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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 2:43pm On Apr 03, 2022
omopapa:
When you study in uk u wouldn’t need to proof u can speak English anymore ur degree certificate will be enough
Everyone knows this, I would be worried if I were him that the lawyer doesn't...

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 5:36pm On Apr 02, 2022
omopapa:
It’s a flat and there’s no renovation needed at least from the pictures. Also I knw a friend that lives in same block and it looks ok to me

Might be issues with the cladding... make sure to check that it isn't the outdated/non fireproof cladding type... I don't recall what the right term is again...but persons with properties built with that type are selling off below value.

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 8:49am On Apr 02, 2022
Hila12:
I greet the house...

Please I'm about to process CBN form A for school fee payment. I hear some banks are faster/slower than others in remitting funds to the university abroad. From experience, what banks remit without so much delay?

I really appreciate the advice, as I want to get my funds paid without too much delays.

Make sure to enquire on the study thread as well. You are likely to get more current info there.
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 10:25pm On Mar 30, 2022
jumpshot:
Hello everyone. So my friend is a nurse and has gotten COS from a UK hospital trust already. Now the issue is she went for TB test at IOM centre in Ikeja but was asked to do sputum test because she's had TB some years ago. But then her resumption date is meant to be April and sputum test takes 2 months. Considering the chaos going on with the government and immigration of nurses to UK this is an opportunity she really does not want to miss.

Please is there a way to speed this process up or fast track it so that she can make the cut by April ending? She's so so frustrated

No way to speed it up.
She should notify her employer, they should be able to accommodate a later start. I don't expect it will be a problem.

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 7:52pm On Mar 29, 2022
Lexusgs430:


Left or Right cheek. ......... cheesy

So that the elders will ask me for a winged agama....

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 6:19pm On Mar 29, 2022
Lexusgs430:



She does not earn, she is simply a freeloader, living her life at the expense of British taxpayers........

She CANNOT bring him over applying for a spousal visa, because she needs to be in active employment, earning £18,600 per annum (not sure if figure is still the same). ......

She can change her name, if she wants..... The person, remains the same, so does contents of her documentations........ grin

She needs payslip of 6 months, bank statements etc etc

KEYWORD : SPONSOR NEEDS TO BE IN ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT.......... cheesy

I think I deserve a slap...... Biko, where Bianca or Will ....... grin

I "ken" help grin
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 10:26am On Mar 27, 2022
dustydee:

During my time, it used to be 3yrs first and then additional 2 yrs extension. My employer paid for both applications but required me to sign a bond that I will refund if I left within a certain number of months. I had to pay my IHS during renewal. My spouse on the other hand had everything paid including IHS and even ILR by the employer. Now I think you can get up to 5years but if you leave, you will have to apply for a new visa and pay new fees but I think your IHS will still be valid. The new employer should ideally pay for it.
Ok, thanks. Sounds logical.
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 8:46am On Mar 27, 2022
TheGuyFromHR:


Why do you see any danger therein?
Even if a company offers you 5 years, it's still the same thing in terms of "security" - they could still withdraw their sponsorship at any time (job loss). One could argue that the longer the offer, the more valuable the company deems the new sponsee and the less likely they will be to terminate them, which may apply in theory, but lessens the insecurity of an employer-dependent visa not at all.

Bottom line: take it. Remember you can still switch jobs at any time and the fact that you have secured employment, and sponsored employment at that, usually makes you more attractive to other employers than otherwise, all other factors being equal.

I'm just wondering...if an employee on a 5 Yr sponsored visa switches to a new employer, would he have to pay the visa and its fees again?
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 11:23pm On Mar 23, 2022
tshoboy:

For a long time now. It usually comes with T2 BRP and some other categories too. Doesn’t come with T4 BRP.
Ok seen.
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 11:19pm On Mar 23, 2022
Oggg:
what do you mean? NI number behind BRP is the no.. which separate no again..

Since when again? I thought this was already stopped since last year?

Update:
It appears some still have it while some don't. Not sure where the distinction comes in though...



https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence-permits
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 11:13pm On Mar 23, 2022
Oggg:
what do you mean? NI number behind BRP is the no.. which separate no again..
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 9:32pm On Mar 23, 2022
babranancy:
Hi everyone,
Please I have my BRP card with NI number printed at the back of it. Do I still have to apply for NI number. Thanks
That's not your NI number...you need to apply separately for it.
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 10:44pm On Mar 22, 2022
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Provided it is the Cash LISA you opened you can stay with Hargreaves and you will still get your bonus....however there is still option to move your service provider.
I think Moneybox stopped account transfers already for this tax year. Once the new tax year starts, you should be able to transfer your account.

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 8:15am On Mar 20, 2022
justwise:


This outsourcing of course work and project is very common , i know at least two Nigerians who outsourced their final projects...one is a professor now. I know Indian students also do this a lot.

A Nigerian student i know years ago was begging someone to accept £700 to help her write her finally project as she has 3wks to submission

Yes it is unfortunately..
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 10:25pm On Mar 19, 2022
Prosperity4All:

Holier than thou...I see you

Go and tell your school or your work place you outsourced your project since you are proud of your nonsense.

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 10:21am On Mar 19, 2022
Prosperity4All:


Same thoughts here.
Where it becomes inevitable that you have to outsource to meet your submission deadline, you are still responsible to proof read your work and take ownership of its content.
How does one pay for an outsourced research work without running a plagiarism check first and then a high level proof read for adequacy of content.

