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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RalphJean: 5:48am On Oct 11, 2023 |
rayralph: What makes you think he isn’t ready? I think for him to put it out here means he is actively seeking help. No? 10 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RalphJean: 12:11am On Oct 11, 2023 |
PalestianIsrael: I hope you are not mixing up rayralph and RalpJean. Are you? Please we are 2 different people. |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RalphJean: 6:25pm On Oct 09, 2023 |
PalestianIsrael: You see why I always Insist that there are 2 sides to every story? From the ‘horse’s mouth’: Madam did not bring the knives to attack him. She brought the knives to give them to him to ququma kill her. In other words, she prefers him to kill her physically by stabbing her to death, rather than the pain of the emotional abuse (her thoughts) that he is subjecting her to. Bro. I am a man like you. I am not ‘siding’ with the wife. I kid you not, your story is similar, very similar to my experience 8-months after arriving the UK. And like I said, it’s >10 years and we’re still married. Don’t give up on her. That emotional support she craves, it’s within you to meet her at the point of her need. I sincerely believe you can still make things work, if you put your heart/mind/resources to it. I am happy to ‘unmask’ myself from this faceless forum, and share experiences with you. I am jus my a DM away. 13 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RalphJean: 4:01pm On Oct 09, 2023 |
rayralph: @PalestianIsrael: Hear! Hear!! Do an introspection. You are not faultless. Is it possible that you are the visa sponsor. You work. She works too. Your work is really energy-sapping, hers is (energy-sapping)^10…. (For those who hated maths (like me), that means Energy-sapping raised to the power of 10. You get home, you are tired. She is very tired too. She needs some help in the Kitchen, but you are in the sitting room, pressing phone and browsing internet . She painfully prepares the meal, still very fatigued. You are still pressing phone. She asks for help, you ignore…’Afterall I’m the husband, she is the wife. Then later in the night, you want to turn her into a construction site, for ‘construction work’. Because she is the wife, who is expected to be loyal, she succumbs. You get up, go on top. Your entire 70+Kg on her. You construct your construction. Discharge akamu. Snore off to sleep. 6:00 am, both of you go off to work. 9:00 pm, you return home. She is still carrying over the fatigue from yesterday. You too is tired. She asked for some help to prepare dinner. You ignore. You keep pressing phone. And smiling. And chatting with friends and well wishers. She is there, all very lonely. In a new country. No friends no mates. She asks you to please drop the phone and give her some attention. You totally ignore. 10:00 pm, she hasn’t served dinner. You are boiling within. But you still kept pressing phone. She let out her vexation, and tell you how wicked you are. …. And everything escalated. PS: The scenario above is mine. As someone who came to the UK a couple of years ago, the above is roughly my experience. I thought my wife had grown horns, because while we were newly married in Nigeria, she was always cooking diners making breakfast. Packaging lunch for me to take to work. When we arrived UK, she ‘denied’ me all those. It was rough at first. But (to the Glory of God), here we are today, >12 years in marriage. Understanding ourselves and progressing together, as a couple. 31 Likes 1 Share |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RalphJean: 1:55pm On Oct 09, 2023 |
PalestianIsrael: Dear PalestianIsrael, 1. To come on this forum to seek for help means you are not happy with the status quo. 2. Kindly note that a lot of folks on this thread who do not know anything, whatsoever about you (or your wife) will jump on your post to write different stuff, informed 100% only by your own (one-sided) story. 3. Whereas you have presented your side of the story, I hope you do know (and appreciate) that there is a second side to every story. 4. Again, I hope you appreciate that we’re your wife to create a fake name, on a faceless forum to state her side of the same story, it may not necessarily be the same as yours. 5. Kindly remember that Nobody, absolutely NOBODY writes his/her story and portrays himself/herself as the villain. That means your narrative is only 1 side. 6. Before you take any advice/suggestions/recommendations from total strangers (like myself), first ask yourself: What do you really want? Do you want the marriage/relationship to end? Or you would absolutely wish to Love your wife as the woman you knew & Loved before? 7. Have you considered that you are probably too engrossed in your phone & laptop that you have neglected your wife? 8. Can you (hand-on-heart) say that the phone/laptop activities that irks her are vital activities? Do you spend hours and hours scrolling and chatting on Nairaland (for example) while your wife is right there, seeking physical/emotional attention ? Etc… 11 Likes 1 Share |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RalphJean: 1:32pm On Aug 27, 2023 |
