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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Goke7: 8:30pm On Sep 21, 2022
If you're working and earning a regular income, a TV licence is not a big deal, why give yourself unnecessary stress about what to watch when you can just pay for the damn thing and watch what you want on any device any day or time. It doesn't worth all the long conversations here. You can either pay £159 at once or you pay monthly. Additionally, you can use the license for other things like proof of address. And if you don't earn a regular income or you're not buoyant enough to pay for the license, why have a TV in the first place?

Finally, in these days of online entertainment and sports, there's no way you will not watch an online live event for which a TV licence is also needed. Get a TV licence and enjoy yourself to the fullest, simple.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by semmyk(m): 8:47pm On Sep 21, 2022
Thanks for painstakingly following through on this 30hours. Commendable.
The steps you've taken should suffice that you've acted bona fide (in good faith) and genuinely.
The (telephonic, written) responses you've gotten, ought to suffice ordinarily.
Going by the provisions for 30 hours, you have NOT applied for 'public funding' see www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/how-to-apply-for-30-hours-free-childcare/

You asked ... does the full time funded nursery falls under the 30 hours childcare scheme ... because we are non-EEA national and don't qualify
Salford council replied ... You are correct in that you are not able to claim 30 hours as you have no recourse to public funds. ...
Then the Salford official went on to address other non-pertinent areas!
Comes back to conclude ... but their children are still accessing a full time nursery place at a Maintained Primary School with no additional costs.

Now, from a legal hat, when it comes to interpretation, the response from Salford Council is RED flag. This ought to be QED.
However, there's room for subjective interpretation giving the process for accessing 30 hours.

The emphasis here is Maintained Primary School, whether maintained nursery or reception.
The defn for Maintained school is one under the (direct) control of local council but follows national curriculum.
See definitions at gov.uk/types-of-school and www.theschoolrun.com/what-maintained-school

Unfortunately, the definition does not resolve the impasse.
Can you proceed, I'll honestly say, yes you can.
Is that a resounding Yes, I'll say not so!

PS: an 'interesting' academic paper, although does not directly answer 30hours but provide insights.
www.suttontrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/What-do-we-know-about-the-30-hour-entitlement-literature-review.pdf

PS: this is not a binding legal advice or opinion as contemplated in law. NB: the writing here are based on desk-research.
tshoboy:
They responded and confirmed I don’t need to pay any additional funding and it is fine to access the full time nursery.
I included my email and their response below. I referred them to their website too like you did to make things clearer.
Hopefully this clarifies it and I will just keep the email for future ref.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by ukay2: 8:57pm On Sep 21, 2022
Goke7:
If you're working and earning a regular income, a TV licence is not a big deal, why give yourself unnecessary stress about what to watch when you can just pay for the damn thing and watch what you want on any device any day or time. It doesn't worth all the long conversations here. You can either pay £159 at once or you pay monthly. Additionally, you can use the license for other things like proof of address. And if you don't earn a regular income or you're not buoyant enough to pay for the license, why have a TV in the first place?

Finally, in these days of online entertainment and sports, there's no way you will not watch an online live event for which a TV licence is also needed. Get a TV licence and enjoy yourself to the fullest, simple.

Exactly.

I paid the damn £159....and l have forgotten it self and relaxed to enjoy my TV and other gadgets without watching my doors for anyone...

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by justwise(m): 8:57pm On Sep 21, 2022
Goke7:
If you're working and earning a regular income, a TV licence is not a big deal, why give yourself unnecessary stress about what to watch when you can just pay for the damn thing and watch what you want on any device any day or time. It doesn't worth all the long conversations here. You can either pay £159 at once or you pay monthly. Additionally, you can use the license for other things like proof of address. And if you don't earn a regular income or you're not buoyant enough to pay for the license, why have a TV in the first place?

Finally, in these days of online entertainment and sports, there's no way you will not watch an online live event for which a TV licence is also needed. Get a TV licence and enjoy yourself to the fullest, simple.

Really? So because you don't earn enough to pay BBC for watching other channels you should not have TV?

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by level10: 9:02pm On Sep 21, 2022
justwise:


Really? So because you don't earn enough to pay BBC for watching other channels you should not have TV?

Help me ask am,I also think his write up wasn’t well thought ..

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Nobody: 9:12pm On Sep 21, 2022
justwise:


Those sections of your post i highlighted

You don't pay tv licence because you watched BBC, you pay tv licence if you watch live program from any channel on any device not just on tv alone.

This got little or nothing to do with aerial connected to your tv

Fair. You’re right. Thanks.

