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emmaodet:
Bro sorry to ask but what is all these fuss about the extended residency permit issue? 5 years extra and so what? If you get your British residency in 5 years, most probably you would have stayed extra 5 years or more anyway from observation.
So why the worry?
Most guys I know who migrated to US, Canada and UK have all been staying there years after getting their passports, I hardly know anyone who came back home finally, so waiting for 10 years, working and paying your taxes looks no different to me.

As someone on a Skilled Worker visa, being laid off or made redundant is especially risky—you have just 60 days to find a new sponsor or switch visas, which is nearly impossible in today’s job market. Currently, the average probability of redundancy is about 2% per year. Over five years, that’s roughly 10%, and on a 10-year route, it increases to 20%, especially in sectors that are competitive or prone to disruption.

Meanwhile, those without visa restrictions can change jobs more freely after five years to boost their income, without the added stress of needing sponsorship or worrying about passing probation.

Iring:
Good afternoon to you. I am here again ooh

I wanted to asked if after applying for my postgraduate visa and getting married to my boyfriend (he’s English) by December,

1) when do I start counting for ILR?

2) After our court wedding will he need to inform the government or I will be the one to do so?

3) Is there any application I’m expected to do after the marriage?

Another problem I have now is that my agency is even stressing they will stop me from picking shift soonest as my visa will be expiring by December. I plan on applying for my postgraduate visa two weeks to my visa expiration date🥹

Even my English boyfriend made some contact for me but they said to him that I need to secure a new visa before they can employ me.

I’m physically and mentally stress in this UK seriously.

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Thank you

ILR is 10years of legal residency, or 5years on a qualifying visa, so if you apply for PSW visa you will start counting towards the 10 years (1year on student visa + 2 years on PSW) that will be 3years, you will need another visa at the end of the psw to qualify for ILR in 10years.
Alternatively, you can apply for spousal visa which is 5years to ILR or Skill worker visa which is also 5years to ILR and you can only start counting when you've gotten the visa.

Fraih:
Hi guys

Pls how do I properly calculate the part time salary of a role when only the full-time (37.5hrs) salary is posted?

Let's say you want to find out what the part time (20 hrs) salary for a 24,500 full time role. Is there a website or a calculator?

20hours is 53.3% of 37.5. So it's 0.533FTE. Which is basically 0.533×24,500 =13,058.5

wonlasewonimi:
Ok let me try and clarify it.

The main applicant is currently working as a carer now using graduate visa. He is in the country with his family. He now plans to acquire COS via his non NHS employer. My question is what happens to his dependants that have been here with him for the past 3 years considering they now only give the main applicant?

His wife will need to get an employer to sponsor her too, preferably in a non- care sector or with NHS if in care so she can be able to add their kids on her visa. Or they will have to move back to Nigeria

wonlasewonimi:
Hey Zahra,

Let me rephrase the question. What if someone is on graduate visa and currently working in care without sponsorship , can he apply for COS with family already here in the
UK or the family, as the dependants, would have to go back to naija as he is the main applicant?

You are still not being clear enough.

You don't need you family to apply for COS.

If you are already on a Graduate visa, and you get offered a Job in Care with COS, you can only apply with your family if you employer is NHS. If not your family cannot join you as dependents.

Osoderi:
Good day house pls I need advice for my family friend who is here in the UK with her husband, she needs help from us/ advice/ suggestions. The home office has written to them to leave the UK, because their student route was not successful after the hubby failed on several occasions. Before their visa expired this year January, the lady tried looking for sponsorship,unfortunately she did not get, so a lawyer adviced they apply for PSW on the ground that her hubby will repeat and pass the exams,which they quickly did, but he failed it again and home office refused the application. We are so confused now. They are now overstayers. She is trying to seek asylum. please have anybody gone through this process OR you know any one that has gone through this asylum. Some pple advised to seek asylum in Ireland. Can anybody help us with a good lawyer that can assist. She doesn't have a job now.

Going back home is not the best solution now. pls help we are confused now. Not easy on them. Thank u.

This might not be the answer you want to hear but tell her to try
1) Germany Opportunity Card (opens in June I think)
2) Funded US PhD programs, if she has a degree with good standing

Applying for Asylum when her life is not in obvious danger is an abuse of immigration system and it ends up causing more problems for people who truly need it. Ireland has ramped up their scrutiny for Nigerians moving from UK to seek Asylum in Ireland and the UK is even something else with the new Rwanda scheme and all.

Ticha:
Yes o! Older houses every single time. Just bought a 160 year old house! Can't wait to move in and start the refurbishment.

I still do not understand the rationale behind people preferring old houses. From my professional experience working as a consultant in the built environment, new build properties offer far more benefits compared to old houses in terms of thermal comfort and energy efficiency. They require less energy to heat and are always built to the current Building Regulation AD L, which is by far the highest standard for energy efficiency in buildings.

