Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 11:08am On Dec 06, 2023 |
Thegamingorca: Yup. Even if you have settled status or own a passport your intended partner is still bound by it.
British citizens themselves can't marry from other countries and have them come over unless they will earn same sizable amount.  I mean they targeted everyone planning to marry from Africa or Asia, citizen or not. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 8:38am On Dec 06, 2023 |
Lexusgs430: Lawyers are already shinning their boots to challenge this immigration changes........ Watch this space ....😄😁 I will not hold my breath on this |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 7:13am On Dec 06, 2023 |
Zahra29: The new rules are harsh, but also fair in that they will not apply to care workers who are already on a visa. But anyone who isn't yet on the visa has been made aware of the restrictions and they do not have to apply for care work if they do not want to live away from their families. So I don't think it's actively encouraging family separation They are definitely encouraging family separation, the whole idea of this policy is to reduce immigration right? So how does that encourage family reunion? They increased salary requirement for family visa application to 38K plus from £18,600, this is not about those coming in as you stated, this affects everyone applying for family visa whether you are here already or planning to move here with your family. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 6:26pm On Dec 05, 2023 |
Zahra29: Let's wait and see
Note though that Labour did not oppose the govt plans yesterday and are actively in support of some such as scrapping the shortage occupation list.
I remember debating a few months ago that high immigration was a time bomb and wouldn't sustain, but the response was that the govt would not move to restrict immigrants and students, they need immigrants etc. That may be true, but they need/want to be in power far more.
Besides the new policies aren't stopping immigrants from coming to the UK. The aim is to reduce the number of immigrants and their dependants but many immigrants such as nurses, doctors, teachers etc are unaffected. Care workers who don't have dependants or are willing to live here without their family , are also unaffected.
Some policies, such as the high salary threshold for British dependants, might be reviewed later because of the impact on British citizens and their right to family life. But I highly doubt Labour will relax the rules to the same extent that Boris did, cos they know that will only cause a huge spike in immigration again, which they will get blamed for. That bit of your post is really uncomfortable to read. I mean think about this for a moment, an immigration policy that is actively encourages family separation? You can not bring your family until you have ILR or passport even at that you have to face another lengthy visa requirements. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 11:57am On Dec 05, 2023 |
Zahra29: I doubt it, at least not anytime soon.
Starmer would seek closer ties to the EU first
Also, Starmer would tread very carefully or else Labour risks once again carrying all the blame for high migration figures, and getting locked out of power for another 10 years. Zahra29? Labour will make changes to this or introduce another visa route to entice foreigners. The UK will struggle to remain competitive without immigrants, just wait after next generation election and see what happens. I know that Nigerians and Indians specifically abused the care and student visa routes badly hence this policy but the British government encouraged the abuse by focusing on the revenue generated through visa applications alone |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 7:26am On Dec 05, 2023 |
Zahra29: Labour does not plan to object to any of the new rules, so very likely to go through
(I did say previously that Labour would adopt a similar hard-line on immigration to try to change their reputation) Labour will water down this rule when they get into power, this new rule will bite the British economy as time goes on. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 8:29pm On Dec 04, 2023 |
AKALAMAGBO: But nothing is wrong with the quote you copied from the link…
Do you want people to get stuck on a survival jobs and not upskill themselves??
Why is a good advice difficult to understand Justwise I don't know how you managed to come up with that. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 3:24pm On Dec 04, 2023 |
hustla: OK
Send the owner of the thread a DM and tell him
I no get strength abeg! Why? You pasted the link here |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 2:05pm On Dec 04, 2023 |
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Travel › Re: Living In Abroad: Why Do Most Couples Crash When They Go Abroad??? � Please Let by justwise(mod): 11:19am On Dec 04, 2023 |
Women’s rights are respected and that comes with more power for them. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 10:28am On Nov 30, 2023 |
UniqueDext: My brother, i dont have the keys to the house after she changed it. Now almost everytime i come back i have to stay outside for 1 to 4 hours until someone from the house is leaving or going inside then i follow up to enter.
