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phatbaby1:
Yeah I remember you from when I put mine in. Thanks so much. You will definitely have good news, don’t worry. It might be worth organising a meet up in one of the cities in England but I guess that’s for Oga Lexus and co to think about.

Thank you so much! Yes a meet-up will be cool, but its all up to Lexus. Anyone I see, I will attend. Me that like party more than anything

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.


Also, read this too https://www.forum-expat-management.com/users/10520-fragomen/posts/30344-united-kingdom-tier-2-general-cap-reached-for-the-third-time

They don't know whats coming till it hits them! I can't believe they think that the NHS prefers to employ foreigners over citizens just cos they feel like it, has it occurred to them that their citizens just might not be qualified for those positions?! They should keep increasing tuition fees and scaring their citizens from going to Universities, very soon they will be begging the whole world to emigrate to their country! All this guy go end soon!

Quite impressed with the EU staff though, small brexit and they waka commot from Uk, but us, see all the killings in India and SA, still our boys never return

mzapplication:
Thank you.

I have been sorely depressed since I found out but am even thankful that I can still hustle the money for re application.

There is apparently even expedited which takes 5 days. Costs 180 pounds though per applicant. And we are 3.. Not a lot but considering how much that has already been wasted...

Wish you the best of luck.

mzapplication:
Amen o.

What is also paining me is the 3 months. Missed out on at least 2 international work trips waiting and waiting.

Why they didn't let me know early enough baffles me...it's almost like they waited for the 3 months to elapse before informing me...makes no sense...

Yeah I remember you, you had a work trip and was asking how you’d get your passport back. Take heart iye, you and Lola have gone through a lot, I would have been crying by now.

On the brighter side, you guys just have to wait 15days then join hubby and then you would work 2-3 months and get the wasted money back. Sorry o! It is not easy at all.

phatbaby1:
Hi guys our application has been successful!

Whoop! Whoop!

I’m going to be popping champagne tonight

Thanks to every single person and the veterans on this thread. If you’re ever in the Birmingham area, feel free to stop by for tea :-)

Standard application
Timeline:
TLS and Biometrics: 21 November 2017
Documents received email: 24 November 2017
Supporting docs sent to Sheffield: 4 December 2017
Decision made email: None
Decision made TLS update: 15 February 2018
Passport returned to center email: 15 February 2018
Passport returned to center update: 15 February
Application picked up: 16 February

Big congrats! This gives me hope cos I’m waiting for mine and I hope it’s good news too. Congrats again. Birmingham is a cool place, Nigerian food is not hard to get there, lucky you! In my own side, only one shop sells Nigerian food , it is well!

BMCSlayer:
its not all schools. This one just request for it

Find out if the transcript means Testimonial. And if they insist on a transcript, just inform your secondary school, they might have a way to do it for you. Anyway, This is not the thread for Canada, so you will most likely not get a favourable answer here.

Minnienellie24:
I dont think this would be an issue at all as my husband put April 2017 as his intended date of travel and he submitted his application in March 2017 and he got his visa processed in June 2017.

Has anybody (other than your hubby) ever told you how amazing you are?! Thank you so much. I’ve been sweating under AC all day cos of worry. Bless you plenty.

Guys, I need your help. I have been a bit worried about my trip date.

So I started filling my form in Oct 2017 where I picked my trip date as Feb 12 2018, but some work trip made me submit in Dec 5 2017 and I totally forgot to change that trip date to accommodate 3 months (I have a refused visa from another country so I didn’t apply for priority).

Now today is 12 Feb; Will this cause any problem for me?

readynow:
good morning all good to be here again please i am making the subsmission of my application by next week.please what can anyone that has graduated kindly advice on how

1.to arrange the papers together
2. how to hold them should i use a paper clip or just stack them together.
3. do i need to make copies of these documents or do i wait and make copies when i get to the biometric center please advice

will appreciate

Good luck on your submission. I pray the IHS wouldnt have increased before then.

As per your first question, You will get a mail of how to arrange your documents when you submit your application but this is how I arranged mine.