Old houses are generally less energy efficient and not well-suited for heat pumps unless you change the entire heating system and heat emitters. Connecting to district heat networks is also a challenge.

The UK is planning to transition to a net zero economy, and buildings are a huge focus in this. Retrofitting and upgrading the building fabric of old houses is just too expensive, and yet you still will not get the same level of airtightness.

PS: This is purely from a professional view; I don't know what people's personal experiences living in these houses are.

directonpc:
As for POF, the university will withdraw such students if they are unable to complete their fees. People are learning how it's impossible to work and pay your tuition after arriving in the UK. Does stopping students from bringing dependants end fraudulent POF 100%? I'll guess NO. And UKVI should maybe do more to verify the availability of funds. I don't even see how fraudulent POF is connected to dependant visa. If anything, having a dependant makes life easier for the student as their dependant is allowed to work full-time and support them.

For your point on COS, wetin concern student with COS? Even UKVI has blocked students from switching visa before they complete their studies abi? Which I think is a great move.

You are missing the whole point, the student visa is not an immigrant visa. Most people that park their family on a student visa are traveling with migration intent hence they use the student visa as a route.

Stopping students from bringing dependents will drastically cut the number of families traveling with immigration intent, which is what the government wanted. To reduce net immigration.

Those that wants to study can come and study after 1year they return back to their family or work to skill worker visa and bring their families.

I am not saying that what the government did is the best solution, my point is that the government response is in reaction to the abuse of the system.

directonpc:
What is wrong with someone who applied to school in the UK, and can afford the fee bringing their immediate family for the duration of their stay in the UK?

I remember as a child, my entire family had to move to a new town within Nigeria so that my mother could further her education. I know this is slightly different when the movement is across countries, but in this second case, its even more important to allow people bring their dependants.

It will be interesting to know what the abuse is and why its only allowing people to come to the UK without their family that is the solution.

Are you pretending not to know that the student route was abused?

What are the main criteria for a UK student visa?

1) You should have an accepted offer from an eligible institution and hold a CAS (30 points).
2) You should have sufficient funding to cover your tuition and living expenses (10 points).
The majority of people simply did not meet the second criterion and used fraudulent means to obtain it. That is abuse.


If we cut the number of students who use fraudulent POF, or those who sold and bought COS, the number of immigrants will drop drastically, and the UK government would not even need to curtail the visa regulations in the first place. According to data from home office, Nigerians has the highest number of students dependents, if you can answer honestly what percentage of those Nigerian students with dependents have complete fund to cover the tuition and living expenses without using fraudulent POF ?
How else do you define an abuse?

Let's not always try to shy away from the truth. The whole new visa regulations are because a particular set of people (mostly Indians and subcontinentals, Nigerians, and Zimbabweans) are using fraudulent means to obtain the visa, which increases the number to an unsustainable level. And the government have to respond, which is the duty of any government.

How they respond is now a different thing altogether.

GraceofGod100:
Thanks so much, in as much we are also considering exploring other countries such as Canada,it will also be of good for us to be sure that it doesn't affect my dependants.... What's your take on my ban , will it affect them , are they also banned?

If you are baned from the UK, you will struggle to get a visa to the US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. As they are all part of the FIVE EYES and they share immigration data.

Your ban did not affect your dependents.

kwakudtraveller:
This is how some of you on this thread sound. Lol

https://www.independent.co.uk/business/british-ingenuity-not-colonialism-drove-uk-growth-says-kemi-badenoch-b2537530.html#

I'm not sure what you are driving at?

What she said is the absolute truth, "British ingenuity’ not colonialism drove UK growth" infact it's the growth that helped drive colonialism, and not the other way round.

Britain was the first major state power to consciously and deliberately develop capitalist market structures. Interestingly, this entailed expanding the reach of the state, taking up much higher tax rates than other countries in the 1700s and 1800s. They instituted a central bank and an academy of science.

toughest007:
This is exactly the fear the propaganda by the US/West is meant to achieve!!!

Now, let me ask you... who is most likely and certain to invade an independent nation, the US or Russia? Base your answer on statistics and the current subtle regional instability.

You are full of propaganda and conspiracy theories without even realizing it.

Lexusgs430:
I have been to German a few times, and I would say I have been asked for my passport, more times than I can remember......

Omo! Maybe your face dey scary 😅😅

Lexusgs430:
When you travel to Germany, ensure each time you step outside, your passport is always with you....... The Germany police would request to see your passport, on the spot.......

I have been to Germany alot of times, nobody ever ask of my passport.

MelaninGemstone:
All airlines report to the home office or only British-owned airlines?