Its crazy, the room is also cold with no furniture anymore as she took everything out.
You cant believe what this woman did to me on Sunday with her kids.. They came on Sunday to make mockery of me, with her two little kids of 4 to 6 years i guess.. All where insulting me and telling me how stupid I am and how I sleep in such room, man this kids where throwing insult on me with there mother to the extent that the kids later told the mother that am now looking like a depressed person that she should pity me..
It's really crazy what kind of person the woman is.. I recorded everything without her knowing my phone was on recording... I really don't want to see this woman get away with all this act she did but I have to find somewhere else to keep my head and have a good sleep.. I have paid for a place now but I still want to collect my deposits and if possible sue her for not registering the deposit on a scheme. Please if anyone can guide me on how to go about it, I will really appreciate it.. Since you have decided to move out and gotten another place you can still get your deposit back, don't just give up, it takes time but at the end you will get your money. If your landlord does not protect your deposit Contact a tenancy deposit scheme (TDP) if you’re not sure whether your deposit has been protected.
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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 10:31pm On Nov 28, 2023*. Modified: 5:40am On Dec 01, 2023 |
lavida001: You forget the part where you will be averaging 10,000 steps in a day. Two years into the job you go don dey use walking stick.
Like i said before people are doing care job to meet up with fees and bills, mesef dey run am but you should upskill yourself and get a befitting job that aligns with your career.
If you have any info on how to secure a good job kindly drop information/ pointers.
We rise by lifitng others. My bad!. You see i was thinking that carers can also drive, that many of them drive from client to client. It just occur to me now that people in other professions drive to work or do moon walking something that is not available to carers |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 8:33pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
ehizario2012: People can even be doing care and still keeping active in other professions while chasing ILR...
A friend is three years into support but still writing his CFA... ILR would soon come, CFA would be ready by then too.
He go come become biggest man... ILR and CFA. Sodiki. Hell no!! the moment you get into care your brain is fried, no future, no ambition, you have no access to outside world, you will not even have time to do anything again..smh |
Travel › Re: Funds To Japa by justwise(mod): 5:50pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
You guys have derailed this thread. Pls take this export discussion to business section.
Thank you |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 5:35pm On Nov 28, 2023 |
lavida001: After 5 years of being a healthcare worker right?
Dey play Yes after 5, 10 yrs people change job if they want. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 11:26am On Nov 28, 2023 |
Goke7: Some of our motivational speakers here think otherwise  My question is this.. if you studied a particular subject and applied for jobs with no success what do you do? Go back to school to get more certificate ? Go back to Nigeria to start looking for job? Thinking that you must work in the area you studied is outdated. Education gives you the exposure , the ability to make rational decisions. Yes this may sound controversial but given the choice I will take health care sponsorship over PSW. PSW should be avoided if you can, I will take it if that is the only option available. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 9:53am On Nov 28, 2023 |
hustla: 1000000000% facts
Called up a friend some weeks back cos I didn't see him in class, Baba said he switched to care visa, from Cybersecurity Msc. I was shocked
Told two people I wanted to start writing my dissertation and they literally made fun of me for not outsourcing it. Do you think people like that have actual plans after school? Just go to school, outsource class work, 0 certs, 0 internship, 0 experience from Nigeria. What do you expect? COS from care homes may be the only option
Too many funny things I have seen in this UK waka abeg
 Your friend can swtich back to Cybersecurity when he settles with full right to live and work in this country, nobody pins him down to health care work for ever. He is thinking outside the box which is what education gives you. You studied Cybersecurity and you applied for jobs with no positive outcome then what? You keep waiting until your visa expires? |
Travel › Re: My Experience In UK Since I Japa:WARNING by justwise(mod): 9:42am On Nov 28, 2023*. Modified: 4:10pm On Dec 11, 2023 |
colbycell: Sometimes comprehension is better than coming here to open your mouth Waaa! You know very well that this platform is gradually disappearing off the radar, and it is partly due to your lack of seeing things from the perspectives of others.
You no fit know everything, and besides, how many Nigerians dey travel based on legally?
