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It's UKVCAS centres opening and not TLS. He seems to be mixing up the two

Mobilipia:
That's good news. But it's not written on their webpage

The attach says 'Application and Service Centres in the UK' .. I don't think TLS centres are open

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I was aware of the link you provided but they didn't buy it. It was based on https://www.gov.uk/council-tax/discounts-for-full-time-students

Seems some councils apply it while some exempt. Not sure though

Lucky you though

"You’ll get a Council Tax bill if there’s someone in your household who’s not a full-time student, but your household might still qualify for a discount."

illusory:
Sorry man, that's why I said not everyone knows. In the first council I lived in, I had to go back to the council office after the initial bill, show them the rules and they got someone from the back office who was obviously more experienced.

But that was cos I went to look for cheap house in the council next to the one the school is located in. The council where the uni is has a ready made form you just complete and they handle everything no wahala....

Really. For some reason, I didn't get exempted from my council in 2018. They insisted I pay the discount

illusory:
Both our names actually...

Is it just your name only on the bill?

illusory:
Sorry bros, don't mean to drag. I am here with wife and children on tier 4 visa and have not paid a penny in council tax. Wife has been working full time since we've been here and rules haven't changed. My last council tax letter was earlier this year with full exemption. Which is why I also said based on my experience. I put the link for further clarification and so someone will not say I'm just talking based on my experience...

The link was last modified in 2017, I think the rules have changed and council will tell you otherwise.

Students with dependants don't get full exemption but only get a discount

illusory:
Una well done o. I have hardly contributed (due to hustle) but this forum helped me a lot in the past so rectifying that from now.

On the council tax issue, speaking from my own experience, even if the spouse has permission to work and is working, the full exemption still applies for students and dependents. It applies to spouses of international students as well. Some people are not aware of this so if you are sent a council tax letter without the full exemption, you simply go to your council office and tell them you are a full time international student and your spouse has ‘no recourse to public funds’. This has even been clarified in court. See... https://www.ukcisa.org.uk/information--advice/fees-and-money/council-tax#layer-3867 and https://www.ukcisa.org.uk/information--advice/fees-and-money/council-tax#layer-3867 for what constitutes student for council tax purposes.

Yes at bolded. I'm sure you know and have seen it several times but you keep asking lol.

The 45 days in advance is for the old premium service which is now closed. You can always get appointment same day, next day, within a week depending on what you want.

Anymore questions before applying 2022, we go Happy to answer

All the best

profemebee:
brother..

God bless you beyond your expectations..

Also i read here that one can only apply within 28 days to the expiry date on the BRP..

Mine is 22nd of June 2022.. means i can put in my application from the 24th of May 2022 yeah??

However, the part of picking an appointment date 45 days earlier got me confused.. please can u explain further?

Make hin no stress you baba. We submitted exactly wetin dey the list. Up to you if you want to put extra lol. Here's a list of my Document Checklist with attachment. Hopefully it helps.


Mandatory documents
The passport issued by Nigeria for applicant
The biometric residence permit for applicant


Other documents

Personal bank statements corresponding to the same period(s) as the payslips showing that the salary has been paid into an account in the name of the person or in the name of the person and their partner jointly - from your Spouse

Any relevant declarations or third party consent to request verification checks

Birth certificate of kid(s)

Evidence of your spouse immigration status in the UK

The degree certificate for applicant to prove the level of English language required

Documents supporting my other reasons to stay in the UK (Did not submit)

Evidence of council tax costs for the accommodation in the UK where you live or will live

A letter from the employer(s) who issued the payslips confirming
1. the employment;
2. the gross annual salary;
3. how long the employment has been/was held;
4. the period over which the person has been paid the level of salary stated in their application; and
5. the type of employment (permanent, fixed-term contract or agency) - from your spouse

A marriage certificate, or a reasonable equivalent

Payslips covering a period of 6 months prior to the date of application - from your spouse

Evidence of where your kids' other parent lives - such as utility bills (Did not submit)

profemebee:
i hate this process of seeing checklist of documents only at point of uploading and submitting especially for FLR M stage

this thing don dey stress me lol

It's not a must you use Shell if they "strictly show only one name on its own bills" (which is strange!). It's very easy to switch especially when there are several providers.

profemebee:
thanks for this .. i will apply for this asap..

if some bills refuse to add my name .. can i use a bill (SHELL) with her name and address and then provisional drivers license with my name and same address for the same month/period.. e.g June 2020..

