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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by brine(m): 10:45pm On Jan 28, 2023
Lilipo:
Anyone know any african restaurant or food delivery service in Bristol?

http://www.agapehousecafe.com/ . Also, you can download deliveroo app and order from African restaurants via the app.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Lilipo: 11:42pm On Jan 28, 2023
geekseventplace:
Hello friends,

I am looking for an immigrant in UK who is ready to take a job as a full time nanny for my two kids. Accomodation, feeding, utilites, internet, phone bills will be all taken care of. Monthly pay is 400-500£ depending on a few other details.
The lady/woman should be less than 50 yrs and already residing in the UK.
Location is Basildon in Essex.

If interested, send me a message to naijanannysearch@gmail.com

@poster
I think your request is a bit unfair, and an abuse to the au-pair program that is currently in place for non english speaking European citizens. Au -pairs are to be treated as part of your family, and given time to go for English lessons while they live at your home in exchange for a little pocket money. They are expected to spend time with the kids (not yourself) living with an English speaking family.

They usually shouldn't do more than 30 hours per week. People tend to use them as an extra 'adult' in the house as stop gap between when kids finish from school and when you are back from work. They shouldn't look after kids under two years. Ideally, they do light cleaning, focused around the kids i.e. washing their clothes and ironing it, making light meal e.t.c. Note - they are not your cleaners or maid. You clean your house yourself (or get a cleaner).

In summary, if she were your sister, how would you treat her?

I used au pairs for 6 years and they were good. In my opinion, there is no where that is safe for kids, even the nurseries. You can only pray and hope that God protects the children. You can get a police report + DBS checks for the au -pairs before you invite them to live at yours.

If you need a full time nanny, you need to use agencies to find one and pay the required fees.

Please don't abuse the system. It worked very well pre-brexit and people like you are making it difficult for these ladies (coupled with post-brexit) to be au - pairs for those who genuinely need them and wouldn't abuse them.

Do the right thing.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by claremont(m): 1:04am On Jan 29, 2023
geekseventplace:
Hello friends,

I am looking for an immigrant in UK who is ready to take a job as a full time nanny for my two kids. Accomodation, feeding, utilites, internet, phone bills will be all taken care of. Monthly pay is 400-500£ depending on a few other details.
The lady/woman should be less than 50 yrs and already residing in the UK.
Location is Basildon in Essex.

If interested, send me a message to naijanannysearch@gmail.com

This post has made me do some research on au pair, and I'm guessing they are who you intend to recruit. There have been a lot of posts on here lambasting you for offering below minimum wage, slave labour etc.

This is the official government website on au pair. You are actually offering more than what the official weekly wage is for au pair. Social media can be an absolute cesspit sometimes.
https://www.gov.uk/au-pairs-employment-law/au-pairs

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Nobody: 1:46am On Jan 29, 2023
claremont:


This post has made me do some research on au pair, and I'm guessing they are who you intend to recruit. There have been a lot of posts on here lambasting you for offering below minimum wage, slave labour etc.

This is the official government website on au pair. You are actually offering more than what the official weekly wage is for au pair. Social media can be an absolute cesspit sometimes.
https://www.gov.uk/au-pairs-employment-law/au-pairs

Where you're wrong in your bid to be contrarian at all costs is seeing someone explicitly saying they want a 'full-time nanny' but still going ahead to guess she's trying to recruit an au pair.
They are two similar but very different roles.

See https://www.aupairworld.com/en/wiki/difference-nanny-au-pair, an au pair focused website, for the difference.
A couple of excerpts:
Tasks
The main responsibility of au pairs is to help the host family with childcare and light housework. Nannies usually take care of the family's children and housework.
Salary
The au pair receives monthly/weekly pocket money from the host family. A nanny is paid by the family and earns at least the minimum wage of the respective country.