1. Basic Information
a) cover letter and applicant’s cover letter
b) Visa Application form & copy of applicant’s passport
c) Appendix 2
d) Applicant’s English language evidence (Master’s degree from UK university)
e) Sponsor’s British passport (copy)
f) Applicant’s birth certificate/declaration of age
g) Applicant’s first degree certificate and Business Analysis Certification
h) Applicant’s IHS payment confirmation
i) Tuberculosis Test Certificate

2. Proof of Relationship
a) Registrar Marriage Certificate
b) Copy of Newspaper publication of Applicant’s change of Name
c) Evidence of communication (Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, WhatsApp Calls)
d) Photographs of Civil ceremony, pre-wedding and random photos
e) Flight tickets to Nigeria.
f) Hotel Booking in Hilton Manchester Deansgate Hotel

3. Proof of Maintenance and Accommodation
a) Sponsor’s Tenancy Agreement
b) Letter from the Letting Agency (confirming suitability)
c) Utility and Council Tax Bill
d) Bank Statement of Account
e) Letter confirming sponsor’s employment and salary from my employer
f) Letter from housemate
g) Pay-slips.


For your second question, pins are not allowed (I think), so I cut strips of papers and banded the documents for each alphabet, then I put all alphabets in their respective envelopes (i.e. a-i for number 1, were all put in an envelope marked 1). I have mild OCD, so you can just stack yours

For your last question, you don't need any copies (unless you want the original doument returned to you- so, only attach two copies of birth certs, marriage certs, and whatever else may be important to you). You also don't need to go with these docs to TLS, just go with your passport, appointment confirmation print out and your application form. All docs should be sent to your wife who will send to sheffield.

Lexusgs430:
Our consultation and consultants, all work from home. We do not charge any fee.... Does she charge a fee, for her services?

And yes, plans are afoot to initially increase IHS fees (double) + next would be application fee + IELTS etc etc

Be like say Britico's go start to marry themselves (no more importation of wive's & husband's) .........

[quote author=joygirl2017 post=64862938][/quote]Wallahi I like your business spirit. I'm sure I am an embarrassment to my Igbo ancestors

joygirl2017:
Just for weeks holiday right? You based in the UK? If you are why not save it and them apply to join you

Not only Nigerians it affects everyone try to bring their love ones over.
Like you rightly said Its really daylight daylight robbery.

Oh! i forgot to mention Council TAX Bill that alone drives me nut lol.
But well we have to keep going.
Its best you starting thinking of things you can on E-bay for extra income
Or look round your community see what you do to make extra income that wont involve you going against the law that's if you have entrepreneurial spirit. Having multiple streams of income one is what fits uk life.That's what i did .

I know about the council tax I was lucky to have dodged it for a few months in the UK (as a student), its ridiculous but that's what they use to maintain the community so I don't complain much, besides Cheshire isn't so expensive.

No I am not in the UK yet, I am hopeful that my spouse visa is a success cos we are planning the white wedding there, hence my needing my family over. But like you said, I have to lock up and save it . As for handwork, my dear, God did not bless me like that o, my sister was applauding me the other day for sewing the strap of my singlet back , but I will try my hands on the ebay stuff. Thank you

joygirl2017:
Mehnn this is crazy its well. Increment year upon year upon year.
Heard the citizens are complaining foreigners use the medicals bla bla bla... as if we dont pay tax and insurance upon the visa fees and NHS fees collected .

God bless you o.. been thinking of how outrageous their fees have become. This is close to day light robbery! Well if Nigeria wasn't backwards, we wouldn't be in the UK in the first place, to have to condone such ill-treatment. Its paining me more cos I am budgeting about 5k quid just to bring take my family for a weeks visit there. It is well o.

sheke01:
My school is Unizik

Cheers! I was really hoping you'd be a graduate from UniBen. My brother cannot get hold of his transcript for his US study application till they call of the strike- damn Nigerian education is just inept!

sheke01:
How long depends on your school and how seriously you follow them up. I started my WES evaluation last September. My school delayed and sent my transcript in October and WES sent it back to them for verification that same month. My school then went cold on the matter as Non academic staff went from one strike to another which is still ongoing. I had already given up on the whole stuff and applied to schools that did not request for WES evaluation only for WES to send me a mail yesterday that they have received the necessary documents needed and my evaluation would be completed by friday.
I dull shai, so ur case could be a whole lot faster is you follow up your school bumper to bumper

What Uni is this? I know that UniBen is on strike. I have been trying to get information on how to get a transcript from the dead school. So if UniBen is your school, please can you fill me in on how you got your transcript even though the strike is not over?

