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Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 4:34am On Aug 04, 2023
Kingbenn:
Per program, you mean I will pay once in four years?

Undergraduate is different. You pay per year
Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 4:37am On Aug 04, 2023
Kingbenn:
OP, thanks for sharing insights on this subject matter. I want to ask small pikin question, after 4 years studying, I can get my residency ba? What's the cost of studying medicine and nursing there? And is there certificate worthy of employment in countries like the US, UK, Canada and host of others?

Is the health care free? What about the education for the children just like Germany

Medicine in Chile is very expensive and very competitive. You need like all distinctions. The minimum is like 12000 to 15000 usd a year. Chilean doctors don't migrate. Doctors are very well paid in Chile. Resident doctors get above 100k usd annually when converted and that's a lot of money in Chile. Healthcare is of two types public and private. The public healthcare is free but shitty and inefficient. The private is expensive. Education is free until university but there are loans they take to go to university. Also they have a lot of scholarships for their citizens.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Gerrard59(m): 5:04am On Aug 04, 2023
tensazangetsu20:


Six months to a year. Sweden is very okay but much more expensive than Chile. Universities in Sweden are at least 20000 euros per year and that's just for tuition. You still have to sort out your proof of funds and the visa is not assured. You can do everything right and still be denied a visa. That 20000 euros in Chile will take you to university of Chile or pontifica catholica which are the best universities in south America and Chile and both universities are in the top 200 in the world.

I think if you can afford Sweden, you shouldn't be thinking of Chile. Chile is an alternative for people with not much money and is a solid transit point to any country.

For instance, in Chile you can get permanent residency after your program. 3 years on permanent residency and you can be a citizen. With a Chilean passport you can work in Canada without needing an LMIA and work in the US on a H1B1 visa which is just for chileans and singaporeans. You can also visit both countries without needing a visa. Chilean citizens only need to live in Spain for two years to get Spanish citizenship. Once you can get Spanish citizenship you can work anywhere in the EU especially in the much richer places like Switzerland or Luxembourg. Chileans rarely take advantage of any of these programs. For instance chileans have been exempt from LMIA in Canada since 1997 due to the Chilean Canadian trade agreement and there's still less than 30000 chileans in Canada. They don't migrate there. Also for H1B1, singaporeans use up their spots more than chileans. Chileans don't apply for it since most of them can't speak English.

Chile is a very solid stepping stone to anywhere in the world once you get the passport and is not too expensive or popular yet.

I am waiting for the donkeys that will say Chile is a sh!thole. People wey dey inhale generator fumes will now tell us that Chileans are jumping the borders into the US via Mexico.

I will be here waiting, patiently.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 5:07am On Aug 04, 2023
Gerrard59:


I am waiting for the donkeys that will say Chile is a sh!thole. People wey dey inhale generator fumes will now tell us that Chileans are jumping the borders into the US via Mexico.

I will be here waiting, patiently.

They won't come and say this one here na grin grin grin. Them know me. That's how the idiots are saying Botswana is better than Brazil. I pity who takes advice from nairaland with regards to south america. Aside Venezuela and Bolivia, there are no African countries that can measure up to any of the countries in south America. Visa rejection rates for chileans before even VWP was less than 3 percent. Argentina is less than 3 percent. Uruguay is less than 3 percent. Nigeria is greater than 70 percent. Other countries have pretty much shadow banned Nigerian passport holders grin grin grin

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Purvan(m): 5:15am On Aug 04, 2023
tensazangetsu20:
The weird street arts. It's on every building here

Almost every building in latam has those arts
Re: Memoirs From Chile by Purvan(m): 5:22am On Aug 04, 2023
tensazangetsu20:


They won't come and say this one here na grin grin grin. Them know me. That's how the idiots are saying Botswana is better than Brazil. I pity who takes advice from nairaland with regards to south america. Aside Venezuela and Bolivia, there are no African countries that can measure up to any of the countries in south America. Visa rejection rates for chileans before even VWP was less than 3 percent. Argentina is less than 3 percent. Uruguay is less than 3 percent. Nigeria is greater than 70 percent. Other countries have pretty much shadow banned Nigerian passport holders grin grin grin

