₦airaland Forum

Nuallazgarments:
Hello Nairalanders, it's my first time asking questions, I hope I get it right. First and foremost thanks to everyone who takes their time to answer questions. I have learnt alot from here. Please my question, is Neco GCE or SSCE WAEC. Which one is accepted in the Uk. Thank you.

Let me correct something here.
1. There is no such thing as NECO GCE. When NECO conducted its first Exams in 2000, the 6-3-3-4 system of education was already very firmly in place. NECO conducts Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) but NEVER GCE. As far as NECO is concerned, there is no such thing as GCE. The GCE exams was long, long scrapped before NECO was even established.

2. WAEC used to conduct an exams called GCE, but which has been defunct for much more than 30 years now. The exams WAEC conducts now is the West Africa Senior School Certificate Exams (WASSCE). No such thing as GCE.

PS: Both NECO & WAEC conduct two 2️⃣ Senior School Certificate Exams every year:
~May/June & June/July - Secondary School candidates
and
~ Sept/October & November December for private candidates respectively.

There is no such thing as GCE (anymore).

Back to your question:
YES! The UK recognises the Senior School Certificate Examination conducted by both WAEC & NECO.
Any more questions? Ask.

missjekyll:
You are 100% tory,my good man.Lol. If you move any further to the right, you ll be in Reform UK territory.
Canvassing is not compulsory. It comes out of a deep conviction about what you are selling.
I don't agree with some of Labour's policies but I have no fear about this product.

We can iron out the parts we don't like later.

I don’t recall ever saying I am a Tory supporter ohh. What I recall telling is that the Keir Starmer Labour that you portray as ‘saviours’ share a lot in common with Nigeria’s 2014/2015 - date APC.

I recall saying that I want you to win me over to the red party by telling me more about the HOWs of Labour policies.
Although I am not a Tory (yet), I detest the way a lot of leftists portray Tories as some evil, inhuman people.

Zahra29:
Yellow as in Libdems? I don't think I've ever confirmed my affiliation to them, or Tories or any party in particular. I speak in favour of sensible, fair, principled policies.

Think well… you previously mentioned here that you were on the Ed Davey side of things… or was it the Greens 🥬 you mentioned? But certainly, you once professed your preference on this thread.

missjekyll:
Nick Ferrari,Iain Dale, Even Bonzos Sister has a show on LBC. They are all right
James O brien is their biggest star and is definitely left. I recommend LBC . I watch on YouTube everyday.

On another note,canvassing has started. Are you doorknocking for your party? I highly recommend it. You ll hear people's stories and laugh with random people. You do have to be fit as the walking no be here.

You listed three 3️⃣ right/centre-leaning presenters . That is negligible in comparison to the tens of leftists, including some that are borderline self-righteous far left folks. I think as far as LBC is, for every 1 right-leaning presenter, there are 9 left-leaning colleagues.

As for canvassing… I am still deciding who I want to canvass for. You see this UK parliamentary system of Govt, I don’t like it much. I would’ve loved if it was some sort of proportional representation system . But you see this first-past-the-post… I don’t like it. I give you an example. In 2019, I absolutely, absolutely loved my local MP. But I wholeheartedly detested what JC represented. In that occasion, I was happy cos I voted the red party, my local MP won. But the red party (under JC) didn’t form a govt.

I wish it was some sort of presidential system-like voting system, or at least proportional representation kinda system.

Unfortunately, as far as Westminster is concerned, from missjekyll’s red 🔴 party, to Zahra29’s yellow 🟨 (or is it orange) party, to the blue 🔵 party… none of them wants proportional representation in Westminster.
Sad.

oluwaleokey:
My people
In between the discussions ... biko which radio FM is the best to listen to, I mean, educative .... wish nairaland travel thread can be converted to stereo, make I dey hear the gbas gbos

If your interest is in a mostly left-leaning, Brexit-hating, and woke-leaning Radio with lots of callers calling in to moan and moan about the UK, the LBC is your go-to station. It’s 97.3 on FM (also available on DAB) and on the Global player app.


If you want some news, some drama, some comedy, some docu-series and general enlightenment, I suggest BBC Radio 4.

If you want a migrant-castigating, migrant-vilifying and hugely right-leaning radio, listen to TalkRadio or GB News Radio (available on DAB and on the App and on your smart speaker).


Those are the ones I listen to anyways.

