Gerrard59:
I met her on a Facebook group because of her side hustle. I was interested because of her state of origin. A few weeks into the conversation, she expressed likeness for me. Meanwhile, I was solely interested in the side hustle business and her state of origin. A month later she mentioned how she ordered goods. I requested for the numbers and sent money (this doubled her initial capital). Only for her to ask me in less than a month for money as things are hard in Nigeria. How does that one concern me? Am I Tinubu? So, what about the goods you ordered? What about your job and second side hustle? what do you use your money for? Ah! I wondered if this is how talking stage people write on social media. I don't like it when people ask me for what I am not responsible for.

Looking back, I am glad I called it off and insisted we focus on the business side as she started talking about marriage. Me and marriage? Also, I cannot partake in a long-distance relationship. It is a loss to a man, and thanks to Pansophist for one of his posts on that topic.

99thEnemy:


Just to clarify, my information about the German embassy and its processes isn’t based on firsthand experience but comes from what I’ve learned from a distant relative, two friends, and a few mutual friends .

I once considered moving to Germany but was discouraged due to the language barrier.

I can, though, pass your question to one of them and get back to you with an answer.

Anything in particular you are asking that I may not understand?

pansophist:
The ''EU regulation No 810/2009'', commonly known as the ''schengen visa code'', is the legal document that embassies use to decide on visa applications.

To know your chance of success, you should read that document like a bible. Any chapter that is not clear to you, paste it here and I will answer it.

Getting a visa is not rocket science, you just need to understand how these things works. To be able to see yourself through the eyes of the visa officer.

I have assisted few people on this forum to apply for their visa, and they all got it.

The ones that will not get it, I can see it from their application, and I will advice them not to apply, until they rectify it.

99thEnemy:


Just to clarify, my information about the German embassy and its processes isn’t based on firsthand experience but comes from what I’ve learned from a distant relative, two friends, and a few mutual friends .

I once considered moving to Germany but was discouraged due to the language barrier.

I can, though, pass your question to one of them and get back to you with an answer.

Anything in particular you are asking that I may not understand?

99thEnemy:


Your application is straightforward. You are seeking an opportunity to go to Germany as a skilled worker, and right now, Germany seems to have a shortage of skilled workers and is actively encouraging and advertising to attract them.

Many people who get rejected want to go there for this reason but hide under the guise of other purposes. When discovered, it raises a red flag.

I believe you may only be denied if they feel you don’t have the necessary qualifications or the job industry you are targeting is already highly saturated.

Another friend, who went to Germany for work but used a student visa, is struggling to balance school and a job. If he can’t stay enrolled, he risks losing his visa.

At the moment, I believe he has stopped working to focus on his studies to avoid this.

Imagine having to pursue another undergraduate degree solely because of visa restrictions, and not being able to convert it to another visa type.

99thEnemy:

Two weeks after the initial application or two weeks after being interviewed by the Consular Officer?

It is likely that your background check passed with no major red flags that would prevent you from being granted an interview with the Consular Officer.

A mutual friend was denied a study visa twice and was only granted it on the third attempt. I never asked why, so I have no details to share about that.

Just make sure you meet every requirement.

Which visa category did you apply for?

99thEnemy:


First, when applying for a visa, the receiving clerk checks if your documents are complete and all required fields are filled out correctly.

Next, they will look for any red flags, such as inconsistencies in your application or suspicious elements in your supporting documents.

They will then check various databases, including those from Nigerian departments such as Immigration and Police (and others, depending on the type of visa application), as well as international databases to see if you have been blacklisted, overstayed a visa, or if there are any other issues.

In general, they will verify the authenticity of your documents by contacting the relevant authorities.

After this initial screening, if you qualify, you will be scheduled for an interview with a Consular Officer.

The Consular Officer will make the final decision on your visa application, and you will be notified whether your visa has been granted or denied, along with the reasons for the decision.

99thEnemy:

A consular officer is the one with authority to grant or deny you Visa.

Those that initially attend to Visa applicants are just clerks or assistants.

99thEnemy:

A consular officer is the one with authority to grant or deny you Visa.

Those that initially attend to Visa applicants are just clerks or assistants.

Zoey1:
The decision isn’t made by the officer that attends to you.

Bolu004:
Go to Ministry of Education website, they offer results verification services.
But you'll have to pay, the last time I checked was 3,000 per certificate.

Gerrard59:

The numbers are negligible. That is the truth. But I am not surprised he is in the US - best place to thrive as a black professional. None comes close, not even sub-Saharan Africa.

Gerrard59:

You are a black man who like most people across the world grew up in a black dominated environment, thus, you will attracted to the women around you, in this case, who are black women. Black women, on average, have bigger breasts and wider hips. Evolutionary behaviour.


The bold is actually a research question I intend to answer one day. The questions go as thus:

"What is the sexual perception towards black women by black men who were born and bred in societies with fewer black people?"
"What about black men who were born and bred for at least 25 years (why 25 years?) in black-dominated societies but later relocated to societies with fewer black people? What is their sexual perception towards black women afterwards?"

Using myself as an example, while I find Japanese and Korean women facially attractive, I cherish the big breasts and hips of well-shaped black women. The first time I came across a black lady - Gambia - I lost concentration for almost 30 minutes. A Nlder wrote about how his friend, who was based in the UK, was excited to see women when he visited Nigeria. Unfortunately, the Nlder did not answer the question of which region his friend resides in the UK as I doubt it was in Greater London.


