Thortp:
A family going on a student visa may experience a very rough 1st year due to the fact that only one spouse works full time as the student can only do 20 hours.
2nd year will be okay when both spouse works full time. Even the worst is both couples earn £1,500 each after tax = £3k/month.
House rent PCM - £800 for 2bdrm apartment.
Groceries - £300 maximum.
Bills (electricity, water, gas) - £200
Internet - Home and mobile - £50
Transport - £200
Miscellaneous - £150
Balance = £1,300.
That means the couple can conveniently save £1,300 every month provided it's a low job o.

Save the £1,300 for 24 months (2years) = £31,000 that is 28million naira.
You can now take it to Nigeria and invest in something good for yourself. That's another income without working.
Now you get it

£800 for 2 bedroom apartment .... see this clown. Tell me you've never been to UK without telling me you've not been to UK

alphabbey1:

£800 for 2 bedroom apartment .... see this clown. Tell me you've never been to UK without telling me you've not been to UK

Oga, there are £800 2bedroom apartments outside London.

tiptoe1:


Oga, there are £800 2bedroom apartments outside London.

Still misleading..........
Give example and send the agent number... Portsmouth is outside London and my guy have been looking hopelessly for just one bedroom with £500 and still not found.....

ogawisdom:


A person coming with a student visa with a skilled dependent (wife), can easily make a combined monthly wage of 3k after tax. Please how possible is this? No children involved

Yes it’s very possible but with hard work

It’s very possible since he she is coming with a dependant that can work unlimited hours. It’s not so easy. But it’s possible. Student work 80hrs a month. Dependant can work 265 hrs upward ,don’t know for other jobs but it’s certain with care jobs

John

How do you want to make 3k with a student visa ?

Anyway you can only work for 20hours while your wife work full time. During your schooling period you both cannot make 3k after tax and neither can your wife do a double job so the 3k is not visible.



Ok please can you put a figure to what is realistic. Assuming we are ready to work like mad, hustle with any job available. Or may be the wife should be the one on student visa to allow the highly educated husband hustle for a living. [/quote]

It’s so easy to talk about it when you are outside of the system. Get into the system first and see for yourself. It’s achievable but not as people always paint it. Who no go no go know.

henro757:

Well according to my research men dey use other people pali dey hustle so E nor follow dey their records. Especially guys wey get EEC pali.so if the black market job gives you £2500 the man done arrange, life nah IQ bross.

There are 3 bedroom houses for £700 - £750 where I live in greater Manchester. Loads of students there as well.

alphabbey1:

Still misleading..........
Give example and send the agent number... Portsmouth is outside London and my guy have been looking hopelessly for just one bedroom with £500 and still not found.....

Yes you can get 2 bedroom in some part of England for £800. The thing with this Uk is that we all can’t have the same experience. I live in a 2 bed of 950.and I have a friend who lives in a 2 bed in derby which is 650. Your bills will be different ,someone might have a car while the other one bus route is better so it will be cheaper. No road tax. No insurance ,no maintainable. All this 200£ ,100£ difference is where the savings of different individual varies. It’s very possible to save 24k after 2 year when both parters start working unlimited hrs with no kids but no be everybody go fit see same
Because of different situations
quote author=alphabbey1 post=119953365]
£800 for 2 bedroom apartment .... see this clown. Tell me you've never been to UK without telling me you've not been to UK[/quote]

I agree, the generalisation is concerning.
As some people are struggling with menial jobs, a friend that is a student visa dependant got 2 jobs with salaries between 50k-60k within 2 months of getting to the UK. If you have transferable professional experience, you have huge potential here.

