Oh, ok. 6 months to a year! Meanwhile they are the ones desperate for workers! I wonder why they don't just make their policies dependent on their need for workers. [b]Meanwhile what do you think of the guy in the video above. He said he was having no headway with visa until he said that prayer, then suddenly everything went very smoothly and he's now a citizen
[/b]make u and the guy reduce the weed una dey smoke
Just follow your heart and take time to look at and review all your options but immigrating to any Country where there's no close friend or relative is tough and challenging. I saw an opportunity years ago after 3 years of unemployment with no decent job and it has really paid off big time for me. Try contacting embassies of Countries of interest and see if there's some credible leads for you. Goodluck!
N.B: Just be careful so you don't get duped in the process.
Wow, it really worked out that big? I guess after 3 years of unemployment anything would seem great. Did you go with money (I guess not, since you had no job), legally or illegally?
Possible1805: The peer pressure currently is just too much, people mmentality is that traveling is the best option, my pat er stated giving me pressure to move out of the country too at the other end am not seeing that as an achievement I mean she expect me to leave a job I created by myself 6years ago in nigeria that is currently fetching me at least 2-3m monthly to japa, if I do will loose all customers because the job is competitive, and for over 6year now I work from home, lose that kind of job and go to Uk as in what kind of job will fetch me 2-3m monthly savings in the Uk, the skills I have is only plumbing work skills i most do that as a side job in nigeria here I only attend to big job, japa is not for everyone you people should stop looking at it as a big achievement… and stop calculating you earning In naija just to say that you better off over there… peace ☮️
Please tell them o. Japa is not for everybody. Some of us are doing quite fine right here. Especially considering info like this one below. (So you are into plumbing. And it pays well? Didn't think something like plumbing pays well in Naija)
Apply for MSc in USA, admission takes 2 weeks max. Get a sponsor. Go for visa interview, pass and boom! You in America. If you never get money for school fees, defer admission or just forget about going to school once you're in if you don't mind doing menial jobs. America is too big for someone to be looking for who is illegal or not as long as you don't get into trouble.
1. There are universities which give out admission without you paying for school fees upfront. 2. I still stand on my words that if you provide the right documents, admission takes 2 weeks or 3 max. 3. I just applied to a university two weeks ago and i have submitted all documents, should have gotten feedbacks but last week was thanksgiving holiday so hopefully if i get a response on Monday I'll post it here. Funny enough a friend applied with HND and got the admission.
4. They'll waive things like application fee, GRE, IELTS if you message your course coordinators to tell them this is so so so requirements you dont have and give them reasons why they should waive them for you.
Tohan505: You can relocate as a startup founder!!!
Definitely better benefits than the school route
All you need is a desire to own your own business and we'll help you get to your choice country in 3 months (a startup visa).
There are over 25 countries across Europe giving out startup visas (entrepreneurial visas), with some offering instant citizenship.
It's even more bizarre when you realize that there is no guarantee that the startup/business will be successful, yet they offer you a visa/citizenship as soon as they like your business idea.
We'll be discussing these countries and their requirements in this Wednesday's edition of "eMigr8 Open Day" FREE WEBINAR Come learn which country can favor your business idea.
PoliteActivist: So how does the below tally with your experience IbeOkehie?
Well that may be true but it doesn't tally with my experience OR observation of other Nigerians around me here. As for Americans in general, they don't save because they don't feel they need to. It's a CHOICE.
The essential truth about life in the USA is that success, prosperity and stability are easy to maintain if you care enough to make some obvious choices that are in line with such a desire. It's that simple. And yes I might become unemployed and homeless tomorrow, who knows...yet it doesn't negate the essential truth of the American reality.
I've posted a general outline of my experience in this country. I started out working in a fast food restaurant and within 3 years I had built a house for my family in Nigeria. Yes I worked ungodly long hours. I CHOSE to do that. I didn't steal or sell drugs. In my 7th year living in the USA I bought a used car for my family back home. I also saved up enough within that time to get into university and I paid my tuition CASH, out of my pocket with ZERO loans at graduation. I'm a naturally gifted writer but I CHOSE to study health related sciences because I was concerned about employment prospects.
CHOICES CHOICES CHOICES.
