₦airaland Forum

monfizzy:
As a Londoner, I’ve seen a lot of people avoiding London saying its cost of living is very high. This is true but you’re also going to get more job opportunities in London including a possible switch to tier 2 visa than other parts of the U.K.. So my advise is if you can afford any uni in London then go for it.

madamGift:
*Visa Alert*
It’s been a long and bumpy journey but God has been good to me.
Applied for a visiting visa and got denied in October 2021 for lack of evidence of sources of funds and travel history.
Started the student visa process immediately with hopes of japa-ing in January.
I’m a third class holder and didn’t want premasters because of the funds involved so I started applying to different schools, Coventry was the first to give me admission but the fees was just too high. Oxford Brooke’s followed with Birmingham city uni and I chose Oxford Brooke’s because it was direct masters for management in health and social care with 13,900 tuition fees. Paid the tuition deposit and then they refused me cas because I declared my previous visa refusal to their Isat, they said they were afraid I will get another refusal. I was so devastated cos at the them they did this, I had already missed Coventry’s deadline(Dec 18th). I already had my tb test result and had to start all over applying to schools and looking for Jan start. I eventually got University of west London and sunderland the same time. Sunderland also refused me cas because of my previous visa refusal. I had to go UWL even with the 10k deposit required. Did their precas interview and passed but they too denied me cas because of my previous visa refusal! At this point I didn’t know what to do again, time was going, pof was ready and only cas remained. I now sent them a very lengthy mail explaining myself and situation that moved them and they offered me a deferment instead to June as I wasn’t going to be able to make January start when they responded. They gave me a new offer and issued my cas on the 9th of April.
Biometrics was on the 11th of April
1st paid mail 11th of may, no decision made
Got slammed with NSF mail requesting nothing on the 13th of May
Second paid mail 17th of May no decision
Third paid mail 24th of may, decision made
Application transferred to VAC on the 26th of May
Collection mail same 26th
Picked up today
Tls-VI
Documents submitted: cas, pof, waec certificate, passport data page and bsc certificate(self service).
5years study gap.
Wishing all those awaiting Goodnews soonest IJN

Mhizlateefah:
Staffordshire is your best bet

Gloriyah:
Glasgow Caledonian university
Depending on course tho but most tuition fee is 14,500
Scholarship 2k
Deposit 4k
Rest is spread across 8months

There’s also RGU and York st John
The later is affordable but the deposit is 50% of tuition fee and the rest across across 4months.

duchess90:
Hello,

1. I agree with your advise no 1.

2. Although shortage list is important it doesn't guarantee that you will get a job once you finish, it serves as a good pointer on courses to study, and there are discounts on visa and IHS fees when switching from student to skilled workers visa.
You still need a company that has or are willing to get the sponsorship license and yes it makes it easier for them when the role is on the list.

I really don't know much about account and finance, I am a core science person.it might be worth looking at additional certification she might need that will make her standout when it is time to apply for jobs

Cheers

clintwine:
@OP Listen to this Guy here and @MT.

stop listening to people that just migrated and think it is all rosy until the excitement clears.

I have lived in the UK for over a decade now and I am told my household income is in the top 85%(https://ifs.org.uk/tools_and_resources/where_do_you_fit_in) and I don't spend anyhow.
If I am in the top 85% and it's not that easy, I sometimes imagine what it is like for others.

Forget the enormous amount they tell you that you will be paid.
take away your tax first (https://listentotaxman.com/) this is the real money that you have.

Divide your net income by 2 as half is most likely going to renting a house
Then you start taking out the other billings.

In your situation with 4 kids, except if they are in their teens, that is recipe for disaster.
The amount of stress you would be under and your wife would be under -- this causes a lot of rift in marriages
The top cause of divorce is not Adultery (https://www.howellslegal.co.uk/news/post/What-is-the-Most-Common-Reason-for-Divorce), they say it is unreasonable behavior, my brother money is the center of it all. when you can't provide as you have been doing, you become frustrated, the woman is frustrated and before you know it, everything goes downhill.

Oh lest I forget, why would a woman want to be suffering with you when with 4 kids she can claim single mother and the government will supply her needs.

If you were young, single or married with 1 child, I would have said come over but with 4 kids, please don't.

Instead, have savings, invest with your money, and save towards having your kids do Masters abroad.

donogaga:
600k Monthly Take home in naija is actually nothing. I have been there, done that. That's not much.

I relocated to the UK February this year, I make over 700k weekly here. In some cases, over 800k. I can send you my payslips if you doubt me.

Truth is, If you are very hardworking and you know how to think outside the box, you will definitely make it in UK. Money dey this Country sha as far as you are ready to put in the work and cover as much shifts as possible.

I came in with a dependent visa cos my wife is a Student. Hence, I don't have restrictions when it comes to work hours I wish to work/cover.

