kcmontez:
I just finished my credibility interview for University of Northampton. They said it is a compulsory UKVI requirement for anyone applying from Dec 1. Has anyone done credibility interview recently?

Hello, Please what kind of questions were you asked?

kcmontez:
I just finished my credibility interview for University of Northampton. They said it is a compulsory UKVI requirement for anyone applying from Dec 1. Has anyone done credibility interview recently?

I have mine today

please how do you get accommodation for a family. though we intend to stay temporarily with a friend

Hello house I applied for visa yesterday, my appointment is on Wednesday. While filling the forms, there were questions about if one had travelled out before, I had UAE, Kenya & Tanzania stamps on my old passport so I answered Yes. Is it necessary to upload visa/stamped pages of the old passport for tls.

monjhaay:
Hello everyone, Please I will like to ask has anyone gotten CAS from Northampton university for January 2021 resumption?

They're interviewing before CAS. you have to send your Skype ID to them. They have already started calling for dates.

kcmontez:
I just finished my credibility interview for University of Northampton. They said it is a compulsory UKVI requirement for anyone applying from Dec 1. Has anyone done credibility interview recently?

What questions were you asked and how long did it take?

blazerjewel:
please how do you get accommodation for a family. though we intend to stay temporarily with a friend

You need to check online for the type of apartment you want. Check Zoopla.co.uk or rightmove.co.uk

Reality don begin dey set

toyclicks:
Hi Fam.

Wow!
Good to drop in here as a testifier to this place.
Hope y'all doing fine.

Ok so....quick one. Let me share my experiences so far
I now understand why ppl abroad find it difficult to have time. You almost have to plan your breath. Time is really a scarce commodity here. I don't know how all the good ppl here @justwise, @mimilyrics, @stenon et all. I don't know how you find time for this forum ooo. You were and are still a blessing. Whatever way you have been able to keep squeezing out the time to help ppl here, I would say its worth every part of it. Being a part if so many ppl's life journey and being a blessing to them is worth all the effort. So pls as God helps you, don't get tired.

Now....let me say this bitter truth. A bitter truth that ppl on this forum have quarrelled with Justwise for saying. This ppl included me.

This is not the best time to come to the Uk..
IOW, if you have the means to still chill in Nigeria for 6-12months, sadly, I would advise you to do so.

However, if you want to come and join us to whether this terrible tough period, I am not discouraging you. You are welcome.

Let he explain a bit. If your aim is really studying, don't come right now, else you won't get value for your money. The pandemic has really messed things up. The online class is BS. Even the schools don't know how to handle the situation yet. One other major thing is that networking is difficult. In 6 weeks I only had a class meeting once. Till now I only met one of my senior colleagues since I've been here. No one to come to your aid. You are all by yourself. Everyone is trying hard to survive. Everyone is really busy. No one has your time. No one is available to put you through things. This is when you will value trivial things like seeing your colleagues and lecturer to chat and discuss, holding physical meetings. Believe me, you can't fathom how much frustration this can be, esp when we are talking about something that involves more or less the biggest investment of your life yet. This new way of life has affected many things and not everyone is able to adjust to it.

Also, don't think the lecturers are available to help you. They are not available to "babysit" anybody. They expect at the masters level that you are really cooked and there are many things you are expected to know. Unfortunately for those of us coming from a place like Nigeria, believe me, we are really undercooked. Believe me, a primary school kid here will do much better than you. One of my coursemates confessed to me that it was her kids that helped her with her coursework when she couldn't get a hang of it. Her kids were born and grown here. So you get what I mean. It's so easy for them to flow. Long and short, there is so much catching up for you to do in order to come up to the same level with these ppl.
...And yes, ppl are really getting stranded. I already know ppl whom we moved together from this thread and left with the hope that they can hustle it out. They are getting stranded. Pls if you are coming at this period, you are better off with as much buffer finances as possible.


