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rite2salas:
life abroad is better than life in Naija taims(x) hundred. everything is at your beck and call.
[quote author=rite2salas link=topic=9278.msg2177981#msg2177981 date=1208812129]no power outages/up nepa

~ If you forget to purchase electricity, you would sleep in the dark.

rite2salas:
no molues

~ Overcrowded and smelly trains which would be illegal if used to transport animals

rite2salas:
no area boys/conductors

~ teenage yobs, who would kick your head like a football or happy-slap you for no reason

rite2salas:
no mosquitoes /roaches/rats as your room mates

~ plenty roaches and rats hence the reason for Environmental Health Enforcement Officers

rite2salas:
no pure water

~ River Thames that shit gets emptied into, yet is barely treated before finding its way into the taps.

rite2salas:
no gutter

~ flooding galore

rite2salas:
no fake stuffs (except u go to china town )

~ "you wan dvds, four for £10" no be fake stuff?

rite2salas:
no waki ass home videos

~ thank God for cable cos otherwise it's just the usual tripe from BBC, ITV and Channel 5 that we have to pay TV licence for.[/quote]

Siena:
I'll continue to patronize BA.

What have I got to worry about?

ty4real:
Ododo Oro!

speak for yourselves . . .

Mystery 1:
So my child will be a british citizen if born in london??


Need an explanation plsss

Sorry for the long-winded reply;

If either you or the dad is a citizen or has settled status, your child is a British citizen at birth.

If your child was born between 1st Jan 1983 and 1st Jul 2006, the dad (if he is the citizen) has to be married to the mum, but if the mum is the citizen, she does not have to be married to the dad. If the child was born after 1st July 2006, there is no need for the parents to be married.

If none of you is a citizen or has settled status, i.e. you are here to work, study, visit, entered illegally or in breach of any immigration laws, your child is not a British citizen at birth. The child would have the rights to registration as a British citizen if the child lives in the country continuosly for 10 years or if the either or both of the parents gets settled status before the child gets to the age of 18.

If your child is over 18, he/she would have to apply for naturalisation.

presido1:
. . . Haven't you noticed that offspring of immigrants don't normally like immigrants. Michael Howard, Nikola Sarkosy just to mention the popular once.

Is that a fact or are you talking out of your https://emoticons4u.com/happy/1016.gif
nice to meet you too

VOR:
2. You are correct,

pardon, come again, can you repeat that . . .https://emoticons4u.com/cartoon/1244.gif, ijo ya, hen ijo ya, lyrics lori gangan,  https://emoticons4u.com/cartoon/1244.gif, .https://emoticons4u.com/cartoon/1244.gif, .https://emoticons4u.com/cartoon/1244.gif,



@ Voice Of Reason

I for let this go but as you na sabi, nagging be woman disease wey no get cure, and it is a scientific thing that we have to have the last word, all those oestrothingy, prostethingy, oxytothingy, prolacthingy, . . . no be good thing o.  https://emoticons4u.com/happy/963.gif https://emoticons4u.com/happy/993.gif

VOR:
So called contradiction 1

She is a British citizen at birth because one of her parents is British, not solely because she was born in the UK.

True

VOR:
3. Btw 01/01/83 and 30/06/06 anyone born in the UK would only be a citizen if one of the parents as a citizen
or settled.

Again, this is true.

VOR:
The law changed in July 2006 because before then if your father was a UK national but not married to your mother who was not, you would not be able to claim UK nationality.
you would not be able to claim

True again, so why, according to you was Maggie British by birth, when, as we were told, the dad got married to the mum after she was born? Anyways, I’m out, peace and one luv.

@ Akolawole

I have sent my email addy to yours.

@guseman#

stop cluttering the Visa section and get your arse out of here pronto.

Talking of arses;

rikkyjen:
Who the F%uck is this? and What the F@#$k are you talking about?
. . . So because, you were promoted to "class Janitor/class captain" you think you can threathen people here.
You better comot that your badge and respect yaself here!

rikkyjen:
@ Siena
I think i was rude there. Hei sorry for coming down heavy on ya. I was just a bit miffed that  a fellow Nairaland user can threathen another person just because you became Mod days ago. Hei, am sorry bout that, ok?