BuildingProject: Bro... I wan participate for this project ohhh my issh be say I have never taken alcohol in my life. And the Kolaq is alcoholic, right? ANy substitute? |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RalphJean: 11:37am On Jul 17, 2023 |
koonbey: That you, Koonbey (as an individual) do not hold those standards does not in any way mean we (all) do not hold those standards. You should rather use ‘I’ instead of ‘we’ in your last sentence. 3 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RalphJean: 11:33am On Jul 17, 2023 |
koonbey: So long as you want to justify British Policies, using NIGERIAN standards, you will never get it right in this debate. For you to suggest that Legal and law abiding Nigerian Immigrants in the UK should not be treated as equals and Infact should not have ‘audacity of equality’ proves how you want to judge the British society using (your) Nigerian standards. 9 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RalphJean: 11:14am On Jul 17, 2023 |
koonbey: Again, you got it wrong. We are NOT holding the British/British Govt to NIGERIAN Standards. We are holding the British Government to much publicised BRITISH STandards. I think this post of yours summarises why you got it spectacularly wrong in this debate. It is not us who laid down the standards to the Brits. We are/were not the ones who enacted the Equality Act 2010. It is the BRITISH. If you can’t see that these policies make the British (Government) look like (the) hypocrites (that they possibly are) then I’m sorry. There is absolutely zero point debating this with you. Isn’t it interesting that even the best debater on this issue (my opinion) a certain @Zahra29 could not deny the unfairness of double taxation? 7 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RalphJean: 6:33pm On Jul 16, 2023 |
koonbey: You want answers to your questions, whereas you have done poorly in putting across your points, or answering other posers. |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RalphJean: 6:31pm On Jul 16, 2023 |
Peerielass: Bla bla bla was referring to the so-called 'mean-tested' whereas the example I gave was anything but means tested. |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RalphJean: 6:16pm On Jul 16, 2023 |
Zahra29: 2 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RalphJean: 6:00pm On Jul 16, 2023 |
Peerielass:No one was rude. You mentioned 25 hour electricity. And security. And Education. On the surface, that sounds like a good argument. But, You failed to realise that IHS is a line item. Electricity is billed separatealt. The immigrant pays for that. Security is a separate line item, the immigrant is taxed for that Education is a separate line item. Look at the two pictures I posted, the immigrant is taxed for that too. So… those things are not free.. The Health Surcharge is a line item of its own. And the immigrant is taxed for that, IN ADDITION to what has been paid already in IHS. Unless your argument is that DOUBLE TAXATION of legal immigrants is fair. Is that your argument ? |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RalphJean: 5:53pm On Jul 16, 2023 |
koonbey: Debating with you is pointless. Speaking so much grammar with no substance. Keep it simple bro. Is it fair that immigrants are double-taxed? Paying twice (or sometime 3x) for exactly the same service? Is that the idea of a fair, Global Britain? 6 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RalphJean: 5:50pm On Jul 16, 2023 |
Zahra29: Zahra29: Before you x-Ray the cap on number of children Etc. Do you agree that a tax-paying tier-2 immigrant who has paid double tax. Who works full time. Spouse works full time too. Whose wife too has been taxed twice. Yet Their one (1) 3-year old child that was born in the UK cannot access 30 hour per week of ‘free’ nursery. Is that fair? |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RalphJean: 3:32pm On Jul 16, 2023 |