As regards jobs. There are jobs and there are no jobs. What do I mean? Jobs have really been reduced cos of the pandemic. However there are still some kind of jobs in some remote areas far from town. Transport cost on the long run might take a big chunk of the pay(like 30%). The distance is much( to is like 2½ hrs. Making 5hrs round trip for your job commute) hope you can understand now. The jobs are simply available there cos the location is far from availability of labor. So you count your cost.

I am just taking time to explain all these so you understand my reason for advising to chill a bit if you can

However, for all the ppl like me wet naija don tire. Make una dey come ooo abeg. We go rough am. We go survive.

I hope my msg is not all too negative. But I think it will be of good to you if you get the true and clear picture of things so you can make informed decisions.

I wish us all the best we can be.

Cheers to y'all.
I hope to share more and sweeter experiences later

Please increase your mic. U.K. go soon do some people for eye no worry. 95% of people reading this comment will come to Nigeria in no time. No be today U.K. begin dey humble people

TheGuyFromHR:


And as a corollary to what this gentleman has said - please select your courses carefully, for those of you planning to work here after school.
In all honesty, the only industry that is generally open to employing people now is the healthcare industry. Not that there are no other jobs - there are - but the number of applicants per opening is truly astronomical. So select wisely. Read, read, read the UK papers and orient yourselves.

Redraft your CVs, start to work on yourselves (I ran into one of my wife's classmates, an Indian, who managed to secure an interview and said the interviewers asked him a simple question about how he would do the proposed job under the current covid restrictions (Scotland has banned travel outside the country by law) and when he was rambling something, they probed further and found out he didn't know much about the basics of how Scotland is governed differently from the rest of the UK, and he said they chopped him raw)), be open to taking anything you can legally get, and network, network, network.

And lastly, I read one of the comments somewhere where someone was asking something about drafting a letter explaining gaps in his CV, and someone (I think it was our main man Cyberknight, who always goes direct to the point), told him not to bother, that the UK wants foreign students to come in and fund its universities with their fees for the foreseeable future. This is true, and related to that, everyone who has left or plans to leave Nigeria with no going back should be ready for the vastly reduced epxerience they are going to get. Like I say, read, read, read the damn UK papers before you come (The Guardian is free to read online, you could also take out a free trial subscription to the Tory papers online The Times or The Telegraph to get an idea of government thinking) so you know what awaits you. I am pretty disgusted with many of the Nigerian students we've been meeting here, I find them idiotic for investing all that money and still being astounded at the situation here on arrival.

Greetings everyone! Pls how do I transfer money from a Nigerian account to my pounds account? Thanks in advance.

oraspecial:
I’m going to Edinburgh Napier university this January to study MBA leadership Practice, pls who is also going there ?

i am for international finance

STENON:
I said exact same thing here some months ago and Justwise also said same... People were quick to judge us

But you encouraged someone last month that he will be able to raise £10k in one year as a student when I dropped a breakdown of how it won't be possible

Hoverboy27:
Please increase your mic. U.K. go soon do some people for eye no worry. 95% of people reading this comment will come to Nigeria in no time. No be today U.K. begin dey humble people

Sit this one out Fam. Let people do whatever they want with their money

You’re among the 95%. If dey say people wey get money to come out, you sef go join. Go siddon abeg

CaptainNipples:

Sit this one out Fam. Let people do whatever they want with their money

Hoverboy27:
Please increase your mic. U.K. go soon do some people for eye no worry. 95% of people reading this comment will come to Nigeria in no time. No be today U.K. begin dey humble people

What’s funny about this balderdash?

reincarnation:

But you encouraged someone last month that he will be able to raise £10k in one year as a student when I dropped a breakdown of how it won't be possible

Experience is the best tutor. Mine was possible and positive.

naso

STENON:
Experience is the best tutor. Mine was possible and positive.

STENON:
Experience is the best tutor. Mine was possible and positive.

What life is throwing at everyone is different.. There is no harm in Trying.. Life itself is a risk.. what works for me might not work for another person.. And destiny differs...

I wish everyone Good Luck �..

Youngee34:
Brethrennnn.
Help me praise the Lord ooo... Please join me.

Just picked up my visa!