You advised that he stays back, in this kind of Economy? The suffer na your own?
That you are a moderator here doesn't give you the rights to poke at people unprovoked. If we all leave NL and you and your family go dey comment?
Abeg shift. Alot of Nigerians travel legally and those who cheat themselves during visa application pay the price like the op, You need to be very ignorant to travel to any country with no money to survive then come online to cry a river. Its the highest level of stupidy to waste the little money you have on fligh ticket but no school fees or maintenance money, how are you going to survive? |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 9:50pm On Nov 27, 2023 |
igbsam: How did you go about this renegotiation ? I intend to do that with them too Usually before your current contract expires they will email you to offer you a new deal or notification about changes in contract, If they haven't contacted you then call them to ask about renewing your contract, they will give you options available, if you don't like any of them tell them that you will not be renewing at the end of your contract. That is when the negotiation will start, Don't give up until you get what you want or close to that. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 1:49pm On Nov 27, 2023 |
heroshark: I can also argue that many Nigerian that migrated to the UK using the student visa route in the last 2years are not qualified for the UK student visa.
But then again people will attack me. But let's examine it without bias or prejudice.
The UK Student visa is point base. To qualify you need a total of 40points. CAS = 30points Proof of sufficient fund = 10points
Many Nigerians (majority in my uni and cohorts) used fraudulent means to obtain the last 10 points. So genuinely speaking they did not meet the criteria and if UKVI had discovered they would've been banned.
The influx of immigrants that the UK is complaining about is mainly from Indians (+subcontinent) and Nigerians and these are also the group that uses the most fraudulent means to secure visa ( Selling of COS and Fraudulent POF). This is the truth and we all know it. But if I talk am, everybody go tag me as enemy of progress.
I personally can not say this outside the community but as na we we dey here, make we tell ourselves the truth.
What i You can make the same case for Canadian student visa applicants, they all use fake bank statement but Canadian embassy check far more than the UK embassy. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 11:11am On Nov 27, 2023 |
heroshark: Stop the hypocrisy and check the Nigerians among you, mostly those working in care sector, how many of them have the education (not including any MSc obtained in the UK) , skillset, experience and age to secure the top CRS point for Canada PR route ? When you said the above you are implying that though those Nigerians who rushed to the Uk through health care or student visa are educated but its not enough to get Canadian visa....simply means they are not educated enough.. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 11:04am On Nov 27, 2023 |
heroshark: You just reemphasized everything I said about. It's cheaper to go to Canada yet they chose UK that's more expensive without a direct PR option why?
It take more time to process Canada visa, which is why I said those that rushed to the UK. The emphasis on rush. No my issue with your argumment is the suggestion that those who rushed to the UK are not educated enough or have the skills to get Canadian visa. That is false. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 10:40pm On Nov 26, 2023 |
heroshark: So an immigrant shouldn't have an opinion? Why are you all pretending ? Most people paying £10k to get a care COS from Nigeria, if they qualify for Canada PR they won't be paying such outrageous sum to come to the UK to do care. Over 80% of Nigerians that migrated from Nigeria to the UK on skilled worker visa came through the heathcare worker route.
So when I said many Nigerian that rushed to the UK won't qualify for Canadian student or PR route I stand by it 100%.
I've met many that have been denied either Canada or US student visa b4 trying the UK.
Stop the hypocrisy and check the Nigerians among you, mostly those working in care sector, how many of them have the education (not including any MSc obtained in the UK) , skillset, experience and age to secure the top CRS point for Canada PR route ?
I know we have some very brilliant and talented Nigerians in the UK, so I try not to generalize.