Is there any place in UK Gov where these are all stated like the way it was clearly stated for initial spousal visa application?

This spousal visa extension process is annoying.. no clarity

Your kids don't need to apply as they are citizens. Requirements need to meet just your wife.

It is advisable to submit your application for an extension as early as possible in the period of 28 days before your current Visa runs out

deji2017:
Hello everyone,

My child arrived in the UK and was issued a British passport a few months after. We had a newborn this year who was also issued a British passport.

Do I need to meet the requirement of £25,000 for my 2 children and my wife? Moreover, my wife 2.5 will expire in August 2021, Should I start applying on the 3rd of August to meet the 28 days rule? Sorry if this sounds like silly questions.

Thanks

Hope this helps https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general/family-members

Any questions, please let us know

cchimaa:
Good morning the whole house and well done for the good job you are doing here.

I need guidance please.

I’m a nurse and I moved to the UK January this year.

I’ve passed my OSCE and planning to bring my family members after the pandemic.

I wish to bring my husband and two children (both are below 18years)

I want to know what steps to take and the cost implication for the three (3) of them.

I’m planning against August so the kids can resume school by September (all things being equal)

Thank you very much

Finally ... I felt it was totally unfair exempting them out in the first instance

STENON:
Visa extension for frontline workers including care assistants.
Congratulations to you all

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/home-secretary-announces-visa-extensions-for-frontline-health-and-care-workers

I've signed in and out .. no difference jare .. as long as I can get on the website, all good .. It's 540 now

Contra5:
I use smallworld regularly and it's currently £536 as of few minutes ago. I noticed whenever I stay on the app for a while fiddling with the numbers their fee rates may change but if you log out and log back in it goes back to normal. Possibly same issue in this case. Funds usually get delivered within an hour.

Anyone doesn't even have to ask as he has the absolute right to post just as you do. @bolded .. you don't know that for sure

Aprokodaughter:
Quote what? Who sent him abi her to post it here? Was anyone asking? Just wanted to cause problem as usual.

People going in May have defered to September. So why post it?

He was quoting the person that sent it from facebook

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Summer runs from June. Month of May falls under spring

Tobexin:
As far you graduated from May 2021 onwards you are qualified! It says anyone that graduated during the summer or after the summer of 2021 is qualify!

Use the website https://www.smallworldfs.com/en instead of the app. It shows 527

HiddenID:
Please let me know once 527 also shows on the app

Hmm .. I just went directly to their website, logged in and rate is 527 whereas app shows 466. I use the app a lot so don't know why it's different.

It's definitely safe to use. Guess we have options to choose from

HiddenID:
Nope, I haven't used them

Really don't know why small world emails me a rate of 527 then I log in the app and it shows 466.

Been using them for years now (though don port to Ace ) but If that's the rate you get which will be odd, it's safe to use

Francois10:
Has anyone used small world before....I am seeing exchange rate of 527 to the GBP any reviews please

It's on page 1

"The money should be kept in your account for 28days weekends included (school fees + maintenance money) ending no more than 31 days before your application"

UKVI can call your bank to verify.

yusufDeveloper:
OK bro. So having the bank statement at any time won't give any red flag during interview? For example, if I print my bank statement after 28 days (let's say June) and my interview is (let's say July). How would they know if I still have the actual amount since the statement is not up to date.

You just said the twins are citizens .. wetin dem wan apply for if they are? Unless you mean the kids are actually not citizens yet then they just need to go down the citizenship route

Spousal Visa is just 'Spouse' and doesn't apply to kids. One needs to obviously include the kids' names on the form. He needs to meet the financial requirements for just her.

Monmarri:
Hello house Pls kindly assist me with this question from my sister. My sister husband lives in the UK with a permanent residence. My sister has twins (2years old) that are UK citizen, . Now she wants to apply for spouse visa, she wants to verify if the kids need to apply too ?since they are citizen do they need to apply for settlement visa ? Will her husband only meet financial requirement of £18600 for her alone or he needs to meet the financial requirement for the her and the kids?. We are a bit confused here. Kindly assist please. Thank you.

