Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 8:40am On Mar 15, 2022 |
Ray7878: Nothing stops you from working as a self-employee even if you have been signed off for 2 weeks on paternity leave as per your main job. Thank you sir |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 2:45am On Mar 15, 2022*. Modified: 8:40am On Jun 04, 2022 |
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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 8:17pm On Mar 10, 2022 |
Bluetherapy: How does the "ajo/esusu" style works. Wouldn't the repayment/contribution show in the bank statement and potentially affect affordability? Simply wait for 3 or more months after receiving the funds in your account before you make a full mortgage application as lenders usually ask for bank statements of the last 3 months preceding your application. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 2:32am On Feb 19, 2022 |
deept: Council tax on empty houses is usually even more than occupied houses. It is like a property tax on every dwelling and someone must be liable either the tenant who lives there or the landlord.
Property gurus correct me if I'm wrong o. Plus I was in same situation last year and paid the tax for both. The person that sold you the house would probably have informed the fibbing that ownership has changed so the bill will be coming to you Thanks once again, I just completed a council tax registration form on my Borough's website. There are just too many costs associated with house moving, chai. I read that there is some sort of discount for empty and unfurnished properties, I've informed my council, let's see if we will get the discount. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 1:58am On Feb 19, 2022 |
deept: Yes Thanks. Seems kind of unfair to have to pay it twice as both houses are under the same local council authority and also one will be empty. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 1:15am On Feb 19, 2022 |
canadaishome: Good day Is it possible to get Nigerian international driver's license while I'm in the UK? Yes it is, but if you have your regular Naija driver's licence and it is still valid, you don't need the international version. I'm assuming this is for the purpose of drivung in the UK. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 1:11am On Feb 19, 2022 |
Good day house, hope everyone is well and safe. Please how is council tax handled when moving houses? The new house will be empty for some weeks to allow for renovation, so moving is delayed even though we've completed. Does this mean we will be liable for council tax on two separate addresses while the renovation is going on? |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 9:14pm On Feb 09, 2022 |
mintyx: I have learnt quite a lot from this thread and I'm interested in paying for/and learning certificate courses that can help me get side hustle jobs like work from home jobs without affecting the healthcare care that'd bring me to UK. Will this plan not violate the terms of your visa? To the best of my knowledge you can only do a second job if that job is in the same occupation code as the one you are sponsored to do in the UK or the job is in ashortage occupation.
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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 5:44pm On Feb 07, 2022 |
omopapa: People of God, Abeg which institution can you recommend for a LISA account, April is just next tomorrow Moneybox, their customer service is spot on. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 4:49pm On Feb 06, 2022 |
msttolusola: Can international students get students loan in uk No, If by student loan you mean student finance from the UK government. The latter is categorised as public funds which your immigration status does not allow you to access. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 11:05am On Feb 06, 2022 |
level10: Good morning,Abeg I have 2 question. Please is the international driving license valid for 1 year after being issued or 1 year after I started driving with it in the uk.
1 Year from your date of arrival in the UK and not from the issue date or the date you started driving in the UK
What is the likely amount i will pay for council tax in a 3 bed room ,Liverpool
Your council tax will depend on the council tax band your house is in, use this link https://www.gov.uk/council-tax-bands to check your council tax band and go to your local council website to see what your council tax should be. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 11:38pm On Feb 05, 2022 |
Lebara is fine. You can use my referral link below to order your sim, you'll get 50% discount for the 1st 3 months. http://aklam.io/qwuNXcPoanan: Good evening all. I arrived Uk this week and kindly advise on the telephone line one can purchase.
As a guide the place I stay has a free wifi and very fast and i can call everyone at home using whatsapp.
Elders pkease kindly advise. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 10:51pm On Feb 03, 2022 |
Rishi wan by force borrow all of us 200 quid TheGuyFromHR: Sunak, Ofgem, Bank of England - all of them worked overtime today. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 11:08pm On Jan 29, 2022 |
Check pages 170-172 of this thread, the subject was discussed on those pages. Ugo73: Please to the seniors/gurus in the house, what's the best way to start saving for a house. I intend buying a house in the next 2 years. Thanks |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 11:02pm On Jan 29, 2022 |
Not automatically, but the kids can skip the ILR phase and apply for naturalisation as soon as any of their parents gets ILR. You also don't need to include them as your dependants if there are no plans to take them out of the UK untill you or your other half gets ILR. tolajay: Good evening, house.
Does a UK-born child from a Tier 2 parent automatically become a UK citizen?
If not, what's the process for achieving citizenship for UK-born immigrants?
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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 10:39pm On Jan 26, 2022 |
Student copy should suffice, it will be be sent directly to you or you get someone to pick up on your behalf and send to you. Alternatively, you can apply for the official copy using a corporate address of someone you know who can subsequently send it over to you. mizGene: Good evening guys.
Has anyone here ever done Certificate & English proficiency verification via ECCTIS? ( Formerly NARIC)
How is the transcript submitted to them? From what I see on their website, it appears the candidate has to have a copy of the transcript...and I know this is unlikely for Nigerian schools.... Anyone know anything about this? |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 9:14pm On Jan 22, 2022 |
Isn't the rebate per contribution? You won't get the rebate by just opening the SIPP you will only get it when you contribute into it. So I think having multiple accounts is possible considering different platforms have different offerings, e. g no individual stocks on vanguard and there is on say freetrade, so if I want individual stocks in my SIPP I will open one where I can get that, fund it and get the rebate for that contribution. NB: I've never tried this just thinking it through. Lexusgs430: You can only have one SIPP account.......... You wan dey collect 20% from HMRC, at multiple points.......
