Lexusgs430:


Are you forgetting the cost of British rail tickets? Not everyone uses an oyster card........

oyster card is only London thing and you can use it for both rail and bus within London

justwise:


This was why i said that your assumption is a false one, not everybody earning that amount has 5kids to feed or have a house already.

Average cost of bus pass in the UK is about 60-70 in most cities (London excluded), if you are earning £11,500 a year and spends £250 monthly on food alone then you will have serious problem saving a penny.

People earning £11,500 a year are working part time and if you have kids and working part time then the govt will still pay your rent and you will be getting child tax credit for each child under the age of 16

*melancholic sigh*

justwise:



oyster card is only London thing and you can use it for both rail and bus within London

And those that reside outside London?

Lexusgs430:


And those that reside outside London?

Just a weekly ticket which comes in different forms, in many cities it cost £15-20

Ishilove:



*melancholic sigh*

You lost me there

justwise:


Your calculation is base on false assumption and not a realistic situation,

If your yearly salary is £11,500 then you can't get a mortgage, you can't spend £300 a month in transport alone and you can't spend £250 on feeding alone.

Rightly said. I think it'll be really tough subsisting a family (even of 2) on £11,500 without any kind of government support. That's why they stipulated that even a British national inviting his non-EEA spouse to the UK must meet a minimum income requirement of £18,600 per year, This income threshold is even higher if one is also sponsoring children. They don't want anyone to be a burden on the government, because it is almost certain that people earning that low will surely request for benefits and tax credits etc

UKmigrant:
Rightly said. I think it'll be really tough subsisting a family (even of 2) on £11,500 without any kind of government support. That's why they stipulated that even a British national inviting his non-EEA spouse to the UK must meet a minimum income requirement of £18,600 per year, This income threshold is even higher if one is also sponsoring children. They don't want anyone to be a burden on the government, because it is almost certain that people earning that low will surely request for benefits and tax credits etc

Nobody on full time employment earns £11,500 year that is very little, if you are married or a single mother on low income you have support from the govt to supplement your income.

My mate who is married and earning about £21,000 a year gets working tax credit which is about £174 a week per child, single mothers on low income gets about £800 a year or more.

Not only that he gets discount on his council tax.

As a single person i pay more tax than him, so even as i probably save more money than he does he still get extra from govt which i don't.

justwise:


Just a weekly ticket which comes in different forms, in many cities it cost £15-20

Weekly travel card, £15 - £20? Just bus pass or a combination of all?

Lexusgs430:



Weekly travel card, £15 - £20? Just bus pass or a combination of all?

Bus

justwise:


Bus

Now you are talking..... Do you know how much a combination of all costs?
Passengers cannot always hop on the buses..... Times when traffic is heavier or alarm clock refused to bang..... etc etc etc

Justwise, this thread is being derailed. Let's leave this thread for the Op to update us on his travel plans whilst a new thread is created for this argument

blank:
Justwise, this thread is being derailed. Let's leave this thread for the Op to update us on his travel plans whilst a new thread is created for this argument

Derailing and nairaland threads are synonymous.........

justwise:


This was why i said that your assumption is a false one, not everybody earning that amount has 5kids to feed or have a house already.

Average cost of bus pass in the UK is about 60-70 in most cities (London excluded), if you are earning £11,500 a year and spends £250 monthly on food alone then you will have serious problem saving a penny.

People earning £11,500 a year are working part time and if you have kids and working part time then the govt will still pay your rent and you will be getting child tax credit for each child under the age of 16

Oga justwise, by family of five he meant two parents and three kids not five kids as you implied. Most likely such a person will be on welfare aka child benefit, let's assume he is not paying mortgage then what of rent? He might pay from 400 to 600 pounds per month depending on how he wants to live his life. In all, it's not a good thing to earn such per year while living in UK. This is the reason some people living in there cannot invite friends and family over because they are already a liability to the country so it has stripped them of their legal rights to host any possible visitors

blank:
Justwise, this thread is being derailed. Let's leave this thread for the Op to update us on his travel plans whilst a new thread is created for this argument

We have discussed this before when he starts writing the actual diary all these debates will stop.

Pidgin2:


Oga justwise, by family of five he meant two parents and three kids not five kids as you implied. Most likely such a person will be on welfare aka child benefit, let's assume he is not paying mortgage then what of rent? He might pay from 400 to 600 pounds per month depending on how he wants to live his life. In all, it's not a good thing to earn such per year while living in UK. This is the reason some people living in there cannot invite friends and family over because they are already a liability to the country so it has stripped them of their legal rights to host any possible visitors

You made a lot of false assumptions here, if the family of 5 are on welfare then they will be living in council house, housing association accommodation or private rented which the government will pick up the cost.

Again like I said before..nobody working full time earns as little as £11.500 a year, people coming to the UK on work visa like the op earns far more than that for a start.

You can still invite friends or families and nobody strips you that right because you don't earn enough. Inviting people does not mean that you will be paying their flight ticket or hotel accommodation.

Oga UKmigrant once you reach, Pls endeavour to feed us with pictures right from Heathrow airport down to your doorstep.... Í Dey Follow you bumper to bumper

Nice tread

Reporting live from London!

Oshe!
Nice weather, Init?.... Smiles

UKmigrant:
Reporting live from London!

cuteguy201:
Oshe!
Nice weather, Init?.... Smiles

Just about last night at Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport Abuja

cuteguy201:
Oshe!
Nice weather, Init?.... Smiles

Na so o baba, chilly kinda weather...

Abeg wey Heathrow airport, I wan see all those mini trains wey dem say e dey the airport

Thank God got to London in one piece. The poundo yam in my hand luggage was siezed at Istanbul Airport by one silly lady like that and she trashed it right in my presence shouting "forbidden". I wish I fit knock am for head. Thing pain me no be small!

Enroute London from Istanbul...

London Heathrow Airport. I took the fast Heathrow Express train straight to London Paddington Station. This set me back by £22!

More

UKmigrant:
London Heathrow Airport. I took the fast Heathrow Express train straight to London Paddington Station. This set me back by £22!

Heathrow express train just pretty fast, worth that £22

Got to London Paddington in less than 20 minutes. This would have taken longer if I used the tubes, moreso I didn't want to suffer too much cos I had quite some baggages!

More pics from Paddington Station...

Yipeee!



Oga don arrive.


Just pass item 7 come my side

Heathrow airport, I'm just so obsessed with that airport... Heard there are better airports in some other places... But Why I like this airport I simply don't know... Í go surely get there someday

UKmigrant:
Thank God got to London in one piece. The poundo yam in my hand luggage was siezed at Istanbul Airport by one silly lady like that and she trashed it right in my presence shouting "forbidden". I wish I fit knock am for head. Thing pain me no be small!

Sorry about that. It's because you put it in your hand/cabin luggage. Next time, put the Poundo in your main luggage.

White powdery items are a contraband. Food is also a contraband in hand luggage. I still carried 3kg of Poundo yam via Istanbul airport last week. It wasn't seized. Since its a connecting flight, it won't be assessed at Istanbul.

I'm a regular Turkish Airlines flyer. I now have a degree in luggage packing

By the way, I like the way you write.