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uniqued:
I Really need advice regarding this issue. I was formally a student or still a student (have not yet withdrawn from university in UK) on student visa. But some months ago I left UK for USA while my UK student visa is still valid for two more years. I want to go to UK for a vacation and would want to knw if I can use my student visa to travel or not cos I av bin hearing from some people that I might ecounter difficulties passing through UK border force cos they would need to knw wat I am goinTo do der as I am no longer a student or rather am in the process of withdrawin from uni. I was also adviced by a friend to not withdraw from the university but rather tell them I want to take a break for a year before I continue my studies and use this to go pass immigration but I find this method quite cunning so decided to ask my nl folks. I knw all u guys are expert travel consultants and would have ideas. Lol please I would appreciate it dearly if u guys advice me on what to do as soon as possible thanks.

Its 50/50 situation here, chances are they will not even stop or ask any question at all, if they do tell them that u are coming to finalised ur transfer to USA and pick up ur stuff u left here. Do not tell them that u are taking a break cos foreign students are not allowed to do that.

funkybaby:

Yels, i have been accepting applications since December 22nd, 2009

hahaha. , please tell me where i can submit my application

funkybaby:
Oh? Him? That is soooooo year 2006
Anyways, he is alive and doing very well.
Nah, he is single (wasting his time waiting and praying for me to come back) he didn't marry any brit. last we spoke about his status, he has post study work visa and he is through with Uni and has a good job.

any reason why you are so curious about 'us'?

Yes. We want to know if u are taken or u still accept application

az01:
Datz no problem since i can travel wit dat visa while d school is on suspension, i wil come over n process my tinz 4 ma sef coz i cant stay here n let someone do tinz dat i dont want 4 ma sef, i wil come n decide 4 ma sef if i cant get a new school 4 diz period dat means i wil stay in uk til sep.i was given 18 moths thou wit d school's license number on it.
Thanks 4 your advice so far my gud bro

I'm watching an undercover program now on BBC2 about ur college, its a massive fruad, that visa letter somebody got for u did not cost £1500, its actually £200 on the street of london, so that ur family friend need to tell u more about how much he paid for that letter.

That school is under seriously investigation now and you are not the only one in this mess.

martinosi:
AND AS I SAID THERE IS INSIDE KNOWLEDGE, IF U HAVE advanced IN YOUR FIELD IN THE UK
YOU WOULD KNOW THAT ITS GETS TO A POINT WHERE UGET TO KNOW THINGS BY INSIDE INFO ie Connections, associations
and Industry Networking unless you are one of those Nigeriansthat keeps to himself @ work and does not have any English, Scottish,
walish or Irish peoples Mobile Numbers  who you have met in your work time stored in your phone.
Try and make Non-Nigerian friends is what i am saying!!!Well i am assistant Head of a Division (Senior Manger)
in Financial Support so i guess i am  chatting rubbish (Really!!! duh!!!)How do u think i can be chatting all day on Nairaland
I just give orders and Sign the Cheques over £50,000 now lol!!!

You are letting urself down big time, please listen to news and  update urself about Uk system, i know u came here in 70s, things have changed

denzel2009:
Naija and our 'pomposity'

Its shocking to be honest

@OP,

What you need to do is to write the school and find out. . . somebody here said his friend did it but i don't know how true that is.

Juicybaby:
Dress up fine and stand at the gate.Any gal hawker with oranges or purewater,call her into your compound and get buzy.See how long you can keep talking and making her laugh.When you are short of words,touch her on her leg and see d strenght of her resistance,touch her bre.asts,kiss her and d direction of your prick wil tel you where her toto is,when you locate it,just chook it and jerk,by now both of u are lying down.Please come back and share your s.e.xtimony

Chie!! u bad oo,

funkybaby:
Which are you suggesting? Stick to one side of the divide.[b]Applying for a work permit with an already expired visiting visa or applying for a work permit under the shortage occupation list from naija?[/b]I am well acquainted about the shortage occupation list , so there is no 'breaking news' about that.I have a friend that is a quantity surveyor that is right now waiting for the result of his application. All that takes is careful planning and 'packaging' and make sure all the loose ends are covered because they do take time to verify documents/claims submitted to them.
However, such route will only work for someone that is educated in naija and has great work experience and good earnings. The poster claimed to breed dogs as a source of living in naija. So what work permit can such individual apply for under the shortage occupation list
My grouse with you is that you painted the impression in your previous post that the poster can overstay with a visiting visa and then apply for a work permit. If you still insist that it is done/possible, kindly explain .

