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TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 10:59am On Oct 17, 2022
kode12:
Liz Truss will be more of a ceremonial prime minister going forward. I think she'd realise that she's made a series of major mistakes now, and no one really wants to hear whatever she has to say, so she's going to prop J.H forward as much as possible.
That’s if she survives going forward
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 10:14am On Oct 17, 2022
Goke7:
she should not forget to carry braverman along o
Madam ‘Scarerman’ has incurred the wrath of the immigrant community
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 10:15pm On Oct 16, 2022
Liz Truss going going go…n….
She’s in office but not in power
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 7:08pm On Oct 16, 2022
Goke7:
You are very right the quality of leadership in the uk has really dropped, all these small girls like Truss, kemi, braverman have no business in govt. Too low level for a so called advanced nation
It’s appalling to say the least
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 6:35pm On Oct 16, 2022
Trex12:
Oya story don change....
Don’t mind this trial n error government jare. They are in a DILEMMA, they really don’t know what to do, just fishing around
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 6:00pm On Oct 16, 2022
mex551:
Just seeing this now. I hope uk immigration laws are not retrospective. Especially for those that are already here hoping to get 2 years Post work permit
We all know these categories of people (students) are not the cause of their economic woes but scoring cheap political point with the British public is a necessity for the Tories at this point.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 5:29pm On Oct 16, 2022
AlphaUno:
Sure, there would be adverse effects on the ordinary citizens (small businesses, landlords etc),the government (reduced revenue) and schools (International students will look elsewhere).
Already, the schools are complaining of low patronage from home students; reason for increased foreign student enrolment.

UK hasn’t really been fair to students. After spending so much, they just yank you off their system. Don’t they know education is a form of investment?


Mind you, there is a silent competition among these developed countries on enticing talents to their economies. That’s why they keep coming up with different immigration friendly policies

The UK is in a dilemma presently - failing economy, labour shortages in key sectors, the need to compete globally, ageing population etc and yet they have to source for the manpower elsewhere w/o high immigrant influx.
And they still want to milk these incoming immigrants of funds

I think, they should first secure their borders to discourage illegal immigrants while providing enabling environment for legal immigrants.
This confirms the screenshot.
If there is no strong opposition to this move, it will go thru and the UK economy will be the worse for it, as the ripple effect will be on the schools.

A pragmatic immigration policy that will encourage legal immigrants, bring in talents and discourage illegal immigrants is the way to go.

When it’s time to send illegal immigrants to Rwanda, NGOs will carry placards but look away when legal immigrants are impeded thru d means of law.

Presently, there seem to be a dearth of pragmatic politicians who can take the UK out of its present woes. The ones around now are clowns busy doing trial and error.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 5:13pm On Oct 16, 2022
AlphaUno:
Sure, there would be adverse effects on the ordinary citizens (small businesses, landlords etc),the government (reduced revenue) and schools (International students will look elsewhere).
Already, the schools are complaining of low patronage from home students; reason for increased foreign student enrolment.

UK hasn’t really been fair to students. After spending so much, they just yank you off their system. Don’t they know education is a form of investment?

Mind you, there is a silent competition among these developed countries on enticing talents to their economies. That’s why they keep coming up with different immigration friendly policies

The UK is in a dilemma presently - failing economy, labour shortages in key sectors, the need to compete globally, ageing population etc and yet they have to source for the manpower elsewhere w/o high immigrant influx.
And they still want to milk these incoming immigrants of funds

I think, they should first secure their borders to discourage illegal immigrants while providing enabling environment for legal immigrants.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 4:55pm On Oct 14, 2022
Lexusgs430:
People are generally now shying away from subscription services..........

Hence massive price reduction, might be the only pull factor ..........

With recession and austerity, comes cancellation of unnecessary bills ........... cheesy
Your point is very valid.
Me just saying in addition to that, there is:

Competition: New entrants trying to get all they can of the market share.

Content : if a service provider is low on content, most folks won’t extend sub of that provider but focus on other providers, hence cancellation.

