lavida001:

I think some people having been here for a while tend to lose sense of what’s going on at home. In a way 1914 British is even better than present Nigeria. Shey na Lagos wey dem dey throw refuse for middle of road we wan dey talk bi canals filled with plastics.

On a deadly serious note, trust me, given the number of people I know of who are struggling to survive back home, and the amounts of money I have to send back home to try and give stipends to some of them, I know fully well what's going on back home.

But again, I repeat - there's nothing genetic or inevitable about it.

hustla:
@ MichaelUde

Oya come. I don finish

You don come back? How was the presentation? Did anyone listen to you? Or did they feel your words displayed a natural lack of ambition?

As you don come back, talk your own here. I go reply you soon. I dey work, where I am a manager, a position which I was given out of the blue, dashed really, with no effort, aspiration or ambition on my part, and we're doing budget planning, which is oh so difficult for me, because, as you and Freddie Lugard talk, I no get "ability to visualize the future".

hustla:



Quick question - Who elects those leaders?
You mean there is nothing wrong with a set of people who have been voting in the same set of useless leaders since 1960?
You mean there is nothing wrong with people who voted Buhari in, then voted Tinubu next?

Let's leave Nigeria for a bit, show me two countries in Africa dominated by black people that is thriving on all fronts. Just two. I am not talking genetics, I am just saying what LL said still applies to present day Africa / Nigeria

I am not a right winger or left winger o please, I am just a "truth winger"

Oga, na only one pint wey I say make you drink for my head na. E be like say you don go do more than one.

You've missed the point. I agreed with you that Africa's current state is underwhelming, deplorable, saddening, take your pick and fill in the blanks. But that has nothing inherent to do with the African himself, just the same way the way Europe bin dey generations or centuries ago or in the 1950s when millions of dem still dey shit for outside was not imputable to any intrinsic failing in the oyibo man.

Taking your argument to its logical end, it means that you believe that we black people in the UK and everywhere else, are not as good as the rest of the world's peoples. So in other words, its inborn, genetic. And me I am saying unto you that by believing and saying what you have said, you are wrong, and very wrong too.

hustla:


Naija, everyone is just looting, no one is sensible enough to care about the future or even plan for it

Lord Lugard's excerpt about Nigeria and Africans still holds true several years after

I have taken some parts loosely below -

His thoughts are concentrated on the events and feelings of the moment, and he suffers little from the apprehension for the future or grief for the past. His mind is far nearer to the animal world than that of the European or Asiatic, and exhibits something of the animals' placidity and want of desire to rise beyond the state he has reached.
Perhaps, the two traits which have impressed me as those most characteristic of the African native are his lack of apprehension and his lack of ability to visualize the future

hustla o. Come out, come out, wherever you are. Make we drag you small, its Easter and we need some entertainment.

On a serious note, how could you write wetin you write up yonder? Just a while ago, while dey were dragging Lexus upandan, your proudly announced you had passed your finals and obtained an M.Sc in Cybersecurity. We, on behalf of the Nigerian Migrants Pandemic Set of 20/21, were happy for you. Now you come dey quote one kolo man's rubbish talk for us. Are you now saying that you are exhibiting a "want of desire to rise beyond the state that Buhari left you in Naija?

Nigeria is what it is. It is badly governed, its leaders are lousy, corruption full everywhere. We know. We know what it is like. We all abandoned ship from there. Many African countries are in similar states. We sabi. The state of Nigeria in particular and Africa as a whole pains those of us who think about it.

But.

But there is nothing genetically wrong with Africans and people of African descent wey don make Nigeria and Africa dey where they are now. The people who govern are lousy but that's them. The people who they govern could do more about freeing themselves from the lousy misgovernment, but other peoples have been misgoverned too and they no talk, not just Africans. At the risk of exciting missjekyll, it is arguable that the UK itself is a place where the governed too keep quiet and continue to exist while their governing class does anyhow. Nothing genetically wrong with that - or with anyone.

