AlphaUno:




If you fall in the category of those who paid mortgage deposit as rent payment and you feel hurt about what I said, you need to leave emotions out, take charge and steer your affairs rather than allow situations and circumstances do that for you.

Just cos your emotion is hurt doesn’t mean you can’t decipher a right from a wrong.
And what do you understand by ‘been there, done that’ that I quoted to a reply ?
In simple terms, I was in that situation and how did I navigate, it’s a story for another day

If truths are simply waved aside as opinions, then folks like me would ve been led astray by opinions on this thread. But, you know what! those ‘opinions’ have been helpful.
What gladdens me is that most of those who paid M D as rent agrees with what I said but the bluntness is what they can’t take.

Chairman. Sometimes you need to introspect & speak to yourself.

See that bolded? It’s nonsense.
Paying 15k upfront for 1 year only becomes a ‘waste’ of the tenant doesn’t stay in the house for the 1 year.
I currently pay £1,500 pcm rent. I signed my contract in September 2021. I pay by monthly Direct Debit.
As at 1st of October, I have paid the landlord £ 19,500:00
That is enough as mortgage deposit for a 4 bed terraced in some parts of the UK right?
Does it really matter if I had paid the landlord £19,500 upfront last year? Does it make any difference? At the end of the day, the landlord has pocketed my £19,500.
Was/is it a waste? NO. Reason: Because I and my husband and 4 children have LIVED inside the house, so it’s payment for service rendered.

Your initial post on which you descended harshly on someone who paid for 1 year upfront was too harsh and portrays you as I’ll-informed.
Circumstances differ.

EmeeNaka:

My car is Peugeot 207. 2008 model. Automatic, Petrol. Mileage 55000.
The budget I have is around £90- £100 per month.

So the issue here is the make of your car. Peugeot 207 has a bad reputation for being expensive to repair. That said, you should try to use insurance comparison sites like moneysupermarket.com , confused.com , gocompare.com . Also, perhaps input your provisional license as your main license as opposed to your Nigerian driver’s license. That might help as this worked for me.

ukay2:



I got £680 per annum without blackbox with admiral insurance in January with similar condition as yours, except my wife wasn't in the insurance. When i passed my manual driving test, i updated it in their app without any payment.
Maybe you should give them a call...

wow! Quite fair

AlphaUno:




If you fall in the category of those who paid mortgage deposit as rent payment and you feel hurt about what I said, you need to leave emotions out, take charge and steer your affairs rather than allow situations and circumstances do that for you.

Just cos your emotion is hurt doesn’t mean you can’t decipher a right from a wrong.
And what do you understand by ‘been there, done that’ that I quoted to a reply ?
In simple terms, I was in that situation and how did I navigate, it’s a story for another day

If truths are simply waved aside as opinions, then folks like me would ve been led astray by opinions on this thread. But, you know what! those ‘opinions’ have been helpful.
What gladdens me is that most of those who paid M D as rent agrees with what I said but the bluntness is what they can’t take.

Again reading to respond and not comprehend. You must be fun at parties.

FYI, I was one of the lucky few who didn’t have to struggle to find a house or pay months in advance but I was ready to pay that large sum should the need arise. Your argument lacks empathy so clearly, you have not "been there and done that" else you would have understood what people are currently going through. I rest my case.

DeeOneBangin:


One major factor is location. My insurance once dropped from £1200 to £700 because I relocated from Manchester to Devon

I live in the outskirt of Swansea. Usually, that area doesn't cause high insurance I learnt.
Many thanks.

Amarathripple0:

So the issue here is the make of your car. Peugeot 207 has a bad reputation for being expensive to repair. That said, you should try to use insurance comparison sites like moneysupermarket.com , confused.com , gocompare.com . Also, perhaps input your provisional license as your main license as opposed to your Nigerian driver’s license. That might help as this worked for me.

oh! I see. Many things working against me. � �. Well, I will survive finally.
Thanks

ukay2:


You know we like blaming village people for everything.....

Honestly the thing just tire me.

Small thing now we'll start seeing posts about "Nigerians don't help themselves...they even hide how to get cheap insurance from one another", and someone will see it and begin to spread the divisive idea further.

Thank you. Sorted now

domin8:
You will experience that if you are trying to use your card to pay for someone who's name is not the exact one on the card. They only allow using the exact card as the name of the applicant for payment
Follow the guide on their portal to register the card if you want to use the card for someone else.

