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kid7soccer:


1) Age is not a problem, people go for masters in their 50s

2) Please check the requirements needed for admission On the university website, this will help you know what you need. Now eligibility letter is needed by your school, ministry of education will do it for you while MOF will need your birth certificate to certify your documents Now once you get all the documents certified you submit it to school to begin your admission process.

Note: your school might need you to certify your documents at the polish embassy before applying, but if that not the case you can do it on the day of your visa interview. Now on the day of your interview at the embassy you will go will all certified documents including your birth certificate that was certified at MOF.

3) since you are married with a kid and they are not going with you that is enough ties to Nigeria. U no fit run leave you pikin Na Just submit your employment certificate, pay slip, letter from your oga at the top at your office granting you leave for studies. Fund a credit card from Zenith or any other bank and use it as proof funds.

1) Age is not a problem, people go for masters in their 50s

2) Please check the requirements needed for admission On the university website, this will help you know what you need. Now eligibility letter is needed by your school, ministry of education will do it for you while MOF will need your birth certificate to certify your documents Now once you get all the documents certified you submit it to school to begin your admission process.

Note: your school might need you to certify your documents at the polish embassy before applying, but if that not the case you can do it on the day of your visa interview. Now on the day of your interview at the embassy you will go will all certified documents including your birth certificate that was certified at MOF.

3) since you are married with a kid and they are not going with you that is enough ties to Nigeria. U no fit run leave you pikin Na Just submit your employment certificate, pay slip, letter from your oga at the top at your office granting you leave for studies. Fund a credit card from Zenith or any other bank and use it as proof funds.

Thank you very much. I've already gotten the admission and I didnt need the eligibility letter for that. planning to go authenticate my docs at MOE & MOF this week. Was wondering if the embassy would require the eligibility letter and birth certificate authenticated.

Furthermore, I didnt do court wedding, just church wedding where they gave us church marriage cert, do I have to authenticate it at MOF? Is that certificate even accepted for authentication? Will the embassy even accept that?

kid7soccer:
Happy Sunday dear, I can't access my email as I have forgotten my password. Please kindly feel free to post any questions you have here, this will help other's with such question in mind. There are so many nice people here that are ever ready to help out.

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Please I'd like to know who requires an eligibility letter and legalized birth certificate? Will be going for MSc and preparing to legalize my docs at MOE and MOF. Do I need to legalize my birth certificate too and collect an eligibility letter? I'm in my 30s.

I'm also married and employed and plan to sponsor myself, am I to submit my employment cert and payslips? Or use a sponsor. Furthermore, as regards to the "ties", is the fact that my wife and son staying here in Nigeria a solid reason for that question?

Please any experienced person should answer me. Thank you

TemmyDavies:
You would get your Eligibility Letter from ministry of education, Abuja. Your school would tell you which documents to legalize but you would be required to Authenticate your educational documents in Ministry of Education Abuja, where you would be required to submit your WAEC CERTIFICATE,TESTIMONIAL, TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDS, STATEMENT OF RESULT, after which you would proceed to Ministry of foreign affairs, where they would also Authenticate the documents from Ministry of Education which I stated earlier, but this time including your BIRTH CERTIFICATE, and SPONSORSHIP LETTER.

As for the embassy requirements, check the list below.
1. International passport;
2. Visa fee of 18,600 Naira in cash (unless entitled to discount);
3. 2 passport-type photographs (en face, color, white background, no glasses, no hats);
4. Travel medical insurance valid for the entire period of intended stay plus at least 2 days; valid for all Schengen countries; minimum coverage 30,000 EUR;
5. Flight reservation (return);
6. Residence permit in one of the countries covered by the Embassy (if applicable);
7. Copy of passport data page and previous visas;
8. Copies of all original documents which the applicant wishes to keep.

1. Copy of acceptance letter;
2. All documents required by the institution;
3. Confirmation of payment of fees (if applicable);
4. Documents for legalization (if applicable) – more info: Legalization of documents;
5. Hotel reservation or proof of another accommodation; for applicants planning to stay with family or friends or being sponsored by Polish/EU citizens in any other way, an invitation registered with appropriate Polish authorities (Urzad Wojewodzki) is required;
6. Documents regarding applicant’s sufficient means of subsistence during intended stay, such as: introduction letter from employer with employer’s consent for travel; salary slips; proof of business ownership; personal/business bank account statements; proof of income generated by property; letter from sponsor and documents regarding sponsor’s financial situation;
7. Documents regarding applicants family situation (marriage/birth certificates).

