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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by bigtt76(f): 11:40am On Nov 13, 2023
Yes she can if the credit card is one of the acceptable schemes (eg Master Card, Visa or AMEX) on the UKVi website.


lavida001:
Guys can my friend use credit card to pay up all her PSW charges?

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by bigtt76(f): 7:59pm On Nov 12, 2023
Doing this sef requires consent else its against privacy act cheesy


lavida001:


In summary don’t sleep with a woman who has been drinking. Even if you want to make sure you record it when she gave the consent either through Voice note or video.

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by bigtt76(f): 7:54pm On Nov 12, 2023
To think he works in care 🤦🏿‍♂️ folks like this are just closing doors on their fellow compatriots



Zahra29:


true...and the victims there would be too scared to speak out because of the stigma and victim shaming.

Another rape case by another student, this one actually gloated about his actions:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/rape-woman-toilets-fiction-club-28038119.amp

I hope these individuals realise that they will be automatically deported as soon as they are released from prison.

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by bigtt76(f): 5:37pm On Nov 12, 2023
1. Credit Ladder sign up using my referral https://www.creditladder.co.uk/join/4kN2nMj0DmjpABDL) ...its free and one of the quickest ways to get yourself on credit score sheet


ehizario2012:


535/710, borrowing power<2/10 - totally money

Experian - no records

Seems I have to start building my credit score now... That's the advice I should be asking for, my credit profile now is faint...

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Travel / Re: Living In The USA - Life Of An Immigrant Part 1 by bigtt76(f): 5:34pm On Nov 12, 2023
That's the H1B visa ...you should research this too but its highly competitive.


babajeje123:

Canada is never in my plan and can't even be. May be for a visit but to reside, no way! My post here was to find out if the US has something similar to skilled worker visa that can be explored. Like you suggested, will do a little research and hopefully will get necessary information. Thank you sis.

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Crime / Re: Man Stabs Wife Multiple Times In Broad Daylight In South Africa (Graphic Photos) by bigtt76(f): 11:01am On Nov 12, 2023
No matter what may have transpired between the couple, killing someone is not the best, walking away from provocation is the right thing to do.


Offpointng:
Everyone is blaming the guy but no one want to care to know what the lady has done wrong. or what man in his right senses will chase a lady pregnant for him to do something this barbaric? Na woman una dey open chest support?

Meanwhile, we'll kindly sponsor Persephone1 to go look for husband in SA when she's ready
Travel / Re: Living In The USA - Life Of An Immigrant Part 1 by bigtt76(f): 10:56am On Nov 12, 2023
Quite insightful and I agree with you that there are restrictions on the skilled worker visa and on the remuneration too. Good thing you are in IT and specifically cyber, my suggestions here would be to carry out a research on the job roles (and its requirements) you are targeting in the US then work to close any knowledge gap you might have. You should also explore remote work with US companies first and from there you can conveniently start looking for a permanent move. Canada also have the work stream for the PR thingy you can also try that. Thanks for sharing.


babajeje123:

Thanks dear. The UK has a lot of restrictions on whatever kind of visa you have. On skilled worker visa however can't do more than 20 hours on a second job. Then heard IT guys are more rewarded in the US than here. By the way, I'm in cyber.

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by bigtt76(f): 5:47am On Nov 12, 2023
cheesy cheesy cheesy e just land, and na knack de hungry am SMH


Lexusgs430:
Another one of us or is it one of them ........🤣

Came on a student visa in Jan 2023 ...... Raped within a few months (I bet he would have raped over 20 innocent ladies in Nigeria)........


https://southyorks.police.uk/find-out/news-and-appeals/2023/november-2023/man-jailed-after-raping-a-woman/
Travel / Re: Living In The USA - Life Of An Immigrant Part 1 by bigtt76(f): 5:41am On Nov 12, 2023
I know this is personal, but mind sharing reasons why you want to leave the UK for the US? This might also help guide your choice of state in the US to go to. Mind you one suggestion of state might not fit your bill in terms of chosen profession.


babajeje123:
Currently living in the UK working in an IT role, and wouldn't mind immigrating to the US. Any guide would be appreciated.
Politics / Re: SUVs for NASS members: Nobody'll Contemplate such Under My Administration - Obi by bigtt76(f): 8:38pm On Nov 09, 2023
When NASS hol you for blokos, you go do anything den want cheesy cheesy


chokekachy:


Peter Obi

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by bigtt76(f): 3:11pm On Nov 08, 2023
You wan de do job round-tripping cheesy cheesy cheesy I believe once its a company in the same field as your skilled worker visa, then it might be possible but make we hear views cheesy


akanfe30:

Make curiosity no kee us both. Can I work 20hours supplementary job for a registered company owned by my wife ( my skilled worker visa dependant)?

