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Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by promotervickky(m): 8:01am On Feb 22, 2020
9jaDoomCountry:



I bet you are in your village.

Former British prime minister John Major lived here. Current president of France lived here, Clinton studied abroad but it's wrong for Nigerian to study abroad.

Useless reasoning from useless brain of a doomed country

Your username speaks of your mindset, I'll not reply you
Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by Victorex001(m): 8:01am On Feb 22, 2020
heilige:
Yes, if and only you find the job.
It was not a child's play during my time as a student. 90 something percent of foreign students in my school then used this 20hrs to sustain


My plan is to work and take care of basic fees while I save up the money from my Block Account.

From your reply, seems getting a job in Germany as a student is difficult??
Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by Victorex001(m): 8:05am On Feb 22, 2020
Stephenmoka4:
It is not impossible, the place and amount of pay is something to consider

Wow. This is scary. I started my application, my hope was to come over do menial jobs to take care of basic bills while I save a large chunk of my Block account
Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by Stephenmoka4(m): 8:09am On Feb 22, 2020
Victorex001:


Wow. This is scary. I started my application, my hope was to come over do menial jobs to take care of basic bills while I save a large chunk of my Block account
Well, menial Jobs shouldn't be in your wishlist there. You'll need to create time for studies; you might put yourself to work few hours a day and you can get something to eat from it too.
Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by tunize(m): 8:12am On Feb 22, 2020
Slawormir:
Damnnnnn niggarrr
Nice write up
Guy which state weed u dey even smoke self?
Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by LOSKYXANDER: 8:13am On Feb 22, 2020
Do German universities accept second class lower bsc for masters?
Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by shaw2(m): 8:13am On Feb 22, 2020
Sure
It's better you look for a better country to go to
olalekan9320:
even for those who understood French up to B2 level?
Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by Victorex001(m): 8:15am On Feb 22, 2020
Stephenmoka4:
Well, menial Jobs shouldn't be in your wishlist there. You'll need to create time for studies; you might put yourself to work few hours a day and you can get something to eat from it too.

Thanks.
So it’s very possible for me to save the money from my block account?
Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by heilige(m): 8:20am On Feb 22, 2020
You can find a job, but not overnight

Victorex001:


My plan is to work and take care of basic fees while I save up the money from my Block Account.

From your reply, seems getting a job in Germany as a student is difficult??
Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by Victorex001(m): 8:22am On Feb 22, 2020
heilige:
You can find a job, but not overnight


“But not overnight” skeptical.

What of getting one without German knowledge? Because I have limited time to learn German here in Nigeria
Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by henryboss(m): 8:24am On Feb 22, 2020
Its far way better than nigeria to compare How much does universities pay just for tuition fee in nigeria, state universities in nigeria for two semester o. Their school fees alone has exceeded that amount. Plus accomodation and other dues. Even a federal univerity in nigeria. By the time you add your transport fare from your cheaper apartment to school, your feeding cost, your school dues and text books, miscellaneous, you will that 323k for an international school with more opportunity of getting a life sustaing job is much better.

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Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by Stephenmoka4(m): 8:32am On Feb 22, 2020
Victorex001:


Thanks.
So it’s very possible for me to save the money from my block account?
You'll definitely spend a good percentage from your block account. You should get some money from whatever work you are doing but, don't work more than the limit. You should work more during the break and less during study sessions. Of you'll live outside campus get ready to spend on rent unless you wanna pair up w/ someone. I don't think you can easily save the money in your block account. Please don't make work your point of focus
Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by nwigwemark: 8:33am On Feb 22, 2020
God bless you even the big cities, their semester ticket sometimes can take to to the entire state and with that they can live where they can afford the accommodation and move around from there. The point is most of the OP analyses are exaggerated
abimcdssi:


But he/she just told you the average of what he/she spends on a monthly basis. Saw some expenses on that list that are exaggerated. Most students don't spend on public transport as long as your semester fee is paid(unless you are traveling out of the city/state of your studies). €168 for feeding in a month is a lot. Accommodation isn't as expensive as that for a lot of people except for Berlin and Bayern folks.€31 for phone, internet and TV is much. 4 people come together to pay €16 for premium Netflix. You'll get by with less than €500 conveniently. It's not that easy combining school with work and making €800 per month no be beans.
Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by Victorex001(m): 8:34am On Feb 22, 2020
Stephenmoka4:
You'll definitely spend a good percentage from your block account. You should get some money from whatever work you are doing but, don't work more than the limit. You should work more during the break and less during study sessions. Of you'll live outside campus get ready to spend on rent unless you wanna pair up w/ someone. I don't think you can easily save the money in your block account. Please don't make work your point of focus

I understand. As much as schooling and getting good grades is my priority. The money from the block account is borrowed.

