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Monmarri:
IELTS A1 and B1 Asstiance with Test of English

Please any that have done the IELTS exam for spouse visa should kindly put me through. My partner wants to process for the exam. Naric rejected her application bc she studied French language. Please dear house kindly put me through the process. Thank you. I also want to confirm if the exam is difficult or easy so that she prepares well. Thank you

I’m sorry, please no vex. I just have a question:

If the exam is hard, will you now tell her not to write it?I’m just curious o, no vex.

Anyway, all the answers you need as to whether hard or easy or the needful process can be found on google and YouTube. You can easily google past questions or watch videos where people discuss the exams. Most people here have UK degrees or did courses that Naric could convert, so it will be hard for you to find answers.

LagosismyHome:
Really you were able to check in Heathrow with an expired passport ?

Manchester.

I showed the guy at the airline desk, he was asking me why I needed it I explained it was my ETC cos my passport was expired, then he said I didn’t need it as I was going to Nigeria and that he had even checked me in with the expired passport but since I had given him that document, to wait till he got clearance from his superior. He got up and left me there to go and ask his Oga whether he could use the doc. Lol

No one asked me at Manchester or Istanbul. Just in Nigeria, and they asked me jokingly.

EmmyKing86:
So the Nigerian High Commission London is closed to the public indefinitely due to the lockdown in England.

This does not make any sense as people are still allowed to work. Moreover, embassy/consular services are still under essential services. Airports are still functioning. Closing services to the public will only increase the backlog of passport renewal which the commission is still struggling to rectify. One can even argue that the renewal of passports can be under legal responsibility as immigrants are obliged to maintain a valid international passport. Performing legal responsibilities is also permitted during the lockdown. I made my application on August 24th and it is evident that I might not renew before the end of the year.

Nigeria always finds a way to make things more complicated than it should be.

Sorry sir.

When you calm down, buy ticket and go to Nigeria to renew. That’s what I did. Nobody even asked me for my ETC sef until I got to Nigeria (and if I didn’t have it, I would have just asked them for plug to do my passport, then case settled).

No vex too much- you suppose dey use to naija wahala.

RalphJean:
I don chop 1 week ban.
Crime wey I commit Na sake of say I talk something wey 1 person, 1 person no like.
Na so e carry ban knack me akpako.

Good to be back.

Last time I was here, Donald John Trump was President. That gives you idea how long ago that was.

Well, I’m happy to be back. I pray that the gods grant me grace to be able to not call out person(s) on this thread.
Amen.

Wait them ban you? You dey find trouble sha! Upon all the fight wey I cause on top this app, I never chop ban

be like me, fight wisely

deebaby05:
Yes, you are right cos i read on an immigration site that for ILR application, you need to present both B1 test of English and the Life in the UK test.

You are funny about donations ooo, me with my batallion need more than donations ooo, we need humanitarian aid abi na gofundme sef go good? Lord help us all! ������� We'll get there. Immediately after i applied for the FLR, i started saving monthly using Loqbox and moneybox, don't want to start panicking close to that time and i need discipline else one thing or the other will keep taking the money out of my account.

I like that idea of saving towards it. Before we reach that time and you hear that the fee is now 4K per person Shame is no longer catching them, they have seen desperate cows to milk

LagosismyHome:
I did some reading about nursing and was targeting it for some family members because of job security but personally I am not impressed with the salary mainly because I see what their colleagues in the US are collecting. It is shockingly low in UK for the effort needed

As in!

I think salaries are generally lower in the UK. I see what my colleagues are collecting in the US and Can. I personally would advise teaching over nursing unless it’s the persons passion.

Chukwuka16:
Actually remove ENG courses from that list. I think only medical based courses are that strict now and maybe law practice. I've seen non engineers with unusual first degrees jump into an engineering masters programme and then an engineering role and do some qualifications and achieve CENg status! The reverse is also the same and ongoing. Some even get into engineering roles with basic science qualifications and voila they become chartered. In fact someone (a Nigerian and working in Nigeria) I know achieved his CENg status here in the UK and doesn't have a first degree! He's a PhD holder but followed other means.

For the reverse, it's just having skill set in qualitative and quantitative analysis a well as theoretical understanding of key themes. The work environment is really crazy. I'm an engineer by training with a PhD in CS and yet my current role is purely social science/humanities/law.

What seems to be selling within the sciences, engineering and humanities now is skill rather than degree qualification. Of course all these are majorly happening outside of NIGERIA.

