bucade11:
Bro Femi, how are you! I’m waiting for your red sir. Thanks

davodyguy:

I give up.

May it not be well with all those bastards spoiling the name of this country abroad

davodyguy:

Good evening

Can please speak with you in private?

bucade11:
I have sent pm to you b4, the app isn’t allowing me to send another one. bbahams4real@yahoo.com.
Thanks brother

bucade11:
Thanks for your honest verdicts... I will ask for my refund.

bucade11:
Thanks for your analysis, I have learnt a lot.... but with the situation of things, should I order for refund and forget about it or there’s a way out of this? I have his birth certificate and my mum birthday certificate. I’m not working for my uncle, I’m a research scientist with a national research Institute. He’s just sponsoring me due to relationship he shared with my mum. ( I provided my six month pay slip)

bucade11:
My sponsor is my maternal uncle and we don’t bear the same surname. He asked if he can transfer 8-10m into my account and he’ll explain it that it’s meant for my upkeep. ( he was the one that paid for my tuition)

jess2019:
My son will be 9 in October but his behaviour bothers me so much. He acts like a day dreamer. He has turned me into a shouting and miserable mum as I had to beat him after I've exhausted other punishment options. To make this short, I'm going to summarise his behaviour.

He still cannot get himself ready for school in the morning. Either he doesnt cream his body or forgets to comb his hair or doesnt brush his teeth. He forgets to brush his teeth almost everyday. This made me to make a list of step by step sticker. I sticked this on their bathroom mirror and on his bedroom wall. Yet I have to keep reminding him everyday. For example, last week on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday he forgot to brush his teeth and hair. I have to constantly be reminding him every morning. He is the only one that brushes teeth after getting ready. I trained them to brush teeth first before shower but he keeps forgetting.

I have to remind him to do his homework, and put it back in his school bag to return to school on Mondays. The book will still not make it to the school even after constant reminder. We've lost countless of lunch bags. One ended up on school roof. If you give him any form to submit back to his teacher. He will forget in his bag so I now give it to his sister to give to his teacher.

He removes his clothes, shoes, pants, belts etc and leave them on the floor, I bought two laundry baskets for him. One in his room, another in their bathroom, yet all his belongings end up on the floor that you can hardly find a space to put a foot. I dont expect him to be perfect but atleast to try so that his 70% clothes make it to the basket or shoes to their racks. He also has a book shelf and desk yet they also end up on the floor.

He plays so much that sometimes he leaves shops with items in his hands. So I have to always watch out for him. Living in a western country where black boys are stereotyped I fear for him. He can stare at the ceiling for hrs when getting ready for school or spend long time in the shower yet not using soap on his body. This usually makes us late unless I step in to help or keep shouting.

If you ask him to do any house chores, he will not do it instead waiting for us to forget so he can get away with it. When grounded not to watch TV, he will still do it once he knows am inside my room or busy with a baby.

Yesterday we revised all his lesson assignments (5 work books). I specifically asked him to put them in his lesson bag. I pointed at the bag. Now I drop him at the lesson only for him to say oh I think I came with old lesson books. I dont know how he ended up with old books in his bag. It could be he planned it as a way to avoid the lesson. If not I wonder how he will remember it himself as soon as I drop him and his sister as this is unlike him.

I've taken him to a doctor incase there is any diagnosis so I can give him all the help he needs but they said it's just his behaviour because according to the doctor he is smart academically. He is 18months ahead of his year level. So they ruled ADHD out.

bucade11:
Good day, @femijck... pls I need your help! I got admission for a PhD program @ Lincoln and I applied for visa on 24th July, case officer sent mail on 14th August that I should supply my subject thesis which I did the same day. I received declined mail this morning. The case officer said I didn’t prove the relationship between me and my sponsor( different surname) and he’s not convinced if I’ll have access to the fund.
Pls what can I do? I paid first year tuition

davodyguy:
Like play like play, we are now 6

6 people on board to say Kia Ora, Thanks for stopping by

Myself plus 5 other colleagues. Two more people were granted this morning.

It remains two more awaiting response

Auckland here we come

davodyguy:
Femi.

Be like say, na Visa season I dey, as visa just dey rush me.

Just granted today 9/8/19 my Australian Visa for 3 days multiple entry

davodyguy:
There's a Kmart close to us

St Lukes St Lukes Shopping Centre, 72 St Lukes Road, St Lukes, Mount Albert, Auckland 1025, New Zealand

The Warehouse Group as well
21 Elliott St, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010, New Zealand

davodyguy:

Thanks bro.

Vodafone is just a sim card that would be picked up at international airport on arrival and inserted into my phone from Nigeria.

Please which other network provider makes sense.
My two lines would be roamed automatically, but I need only data to check mails or make WhatsApp calls when I'm not in the room or conference venue.

