HollyMadison:
Hello elders,

Thank you for your help and advice, I have been liking responses to my visit visa questions.

I have one more question for now

Grandma is not paying anything towards her visit. So how do I answer the question below, I tried to put 0gbp but it wasn’t accepted.

Should we send some naira for her to use as her personal contribution to the trip?
Or
Should we leave the 4k there (though it’s our contribution, not hers)?

Since Grandma is not paying anything towards her visit, you may put £1 or 1 naira.
That was what I did for my parents and in-laws.

Visa Alert!


Applicants: Parents-in-law
Submission: 10th November (Standard)
Biometrics: 17th Novermber (Self-service, Ikeja)
TLS Pick-up email (FIL): 8th December
TLS Pick-up email (MIL): 9th December

Passports with Visa collected: 11th December

Applied for both of them from the UK

adedapodvirus001:
Good evening house, please does the UKVI accept the Amex credit card for payment of Visa and IHS Fee?

Has anyone tried it in the past.

Yes, UKVI does accept Amex credit card.

Talking from personal experience

justwise:
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Name one of such job

A few specialist roles within the NHS.

Merry Christmas Justwise

claremont:



I have spoken about this mythical disparity previously.
A doctor/nurse/dentist/pharmacist/engineer/IT expert etc in London isn't getting paid more than their counterparts in the NE. The London weighting pay gets swallowed by the cost of living in London. If you do some research, you will find that in certain professions, the pay in the ''North'' is more than that in London and the SE. The reasons are many, amongst which are most professionals would prefer to live down south than up North for various reasons. Thereby leading to a shortage in the North of these professionals, thus an escalation in pay rates. It's supply and demand.

True.

I know of some professionals (based on their band) who are paid RRP up north in addition to their salary.
I think some professionals in the north get paid more than their counterparts in the south.

realvip:
I applied for a 3 year work Visa but the validity in my passport is From 19/11/2021 - 17/02/2022.

Is this how it is supposed to be on the passport?
I'm confused.

Yes. The 90-day visa vignette on your passport is the time-frame you could enter the UK. Otherwise, you may need to reapply for another vignette at a cost.

Your BRP will have the 3-year validity on it.

Permit me to welcome you to the UK in advance.

Nnemomatina:


Thanks so much for this.
Going through your write up, it looks like I made a little mistake while applying for my mom to come and visit my husband and I in the UK...

Firstly, her address on her bank account is our village address, but she is in Lagos now to visit my brother and we used my brothers address..if the both addresses do not match, will it cause any issues?

First, I wouldn't know if it will cause issues. On my part, I had to make sure my parent's home address is in consonance with the address attached to their bank account. For me, that's my way of tying up loose ends.

Again, we chose my mom is a a farmer and earns around 500k per annum, plus additional money from children..... but there is no proof of any deposits from her farming business.. how do we explain to ECO about this...

Personally, if she cannot produce any document to back up the claim, I will be advise you put unemployed.

What I did during mine was to put unemployed for both parents. However, in the additional section for more details on the application form, I stated clearly that I had to use 'umemployed' for them because they have no receipts/documents to back up the their petty sales. I explained the the contents of their petty trading business.



I have pictures I took with her in the farm few years back which I will also upload.

This will be a good idea.


We also filled that she is living with her grand daughter who is 10 years and will love to come back to unite with her after visiting...

Not necessarily advisable to put this.
What it means is that she is financially responsible for the 10 year old. Hope that reflects in her application as well as her finances.
Personally, if she will be fully sponsored by you, then I will advise not to includethe 10 year old in her application.

We will also put on the invitation letter that she will return in order to harvest her farm products...

Again, our UK accounts we use for expenses and also salary account..we have a joint account where we transfer money to. If we only print our individual account statements and submit without attaching the savings acct, will it cause issues? Or should we put savings account as well..

I will advise you just use one account that you are sure has sufficient funds to cater for her trip and your family for the duration of her stay as well as all other travel logistics of hers.

During mine, only one account was used.