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by bigtt76(f): 9:27pm On Nov 07, 2023
Please I want to ask - were you given areas of your career for your referees to write in about you or what was the format?


Poanan:

I take God name beg you check what they need as clearance before applying. My offer was withdrawn because of not having enough foot prints in the UK. You dont have to go through this.
Family / Re: My Mom Refused To Do Omugwo And She’s Causing Havoc by bigtt76(f): 7:55pm On Nov 07, 2023
Like ...forget all of them and live your life jooooor. They are all not babies angry


OmugwoAunty:
Nairaland, please what should I do?

I gave birth 9 months ago and for some reason, my mom never expressed interest in visiting me and my child. She is a new wife now and I heard from some family members that when she wanted to come, her new husband said ‘your daughter has other people around, why are you worrying yourself’.

I did not take it personally at all. My mother has never been a dependable person. Me and my mom still talk everyday and my child is always on her status. This is her ONLY grandchild.

My mom’s elder sister’s (my aunty) youngest child is moving to my area. My aunty said that she’ll visit me during the move, and come and hold baby. She reached out to my mom and even told my mom that if they plan it, they can visit me together. My mom and my aunty are VERY close. I even consider my aunty my second mom in a way.

Suddenly, my mom starts calling me, saying she wants to plan her visit. I say okay. But with work and everything, my aunty will get here before her. She started telling me not to let my aunty into my house, saying that my aunty is a husband snatcher etc. she said my aunty will destroy my home. I tell her I don’t care about that. She started calling their mutual friends and telling them to tell me that my aunty is a husband snatcher. I did not fall for that.

Frustrated, she called my aunty and said that the truth is that my husband is uncomfortable. She said that MY husband is not from our town and that my husband’s people don’t like visitors. She said that I did not tell her about this out of respect.

My aunty called me and was apologizing, saying that she did not know. I responded and said that this is a lie. I even put my husband on the phone. Here’s my mistake - I sent her a screenshot showing my mom saying that she’s a husband snatcher and that’s why I should not let her into my home.

My aunty and I now agreed that we should let peace reign and that she won’t visit. She said she will still like to see me and we can meet somewhere. MATTER SUPPOSE TO END.

My mom decided to bring my aunty husband into this. She told my auntys husband that his wife is not respecting my husband’s wishes. My auntys husband now sent her my screenshot saying that he knows the real reason and that your child doesn’t even support you.

The screenshot has shattered my mom. She feels betrayed. My siblings who live with my mother are calling me a betrayer. I want to salvage the relationship between my siblings and I, not so much my mother. I have not spoken to any of them since the screenshot.

What do I do? How do I approach this.

Car Talk / Re: After Learning Driving On Youtube Channels, I'm About To Pick Up A Driving Job by bigtt76(f): 2:06pm On Nov 07, 2023
While this is an ingenious way to learn driving, you would need guidance from an experience driver to share tactical ways to handle some real-life scenarios you would face on the road. These are not textbook scenarios but dynamic in nature.


havecycle:
Inability to drive has deprived me opportunity from getting a job and as I don't have money to pay and be trained by a driving school, I decided to use online resources to learn it.

Steps:

Put the car on neutral before turning it on or press the clutch pedal if it's on gear.

Start the car

Press the accelerator pedal and release your foot from the clutch pedal slowly and the car is on motion.

Press the clutch pedal again to change gear.

Press the break pedal alongside the clutch pedal to slow down and bring the car to a stop.

And so on.

With these, I pray I'm good as I am about to pick up a driving job.

Pray for me and other road users.

I can't stay jobless anymore especially with penniless pocket.

God help me.

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by bigtt76(f): 12:23am On Nov 07, 2023
How do you know your score?



