₦airaland Forum

Xanderlex:
Norway

Xanderlex:
Hi all. Has anyone had luck with getting a schegen visa VFS appointment in the UK. Been trying for weeks but it keeps showing no appointment slots yet. Is there a time when the slots are released? Kindly help with a way forward.

Raalsalghul:
True.

But in the U.K, graduating with a distinction in the above course doesn't count if you lack the requisite experience.

Raalsalghul:
MSC International Business Management

maasoap:
Foreign students are studying useless and irrelevant courses. And we know that most of them are not there for the education/courses but for work.

maasoap:
Imagine raising over 10 million naira just to go and do master that you don't even need in UK, all because you want to work in a store or restaurant! With 10 million naira in Nigeria, you just need to get your business idea right and work hard. You will be set for life!
UK government just want to be smart by half. Let's see how the new plan turns out for them. They did it once, we knew that it didn't turn out well for them. They too are running parasitic economy reaping where they don't sow. Doctors, nurses, pharmacists, teachers are trained in Nigeria for years with highly subsidised tuition fees, UK would just dangle work visas in front of their eyes, off they go.

Welcomme:
This is the same thing I told a friend when I saw the news. British people don't go to school talk more of Postgraduate. They prefer to do apprenticeship and start making money. They don't stress themselves on schooling. Well, this might still work out but anything that will make them stop Post study permit, it will hit their economy real hard.

RecentHistory:
The British educational system will collapse within 1 year if they try this. How many British citizens can afford to go to British Universities?

They tried this no post-study work permit rubbish in 2016 and by 2017, several UK tertiary institutions closed up because they didn't have students. By 2018, they rescinded the rubbish.

If they try this today 21st of May 2023, by 20th of May, 2024, University of Hull will close down. Guaranteed.

kwakudtraveller:
Guy be like say you need glasses or you dey look for who to pour your frustration on. You see anywhere wey I call anybody bully. Or you no see advise wey I give OP. I no say English hard but move to the right person and commot for my side

Zahra29:
What you call bullying might simply be straight talking that might help other people reading this forum who are planning to come to the UK via the same care visa. Perhaps reading this thread they might realise that many care agencies /homes are taking the proverbial and that having a visa sadly doesn't mean they will be given work/get paid. Many don't even realise that they are not allowed to take on unlimited additional work/hours.
Information/knowledge and preparation is key( what's that saying, to be forewarned is to be forearmed) - someone reading this might be prompted to look for some "just-in-case" contingency funds or other back up plan, so don't despise the message because it sounded harsh - it might be the medicine to avoid death for someone.

kwakudtraveller:
But someone sharing their experience and asking for advice is enough lessons learned for others. I don’t see the need to point at their so called mistake or even scold them so others would learn. One can offer advice and at the end point to people to perhaps plan better but the truth is, people can only plan with what they have at their disposal.

Emmy2023:
For me there isn’t any excuse to this, the mistake is mine, I made reservations based on what was in my reach. All I asked for was advices and assistance as I’ve already made the mistake. Thanks

Lexusgs430:
The skilled worker visa policy, is actually a very good recruitment system ....... But trust the devil's in Nigerian's, they would attempt to exploit angel's in heaven, for over exploited ticket passes, to shake the hand's of Jesus........

We always think we're smart and our love for ill gotten money, knows no bounds...... We would exploit the disabled, to help them cross the road......... 😁🤣

Why are America citizens, Dutch citizens, Finnish citizens, not caught in this greedy £10,000 COS trap.......... Because our hopeless politicians, that are meant to serve, build and provide........... Are simply like us all....... Self centered, greedy and have all their grubby hands in the cookie jar.......... 🤣😝

deept:
With all the information on this thread about how care companies are not giving their workers shift and you decide to come and take your chances and not bring enough buffer then it is your fault. Expect no sympathies from jw.

LagosismyHome:
Brother the streets are rough ooo.(Ticket so expensive these days, everything has gone up and exchange rate is over 900. )
Even for some the ticket self was raised by a village so you have people coming with literally nothing. Which ideally is ok if employers were paying immediately you resume work on day 1

Anyone who comes with buffer is coming from a privilege ....... but sometimes others won't understand. As they say

half the world knows not how the other half lives

BouharryArtikou:
I agree 100% with @Solumtoya that this response is 'Privileged Opinion'. It is possible there is some sense in what Justwise was saying, but the way it was put across is just not wise (my opinion).