I look forward to ur response please

I hope this helps

VISA ALERT!!!

Applicants: My Parents (Dad and Mum)

Visa Type: 6 months Standard Visit/Tourist visa

Timeline
Application submitted on 14/092021

Biometrics (Self upload) done 23/09/2021

Application transferred and received at DMC on 23/09/2021

Application transferred to VAC in the morning of 08/11/2021 according to tracking.

TLS passport email received in the evening of 08/11/2021

Passport collected 09/112021.
6-month VISA granted to both of them.

Documents submitted

Application submitted as UNEMPLOYED.
A note was written to inform ECO that UNEMPLOYED was picked because they have no receipts/documents to back up their PETTY TRADING Business (A shop used for the trade located in front their abode).

1. Invitation letter to my parents
2. Cover Letter to ECO
3. Letter of Sponsorship and support addressed to the ECO
4. Sponsor's GTB Bank Receipts of Monthly stipends sent to them (January 2021 to September 2021)
5. 3-month Bank statement showing applicant's home address, full name and highlighted monthly stipends recieved from sponsor.
6. Sponsor's Birth Attestation (showing full names of both parents)
7. Sponsor's 4-month UK Account statement
8. Sponsor's 7-month Payslips
9. Sponsor's BRP
10. Sponsor's Utility and council bills
11. Sponsor's Rent Agreement
12. Sponsors Work ID
13. Sponsor's International passport
14. Few Pictures with both parents Sponsor and their grandchildren.
15. Land Receipt of their current home given.
16. Pictures of petty trading shop and some of its contents
17. Their current home building plan.
18. Parents current home electricity bills
19. Sponsors Nigerian Bank account as the source of the monthly stipends.

I hope this helps someone.

Thanks

dustydee:

That was quick. Did you pay for the same day processing(£100 extra) or just the standard one?

Just standard ooo. Man pikin had to use the 100 quid for london flexing

tshoboy:

Is it just the 5years 32pages booklet that’s available?

I got the 5 years 64 pages booklet.

Elderss:
My Odyssey� (My One-Day London trip)


I hope this brief mini-adventure helps and informs someone's future decision or dealings with the NHC London.

There have been lots of stories and opinions about passport renewal in the UK. A few of them were positive while many (if not most) reviews were shocking and sad. So, I was prospectively dreading the process should it be my time to renew.

If I had other viable choices, perhaps, I would have considered them. But going back to Nigeria because of passport renewal was a big NO for me.

And my passport FINALLY arrived 30 minutes ago at my doorstep.

Iyafife:
Please how can someone with pounds in the UK send it's dollar equivalent into a dollar account? Can he change it in the bank over there or he has to use BDC?

You may use PagoFX probably as long as the dollar account is not domiciled in Nigeria . They have good rates.
I have used it before and very reliable.

fatima04:


Nice and positive story to read..you sef try oo, all that waka in 6hrs..welldone.

Following the footsteps of our seniors like you na

Richdee1:



So no pictures to spice up your story??
Your story never complete

My Odyssey� (My One-Day London trip)


I hope this brief mini-adventure helps and informs someone's future decision or dealings with the NHC London.

There have been lots of stories and opinions about passport renewal in the UK. A few of them were positive while many (if not most) reviews were shocking and sad. So, I was prospectively dreading the process should it be my time to renew.

If I had other viable choices, perhaps, I would have considered them. But going back to Nigeria because of passport renewal was a big NO for me.

I applied for my renewal on the 23rd of December, 2020 via the Innovate1 platform. However, little did I know that it won't be possible to pick an appointment date.

Wetin man pikin go do na...I paid; hoping and believing that I will be scheduled for an appointment really soon.

I was not surprised. My biometrics appointment was sent sooner than I expected...I am sure you are now surprised.

An email for biometrics dropped after 7 months��, precisely on the 21st of July (some waited 10 months before getting their appointment). No thanks to the pandemic and backlogs of application.
The biometrics was scheduled for 27th July, between 11am and 1pm. Though, a 2-week grace period was stated in the email, I was not ready to take chances.

