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Yes you will be granted visa once all your documentation regarding the marriage is genuine and submitted.

Newlymarried:
Please I will need help with this question


I just got married to my fiancée last month ago,though we have been dating since last year august before she applied for her NHS Job in the UK. Towards the beginning of this year,she applied and after several interviews a particular trust sent her a sponsorship. I want to go with her to start a family there and we have submitted all necessary documents and awaiting there response.

What I failed to understand is

Can I be granted a visa because we have not been married for 2 years??

Please I will be needing your swift response

Thanks

Round tripping is still going on here. Best thing is resume sales to BDC and lift restrictions. Flood the market with the dollars when everyone has gotten their fill, demand go slow down

TruthHurts1:
https://dailytrust.com/naira-inches-towards-n1000-1-at-parallel-market/

She still de look for the Android app to edit WAEC result

illicit:
What about the other one?

The unknown gun girl

Chat GPT response

Schoolhike:
The decision you're facing is a complex one, balancing both short-term and long-term considerations. Here's a breakdown of the factors you've mentioned and some thoughts to guide your decision:

1. **Job Quality & Career Growth**:
- **Company A**: A lower-tier audit firm where you currently work part-time. It might offer more familiarity and continuity, but potentially less exposure to larger, more complex audits, and potentially slower career growth.
- **Company B**: A top 15 audit firm with a better reputation, presumably more extensive client exposure, and likely better opportunities for career progression.

2. **Compensation & Benefits**:
- **Company A**: Offers a lower salary and benefits package.
- **Company B**: Provides a significantly better pay and benefits package.

3. **Sponsorship & Visa Costs**:
- **Company A**: Provides 5 years of sponsorship. However, you bear the full cost of the Visa and IHS, which can be spread over time.
- **Company B**: Recommends the PSW visa route initially. They commit to covering sponsorship costs later, but this comes with the inherent risk of potential policy changes or the company's situation changing in the next 2 years.

4. **Job Security**:
- **Company A**: The 5-year sponsorship might offer a sense of job security, but it's crucial to understand any conditions or stipulations attached.
- **Company B**: The 2-year fixed contract offers a shorter period of certainty, but if you get chartered and they honor their commitment, this can change.

5. **Personal and Professional Goals**:
- **Company A**: Continuity and perhaps more immediate stability, but potentially slower career growth.
- **Company B**: Better alignment with your career aspirations, work-life balance, and other personal criteria.

**Considerations**:
- **Financials**: Even though Company B offers better pay and benefits, factor in the potential costs (and the stress associated with them) if for some reason they do not sponsor you later.

- **Stability vs. Growth**: Company A offers immediate stability with its 5-year sponsorship. Company B offers better growth prospects, but with the condition of sponsorship in the future.

- **Risk**: All decisions have inherent risks. With Company B, the risk is the potential of not getting sponsorship later, though they currently commit to it.

Given the factors above, if you are risk-averse and value immediate stability, Company A might be the safer bet. However, if you are more focused on long-term career growth, better compensation, and are willing to bet on yourself getting chartered and Company B following through on their commitment, then Company B seems to be the better choice, especially since it aligns better with many of your criteria.

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Another angle and quite insightful, thanks for sharing.

mizGene:
Sponsorship is priority. However, I would balk at committing to a company for 5 years because I believe there will be better opportunities and also considering the financial visa app implications.

I would ask comp A to reduce COS to 2 years and give financial burden as reason, I think any reasonable employer should allow this. That way you get on the ILR journey asap without having to spend so much, and you can move companies later without feeling like you have wasted funds.

Stop wishing me ill-luck. I agree several things could've gone wrong for them but I also stated my thoughts on where they may have been complacent which for free I can tell you almost 90% of the last September/January japa cohorts were involved. We may want to remain in self denial but it is not a good trend to encourage. Issues like these are what is causing the government to change their rules and universities may be forced to follow same route.

koonbey:
You want to believe?

Why exactly do you want to believe that and what's the basis for that assumption other than you knowing some people who did that?

You're generalising and it's terribly unfair. There are several several ways things could have gone amiss outside of their control.

I pray you don't have cause to be in a bad situation and all involved automatically think the worst of you.