You still think those things are equivalent?
You think the OP didn't know about the au pair programme?
Or you think there's no reason she wanted a 'full time nanny' but also specified she was looking for an immigrant?

The offer was in bad faith and people have rightly called it out. End of story.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by kwakudtraveller(m): 4:41am On Jan 29, 2023
Ancestors, I'm searching for a new house and we found one with Electric under floor heating, it's a nice house but we've never heard of electric floor heating, is this even safe and cost effective or e go just dey chop our money dey go?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Kennyliga112: 7:08am On Jan 29, 2023
kwakudtraveller:
Ancestors, I'm searching for a new house and we found one with Electric under floor heating, it's a nice house but we've never heard of electric floor heating, is this even safe and cost effective or e go just dey chop our money dey go?
Ask for the energy efficiency savings

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Lexusgs430: 8:00am On Jan 29, 2023
kwakudtraveller:
Ancestors, I'm searching for a new house and we found one with Electric under floor heating, it's a nice house but we've never heard of electric floor heating, is this even safe and cost effective or e go just dey chop our money dey go?


You don't have to turn the floor heating on....... But it's a good feature.........😂

Imagine not having to wear slippers/socks indoors, because your floor is always warm .........😜

You might not even require the use of a microwave, just put your plate on the floor. .......🤣😂😭

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Ticha: 8:22am On Jan 29, 2023
claremont:


This post has made me do some research on au pair, and I'm guessing they are who you intend to recruit. There have been a lot of posts on here lambasting you for offering below minimum wage, slave labour etc.

This is the official government website on au pair. You are actually offering more than what the official weekly wage is for au pair. Social media can be an absolute cesspit sometimes.
https://www.gov.uk/au-pairs-employment-law/au-pairs

Au pairs can only work max 30 hours.
They have to be from certain countries
They can't have sole care

So they can't work as nannies. At all. That's why au pairs are paid pocket money rather than wages/salary.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by gistbite(f): 10:57am On Jan 29, 2023
eniola1010:
Guys please. How exactly do these agents have these cos links. To make dem charge these crazy fees to secure job for someone from naija.

How exactly do they go about getting the links?

Do they liase with the employers here in uk
Or do these employers get a cut from what the agents are charging naija people

Or the agents just simply do the hard work of looking for employers in need of staffs oversea willing to sponsor, and they charge naija people for the stress they went through for finding the employer


All of the above
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Lilipo: 11:04am On Jan 29, 2023
kwakudtraveller:
Ancestors, I'm searching for a new house and we found one with Electric under floor heating, it's a nice house but we've never heard of electric floor heating, is this even safe and cost effective or e go just dey chop our money dey go?

Firstly, it is completely safe. I classify it as a luxury though because it adds up to the electric bill. However, this can be regulated. Before the energy crisis, I would have suggested a gas underfloor heating as gas was usually way more cheaper to run.

However, that being said, I would imagine that as its a new house, you would have a thermostat that can be set to turn on or off as you so desire. That way, you can control usage. Underfloor heating is not a bad thing to have - but you need to be able to enjoy it without worrying about the costs.

What is the energy rating of the property? If it is between an A and C, and well insulated, you might be able to get away with it. What I mean is that your house would be able to retain heat for longer so you wouldn't need to have your gas/electric on too much.i. e if your heating is on for an hour, it can keep your house warm for 4 hours.

These are things to consider. Ultimately, its a luxury, for those that can afford and enjoy it!

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by ukay2: 3:55pm On Jan 29, 2023
Lexusgs430:



You don't have to turn the floor heating on....... But it's a good feature.........😂

Imagine not having to wear slippers/socks indoors, because your floor is always warm .........😜

You might not even require the use of a microwave, just put your plate on the floor. .......🤣😂😭

😂
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by jblesn(f): 5:28pm On Jan 29, 2023
Lilipo:
Anyone know any african restaurant or food delivery service in Bristol?

