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Applied on 3 October for MSc Public Policy. Reading committee stage cleared last week but no interview email yet. Dropping a thread so we can track invites by region and stop refreshing our inboxes every ten minutes.
An agency messaged me on WhatsApp about a hotel job in Deira and asked for AED 3,000 for 'visa processing'. The offer letter has no trade licence number and the email domain is gmail. Anyone recognise this outfit?
Last four healthcare category draws came in at 476, 471, 468 and 463. If quotas keep expanding, a 455 profile might be viable this quarter. Sharing my spreadsheet of every draw since January.
Applied 12 Jan · first interview 19 Jan · take-home 24 Jan · onsite loop 2 Feb · offer 6 Feb · IND permit approved 27 Feb · MVV appointment 6 Mar · landed 22 Mar. Total: 69 days from application to Schiphol.
Outcome-based assessment submitted in April, self-check cleared in nine days, portfolio approved in seven weeks, OSCE booked in Adelaide for August. Posting every document I had to notarise.
Motivation letter mapped one-to-one to the SDG framing DAAD uses, two referees who supervised actual field work, and a proposal tied to a project already running in Ghana. Fully funded MSc, second semester now.
