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BossLaifay:
Guru Baba! I hail o! But no one is asking the govt for jobs! But the opportunity to stay for a while and hustle jobs on ur own with out the sponsorship clause! Abi don't u get it?

BossLaifay:
About 1 in 200? Seriously? Is that what you classify as opportunity? Even when ur course is on the shortage skill list? No "guarantees"? That's not what I call opportunity Mr.
Opportunity is being given a pathway to stay for a couple of years to get some experience before returning home (if you wish). Equal opportunity that is not hinged on employers sponsoring you. But what do I know? When gurus like you have the answers to everything

BossLaifay:
I have been following and even just went to read his initial post again! He said u will not be given the opportunity to work after studies so better try other countries that would do so. Abi am I getting dense? Cos this is what I grabbed from his write up.
But I guess its a case of half empty half full-people would see what they choose to see.

BossLaifay:
But isn't this what the OP is trying to say? Why all this argument?

lebete3000:
So visiting visa is that useless?

It's just to allow you spend your hard earned cash I guess. Ds oyinbo ppl do have a superiority complex while blacks have got the other.

Bawss1:
This post and the one above deserve a medal.

Too many people in this travel section who don't research properly before traveling overseas or have an inflated sense of entitlement.

Ishilove:
You have boxed me to a corner

Ishilove:
Buhahahahahaha! That one is an exception because the snake had a human face.

saouri:
You are an attention seeking BIGOT!!!

Geeeeez! If I haven't lived there I would even doubt my own post.
There are JAMAICANS up and down the UK.
You don't need to believe me, YOU JUST NEED TO GET OFF THIS PAGE

Why are you so bothered? The person who got a job in BARCLAYS must have married someone with papers.
Barclays bank WILL NEVER EMPLOY A NIGERIAN DIRECTLY FROM NIGERIA despite having a branch in Lagos!
I even cited them in my original post...

Don't come here giving people false hope. Don't lie here. Nah.

START YOUR OWN THREAD LET US SEE HOW MUCH ATTENTION YOU CAN GET.
YOU DESPERATELY NEED IT...

@Aphrodite007 please ignore this one.

Ishilove:
False, because people have gotten tired of uninspiring reptile stories so threads like this attract more views and comments.

Amolad111:
@ekpotek and other gurus in da house.

I am a new member and have been appreciating all the contributions so far.

My issue is I am planning to apply for UK visa with my wife and a son (note that we have 2 kids staying behind) . I am fully employed and have a registered business also. The balances on both accounts is about 1.2M. But the bulk fund is in the company's account. Should I leave the major funds in the company's account or personal account?

My job has a fixed pay and variable pay - commission, and my wife is also paid the commission. Should I attach my wife's statement of account but with little balance?

We have all documents including feeding and accommodation from my in-law in UK but the fund is my concern.

Please elaborate the procedure to me.

alert20:
@ekpotek and other gurus in da house.

pls I need your advice....

my wife and 4months old daughter will be applying for their visa asap.

so my question is this...

1. how do I introduce my daughter to the ECO?
should I include her name in my wife introduction letter from work to the embassy or I should introduce her with a self introduction letter?

2. when filling the application form should I make a new application for my daughter or the mother's application form will do?


my wife was a teacher b4 we got married and now she is a full housewife so how should I prepare her letter also can I use my own company's letter for her?

thanks and looking forward to hearing from you.

Ezechinwa:
@justwise
please what is the process like for a British citizen who is your sister/brother to invite you ? He/she would also cover most of the costs?

Laminat:
As @ then roughly #270 but now roughly # 300

Ishilove:
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Aphrodite007:
Because you still have faith in the shortage list. Lol, that’s so ‘80s . Don’t mind me! The shortage list works for experienced pros. Now that sponsorship is hard to give, they don’t keep it for graduates work less than 3 years work experience.

If you think I’m lying, let’s do this, if you know someone that has less than 3 years work experience in a STEM field that got a job and isn’t being sponsored by the NHS, that did heir master’s in the UK and graduated between 2015 and now, please tell them to come and enlighten us. It will be an honour to meet such a guru!

trastar:
Where can I see these rules?

bellong:
I am not a moderator.

Justwise, could you please unban Spyroxy1?

