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PATIE75:
Do you guys know were to get the zimbabwe visa , all the numbers are not going through

Have you visited this address? Zimbabwe High Comission , Nigeria

19 Tiamiyu Savage Street
PO Box 50247
Victoria Island
Lagos
Nigeria
Phone:
+234-1-2619328

naijacutee:
What's the visa for - A better life/better opportunities in Zimbabwe than Nigeria?

Actually yes, though Mugabe has made a mess of that country, but the bombs are not going off there yet and they are more organised than Nigeria.

[quote author=Ma_J_Blige link=topic=579285.msg7462006#msg7462006 date=1294171015]have u been told you need a transit visa? of course you go to the SA embassy to procure the visa, or which kind of question is this?[/quote]He needs a transit visa from SA embassy.

@op, visit SA embassy and apply for one

[quote author=Jenifa_ link=topic=578201.msg7462074#msg7462074 date=1294171611]@justwise, those are two different sentences and in no way did the question qualify the second sentence. You obviously are trying to make it seem as if i was being tribalistic. that's your own problem.
no comment for you henceforth![/b]hahaha that's the spirit. lol
just take it as a game or crazy adventure and don't put all your hopes in looking for a princess-y happy ever after. I'm glad you understand.[/quote]Its not two sentences, admit that that comment was uncalled for, don't try to pull a fast one on me, you asked if the guy is [b]Igbo, so what about Igbos? Whats wrong with them?

[quote author=Jenifa_ link=topic=578201.msg7461906#msg7461906 date=1294170124]obviously you are out of your mind if that's what you find offensive. what is tribalistic about explaining why we have European names?
A young Nigerian man on the internet preying on old lonely european women does not represent ALL nigerian men. There are many nigerian men who go to europe and america through more legal means and are hardworking and meet women and treat them nicely. get that into your thick skull. The man that this lady is describing just happen not to fall into that category.  is it that i'm striking a nerve in you? Are you one of them?What proove do you have for this statement?A successful union of a younger Nigerian man meeting an old barren european woman online is extremely rare. There are many bitter threads on nairaland to testify that. Please find me ONE success story. Usually the lady is dumped after a couple of years when the guy has obtained his visa or is able to bring his real family abroad. The woman then becomes bitter and starts spewing venom on Nigerians and calling us scammers. there are many threads about this. you know the truth so I don't know what you are talking about.[/quote]Did your closed mind allow u to see where u said:Is he igbo? your life will be nice only temporary (until he gets what he wants and leave). are you ok with that? Let me repeat again to u, maybe u are struggling to understand urself let alone me, I'M NOT ENCOURAGING THIS WOMAN. did u get that, take a deep breath and read my post over and over again. My issue with u is the tribe issue u brought into this. Yes there are successfull stories of pple who met online and got married and it works for them, its not only 0ver 50s that uses internet to find love. You are far too old fashioned to understand this. Its not only on internet u meet cheats/scammers/yahoo yahoo boys/girls. It could be anywhere, its all come down to who u met, marriage that will last will last no matter where u met that person.

tensor777:
Yes anything above that threshold is taxable but they are still exempt from paying council tax regardless of their level of income.

You will start paying council tax as soon as the date u put on ur exemption form expires, if u fill one, only if u can proof to the council that u are still a student.

tensor777:
Again you are just generalising. Most students actually have no problem securing part-time work while studying. Again it is actually spelt out in the student visa that the student is only allowed to work 20 hours per week during term time.
They are of couse permitted to work as many hours as they can find outside term time and in the aftermath of their studies.
Would he be able to get a graduate level job? Maybe, maybe not. However you just can't come here with wild generalisations

That has been reduced to 10hrs a week for those doing courses below degree level.

TitanMoon:
Sorry?
British citizens who have not resided in Britain for a full three years prior to starting their course, must pay international fees.
That shows how much u know about your 'British' system. Get updated next time b4 fooling around here
Students do not pay income tax[b] if they are making less than £6,4170 a year[/b]. Students also do not pay council tax, they are completely exempt from it. Shows how much you know you . If you work for an employer during term-time, any Income Tax and National Insurance due will be deducted from your wages before you receive them. This is known as Pay As You Earn (PAYE).Everybody can earn a certain amount before they start paying Income Tax - this is the personal allowance (£6,475 for the tax year 2010-11).If you're a full-time student with a holiday job, you may not need to pay tax through PAYE (you will still pay National Insurance if you earn more than the weekly threshold).You can ask your employer for a form P38(S) (or download it below) if all the following apply:    * you're a full-time student in the UK, only working in the holidays
    * you're returning to full-time education after the holiday    * your total income for the year is below the personal allowanceIf you have a part-time job during term time, you can't use form P38(S) just for your holiday job. Your employer will take care of the paperwork to make sure you don't pay too much tax.

