₦airaland Forum

Preshyi:
God will keep blessing people on this group. Provisional license out in 7 days record time with the address posted here. I saw it with passport and brp in the mailbox. I guess they came together.

what address was that, please

ybahrbz91:
Good Afternoon Everyone

I arrived safely in Glasgow few days ago and I am settling down fine.

Thanks to everyone who is contributing on this page with vital information.

I have some enquiries to make;

I was given a Lebara SIM back at TLC in Naija, if the data get exhausted, how do I recharge for a new one.

My Landlord told me that Scottish power will read my meters directly and the monthly charges of the previous tenants would be deducted as direct debit for few months before they regularise my charges and make a refund if I have a lower usage.

I am a newbie here in Glasgow and I will appreciate any helpful information.

That is not my experience.
As soon as I move in, I take meter reading. Compare it with what oga landlord had written on the tenancy agreement appendix. Then I contact the power company to set ME up. Then I pay for what I use. The previous tenants bear their cross, I bear mine. E be like say this landlord don do u ojoro.

LagosismyHome:
When you track this does it say its in DMC or VAC?.... also has someone gone to Tsl to check directly .. definitely stroll to their office

This is what it says.

No one has gone to TLS yet. I doubt if they can listen to anyone. During application, DHL delivery was selected. I really wish one could get across to TLS. Like you said previously, the Passport may be gathering dust somewhere...question is: Where?? Im sooooo no happy

twizzie:
Best to contact TLS Abuja so you can track the passport. I have read stories where they lost people's passport and they kept saying they had not received it from UKVI.

The good thing is you know the decision has been made and you have gotten confirmation that the passport has likely been returned to them.

Unfortunately, these TLS people appear to be un-contactable

TheGuyFromHR:
Seen.
Scotland is not necessarily "rosy", but it gets more public funds from the UK government than England and Wales per head, so it and NI have proportionally more money to play with than England, which is the financier of the UK.

---and yet they want to go independent. They will suffer ehnnnnn....

TheGuyFromHR:
Nothing is free, and yes we know all that about the tax brackets in Scotland.
And the statement about calling numbers re Covid, I dont think that's the correct position, I visit Scotland (Edinburgh) regularly for work and I[b] simply don't believe Nicola will allow anything that is "free" in England and Wales to be "paid" in Scotland, especially Covid-related, she's that obsessed with drawing the distinction.[/b] Check your phone plan.

But you get "free" prescriptions, "free" 30 hours funded places for nursery school for all, "free" bus travel for young people and the elderly, etc.
Someone has to pay somewhere.
Never lose sight of that fundamental fact.

See?

Scotland is not as rosy as many have been made to believe. Aunty Nicola is too obsessed with secession. And it amazes me that a lot os Scots don't think deeper about the nonsense that the SNP keeps dishing out about independence.

Ray7878:
I don’t get your question properly. They have made a decision on your application right? If so have you received an email from TLS to come and pick up your passport? Where does the post office comes into this?

They have made a decision. TLS haven't sent an email. Its way way past the expected date. I went to a UK post office (where they would normally have sent the BRP). The BRP has been sent. It means the visa has been granted. BUT the passport has not been returned. no email from tls.

I still need help with this, if anyone has experience

BorisJohnson:
Hello Nairalanders,
My dependant's visa application was submitted the first week of February. Didn't hear any more thing from UKVI.
I called last week and was told the decision was made on ~February 14th. I asked them to escalate.

Out of curiosity, I went to the post office today, and speculatively presented page 1 of the application form. The woman came back with a BRP in a brown envelope. She asked for the Passport and vignette, I could not present it. She said the BRP was received by them since February 20th.

I called UKVI again. The lady rudely told me that my issue was escalated, and I should wait for another 15 working days.

Does anyone have an idea where my dependant's passport maybe? UKVI? Home Office? TelePerformace? IS there any number or contact that folks have used previously, please? Help me biko.

LagosismyHome:
This application was done in UK or outside?

It was done outside the UK.

Submited at TLS in Abuja, Nigeria.


Any help please?

TheGuyFromHR:
If you're working, see if your company offers private health insurance, and where this is the case, avail of it in the event of another episode.
It's going to take a few years to sort out the NHS.