Abeg, please go and pull yourself one cold pint on my tab and reconsider what you wrote. No come dey add fuel to the right-wingers' fire biko. You are just as good a cybersecurityman as anyone else (that is what you have been telling recruiters o), so don't come and talk different for here.

grandpoh:
Good morning house, regarding PSW what are the required documents for the application?

Is the marriage cert enough proof of marriage and secondly my concern is the proof of living together for past two years because my wife stays in school hostel while I stay in another city cos of my work and she uses her school address for everything she does and I use house address for everything I do.

Check that graduate visa factsheet well o. I know that as part of any application you make for a skilled worker dependant you have to show that you and your spouse are living at the same address (I usually upload council tax bill for that), so make sure that the graduate dependant visa doesn't have the same requirement. I think it does have a requirement for living together. See if you can add her name to one of your utility bills or something.

Phil46:
Hello guys,

Can a student visa holder take on a fixed-term contract role immediately after they complete their study and have been cleared by the school to work full time?

Yes, you can. Fixed-term employment is allowed in between when your course end date has passed and before your student visa expires.

https://www.ukcisa.org.uk/information--advice/working/working-after-studies#layer-7044

Thewritingnerd:
Hi guys, please for the 20 hour per week student visa restriction, what days count as a full week? Is it Monday to Sunday?

The word "week" here doesn't necessarily mean calendar week, ie. Sunday to Saturday. It means any period of seven days.

So you should not work more than 20 hours within any 7-day period.

justwise:


Yes after 5, 10 yrs people change job if they want.

E get age wey you go dey (the average age of the recent Nigerian cohort wey enter as student for instance) and a 5 year career as a care support worker will effectively become a quasi-permanent one.

This does not mean that I have any opinion regarding what choices people make in their individual visa/permanent residence journeys and lives. Early in my time in this country I don do support work for hospital, then waka go join post office, before person come get job in my field. Some people get choice in terms of finance for visa fees and opportunities, some don't.

Goke7:


I've heard about people going for biometrics appointments for visa extension and renewal and not being allowed to proceed because of the absence of the dependant, the problem is that once you indicate the dependant in the application, the person needs to show up, ok even if the dependant is not going to be included in the application, what will the applicant state as the reason of not including the applicant!

Maybe those who have done such an application should provide the answer, Am only speaking from the experience of others close to me

Not quite the case.
As someone else said, anyone can be in any visa category, even if you write say you get dependant, you fit still proceed without that dependant showing up.

That's why there are separate forms for dependant partner and dependant child and every person go fill one. You fit apply and complete the application process with or without your partner and/or children.

lavida001:


What’s the name you call rent again?

Guys let’s come together and talk about this rent thing. I have paid over 10k on rent for a single room and each time I think about it it gets me very mad.

How do we break free cos I can’t continue paying this money monthly.

You fit opt for Suella Braverman's lifestyle choice.

giselle237:
Nope. My colleague’s 9 month old twins used the app.. the 5 year old they asked the boy to come for biometrics. .. but the twins used the app
Note the 3 of them had done biometrics in UK before though.. so no one can really understand how the app selects its ‘precious’ candidates

True talk. I did an application for a 4 year old using the app (daughter of a colleague), who has never had her fingerprints taken, either in Ghana or here, and them no ask them to come to UKVCAS and the BRP is out.

Aafulenu:
I have tried searching for this, and I apologise if this has been addressed before.

My spouse and I have just applied to switch from the student visa to a skilled worker visa. We are yet to do this for the kids (3) and their current visa expires at the end of October.
How would this affect them if we are unable to make an application before their current visa ends?

Move heaven and earth to renew your pikins visas before they expire. You can also apply when your own skilled worker visa applications are still being decided. If money is the problem, borrow, beg, anything.
If you dont, yes as another person don talk una go still fit keep them for school and all that, but you will definitely fall into the hands of the immigration lawyers thereafter, and that will be the start of a beautiful relationship for them.