Because dem never comot. Ednut has written about how many Nigerian men in Canada fanaticised marrying white Canadian women, but after living there for a while, they married Nigerian or other black African women. This is largely because they grew as teens through adulthood as black men in a black-dominated society. The research interest will be to focus on black men who grew up in societies with fewer black people/women and their sexual perception towards black women. Think of black teens in Finland, Norway, South Korea, Russia etc.

Gerrard59:

Those are celebrities who have money and status. While some black sporting celebrities marry white women, it does not correlate to a majority of black men marrying white women. Everywhere outside of Africa, black people marry themselves. This includes the US as well. So your examples are largely statistically infinitesimal.
Here are three research papers which looked at inter-racial marriages and the reasons behind them:
1. Senegalse Muslim men who married in Europe and later returned to Senegal. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01419870.2024.2320775#abstract
2. How Dutch authorities clampdown on "sham marriages": https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2019.1625129
3. This concluded that young people (both men and women) from poorer countries trade their youth for US citizenship: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/padr.12072

TWoods:


How does God speak to you about engaging in clearly illegal activities?

While God does work with faith... that isn't the case here. It is not faith to lie about having enough funds to study, then proceed to the US and get stranded, looking for illegal loopholes to stay afloat. That same God also said: Luke 14:28,29 “For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him.”

Gerrard59:

In which place will the natives be comfortable with their elected officials catering to people who don't contribute to society amidst inflation and high property crises?

I am surprised many people don't understand human nature. You accuse them of racism yet you refuse to acknowledge their concerns.

Fatalveli:
Congrats.

Please when did you use as your start of studies?

Martinez39s:
The answer to your question has been written here several times. I have discussed it on multiple occasions. I will tackle your question tomorrow. It's really simple.

tensazangetsu20:


Dey play. I repeat dey play. I have zero interest in living in Europe. My first job after school on a platter of gold before I even got into tech was in Europe. I didn't even visit the Italian embassy to get the visa. My visa was done while I was in Europe. If I stayed at that job I would have gotten an EU citizenship. I repeat I have zero interest in living in Europe. I got a job to also move to Spain earlier this year on 80000 euros annual salary and still rejected it. Continue dey play. I get recruiters from Europe in my DM and I don't even reply them

Gerrard59:


Typical of Nigerians who have mentally checked out of Nigeria, but are surprised that Trump has supporters in Nigeria. Go and tell the victims of continuous Islamist attacks in Northern Nigeria that they have an "immature view of Christianity".

The good thing is that as long as Trump is alive and kicking, he is gonna win the election as I don't see a good replacement from the Democrats and certainly not Harris or Michelle as one FT commentator opined.

Savagethe21st:
pls send to me @gmail.com

musicwriter:


If it's more than email size, upload it to Google drive, click share to anyone and email me the link. Of course, there are many other file sharing sites you can use; example, mega.nz

CaveAdullam:


If the below is what you are talking about, I will send it to you later.

Thanks.

CaveAdullam:


You can confirm the link now. I have shared the link/file via your email on Google Drive.

Well done.

Gerrard59:


Truly, we have suffered a lot. I have been visiting places and in all, I am the only black person. It got me wondering why are there few black tourists and the answer is we no get money. We are just too poor. Even when one sees a black person(s), na African American. Black Africans are so few in these places even though I wager that we constitute the majority of black folks here. One might say but you are in East Asia, but I see Latinos and Arabs.

It is a major reason I keep hampering on black men having fewer children. To dey born born everywhere is not a good thing in a rapidly changing economy and geopolitical world. See Sudan? That country is gone for good!

ihavesense:

I was telling someone that the actual information from the official Germany embassy is not yet available regarding the opportunity card and he was doubting me. Chancenkarte.com is not the official website.
Do you have the link to the sites that have the info?

ihavesense:

It would be more beneficial to others who might want to apply in the future if we maintain the thread.
But we can link up…

ihavesense:

Me too can’t speak German but one can make up with points from other criteria.
Did you use the points calculator on their website? I used and got 6 points which is the required points to be qualified. Though one can actually get higher points.

LordAdam16:


The primary condition to release the hostages is public knowledge.
Complete withdrawal from Gaza and permanent cessation of hostilities.
That is by no means outrageous.

To prevent a future attack, Israel must accept the Two State Solution and stop actively preventing the creation of an independent Palestinian state.

This is not rocket science. But because Israel is led by a cross-section of lunatics who have publicly professed working towards complete annexation of every square inch of Palestine, they'd push these outlandish narratives that conveniently sidesteps the all-important birth of the State of Palestine.

We cannot keep kicking this can down the road.

-Lord

LordAdam16:


I was outraged.
And will go to great lengths to condemn the attack.

But whatever Hamas did within hours in Southern Israel has been completely overshadowed by the reckless, unprecedented war crimes committed by the IDF over the last seven months.
It is possible to be both appalled by the October 7 attack and be overwhelmingly repulsed by the genocidal Israeli response.
One ended in hours with the arrest of 600 of the perpetrators. The other is still ongoing with a five-digit body count of innocents.

Surely, there is a threshold where you can agree they've gone too far.
It is telling that 30,000+ dead is not enough for you.

Pretty compelling argument you've got there. /s

-Lord

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