Author name: Harold Pullen

On the morning of my student visa interview at the German consulate in Lagos, I realised I had forgotten to print one document. I had to use the photocopy services at the visa location, and I paid 10,000 naira for each print and 3,000 naira for each extra photocopy, in 2018. The same service cost

I have not studied medicine, so I will not pretend this is my own story. What I can tell you is how to study medicine in Germany from Nigeria based on the official pages I checked on 30 September 2026, and I have marked every gap I could not verify. I also went through three

When I applied to Hochschule Fulda, I had to upload a nigerian university transcript for uni-assist together with the transcripts from two German universities I had already attended. That was the third time I had sent my Nigerian degree documents to a German university, and the third time the process looked completely different. This guide

The first time I needed the Nigerian mission here in Germany, I spent a whole evening on the embassy website trying to work out something very basic: which building I was supposed to deal with, and whether the thing I needed was even a service they offered. The site lists fees on one page, requirements

Nigerian passport renewal in Germany is not the small errand it looks like. Your Nigerian passport is the one document your entire German life is quietly stapled to. Not your admission letter, not your blocked account confirmation, not even your residence permit card. The passport. I live in Frankfurt, I carry the same green booklet

The question I get asked most often by Nigerians who already have their visa is not about money. It is some version of this: I land in three weeks and I still have no flat, what do I do. I went through the same route myself, the student visa from Nigeria, the blocked account, the

You did the hard part. You got the German student visa, you survived the embassy, you landed. Then someone in a WhatsApp group mentions the Ausländerbehörde and you realise the visa in your passport is not the thing that lets you stay. If that gave you a small panic, you are not alone. Almost every

My own flight from Lagos landed at Frankfurt just after six in the morning, and the thing nobody had prepared me for was how little actually happened at the border. A staffed booth. Three questions. Ninety seconds. All the fear had been in the weeks before the flight, and none of it was needed at

Deciding what to pack from Nigeria to Germany is not really a packing problem. It is a money problem. Every kilogram you carry that you did not need is a kilogram you paid for, and every item you left behind that you cannot easily replace becomes an expensive emergency in your first month. Get this