In my opinion, you can get chartered at any time, but now in view of current uncertainty I still suggest you go for the one with sponsorship than wait out the PSW which we don't know what the government may decide in the future. All the best though.

Knowlegeseeking:
I understand, but for career growth, working with company B is far more rewarding. And even if they refuse to sponsor after, i would be chartered by then and it wouldn't be difficult to get a job.

These are the only 2 companies i have applied and interviewed for. Or maybe i should put in more applications. However, time is no longer on my side as my visa expires November.

A bird in hand is worth 10 in the bush. Go with company A, get your sponsorship and hopefully get your ILR the look towards company B for the name.

BTW how did you come about the new visa rates? Is that for you alone or including your family?

Knowlegeseeking:
My people,

Thank you for helping me stay on track with my ACCA and audit career.

Please come out and help me with taking this decision.

I have 2 jobs offers. One with the audit firm (company A) i currently work with on a part time basis (unto 20hrs limit) which is offering me 5 years sponsorship and another audit firm (company B) offering me 2 years fixed contract based on me going on a PSW visa route first, and subsequent sponsorship when i get chartered.

The second company is a top 15 audit firm here with very good pay and benefits. The one i currently work with is on the lower cadre of audit firms and the pay and benefit is not as good as the former.

For company A (sponsorship), i will bear the cost of Visa and IHS for the 5 years (9,086 with the going rate or 13,624 if the new rate is applicable by October). This calculation includes my spouse and I. There is the option of paying this cost overtime by direct deduction from my salary.

But if i go with going on the PSW first and finishing my exams, I only bear PSW costs (3,926 pounds with the current rate or 5,785 if the new rate is applicable by October). company B assures bearing all costs of sponsorship when we get to that bridge.

I have considered career trajectory, interests, work-life balance, proximity, etc, and the company B tick more boxes.

In your honest opinion, please tell me what the best choice will be.

Thank you.

Very true! I want to believe they delayed payments deliberately to see if they could switch or they lied to school about their fees cleared but delayed by the banks. I know a couple of students who lied to the finance team about the funds cleared but pending whereas they didn't have it. Some others would just fill the form A online and print without submitting the present same as proof to school. Sad how our people try to play smart at times.

justwise:
The school has to stand their ground so as to protect their licence because a lot of international students coming to the UK used untouchable loan to get the visa. They came here with little or no money hoping to work to pay the remaining tuition fees.

They gave done the university a massive favour by going to ITV, only those who are financially ready will be considering that university.

Exactly. Their faces and full name splashed on the news

justwise:
They were ill-advised, very wrong move and i hope it doesn't backfire on them. You don't blame the school for taking such action.

Soon you go hear say den wan renovate National Stadium Lagos

naptu2:
https://www.theheritagetimes.com/afcon-bid-caf-team-in-nigeria-inspect-stadia/

Fisayo Dairo @FisayoDairo



https://twitter.com/FisayoDairo/status/1688952915086520329

This is sad but totally wrong by the students IMHO. As a student you have mentioned to your school availability of funds to pay off your fees, got them to issue CAS and you also mentioned same to UKVI. You resumed, got the payment plan but yet failed to pay on time. I understand most times the issue is from Form A delays but at other times the students try to outsmart the school system by not paying on time from monies they make here in the youkay and also to get it cheap using Form A. Reporting the school would only make it tighter for other students coming after them.

Zahra29:
Some Nigerian students reported their experience with Swansea university to ITV News:

https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2023-08-07/students-face-deportation-after-university-fees-paid-hours-late

What if the person already stated they live in London?

orangb:
Ask for virtual interview as you are far from the interview location

This one doesn't know what he's talking about. Government no longer sell to BDC, the people are not getting forex from their banks and yet you want the only route through which the people can access forex to be blocked? One would've expected them to advocate for it to be embraced to reduce the strain on the local forex market. Werey

ogododo:
https://gazettengr.com/abcon-bureaux-de-change-tell-fg-to-ban-binance-to-save-naira/

She's not 100% fit

Adesina18111:
Alaye which calibre?...Mr calibre football na football...I wasn't expecting the team to play what they played today cos they did well but to be frank...Oshoala no dey try when it comes to National match... mtchewwww

Good run by the girls. They definitely impressed me today but they still had that issue of not holding on well to the ball or completing their passes accurately. Good stuff though.