Jamesclooney:
Please anyone know schengen country that has biometric appointment dates? I’ve checked Greece and I cannot see anything till March 2024. Same thing with Croatia. Ideally looking for an appointment next week w/c 29th Jan. Thank you

You may have to (very painfully) call up agents. They can arrange a genuine appointment for you on a day or three -depending on how much you are willing to pay.

I speak from (my) experience. I had to (very painfully pay up to £200) to an agency in London last year.
Alternatively, book and wait for an appointment in March or April or whenever there is availability.

abuhusna1:
The law is statight forward as long as you are not 18 before your residence in the uk is 7 years you are entitled to regularisation. No Jupiter can send the child out of uk after 7 years as he or she is entitled to private right. Many people had regularised their status this way cos as soon as the child gets regulariaed the parent use their child's status to regularise.

Again, I ask.
You mean if my 10 year old nephew gets a visitor visa to the UK and comes in with his dad. The dad return to Nigeria and leaves the boy with me. 7 years later, when the boy is 17, he can go to ‘regularise’ his status?

Bourne007:
Obviously it is absolutely vital to apply for a valid visa for the kids to avoid unnecessary issues / delays. And yes, overstaying is a criminal offence but I doubt they will detain and deport child(ren) under 18 as he said. And if you go through some of the guidance (student, graduate etc), you are likely to see the attach. So yes, there are exceptions in some cases

You see, my brother. Context is EVERYTHING.
OP was clear about their particular case. Saying there are exceptions in some cases may be a truism, but you failed to situate this within the context of OP’s initial question.

While I haven’t checked yet, I can bet my bottom $ that the exceptions you refer to will not cover PSW visa applicants.

Otokitifunmi:
Hello everyone

I need advise from people who has experienced something like this;

My Spouse and I came to the Uk 3 months ago under the student route without our kids (11 & 5 years), we applied for our kids visa in Dec and they have been given. The issue now is how to bring them here as we don't have funds to have one of us travel down to Nigeria to pick them so we are contemplating they follow a family friend that would be coming to the Uk in March. Is this option available and with which airline will you advise?

I hope they won't have any issue at the Point of entry?

Which airline can you recommend that is cheap during this period ?

Actually, the kids can come in on their own. There is something called ‘unaccompanied minors’

However, you may be able to give a consent for someone to bring them. Long process.

My candid advise: You and your spouse should immediately start working over time shifts in any and every legit job. Get some money then one of you travels to go and bring the kids.

Bourne007:
Just to add you can make an application within 14 days after expiry of their visas and provide documents with good reason to prove your case.

As a last resort
If you fall under one of eligibility criteria, maybe you may get a waiver.
https://www.gov.uk/visa-fee-waiver-in-uk

All the best.

It is easier for a 🐫 camel to pass through the anus of a lizard 🦎 than it will be, for a PSW visa applicant to get a waiver for their dependants.

Note: the ‘waiver’ is Public funds.

abuhusna1:
Even if you are not born in the uk, you can regularise a child after living in the uk for 7 years irrespective of the parent's status

You mean a 9 year old can come to UK on a visitor visa to visit me, and not return.

7 years later, I can regularise that child?

Infact, you mean a 10 year old can come on a 1 year dependant visa. Then the 10 year old gets ‘lost’ in the crowd. Then have themselves regularised when they are 17 (7years later)?

Really?

rowon:
Thanks for your response.my wife is the student and her company wants to offer sponsorship but they said our her brp is expiring September despite getting a confirmation of graduation from her school.We expected that since she has opted to graduate,our visa should have been curtailed and our brp should not show September again but company refused unless we get a prove from home office.since company refused unless they get a prove from Home office and we have up till end of January to switch our visa,can only her switch to PSW while dependant switch after the COS is out.thanks

My brother, this company that gave your wife employment. It’s either they are grossly incompetent or they are absolutely out-of-touch.

Does your wife have proof from her school that UKVI has been notified that she has completed her studies? Have the school sent her details to IKVI? Has the school formally notified your wife that having graduated. she is now eligible to apply for PSW? (I know a lot of schools take that step of proactively notifying graduates).

A holder of one visa type can always apply for a different visa type. It is the application for a new one that will always lead to a curtailing of an existing one.

acosfd:
Switching to tier 2 dependant visa

Epa… how many Nairaland akkant U get sef?

