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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Meogom: 7:32pm On May 04
Meogom:
Good day my people, please any one knows any courier company that can help send phones to Nigeria (at God fearing rates). Thinking of starting small hustle by the side

Please anyone has info on this? Make una help me o
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Meogom: 2:53pm On May 03
Good day my people, please any one knows any courier company that can help send phones to Nigeria (at God fearing rates). Thinking of starting small hustle by the side
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Meogom: 10:33pm On Apr 15
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Meogom: 10:32pm On Apr 15
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Meogom: 10:32pm On Apr 15
jedisco:


It's not public funds

Noted. Thank you
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Meogom: 12:26am On Apr 12
So there's this stuff people at my work place claim, about £140 pounds tax relief for washing your uniform, they said I could apply for it too. I've gone through it and I tick all the boxes, but I don't know if it's public fund and if I'm entitled to it. Make 140 quid no go purge belle. Please does anyone know about it and am I safe to go ahead with it.
Note: I'm on skilled worker dependent visa
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Meogom: 10:03pm On Jan 21
Good evening my good people. My student dependent visa expires on the 30th of January, I have made an application to switch to tier 2 skilled visa, the application is still pending. My employer is asking for my right to work, how do i prove my right to work. I already told them I can continue pending the outcome of the application, but them no knw anything.
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Meogom: 8:27pm On Dec 24, 2023
eniola1010:


Mr lexus pls what is the best way to get cheap insurance.
I just got one 2009 suv, The cheapest quote i got was 300pounds monthly, for what when its not private jet
Tho my license is less than 2months old
My car park is public car park.

Also i am being charged 30quid monthly for road tax, should road tax really be that high?

You can search for Easy insurance (https://www.eazyinsure.co.uk/terms_conditons.php), they are brokers and they got me a good deal, far better than I got from those compare websites. You could give them a try.

Merry Christmas folks

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Meogom: 2:25pm On Dec 08, 2023
Lexusgs430:


It's almost your lucky day ........ What do you do ......

- Guard that ticket like you won the lotto...

- Send an appeal to the council, explaining your plight and their mess up. Include your details so they could respond back .......

What would they do ......

- They have pictures of your vehicle.....
- Another PCN cannot be reissued....
----- They would eventually have to cancel the PCN...... Your lucky day .......😁🤣

NB: The ticket inspector might be sent to vision 2020 or specsavers..........👀👀👀👀

Update: got a response from council. Just as oga Lexusgs430 said, the ticket has been cancelled. They said though the car was wrongly parked and there is photo evidence, but it's been cancelled because of the enforcement officer's mistake. £35 saved. I promise to go and sin no more.

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Meogom: 10:31pm On Dec 01, 2023
[quote author=Lexusgs430 post=127253622]

It's almost your lucky day ........ What do you do ......

- Guard that ticket like you won the lotto...

- Send an appeal to the council, explaining your plight and their mess up. Include your details so they could respond back .......

What would they do ......

- They have pictures of your vehicle.....
- Another PCN cannot be reissued....
----- They would eventually have to cancel the PCN...... Your lucky day .......😁🤣

NB: The ticket inspector might be sent to vision 2020 or specsavers..........👀👀👀👀

Thanks sir @Lexusgs430, I've done as you advised, I await their response. Agba yin a dale o

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Meogom: 12:16am On Dec 01, 2023
[quote author=kwakudtraveller post=127252770]
Why not contact the company that sent you the penalty charge? [/quote

Its from the council, it was dropped on my screen. And I already called the council but was stonewalled.

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Meogom: 10:56pm On Nov 30, 2023
Good evening my good people. I got a Penalty charge notice for wrong parking, but there was a mistake with the registration number, was 22 instead of 62. I tried paying or initiate an appeal on the council site, but it's not going through. When I try with the correct registration number it comes up with "the combination of notice number, VRM you have enter cannot be found, please try again". When I enter the one on the PCN, it says" there is currently nothing outstanding on this notice".
Don't knw how to progress from here, and I learnt its not good to just ignore PCN. Tried calling council, they said the only options for PCN is to either pay or appeal, that they don't offer any guidance on that,but I can't do any of those two.
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Meogom: 8:06am On Oct 07, 2023
Good morning my good people. Trying to set up DD for energy, abeg which one is better fixed or standard variable tariff.
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Meogom: 1:38am On Sep 01, 2023
Solumtoya:


Pretty much, yeah. Just set up the Direct Debit to pay in full monthly. Exception is Cash Withdrawals so just avoid them entirely.

Does it help if I pay back directly by bank transfer, or does t have to be by direct debit.
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Meogom: 1:03am On Aug 28, 2023
Solumtoya:


He wants to earn more for calling in sick smiley

I just wanted to understand the thing ni o, cos I was surprised when I saw the payslip. Was able to get more info online and I understand it better now

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Meogom: 7:30pm On Aug 25, 2023
KOVIC19COVID20:


SSP- Statutory Sick Pay

Yea, thanks. I knw thats the meaning, but I thought it was supposed to be added to the salary, but the salary remains unchanged
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Meogom: 5:14pm On Aug 25, 2023
Good day my ppl. So I got my pay slip and saw some new stuff (I was away from work for one week due to sickness). Saw osp, ssp and osp contra payment, but they didn't make any difference to the money.
Osp payment + Ssp payment = Osp contra payment
They added osp and ssp then subtracted osp contra, thereby making net difference zero (0), so in other words, no effect on the final payment.
Abeg what does it mean please, I've checked the Internet but still don't get it.
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Meogom: 10:26pm On Aug 17, 2023
Schoolhike:


Person jam my car while it was parked, while my car also enter person building (fence pulled down) the person left the scene (not a run-away driver I think), but police said it’s criminal as he left the scene, eye witness we’re able to get the car details.