Schoolhike:


Congratulations, Lucky you that your application got into reserve.

Your application was okay and your interview was good aswell. You might be called up anytime. Just keep applying. Wish you best of luck.

A friend was on reserve list for 4 months and got called after. (EO role), this is slow because lots people still stays on EO role.

Three others got reserve list and were called after within a week. (AO role), this is fast because lots of people leave AO.

Lots of other reason why people are out on reserv list which I can’t list all.


Yeah for DWP, if you get 30 you should get the job straight away I think
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by bigtt76(f): 12:16am On Nov 07, 2023
Ooh wow and the person scaled through despite being in the UK less than a year, interesting. Thanks for sharing 😘


dupyshoo:
SC was not waived, it was done. It was cybersecurity role.
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by bigtt76(f): 7:18pm On Nov 06, 2023
Congratulations, glad you were able to scale through your issues.


Maureen4sure:
@semmyk

This is a shout-out to you again. Without your help, I'm not sure this would have been possible.

My family graduate visa was approved by the home office today. This couldn't have been possible without your help when all hope was lost.

Even when the care home I have been working with for a year as a relief worker disappointed me and said they could not give me COS.

Well, this same company is ready to offer me COS now that they know I had applied for a graduate visa. (gist for another day}

Just to input this,this goes out to large families applying for a graduate visa like mine (family of 5); it cost us £10,350.

Visa fees: £822, IHS for 2 years: £1,248 .

Please do everything possible to look for that money. If you apply with your partner without the children, your application will be put on hold until you send in the children's application.

I wish everyone all the best.
Politics / Re: Court re-issues Order Directing EFCC To Release ex-CBN Gov, Emefiele by bigtt76(f): 5:29pm On Nov 06, 2023
cheesy cheesy cheesy ...after dem Police too go do den own cheesy cheesy cheesy


yarimo:
ICPC make sure emefiele is re arrested immediately EFFC release him
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by bigtt76(f): 4:22pm On Nov 06, 2023
Quite insightful, thanks for sharing. I appreciate this.


Poanan:


Some jobs need you to have stayed in the UK for some time to carry out a detailed check on you. Police report from your country is not needed. They want to rely on your stay in the UK to carry out that check. So not having enough foot print in this case may mean someone who has stayed in the UK for more time is more likely to have entered one trouble or the other than some one who just came. However, it doesn't not mean that the person who just came is a saint but with time the person may start to reveal true colour. That is the reason they need you to have stayed in the UK for some time for some jobs. But it varies. Some govt depts ask for something as simple as dbs, criminal record check or Bpss. Just always check what they need before applying . Most home office vacancies will ask for a certain form of security check. For people saying they don't ask that for junior roles please and please dont pay attention to them just follow what is written on the advert. The least home office requires from what i have seen so far is ctc clearance. Which requires you to have stayed in the UK for 3years.

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by bigtt76(f): 4:13pm On Nov 06, 2023
Wow ...any idea what field the person was employed in to? Could it be that the SC was waived because of the level of work required did not necessarily require such?


dupyshoo:
I know of people with less than 1 year of UK residency that got SC clearance though. For someone, it was 4 months of residency on dependant visa

Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by bigtt76(f): 4:09pm On Nov 06, 2023
ooh wow! Thanks for sharing, I appreciate it.


dduchess90:
Hello

I’ll add to this

Foot print = Residency

Again teams will differ but most would require that you have right to remain and no restrictions to work

Plus security clearance will require 3years for CTC clearance,5years for SC and 10years for DV

Interestingly HO can’t sponsor Tier 2/Skilled workers visa

Cheers

Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by bigtt76(f): 3:09pm On Nov 06, 2023
Wow ...what do you mean by footprint? Mind sharing some insight on this?

Poanan:

I take God name beg you check what they need as clearance before applying. My offer was withdrawn because of not having enough foot prints in the UK. You dont have to go through this.
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by bigtt76(f): 1:28pm On Nov 06, 2023
Thank you, I appreciate this.

koonbey:


I honestly do not know. It's likely that they do for more senior/specialist roles but probably not for general admin-type ones, much like the NHS.
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by bigtt76(f): 5:55pm On Nov 05, 2023
This is the wrong thread to post this but where are you based? You might need to transfer the pounds to the bank account stated under your university on Flywire or pay using the equivalent in Naira (usually at black market rate).