Granted, Justwise has done some fantastic work on nairaland but sometines his responses (like this one) is'nt fair. I think Justwise conflated the financial requirements for STUDENTS (Tier-4) with that of workers (Tier-2).

As someone who has worked (as admin) in a firm that issues CoS, I know for a fact that we have the choice of either selecting that we will make maintenance funds available to the worker we are sponsoring, or we could tick NO. In the latter scenario, the worker is responsible for keeping their PoF in a bank for 28 days to show that they have money. There is a reason why the maintenance PoF for WORK visa is different from STUDENT visa. This is because for WORK visa, the worker is expected to be paid (IN FULL) from date of commencement of 'Work' (I put work in " " here becasue onboarding/induction/training is considered as Work.

It makes sense for a student arriving to have some 'buffer' of more than a month (well, that would already have been submitted in PoF anyway). But for a worker, 1 month is enough, as the worker is expected to receive their first salary not more than 1 month of arrival... This is common sense.

References:
https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa/how-much-it-costs


The first screenshot is part of the CoS application for a worker where the sponsoring company is agreeing that maintenance funds will be available for the worker. In this screenshot, we ticked YES. It means the worker is not expected to show any PoF.
If we ticked NO, then the conditions in the second screenshot must be met by the worker.

SpicyMimi:
I totally agree with you, Justwise guy is very quick to judge and I recalled how he judged me 2 years ago, and this got me sad but I cried to God that answers prayers by fire and today, God has changed our story in the most tremendous way! God is sooooooooo real! I’m still shocked at how God has helped us and has been sooooooo Faithful!


In this UK journey, all you need is God and don’t forget God once He has settled you.


God I’m grateful and I’ll come back here by God’s Grace to tell you how God performed mighty miracles in our lives.

HopeLoveLife:
Any site for free accommodation ? Even if it is just for 1 month Biko, this situation is getting me pretty sad.
Or are there places one could get loan here in Nigeria before departure ? Please help me,e I am totally confused on what to do.

Solumtoya:
Absolutely. He's been here for 5 weeks and is worried he's running out soon. That's fair "just-in-case".

See this scenario: Someone gets a job of £23k. [b]He spends about N3m on Visa. N1m on travel. Keeps extra N3m [/b]for "just-in-case" after getting a contract that he would start working few days after arrival. Now we are insinuating he should have brought in an extra N5m?

I think the guy tried biko.

Solumtoya:
Your privileged opinion.

1month rent plus deposit and 6 weeks living expenses would probably be about £3k. That's fair for someone coming to start work few days after arrival. A student would defintely need much more.

There's a reason why the Home Office doesn't require so much proof of funds for someone coming in with a Tier-2 visa. They're coming to work not to spend several months worth of their savings. It's totally wrong and anyone who didn't plan along the lines of that mess is not the one at fault here.

Of course, it would have been better if he came in with like £10k in addition to the £10k of Visa and travel expenses (for a job with Annual salary of about £23k).

Lexusgs430:
One must always allow for just-in-case...... To avoid stories that touches the kidneys........😂😜

Solumtoya:
Someone is asking if he came with only 1-month rent?

Coming with only money for temporary accommodation, transport, rent deposit, 1 month rent and 1 month feeding is not a crime.

He was told he will start working after 10 days and he's yet to start after 1 whole month, that should be the crime! Just unfortunate.

Emmy2023:
Good day everyone,

Please I need assistance

I got to West Bromwich, Birmingham with a Skilled worker visa on sponsorship, been here since April 20th because according to my letter of employment I’m to resume 1st of May but till date all we’ve done is documentation and asked to wait for training which they’ve just only attended to 3 people out of 15. Please I need assistance in getting another source of fund because my rent is almost due and I’ve been applying for part time jobs and not been successful. Advices and assistance is really needed. Thanks

penitential:
@justwise, please attend to this scammer

deept:
https://coursementor.com/blog/uk-govt-strict-measures/

Do your checks...

solex75:
Why should a Nigerian graduate whose degree was taught in English have to write the IELTS to prove he can speak English? UK Visas are given to Chinese students whose English is nowhere near the proficiency of Nigerian graduates. What is the use of being in the Commonwealth if our English is not considered good enough for the United Kingdom? Then it means the wealth is not common.


https://twitter.com/renoomokri/status/1658175939249856515?t=ckRa28INuTxoPPgXKRf1Ww&s=09[/quote]What type of visa application requires that?

Solumtoya:
Lai lai o, we must enter 1000!