Nelsmannnnnnnnn:
Good morning great people,

I have been having some kind of dilemma with regards to this T2 visa sponsorship. Here is my story below and I seriously need one or two people's opinion:

I'm a student to round up in few months time. My wife has been working with the NHS through a bank as a Medical Secretary Support for the past eight months. She has asked her employer if they can give sponsorship and they said they don't give for non-clerical role. This made us start weighing up our options to delve into clerical roles such as healthcare support worker. An opportunity came out from the same employer for a healthcare support worker training program which she applied, did interview and was chosen.

Just recently, I decided to pretend to be a worker with this agency by calling them to ask if they can give visa sponsorship for healthcare worker program at the end of the training, they said no. I was perplexed.

Now, where my wife currently works as a medical secretary, she earns 12GBP per hour and she works regular office hour Monday to Friday. On the other hand, the healthcare worker trainee program she will be earning a sad 10.42GBP and 12 hours shift bases.

Will seeking a permanent job with the NHS for a Medical secretary role give us some chances of being sponsored or we should go ahead with the Trainee program eventhough they still won't sponsor but after the program look for a permant position with any NHS trust?

As simple as I wrote this, believe me it is really difficult to think of what to do cos our student visa expires in few months from now.

On the basis of generalisation (this might not be the case in the trust wey dey cover where you live and NHS England and NHS Scotland are different entities), Band 2 roles usually do not qualify for sponsorship. Basically Band 2 na unskilled labour. HCAs start becoming specialised from Band 3 and above (phlebotomy and so forth) and it is from that level when you get skills wey them want that them fit sponsor. Or if your madam dey in mental health, NHS trusts (boards here in Scotland) are always interested in that one.

If your madam get the mind, una fit see if una go find all those certification/training courses in the areas of mental health care and pay for them yourself and try your luck at a Band 3 role.

Update87:

Boss...do they require UK experience before hiring someone?

Or someone needs to put "one or two things" into one's CV?

No. Its unskilled work, just sorting letters and parcels by postcodes. Them no dey even ask for CV.

moshuur:


Sir Is royal mail job extremely stressful?

I'm thinking of applying there

You dey fear?
You're still thinking, RM jobs are in high demand o. By the time you apply, space fit don finish.
Worked there as a mail sorter in my early days in this country (I presume that's the job you'll be applying for). Not much physical effort required, the mailbags you go need to lift from time to time no pass the 25 litre jerrycans of fuel for the home generator wey we dey lift enter boot for petrol station on a regular as part of the Nigerian experience. No fear.

MsFm:
Good morning everyone.
Please I need urgent answers to these question.
My boyfriend who has a visitor visa to Uk was denied boarding by Royal air maroc official because his return ticket is from Turkish airline.
As per policies, I want to be believe all airlines are independent and royal air has no business with his return ticket.
I am so pained, frustrated and confused.
What can I do?

Sorry o. However, the airline was acting out of an excess of caution, probably cant blame them.

If an airline brings a passenger on a non-resident travel document (e.g and most usually, a visitor's visa) and that person is denied entry, then na for them head to carry the person back to where them carry am from come. Remember say a visitor's visa no dey guarantee person entry into the country, a visitor's visa is just permission to come to the UK Border and knock on the door asking them to let you in. UKBA people fit turn person back if they decide say dem no go gree you enter.

In that case, Royal Air Maroc is liable for carrying him back to Naija, or else they could face a heavy fine. That's why they wan dey sure say the person get return ticket. Given that the return ticket was with another airline, they probably havent the capacity to reach out to start verifying the validity of that ticket, after all it could be fake and it is actually quite unusual for a visitor's visa holder to buy two separate one-way tickets.

No vex, but it is what it is, and Nigeria is sadly not known for being a fraud-free nation, so the people at the check in desk can argue they were probably reasonably justified in refusing boarding if the matter goes up. I dont think you can get much from Royal Air Maroc though.

rinzylee:


Haha... abeg I, I no get money well well yet o.

Abeg tell me what I don't know..biko

Cherekwa until you see what the latest CBN commissioner carry for mind o.

jedisco:
Tithes aside, visa holders and naturalised citizens get ready.
Its not just the immigrants responsible, even second generation folks are responsible for failing services. Hehe...

