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Hi all - for nurses/doctors who have travelled to UK for OSCE/PLAB, please is it more advisable to apply for a visit visa stating the exam as the purpose of trip or to just apply for a normal visit visa without mentioning the exam?

I know both options are perfectly fine, but asking more from the perspective of better visa guarantee. I have a family member planning to come over for the purpose, so need a sound advice on this. Thank you!

Hi all - for nurses/doctors who have travelled to UK for OSCE/PLAB, please is it more advisable to apply for a visit visa stating the exam as the purpose of trip or to just apply for a normal visit visa without mentioning the exam?

I know both options are perfectly fine, but asking more from the perspective of better visa guarantee. I have a family member planning to come over for the purpose, so need a sound advice on this. Thank you!

SamReinvented:
Hello house - Please has anyone applied for 10 year visit visa for their parents before? I'm thinking of going through this option for my mum's next UK visa, to eliminate the whole logistics & stress involved in applying for a visa each time she needs to travel... especially now that she is getting older.

Last time she was in the UK was 2022, and she travelled abroad infrequently before then. She retired recently and I want her to be visiting every year from now on. Abeg what are the chances? Because the money go pain me if they don't give her the full thing.

Update on this - took the plunge and applied for 10 years. She got it o!!! .

Her last visa was only 6-months, so this was a big risk (especially with the costs), but was just tired of having to apply for each visit.

Hi house - please I have a question.

I want to sponsor a sibling's masters from back home. The plan for POF is to send the money to a GBP account in their name in Nigeria. My question is - which Nigerian bank would be super easy to send the money back to me in the UK after visa has been processed? I'm thinking of standard chartered, but I want to hear from those who have real experiences, transferring GBP from Nigerian dom accounts to the UK.

Cyberknight:
We got a 10 year visa for my mother as well, after she had had a 2-year one. If your mother meets the requirements, then go ahead and apply. It's just another UK visa, and I've got a few friends whose elderly parents are also toddling in and out of Heathrow every summer with their bundles of rubber-banded passports. Given she's got travel history and all that, you can try and she'll be very likely to get it.

Thank you! How long after the expiry of the 2 year one did you apply for 10 years? Also, did you provide any reasons for the longer term visa?

My mother’s 2022 visa was 6 months… and main reason she hasn’t visited again was the stress involved to travel to Lagos/Abuja to apply for the visa again. So hoping, she can do this once and forget about it for another 10 years.

Hello house - Please has anyone applied for 10 year visit visa for their parents before? I'm thinking of going through this option for my mum's next UK visa, to eliminate the whole logistics & stress involved in applying for a visa each time she needs to travel... especially now that she is getting older.

Last time she was in the UK was 2022, and she travelled abroad infrequently before then. She retired recently and I want her to be visiting every year from now on. Abeg what are the chances? Because the money go pain me if they don't give her the full thing.

hustla:
Rejection choke for this side too but I know say God go run am, all na time and will be part of our success story.

I wan make I enter Skynews sef see Nigerian be PM or Partner for GMSachs and Google . Nigerians in the US are doing actual doings, we in the UK too can strive for things like them but the policies are restrictive and weird.

God will help us Nigerians

There’s a Nigerian partner in Goldman Sachs here in this UK and there are plenty Nigerian MDs. Nigerian VPs are like pure water. While people here are arguing against meagre £50k salary, I’m here aiming to earn a million . I don quiet for this thread, because wetin dey do different people no be the same for this life

abubarakat:
Has anyone been able to return successfully to Nigerian recently with an expired Nigerian Passport?

I'm going back in December through Virgin. I was there last December too and could see the banners at the arrival section stating that Nigerians with expired passports are allowed to return to the country.

Mine expired last month and i've tried to apply for a replacement but don't yet have the NIN number. I registered for it in Nigeria last year and i collected the slip. Truth be told, i'm sincerely not looking forward to that dreadful journey to the High Commission in London. The thought of that place alone sends shivers down my spine but you've gotta what you gotta do.

I've got a British Passport so the return trip shouldn't be an issue.