Trust me he can't explain anything, b4 anybody in Nigeria gets work permit to come and work here, him/she must have about £40,000 or there abt to show, that person doesn't need to have job offer but must meet certain requirements. People like martinosi go around giving pple false hopes

martinosi:
Do your research before you talk!!!
There are some area's of employment right now
in the uk that if you apply for a work permit they will
strongly consider you if you are ready to put in the effort!!!
1 - The Military
2 - Teaching Profession especially @ secondary school level
3 - Social Care services
And the last 2 i should know becuase i worked in Finance in these
area's and i KNOW WHATS HAPPENING THERE!!!
The Ist Option ie Military is Self explainotory lol!!!

So your advice to the poster is to come here with visiting visa and apply in those areas or overstay and apply? Are u for real? Are u talking of Uk of today?

martinosi:
Advise to Poster - 1 - Come to the UK for the Six Months2 - While you are here in the UK, Apply to become a Teacher @ Secodary School Level, Check out the TDA UK Website.3 - When they accept you (And if you dont know, know it NOW they will accept you if you have a University Degree) and put you on a 2-3 year contract take heartand see it out because those UK Secondary Students can be Hellish some time!!![/b]4 - After you have done your teaching contract Start seeking better employment!!![b]The little known secret in the UK is that if a Nigerian with a Master Degreeapplies to be a teacher in a UK Secodary school from Nigeria THEY WILLBE FALLING ALL OVER HIm/her TO GIVE HIM/HER A WORK VISA/PERMIT LOL!!!
A gave this advise to a family friend of mine in Lagos, got him the Over-sea'steacher forms and advised him on the process and he is now
teaching in a Secondary School in North London!He says those kids are strong-headed, rude and silly at times but when he thinks of his Monthly Pounds sterling pay-check he Smiles internally and overlooks the Bull-s**t!!!

This is the type of thing i'm talking abt. How can somebody with visiting visa apply for teaching job here? When will we stop giving pple WRONG information? Everything u have written here is false, i don't know where u got it from.

uplawal:
@justwise,dnt take it personal,my own opinion too is not supporting illegal immigrants,like bandiejay said,some can always survive doing some jobs online,while some would survive by other means though difficult, most naijas help but most dnt wait to complete their help to receive blessings though,and most as well will never help even if youre dam stranded, imagine,some would say they are helping you,but will end up making you either nanny or fulltime ASHOGBA "JUST IN THE HOUSE SHA WITHOUT PURPOSE" instead of helping you to stand firm in getting job,then later,after 1 or 2months,they start getting irritated and wanting you to leave despites  you dnt offend them,in this case,most are just USERS and never HELPERS.
Kai, i really pity people without means of livelihood in UK

Yes agree with u that some Nigerians are USERS but there alot who are ready to help but its hard to house anybody here for months. I have experienced the good and bad treatment of Nigerians here but that wouldn't put me off helping or saying it as its.
Some pple here refer hearing silly lies abt life here and how u can make it doing 'runs'. The same pple will call u names when they come here and face the reality. Tell pple the  bitter truth and allow them to make up their minds. How can u sale ur businesss and car in Nigeria only to come to here suffer?

Tamita:
Hey guyz "Redmann, ashi robin, Bandiejay, "a' u made my day. U guyz r da "bomb". Frm ya post, i guess u guyz r ready to help fellow 9jerians wen d need arises. Wat's wrong helpin a fellow 9jerian who overstayed his visa? I read in 1 of d post here that "nigerians (greedy ones) who knws your status wil b d first to cal d cop/immi to giv info abt your status, what kinda lv r we showcasing here?
Some guyz in uk r just too greedy to help bcoz dey want pple to not 2 progress like dem. I knw a few here, their post wil tel much bout them.
Al i knw,evry1 has a destiny to fulfill weda home or abroad.
If i've my way, i'll overstay my visa. . . . . .what kinda of suffering has one nt endured in 9ja? U suffer yet no hope to succeed(God forbid).
My advice is, lets us help one anoda no matter d situation.

Lets be real here, all my life here in the uk i never met a single Nigerian who is in the business of reporting anybody, never. Some Nigerian are ready to house u for sometimes, say 2-3wks, i recieved such help from a Nigerian the very 1st month i arrived here he accommodated me for upto a month b4 i got a place . i don't know where some of u got the idea that Nigerians doesn't want to help their fellow Nigerian and doesn't want them to progress.  What is wrong in telling the truth? Coming here to overstay is not a good idea cos things have changed here. If saying that makes me a bad person then so be it.

Ashi robin:
@Justwise,i expected you talk on this quoteand not the one u decide to choose. maybe im right so you want to cover it

i see you are always against 9ja doing well as u re already doubtin ppl makin so much from home no wonder you think the overstayer will not make it
There are millions of things you can do online in the comfort of your home "THOMAS
just pay bills and tell me how police will see you an overstayer ;DLike i said na wetin u show mirror e go show u bak

I couldn't understand a single thing u wrote on that post that was why i skip it.

