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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Bourne007(m): 2:22pm On Sep 03, 2023
Yea you can but Nottingham to Lincoln is almost 2 hrs by train. Accommodation tight everywhere including Notts ọ.



headofschool:
I need a job plug for my wife, we deh Lincolnshire, it's kind of urgent. Can I inbox you
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Bourne007(m): 11:54am On Sep 03, 2023
I still am. What's up?

headofschool:
@Bourne007 do you still live in Nottinghamshire?
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Bourne007(m): 4:53pm On Sep 01, 2023
You've confirmed it with the screenshot. I will suggest you apply for yours as well since January is just around the corner.


LORETA:
Thanks ,
We have agreed to rough am 3 years,
Are you sure the new IHS fees never apply?
Am on dependent visa already.
My dependant visa ends january.
Thanks.

Pls confirm, I also understand if she has stayed for more than one year in uk, she dont need to show proof of funds


quote author=Bourne007 post=125503230]Why don't you just rough am and find a means to pay the 3-year IHS fee? By the time parliament returns and approve the new IHS fees, you will be paying more than it is now.

Note that if you are already on a dependant visa, you don't need to apply together with your wife
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Bourne007(m): 10:48am On Sep 01, 2023
Why don't you just rough am and find a means to pay the 3-year IHS fee? By the time parliament returns and approve the new IHS fees, you will be paying more than it is now.

Note that if you are already on a dependant visa, you don't need to apply together with your wife

LORETA:
Good morning comrades,
Please I have a question.
A company wants tooffer my wife 3 years sponsorship, but the job is not a healthcare sponsor.
Can she request for 1 year sponsorship first only , so the IHS subcharge fee can reduce, then later apply for extension when she started working.
How can she go about this.

Please someone should help with this, its urgent.
Thanks
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Bourne007(m): 7:49pm On Jul 30, 2023
You don't have to apply at the same time. You can at any time before current visa expires.

kaybee3:
Hello everyone, I want to ask if dependant need to apply if MA change job?
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Bourne007(m): 2:37pm On Jul 30, 2023
Nothing resets as long as s/he's the MA and has been on a skilled visa on 5 years regardless of which industry sponsored

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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Bourne007(m): 2:34pm On Jul 30, 2023
Changing Employer will not affect your ability to apply for ILR as long as you have been in the country for 5 years and meet all other eligibility criteria.

eniola1010:
Guys is it true that when you change industry your ilr countdown will reset (for example changing from a nhs sponsored job to a graphic design sponsored job that is not under healthcare)?

Also

Is it true that even if you change enployer under same industry your ilr countdown will still reset (for example changing from a nhs sponsored job to another healthcare sponsored job which is nhs but still under healtcare)?
Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 9 by Bourne007(m): 9:33am On Jul 23, 2023
Wetin Google say 🤔

heykims:
Who knows which airport is closer to Kingston University, Heathrow or Gatwick?
Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 9 by Bourne007(m): 8:31pm On Jul 20, 2023
Personally if it was me o I will submit as it is but if in doubt, amend the certificate (if it's a smooth process to do) or wait for the outcome of your wife (not sure if an affidavit is applicable to a marriage cert)

Paxziano:
Good evening @duchess90 @Bourne007

While going through the documents I'm to present, I noticed my marriage certificate has an extra letter... All other documents of mine and my wife (with my surname) doesn't have this extra letter. The bigger issue is that my wife has applied already. I am to apply tomorrow... Kindly advice please.

Thanks
Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 9 by Bourne007(m): 8:24pm On Jul 20, 2023
1. Yes it's possible as long as you apply alongside your residence permit.

2. It's advisable to apply before Jan 2024

3. Naira, Euro, Cowry .. . It doesn't matter which currency as long as the bank is regulated by the financial regulatory body in the country in which the bank operates.

4. You should be able to use it regardless of country of departure

Iamblessed202:
Good evening everyone

@duchess90

Please help.

My husband just collected his CAS today and we are planning to apply for visa together next week when my (the dependant) POF will be matured, but another development came in.

I will have to be in Netherlands for a full sponsored master's program by end of August. So we are thinking my husband should just apply alone and I will be visiting him from Netherlands. My course is a year and his course is for two years. My plan is to be visiting him in the UK till I finish my program and join him permanently.