Remove that Bolivia you put there
Re: Memoirs From Chile by Gerrard59(m): 5:34am On Aug 04, 2023
tensazangetsu20:


They won't come and say this one here na grin grin grin. Them know me. That's how the idiots are saying Botswana is better than Brazil. I pity who takes advice from nairaland with regards to south america. Aside Venezuela and Bolivia, there are no African countries that can measure up to any of the countries in south America. Visa rejection rates for chileans before even VWP was less than 3 percent. Argentina is less than 3 percent. Uruguay is less than 3 percent. Nigeria is greater than 70 percent. Other countries have pretty much shadow banned Nigerian passport holders grin grin grin

They would do it - it is literally what they do for a living - type mendacious words with their filthy fingers. Mind you, these people are naturalised citizens of Western countries, which are harder to migrate to these days BUT are always displaying online witchcraft, dissuading young Africans from migrating with dishonest tales and statements.

I am waiting for them to show me how Chileans are scaling the fence into the US.

P.S. Add Paraguay to the bold. The chances of a landlocked country being poor are very high. I know someone will mention Switzerland but forgets that the majority of Swiss have German heritage, and we know what that means economically and scientifically.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Useku(m): 6:54am On Aug 04, 2023
Nice
Re: Memoirs From Chile by Nobody: 7:07am On Aug 04, 2023
tensazangetsu20:

True. Chile is a bit expensive to study in but so much cheaper than Europe. Brazil is free and if one has 2 to 3 million that's still accessible. Brazil is also a very good country. Like very good.

You guys keep saying this. But I have lived in Brazil for 2 years before. The crime rate is just too high, that's the reason I had to leave!

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Nobody: 7:11am On Aug 04, 2023
Regex:


A lot of people will doubt you.

Yes! I will doubt him. He keeps saying that Brazil is a very good country. But I will tell you that it's a very big lie!!!! I lived in Brazil for 2 years, the crime rate is very terrible! Does he even know that?? I had to live Brazil for Sweden where I have the quality of life and peace that I now enjoy. If you're migrating to South American country please do your research very very well so you won't regret it. Also I was tired of their Spanish language. If you can't speak Spanish, na you sabi.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Regex: 7:23am On Aug 04, 2023
Opurumiri:


Yes! I will doubt him. He keeps saying that Brazil is a very good country. But I will tell you that it's a very big lie!!!! I lived in Brazil for 2 years, the crime rate is very terrible! Does he even know that?? I had to live Brazil for Sweden where I have the quality of life and peace that I now enjoy. If you're migrating to South American country please do your research very very well so you won't regret it. Also I was tired of their Spanish language. If you can't speak Spanish, na you sabi.

You be opunu. You go Brazil hustle finish make money go country of your choice and you deh here deh talk rubbish...

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Karleb(m): 7:27am On Aug 04, 2023
Opurumiri:


Yes! I will doubt him. He keeps saying that Brazil is a very good country. But I will tell you that it's a very big lie!!!! I lived in Brazil for 2 years, the crime rate is very terrible! Does he even know that?? I had to live Brazil for Sweden where I have the quality of life and peace that I now enjoy. If you're migrating to South American country please do your research very very well so you won't regret it. Also I was tired of their Spanish language. If you can't speak Spanish, na you sabi.

You stayed in Brazil for 2 years and you didn't know they spoke Brazilian portuguese and not Spanish?

Where is Gerrard59 abeg?


Some of you guys are witches and wizards.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Raalsalghul: 7:37am On Aug 04, 2023
Regex:


You be opunu. You go Brazil hustle finish make money go country of your choice and you deh here deh talk rubbish...
grin

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Gerrard59(m): 7:41am On Aug 04, 2023
Opurumiri:


Yes! I will doubt him. He keeps saying that Brazil is a very good country. But I will tell you that it's a very big lie!!!! I lived in Brazil for 2 years, the crime rate is very terrible! Does he even know that?? I had to live Brazil for Sweden where I have the quality of life and peace that I now enjoy. If you're migrating to South American country please do your research very very well so you won't regret it. Also I was tired of their Spanish language. If you can't speak Spanish, na you sabi.

So are you tired of speaking Swedish?