Can u tell me how i'm against Nigerians doing well? Are u one of these heartless criminals here trying to defraud innocent Nigerians? Those are the pple i'm aganist here and IF u are one of them then tough luck

uplawal:
bandiejay, i need response o, abegi,me too wanna make dou

U know, $1000 a day is abt $30,000 a month, no tax, no insurance, i mean, he should be maga rich by now

bandiejay:
no one is talking of fraud here, and most nigeria mentality is when you see people on computer 24hrs of the day means they do fraud is seun of nairaland doing fraud?? check that site www.elance.com you can work there 24hrs online and get paid of 1000 of usd a day i know some people on this nairaland who have overstayed in that uk and sell stuffs and make cool money on nairaland bleep fraud, there is more to this life than faking up reality, i can over stay in uk as far as i am making my $$$$ in money in my room who cares what trips me most in going to abroad is Job security , environment not looking for Jobs bleep Job

Can i ask you how much u have made so far from that site?

Ashi robin:
oh sorry i 4get to congratlobia my guy heryyy u do well bo
@funkybaby u no hear say the person in question don come UK once before?
According to noniwealth na the wahala ECO give am  b4 finally issuing this visa that made him think he should just 4get 9ja for now b4 the Road block finally.Try another students visa, looonnnng ttiiinnnn na money u dey find oh no be to stay uk o if dem give am student visa sef can he afford the subsequent tuition fees?wen will he not succumb to overstaying if he really wants to be in UK na money the guyman dey find oh no be say e wan come dey count UK bridges oh wakes up.
Well @ poster tell your friend to use his discretion,check his opportunities here and compare to that of UK since he was there last yr
Dem no dey tell man

I wouldn't even bother arguing with u because you are not making any sense.

Builder:
Overstayin your visa in the uk thats madness even the people in UK are praying to be deported, you are better off overstayin your visa to somalia, tha country na wowo pass OBJ face, really dont know why people keep going there.

Where in the uk have u visited?

Please remove those pics, its just sick, please.

heryyy:
LOL i am on a 3yrs student visa and just spent 6months, before this year runs out i would have change my visa status with the arrangee wedding, I must say u are a greedy person who doesnt want anyone to progress, Please may i ask how u enter the UK in the first place ? where u born here or what ? If u were born here how did your parents got here can you ask them,

Hahahaha. . . so so ur plan is to do arrangee b4 ur student visa expires right? May i advice u to get serious with ur studines here 1st cos arrangee is not for jokers like u. How i am greedy and doesn't want pple to progress? This will be my last reply to u on  this topic, u are in the system now, u will learn from experience and i wish u all the best.

Redman44:
Dodgy Asian friends? Who is honest these days? Is it the politicians who are milking the people dry? I'm laughing in Bangladeshi You need to hear stories coming out of the town halls across Britain. Let the Conservatives come in in a few months time and you'll know what being dodgy means. Come and see how Britons are longing to go and work in their Embassies all over the world. Check out the good life they live in Lagos with money they've gotten from visa applications. They've even hired Nigerian staff to make their work easier while they just stick in the visa in the passports. They don't pay tax as consular officials and they live like Kings and Queens in African nations.
@Justwise, every situation in life has roots in other situations. Broaden your knowledge and you'll get my drift. No one should have the aim of coming to the UK to overstay. It could be a suicide mission. At the end of its sojourn abroad, the dog will find its way home one way or the other. Let the dog gnaw.

Please give me a break, i don't need any lecture from u, the little i know about the system has kept me going for yrs now without getting in trouble or living in fear, and i have also seen pple who thinks that going through back door is the only way and many of them are back home now. If what u believe in works for u then good luck, mine is working for me and i can sleep with my 4eyes closed.

heryyy:
LOL !!!! @Justwise i am living here in the UK !!!! so what do you have to say again

Good, now when ur visa expires, overstay and follow all the tricks Redman44 has given u.

funkybaby:
Learn from what? ?
People are quick to point to the Asians as good example. Truth is most Asians penetrated the UK borders thanks to student visas. . . . . mostly for those bogus and shitt.y colleges (before the UK govt clamped down on them last year)
What do they do? Apply for student visa to one cheap college and then bring their mother, father, neighbours, etc as dependants and it continues on and on.Now the UK peeps have recognised that loop hole so i think from March this year, any student studying for a course lower than degree level can only work 10hours weekly and he or she is not entitled to bring in any dependents.It is also common knowledge that they use 'resemblance passport' a lot. Majority of the surnames , 'khan', 'mohammed' and they are all 'brothers'
Besides, who told you nigerians dont help each other? We do just that we cant keep secrets and bad-belle and jealousy amongst us is just too much.point i am trying to make is that things have changed and all these little immigration tricks are becoming tougher.
This is 2010, wake up abeg !