There is an african restaurant called African Palace at BS5 area. I think around Stapleton road
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by kode12: 5:32pm On Jan 29, 2023
Lexusgs430:



You don't have to turn the floor heating on....... But it's a good feature.........😂

Imagine not having to wear slippers/socks indoors, because your floor is always warm .........😜

You might not even require the use of a microwave, just put your plate on the floor. .......🤣😂😭

Why now? Why grin grin grin
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Focus99: 5:46pm On Jan 29, 2023
Gurus in the house help my confusion please😂

As a student on a tier 4 visa you can decide to switch, get the CoS and start counting 5yrs towards ILR (permanent residence) OR you can decide to finish from the school, pay £2000 to get 2yrs Pgwp. Here is were my confusion lies omo

So let's say I decided to finish my school, get my 2yrs pgwp and luckily for me I got a job (permanent role)

1) will I still be needing CoS since I got a permanent job role?

2) will I start counting 5yrs for my ILR since I got a permanent job role or will have to apply for ILR immediately I got the permanent job role?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by bigtt76(f): 6:24pm On Jan 29, 2023
On expiration of the 2 years post study visa, you have to switch to another visa category - usually skilled worker visa which would require sponsorship from an employer.

No it does not count towards your 5 year ILR route through employment in the UK but rather towards your 10 years ILR route via Education in the UK meaning you can decide to go back and study a course which shows progression to your earlier degree.

I hope this helps.



Focus99:
Gurus in the house help my confusion please😂

As a student on a tier 4 visa you can decide to switch, get the CoS and start counting 5yrs towards ILR (permanent residence) OR you can decide to finish from the school, pay £2000 to get 2yrs Pgwp. Here is were my confusion lies omo

So let's say I decided to finish my school, get my 2yrs pgwp and luckily for me I got a job (permanent role)

1) will I still be needing CoS since I got a permanent job role?

2) will I start counting 5yrs for my ILR since I got a permanent job role or will have to apply for ILR immediately I got the permanent job role?

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Lolli2pop: 12:32am On Jan 30, 2023
kwakudtraveller:
Ancestors, I'm searching for a new house and we found one with Electric under floor heating, it's a nice house but we've never heard of electric floor heating, is this even safe and cost effective or e go just dey chop our money dey go?


My dear brother/sister please I would advise to run away if you can. I rented a newly refurbished property with an underfloor electric heating in 2021. It was newly done so i was the first tenant.

On moving in and staying for sometime we realised the flat doesn’t really get warm. An engineer came in to investigate and realised teh heating coils hasnt been done appropriately under the floor. This is the major con with underfloor heating, if there’s an issue its a lot of work to get it fixed.

Now because of being unable to fix it the landlord bombarded our home with mobile heaters. This is where we suffered because it was all electric in the property.

To cut the long story short, the money we spent on bills in the flat was enough to relocate a loved one from nigeria to the uk loool.


Let me just state that my post does not negate the pros some other people mentioned. Its just that My family and I would never ever get an accommodation with electric heating.

Also note some electric heating flats are also some times slightly cheaper in London because the agents know wats up

Note also, i know a friend who uses gas underfloor heating. Its way better. I would go for gas underfloor it gets the house extremely warm. Its great

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Viruses: 6:17am On Jan 30, 2023
For someone that was driving in Nigeria, like how many hours of driving lessons will the person need to pass driving test. Just an average.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by jum33: 7:17am On Jan 30, 2023
Focus99:
Gurus in the house help my confusion please😂

As a student on a tier 4 visa you can decide to switch, get the CoS and start counting 5yrs towards ILR (permanent residence) OR you can decide to finish from the school, pay £2000 to get 2yrs Pgwp. Here is were my confusion lies omo

So let's say I decided to finish my school, get my 2yrs pgwp and luckily for me I got a job (permanent role)

1) will I still be needing CoS since I got a permanent job role?

2) will I start counting 5yrs for my ILR since I got a permanent job role or will have to apply for ILR immediately I got the permanent job role?

