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Mosdiii:
Not correct. Those Nigerian visa officials are so damn corrupt!!! You wouldn't understand

chriskosherbal:
they should also give them the treatment they give us here wen we apply for visas is just normal.

No one has monopoly to dey do anyhow

Mosdiii:
I have lived in several countries in Europe and I noticed that the Nigerian embassy hardly give visa to Europeans... It's a strange fact and I'm serious. I have alot of friends and business partners who wanted to come to Nigeria yet they are denied visa... I wonder why

Abbeyme:
Lol. Dey play

Abbeyme:
Lol. Dey play

Abbeyme:
Oh my. Sorry for your experience, poster..

That 'would be' employer might just be a sadist and just have no interest in giving you a offer, everyone with a single internet connection source would always be faced with that challenge, whichever part of the world you are.

You might have been profiled.

The network downtime is not your fault and it's not the end of the world.

Note that your have greatly improved your self, skills and confidence. Do not be dismayed.

Go on and apply for more positions and hope for the best.

StOla:
Have you paid your monthly bills (house rent, electricity, gas, water, TV etc), or bought monthly supplies?

Iamzik:
Doesn't work that way. The bills are in pounds so doing mental conversion to naira is meaningless unless you want to send the money back home to invest. Cost of living is high

Reflect7:
If you don't have money, UK is more enjoyable.

The reason is because they have a social welfare system that pays the unemployed a monthly stipend.

The reason they can afford to do that is because they have a population of 70 million with an annual, budget of 2 TRILLION POUNDS STERLING.

Mac2016:
I laugh in Spanish. Don't be quick to convert cos you won't spend Naira in the UK. House rent & council tax + tf + groceries lasan, 1k or more is gone. How many people spend 1.5m Naira monthly in 9ja?

Ayo25:
If you say you are travelling for greener pastures, and got there to see that the grass is not greener, will shame allow you come back? You will just remain there and toughen it out. There you have your answer for those asking why those overseas are discouraging others.

Adamux:
They rush back because the bills are never on holiday. You pay every week. While you are holiday in Nigeria, your Landlord must receive weekly alert on rent, gas, electricity, etc.. I don't discourage anyone from going. Experience is part of life.

Adamux:
They can't relocate back because most have sold all their properties here, resigned from job,closed up businesses. How do you expect them to return? Where will they start from? You won't understand.

Believeintruth:
No seriously is not that they don't want to go back home, it is the shame of going back and starting over again and people chiding you that what did you achieve not knowing that things get as e be for here. My cousin took the boldest step to relocate when he realised he was not moving forward in the UK, even when he got to Nigeria, I was the only one he told before he told his people after some months. Now he is a senior Engineer in a big Oil company in Nigeria.

being:
And DISADVANTAGES !!
There are both.. U must consider both exhaustively not hastily choose to hear what u want to hear...
Insecurity is not zero.. teenagers do a lot of knife attacks with one another.. U can't discipline ur children the way u would like.. expenses are in pounds not naira... u get to deal with adverse weather which is a more painful problem than having to fan yourself in the afternoon when there is no light.

omohayek:
Posts like this one are meant precisely for ignoramuses like you, who assume everything costs the same in the UK as it does in Nigeria. Do you know what the average renting price for even a 1-bedroom currently is in London? More than £2,100 per month in central London, and "only" £1,750-£2,150 per month if you're willing to spend 2-hours commuting by train every day (and spending £15 on train tickets each time). Don't believe me? See for yourself!

https://www.london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/housing-and-land/improving-private-rented-sector/london-rents-map

Of course, after this you still have to pay council tax (£200/month), gas and electricity (£100/month), buy food (at least £200/month even if you never dine out), buy clothes, etc. £20,000 a year is starvation wages in the UK!

So many of you delude yourselves into thinking Britain's streets are paved with gold based on your simple-minded exchange rate calculations, only to find yourselves living a beggar's existence once you get there, not to talk of the long, cold dark winters and the near-total isolation you are bound to experience given the huge cultural differences.

StOla:
You are still making the same mistake.

You saved £5000 in a year in UK and you say you have made it?

Money that will not pay for 5months of Nanny care if you have kids.

Meanwhile N500k that is not even the equivalent of the pound amount, will pay for nanny care for 8months.

Whatever you have saved in US or UK, is for later expenditure where you are. Stop comparing it to what a Nigerian saved for later expenditure in Nigeria.