If you need any other visit their website ----© http://www.abuja.mfa.gov.pl/en/consular_information/visas/

And Legalization is done at the embassy, they charge 8,300 per page,it was still 6K as at 7days ago,

God bless.

Please I'd like to know who requires an eligibility letter and legalized birth certificate? Will be going for MSc and preparing to legalize my docs at MOE and MFA. Do I need to legalize my birth certificate too and collect an eligibility letter? I'm in my 30s.

I'm also married and employed and plan to sponsor myself, am I to submit my statement of account? Or use a sponsor?

SCHOOLDROPOUT:
EMBASSY OF FINLAND January 2014
9 Iro Dan Musa Street
Asokoro,
Abuja, Nigeria

Tel. + 234 80 37 85 11 50
+ 234 70 64 18 90 00

Email: visa.aba@formin.fi
www.finlandnigeria.org


RESIDENT PERMITS FOR STUDENTS


If you have received an admission letter to a Finnish university, polytechnic or other educational institution and are planning to start your studies in Finland and if your stay in Finland will exceed three months you need to apply for a residence permit.

To apply for a residence permit to Finland you need to come for an interview. All applicants will be interviewed and applicants’ fingerprints will be recorded at the Embassy of Finland in Abuja. An appointment time can be booked by e-mail in advance at visa.aba@formin.fi. Embassy is unable to give appointments by telephone. All correspondence to and from the embassy should be through e-mail.

Kindly include the following in your application:

* Residence permit application form (OLE_OPI) properly filled (application form can be found at the Finnish Immigration website: www.migri.fi)
* Original International Passport (submitted in advance if you are Nigerian, please see below)
* Three passport photographs (coloured with white background)
* Original Admission letter
* Original Certificates from former schools
* Your original WAEC or NECO certificates and your result checking card
* Original Insurance Policy (list of accepted insurance policy companies attached)
-if studies are expected to last less than 2 years: amount of indemnity at least 100 000 euros
-if studies are expected to last more than 2 years: amount of indemnity at least 30 000 euros
* Original Bank Statements stating a balance of 6,720 (six thousand seven hundred and twenty) Euros or the equivalent in another currency in your own bank account (not sponsor's!) until you will travel to Finland. The Bank Statement should also include a list of transactions for the past three months.
The Embassy strongly advices you to deposit your funds in respectable international banks (see attached list). Should you have a sponsor for your studies, please provide a letter from the sponsor as well as proof of funds available (bank statements, salary slips etc.). The letter should explain how the funds for sponsorship have been acquired.
* Any other documents supporting your application

Kindly note that the documents need to be submitted to the Embassy two weeks prior to the date of the interview. The documents to be submitted in advance include the application form and originals of all documents listed above. If you are a Nigerian citizen, you are also required to include your international passport. If you are a citizen of a country other than Nigeria and need your passport to travel to Nigeria, you are required to submit a photocopy of the information page of your passport, and bring the passport with you when you arrive for the residence permit interview. They can be submitted to the Embassy via a reliable courier service, such as DHL, UPS, or FedEx. Please find below the delivery address:

Embassy of Finland
Residence permit office
9 Iro Dan Musa Street
Asokoro
Abuja
Nigeria

The original documents will be returned to you at the conclusion of the residence permit interview. Kindly also note that your original passport and the original receipt for the payment of the residence permit fee needs to be presented when arriving to the Embassy for the interview.

Two sets of photocopies of all original documents must also be submitted when arriving for the interview.

Processing fee must have been paid in full into the Embassy's Bank Account at any Standard Chartered Bank in Nigeria before a residence permit can be applied for. The original bank slip of the payment must be personally presented by the applicant at the interview.

Please note that the amount of the application fee is different whether you submit a regular paper application, or an electronic application. Electronic applications can be submitted at the Finnish Immigration Service website at http://www.migri.fi/services/e_services
Please note that the requirement to submit original documents in advance to the Embassy is still in force even if you submit your application electronically.
NGN Account Number 0001449729 for payments in Naira 74.000 in full for paper applications
NGN Account Number 0001449729 for payments in Naira 67.000 in full for electronic applications
EUR Account Number 0001449736 for payments in Euro 330 in full for paper applications
EUR Account Number 0001449736 for payments in Euro 300 in full for paper applications
More information can be found from the Finnish Immigration Service website: www.migri.fi
The competent authority for residence permits is the Finnish Immigration Service. After lodging your application, kindly address your further enquires directly to them. The Finnish Immigration Service makes the decisions on granting of residence permits.

Finnish Immigration Service:
tel. +358 71 873 0431 (exchange), +358 71 873 3400 (customer service)
e-mail: maahanmuuttovirasto@migri.fi
web page: www.migri.fi,
postal address: P.O. Box 18, 00581 Helsinki , Finland
visiting address: Lautatarhankatu 10, Helsinki.