Richy Dishi go come for ur neck ...........  |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 9:07pm On Jan 22, 2022 |
No need, the only criteria to fulfill is to be out of job for a minimum of 4 months I think. ritzzybaron: Hello. So before you withdraw from your Pension account, what will you tell them? That you’ve moved? Please give me the scope. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 8:57pm On Jan 22, 2022 |
Look at the SIPP same way as your stocks and share ISA but with the added benefit of a 20% tax rebate (an extra 20% when you do your tax return if you are a higher rate taxpayer) anytime you make a contribution into it. Unlike your stocks and share ISA though, you cannot withdraw from it until you reach the pension age and the income you draw from it after you've taken out the 25% lump sum will also be subject to income tax. ukay2: Please I need more explanations with figures in this SIPP contributions in relation to NHS pension scheme. I lready have LISA, Sock and Shares ISA accounts.
I saw the SIPP pension with freetrade app and I assumed l don't need it as I am already in NHS pension scheme.
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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 10:30pm On Jan 19, 2022 |
It is 25% and you should be able to if you use stanbic ibtc, don't know of other PFAs. mizGene: Guys, has anyone here managed to withdraw their pension funds from Nija without a physical visit?..
I figure it makes sense to move the available fraction (it is 50% abi?) to an ISA here...make the money no de depreciate anyhow.. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 5:16pm On Jan 14, 2022*. Modified: 4:25am On Jan 27, 2022 |
You can change jobs, provided you get another employer to sponsor you, this has no effect on your ILR clock. mizGene:
 It must feel like a trap! If your employer is a bad one, it will really feel horrible to keep staying because you can't help it.....damn! |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 5:10pm On Jan 14, 2022 |
ILR clock only resets when you switch visa categories and not jobs, so in this case the ILR clock will continue as normal. Viruses: If you change job mid-way, the new employer has to sponsor you and your 5 year route to ILR starts afresh. That's the temptation I will avoid no matter the pay involved. |
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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 2:34pm On Jan 09, 2022 |
checkmateman: I am following the thread and has been informative, I want to ask if a Student can start this LISA of a thing, i know there are risk involved especially when the visa is not fully clear but can the student start regardless of that though Student are not allowed to take any government benefits The account is open to any UK resident between the ages of 18 and 39 and no it is not public funds so you are not taking any benefits. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 2:18pm On Jan 09, 2022 |
Yes, you can open one up until the day before your 40th birthday
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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 4:57pm On Jan 08, 2022 |
You simply allow the 1 Year anniversary of your LISA account to fall into the following tax year, remember tax year is 6th April - 5th April of the following year, you then deposit the maximum £4k in each of the the tax year. For example if I'm to open one today 8/01/22, my 1 Year anniversary will be 8/01/23. I will deposit the max £4k before 5th April 2022 covering the current tax year and deposit another £4k in the new tax year starting 6th April 2022 but before the anniversary of my account which is 8/01/23. You both do this, and you will get the £4k I referenced in my earlier post. ukay2: Please explain this 2 tax years within a calendar year if one wants to max the 4 pounds allowance....
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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 11:33pm On Jan 07, 2022 |
In addition to all the have been said, try to max out your £4k allowance if you can before April 5th, that way you get to earn the bonus for 2 tax years within a calendar year. If you are buying with someone get the person to do the same and you both make £4k between you in one calendar year. Olinga: Thank you so much joining money box too�� |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 11:28pm On Jan 07, 2022 |
What you are talking about is help to buy equity loan and not LISA and it is even a maximum of 20% not %25. ukay2: I think you will pay back after 5 years of buying the house...it's not a free money, just to help you buy your FIRST house |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 12:51pm On Dec 23, 2021 |
Domistic: Hello Team and compliments of the season
Please which site in Uk here can I see all these small small workers. Am moving house and needed a carpenter to help fix stuff. Location is Coventry. I have searched gumtree unsuccessfully. The ones there no send me at all. I guess they may have a popular site for such jobs, including plumbers Try trustatrader. com |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 6:06pm On Dec 13, 2021 |
Thank you for your input LagosismyHome: I doubt that very much that a dependent salary will even be in the matter... what if the dependant is a house wife or house husband. It is not a requirement for the dependant to work hence I don't think it factors in at all
At least not when I was doing mine. I know things change quickly so double checking is good but I don't see how it can factor in. It should be requirement regarding the main applicant |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 5:24pm On Dec 13, 2021 |
Thank you fatima04 fatima04: No they don't, basically the main applicant just needs to demonstrate he or she is still needed for the job and explain any absences. Once the main applicant fulfills that the dependant should be fine as long as all the immigration rules were adhered to.
You no get problem, fire on with your application. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Estroller: 4:26pm On Dec 13, 2021 |
Hello house, I'll appreciate your inputs on this please. I also don't mind any link to the relevant document where I can read up about it. Thank you guys. Lagosismyhome gratefulme40 dustydee dupsyhoo theguyfromhr umarwy deept justwise RalphLauren wonlasewonimi Estroller: Hello all, please a quick one for those who have successfully applied for ILR via Tier2/ work visa route. Do Tier2 dependants also need to satisfy the salary requirement when applying for ILR or this is solely for the main visa holder? I've been poring over relevant sections on the gov.uk website but all I've seen so far suggest the salary requirement is only for the main tier2 visa holder and kind of subjective for the dependant, it only says to ensure you can support yourself and the usual NRPF. Thanks for your anticipated responses. |