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benfluleck:
Cool keep us posted on when you get the visa. I have already got FEA approval

Gotten my visa. A mail was sent 4 working days after my interview, to bring my passport and travel documents (once you get this mail, your visa has most likely been approved), submitted the requested documents the next day at the embassy and I got back my passport two days later.

So all in all, it took 7 working days from my interview, to get my visa.

Please note that this is not cast in stone so yours might take shorter or longer. This is just an overview of what mine was like.

Hopefully yours will go as smooth as mine.

benfluleck:
Sorry how far, How did it go?

What docs did you bring?

What questions did they ask you

Sorry for the late response. It went well.

Bring all the docs listed on the requirements. For blue card Visa, you might need to get a pre approval from the German employment agency even though it wasn't stated in the requirements, I believe

Questions were standard questions and basically info about your work contract and your work experience.

Most importantly, do not lie about anything.

goof:
I got my appointment mail today. 30th of October

Got my mail some minutes ago. 9th October. Congrats bro.

goof:
None yet either. I applied on 24th April. No date yet. Please let me know when you do get a mail

Alright, you too.

goof:
Hi, Any update? I also applied late April.

None yet. Have you gotten any mail? I applied on 30th April. Haven't gotten a date yet.

benfluleck:
Keep us updated if anything comes

I will

benfluleck:
He was April 7th. I think the last days are lumped onto the next month. I know another friend who applied March 30 got his at the same as the one who applied in April.

Thanks for this info bro. That means I should be expecting it this month then. Is your friend's appointment date close?

benfluleck:
He has hopefully you will get yours this month I also applied in May

Ohh great. When exactly did he apply in April and when did he get his date? I applied 30th April and I still haven't gotten a date yet which is weird.

benfluleck:
Don't worry I send a mail every week they do not get replied so it is a waste of time

Hey bro. Has your friend been able to get a date? The one that applied in late April. Please confirm. I still haven't gotten a date though and this is the 4th month. Kindly update when he does or when you do too. I will do same.

benfluleck:
I applied in May and still no communication, I try to send them a mail a week but I get no replies. I have a friend that applied at the end of April and still waiting to. Then it was 5 months on the waiting list . I think his will spill over to month 3 soon. Na time to just go fast for church.

I guess they are giving preference to uni students because that is their main source of income, but it irritates me to hear people apply on those pages without even having an admission letter or a surety that they get admission

I applied at the end of April. Still waiting. Then it was 5 to 7 months waiting period. By their timeline, I shoulf be getting a mail from them this month. I just needed to know if someone got a mail by three months just like they said.

The wait period is crazy though.

benfluleck:
I do not like to correspond with people in private I like to do it in the open. What can I do for you

Okay then. By the looks of things, you applied over two months ago, have you been able to get a date? This is going to the third month I have applied. Wanted to be sure you got your date within the specified timeline. I just need to be sure they will send an appointment date within the timeline they sent in the confirmation mail.

benfluleck:
Na to get someone in Germany to voice an opinion, only God knows what is going on? And you are right by the time you waited a year employer would have moved on.

Been trying to message you via mail. Kindly check and revert. Thanks.

temitayoolu:
Is there anyone that has applied for any tech related jobs or want to apply in Germany and needs advice. Please post here and I'll try to respond as soon as possible.


I keep getting mails from recruiters everyday about open offers and tho most of them are tech jobs that require at least four years experience.

Hi Temitayo. I got a job offer in Germany, to resume August 1st but it is looking like they might give an appointment in 5 to 7 months time. Is there a way I can get an appointnent date soon? Do u suggest I write to the embassy or wait? I also sent you a DM request because it seems you are quite knowledgeable in this. Danke.

temitayoolu:
Information technology // Software or any IT related jobs.


Not to sound somehow but writing good sentences would also increase your chance of landing a good job

Hi Temitayo. I got a job offer in Germany, to resune August 1st but it is looking like they might give an appointment in 5 to 7 months tine. Is there a way I can get an appointnent date soon? Do u suggest I write to the embassy or wait? I also sent you a DM request because it seems you are quite knowledgeable in this. Danke.

Chipset is a major dealbreaker. Got to be snapdragon or Exynos. Mtk is a NO NO.

3000mAh is the minimum battery requirement for any phone running with those Chipsets. 4gLTE band is also a consideration. Then PPIand lastly 4GB RAM and 32GB storage at the very least. Other things can be managed.

cumlord:
Dont o... Dere is a warning against that.. .. the dealer in my area says they will contact customers when it's ready.... DO NOT PAY FOR ANYTHING

Yea, I pondered over it and came to a conclusion that I will not pay in advance. I am not in a hurry. Thanks

musicwriter:
What you need to understand is the education we get in Africa is just standard education, according to what white people wants us to know. It's so because this education was handed down to us by Europeans before leaving Africa. So, what we have in Africa is like a photocopy of a photocopy of a photocopy of a photocopy, and so on. It's because we copied it from others that it would naturally keep losing quality, just like you keep photocopying a document from one to another. My senior brothers got a better quality education than me, and I got a better quality education than my junior ones. Those that would come after us would keep getting less quality education. This is already an open secret, and everybody knows education is increasingly losing quality by the year. The more we copy it to future generations, the more it would lose quality.

