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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Zahra29:
ReesheesuKnack:
I hate to say ‘I told you so’
But just over a year ago, I warned (our very vocal ‘far left activist’) MissJekyll that the people she is painting as saints are not saints.

I warned that the Uk labour was like Nigeria’s APC in the 2015 elections.

While cost of living is steadily rising. Taxes (employer NI) are rising. Labour is threatening to ‘tax the rich’ to oblivion. Guess who is dodging payment of tax?
The Labour Deputy Prime Minister!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/crm4mxrg40pt
Someone/people definitely has it in for Rayner, possibly within her own party (front bench even. "Et tu Brutus?" lol) - these leaks and damaging headlines that have been trending for weeks are not a coincidence - ahead of Labour's party conference, especially as she's recently been touted as Keir's likely replacement.

Reeves is also on very shaky ground. She appears too craven to go after the wealthy so the Autumn/Winter budget is likely to squeeze the middle class even more and lead to more discontent.

It's unprecedented how low Labour's poll ratings are, just one year after the GE. Around 10 points behind Reform and only a few points ahead of the Tories who suffered a huge defeat.

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Zahra29: 9:22pm On Sep 03, 2025
Goke7:
grin Aunty should please pay up her balance, simple! However, many will also refer to Sunak's wife, who underpaid or never paid at all. Politicians are the same everywhere!
Yes but difference is Sunak's wife wasn't a politician who campaigned heavily on a moral platform and was very vocal in criticising other MPs like Zawahi.

I feel a bit for Rayner though, her excuse sounds plausible based on the living arrangement between her ex and her son who requires care, and I think she's said that she will repay the balance.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RodgersAkpafu: 9:36pm On Sep 03, 2025
Zahra29:
They'll probably ask you what happened to the funds you showed them as proof that you had enough money to cover your fees and support yourself while studying?
true
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by gabiomoesu: 6:38am On Sep 04, 2025
gabiomoesu:
@Brine

Cheers brother. That means i wouldn't have to start paying myself yet until the SW Visa has been approved then, right? I don't know why I was of the opinion that I needed to start paying myself ahead of the sponsor licence & eventual SW Visa application. LOL

Yeah will open the Monzo account ASAP. Such a relief to learn that I can use my details for that.
@brine just wanted to call your attention to this in case you missed it. Thanks for your help brother
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by oluwaleokey: 9:09am On Sep 04, 2025
Taal17:
I currently have the same issue, how did you resolve it?. I checked the thread but I couldnt find where people gave you advice. Its been 4 weeks now.
I got fully paid on the 28th of July
I think they need to improve on theor management skills, it's poor and rigid.

I posted it on two different thread and got responses.

have you been able to reach out to them via email or phone?
What are they saying to you?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Cyberknight: 10:48am On Sep 04, 2025
Zahra29:
Yes but difference is Sunak's wife wasn't a politician who campaigned heavily on a moral platform and was very vocal in criticising other MPs like Zawahi.

I feel a bit for Rayner though, her excuse sounds plausible based on the living arrangement between her ex and her son who requires care, and I think she's said that she will repay the balance.
As long as she can prove to the ethics chap that she took appropriate legal/tax advice and that she told the adviser(s) in question the full facts regarding her situation and they based their advice on that, then she'll be in the clear.

I'm not invested in her or any other Labour leader staying in office, but would really like Labour to avoid a situation where their big beasts are falling on their swords and thus making the government look ramshackle, with all that entails.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by brine(m):
gabiomoesu:
@Brine

Cheers brother. That means i wouldn't have to start paying myself yet until the SW Visa has been approved then, right? I don't know why I was of the opinion that I needed to start paying myself ahead of the sponsor licence & eventual SW Visa application. LOL

Yeah will open the Monzo account ASAP. Such a relief to learn that I can use my details for that.
Brotherly, you don’t need to pay yourself until the start date on your cos and after your visa has been approved. This is important, especially if you’re not currently sponsored by any company, as you’re not permitted to take on paid work without being under a valid sponsorship for a fulltime role. I did not trade with my company or pay myself via my company until I had gotten my visa. What I did instead was provide screenshots of email conversations with a few people who had inquired about my services when I applied for the sponsorship license.

For example, if you obtain the sponsorship licence at the end of October, you’ll likely receive 1 cos allocation. You Your authorizing officer would then log into sms which is the sponsorship management system, generate the cos, and pay the associated fee.Then, you'll likely set the start date on the cos as 1 December or 1 January to allow sufficient time for your visa application to be processed. Once your visa is approved and your cos start date begins, you can then run payroll at the end of that month.

Your authorizing officer is the person that logs into sms to generate the cos and same person that the home office will be reaching out to via email or phone in future. When they send an update on the sponsorship license application, it will be to the autorizing officer's email you provided.

