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Drella:
You countered his point about government jobs requiring connections. You then buttressed that same point that connection is required abroad just like Nigeria.

For cleaning and government jobs in Nigeria, who do you know that got theirs via Linkedin? Did you say "employers will be chasing you up and down"? In this Nigeria?? 😂😂😂

When you read, comprehension is very critical.

I will repeat again, read slowly. In Nigeria, you do NOT need connection for getting high paying, professional jobs. It is strictly on merits. Connection is rife in Government jobs and I mentioned, even abroad, they use connection to get govt jobs.

If you do not know that they create a needless position abroad, especially in NHS, just to get their people in, then you are still new to the system. It means western worlds are still looking like an earthly paradise to you, you haven't see the internal working. You will learn with time.

Gerrard59:
I would sound like a broken record, but Tensa20 is doing very well as he earns not less than $10K per month even on a student visa.

What do you have against Chile - South America's most developed and prosperous country?

lol. Typical Nigerians!

You have become his personal accountants to know that he is earning 10k USD per month in Chile as a student.

Very hilarious. Students in UK. Germany, Canada, US will not dare mention the figure you just tossed out.

Sad, a lot of people would read what you just typed here and profile your future posts.

If that was what he was feeding you, I am sorry to burst your bubble. It was a LIE from the pit of hell, unless he is a drug mule !!

LEGALSER:
That's true. God really showed up for me throughout my journey till this very moment. I witnessed God in action.

There must be a reason why it is happening to you

It is possible you are meant to live a life of gratitude, service and compassion.

And the Guidance of God is nudging you in that direction through the experiences in your life.

Things don't happen by accident.
Everything is orchestrated by Higher Forces.

You will be a great helper to other people in their times of trouble to show jubilant gratitude to God Almighty for all the help you have received.

fullclub:
Bro i disagree with you.
Like in uk now once u are a citizen you have lots of benefits open to you.
. For instance if u are out of work the government ot council can give u a house to stay or better still give u money for rent.

If you fall below certain wage level there is income support benefit.

If you don't have food they can give u money to buy food.

Those that fall within this group are thr junkies, disable, elderly etc...

Nigeria n UK are on a different lane entirely.

If u are poor in UK.. What i mean by poor. Like can't afford d basics like food, house rent it could be that u are lazy to work, handicapped, elderly, drug addict.
Even if u have dementia its the responsibility of government to provide for u.

I hope you're not planning to be applying on benefits? Nobody gets rich on benefits. It is a poverty sinkhole that once you start, it would be difficult to stop.

Mindlog:
Studying courses that "make sense" puts you on the pathway.

Let me give an example, If you come to the UK to do your Masters in Business Administration and your friend also comes to do his Masters in Psychology conversion (conversion because he didn't study psychology as a degree program for his undergraduate degree).

You both got part time support worker jobs as students till you both graduate, you an MBA degree while he, a Msc Psychology degree with the added accreditation as Graduate Member, British Psychological Society (GMBPsS) after his name.

Your friend will have higher opportunities of getting skilled worker visa related jobs than you with your MBA as recruiters see that your support worker job as a survival job for you while your friend would be seen as getting relevant work experience to apply what he was studying in school....Psychology is what I studied at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, it has given me job opportunities and finally landed me a well paying job in the public sector with a London borough in their children and family services.

They don't rate academic certificate. They rate skills and experience. Your 12-16 months won't give you that edge. Do you now the number of graduates UK school produce every year? The job market is saturated that you need to provide something special to be chosen. It's not Nigeria that your Msc cert automatically get you a job even when you can't defend it

MT:
Nigeria runs capitalist economy, Uk runs mixed economy. Compare likes to likes. More so, UK is cutting a lot of the excesses of their citizens in form of benefits. Lot of people are being thrown into poverty and lamenting.

Success is inbuilt and not a function of location. If you still see success as a function of location, there is a problem.

