gcey2k:
Good morning people,

Please can you advise the best means one can transfer money from Naija account to a UK.

I have a UK account and a working PayPal too.

I will be looking at transferring up to £5K at once.

I am looking for reasonable exchange rates so as not to lose so much.

Please those of you who have experience with school fees payment and transactions up to that amount can advise how you went about it.

Thank you

dustydee:

try transferwise. Their rate is good:
https://transferwise.com/u/davidg1450

gcey2k:


Thanks Bro.

But I can't find an option to buy GBP with NGN except to sell.

And this is what I found in their FAQS

ujugirl88:
I'm so bored here in Scotland, pls who lives around Dundee, anyone fancy an outing?

ujugirl88:
I'm so bored here in Scotland, pls who lives around Dundee, anyone fancy an outing?

ujugirl88:
I'm so bored here in Scotland, pls who lives around Dundee, anyone fancy an outing?

Arielle:
Hi house. Please I need some info from people in Glasgow. What is a good area to live in near the university of Glasgow. Did some research and the rents in the West End seem a bit steep. Where is the next best place, safe and close enough to the Uni, in a cachement area for good secondary schools (I'm coming with my 2 pre-teen boys). A 2 bedroom or a roomy 1 bedroom. We can rough it for a while.
I'm also looking for a market for my business. How can i go about this? I will have braided wigs, ankara tops and summer dresses, ankara and batik button- down shirts for men ( all great with jeans), backpacks made with ankara, denim and leather mix. All for sale. Oga Justwise I'm not advertising oh!

So any help? Any advice?
Thanks All

fatima04:
Nice thread oga Justwise, want to be like you when I grow up.

@Claremont please that Lesson 3, we are interested. Pls put us thru.

Also any advise on rent, jobs, childcare in scotland ( 1hr from glasgow).

Need as much information I can get. Thaks @all

Nchabuomo:

Loool you na baba o.....Have been to Calabash ...it's a nice place. Comforter dey aii, but the man head no correct. Whats OT?

OlowoB:


The best place to sell your stuffs is to connect with other Nigerians via the church. You can easily sell to them that way. Try attend any of the churches here and you are good to go.... I think winners has the largest congregation here in Glasgow.

Uni of Glasgow is on Dumbarton road, any house on Dumbarton road is good, Partick (this is about 5 - 10 minutes on the bus to the school, it is closer to the UNi so it would be on the high side), sauchiehall street (about 10 minutes but expensive flats), yoker (20minutes to the school, cheap flats), Anniesland or drumchapel (20 minutes to the school and cheap flats), duke street (about 15-20 minutes street, cheap flats and lots of blacks reside here).

To be honest, Glasgow is generally safe and very friendly people. I have been to at least 5 countries in the world (over 15 cities) and for me, Glaswegians are the nicest so far.

I never knew this thread was still active though.

OlowoB:


Oh you sef don see say the man get problem? Everyone complains about him. I have had issues with him severally.

OT means orientation.

spacyzuma:
Nchabuomo, OlowoB
I've only been to Calabash twice, as I don't like the fact that it's underground. It makes me very uneasy.
Comforter for me...I go there regularly just for the suya.

Nchabuomo:

Loool service go comot from your phone ���

spacyzuma:
Nchabuomo, OlowoB
I've only been to Calabash twice, as I don't like the fact that it's underground. It makes me very uneasy.
Comforter for me...I go there regularly just for the suya.

OlowoB:


Funny enough, there is WiFi available. Ask any of the bar staff for the code.

OlowoB:


I never knew comforter had suya, I would probably try it out.

odeexpress:
@ FutureDon
I know a few nairalanders who study in the UK and I do too

spacyzuma:
If you're with a Tier 2 work visa or interested, you need to read this. Wahala dey o.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/18/uk-hits-skilled-worker-visa-cap-third-month-home-office-refuses-applications



Britain has hit its cap on visas for skilled non-European workers for an unprecedented third month in a row, deepening the staffing crisis facing the NHS and other key employers.

