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Congratulations guys.

Please endeavour to serve Nigeria well when you begin. Dont allow the foreign IOCs make you forfeit Nigeria interests through bribes.

Stand your ground as you are in control.

The good future of Nigeria starts here.

Congratulations once more.

Good luck in your endeavours

Meanwhile, for those who are seeking scholarship, Newzealand, Malaysia and Romania scholarship is out.
Check https://facebook.com/dmainmanfoundation

For those contacting me for other UK full scholarship in 2020, most scholarship application has closed.

However, PTDF UK Scholarship is still out and deadline is Feb 17th, 2020.

Meanwhile, Newzealand, Malaysia and Romania scholarship is out.

Check:

https://facebook.com/dmainmanfoundation

Take care and Good luck.

gsk4reality:
What are the examples of marketable courses you can study in the UK with high possibilities of securing a tier 2 visa?

I intend studying Petroleum and Gas Engineering....what are the chances of securing a job after study?

And again.. Which courses are in high demand over there apart from the medical and health related courses.
Any help will be appreciated .

I like the fact that you are emphasising on Tier 2. Many people here are focused on getting student jobs and PSW. PSW and student jobs does not lead to permanent residency.

However, Tier 2 and the recently announced UK post Brexit immigration ( to begin in 2021) can lead to permanent residency.

SO HOW CAN I GET TIER 2 VISA?

1. To get Tier 2 visa, the employer must be registered in the government tier 2 sponsored list which gets updated.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers.

So if you are applying to companies that is not on the sponsored list, then you cannot have Tier 2 visa.

2. The minimum threshold limit is 30000 pounds for graduate role. This limit is higher for experienced role. What this means is that your Tier 2 employer must pay an annual salary of 30,000 pounds above. This is very hard. Even fresh doctors and nurses (entry level) according to NHS payment scale do not earn 30,000 pounds annually.

WHAT TO DO TO MAKE YOU SECURE TIER 2 VISA AND UK POST BREXIT IMMIGRATION

Try to apply for jobs in the shortage occupation lists: Chef, Geologists, Mechanical Engineers, Civil Engineers, IT, Teachers (science, maths and physics teachers) and many others. Check the below link for more information:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-k-shortage-occupation-list

The advantage of working in any of the occupation in the shortage lists is that the minimum threshold is reduced. This will allow you to be more employable. Also, for the UK Post Brexit immigration ( to begin in 2021), those in the above shortage lists will be awarded more points.

Good luck and take care.

Mrtush:
Thank you for your response!

Yes I'm going for the two years course particularly for the PSW and also to acquire international work experience during my vocational internship. I don't have experience tough tbh but I don't mind as I will eventually acquire that from my internship.

Thanks once again. I'm very grateful.

If you apply for one year MSc beginning in September 2020, you will still get PSW.

What you should aim for is Tier 2 or UK post brexit immigration which can lead to permanent residence.

Check my below quote on gsk4reality comments.

corruptst:
Salary: N200,000
Opening balance: N300,000
Closing balance:N1,200,000

Documents submitted
Employment evidence:
1. Employment letter
2. Letter of introduction from employer
3. No Objection Letter from employer
4. Letter of Leave from employer
5. 6 month payslips {Stamped)
6. School certificates
7. Other Certifications
8. Work ID

Financial evidence:
1. Letter of reference from Bank
2. 6 month statement of account (First & last page stamped)

Family evidence
1. Family picture (Group)
2. My graduation picture (with family members)
3. My dad's Driver's licence
4. My mum's national ID card
5. My older brother's International passport
6. My younger sister's family picture
7. Picture of I & my fiancee (Pixmixed including proposal pictures)

Others
1. Cover letter
2. Provisional flight ticket booking
3. Provisional accommodation booking
4. Letter of recommendation from previous work place
5. International passport


Accommodation evidence: Current Electricity Bill

Other things of note:
I spent only 50K from my salary every month. I withdraw in 5ks, 10ks but no withdrawal more than 10K. I have other accounts for emergencies & other things. I do not exceed 50K every month. Hence my disposable income for the 6 months reflected in my statement of account is N150,000 monthly.

