Ninobraw:
Recently things has really be so bad since the new government entered power. I am planning of relocating.I want to sell some of my property. Please I want you guys to help me suggest a good country that do not reject visa, I mean where my chances will be high when i apply for it. Someone said Croatia I don't know how through that could be. Someone also said UK.

Any suggestions of good country I can relocate to. And how to apply. I have never travelled outside Nigeria before.

If I sell my property i can get up to 10m.

Will that be enough to relocate to a good European countries.


Please guys help your fellow members oh.

Opurumiri:


You Nigerians are really trying. Selling off all your properties to start from the scratch in a foreign country as a second class citizen. Doing that and moving to the UK will be the biggest mistake you will ever make. Don't live life with regrets bro!

Ninobraw:


But my friends who did re doing well. They re the one helping me with money now and funny enough they re building 2 story building again. And they sold just 1 or 2 flat before they left and now they re building 4 and 6 flat. So why didn't they regret it

pansophist:
There is something you need to know as far as a visa/residence to Europe is concerned.

Although there are dozens of countries in the EU/Schengen zone, their visa policy is all the same. So Brussels (EU de facto capital) will release regulations (known as directives), and all EU countries will transpose them into their national legislation.

So it doesn't matter if you apply to enter Europe via Sweden, Austria, Norway, Croatia, or any countries in the EU, they will all judge you with the same set of rules.

Just the language, stamp, and minor things may be different, but the visa fees, requirements, forms, and almost everything will be the same, except for Ireland which chooses to maintain an independent visa policy, hence they are not in the Schengen zone.

So if you are applying as a student for example, then your application will be judged with the student regulations ( Directive 2004/114/EC).

If you apply for a visit visa, or the so-called Schengen visa, your case will be judged by the visa code (Directive (EC) No 810/2009).

If you applied to join a family member, then your case will be judged by the family directive (Directive 2003/86/EC).

If you have a family member with European citizenship, then your case will be judged by the freedom of movement directive (Directive 2004/58/EC).

The last one is the easiest, you will be given a red carpet to enter Europe if you have any family members, even inlaws with EU citizenship. Then it becomes a right, not a privilege, meaning that the embassy can not deny you.

So you should know which category you want to apply for, then read the directives concerning it like it's your bible, so you know your chances, and understand how the visa officer will access your case.

If you have ever seen a rejection letter, visa officers usually quote a paragraph for rejection via the directives above, so for smooth sailing, you should know how to read these legal texts.

Then you won't even spend much because you know how it goes.

Alphaman007:


Thanks for all you do boss. I have an uncle who is a Swedish citizen. Based on Directive 2004/58/EC does that count?

pansophist:


How exactly are you guys related?

Anyways regardless, just know that you must also be financially dependent on the EU relative for your survival. You can see it at article 3b of the directives.

And more importantly, the directive doesn't gives you immigration right in the country of his citizenship, but only if he moves and lives elsewhere in another EU country.

For example, if you marry a Chinese woman, it's Nigerian immigration law that will grant her residence to live with her husband in Nigeria. But if you live in Ghana for example, then it's ecowas law that will grant the Chinese woman right to live in Ghana with you.

It's exactly how it works with the family directive. If you read it, they state it there clearly. The directive does not interfere with national immigration policies, but only if the EU citizens lives in another EU country.

So if your uncle lives in let's say the Netherlands, and he has been sending you money every month for at least six months, then you can be considered a dependant and can join him as a family member.

You get?

Thanks for the response. He is my mum's brother.

Alphaman007:
Thanks for the response. He is my mum's brother.

pansophist:


How exactly are you guys related?

Anyways regardless, just know that you must also be financially dependent on the EU relative for your survival. You can see it at article 3b of the directives.

And more importantly, the directive doesn't gives you immigration right in the country of his citizenship, but only if he moves and lives elsewhere in another EU country.

For example, if you marry a Chinese woman, it's Nigerian immigration law that will grant her residence to live with her husband in Nigeria. But if you live in Ghana for example, then it's ecowas law that will grant the Chinese woman right to live in Ghana with you.

It's exactly how it works with the family directive. If you read it, they state it there clearly. The directive does not interfere with national immigration policies, but only if the EU citizens lives in another EU country.

So if your uncle lives in let's say the Netherlands, and he has been sending you money every month for at least six months, then you can be considered a dependant and can join him as a family member.

You get?