You might want to look at some of the Young Professionals Programs for International organisations like UN, WorldBank, IMF etc. which relocates you to Washington to start role.

Aprokodaughter:
Sorry I want to ask a question I don't know if this is the right place to ask but has anyone applied for a job in US from UK? If you have or you know someone who did please how did you or the person go about it from getting the call back to interview and moving down.

Yes I agree WHO made some mistakes but by the end of January, they had stepped back from the Human-to-human/travel ban. I think Donald is just looking for someone to blame as he always does. He blamed Obama, Democrats as it's their new Hoax, his own admin staff for being an alarmist and the media. Reports say South Korea and US had their first case the same time and still failed to listen to his health experts and intelligence team.

Watch how ill prepared the US was:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpX_isSrXhE

If he had listened to his Intel team, they could have defied WHO and prepare themselves. If it was war now, they know how to defy the world organisation, spend Billion $$$ on weapons and start one ...

LagosismyHome:
agreed on shutdown of economy , but at least if Everyone was aware of the magnitude and shut down their border , I believe it would have been better . WHO had many failings on this topic. Data shows 5 million fled Wuhan and 5 million is a lot of people.

Maybe Thrump timing is not the best but WHO has a lot to answer for in this case , too many lives have been lost

What makes you think so? Usually WHO relies on data sent from nations.

LagosismyHome:
I think it should be frozen to send a VERY strong message toward honesty for any funded organisation .

Whether it is the right time ehnnn is another conversation. Make we dey see

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Them say one needs to me the conditions set out by the NCDC, take the COVID-19 test and if tested negative, should reach out to the High Commission in the UK to indicate their intent in being repatriated back to Nigeria.
Email address: evcuation@nigeriahc.org.uk

And that "Those who are yet to take the COVID-19 test and are interested in taking their tests can find many suitable options in the UK, both public and private sectors. We encourage you to explore these options available."

NHS has made it clear that if you no show any signs, dem no go test person. You might need to fake some high temperature o

Btw .. not sure what your status is but if your visa is running out, it will automatically be extended till end of May in case you don't know.

hiring2020:
Please, is there anyone in touch with Nigeria High Commission in UK (Nigerian Embassy) for possible evacuation from UK to Nigeria? I need as much information as possible.
I called Nigeria High Commission UK phone number, but it wasn't going through.

I need enough information to start preparing to leave UK for Nigeria.

Thank you.

Looked up the old PSW visa requirements and says similar to what you've uploaded. You and I both have heard or known a few people who benefited from the old visa using the 10 year route.

Hope this clears any doubts. Cheers baba

Skymoore1004:
As you can see in the photo and even going with what you said about 8 years max, is still not possible to reach 10 years via study route. Let’s be realistic please

So this interprets as graduate immigration visa holder will need to spend 5 further years on a Tier 2 (General) visa holder to qualify for indefinite leave to remain, or alternatively hope holder can accumulate enough lawful residence to apply under the 10-year long residence route.

Skymoore1004:
As you can see in the photo and even going with what you said about 8 years max, is still not possible to reach 10 years via study route. Let’s be realistic please

I will be patiently waiting

Skymoore1004:
Yes spouse visa counts of course I was just responding with the context for the earlier message. Study visa does not count towards 10 years. I’m constantly researching and reading about residency. Don’t worry I will attach the link from the government website soon

This your information is so inaccurate and misleading 'Facepalm' 'sighs'

10-year route counts to indefinite as long as you have stayed LEGALLY no matter what visa.
You can study for a max for 8 years
Not only work permit leads to residency. Don't you think spousal count?

Skymoore1004:
Even study visa or PSW does not count towards 10 years route & you cannot study for more than 5 years at a stretch. Else rich men kids will do foundation 1 year, bachelors 4 years, masters 2 years and phd 3 years with 1 year stayback after the phd and get residency for their kid.
Check immigration reports or documents you will understand better. Only work visa counts towards residency. It’s only Eu countries like Estonia Poland etc that your year of study counts towards residency and it’s calculated with 0.5. So if you studied in Poland for 4 years, only 2 years will count but NOT FOR U.K. Let’s advise accurately

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