God bless u!! I couldn't have said it better.

funkybaby:
And what year was this? Last 80s, early 2000s?
Nobody is disputing the fact that people overstaying their visas were eventually successful. . . . Four/Five years ago, i would have told the poster to carry go. But with the present state of things in the UK - year 2010  i repeat, only a F.O.O.L will come to the UK and overstay on a visiting visa.
The rules are changing, there are very few jobs, even the agencies now recognise a fake N.I card, when they see even without verifying.
The era of coming to UK on a 6months visa, going back to naija and reapplying to get a 2years multiple entry visa is slowly phasing out. So many cases of people been refused uk visa renewals while some are given another 6months.
All i can say is come to the UK, stay for a while and go back to naija before your visa expires. If you stay longer than 2-3 months, i will suggest you backdate your passport. However, if you are found out by BHC and given a ten years ban, no talk say na funkybaby advice you oh  

Don't mind those story tellers, they are busy quoting something that happened in 1980s, ask them abt a practical way of doing it they will have nothing to tell u.

heryyy:
because he is coming here to over stay doesnt mean he might not make it here,believe me he might be more better than you, someone just post a story about his bangladesh friend who enter Holland Illegally and now he is doing fine,

You are one of those dreamers, come here and do it then write from experience only then will i take u seriously

Redman44:
@Justwise,

I'm not talking about illegal working or workers. Have you been in a meeting where Asians are discussing? First, all the women will be sent upstairs and the men will remain behind. Then you will start hearing about how the newcomer will be helped. Or how Adil or Depak Mansoor needs a loan to buy the next house to his shop I just admire the bond between those Asians. There are always exceptions to the rule. I have Asian friends. Siddon there and keep displaying your ignorance. You're too small to battle online with. Its better you go to bed. Cheers.

If u are not talking about illegal working or workers then what are u taling abt? When u overstayed ur visa then u become an illegal immigrant and that is what this topic is all abt. You are just jumping from one story line to another, u got no clue at all about the UK system today, don't fool anybody here with ur asian friends with their dodgy works

VPG:
Abegi, u know how many people i know for JD without pali and they've been there for years doing their thang.

When i came here couple of yrs ago, i was living with somebody who is here illegally and working with morrisons for more than 5yrs, he got no mobile phone, just one shoe, eats liver beans 5days wk, he came here as a student when his visa expired he did not renew it.
He brought his wife and a his kid here but was deported just a yr after bringing his family here. He kept low profile to the core but made a silly mistake that lead to his deportation. Over staying is risky, u could be deported anyday no matter how careful u are or how low profile u kept

heryyy:
@ justwise

I know overstaying is not a good thing but stop condemning people just because u are legally living in the UK, Lets try and help eachother

Who am i condeming? What is wrong with telling the truth? U prefer been lied to?  I'm not one of those Nigerians who will lie to u about life here, pple need to be told the truth and make up their minds.

Redman44:
@justwiseSiddon there and keep asking how someone without papers will survive in the UK So you think everyone in UK is working with their NI? I don't like ignorant people and I'm not ready to go into long debates with you because you'll be floored. Do you know how many markets there are in UK? I'm talking about the open markets. Go and talk to those selling stuff there. You'll understand what I'm saying. Go to Tilbury Port in Essex and see the loads of money being made there. Investigate the immigrant status of the Blacks and Asians controlling the place, if you can. I have a Bangledeshi friend who runs a restaurant in East London. I did some media work for him in the past. He gave me a ride one day and told me his story. How he entered Holland without papers, how he got his papers and how he moved to England in 2005. This guy was practically doing business in Amsterdam without papers before getting his stay there. He was running the show while the white Dutch guys were bringing business to him. Now he's in Britain legally and he has a cool restaurant he's running. Three other Indian-Bangladeshi guys are working for him. I know his assistants might not all have papers but they help themselves. They are all nice to me because I give the guy tips on how to boost sales at the place. Guys, the illuminati run the show. The taxes are there to be collected from all these businesses with faceless owners. Houses and rooms need to be rented by immigrants [ and most of the landlords don't really care about status. They want their money ]. The economy benefits more in the end. The people in power are controlled by the guys behind the curtain. I hope you get my drift. Cheers.

U just spoken in tongues here, obviously u are talking abt uk of 5-10yrs ago, employers pays £5-20K for each illegal immigrant they employed, u don't know what those illegal immigrants go through, they are paid below minimum wage, share a room with 5 pple and still pay the ful rent, no bank account, live in fear everyday of their life, please get ur facts right.

VPG:
Common now justwise u actually think this nigg is planning on coming back to naij after paying all that cash, ma guy forget story. Ol boy is going there to hustle and the only way he’s gonna leave U.K ever again is either he hits a jackpot and decides to leave or Immigration jam am for road and we all know the result for dat one.

Hustling with visiting visa here now get K-leg, he may not last a month b4 immigration get hold of him then it will be good nite UK and good morning 9ja.