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Irenenwaka:
Lol i am a sis, but you are welcome…. Oh woow i never knew open rent does that, i guess thats a security measure on their part.

Your next bet would be spareroom, but with this you need to very careful and go with your guts. You have a higher chance of being scammed on the platform especially if you are outside the uk. But most foreigners usually get accommodation faster and stress free with spareroom, you just have to careful and not rush into anything.

The koko be say just stay away from agents at least until you enter the uk. They will make things more complicated.

monchat:
G.evening house. Pls I need advice. Is subletting a room from a tenant legal In the UK. My hubby is trying to use a sublet room in am HMO to meet his accommodation requirements for spousa visa. Pls is it advisable to use it. Thank you

keemo:
Lol sis I just checked again and I was able to send messages just some agents require your no is verified before sending them a text....thanks very much just it might be hard to know if it's a scam while not in the uk and I think it's best we secure one before arriving in the uk to avoid being homeless

Irenenwaka:
It depends on the tenants tenancy agreement….. most agreement would state *tenants can sublet after a given time with a written consent of the landlord*

So my advice is if your hubby is subletting , he should submit the agreement he obtained from the tenant and he should request the tenant to obtain a written consent from the landlord( to be submitted as wel)

monchat:
Ok. Thank you. So with all these documents one can use it for meeting spousa visa requirements?

monchat:
G.evening house. Pls I need advice. Is subletting a room from a tenant legal In the UK. My hubby is trying to use a sublet room in am HMO to meet his accommodation requirements for spousa visa. Pls is it advisable to use it. Thank you

Irenenwaka:
Justwise the flaw with this plan is that there is no assurance he would be out of the hotel in 3 days. He might arrive the uk and be told the property is gone. The might the property is not available for immediate move. Also have you factored the isolation time as well, he wouldn’t be able to attend viewings immediately he arrives.

I have had people in the past go through this route and honestly its not the best because most people end up getting anyhow property in a rush because the hotel bills keeps rising.

Lexusgs430:
No landlord in the UK, would grant permission to another tenant, to sublet his/her property, to another tenant.........

Using this HMO, sublet by a legal tenant, to another tenant (most likely an illegal arrangement).....

You would also be required to conduct a Property inspection report.......

Why can't your hubby rent his own property, the legal and proper way........

The essence of the accommodation element, during the spousal application, is to ascertain that both parties would not be rendered homeless and to meet the criteria........ The spousal visa is too expensive, to start attempting cutting corners (you would not receive a refund for failed applications).........

justwise:
That plan will work if he plans well as just like many foreign students who arrived here without a place to stay.

You don’t just book one appointment, you book at least 3 and use your time in the hotel to view them.

Far better than paying for an accommodation you haven’t viewed or don’t even know if that accommodation exists at all.

It will be a mistake to pay deposit for an accommodation even before you arrive in the UK.

Irenenwaka:
Sorry lexus i have some questions:

What property inspection report will the applicant for spouse visa be made to conduct?

Also no landlord will grant permission for subletting? Landlords do not hold back consent you know expect they sense a danger/activity that could impact the property or its dwellers negatively.
For example I remember when i used to rent from ahency. Before taking on a property i declared my intentions to sublet the second room and the agency accepted my request and clearly stated it should be subletted to just one person as there is a maximum number of dwellers for a property.

With all these shared please Can you share a link where the uk law terms subletting as illegal? I am really curious.

Also if the applicant stays in a massive shared house, then it will be a big guess that the landlord has a HMO license.

At the time when I applied for my spouse visa, my hubby nd i werent even renting yet. We were staying with family. Neither of our names were on the agreement, but we submitted the tenancy agreement like that from the actual tenants. We wrote a letter truthfully explaining our living condition and how we were expecting to move to a place of ours as soon as we settle as newly wedded. We also got a letter from the landlord confirming his awareness about our presence in the property.

Lexus i dont know if any of these things i said does make a difference My whole point is i don’t think the applicant is in a difficult or complicated position really But hey as you rightly said the cost for a spouse visa is very high as such application should be done meticulously. The applicant can decide to take up your suggestions to be on the safest side. Also dear applicant it wouldn’t be a very bad idea to voice out your concerns to a lawyer who does free consultation (i hope the applicant reads this)

Irenenwaka:
Sorry lexus i have some questions:

What property inspection report will the applicant for spouse visa be made to conduct?

Also no landlord will grant permission for subletting? Landlords do not hold back consent you know expect they sense a danger/activity that could impact the property or its dwellers negatively.
For example I remember when i used to rent from ahency. Before taking on a property i declared my intentions to sublet the second room and the agency accepted my request and clearly stated it should be subletted to just one person as there is a maximum number of dwellers for a property.

With all these shared please Can you share a link where the uk law terms subletting as illegal? I am really curious.

Also if the applicant stays in a massive shared house, then it will be a big guess that the landlord has a HMO license.