Thanks

Aphrodite007:
Nobody should get tired of warning people. I’m Social Media Savvy and I had no idea about a lot of things till I came to nairaland- like information is here, I’m even inspired to write about how online communities are saving lives!

But understand that a lot of people still aren’t on nairaland and that a lot of people sign up everyday. They may not know and now they know. If we aren’t making sense, this thread would have gotten the amount of likes and attention that it’s getting, I mean a whole justwise is here too!

justwise:
Nothing here is new, infact this sort of thread springs up in this section almost yearly and still people still make the same mistake.

I will bring up similar thread somebody started here last year.

Aphrodite007:
*Clears throat*

1) working in Nigeria is harder in Nigeria, true, but I got a job in Nigeria within two months of returning. That’s how good I am at my field uncle. The only thing that hindered me from getting a job was sponsorship in the Uk, they wanted to keep their sponsorship for more experienced experts. My professor (Emerita) in school spoke to the owner of a web design company to employ me, but the owner explained to me that all she could give me would be an internship for the duration of my stay because of the sponsorship hassles.

2)I had no idea about everything you wrote. I always believed the US was more expensive and didn’t know about the 4 months stay. I knew nothing! That’s why I’m trying to give back to the community.

3) yes you get preferential treatment when you’re an EU/UK person, I think that’s fair. I would want my country to do same.

4) I studied a course that’s in bloody demand IT And I’ve got a British certification to add to it too. I am in Nigeria but keep getting invitation mails (and apparently phone calls frombhead hunters) for job interviews that fit my expertise. I didn’t get headhunted when my address was a Nigerian address, until I put up my UK address and mentioned that I wouldn’t be needing a “sponsorship”.

5) low ranking or high ranking, the UK is desperate for people to work for them, they actually pay their citizens to go to uni just course they need the expertise. So when they see someone from a shortage profession that doesn’t need sponsorship, they pounce on them.

I understand that it’s been years since you last experienced the work situation in the UK, so please let me enlighten you ok. I’ve learned too much from you, now it’s my turn to give back. There are no jobs in the UK unless you want to work for the NHS who need experienced med staff more. If you like be on the shortage list, nothing for you until the home office relaxes their sponsorship laws a bit.

The UK govt owes me no job, true, so they should keep their job, I’ll keep my money, there’s peace.

Cheers boss.

baminasri:
Part of the "reading", " reading " and "planning" was why this thread was created. These vital information disseminated here will never be found on any UK school website.

Aphrodite007:
First of all, I am just seeing nairaland. Had no idea it existed and that it is this great (gotta compliment you guys).

Secondly, it is precisely because we want to help people do their research that this thread was made. Everybody knows the pros but only few knows the cons. Now people who do their research can learn about the cons because of this thread, so what’s wrong with what we are doing? The universities don’t put this information on their website, so we have come together to put our experiences so people are better informed and don’t make mistakes. How is this bad?

I will say this again. I gained a lot from the UK. Honestly, working in the UK was never the plan, my folks wanted me back within a year, I just wanted to sly them by applying to work there- I knew I was going to get a job immediately I returned to Nigeria.

However, I will not pretend (like you are doing), that a lot of people go to the UK with hopes of remaining. I am trying to fight for the poor ones that slave and borrow that money with that hope at the back of their head, so they do something else with the money. Is this a bad thing?

I respect you a CRAZY lot justwise, but It’s wickedness like this that’s stopping Nigeria from moving forward Cos what you’re literally saying is “eh even though the economy in Nigeria is hard, let them borrow money and come to the UK, study and return!”.

We have no beef with the UK govt (lol, how dare we?!) we just want to tell it as it is so people don’t bother, Abi are you getting paid according to the number of Nigerian students that are in the UK?

saouri:
Apart from EU & UK citizens, American students get preferential treatment as well.
South African students, Kenyan students, Jamaican students and even Zimbabweans get these jobs at a higher rate than Nigerians...

I am talking about my former classmates here who have lesser experience and in some cases even lower grades...

There is discrimination against Nigerians.
This thread is not about entitlement!!!

We are directing those who have ears towards better paths. Simple!

saouri:
You are trying so hard here ☺
Start another thread please!!!
Unfollow this post.
Nobody is asking you to remain here.

Take your opinion to another thread.

Nobody is misinforming anybody here.
Facts have been stated. Many other people who have fallen victim have identified.

Enjoy your UK life. Leave this post alone!!!

