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Dedeity:
Women and drama

Walahi. Women like drama. Chai!

lavida001:
Future Home Office Minister. I respect your Bravery in matters related to HO.

If you keep that guy in charge of HO, him go lock door throw the key

flyca:
Something interesting to me in these Anambra projects is that they are handled by Nigerian owned companies, to high standards and working within the time frame.

This young Architect sounds brilliant!

I was smiling ear-to-ear when I watched the Ekwulobia fly over project!

I'm pained when I see foreigners cutting ribbons in projects that could have been handled locally, excellently.

Anambra to the world

This looks like a huge scam. I used to rate Soludo, but now I can see that him be like those Nigerian profs wey no sabi anything.

wallg123:
What’s your definition of extremist view?. Carry propaganda wear as face cap. I beg shift

If you dey UK, go try say the same thing the girl talk and do plenty publicity.

Yes

heroshark:
You are missing the whole point, the student visa is not an immigrant visa. Most people that park their family on a student visa are traveling with migration intent hence they use the student visa as a route.

Stopping students from bringing dependents will drastically cut the number of families traveling with immigration intent, which is what the government wanted. To reduce net immigration.

Those that wants to study can come and study after 1year they return back to their family or work to skill worker visa and bring their families.

I am not saying that what the government did is the best solution, my point is that the government response is in reaction to the abuse of the system.

If someone cones to the UK via the student visa, abandon their studies and switch, you can call that using it for immigration. But if one comes to the UK, completes their studies, does post-study visa, hopes to get a skilled worker visa and eventually gets it, how's that abuse? Even the UKVI doesn't think that's abuse.

Education is mostly an investment. And people want return on their investment. It's OK if the expectation people have for coming to study in Europe is to use their new degree to work and live there legally. Even the universities here understand that most of their customers want that return on their investment, hence why the recent report mentions that the government should reassure students that they're not taking the PSW away. They're already dealing with decline in applications due to those that cannot stay apart from their dependants for 3 years not coming.

I don't know what the solution to the immigration crisis in the UK is, but not everything about the dependant visa is abuse. Even these Nigerians (ourselves) we paint bad, plenty single Nigerians are here without any fake or real dependants.

Zahra29:
I've copied a comment from ReesheesuKnack which explains what some of the abuse was:

Guy, PSW was NEVER massively abused.
What was massively abused WAS the Tier-4 Student Visa. Where folks pay £2,000 deposit. Use fictitious PoF, get into the UK, then abandon their studies. Use the ‘balance’ of the school fees to BUY Health & Care (Carer route) visas.

Add to that the sham marriages to bring in fake spouses who have paid the MA to come in on their visa, and then they go their separate ways until it's time for visa renewal. Or where the arrangement is that the dependant assists with the school fees in return for the UK visa. Some then got to the UK, found a better arrangement/partner/care visa and reneged on the original arrangement. Not just with Nigerians, Bangladeshis and others were doing this as well.

Other examples abound of the abuse of the tier 4 visa route and why it's been clamped down.

People successfully bringing fake spouses in can show a flaw in the level visa review process. But in a case where it manages to happen, maybe a more obvious way to address your second point would be to restrict dependants from switching visa until their MA has completed their studies.

There are a lot of students in the UK without dependants (fake or real). There are also a lot of students moving out of the UK after their studies. Between February and now, I know 2 Indians on my street who left the UK because of the unavailability of professional work in their fields.

I believe the total close of dependant visa is bad for those who genuinely seek a better life abroad.

heroshark:
Are you pretending not to know that the student route was abused?

What are the main criteria for a UK student visa?

1) You should have an accepted offer from an eligible institution and hold a CAS (30 points).
2) You should have sufficient funding to cover your tuition and living expenses (10 points).
The majority of people simply did not meet the second criterion and used fraudulent means to obtain it. That is abuse.


If we cut the number of students who use fraudulent POF, or those who sold and bought COS, the number of immigrants will drop drastically, and the UK government would not even need to curtail the visa regulations in the first place. According to data from home office, Nigerians has the highest number of students dependents, if you can answer honestly what percentage of those Nigerian students with dependents have complete fund to cover the tuition and living expenses without using fraudulent POF ?
How else do you define an abuse?

Let's not always try to shy away from the truth. The whole new visa regulations are because a particular set of people (mostly Indians and subcontinentals, Nigerians, and Zimbabweans) are using fraudulent means to obtain the visa, which increases the number to an unsustainable level. And the government have to respond, which is the duty of any government.

How they respond is now a different thing altogether.

As for POF, the university will withdraw such students if they are unable to complete their fees. People are learning how it's impossible to work and pay your tuition after arriving in the UK. Does stopping students from bringing dependants end fraudulent POF 100%? I'll guess NO. And UKVI should maybe do more to verify the availability of funds. I don't even see how fraudulent POF is connected to dependant visa. If anything, having a dependant makes life easier for the student as their dependant is allowed to work full-time and support them.

For your point on COS, wetin concern student with COS? Even UKVI has blocked students from switching visa before they complete their studies abi? Which I think is a great move.

Zahra29:
Well said.