Please read and follow the above instructions carefully. Failing to follow the instructions may cause a delay in processing your application.

Please I'd like to know if the statement of account of my sponsors must be original copies and notarized as both of them are abroad. can they send them to me and I print? there were no options to fill that in on the online application. the only space to fill there was my own statement of account. I indicated my sister and fiance as sponsors and submitted my statement of account with the required amount in it, I didn't know I also had to send the statement of accounts of the sponsors. can I go to the "SEND OTHER DOCUMENTS" section to put in these documents. and does it have to be both sponsors as I indicated 2?

Sociology555:
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Hi, I also got admitted to Savonia. Nice to meet you

Time2win:
Finland has outsourced the submission of visa and residence permit applications to VFS Global on March 5th, 2019. Visa and residence permit applications must always be submitted in person.

Applicants from the following countries can apply for a visa at the AC (Application Center): Cameroon, Central Africa, Chad, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togo. Website to book an appointment is https://www.vfsglobal.com/Finland/Nigeria/. Via the website you can fill an online application and book an appointment. Visa fee and VFS Global Service Charge are paid on site unless instructed by VFS Global to pay to the Embassy of Finland.

Visa applicant from the following countries apply for their visa according to representation agreement as follows: In Benin Finland is represented by the Netherlands, in Burkina Faso by Belgium, in Ghana by Denmark, in Guinea-Bissau by Portugal and in Senegal by France.

Applicants from the following countries can apply for a Residence Permit at the AC: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central Africa, Chad, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Senegal and Togo. Website to book an appointment is http://residencepermits.finland.fi/Nigeria/. Via the website you can book an appointment. Residence Permit fee and VFS Global Service Charge are paid on site unless instructed by VFS Global to pay to the Embassy of Finland (excluding applications paid in advance via EnterFinland).

VFS Global Application Center

Sterling Bank Plaza, 3rd Floor

Plot No 1083, Mohammadu Buhari Way

Central Business District, Abuja-FCT Nigeria

Call Center +234 815 018 8800

Opening hours Monday through Friday 08:00-15:00 (only by pre-booked appointment)

Please I'd also like to know what documents are legalised by VFS for study resident permit. I only have my WAEC and BSC cert, and transcript authenticated at the foreign affairs.

Time2win:
Finland has outsourced the submission of visa and residence permit applications to VFS Global on March 5th, 2019. Visa and residence permit applications must always be submitted in person.

Applicants from the following countries can apply for a visa at the AC (Application Center): Cameroon, Central Africa, Chad, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togo. Website to book an appointment is https://www.vfsglobal.com/Finland/Nigeria/. Via the website you can fill an online application and book an appointment. Visa fee and VFS Global Service Charge are paid on site unless instructed by VFS Global to pay to the Embassy of Finland.

Visa applicant from the following countries apply for their visa according to representation agreement as follows: In Benin Finland is represented by the Netherlands, in Burkina Faso by Belgium, in Ghana by Denmark, in Guinea-Bissau by Portugal and in Senegal by France.

Applicants from the following countries can apply for a Residence Permit at the AC: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central Africa, Chad, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Senegal and Togo. Website to book an appointment is http://residencepermits.finland.fi/Nigeria/. Via the website you can book an appointment. Residence Permit fee and VFS Global Service Charge are paid on site unless instructed by VFS Global to pay to the Embassy of Finland (excluding applications paid in advance via EnterFinland).

VFS Global Application Center

Sterling Bank Plaza, 3rd Floor

Plot No 1083, Mohammadu Buhari Way

Central Business District, Abuja-FCT Nigeria

Call Center +234 815 018 8800

Opening hours Monday through Friday 08:00-15:00 (only by pre-booked appointment)

Hello, Please I'd like to know if a sponsor's letter, account statement and pay-slips would be needed at the VFS centre as there were no options to fill that in on the online application. the only space to fill there was my own statement of account I didn't know I'd have to submit their statements too. I indicated my sister and fiance as sponsors and submitted my statement of account with the required amount in it. If their account is needed, how do I go about submitting it as I have already applied online? does it have to be original copies or notarized as they both are abroad? can they mail them to me and I print? the account statement, payslips, letter etc

Also, what happens when at the time of processing if the value for the equivalent amount in naira has increased due to current exchange rate, does that affect the application? let's say the equivalent of the 6720euros is 2.7 required and I have 2.9 in my account which i printed and submitted and at the point of processing the permit, the value is now 3.1, does that affect me?