AlphaUno:



If I posited that a certain upfront payment is extravagant, so, you expect such extravagant amount to be paid via Airbnb for 3 months?
Think again, who stays in Airbnb for 3 months?

Are you serious

Anybody need pounds here?

Good day everyone!

Please I need help, we'll submit dependents visa application for our kids in November, but the passports of 2 out of the 3 will be expiring in May 2023, what can we do now to avoid any issues with immigration? Will renewal still be possible?


Thanks for your responses

donald197:
Thank you. Sorted now

EmeeNaka:
oh! I see. Many things working against me. � �. Well, I will survive finally.
Thanks

are you going to be driving 8000 miles a year? reducing the mileage should reduce premium.

Santa2:


@AlphaUno Dismissing other peoples experience because you found it easier is in itself egocentric.. I had to change accomodation recently and I know what I went through. The fact that I did not not pay 1 year or even six month upfront, does not mean my friend who has been here for a year already and had to also change accomodation and pay one year upfront is silly or desparate. He was rejected twice with his 1 year payment. You can seat there and dismiss the struggle of peoples trying to get a roof over they and their families as lazy, thats fine but also realize that different realities exists for different people. Locations also give different experiences in same Uk. It might be easier to find a house in aberdeen than it is easier to find in london. Also you looking for a flatshare might get a place easier than one looking for a 3 bed for a family of 5 or 6. Different realities exist. DO NOT DISMISS PEOPLES EXPERIENCE!

My earlier posts already pointed out all you said, you can go back a few pages to check

BorisJohnson:



Chairman. Sometimes you need to introspect & speak to yourself.

See that bolded? It’s nonsense.
Paying 15k upfront for 1 year only becomes a ‘waste’ of the tenant doesn’t stay in the house for the 1 year.
I currently pay £1,500 pcm rent. I signed my contract in September 2021. I pay by monthly Direct Debit.
As at 1st of October, I have paid the landlord £ 19,500:00
That is enough as mortgage deposit for a 4 bed terraced in some parts of the UK right?
Does it really matter if I had paid the landlord £19,500 upfront last year? Does it make any difference? At the end of the day, the landlord has pocketed my £19,500.
Was/is it a waste? NO. Reason: Because I and my husband and 4 children have LIVED inside the house, so it’s payment for service rendered.

Your initial post on which you descended harshly on someone who paid for 1 year upfront was too harsh and portrays you as I’ll-informed.
Circumstances differ.

I already said it that a lot of you folks are on this table and would rather put emotion in the mix because of what was said

Amarathripple0:

Again reading to respond and not comprehend. You must be fun at parties.

FYI, I was one of the lucky few who didn’t have to struggle to find a house or pay months in advance but I was ready to pay that large sum should the need arise. Your argument lacks empathy so clearly, you have not "been there and done that" else you would have understood what people are currently going through. I rest my case.

You are obviously not used to civil discuss, hence, your insistence on reading to reply. All the points you raised have been thrashed earlier but I still took the time out to point you in the right direction. You would rather jump in, in the middle w/o knowing where the discussion took off from.

Omoluv5:
Good day everyone!

Please I need help, we'll submit dependents visa application for our kids in November, but the passports of 2 out of the 3 will be expiring in May 2023, what can we do now to avoid any issues with immigration? Will renewal still be possible?


Thanks for your responses

The choice is yours to renew from Nigeria or wait till it expires here, provided that they would be in the UK before May ‘ 23
If you have a sure plug that will assure you b4 application, then I will say sort everything in 9ja

deept:


are you going to be driving 8000 miles a year? reducing the mileage should reduce premium.

I selected 6000miles because it's for me and my wife.

Canada, Australia have now removed 20 hr work restrictions for students

Over to our brothers in Christ

hustla:
Canada, Australia have now removed 20 hr work restrictions for students

Over to our brothers in Christ

Lol

They making things hard for Suella......

leef2022:


Lol

They making things hard for Suella......

Who is?

They were complaining about students coming in but not working skilled jobs

They need to first remove that sponsorship requirement and just have graduates work jobs and then proceed to ILR

This will mean graduates won't be hunting only jobs with sponsorship and spread across different sectors they actually have interest in

hustla:


Who is?