Godsonice:
Dear gurus, please, how do I use Flywire to pay the first tuition deposit?? .. I'm still confuse on how to go about it
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by bigtt76(f): 5:43pm On Nov 05, 2023
Hmmm ...thank you so much for this, but do they issue CoS?


Peerielass:


Salary might not be that great compared to the private sector but they offer defined benefit pension scheme and a very healthy 27% employer contribution. There’s also job security and a generous annual leave allowance.
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by bigtt76(f): 5:43pm On Nov 05, 2023
Hmmm ...thank you so much for this, but do they issue CoS?


koonbey:


Low pay compared to private sector in terms of responsibilities. For instance, as a team lead you might be earning the salary that would be offered for just an IC role in the private sector.

That being said it’s usually not as fast paced and demanding as private sector. The biggest benefit is the benefits though - the pension contribution is huge compared to most private sector companies and there’s job security and generous leave allowances as someone has said.
Foreign Affairs / Re: Israel Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu: Nuking Gaza Is An Option by bigtt76(f): 5:42pm On Nov 05, 2023
Werey ....what if all the people they are targeting are no longer there? angry



Agritech:
A minister from the extremist Otzma Yehudit party says one of Israel’s options in the war in Gaza is to drop a nuclear bomb on the Strip.

Asked in an interview with Radio Kol Berama whether an atomic bomb should be dropped on the enclave, Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu says “this is one of the possibilities.”

Eliyahu, of Itamar Ben Gvir’s far-right party, is not part of the security cabinet which is involved in the wartime decision-making, nor does he hold sway over the war cabinet directing the war against the Hamas terror group.

Eliyahu also voices his objection during the interview to allowing any humanitarian aid into Gaza, saying “we wouldn’t hand the Nazis humanitarian aid,” and charging that “there is no such thing as uninvolved civilians in Gaza.”

He backs retaking the Strip’s territory and restoring the settlements there. Asked about the fate of the Palestinian population, he says: “They can go to Ireland or deserts, the monsters in Gaza should find a solution by themselves.”

He says the northern Strip has no right to exist, adding that anyone waving a Palestinian or Hamas flag “shouldn’t continue living on the face of the earth.”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/far-right-minister-nuking-gaza-is-an-option-population-should-go-to-ireland-or-deserts/
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by bigtt76(f): 5:41pm On Nov 04, 2023
How good is a civil service job in the UK? As in the benefits and others .....any idea? Justwise, Lexusgs430, Koonbey, Zahra
Politics / Re: Reasons Why Lawmakers Rejected “Made In Nigeria Cars” With Chinese Material by bigtt76(f): 9:40pm On Nov 03, 2023
So how do Nigerians who can't afford the Land Cruiser suv, cope with the bad roads the legislators should've pressed and prioritised for to be repaired over getting this largesse?


Carmartng:


Sponsored Post
Politics / Re: Assault on Ajaero: Labour Lists Six Demands To Shelve November 8 Strike by bigtt76(f): 8:14pm On Nov 03, 2023
When that woman was brutalised during the last elections while trying to vote for party of her choice, where was NLC? Her injuries were more glaring and scary than this standard brushing this one received and calling for National strike. Na people like dis go call governments to go bomb another country for their sake cheesy cheesy cheesy


fergie001:

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Politics / Re: Labour Declares Nationwide Strike November 8 Over Assault On Ajaero by bigtt76(f): 6:59pm On Nov 03, 2023
Nor bi only nationwide strike 🤭🤣🤣🤣 People wen don lose respect from Nigerians


Islie:

Wants Imo CP, others prosecuted




LEADERSHIP

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by bigtt76(f): 5:48pm On Nov 03, 2023
Is this a resit with course attendance or what? If you have a valid visa expiring in 2025 as you mentioned earlier and exam is April 2024, your current visa covers it, where then is 2026 course end-date coming from?

In any case, I would suggest you consult an immigration lawyer for this cos the university might not want to issue you with a fresh CAS to re-apply for the visa.


Sonniajude:


Yeah the university is aware but the resit is next year April and that will lead to visa extension as the course will be ending in 2026 due to the resit

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