Meogom:
Good evening my good people. My student dependent visa expires on the 30th of January, I have made an application to switch to tier 2 skilled visa, the application is still pending. My employer is asking for my right to work, how do i prove my right to work. I already told them I can continue pending the outcome of the application, but them no knw anything.

Wait ohhh… something is wrong with your enquiry. E be like say na you no know everything ohh

You were on a tier4 DEPENDANT visa.
You have made an application to switch to tier2 (SWV)?
Do you mean switch to dependant of a SWV holder?

rowon:
Hi, please I need your advice, my wife's company who is willing to sponsor has refused to issue the COS because our brp still show September 2024 although my wife has opted out of the 2yrs course and graduated . Hopefully our visa would be curtailed in few days. Since the company has refused to issue Cos due to above reason and we have we days for our visa to be curtailed. Can only my wife switch to PSW to avoid missing out since the company wants to see evidence of visa curtailment, then the dependant can switch when the COS is ready.

When you said curtailed, curtailed by who? The Home office? Or the school?

The last bit of your post is so confusing.
Between you & your wife who is the student?
Who has a COS pending?
The school does not need to curtail your wife’s visa at all. The school only needs to confirm to your wife. In writing that she has completed her studies. Once that is confirmed, any company can give her a CoS for any type of SWV.

To summarise:
Your wife should get a letter of confirmation of completion of studies from her school. It is that confirmation that is required for a switch, not a BRP end date.

AvailableD:
Please is it only me experiencing delay in COS been waiting for a month now, the company that brought me has no job got 20hrs from a care home and requested for COS already since last year Dec.

Short answer: No. it’s not only you.
It appears HO is checking if the new 🆕 Job you got actually exists and will actually have real shifts for you.
Plus, if your new company is not CQC-accredited, na bigger palava be that.

Jamesclooney:
It seems this thread is full of moneybags or people who’ve been in the UK for decades and are so comfortable they’ve forgotten what it is to be a “bargain hunter”. Let me state that I’m not asking the OP to lie. For example, I have the option of parking in a locked garage or on a drive, and I use both depending on the date… so which one should I put on my application? Same thing with where is the car parked overnight…if you share your time between 2 locations, go with the safe neighborhood. Also, you can add a second driver who’s more experienced with many years with a full UK licence and that would reduce your premium, which is perfectly legal. So many things that could be done without lying. So many more examples. To each his own sha. Peace

No one is against bargain hunting. When it comes to insurance, you can put anything on the form to get a good bargain premium & you will get away with it.
It’s when you need to make a claim that it will matter.
If you like, put that you park overnight at Buckingham palace or No 12 Downing Street. That may lower your premium. The day the car gets stolen while parked overnight on the driveway of your ‘other’ location in Peckham or Lewisham or Barking or Slough or Eastham or Ilford. That is when you will face the real cost of bargain hunt.

Eky29:
It is one their services , someone that knows about it should please tell me how to get appointment. It is very urgent

This your police clearance. Where was it obtained? In the UK? Or elsewhere??

Eky29:
Someone should please help me with this my question below…. Biko my people


Good morning everyone
People that have been to Nigeria high commission
London.
Please I have a question the requires urgent answer.
I asked someone to assist me in Authenticating my police clearance at the Nigeria high commission
London. I have already legalized it ministry of foreign affairs Abuja and now i need to authenticate it in Nigeria high commission London. Please how can the person get an appointment at the embassy.
He has called their numbers and no one is picking.
I urgently need help on how one can get appointment?
Or can the person just walk in with the document for Authentication without appointment?
Thank vou. I shall await vour response.

1. You applied for, and obtained a police clearance cert.

2. You want to ‘authenticate’ the certificate at the Nigeria High Commission?

Is that because you wish to do that, or is it because an employer requires you to do that?
Honestly, this is the 1st time I am hearing about authentication.

giselle237:
I have renewed my visas + family x 2 without applying for Nigerian passport when it expired as High Commission gave me so much trouble . Home office allows this so that nobody can claim they overstayed because they did not have a valid passport to apply with. As long as you are a temporary migrant inside the UK with a Brp you will be allowed. Just state your personal circumstances on your application form and go through. Whenever you receive your home country’s passport, you update the Home office with its details by filling the update form online free of charge. This is what I did.
Don’t leave your child without a visa saying you were waiting for Nigerian passport or leave yourself without visa and/or overstay saying you were waiting for Nigerian passport.