At the time when I applied for my spouse visa, my hubby nd i werent even renting yet. We were staying with family. Neither of our names were on the agreement, but we submitted the tenancy agreement like that from the actual tenants. We wrote a letter truthfully explaining our living condition and how we were expecting to move to a place of ours as soon as we settle as newly wedded. We also got a letter from the landlord confirming his awareness about our presence in the property.

Lexus i dont know if any of these things i said does make a difference My whole point is i don’t think the applicant is in a difficult or complicated position really But hey as you rightly said the cost for a spouse visa is very high as such application should be done meticulously. The applicant can decide to take up your suggestions to be on the safest side. Also dear applicant it wouldn’t be a very bad idea to voice out your concerns to a lawyer who does free consultation (i hope the applicant reads this)

Inkredible:
Let the waiting games begin!!!

jagaban17:
Hello House Please HELP!!, What OTHER WAYS is best to show proof of relationship with my wife. I and wife have been together for about 4 years ,tho we officially got married few days before I travelled to the UK in February. I applied as single as we weren't married during my application. Now I am about to start her application as dependant ;

I have presently-
- Our federal Govt marriage certificate
- Her passport is in my surname
- Affidavit of change of her name
- Newspaper proof of change of her name.

ELff:
Hey guys, thanks for always coming through when I ask questions or make enquiries here.

Please do you think I should apply for a provisional driver's license. I know how to drive, I have access to cars but my driving is naija style so I intend to take driving lessons so polish my driving the UK style. What do you advise?

Also what are the consequences of breaching the 20hrs one is allowed to work?

How do I save on transportation? For example, if I will be travelling by bus all week, how do I get discounts? I normally buy day saver tickets.

Don't let your egungun cross express with 20hours o hmrc will finally find you and you will pay more than you owe

AwesomeGod:
Hello Chukwuka16, Your response literally blew me away. I am in the middle of taking the next step. If you do not mind, I would appreciate if I can contact you via E-mail. I already sent you a request. I will need some guidance from "person wey sabi road". Thanks in advance


Living in the UK, hmmm……

First things first – please setup an urgent appointment with your cleric and advise them to organise a series of prayer sessions for you to BANISH THAT THOUGHT OF BEING A LECTURER IN NIGERIA – Those dreams are from village people. You do not want to be having such dreams now as you are too young to be planning FRUSTRATION. I appreciate your love for lecturing in Nigeria, but my advice will be for you to start your career as a researcher overseas and then decide what next to do about that your dream of lecturing back in Nigeria. You need the abroad experience to build your self-worth which Nigeria helps to dampen. You also need money (a lot of it) to enjoy lecturing in Nigeria and even forget that ASUU/salary exists. You don’t want to be that frustrated lecturer who takes out his/her frustration on innocent students. You also want to have pleasant experiences from your time abroad to benchmark your lecturing journey in Nigeria.

Next is the PhD. I congratulate you on your PhD journey so far in Nigeria. May the good Lord lighten your burden. Many years ago, it was gay to be having a PhD from Stanford and MIT and Harvard and those fancy names. Later, it was chic to be having your PhD from the UK, Canada, USA, Australia etc. Today, where you have your PhD is Irrelevant if (1) it is accredited and (2) you have your research published in the top journals. My advice for you would be to research possible PhD opportunities in South Africa – UCT, UKZN, UP, DUT, TUT etc. Get on ResearchGate and connect with Nigerians there and leverage that in getting a placement. We used to review apps from Nigerians and get our friends into SA for PhD with funding in our labs. You are sure of some funding (bursary with teaching duties) or a cheaper deal than the UK. Additionally, you are sure of world class research facilities with opportunities to go overseas for conferences/workshops. Please note that PhD in UKZN is free! I was sponsored by NRF/TWAS and had tutor gigs within the dept and had enough money to be flying to Pretoria (Sunnyside) just to look for plantain (millennial issues).

However, while in South Africa, you must do all within you to publish and publish and publish in the very best and top-rated journals (Impact Factor greater than 5 as a minimum). In my former lab here in the UK, the head was ready to recruit my friend to the UK and pay him £40K simply because of his MAD publication profile – We lost him to a research lab in Israel. There is something called REF (Research Excellence Framework) here in the UK every 5 years and it’s basically ranking UK HEI’s based on their publication output and where (journal IF). This is important because it determines how much funding they get from the government (more important now as funding is becoming scarce like unicorns). That is why you see them every 5 years recruiting new hands and highlighting publications as an important criterion. You want to be ready for the next round.

