I have been in the UK for years and I am sure such is not in the UK. Trade union can never alow that in the UK. A huge percentage are subject to serious hardship to manufacture things at a very cheap rate. They work like machine.

lavida001:


Same here in the uk and USA.

100% 👍

Zahra29:



There's a reason why many more thousands of Chinese nationals are fleeing to seek asylum in the US. In contrast, how many UK or US citizens are seeking refuge elsewhere?

To each their own; every black man can't migrate to the west so it's a good move to try out lesser trodden paths.

And I agree that certain countries and people need and deserve an autocratic leader. I'm just grateful that's not the UK/west.

There is still a lot of poverty in China. A lot of them are like slaves. Working 247. Child labour is huge. My organisation used to have a factory there and it is unbelievable what they are subject to.

Treadway:
again I understand that you're entitled to your opinion, but when something works, I am very very amenable to change. China is a great example. Gerrard59 is in Japan, most don't look to places like China and Japan, but still doesn't change the fact that autocratic [b]China that was struggling with poverty less than 50 years ago, has an economy bigger than competing with the USA today ([b]*modified/corrected* cos it is not in absolute terms but only when you consider Purchasing Power Parity[/[/b]b]), and is number one on virtually everything you can think of (quality of education, health systems, infrastructure etc.) Google it if in any doubt. We just tend to not really attach much attention or significance to non-english speaking countries. Russia is still far better than Germany economically toady even despite two years of significant sanctions. The top rankings for education and healthcare, English speaking countries no even dey top 20.

Life doesn't start and end with English speaking countries o...or democracy. Autocracy certainly works for some, and democracy isn't absolutely the best. I actually believe Nigeria will be in better state with an autocratic leader who has the nation at heart, even if he only has it at heart up to just 25% and is selfish with the remaining 75%

I am not sure why the link did not work for you. I just clicked on the link and it took me to where to report to Home Office if your BRP has not arrived.


I have posted the link below again.

https://www.biometric-residence-permit.service.gov.uk/collection

If you complete the form, you should get a response within 24hrs.

taalas:
Yes the link didn't work. When trying to get the share code it said :

“What identity document did you use when you created your account?”

Passport

National identity card

Biometric residence card or permit

I did put my passport number and it said this information doesn’t match.

I put a link for you in the previous page. Have you tried it? It works!!

taalas:
Pls Zahra29,Lexusgs430,Thewritingnerd and everybody; In my decision letter, it said within 10 days of arriving in the UK one can collect his BRP. I came in on 10th of April and I have been to the to the post office for BRP collection 3 times but it has not yet arrived at the post office. I am stressing out already. . Please any tips on how to go round it or how to contact home office. Thanks

Use this link
https://www.biometric-residence-permit.service.gov.uk/not-arrived/post-office-collect

You will be sent an email to inform you that it has arrived at the post office or to let you know if there is any issue with your BRP.

taalas:
@Thewritingnerd and everyone, I arrived in the UK on the 10th of April and this is the 3rd time I have gone to the post office for BRP collection but its not yet arrived. My employer needs my share code for necessary checks before I can take up my role with them. Please any tips on how to go round it or contact home office. Thanks

Aww, nice!! Congrats to her and daddy!!

Lexusgs430:
I am so elated today....... My daughter just passed her practical driving test (1st attempt) ......... 🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉

My daddy taxi days are now over .......😂

I am sure the person meant Universal credit.

BouharryArtikou:


The bolded is CATEGORICALLY untrue.
Do you know the salary of an Associate Professor?
Do you know that the salary of a Band 8a nurse or radiolograher or Biomedical scientist is less than 50k pa?

Are these folks above ‘less privileged’??


Your assumption appear to conflate BENEFITS with UNIVERSAL CREDIT.

So in your postulation, Tax Credits (as mentioned by Lexusgs430 and Zahrah29 is for ‘less privileged’?
Sorry mate, you are wrong (on this occasion).

I would have said the same thing but I got 1 year 30hr free childcare. I also did free Data science bootcamp.

For those that have access to public fund and are interested in cybersecurity, there is this government funded bootcamp that can give you 2 sans certifications (GFACT and GSEC).
Both training will cost about $12,000 if you are paying yourself. So, it is worth it. It is also widely recognised.

claremont:


Correct. It's only recently I started hearing about the child benefit that can be collected and then 'self-declared' at the end of the financial year for high income earners. 15 years in the UK and never once claimed a penny.

Yes o. Shikini means very small.

Did you say housing benefit with a household.income of 75k. No council will give you that option. In some council, people that their cases are very urgent (I.e. homeless), they are being moved from one hotel to another or shared flats as waiting list is crazily long.

Why would he suggest himself and his family to that?

Sincerely, public fund is for when you are down and very down.

Zahra29:


Lol what does shikini mean? Small?

