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Ogcgodwin:
Agent telling me visa Assurance is $1500, like 700k plus, please is that how it’s done

You should not pay such money to any crook, visa assurance is fraud, its not official fees, Nigerian agents came up with that to steal from their own people.

Many of those heartless agents are in this thread.

ChristoBam:
Edit your post.

Why

LagosismyHome:
@bold

Ideally a school should help with placement and preparing students for working life.... . When I schooled in the US that on campus recruitment was a very key element and so many students got jobs easier through their school. Either by coaching for interviews, resume writing and direct relationship with companies . It was the highest abeg. That true value for money . Education is not just about collecting money from students, there should be other value you as a school add to the overall experience

Universities in the U.K do that, many job fairs i tended during my time were all organised by the university, internships the same and you can also sort your own internship while the school supports you with letter to the organisation. After graduation it's not the school responsibility to help you setup business or get a job.

iboboyswag:
Please one quick question to the everyone.

How is council tax charged for people renting apartments in a development or multi-apartment block?

Is it a single bill for the whole block or development, or is the tax billed per apartment?

@justwise @lagosismyhome, Oga lexus and all who might have valuable inputs.

Students don’t pay council tax(I’m guessing you are) your school will give you council tax exemption letter, take it to the council office to be registered.

If you are not a student and living in a multi occupant building then the issue of council tax is a bit tricky, basically not everyone living in that building pays. Is like driving without licence until the day police caught up with you.

If one person in that building pays council don’t usually come knocking unless there is a snitch or you registered to vote.

Admitwithschola:
Oga Justwise - you're doing a great job, for years, and I don't want to start debating you.

Please let’s leave it at that , if you want to help prospective students openly here for all to benefit then good but anything that has to do with outside link will be treated as an ad.

Nextpresident:
Sir please what i mean is i was thinking they will acknowledged my fees payment but till now they have not and my course adviser told me my profle is showing that i have not paid my fees yet please me on what to do God bless you for your good works

Contact the school directly with evidence of payment

Hollyholy:
House I intend applying alone leaving two kids behind.

Please are there success stories of people that applied without their kids cos I keep hearing of denial after the VO asks why a mother is leaving her kid behind.

How old are your kids?

Nextpresident:
Hello guys i have paid my fees for over a month now and my school has not acknowledged the receipt of my school fees payment please guys what do i do the school representative said its not compulsory for fees to be acknowledged that as long as i have all the necessary documents handy please is it a must for it to be acknowledged Mind you my bank statement has been sent for CAS 2021 intake

Please help a brother.

Thnks

As long as they issue you CAS that is what matters, you don’t need to worry about acknowledging the payment

Admitwithschola:
Even me here have been shamed before, lol. It made me laugh. I asked one guywith naija OND or HND, not sure, how he was able to achieve his impressive feat of going for graduate studies in the US. Man, the guy responded to other questions and ignore my own. He blanked my question. LOL. I no believe am. That was the day I learnt something. If people say "we are helping each other and collaborating", it may not mean like that oo. You only know your own self, you don't know anyone else.

I was disappointed. No be me need the info. I wanted that info to see how I may help a friend. Someone else was trying to formulate a rather weak argument about "teaching how to fish" as a reason for not responding. I laughed again. If the bros shared his experience about how him take enter US university with him HND, won't me AND thousands other people - which include my friends - learn?

Man, I have resorted to not have headache because of other people behaviour. Just help those you can help. I commend the excellent work that some helpers have been doing here. And in my small small ways, I have been doing all I can to help too. I receive many emails from people and try to share experiences that I thought might help them.

Finally, that SOME people are playing games does not mean others should stop helping. On average, the spirit of this thread is wonderful, and posterity will remember all of us and smile.

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Sorry but this is not allowed here

ThatEdoFemme:
Oga, i said im afraid of my age, not that its difficult. Why do you guys on this thread respond with a snobbish attitude? Mr Knowah. is it that someone cant ask questions here?

So using rep/agent will reduce your age or they will wave it because you used a rep?