Why do I advise you to consider South Africa? Time. Here in the UK, your PhD can last from 3.5-5 years depending on your supervisor and between 4-7 years in the US. I did mine in South Africa in 18 months (finished with depression and 11 publications). You may not do yours in 18 months but with good publications (3-5) you can be done within 2.5 – 3 years with even a postdoc waiting for you to calm you down. I was recruited straight out of South Africa before graduation to the UK and currently in my 3rd job (millennial problems) working in a think tank and with a world class team. Nobody has ever asked me about where I did my PhD. I have even had the editor of a world class journal (IF of 27) visit me all the way from the US and invite me to do a badass piece in his journal on top my African PhD.

A UK PhD WILL NOT ADD ANY BENEFIT TO YOUR CAREER IN TODAY’S WORLD EVEN IF IT’S FROM OXFORD. It will cost you your arm and your leg and even leave you frustrated and drained but with extra shoulder pad for bragging – I have my doctorate from Oxforrrrd. You also don’t want to be burdening us with gofundme which is rising at alarming rates nowadays or subject your better half to working jobs she may not be ok with all because you want a UK PhD.

In all, please always ask the Good Lord for direction. I’m a firm believer that one can never get lost with His guidance.



Nicely written

I wish you the best.

Ilekokonit:
Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) rules for Temporary staff in the UK

Since 2011, after 3 months in a Temp role, the Agency have to BY LAW increase your hourly pay rate to what they would pay someone doing a comparable job on a permanent basis.

So, lets say that out of desperation you accepted a job for £10 per hour on a Temp basis through an Agency, after you have been in the same Temp role with the same hirer for 12 calendar weeks, the agency has to increase your hourly pay rate to the same pay and upgrade your working conditions to that of a comparable direct employee of the hirer. So if for instance a direct employee of the hirer is being pad £40,000 per annum which equates to £20.51 per hour if you do a 37.5 hour week then after you have been in the same Temp role with the same hirer for 12 calendar weeks, the agency is required BY LAW to increase your hourly pay rate from £10 per hour to £20.51 per hour although some agencies will keep quiet about this as not many Temp's know about these AWR regulations.

Its called (Agency Workers Regulations) AWR rules. Under the AWR, temporary agency workers become entitled, after they have been in the same role with the same hirer for 12 calendar weeks, to the same pay and working conditions as a comparable direct employee of the hirer.

If you've been in a Temp fole with the same employer for at least 12 calendar weeks and you feel your rate is much lower than the equivalent rate for a comparable direct employee of the hirer just tell your agency that you just about something called AWR and they should increase your rates and possibly backdate it too if they don't want to run foul of the law.

An agency I once worked with some time ago lost its NHS contract to a cheaper Agency. The new agency I was transferred to increased my rates immediately and when I was puzzled about this, they said it was because AWR kicked in but the old Agency kept quiet about this until I mentioned AWR to them and they had to back pay me the increased rate they previously kept quiet about.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agency_Workers_Regulations_2010#Scope

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporary_Agency_Work_Directive_2008

dustydee:
Hi Giltwise, please can you guide me on how to go about this? Thank you.

Futureukstudent:
Hello everyone, do anybody have an idea about how much Lufthansa air charge for excess luggage of like 10kg?

Sohot:
Mehn this place is something else , almost a year no hook up with any woman just one babe wey we dey comot together but she never give me panmo . Here you are walking on egg shells .You go to gym everybody go just dey do normal no hello ,no hi ,they avoid eye contact so much.Mehn I will definitely be making naija my friend for fresh babes.Too much long thing for here.

Sohot:
I actually my fiance back in naija ,but on getting here and working In a mental health hospital I see how men get destroyed here when they divorce .I am definitely getting a prenup ,I am not an age where i can afford to lose everything I 've worked for to start again.The reality is a prenup can protect both husband and wife from taking each others assets when they break up and it's not necessarily the husband alone that can lose property ,I will also have the wife sign a prenup against me so it's balanced ,if anything happens I don't want her money.Concerning oyinbo girls mehn ,I really hate this place ,I ve not even hooked up with any white lady since I got here ,u have to be walking on eggshells so it doesn't turn to harassment.You go to gym everybody just does their thing ,no hello no hi .Mehn I am definitely establishing connections in naija and be going there regularly for refreshment with fresh blood ..

Sohot:
Are there any jobs one can do from naija that one doesn't need to be here? The bills and tax are just too much .Naija has its problems but there is a lot of freedom and if you earn in pounds you will live like a king .

Giltwise:
You can send me a pm.

Lexusgs430:
Shebi you have money to spend.......... When your third leg itches again..... Just enter.....

www.vivastreet.co.uk


Some UK networks would block the connection, but with WiFi connection, hooking up is your oyster.....

Full GFE on tap.......

AirBay:
Na oga lexus dy spoil us for here o

Lexusgs430:
Pot wey wan chop pepper, ẹ yansh must hot........

DAramis:
People wey dey UK dey try o. Person 3 months salary for Nigeria na im 1 girl dey charge for 1hr service.

Make dat oga try find one girl o.

Abeg, wetin be GFE?

AirBay:
GFE: Girl Friend Experience