As you do not earn the same, you do not save the same, and you will never later consume the savings the same.

They are 2 separate economies, and they do not meet at the point of savings expenditure.

StOla:
You are still making the same mistake.

You saved £5000 in a year in UK and you say you have made it?

Money that will not pay for 5months of Nanny care if you have kids.

Meanwhile N500k that is not even the equivalent of the pound amount, will pay for nanny care for 8months.

Whatever you have saved in US or UK, is for later expenditure where you are. Stop comparing it to what a Nigerian saved for later expenditure in Nigeria.

As you do not earn the same, you do not save the same, and you will never later consume the savings the same.

They are 2 separate economies, and they do not meet at the point of savings expenditure.

dopedan:
How old is he? How long has he been in the UK? if you have your way and find your right path buying a 2024 car will be a small thing for you, look at Blord, at 26 he has lambo urus, gwagon and mansions he is renting out, made his money right in akwa, some people have been in this uk for 10 years they have not bought bicycle, there are still jobless citizens in the UK, get your priorities right

2Radii:
You are right as far as I am...

The more u step up the ladder the more ur expenditures grows in size sebi u know?

Left to me, the only thing that make UK better is the minimal social vices and ready made amenities..every other sides they are below Nigeria

StOla:
That $300 to $500 the career saved in a month, is it not savings that will later be expended in that same economy.

If I save in Nigeria, I save it to later spend in Nigeria, so same applies to the savings in the UK to be later spent in the UK.

Stop tying your UK savings to a future Nigerian expenditure.

Neoteny:
Average monthly rent in UK is £1,200 (london x2 that amount), average utilities is £200, £35 for internet, phone around £40, groceries around £500 monthly for a family of 3, and average bus and tram pass (for 1x person) for a month is £100

That's £2,075

Given the average annual salary is £40,000 for full-time jobs and the monthly net is averagely £2,693, your leftover is:

£2,693 less £2,075 = £618, or £20 per day.


This doesn't include clothing, toiletries, movies, haircuts, gate passes, rentals, health, insurances, entertainment, savings, gifts, etc

Love800:
They say job dey. The only thing na say the place expensive. Things are costly there but there are still jobs if you are willing to work.

fastseo:
I am in the UK and yes I have work permits. Every student nd their dependant are given 20 hrs n unlimited hrs to work.

And in Canada student can likewise work n I know lots of students that graduated from UK n left for Canada.. We are in same WhatsApp group where we share our ideas n experiences

The way u respond show u know nothing about immigration n these countries

Lazy ass common comments u can't read

fastseo:
I asked again are u in Canada? Do u know what plays out there especially last year. I have a friend who is an engineer sold all his belongings a duplex last year. Took wife to Canada.. He just got cleaning Job after 8 month.

Where do u see factory jobs? Even here in the UK u can't find. The last interview we went 2 days back over 100 applicant came for a job position of 5.

Yoi better wake up to reality. In Nigeria we draw illusions and paint the these countries as heaven. Thats how I did before I left Nigeria. Always using calculator to multiply exchange rate

I provided u with a video all u could do is to hump back here and say trash. I expected u to read over the 500 comments and draw conclusion.

fastseo:
Are u in Canada? I am telling u we have people who crossed from UK where I am to there and still yet nothing.
Many students on postgraduates are finding it difficult with jobs

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4jX_V8odJI/?igsh=bDVuYWIyOGJtOTlm

fastseo:
Yes Canada is no go area. I have people there for over a year no work now

nurd:
I have payoneer mastercard

dreamxhaser:
Thank you so much

One more question on my mind. Especially for you and evb2000

Do you think AI will replace KDP Authors in the future? I plan to do this for as long as I can. But I've been wondering if AI will destroy the business in like 4-5 years. Because I have the feeling that if AI becomes good enough, people will just generate their books with AI instead of buying from KDP.

As experts what do you think?

nurd:
Hi,

I don't particularly follow BSR much because the competition is extreme now.

What I use BSR for is to determine demand in the niche. If there is demand (at least three books with low bsr) I'll go into the niche and prop my book up with ads.

That's not to say there are not niches where you can thrive without ads. There are plenty. But I don't touch some niches for personal reasons.

Lastbornbuns:
Nawa. The highest tax band in UK is 45% so where's this 60% from?