Your NIN should be on the slip that you collected after registration. That’s all you need.

heroshark:
Can people who have applied and received their passport within 2months comment on the Number of Pages and duration they applied for?

I applied for 64pages, 10years and got my passport in about 5weeks (Bio on 17th July, passport delivered on 23rd August).

I wanted to confirm if the no of pages and duration affects the processing speed. Also If you applied for the same 10years, 64 pages and yet to receive your passport after 2months also comment.

I applied for 10 years/64 pages.

As mentioned before - I did biometrics in May and got my passport in September.

adeolaspecial:
Hi guys, please i need your input in this. First of all, i apologize for my lengthy post. I moved into the uk last year april as a student dependent, i started working in may and have been earning a minimum a minimum wage with over time and the littlest i earned is 1900 including over time which enabled me clear my wife's fees and pay some bills added with the little she earned working 20hrs. In the long run she got pregnant and went on maternity leave a month before we welcome our baby in December.

She was on maternity leave, earning maternity pay which supports me while i go full blast working overtime with same earnings not more than 1900. She went back to work in August and now on 37.5hrs full time as she has finished doing her masters.

Now with the responsibility of catering for our child who is now 10months, we had to adjust with our work patterns (Thank God for giving me an understanding manager and hers too) by picking shifts when we like to help us on who stays home with the baby while the other go to work. I had to let go working overtime as i work on days when she's not working and she works on days when I'm not working.

This has really impacted on my earnings and pay as i now earn the basic pay of 1800, and with tax, ni and pension deducted i am left with about 1600 sometimes lower if i don't work night shifts as we earn enhancement working night shifts. My wife is very supportive as we split montly bills, spendings and all ( I know that this should even make it easier as she earns more now) , but the issue is lately the cost of living has gone up, our rent was increased, energy bill has gone up as we had to sometime put on the heater cos of the baby, his feeding, clothing and all his needs.

The bills are choking and i can even hardly save. My wife on the other hand contributes her quota on a 60/40 basis as i contribte the most as the olori ebi even though we earn same salary monthly. I have racked in credit card debts and all. I have had to cut down alot of spendings to adjust ( and that includes me not buying orijin bitters or going out with friends, going to the barber, i cut my hair anyhow i sabi, and some needs....lol). What can i do in this context as i am considering getting a new job that can pay more on same hours, but I don't know if the manager will be as understanding as the current manager i work with.

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In addition to the various advice that has been offered on earning more, I think you should also look into PROPER tracking of your monthly expenses so you can correctly identify what are the biggest/unreasonable drains on your finances at the moment and tackle those pieces.

A couple with one child earning a combined net income of at least £3,200 shouldn’t be struggling by any standards. You should definitely look to earn more, but the reasoning for this should be to have bigger disposable income, increase savings/investments or enjoy some luxury, etc. It shouldn’t be because you’re currently struggling.

During the time you were earning way more, did you manage to hugely save after you finished up paying school fees? Where did you redirect all that extra cash to afterwards? Any black tax burdens? I obviously don’t know much about your situation, but I sense that there maybe the need to look into cultivating better financial habits overall.

Please also clear up your credit card debts ASAP and run out of that hole like you’re being chased. Wishing you the very best and hope you figure things out in due time.

Tier4Dependant:
The recommendation is to cut and return.

Simple as ABC.

This has nothing to do with scaring people with ILR, it’s also none of my business if someone’s job is to note down those that has returned their BRP.

Someone said cut and dispose, someone said keep it under the bed.

Nothing wey musa no go see for gate ooo

Must be something in the Nigerian waters. Following simple laws (even when they are not difficult demands) dey always hard Nigerians. They must do coconut head for everything.

Do you want to eat the plastic? Nothing Aki and Pawpaw no go see for Mr Ibu’s hands true true

BorisJohnson:
ALL 4 BRPs I have ever used in the UK are still in an envelope, under my box.
I am keeping them as a sort of Time capsule in my museum /archive for my future generation.
I am keeping it safe. It’s not in wrong hands.
I’m good to go.