Price : sub price will automatically fall as other new entrants will reduce price to get a market share (case of Glo back then), while others will come in with a premium price eg Apple

As much as they don’t believe in ad, the obvious is staring them in the face that they don’t control the market anymore, hence, the need to find other ways to make profit

And there are still other minor factors like your one and only way grin …..IPTV, the economy you mentioned and others.

The massive profits and goodwill enjoyed by both promoters of Zoom and Netflix during Covid lockdown took many of the big boys by surprise, hence their rush into the video conference call and streaming biz.
Talking about the rich keep getting richer while we dey sub on a steady - Capitalism
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 8:26am On Oct 14, 2022
Lexusgs430:
Customers don do Netflix long thing ....... grin
I guessed they now have more competitions.
Lots of folks with ‘heavy bags’ are going into the streaming biz.
In the short and long run, Content will be the determining factor to being the market leader
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 9:51am On Oct 13, 2022
Lexusgs430:
That one no be public funds nah ......... cheesy

See how Nigerian's dey run from FREE money.......... grin
Who wan purge? grin
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 9:26pm On Oct 12, 2022
Lexusgs430:
Awoof dey purge o ........ wink
O purge ti
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 8:42pm On Oct 12, 2022
hustla:
LOL the way it's going, I'm sure they'll just use that as excuse to refuse lots of people

grin
The law is the law, as they always say
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 8:41pm On Oct 12, 2022
Lexusgs430:
No go chop money today, wey go choke tomorrow........ cheesy
I dey on top my game, nothing do me. I go chop awoof and the owner of awoof join grin
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 8 by AlphaUno: 11:16am On Oct 12, 2022
mrsglo:
I currently hold a UK Master degree in Human Resource Management and considering applying for either a MBA, Msc Management or Msc International Business degree programme.

Will getting a student visa be an issue, considering I already have a Masters degree?

My Msc in HRM is about 7yrs old and I have over 4yrs experience working in that role.
Will the 7yrs study gap be an issue?

I will appreciate responses from people with experience on the above queries.
The gap won’t be an issue

Why not expand your horizon in terms of course to study? Since you already have HRM, look for
1 a totally different course that you also have strength in to give you a wider ground when job hunting
2. Any relatively similar course to HRM in the Arts or Humanity
3. Look out for areas of need of the UK economy where you can easily get a job after graduation. Isn’t it for Japa or you want to come back to 9ja soon?

If your MBA isn’t from a renowned Business school (usually expensive) , all these ‘reku reku’ university will just repackage what you already know for you as MBA.
I can assure you that HRM will still be taught in that your MBA
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 8 by AlphaUno: 11:00am On Oct 12, 2022
ObieD:
Anybody here going to University of Chester? Please i need help with accommodation
Look towards Liverpool, Birkenhead, Ellesmere Port etc Chester is an expensive city but if it’s only you, you should get student accommodation
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 8 by AlphaUno: 10:57am On Oct 12, 2022
pheranmie:
Hi everyone
Myself and my wife just go to the uk
We are finding it’s difficult to get any apartment here.Airbnb has drained us. Please does anyone here has a contact or WhatsApp group where we can get houses

08131014159
My WhatsApp number

Thanks in anticipation
Try n get a shared apartment first as a student while you ll be ‘visiting’ as the BF and then take your time to get the type of accommodation you want
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 11:23pm On Oct 11, 2022
The fear of Public Fund ‘free money’ is the beginning of visa renewal wisdom grin
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 11:00pm On Oct 11, 2022
Lindakam:
It is

Public funds include a range of benefits that are given to people on a low income, as well as housing support. These are:

income-based jobseeker’s allowance
income support
child tax credit
working tax credit
a social fund payment
child benefit
housing benefit
council tax benefit
an allocation of local authority housing
local authority homelessness assistance
I can’t see Energy rebate on that list or is it not PubFund ?
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 8:44am On Oct 08, 2022
leef2022:
There would still be economical effects if PSW is removed, moreso in your words landlords/ladies[b][/b] won't see monies for "mortgage deposits"...