Modified to include this:
If you can, can you use a custom domain email platform? So, you have email@your-company-name. They are really cheap! I would recommend having an email account opened for your authorizing officer with their name@your-company-name and avoid having them usie their private email address. Feel free to ask here or shoot me an email if anything is unclear.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Taal17: 2:47pm On Sep 04, 2025
oluwaleokey:
I got fully paid on the 28th of July
I think they need to improve on theor management skills, it's poor and rigid.

I posted it on two different thread and got responses.

have you been able to reach out to them via email or phone?
What are they saying to you?
It's for family member, the rep who set it up keeps saying it's from head office that she will followup.
It's been one month now.
No response to emails.

Do you mind sharing where others provided responses?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by oluwaleokey: 4:02pm On Sep 04, 2025
Taal17:
It's for family member, the rep who set it up keeps saying it's from head office that she will followup.
It's been one month now.
No response to emails.

Do you mind sharing where others provided responses?
Have tried access the account.
Try doing so and you would get full details of what's going on with the policy except the rep never set up the account in the first place.

I go different response from this thread as well

https://www.nairaland.com/1131485/nigerian-stock-exchange-market-pick/9504#136535552
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by gabiomoesu: 6:39pm On Sep 04, 2025
brine:
Brotherly, you don’t need to pay yourself until the start date on your cos and after your visa has been approved. This is important, especially if you’re not currently sponsored by any company, as you’re not permitted to take on paid work without being under a valid sponsorship for a fulltime role. I did not trade with my company or pay myself via my company until I had gotten my visa. What I did instead was provide screenshots of email conversations with a few people who had inquired about my services when I applied for the sponsorship license.
That's exactly what your previous answer made me understand. Thanks for clarifying again.

For example, if you obtain the sponsorship licence at the end of October, you’ll likely receive 1 cos allocation. You Your authorizing officer would then log into sms which is the sponsorship management system, generate the cos, and pay the associated fee.Then, you'll likely set the start date on the cos as 1 December or 1 January to allow sufficient time for your visa application to be processed. Once your visa is approved and your cos start date begins, you can then run payroll at the end of that month.
Perfectly understood!

Your authorizing officer is the person that logs into sms to generate the cos and same person that the home office will be reaching out to via email or phone in future. When they send an update on the sponsorship license application, it will be to the autorizing officer's email you provided.
Got it!

Modified to include this:
If you can, can you use a custom domain email platform? So, you have email@your-company-name. They are really cheap! I would recommend having an email account opened for your authorizing officer with their name@your-company-name and avoid having them usie their private email address. Feel free to ask here or shoot me an email if anything is unclear.
Ah bros! I already did this since. I purchased a domain name from namecheap and have already created 2 email addresses using Zoho mail with the domain name for administrative purposes already, all with the help of chatgpt. Thanks for mentioning this brother.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Apexbest: 7:13pm On Sep 04, 2025
Please help! My sister got a one yr visa to uk. She has stayed 1hr already. How can she get sponsor in order to get a paper that will enable her stay.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 8:58pm On Sep 04, 2025
Apexbest:
Please help! My sister got a one yr visa to uk. She has stayed 1hr already. How can she get sponsor in order to get a paper that will enable her stay.
1. What type of visa is she holding?

2. She stayed 1hr or 1yr already?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by AlphaUno: 10:20pm On Sep 04, 2025
Any one knows the UK mortgage thread on NL ?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Estroller: 11:09pm On Sep 04, 2025
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Ishilove: 12:14am On Sep 05, 2025
justwise:
1. What type of visa is she holding?

2. She stayed 1hr or 1yr already?
E be like sey na 1 hour 🤷‍♀️
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Lexusgs430: 8:51am On Sep 05, 2025
Homelessness minister resigned, due to housing/tenancy magomago.......

Housing secretary, might resign or be sacked, due to stamp duty magomago.......

Those that make the laws, are happy to bend them (by attempting to exploit loopholes).... 😂😁😊

Who next..... That girl from accounts....... 😁😂🧒
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Zahra29: 9:53am On Sep 05, 2025
Cyberknight:
As long as she can prove to the ethics chap that she took appropriate legal/tax advice and that she told the adviser(s) in question the full facts regarding her situation and they based their advice on that, then she'll be in the clear.

I'm not invested in her or any other Labour leader staying in office, but would really like Labour to avoid a situation where their big beasts are falling on their swords and thus making the government look ramshackle, with all that entails.
Unfortunately looks like Labour is set to lose one of their biggest beasts, with the conveyancing firm already coming out to claim "Not me, Guv" - unless the other 2 advice givers check out. All eyes will be on the Magnus report likely due this afternoon.