That means IF they make more than £6,4170   a yr they pay tax right? Did u get that?

tensor777:
Well "international" students also include British passport holders who do no meet extant 3 year residence in UK criterion. So it does cut both ways.

Sorry?

TitanMoon:
No he is a complete plonker, the 'taxpayers' he is going on about include foreign students who work part time and pay into the system, many Nigerians with due citizenship are among the taxpayers, so we all subsidise fees for home students.


Students do not pay tax in the UK. Are you seriously implying that the British taxpayer should subsidise the educaiton of foreigners whom have never paid tax into the UK. [b]Once someone has stayed in the UK on ILR for three years they are eligable to pay homes fees and not before.

[/b]That shows how much u know about your 'British' system. Get updated next time b4 fooling around here

[quote author=Jenifa_ link=topic=578201.msg7461295#msg7461295 date=1294163868]tribe? what are you talking about?First of all, Nigeria is a country not a tribe.Second of all, I think you need to get a brain if you feel that I was bashing Nigerians. Point the part of my post to me so that I can clarify for you ok. all you need to do is ask. you say "stay far away from us" . Isn't that what the OP is asking us now? she is asking us if she should stay or not. And you are encouraging her that there is no problem. it is when kasala dun burst and they are angry and come back to vent that you now turn around and say "stay away from us then". You don't remember when you were telling them to stay and enjoy internet or yahooze marriage. when you know that such a marriage is somehow somehow and have little chance of success. the same guy who isencouraging her now will laugh at her when she comes back bitter and angry. don't be a hypocrite and let us call a spade a spade. I definitely don't want the woman hurt. she has gone through a lot. and at the same time also, I hate all the bad image and I think these are the kinds of things that contribute to it. foreign people getting scammed. we shouldn't encourage them when they come like this. if she had met him on the streets of poland and he was his agemate, my comments will be different. Even craigslist and most businesses ban people from trading with Nigerians in Nigeria. It's very dangerous and risky. you don't encourage stuff like that. it is only when you have been a victim that you can understand.[/quote] You don't hate scammers more than i do, u don't fight them more than i do, so don't give me that line. Online meeting is not the issue here, the issue is who she met, many have met online and get married and still living together, the same person she should have met on the street in poland could be met online, it doesn't matter where u met, is who u met. meeting in church wouldn't guarantee u happy ever marriage.

Jenifa said:

Nigeria used to be a british colony. Many Nigerians (especially Igbo people) have European names. Is he igbo?
your life will be nice only temporary (until he gets what he wants and leave). are you ok with that?

That is the comment i'm refering to, cos u talk alot of nonsense its easy for u to 4get.

If u read my post carefully, u would have noticed that i was not encouraging her to marry him, i was basically angry with pple who think its okey to insult all Nigerian men cos of the actions of few. All Nigerian men can't be bad and we should be treated as individuals, Jenifa? That is the point i was making in my post and u missed it and went on about something else.

tensor777:
You are a hard man no doubt but you are saying the absolute truth. Imagine the guy saying people should not study in England because international students pay the full economic costs of their tuition!!!. That has always been the case and yes the tuition fees are still way chaper than leading American universities.

No he is a complete plonker, the 'taxpayers' he is going on about include foreign students who work part time and pay into the system, many Nigerians with due citizenship are among the taxpayers, so we all subsidise fees for home students.

Gudintent:
. . . . . . . . and that, my fellow landers is why he is JUSTWISE

Remain who you are

Thanks bro.

@dadaja2004

So all one need for UK or USA student visa are 2 passport photographs & International Passport?

manmustwac:
My old Nigerian Passport expires this coming may. Can i still use it to travel to Nigeria before that time or must i have the new Ecowas passport to travel with. If i do need the new Ecowas passport how long dose it take to obtain and what is the procedure here in london?

Visit Nigerian embassy website and apply for one, its not difficult at all and it takes less than a month to come out. There is a thread here for that though i can't find it now, when i do i will paste it here.

update. . . .

. . got the link , https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-290745.128.html
start from 4page or 5

Epiphany:
I think the highlighted part is the summary of all the arguements. No one is discouraging anyone from coming to the UK to study. What a lot of us are trying to say is that in the years past, many people came here to study, with the hopes of either settling here or working for a while before returning to Nigeria. Getting into either of these is now very tough. Even applying to study here is now getting to be quite difficult because, correct me if i am wrong, but the prospective student now has to show proof of ALL of the fees or even pay it all off at once - unlike before when you could get around it. Then, you did not have to pay all your fees at once and you could even finish school without having paid the tuition. Again, like some posters have stated, the govt wants to reduce the number of hours that students can work from 20 to 10. I remember when i was a student, having paid ALL MY FEES IN ONE SWOOP (Tuition - £22,000 and Accomodation - £4000), i had to work for about 18 hours weekly for money for my upkeep. If i had to come here to study under these conditions, i may not have been able to make it. After that, i made up my mind that i had to work here for a while, to 'get back' a bit of the money i spent on my education - and that is why i am still here!