Peerielass: Again, you are wrong. With that 59k I illustrated with, the 3 year old of a British Citizen earning that will have 30-hour of nursery per week. Have you cared to know if the child of that immigrant, the 3 year old child of that immigrant who was born in the UK. Will such a child have 30 hours? NO. You still wanna justify it? Because you’ve heard that ‘benefits are means tested..’ Bla bla bla. How about educational benefits for the child of that migrant? 2 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RalphJean: 2:36pm On Jul 16, 2023 |
koonbey: The onus is on you to bring out the facts and figures of a country (or countries) which: 1. Charges an immigrant upfront to access healthcare. 2. Charges the immigrant’s salary a second time to fund that same healthcare. 3. When required, the healthcare is not immediately available to that same immigrant who has been charged twice, with extremely long waiting lists. Show us the facts and figures from other countries. While you are at it, tell us other countries that have explicitly hinged the pay rise offer to their citizens based on levies, taxes and fees paid by citizens of other countries. As a matter of policy. 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RalphJean: 2:28pm On Jul 16, 2023 |
Peerielass: So as far as you are concerned, it is absolutely right for the UK government to charge someone £624 to use the NHS. Then, deduct a further £3,000 per annum from that same person to fund the same NHS. Remind again what is double taxation? It is a lie from the pit of hell to insinuate that the BCs (as alleged in your post) ‘suffer’ the same fate. That’s not true. As a tier-2 immigrant, I pay EXACTLY the same amount of tax that a BC pays. The difference is that I am taxed twice (to use the NHS) while a BC is taxed only once. In addition, the BC is entitled to support & benefits while I am not entitled to that. That a BC chooses not to get the benefit or chooses to send their child to a private school, or a BC chooses to use Private healthcare is a choice. For me as a legal, tier-2 immigrant, I do not have such choice. A country wants to increase workers pay. Same country doesn’t think about increasing foreign trade. Or increasing its exports. Such a country does not think about using its natural resources or indeed incentivising its young adult population to go into work. Such a country wants to raise £1,000,000,000 by asking immigrants to fund it. And that is right, to you. Issorai. 8 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RalphJean: 9:36am On Jul 16, 2023 |
This post is to all the people (on this thread) who are justifying the UK govt wanting to increase IHS/Visa fees to raise £1,000,000,000 to fund pay rises. The first picture is a total tax deduction from a legal tier-2 visa holder. Remember, this person has paid the IHS upfront. This person has NOT been able to get an NHS dentist. This person has been held in a 7 month NHS waiting list. Kindly note the amount of this person’s tax that has been pumped into the NHS. In addition to the IHS which has been paid upfront. Also kindly note the amount of this person’s taxes that have been pumped into ‘Welfare’. Remember, this person has No Recourse to Public Funds. Let’s be Frank to ourselves. Is this justifiable? 10 Likes
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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RalphJean: 4:37pm On Jun 20, 2023 |
Lexusgs430: You are an alarmist. Even the Quaran have some sexually explicit verses 2 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RalphJean: 4:34pm On Jun 20, 2023 |
Viruses: Very true. Very apt |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RalphJean: 4:32pm On Jun 20, 2023 |
justwise: How this descended into a Bible-comparison is ridiculous. Someone shows concern about how the UK is mass-grooming and indoctrinating kids. If I know , and have counter arguments and valid reasons why it's okay for primary school kids to be told to masturbate if they feel 'konji' hold them. If I think it's perfectly ok for kids who can't legally drive or drink alcohol or infact get a tattoo to be taught explicit sex and sexuality, and turn biology on its head. If I think it's okay for kids to determine their own sex and gender and sexual orientation but yet are deemed too young live on their own. If I think the word "minor" only refers to kids with respect to age but shouldn't be used when discussing kid's gender identity or sexual orientation. If I think all that is okay and fine. What I would do write down my arguments and state my point of view. The weirdest thing to do would be to take my whataboutism to the next level by saying...afterall there are some sexually explicit passages in the Bible. So what? NB: I read the Bible and I saw the punishment God meted out on Sodom & Gomorrah I also read Proverbs 26:12 Proverbs 3:7 Isaiah 5:21 Etc... 12 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RalphJean: 11:17am On Jun 16, 2023 |