There was a high likelihood of the PSW route being retained for various reasons (although the govt might still seek to amend it in some way). It was the high number of dependants and the abuse of the student visa route that were highlighted as the main issues.

What is wrong with someone who applied to school in the UK, and can afford the fee bringing their immediate family for the duration of their stay in the UK?

I remember as a child, my entire family had to move to a new town within Nigeria so that my mother could further her education. I know this is slightly different when the movement is across countries, but in this second case, its even more important to allow people bring their dependants.

It will be interesting to know what the abuse is and why its only allowing people to come to the UK without their family that is the solution.

Is renting a flat in the UK really this hard or I'm doing something wrong?

First, you search for a house, do a viewing, and get an "Unfortunately the landlord is going with another tenant" like say na job rejection mail.

Chai

Samguine:
Congratulations. Germany is a beautiful country.

Thank you.

Lexusgs430:
When you travel to Germany, ensure each time you step outside, your passport is always with you....... The Germany police would request to see your passport, on the spot.......

Na wa oo. That's serious.

Samguine:
To ticket, Rynair, 28 Pounds. Non-refundable.
Fro, Lufthansa, 89 Euros, about 50% refundable

Just got my passport back

Today I got my passport back (via Royal Mail) from TLS contact Manchester.

I applied for a business visitor visa via German embassy (I'm traveling to Berlin in June)

Biometric date: 11/04
Processing turned green: 25/04
Passport delivered: 27/04

I got a 30 days multi entry visa valid for 3 months.

Mamatukwas:
If it’s a small parcel and you want quick and reliable, just DHL it and reduce English.

OK. Thank you.

directonpc:
Hello elders in the house, please what's an affordable and reliable way I can send a small package like documents from Naija to the UK?

Thanks in Advance.

Make I ask again.

Kellyd2:
Hi guys, I’m looking for a room in Ottley Leeds. Just for one female. Your help will be appreciated.

Check https://www.spareroom.co.uk/flatshare/?search_id=1292263699&

BossFingy:
my question is, should i include an SOP stating what happened on my previous application?

You can write a letter of self introduction, stating your initial non-approved visa. In that letter, you can mention what UKVI told you after you contacted them and attach the mail.

If you still have questions about whether that means you can't apply again, reply to the mail from UKVI with the question.

Hello elders in the house, please what's an affordable and reliable way I can send a small package like documents from Naija to the UK?

Thanks in Advance.

BossFingy:
Hello house, would really want to ask a question that is very important and i hope would help me in a way.. "" I applied for a visiting visa to U. k through an agent 2019 Dec before covid 19 but did not get a response from them but after 2 months, i went to pick up my passport only to find out that no sticky visa was on my passport nor a refusal letter attached, just a blank white paper and my passport... I thought it was because of the covid that caused such and i never heard from the agent again nor dis he gove me the email he applied with and its log in...Fast forward to last year, i decided to know why my application was like.. after a long process of identifying that i was the applicant, UKVI then sent me the status of my application and what happened with there response attached below.. Now i want to apply for a Students visa for my master myself.. please would you guys my previous application that was void affect my visa application.. because i realised that the agent either paid with an empty card or did not pay at all... Please your response would really be appreciated ..

That agent need return your money plus interest oo. You can apply for the new visa. Just make sure you have everything so it's approved.

Samguine:
To ticket, Rynair, 28 Pounds. Non-refundable.
Fro, Lufthansa, 89 Euros, about 50% refundable

I've found 2 way ticket for ryanair totally 49 USD from east midland airport o. And the Airport is closer to me than Manchester and London.

Jamesclooney:
Never applied for a German Schengen visa but used successfully for Netherlands and Portugal in the past. I see no reason why it shouldn’t work though as it’s a valid reservation. Those agents have their ways of making the flight booking.

Okay. Thank you.

Jamesclooney:
I use the below website for dummy Flight reservation for visa purposes. Paid approx 30usd via PayPal. Once visa is approved, you can then buy the real ticket.

https://flyinghelpline.com/

Any testimony of using this with German visa?

Samguine:
Booked an airbnb, booked Rynair to and Lufthansa fro. Added all the documents to the application.

Good luck!

What type of visa are you applying for?

Thank you.

It's a Business visit visa.

Are those tickets fully refundable?

I'm applying for a German visa from the UK for the first time, can anyone that has applied before share how they went about flight and hotel reservation for the Visa application process?

Jokerman:
Why is this match not on the front page?

too mush hunger in the land.

For university?
RIP to the dead. Our so called human coordination failed them.

atheistandproud:
Overly correct

Baba, the link to your channel that's on your signature is broken oo.

I checked ur channel today, kudos oo.

From this role you fit become president

Hello bosses and seniors in the house, anyone with experience applying for visa to visit Germany from the UK?

Where do I apply and how was ur experience.
And any extra tips.

I have a work related conference to attend soon.

wonlasewonimi:
That's why I said it might be genuine but I would run. If there's a fault with phone, he wouldn't change it for you cos he is not real seller as such. I have also heard about situations where they sell these phones and go to report it stolen so as to get a replacement from insurance. The phone sold would now be bricked.

Isn't that too much evil? Like this my phone that comes with box. There's evidence of payment on eBay and the logistics company. Looks like too much traces oo.