₦airaland Forum

anishe:
There is a lot of misinformation going on in Nairaland. I am presently studying in the UK and i have no reason whatsoever to regret my coming to the UK for studies.

Call to Nigeria Landlines is at the rate of 1P per minute. In fact, i had to ask my wife to get a Starcomm Line that starts with 01- for me to always communicate with her. I call my wife more than 10 ttimes a day because it is cheaper. Mind you, if u get starcomm that starts with 070 or any 080 or 081 number, the rate is 8p per minutes. Moreso, the service providers have been so generous. If you recharge £20 online, a bonus of £10 is to be added to your phone instantly.

Can you point it out?

Good news, the sort of news i like to hear.

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ikanya:
Gerrard95, it is very clear that you mistake the Syria issue with the Arab spring in North Africa and the Middle East. I want you to have a clear picture of what is going on in Syria. The situation in Syria is not same with the Libian, Egyptian, Tunisian and Yamenese issues. While in these places I mentioned, you have popular protests demanding for reforms or regime change, you have in Syria armed group backed by Western powers Killing both civilians and members of Syrian Government Forces.
Assad is an independent minded leader who strongly believe in resistance as a means of preserving the integrity and resources of his people. This position does not go down well with the US and her allies and they now resorted to arming a group that are made up of defected Syrian and mercenaries to create the Libian-like situation in Syria so that NATO would give the Libian-like response in Syria.
Libians protested against Kaddafi while Syrians are rallying around Assad. You can now see why Russia and China vetoed against the resolution on Syria.
Don’t be deceived by the Western rhetoric. How have the so-called defenders of human rights responded Bahraini situation? They are busy selling arms to the government to suppress and kill it’s own people. And how have they responded to the agitation in Yamen. By supporting the killing, and when saw the determination of the Yamenese, they decided to ease the tension with a single candidate elections- So much for democracy, Gerrard.
Those pretending to fight for human rights in Syrian are blind to the crackdown and killings in Saudi Arabia. Gerrard, please, do not take the facial values of what the Americans and her Western allies tell you. Try always to look deeper.

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The same conspiracy theory we heard from many of you here during Libyan war, yes lets blame NATO and the west, the blame game goes on.

Mekky2010:
Medvedev not Putin, probably listened to people like you who felt Libyans were crying for help, that could explain why they abstained,
after "helping" Libya, its time to "help" Syria, next time when you ask for help remember what Huntington said "It's immoral for America to send their troops to other countries to stop them from killing themselves except in pursuit of its national interest"  if he cannot stop them everywhere, he can stop them from balkanizing his country, I mean he can stop them from helping him and his  country,

As for copy copy, dont forget that the only chance of getting to International space Station rests on SOYUZ

Medvedev was just a figure head, Putin run the show from background, some of you are still dancing around in vein, what has Putin stops the west from doing during his previous two terms as a president?

I will be so happy if the west stay far away from Syria, let see what will happen to Russia's interest in that country. One thing is sure, Syria will not be the same again and Russia and China will kiss good by to their interests in Syria at the end.

ikanya:
Vladimir Putin's return is a big plus and a great positive for the world. Putin has been a big figure checkmating the American and Western imperialist hegemony. In my thinking, Putin must have worked very hard to forge the RUSSIA+CHINA ties in the UN Security Council. This China-Russia alliance has, as could be seen at the moment, become an affront to the oligarchic powers, America's arrogance, the evil mechanization and military diplomacy of the US and her Western allies. To the West, Putin is "a world terrorist". Time has come now for the Western World to put a stop to their terrorist acts and Putin has championed that fight.

My question still remain: What did he do in his previous terms as a president? Is Putin new in world political scene?

America and their allies wasn't there when Putin was in power?