Efep: You need to have a candid conversation with your employer. A one-on-one heart -to-heart. I don't want to assume anything but this would only be possible if there was some 'K-Leg' in the 'parole' of your employment (which you yourself may or may not be aware of). Tell your employer how you need shifts not just for the fun but because you have bills to pay. A reasonable employer may have friends on similar agencies and may be happy to recommend and signpost you to others so that you can be earning some £ before they are able to give you shifts. My suggestion is that before you take any advice or recommendation from a faceless forum, make sure you have had a conversation with your employer and exhausted all possibilities first. 2 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RalphJean: 12:21pm On Jun 15, 2023 |
lightnlife: The suspect, 31,is a Legal immigrant living on the UK with West African heritage. The suspect is known to police and have had mental health issues in the past. I am very sure the suspect (stand to be proven wrong with time) is not a student or dependant of a student and most likely did not enter the UK as a dependant of a tier 4 visa holder. We shall know soon. |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by RalphJean: 12:13pm On Jun 15, 2023 |
Teedol: £1= NGN 949 I thought you will be crying. But looking for 'higher rate'? Na wa oohhh I hope you know that the higher the rate, the lesser the purchasing power of the Naira? In the past, at 'lower' you exchange £1,053 and get N 473,850 At your present low rate (for which you are asking for higher), you exchange £1,053 and get N1,000,000:00 (awon millionaire). Wait a minute... In the past, N473,850 can buy 326 bags of Dangote cement for you. In the present 'low rate", N473,850 will buy 105 bags of the same cement for you. Fun fact: If it cost you 10,000 Naira to get a trip of sand (when the £ rate was 'low') it will now cost you about 25,000 -30,000 to get that same 1 trip of sand. In conclusion, be careful what you wish for. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by RalphJean: 7:01pm On Aug 04, 2022 |
Lexusgs430: I have learned to trust people by the words of their mouth. Mr babajeje specifically mentioned that he doesn’t watch any live Tv. No bbc iPlayer. No streaming etc… Same with me. Because I do not watch or own any of such, I did the legally right thing, by formally applying for exemption, and which they formally granted, no time wasted. 2 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by RalphJean: 6:21pm On Aug 04, 2022 |
babajeje123: Let me tell you the legally right thing to do: Go to their website. Fill a form. In the form, write that you do not watch any live tV on BBC or any live-streaming . It is a simple, straight-to-the-point form. Fill it completely, click submit. The next letter you will receive from them is a letter of exemption. Exempting you from paying the licence fee. That, my friend (brother) is the right thing to do. PS: I am writing from Personal Experience . 12 Likes 3 Shares |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by RalphJean: 10:21pm On Jul 31, 2022 |
Viruses: 2 Likes
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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by RalphJean: 6:25am On Jul 23, 2022 |
hustla: Bruv…why was the first time the only time nah? |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by RalphJean: 12:32am On Jul 14, 2022 |
eyesaswide: Have you heard of @MamaTukwas? MamaTukwas is Tested & Trusted. She comes with my highest recommendation. [There May be other good folks too, but I can only speak from personal experience] 2 Likes 1 Share |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by RalphJean: 12:58am On Jul 13, 2022 |
Pacypatty: I wouldn’t remove mind, especially in that dry, very dry Teeside. I would specifically ask them to list the documents they accept as P.o.A Tenancy agreement (probably not) But 1. Utility bills (such as water and electricity) 2. Council Tax bills 3. Bank (or credit card) Statements (not the one downloaded online). 4. Letter from Govt agency (Such as HMRC and / or NHS GP) could be used. Note: Ideally, these should be not more than 3 months old. PS: Deep inside me, I feel it’s not a ‘Middlesbrough employers shakara). I strongly feel your friend did not provide the proper P.o.A docs required. 1 Like |
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