Is there any age requirement in admission or visa application?

If we are snobbish here your question would have been ignored

ThatEdoFemme:
Ok thanks. i always stop half way. Afraid my age (35) will be a hindrance if i apply myself. Now i know you all got admissions yourself. whats the average time for response from the Universities after an application?

Uk admission and visa application are the easiest thing to do , if you found it difficult then you probably can’t cope with the actual studying in the UK.

Nadheer15:
Yeah but they require in order to use a train, I have to book with a debit/credit card and then show the card and booking reference for collection of ticket. My problem now is, I don't have card and even if i told someone to book for me, how would I show them the card?

You can buy ticket at Heathrow airport through the counter but it could be expensive . Coach will be better and cheaper especially if you are carrying loads

SocialJustice:
Abeg go sleep, na so una dey confuse people here. Acting like you know and you don't know shit.

Your screenshot is not a proof that somebody with just under 2months with a company will get a year maternity leave, she might as well referring to the company she left for Canada considering the fact that she was 6 months preg by the time she got to Canada

SocialJustice:
600 hours and she did it working from home.

I don't want to argue anything here. You won't tell me what I'm seeing with my eyes is wrong. Hold on to your opinion let me hold on to mine. You guys just come out here to confuse people.

You are confused because you don't understand what you are trying to explain to you.

Even one month annual leave company wouldn't give you that when you haven't spent 6months with them let a lone one year paid maternity leave. 600hrs is not even close as your friend is heavily pregnant before joining the company

SocialJustice:
she's done more than 2 months and qualified.

You need to work for at least one year to qualify for maternity paid leave

Ibromoney:
@justwise, @mimilyrics and others

I cancelled my application on September, 8 without doing biometrics and UKVI is yet to refund both my Visa fee and IHS. What should I do? I[b] need the money ASAP.

[/b]

You need to keep contacting them until you get a clearer answer, refund can be slow with them

Teerc4:
We still need a sponsorship letter for this right?

Not sponsorship letter but that of consent.

Teerc4:
Please I need urgent advice . My husband is my sponsor and he has transferred the required funds into my account but from his business account so it doesn't reflect his name. I want to know if this is accepted and if so will the sponsorship letter be on his company letterhead or is it safer if the funds o[b]riginate from his personal account?

[/b]Please tell your husband to use his personal account for this because money in his company's account is for the running of the business.

SocialJustice:
It is obvious you're just a hungry blogger who feels writing rubbish will make you special.

Canada is the land of milk and honey with the most polite people on earth.

My friend who got there 4 months ago has changed 3 jobs, she works online, already has her own apartment and can fend for herself fully. Last month she had her baby and the government is already paying her for having a baby with 1 year leave.

So not compare Nigerian carpenters, plumbers, electricians to the one in Canada. Those guys are rich.

One year leave when you haven't even worked for 2months? Which company gives you that?

Teemez:
Please how easy is it to bring in wife and kids during or after studying masters likely duration for the processing and cost. Thanks

Very easy if you met the requirements and this link explains it all

1. https://www.gov.uk/student-visa/money

2. https://www.gov.uk/student-visa/documents-you-must-provide

3. https://www.gov.uk/student-visa/apply

BiggestAmaju:
She does not need employment letter. All she need is the business registration document to show she own the business. She must avoid lodgment of any kind. Just point out her monthly pay and expenses. The easiest way is to get a defined earnings. This people just need easy presentation of your personal account. They don't trust anything business account. For our approved 5 years visa I didn't include my business account in the application. I submitted my company documents and my personal account showing my monthly earnings. I applied with my family too. That's easy for them to see that though I have a registered business (company) I still have personal earnings that won't be spent on investments.

That Is not true.

Tochie2o19:
Good morning all. Please I need your collective help. Can someone get a Malta passport from Nigeria here, (through an agent) and use it to travel to London or Canada or Finland or the US? Please has anyone this experience b4 here. I need ur help please. Thanks in advance.