All in all, my point I was asked every question you could imagine. By both police and insurance coy.

Make people shaa no lie for insurance companies that’s all I can say, up to the point of what is your job type and use of car, your mileage you inputted while buying out the insurance and so on.

It’s also very important to update any change in personal details most especially address.

Let you car be in good condition, don’t drive with tyres beyond the allowable legal limit.


Trying to update house address on my insurance policy, and I'm get a new quote of almost double of what I was paying, and the new address is very close to the old one. Na so dem dey do am?
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Meogom: 11:54pm On Aug 03, 2023
rinzylee:
Lloyd switch £150 - I chop am

Natwest £200 - I chop am

First direct £175 - I chop am


Chopnt you yet?

Where is the next Chopchop?

Abeg can i switch my recently switched natwest? Opemed monzo and switched it to natwest last month, can I switch the natwest to another bank for bonus?
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Meogom: 3:00pm On Jul 15, 2023
Bourne007:
So you wan follow suit cheesy .. .

Overspeeding .. . She was asked to produce DL which she did but the international DL wasn't accepted. She was then asked to produce naija DL but couldn't hence taking to court.


Na wah o, had the same Overspeeding issue and my international driving licence was accepted
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Meogom: 3:58pm On Jun 10, 2023
Good day my people.
I work with a company where I'm being appropriately taxed, and I sometimes pick shifts on index flex during weekends when I'm free just to add a few extra quids. The pay is mostly between 100 and 120 pounds. I noticed indeed flex does not remove any tax, just wanted to ask if this is not an issue make dem no go talk say person dey owe tax after sometime.
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Meogom: 9:42pm On May 18, 2023
rinzylee:
Who has flown Egyptair recently here? I hope I have no surprises.

Meanwhile it appears airlines have reverted to 634/$ as exchange rate.


What kind of gifts would you buy for village people abeg?

Travelled with them 2 weeks ago, aircraft was a bit tight couldn't really stretch my legs, had a 2 hour delay at Heathrow, asides that I think it was OK. Not fantastic but not bad either, somewhere in the middle.
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Meogom: 9:15pm On Apr 21, 2023
Lexusgs430:



Pay £99 & option 1 .....

OK, thank you sir, will go with that option
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Meogom: 9:14pm On Apr 21, 2023
ukay2:


Option 1

Maintain speed limits all the time,otherwise, no more speed awareness course for you.

Its either points or fine or court or combinations

Thank you
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Meogom: 5:21pm On Apr 18, 2023
Meogom:
Good day my correct people, I just got a notice of intended prosecution for exceeding speed limit (drove 35mph in a 30mph zone). Abeg how do i go about it and what are the consequences. Thanks all

So I got a response from the police and was given one of three options
1) Attend a Speed awareness course
2) Fixed penalty charge
3) Going to magistrate court
Abeg which option is the best o. From my little research, looks like option 1 is the best as there will be no points deduction. But I thought I should still sample the opinion of the elders in the house. Thanks
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Meogom: 7:45pm On Apr 11, 2023
Hi my good people, I just moved into a house and got water bill £754.90 per year (£62 per month) which I feel is quite high. Its a 3 bedroom in Cardiff. There's no meter so it's rateable value. Abeg is there any way I can bring this down?
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Meogom: 8:21am On Apr 03, 2023
Good day my correct people, I just got a notice of intended prosecution for exceeding speed limit (drove 35mph in a 30mph zone). Abeg how do i go about it and what are the consequences. Thanks all
Travel / Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 8 by Meogom: 10:24am On Feb 25, 2023
Good morning my good people, my iom TB cert expires on 29th march. Must I do my biometrics before that expiry date or I just need to book for biometrics before the expiry date and do the actual biometrics later.
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Meogom: 3:56pm On Jan 20, 2023
Hello my good people, trust we're all doing great. I am looking at getting a new job, I've been on my present job for less than two months. I keep getting the same questions from potential employers, "why do you want to leave your present appointment less than two months into the job". Truth is that I took the job just to settle down, its below my salary expectations and quite far from where I stay, so the main reason is the pay and the distance.
How do I answer this question without looking like someone who doesn't know what he wants, and not give them the impression that I'll be off again in a few months. (One actually asked me how is he sure I won't be moving again soon).
Travel / Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 8 by Meogom: 11:48pm On Jan 11, 2023
@dduchess90 and other gurus, we're trying to apply for visa for our children. The MA and dependent's visa expires 30 January 2024, we have 2k pounds tuition balance and we're outside London. Please how do we calculate the POF for 3 children. Thanks in anticipation.
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Meogom: 9:34pm On Jan 05, 2023
koonbey:


Well done!

Did you do this with your Nigerian license?

If so, how high was the insurance, if you don't mind sharing, please.

I'm trying to figure out if using that to register a vehicle in the interim is worthwhile.

Used International drivers licence, got insurance for 107 pounds per month

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Meogom: 6:43pm On Jan 03, 2023
Meogom:
Will be driving on UK roads for the first time tomorrow, feeling kinda apprehensive, abeg any tips from the gurus?

My people, una do well o, thanks for all ur advice, drove 75 miles to and from work, made several wrong turns and some mistakes, but in all I'll give myself a pass mark. We go again tomorrow

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