Can u please stop being unreasonable??
I have lots of friends in the UK & US, they are all doing well. One even had to resign his lecturing job to travel to the UK & dude has accomplished a lot. The system matters! Didn't u read where he stated not for once he experienced power failure for a second in the UK? You can paint a bad system to look good just because of very privileged few. Even in war torn nations, u will still have some privileged few doing well, but how are the majority coping? A lot of Nigerians can't even feed in this current economy & u writing this nonsense?? Idiot.

OboOlora:
There is tribalism amongst Nigerians living in UK and there is racism towards Nigerians from other Africans and Jamaicans than even the Whites.

Also, no matter what you do, please do NOT get care COS. Your wife can get it but never you!

Also only allow your wife to get it if you are sure she has sense and she wont change it for you later, most men are now in dilemma cos the wives are using that power of COS against them.

When it's time for mortgage too, make sure U buy alone and not joint with your partner except you are VERY VERY sure she is not like 98% of the Nigerian women in the UK.

A word is enough for the wise o.



IN ALL YOU DO TOO, AVOID NIGERIANS IN THE UK EXCEPT THE ONES YPU KNEW FROM NIGERIA. MOST OF THEM ARE ENVIOUS USERS!

Nawa oo, so they carry this useless character of envy and using people to the land of colonisers??, who do Nigerians this thing??

Mindlog:
Experience and academic qualifications go hand in hand. In my field, you are presenting both.

Even on NHS recruitment portal, roles in my field always have NHS state categorically that you MUST have membership with the British Psychological Society and one is expected to input their BPS number, in the course of the application and they would go verify.

To get that number, you MUST have studied Psychology at degree level (either undergraduate or postgraduate) and met BPS qualifying threshold.

You can't have all the "experiences" without that degree and get those related roles.

For my field, that degree opens the door then your experience is that you show off at the table.

Ah that explaons it. Your role is in a closely regulated space because you're most likely dealing with minors so there are perequisties. But outside of those spaces, like in tech, no one gives a rat ass about your degree

jayce232:
Can u please stop being unreasonable??
I have lots of friends in the UK & US , they are all doing well. One even had to resign his lecturing job to travel to the UK & dude has accomplished a lot. The system matters! Didn't u read where he stated not for once he experienced power failure for a second in the UK? You can paint a bad system to look good just because of very privileged few. Even in war torn nations, u will still have some privileged few doing well, but how are the majority coping? A lot of Nigerians can't even feed in this current economy & u writing this nonsense?? Idiot.

The worst set of people to debate are individuals who have never been abroad before but rather learn about it through "hearsay".

You are not informed.

I cant waste my time on you.

latiephwald:
I’m planning to relocate to the UK for work and would appreciate any guidance on the criteria I need to meet. Could you also provide insight into the typical expenses and funds needed for a smooth transition?

To support this move, I’m considering selling my car, valued at around 6-7 million, as well as land worth 2 million. In your opinion, would this be sufficient to achieve my relocation goals?

Thank you for your assistance, and I look forward to any advice you can offer.

To relocate via work visa to UK you will first be employed by an employer on a skilled job that allows sponsorship.

Once u are employed u will be given COS to apply for visa.

So have u been employed yet?

Although during the time of care sponsorship from 2021 to end of 2023 lots of Nigerians were able to buy COS and it went as high as 10m last year to even 15m. Majority of this people lost their COS as government start to investigate the abuse. Once revoke u are going back to Nigeria in 60 days if u can't get another.
A lot of people lost funds running to 20m while others escaped the sledge hammer.

Right now that area has been closed or almost closed as it is highly monitored.

Be careful so they don't arrange for visitors visa for u in name of work visa

If u are a dentist, doctors of animal Veterinarian, or a highly skilled individual with years of experience in a managerial field that is in skilled work visa then apply for work from naija.

If u are into carpentry, wood work, welder, plumbing with years of experience u can still apply as this area gives sponsorship

femi4:
They don't certificate. They rate skills and experience. Your 12-16 months won't give you that edge. Do you now the number of graduates UK school produce every year? The job market is saturated that you need to provide something special to be chosen. It's not Nigeria that your Msc cert automatically get you a job even when you can't defend it

Tell them, please

If only they know the UK universities are packaging most MSc certificates for them in mostly silly courses in order to collect money from them, they will understand.