Gerrard59:
The world will be safe in the next 6years. I laugh in safety.
Syrians are crying for help. ordinarz resolution to condmne the crack-down,ur putin blocked it. The west said they r nt entering any syria,bt the man should minimìze or stop the crackdown. russia said no. juz wished the syrians see the real devil now. After all qatar wants to even on its own send their troops into in syria,britain said no. so hu s the devil nw?
If he is that strong,where waz he when nato asked for a no-fly zone in lybia? people hu's productivity,population is going down. wat do they manufacture if not weapons? how many russians product r in ur homes nt homs? They knw they r backward. It pains to see yur rival nd foe alaways take 1st position in everytin. Am sure facebook,boeing,airbus,yahoo,goggle,twitter,apple e.t.c r al russian inventions. copy-copy people.

Please tell them, some people here are jokers.

Some posters here are just kids, tell me this: In his previous presidential terms what did he stop the 'west' from doing? Iraq war? Afghanistan? Even when he was at the background calling the shot as prime-minister did he stop Libyan intervention? What exactly do some of think Putin will do?

llbhuds:
you guys are are misunderstanding this guy, studying with 1000euro in Europe can be high school na ( secondary school) so maybe he is not talking about studying for a university degree.

You are contradicting yourself, if you think we misunderstood him then there shouldn't be any 'maybe', you should know exactly what level of education he was referring to

calebo101:
Hi all, my sponsor has withdrawn the 2 million naira in my account due to an emergency situation and i intend to apply for my student visa by wednesday next week. Although the money has been in my account for over 28 days. If i apply for the visa with an account statement of 27th febuary, would i be successful.? I have met all other conditions but i'm at a loss at the sudden turn of events. Can i apply when the money has been withdrawn/? But i have kept it for more than 28 days. Pls advise me oh so i do not waste the visa fee if i would not be successful.

Of course if you applied and they called up and find out that there is no money in your account, you will be refused a visa and ban for 10yrs for lying in your application form. I mean, how will you apply for student visa with an empty bank account?

Why not wait until the money is returned and clocked 28days?

billtommy:
Pls are you on any instant messanger,so I can be able to explain better what the situation is?

You can send an email, i hardly log on to msn chat

billtommy:
im still contemplating,it could be my girlfrend or an uncle here in nigeria,but the problem is my girl said she doesnt have much,but her friend will definately help.what do you advise?

You will find it difficult to get UK visiting visa in your situation.

The question is. . . . how can you afford to visit your gf in the UK when you don' have any source of income? How can your gf's friend commit her own money for you to visit your gf? How important is that visit that others have to pay for it?.

My advice to you is to wait until you graduate and get a job else the picture doesn't look good at the moment.

billtommy:
Hello room,am in my final year,and I was advised that I should appyfor my visa before I'm done with school,cause I wanna go for a 2 weeks visit to my grirlfriend in the uk after school,I want to know if that won't make me face problem at the UK embassy because I will be done with school by the time i will be visiting.and I want to start the processing soon can you please give me details of all the documents I'm going to need

Who will be sponsoring the trip, you or your gf?

patwolex:
I want to go to U.K as a tourist, my father is my sponsor, what are the documents I'll need for them to giv me visa? Thanks

Do you work or own business in Nigeria? Is your daddy self-employed or how financially strong is your daddy?

To be brutally honest with you, if you are an adult of employment and marriage age, getting a visiting visa by being sponsored by any family member will be difficult. You will find it difficult to convince the ECO that you will be coming back to Nigeria if given a visa.

beezoo:
Pls, my sister is sponsoring me to the uk & she has  400k in her account, I've almost 100k in mine & budget fr the trip is 240k. Hope its ok?

This is not the news you want to get but i have to say it. . . the chances of you getting a visa is remotely slim.

If you are over 18 yrs of age, no good job or business, no constant source of income in Nigeria, getting a visiting visa will be almost impossible.

Your sister is not financially strong enough to sponsor you and you don't have a strong tie to Nigeria.

So sad, RIP Perx.

