Viruses:

Like someone already suggested, seek professional advice. I suggest you use very clear and meaningful terms like wife, girlfriend. Terms like woman, partner, blurs the story and creates room for assumptions. Rest assured, since it's a problem, there's a solution. Worse case is you provide divorce certificate and marriage certificate.

romney678mitt:
thanks, as i am not legally married to my live in gf, will i be required to provide a divorce certificate for our separation? Thanks

abiiabby:
Hi,
I need Naira, anyone needs pounds? I’m looking for around 785 rate (slightly negotiable)

Lexusgs430:
Thank you to those who used my chase referral link, Nagode mo ku ...........

I have reached the maximum referral bonus limit (£400.00)..........

Using my chase link any further, would not give me any more incentives (kindly use other chase links posted).....

Thank you ........

abiiabby:
Hi,
I need Naira, anyone needs pounds? I’m looking for around 785 rate (slightly negotiable)

Ray7878:


Congrats, which TLS branch did you have your done? My wife had her biometrics done on the 28th of January for a settlement Visa, standard appt at Ikeja.

Told it would take 60 working days, but we email them today, had a no decision yet, and might take longer due to the Ukrainian applying for UK visa lol. My wife is inpatient.

But I have told her settlement visas takes longer than others.

IcecoldDon:
My online family, a wonderful day to you all. I feel so blessed and grateful for all the advice, knowledge, support and help i get from this platform directly and indirectly. My family ( wife and 3 kids) arrived safely to join me in the UK 2 weeks ago, and little by little, we have been acclimatizing and trying to settle down as a family. I have been here since October 2021, but based in Coventry as I am doing my Msc in Coventry University. But I rented a place in Birmingham as I preferred to settle there and my extended family (2 brothers) also live there. The whole process of 'japaing' with the entire family, the mental, physical, emotional and financial stress will be story for another day.

This post is to give accolades to all the elders and everyone who regularly give feedback, responses and information on this thread, which i believe might just be the last genuinely world-class level of goodness and humanity left for nigerians to nigerians who despite being strangers are so good and kind to each other. May God continually bless you on here. There are too many people to mention here who have been towering icons of knowledge and help, to both me and hundreds, requiring information for life changing decision, God will continuously richly bless and keep you and your families.

From my experience, and following the give back culture of the elders of this thread, these a a few of what i learnt that might help other people as well;
1. If a family plans to relocate, It helps a great deal if the husband or wife comes alone first, to try to settle things down in terms of accommodation especially, and other arrangements especially if 2 or more kids are involved. I know this isn't possible for all families, but from my personal experience it helps sooo much especially in terms of cutting down initial expenses and ensuring the best decisions are taking without too much pressure.....e.g kids in winter cold..arrrgh.
2. Try as much as possible that you have family or very close friends in your final destination town. The help of people already settled in a place can be invaluable in terms of all the help they can give. I can testify to this. My brothers saved me over and over, from helping me pick up household items that i bought, to helping me install beds and carry couches, standing as rent guarantor, to doing grocery shopping and helping me set up the house before my family arrived. As much as possible, base decisions on where you have a deep prior relationship, it is very very hard when you do not know anybody.
3. The couple should endeavor to save as much as possible, in terms of the partner in UK as well as the one back in Nigeria. Plans for selling properties and possessions should start early enough and be organized for maximum returns. We started a month early, itemized all the things we would sale in a excel table with predicted prices and actual prices to guide us. You will be surprised how much can be done with Jiji website as well as a page called Declutter, as long as you know how to navigate these platforms. Try to avoid selling or listing things to family and friends, you won't get good prices but rather gift them what you can spare and use social media to sell your stuff.
4. Use scale at home to weigh your luggage before going to the airport to avoid some boxes being rejected due to overload.
5. Utilize all the free websites available in UK and ebay used sections when you arrive. You will be amazed the good deals on offer if you are patient and know just where to look.

These are all i can quickly remember for now. I am fully settled now, done inspection for schools for my barely 6 year old(in 2 weeks) who will join Year1 in April for their third term, and my 3 year old who will be in nursery. We are trying to get a healthcare job for my wife while I try to round up my Msc program and and simultaneously look for a sponsored job ( I am construction project management in case anyone can refer...Lol), so I am just looking forward to the next chapter in my family's life.