Or move to Scotland, the system's not as broken there, I gather.

Scotland is not as rosy as being painted. They have the worst ambulance services in Scotland. Their tax no be here. Even during the heat of Covid, if you need to call phone numbers for sampling, it was free in England and Wales, but you pay in Scotland. Scotland will claim "we get our prescriptions for free while england pay 9 pounds" well that is true. what they will not tell you is that they pay more tax in scotland.

Hello Nairalanders,
My dependant's visa application was submitted the first week of February. Didn't hear any more thing from UKVI.
I called last week and was told the decision was made on ~February 14th. I asked them to escalate.

Out of curiosity, I went to the post office today, and speculatively presented page 1 of the application form. The woman came back with a BRP in a brown envelope. She asked for the Passport and vignette, I could not present it. She said the BRP was received by them since February 20th.

I called UKVI again. The lady rudely told me that my issue was escalated, and I should wait for another 15 working days.

Does anyone have an idea where my dependant's passport maybe? UKVI? Home Office? TelePerformace? IS there any number or contact that folks have used previously, please? Help me biko.

dustydee:
Are you guys observing the double standard in this Russia v Ukraine saga?
Not home office is saying Ukraninans with families here can come but the same home office denied Syrians and Afghans refuge saying they should claim assylum in thier first safe country of arrival. Then FIFA and UEFA has suspended Russia yet when The UK, France and US invaded Iraq, Libya and Syria, they were not suspended. Also the media organisations here are often fond of accusing the Russian media of bias but are yet to analyse the situation from a Russian perspective or from a Black man's perspective. So much hypocrysy. I pray that peace will reign and both parties will resolve their issues. Putin took a wrong step and the west also.

Do you know what the Russian media outlets accuse media organisations here of?
if you want Western world perspective, watch western media - CNN, BBC, FOX, CBS etc.
If you want Russian perspective, watch RT
If you want Nigerian perspective, watch NTA

dustydee:
Are you guys observing the double standard in this Russia v Ukraine saga?
Not home office is saying Ukraninans with families here can come but the same home office denied Syrians and Afghans refuge saying they should claim assylum in thier first safe country of arrival. Then FIFA and UEFA has suspended Russia yet when The UK, France and US invaded Iraq, Libya and Syria, they were not suspended. Also the media organisations here are often fond of accusing the Russian media of bias but are yet to analyse the situation from a Russian perspective or from a Black man's perspective. So much hypocrysy. I pray that peace will reign and both parties will resolve their issues. Putin took a wrong step and the west also.

Don't get it twisted.
Black man's perspective is NOT, and will NEVER be Russia's perspective. Putting the two side-by-side does injustice to the Blackman's perspective.

JanegirlN:
Hello everyone.

Please has anyone processed visitors visa recently. How long did it take? That of my mom's is over 3 weeks and when I called UKVI I was told it now takes 3 - 6 weeks. I had no idea and we already booked her flight.

Its a bit foolhardy to purchase tickets when visa hasn't been granted yet. It could be a dangerous gamble. or you are probably a man/woman of faith. On this occasion, the UKVI is the authentic source of information. And since you have called them, and that's what they said, I guess you could take that to the bank.

I see fatima04 has offered a perspective. Good luck to you, and hoping Mama arrives soon.

Lexusgs430:
Have both of them conducted a DNA test + having it interpretated with a letter of confirmation?....


Have you previously filled an application?.....

DNA test not done.
Is this a UK requirement please?

Please, does anyone have any experience to help me?
I have written a cover letter, providing my consent -does it have to be a joint letter? or I can write one, the father writes his own too?
Will the letter be enough?
Do we need a lawyer, please?

BorisJohnson:
Dear helpers on nairaland.
Please can someone help. what information should we include in our agreement letter as unmarried partners when our son applies for visa to join his father in the `UK.

apart from the mandatory evidence, what other evidence can I include please?
do I need a lawyer? my experience has taught me that lawyers don't come cheap.
please help me

Dear helpers on nairaland.
Please can someone help. what information should we include in our agreement letter as unmarried partners when our son applies for visa to join his father in the `UK.

apart from the mandatory evidence, what other evidence can I include please?
do I need a lawyer? my experience has taught me that lawyers don't come cheap.
please help me