[quote author=prince_onx link=topic=861109.msg10317618#msg10317618 date=1330724929]Bros it's good to have advocates and naija Ambassadors like you but what that young man said is the truth! You said "some" which is the right word or English to use since it's not everybody in naija that's that way but in a situation where 70% or more are like that makes it feel like it's everybody! I sometimes feel that way myself when am in naija! The stress, begging, and asking starts from the airport wheather you're flying in or out! And that's almost all you see throughout your stay. The guy that change money want to give you less for more $, why? Because you almost can't change your money in our so called bank! The guy that pumped your fuel want to give you less! why? Because his pump is either faulty, old, or you're not looking! The person that sold you so called "ice or cold" water knows very well that that water hasn't been anywhere close to ice or fridge within the last 5 hours! You're expected to pay more than others because you drive a nice car or neatly dressed! And so on! And this is not the experience of one or two people. Ask 10 people who just visited naija like a month or week ago to take that survey, 8/9 if not all will come up with negative answers! Though they're wrong and frustrating but people will still proudly tell you "na so e be for naija"[/quote]

llbhuds:
It suprises me when some peeps still try to promote the image of naija to we her citizens that sees and encounter d elements of corruption whenever we are in naija or having something to do with a fellow naija abroad.
[b]if over 60% of d total population dat sat for an exam failed,logically we say der is a mass failure in d said exam. [/b]Sayin not all naija is corrupt is even a corrupt statement itself let alone the fact that its even a lie.

I still stand by what i said before, there are far more decent Nigerians than the bad eggs, you hear more of the bad news because it sales. if 70% of Nigerians are crooks then the whole world will look for another planet to move to.

Its an insult to every Nigerian out there keeping his or her nose out of trouble to be called a criminal.

immigrationguy:
@justwise can you pls place a comment in regards to my situation , i will be grateful many thanks

You made a mistake by withholding some info during your application, though what happened to you at POE happens to many people, the question now is where do you go from here. . . .were you given the full right to appeal that decision?

SOTAJ:
Thanks a million justwise. I think we will just reapply this coming week cos all logistics are already in place for the trip this Easter (infact, i was about to confirm our ticket booking just told the lady to wait till monday). We will include the marriage certificate and even wedding pictures like you advised. we will even include pictures of the naming ceremony and other pictures to corroborate our proof.

I just thought maybe a one or two paragraph response from the high commission (I hope they would reply my mail anyway) would also be nice if I print and also enclose when reapplying or what do you feel?

Justiwe,

I was just thinking, I hope i get a response to email to the High Commission but if not, should we refer to this initial decision while reapplying next week (iI know there is a column for that) or just be silent?

Then you said we should submit same documents plus the ones not included initially (do we submit the same statements of account too? Considering that it is already over 2 weeks for the initial application)?
Your responses are appreciateed as ever.

Doing that can only enhance your chances of getting it this time around, so there is nothing wrong with that.

SOTAJ:
Thanks a million justwise. I think we will just reapply this coming week cos all logistics are already in place for the trip this Easter (infact, i was about to confirm our ticket booking just told the lady to wait till monday). We will include the marriage certificate and even wedding pictures like you advised. we will even include pictures of the naming ceremony and other pictures to corroborate our proof.

I just thought maybe a one or two paragraph response from the high commission (I hope they would reply my mail anyway) would also be nice if I print and also enclose when reapplying or what do you feel?

Justiwe,

I was just thinking, I hope i get a response to email to the High Commission but if not, should we refer to this initial decision while reapplying next week (iI know there is a column for that) or just be silent?

Then you said we should submit same documents plus the ones not included initially (do we submit the same statements of account too? Considering that it is already over 2 weeks for the initial application)?
Your responses are appreciateed as ever.

You may not get a reply from them, even if you do, it will not change the decision of the ECO.

Yes submit the same bank statement as long as the money is still intact.