The bolded get mouths too..
Sure, there would be adverse effects on the ordinary citizens (small businesses, landlords etc),the government (reduced revenue) and schools (International students will look elsewhere).
Already, the schools are complaining of low patronage from home students; reason for increased foreign student enrolment.

UK hasn’t really been fair to students. After spending so much, they just yank you off their system. Don’t they know education is a form of investment?

Mind you, there is a silent competition among these developed countries on enticing talents to their economies. That’s why they keep coming up with different immigration friendly policies

The UK is in a dilemma presently - failing economy, labour shortages in key sectors, the need to compete globally, ageing population etc and yet they have to source for the manpower elsewhere w/o high immigrant influx.
And they still want to milk these incoming immigrants of funds

I think, they should first secure their borders to discourage illegal immigrants while providing enabling environment for legal immigrants.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 10:47pm On Oct 07, 2022
ybahrbz91:
Good evening house.

People of Glasgow. Advise on Broadband?
With the help of Google, your postcode will tell you which service provider(s) is best for your area and then you compare broadband deals from the options available.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 10:39pm On Oct 07, 2022
leef2022:
Won't be nice policy though! The cabinet madam Liz assemble na try n error...

A possible u-turn like oga Kwasi did though I expect them.to debate more on it
U-turn might be unlikely if the British public supports it. One can only hope they won’t tamper with the policy as it is.

The economic situation, bad showing of £ against the $ and the public pressure ensure the swift U-turn in the tax cut of the mini budget.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 9:31pm On Oct 07, 2022
LagosismyHome:
The thing shock me ooo. Never expected that number and no power to even add half a penny

Uk is just issuing visa left and right but not building additional amenities. If housing is like this , I guessing schools and Gp will have its own trickling effect
They are not prepared for what they bargained for and or they intend to ‘use and dump’ as always
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 9:09pm On Oct 07, 2022
LagosismyHome:
I just left a viewing in East London. The house had one hour viewing and 28 people showed up. The agent has said 7 showed interest... 28 people showed up. Really where does someone start from .

The agent said several of the 7 offer put higher than the offer price which is 1800 for 3 bed...as if 1800 is not high enough. Bidding war has joined . Make I dey go house as my house is very far so came here for nothing
London of all places. No be today the price war started in area naa.
That’s exactly what (outbidding and monetising the housing sector) was forewarning about folks getting desperate and playing into the hands of these agents/landlords. More so, in one of my replies to you earlier that location is also a factor.
Anyways, i strongly believe you will get @ a very reasonable price soon

At this juncture, all man should do him or herself.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 3:08pm On Oct 07, 2022
Omoluv5:
Good day everyone!

Please I need help, we'll submit dependents visa application for our kids in November, but the passports of 2 out of the 3 will be expiring in May 2023, what can we do now to avoid any issues with immigration? Will renewal still be possible?


Thanks for your responses
The choice is yours to renew from Nigeria or wait till it expires here, provided that they would be in the UK before May ‘ 23
If you have a sure plug that will assure you b4 application, then I will say sort everything in 9ja
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 3:02pm On Oct 07, 2022
Amarathripple0:
Again reading to respond and not comprehend. You must be fun at parties.

FYI, I was one of the lucky few who didn’t have to struggle to find a house or pay months in advance but I was ready to pay that large sum should the need arise. Your argument lacks empathy so clearly, you have not "been there and done that" else you would have understood what people are currently going through. I rest my case.
You are obviously not used to civil discuss, hence, your insistence on reading to reply. All the points you raised have been thrashed earlier but I still took the time out to point you in the right direction. You would rather jump in, in the middle w/o knowing where the discussion took off from.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 2:53pm On Oct 07, 2022
BorisJohnson:
Chairman. Sometimes you need to introspect & speak to yourself.