Siena:
That's ok, my hide's quite thick, apology accepted, though no offence was taken.

Free expression is fine, personal insults arent.

I'm sure you can tell the difference between the 2.

In awe and utmost https://emoticons4u.com/happy/1356.gif and admiration of your maturity, [b]evolved[b] sense of humour and commonsense.

I https://emoticons4u.com/happy/540.gif for that thick bakassi of yours, I bet it's hot to trot like bumpers.

guseman:
@bim bumper,
Like one yoruba adage that goes thus"eni toba so agbado modi, otidi alawada edie" meaning "He who tie maize around his waist, will surely be chased by chickhen"

Ass as used in my statement is not the real "Idi" or yansh, Get that.

We are together

My brother na the same thing we dey talk, how can anyone be on his arse (idi, yansh) on a forum wey dey on top computer , abi naijas don find way override that one too

Dactemu bank statement

Vicjustice:
@bigbump.
      As for me, i'm sorted, i have nothing against the guy, i corresponded with him and the subjects of our talks are now personal.

Glad to hear that's been cleared up. https://emoticons4u.com/crazy/069.gif

Vicjustice:
. . . i don't know whether you're for or against the poster   

I only post in threads if I have any thing positive and meaningful to say. Ever heard of the saying “Silence is golden . . .

guseman:
@Vicjustice
why is it that everyone is castigating you? A member called Dantemu once named you "Vicjustice our unneccessary Evil"
. . . many others are always after your ass.

Why should anyone be on anyone's arse on a public forum? Like my learned friend says, "Opinions are like arseholes, everyone's got one, and everyone thinks every other person's stinks". Abeg leave my brother alone o.

Akolawole:
3) There is a big contradiction on that day maggie's passport is to be personally collceted at passport office in St James Park.

Now that i have clarrified No 1, what could be the wahala?Quiz 1 part d

You sef , is the contradiction this time ;

1) that Maggie has a passport?
2) that Maggie had to collect her passport personally?
3) that Maggie has to collect her passport at St. James Park?
4) about the date given for Maggie to collect her passport?

@ ty4real

one luv man, https://emoticons4u.com/happy/143.gif cheers

I need to start paying more attention to the politics thread, imagine when I was told that Yaradua was the new president, the next thing that came out of my mouth was "I thought he was dead", shame on me innit

Visa sponsor, did the last one in March, tired of immigration laws now as they keep on moving the goalposts everytime, maybe when a non-labour government comes into power sha.

I am from the source, Ile-Ife.

Nah men, I'm sticking to team-left-winger like glue.

Akolawole:
. . . Was planning to dish out the answers today but i don't want Jackal and Pataki to have excuses.

VICTORY TALLY #1

Na me first fall talk say Maggie be automatic citizen, but as soon as I sabi say something sele for 1st of July 2006, I had to retract and go and rewire my medula oblongata.

VICTORY TALLY #2
[quote author=Mr. Pataki link=topic=30156.msg2166048#msg2166048 date=1208476413]1) If Maggie became a citizen at birth, why then did she and Funke have to apply for a 6months visiting visa when Funke came for her wedding at Ilford? [/quote]VICTORY TALLY #3

[quote author=Jackal. link=topic=30156.msg2164774#msg2164774 date=1208449744]@ Akolawole,

You and your examiner are rogues!!!]
Blimey. . . y'all didn't state it anywhere Maggie was born in 2003.
Y'all have to be specific about your questions next time. . . . .[/quote]The key word na next time, that means to say the guys don https://emoticons4u.com/happy/540.gif for una, wetin else you want? A pound of flesh? E no good as you dey kick them as them dey down o,

CONTRADICTON 1

VOR:
Big bumper,
. . .  As I stated earlier it was this act which took away the right to automatic citizenship by birth
   regardless of your parentage on 01/01/1983.

If this is true, so why was your answer to Akolawole's poser  

VOR:
Ako
1. Maget becomes a British citizen at birth.

