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[quote author=BABE! link=topic=746496.msg9027307#msg9027307 date=1314545250]Uncle Wise, are you among of my mind? lol. Chei! You spoke my mind. Americans (generally speaking) are very funny peoples.

@ OP: So you're trying to choose between your Sweerat and studying abroad/Meeting diff. people---?. Well, the choice is yours. Draw your scale of prefrence and choose which is more important to you. [/quote] na true now.

[quote author=Mrs.Chima link=topic=746496.msg9027247#msg9027247 date=1314544618]You like UK and that's okay.  No tears shed.  

What's worse in your opinion,  a redneck white American woman who isn't well traveled thinking Africa is a country or a Nigerian man thinking Cubans aren't hispanic and DC has the largest HIV/AIDS infections in the world?   [/quote]That is worse considering her position, she policies could be dangerous. . .Tea Party for example. . . what unknown Nigerian thinks doesn't matter.

[quote author=Mrs.Chima link=topic=746496.msg9027037#msg9027037 date=1314542327]He knows Brits are less open minded and expressive than Americans. He is pulling your legs. 

One thing I can say about America though at least we have a Black President and can move up the corporate ladder compared to UK.

Speaking of killings and violence, a bomb exploded in Abuja.[/quote]Actually you are. . . wrong, Americans doesn't do it for me, you got to worry for a country that produced the likes of Sarah Palin who thinks she can see Russia from her bedroom and thinks that Africa is a country.

pendo89:
Justwise you could be right.Don't forget the size of the country as well, so if you go adding up the number of killings per state,the total will surpass that of anywhere else.
What I mean is its very easy to chat up an american than a briton.
I find them too cautious,rigid and mean. I wont talk racism cz that is everywhere.

The other way round is the case with me, I don't see them as friendly as i see British pple, maybe younger generation Americans will change that.

[quote author=Mrs.Chima link=topic=746496.msg9026907#msg9026907 date=1314541131]That's for anyone who doesn't travel outside of their country/continent and educate themselves about cultural diversities without depending on CNN.  

I can say the same thing about Africa.  Lord knows![/quote]That is true and Americans travel less, Africans know more about America and the UK than those countries know about themselves cos we learn alot about foreign history in school and visit those countries than they do visit Africa.

Lacrissa:
I agree, was saying I think that's what Pendo meant when she said "cold"


That's right

People in the UK are more open minded, US tend to know only about. . . US basically.

pendo89:
^^ you choose the lesser evil.
I love applying probability everywhere.

There are more killings in US as its in the UK, i'm tempted to say. . its even worst in US considering their gun law.

Lacrissa:
I think she meant cold as in mean/wicked

That is everywhere, if you are afraid of that then u will never live anywhere else.

pendo89:

my dear this question of yours is funny but this is what

In Uk I get 2 things ie new (cold) people and see the different side(boring)
In US I get 3 things ie new(crazy)people,see the different side(variety) and see my sweetheart.
So which one wins? the US of course cz that's where the other half of my heart is.

No cold in US?

Lacrissa:
For example, if you are to go study abroad and choose between the UK where you've always wanted to go to see a different side, meet new people or the US where you have your love/sweetheart, which would you choose and why?

It is just an open question for opinions. Thanks

If i were i will go to US purely cos of ur gf.

Oye50:
well i know many of u might say am not a nice guy but it could happen to anyone. i've got a girl friend who loves me with her life; it all begins with her affection for me, then i approched her. i don't really like her then because i felt she was wayward but when we started i now discovered that some of my findings were wrong. now the point is that though i dont love her so very much but i like her now, at least to some extent. the real gist now is that she had a pregnancy for me back in february this year but due to some of our fears, she had to get rid of the baby. she now seriously beleives that am going to marry her and virtually everyone in her family knows me. BUT even though i like her, its not to the extent of marrying her. she would be very hurt if i tell her its over. so where i need help is how to discharge her that nobody will be hurt and we may still be friends. critics are welcome but at least give a constructive advice

Discharge her? Do you have a soul at all? Seriously [b]s[/b]ome Nigerian men deserved to be castrated.