Nothing wrong with your choices, but as we can see, it was pretty easy for you to migrate to Sweden from Brazil. But it is increasingly harder to migrate to Sweden from Nigeria. It is what we are preaching - some countries are better stepping stones than others.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Regex: 7:53am On Aug 04, 2023
Raalsalghul:

grin

Imagine the hediot. En deh Sweden deh dissuade people from making life changing moves. Nansense and ingredients.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Gerrard59(m): 7:57am On Aug 04, 2023
Karleb:


You stayed in Brazil for 2 years and you didn't know they spoke Brazilian portuguese and not Spanish?

Where is Gerra.rd59 abeg?


Some of you guys are witches and wizards.

I want to see his response regarding learning Swedish, as it is easier learning Spanish as a native English speaker compared to Nordic languages. If he left Brazil for Sweden because of the crime rate, that would be a fair decision. But being in Brazil is better than the UAE, especially if the person learns Portuguese before moving. Free education at world standards and ease of settling down compared to Germany - more than a year before visa interview. Bulgaria is denying Nigerians visas. It is not easy to get Czech Republic student visa from Nigeria. Poland nko? People pay bribes just to be interviewed! Germany was not popular then until the UK scrapped PSW in 2012. Suddenly, people became interested in Germany, Norway and Estonia. Today, only Germany still has free education, but to get visa from Nigeria na war. Portuguese and Spanish are easier to grasp than German. Estonia has changed her immigration laws. Even after spending money to be interviewed at the embassy in Egypt, since the UAE no go issue tourist visas, people still get denied. Norway, which I applied to then, has scrapped free tuition and tightened immigration laws. It takes NINE years to get Danish citizenship. Switzerland is a no-go area due to their ab initio immigration laws. People don learn German at Gothe Institute sotey yet cannot get student visa interview dates. These are actual complaints, and yet when we suggest good alternatives, online witches and wizards attempt to dissuade people.

Ultimately, we are laser-focused on the economic opportunities and ease of being a naturalised citizen. No one should spend his/her youth toiling outside Nigeria, excluding places like Singapore and Switzerland, earning pittances yet have no hope of being a naturalised citizen. If you noticed, he moved to Sweden, not South Africa or Swaziland or Senegal. These are the demons we fight every day in this section.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by austino677(m): 8:14am On Aug 04, 2023
Opurumiri:


Yes! I will doubt him. He keeps saying that Brazil is a very good country. But I will tell you that it's a very big lie!!!! I lived in Brazil for 2 years, the crime rate is very terrible! Does he even know that?? I had to live Brazil for Sweden where I have the quality of life and peace that I now enjoy. If you're migrating to South American country please do your research very very well so you won't regret it. Also I was tired of their Spanish language. If you can't speak Spanish, na you sabi.
i believe it's the imagination Brazil you lived for two years speaking Spanish grin grin

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by JohnQueen(m): 8:56am On Aug 04, 2023
You lived in Brazil for 2 years and didn't know what they spoke was Portuguese? grin
Opurumiri:


Yes! I will doubt him. He keeps saying that Brazil is a very good country. But I will tell you that it's a very big lie!!!! I lived in Brazil for 2 years, the crime rate is very terrible! Does he even know that?? I had to live Brazil for Sweden where I have the quality of life and peace that I now enjoy. If you're migrating to South American country please do your research very very well so you won't regret it. Also I was tired of their Spanish language. If you can't speak Spanish, na you sabi.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Anonime1105(m): 9:26am On Aug 04, 2023
Opurumiri:


Yes! I will doubt him. He keeps saying that Brazil is a very good country. But I will tell you that it's a very big lie!!!! I lived in Brazil for 2 years, the crime rate is very terrible! Does he even know that?? I had to live Brazil for Sweden where I have the quality of life and peace that I now enjoy. If you're migrating to South American country please do your research very very well so you won't regret it. Also I was tired of their Spanish language. If you can't speak Spanish, na you sabi.