I am sure, they will, with time. Hopefully, it won't be too late.

MT:
Tell them, please

I have 3 higher academic certificates and I am not using any of them. It was my delivery on the job that kept me there. Infact, the min qualification for the job is GCE

You're on point bro. He just shared his experience, and these differs with individuals and their location within the UK.

Calitoscassius:
Nonsense write up,.all i read here is car, car car, drive, drive, drive, license, manual, automatic and more car car car. Even the information on driving is wrong. 5m to learn driving? 5m what? £5m? Or what?

There are millions of brits who do not drive or own a car yet they manage to have a job, go to work and earn good money.

And there is nothing wrong with an automatic car or license, most cars are in UK or around the world nowadays are automatic anyway, soon manual cars will faze out.

You didn't tell us how owning a car cost so much money. Road tax, insurance, parking fee, MOT, petrol, servicing and repairs. Owning and running a car in the UK could cost atleast £200 month and to afford it you d have to work more hours, working more hours just to pay for running a car apart from the normal hours or need more higher paid job to afford to run a car.

The public transportation system is very good, you may not need a car to get to work..and even if you are driving as a job, imagine sitting driving 8 hours a day 5 days a week, you d become overweight, no interactions no nothing! Just you on your own sitting there driving.

The best advice is when you go to the UK you find out yourself how life is in the UK and decide. All these people on social media telling different stories are just telling it from their OWN experiences, when you go there your experience might be different. That's all.

afroxyz:
Ah that explaons it. Your role is in a closely regulated space because you're most likely dealing with minors so there are perequisties. But outside of those spaces, like in tech, no one gives a rat ass about your degree

Yes, a regulated space as I work within children and adolescents mental health services. I know for tech, construction etc wetin u study for school no concern anybody just show workings .😂😂

Congratulations on completion of your studies 🎉 🤞

femi4:
I have 3 certificates and I am not using any of them. It was my delivery on the job that kept me there. Infact, the min qualification for the job is GCE

You are well informed.

We have lot of UK graduates with no value now.

Most of them pay some individuals to do their course works for them in Nigeria. They learn nothing from the course.

They are lucky UK doesn't do exam to test them but mainly coursework-based, otherwise most people will not graduate.

How do you explain a UK graduate in a STEM course doing care jobs?

ShenTeh:
Those you have discouraged with your earlier post now, they have run with the inexperienced opinion you provided.

People should learn to understand a subject properly before lording opinions on others.

If you look back today, you'll probably see a lot of things you were getting wrong as a newcomer to the UK at the time. Usually, everywhere man migrates to, the earliest days are often the toughest. It would take resilience and focus to break the glass.

Now those wey you don discourage now don go chop their transport money. And exchange rate don come worse join. You see life?

Congrats on your path of success.

Na so.

fullclub:
Congratulations brother.. It will come out to ur favour...

Which country is that bro

UK

diamond68:
But op I fail to understand how you are winning, you sold landed properties and gave to white man in exchange for paper certificate. This is madness. And you say he was threatening to deport you back to your country if you did not pay him the fees. No be jibiti be that ? Oyinbo ti lu e ni jibiti

He is winning because by selling those properties, he has secured a better future for his kids & himself & can even acquire double of those properties if he plans well. I had a close friend who sold his big private school to take his family to Canada & I asked him what warranted such decision, he said he was doing it for the future of his kids. This was during Bubari first term, going by what is happening in the country now, I can say he made the best decision.

Mindlog:
You lie!

I am presently a public service worker (govt worker) with a London borough. They advertised a job vacancy on their website, LinkedIn and Indeed.

We were 217 that applied for the job, 34 was shortlisted for the interview which we had at their council headquarters near London bridge.