You’re absolutely right. I only put Eng because I wanted to highlight the difficulty in being called an Engr without that first degree— I am aware that abroad Eng allows people to write exams to get that title. But it’s not so in Nigeria, Coren won’t let you in with an Eng first degree.

All join sha!

LagosismyHome:
It doesnt matter what your first degree is in... if not what will be the point taking none nursing undergraduate then finishing masters and cannot practise. That would be totally pointless. and from begining schools wont offer that program to non nursing graduate

If you gain admission into a master in nursing eg Adult nursing program as long as the Course has been approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) .

On successful graduation you will be eligible to apply for registration with the NMC which is the ticket to practise within that specialization of nursing..... the program is designed to teach you regardless of what your undergrad is, what you need to know within that 2 years to register and practise . Some BSC nursing are the same 2 years as well and after that you are good to go

Yeah you hit the nail on the head. Me I was even talking from the perspective that MSC doesn’t allow you to practice, it’s BSC that does— especially for specialised courses like Eng, Med, Nursing, etc

Bourne007:
I heard you went in the morning and back to the UK in the evening all same day

You people will not kill me on this app

Even if na winch I be, I no fit return the same day na

Samadhii:
Hello!
Please, I really need advice and opinions on some sort of career counselling. I'm really confused right now.. I will really appreciate your responses.

Recently, I was fortunate to get someone to help me further my education in the UK (I've been researching on how to leave Nigeria for a while).
Why I'm confused? --- I studied Biochemistry at undergraduate level and I want to further in a course that will guarantee me a job after my study(I plan to stay back after study)...
I checked out the jobs high in demand over there and I came across health workers..
Now the question is what are the courses I can study at masters level and will guarantee me a job after study...

NB: I checked out nursing but the universities required nursing at degree level or prior experience...
I checked out Clinical biochemistry but it doesn't seem to have enough prospects.....

Also, is there any health care course(nursing or related work) I can study within a year? The mental Health nursing I came across is 2years full time study

Please help

I don’t even think you can work as a nurse with a masters in nursing. Most professions need you to have a bachelors in their degree to work. E.g my sister wants to become a lawyer, but she studied Intl Relations. Now, if she does a masters in law, they won’t let her practice. Masters is for research skill. Bachelors is truly want teaches you to practice. So she is prepping to study law again as undergrad.

Meaning, if you want to become a nurse, you may need to study nursing as an undergrad. Anyway, this isn’t my field so take my words with a pinch of salt.

deept:
congratulations, ILR should be same docs+ life in the UK test

Wait so we will start collecting docs again for the next .5 years for the ILR? Lol. This is stressful sha

Monmarri:
Thank you. But do you know how long the passport process takes in the UK to be renewed and how much? Thank you

It’s on the Nigerian high commission website. But you are expected to fill the form and make your payment on the Nigerian immigration website (the NHC website will tell you).

Currently there’s a backlog at the NHC. They should be answering people that paid for July/Aug now, which means you will have to wait a bit till it’s your turn to do your application. Normally if it’s your turn, it will take a month.

I went to Nigeria to get my passport done cos I couldn’t wait but now, flights have been grounded cos of the virus, so you may not be able to leave the Uk. Sorry.

Monmarri:
Hello house if one has an indenfite leave to remain and wants to apply for Spouse visa but the person Nigeria passport has expired, can the person still use the passport data page to apply or is it compulsory to renew it for the visa application. Will it cause a refusal? Thank you

Yes it will cause a refusal. And yes they must apply with a valid visa.

They have to apply for a new passport.

justwise:
SARS killing people because they have good phone or dressed very well is true but the number of innocent ones are exaggerated and a lot of people including yahoo yahoo, kidnappers are using the same excuse.

Nigeria will not be better because SARS is gone.

You’re absolutely right, but it’s a step in the right direction. Provided they don’t bring in another squad with a different name but doing the same thing. Lol

justwise:
My point is..if i have £20-30K resting in my account as a Nigerian living in Nigeria right now..i will not invest that money in foreign education until a cure is found and economy stabilize

The people making such investments know this. But if the UK is hard now, imagine how “harder” Nigeria is.

You can’t even invest in a small shop because some thugs can loot your shop. You can’t invest in small medium business because Nigeria changes business regulations to favour the elite. You can’t even say you want to invest in forex, because SARS will say you’re yahoo yahoo.