I feel sorry for the poor girl.

paris10:
God help me

I know you will hate to read from me (you know why) but got no choice.

You are a joke, men like you creates evil women. you wasted her life, you used for her yrs, and suddenly you realized that she is not good enough for you , you knew all this for past 5-6yr.


How i wish she is bold enough to make ur life hell, make you look less a man you are.

D[i]ickh[/i]ead

gbaby87:
Yeah I'm lookin forward to it, relaxing and clean environment[b]. Hard time accepting that I'd be freezing 70% of the time, but hey it could be worse, I could be in scotland!!

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Well. . . UK weather can be harsh, just get ur winter jacket ready

[quote author=oche_ejemb link=topic=331618.msg9023312#msg9023312 date=1314478852]Hey guys, this is my first post on nairaland ever.

Ive been following this thread for a few weeks now and i must say it was extremely helpful while i waited for my visa. I stumbled on it a few days after I had made my application and while i followed most of the rules as described in the UKBA website I missed out one thing, which was doing the OANDA printout thing. Also on the day i submitted i discovered they had just changed the application form so i rushed to download,print and fill a new one that morning. It was when i was about to submit at VFS i discovered that the printer had some formatting issues and misprinted some of the characters replacing them with strange symbols. At this point there was nothing i could do but pray that it wouldn't be an issue.
These oddities were however a great source of worry for me as i waited for the confirmation sms. I battled with anxiety and kept thinking what if this and that? Thankfully i received my visa this week after 15 working days if u don't count the day i applied.

All the tips and advice have been outlined here but i want to add something extra. Intending applicants for any visa should endeavour to make appointments online on VFS website. Im not sure what it is again but google is your friend. It seriously cuts your wating time at the application centre and you get attended to immediately. Kinda like paying that 10k for VIP treatment.

In going to St Andrews in Scotland in September, anyone here going my direction?[/quote]Congrat!! Good school as well, a member of Royal family attended that university.

gbaby87:
@ justwise,I'm going to the University of Wales,Bangor

I'm sure u will enjoy it there, Wales is a lovely place.

[quote author=Cori_corde link=topic=331618.msg9022683#msg9022683 date=1314473381]Hi guys, I was here last year actually. I got my Student visa last year around this time. Actually, I did a foundation programme in Uni. Glamorgan last year and I will be needing a visa extension to continue my degree ( which i will finish in three years) No, I already read the visa extension pages on the UKBA website and it said I will be needing to show my full fees for my first year + maintenance funds for only two months ( which is equivalent to 1200 pounds since I'm outside the London Boroughs) I'm sure of this but I need to be extra sure. My current visa expires in October this year and I'll be submitting my application on Thursday after the holiday. (+ I completed my foundation programme just three months ago) I copied and Pasted what's below directly from the UKBA website.

"Do you have an 'established presence'?

Any student (including a postgraduate doctor or a student union sabbatical officer) has an established presence studying in the UK if they:

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completed a single course of study lasting at least 6 months during their most recent permission to stay in the UK, which ended no more than 4 months before their current Tier 4 application; or
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are applying to continue studying on a single course in the UK, of which they have completed at least 6 months.

Additionally, their current or most recent permission to stay must have been:

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under Tier 4; or
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as a student under the former Immigration Rules that were in force until 30 March 2009; or
*
as a postgraduate doctor or dentist.

You cannot amalgamate 2 or more courses to make up the 6 months' study.

Your current location (inside or outside the UK) does not affect whether you have an established presence here as a student .
How much money do you need?

If you have an established presence, you must show that you have enough money to cover your living costs (see above) for:

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2 months; or
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the length of your course, if this is less than 2 months.

If you do not have an established presence, you must show that you have enough money to cover your living costs (see above) for:

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9 months; or
*
the length of your course, if this is less than 9 months.

If the length of your course includes a part of a month, we will round the time up to the next month. For example, if a course lasts 7 months and 2 weeks, you must show (unless you have an established presence) that you can pay your living costs for 8 months. "



You can find this at: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/studyingintheuk/adult-students/can-you-apply/money/how-much/#[/quote]The bolded part is all u need for an extension of that nature + ur result transcripts

TBrownAuto:
@justwise you are nothing but dummy as your president check link https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-746038.0.html what his he saying and again about libya what do you know have you ever live or visit there before the war.

