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justwise:
They don't only do check they also do interview.

I know they do interviews

I also know they do not check the account you submit

justwise:
They hardly do, if they do as much as America and Canada embassies do then immigration figure will not make headlines.

I doubt US does any check at all

justwise:
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You are making two different points here, I agreed with your last point but disagrees with the previous one.


Immigration number to the UK will come down if the embassy bothers to verify bank statements submitted by applicants, Canada does this more often than the UK

UK does verify but then people pay to have funds in account for long periods

What they can do is block funds like Germany. Germany effectively reduced migration from Nigeria with that singular policy

lavida001:
They always the first to give million £ in foreign aid to countries but dem no fit provide affordable housing for their people. Uk get packaging no be small.

We swill scale through.

God dey

We will lose again

lightnlife:
Please see my comments inline (emboldened).

They didn't force the cows but what did Guardian say will collapse if only Indians and the Chinese close their taps

Zahra29:
Didn't businesses exist before the wave of international students post COVID?
I'm sure it'll be fine.

Professional complainers will start again as usual

Goke7:
Of course they will complain and find who to blame again

Lexusgs430:
Backmarket is a new market to me o...... 😉

Never used it?
Like CeX

Lexusgs430:
What is back market.......

Do you mean black market........

What do you intend to buy from the black market......

NB: Oja okunkun...... Comes with it's own risks....... 😜

nah, Backmarket

Its for used phones. Our service user dey buy from there wella

Seems they sell good stuff cos the phones are always clean Hwy9

Zahra29:
It's normal - businesses need to constantly evolve and diversify in order to survive. They might die and new ones will spring up. Blockbusters, HMV, Woolworths, even Wilko died off and life has gone on since.

Wont the same citizens complain if businesses die off?

Goke7:
so where is the pressure on housing they talk about, no be cash and carry things?

I dunno ooo

Maybe citizens don't have easy access to housing like before

Goke7:
I thought I was the only one observing this trend, they just dey bobo person for this Uk. Housing crisis indeed

Well, the crisis is there

Landlords are the one majorly cashing out as they can increase rent now and demand 6 months rent upfront from immigrants

Zahra29:
It's always the same universities that complain the loudest. Never the likes of Oxbridge or St Andrews or UCL or LSE or Warrick....
Fact is, if they are not competitive or highly ranked enough to attract international students from all countries, not just Africa(Nigeria) and India, and without selling immigration as a sweetener, then they probably need to close/scale down.

If they close down, landlords will also cry and suffer for it. Some cities thrive because students come and go, not because they have much to offer

Businesses around will also see a dip in their income

L all around

Goke7:
don't know of other countries o but in this UK, I don't think there is, on the street where I live, I suddenly discovered lots of Nigerians getting accommodation, I told someone it was obvious those houses were empty all these while and it's true in so many places. If folks are not willing to rent out their spaces, do we blame immigrants for that? All of a sudden in my area, lots of renovation going on and I wondered what was happening. The major challenge of immigrants in the Uk getting accommodation was not a lack of houses but landlords unwilling to rent out to students especially. And we can't blame even the landlords too. Funny enough the crisis has a way too of resolving itself somehow. The landlords too have been smiling to the banks.

Same on my former street. Empty houses now have occupants and derelict ones have been renovated

For sale and renovations everywhere. In actual fact, they pulled down houses on a massive expanse of land and last time I went to the area, they're almost done

Landlords dey cash out the most

Goke7:
The sad thing is that lots of professionals who will thrive in some other sectors will be stuck in care for so long they can't go back to the original professions they trained for, yet you complain of shortage in some sectors. With the shortage skilled list, one will expect a spread of skilled worker visas across different sectors but no it's more of Healthcare visas mainly for care workers. And am wondering what's all the noise about cos I don't know who are they giving visas to. The student visas are already on a downward trend with the removal of dependent visas. So what's the fuss all about?

There's even a particular statistics data I want to see, the number of student-dependent visas, post-study dependent visas and Healthcare dependent visas working in other sectors apart from healthcare. I wan check something cos that stats go sweet gan.

The bolded is the reason why their immigration strategy is very funny

January entry stats will be pretty interesting and Im sure schools will complain

Goke7:
For the US it's actually 3 years and above, apart from that there are other pathways to permanent residency even in one year once you have a professional job in the US. There is no comparison to the UK at all. Am afraid the UK does not give much regard to highly skilled professionals like the US does and no one also puts its citizens first like they do.

I have moved around this country and this view that it's a small island is laughable, do you know how many empty houses abound? The same country where they are finding home buyers that are not enough. I can understand all the other sentiments of immigration but this idea of a small island and limited infrastructure resources is never true. What I have observed is that when there's an influx of immigrants, we begin to hear excuses for cheap labour as a way to push back. Folks bringing in revenue to a nation can never be the problem of any nation, the govt has a responsibility to improve whatever deficit or lack they observe in infrastructure cos that's why they collect taxes. You can't expect the infrastructure of the 60s to cater for the now.

One thing I have noticed is that they are stuck in their old, appearing-to-work methods and I don't think they will change anytime soon

They do not regard professionals, or maybe there isn't money to pay them. It is the reason why you see Au / Nz adverts for Nurses on Indeed blatantly advertising better pay, working conditions and even weather

heroshark:
What is the student visa approval rate for Canada and Australia compare that to the UK.