Another 🤡

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by henrimoto(m): 10:19am On Aug 04, 2023
Gerrard59:


I want to see his response regarding learning Swedish, as it is easier learning Spanish as a native English speaker compared to Nordic languages. If he left Brazil for Sweden because of the crime rate, that would be a fair decision. But being in Brazil is better than the UAE, especially if the person learns Portuguese before moving. Free education at world standards and ease of settling down compared to Germany - more than a year before visa interview. Bulgaria is denying Nigerians visas. It is not easy to get Czech Republic student visa from Nigeria. Poland nko? People pay bribes just to be interviewed! Germany was not popular then until the UK scrapped PSW in 2012. Suddenly, people became interested in Germany, Norway and Estonia. Today, only Germany still has free education, but to get visa from Nigeria na war. Portuguese and Spanish are easier to grasp than German. Estonia has changed her immigration laws. Even after spending money to be interviewed at the embassy in Egypt, since the UAE no go issue tourist visas, people still get denied. Norway, which I applied to then, has scrapped free tuition and tightened immigration laws. It takes NINE years to get Danish citizenship. Switzerland is a no-go area due to their ab initio immigration laws. People don learn German at Gothe Institute sotey yet cannot get student visa interview dates. These are actual complaints, and yet when towe suggest good alternatives, online witches and wizards attempt to dissuade people.

Ultimately, we are laser-focused on the economic opportunities and ease of being a naturalised citizen. No one should spend his/her youth toiling outside Nigeria, excluding places like Singapore and Switzerland, earning pittances yet have no hope of being a naturalised citizen. If you noticed, he moved to Sweden, not South Africa or Swaziland or Senegal. These are the demons we fight every day in this section.
😆😆😆😂😂😂😂.....My belle oooo... Gerrard... Don wound me with .... 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😆

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by sageb: 10:23am On Aug 04, 2023
Gerrard59:


I want to see his response regarding learning Swedish, as it is easier learning Spanish as a native English speaker compared to Nordic languages. If he left Brazil for Sweden because of the crime rate, that would be a fair decision. But being in Brazil is better than the UAE, especially if the person learns Portuguese before moving. Free education at world standards and ease of settling down compared to Germany - more than a year before visa interview. Bulgaria is denying Nigerians visas. It is not easy to get Czech Republic student visa from Nigeria. Poland nko? People pay bribes just to be interviewed! Germany was not popular then until the UK scrapped PSW in 2012. Suddenly, people became interested in Germany, Norway and Estonia. Today, only Germany still has free education, but to get visa from Nigeria na war. Portuguese and Spanish are easier to grasp than German. Estonia has changed her immigration laws. Even after spending money to be interviewed at the embassy in Egypt, since the UAE no go issue tourist visas, people still get denied. Norway, which I applied to then, has scrapped free tuition and tightened immigration laws. It takes NINE years to get Danish citizenship. Switzerland is a no-go area due to their ab initio immigration laws. People don learn German at Gothe Institute sotey yet cannot get student visa interview dates. These are actual complaints, and yet when we suggest good alternatives, online witches and wizards attempt to dissuade people.

Ultimately, we are laser-focused on the economic opportunities and ease of being a naturalised citizen. No one should spend his/her youth toiling outside Nigeria, excluding places like Singapore and Switzerland, earning pittances yet have no hope of being a naturalised citizen. If you noticed, he moved to Sweden, not South Africa or Swaziland or Senegal. These are the demons we fight every day in this section.

You nailed it
So true

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 10:48am On Aug 04, 2023
I am going to outline the process to get a study visa from Chile right here. I will do it today when I come back from registro civil. Need to get my rut number. I am pretty useless without it grin grin

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 10:50am On Aug 04, 2023
Opurumiri:


Yes! I will doubt him. He keeps saying that Brazil is a very good country. But I will tell you that it's a very big lie!!!! I lived in Brazil for 2 years, the crime rate is very terrible! Does he even know that?? I had to live Brazil for Sweden where I have the quality of life and peace that I now enjoy. If you're migrating to South American country please do your research very very well so you won't regret it. Also I was tired of their Spanish language. If you can't speak Spanish, na you sabi.

Yeah right. You lived in Brazil for 2 years and didn't know that they spoke Portuguese in Brazil grin grin cheesy cheesy. Even if you did, what I think you did was to go give birth in Brazil then wait two years to be a citizen. It's easy to work in Sweden with a Brazilian passport as there's a working holiday visa agreement between both countries. Now go to sweden from Nigeria grin

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by olamilarks(m): 11:05am On Aug 04, 2023
tensazangetsu20:
Also notice that all apartment blocks have mini parks and playgrounds.

