:
Please one more question, can you work while schooling, even when you get scholarship too?

Well, the daad scholarship pays €861 monthly as upkeep and with this, they expect one to concentrate on studies without getting divided between work and study...but they actually allow work and study once you can prove it won't affect your studies as seen in the picture attached below.
Also, this link takes you to faqs about the scholarship.
You will learn alot if you take your time to go through it.

https://www.daad.de/en/study-and-research-in-germany/scholarships/important-information-for-scholarship-applicants/

Dayzzy:

If you have scholarship, you won't have to pay the blocked amount whuch is about €10300( currently #4.7mil using official rate of 480).
You can check daad.de for scholarships using the below link. Just filter the database according to your course of study.
https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/datenbank/en/21148-scholarship-database/

But you won't get Euros at official rate for block accout, will you? So, just do your calculations based on parallel rates.

CooKeed:


But you won't get Euros at official rate for block accout, will you? So, just do your calculations based on parallel rates.

Yea true..but I thought banks still offer close to the official rate with the Form A ..maybe #20 higher
Maybe I'm mistaken.

Well, at black market rate of #580, that's about #6 mil (5,974,000)

Dayzzy:

Yea true..but I thought banks still offer close to the official rate with the Form A ..maybe #20 higher
Maybe I'm mistaken.

Well, at black market rate of #580, that's about #6 mil (5,974,000)

We'll have to confirm that. But I'm not sure that banks have foreign currency to exchange over the counter. What I have heard is that you will have to source your Euro from the parallel market, and the bank only makes the transfer for you at a fee.

I'd like anyone who has done this recently to pls share their experience.

And by the way, the fact that the naira value of block account requirement has gone from about 4m to 6m within 2 yrs makes me very angry. It makes me wanna slap the handlers of our economy. The most inept people to ever grace this earth. It is just appalling to be honest

Feyiz199:
Good morning nairalanders,

I’m new to this page and I just finished my nysc. I’m hoping to start a German study visa application. I need help on how to go about it. Can someone be nice to help me out with what to do. I mean the first set of steps to take for the admission.

I look forward to someone helping me out

Start with this link
https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/studiengang/en/

Refine your search according to your course of study. The search results will inform you of the universities that offer the course you searched for and the respective requirements for admission .
Proceed to each university website and check out the full details and the application procedure.

Obiwannn:
Nice to see that the thread is still active... and how far it has come

Been a while.

I think I am free this weekend so I can give back to the community that made me what I am today. Drop your questions and I will try to answer.

Please no admission related questions as everything has changed

please, what's the possibility that a 38 years old bachelor would get a German student visa? between a program in urban studies and another in data science, which have better employment prospects in Germany?

Mgbadike80:


please, what's the possibility that a 38 years old bachelor would get a German student visa? between a program in urban studies and another in data science, which have better employment prospects in Germany?

To study masters or bachelor's.
I don't think there are age limit to study in German universities, provided you can justify the Gaps.
Record has it that there are a lot of old graduates in Germany.

SOLARPOWER1:


Send me pm

Please can you send the email to be also sir
teepopsin@gmail.com

Obiwannn:
Nice to see that the thread is still active... and how far it has come

Been a while.

I think I am free this weekend so I can give back to the community that made me what I am today. Drop your questions and I will try to answer.

Please no admission related questions as everything has changed

Nice to have you back. Whats the market base for embedded software engineers right there. I have sights at RWTH Aachen and TUM and hoping to get to B1 German...options spread

CooKeed:


We'll have to confirm that. But I'm not sure that banks have foreign currency to exchange over the counter. What I have heard is that you will have to source your Euro from the parallel market, and the bank only makes the transfer for you at a fee.

I'd like anyone who has done this recently to pls share their experience.

And by the way, the fact that the naira value of block account requirement has gone from about 4m to 6m within 2 yrs makes me very angry. It makes me wanna slap the handlers of our economy. The most inept people to ever grace this earth. It is just appalling to be honest

Lol.. and the people in power don't even seem bothered by it. It is business as usual for them .. it's even worse to think #2 was equal to £1 in 1973.

It is what it is

fancyto:

To study masters or bachelor's.
I don't think there are age limit to study in German universities, provided you can justify the Gaps.
Record has it that there are a lot of old graduates in Germany.

Thanks

Hannania:
Nice to have you back. Whats the market base for embedded software engineers right there. I have sights at RWTH Aachen and TUM and hoping to get to B1 German...options spread

Anything IT related sells like crazy as is in any part of the world. You don't even need that much German. Just be good at what you do. Again the school doesn't matter, all na bants

Mgbadike80:


please, what's the possibility that a 38 years old bachelor would get a German student visa? between a program in urban studies and another in data science, which have better employment prospects in Germany?

Wow, tough tbh. You need to prove to the VO why you want to do a bachelor at 38. Your chances are very very slim tbh.. even for a Msc

Data science all the way

Obiwannn:


Wow, tough tbh. You need to prove to the VO why you want to do a bachelor at 38. Your chances are very very slim tbh.. even for a Msc

Data science all the way

Thanks, but i meant that i'm a bachelor going for masters degree in Germany. Your answer was still ok.