So said Nigerian voted a dummy for president this country will never change the main fact is poverty its has influence even the rich

Read your post again,and re-post, it doesn't make a single sense.

may30:
just wise, Only if i could beg your pardon, the issue is not about Russia or china or about the western world. it is very simple. it is about why should innocent African souls be shed so that the life of the westerners be made better? they cant afford to be held still and out of energy and so whatever it cost them must be paid. see before we used to say terrorism,and all that, its clean lie, west are fuleing all those things.its a divide and rule thing, they have secured iraq and afganistan,libya, soon u will also see your self carrying gun fughting your govt and before you know it, most of you will be made refugee in your fatherland, pls wake up, they have all these days been implicating all those muslims guys, its all script, shine your eyes, dont be left out!

Please God!! where have pple like you being getting ur news from? How many has Gaddafi killed BEFORE NATO went in? Both the rebels and pro-Gaddafi forces have killed, i admit that but please stop aruging like a 5yrs old boy. Read read read pls read and stop making some ridiculous statement like this.

How can some Nigerians be like this? Some of u have yrs to catch up with reality.

gbaby87:
Nope!I'm still waiting on mine. Turned it in on the 9th and I swear if boko haram pull that stunt again and they deny me,every suyaman in lagos will pay!!!

Oh ok, nah u will be fine, boko haram killing will not stop BHC from doing their job. Which school did u applied for?

TBrownAuto:
@Justwise well i have no time arguing with you with people like you I wonder what the world turn into you are the one side thinking person you just feel you can talk on all issue I wonder if you have brain and pretty sure you post what you heard from people discussion in the real sense what has gadaf done wrong with the level of life they live in libya for now no european country meet the standard stop being a fool i feel very sorry for the way you think and talk people like who are monitor Display what i type

How old are u? Next time learn how to use full-stops and[b] commas[/b] when u write.

I can't be bothered reading from you anymore, you are a disgrace.

TBrownAuto:
Justwise and other educated illiterate nigerian that westerner has mumulise stop saying rusbish what happen to libya is noting but the foolish westerner proven that we are still slave and that they can do the same in Africa its well know that the US and Uk noticed that there will be shift in economy with the ideal of Gadaf using Gold Dinar the bastard westerner do not what African let go what is their business in Africa look at Egypt and Tunisia today suffering now they regret their action and seen they have been fooled by the westerner Gadaf has proven them wrong that we can survive without the the rest African can do the same.

Just wise just go to your Travel section you have no ideal what you talking about you know nothing about life yet you are still dad or mum pet am not sure you have ever experience life in full

Any similarity between you and a human is purely coincidental!, anyone who told you to be yourself couldn't have given you worse advice. Are you always so st[i]u[/i]pid or is today a special occasion?

gbaby87:
Na wa o!@Te amo, you do realize justwise is a person right? His heartbeat is not on nairaland o! Demanding answers and attention, you need to calm down, if you're in a hurry, sucks for you, next time don't do naija time for your visa! Its a fine thing this forum don't tire the people that make it function by not being considerate, I'm just saying

Have u been issued visa?

Cipriani:
Who asked for your pity in the first place? Did any of the applicants asked you to sympathize with him or her? You are a cockeyed plonk who does not have any sense of direction. All you have been doing is antagonizing. Bring evidence to the forum, no way; report to agencies to take it up, story; get them arrested, no show. The program started long time time ago, no arrest has been made yet and you keep on blabbing and yapping like a pathetic slowpoke that you are. Why don't you leave the PC and use the spare time you have to gather your evidences and fight a good fight that will justify others to join you.

Evidence? Fake medical report

Cipriani:
I think you are twice as silly as he is. Sorry for insulting you. If he has chosen to buy a form, then he should have used his brain to ask the question before he bought the form and from whom he bought the form. Did Crystal Service mail you directly to inform you I'm their representative?

I don't feel sorry for any of Crystal service victims neither do i have any respect for common criminals like you who has being promoting this day-light robbery

Cipriani:
What kind of silly question is that? Are you more than silly or just absolutely daft? Was the form sold to you on Nairaland? Why didn't you ask the person that sold the form to you?