My question now is:
1. Is it possible to apply for uk dependant visa from the Netherlands as a Nigerian student?

2. If possible, can I apply next year or it must be this year, because of the ban?
Note: My husband admission is for September 2023 and the course RQF level 7.

3. When applying will I have to show POF in naira or Euro because the university will open an account for me there?

4. We did our TB test together earlier this month in Nigeria and I fill Nigeria as departure. Can I still use it or I have to do another TB test over there?

Please everyone, I would appreciate if you can assist with these questions.

Thanks
Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 9 by Bourne007(m): 4:37pm On Jul 20, 2023
Joint account works as long as MA is named on the account

equity2genesis:
Thank you the clarity.

Please, my last question. How about if the POF is in our joint account?

Can she apply with it ?
Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 9 by Bourne007(m): 4:08pm On Jul 20, 2023
I'm afraid not... . "your partner’s money if your partner is present in the UK or applying at the same time"

equity2genesis:
Thank you for your response.

In that case, can she apply with the[b] POF in my account[/b], while I write a letter of consent in that regard?
Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 9 by Bourne007(m): 3:42pm On Jul 20, 2023
She needs to reply the email and emphasise that she's exempted from TB test. https://www.gov.uk/tb-test-visa

There was a time I applied from naija as well and what I did was I made it clear in the additional notes of my application that I was exempted. Some of them miss these kind of rules and just use the same playbook they have always been using.

Cashmadam:
Dear Family, please I need urgent help for my friend as I've never heard about nor experienced this.

So, my friend's daughter applied for her student visa to pursue her masters degree in the UK.

She did her first degree in the UK and just came home to apply for the visa for her masters.

She sent in the application and received an email that a TB certificate is required. She did not take the TB test because she came back to Nigeria from the UK a few weeks ago. Normally, she is not expected to take the test.

She went to the TB test centre and was told the test cannot be done without her original international passport.

Her international passport was submitted when she applied for the student visa.

Question: what can she do? Will she need to cancel her application and request for the return of her passport? (that is what I think but not sure)

I need advise please. My friend is so worried and we don't know what to do.

Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 9 by Bourne007(m): 2:28pm On Jul 20, 2023
The applicant’s (kids) parents must each be applying at the same time with the kids. Otherwise MA will be approved while your kids will automatically be rejected.

If you want to proceed with any application, it's advisable for only the MA (wife) to apply then you and the kids can put in an application later.

equity2genesis:
Dear Duchess,

As you advised, I have gone ahead to book another test at another facility. Unfortunately, the earliest date I could get was 23rd August. In order not to put all my eggs in one basket, can my wife and children go ahead with their visa application and use the Proof of Funds that is already in my account, Is it doable? while I apply later after sorting the TB test issue out.

Thank you.
Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 9 by Bourne007(m): 1:31pm On Jul 20, 2023
Kingkom:
please someone should help me out here. Calculate,
22/06/2023 - 20/07/2023

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Nairaland Fantasy Premier League 2023/2024 by Bourne007(m): 10:30pm On Jul 15, 2023
Sent you a message .. . Can you please share the Chelsea mini league code?

donjazzet:
How do we get the code.
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Bourne007(m): 4:26pm On Jul 14, 2023
This your statement is baffling .. . Isn't IHS for all continents inc EU? huh .. .

jedisco:
I did not infer.. only asked.

With tax thresholds frozen, there's a real fiscal drag and most people would invariably pay higher taxes. The question Zahra becomes, would you prefer the government increases taxes to fund the pay rise or would you rather black and brown immigrants pay?

The double taxation called IHS and visa fees may have increased with inflation... but an increase aimed at paying public sector workers higher wages has not been a matter of public discussion before. It's not like we never knew... it's just that there's now an acceptance of this fact.
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Bourne007(m): 7:51pm On Jul 13, 2023
So you wan follow suit cheesy .. .

Overspeeding .. . She was asked to produce DL which she did but the international DL wasn't accepted. She was then asked to produce naija DL but couldn't hence taking to court.

lightnlife:
Interested in knowing what your friend did for the police to be involved and resulting in a court case.