UKmigrant:
This is just a provisional licence. You do not need any driving test to get it. But you need this to start learning driving and to take the driving tests. If you're successful in the tests, you get a full licence.

Alright, i get. thank you.

UKmigrant:
My provisional driving licence. Sharing this the second time. The first one was hidden by someone afflicted with badbelleism disease

I had to post my residence permit card to the driving licence authority to apply for it. Took about a week.

10 years! impressive! Did you have to go to driving school again, take the driving test or did you just show them your Nigerian driver's license?

Geetrix:
You sef see am

boss, I been confuse too o! I thought you asked a question and responded to it yourself

Nigeriadondie:
Pidgin2 is dead. We can now have peace on Nairaland.

Umm which one of the “dead”s are you talking about? I hope it’s not the real “kick the bucket” dead..!

LagosIsMyHome

I am mentioning you because you are someone I respect a lot on nairaland and I have seen your contribution. Yes, Twoods is rude, but No, he is rude for good reason. We lack research culture in Nigeria and its very bad. some people prefer to just ask questions and not make any move on their own to get information- its such a disgusting habit. During my master's, I helped a friend who was doing his master's in Nigeria out with some of his assignments until he asked me to do his dissertation- I ended the friendship there!

Now if you look and the pages between 89 and this one, you will see a set of humans posting their cgpas and asking if they can study in America, however, if only they can go a few pages backwards, they would see the answers they need. I was also a newbie on some pages but I never posted questions until i read from page 0 to the recent page so that I dont miss anything. It is easy to bash TWoods for being rude, but imagine answering the same questions over and over again, even you would snap or ignore (like I do).

Now, to prove the lack of research culture I talked about, someone came and posted a list of 10 schools they found and asked to know if they can get the following from the schools..
1. Assistantship
2. Low Tuition fee
3. Normal living cost
4 Chances of admission

Neither you nor the people that have been bashing Twoods have responded to this person, because it is outrageous to ask us to do your own homework. I know that Twoods has asked people to mail the grad coordinators of their courses to get such info, some other people have also added that people don't know about funding in a school other than the grad coord, why then would someone expect me to sit by my PC and help them do this kind of work? I mean, how on earth do you want a master's degree in a developed country if you cannot find information yourself, or if you do not have the common sense and patience to read from the beginning of the thread, truly (like someone said) not everyone here is a graduate!

The end point of this is that even if Twoods or whoever is scolding newbies, since you have a big heart, answer the newbies. After three repeated responses, i'm sure you will give up!

Lexusgs430:
Congratulations........

Because you took lectures in secret, does not exclude you from paying our 45% tithe....

Chai! This tithe keeps increasing like the price of garri in the market

Tamzwillie01:
Hello guys. Please my UK student visa was recently denied on grounds of not being a genuine student. They said my answers were vague and generic. i applied for an admin review and it was unsuccessful as well and my school wont issue me another cas to re apply. My question now is whether it is possible to still school in the UK if i apply to another school. I am really confused and i have never gotten a straight direct answer to this question. if someone is denied on not being a genuine student, can the person apply to another school and still get his/her visa to be able to study in the UK?. Studying in the UK is my dream and i have really invested a whole lot in it. pls i need you honest replies and opinions. God bless..

If you go back Three pages before this page, you will see discussions similar to your question, try and read the information there.

Concerning re-applying, yes you can. Provided you did not submit any fraudulent document to attract a ban, you can re-apply every month if you like, however, we advise that you address the reason you were refused (read back).

Now this is not what you asked for but I’ll tell you anyway, if you intend to study in the UK because you truly want to study and then return to Nigeria to impact your community (by being jobless- just joking!), I wish you success in your application(s). If, however, you are doing so as a means to migrate, my dear, better look for another country because no matter how good you are, it’s easier to find a needle in an ocean that to find a company to sponsor and retain you in the UK. Pick another country. The US, Canada, Ireland, France.. and if you’re an ace student Aus.