I remember mooting it here that soon enough same folks would question why immigrant mothers have more kids than their white counterparts.

The former Priti get sense pass this one.

This is the same UK that, like other western countries, is shrinking demographically and is desperately looking to reverse that. Of course their first choice go be to find other oyibo from other countries to import, but the only oyibo seeking to move en masse na eastern Europeans, who dem no want. So after leaving EU they reluctantly had to open up to the whole world so to speak with this their post study and easier work visas. Now you say the people you dey bring come to solve your population problem dey born too much. Which one do you want again?

KOVIC19COVID20:



I thought I was the only one who noticed.
It’s like there is some voyeuristic orgasm she gets whenever ‘Church’ is mentioned. Even if she’s on Nairaland holiday. As soon as church is mentioned, she will rush to castigate.


What I know - for a fact (and based on my UK experience) and the experience of thousands of others is that we have amazing stories of how God used the Church as a place of comfort for us when we arrived as newbies in this obodo UK.

For every 1 negative experience that some people may have, I dare say there are thousands (nay, millions) of positive experiences. But guess what? A microscopic few, very vocal minority makes it look like the ‘Church’ is a horrible place. Far from it!

Ps: Who else notice that there is this certain individual who is like Justwise’s doppelgänger. Whose moniker starts with the 1st letter of the African country that Priti Patel (and now Suella) wants to send small boat arrivals to. The individual’s moniker ends with the letter of the alphabet that rhymes with eggs. The individual Always, always concurs, seconds or supports any post by Justwise.
😉😉😉😉😉

Be like say you wan transition Justwise by force.

Justwise, better bind and cast them o.

Blazingdiamondz:


Well said. Lost my cousin in Scotland. Her death was orchestrated by church members whom she trusted. Its a long and sad story

"Orchestrated"? No be murder abi man or womanslaughter you dey talk so?
I don't have a very good opinion of Nigerian churches myself, but e don reach like that?

Hkana:
Hello house, what career path can someone with experience in retail banking transition to in the UK. Career path that comes with sponsorship.

Cc justwise ticha zahra and anyone else who can help

You fit transition to being a carer. It comes with sponsorship.

On a different note, if you get experience in retail banking, then go to the job portals and apply for anything jobs in the field you feel you can do. Read job descriptions and check yourself to see wetin you sabi already, what you think you have to learn and what you can get away with by blagging. Na so people dey take get work.

rinzylee:
Once you mention Church justwise ama pụta ka ofeke.


Smh 😂

Lol. Never a dull moment on Nairaland o.

In fairness, e get the one wey them dey call church and the Nigerian church. Those two are very different concepts.
But enough said, each man to his own.

jedisco:
Interesting few weeks..

Talk of sustainability of the state pension triple lock... meaning state pensions currently rise by the highest of either 2.5%, annual inflation or average annual wage rise. Moreso state pension is not means tested so most people are eligible to get it.

2.6 million (and rising) people of working age are currently not working due to long-term sickness. A vast majority of these claim benefits and pay no taxes.

In Scotland, the population of those over 65 has exceeded those under 15. Infact 1 in 5 people in Scotland are over 65.

Over 500,000 people permanently emigrated the UK last year... many of which are young and working age...


One wonders how the government would keep funding some benefits... moreso with high debt, slow economic growth and lots of sectors already being underfunded for a while.. hehe

No be only the triple lock that's probably going to go, the state pension itself will at some point become means-tested then will probably disappear by the time our own time reach. The liabilities for public sector workers pensions alone don reach like 2 trillion so far and the UK's economy is worth 2 trillion or so, so its becoming clear that its not sustainable, unless taxes go up to European levels and the retirement age goes up to like 70 - plus. The issue is that there is no such thing as an NI fund, so all the money they take from you as NI doesnt enter a pot somewhere for the future - pensions are paid out of ongoing taxation.