Where we wan start bayi

Iggyok:
Greetings to you my elders and ancestors in the UK. Arrived here two weeks ago for my Master's degree at Coventry University. Please I will be glad to have your advice on getting a job and making money.

Its called Lay-by: a place at the side of a road where a vehicle can stop for a short time without interrupting other traffic

Pwettylinda:
We learn everyday.
Science students and civil engineers why is this road designed like this in the middle of the forest?

Is it for cars to pack and for passengers to pee?

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Craggybogg:
Hello House! I want to ask what app do those based in the UK use to make strictly dollar payments? Or how do you open a dollar account in the UK?

Forgive or not, your mum is gone, your daddy is old now. What you make out of yourself now is left to you. My advise is try to upskill and prepare for your future ahead. Lastly, try and help your elder sister to get a good education ...its never too late to learn. Help her!!!

peretei2024:
My fellow Nairalanders,

Tell me why I must forgive my daddy and my Late Mummy.

I was 4years while my elder Sister was 6years when my daddy and my Mummy had a serious misunderstanding, so few weeks later, my daddy was transferred to Kaduna from Lagos being a Solder ( who knows I he was the on that requested for that).

On one fateful day, my Mummy went to the market to buy some stuffs in the Market, then here com my Daddy's younger Sister( Aunt) with a vehicle. She forced I and my elder Sister to the vehicle and moved is straight to my Daddy's village in Ondo State. We cried, cried ,
and cried but our tears couldn't saved us.

Finally we landed in a village where there is no light, no hospitals, no good schools, in the hand of strange people we don't know.

Remember I said we were moved when I was 4years. Now at 5years in the village, daddy never visited, mummy never visited, so I had to start tapping Palmwine just to raise money to start my Primary school in the village. After a year or so, I was able to get some money to pay for my Primary school. I decided that I can't continue with this Palmwine tapping at this year, so I work hard and raise some money to start selling bottles of kerosene to sponsor myself from Primary to Secondary school.

When I was in JSS3 , my Elder Sister got pregnant for a guy out of frustration and betrayal from the path of our Parents who abandoned us for years. Our Uncle in the village who never care about us , informed my daddy that his daughter is pregnant for a guy ooh, then my daddy said the guy must marry her . Finally the guy agreed, then my daddy who never visited us for over 15years came down to the village because of the money he will collect.

After marriage rites, I was taken to Lagos by my elder brother.

Note: my Mummy whom I never see for over 15years knicked me out of the house after spending just 1week with her in the house. Her complain was that I believe like a bush boy.

My elder Sister is still married to the guy in the village and she can't even express herself in English, and this is a lady that was born here in Lagos.

Tell me how I will forgive them after going through hell because of selfish Parents.

My mummy died 4years ago but I didn't even know where her grave is because we were never in good terms and till tomorrow, I will not forgive her not even my daddy.

One of our players tightly embraced and lifted the coach up ....una forget dat thing the gehs lovit

FreeStuffsNG:
I agree that it's inappropriate. I am just wondering if with this way they touch one another in female soccer, maybe they should just make it all 100% female affair.

In our match against Ireland,I saw how one Irish female player pressed all her front body on our Coach, Waldrum, in a long embrace and I kept wondering if such very long embrace between opposite gender is allowed. I felt it will put these coaches in a difficult position someday and now I saw this accusation against the Male Zambian coach. Check my signature for free stuffs!

It is the Enquire at the Help desk for me wetin de werey go get ask dem? Will the student say "I want to self-service but the notice is preventing me" or what?

How e take cost thousands of pounds to clean? Den just wan increase fees jooooor

Agidipie:
University of Liverpool has a message for those Masturbating in their toilet.

The government is likely to split the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy into two and Bosun heads Digital Economy while someone else handles Communication ....theres the need to split them hence why we now have 47 ministers nominated

Busy76:
https://thisweekng.com/aisha-yesufu-reacts-as-dattis-baze-university-vc-makes-tinubus-ministerial-list/

Cohesive play matters also. I looked at the table for number of assists and it showed none ....speaks volume. We scored 3 and conceded 2 is not a good record though well Morocco scored 2 and conceded 6

obinna58:
We were unbeaten, result is what matters

...I know but what kind of trouble should one avoid for zanga?