Since I live in one of the towns in far Northwest England, I decided to be a bit creative and take a few risks (thanks to my better-half for encouraging me)

I booked a same day return train ticket to London for 27th July.
Left my house at about 5:10am and arrived London Euston at about 10:10am.

It was my second time in London��. The first was in 2019.
Booked a taxi straight to NHC... Wished I had trekked though��. We were just moving at snail speed (traffic lights at almost every 100m��). I can't begin to imagine the stress londoners driving a manual transmission go through in the city.

Got to NHC at about 10:48am. As expected, there were some mild naija drama outside the NHC office but nothing too serious. I was just happy to witness the drama as I missed a lot of it since I arrived the Queens land��.

I was ushered into the NHC as soon as the staff confirmed my documents were complete. The crowd I met inside almost discouraged me as I practically wanted to ditch the whole process; obviously thinking when it would be my turn for biometrics.

To be honest, the process was quite fast. I left there at about 12:43pm. New Passport to be posted within the next 2 weeks (fingers crossed).

London Palava

Thinking about what to do with my spare time, it was necessary to activate my sight-seeing genes. I walked around and visited the London Eye. The ice-cream sold by the frozen yoghurt van in that area get as e be sha.

From there, I moved to Thames Clippers , swiped my card and enjoyed about a 45-minute River Thames boat cruise to North Greenwich Peninsula (passing under the London Bridge, Tower bridge, showing us the tower of London, the Shard and other historic places).
Arriving at the peninsula, had to visit the O2, Emirates Air line cable and experienced some 4D Rollercoaster.

Then, I decided to take 2 bus rides (108 and 15) from the peninsula to Charring cross. From there, I moved to Trafalguar Square where I rested for a while��. It was there I also saw the National Gallery.

Finally walked back to London Euston station after window shopping. Train left Lodon Euston at 18:23. Arrived my humble abode at about 23:30.

Do I wanna live in London... NO! NO!! NO!!!�‍♂️�‍♂️�‍♂️�‍♂️�‍♂️�‍♂️�‍♂️
Let the Londoners continue the lord's work there.

Will I be visiting again.. YES! YES!! YES!!! Probably with the family this time.

Lots and loads of places that could not be visited because of time�

Lexusgs430:




The light and day, can never mix.........

Hi, Lexus.
Please I sent you a DM.

Amiphany:


I have naira. Can change for you and collect pounds @£1 to #660

I am also interested. Sent you a pm.

famzynet:
Please what are the genuine payment outlets to send pounds to naira. Afripay has good rate but poor customer care. They don't pick their calls. Has anyone tried using lycaremit? How is their service and how is the payment made to them?

Lycaremit is good. I can now recommend them. My first transaction with them was a nightmare. It took calling them out on trustpilot before they attended to my request after 2 days. I guess it was due to verification delays.

All my subsequent transactions with them have been wonderful. Beneficiaries get credited within 10mins of transaction. So, thumbs up to them.

Moneyfex is also good.

Job Title: Business Development Executive

Company: An indigenous health diagnostic facility.

Company Location: Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos.

Minimum Requirements: HND/Bsc.

Candidates with science background or ability to demonstrate equivalent experience in the health field will be given preference.

Method of Application: Interested candidates may send a cover letter and curriculum vitae as an ATTACHMENT to the email below.
Email: lanrebforgod@yahoo.com

Closing date for Application: 7th November, 2020

Mustardsandteal:
hi, what course did the person study? And do you know if he had HCPC? I don't have the money for HCPC, hence why I am asking. If I get a job and Cos however, I can easily borrow visa and ticket fees. So please reply. I sent you an email, can you reply please or reply here, anyone is good

Hi,

1. The person studied Medical Laboratory Science.

2. Yes, he had his HCPC

Mustardsandteal:
thank you. Please let me know. COS as in course of study or cousin?

The person got his Health and Care Visa.
Thanks

noblealuu:


Is IELTS part of the requirements if one can proof undergoing studies in English and backing it up with a reference from their alma mater?