CONTRADICTION 2

VOR:
Assuming this scenario happened post 01/07/06
    the baby would be a UK national and therefore no need for any kind of settlement visa. She is in
    effect not subject to immigration control.

Flip side of the quote above: Assuming this scenario happened pre 01/7/06, the baby would not be a UK national and would therefore need a kind of settlement visa. She is in effect subject to immigration control. (I stand to be corrected)

CONTRADICTION 3

VOR:
1. Surely you must know that until the enactment and coming into force of the 1981 act
   anyone born in the UK (except for some limited exceptions) was automatically a UK citizen.
   
2, . . Assuming this scenario happened post 01/07/06
    the baby would be a UK national and therefore no need for any kind of settlement visa. She is in
    effect not subject to immigration control.

Numbers 1 and 2 in the above statement clearly implies that people born before the 1981 act enacted in 1983 and people born post 01/07/06 are UK citizen/Uk natioanals, what is the status accorded to someone born between this period which is between 1983 and 2006?

VOR:
Ako
1. Maget becomes a British citizen at birth.

If Maggie had the same automatic right as number 1 and 2 in your quote above, why did the law bother to change again in 2006? Why fix something that ain't broke?

VOR:
2. Can't see how I have contradicted myself here.

You are O.Y.O, as Mr Pataki would say.

VOR:
Big bumper,

You this gerl self,I'm beginning to have serious concerns as to your competence
to carry out your functions of an advisor as appointed by Sienna. I think I will
have to have a word with him and express my concerns.

Na only competence i get o, I no get the consistency which is the non-negotiable prerequisite required to be an adviser o.

[quote author=Mr. Pataki link=topic=30156.msg2166048#msg2166048 date=1208476413]1) If Maggie became a citizen at birth, why then did she and Funke have to apply for a 6months visiting visa when Funke came for her wedding at Ilford? [/quote]@ Mr Pataki

Did the "chocolate" finally reach the right spot or is it that it just exited your system? https://emoticons4u.com/crazy/069.gif https://emoticons4u.com/crazy/069.gif https://emoticons4u.com/crazy/069.gif

Aaaawwwww, never mind, you have a resilient character, so chin up and re-apply. Why don't you re-apply through Abuja again since that branch is staffed by humans as opposed to the lagos branch which is staffed by morons and arseholes, as someone mentioned. 

Keep the faith, the same God that made the UK/Dublin trip possible will see you through.

temisafety:
Nairalanders, I’m applying for a foreign visa and they are asking if I have ever been arrested. Some years ago, a policeman had hit me unjustly and I hit him back in anger. I was arrested, detained and charged to court for assaulting a man in uniform. We later settled out of court and the case was closed. I’d like to know what and what normally follows when a case like this is disclosed at a foreign embassy. Many thanks for your response.

You only need to be slightly concerned if you intend to travel to America if:

1) You have teka'd (gave ur fingerprint) at any point in time?

2) You intend to use the same name that you used before?

Still my take on this would be for you not to spill because oyinbo people are overtly sensitive, common raising one's voice can be deemed as aggression, talkless of you https://emoticons4u.com/violent/sterb016.gif their staff before their own korokoro eyes.

If
Statement 1

VOR:
Big Bumper,
. . . it was this act which took away the right
to automatic British nationality by birth . . .

why?
How did/How does
Statement 2

VOR:
Ako
1. Maget becomes a British citizen at birth.

VOR:
3. I can't see any contradiction in law, although there would be no requirement for the baby to apply for a settlement visa since she is a British citizen.

Do you see how you are contradicting yourself with Akolawole's contradiction whilst still insisting that there is no contradiction? https://emoticons4u.com/crazy/069.gif https://emoticons4u.com/crazy/069.gif https://emoticons4u.com/crazy/069.gif

Akolawole:
I am enjoying this.
One of the reason why i like nairaland so much.

I no blame una

Akolawole:
@Experts
I am coming to Nairaland LATER today with my boxing gloves.
I will blow the left wingers to submission after which i will recommend their ban to seun . . .l

Don't think you are gonna need it, though i'm having a tough time convincing the team otherwise.