SOTAJ:
1) Letter of Introduction (From my place of work and my wife's stating my boy's name)

2) 6 months payslip (for the 2 of us)

3) Our current visa pages (still valid, 2 years)

4) Statement of account ( the 2 of us)

5) Fixed deposit letters

6) 3 different pictures of the 3 of us

7)Letter of consent

Invitation letter /Mortgage/utility

9) Photocopy of his birth certificate (Original sighted by the lady that recieved the package)


I guess the guy did not have any issue with other supporting documents, just that he said he could not establish that we were the real parents. I wonder how else he expected us to proof that (maybe he expected us to enclose DNA result .lol). I did an epistle to the High Commissioner this evening cos i was really pained. I just want to start preparing for the likely outcome pending the response from the high commissioner.

I can understand why you are angry, though you missed your marriage certificate in the list, re-apply with the same set of documents but this time around add your marriage certificate, wedding pictures, family pictures, pictures of your baby e.g. when he was 2 months old, 4 and 6, if those pictures are family picture then good.

I know it sounds silly but sometimes you have to proof beyond every reasonable doubt that the baby is yours.

SOTAJ:
Quote from: SOTAJ on January 10, 2012, 02:57 PM
Hello All,

I'd like to use this medium to really commend everybody that has contributed to shedding light on peoples' dark areas on this forum. You guys are really doing great and I'd appreciate if some light is shed on an issue for me as well.

My wife intends to spend her vacation in the UK with our 6 month old boy come April.

The issue here is that both my wife and I have valid visas to the Uk having been there on vacation couple of times, but my boy doesn't.

My question now is, what documents will be required for his own visa application and how do we go about it (ie} can we apply for him alone as an individual?

Your responses will be highly appreciated.


We submitted the application for my boy's visa last week and got a response that the decision was ready, but on getting the parcel today, my boy was refused based on a dummy conclusion by the entry calrance officer that they could not establish the relationship between us and our son even after enclosing all the necessary documents in the application. A photocopy of the birth certificate was also enclosed.
Although I have already written the High Commissioner from my office this evening, Please what do you think should be done next (reapply)?

Justwise you inputb is needed here please, other advices are welcome please

Can you list the documents you submitted?

chinboy:
To the moderator of this sub-section, i want to know the conditions i will need to meet for me to be able to place ad on this section.
thanks and waiting for your quick response to this thread

You are free to place your advert as long as its not fraudulent and visa advert will not be allowed.

[quote author=prince_onx link=topic=861109.msg10311489#msg10311489 date=1330663511]^^
lol that was very funny[b] but honestly, the guy is saying the truth! It's almost hard to find someone in naija that doesn't want to step over you one way or the other! The saddest of it all is that it's now like norm! People do wrong without even seeing anything wrong with it!
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@expido
You said you lived in the US for 16 whole years, does that mean you were undocumented or illegal? You also said "everytime you come home" sounds like you visit naija and go back to US. What kind of Status do you have in US cause Citizens, permanent residence, or even US visa holders DO NOT need a transit visa to st Kitts. Why were you in the air for 5 whole days?[/quote]I agree that [b]S[/b]ome Nigerians can not be trusted even with toilet brush but to generalised it is nothing short of madness.

Simplesoul:
Just
@justwise: I just got an email response from them after several calls and emails saying that my Application is at the verification stage in the BDHC. What does that mean? how long can that be?

I need grace

They are verifying the documents you submitted, its a normal process.

GoodVision:
Vacancy exists for an accounts officer, qualification: OND Accountancy, email your CV to seunakinduro@gmail.com

Many of you will get tired of advertising these bogus jobs that never existed.

scudsynergy:
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Interested applicants should send a detailed copy of their CVs to scudsynergy@gmail.com on before March 25, 2012.

Which company is recruiting? Physical address, web-address, Landline number?

Simplesoul:
Oh God, Pls help me, I am still expecting a response for my Business visit Visa, its 9 days now? Have been on VFS site, status still remains the same, What can I do, Have to be in UK on Monday

Do they fast track visa applications?

Call/email them.