See that bolded? It’s nonsense.
Paying 15k upfront for 1 year only becomes a ‘waste’ of the tenant doesn’t stay in the house for the 1 year.
I currently pay £1,500 pcm rent. I signed my contract in September 2021. I pay by monthly Direct Debit.
As at 1st of October, I have paid the landlord £ 19,500:00
That is enough as mortgage deposit for a 4 bed terraced in some parts of the UK right?
Does it really matter if I had paid the landlord £19,500 upfront last year? Does it make any difference? At the end of the day, the landlord has pocketed my £19,500.
Was/is it a waste? NO. Reason: Because I and my husband and 4 children have LIVED inside the house, so it’s payment for service rendered.

Your initial post on which you descended harshly on someone who paid for 1 year upfront was too harsh and portrays you as I’ll-informed.
Circumstances differ.
I already said it that a lot of you folks are on this table and would rather put emotion in the mix because of what was said
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 2:49pm On Oct 07, 2022
Santa2:
@AlphaUno Dismissing other peoples experience because you found it easier is in itself egocentric.. I had to change accomodation recently and I know what I went through. The fact that I did not not pay 1 year or even six month upfront, does not mean my friend who has been here for a year already and had to also change accomodation and pay one year upfront is silly or desparate. He was rejected twice with his 1 year payment. You can seat there and dismiss the struggle of peoples trying to get a roof over they and their families as lazy, thats fine but also realize that different realities exists for different people. Locations also give different experiences in same Uk. It might be easier to find a house in aberdeen than it is easier to find in london. Also you looking for a flatshare might get a place easier than one looking for a 3 bed for a family of 5 or 6. Different realities exist. DO NOT DISMISS PEOPLES EXPERIENCE!
My earlier posts already pointed out all you said, you can go back a few pages to check
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 9:43am On Oct 07, 2022
EmeeNaka:
I put 10years of driving experience.
My car is Peugeot 207, 2008 model .
The cheapest I have seen is £1600 for myself and my wife. I chose that I park the car at my Residential Parking at Night and at office parking during the day.
Total annual mileage 6000miles. I have not made any insurance claims back home, but if I chose it, they ask me to produce evidence.
Only provisional licence can half that quote but
£1,600 isn’t bad because of the foreign DL.
You can still tweak around with some details to reduce it still to around £1,300.
I’m sure by the time you provide the NCD, it should reduce.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 9:37am On Oct 07, 2022
mizGene:
Lol, but there is no level below you.
I spoke facts only and you are already throwing shades.
Thank you, fact speaker who chose to insult but yet hid under fact. I insist, I won’t descend to that your level of insult
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 9:25am On Oct 07, 2022
Amarathripple0:
From most of your responses that I’ve seen, I think you don’t value other people’s opinion. You also read to respond without looking at things from the angle of the people who are affected mentally and financially by the housing shortage and therefore have to do what they can to secure a space. You do not know it all and your opinion is not facts, it’s just an opinion. So sometimes, read, digest and analyse before you respond. Please take this as a light hearted advise, no be quarrel. Peace smiley
If you fall in the category of those who paid mortgage deposit as rent payment and you feel hurt about what I said, you need to leave emotions out, take charge and steer your affairs rather than allow situations and circumstances do that for you.

Just cos your emotion is hurt doesn’t mean you can’t decipher a right from a wrong.
And what do you understand by ‘been there, done that’ that I quoted to a reply ?
In simple terms, I was in that situation and how did I navigate, it’s a story for another day

If truths are simply waved aside as opinions, then folks like me would ve been led astray by opinions on this thread. But, you know what! those ‘opinions’ have been helpful.
What gladdens me is that most of those who paid M D as rent agrees with what I said but the bluntness is what they can’t take.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 2:30am On Oct 07, 2022
koonbey:
This post reminds me of the proverb - "Those who get their kolanut cracked by a benevolent spirit should not say their peers are not hardworking."

Enough said.
This saying comes in handy.
“It’s easy to play the victim, because the victim doesn’t have to change”

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