Na all this kind settings dem dey fence and gate for Lekki! Congratulations Boss!

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Ashirioluwa: 11:24am On Aug 04, 2023
Nigerians like overhyping. Look at how a Nigerian man is giving first-hand information about a country he hasn’t spent a month living in.

Anyway, that’s the type of news our youth like to hear.

I am not saying Chile is good or bad, but I know that living in a country for one week or one month is damn short for you to obtain the necessary information needed to survive there.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 11:43am On Aug 04, 2023
Ashirioluwa:
Nigerians like overhyping. Look at how a Nigerian man is giving first-hand information about a country he hasn’t spent a month living in.

Anyway, that’s the type of news our youth like to hear.

I am not saying Chile is good or bad, but I know that living in a country for one week or one month is damn short for you to obtain the necessary information needed to survive there.
 

I already obtained all the information I needed before coming grin grin grin

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Ashirioluwa: 12:12pm On Aug 04, 2023
tensazangetsu20:


Yeah right. You lived in Brazil for 2 years and didn't know that they spoke Portuguese in Brazil grin grin cheesy cheesy. Even if you did, what I think you did was to go give birth in Brazil then wait two years to be a citizen. It's easy to work in Sweden with a Brazilian passport as there's a working holiday visa agreement between both countries. Now go to sweden from Nigeria grin

Brazil is one of the most generous countries when it comes to foreigners giving birth on its soil. Any baby born in Brazil automatically becomes a citizen.

Since the naturalization process in Brazil is fast, a mother who gives birth in Brazil, along with other members of the family, becomes a permanent resident of Brazil in about 2 years.
 
But that being said, I don't think Brazil has working holiday agreements with Sweden. To obtain a Sweden working holiday visa, you must be between the ages of 18 and 30, your country must have an agreement with them, and you must be a citizen of one of these countries:
Australia, Chile, Hong Kong, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, or Uruguay.

Brazil has working holiday visa agreements with
Australia (up to 500 youths per year), France, Germany, and New Zealand

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 12:17pm On Aug 04, 2023
Ashirioluwa:


Brazil is one of the most generous countries when it comes to foreigners giving birth on its soil. Any baby born in Brazil automatically becomes a citizen.

Since the naturalization process in Brazil is fast, a mother who gives birth in Brazil, along with other members of the family, becomes a permanent resident of Brazil in about 2 years.
 
But that being said, I don't think Brazil has working holiday agreements with Sweden. To obtain a Sweden working holiday visa, you must be between the ages of 18 and 30, your country must have an agreement with them, and you must be a citizen of one of these countries:
Australia, Chile, Hong Kong, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, or Uruguay.

Brazil has working holiday visa agreements with
Australia (up to 500 youths per year), France, Germany, and New Zealand


Thanks for the correction. Brazilians don't require a visa for short term stay in Sweden though. I think up to 90 days.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Ashirioluwa: 12:19pm On Aug 04, 2023
tensazangetsu20:


I already obtained all the information I needed before coming grin grin grin

But you still need to see things for yourself because the information available on the street in Nigeria is not always correct.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Ashirioluwa: 12:20pm On Aug 04, 2023
tensazangetsu20:


Thanks for the correction. Brazilians don't require a visa for short term stay in Sweden though. I think up to 90 days.

Right

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 12:22pm On Aug 04, 2023
Ashirioluwa:


But you still need to see things for yourself because the information available on the street in Nigeria is not always correct.

Street ke. There's no nigerian community in Chile. I made Chilean friends on the internet before coming here. Chile isn't a straightforward country to come to from Nigeria and the visa isn't easy to get. The only blacks I have met so far in Chile are from Haiti. There's a lot of Haitian refugees in Chile. There's a Nigerian guy in santiago though and another from nairaland who just concluded his PhD and moving to the US.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Purvan(m): 12:29pm On Aug 04, 2023
tensazangetsu20:


Street ke. There's no nigerian community in Chile. I made Chilean friends on the internet before coming here. Chile isn't a straightforward country to come to from Nigeria and the visa isn't easy to get


There's one and I came across them on Mastodon

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