Cheers

Lexusgs430:
You have said it all......

Nawa o. Their dislike for illegal immigrants eh.. inshort, their dislike for immigrants !

I don’t understand what they think they have in their country that they are seriously mising. Anyway, I don’t blame them. If we had illegal immigrants in Nigeria that keep taking out of our limited resources and not really adding to it, we will complain too (this is me assuming that illegal immigrants don’t pay taxes too but enjoy subsidies).

cindylee:
Thanks so much. Please do you know how I can pay for priority visa at the Lagos location? I would like the visa to be ready in at most 10 days. Secondly, how can I make a group application, my child and I? Checked the options at making appointments and I see only standard, and super priority. Thanks

When you book your appointment, you pick that you want a priority service. Also you will be asked to create a TLS account, When you do this, you can include priority service to your profile and pay for this at the TLS centre during your interview.

You cannot have your visa within 10 days. Priority takes 6-10 weeks (this is me assuming that you are applying for a spouse visa).

Include your child in your application. You will see the option on the homepage, after logging into visa4uk.fco.gov.uk look up and you will see “apply for myself”, “apply for someone else”, “view my applications”. Click on the second option.

mzapplication:
Hi House/ Mr Lexus, happy new year to you and yours

I am about half way through my wait...just over 6 weeks into the wait.

My issue now is that I need to travel for work next week...passport is stuck...

Is there a way for paying for fast track / priority in the middle of the process?

I have checked everywhere option does not seem to exist however I just thought to ask here...

Aww sorry love. I’m in the same boat- only that I already cancelled my trip. Although I don’t think there is a way to fix it, I hope there is! Kpele

MreSBee:
Hello house, happy new year to you all.... To all that have graduated, best of luck in your new life. To the rest of us waiting for a response or waiting to apply... good luck to us.

It’s the new year, hence I’m getting really close to applying again. So house I have a question as I keep gathering supporting documents. My question is, one month out of the past 6 months we want to use to apply for my application, my wife was sick and spent like 10 days in the hospital... as a result she wasn’t paid for those 10 days so her payslip for that particular month wasn’t the same as the rest of the months. For that particular month, she was short of a few 100 pounds... However, her annual salary still exceeds £18600 required. Please can someone tell me if this payslip can affect my application in any way because I understand that the HO wants to see that your monthly salary when calculated with their figures meets the required 18600. Please gurus in the house, over to you. Thanks

I think if she makes 1550 per month she shouldn’t worry if she got paid 100 less what she normally collects unless what she made for last month was 1450- that is when there might be trouble.

Alternatively if she is able to make 9300 in 6 months then that should be fine, regardless of what she got paid less of.

Another thing to consider is what her company will agree to write in their letter as her annual salary. If they write they her annual salary is 18600, I am not sure it would matter what she gets paid per month. With what I know the payslips are for confirmation of her payments not just to check how much goes into her account.

The gurus will give a more definite answer.

cindylee:
@ Lexusgs430 and Justwise, please I have started a tier 2 application online. Do I need to fill a separate form for my child or the section where they asked for dependent is sufficient.

What I mean is that does each dependentmake their own application independently? My child and I are applying together. Thanks .

Happy New year to you guys again

I think you need to make a separate application for your child. If you look at the home page of you application, I think there is an option for another application- you can fill your child’s info here.

tawa89:
Please does anyone know how much Ethiopian Airline will charge to from Abuja Airport to Cairo Airport with a at least 16hr stopover at Addis Ababa for me to cover an event?
I have just the fare for ABuja to Cairo with a 3hrs stopover at Addis Ababa.
Anywhere I can get any info to help.
Date of departure is 21/01/2018
And return date is 30/ 01/2018.
Economy class
Any input is greatly appreciated.

Ethiopia is very strict. Unless the person is meeting you at the waiting lounge in the airport, you cannot leave the airport (well no country will allow you to with your Nigerian passport). Apply for an Ethiopian visa. Your inviter will need to speak to the ministry of defence to get you a visa permit which you will take to the embassy in Nigeria alongside your passport for your passport to get stamped. That’s the much I know sha.