There are people doing the same today, I know at least 3 immigrants who got here in the last 5 to 10 years and have built houses for their families in Nigeria. In fact one of them started his life working in a grocery store, the other one worked ILLEGALLY in a hotel....he LIVED in the hotel and worked there too. The one working in the hotel I actually know him and his family from Nigeria.
Any Nigerian living here can testify to these.
If single, unmarried, illegal workers can save up the money to build houses in Nigeria, why can't USA born citizens save money?
I think it's a matter of CHOICE. The sheer amount of consumer goods available to enjoy in the USA is so overwhelming that it requires a STRONG WILL and mental focus to keep yourself from over spending.
Let me give some tidbits. Take smoking cigarettes. The average USA smoker spends over $4,000 per year.
Or restaurant eating. Most Americans eat out every day or at least several times a week. I rarely eat out, 95% of my food is brought from home, even when we buy Nigerian food it's still cheaper than restaurants because we buy in bulk. I bring my lunch to work but I supervise people at work who earn much less than I do and they buy their lunch EVERY DAY. That's a difference of at least $5 every day.
I can tell you that even after I started working as a University graduate, I RARELY ate in a restaurant for many years. I always knew I was making a healthier choice....I know that for a FACT. How?
When I came back from my disastrous move to Nigeria, I had to start life over in terms of buying pots and pans and plates and general property. I was working LOOONG HOURS making money to settle myself back into the USA. So I ate in restaurants EVERY DAY for about 6 months. I was already a pharmacist, earning good money and I ate at what I thought were the best and healthiest places. My waist size went from 36 to 42 inches. I became FAT, my breathing became labored, I got a pot belly. When they tell you 80% of Americans are overweight, well I got a first hand, practical and personal TASTE of the statistics. It's not funny at all.
Another thing that will cost you money in the USA is pets....dogs, cats, birds, turtles, snakes...Americans spend BILLIONS & BILLIONS on these things. At least half of USA householdsown pets. My kids are always begging me to buy a pet. I know Americans who come into a pharmacy and spend HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS for medicine for their dogs.....EVERY MONTH. I've had colleagues who buy clothes and handbags for their pets. I've NEVER owned a pet in the USA, not even once. And PROBABLY never will.
Clothing nko? Do you know T-shirts, one of the most common clothing articles here, are routinely used just a few times and thrown away? There's a shopping center down the street whith huge donation boxes where people throw those things away. A lot off it ends up in Nigeria. Personally, I wear every T-shirt until it has holes in it. I even have shirts I wear today that I bought 20 years ago.
And with all my wisdom, I also freely CHOSE to throw away over $200K cash savings by moving to Nigeria and investing the money there, into an economy with clearly long term and chronic recessionary indices and LOW PROBABILITIES of a successful business outcome.
CHOICES CHOICES CHOICES.
Saving money in the USA is a CHOICE. That's not a random comment, I know that for a fact, from real life observation and experience. I just gave you 3 or 4 random, very common and fairly high cost DISCRETIONARY costs that can be incurred by CHOICE in the USA.
But at least it's a choice. In Nigeria the choices are very different for the 99.95% who earn less than ₦200K per month. I've been there.
This is my real name. And anyone choosing to banter around with me on this subject, how about the minimum courtesy of a real name, job and location? It would add at least a little bit of credibility.
Well that may be true but it doesn't tally with my experience OR observation of other Nigerians around me here. As for Americans in general, they don't save because they don't feel they need to. It's a CHOICE.
The essential truth about life in the USA is that success, prosperity and stability are easy to maintain if you care enough to make some obvious choices that are in line with such a desire. It's that simple. And yes I might become unemployed and homeless tomorrow, who knows...yet it doesn't negate the essential truth of the American reality.
I've posted a general outline of my experience in this country. I started out working in a fast food restaurant and within 3 years I had built a house for my family in Nigeria. Yes I worked ungodly long hours. I CHOSE to do that. I didn't steal or sell drugs. In my 7th year living in the USA I bought a used car for my family back home. I also saved up enough within that time to get into university and I paid my tuition CASH, out of my pocket with ZERO loans at graduation. I'm a naturally gifted writer but I CHOSE to study health related sciences because I was concerned about employment prospects.
CHOICES CHOICES CHOICES.
