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perfectme:
Hello house,

I've followed this thread from the beginning and I was earnestly hoping that someday I too will be able to share my experience of living in the UK.
And finally I got the break I was hoping for, got to UK late last year on a tier 2 visa.

I'm in Salisbury  ( Wiltshire ), it's a small but lovely town, there are few blacks here from different African countries cos by their accent you shall know them and some few Nigerians.

My flight down here was amazing, had a stop over at Dubai airport then finally Heathrow the next morning plus i got a window sit.

I had just one luggage which weighed 22kg plus one hand luggage, no food stuffs cos I like travelling light. Just my clothes plus winter kit .Was really prepared for that and was disappointed when I got to London and there was no snow ( don't yab me please )

My employer arranged an airport pick up for me plus accommodation so it was easy getting to my accomodation and they already got me a giffgaff sim card which only gave me unlimited phone calls and sms to UK numbers plus 3g data.

I've been able to get around town, got my BRP, opened an account with HSBC, registered with a gp and all

Found an asian store, the only one in Salisbury. They have basically everything from indomie to garri to yam, palm oil, egusi, semo even wooden mortar.

I generally do my shopping at tesco and pounland for groceries and charity shops for shoes and clothes in the mean time. I hope to upgrade when my account gets bigger . Plus I found the brioche bread at tesco , I finally felt like I was eating bread after a long time, not all those tasteless oyinbo bread.

I've really learnt a lot from this thread and I'm happy to be here finally.
Just want to say thank you to all the people that added useful information to this thread and kept it going

P.S
I made my own UK survival guide from all the information I got here.

fridayemmexx:
OAP come and finish it oo,,Me that I am Already seeing myself inside KLM plane

Peaceoma:
Seriously nobody wants to talk or maybe there are no Nigerian nurses in Ireland

Olateju1992:
Nobody is talking on this thread hope all is well,

franchasng:
your experience is different because:

1.) Maybe your flight outside Nigeria was your first flight experience, if it was, sure you will be scared of the plane crashing when the air hostess starts to give safety tips, showing you exit doors and how to exit in case of emergency and all that, my first flight experience I almost cried cos I felt the air hostess have noticed that the plane was going to crash as I fixed my eyes on the window staring at the wings of the jet and hoping to see it crash lol, I remembered my mother and how she was going to cry and miss me,tears was rolling down my cheeks unknowingly, the pains of death, pity people that died in a plane crash, they died before the crash

Also when we experienced mild turbulence and the flight descended sharply, I just smiled a wicked smile that so this is how I finally joined the under world as my heart sunk with fear

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2.) You will feel tensed if you are traveling without genuine reason or complete papers or just traveling vaguely to go hustle without direction, you will be scared and calm, wondering what the future holds for you ahead

3.) The last part of your comment showed you were a big time law breaker in Nigeria before you left lol, so you will feel uneasy in organised country

kevotek1000:
Dreams are the reason we don't miss abroad too much... For everyone who is believing God for a Visa will get it in Jesus name...

Ericharlse:
This guy is jobless yet he is spending money more than I that has a job.....








Abeg I wan join your joblessness.