I ensured no other money except my N200,000 salary enters every month. Even my Christmas and performance bonus was paid in a different bank account (I don't have time to be explaining to ECO)

What's in my Cover Letter?
1.Why I want to travel? I need a break from work. I've worked continuously for 3 years without break.
2. Why UK? UK affords the best vacation place in the world in terms of resorts, cultural diversity, football cultures, etc.
3. My financial situation
4. My travel itinerary (7 days)
5. Travel budget (500k)
Flight - Return ticket
Accommodation in the UK
Transport
Feeding
Miscellaneous
6. Why I will come back?
My fiancée
My parents (aged)
My job
My family reputation

7. I summarised my application.


If there's any other information required or questions, I will be glad to answer.
PS: I'm not a guru. I used all the information I gathered from this page.

Nice one. I can see that you followed our advice.

For prospective ones, use this as your reference. Dont follow shortcut. Nothing good comes easy.

Gud luck.

beatmonster:
Sir, what about the Malaysia school?

If the school asks for money that you cannot spare, dont apply.

I am only asking for UK schools as it does not require application fee.

epirumhe:
Hello, pls can someone with good HND, good PGD and good M. Sc apply for PhD...
Thanks

Try your luck. Upload your PGD diploma in lieu of BSc.

Good luck.

handello:
Pls I just submitted my application, all UK schools. Do you suggest I apply directly to the school for admission or PTDF handles that?

Apply by yourself.

Mrtush:
Greetings and you all..

Thanks to everyone that has contributed positively and has made a huge impact on this forum.

I have a question, I've been admission to study Project management with advanced practice in Teesside Uni. 2 years. I've done the Skype interview and passed. Now my resumption date is September 21st. I have a background in civil engineering as It was my undergraduate course.

I'd like see advice and opinion from gurus in the house. What do you think the job prospects will be for one who has Msc in Project management?

What other Msc course in the U.K that has a high job prospect and is highly demanded.

As I still have more time to quickly apply to others.


I'd appreciate if it's a two years program.

Thank you.

Why do you want two years course? If it is because of PSW, you will be qualified if you begin your program September 2020

Project Management is hotcake. Information Technology (IT) and Business Analyst (BA). You can earn about 500 pounds per day if you have experience and about 100 pounds per day with no experience.

UK loves experience and it is hard to get Project management job without experience.

Also, some employers like certification like PMP (from PMI), PMQ (From APM) and Prince 2 Practitioner certification over BSc and MSc.

You should also join APM student membership which is free to benefit.
https://www.apm.org.uk/membership/

Good luck.

Phatkings:
Last week abi two weeks ago
Some gave me scholarship tho but not much

I prefer Birmingham City university. But it all depends on what you want, where you wanna live and the knowledge you wanna gain as
there are different modules in respective universities.

The ball is in your court.

Gbp2020:
I greet everyone in the house please I need your advice on how I can get masters admission, I've been doing some research but still can't find the school who can accept me because I graduated with a low grade (third class) and I studied sociology please anyone who can put me through

@justwise

What course do you want to apply for?

Do you have valuable experience?

Is your SOP splendid?

Which universities did you apply to?

tosen64:
PTDF PhD Awardees and Present PhD Applicants, please I need your advice.

I have doubts about this section of the Master's Degree Thesis (Summary) because I am really finding it hard to meet the file size of 300KB (even after optimizing the PDF file).

Does it make sense to remove literature review, references, and appendices? Removing them means the report I will upload will comprise of Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, and Summary Conclusion and Recommendation. Does this make sense at all?

I have lots of important information (including pictures) that I don't want to remove in my report because I feel it will distort my work.