Many thanks. Useful info.
But I guess it depends on the visa type yes?
For some visa types, you have to enter passport start and end dates. And if you enter an end date which is in the past, it throws up an error and you can’t proceed.

Just as some applicants are lucky when renewing as they are simply asked to use the IDV app. e.g Health Care Worker Visa to another Health care worker visa. Or Student to PSW. Or Student to Healthcare or PSW to healthcare.
But for regular Student to SWV (tier-2) or tier-2 to settlement, they require full biometrics.

giselle237:
u dnt need ur passport to switch a visa or apply for a visa if you are inside the UK in your case.
Please go ahead with your visa application

But this is for Student to PSW applications right?
It will not apply to settlement (ILR) or SWV (Tier-2) visas. Right?

stephoye:
Have you seen anyone who have tried it and got rejected?

Go to the uk visa application website, scroll through. Then see if you find the visa type that suits this scenario.

stephoye:
Good evening all. Have you seen anyone who brings his/her dependents to the UK while on graduate visa? My employer lawyers are telling me that I can bring them while on graduate visa. Please I need your reply ASAP. Thanks

Okay…
To (try and) put it straight.
Student gets tier-4 visa to the UK.
Student comes in alone, completes their Masters (or PhD etc).
Student applies for PSW alone. Student gets PSW for 2 years (or 3 years as the case may be).
6 months into PSW, (former) student wants to apply for Dependants to join?

What will be the visa category of the dependants?
“Dependants of a PSW visa holder”??

Have you taken a few minutes to look at the PSW visa rules?

adekzy:
Yes, we have been nursing corrupt governments majorly in Africa, but how has America helped our economy apart from huge IMF loan bondage?

China via its Belt and Road initiative has done way more for Africa in a few years compared to the West in decades.

This person is blaming America for giving loans to Nigerian Governments. Loans which the Nigerian governments use to purchase exotic fancy cars for legislators. Loans that are used to fund jamborees. I’m sure you are probably blaming America for Betta Edu.
You really blame America?

I find it amusing that the very people who profess so much extreme hatred for ‘the West’ and so much hatred for ‘western values’ are the same who would use any means, including lying, pretense, deceit and every hook and crook means to travel , relocate and live in … “The West”.

Someone will go and make false declaration, or decide to enrol for an MSc in all sorts of Mickey Mouse degrees as a ‘back door’ to migrate to ‘the West’. As soon as the person crosses Heathrow Boarder force (other ports of entries are available), the West now become enemies and hypocrites and western values and policies now become something to detest.

You have sympathy for Hamas. You are pro-Hamas. The UK regards Hamas as a terror organisation. Yet, when filling your UK visa application, you lied that you have never shown support to a terrorist organization. Who is the liar and hypocrite here?

If I hate(d) the West, and I hate ‘the hypocrites’ and I abhor Western values, then my japa plans will be to head to the East, or the South, or the North. Definitely not the West.

adekzy:
As a labour advocate, it is best you follow the foreign policy of your government and the opposition so that when u start the door-to-door campaign, you will have extra points to sell your party..

The current onslaught of the UK/US attack on the Houthis in Yemen is been led by David Cameron because of the Red Sea shipping route.

Rushy can't help his strangling cold economic policy, but can send bombs to the ME/Yemen to kill innocent people all because of the Zionist IsraHell govt controlling his balls. Meanwhile, they are still massively funding Ukraine Zelensky on taxpayers money working in the cold winter!

Hypocritical West!

This human being here says Houthi rebels are Innocent People

I would’ve thought it’s ignorance, but no. It’s not. It’s the hatred the writer has for Israel (as seen in the immediate next sentence).

I will not be surprised if this person justifies Hamas’ October 7 killings.

missjekyll:
Red Sea? They haven't got a policy yet on that so far as I can see. Pray tell ,What's happening in the Red Sea? I had no idea anything was going on over there.

Houthi rebels from Yemen are attacking cargo ships 🛳️ going through the Red Sea.

I guess the original question was about Labour’s plans for war spending. Put on another way, what will be Labour’s Defense budget commitment?

We all know what Labour’s most recent starboy (JC) was up to. Thank Goodness Sir Keir kicked his sorry a** out of the party.
But the current guy… where does he stand sef?