I flew back to Nigeria with Turkish Airlines

All Airlines. Before you board your flight from Nigeria, they already know you are coming and when you leave they know as well.

I think most developed countries don't stamp out passport on exit (except schengen countries). It's simply a waste of staff time and money.

MelaninGemstone:
Guys. Please I need advise

I went to UK on a 3 weeks vacation
At the port of entry, I got stamped in

I returned to Nigeria on Friday and I’m just remembering now that I was not stamped out.

So now my passport has entry stamp but no exit stamp

I’m in Nigeria already and I’m devastated. Please what is the consequence of this mistake ? Will UK Immigration still think I’m in the UK when I’ve already left

Will it result to them thinking that I have overstayed my visa ? Please help 🥺🙏🏾

You don't get stamped out if you are leaving the UK or the US. They airline reports your movement to homeoffice

Adunnishugar:
Thank you,
She was refused last year, in that application she used an agent that stated she earns 1.5m monthly, which I think is too much, can we reduce the figure for this application? Or must we use the same figures we gave last time?

In this new application we are thinking of reducing her salary to about 800k as it makes more sense since her Account balance is about 3m.
Hope this would not be an issue?
For more context she own a bakery.

No I don’t mind showing my three months payslip, I intend to show three months payslip along with my bank statement.

The 1st rule of visa application is to tell the truth and not lie or fake anything. If she doesn't earn 800k then don't state it.

Even if she has 3m in her account, the caseworker will be looking to find the 800k salary on the bank statement.

Ayofemidara:
Hello everyone, please help me out. I got to UK about 6 months ago, how do I bring someone from Nigeria because child care is killing my salary. Thank you

How you bring someone, depends on who you intend to bring? Your partner? Then file a dependent visa if you meet the eligibility. One of your parents? Then apply for a visit visa (usually 6months).

Whizkay:
Yes, easyjet. Ah , odikwa risky to wait till last minute. Have you experienced something similar

Every single time I use EasyJet. It's normal if you are using a passport that requires visa to travel.

Samguine:
Hello everyone. I am flying to Glasgow next weekend from Luton. Is there any doc I have to carry apart from my BRP?

Thanks

You no even need your BRB. Na local flight so no passport/immigration control

Whizkay:
Hello house,

I have just renewed my NG passport here in the UK, However, I am trying to validate the passport on an airline's website and it gives an error. However when I inputted the details of my expired passport - it was accepted. Has anyone experienced this before and how did you go about it?

Na EasyJet?

No worry yourself, if you get to airport them go manually verify am

ReesheesuKnack:
From my experience, your HR is being unreasonable (if indeed they are asking for a Right to Work Share code at this stage).

You mean the company interviewed you, you met all their requirements , they issued you Certificate of Sponsorship. You used the CoS to apply for, and got a valid visa. The HR of that same company is asking you for a share code to prove your right to work, even when you’ve not yet resumed work (for them)

This is a strange one to me.

To attempt answering your question:
Write back to the HR, with a copy of the Visa vignette stamped in your passport (if it hasn’t changed recently , the employer code will be clearly visible on the vignette). Tell the HR that the process is:
Visa issued-UK entry-BRP collection-Share code generation.
Simply put: you can’t (successfully) generate a RTW share code without a BRP.

PS: I am a bit of a dinosaur so things may have changed.

The HR is right.

Even if they sponsored him/her the HR still need to get his sharecode, do a video call with him/her to confirm his identity and download a copy of the search and save it to his/her profile before his/her employment start date. This is a mandatory requirement needed for compliance.

I think the problem is that the OP might have failed to communicate his situation to the HR and either reschedule the date to submit the sharecode or move his resumption date. Unfortunately, Visa vignette and even BRB will not be accepted as the employer need to evidence that they have conducted a right to work check.

jedisco:
Yeah... so I thought. But with the new category based entry draws (which includes STEM), age has much less of an effect on the outcome. Moreso the cutoff for the category based draw is falling round by round (which could change soon as folks become more aware). For those near the cutoff, provinces would usually send then letters inviting them for a nomination which if acceptedand followed through essentially guarantees a PR. With UK experience in IT, one should be able to apply for tech jobs there which would give a work permit.
Considering the time and effort put you have put in and you being certain you'd want to continue in IT, the UK should work out but if it doesn't, it's worth not being boxed into a corner.

I'm above 30 and applied mid-last year- got a provisional nomination within a month (didn't accept it) and was picked up by the next federal draw a month afterwards. A bit of a wait and many docs requested and have now been invited to send my passport in to conclude the process. Overall, it was pretty straightforward.

Alternative could be to apply for a visit visa and get a feel directly- long wait but their visas are valid for the duration of the passport. I.e 10yrs for a 10yr passport validity.