DesireFarms:


Yes you can get 2 bedroom in some part of England for £800. The thing with this Uk is that we all can’t have the same experience. I live in a 2 bed of 950.and I have a friend who lives in a 2 bed in derby which is 650. Your bills will be different ,someone might have a car while the other one bus route is better so it will be cheaper. No road tax. No insurance ,no maintainable. All this 200£ ,100£ difference is where the savings of different individual

That’s just the truth. Transferable skills. Uk is a place where you will be rewarded for whatever skills you have compare to Nigeria.

dupyshoo:
I agree, the generalisation is concerning.
As some people are struggling with menial jobs, a friend that is a student visa dependant got 2 jobs with salaries between 50k-60k within 2 months of getting to the UK. If you have transferrable professional experience, you have huge potential here.

alphabbey1:

Still misleading..........
Give example and send the agent number... Portsmouth is outside London and my guy have been looking hopelessly for just one bedroom with £500 and still not found.....

Misleading in what way? Cause your guy said he couldn't find a £500 one bedroom means you won't find it in the whole of England? I Taya for some of una. It's obvious you're the real clown here

DesireFarms:



It’s so easy to talk about it when you are outside of the system. Get into the system first and see for yourself. It’s achievable but not as people always paint it. Who no go no go know.

Bross the way I see it is this, there are 3 group of people who migrate to the Uk, the ones who watch things happen, the once who make things happen and the ones who pass fru things happening
U got to decide the group you belong to.
Like I sia d I have spent the last 2 years forecasting every variables in the Uk B4 I japa

emperorlaqrin:


Smiling. Anyway your research is right but my question is how do you enter the black market as a novice who don’t know anyone? Also which black market job you wan do wey go give you 2500?
The truth of the matter is that before you can be able to do this you would have someone who was already in the system or someone who knows someone that can release there document for you.

Secondly the rate ph that you will get is usually below the minimum wage and lastly the employer that would take you will be someone also in the system. There are other things as well that I don’t want to mention here

Bross from all what you just wrote, I just realize you nor sharp reach to decode the message.When I say black market I meant the other job with the other pali,Black mkt dey for Eu pali wey get existing Ni plus Aza, E choke u?E even dey for rent

Thortp:
A family going on a student visa may experience a very rough 1st year due to the fact that only one spouse works full time as the student can only do 20 hours.
2nd year will be okay when both spouse works full time. Even the worst is both couples earn £1,500 each after tax = £3k/month.
House rent PCM - £800 for 2bdrm apartment.
Groceries - £300 maximum.
Bills (electricity, water, gas) - £200
Internet - Home and mobile - £50
Transport - £200
Miscellaneous - £150
Balance = £1,300.
That means the couple can conveniently save £1,300 every month provided it's a low job o.

Save the £1,300 for 24 months (2years) = £31,000 that is 28million naira.
You can now take it to Nigeria and invest in something good for yourself. That's another income without working.
Now you get it

U could not have put it better, buy land on NTA road build 12 shops @ N1m each a year collect rent is a no brainer

alphabbey1:

£800 for 2 bedroom apartment .... see this clown. Tell me you've never been to UK without telling me you've not been to UK

Why call him a clown? he might be very right, U have not asked him the location,

alphabbey1:

Still misleading..........
Give example and send the agent number... Portsmouth is outside London and my guy have been looking hopelessly for just one bedroom with £500 and still not found.....

ur guy IQ slow bross. people like that full Uk and US

ogawisdom:


Wow

This is interesting

This is worth it by far

I don't know why Nigerians in UK has launched a campaign to discourage ppl from coming.

Most people in Nigeria earning over 500k monthly can't save 28m in 20 years self

Imagine if the couple can save 1500 to 2000 monthly?

A close friend told me to ignore all that their noise that it is far better more especially when the couples are not students

Olodo, I am currently staying in a 2 bedroom flat and it's even £650.
Don't over exaggerate things to scare people.
Rightmove, Open rent, Zoopla etc
Anyone who wants to know better can visit these sites.

alphabbey1:

£800 for 2 bedroom apartment .... see this clown. Tell me you've never been to UK without telling me you've not been to UK

Didn't you read where I wrote 1st year may be rough?
But you are very quick to attack without reading.
MA doing 20hrs and Dependant working full time for a year is .enough Sir.
Stop scaring people. Afterall, nothing good comes easy.

ahiboilandgas:
this how una they mislead people where is the tuition fees balance ? if 10,000 ? Where is the 700 x 2 psw visa fees ? Where is the ihs fees ? then where the over 7m Naira una take enter in the first place !.