Just for emphasise for the questioner that having a tv at home is immaterial to whether one needs to pay the fee.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 9:14pm On Sep 21, 2022
Goke7:
If you're working and earning a regular income, a TV licence is not a big deal, why give yourself unnecessary stress about what to watch when you can just pay for the damn thing and watch what you want on any device any day or time. It doesn't worth all the long conversations here. You can either pay £159 at once or you pay monthly. Additionally, you can use the license for other things like proof of address. And if you don't earn a regular income or you're not buoyant enough to pay for the license, why have a TV in the first place?

Finally, in these days of online entertainment and sports, there's no way you will not watch an online live event for which a TV licence is also needed. Get a TV licence and enjoy yourself to the fullest, simple.


Since you are working and earning a regular income and also know that one can pay monthly or annually, I might have to direct the bill to your address.
Please quote me with your address so I can do that ASAP and be a Good Samaritan to those of us who don’t have regular income.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AKALAMAGBO: 9:22pm On Sep 21, 2022
He mentioned you don’t need TV if you are not a regular income earner….

Orishirisi on this forum grin grin
AlphaUno:



Since you are working and earning a regular income and also know that one can pay monthly or annually, I might have to direct the bill to your address.
Please quote me with your address so I can do that ASAP and be a Good Samaritan to those of us who don’t have regular income.


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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Nobody: 9:23pm On Sep 21, 2022
Goke7:
If you're working and earning a regular income, a TV licence is not a big deal, why give yourself unnecessary stress about what to watch when you can just pay for the damn thing and watch what you want on any device any day or time. It doesn't worth all the long conversations here. You can either pay £159 at once or you pay monthly. Additionally, you can use the license for other things like proof of address. And if you don't earn a regular income or you're not buoyant enough to pay for the license, why have a TV in the first place?

Finally, in these days of online entertainment and sports, there's no way you will not watch an online live event for which a TV licence is also needed. Get a TV licence and enjoy yourself to the fullest, simple.

No logic here.

I use my TV to play games from my console and to stream Netflix/Prime video (which also shows the sports I’m interested in). I never watch anything live - I’d rather stream on YouTube, which I can do on the TV as well.

The fee would cover much of my subscription for those services but even aside that I’d rather give the money to charity rather than pay for a service I don’t use just because I can afford it.

And the bit about proving address doesn’t make any sense. If you’ve settled in to the point where you have a “buoyant job” using tv license to prove address should be the least you’d do. Don’t you have bank account, cards etc?

There’s nothing to be afraid of. The law is clear. The letters are mere harassment and you can even request they be stopped so what’s the bother there?

Just say you enjoy watching TV, which is completely alright, instead of dissing people for not paying the fee when the same doesn’t apply to them.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by payne4real(m): 9:26pm On Sep 21, 2022
payne4real:
Hello house, pls I will be going to Londonderry, Northern Ireland next week.
I need suggestion on good mobile network.
Where can I buy electronics like Smart TV and laptops?
Good WiFi modem also.

Thanks
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by LagosismyHome(f): 9:31pm On Sep 21, 2022
tshoboy:

They responded and confirmed I don’t need to pay any additional funding and it is fine to access the full time nursery.

I included my email and their response below. I referred them to their website too like you did to make things clearer.

Hopefully this clarifies it and I will just keep the email for future ref.

Very odd response in the sense that it really not direct neither does it address the question.... what this response has done is speak from two side of the mouth

It confirms that yes you are not entitled, incase trouble happens later then it can be said it was confirmed you are not entitled. Then the author goes to talk about not working parents, but that not really related to what you asked.. it sites example of how they not suppose to claim but they do anyway..

This tells me the school claims on behalf of the students based on the headcount but no true audit has actual happened so they are able claim for those entitled and not entitled which might be all well and good until the day an audit happens. Hopefully if they ever audit, the line of responsibility will fall on the school

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 9:33pm On Sep 21, 2022
justwise:


Really? So because you don't earn enough to pay BBC for watching other channels you should not have TV?


Folks like this are just too naive.
They can even pay tax on the air they breathe simply because they have regular income and it’s a damn amount.

I don’t know if they ever heard of the Aba women riot of 1922.
Should we all naively have said those successful women traders don’t have regular source of income when they protested against some ‘damn’ taxes back then?

Nonsense and Putin’s nuclear threat grin

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 9:43pm On Sep 21, 2022
AKALAMAGBO:
He mentioned you don’t need TV if you are not a regular income earner….

Orishirisi on this forum grin grin


Na real orisirisi.
What then is the essence of the thread if one can’t ask simple questions and share real life experiences?