Scotland case na a different matter - obviously taxes will go up here, the demographics are very unbalanced and Scotland can't keep its young people as work no really dey outside the public sector in most of the country except for the central belt and Glasgow and Edinburgh don turn to London in terms of housing because of the numbers of people finding their way here.

OmichaelO:
Guys, Kindly, on the council tax issue.

when does a student start paying?

for example, student came in sept 2022 (start of session) and visa expires January 2023

and council tax bill was received for upcoming 6 month October till march. do thry start paying after one year or until their graduation/expiration of studentship?


So that one will not be arguing or contesting what is not and one is in the wrong.

You become liable for council tax from the day when you stop being a student, not when your student visa expires or when you switch visas.

In the letter you were issued to send to the council when you applied for an exemption from council tax, your university go don write the expected date of completion of your course.

After that date, you are liable to pay council tax unless you no finish your course on that date and had an extension.

Best and gini?

Make I laugh small.

Basically anyone who can wangle the funds to get a care job or print off a bank statement is who's coming to the UK. There is a higher proportion of older, more established people career-wise, yes, but the Nigerian equivalent of yobs and Oshodi boys are also coming over in large numbers. There are some beings you see on the streets these days who wouldn't have gotten tourist visas before who are now making noise on the roads and showing themselves.

koonbey:


Ultimately it’s not a question of morality but of politics, same as Nigerian, American and all other countries’ policies on immigrants. The single issue I’ve had throughout this discussion is people trying to make it seem as if the UK is unique in that aspect and thus ‘unfair’.

Na so.

No such thing as morality in politics. We can complain all we like - we have that right - about such changes, but the government simply says it is acting in the itnerests of the people. The government can move the goalposts on IHS and ILR as it pleases to please its own voting constituency - that is beyond our control and we either take it or lump it.

Another thing to bear in mind is that when such policies actually start to affect the public, action will most likely be taken. For those wey remember, back in 2020 during the pandemic, the UK government was virtually forced to remove IHS for health and care workers when it became clear that the country needed foreign healthcare workers, so public opinion swung strongly against the unfairness of asking people working in helathcare to pay twice for the very same healthcare they were providing, and it was removed. Up till then no-one cared. JCWI dey hala, dey release reports on how harsh life is for immigrants and how they are driven into poverty to afford visa fees. Silence.

Look at Germany. That's another country that is dying for skilled immigration, Germany dey jealous France and UK wey be colonial masters in those days, so they have so many places to draw upon for labour. The problem na language. Now, because it is getting desperate, politicians are now suggesting that it should start accepting English speakers. You cant hire all the Indian IT chaps you need otherwise. These are one or two voices, starting small small, but na so change dey take come.

By all means, those who disagree with the increase or the IHS itself or the goalpost-shifting should feel free to protest, write petitions, demonstrate, do whatever. At least we live in a relatively free country as opposed to where we left. But las las, na political expediency that will have the final say, and what it has to say at this point in time is unfortunately not what we want to hear, but such is the reality of life.

Never a dull moment on this Naira and Kobo Land. Since I've been away I see say una don start a new thread, debate the merits of critical race theory, along with the fundamentals of racial anthropology and sociology, and are now busy dissecting the minutae of health economics and policy. This our 2020-23 set of UK immigrants abi exploitees gather weight o.

My take is that I don't think that the surcharge itself or the increase are fair from a moral standpoint, but the reality of life is that no government's policies are all done with morality as a guiding factor. I have no objection to the government raising more money through increasing its taxes and levies (which is what visa fees and the IHS are). Ultimately, the IHS is basically equivalent to a combined public and private health insurance system which is available in Germany, for instance. And I also believe there should be a means-tested fee for accessing GP care, if that will help make appointments avaialable. Something between the range of 10 euro per quarter in Germany and 50 euro per visit in Ireland.

What I find very objectionable is the way the government is highlighting the fact that it is taxing immigrants, and thus demonising both legal and illegal immigrants, by making it seem as if we legal immigrants are draining the public purse while we are contributing on the same basis as everyone else. It's being done for political reasons, the same rubbish they did to capture the public mind before Brexit, but these sorts of campaigns have consequences, usually unfavourable to visible immigrants, i.e. people with darker skins. Interesting that two Indians are at the forefront of this nonsense.