Don't forget housing benefit and being able to join the massive queue for a council house (although as Lexus said, settled migrants might quickly come to realise that it's not worth meeting the low income and homeless/vulnerable criteria that makes them eligible to claim)

Shikini child benefit, 30hrs free childcare, access to free government bootcamps (if you are interested). I think dat's all.

BouharryArtikou:
Thank you to all who responded to my post below.

Please ehn, I have another question.
Now that I have recourse to public funds, does anyone know some that I can get? All my money haff finish. ILR application for a family of 4 finished all my savings.
We currently have pretax household income of 75k (50k + 25k respectively).

What benefits can I claw from the system please?
Man wan maximise everything ‘lost’ in this last 5+ years.

PS: please don’t judge me. I too suffer.

Are you in health sector?

jedisco:


Hehe..Life na hustle.. worth putting in the effort while relatively young... Just like I sought the opportunity to move to the UK, I have continued to be on the lookout for opportunities both within and outside the UK. The UK has been brilliant but my umbilical cord is not tied here.

For now, Canada offers significantly better pay, work-life balance and appreciation for my training and skillset and also pretty straightforward pathway to get in. It's proximity to the U.S is also another factor.

Sincerely, too much misinformation everywhere.

I had to comment because a lot of people can be led astray.

Anyway, solicitors will be smiling home.

Zahra29:


Well said.... thankfully it's not me calling it out.

So much misinformation these days. People think "just get a lawyer" as if the lawyer is a magician. They also have to follow the rules set by the home office.

So many lawyers will be cashing out in the aftermath of these strict rules - advising their clients to put in applications (that they know are frivolous and bound to fail), selling false hope and getting nicely paid for it.

I am not sure this is correct. One can be given leave outside the rule but it is not as trivial as you stated. There is a guidance for that.

I strongly doubt if someone will just be given leave to remain because the person gave birth during her study. If the child is British, then that explains it, if not then there will be other compelling issues. It is also not correct that you just need to get a job and then you will be given leave to remain. What's the need for COS then?

elengine:
It is a very simple case. If she is a dependant,all she needs to do is to engage a lawyer and apply for LR and she will continue to renew it. I have people that got LR just because she got job after school but has no dependant and she gave birth to a son during study. Those guys largely considers what they would lose if you leave too, so far you have a job and not a liability, then you can get any visa to extend your stay

100% agree with this. However, he employs a lot of immigrants. I have personally applied to TPP before. Would the immigrants not be targetted if the company loses the NHS contract? They can lose their sponsorship.

The man is a racist though. I am however not sure of the best way to penalise him.

Goodenoch:



PS. I agree fully that the comments were extremely racial and offensive and that there ought to be consequences despite the fact that he has apologized. I don’t know what those consequences can be because he’s not a public servant and his company is the one with NHS contracts, not him as an individual, and it would not be sensible to dispose of those if they were the best choice among competitors based on his personal views. I would boycott his businesses in my personal capacity if I could, however.

Just read that an arrest has been made by the police. It was really disheartening to watch the video yesterday.

I have been thinking hard since yesterday on how to educate my kids about handling bullies.

Treadway:
it's not that. It is about a black teenager (student) being bullied by some white students from school. They made him kiss their shoe.

On that link, Edit/Insert Twitter dotcom or X dotcom just after the http://

Ensure you write the dotcom the normal way. If I wrote it the proper way it would also be automatically erased, hence, why I wrote it as dotcom.

Nland automatically erased the complete link out

I have got no sympathy for both of them.
Why? I believe, you should not beat your wife and for the wife, you should not use fake IELTS.

ehizario2012:
One word for this husband?

Was she sleeping truly? If yes, then she might need to find an explanation for that.

For example, she might explain that on that particular ocassion she had some personal issues, say childcare that was out of the ordinary and really affected her mentally. We all have times when our guards are down.

I am not sure why sleeping on duty will be enough to take someone's licence though. That will be extremely harsh. She might need to consult her union and legal representatives.

rowon:
Good afternoon all. Please kindly advised. My wife was accused sleeping on duty where she works as a relief support worker in Scotland by an agency staff. She just Cos with another company recently. She has been suspended where she does relief support work and would be invited for disciplinary committee. She told me she was surprised the agency staff could do such because that very day the agency requested she wanted to leave 15 minutes earlier closing time because she lost someone . She gladly accepted .
Please kindly advise on how defend herself at the disciplinary committee so her license would not revoked if reported to the regulatory body (SSSC) and eventually the main employer will withdraw their COS . PLEASE WE NEED YOUR ADVICE!

Please, let us all sheath our swords. If we continue this way, this matter will not end as we will always feel the urge to comment. In the process of stating our views, we will make unnecessary comments that will in turn hurt others.

No mind Mamatukwas jare, she wants a student that is just a "Hustla" to do giveaway. I am however patiently waiting for the above 60k cybersecurity job testimony before I will ask for my own "giveway" or "tithe"

hustla:



Thanks Mama the Mama

Lexusgs430 has pledged giveaway on my behalf

This is the exactly what I have been trying to say since yesterday. Where is Justwise by the way? Is he on holiday? Hope he is alright. I am genuinely concerned. He has been away since March 3rd.

deept:


please lets live and let live. He who comes to equity must come with clean hands.