His question is perfectly in order, you should answer him as Crystal Service nairaland Rep, instead of insulting him.

Builder:
who is supplying the rebels with their weapons, these are just a few hundred idi.ot from eastern libya from bengazi running rampage in a lawful country,  and u really expect gadaffi not to fight back.

I'm done with u on this, like i said b4. . .i'm not a stranger to ur one-sided views.

Builder:
tpia, electing GEJ was a mistake all nigerians will finally pay for eventually, he said so himself that he has no expericence yet we voted for him, im 100% sure he is acting on behalf of the american ambassor in abuja, nowonder i read that 40 african nations have recognise the REBELS are the government in libya now.,

justwise, its all well and good when the wester media say gadaffi recruited africans to fight for him, would they ever mention the NATO contractors suppluying the rebels with arms and ammunitions?

Who is supplying pro-Gaddafi fighters with their own ammunition?

Builder:
justwise, i believe anything u say, only if u supply a real link from youtube etc, alot of lies been said bout gadaffi that shows how desperate and pathtic this western media are, try have a look at the below link maybe that will open your eyes about your claims about african fighters


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz7aS7-lmsM

You see the prob i have with u and others who peddle this ant-western views? You have provided a clip from Russian TV and you want me to believe it but if paste clips after clips from BBC, Sky News or Aljazzera you will call them western propaganda. Try and free urself from one sided view of things, Russian supplied Gaddafi his weapons, it was shown in Sky news yesterday, they are all labelled . . .made in Russia. . now, there is nothing wrong with Libya buying weapons from Russia but if the west does the same thing many of you will pick up ur conspiracy theory pen and start pouring out ur views.

We know that Russia and China did not back NATO intervension  BUT they did not vote against it, they basically abstain . . indirectly giving their consent. If Gaddafi is that good why are Libyans fighting? The west paid them to get rid of Gaddafi?

Builder:
justwise, what makes u think gadaffi recruited black africans to fight for him, why are u spreading this western media propaganda, do u also believe he gave his fighters viagra to violation women, or u believe he had a crush on condileeza rice also? cos of what this usless median have said about african merceneris, black africans of black arabs are now living in fear of their lives

Many Gaddafi fighters caught are mainly black Africans mostly from Niger, its not a secret, i know your view about West and the media, so. .  no matter what i say here you will still play your recorded ant-western views.

I'm against any form of killing, the coverage so far from Sky news, BBC and Aljazzera have being fair considering the situation those Journalist face.

Your comments about condom and condileeza rice is just childish, i wouldn't go into such argument with u on that

Builder:
thamesmead, i trully feel your pain, but believe me this is jutst he tip of the iceberg, just so u know, libya is offically a war-zone and it gonna be worst than somalia and sudan combined so black folks berra be warned and stay clear of libya

That is aggregation, lets wait and see.

thameamead:
On SkyNews this morning the spokesperson for the National Transtional Council was asked if rebels were executing West African men, he sort of brushed it off saying they were going to investigate it, i question the way the Sky News asked the spokesperson, she certainly would have asked him with passion if black men were executing white men or women, the rebels claimed they were mercenaries but they were not, it was an excuse to slaughter those innocent men, there are lots of West African men and women in Libya because it's a stopover for african migrants wanting to cross to europe.

one would expect the likes of Jacob Zuma and our president to ask the rebels to stop killing innocent men but no African Leader is bothered because they are muppets to the west.

where the hell is Human Right's Watch?, where the hell is Amensty International? where the hell is Liberty? these quango's are absolutely useless, one would expect to see them on all News Channel questioning why the UK governement is supporting the rebels that are executing black men. i cried when i saw the footage on you tube, the so-called muslims were shouting "God is great" while beating them to death.

I agree with some of the points u made. . .about the killing of blacks BUT most of the mercenaries hired by Gaddafi are blacks, its hard to know who is who in a war situation like this.

olaleye:
Please, I jes bought ma form last week, will it be processed?

I thought they said Crystal Service is no longer selling the form? Interesting.