I've chatted with a handful of Brits who drive without license (it's still illegal) but they say no one has even disturbed them.
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Bourne007(m): 12:49pm On Jul 13, 2023
You don't even need the bolded at all to drive for the first 12 months.

iyatrustee:
Your international driving license is linked to your Nigerian License. If you do not have that, any international you do will be a fake! You'll need a photocopy of your license when applying.
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Bourne007(m): 11:56am On Jul 13, 2023
It's pretty clear from the discussions that the normal naija license is to be used.

A friend, who came earlier this year, has a court hearing simply because she couldn't produce the naija license (never had one). The intl alone was completely rejected by police.

terrymason:
Una don confuse me. Should I just do the normal Nigeria license or international license.
I read that one need to have local Nigeria license to be eligible to use international license in the UK. Current I don't have Nigeria license, but planning to do an international license.

What's the best way forward. The answer have been seeing regarding this question has not be straightforward.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Nairaland Fantasy Premier League 2023/2024 by Bourne007(m): 9:35am On Jul 10, 2023
@Ibime @Mukina2 .. . please send FA cup code smiley

FC Bourne007
FA Cup Quarter finalist

@Timbros .. . shei you fit send me code for the Chelsea mini league?

Ibime:
Ok Guys, the 23/24 FPL season is here
Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 8 by Bourne007(m): 9:39am On Jul 06, 2023
They've asked you to provide a full UK immigration history of your wife with proof. If there is none, just respond that there isn't


Izzyagain:
Please Gurus in the house please and please my wife just got this NSF email now what is the solution please . Very urgent.

BUT they now later sent another empty NSF email after like 2min .

Please I don’t understand. Very urgent
Travel › Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by Bourne007(m): 10:52am On Jun 21, 2023
I got a similar quote from my Mortgage adviser as well but didn't use them. I compared the market then and I got a monthly payment for £43 for both of us.

costap4u:
New to this post.
Thanks everyone for the wonderful work you are all doing here.
I have a question for those that already have their Mortgage running. Did you all take Critical Illness and Life Insurance for your house? If yes how much is anyone paying ? One Mortagege adviser is quoting £140 per month for Critical Illness and Life Insurance and also said I cant back out once I take it.
Can someone advise please. Thanks.
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Bourne007(m): 11:51am On Jun 08, 2023
I personally do not see anything wrong in this. Where is the abuse? If you are referring to the registration of GP, it's not free to visitors so I expect the OP to have paid for any services rendered.

SamReinvented:
Classic example of the people that Zahra commenter is talking about. Blatantly abusing processes with no care in the world. SMH.
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Bourne007(m): 10:50am On Jun 08, 2023
It's just an overview that you shouldn't make youkay home. Visitors can as long as each visit does not exceed the maximum period for that visit, normally 6 months.

If they however suspect anything with the number of visits made over the past 12 months they will assess if the visitor is, in effect, living in the UK through frequent or successive visits or making the youkay their main home. One of the evidences they can gather is if the visitor is registered to a GP, sends kids to schools etc

Viruses:
Perhaps I have interpreted this wrongly or don't know how it is applied.
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Bourne007(m): 11:30am On May 25, 2023
Minimum is a bachelor’s degree to be eligible for PSW. The exception for undergraduates who can bring in dependents are those fully sponsored by the government.

Zahra29:
I agree - it's the entitlement that I've been trying to address. The UK doesn't owe a student the right to stay on indefinitely because they made the free choice to come to Britain to study for their post graduate degree.

What about international undergraduates who spend a lot more time and money here? Shouldn't they be first in line? But they do not even have a PSW equivalent to enable them remain/work after their degree and they have never had the ability to bring in dependents.
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Bourne007(m): 2:39pm On May 24, 2023
Great example wink

Dependants came in with no restrictions because that's the law at the time. As the person don born 3 kids, it's expected to set some boundaries with new rules.

I suspect they looked at previous years' statistics and felt the numbers wouldn't be that high. They really can't have their cake and eat it after revising and relaxing the immigration route.