There are people doing the same today, I know at least 3 immigrants who got here in the last 5 to 10 years and have built houses for their families in Nigeria. In fact one of them started his life working in a grocery store, the other one worked ILLEGALLY in a hotel....he LIVED in the hotel and worked there too. The one working in the hotel I actually know him and his family from Nigeria.
Any Nigerian living here can testify to these.
If single, unmarried, illegal workers can save up the money to build houses in Nigeria, why can't USA born citizens save money?
I think it's a matter of CHOICE. The sheer amount of consumer goods available to enjoy in the USA is so overwhelming that it requires a STRONG WILL and mental focus to keep yourself from over spending.
Let me give some tidbits. Take smoking cigarettes. The average USA smoker spends over $4,000 per year.
Or restaurant eating. Most Americans eat out every day or at least several times a week. I rarely eat out, 95% of my food is brought from home, even when we buy Nigerian food it's still cheaper than restaurants because we buy in bulk. I bring my lunch to work but I supervise people at work who earn much less than I do and they buy their lunch EVERY DAY. That's a difference of at least $5 every day.
I can tell you that even after I started working as a University graduate, I RARELY ate in a restaurant for many years. I always knew I was making a healthier choice....I know that for a FACT. How?
When I came back from my disastrous move to Nigeria, I had to start life over in terms of buying pots and pans and plates and general property. I was working LOOONG HOURS making money to settle myself back into the USA. So I ate in restaurants EVERY DAY for about 6 months. I was already a pharmacist, earning good money and I ate at what I thought were the best and healthiest places. My waist size went from 36 to 42 inches. I became FAT, my breathing became labored, I got a pot belly. When they tell you 80% of Americans are overweight, well I got a first hand, practical and personal TASTE of the statistics. It's not funny at all.
Another thing that will cost you money in the USA is pets....dogs, cats, birds, turtles, snakes...Americans spend BILLIONS & BILLIONS on these things. At least half of USA householdsown pets. My kids are always begging me to buy a pet. I know Americans who come into a pharmacy and spend HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS for medicine for their dogs.....EVERY MONTH. I've had colleagues who buy clothes and handbags for their pets. I've NEVER owned a pet in the USA, not even once. And PROBABLY never will.
Clothing nko? Do you know T-shirts, one of the most common clothing articles here, are routinely used just a few times and thrown away? There's a shopping center down the street whith huge donation boxes where people throw those things away. A lot off it ends up in Nigeria. Personally, I wear every T-shirt until it has holes in it. I even have shirts I wear today that I bought 20 years ago.
And with all my wisdom, I also freely CHOSE to throw away over $200K cash savings by moving to and investing in Nigeria, an economy with very clear long term and chronic recessionary indices and LOW PROBABILITIES of a successful business outcome.
CHOICES CHOICES CHOICES.
Anyway saving money in the USA is a CHOICE. That's not a random comment, I know that for a fact, from real life observation and experience. I just gave you 3 or 4 random, very common and fairly high cost DISCRETIONARY costs that can be incurred by CHOICE in the USA.
But at least it's a choice. In Nigeria the choices are very different for the 99.95% who earn less than ₦200K per month. I've been there.
This is my real name. And anyone choosing to banter around with me on this subject, how about at least your real name, job and location? It would add at least a little bit of credibility.
Well that may be true but it doesn't tally with my experience OR observation of other Nigerians around me here. As for Americans in general, they don't save because they don't feel they need to. It's a CHOICE.
The essential truth about life in the USA is that success, prosperity and stability are easy to maintain if you care enough to make some obvious choices that are in line with such a desire. It's that simple. And yes I might become unemployed and homeless tomorrow, who knows...yet it doesn't negate the essential truth of the American reality.
I've posted a general outline of my experience in this country. I started out working in a fast food restaurant and within 3 years I had built a house for my family in Nigeria. Yes I worked ungodly long hours. I CHOSE to do that. I didn't steal or sell drugs. In my 7th year living in the USA I bought a used car for my family back home. I also saved up enough within that time to get into university and I paid my tuition CASH, out of my pocket with ZERO loans at graduation. I'm a naturally gifted writer but I CHOSE to study health related sciences because I was concerned about employment prospects.
CHOICES CHOICES CHOICES.