So what’s the use having that money in Nigeria if you can’t even do anything with it.

I’ve always been against people coming here to study, until the post study. With the post study, there is hope. Whether it’s a menial job, or an actual job, there’s more Hope than in Nigeria where your employer will not pay you your salary for 4 months then fire you.

justwise:
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How many Nigerian youths were killed because of that?

SARS is not even the major prob in Nigeria, hopefully SARS is gone for good but Nigerian prob is still alive and kicking

Lol justwise so we should wait for SARS to kill 20 million youths before we start worrying shey? “After all, it’s just 40 young people that have died, What is 40 deaths of young people? After all, Nigerians youths are cockroaches!”

Lol.. so desensitised to deaths. America came and rescued 1 kidnapped person, you, you’re asking how many young people that have died in SARS hands, as if 1 is not even too much.

EngrSaks:
That's the right decision o...if UK nor pay after the study, europe is there to explore

Canada dey too. He can just do a care job, amazon or retail job for the two years post study, save up and target Canada since he is studying IT.

dustydee:
Just curious, how does the 42 month validity instead of 30 months make your route 6yrs instead of 5yrs?

I think she just assumed that they expected her to exhaust the 42 months before applying for the ILR. Someone explained to her that she just has to do her 60 months to make the ILR application, irrespective of the extra 11 months they dashed her.

dustydee:
I think it is 28 days before so yours should be by Nov 12. I know of someone who was denied for applying for ILR a day earlier.

Thanks love. Mine is FLR not ILR. I’ve already done 33 months on my spouse visa so I can apply now for the FLR before Nov 10. It means for the next visa (ILR), I only have to hit 27 months before I make my ILR application.

justwise:
Your aunt got a lot of money to throw around

No amount of money is too much when it comes to buying peace of mind

Imagine training a child for 25 years, then police will kill him because he has iPhone. Abeg! She try!

Teerc4:
Please can anyone assist with ideas/contacts on how to secure an IT job in the UK from Nigeria?
Here's a brief profile;
12 years of uniformly blended high quality work experience in corporate e-business platforms and management, business intelligence, e-payment processing, electronic transaction settlement services & task automation, software & database development, project management

Qualifications and skills: HND elect/elect, Bsc Computer Science , Oracle SQL expert certified.Database scripting with complex SQL , data analysis with excel power query & VBA

Would really appreciate any recommendations

You’ve written a lot, but I don’t even understand where to place you (like, are you a Dev, Security specialist, Infrastructure specialist, Database Architect, Project Manager, Systems Analsyst, IT Manager or all?)

When you figure out what you actually are, your job search will be easy. Then all you have to do is to check for a job that fits you on indeed.com

justwise:
University can only offer discount to a student who was promised inclass lectures then it turns out the opposite direction otherwise no they should not.
Do you know that many Nigerians have paid thousands in tuition fee deposit and still studying online from Nigeria while waiting for visa?
I mean.. how silly? The idea of travelling abroad for studies in this pandemic and economic free fall is a really bad one.

Tell them not to and you will be called enemy of progress

My aunt just paid for her son to go abroad. She was like staying there and not working is safer than leaving her son in Nigeria wrote SARS will kill him for her. Some people are willing to pay that price just because Nigeria is not it at all!

LagosismyHome:
I dont get why universities are not offering discount.... not fair especially those who started in January. This model is not what they signed up for especially those with practically element to their course

Job after graduation is another tricky thing.... all this lockdown means more jobs are at risky. Those with UK experience no job, then what hope Is there for those without UK experience

My heart really breaks for them.

erico2k2:
which Old school or you jst dey follow follow?.as far back as in the early 2000s Barclays and all high street banks had digital banking.till date r still there.calling them old school is like calling bmw old school. These are not like 1st bank v diamond bank in 9ja.These are pace setters and any kind of new ways to bank comes from them.

Ok. We have heard. Don’t be angry.

deebaby05:
Thank God we are hardworking people and don't give up easily so will always disappoint them. We are here to stay and give our kids a better life and not their fault, abi, na our country with very bad uncaring, wicked leaders cause am. Meanwhile na we dey work the work for here pass. corona or not. Immigrants full the health sector. You know they promised Health workers 1 years free visa extension? Well it was kind of a scam cos they still said a lot of people were not eligible quoting some silly reasons, they only planned to give just 3000 people the free extension and once they reach that number, no more.