Hope you have £1,000 X 4 saved up when you get a fine sha .

Efftyy:
Hello house .
I got a New BRP due to me switching Employer, so I was told to return my old BRP
My question is, will I buy postal stamp for the delivery or I will just cut it and put in an envelope to drop off in a postal box near me ?

Thank you

Cut the BRP into pieces, put in an envelope, address to the location indicated in the instructions, buy a postal stamp and post like you post anything else.

Mellady:
Hi everyone, please who has applied for Nigerian passport recentlyin UK? please how long did it take and can someone fast track it? Thank you. And please does Nigeria have a Nin registration centre here in UK? Thank you

Applied around March and got biometric appointment for early May. I did biometrics early May. Got my passport back early September.

There’s no fast track anymore. The people that I know that pulled the “long leg payment” ended up wasting money, cos they still waited like everyone else . Maybe fast track can help with biometrics date sha.

Your best bet is to start your passport processing as soon as your passport clocks 6 months to expiry, so you don’t run out of validity.

justwise:
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Remember that, take your time and point them out unless you have other ids

You probably think I carry your matter for head everywhere I go. Sorry to burst your bubble, sir Justwise .

But sha, you can take your time to scrutinise my posts very well and you’ll find them. Afterall, you claimed not to find anything just 10 seconds ago, until I gave an example.

justwise:
Is that what you falsely claimed here that we had an argument and I deleted your post because you presented a stronger point?

Did we exchange words? You asked only one question AFTER people complained that the argument has gone on for days and should be ended. So I made a post asking people to move on as we have all had our say.

So I deleted posts made after that and one of your post was deleted.

What is the point of lying?

If this is the closest we’ll get to you admitting that your claim was wrong, I’ll take it.

When you have some time though, please help us understand:
1 - why didn’t you answer that “simple” question from me and several others? Why was it that the instant go-to action was to hide posts, without even addressing the questions put to you first?
2 - haven’t people complained about the religious argument going on for too long as well? What has been your response to their complaint so far? How does it compare to the “post hiding” response to the employer argument that you were losing badly?

Hope above questions give you some clarity. That’s if you don’t decide to start hiding posts again, because [insert a Justwise excuse when losing ground].

PS: in case it is not obvious already, I don’t do nairaland arguments. There was a reason I qualified the argument word with “Y’ALL” - it wasn’t for decoration, it literally meant that I wasn’t part of the argument. So ofcourse, I didn’t argue with you. I’d be very surprised if I did lol.

justwise:
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No stay and answer this..

I have gone through all your posts (441) to see a single post where we argued about anything. Rather what i saw was in 2020 where i was helping you with admission questions you asked.

So point out when we argued and i deleted your posts, which yr and on what topic. Tell me i will pull it out here.

The latest one I remember was that argument y’all had about people exposing their employer details. You were pro-“name your employer”. I asked you who your employer was. Not only did you not respond, you hid the post.

So there you go . There are a couple of other ones, but I obviously didn’t commit them to memory.

justwise:
You are making all these up with no evidence. The only time i remove posts here is when people are insulting each other.

justwise:
Like i said before as long as people are not insulting or swearing i don't remove people's post.

This church matter no too concern me like that, but I just came to say that your claims above are not true. Most of the times that my posts have been hidden on this thread, it was because I challenged your opinion on a topic and you didn’t like it (or didn’t have a logical response that would solidify your position).

Ok bye for now

Greathand01:
Please I need serious help on my passport renewal, I have done capturing since June in London and the collection date on my enrollment slip has passed and I haven't gotten it, please how do I sort this out as its having a serious implication on my visa application. With tears ..please I need help.
Thank you.

Join us on the queue. I did my capturing in May. I’m still waiting

Viruses:
Has anyone here used egypt air before?

I'm considering egypt air, Ethiopian Airways or Air Maroc to Nigeria.

Any reviews for any of them?

Whatever you do, please stay away from Ethiopian airlines, unless you want your money to go .