Canada and Australia has some of the most strict and unfair visa approval & denial rate, so they take in just a few students, whereas UK has an almost 98% student visa approval rate.

LOL

We arent discussing approval rates. Btw, Canada also lets in lots of people via the PR route and it has been on since forever and theyre still looking for ways to make things right for legal immigrants.

Also, for the approval rate UK, do they not collect money? Did they not increase IHS rates too? School fees also went up twice for my school and I heard they have removed discount they usually give and instalmental payments

Imagine boosting an economy with £42bn in 1 year and all you get na complain every 7 days

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/may/16/international-students-boosted-uk-economy-by-42bn-in-20212-study

Its their country tbf but mehn ...

Interesting

11K in the UK alone

I wonder how many Drs are in the US

lightnlife:
The grass is greener on the other side.

I've heard a couple of unpalatable first & second-hand stories from immigrants in Canada and Australia. Most sound grimmer than the UK experience.

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

Dreambeat:
Can you imagine him insulting me for my innocent comment. Some people think say na only them dey mad for this platform, what nonsense

No vex

All na bants

Dreambeat:
Are you crazy or what. Don't ever in your life quote me again. Idiot

Make una hold this guy o
E Wan break bottle o!

FuckingMachine:
When I dey talk am say dreadlocks people no dey stable una tink say I no know wetin I dey talk.

Chelsea need to force barb all the dreads in their team if they want to suceed.

Them pack Bariga yahoo boys full team think say them don arrive

Water must find its level

Patiently waiting for Chelsea's point deduction and trophy reversal abi wetin we go call am

We shall be there no matter what!

TechBaron:
Terrible team.

You were lucky to offload Kai Havertz, Mason Mount, Jorghino, Loftus Cheeks.... Instead of replace them with EPL/CL tested players, you went to buy overhyped piece of sh*ts that shouldn't be playing in League 2.

How do you get results with these inexperienced boys?..

You think the EPL is a joke?

That's the most competitive league in the whole world!

You go explain tire

jhorjhor:
Please, I just would like to know.

Incase these people implement suella and her minions' recommendations, will it come into effect immediately?

Especially scrapping post study, will it affect those of us already studying? Also, what will be the best way to go if psw is scrapped. Does one have to secure sponsorship before study visa elapses.

I'm also seeing that they recommended a cap on sponsorship visa. Limited to 45k annual pay and above

No, it won't affect those in the UK already (as far as I know)

. .. But i just have a feeling they'll look at the effects of the dependent stuff they implemented in January.

If it doesn't cut down immigration to the desired levels they want, then PSW will have to go for some time

ehizario2012:
E be like local man here go join you for this hustle abeg, we are on skilled worker visa so Japa inside Japa is very possible... Seriously ooo. But none of us have academic masters degree... Canada/Au or anywhere cool on my mind.

A friend just left for Ireland Tru Belfast (if u know u know) but I can't take that risk with family...

If you're on skilled worker visa, you don't have issues naw (well I can't say LOL)

I just feel there will be lots of palava ahead with the way their policies are always blowing hot and cold

makazona:
That's how it's used to be. Even my decision letter said I should pick it 10 days max after arrival. I went to the Post Office 4 days after arrival yet no BRP. They collected my number and promised to call when the BRP is delivered. Call I nor see, BRP I nor see. My tired is tired walahi.

I think someone has had a similar issue before
Duchess90 on the student visa thread should know how to go about it

makazona:
Thanks for your advice. I really appreciate this. However, I am surprised that more than 2 week after my arrival, the BRP is not out yet. Have been waiting for the email endlessly.

Is that how slow the system is or am I being so much in a hurry? I need to start work. I need to start my life here... Looks as if I'm stagnant here.

The BRP will typically be at the PO before you come

Not sure what the issue is. Other people may be able to come up with a solution

Mroriginal2022:
In as much as I do not want to accept that myself and family migrating to the UK made us poorer. Our savings and bank account clearly indicates that we are. We are a family of 4 who moved here as skilled workers. All we have been doing is paying visa and ilr fees. Sadly, after all these all you keep hearing in the news is how immigrants have come to take their missing pie. There you have me thinking, hang on you are clearly broke and we have come to help. We are just counting down to naturalisation and another japa. Average Uk household expected to be poorer by £1900 by 2025.

God epp us all

Goke7:
Zahra never agrees that the uk is broke 😂

Apparent to the blind and deaf that once they came on air to say they intend to fund so and so with what they make from students, their sapa don start

Make we dey observe but i know things will still get very bad and they'll completely stop post study or something drastic to stop legal migration to their country

Before that time, make local man don exit their country. Just saw one fella on twitter who took the intra coy transfer route to Canada from UK.

Lots of people I know are going the Canada / Au PR route too

Zahra29:
They're talking about cutting benefits (again - benefits has been one of the top issues since Tories got into power 13 years ago) in an attempt to force some of the economically inactive back into work.

In the autumn statement yesterday, Hunt increased benefits and also cut taxes (national insurance) so it's not about lack of money, but rather the perception that many of those not working are too comfortable on their benefits.

Hmmm

Okay