I was the only one who scaled through and got hired despite still being on the skilled worker visa route and so many other applicants were British citizens. They went through the stress of thoroughly contacting all my references in the Countries I have schooled and worked in and I finally got to switch sponsor.

Now , enjoying the job with good pay package, beautiful working environment few minutes walk to the iconic London bridge and Tower bridge.

My "connection" was my academic qualifications, work history, evident professional skills and God's grace.

With time, you will be exposed to all the dirts in the system.

It looks seemingly perfect to you now. Spend some time or move up the ladder to management level, you will see they are
quite corrupt in the government establishment in the western worlds.

lastkingsman:
UK

that lovely bro this land will favour us by the grace of God

Mindlog:
Paid for COS, is now a waving red flag.

Be truly skilled and have rich working experience in an in-demand field, you will comfortably be offered COS by firms with the sponsorship license.

Na the sure way be this. Work with them for 3 - 6 months, meet HR for sponsorship licence as long your earnings pass 31,000£ treshold.

Pay only for your health insurance and visa fee

Gerrard59:
Regardless, Nigerians have a higher purchasing power than Somalians. Nigerians have a higher living standards than Gabonese or Equatorial Guineans.

You are making a blank statement. Which metric are you using to do these comparisons?

You know that there are places in northern Nigeria that resemble Eritrea and those ones are not Nigerians?

fullclub:
that lovely bro this land will favour us by the grace of God

Amen

jayce232:
He is winning because by selling those properties, he has secured a better future for his kids & himself & can even acquire double of those properties if he plans well. I had a close friend who sold his big private school to take his family to Canada & I asked him what warranted such decision, he said he was doing it for the future of his kids. This was during Bubari first term, going by what is happening in the country now, I can say he made the best decision.

Everything about your life is always my friends say this and that.

When exactly will you find something to say to other people too, for them to quote you?

Don't you think you need to get a life? Just asking

MT:
The worst set of people to debate are individuals who have never been abroad before but rather learn about it through "hearsay".

You are not informed.

I cant waste my time on you.

I don't need to be abroad to know the current economy system in Nigeria is damaged! Learn to be reasonable, this is a public forum.

jayce232:
I don't need to be abroad to know the current economy system in Nigeria is damaged! Learn to be reasonable, this is a public forum.

With what I can deduce, it is you who is damaged and not Nigeria.

Get a skill, and start from there.

Your friends have left you behind in droves to better their own lives, stop being their unpaid mouthpiece

MT:
Everything about your life is always my friends say this and that.

When exactly will you find something to say to other people too, for them to quote you?

Don't you think you need to get a life? Just asking

These are people I communicate with on daily basis, at least I'm not trying to paint a failed system as something good. Check the number of mentions u got on your comment, that should tell u how daft u are. Idiot.

otherway:
Who ask you all these stories?

We have been living in UK without so much noise for years but you guys that just came in newly are bunch of noise makers.

Please live your life in silence and stop informing village people of your progress.

Well...you may not be able to do anything about this new behaviour by newcomers from Nigeria! I know many newcomers who live their life privately, but some social media junkies will always make noise on the internet. I think background have something to do with this behaviour as well!

femi4:
They don't certificate. They rate skills and experience. Your 12-16 months won't give you that edge. Do you now the number of graduates UK school produce every year? The job market is saturated that you need to provide something special to be chosen. It's not Nigeria that your Msc cert automatically get you a job even when you can't defend it

Like I said, in my field working within the children and adolescents mental health services under the children and family seevice unit., my degrees opened the door and my work experience was expressed at the table and knowing my Professional Doctorate is in view, my employer knew I will be a long term assest to them.

They are fields that are all-comer's affair, that do not require even a degree to get into, just be good enough with field experience but IT IS NOT all fields because some are protected fields.

For example, many counties and boroughs in the UK are struggling to recruit educational psychologists to assess many of their children and young people with special educational needs, with tens of thousands on their waiting list. I guess when applying for such roles, you can't tell them you have extensive experience though you have no degree to back it up.😂