Zahra29:
The polls are consistently pointing to this, plus there is now a general feeling of fatigue with the current government , particularly Sunak, which means that nothing he does or says is having the desired effect. Tories are approaching near on 15 years in power - that is a very long time in the west and it is extremely difficult for any government, even a relatively good one, to retain high ratings when people start to agitate for a change. Other examples are Merkel, Trudeau, Rutte etc.

And I think it is this fatigue that could usher in a non-Tory Government after after the G.E, not because the non-Tory parties have any sound, workable and properly costed policies that differ from the status quo.

Reason why I am always amused when someone on this thread creates the impression that their party is the silver bullet.

Like Nigeria APC in 2015, Like UK ‘Red Party’ on 2024.

autologic:
Tell her to go and join union. Union go like a case like this as Pregnancy and Matenity remain one of the 9 protected characteristics that no employer mess up with .

CoS is not an employment contract.
Even if she joins Unison, Unite, GMB, they will require her to have an employment contract before they can pursue any case.

Like I mentioned before, this woman should go and beg the employer.

Schoolhike:
Maternity is protected under employment law, and employers are required to adhere to regulations regarding maternity leave and rights. This could be considered discriminatory.

Would advise to seek legal advice specializing in employment law or workers' rights.

If you are registered under union would advice to contact them as they might provide you with some advice m.

Could google (skilled worker caseworker guidance’ ) there is an information there that states reason why sponsorship can be withdrawn which I believe maternity is not included.

Could seek advice from CitizenAdvice also I think.

This is just a guess: =>be very sure that you are not at fault in this area probably maybe you utter a sentence or clause regarding resuming earlier if given the COS which might be the reason why the employer asking you to resume.

The devil is in the details…. Woman was working (most likely zero hour contract).
Woman went on maternity leave. Woman realised her visa was about to expire. Woman got into panic state. Woman went and pleaded with employer to help her, with a CoS. Employer says they have a contract with local council to provide support services and they need people who are able to start immediately. Woman (probably) because of visa expiry dateline accepts the conditions. Employer agrees. Woman heaves a sigh of relief that at last, she will not be illegal /overstayer. Okay now, time to resume. Woman fails to resume. This means employer is not able to fulfill contractual agreements with council. Employer decides to withraw Cos, so as to allocate same to someone who is able to start immediately. Makes perfect sense (to me).

eyesaswide:
Hello Elders, please I need your input in this. Someone I know was on student dependent visa and was working as a support worker. Along the line she got pregnant and went on maternity leave but was not entitled to statutory maternity pay so she got maternity allowance. She has verbally told employer she would stay up to 9 months for her maternity leave. During her leave her visa was about to expire when she approached her employer for the possibility of a sponsorship. Employer agreed and gave her a cos which she has applied for the visa.

Employer is now insisting she resumes immediately, meanwhile she is still trying to arrange childcare and all before the previously agreed time (9 months). Nb employer is threatening to cancel Cos and withdraw sponsorship.

Please how should she approach this?

My take on this: Let her plead, beg, implore , beg and plead with the employer to give her some time to arrange child care.
From my experience of these matters (and based on what you have posted here), it will amount to a massive waste of her time, resources and mental health if she pursues some of the options being mentioned by respondents here.

Posers are:
a. She verbally told employer she would be on mat leave for 9 months? Where is the evidence such a thing was agreed?

b. When she was on a tier-4 dependant visa and working for this employer (note my choice of words, I didn’t use EMPLOYED), did she sign a contract? Was she on zero-hours contract or permanent employment?

c. Was she interviewed before she was given a CoS? What does the transcript of the interview say? Did she agree at interview that she will start immediately? What was the agreed start date at interview?

d. A CoS is NOT a job contract. If the employer decides to revoke a CoS, the employer could cite that the prospective employee provided false (or misleading) information during interview.

Etc…..


In conclusion, tell this woman to beg, plead and plead again and again. She (actually) has no locus standi to claim wrongful dismissal.

missjekyll:
Do exactly what your conscience tells you to.
Tories are going.They ve broken enough.

The use of ‘conscience’ in this context sound a bit like some sort of emotional blackmail.
Use facts & figures to wow me… if you knock on my door, you will not tell me to use my conscience . You will tell me how awful the Tories have been, but I will ask you to tell me HOW Labour will solve it. I will ask for your policies. I will ask you about your policies in Wales. I will ask you to show me how Labour-run councils (like Birmingham) have fared compared to the woeful Tory-run councils.


Is it too much to ask Labour the HOW? Is it too much to ask Labour to elucidate on their policies?