You are right on that.

tensor777:
Well I see a lot of folks here are just going off on a tangent and bringing up totally irrelevant issues like the presumed global recession and the clampdown on those students wanting to attend bogus colleges
You are even talking about starting a business in Nigeria instead as if business is all about capital as opposed to having an enterpreneurial mindset and a flow of creative money-making ideas. Anyway Nigerians have excelled in the professions so they would of course continue to take the study route for the forseeable future.
Be that as it may, and in the grand scheme of things, you should be able to see that Western countries with their ageing demographics cannot afford to shut the door to the best and the brightest from abroad

Yes if u are from a poor family and had to borrow money to come to the UK to study with the hope of working after graduation then the chances of that person doing that now is very slim and one need to point that out. Attracting the best brain from poor countries is another prob cos that means the UK will only encourage the best from non-EU countries while the 'non-so-good' are not wanted.

tensor777:
AGAIN I HAVE TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE NOT MADE ANY POINT AT ALL. At the end of the day it is strictly up to the student as to what to do with himself after his studies. There are many options and choices available to such a person so everything is not about "going back home".
As for your last point it is still preposterous as international students in ANY Western country are all expected to pay the full economic costs of their tuition in addition to living expenses.

I think the point of this thread is to educate those Nigerians who have high expectations of the UK b4 going there to lower their expectation and take more realistical approach. Its more difficult to change your mind after getting to the UK pay so much then realise that all are not as it seems b4 his or her embarked on that journey. The stories of UK you heard 3-4 yrs ago is not the same today. Nobody is discouraging pple from coming to the UK to study, some of us are basically saying: things have changed, look at the situation now.

juzme:
I guess the OP made hiself clear in his posts. He is not discouraging anyone rather he is placing a warming sign for anyone who wishes to come to UK for study. And the truth of the matter is that most Nigerians that move to Uk for their studies do not actually want to go back home after their studies. The same with Indians. Apart from the recession, UK government is making it quite difficult for anyone who wishes to settled in UK and not only those who want to study but different categories of people who wishes to settled in UK. E.g. even people who married UK citizen or eu citizen are finding it difficult as well. Yes, I agree you cannot compare UK with Nigeria. But it will be good that anyone who want to come to Uk for study know that if you want to settle in Uk after your study that it is no longer easy. It will be better for you to have a concrete plans for yourself even if you want to move to any countries for your studies. Personally, I cannot encourage those people whose family are not rich in Nigeria to move to UK for their study at the moment execpt their family are ready to pay all their tution fees and living throughout their stay in UK.

Very good point there, cos with that millions spent in a yr in the UK without any guarantee of job after graduation, that poor family can start a good business in Nigeria with it.

Siena:
Thank you, Mukina, and all who voted for me in the year 2010. I'm touched!

Congrat bros, obviously pple appreciate what u do.

Congrat MissyB, u deserve it.

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born2fuck:
How would I confess to 3 yrs relationship and likely going tobe 4 yrs in 2011.that is the worst I can do

I know it will be hard, but why made u cheat on her? Any changes in her that drove u cheat?

perfectbuy:
The biggest mistake you will make is when you get yourself into a marriage where your in-laws are more interested in what they can get out of you than your well being. They have nearly ruined my life. They destroyed my home and my wife is in full support of it. She never defends my interest but she is always against it. We have been separated for 2 years because of these problems. I try to go back to see if things can work out for our marriage but she is too attached to her family. To make matters worse she ridicules me on the phone in the presence of her siblings. I have never wrong her in anyway. I am fed up.

Don't beat urself up again, if all u said here is exactly what happened then please move on, if kids are involved in that marriage then be the best dady to them. Rebuild ur life and look for somebody who will take you for you.

born2fuck:
Because I cheat,I always think my girlfriend cheat too. How can I stop thinking that way

Confess to her, if u lucky she will 4give u and u clear ur mind, its guilty conscience. And STO CHEATING

@Jenifa_

I was actually agreeing with some of ur points u made here untill u brought tribe into it, seriously that put me off whatever u have said b4.
Its completely nonsense to judge the whole tribe cos of the actions of few, just as calling ALL Nigerian men lairs, scammers, cheats like some pple have done here. I say this to any woman or men with that low mentality: IF You Think That All Nigerian Men Are Bad, then STAY FAR AWAY FROM US Year in Year out, some pple come here to voice their dislike about Nigerian men, rushed to silly conclusions about us, stay away from us then, what is the point?

Yes there are some wicked Nigerian men out there, i will never over-look that, just as there are wicked non-Nigerian women out there as well. YOU CAN NOT TREAT ALL NIGERIANS AS ONE.

@op, judge him as him, beware of the age differences, don't expect too much from him so soon, men are as bad as women, got nothing to do with tribe or race.