Author name: Harold Pullen

Harold Pullen (Harold Osadebamwen Ogedegbe) is the founder of GrandRoyal Travel. He moved from Nigeria to Frankfurt, Germany, and now helps students and immigrants study in Germany for free, navigate visas and relocation, and travel Europe on a budget. He has visited 30+ countries, often on less than €25 a day.

ETIAS 2026 Nigeria residence permit travel rules for Nigerians in Germany

ETIAS 2026 Nigeria Residence Permit: What You Really Need to Know

If you are a Nigerian living in Germany and you have seen the warnings about a new European travel authorisation, here is the answer most websites will not give you plainly: the etias 2026 nigeria residence permit question has a short answer, and the short answer is that you almost certainly do not need ETIAS […]

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Nigerian drivers licence Germany conversion guide for Nigerians in 2026

Nigerian Drivers Licence Germany: Complete 2026 Conversion Guide

If you drove for years in Lagos, Abuja or Port Harcourt, the hardest thing to accept about moving to Germany is this: your nigerian drivers licence germany authorities will honour for exactly six months, and then it becomes a piece of plastic. Not a warning, not a fine, a hard stop. After day 185 you

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rundfunkbeitrag explained for Nigerian students in Germany with a broadcasting fee invoice

Rundfunkbeitrag: The German Radio Tax Every Nigerian Student Must Pay

Here is the rundfunkbeitrag explained in one sentence: it is a compulsory 18.36 euro monthly fee that every household in Germany pays to fund public television and radio, whether or not you own a television, whether or not you watch it, and whether or not you speak German well enough to understand a word of

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steuer id germany students guide showing a Nigerian student with a German tax identification number letter

German Tax ID (Steuer-ID) for Students: What It Is and How to Get It

The steuer id germany students receive is an eleven-digit number that decides how much of your salary you actually keep. It arrives quietly in the post a few weeks after you register your address, it looks like nothing important, and every year hundreds of Nigerian students in Germany throw the letter away or lose it

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