My honest advice?
Just tick the box that says 'English is your first Language'

I know of about 4 persons who did this and got favorable outcome from HCPC.

brine:


Can a person submit self printed statement of account generated online or would one need to go to the bank to get a signed/stamped copy of bank statement ? Thanks

For what type of visa sir?

Mustardsandteal:
thank you. Please let me know. COS as in course of study or cousin?

Certificate of Sponsorship

Mustardsandteal:


Hi, do you know anyone who has gotten this visa from Nigeria?

I know of someone who has made the visa application.

232 quid for up to 3 years and about 464 quid for up to 5 years.
His COS was for 5 years though.

Should get the outcome within the next few days.
May let you know once he gets the visa.

Mamatukwas:
Hello,

So we own a company that helps fashion buyers/boutique owners/personal shoppers in the fashion space -children, men & women, buy things from the Uk and ship to Nigeria.

Hi,
I sent you a PM. Need to send a few things to Naija. Wondering if you can provide the logistics service as well as your current rate.

Thanks

gratefulme40:
Biko, which money transfer app is giving fair/good rate today? I wan send small change

You may try Lycaremit

[quote author=Kyngs post=92703348][/quote]

Hello Kyngs, do you mind if I respond?

1. No, course information (along with the main application) should do.

2. No, current and previous MLSCN licenses should do.

3. Yes, you can write 'I am in English-speaking country'

4. With reasonable years of experience (if truly an MLS), your HCPC outcome should be favorable.

However, getting a job is different issue.

kode12:


Is this moneyflex an app or vis the website. I cant find the site online.

It's moneyfex.com and it's via the website. Not sure they have the app yet.
Used them yesterday for almost a thousand quid and it went through in less than 30mins

I will say it's reliable...from my personal experience

Yampotatocarrot:
@omopapa,

While waiting for Bradford's decision on my English proficiency, I got a mail from Wolverhampton stating that even though their biomedical science course is accredited by IBMS, completing the course does not allow one work as a biomedical scientist afterwards, and this applies to ALL IBMS-accredited masters course, irrespective of university.

They said the M.Sc course was kind of meant for those who were already practising practitioners. The only way one can practice is by going for the undergraduate biomed course, or applying directly to the institute itself.

Please, I'm confused. Isn't there a way around this, considering I already have another offer from Teesside?

Hello Yampotatocarrot,

Personally, I think the university is right. MSc in biomedical science does not allow one to work as a BMS.
What qualifies the person is his/her undergraduate degree (not necessarily UK undergraduate degree)

1. Was your undergraduate degree in Biomedical science/Medical Laboratory Science?
1a. If yes, do you have any relevant work experience in the field?
1b. If No (to question 1), then you will have to convince HCPC that your undergraduate degree is relevant to BMS practice...If not, I doubt you will ever be to able to work in that field in the UK even with your MSc.

Your answers to the questions above will determine my further advice.

Kind regards

Calm054:


Good day, thanks for your reply.
Yes I do have 2 years work experience (Internship and NYSC) + some Volunteer jobs .
I usually apply for Band 5 jobs roles.

It's quite difficult and rare to find a locum band 5 BMS role. Most band 5 jobs are on permanent basis and are given to candidates who have completed at least a year UK relevant training or work experience.

While you can get a locum band 6 job, your 2 years Nigerian experience won't be enough... You are like a fresher into the career.

So, you may have have to go through few months volunteer jobs as Omopapa mentioned earlier.
Once that's completed, then you can begin to apply for locum Band six roles.

BTW, what's your speciality?

Calm054:


Thank you Omopapa for your reply. I already have accounts with the different job sites you mentioned. Nothing encouraging has come out of[b] it because I do not have UK work experience[/b]. I just needed to know how many months experience I would need to be accepted in UK. I have read and taken note of your advice and would act accordingly. As for ILR, God would perfect that one for us, we just need to start the race and start it well. Thank you so much once again.

Having a UK work experience could make it easier to get BMS roles but not compulsory.
Do you have any previous work experience?
What band roles have you been applying to?