Zahra29:
Loool....gosh some people can be so brave! 😂

Unfortunately I think from the number of dodgy posts on nairaland alone, that it's more than a few bad apples. Not just in Nigeria, imagine the same unscrupulous activities being done in India, Sri Lanka etc and you can see why it can look like the system is increasingly being abused.

It's not illegal to switch to cos, but when it becomes a trend, that people plan to pay a deposit or nominal amount just to get into the country and then quickly jump ship - then that's a misuse of the terms of their entry as they should really be applying for a work visa in the first instance. Once again it becomes a problem when it starts happening large scale.

In 2019, no of dependants was about 16,000. No one batted an eyelid. Few people even knew what dependents were lol as it was t
problem. Now it's probably around 200,000 which is the entire size of net migration pre brexit - on dependents alone!

Imagine you invite someone to stay over at yours with no restrictions, so they're there as a welcome and legal guest/resident. Then this person gets married and has 3 children. Now it's a family of 5 and your house is still the same size. They're still staying at yours legally right? But would you not have a problem with the new state of affairs and even complain that they are abusing your hospitality? grin
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Bourne007(m): 2:38pm On May 24, 2023
Yes I agree there will be those who fraudulently beat the system but I think the question, was the increase in net migration (HSMP or Dependants o) abuse of the system despite legally entering this system?

Peerielass:
Yes it was back then between 2007 to 2009. There were a lot of underhand practices, people were using fictitious payslips and bank statements from Nigeria to meet the minimum financial requirement for the HSMP visa. Salaries from their UK jobs wasn’t sufficient for the requirement so, they would claim they were consulting in Naija and use forged payslips to meet up. It wasn’t just Nigerians that were involved though, Indians were equally as guilty.
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Bourne007(m): 1:07pm On May 24, 2023
A few applicants would want to beat the system fraudulently in any which way undetected so the bolded isn't new regardless of which route. Before biometrics, there was 'Ori Olori' (face on top another person's face grin), the link below is also known and we discussed how the right to appeal is misused so there will always be abuse of the system.. Out of the 81% rise, do we know what percentage are falsifying information? Of course it will be a fraction.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/16/british-men-making-thousands-by-posing-as-fathers-in-citizenship-scam

Abandoning studies to switch to CoS (whether it's right or wrong) legally allows them to because the current guidelines says they can.

I remember HSMP's initial requirement was a min Bachelor's and due to the net increase in migration, it was changed to Master's and later shut down few years after. Was HSMP abused as well?

As long as applicant's come in legally and follow the guidelines, I don't think it's an abuse sha




Zahra29:
it became an abuse of the education route when people started falsifying information fabricating pof and dependants e.g.fake marriages, fake children (I saw a post where a lady asked how she could bring her 9 yr old niece along to look after her children - isn't this what happened to Mo Farah? ) , Abandoning their studies as soon as they got a job and leaving the uni out of pocket....


A gov spokesperson said on the news that it has become apparent that the education route is now being used wholesale as a back door migration route by people who wouldn't otherwise be able to come into the country.
Unfortunately they are referring to the likes of Indians, Nigerians, sri Lanka
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Bourne007(m): 9:46am On May 24, 2023
Abuse sha .. . Bringing in dependants has been a thing since the 70s / 80s (possibly earlier). The fact that there was a 81% rise in 2022 I think doesn't make it an abuse of the system.

iyatrustee:
Let's not get overly emotional about this thing, many Nigerian's abused the dependent stuff. The number of sham marriages that happened will surprise you, the way people were adopting their neices and nephews is another one.

Worse still, the many content creators on social media and their numerous update played a role in the demonisation.
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Bourne007(m): 4:21pm On May 23, 2023
Most CC apps (if not all) have the option to turn on reminder. Email reminder is also an option

profemebee:
you must be using a reminder
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Bourne007(m): 9:01pm On May 18, 2023
Legally they can do as they want, revise the guidelines as they wish. If you remember, dependants weren't allowed to switch in-country to a student visa. You had to leave and apply from your country of origin and this is just one example.


LagosismyHome:
Legally can the home office do this retrospectively.... I doubt it. This will be challenged in court

They can say moving forward but to do it for those who have switched... Lawyers won't allow this to fly

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