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Solumtoya: 9:47pm On Sep 21, 2022
Goke7:
If you're working and earning a regular income, a TV licence is not a big deal, why give yourself unnecessary stress about what to watch when you can just pay for the damn thing and watch what you want on any device any day or time. It doesn't worth all the long conversations here. You can either pay £159 at once or you pay monthly. Additionally, you can use the license for other things like proof of address. And if you don't earn a regular income or you're not buoyant enough to pay for the license, why have a TV in the first place?

Finally, in these days of online entertainment and sports, there's no way you will not watch an online live event for which a TV licence is also needed. Get a TV licence and enjoy yourself to the fullest, simple.

I've been holding myself from talking since. Y'all are making it sound like it's not just £13 or so monthly. When you're watching the Queen's funeral without TV License, you're breaking the law.

If you wanna pay for the TV License, it's not something to be ashamed of. Personally, I pay it .

If you don't want to pay, fine, but know you're breaking the law if you watch or record programmes on your TV, phone, laptop as they're broadcast or download/watch BBC programmes on any device. Break the law with your chest, like the IPTV folks.

Of course, you don't need TV license Netflix, DVDs or non-BBC prpgrammes that are not Live.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AKALAMAGBO: 9:56pm On Sep 21, 2022
To ask question sometimes dey scare me, due to “Wetin I wan hear like this” kiss kiss
AlphaUno:



Na real orisirisi.
What then is the essence of the thread if one can’t ask simple questions and share real life experiences?

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by level10: 10:16pm On Sep 21, 2022
Solumtoya:


I've been holding myself from talking since. Y'all are making it sound like it's not just £13 or so monthly. When you're watching the Queen's funeral without TV License, you're breaking the law.

If you wanna pay for the TV License, it's not something to be ashamed of. Personally, I pay it .

If you don't want to pay, fine, but know you're breaking the law if you watch or record programmes on your TV, phone, laptop as they're broadcast or download/watch BBC programmes on any device. Break the law with your chest, like the IPTV folks.

Of course, you don't need TV license Netflix, DVDs or non-BBC prpgrammes that are not Live.

So if I go to the stratford park and stream a live program on my laptop or mobile device,who do I owe?


Since I no dey inside house����

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by justwise(m): 10:20pm On Sep 21, 2022
level10:


So if I go to the stratford park and stream a live program on my laptop or mobile device,who do I owe?


Since I no dey inside house����


grin grin grin grin grin

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Solumtoya: 10:21pm On Sep 21, 2022
level10:


So if I go to the stratford park and stream a live program on my laptop or mobile device,who do I owe?


Since I no dey inside house����

Are you joking? The TV License covers a particular home address. So technically, you can actually take your TV to the park each time you wanna watch any of the covered programmes and you owe no one.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by justwise(m): 10:23pm On Sep 21, 2022
Solumtoya:


Are you joking? The TV License covers a particular home address. So technically, you can actually take your TV to the park each time you wanna watch any of the covered programmes and you owe no one.

How about homeless people? Can they watch live program on their smart phone while living on the street?

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by lavida001: 10:26pm On Sep 21, 2022
justwise:


You have to switch to either tier 4 or tier 2.

You can not renew or extend PSW.

So after PSW one has to switch to Tier 4 again?


Please explain better
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by level10: 10:28pm On Sep 21, 2022
justwise:


How about homeless people? Can they watch live program on their smart phone while living on the street?

My point exactly
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by claremont(m): 10:32pm On Sep 21, 2022
Goke7:
If you're working and earning a regular income, a TV licence is not a big deal, why give yourself unnecessary stress about what to watch when you can just pay for the damn thing and watch what you want on any device any day or time. It doesn't worth all the long conversations here. You can either pay £159 at once or you pay monthly. Additionally, you can use the license for other things like proof of address. And if you don't earn a regular income or you're not buoyant enough to pay for the license, why have a TV in the first place?

Finally, in these days of online entertainment and sports, there's no way you will not watch an online live event for which a TV licence is also needed. Get a TV licence and enjoy yourself to the fullest, simple.

Spot on.

I pay mine on direct debit, and I stream everything via IPTV or apps and have been doing so for years. I was one of those who many years ago posted remarks on this site strongly advocating for non-payment of TV licence fees. However, when you do have a family, things change. It's not practical to make your wife and kids live in perpetual fear of opening the front door simply because of a few pittance of beer/whisky money per year. If this money isn't spent on paying the TV licence, it would definitely be spent carelessly elsewhere on necessary/unnecessary evils that keep a grown family man sane in this country.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by HondaLover(m): 10:35pm On Sep 21, 2022
Officialkplus:
Hello house, I recently moved into the UK on August 12 this year and I came in with my international driving license from Nigeria, So to ease my movement of moving around the UK.