Thirdly, I wouldn't mind where I can shop. One may one to buy one or two things like clothes, footwears etc as a souvenir for people back home. If you can link me, I'll appreciate

davodyguy:
https://amp.rnz.co.nz/article/5069d6e2-462d-4eb1-99b2-f8b269ce495e

davodyguy:
femijck and ugsams

Back to my own matter(Since ugsams refused to assist)

I have decided on the following

Tourism
Join the Auckland Explorer Bus is the city’s original hop on hop off sightseeing tour to explore Auckland’s top attractions. Cost is 45$

Flight
Eventually went for Emirates Airline
Lagos- Dxb- Auckland-Dxb- Lagos. Total cost is about N1.1m

Airport to Hotel
I contacted SkyBus who gave me the online ticket purchase Total:$34.00 NZD for a return Journey to Hotel and back to Airport on departure

Communication on the Go
SkyBus is trying to sell Vodafone Travel SIM NZ Travel Lite with 200 mins + 200 TXTs to 16 countries and 30 Day Chat Pass for $29
It comes with 1.5g for 30 days.
Though Wifi is available in the hotel and also at conference venue.
[img]https://www.skybus.co.nz/uploads/ticket-packages/ticket-pkg-VODASIM-1_5GB.png[/img]

Please what do you guys think about the Vodacom sim plan?

Thanks

davodyguy:
Hello femijck and ugsams

They just refused that colleague that I thought was going to get his visa today


I've told him not to bother reapplying, owing to the 2nd refusal of another colleague.

For now, it's still 3 of us and we are hopeful for at least 2-3 others

Aliencraft:

You nailed it

davodyguy:
I am sensing something.

A colleague with three international Travel experience, landed properties, cars and top position in his office was denied twice in June/July, but another one with a 'VIRGIN' passport is about getting visa, who didn't submit a single property or car, neither did he show strong ties to Nigeria, or send any cover letter(Yes, cos i handled it and we didn't even send any cover letter and attached only 6 items) is very close to being granted.

of course case handled by different officer

Wonders shall never end

patani:


Did you mention how racist the Kiwis are? NZ is a no go for me personally...My company sends my colleague for IT consulting and I don't pray to be posted there, judging from the report I have from them.

ugsams:


I think if you've got your license, you can do deliveries for the likes of Domino pizza, I know a couple of students doing this here. Although they are Arabic guys. Does the delivery in Finland contribute to your working hours as a student? How much can you make off it doing deliveries in Finland in a month?

Deepfreezer:
I swear just look at what youths are doing in Hong Kong. Nigerian youths don't have problems at all.

davodyguy:
Thanks for your comment.

I have some things to say, but so I don't sound racists, I would not say it here in the open, maybe to your mail.

It's quite unfortunate how they treat Nigerians.

In 2017 precisely in July, I was denied AU visa (my application was submitted online and treated in SA)

The officer said I didn't provide evidence that I've attended a similar conference before in a comparable country. He denied me on 27th July, I reapplied on 31st July and sent a protest letter against for not considering previous visas and the fact that I was in Tokyo for same conference in 2015. He responded and said the Japanese Visa showed visit Visa, rather than business Visa, hence he assumed I went for tourism and not for conference.

Just image that kind of excuse.

After reapplication, same person granted the visa on 31/8/2017. I was able to travel to Australia and participated in the Sydney conference.

25 Nigerians applied, only 6 of us were issued Visas. Out of the 6, only 3 of us traveled cos the ticket cost was into the millions, because of closeness to travel date.

Now in 2019, we faced the same thing. About tell has applied, and only 3 so far, all others were denied.

Sometimes, I wonder what's happening. Is it that our image is so battered abroad that genuine applicants will have to suffer for the sins of microscopic stupid individuals who criminally violated visa rules?

It's very unfortunate to say the least

davodyguy:

Oga, you didn't comment on my post for visa denial for a colleague the second time

Jayce01:
Hi everyone, please I'd like to ask
BTW New zealand and finland which is a better option? Especially for a student, who's looking to take up part time jobs, maybe one or two while going to school?

hammed71:
please guys how do I go about this

davodyguy:


Here's the cost of air ticket and options

1. Ethiad Lagos -Abu Dhabi- Auckland no need for transit Visa ₦1,400,000
2. Qatar airways Lagos -Doha- Auckland no need for transit ₦1,400,000
3. Emirates Airline Lagos- Dubai- Auckland, no need for transit ₦1,350,000
4. SAA Lagos- JXB- Perth- AKL may need transit ₦817,000

Considering I'm only going for conference and I'm not going to make any money in Auckland, which is the most reasonable option to take as a family who need to spend money on other important things apart from traveling?