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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Ticha: 9:34am On Dec 12, 2023 |
Hkana: None. You're taxed from your very first dollar earned! Lowest tax band is also 33% (10% for under18s). All savings and investments are also taxed so nothing like ISAs or LISAs. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by ReesheesuKnack: 9:45am On Dec 12, 2023 |
Ticha: Sounds like the kind of taxation a certain Labour politician wishes for the UK. |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by ReesheesuKnack: 9:49am On Dec 12, 2023 |
Hello Ticha, Given your submission, I am kinda perplexed. Why then do we have NHS doctors leaving in droves and moving to Australia & NZ ?… at least so says the UK shadow cabinet et al. Does a ‘Junior Doctor’ earn up to AUD $150,000 annually? So that even with 33% tax, they go home with lots and lots and are able to comfortably live, pay off mortgages and buy second holiday homes etc…. |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by profemebee(m): 9:51am On Dec 12, 2023 |
i have a simple but tricky question for you though.. Are we even treated as a 1st class citizen in our own country, Nigeria? Do you know what it means to be a 1st class citizen? Anyways that's a discussion for another day.. lavida001: 6 Likes |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by hustla(m): 9:51am On Dec 12, 2023 |
lavida001: Sometimes, its not about the money |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Peerielass: 9:54am On Dec 12, 2023 |
missjekyll: Not entirely correct. They pay tax on their UK income which entitles them to use the services you have mentioned. Whether it’s morally acceptable or not is another discussion. |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by hustla(m): 9:57am On Dec 12, 2023 |
Goke7: Mehn, these new rules dey do my head in tbh as it looks like its all over the place i thought getting a sponsored job helps without limitations or whats the catch with all the new rules I don tire |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by profemebee(m): 9:57am On Dec 12, 2023 |
Ticha, thanks for this... all i have been saying..all i have been freaking saying I provided visa approval data and links of even Australia revising their immigration laws.... Provided % of immigrants data to Total population... Till today, no data to back their emotional responses.... Some said it is because I settled status which i don't have... i still paid the IHS and visa fees last year.. i'm affected Some said i have oppressed mentality.... meanwhile they don't look in the mirror.. .. when you keep that mindset, you're actually the one being oppressed.. the oppression has a great real estate in their minds You can keep migrating and keep complaining because no country is perfect when it comes to immigration There are countries that will want 1 million immigrants, but they do it in milestones over a period of time... No country will just open their borders to 1 million immigrants at once They do it in stages and review each stage to see the pressure on the amenities and system (people, culture, facilities, budget, etc). If you fail to plan, you plan to fail That's where Nigeria has failed.. we don't even know how true population, and so how do we then plan? Policies are done by trial and error .. no data.. just implement half-baked policies and steal money Ticha: 4 Likes |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by ReesheesuKnack: 9:58am On Dec 12, 2023 |
Peerielass: MissJelyll will not mention that. She will refuse to say the fact, which is that they do pay their fair share of taxes on their UK income. Are you surprised she refused to engage when I gave the Gusau & Cornwall factory analogy? |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by profemebee(m): 10:02am On Dec 12, 2023 |
Lies bro... you didn't understand his limitations If you did, you won't have judged him quick and given him the "migrant" tag... You won't have been that angry that you wanted to "hit" him You're now changing goal post and forming you understood his limitations ehizario2012: 4 Likes |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by ReesheesuKnack: 10:03am On Dec 12, 2023 |
profemebee: Even France’s Emmanuel Macron who (and his supporters) speak so much bile (I use the word intentionally) on Marie Le Pen. Guess who sent an ‘anti immigration’ bill to Parliament? No. You guessed wrong. It wasn’t Marie Le Pen. It was EMMANUEL MACRON. |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by profemebee(m): 10:06am On Dec 12, 2023 |
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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Peerielass: 10:33am On Dec 12, 2023 |
deept: Exactly! I have been here long enough to know that both Labour, the Tories and SNP are out to screw me over so I’m apolitical. Labour is making noise up and down, in my opinion things were actually worse for immigrants in 2007 - 2010 when they were in power. British jobs for British graduates etc! 1 Like |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by dupyshoo: 11:09am On Dec 12, 2023 |
Thanks for this enlightening post. I wish I had this info earlier this year After watching too much "Wanted Down Under", I encouraged husby to consider those recruiters always disturbing him for jobs in Australia with all expenses paid. After he got that job and I started researching, I realised we might not be better off for years especially as they were not offering PR. The stamp duty to buy a house is so high for those without PR. We will have to pay health insurance and also pay some amount to send our children to school. I thought it was only the UK that it was difficult to rent a house, but realised it was also difficult to rent a house in Australia. Also, contrary to what I thought, it was going to be a pay cut for me as well. We decided to stay put in the Uk and enjoy our "small" house without swimming pool. Ticha: 10 Likes |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by OgbeniOptional(m): 11:14am On Dec 12, 2023 |