Aphrodite007:
Ok I am quite irritated at some comments here. A lot of “educated” people believe that we feel entitled to getting a job in the UK and that we believe that the UK government is meant to give students jobs, etc. There’s even someone that insinuated that the thread is hindering people from going to the Uk after we have gone and enjoyed it.

Smh

Education is meant to give you skills to work! Let me make this clear. So those saying that the UK degree gives knowledge have got it very wrong, I don’t need such expensive knowledge if I’m going to sit at home to count cars. Ok.

The thread is meant to inform people that they wouldn’t work in the UK after their studies. It’s doesn’t say that the UK govt must give us jobs, no, it’s just meant to collate people’s experiences and dissuade others from wasting their money. There are other countries where you’d spend less and get more.

Finally there is something called value. Value is getting a good return for your money. If I spend 8mill on education and I can’t work to get the money back, whether I’m the UK or Nigeria, I didn’t get value for my money. All you people in the UK enjoy value for EVERYTHING but now that we are asking people to demand value for their money by going elsewhere or just staying back in Nigeria, you’re upset? Such Double standards!

Oh and one more thing, yes, if it were Nigeria that was a business hub where immigrants came and stole our jobs, we will be upset. So it’s understandable and quite sweet that the UK wants to protect their citizens- I respect them immensely for that. The UK laws are solely the business of the UK, and they do not need to check with Nigerians to create the laws- this, however, doesn’t stop me from insulting them (like I insult the Useless Nigerian government) when I’m annoyed.

This message to to sprinkle clarity on this thread.

Aphrodite007:
You see what you did here? This is exactly what saouri and I are doing. We are telling prospective students not to bother going to the UK if they intend to work. I don’t think it’s fair for anybody to backlash at us, most especially if they got into the UK before the post study visa was withdrawn or are working in the med field. There is nobody that wants to go to school because it’s sweet, we all do it to land a job. We aren’t being entitled by feeling bad that we couldn’t get to work in the UK, after all, if our country was any better, would we troop into the UK in he first place?

The point is to create awareness (quite frankly I am tired of saying this) about the near-impossibility of getting a job there. Simple. Let people be aware of this then make up their minds on whether it’s worth the investment or not. I getting irritated at the condescending remarks I’m seeing on the thread!

kooloosaw:
Hello Justwise and everybody.
I recently applied for a Tier 2 visa and 2 things have been bothering me;
1. I forgot to include my photocopies old Passport with valid UK visa and visa pages and stamp pages. Though I put all the details correctly on the online form. I don’t know if not submitting the photocopies would affect the decision.
2. I left England on the 17th of February and got to Nigeria 18th February. Submitted my online visa application on 17th February and paid the same day. Would it be termed as being dishonest as I landed in Nigeria the following day? (Seeing as we have to input all our trips on the online application form).
Thank you.

idolda:
Good morning @justwise and other guru in the house. Please I have a situation and I need your advice

My best friend will be graduating in July (PhD program) from Nottingham University and wants to invite me for the graduation ceremony. Here is my situation :

1. I work with state Govt and earn a little bit above 100k but as at the time of typing this (less than 6 months to the time) I have zero naira in account balance
2. I have an unregistered business in Nigeria with my graduating friend but I run the business and the money is paid into his Nigeria account. He transfers my own share into my account at the end of each month which is usually between 100-350k
3. I will be hosting students in Nigeria for an online course by a top USA university from April to June (people already signed up) and over 1million is expected to be deposited into my account by students (100 students) within 10 days out of which 400k will be mine after paying the school the course fees.
4.I was denied USA visitor's visa in August last year and I spent 3 weeks in East African countries of Kenya Uganda and Rwanda in November last year.
5. I'm married with kids but will be traveling alone and intend to spend 5 days. I will be responsible for the flight and other expenses but will be staying with him and his family during my visit.
6. I plan to have between 1-1.2million in my account when applying for visa

Questions
1. Will there not be a problem with visa considering that my opening balance is poor?
2. Is the monthly transfer from same friend into my account not pose a problem for me? (He has suggested to start sending the money to my wife account and from my wife to me)
3 Will deposit of over 1 million by 100 people within 1 week not pose a problem during the visa application?
4 will denial by USA have effect on the outcome of my visa?

Your response will be highly appreciated.
Thanks