Exactly. It's easier with couples

Eaganguolly:


A close friend told me to ignore all that their noise that it is far better more especially when the couples are not students

That's his Nigerian mentality bros. They are many here

henro757:

Why call him a clown? he might be very right, U have not asked him the location,

It's now I agree that Nigerians are special breeds of people.
Why they keep exaggerating UK to discourage others is what I don't understand.

dupyshoo:
There are 3 bedroom houses for £700 - £750 where I live in greater Manchester. Loads of students there as well.

henro757:

Bross from all what you just wrote, I just realize you nor sharp reach to decode the message.When I say black market I meant the other job with the other pali,Black mkt dey for Eu pali wey get existing Ni plus Aza, E choke u?E even dey for rent

First if not because it’s not in my nature to insult people I would have done that to you right now anyway there is nothing to decode in what you wrote because I understand what you said clearly but my question to you is that how do you get what you have stated when you dont know anyone not have anyone who is into the runs

Secondly are you in the Uk or when last did you come to the Uk ?

alphabbey1:

That guy is obviously sugar coating the real scenario. Lol, "comfortably save 28m" in 2 years ..
Reach there first... You will know why people just use UK as a stepping stone to better countries....

Honestly I just ignored his analysis because it only shows that he has not been to the Uk before hence his imaginary figure.

Here is a screenshot of a response from @justwise on a related question

Thortp:
Olodo, I am currently staying in a 2 bedroom flat and it's even £650.
Don't over exaggerate things to scare people.
Rightmove, Open rent, Zoopla etc
Anyone who wants to know better can visit these sites.

.....

This is a public forum. You should know better.
Check those sites I mentioned

emperorlaqrin:


Where in Uk do you live jare bros

Thortp:
It's now I agree that Nigerians are special breeds of people.
Why they keep exaggerating UK to discourage others is what I don't understand.

You have a good heart. Those put up unimaginable fictions to discourage others can only succeed where the person is not determined. Even if people save £800 monthly whether as a student or couples, it is still far better than Nigeria. Does students earn in Nigeria including those running phD program? How many families can boast of saving ₦300,000 per month after expenses?

Are you telling me a couple working full time can't earn £1,500 each here?
Even with £11/hr and 40 hours a week. It's realistic.
Not to talk of a professional job like Scrum which pays better.
You guys better wake up from doing all these menial jobs.
Professionalism is the way in UK.

Modified:
Change your location if you spend too much on bills. My 2 cents

emperorlaqrin:


Honestly I just ignored his analysis because it only shows that he has not been to the Uk before hence his imaginary figure.

Here is a screenshot of a response from @justwise on a related question

N 300k? How will you save that as a family with kids in Nigeria.
The reason why most people can't save in UK is when they start to compete with their unreasonable fellow blacks. Is it by force to show off?
You are in a foreign country, so all your mind should be how to save as much as possible to invest in Nigeria for extra income and not living an expensive life.
Wo, I'm tired of these people

Eaganguolly:


You have a good heart. Those put up unimaginable fictions to discourage others can only succeed where the person is not determined. Even if people save £800 monthly whether as a student or couples, it is still far better than Nigeria. Does students earn in Nigeria including those running phD program? How many families can boast of saving ₦300,000 per month after expenses?

Now, my questions to you.
1. How much will you earn per month after tax as a couple working full time?
2. Give us the breakdown of your monthly spending.
3. Include the location for clearer picture.
Then, I will believe you.

alphabbey1:

That guy is obviously sugar coating the real scenario. Lol, "comfortably save 28m" in 2 years ..
Reach there first... You will know why people just use UK as a stepping stone to better countries....

emperorlaqrin:


Where in Uk do you live jare bros

I think rent is cheaper up North of England. Meanwhile, a lot of people just see England as the whole of UK. Northern Ireland is a cool place from my research, cheaper cost of living and of course will have its own challenges. My 2cents

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