How did you summarize your thesis?

Upload your Abstract which is same as Executive summary. Should be just a page

Mobilipia:
I was rejected by Anglia Ruskin university, Northumbria and Edinburgh Nappier.Though I applied to computer science because I have advance diploma in software engineering from NIIT and bachelor degree in human Resource management from Benin republic, I have almost 5 years of work experience in software development field so seeing that gave me the confidence that my previous diploma and work experience will give me an edge.

They didnt give you admission because of bachelors degree in human Resource management.
Not because of Benin republic.

Also, for you to do Masters degree in Computer science, you must have done Bachelors degree in a computing related course.

If you want to do anything related to IT, then choose Masters degree in Information Technology and not computer science.

Ogechi2686:
@justwise please I am a lady doing my Msc in uk living with my two kids and my husband. It has not been easy taken care of the kids while studying and working. My husband and i planning to invite my mother to visit us and look after the kids maybe 3months while my husband will have time to work so we can clear my school fees. My mother is 53 years and my fear is that she's not working but doing petty business which is not registered with CAC. I want to know if i apply for her and provide my statement of account proving that i can sponsor her trip and take care of her stay while in uk will they give her the visa?

Your best bet is for you to say she is unemployed and a house wife. Not easy to proof she is self employed as she will need CAC and company account.

However, you will need to proof she receives money from family monthly. Let the monthly payment reflect in her bank account for minimum of 3 months. I advise about incoming amount of 80,000 naira and expenses reflect in the account should be 20,000 naira. So every month there should be 60,000 naira. Then for 3 months, there should be about 180,000 naira in her account.

Then you must invite her, state that you are responsible for her feeding, travel fligh, living expenses and transport. Upload your 5 to 6 months bank statement, tenancy documents e,t,c. She will also need home tie evidence e.g property document from her or her husband, letter from her husband she is coming back stating the date she is leaving and coming back e.t.c

Good luck.

waynee2baba:
Nah, MSc Comp Sci or MSc Software Engineering. The aforementioned give you more opportunities instead of specialising.

Nice one.

But I was just looking at IT courses related to Electrical Engineering

DMainMan:
Julius10:
I want to apply for Business management or any business related courses

Try any of:

https://www.port.ac.uk/study/courses/msc-business-and-management#entry-requirements
https://aru.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/international-project-management
https://www.ucb.ac.uk/our-courses/postgraduate/business-and-marketing/enterprise-management-msc.aspx

Emphasise you have sufficient valuable experience and that you are employed practicing the field u want to study. Show how the proposed study will benefit your employment. Upload yor employm,ent letter. State that u wanna gain more knowledge in the field to advance your career and apply the knowledge for growth and development. Your SOP should be clearly expressed and captivating.

In addition, your reference letter should be from your manager detailing your roles and responsibilities. He should state that that you are more than capable of studying MSc and indicate your importance to the company.

Foll0w all these, and admission is yours.

Julius10:
I want to apply for Business management or any business related courses
I studied business administration and management. I have 2 years experience as a cashier from a betting company. (I don't know if it's relevant).
I don't know the university to apply for because I am still searching for the ones that accept HND to MSC.
I have lower credit 2.93/5.0

Julius10:
I want to apply for Business management or any business related courses
I studied business administration and management. I have 2 years experience as a cashier from a betting company. (I don't know if it's relevant).
I don't know the university to apply for because I am still searching for the ones that accept HND to MSC.
I have lower credit 2.93/5.0

Try any of:

https://www.port.ac.uk/study/courses/msc-business-and-management#entry-requirements
https://aru.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/international-project-management
https://www.ucb.ac.uk/our-courses/postgraduate/business-and-marketing/enterprise-management-msc.aspx

Emphasise you have sufficient valuable experience and that you are employed practicing the field u want to study. Show how the proposed study will benefit your employment. Upload yor employm,ent letter. State that u wanna gain more knowledge in the field to advance your career and apply the knowledge for growth and development. Your SOP should be clearly expressed and captivating.

crowther15:
I just got an offer from university of dundee for energy economics, they accept c6 in waec or neco or IELTS.

