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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by CellySunshine: 7:08am On Dec 08, 2021
Adapapaokoye:
Hello House
My cousin studied Accounting in Nigeria and she plans to apply for masters in Nursing.

She said the agency told her it's possible but I am having doubts

Please what do you think
Yes it's very possibe , just search for schools with msc. Nursing with pre- registration e.g msc. Adult nursing with pre- registration. When you find schools offering the course, then you can contact the admission officer for requirements. N.B Nursing with pre- registration is for those coming from a completely different field and wish to study nursing.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by wallg123: 8:39am On Dec 08, 2021
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-59569365

Another Brother in limbo …
I think Africans countries talk too much without action. If our governments can reciprocate this travel ban on foreign nationals (British and Americans), then they’ll be weary of making draconian rules like this .but no we will only be making noise on blogs
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by TheGuyFromHR: 8:52am On Dec 08, 2021
wallg123:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-59569365

Another Brother in limbo …
I think Africans countries talk too much without action. If our governments can reciprocate this travel ban on foreign nationals (British and Americans), then they’ll be weary of making draconian rules like this .but no we will only be making noise on blogs

Never.
Travel bans are political, not medical.
Nigeria has basically downgraded itself in the comity of nations and has not got the clout it should have and is not taken seriously.

Look what happened with India and the delta variant earlier this year where the govt dragged its feet concerning putting India on the red list for days even while all the media were shouting to high heavens because it was careful about offending India.

If Nigeria bans travellers from the UK, nobody will notice or care, except Nigerians living in the UK.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by fatima04: 9:50am On Dec 08, 2021
Kukujajaja:
I think one of the reasons why we're not moving forward as a country, is just because we failed to support and love ourselves.
Over years, I have consistently observing lifestyles of minority communities in UK like Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladesh & few Chinese just to mention few. Most of these communities will bring their brothers from their various countries staying with them assisting them in selling their petty business on high streets.
I visited one of my Pakistani course mates during my undergraduate programs, to my astonished they were visually[b] 6 people living in a single bedroom flat with happiness and show of love. [/b]An average Nigerians in UK have competitive mindsets, they always see friends and families as competitors. Let love reigns. Help if you can and say No if you can't.
Nature will always lifts those who are willing to give arms to fellow beings. To those bad wagons you'll all soon be Baba & iya London!
A word is enough for the wise!

I think its kinda easy to do this if you are in the university, a lot of people lived this way back in Uni with no problem.

However, when we keep saying the communal living of Asians in this country and they all get together well and are happy, that may not be the case for those experiencing it. Its easier to judge people are happy from the outside than people in the situations themselves.
I read a lot of horror stories on telegram and facebook group about how they maltreat themselves in their large family living and all and you will see nothing beats having your own residence if you can and accommodate others if its within your budget.

No race or tribe is perfect, we all have our shortcomings as well, despite Asians having this "community and strong family ties", I have seen an Asian marriage pack up within 2months because the husband fell sick and she probably didn't feel welcome enough in their house. I actually believe a lot of Nigerian spouses will still wait and let him get well before leaving as a minimum gesture.

So sometimes all that glitters are not gold, also when reading the biographies of this top Asian politicians and the kind of school they attended etc, their parents went extra mile to get them in a good neighborhood and schools, but ofcourse you see them making policy favorable to their kind and who blames them.

On the other hand, a Nigerian newbie rarely listens to the advise you give them from experience, wants to show off and are not sensitive enough to doing things the right way.
The way people attack justwise and others on the student section when they advise prospective applicants to have their school fees or plan accommodation/ not work more than 20hrs etc. Only a few will come back to you and acknowledge their mistakes and say "you advised us ooo". Another scenario, imagine someone needing accommodation for few days as per agreement and then he turned it to full week on without having a discussion with the host or you that connected them for courtesy/politeness.

Housing people in the UK is a lot of commitment and finance and if you cant afford it dont have a guest and then maltreat them afterwards.
Naija housing that you pay rent, electricity and[i] rare[/i] water bills can never be compared to the UK. If you spend £500 on your bills with 1 guest that will increase by 25%, now imagine a family.

Advise to people coming is plan your migration/move properly, research widely, ask lots of questions, seek advise and know how to discern useful from unrealistic/illegal advise. Its easier to live in regret and resentment if the UK dream is not planned properly

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by wonlasewonimi: 12:45pm On Dec 08, 2021
TheGuyFromHR:


Never.
Travel bans are political, not medical.
Nigeria has basically downgraded itself in the comity of nations and has not got the clout it should have and is not taken seriously.

Look what happened with India and the delta variant earlier this year where the govt dragged its feet concerning putting India on the red list for days even while all the media were shouting to high heavens because it was careful about offending India.

If Nigeria bans travellers from the UK, nobody will notice or care, except Nigerians living in the UK.

India can mess UK up big time if they play politics with the Covid situation. The likes of Wipro, Infosys and Tata are the backbones of the IT industry, they ship in a lot human resources daily supporting critical infrastructure here.