Solumtoya:
To be fair, in the process, you pointed out something important. One spouse could continue saving with LISA and be getting the bonuses for the couple's second home while the other spouse buys the first home alone. I wonder if this would work?

Yep, that’s why I left the shalaye there, as it’s a helpful info regardless.

And yes to your point, I initially thought you wanted to use your madam’s LISA to get a first house in her name, and then buy a second home in your own name using your own LISA. So claiming LISA first time buyer twice.

That would work and it’s in-fact what I’ll do as well (the other way round). But I no get wife yet

^^^ on the above, I just read Solumtoya’s post again and realise he was talking about using the SDLT twice. For some reason, I thought he was talking about LISA first time buyer bonus.

The laws on SDLT is a bit more nuanced, so I’m pulling my original stance. Make una no vex

Zahra29:
To prove this concept, can you please come back and report on how this works out for you (or people you know who have gone down this route) in like 3 years? HMRC routinely carries out compliance checks on SDLT returns post completion, and has about 2/3 years I think after the house purchase to open up an investigation, so would be interesting to hear what happens

Government’s own website on LISA clearly says that you can use your own bonus towards a home even if your spouse already owns a home:

https://lifetimeisa.campaign.gov.uk/

So again, what Solumtoya is trying to do is not mortgage fraud. It is perfectly allowed. The proof that you need is on government’s own website.

Ralphlauren:
This is not allowed. It is mortgage fraud and you can very easily be found out. 100%

I'm not going to share how very easily either the broker or solicitor or both can find out.

Once either party buys a home, the other party does not qualify as a "first time buyer"

A married couple where the MRS was still using her maiden name on all official documentation was found out. Doing a simple name search on land registry is easy peasy.

This is simply not true. As long as the property deed is not in both their names and the mortgage was taken individually, couples can individually be first-time buyers at different points. And no, it is not mortgage fraud.

I no get strength to argue sha. So if you disagree, no wahala.

Solumtoya:
Carry us along o. If you see any Lender that accepts 5% deposits for visa holders earning less than £100k, let us know

I’ll try… atleast until anyone decides to start dragging my choices with me

My deposit is 10%, and I sourced for my lenders using the two mortgage brokers provided by my company for free. They heavily cut short the time of doing the search myself. The best options for me currently is Barclays, TSB and Halifax. I’ll probably ring them up myself to negotiate the rate a bit further and then choose.

I really hope that this morbid topic will not drag on for dozens of pages as usual. Y’all should respect the dead. .

This shouldn’t be an opportunity to take a dig at religion or non-religion - you’ll only be exposing how much of a terrible human you are.

Registering my presence here, as I’ll be getting my first home this summer

DadR:
Collection may not take up to 3 months I think. My Son did biometrics on May 23rd and his new passport was delivered to us on July 15th.

@hustla

This means that they are not following the queue accordingly. My biometrics was on 2nd May and I’m still waiting. Did you follow up with them at any point? If you can share the contact details, that’ll be helpful. Thank you.

gergemam:
Says who... If you Sabi person hin know dey reach 1-3 weeks

Explain abeg. Who/what is the escalation contact?

Abeg, is there anyone here who applied for NG passport since May and has received it? Mine has been in production since forever and the collection date on the slip was 29th June.

Is there a sure number to call or a email to carryout a follow up?

Btw… I want to beg all of the debaters - abeg e don do. All of you are right! Let it end . I’m on my knees

koonbey:
😹😹😹😹The amount of self-delusion I’ve seen ehn.

« Best and brightest. »

« Nigerian immigrants in the UK are like banana island residents among Nigerians »

« Nigeria is sending » ..: abi people are jumping ship and fleeing for their lives 😹

P.S. Me I will not engage this or similar topics here again, so help me God, so I don’t end up saying things I do not want to put on a public forum.

Not only can’t you grasp and understand the basics of statistics. You’ve also proven that you don’t understand what the word “analogy” means.

Na people wey dey follow you argue I pity. How do you even start to help someone who can neither understand simple maths nor comprehend basic English language?