To start counting towards your 5 yrs for ILR ,the permanent job gotten must be on the shortage occupation list and the employer must be ready to sponsor you and a COS must issued for that
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by jum33: 7:26am On Jan 30, 2023
Lolli2pop:



My dear brother/sister please I would advise to run away if you can. I rented a newly refurbished property with an underfloor electric heating in 2021. It was newly done so i was the first tenant.

On moving in and staying for sometime we realised the flat doesn’t really get warm. An engineer came in to investigate and realised teh heating coils hasnt been done appropriately under the floor. This is the major con with underfloor heating, if there’s an issue its a lot of work to get it fixed.

Now because of being unable to fix it the landlord bombarded our home with mobile heaters. This is where we suffered because it was all electric in the property.

To cut the long story short, the money we spent on bills in the flat was enough to relocate a loved one from nigeria to the uk loool.


Let me just state that my post does not negate the pros some other people mentioned. Its just that My family and I would never ever get an accommodation with electric heating.

Also note some electric heating flats are also some times slightly cheaper in London because the agents know wats up

Note also, i know a friend who uses gas underfloor heating. Its way better. I would go for gas underfloor it gets the house extremely warm. Its great
This is how electric heating system is made affordable
1.Ensure the heaters are the storage types
2. Your metering tarrif is dual type economy 7 or economy 10
3. Charge the storage heaters only during the low tarrif period usually the night and discharge during the day time.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by jum33: 7:30am On Jan 30, 2023
Viruses:
For someone that was driving in Nigeria, like how many hours of driving lessons will the person need to pass driving test. Just an average.
Forget that you have been driving in nigeria ,just have it mind that you are starting afresh again cos it a totally different learning experience here ,this is the government recommendation for no of practice hours before taking the exams:
"The average learner needs 20 hours of practice to pass the driving test, in addition to 45 hours of driving lessons."

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by semmyk(m): 8:03am On Jan 30, 2023
Skilled Worker brings some changes to Tier 2. If you're not on PSW, you need Skilled Worker visa.
Your PSW does not counts towards 5 years to ILR. It however counts as part of 10yrs (legal residence) to ILR. PS: This is also different from ILR on the basis of private life.
Skilled Worker counts towards 5 years to ILR irrespective of job categorisation.

However, to get Skilled Worker, there are certain requirements - #Eligibility. For some, eligibility implies being on the shortage occupation list but not necessarily. Put differently, it is not the job on shortage occupation list that counts towards 5 yrs ILR, it is having the Skilled Worker visa that counts. However, the shortage list positively aids the Skilled Worker for some jobs.
Check Skilled Worker visa: eligible occupations and codes - link
To check Skilled Worker visa: shortage occupations - link

Skilled Worker extract - link
If you want to stay longer: ... After 5 years, you may be able to apply to settle permanently in the UK (also known as ‘indefinite leave to remain’). This gives you the right to live, work and study here for as long as you like, and apply for benefits if you’re eligible.
What you can and cannot do - With a Skilled Worker visa you can:
apply to settle permanently in the UK (also known as ‘indefinite leave to remain’) if you’ve lived in the UK for 5 years and meet the other eligibility requirements
ILR eligibility - link
You must: ... have lived and worked in the UK for 5 years
jum33:
To start counting towards your 5 yrs for ILR ,the permanent job gotten must be on the shortage occupation list and the employer must be ready to sponsor you and a COS must issued for that
Focus99:
Gurus in the house help my confusion please😂
As a student on a tier 4 visa you can decide to switch, get the CoS and start counting 5yrs towards ILR (permanent residence) OR you can decide to finish from the school, pay £2000 to get 2yrs Pgwp. Here is were my confusion lies omo
So let's say I decided to finish my school, get my 2yrs pgwp and luckily for me I got a job (permanent role)

1) will I still be needing CoS since I got a permanent job role?
2) will I start counting 5yrs for my ILR since I got a permanent job role or [s]will have to apply for ILR immediately I got the permanent job role[/s]?