Naija on the other hand can be politically played as we are desperate to come to UK even if we are paying a lot of mullah to do so.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by KOVIC19COVID20: 5:21pm On Dec 08, 2021
wallg123:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-59569365

Another Brother in limbo …
I think Africans countries talk too much without action. If our governments can reciprocate this travel ban on foreign nationals (British and Americans), then they’ll be weary of making draconian rules like this .but no we will only be making noise on blogs


Our governments that would rather use 38,000,000,000 to ‘renovate’ National Assembly complex feather than invest in science and medical research.
Our Governments that had to depend on COVAX or Gates foundation to dash us life-saving vaccines.
Even AFTER the vaccines have been dashed to us for free, Nigerian Government wasted 1,000,000 doses because NPHCDA could not store, distribute and use the donated vaccines.

I will not even talk about the fake CoViD test results and the fake CoViD vaccination certificates that ‘our’ people use to travel.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Domistic: 5:56pm On Dec 08, 2021
Hello

Please what is the best app to use in navigating the streets of Uk. Google map dey confuse me sometimes �
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by okposm: 6:07pm On Dec 08, 2021
KOVIC19COVID20:



Our governments that would rather use 38,000,000,000 to ‘renovate’ National Assembly complex feather than invest in science and medical research.
Our Governments that had to depend on COVAX or Gates foundation to dash us life-saving vaccines.
Even AFTER the vaccines have been dashed to us for free, Nigerian Government wasted 1,000,000 doses because NPHCDA could not store, distribute and use the donated vaccines.

I will not even talk about the fake CoViD test results and the fake CoViD vaccination certificates that ‘our’ people use to travel.

Anyone that has an option of not taking the vaccine in Nigeria should do so. How do you explain that people are being vaccinated with an expired drug? This is not hear say and that is the reason batch numbers of those vaccinated in Nigeria are not showing in my opinion.

Most of these donors donate what is almost expired and before we get it, they are already expired. People have their reservations let alone an expired vaccine.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by hustla(m): 6:12pm On Dec 08, 2021
gistbite:

Ticket. Even the quarantine hotel next available date is on the 13th so I have to reschedule my flight.



Hello

Please how did you book for the quarantine hotel stuff

Went through the home gov website and it’s showing g multiple links and a number to call

How did you go about it pls

Thanks
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Pearlyfaze: 7:04pm On Dec 08, 2021
hustla:




Hello

Please how did you book for the quarantine hotel stuff

Went through the home gov website and it’s showing g multiple links and a number to call

How did you go about it pls

Thanks


So Nigerians are really paying for this hotel quarantine stuff.
If we do not book or pay for it, they will end it in 3 days. But because we are desperate they will milk us.

Chineke biko mee ebere.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mizGene(f): 7:52pm On Dec 08, 2021
Domistic:
Hello

Please what is the best app to use in navigating the streets of Uk. Google map dey confuse me sometimes �

If you are driving, Download waze....I am not sure for public transport, I use Google still...

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by obitryce(m): 8:00pm On Dec 08, 2021
Who's got pounds for sale?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by realvip: 8:52pm On Dec 08, 2021
Domistic:
Hello

Please what is the best app to use in navigating the streets of Uk. Google map dey confuse me sometimes �

Especially for roundabout. Google map told me 25 minutes to my destination, after walking round for about 2hrs few days ago, na ask I ask people take reach where I dey go. Not that the map is wrong, na to follow am hard especially for trekking.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by hustla(m): 9:00pm On Dec 08, 2021
Pearlyfaze:



So Nigerians are really paying for this hotel quarantine stuff.
If we do not book or pay for it, they will end it in 3 days. But because we are desperate they will milk us.

Chineke biko mee ebere.


Oh boy

Local man has little choice in this matter

We are all praying theyll reconsider cos this variant they’re hyping isn’t all that

Just preparing for eventualities if transit via Benin etc doesn’t work
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by wallg123: 9:58pm On Dec 08, 2021
Pearlyfaze:



So Nigerians are really paying for this hotel quarantine stuff.
If we do not book or pay for it, they will end it in 3 days. But because we are desperate they will milk us.

Chineke biko mee ebere.
If Nigerians can order pizza from London to Lagos then they sure can book the quarantine hotel….

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by wallg123: 9:59pm On Dec 08, 2021
grin
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by justwise(m): 10:15pm On Dec 08, 2021
Pearlyfaze:



So Nigerians are really paying for this hotel quarantine stuff.

If we do not book or pay for it, they will end it in 3 days. But because we are desperate they will milk us.

Chineke biko mee ebere.

I’m asking the same question, Nigerians are only good at making noise no action. Just imagine how unfair this is.. the British govt arranged a hotel for you, decided the cost, decided the cost of food, transportation to the hotel, total it and asked you to pay. Even when you have tested negative before arriving the UK. British nationals arriving in Nigeria are free to walk out of the airport free without quarantining.