The keywords in my post is Many not majority and rush (you can't rush to Canada, it's simply impossible). Again you are wrong, The UK uses PBS and Canada does not, so its quicker to get the UK visa because they use box ticking system. The UK visa processing is a lot quicker compared to Canada that takes months and months when you apply from Nigeria. Its even cheaper to get Canadian visa than what people pay to get the UK visa. If you think that many Nigerians that come to the UK through health care visa does not have the education or skills then you hang around the uneducated ones. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 10:26pm On Nov 26, 2023 |
hustla: I doubt US does any check at all
 They don't only do check they also do interview. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 9:48pm On Nov 26, 2023 |
hustla: UK does verify but then people pay to have funds in account for long periods
What they can do is block funds like Germany. Germany effectively reduced migration from Nigeria with that singular policy They hardly do, if they do as much as America and Canada embassies do then immigration figure will not make headlines. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 6:24pm On Nov 26, 2023 |
Goke7: Canada too has same problem of fake admission letters of acceptance especially in recent times with over 700 students from India affected so this excuse of abuse of system is not particular to the uk or Nigeria.
Don’t divert from the main issues, the uk cannot continue to use abuse of the system as an excuse of hostile immigration policies cos it happens everywhere. Is not time the Uk give more attention to its struggling economy and stop using immigration as an excuse to deceive many of its ignorant citizens? They have to because its a major problem, if they taggle that the immigration figure will go down. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 4:51pm On Nov 26, 2023 |
heroshark: Canada let in the brightest and most talented people through the PR scheme, many of the people that rushed to the UK will not even be eligible to enter Canada either through student route or the PR route you mentioned. . heroshark: 80% of Nigerian students in my cohort did fake proof of fund and were struggling to pay tuition, most of them are married with kids and average age above 30years old. There is no way many of them will be granted Canadian student visa unless they are on scholarship or going for PhD.
How is it not true ?
PS: I didn't say all, I said many. You are making two different points here, I agreed with your last point but disagrees with the previous one. Immigration number to the UK will come down if the embassy bothers to verify bank statements submitted by applicants, Canada does this more often than the UK |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 3:11pm On Nov 26, 2023 |
toughest007: This was the key driver why you got that low-cost £21 + 4months free package. They know their signal strength is weak in your area.
Networks with stronger signals may have higher package! No its not, i canceled my contract with the provider with weak signal and got a better deal with my previous provider |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 12:07pm On Nov 26, 2023 |
heroshark: Canada let in the brightest and most talented people through the PR scheme, many of the people that rushed to the UK will not even be eligible to enter Canada either through student route or the PR route you mentioned.
I don't know why this argument always boils down to comparing UK immigration policies with other countries like Canada and Australia. Each country is unique and will do what they think it's best for their country. If you don't like it then move to Canada or Australia (But then again most people can't because they won't meet the criteria)
The truth remains that why the UK had good intentions but people and immigrants alike abused the system which then makes it unsustainable and they have to restrategise.
People selling COS People having fake marriages to bring in dependents Student coming to UK without any means of paying tuition People rushing on Student visa without any intention of studying and abandoning their studies for carework
These are the issues that is causing the problems. That is not true. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 8:16pm On Nov 25, 2023 |
ehizario2012: Oh okay.
How did the mobile broadband not work out? Please share.
Also is it possible to renegotiate fixed broadband deals?
Thanks The signal was not strong enough in my area, when you want to get mobile broadband check the providers signal strength in your post code area. You can not renegotiate a fixed contract unless the speed they promised was not delivered, then you can call to ask for changes. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 8:02pm On Nov 25, 2023 |
Abuja1914: Please, I would like to know if it is advisable to buy car from Facebook market place. I considered prices of cars are relatively cheaper there than other platforms like car gurus, Gumtree etc. I'm always very skeptical when sellers direct me to email after making requests for the availability of cars of my choice.
I want people to share their experiences... There are more scammers in fb marketplace than any other platform i know, be very very careful dealing with anyone there, if you want to buy anything from fb marketplace make sure you see it before buying and go with someone who know a lot about cars. |
Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 8:54am On Nov 25, 2023 |
ehizario2012: I am not sure if this offer is still on, but how much was setup cost? What's the speed? There was no setup cost as I was renewing expired contract. When my contract expired they increased the monthly payment I decided not to renew it at that time and got mobile broadband from another provider. That did not work out then I came back to Talktalk to renegotiate and this time around I was given a better deal |