There are people doing the same today, I know at least 3 immigrants who got here in the last 5 to 10 years and have built houses for their families in Nigeria. In fact one of them started his life working in a grocery store, the other one worked ILLEGALLY in a hotel....he LIVED in the hotel and worked there too. The one working in the hotel I actually know him and his family from Nigeria.
Any Nigerian living here can testify to these.
If single, unmarried, illegal workers can save up the money to build houses in Nigeria, why can't USA born citizens save money?
I think it's a matter of CHOICE. The sheer amount of consumer goods available to enjoy in the USA is so overwhelming that it requires a STRONG WILL and mental focus to keep yourself from over spending.
Let me give some tidbits. Take smoking cigarettes. The average USA smoker spends over $4,000 per year.
Or restaurant eating. Most Americans eat out every day or at least several times a week. I rarely eat out, 95% of my food is brought from home, even when we buy Nigerian food it's still cheaper than restaurants because we buy in bulk. I bring my lunch to work but I supervise people at work who earn much less than I do and they buy their lunch EVERY DAY. That's a difference of at least $5 every day.
I can tell you that even after I started working as a University graduate, I RARELY ate in a restaurant for many years. I always knew I was making a healthier choice....I know that for a FACT. How?
When I came back from my disastrous move to Nigeria, I had to start life over in terms of buying pots and pans and plates and general property. I was working LOOONG HOURS making money to settle myself back into the USA. So I ate in restaurants EVERY DAY for about 6 months. I was already a pharmacist, earning good money and I ate at what I thought were the best and healthiest places. My waist size went from 36 to 42 inches. I became FAT, my breathing became labored, I got a pot belly. When they tell you 80% of Americans are overweight, well I got a first hand, practical and personal TASTE of the statistics. It's not funny at all.
Another thing that will cost you money in the USA is pets....dogs, cats, birds, turtles, snakes...Americans spend BILLIONS & BILLIONS on these things. At least half of USA householdsown pets. My kids are always begging me to buy a pet. I know Americans who come into a pharmacy and spend HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS for medicine for their dogs.....EVERY MONTH. I've had colleagues who buy clothes and handbags for their pets. I've NEVER owned a pet in the USA, not even once. And PROBABLY never will.
Clothing nko? Do you know T-shirts, one of the most common clothing articles here, are routinely used just a few times and thrown away? There's a shopping center down the street whith huge donation boxes where people throw those things away. A lot off it ends up in Nigeria. Personally, I wear every T-shirt until it has holes in it. I even have shirts I wear today that I bought 20 years ago.
And with all my wisdom, I also freely CHOSE to throw away over $200K cash savings by moving to Nigeria and investing the money there, into an economy with clearly long term and chronic recessionary indices and LOW PROBABILITIES of a successful business outcome.
CHOICES CHOICES CHOICES.
Anyway saving money in the USA is a CHOICE. That's not a random comment, I know that for a fact, from real life observation and experience. I just gave you 3 or 4 random, very common and fairly high cost DISCRETIONARY costs that can be incurred by CHOICE in the USA.
But at least it's a choice. In Nigeria the choices are very different for the 99.95% who earn less than ₦200K per month. I've been there.
This is my real name. And anyone choosing to banter around with me on this subject, how about the minimum courtesy of a real name, job and location? It would add at least a little bit of credibility.
Thanks.
Thanks for your erudite and quite informative submission. Before I give my two cents, let me invite the jury, see if anybody has an input
PoliteActivist: So how does the below tally with your experience IbeOkehie?
Here's a video of how some poor people are living in the USA. This is an apartment provided by government for poor people. It's called Section 8 Program.
Believe me, that $40k will soon disappear unless you are a special kind of person. You'd buy better car, better everything and also increase your profile in society. All that will increase your expenses long before you figure out a way to increase your income. B4 long, money gone!
You can give me a try and watch out for the positive results. A lot of us are with so many ideas, potentials, and abilities but sometimes we just need capital for investment to start up something meaningful and beneficial to the society and in no distant time you see the growth of that investment with the returns it will yield.
Bro when they say CA is short of workers, it does not mean anybody can just go and take up the job. You have to have the right credentials and specialty. Mind you, our university certificates can only get you into their schools but not give you job directly. Also they give preference to Americans, Europeans and Australians
. Whereabouts in the US