This Country na for hustlers. As in, na for people wen get strength and energy to hustle. One good thing is that, we are being paid weekly.

But the truth is, abroad isn't for everyone. If you no fit hustle for naija, e go hard for you to fit hustle here. In other words, if you lazy for naija, you go lazy here too.

Be that as it may, moving to UK is not a decision every hardworking Nigerian would regret.

NB: If you come in with student visa, your work hours tends to be restricted though. Hence, I will advise your spouse should apply via student visa route, and you guys should come together so that you will have enough time to hustle since your visa wouldn't have work hours restrictions.

And again, I think the money you are able to make here is also a function of your location/city. There are places where their hourly pay rate isn't quite high but you will still have made some millions in naira at the end of the month.

Personally, relocating to the UK was one the best decisions I have made in life. No regret.

MT:
If blocking major roads and causing nuisance are not mess enough for you, then what is your definition of a mess. We are spending hours in total gridlock here.

You want Nigeria to be like the United States but you want to continue living as if you are in a Stone age.

engrkaz:
Well, @poster, my situation isn't so much different from urs. I have 3 kids, I was a senior officer at a federal parastatal in Abuja, my wife was building her career at a federal ministry, plus we had a pure water factory too. Meaning we were a bit comfortable. However, I made the move last September to come to the UK for my PhD. I am only able to work part-time and my wife works just about 3 times a week cos of child care. Our rent is 650 pm, gas and electricity about 120, water is on twice a year payment plan and its about 360 pa, home broadband about 30 pm, council tax is around 120 but we currently have a discount...feeding and entertainment had never been more than 800 pm. Kids are doing very well in school and we save way more than our income back home in nigeria. I will advise you from personal experience to reconsider you decision not to make the move. You know your situation and you know what suits you most. My motivation for coming here was never money, but a good and secure life for my kids. Think about it and ďo what you feel is best for you. I personally do not regret making the move.

samsat:
Greetings to the house, just felt I should share my experience at the border entry.

Officer: hello
Me: hi
Officer: what is your purpose here?
Me: I came to meet my wife
Officer: so you are on dependent visa?
Me: yes
Officer: what is your wife doing here?
Me: she is a student of Anglia Ruskin University
Officer: what is she studying?
Me: MBA
Officer: what kind of MBA and what is her specialization
Me: well there are many courses for options and it include innovation, strategy, leadership, entrepreneurship and so on... (imagine I don't know this, how unsettling the question was)
Officer: what do you do in Nigeria?
Me: I work for a consulting firm (I mentioned the name of my company and I think he was impressed)
Officer: what will you be doing here?
Me: I will join another consulting firm here (at this point, I was just wondering where this is leading to, though I was pretty confident because I was kind of prepared)
Officer: how long is your wife's study?
Me: 18 months
Officer: so after 18 months what will you guys be doing?
Me: we will be going back to Nigeria (for my mind, I say this guy, go back abi , okay ooo)
Officer: where is the letter you were given from UKVI?
Me: (this got me a bit shaking because I cannot remember where the letter was, I know I packed it but cannot remember where it was. I searched my bag and my laptop bag, only for it to dawn on me that the letter was in the bag I checked in, I say mogbe, I begin to pray in my mind that this will not lead to anything because its already a lot of questions)
Now the officer waited and looked at me, he noticed I could not bring the letter out.
Me: so i told him the letter is in my bag that I checked in
Officer: do you have any money with you?
Me: (I have prepared for this, so I was very confident, so by the time I brought out a bundle of 20 pounds notes, that was the end of the whole question)
Officer: alright, welcome to UK.

He stamped my passport and gave it back to me. Then I started to breathe normally again.

The lesson here is to be prepared and make sure you have money with you. I think the cash in pounds saved me from further questions and issues. I have heard they can depot if you do not have any cash with you.

Good luck to you all...
Cheers.

Sweetvie:
Hmm if her brother is financially ok why not move her to uk to study nursing there abroad doesn't recognize our result like that. If she study nursing here she will still av to go for some program in abroad b4 her result can be recognized. Well, I also studied biochem in Nigeria then studied Nursing in Calgary

JJ4A:
Truth is what is the gurantee that life won't happen while doing the nursing school in Nigeria?

Going for MSc Nursing in the UK is the best though it's so expensive... I am currently doing same. I studied Microbiology in my first degree.

Maybe it's difficult for her brother to fund that.
But believe me if she has nursing certificate... She go harmer.

Segzy19:
Let your friend go do nursing o....
It's just a 3-year investment into her future. That's all.