Now after I recently purchased my car a Mazda 6 grin grin
Paid the road tax successfully.

Now to get an insurance, I discovered I’m going to be charged about £7000 /year for insurance ��

Please, how do i go about the insurance, as it’s illegal to drive without a insurance in the Uk ��
I wouldn't know if you've been able to sort this, but if you check all insurance quotes sites and probably go to their websites you might have a better deal, I was in your shoes a couple of weeks back Las Las na 1200 I pay for Mazda 6 too, motor wey no reach 1k

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by level10: 10:36pm On Sep 21, 2022
Solumtoya:


Are you joking? The TV License covers a particular home address. So technically, you can actually take your TV to the park each time you wanna watch any of the covered programmes and you owe no one.

Personally I don’t pay because I don’t watch any live bbc programmes or even sports.
I do YouTube live from time to time ,
The last time that license guy visited,I told him I only watch YouTube live on my phone when I’m out of the house/at work
He was Amazed/dazed at the same time.They never returned

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by dupyshoo: 10:42pm On Sep 21, 2022
I pay mine too due to the same reason.

I don't judge those who don't pay though.
claremont:


Spot on.

I pay mine on direct debit, and I stream everything via IPTV or apps and have been doing so for years. I was one of those who many years ago posted remarks on this site strongly advocating for non-payment of TV licence fees. However, when you do have a family, things change. It's not practical to make your wife and kids live in perpetual fear of opening the front door simply because of a few pittance of beer/whisky money per year. If this money isn't spent on paying the TV licence, it would definitely be spent carelessly elsewhere on necessary/unnecessary evils that keep a grown family man sane in this country.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by justwise(m): 10:43pm On Sep 21, 2022
lavida001:


So after PSW one has to switch to Tier 4 again?


Please explain better

Or any other type of visa.. doesn’t have to be Tier 4
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by justwise(m): 10:46pm On Sep 21, 2022
level10:


Personally I don’t pay because I don’t watch any live bbc programmes or even sports.
I do YouTube live from time to time ,
The last time that license guy visited,I told him I only watch YouTube live on my phone when I’m out of the house/at work
He was Amazed/dazed at the same time.They never returned

You are too kind to even open door to them. Next time pick up your phone to record them and notice how fast they will run out of door step.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by HondaLover(m): 10:46pm On Sep 21, 2022
lightnlife:
This man no go kee person for NL. grin

That 5k third party insurance na pocket/life saver for Naija.

At this rate, it's best to get a UK licence than attempting to drive with a Naija licence.



Sometimes it isn't the best if there's a need for a car urgently, like Baba Lexus will say always get a toyota aygo or car under insurance group 1 to 3 or so.
Gives you experience before taking test and all.

Just make sure you read the damn unending Highway codes and watch tonnes of videos



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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Goke7: 10:53pm On Sep 21, 2022
justwise:


Really? So because you don't earn enough to pay BBC for watching other channels you should not have TV?

There's hardly anything one write here that will satisfy anybody, if I didn't say this, someone will argue that what about those that can't afford it.

It's really difficult to write something here that will satisfy everybody, wow

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by fasa199(m): 11:14pm On Sep 21, 2022
So if I watch live match on my phone, and download movies online, I will pay?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by AlphaUno: 11:30pm On Sep 21, 2022
AKALAMAGBO:
To ask question sometimes dey scare me, due to “Wetin I wan hear like this” kiss kiss


Ask your ??s and move on, without minding whose Ox is gored.
After all, one man’s meat is another man’s P
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Lexusgs430: 11:40pm On Sep 21, 2022
Goke7:
If you're working and earning a regular income, a TV licence is not a big deal, why give yourself unnecessary stress about what to watch when you can just pay for the damn thing and watch what you want on any device any day or time. It doesn't worth all the long conversations here. You can either pay £159 at once or you pay monthly. Additionally, you can use the license for other things like proof of address. And if you don't earn a regular income or you're not buoyant enough to pay for the license, why have a TV in the first place?

Finally, in these days of online entertainment and sports, there's no way you will not watch an online live event for which a TV licence is also needed. Get a TV licence and enjoy yourself to the fullest, simple.


I detest the TV licence, and as a result would NEVER pay it ......... grin

I posted this with my full chest ........... tongue

I would rather put the money on GBPJPY or GBPUSD, and take my chances, afterwards buy a pair of lovely Bally shoe.......... grin

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