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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by babajeje123(m): 9:37pm On Feb 13

lavida001:

When I see fufu for Woolwich na then I realise say no be uk I de

Lol

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by dhummystecah(f): 10:31pm On Feb 13

seunoj:

Wch university?
Uk or Naija

It's a uni in South Africa

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by lavida001: 11:23pm On Feb 13

hustla:

I buy fufu yesterday for Enfield area

How are they able to prepare it?
Make person no go dey eat rubbish ooo

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by wonlasewonimi: 1:25am On Feb 14

claremont:

Goat meat with the skin on, not the UK version. I heard there is a place in Peckham where they sell skin on goat meat, but I have never had the time to investigate.

That has to be an underground market, they consider it illegal; I now buy meat directly from the abbatoir in Romford, the taste is so different from the ones those mallams sell in shops. Luckily I stumbled on naija pomo in a shop in gravesend. Pomo to muta!

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by missjekyll: 4:59am On Feb 14

wonlasewonimi:

That has to be an underground market, they consider it illegal; I now buy meat directly from the abbatoir in Romford, the taste is so different from the ones those mallams sell in shops. Luckily I stumbled on naija pomo in a shop in gravesend. Pomo to muta!

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/meat-products-sell-them-legally-in-england#types-of-meat-you-cant-sell

The law may have changed on this. My local shop in Kent has skin-on goatmeat . It's got fufu too.
I recommend Kent to anyone looking for diversity.

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Lexusgs430: 6:40am On Feb 14

missjekyll:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/meat-products-sell-them-legally-in-england#types-of-meat-you-cant-sell

The law may have changed on this. My local shop in Kent has skin-on goatmeat . It's got fufu too.
I recommend Kent to anyone looking for diversity.

The Garden of England.......🤣😂

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by hustla(m): 8:46am On Feb 14

lavida001:

How are they able to prepare it?
Make person no go dey eat rubbish ooo

Dunno o!

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by wonlasewonimi: 8:50am On Feb 14

missjekyll:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/meat-products-sell-them-legally-in-england#types-of-meat-you-cant-sell

The law may have changed on this. My local shop in Kent has skin-on goatmeat . It's got fufu too.
I recommend Kent to anyone looking for diversity.

Oh really, where in Kent?

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by hustla(m): 8:58am On Feb 14

Hello All!

Good Morning!

How can one change the account number for IHS repayments?

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by seunoj: 9:04am On Feb 14

dhummystecah:

It's a uni in South Africa

Oh okay. No worries then. Thought it was uk.

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by ehizario2012: 9:06am On Feb 14

hustla:
Hello All!

Good Morning!

How can one change the account number for IHS repayments?

Business gone bad?

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by hustla(m): 9:17am On Feb 14

ehizario2012:

Business gone bad?

Nah, Asking for a friend

The agent asks for documents and nonsense before reimbursing her and she wants to change the account on file to hers to avoid going throigh him

wink

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 9:29am On Feb 14

Tolzeal:

Thanks for the well detailed post.
Do you think it’s smart to invest outside US? I’ve always been putting money aside working with US dominated index funds .

With low cost global funds , I have VUSA , VOO on T212 and VUSA did 15% gain this year which undoubtedly quite astonishing.

Would you prefer VUSD to VUSA to this depends on aggressive you want to go with your investment approach.

Again many thanks for your contribution and looking forward to hearing from you.

Generally, the US vs global market moves in ebbs and flows with one outperoming and the other lagging until they swap.
The US markets have been astonishingly strong over the last decade but how long that dominance would continue for is uncertain moreso after such strong growth.
While still a good option, buying only US means less diversification and you being fully exposed to any downside there.

A global or developed world index would have about 60% US exposure so the gains from the US would feed through. The caveat here is that in certain things, the rich (US) only get richer.

There shouldn't be a longterm difference between VUSD and VUSA hence worth going for that which is straightforward.

I came across an article recently which backtested a global index and a US only index over the last century. Oddly, the global index performed better as it had less downside risk (usual caveat).

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by zxxtx: 9:39am On Feb 14

Good morning, please is anyone from here still using their bybit account from 9ja, do you use a vpn??

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Boggiii: 10:27am On Feb 14

kaylov12:

Hi Kaylov12

I really need to connect you. I’m halfway through the pgce secondary maths course and I have some personal questions.

Sent you email as well. Kindly make it happen.

Thanks

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by OmichaelO: 2:24pm On Feb 14

kwakudtraveller:

Hey Bro, did you take a bus from Tirana to Sarande? If so, how much and how long was the journey. Also, how the weather dey for that side?

Hi Chief, no sir, we didn't take a bus.

we rented a car, it cost 25 a day. it can be lesser depending on period

I think about 4 hours from Tirana, but we didn't go from Albania, we went from Ohrid, Macedonia. but from Sarande back to Tirana it took us about 3 and half without stops.

the weather wasn't bad high of 17 and low of 12 late November (you know compared to UK, this weather is very good).

you will definitely enjoy driving tbh, especially if you are going with people. when i checked price for bus it showed like 35-50 euros for return ticket and they were going once a day.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jhorjhor: 2:26pm On Feb 14

missjekyll:

Remember that letter it came with? Where is it? You don't need a recapture but you do need the details on the letter for the reissue.