They were complaining about students coming in but not working skilled jobs

They need to first remove that sponsorship requirement and just have graduates work jobs and then proceed to ILR

This will mean graduates won't be hunting only jobs with sponsorship and spread across different sectors they actually have interest in

She now has all the above to think and review �

leef2022:


She now has all the above to think and review �

Simple solution, really

Even if they cap it at 40 hrs a week, it still makes sense

hustla:


Simple solution, really

Even if they cap it at 40 hrs a week[b][/b], it still makes sense

40hrs/wk....It won't be enough either!!

Human needs are insatiable

leef2022:


40hrs/wk....It won't be enough either!!

Human needs are insatiable

No be juju be that

For record!

hustla:
Canada, Australia have now removed 20 hr work restrictions for students
...

[Canada]
www.cbc.ca/news/politics/international-student-lift-work-limit-1.6609550
International students in Canada who are authorized to work off-campus under the terms of their study permit were previously limited to 20 hours of paid work outside their studies for each week class was in session
The pilot study will run from Nov. 15, 2022, to Dec. 31, 2023, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Sean Fraser announced on Friday.
... ...
[Australia]
[url]immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/student-500/temporary-relaxation-of-working-hours-for-student-visa-holders[/url]
Unrestricted work rights for student visa holders to end on 30 June 2023
​​​​To address workforce shortages, student visa work hours restrictions have been temporarily relaxed. This will end on 30 June 2023.
Until 30 June 2023, all ongoing students as well as new student arrivals and secondary applicants are able to work more than 40 hours a fortnight in any sector of the economy and work before their course of study commences. ... ...

AlphaUno:


No, I am not speaking from a privileged position. Na who I be kwa?
Anyways, enough said. If you have all the money in this world to pay for your 1 or 2 years’ rent upfront, please do you.
Seems a lot of folks are in this shoe and are mortified to hear someone speak of their concerns in such ways and not pat them on the back

I just left a viewing in East London. The house had one hour viewing and 28 people showed up. The agent has said 7 showed interest... 28 people showed up. Really where does someone start from .

The agent said several of the 7 offer put higher than the offer price which is 1800 for 3 bed...as if 1800 is not high enough. Bidding war has joined . Make I dey go house as my house is very far so came here for nothing

hustla:


Simple solution, really

Even if they cap it at 40 hrs a week, it still makes sense

Lol with the way the UK educational system is set up, people will fail woefully. With 20 hours people are still failing. That said, 40 hours go soft sha. They should also stop being wicked and make our student visa count to 5 years ILR

Amarathripple0:

Lol with the way the UK educational system is set up, people will fail woefully. With 20 hours people are still failing. That said, 40 hours go soft sha. They should also stop being wicked and make our student visa count to ILR

Student visa counts towards 10 years ILR

LagosismyHome:


Student visa counts towards 10 years ILR

Yea, was referring to the 5 year route.. 10 years is longggg.

LagosismyHome:


I just left a viewing in East London. The house had one hour viewing and 28 people showed up. The agent has said 7 showed interest... 28 people showed up. Really where does someone start from .

The agent said several of the 7 offer put higher than the offer price which is 1800 for 3 bed...as if 1800 is not high enough. Bidding war has joined . Make I dey go house as my house is very far so came here for nothing

I doubt if you would get a solution out of the fellow sha. He said "who stays in Airbnb for 3 months?", maybe the person should stay under the bridge instead.

hustla:


Who is?

They were complaining about students coming in but not working skilled jobs

They need to first remove that sponsorship requirement and just have graduates work jobs and then proceed to ILR

This will mean graduates won't be hunting only jobs with sponsorship and spread across different sectors they actually have interest in

Nah, e go hard o, it's a point-based system and there's a "shortage list" meaning they don't just want graduates, they want graduates skilled enough to fill roles the Country is "short" of. Australia, UK, Canada, New Zealand even US, Germany are basically in the Global Skill Market shopping by setting up criteria/hurdles that they believe will sift the best Talents.

semmyk:
Newbie123, you may want to read the experience and outcome of eyesaswide on pages 449 & 495. Similar but not exactly the same.
Thanks leef2022 for the breakdown. The OP might need to provide clarity. On face value, there are some loose ends.

Thanks a lot. I appreciate