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Nobody: 9:32am On Jan 30, 2023
jum33:

To start counting towards your 5 yrs for ILR ,the permanent job gotten must be on the shortage occupation list and the employer must be ready to sponsor you and a COS must issued for that

On the skilled worker visa eligibility list, not necessarily the shortage occupation list.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Focus99: 10:18am On Jan 30, 2023
Thank you

bigtt76:
On expiration of the 2 years post study visa, you have to switch to another visa category - usually skilled worker visa which would require sponsorship from an employer.

No it does not count towards your 5 year ILR route through employment in the UK but rather towards your 10 years ILR route via Education in the UK meaning you can decide to go back and study a course which shows progression to your earlier degree.

I hope this helps.



Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by tshoboy(m): 10:19am On Jan 30, 2023
Viruses:
For someone that was driving in Nigeria, like how many hours of driving lessons will the person need to pass driving test. Just an average.
Depends on how open the person is to change. What I have seen work is:
- Watch lot of YouTube videos to unlearn all the Nigeria habits. I will recommend DGN https://youtube.com/c/DgndrivingCoUk. There are couple others like https://youtube.com/c/ashleynealdrivingins https://youtube.com/c/ConquerDriving https://youtube.com/c/AdvanceDrivingSchoolThurston
Most of them are manual but you can learn the rules, habits etc they will help you in an automatic car.
- Get a car within one year of getting to the UK and self practice all you have watched online. Start within your street before going into the motorway m. The car needs to be insured and this can be expensive.
- Within this one year, get your provisional license, pass your theory test (recommended app is the 4in1 theory test app) and get a date for your practical driving test
- Now YouTube different driving routes in your area. There are a lot of videos by instructors in different areas now that cover all the test routes. Watch and drive through those routes
- Look for a local instructor and do say 2-3 hours before your test

This technique has worked for two of my friends and they passed first time. They couldn’t even find local instructors and didn’t use any.

Key thing is to be ready to unlearn, watch YouTube driving videos and practice, practice, practice!

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Focus99: 10:19am On Jan 30, 2023
Thank you

jum33:

To start counting towards your 5 yrs for ILR ,the permanent job gotten must be on the shortage occupation list and the employer must be ready to sponsor you and a COS must issued for that
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Focus99: 10:19am On Jan 30, 2023
Thank you


semmyk:
Skilled Worker brings some changes to Tier 2. If you're not on PSW, you need Skilled Worker visa.
Your PSW does not counts towards 5 years to ILR. It however counts as part of 10yrs (legal residence) to ILR. PS: This is also different from ILR on the basis of private life.
Skilled Worker counts towards 5 years to ILR irrespective of job categorisation.

However, to get Skilled Worker, there are certain requirements - #Eligibility. For some, eligibility implies being on the shortage occupation list. Put differently, it is not the job on shortage occupation list that counts towards 5 yrs ILR, it is having the Skilled Worker visa that counts. However, the shortage list positively aids the Skilled Worker for some jobs.
Skilled Worker extract - link
If you want to stay longer: ... After 5 years, you may be able to apply to settle permanently in the UK (also known as ‘indefinite leave to remain’). This gives you the right to live, work and study here for as long as you like, and apply for benefits if you’re eligible.
What you can and cannot do - With a Skilled Worker visa you can:
apply to settle permanently in the UK (also known as ‘indefinite leave to remain’) if you’ve lived in the UK for 5 years and meet the other eligibility requirements
ILR eligibility - link
You must: ... have lived and worked in the UK for 5 years

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by jum33: 10:57am On Jan 30, 2023
koonbey:


On the skilled worker visa eligibility list, not necessarily the shortage occupation list.
example ?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Nobody: 11:20am On Jan 30, 2023

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