Good.

Konko777:
Hello house, I applid for UK tier 4 visa in Jan 2018 but was denied based on credibility test, I didn't do enough research abt the school. I actually did priority visa then. Now I want to apply again using the super priority visa.
I want to ask if there would be a credibility test if I used the super priority visa?

Follow justwise advice. Why waste money on superpriority visa. That is about 450,000 naira wasted.

Better read and research about your scchool. If you really need a mentor, some nairalanders here can help you.
It will be nice to just tip those who guide you instead of given UKVI free money and not fellow Nigerians.

Besides, for you to plan to do superpriority visa this early, it will be suspicious.

blackorange:
Good afternoon house.

I studied Electrical first degree. Can I apply for MSc in computer science in UK?

Do MSc Information Technology or MSc Cyber Security

Julius10:
Please is it possible to go for Msc/MBA in the UK as an HND holder? Or I should just focus on PGD?

Yes you can if you have valuable experience. What course do u wanna apply for? what is your background and experience?

What was your HND grade?

Let me know the university you wish to apply for or which area of UK do you wanna stay.

Dont use agent. Dont use fake documents like how some people recently did.

Answer the above questions.

Good luck.

Vittor:
Bro I need help I applied for UK visa tier 4 SPV and was refused but given the right for administrative review....in had two accounts that are joint accounts between myself and my dad one with 2.5m and the other a fixed deposit of 4.8m but they seem not to be able to verify the fixed deposit documents thus a refusal.
The refusal page is attached herewith.
School started since 20th I have from now till 16th of next month.
Please I need help any advice, solution etc.
I am so confused.

Unfortunately, fixed deposit account is not accepted for visa. It is regarded as an investment and can be used as a home tie evidence.

Only savings and current account statement should be used.

milvet:
im still browsing through UK schools. Mostly 2'1 though with employment experience you can be considered . and they need ietls too.�

Choose low ranked school like University of Salford as first choice. They accept 2.2 and WAEC C6.

Dont apply to top schools like Imperiaĺ college or UCL who only accept 2.1 and First class.

Meanwhile, all your energy should be channelled on pass the PTDF interview and first stage shortlisting.

Orisky:
.
Thank you very much. What of BEA, did they accept 2.2 also

No. Only 2.1

alfarouq:
please can one use declaration of age in place of birth certificate? thanks

Yes

milvet:
Please DAADs criteria is 2'1 but ptdf is sponsoring 2'2

Preferably, for 2.2, I would advise either UK only for the UK scholarship
Or Malaysia and China if you choose the second category

Orisky:
Good day all, To those that had done it before or those that knows it, Does UK accept 2:2 as the undergraduate result, if not which country does and secondly what can someone do for the PTDF to choose a 2:2 applicant. Thank you

France and Germany usually require 2.1. Most UK schools accept 2.2. So I would choose UK schools.

Preferably, for 2.2, I would advise either UK only for the UK scholarship
Or Malaysia and China if you choose the second category

atoeosato:
Respected seniors in the House,
I intend applying for MSC in Manchester metropolitan university for sept 2020.
Any advise on how the city is for jobs n cost of living.
I will so much appreciate a first hand advice from our gurus here and fellow Ables already schooling there.!

Danke!!

Manchester is very good for jobs, loa cost of living and very lively. Come

UK TO INTRODUCE POINTS-BASED IMMIGRATION SYSTEM 'TO BE BROUGHT IN BY END OF 2020 SIMILAR TO AUSTRALIA IMMIGRATION ROUTE

Check further information and how to plan to reach the eligible points here:

https://www.nairaland.com/5641999/uk-introduce-points-based-immigration-system