Can you please elaborate on the bolded? I have a Canadian visit visa that is valid till 2033

ayshegz:
Hello seniors ,what low risk (90% risk free ) investment can return 1% (£20) daily on £ 2,000?

Thanks

You be thief 😅😅😅🤣 (in a friendly non-offensive sense of the word)

High-risk investment dey average 8-15% ROI per year and you are looking for a low risk investment with 365% ROI per annum?


If such exists people no need to dey work naa. Just investment £50k and make £500 quid daily. Even bank no go dey give you mortgage at less than 5% interest rate

ehizario2012:
...for what it is, and not what it should be. Well said. A dentist friend of mine was narrating how some patients refuse black doctors till now, as if na d doctor disease go kill.

R***SM and tri****sm sit deep in the human nature, nothing can take it away. It can only be managed. Michael Jackson tried to become white but he still wasn't accepted, so no matter the number of years spent here or ILR/citizen or whatever status, never forget who you are. It's their land, and rightly so.

The aim is to make the best of the opportunities here, and firmly understand your place while actively contributing to the development of the host country/community. That's a better way of seeing the symbiotic relationship.

OMG! What do you mean by MJ tried to be white? In what ways did MJ tried to be white? And in what ways was he not accepted?

I'm sure you are part of the people that believe he did skin surgery to change his skin colour ? MJ had a serious medical condition that affected his skin, which made his skin start to change color. You should atleast do your research before condemning the poor soul.

As for acceptance, MJ was at some point the most loved and biggest artist in the USA. Loved by both whites and blacks alike. How else do you define acceptance?

adekzy:
Why are you so bitter as if you are from the sadEast part of Nigeria.

Every presidential candidate promised to remove the subsidy and regularised the Dollar so that the forces of Demand and Supply can determine the rate rather than the CBN wasting Billions of scare dollars to defend the imaginary rate that we've been using since 2009. Emefiele+Buhari later made if worse.

So Mr Thread, your bitterness will only gives you HBP if you don't disect the real issue without sentiment and emotion.

How you do manage to live with all this bigotry in your heart?
You use a discriminatory statement to refer to an entire geographical regional of a country. If na Oyibo man make this kind statement about your race, you go cry racism tire!

Omo our journey is still far as a society!

joe10:
Good day mates,

Please, a friend on student dependant visa has been assured of COS during interview with NHS. However, she has some fears whether she can;

1. Switch to work visa as her husband is due to graduate in September 2024. Some people say it is not possible for her to switch unless the main applicant has finished his M.Sc. Please, after the new immigration law was passed in May 2023 which forbids students from switching while studying. Has anyone holding student dependant visa in the same situation successfully switched or knows someone who has successfully switched?

2. During her visa application as a dependant to a second husband, her first husband denied her consent to include their 2 kids names on the application. The first husband has now agreed for her to take custodian of their kids and new husband accepts that as well. Please, If she applied for work visa as the main applicant before April 2024 when the new law against bringing in dependant will take effect, can she add the kids names even when their names were not in the first application and if she adds the husband's (presently on student visa) can he apply as dependant of the wife after graduation?

PLEASE ADVICE IS NEEDED

In the previous application did she declare that she had kids? If yes, then she can

farnet:
Please people, has any of the below happened, and what are the implications?

Parents applied for Graduate visa and couldn't do so for the kids, all less than 6years old, because of fund.

Particular questions
1. Is there anyway it affects or will affect the parents visa?
2. In what specific ways does it affect the children?
3. What if the family doesn't have long term plan living here. Looking at moving elsewhere in near future. Does it matter or wouldn't it be a waste of scarce money ( let's say that have it) applying for children that won't be needing a brp for anything or right to work?

This will put stain on their immigration records. Even if you plan to leave the country in the near future, they cannot enter any of the 5EYE UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand if you've overstayed your visa in one of the countries.

Goodenoch:
Changing employers requires applying for a new visa, so they will send you a new BRP as with any other visa. It usually arrives in 2 - 3 working days in my experience. Check the email with the visa approval - the details should be there.

This is not entirely correct, changing employer does require you to apply for a new visa. You simply need to apply to update your visa.

paroh137:
Can I ask please does anyone know what site I can sell a brand new iPhone 15 in the UK? Apart from Facebook market?

Ebay

3greatnations:
Thank you please we were thinking of Wolverhampton ,Sheffield and Birmingham those places already oversaturated.people are struggling to get jobs.where else would be more advisable

Since the person is a fresh graduate, I don't think it's helpful to just pick a city and narrow your job search to that city.

There is no city in the UK where people are not struggling to get a job (as long as it's skilled jobs), however there are cities with more advertised jobs than others.

Spread your job search across the country and be open to moving to any city that offers you a Job with pay commensurate with the cost of living in that town.

Job search in the UK is not the easiest and limiting yourself to a particular city will make it even more difficult.