Akolawole:
@VOR and his team
wetin go be the gift for this poser o
Maybe any man that get this correctly will INHERIT all ladies in travel and vice versa

no be ya fault , but jeez, you wicked small o, my head dey hurt like . . .


Nah, I'm definitely with Akolawole on this one. Because Maggie was born before 1st of July 2006, she did not gain automatic citizenship by birth because her dad was unmarried at the time of her birth, but by virtue of daddy marrying her mum a few months after she was born. She became a legitimate child, and hence qualified for British citizenship by descent, after application from her, now married daddy.

On the other hand, post 1st Jan 1983, if it was her mum that was the British citizen or had settled status, she would have automatically become a citizen, whether her mum was married or not. And this was the reason the new law was introduced on the 1st of Jul 2006, to comply with equality law and give all fathers the same right as all mothers.   

Britain used to be a country of high moral once, you know?   

Okay, Methuselah, I concede, put us out of the mystery abeg.

VOR:
Big bumper,

Na so pesin de fail exam when them no read question properly.
Ako said the ting happen within the last four years, so it could
be four years ago or it could even be yesterday.

If you no take time I will even recommend that you sign up for remedial
English as well as remedial Immigration law.

Did you not read the question about contradiction, anyway you no dey pay attention for class. I knew it was around that year because the question was posted by Akolawole to knock you off the winner's pedestal (Go team left-wingers). Even funkybaby don nearly suss this out, all she has to do is wake herself up from the slumber of love for sureng.

Ol' boy shine your eyes, you go fall o, you go wound o

rasputinn:
Talking about that "shelltox" spray thingy,why is it more rampant on out-bound flights from Nigeria.
. . . Airfrance is the worst in this regard.
Abi the thing na jazz wey the passengers go inhale and e go make them come back to use the airline again?
Una think say oyibo man no get juju

no wonder I could't stay away from Airfrance.https://emoticons4u.com/crazy/069.gif https://emoticons4u.com/crazy/069.gif https://emoticons4u.com/crazy/069.gif

LondonCool:
The Police have no right to ask him to produce his payslips, et al.They first of all have to levy charges against him, then its left for him to defend himself. Any smart Human Rights Lawyer will just take the Police to the cleaners.

True, but not only have they done that, they also got the go ahead and the priviledge of 90 days by the Magistrates at the court that he was arraigned to.

VOR:
I provide for you below an extract from the BNA 1981;

. . . No where does it say that the father and mother have to be married at the time of birth.

That being the case you need to upgrade my marks. I suggest 100% and register for the course.

I never forget una o, I just wan quickly go do milk for my pickin before my oga packs my ghana must go for me (SIR ALAN SUGAR'S THE APPRENTICE IS ON). I no wan join Akolawole for inside car, na soso parking space hin dey look for since hence the reason for his 6-hourly posts, and we all know what traffic wardens and parking is like in this horse and cart country.  

In the mean time, your homework for now (if you want me to increase your grade) is to go and fish out all the word "legitimate" in the 1981 Act and what they relate to.

VOR:
You will have to be more specific than that, was it pre or post July 2006?

What year are we in again? I could have bet with my life that it was 2008, so four years ago would be hmmn https://emoticons4u.com/crazy/1087.gif  https://emoticons4u.com/crazy/1087.gif  https://emoticons4u.com/crazy/1087.gif. . .


[s]off to count my toes and fingers, It's about time I start listening to my shrink and wean myself off those chocolate https://emoticons4u.com/crazy/1412.gif before it becomes the end of me[/s]


@ Vor
My defection to the other side is only temporary o, We are still team left-wingers for life.      

Akolawole:
@VOR and others

That scenario happens within the last 4 years.

I feel you my brother, so I was right to assert that it happened post 1st Jan 1983 and pre 1st Jul 2006.

You don forget say I be naija woman, it is not my culture pay o, we respect our man too much as the head of the household and know he would feel threatened and hurt if we don't let him pay.