I remember when we were in school back in the days, and they used to say those in primary school couldn't write a good letter. Later, the saying changed that those in secondary school couldn't write a good letter. Now, they say university graduates can't write a good letter anymore. Most of the certificates and qualifications ends on paper, not in practice. If those qualifications were real, you'll see it in our streets, in science and technology and all the other fields you mentioned.

However, it was deliberately designed that way right from the time it was handed to us by Britain. The colonial masters weren't really interested in giving education to their colonies. It was an after thought, and when they did, their priority was training people who can speak their various languages, people who could help them run the colonial administration, people who they could control. It wasn't about giving technical skills or learning how to build our own airplane. As a matter of fact, an educated person in British colony in the 1920's was someone who could speak English language. And in French colonies it was someone who could speak French language. The education disables an African mind to want to aspire scientifically, and as I said, it was deliberately designed that way. That's why we can't build our own roads and the rest of the things. It was designed so we continue to import our needs from the master.

We're going nowhere, until African leaders and those managing education in Africa understand this and re-invent education based on African philosophy.

As you suggested, the solution is overhaul the thing called education and re-install a brand new system of education created by us, a system of education without colonial hangovers. This would include using our native languages to acquire knowledge. Only then shall somebody who tells you he studied about mosquito talk about mosquito in a way it would be open source knowledge to everybody. It would no longer be a topic you have to first qualify as an English speaker to understand. A system of education that disqualifies our native languages from knowledge acquisition is slavery!! .

Anybody interested in reading more should see the link on my signature, part 1 and part 2. See intellectual slavery, the worst legacy of colonialism http://www.africason.com/2015/10/intellectual-slavery-most-dangerous.html

You made some salient points and solutions but all I see here is blame game on our colonial masters. Last time I checked, we turned 57 yesterday. We cannot keep blaming our colonialist for our misfortunes. We just didn't step up after independence. Shikena.

cooldood:
Imagine...lol.you launch,yet decoders ain't immediately available.

Lol, me sef tire but I would give them the benefit of doubt. I am sha not getting the TSTV until i get reviews shikena.

I called one of the dealers in Lagos yesterday and she said decoders and dish will be available on Tuesday evening. She sent her account number to book for it which is legit btw but i need to get reviews first before buying it. My DSTV subscription should expire today so I would most liklikely get TSTV this week.

9japrof:
This mofo is one of the reasons why this country still have issues till date.

Why would a pastor be mixing religion with politics, preaching politics in the church instead of a message of salvation.

Talk from today till tomorrow, the status quo remains the same because the Hausa Fulani owns Nigeria and whatever they want to do with it is what happens shikena

That is the thing with you Nigerians. The 'pastors' that are teaching the message of salvation and all...do they practice what they preach? First of all, Bakare is a Nigerian before he is a pastor and it is just no-brainer that he talks about(and tries to profer) solutions to the situation in the country. I rather have hin with his truth and at times, controversial views, than the prosperity and salvation pastors who are just after your tithes and money to build bigger churches and fatten their bellies while gullible folks like you are still impoverished and shouting 'Daddy GO' up and down. You that is talking, what have you done to better the country? What meaningful contribution have you offered to change the status quo in one little way or the other? Now you see someone who is a pastor and who has his own money to fend for his family, putting his nation at heart n you are there opening your mouth calling him a mofo. Well...leg out.

Bookmarked. Very informative.

It is real foolishness on her part bringing religion to the work place. The work place should be as secular as possible. I am a Christian but i will be pissed if a muslim says: Insha Allah in everything he or she does. It is just downright stupidity not to follow terms and conditions. When in rome, behave like the romans. I just think she is very used to such statements. Old habits die hard.

Here's mine. Player pro. Black skin

That tree burial though! Like the coffin is not exposed to natural elements and after much exposure, the coffin will still be damaged and birds will have a field day on the corpse anyway.

Seychelles, cyprus

Computer engineering please. There are more career opportunities on that path in Nigeria than in Geology.

Here's mine below. I use my mobile hotspot a lot and i have been watching lots of stories on snapchat lately.

I don't understand why the government cannot build affordable houses that the poor can live. Spacious One room apartments that can house a family of 5 worse comes to worst. Why can't we have housing projects as seen in developed countries. Anytime the govt builds housing schemes, it is high cost estates, unaffordable to the poor. BUILD projects then demolish the slums.

Very precise.

I totally agree with you OP. I started out as a rookie who studied computer science. Even though i knew a bit about databases back then in school, all the experience i have had came through first hand experience in the workplace. I'm currently writing certification exams to complement my experience and that is the way things should be done in the IT sector in Nigeria.

Knew about the name back when i was an undergraduate. Was curious about the real name of the fruit so i googled it. Not a new thing. Nice info though.

Techpaded:
The specs of MI-TRIBE A500 is almost better than iPhone 7..
These devices are copacetic.

I agree with you. Mi tribe has cool features. I bought it for my younger sister and i would say, it was not a bad buy at all. I got it for 18k about 5 months ago.