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jhorjhor: 2:27pm On Feb 14

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Atk1nson(m): 2:47pm On Feb 14

Disability living seems fanciful in this country.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-68178940

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by giselle237: 2:53pm On Feb 14

jhorjhor:
Please has anyone done BRP card replacement recently? How do I go about it and what's the cost.

PS: The BRP card is a few months old and I have the letter that came with it

online on www.gov.uk

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Okin07: 3:09pm On Feb 14

I’m hoping to get some advice on flying to Nigeria with KLM for someone who’s got a skilled worker visa. Is a transit visa still necessary for this trip? If it is, could anyone who’s been through this process share some tips on how to handle it? Any help would be awesome. Thanks!

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(m): 3:57pm On Feb 14

Atk1nson:
Disability living seems fanciful in this country.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-68178940

I was shocked when I read that story on BBC website. £11K a month he is getting for round the clock care and he was able to save 50K for holidays with his two PAs. No wonder city councils are going broke. Shocked !!

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Santa2: 6:04pm On Feb 14

missjekyll:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/meat-products-sell-them-legally-in-england#types-of-meat-you-cant-sell

The law may have changed on this. My local shop in Kent has skin-on goatmeat . It's got fufu too.
I recommend Kent to anyone looking for diversity.

abeg which of the shops? put me on biko? what part of kent?

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by lavida001: 8:06pm On Feb 14

justwise:

I was shocked when I read that story on BBC website. £11K a month he is getting for round the clock care and he was able to save 50K for holidays with his two PAs. No wonder city councils are going broke. Shocked !!

We pay tax and they use it to pay benefit and disability allowance. Yet we are not entitled to public funds. Immigrant eyes dey see shege.

Looking at my tax deductions and I fit just start to cry

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Lexusgs430: 8:23pm On Feb 14

lavida001:

We pay tax and they use it to pay benefit and disability allowance. Yet we are not entitled to public funds. Immigrant eyes dey see shege.

Looking at my tax deductions and I fit just start to cry

Your time would soon come ........ Abi you too wan begin claim disability benefits.........😀🤑

On the flip side, your kids education is free until after SSCE.......😜

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Lexusgs430: 8:27pm On Feb 14

justwise:

I was shocked when I read that story on BBC website. £11K a month he is getting for round the clock care and he was able to save 50K for holidays with his two PAs. No wonder city councils are going broke. Shocked !!

This only came about, because of the recent change in legislation.......

The government is aware, people are gaming the system......

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by hustla(m): 8:39pm On Feb 14

Lexusgs430:

This only came about, because of the recent change in legislation.......

The government is aware, people are gaming the system......

Oga Lexus, share Vals day gift na angry

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by dupyshoo: 9:08pm On Feb 14

Even when you become British, if you are not already, you will still not be entitled to any benefits. You will also be paying way more tax as your salary would have increased so much. So, it a no win situation.

lavida001:

We pay tax and they use it to pay benefit and disability allowance. Yet we are not entitled to public funds. Immigrant eyes dey see shege.

Looking at my tax deductions and I fit just start to cry

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Lexusgs430: 10:33pm On Feb 14

hustla:

Oga Lexus, share Vals day gift na

Ok, just open Louis Vuitton website, grab your credit card........

Now order anything you like ......... Afterwards, grab your phone, open deliveroo...... Eat and drink till mama comes home.. . 😀

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Davidandgo: 10:49pm On Feb 14

Hello All,

I need your guidance. I'm currently in the UK via the graduate route. My family and I applied for our post graduate visa by December last year (our visas expired on Jan 17 this year).

We have received a couple of emails from UK gov asking us to upload my son’s biometrics because it wasn't captured during the visa application process done at home as he was 9 years old so we had his biometrics done via the app.

The issue is that I did the data capturing, filled the form and I know for a fact that I uploaded all the required documents. In addition, I have logged into his account several times and I'm unable to upload anything else as the biometrics segment is marked as ‘completed’.

I have sent numerous emails to a seemingly unattended e-mail address and attached my son’s biometric data. This Friday makes it 8 weeks since we applied and I have no idea what to do anymore. I don't know if anyone else has experienced a similar occurrence, I'd be grateful of you can advise how you navigated it.

Also, any guidance would be much appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(m): 11:02pm On Feb 14

Lexusgs430:

This only came about, because of the recent change in legislation.......

The government is aware, people are gaming the system......

i support the action of the council to take back some of the money. This is just insane. He is even arguing that the council should pay for his PAs to accompanying him on holiday. He saved £50k but refused to use part of that money to pay for his PAs.

The benefit system in this country is one of the biggest scam ever

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(m): 11:06pm On Feb 14

lavida001:

We pay tax and they use it to pay benefit and disability allowance. Yet we are not entitled to public funds. Immigrant eyes dey see shege.

Looking at my tax deductions and I fit just start to cry

Like dupyshoo said...even as a citizen working full time you are not entitled to very little.

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