₦airaland Forum

Zahra29:
Canada that is the the western beacon of liberal immigration has an annual quota on the number of PRs it issues out, and I read that currently the number of international students exceeds this quota by several hundred thousand.

How many immigrants in the US had to leave earlier on when they lost their jobs and sponsorships, despite working in the US for many years. Why don't canada and the US just print out visas to allow all these people to stay back permanently?

Look at the tougher policies that Sweden has just rolled out, Sweden used to be very liberal. Norway has stopped free tuition for overseas students, I heard Germany is doing the same from next year.

Every western country is facing a huge and unrelenting demand from immigrants seeking a better life, and all are having to write and rewrite policies that will put their interests first and cherry pick the immigrants that they do want. They can't absorb everyone so they are being selective (even to refugees), which may sound unfair to some but unfortunately that's the current state of affairs.

Poanan:
U.S visitor visa is two years at least but 5yrs for Nigerians and some other countries

Zahra29:
But @hustla just gave several examples of recent immigrants he knows who are thriving here in extremely good roles. Hustla himself is about to land a juicy role. And there are many more examples, even on other routes such as the global talent visa
So I don't think the UK has any problem attracting the "best and brightest".

makazona:
Thank you so much @dduchess90. Many thanks to @hustla for your help. I truly appreciate this.

I have collected my BRP from the post office.

Goke7:
You see this your jamb question, just book an appointment with Aunty Suella, she will give you the entire day 😂

Lexusgs430:
One wife, one problem.........😁🤣

Goke7:
So you be Dey plan to marry inside this uk with these new policy? You get mind o 😂 na play I de play no take am serious. Just wanna catch some fun

Goke7:
This is why when some of us say these immigration policies are hostile, we are told to shut up and go back to our country. The uk is all about the money they want from immigrants and not about attracting the best of professionals. The US you talked about through their visa interviews profiles the best they can get and retains them through many properly curated pathways. It’s not magic but deliberate.
But what do we have here, they put everyone both skilled and unskilled in the same bucket and give everyone high bp all in the name of net migration.

Watch how more professionals will move from the Uk to the US in the coming months. Shebi na wetin dem want.

kwakudtraveller:
I don’t even want to talk about the number of rejections I got until I got my first yes. Grown man dey cry for inside car but dey form hard guy for inside house. At the end of the day even the salary every month dey vex me on top the amount of tax but my people go dey say person dey lie to make themselves feel better. We can’t all earn the same salary but just because someone else is earning higher no mean say person go dey get high blood pressure or think say na 🧢 ontop another person salary, come dey disguise the wizard behaviour with humour. Na our way, I no dey ever expect less.

boneruns:
Thanks bro for the encouragement.

boneruns:
I agree with you completely that Nigerians should aim high, and I am sure we have couple of Nigerians in the U.K. manning big positions and earning real high. I have an acquaintance who worked in same industry in Nigeria, working in one of the American software development firms in the U.K. and he earns over 60k, so I can relate very well with you.

But permit me to ask, are these friends of yours in cybersecurity? If so, were security clearance required for these positions they got, since they have been in the U.K. few months and SC requires 5 years of living in the U.K.

Sometimes I get depressed about the professional job search stuff. Rejections left, right and centre when they hear one is with a student visa. I recently attended an interview for a Band 6 cybersecurity role in NHS, got a call from the HR that I scored high in the ranking, but they have to consider an insider within NHS who applied for same role, but they can keep me on hold and let me know when something comes up, if I will be interested. I begin say Wetin send this guy apply for this particular role.

I just believe something will come up soon hopefully.

So just to ask the experienced professionals here, can one include in an CV unrelated work experience gained the U.K. while as a student to cover for employment gap? I’m asking because of U.K. experience stuff. I work in retail sector and I can somehow relate what I do to cybersecurity during interviews, but I just do not know if it fits into a CV.

Thanks.

gmacnoms:
Try Dey calm down and have fun sometimes. Life no too serious. Since I come uk, my take home pass that 44k offer. Meanwhile, na Kaya I still Dey do. Try they chill sometimes

ehizario2012:
You are too much Hustla. You've always made good points and I respect you for that, just that those jobs are for a very few. The chances are tight. Reminds me of when we finished from UI then, BSc Geology, 3 of my classmates got jobs with Shell/NLNG while another 2 got PTDF scholarships... the remaining about 25 of us weren't so lucky... Many of us entered banking/corporate world because it employed a larger percentage of graduates. Today, we all good in our own way. In a nutshell, just be grateful for what you've got and give your best. Those high earning jobs are very few.

gmacnoms:
Why all the data analysts, BAs, Tech bros dey run upandan for small announcement?

I think say na only me Dey carry Kaya and earning 20k for this youkay.

Small 38,700 na all of una Dey panicking? 😄😄😄

NotATroll:
3 of them came back after school

NotATroll:
Abeg I dey plan japa to UK next year but, people just dey discourage me say e dey super hard. Say you go dey work for life and you no go fit save anything.
I want to go through study then just hang for there after.
How far abeg any info make una epp person

hustla:
Interesting but you have to put it all together and see where I am coming from as this is not the first time I am speaking about it.

Can you tell me the immigration strategy for the UK? Will it be the same in 5 yrs? Since I have been here, they have changed policies for the worse at least twice. I know a PSW ban in the future isn't off the table because it is their way. Milk the cow and then discard it, per usual

From where I stand and as of now, for students, it looks like they're out to milk us sotey and yet, complains and complains. I can't say its not better than being in Nigeria, it is

If you check what each country has to offer students, the UK comfortably has the worst package and yet, the highest fees to pay for everything. PSW in AU was increased from 3 to 5 yrs, at a cost of about AUD1,800, less than the reported £2,900 for students from next year. Canada's PSW also is about £240

AU and Canada realised students would be battling the effects of this global turmoil you spoke about and asked that students can work more than 20 hrs/ week. UK did not offer or even think of it, instead, Unis increased school fees

I could go on and on but their current strategy exploits students and the least they can do is to stop crying about students every 7 market days as if they do not contribute shingbain to the economy. They want money but they dont want an increase in population, no be juju be that?

There is no perfect country or system but at least some stability is needed

bigtt76:
They still want to maintain the international reputation of the educational sector so they won't scrap student visa or psw but rather reform it. All those 7 months courses that many piggy-back on for psw would be scrapped. PSW may now be reserved for postgraduate research students and limited to a year instead of two.

lavida001:
Guy lets plan japa inside Japa thing together biko nu

lavida001:
We come in and do the jobs they dont want to do. They will complain.

We do the jobs they cant do like being a doctor, surgeon. They will complain.

What exactly is their issue with migrant?

Zahra29:
💯

Exactly...it will force higher wages for jobs outside healthcare

Zahra29:
In a nutshell, yes

They are also scrapping the 20% discount on shortage occupation roles (outside healthcare), which means they also have to earn 38k

Goke7:
Yes o

Thewritingnerd:
Omo

Goke7:
dem don lock everywhere throw way key join

Zahra29:
Cleverly was asked about this and his response was that they were not forcing anyone to leave their families to come to the UK. He said they had "crunched up the numbers" and they felt there was enough global demand from people wanting to work in care who don't have any dependants

Goke7:
They are actually shutting down that route indirectly. Dem no send anybody papa

Raalsalghul:
I do doubt it will apply to health workers.

lavida001:
BBL = Guaranteed G wagon, estates and political appointments.