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Lexusgs430:
Your social media profile, could mean a visa rejection......

Trump leading the way, when USA sneezes, UK catches a cold..... 🇺🇸🇬🇧❄️😂

US Orders Pause in Student-Visa Interviews Ahead of New Vetting https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-27/us-orders-pause-in-student-visa-interviews-ahead-of-new-vetting

CoolandShy:
Good afternoon bro...I got an update on my profile this afternoon.

Treadway:
long long thing

The answers should be like
Based on the refusal/acceptance rates, No, the UK was not easier to enter or Yes, the UK was easier to enter.

You could also go a step further to say the US or Australia or Canada were easier to enter with 50% rejection rate. Na opinion wey you dey entitled to, but at least state your answer clearly. I stated mine clearly, you just typed up another long story without a particular position.

In fact, at least with that same warped logic, we can say Oxford University and Harvard are also easy to enter. Those that went to Teeside only chose to go for Teeside, not that they couldn't have gone to Harvard/Oxford/Yale

Goke7:
The major difference between the uk and others is the disrespect for those already in the uk legally and working themselves out to integrate into the society. The same status you have in the uk if you're in other western nations you won't be bothered much as new policies are mostly targeted towards those who are still outside or about to make an entry.

Cyberknight:
Lol, you can say that again.

I grew up in Nigeria, it was a good place to live back then, but unfortunately it’s a good place to leave now. The UK may be rearranging its immigration system now, but I plan to stay and do all possible to fit my children in legally. Returning to live in Nigeria permanently is not my plan B, C, D or J.

Goke7:
Currently holidaying in Nigeria, those who are gaslighting our people to return home just want them to return to poverty. If you’ve built a life with your family in any western country, upskill and maintained the highest standard possible in your career or business you’ll always be in demand no matter the immigration changes. Your plan B or Z should never to return to Nigeria but instead japa 2.0 to another advanced nation. The Brits themselves migrate all over the world, Nigerians should emulate that too and not cower under manipulative narratives to remain stagnant and not advance their human potential.

dannytoe:
Lol, most other countries are already preparing or begining to reconsider the idea of tightening their immigration polices following trump and the recent UK immigration policy change.
For example Canada's newly appointed immigration minister has proposed to cut annual immigration by 33% till 2027.
The United state is a no go area for many. For example unlike the uk where a skilled worker is entitled to ILR in 5yrs or 10yrs.
In the US if you like spend 20yrs on H1b is doesn't lead to green card or Permanent resident.
Except an employer file for you, which is reserved for highly skilled professionals like nurses, doctors and IT professionals. Even with employment based EB-3 petition there's an annual cap of 140k green card and waiting time takes around 2-4yrs and 2-3yrs by marriage.
Unlike the UK were 1yr after ILR you can apply for your British passport. In the US you can only apply for an American passport after 5yrs on green card.
The only good thing about a US work visa is that your kids born in the US get automatic citizenship which UK doesn't offer.
However the new orange man in the white house is working relentlessly to stop this.

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iyatrustee:
Screenshot from BBC.

This immigration change will affect those already on the 5year route! Only dependents of British citizens are exempt.

Peerielass:
Were they really liberal in 2009? If I remember correctly, this was during Tony Blair and Gordon Brown’s era with their British jobs for British graduates slogan and changes to HSMP. I despised Labour back then and my political stance hasn’t shifted after all those years.

Cyberknight:
You have a point there. In fact, it should be a thing. Starting from Saturday, in rotation, Nigerian members of the Boriswave should form groups and start doing monthly "environmental" in London. They should take night bus to Victoria, foregather there with their cleaning materials, then humbly walk down to the Palace to chant humble thanks for the opportunity to serve, before spreading out to central London to clean elsewhere, starting from the Home Office and including Heathrow Terminal 5, which was where a large number most likely first glimpsed this promised land. After everything they gather again at Victoria, then disperse again till the next month.

Indeed we are not worthy.

SPDAZZY:
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The link with Qatar et al.ensures that you can also spend your avios on a Qatar flight etc

SPDAZZY:
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jedisco:
Hehe...

The issue here is why would the average right-leaning Brit vote for Kemi over Nigel?

We already know the current Labour government would have a stronger 'grasp' on migration than Boris et al had. So she can't really campaign on cutting migration given that Labour would be quick to remind her of their last result. Starmer also appears calculated and is unlikely to have too many slip-ups (usual caveats).