Thank you all so much, sorry for the long long post, I am just so grateful to God and all of you...especially those that constantly responded to all my constant questions and inquiries here even when searching for accommodation etc. Lol. Long live this thread.

Julianstical:
Please how did you get your family registration certificate

mamatwiny:

Add like 200 to your budget so that you can get an automatic car. Also make sure the engine is not big to avoid heavy fuel consumption and other taxes. If you are cost conscious don't buy above 1600cc engine, the lesser the more cost effective. It is not by body but by engine. I have seen a gulf with big engine and heavy consumption. The owner hear nwii and is saving up to buy another car and dump this one on another unfortunate owner.���

Juice191968:
Guys i just relocated to london. Can anyone help list nice areas where i can get accomodatin (i would prefer a place dominated by blacks/Nigerians)

tshoboy:

Question might be best answered in student thread.
Are those people studying same course with you? If not, first confirm from your own course mates.
If still an issue, reach out to UKVI and they should issue new BRPs to you. Although you will have to pay for it. https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence-permits/report-problem

yemstico:


Hello! Thanks for your long lenghty message. It's really educative. Please is there a way I can get your email or mobile? I will be on Coventry next month and there are so many questions I want to ask about the place. Thank you.

My email is yemstico@gmail.com.

AirBay:


Yes, but he's still married to the ex on his current status. So he has to divorce the ex first, marry his second wife and his children? He can backdate everything but the children cannot be backdated.

There is still a way out though

romney678mitt:
Good evening guys, please i have an issue i am needing your advice on, i am presently in the uk as a student, before i came here i had earlier applied in 2019 for a visitor visa and i included my ex as my spouse, i thought we had a baby together not knowing the baby is not mine, we broke up in October 2019 and luckily i found love again and we have 2 kids now. I didnt want to mess up my applications while applying for this student visa so i left all the records like it was when i applied for the student visa, now a company is trying to change my visa to tier 2 care worker for me, please house can i bring my nee family after i get the tier 2 visa approved? I will appreciate your help and happy jubilee weekend

justwise:


Did you select single when asked about your marital status?

romney678mitt:
i selected married and included her name because we were living together and was about to start marriage rites before things fell apart. I had submitted the application for the visit visa before we split

mintyx:
Hello house, good morning.

Thanks all for the useful information here. While going through the page, I used someone's link to apply for Amex credit card and got approved for £4k and I'm just 3months in the UK.

I have a question though concerning pension. I came in via tier 2 sponsored visa and work with the NHS.
From the information I gathered here, it seems pension won't really be beneficial to me since I'm above 30 (and one needs to put in like 35 years to able to get full pension benefits)

Based on the info above, can I opt out of pension and invest the money myself? Also, if I opt out, are there "side effects" to opting out?

HondaLover:

Honourary mentions
Ticha( I hail o)
Lexusgs430 (Àgbà!!!) Ancestor
Justwise(Mr No nonsense I see you)

Lexusgs430:
Hondalover - You are leading yourself unto a very long path of confusion..........

View your relocation, as resetting your life......... When you hit reset button, one take things slow and steady...... No rush lick soup wey hot, or else Honda go jam you .........

HondaLover:

HondaLover:


It's okay, I will do just that, I just love to plan ahead.
But you know like the saying "you have a plan until you're landed the first punch"

justwise:


I'm referring to student visa application not visiting visa

Khalifa99:
I see reasons why most of you say things like stay away from any Nigeria but I always think it can’t be that bad but what happened to me this morning made me understand that we Nigerians are truly our problems

I got a message in one of the groups I joined while I was processing my student visa
Saying he needs naira who has pounds
Sent a dm
We both agreed on a rate
And he said he needed 250 pounds
Spoke on the WhatsApp call,Came to a rate of 750 and he said it was okay by him

I sent my uk bank
He sent where he wants the naira

I credited him the naira of 182,500
Then gave him screenshot
I gave him 10mins
Sent him a message then called him
Told him what’s causing the delay he told me he needed 300 I said oh sorry I don’t have 300 you said only 250 and I have 250 only

He told me the reciever is having problems because he needs 300 not 250 pounds
He then told me to send extra fifty in naira currency before he can send the pounds to me

I told him I don’t have
Then I told him please send my naira back

Only for few mins to noticed he blocked me


Here is the number +234 702 525 2570
He calls himself mr REx