How does one pay to have someone else do their research in the first place?
All of you dey the same category.

If you knew what you are supposed to write, you would never outsource in the first place.
Just baffles me how some of you are "outsourcing" up and down on the thread like it is acceptable. A pity.

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 10:15am On Mar 19, 2022
harwe:
I have not obtain the number neither will i get the card.

Its really bothering me. I have tried calling DWP but they keep saying they are not the one incharge of issuance if NI

Its getting so stressful daily.


You know you can work legally without it right? Sometimes it can take up to 4 months to get a response...but you can start work without it.

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 7:49pm On Mar 17, 2022
So I got myself a Credit Karma account last year, score has been 570 since then despite all the moves I made to build it up...

Yesterday I signed up to check with Experian and I got 975 ...
Not sure why there is a crazy gap, any thoughts?
Just in case someone else is having a similar experience...might be worth trying out a different service

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 7:40pm On Mar 17, 2022
Santa2:


There is supposedly a new visa class coming up this spring, The Scale up Visa, where you just need to earn up to £33,000 while working in an organisation that qualifies as a scale up company(a company with revenue or employee growth of at least 20% over last 3 years). It is an unsponsored route i.e you don't require sponsorship from the company just like the global talent visa and of course it counts towards ILR.
This is interesting cool
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 5:37pm On Mar 15, 2022
Ukliving:
Good day all,
Hope you are all well

I was advised to create an account and state my issue.
My husband is a student in the UK studying Data science and I'm spouse dependent. We also have kids.
My dilemma is that I was offered two jobs in care. One will offer sponsorship and the other won't. The one with sponsorship is in England and we are in Glasgow scotland.
The one that won't offer sponsorship are in Glasgow and are on the sponsor list. I checked but they are still claiming that they can't offer sponsorship. I don't want to go to England because the job is domiciliary care which means driving and driving for hours and only getting paid for time spent with clients. Which means I may never get to see my children who are still very young.
I just feel 5 years is a long time to be miserable and unhappy because of trying to get ILR
A friend advised me to take the non sponsorship one and try to convince them and secondly, to keep looking for another job with sponsorship in Scotland.
Our visa will expire in January 2023.
I'm really confused on what to do. Am I being crazy for even thinking of not taking the job with sponsorship? I really need wise advice. Thank you in advance
No you are not crazy.

There must be a balance between career and family. If you lose on the family end, it just never pays.
Take the one that allows you time with family. You can get them to sponsor or you can look for another sponsor...them go plenty especially after you get some experience.

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 9:34am On Mar 13, 2022
Lexusgs430:



Best to get a space saver wheel and jacking kit....... If your tyre suffers from catastrophic damage, no wheel repair kit in the world, would rescue you .........
Right!
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 11:27pm On Mar 12, 2022
umarwy:


Did you buy the car from a tradesperson/dealership??

Or from Facebook/eBay etc??



Just safe stress and get the spare online, or even the kit. Or if it's a dealership they might do good will and get you one.

For your questions I don't know the answer

Dealership, I just remembered the sales man mentioned it, will call them...
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 9:59pm On Mar 12, 2022
umarwy:


Get a spare tyre
Get a pump
Call for a recovery.
I heard car sellers are required to provide the repair kit if the car doesn't come with a spare....
Can anyone confirm this?

I don't understand why cars won't come with a spare or even a space saver...
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 9:57pm On Mar 12, 2022
Lexusgs430:


Buy those small space saver tyres or have a breakdown service or have Jesus.......... grin


I have the last two cheesy

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 3:44pm On Mar 12, 2022
umarwy:



Tyre puncture repair kit
Portable car pump.
Portable jump start kit
Jump leads

Thanks, I think that would be the repair kit.

Any advice on managing tyre punctures when there is no spare tyre..?
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 3:10pm On Mar 12, 2022
Guys, I know there is a device one can have in the car to manage/close a tyre puncture in the absence of a spare...

What is it called ?
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 12:25pm On Mar 12, 2022
justwise:
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That may work during first or second semester but last semester or after final project? It will be a tough call
I did it with my Nija class mates during project writing way back when there was no PSW... we all got our visas

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 11:56am On Mar 12, 2022
Amarathripple0:


On the contrary this gives them leverage! Even better with group travels, applying with fellow classmates! smiley
Totally agree with this

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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 11:25am On Mar 12, 2022
MichaelUde:


MlThe gentlemen whose contact details you shared here - would they be open to receiving cold calls from Nigerians with heavy Igbo accents - i.e. could you give or have you previously given them a heads-up that you've recommended them elsewhere?

Thanks.
cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy
Travel / Re: Parenting In The UK As A Nigerian Migrant. by mizGene(f): 9:36am On Mar 12, 2022
mumzt:
Awesome. We'll done mamatukwas, long overdue thread.

Here alone with 3 kids all under 8. husband is in Nigeria and just shuffles. Schooling and working without breaking a single rule. I hope to contribute as much as possible
Super human!
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 9:28am On Mar 12, 2022
Temi231:
Please where can I do covid 19 test in London today and get the result. Travel date is tomorrow
The Harley Street clinic...but I think it needs booking.
I know there are test places within Heathrow too...

There is Cigntest or so near Brentcross area...

Also there is Clinica if you are in Ealing area....

I bet if you go to your high street or town center, you would find one too
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 10:38pm On Mar 10, 2022
omopapa:
I very much doubt it except it’s those inhabitable houses that will require plenty of refurbishment work

I think she means deposit....(I hope....)

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