I have an uncle who’ll be lending me the money with undertaking to payback that’s what I am worried about this.
Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by nwigwemark: 8:38am On Feb 22, 2020
Maybe he is not ready to encourage people but to prove to people what he thinks he knows, some many things there are not current/authentic and I will also advise him to check his facts again
amikable97:



I'm not trying to criticise your efforts o but if you really did your research well you would have known that the amount for blocked account was increased to €10,236 since July/August last year and it came into effect in September 2019...

Even after 2 to 3 people have pointed this out to you, you still don't wanna effect the correction... Don't you know that the information might mislead new readers that are not familiar with the process?
What matters most are the little bits of information... cool cool cool
Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by nwigwemark: 8:43am On Feb 22, 2020
That's a simple truth. Moreover for you to quote cost of living, did you consider their minimum wage?, Most students make at least 450€/month while majority makes over 1000€ monthly and they only spend a fraction of this.
Sterope:
The people you interviewed don't know what they are saying or they have rich parents.

Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by Stephenmoka4(m): 8:48am On Feb 22, 2020
Victorex001:


I understand. As much as schooling and getting good grades is my priority. The money from the block account is borrowed.

I have an uncle who’ll be lending me the money with undertaking to payback that’s what I am worried about this.
Firstly I don't think you can survive on menial job alone. Secondly, if asked about the source of fund, borrowing as a source is not sounding really great. It won't be easy
Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by nwigwemark: 8:49am On Feb 22, 2020
Yeah I am a student in Bayern
Finelinks:


Thank you my brother.

Are you a student?

Which city do you live in?
Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by nwigwemark: 8:56am On Feb 22, 2020
Almost every person I know has something doing, you will get better offers if you have good understanding of the language. Learning the language is very important and will always give you a lot of opportunities
Victorex001:


I’m glad to hear this from someone over there...all these google copy and paste can be misleading.

Sir I’ll like to ask, would it be possible getting student jobs to take care of ones monthly basic fees
Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by Sterope(f): 9:07am On Feb 22, 2020
Rent in biggger cities are very expensive. However, most other German cities will have cheaper accomodation so the range shouldould be about €400-€850 for both rent and feeding.

nwigwemark:
That's a simple truth. Moreover for you to quote cost of living, did you consider their minimum wage?, Most students make at least 450€/month while majority makes over 1000€ monthly and they only spend a fraction of this.
Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by Sterope(f): 9:17am On Feb 22, 2020
I know. There is a range. That 850 does not apply to most German cities. Even at that, 500-600 should do for accomodation room. For a person struggling to survive, he shouldn't be looking for anything higher.

heilige:

This might not be high depending on which town you are. Some cities are dangerously expensive in Germany. You Wan try HH, Berlin, Stuttgart, Freiburg München, koeln, ddorf, Frankfurt I no fit mention all.... Go Konstanz go see cost,, you go run
Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by styles2009: 9:19am On Feb 22, 2020
cc77:
How many hours are students allow to work per week?
20 hrs per week
Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by lasignor(m): 9:23am On Feb 22, 2020
Stephenmoka4:
2/3 jobs.
Working more than the limit is it legal, what about time for studies, rest and little leisure
Nope, it's not legal but people are doing to keep body and soul together lol.
Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by Hustle2flex(m): 9:25am On Feb 22, 2020
Op, point of correction.Nigeria is not a developing country.We have not even started any form of development when cow lives is being more valuable than its citizens.No form of biometrics for proper identification, Corrupt politicians propagating policies that will only make the rich richer.Investment in human resource development zero and almost every country is tightening up their visa ban because of incompetency and negligence by our so called leaders.
When we start the process of development,we will feel it.