So this is the way it works...
1. 3 years in the school of nursing
2. Once she passes her registration exam in Nigeria (nursing council exam) and her registration license is out, all she needs to do is to write IELTS (English exam). Once she passes that one to, then she is in hot demand abroad... Easily she can transit into UK...
3. Ofcourse, she will do the UK nursing registration... No much issues with that
4. She can even start working as a nursing assistant (healthcare assistant) while she processes her UK registration
5. Once she passes her UK exams (which is also not difficult), she her PIN and license to practice, she starts making money... All these can be done under 6 months of her UK arrival.
6. She can later enrol for her degrees (Bsc, Msc, PhD whatever) easily online or part-time while working...

I can assure you that she will build a house and buy a car for her parents within 2-3 years of working in the UK, especially if she is not married yet...

She will eternally be grateful to her uncle for the advise...

Na me tell you....

30naira:
Let me address your concerns, as a Nurse who has practiced in Nigeria, and currently practicing in UK.

1)Biochemistry won't put food on your table in Nigeria. It is far easier to get a job as a nurse in Nigeria than any other profession. Nurses are rarely jobless. Although alot are underemployed.

2)If the plan is to stay in Nigeria, then a university degree is the way forward. But from the plan her brother has, the school of nursing is the perfect path to take. The degree won't matter in UK.

3)Ofcourse she will need to write some exams to help her qualify to practice in UK. But the pass rate for that exam among Nigerian nurses is 90%. If she can pass through the Nigeria nursing school, she will ace the UK exams.

4l School of nursing in UK is bloody expensive. Her brother will definitely not be able to afford it, except he earns up to 100k pounds a year.

5)who will sponsor the masters degree? It is very expensive, even for someone working in UK. If the brother is willing, this is an alternative. But it will cost alot. Up to half his annual income, if he is in the middle income bracket.

6) This nursing path is the most straight forward way to leave the country. My entire class of 62 nurses that graduated in 2018, only 12 are still in Nigeria. The rest are either in US, Canada or UK.

Maverick777:
you're your friend and your friend is you.
like, why do you guys always do this, who would flog you if you own up??

Aderin0la:
Unless your friend is passionate about science or research, I’ll advise she takes the advice of that person and go to nursing school if she plans to relocate here, although that’s still dependent on whether she has passion for healthcare. If she’s rich enough and doesn’t want to study in Nigeria, she can build up healthcare experience and apply to accelerated Masters in Nursing programs (Pre-registration) in the UK. It’s 2 years instead and she can register with NMC as a UK RN after graduation.

When you talk about maybe there being another alternative with her biochemistry degree, I did biosciences as well and a bioscience masters here. I was able to get 2 job offers, one as a lab person in the NHS and another as a research assistant. I took the research assistant post cuz it’s at the No1 Uni here in the UK (UniofCam). However I’ve found research / being confined to a lab to be boring, and tbh most people going down that route would have to spend longer years getting a PhD, else you’ll not be able to get a higher up position. However Nursing seems more interesting to me, reason why I’m starting an accelerated nursing program in 3months. Most Nigerians like me too studied Microbiology / Biochemistry / Cell Biology / Molecular Biology and the likes as a first degree because we didn’t meet the cut off for medicine or nursing or dentistry or the other medical courses. So if that’s the case for your friend, she should grab this opportunity for a career in healthcare. It’s totally worth it (IMO).

Puskas:
Be specific. South east christian or it remains in the north. End of discussion

dalass:
OP, if the brother will finance it, let her go for Nursing ASAP. With her background in Biochemistry, she will ace her results...

My sister was a science student but she later changed to commercial, she even became chartered as an accountant. Worked in banks but even Nurses earned more till she went back to Nursing. Nursing pays o

ChybuzzDD:
She should follow her brother's advice, unless she wants to remain in Nigeria and keep begging for urgent 2k

Why would anyone study Biochemistry in Nigeria?

People start be mindful of what they go to the Universities to study in Nigeria

It's no longer enough being a graduate; what one studies/studied now matters a lot.

Angelacruz:
If she want to relocate fast,school of nursing is d best because of time and no strike.
Competition in nursing school now is fierce.As far as i am concerned,biochemistry is a scam course in Nigeria.She won't regret doing nursing.

Some of my senior colleagues in nursing school are graduates from :biochemistry,nutrition n dietetics,microbiology,biology,zoology et cetera.


If you want to work in Nigeria as a nurse,go for Bnsc because d earn way more than school of nursing with Rn.

But if you want to work outside,school of nursing is okay .

andyy:
please, does any one here have any idea about how much their pay is for packaging trainee n if there are other benefits like house allowance, HMO attached to it

ogyunging:
This Tory get as e be. A friend pursued Biochemistry till PhD level, family and peers made life hard for her, when poo almost hit the fan. She changed towns and started nursing. Today she is far from her former self. The joy and peace that she radiates cannot be compared to what she went through. It's funny how the two cases dey similar. Na who wear the shoe know where e dey pain.

Memphitz357:
It's only fools that will support APC after still seeing the event of things that has happened in the country since they assumed power since 2015.