Can we all move on please. We might be scaring people that have genuine questions away.

We can all disagree and still move on after.

ehizario2012:


If you carefully read my previous posts, I engaged @Lexusgs430 and him only. But when you come and start calling people leeches, I won't engage you like I engaged the former with decorum. I'll simply give you all synonyms of leeches and more. Just check your comments well before posting them, going forward.

100% agree!!!

missjekyll:
Absolutely not. I trust justwise will be along shortly to remove all the nasty comments.

You can call out people ,thats fine. Name calling is not okay .

I did read through the thread in question (rather traumatic read, gentleman splashed his toddlers face all over the internet). It appears Lexus's grouse was that this gentleman had been disruptive in the Living in the UK thread while not yet ,in fact, living in the UK.

We will keep this thread open because as more and more nigerians migrate here, they ll turn to us for advice. We will never become a force to be reckoned with in the UK if we do not stand together and share experiences.

NB: you keep saying the information is "littered" all over the Internet but you are here reading this thread ,using the advice provided here. Shouldn't you go find the "littered " advice ?

I wish you quick recovery too. It is well by God's grace.

Dappy25:

Thanks Zahra. Amen, I’m hoping for the best.

It was your comment I quoted not mine. You specifically typed that, so be mindful of what you type next time.

I don't really care if you call me his "die-hard" fan but as you, "his die-hard enemy" are "calling" him out, I am able to call you out too when I believe it is tending towards "picking" on the person.

Everyone can use grammar on the thread.

topellycategory:


Why should I pick on him I'm only telling him is actions sometimes come in a mockery way but to you his die hard fans I'm criticizing him because you choose not to see it that way ok fine.

We can all see the same screenshot that you have posted several times on the same page.

I am personally avoiding your words as I would not want to catch my kids with these kinds of words on social media, how much more an adult.

Just as you have screenshot his comment without the full context, I can screenshot all your nasty comments and share it on another thread, so people can pick on you.

It is worrisome that you are posting the same screenshot several times just to drive home your point. In the process, you have used insulting words, which are way worse than the comment you screenshot.

I can say that you are not morally qualified to call people out as you are worse than the person you are calling out.

gmacnoms:
I see you as halleluya boys Dey avoid my screenshot.

So you mean say na Lexus direct you how to take find rent for Uk?

So, you Dey find house , na Lexus tell you which website to go or which place to look Abi? Then you need to go back to otakara, if you need someone on nairaland to give you such info. Even when I Dey Nigeria, I no need come ask Lexus which website to find house.

Gradually, Halleluya boys go realize say wetin dem Dey ask na basic things wey simple search go give dem million results and info.

Lexus Halleluya boys. Make Una begin identify Una self one after the other.

Thank God you said "picking"on him.
Just by searching google, I got this. pick on somebody/something. ​to treat somebody unfairly, by blaming, criticizing or punishing them.

You can state your fact and move on, no need to.pick on him. When you start picking on someone, then you are worse than the person you are correcting.

topellycategory:
That's the same way they will turn their back against you when you're on your own.
Iam not picking on you for no reason I'm just stating your act sometimes that's uncalled for.
Anyway they will always see me as your enemy iam not surprised though.

Check startups that have stabilised. They usually sponsor. I know someone that got 5 year sponsorship with good salary after MSc. In cybersecurity.

Please keep applying. You will get one soon.

hustla:


I will look into this

Many thanks boss!

You will not need to start all over. It counts towards the 5 yrs

Not a senior though.

Regex:
Biko, Seniors in the house. I have got a question. If one is working in care on sponsorship for 2yrs and got a job in another sector on the job shortage list. Will the person start afresh to count towards 5yrs or they will continue from the 2yrs?

You wey no need any support. I wonder how you keep going despite some very spiteful comments. I admire this your ability. You no send anybody.

Zahra29:


Aww thank you 😊
Make sure you show up to support me oh when my own dragging starts

Na so o. How do we thrive despite the harsh laws and rules? That should be our aim.

deept:


The UK does not just hate students who bring their money to come to contribute, we hate the middle class worker because we tax them to the teeth. We hate the Europeans who came here to work and contribute, we voted brexit. We hate corporations because they do not pay enough tax. We hate landlords, enterpreneurs with all the roadblocks and million regulations that does not encourage investment and productivity. We hate gen Z, we hate the consaervatives, we hate labpour, we hate SNP,. The hate is not reserved for any group.

Question is how do we thrive inspite of everything?

You said "nobody fit pressure you" and in the same comment, you are making the claim he pressurised you. What should we believe?

NezzyMike:



He did and it keeps ringing in my head on this forum...I no fit enter mortgage without being
stabilized first like they did. Life on social media is always dec£itful, nobody fit pressure me