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Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by Mires: 10:04am On Feb 22, 2020
Davidflight:



You must have a German Residency Permit and your course must last at least 1 year. You can bring your wife along. However, it is important you go and establish first. Familiarize yourself with the terrain, get a job, rent an apartment and settle. Afterward, you can invite your wife.

Needless to add that your Court Marriage certificate is sacrosanct for your wife's visa application.

Good luck.

To whom it may concern:

Obiasogu David (Davidflight) is a Professional Content Marketer vast in Travel, Freelancing and Career.


Very true. Same approach my friend adopted. His MSc was two years. He's still there with his wife and his boys. He completed his MSc that was sponsored by PTDF last year but waiting for residency permit which he said was to be issued this month but the authority asked him to give them three more months. Meanwhile, him and wifey are undergoing intensive language classes. His wife and children were denied Visa at first application. I wouldn't know why.

However, the issue of securing a job, he said it's not easy. In terms of job, he said there's abundance. However, to even secure washing of plates, one must need language certification. And it's more challenging for an average Nigerian in his field to be employed there given the low technical know-how in Nigeria relative to Germany.

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Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by DanceMonkey(m): 10:14am On Feb 22, 2020
Davidflight:



You must have a German Residency Permit and your course must last at least 1 year. You can bring your wife along. However, it is important you go and establish first. Familiarize yourself with the terrain, get a job, rent an apartment and settle. Afterward, you can invite your wife.

Needless to add that your Court Marriage certificate is sacrosanct for your wife's visa application.

Good luck.

To whom it may concern:

Obiasogu David (Davidflight) is a Professional Content Marketer vast in Travel, Freelancing and Career.




check your mail please
Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by Wizygreat12: 10:34am On Feb 22, 2020
cc77:
How many hours are students allow to work per week?
my brother You can work half day from Monday to Friday or work only on Friday and Saturday ur choice. Because I’m a student also working in Germany with my family too

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Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by ekerintee: 10:36am On Feb 22, 2020
abimcdssi:

I was shocked when I saw €31 on phone and TV monthly
.
Some of the things he wrote are true and some are no more true .cost of living increases yearly.transport cost increases yearly.the block account is no more 8k.you may have to pay radio and TV taxes in some places .as much as 17 euros monthly,when you combine cost of recharge card of 15 euros for some network and cheapest of 5 euros for some network.he is partially correct.language is key,even to get some dirty jobs,you require language ,imagine you need to work as a cleaner in an office and then they don't want to speak English .you can't get the job,unless some very good company who permit English speakers.Most Germans can speak English but pretend they can't and on the average ,they hate speaking English .partially because ,they feel they are not so good in it .as a student,you can't work the whole year legally ,don't most Nigerians go against the rule.you can be fined heavily or risk deportation.jobs are not available in all states in germany,some places don't have jobs and if you find yourself there ,u will be miserable.some level of racism also exist .on the average ,I don't discourage people but know what you want before coming .tschuss

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Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by jeeqaa7(m): 10:46am On Feb 22, 2020
Make i save this one, i go need am soon
Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by Ninokingz1(m): 10:53am On Feb 22, 2020
[quote author=PatrioticNaija post=86852933]


250k pounds per month? Are you alright.

My error. Meant to say two hundred and fifty pounds. So sorry for the mistake. But it doesn't call for insult na
Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by Ninokingz1(m): 10:55am On Feb 22, 2020
Finelinks:


do you know what 250k pounds is per month?

Sorry, meant to say two hundred and fifty pounds
Re: Cost Of Living In Germany For Nigerians:5 Things To Know As A Student In Germany by Victorex001(m): 11:01am On Feb 22, 2020
Stephenmoka4:
Firstly I don't think you can survive on menial job alone. Secondly, if asked about the source of fund, borrowing as a source is not sounding really great. It won't be easy

Wow. If one can’t survive with menial jobs as a student then I don’t think coming over to Germany to study is worth it.
Because the idea of school and working abroad to me was to work little jobs to take care of basic bills while schooling it’s not gonna be easy and won’t make sense me school in Germany while requesting for money from my poor Mama.

Secondly, I’ll definitely not tell Germany I borrowed money for the Block account, I’m just stating my reality.

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