When the monthly quota was reached in December and January for the first time in seven years immigration lawyers had expected it would prove to be a blip, but they now fear it is turning into a long-term problem.

More than a third of the tier-2 work visas issued by the Home Office go to medical and other staff recruited to work in the NHS. Migration experts expect that among the first group to be turned away will be doctors and other healthcare staff, software developers and scientists.

The next set of quarterly immigration figures will be published on Thursday. They are expected to show increasing evidence of a “Brexodus” over the past year, with an accelerating decline in the numbers of EU nationals coming to work in Britain while increasing numbers return home.

The Home Office sent out hundreds of emails to UK employers and businesses last week telling them that their applications for the certificates of sponsorship required to recruit mostly highly skilled workers from outside the EU had been refused because they did not meet the minimum points score set for the February quota.

The cap on skilled worker numbers operates on an annual quota of 20,700 with a fixed number of spaces available each month. Until last December the monthly quota had only been exceeded in one month since the cap was introduced by Theresa May as home secretary in 2011.

The Home Office confirmed that the minimum salary for a job to qualify for a skilled work visa was normally £30,000, or £20,800 for a graduate recruit. However, in December it was set at £55,000 and in January tier-2 visa applications for jobs paying less than £46,000 a year were refused unless they were PhD-level roles or were for jobs on the official shortage occupation lists.

The points-based immigration system prioritises applicants according to their advertised salary, with the minimum annual pay changing according to the number of applicants above the quota and their points rating. This hits the NHS particularly hard.

Nichola Carter, an immigration specialist at Carter Thomas solicitors, said: “From the information I’m receiving it is starting to look like the threshold for rejection in February could be around the £50k mark. Initially it was thought that December and January were just blips. Now it’s starting to feel like this could be a long-term issue.”

She said employers were increasingly seeking to sponsor skilled workers because they needed certainty in their recruitment plans.

“The government has to step in now and either change the points or the criteria or create exemptions. Calls for NHS workers to be removed have already been made.”

Carter added that she had seen two applications refused for clients last week: a software developer and a designer for a bespoke luxury goods manufacturer.

All jobs offered to skilled workers from outside the EU that are not on the official shortage occupation lists have to be advertised in Britain first for a set period unless the salary will be at least £159,600.

“I know of employers who are now willing to pay £65,000 for a job they were previously offering a salary of £35,000 for just to make sure they get a visa in the next round of allocations,” Carter added.

The immigration law firm Fragomen confirmed that the cap had been reached for the third time. “Since the quota has been exceeded three times consecutively it is highly likely to be exceeded again next month due to the volume of reapplications. Applicants can reapply next month provided the job advertisement is still valid. There is no right of appeal following refusal.”

Danny Mortimer, the chief executive of NHS Employers, has pressed the Home Office to exempt medical staff from the quota, saying NHS organisations were “increasingly concerned at their inability to obtain permits for essential medical colleagues”.

More than a third of tier-2 work visas issued by the Home Office go to medical and other staff recruited by the NHS.
A Home Office spokesperson said: “It is important that our immigration system works in the national interest, ensuring that employers look first to the UK resident labour market before recruiting from overseas.

“The tier 2 visa route is intended to fill gaps in the labour market. When demand exceeds the month’s allocation of tier 2 (general) visas, priority is given to applicants filling a shortage or PhD-level occupations.

“The published shortage lists include a range of medical professionals, including consultants specialising in clinical radiology and emergency medicine, and we estimate that around a third of all tier 2 places go to the NHS.

OlowoB:


Lol social life in Scotland is so boring � if you don’t mind, send me an email and I could invite you to come over to Glasgow (I am working in Glasgow at the moment). hope you are single though�

guiddoti:
haha that part is boring apart Glasgow n Aberdeen, where things happen.
There are few Nigerians in Dundee. Perth is a solo quiet city.

ujugirl88:

hahahaha, lots of whites around me, i prefer to be with my fellow blacks, always bored here, will send you an email now

ujugirl88:

hahahaha, lots of whites around me, i prefer to be with my fellow blacks, always bored here, will send you an email now