The last time they increased IHS in 2020, they did it in what I think was the proper way - announced it quietly and implemented it. This time it was the prime minister himself who announced it on national TV, explicitly tied it in to increasing public sector salaries in order to set the gullible public against immigrants (visible ones as usual) and has made it a political battlefield. That's very wrong.

Anyway, the Tories sabi say that they have burned their boats with the immigrant population, and the obvious next step will be for them to restrict or take away the privilege (not a right o) that they have given Commonwealth citizens to vote in UK elections. That is always a probablity and is already being noised about together with this 8 year period for ILR. One consequence of that is that them go remove non-settled people from electoral roll and at least people go stop to dey disturb Naira and Kobo Land with all the hunting for credit cards as a sign of having arrived obodo oyibo.

Preshyi:
Hello guys, I apologise this is a long post but I need your contributions please.
My brother is registered with indeedflex and he was given a shift at Sainsbury's. When he was about to leave after the shift they were told they all need to be searched cos someone stole from one of the sections. However, they didnt see anything on him. Some days after his shift he did not receive payment and he first contacted the shift leader in Sainsbury's who said he will not be paid cos he was caught stealing. He probed further to understand where the accusation was coming from but they stopped responding. He then contacted indeedflex and they repeated same thing. He told them that it was a blatant lie and needs evidence of that. He sent several messages to talk about how the accusation has traumatized him and affected him financially. After some days they finally paid him and according to indeedflex it was cos he returned the stolen item when confronted. He insisted it was all false and he needs them to investigate and show him CCTV evidence or something. They said they cannot release the evidence cos of GDPR, that they will not push it any further but will keep an eye on his account. He has not gotten shifts in Sainsbury's ever since. We need advice on how we can get to the root of this please, it is a serious and false accusation that has the tendency of tarnishing his image. There were other black agency workers that worked there on that day and this could be a case of mistaken identity. Do we need to talk to a lawyer?

As someone has said, make a SAR sharp sharp.

See link here: https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/your-right-to-get-copies-of-your-data/preparing-and-submitting-your-subject-access-request/ if you need help, but a simple email na the same thing.

Do it yourself ASAP first - make them no go claim say the footage no dey.

Specify the request to all information concerning you and the incident of [date] to make it faster. Otherwise them fit delay. A SAR suppose get response in 1 calendar month, but it can be delayed if deemed complex, which is quite loose. Tell them you dey ready to come and view the footage, make them no claim say other peoople dey inside the CCTV footage so them no fit give you a copy.

profemebee:
arghhh.. i intend to get mine done next month.. Nigeria shaaa

Sorry about your experience and thanks for the information.

Please where can I buy nos 2 from?

Any post office near you.
Buy before you go to the embassy for London, even though there is a post office not far from there, wey na always Nigerians wety dey buy postal order full there.

AgentXxx:
Goodday Everyone, Please can our elders in law please help expatiate on the career path for one who studied law in Nigeria and has an Msc in Uk. What are the paths to minting some charlies. Discussions have only been made on Health, Management and IT. Thank you Sirs/Mas

NB: Abi lawyers sef here Dey suffer dusty shoes, rumpled white shirts and plenty English.

Make she/you fashy practicing law, waste of time, go take courses in data protection and move sharply.

fascco:
Hello everyone

I’m currently in the Uk with my wife. My wife applied for us visiting visa and was granted so I decided to apply also. What are the details I will need to apply. I believe my application will be granted since my wife already have us visiting visa.
How should I go about my application, someone help plz

Abi you and your madam don quarrel since she collect her visa?

Lexusgs430:



Digest this for the moment...... I dey come .......🤣

Digested before you even prepared the fufu and ogbono for me to eat.

That is why my very first comment in this exchange na: "Hope say you don already constitute a trust over your assets wey you no wan make them use pay for any potential period of time wey dem go dey spray you foam for body"