Increasing the IHS just like that even with the current situation of cut hours, no jobs was not fair at all, very insensitive. My saving Grace was that i applied b4 the increase, how i for do with 3 children, that means extra £2,240 ontop £8,208 plus paid appointment £276. This people dey actually milk us, all we work, na for dem pocket. It is well ooo my dear. Tkia

My dear you spent money o! More grease to your elbow. I pray your children grow to appreciate your sacrifice and make you proud.

deebaby05:
The IHS was increased from £400 a year to £624 from October 2020 so for 2.5 years, it's £1560. Really sad but can we refuse to pay? Take heart, it's well.

As in! Home Office just sat down and said, “let’s milk the immigrants dry! Even though most of them have lost their jobs. If they can’t afford it, they should go back!”



Thanks love. I figured out that was what happened. It is well.

erico2k2:
lol you are funnny, let me stop you there b4 you go 4ward, for you bank to block your transaction you must have put a 2 point check on it of which you did not complete,,if they send you a code and you did not respond within a frame of time it would be blocked, these are what the banks now do as they have paid billions of money back to customersSo how is it their fault when you as a customer signed up to go woth thier two stage verification and you do not follow suit.?I keep asking what do them banks do that barclays dont do?All tehm banks they are talking about I call kids bank are Online banks,Most of them wont open an account to a fresh person ,most of them will need you to have some sort of financial history with other banks.I disagree about the dificulty to open an account with banks like HSBC or barclays,If you have valid ID and proof of address with £1 your account is opened there and then 3 days later you get your debit card.It only becomes deficult when you dont have valid documentation.Also clling Barclays,HSBC and Natwest old bank sounds funny cos they are Pioneers,they are all up to date in Tech,there is nothing any bank has in the world that tehy do not have,if you think of any Tech them online banks have that the High street banks lack pls let me know

No sweetheart, I assure you, it has happened to my friends before. You put in the OTP it whatever, and they still hold back the money. Just because they think it’s fraud or scam. Besides, to pay tuition, you must do a transfer not a payment. So she actually sent the money, they stalled it but didn’t inform her. How is that good service?

Kingp91:
Whats the quickest solution?

No quick solution, especially as it’s those archaic banks. She just has to wait till Monday to call the bank and rectify. Then she has to call the uni’s finance department to explain to them as well and try the payment again, over the phone.

Hi @lamakinde

Is it right to be charged 1560 for the IHS of the flr(m) visa?

The same website says that it’s 400 per year. And the flr(m) is for 2.5 (right?), so I expected that I would pay £1000, not this £1560 that I’m seeing.

LagosismyHome:
The problem with the story is that its third hand gist ..... with third hand gist you never really know what exactly happened.

Freezing and then withdrawing funds long after payment and issuing of visa and CAS that really odd. Freezing for future or not letting a payment go yes that one I can understand ...

However I never worked in a bank so I learn new things everyday. So this really new to hear and then Barclays no try at all if this what happened.

Yes I’m used to bank processes and I know why they flagged it. But this is so like Barclays, they have done this to friends before.

Normally UK unis let you pay a certain percentage to get the CAS but you will be asked to pay the remaining 3k at a certain time (before uni starts). So it seems the lady must have sent the 3k and Barclays flagged it and stalled the transfer. Now rather than call to confirm, they just assumed it was fraudulent or scam.

erico2k2:
you are a learner, what have they got to offer that barclays or HSBC do not offer?,Those banks are for people who aint solid or has little or no financial history ie JJC

Leemao! Let me keep quiet and be walking since my 5 years financial history is nothing and I’m now JJC.

Someone is telling you about bank that makes life easy; bank that’s close to their customers, bank that’s usi nig technologies you bridge the gap.. but you’re talking about financial history and comparing those archaic banks that don’t know anything about empathy, relationship building and loyalty to challenger banks. LoL

All Barclays had to do was place a call to understand what happened. Why freeze the bank and make the students acceptance get withdrawn. And that’s what you call a bank? Shior!

You don’t know good service even if it hits you.

LagosismyHome:
Isnt this a question for Barclays bank ....once she can prove source of influx of money then it shouldnt take days to unblock

Alternatively use another account to pay the 3k

Lol this is why I ran from Barclays with my two left legs! I can’t be speaking grammar over my own money again. If they suspected the influx, why didn’t they just call and ask- my own bank (FD) called me to ask me questions. Barclays is a silly bank!