Lexusgs430:
Watch your back, front and side....... Keep running......... 😂🏃🏃🏃😁🤣

You for ask her if your hair style de obstruct her heavenly race na abi you stray enter her lane ni?

DamianDd:
I've recently been taking care of my hair as a man I've been looking towards self-improvement and of course improvement begins with my looks.

My own my hair is the shorts strong Nigerian dry hair so even if it's long it will still appear very short which is what I fixed by treating my hair recently and washing it, right after I washed it that evening I weaved it for it to dry and while I was outside that's when my neighbors wife came, she called me and started preaching about heavenly race and I've sinned for this hair I did and what will people think of dad by me carrying this. All I did was simply assure her that I don't do dreads or weaving and I just did it so the hair and my scalp could get space to dry.

Now the hair is back to normal and it's better because it just looks like afro now very many like it supposed to be, it's doesn't look like a girls hair it just looks like a guy that's been training hair for a long time so it's okay like afro.

Tonight she saw me while she was standing with her friend and they both start telling me about heavenly race and what people will talk about my hair, how I should not allow it to shift me from my destiny.... man's just stood there wondering what has brainwashed this women and how their husbands and children survive this everyday.

How do you presume I go about this because I don't intend on being rude to my elders and my neighbors wife as at that?

Hmmm ...abeg how can one avoid stabbing for this youkay? Becos I don't understand again o

Lexusgs430:
https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/gang-teenagers-found-guilty-after-27448691

Another Nigeria child, involved in knife crime.......

The Moroccans played very well and won 2 matches unlike ours who managed to scrape through Time would tell though Monday nor far

Semaj77:
Morocco's national women's team have qualified for the knock out stages after securing a win against Colombia ( the group winners ) and Germany failed to beat South Korea , this means Colombia and Morocco qualify out of group H while Germany , the team predicted to win the group , gets eliminated. Fifa should also look into the injury time given and the referee should be quizzed on why the game continued to 106 minutes when only 9 minutes of injury time was awarded for the Germany vs South Korea match

Depression is real

sukkot:
So this is a very strange story which I think about till this day.

It was October 1st 2019 and I am coming to Nigeria with Lufthansa from Manchester and the stopover is Frankfurt. And so we get to Frankfurt and we had to ride this trolley tram bus thingy to our terminal.

That’s where I saw this character. He was sat in front of me clutching a small handbag. That’s all he had On him. His eyes looked cold and dead like someone who has seen everything there is to see in life and he had checked out of humanity. He had like a long Islam goatee. Young guy, maybe early thirties. He sat there and clutched his bag and stared with that dead empty look. He wasn’t being deported. He was on a voluntary journey of his own. I watched him for a little while but then we got to the terminal and alighted and I never saw him again.

I took the flight to naija. Got the cab at the airport and started the journey to the Airbnb I had booked in magodo. It was an evening and up in the sky were stork birds and eagles and the atmosphere was dusty looking as the sun was setting. So as I was in the car on the express about 3 miles away from the airport I saw someone climbing the dividers of the express way and trying to cross over to the other side to the bus stop to catch a bus , I adjusted my eyes very well and guess who it was? It was the strange guy who sat in front of me on the tram-bus in Frankfurt. He had absolutely no luggage with him. He had just the same small bag I saw him with and he was in the same clothes

Till today I always wonder what that guys story is . Did he actually walk out voluntarily on his own out of Frankfurt with a tiny bag and walk into the streets of ojota with nothing but the same bag and dangerously crossing the expressway ? Was he remote controlled into Nigeria ? It’s a very strange episode. I think of that guy to this day

Yea ...another option would be to trade as spirit leads with students coming in soon and looking to pay their fees or cost of living in exchange for Naira ...might take time to dispense but ...might be worth the while.

wonlasewonimi:
Good idea with the lemonade. I will contact them thanks

Talk to the likes of Lemondade, Leatherback, Flutterwave (send app) I'm sure you will get it sorted

wonlasewonimi:
What is the best way to transfer a large amount of money from UK to Nigeria ~ £100k

gmacnoms:
I don add up all the small small payment, e don Dey wan reach to buy house for Lekki.

Thank you. I’ll see the options.