Other Europeans and Americans are free to enter the UK without quarantining, only few African countries made the list. This is more than just an insult

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by STENON(f): 10:31pm On Dec 08, 2021
Mimzyy:
I can’t remember who it was that suggested Lemonade finance on here. Whoever it is, just wanted to say a massive thank you to you. Downloaded the app this morning, funded my wallet and initiated a transfer. I kid you not, the money was in my GTBank account in less than one minute. I’m very impressed. The rate is also very reasonable. Merci.
Let me also say thanks to that person. Lemonade is very good. I used exchange of 727.50 to send to Naija about 3 weeks ago and it was very good.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by STENON(f): 10:32pm On Dec 08, 2021
wallg123:

If Nigerians can order pizza from London to Lagos then they sure can book the quarantine hotel….
grin But some schools are already paying for this.

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by dubaiprince: 11:01pm On Dec 08, 2021
realvip:


Especially for roundabout. Google map told me 25 minutes to my destination, after walking round for about 2hrs few days ago, na ask I ask people take reach where I dey go. Not that the map is wrong, na to follow am hard especially for trekking.

If in London, use citymapper

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by RennyKitty: 11:34pm On Dec 08, 2021
Hi everyone please does one need a transit visa for Qatar airways to heathrow? Or Turkish Airline ? Please help me out biko
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by tushqueen(f): 11:41pm On Dec 08, 2021
obitryce:
Who's got pounds for sale?



I do
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by KOVIC19COVID20: 11:54pm On Dec 08, 2021
okposm:


Anyone that has an option of not taking the vaccine in Nigeria should do so. How do you explain that people are being vaccinated with an expired drug? This is not hear say and that is the reason batch numbers of those vaccinated in Nigeria are not showing in my opinion.

Most of these donors donate what is almost expired and before we get it, they are already expired. People have their reservations let alone an expired vaccine.

You are talking balderdash.
You blame the donors for Nigeria’s inability to distribute and use doses on time?

Rather than point the blame at our pathetic thieving governments, you are blaming the donors? For real?

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by DisGuy: 12:30am On Dec 09, 2021
mamatwiny:


I am thinking of this route but my children are also involved. They are still small and may not cope.

Oh no. This decision has thrown a spanner in the works. Sad thing is they still haven't justified their decision vaccinated or not

Hopefully it gets reviewed ASAP so people and economies can get going again
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Gloriouscrown: 2:08am On Dec 09, 2021
RennyKitty:
Hi everyone please does one need a transit visa for Qatar airways to heathrow? Or Turkish Airline ? Please help me out biko

No you don't need a transit visa if you aren't leaving the airport.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by canadaishome: 4:08am On Dec 09, 2021
STENON:
Let me also say thanks to that person. Lemonade is very good. I used exchange of 727.50 to send to Naija about 3 weeks ago and it was very good.

Ahn ahn
You too

We would have enjoyed £20 back if you used my referral code o sad

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by quivah(f): 5:16am On Dec 09, 2021
quivah:
Hi my people.
My family and I are enroute Swansea come Jan.
Finally!!

However, there's one thing I have on my mind that has been given me concern.
During covid vaccination I dropped my father's name as my last name however, my passport, health certificate and everything carries my maiden name.
I did the vaccination before any of the others avd it just happened that I dropped my new name subsciously lol.
But thinking about it now, it's scary.
Is there any implications to this? Or is it possible to change the name I have on the covid card??

Biko help a sister.
sad
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mayluv(f): 5:25am On Dec 09, 2021
quivah:

sad
I personally don't think it matters. You should be able to prove that they are one and same person. If you have a marriage certificate, I believe that you should be covered.
NB: this is my personal opinion and not based on any rule please
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mrcodebreaker: 5:42am On Dec 09, 2021
How long before one can apply for a credit card as an immigrant on sponsored visa. Which one is easier to get?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by okposm: 7:07am On Dec 09, 2021
KOVIC19COVID20:


You are talking balderdash.
You blame the donors for Nigeria’s inability to distribute and use doses on time?

Rather than point the blame at our pathetic thieving governments, you are blaming the donors? For real?

It could have been nice talking to you. But always argue with facts and not become abusive like certain people.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by mamatwiny(f): 8:11am On Dec 09, 2021
At ppl talking about not paying quarantine hotel, my advise is- if you can afford it, just pay and enter.
That was how my family was hoping that the review will be in 2 weeks as mentioned previously , hoping to travel on our intended date and boom, the ban caught up with us. Time is of essence in this journey and every second counts.

I was processing Australia work visa around June/July last year before they announced lockdown and till now they have not opened. All money spent on the assessments, ielts, etc gone. Just make hay while the sun shines or all that have been spent so far may be wasted .

It is a game of probability now and it could go either way. You will make back the money in 2 months if you are a dependant and you are ready to work.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by hustla(m): 8:20am On Dec 09, 2021
RennyKitty:
Hi everyone please does one need a transit visa for Qatar airways to heathrow? Or Turkish Airline ? Please help me out biko

Seeing news on Telegram about Turkish airlines refusing Nigerian students

A woman who her husband is traveling as dependent want not allowed even though he paid £2K for quarantine


Call them and ask info from them to avoid stories that touch

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