After 3 previous refusals... 2 tourist applications, 1 application to visit my brother's convocation.

God finally answered my prayers.

Loughborough University here I come

Please I need to send you a mail about this. I have some questions thanks.

Hoverboy27:
You’re among the 95%. If dey say people wey get money to come out, you sef go join. Go siddon abeg

We haven’t said anything and this one is already talking about money��
Keypad warriors

Please help attend to this

macbernard:
Hello house I applied for visa yesterday, my appointment is on Wednesday. While filling the forms, there were questions about if one had travelled out before, I had UAE, Kenya & Tanzania stamps on my old passport so I answered Yes. Is it necessary to upload visa/stamped pages of the old passport for tls.

Islamiat01:
Is there anyone going to University of Greenwich and his or her campus is in Greenwich (London) let’s hookup?

I applied to greenwich medway campus, admission for September 2021 and i have neem sent admission offer for admission

This is the reality and truth for some people. However, my advice would be that anyone planning to come to the UK to study now should do alot of research and ask questions from people there already. What I've observed so far is that in some areas even with the covid 19, there are still alot of jobs while in some areas, nothing at all.

So when looking out to make a choice on the school, also remember the location is very important, don't just go for any location, I can tell you that there are areas you would easily get jobs but if you are in a location that there is no job and then the only areas you are getting the jobs is miles away from you then transportation and all comes in and it's harder.

Then I believe when coming have a mindset of wanting to achieve something and focus on it, be resilient and be prepared mentally for the negatives and positives but have a mindset to make it through.

PS- I'm a dependent, however my wife who is the student attends lectures online at least 4 days a week one of the lecturers even called for a one on one class at one time, she has also been called for some student jobs that have offered her some pounds per hour. I on the other hand coming from Nigeria with some experience in the space of less than a month have been called for at least 3 to 4 interviews, got two offers already and all.

That said, please research and ask people that would be honest with you questions, also pray and ask God for directions and be resilient and keep believing things would turn out good. Apply to alot of job and be ready to improve on yourself.

toyclicks:
Hi Fam.

Wow!
Good to drop in here as a testifier to this place.
Hope y'all doing fine.

Ok so....quick one. Let me share my experiences so far
I now understand why ppl abroad find it difficult to have time. You almost have to plan your breath. Time is really a scarce commodity here. I don't know how all the good ppl here @justwise, @mimilyrics, @stenon et all. I don't know how you find time for this forum ooo. You were and are still a blessing. Whatever way you have been able to keep squeezing out the time to help ppl here, I would say its worth every part of it. Being a part if so many ppl's life journey and being a blessing to them is worth all the effort. So pls as God helps you, don't get tired.

Now....let me say this bitter truth. A bitter truth that ppl on this forum have quarrelled with Justwise for saying. This ppl included me.

This is not the best time to come to the Uk..
IOW, if you have the means to still chill in Nigeria for 6-12months, sadly, I would advise you to do so.

However, if you want to come and join us to whether this terrible tough period, I am not discouraging you. You are welcome.

Let he explain a bit. If your aim is really studying, don't come right now, else you won't get value for your money. The pandemic has really messed things up. The online class is BS. Even the schools don't know how to handle the situation yet. One other major thing is that networking is difficult. In 6 weeks I only had a class meeting once. Till now I only met one of my senior colleagues since I've been here. No one to come to your aid. You are all by yourself. Everyone is trying hard to survive. Everyone is really busy. No one has your time. No one is available to put you through things. This is when you will value trivial things like seeing your colleagues and lecturer to chat and discuss, holding physical meetings. Believe me, you can't fathom how much frustration this can be, esp when we are talking about something that involves more or less the biggest investment of your life yet. This new way of life has affected many things and not everyone is able to adjust to it.