If she does go, timing will be particularly uncomfortable as Reform will surely make political capital of it during their conference this weekend.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Zahra29: 9:54am On Sep 05, 2025
Lexusgs430:
Homelessness minister resigned, due to housing/tenancy magomago.......

Housing secretary, might resign or be sacked, due to stamp duty magomago.......

Those that make the laws, are happy to bend them (by attempting to exploit loopholes).... 😂😁😊

Who next..... That girl from accounts....... 😁😂🧒
You forgot...

Anti-corruption minister resigned, due to corruption/magomago allegations 🙈
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 10:20am On Sep 05, 2025
Ishilove:
E be like sey na 1 hour 🤷‍♀️
grin grin
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 10:22am On Sep 05, 2025
Ex-Tory minister Nadine Dorries defects to Reform UK

Its getting very interesting...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj9zld87y1go
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RodgersAkpafu: 10:36am On Sep 05, 2025
Globally, politics and the political arena is now becoming a joke
Who would have believed this crap going on now would be happening in Britian and thr United States
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Apexbest: 11:19am On Sep 05, 2025
justwise:
Please Can you send me an email: sundayjoyce2@gmail.com so we can talk better. It's 1yr not 1hr

1. What type of visa is she holding?

2. She stayed 1hr or 1yr already?
Please Can you send me an email: sundayjoyce2@gmail.com so we can talk better. It's 1yr not 1hr
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 11:41am On Sep 05, 2025
Apexbest:
Please Can you send me an email: sundayjoyce2@gmail.com so we can talk better. It's 1yr not 1hr
Sorry i don't do email, lets chat openly here
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Goke7: 11:55am On Sep 05, 2025
Lexusgs430:
Homelessness minister resigned, due to housing/tenancy magomago.......

Housing secretary, might resign or be sacked, due to stamp duty magomago.......

Those that make the laws, are happy to bend them (by attempting to exploit loopholes).... 😂😁😊

Who next..... That girl from accounts....... 😁😂🧒
😂 na condition make crayfish bend so why dem no go bend law, dem go bend tire
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Cyberknight: 12:23pm On Sep 05, 2025
Zahra29:
Unfortunately looks like Labour is set to lose one of their biggest beasts, with the conveyancing firm already coming out to claim "Not me, Guv" - unless the other 2 advice givers check out. All eyes will be on the Magnus report likely due this afternoon.

If she does go, timing will be particularly uncomfortable as Reform will surely make political capital of it during their conference this weekend.
Well, that's Big Ange gone.
Wonder whether Streeting will take her place.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Zahra29: 12:29pm On Sep 05, 2025
Cyberknight:
Well, that's Big Ange gone.
Wonder whether Streeting will take her place.
A bit of a shame, all things considered, and a massive loss for Labour.

The membership typically votes for deputy leader, I think Wes might be quite popular.

I wonder who will inherit the unenviable job of housing secretary, with the impracticable promise to build >1M new homes by 2029.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Jamesclooney: 2:11pm On Sep 05, 2025
Cyberknight:
Well, that's Big Ange gone.
Wonder whether Streeting will take her place.
These Labour politicians are quite naive, I must say. What was the point of releasing all that personal information and backstory, and of Keir Starmer backing her at PMQs, if she was going to resign anyway? Why make her exit needlessly painful and drawn-out? Truly, this government is inching closer to a General Election, and that’s not good news for immigrants. Smh
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Cyberknight: 3:48pm On Sep 05, 2025
Zahra29:
A bit of a shame, all things considered, and a massive loss for Labour.

The membership typically votes for deputy leader, I think Wes might be quite popular.

I wonder who will inherit the unenviable job of housing secretary, with the impracticable promise to build >1M new homes by 2029.
Maybe the chap with the delightful name - Pennycook.
Hopefully Ange gets back into government or writes a book soon - she's lost her ministerial salary and in the ordinary (stress on "ordinary"wink course of things that's knocked her "affordability" for six.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Cyberknight: 3:50pm On Sep 05, 2025
Jamesclooney:
These Labour politicians are quite naive, I must say. What was the point of releasing all that personal information and backstory, and of Keir Starmer backing her at PMQs, if she was going to resign anyway? Why make her exit needlessly painful and drawn-out? Truly, this government is inching closer to a General Election, and that’s not good news for immigrants. Smh
That's the key thing. Here's hoping that this Labour government keeps it together and lasts till '29, and even if it defaults to being "not-Reform" till then.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Fred2020: 4:47pm On Sep 05, 2025
No worries, Farage will also liberate the UK just as Trump is liberating its workers from their jobs.

Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Goke7: 5:12pm On Sep 05, 2025
Fred2020:
No worries, Farage will also liberate the UK just as Trump is liberating its workers from their jobs.
May Liberation Day never happen in the UK o, not funny at all. Liberation turned shege grin
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