It’s a scam and will land you in police station in no time. To get Malta passport through investment it will cost you millions.

Realgeo:
Justice can I pm you. I need your advice.

Please ask your question here so as to get numerous contributions

Teemez:
Thanks bro, Living his family behind might not be an option for him, Also, considering house rent in the UK, just curious if his earning of part time job during study will be enough to cater for that without having to source fund from naija?

That will be very difficult with kids and wife, the wife has to work full time while he works part time

MT:
I am sorry but I beg to differ. They make their decisions in their country and most of them just got the awareness of Nigeria through theory and not practical experience. They are civil servants who sometimes don't care . I have been to the Home office many times and people will be shocked the quality of people that make decisions on their cases - most of them look so tattered and unkempt. Sometimes they are just NOT bothered. They make mistakes. I laugh when i see people attempting to pin the issue on the applicant most times. These guys are NOT perfect either as people may seem to make it look here.

I feel getting visa is like going to court to argue your case. No size fits all. Every Mallam with his own kettle. Just present your case the best you can, don't be desperate about it, block all the loopholes and be ready for a "fight", if need be. Don't just roll over. It is stressful to apply for visa in Nigeria with the amount of documents to submit, and it is never like that in other parts of the world. Nigeria needs to get better so that when they throw us free visa, we will even ignore them.

The look of somebody got nothing to do with his or her decision making ability

Teemez:
Yes, two boys.more input will be appreciated

As a software developer he has a good chance of getting a job after graduation if he is good at it, with the two years post-study work permit program he will have enough time to make that decision.

He can come first then bring his family later.

MT:
I am sorry the ECO was not right. Let's stop making excuses for them. I have experienced it with my mum and dragged it with them till they issued the visa. Like someone says, they simply don't understand how we run our affairs in Nigeria.

They do because they live and work in the same country and have seen thousands if not millions of applications.

Its down to the applicant to details the nature of his or her business.

Teemez:
Good morning, kudos to everyone contributing on this thread. Asking the question on behalf of a brother:

Question:
Please a quick response is needed as he is about to make a decision by paying School deposit tomorrow location is Oxfordshine.

his profile:
He is Software Developer with paid employment here in Nigeria, he also have his personal business with an average income of like 800k per month, he is also a family man and he live in his own house, presently maintaining 3 cars, wife also have her business running averagely well just to mention but few about him.

The Big Question is that he seems to be tired of this country and he is finding every means NOT to raise his children in this country. So the main reason why he wants to travel abroad is to explore every means to stay permanently after study, please how attainable is this plan?.

Please for those living in the UK, what is life like for IT professional in the UK? Viz and viz securing a job during and after study (M.Sc) the average living expenses and how attainable is the dream of living a better life.

Note: Considering his little status here working as a security guard or shop attendant may not be of best interest ALTHOUGH he is not unaware that nothing good comes in easy way especially in foreign land.

Thanks for your prompt responses

I suggest that he comes in first without his family to weigh up things then decide whether he can hack it in the UK.

Does he have kids?

fatima04:
My people, please for dependant on student visa, is middle name really important. Bank statement of the partner shows middle name but other documents doesnt include that name e.g marriage certificate and kids certificates.

Also, must the bank statement be stamped on each page if its on banks letterhead. Though the guidance says its not really necessary.

@LagosismyHome @justwise @mimilyrics and other good NL family members

I don't think that is a prob, first and last names need to be consistent in her documents and stamping bank statement is not necessary.

Godlove087:
Please what is the best way to treat that?, because I don’t want to make mistakes that will affect in years to come ..your response is needed please

One thing I forgot to add in my last reply to your question was to note in your form that you are traditionally married and that you be returning to Nigeria in future date for white wedding. That way when you submit your marriage certificate the date will not be questioned.

LagosismyHome:
I don't know if I agree with you declaring you are married when you are not.. .. That means if you marry later the certificate date comes after the application date meaning you declared married when no evidence to support that

They are traditionally married, or are you suggesting that only white wedding is considered as marriage?