Goke7: Yes they are in NHS as support workers but the trust don’t sponsor 3 months before current visa expiration which is beyond spring. Wawu so them go tell wife to go home? Not making sense to me really |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by bigtt76(f): 11:24am On Dec 12, 2023 |
I have a railcard but the only times I've been specifically asked to present it had been at the instance of the black rail commercial team members. |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by OgbeniOptional(m): 11:25am On Dec 12, 2023 |
The truth is, the social media fools and useless tiktokers are part of why rules are changing. If u understand covert racism/discrimination, you will these countries do not want Nigeria. No government would be happy when you openly talk about the loopholes in their policies. A manager in health and social care told me their international recruitment's direct them that they shouldn’t accept applications from Nigeria and Zimbabwe but they can accept from Ghana, SA and those Asian countries like Philippines, he said he doesn’t understand why he has to reject good applicants because of that. They won’t come out to say we don’t want Nigerians or Zimbabweans nah but they filter applications. The day I caught one British nurse watching Daddy freeze on YouTube ehn, Mo fo. The way we demonize our continent is at our own disadvantage. They will never respect us and u will never be accepted to this British culture even make u later become citizen, no matter how u try 1 Like |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(m): 11:32am On Dec 12, 2023 |
lavida001: That is not entirely true, the British has always live off other people’s wealth and struggles, when they are not looting and stealing from other countries they take them as slaves to work in banana plantations . And they have a way of keeping control of people they once dealt with… look at commonwealth.. is like WhatsApp group of British baby mamas. One thing I respect British for though is that they always bring it home to develop their country unlike in Africa where we stole and send to other countries. 10 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Goke7: 11:37am On Dec 12, 2023 |
hustla: The truth is many don't know the level of impact now until implementation begins, lots of folks who think it's a good idea will have a change of mind soon. Many are going to be stranded, simple. |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Lexusgs430: 11:39am On Dec 12, 2023 |
I just suffered a power outage...... NEPA don carry light for UK .......😜🤣 |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by dupyshoo: 11:46am On Dec 12, 2023 |
This is very unlikely. If you are already in the UK with your dependants, I believe there will be a concession for such people. Why did I say so? When the rule not to allow undergrads to bring their dependants started, they still allowed those with dependants inside UK. It will be so mean for them to do this and will cause a lot of people to become overstayers OgbeniOptional: 1 Like |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by hustla(m): 11:46am On Dec 12, 2023 |
Goke7: Abeg, can you explain what it means as of now? If I get a tech job that pays 38,700, how does it apply to me? If I get a healthcare / support role, how does it apply to me? |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Goke7: 11:46am On Dec 12, 2023 |
Lexusgs430: who we go blame now? |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by ehizario2012: 11:47am On Dec 12, 2023 |
profemebee: It's a waste of time responding to you. I wasted this one. |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Goke7: 11:48am On Dec 12, 2023 |
hustla: dependents can still come in but on care/support after April no dependant. |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Lexusgs430: 11:48am On Dec 12, 2023 |
Goke7: Tinubu........😜🤣 I was receiving my daily fix of 90 Day Fiancé 2023...... Everything just off .......😜 |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Zahra29: 11:50am On Dec 12, 2023 |
Peerielass: Lol, this is true - not as bad as Theresa may 's government, but some of the more challenging immigration policies were introduced or conceptualised in the final years of the last Labour government. I've said it several times that Keir will not be the liberal pro migration PM that Blair was.Many of Labour's policies are actually similar to the Tories and vice versa. And lets not forget the mighty U turn that Libdems did when they reneged on their manifesto promise on tuition fees. Bottom line - like @reesheesuknack said , labour nor any party is messianic, we just have to keep applying pressure on them to act right. 3 Likes |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by hustla(m): 11:50am On Dec 12, 2023 |
bigtt76: .. And only white people have ever asked me for it so it goes both ways Infact, the only time I made a mistake and didnt pay, it was a black guy and he explained what happened to me. Also told me i can get a refund 4 Likes |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Goke7: 11:50am On Dec 12, 2023 |
OgbeniOptional: hmmm that one go choke but since they are in NHS, will they not be exempted? another grey area |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by profemebee(m): 11:52am On Dec 12, 2023 |
hustla: |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by ehizario2012: 11:53am On Dec 12, 2023 |
So immediately I got the ticket, I went online to read more and saw that I needed to buy tickets before boarding, except at some small stations where tickets aren't sold. By the rules, I was wrong and accepted it. That's why I immediately paid the £50. But that still didn't take away the anger I felt towards the guy, especially after two whites had attended to me without any fuss. It was truly an if looks could kill moment... But in retrospect, I thought about his constraints. He might not get away with things the whites would get away with. Finally, it's better to know ones place at all times. Regardless of the accomodation, we should never forget the deep fault lines - natural fault lines. Thanks everyone. We good. 2 Likes |
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by hustla(m): 11:53am On Dec 12, 2023 |
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