She's tried to build trust among traditional Tory voters by giving vibes of 'I'm not like these other migrants' which as expected, hasn't stuck. Doesn't help that her way of reminding folks of her Nigerian roots has been by demarketing the nation (and herself in reverse).
Her anchor baby situation would always be in the news especially with Trump seeking to end birthright citizenship. Nigel would soon be quick to remind her that her much castigated carers would contribute far more to the British society by the time they are citizens than many anchor freeloaders like her did.

I wish her the best.

TV01:
Mixed feelings about our Kem.

Starting from the desirability of her actually leading the conservatives and potentially the country. She wasn’t an anchor-baby and isn’t technically an immigrant, but that sense of her being here as a result of gaming the system won’t go away.

I think anyone with a homeland of their own would question this. But, she is married to a native, and if Sonia Ghandi could do it why not? Many also seem to think her point of origin makes her taking a hard stance on immigration somewhat hypocritical – although I don’t agree. Her positions should be for the best interests of GB, regardless

Strategically, I think she ran for leader too early in her career and at a bad time given her party’s recent history. She has 14 years of non-delivery to explain – for a government she served in. I suspect she’ll serve to bolster the Tories DEI credentials, take a few hit’s for the team, provide cover on some big issues (repatriations etc.), and then be forced out for someone Jenrick or Jenrick–like to take over. Where's Bojo these days .

Four year is a long time in opposition from her starting position as leader. Her task is to rise above a few false-starts, deal with internal questions about her leadership style, put forward some cogent, hard-hitting policies and grow into a more statesman-like figure (the whole Nigerian brouhaha, for example should have been avoided). All this whilst trying to sound more Reform-like than Reform, who are making a charge from lane 8 like Sha ‘Carri. A huge ask.

In another sense, I don’t see her as any different from the vast crop of politicians we have now. Very little political nous or real character. Mostly shallow with a jobsworth style of governance.


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Kog45:
Useless and getting £45k per week...nawa o Nairaland dey make some dey talk poo

Goke7:
Anyone following the clash between Farage and Elon Musk. Welcome to 2025!

https://x.com/nigel_farage/status/1875918844562473373?s=48&t=tk-1hGRx-HBpOmsos8uccA[/quote]I saw the breaking news and rushed straight here. Civil war on the right 😂…I’ll be there!

missjekyll:
Go on then...tell them the figures too...


It's 2.6%.
Target is usually around 2%.
I was alive in 2022 when it was 11% .

She is not only from accounts. She is THE accounts ...put some respect on her name

Jamesclooney:
Actually saw a BBC article that referenced Rachel from Accounts…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy12820kwwo.amp

Lol I read everything. I don’t like being labeled as left or right. If an argument makes sense to me, I’ll agree with it; if it doesn’t, then sorry, both sides got chop wotowoto for my hand. In US terms, I suppose you’d call me an Independent.

That said, I find it absurd that relatively inexperienced politicians are often placed in critical roles like Chancellor or Health Secretary. These positions require more than just administrative skills—you need someone who has demonstrated excellence and senior leadership in that field, perhaps at the helm of a major company. Rachel from Accounts doesn’t know what’s she doing in my view. She wouldn’t survive as CFO in FTSE company (my humble opinion).

Cyberknight:
Lol, somebody has been reading The Telegraph.

Goke7:
common man where? In Nigeria or Britain, what's her jd as Torries leader please educate me.

Goke7:
Who was doing comparison? A question was asked about the British police it was oga madam that brought the Nigerian police into the conversation. A country she left many years ago as a teenager

Viruses:
Is it that some of these videos I see about Kemi are AI generated?

Question: do you trust the British Police
Kemi: I do, my experience with Nigerian police is very negative...the Nigerian police will rob us, they stole my brother's shoe and watch, it's a very poor country.

How does that relate, was it necessary?

Goke7:
You’ve said it all, inferiority complex and shallowness. The position she has accidentally gotten to is far bigger than her brain and she has no deep experience and enough intellect to carry on through the role.

The Torries are just bunch of jokes producing kids like kemi, braverman, sunak and co. phew.

Goodenoch:
The woman really is crazy. It's good that it's becoming clear to everyone though.
en checking the source themselves.