Also, don't think the lecturers are available to help you. They are not available to "babysit" anybody. They expect at the masters level that you are really cooked and there are many things you are expected to know. Unfortunately for those of us coming from a place like Nigeria, believe me, we are really undercooked. Believe me, a primary school kid here will do much better than you. One of my coursemates confessed to me that it was her kids that helped her with her coursework when she couldn't get a hang of it. Her kids were born and grown here. So you get what I mean. It's so easy for them to flow. Long and short, there is so much catching up for you to do in order to come up to the same level with these ppl.
...And yes, ppl are really getting stranded. I already know ppl whom we moved together from this thread and left with the hope that they can hustle it out. They are getting stranded. Pls if you are coming at this period, you are better off with as much buffer finances as possible.


As regards jobs. There are jobs and there are no jobs. What do I mean? Jobs have really been reduced cos of the pandemic. However there are still some kind of jobs in some remote areas far from town. Transport cost on the long run might take a big chunk of the pay(like 30%). The distance is much( to is like 2½ hrs. Making 5hrs round trip for your job commute) hope you can understand now. The jobs are simply available there cos the location is far from availability of labor. So you count your cost.

I am just taking time to explain all these so you understand my reason for advising to chill a bit if you can

However, for all the ppl like me wet naija don tire. Make una dey come ooo abeg. We go rough am. We go survive.

I hope my msg is not all too negative. But I think it will be of good to you if you get the true and clear picture of things so you can make informed decisions.

I wish us all the best we can be.

Cheers to y'all.
I hope to share more and sweeter experiences later

Please be specific on the type of jobs. Abi na care work, warehouse, security, mental health work you dey talk so? Abeg tell us in details. Which kind of job offers you don get?

TheOnly123:
This is the reality and truth for some people. However, my advice would be that anyone planning to come to the UK to study now should do alot of research and ask questions from people there already. What I've observed so far is that in some areas even with the covid 19, there are still alot of jobs while in some areas, nothing at all.

So when looking out to make a choice on the school, also remember the location is very important, don't just go for any location, I can tell you that there are areas you would easily get jobs but if you are in a location that there is no job and then the only areas you are getting the jobs is miles away from you then transportation and all comes in and it's harder.

Then I believe when coming have a mindset of wanting to achieve something and focus on it, be resilient and be prepared mentally for the negatives and positives but have a mindset to make it through.

PS- I'm a dependent, however my wife who is the student attends lectures online at least 4 days a week one of the lecturers even called for a one on one class at one time, she has also been called for some student jobs that have offered her some pounds per hour. I on the other hand coming from Nigeria with some experience in the space of less than a month have been called for at least 3 to 4 interviews, got two offers already and all.

That said, please research and ask people that would be honest with you questions, also pray and ask God for directions and be resilient and keep believing things would turn out good. Apply to alot of job and be ready to improve on yourself.

Hello, please does TLScontact Abuja open on mondays, someone told me they are closed on mondays and fridays...I want to do a walk in on monday, I want to confirm please

Please is there any one who had applied for Short course before should please share is experience am worried.

Hi everyone... as of today.. I wanna ask/know if there is visa interview for January 2021 UK students visa

Good day all;

(1) Can tier 4 dependants study in uk?

(2) what visa options can a tier 4 dependant switch to while in the uk?

Visa Approved! Visa Approved!! Visa Approved!!!

I can well proclaim myself as the chairman of Silent Readers Association. I have followed this Thread all the way from Part 1 and I must say a big Thank you to the likes of @justwise @lagosismyhome @mimilyrics and every other person that has contributed in to this Thread.
You guys are really doing a great job.

Application Timeline:

Online application : 07th of November
Biometrics: 11th of November
Decision mail 23rd of November
Passport Collection mail 26th of November
Passport with visa collected: 26th of November
Application Center: VI TLS Center
Application Type : Standard Application
Previous Refusals : 1 US Tourist Refusal, 1 Germany Tourist Refusal & 1 Canadian Study Visa Refusal, all declared
Previous Visas : SA, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya
School : University of Bradford
Course: Msc Applied AI & Data Analytics

Once again, my appreciation to everyone who has contributed to this thread by way of questions, response, clarifications etc. You guys are the Best

Best of Luck to you all

Any University of Bradford January 2021 Intake, please lets hook up.

Cheers