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Lexusgs430:
This is exactly why I mentioned at face value........ It totally depends on the reason(s) for curtailment.....

A few years ago, I managed to assist a lady from facing curtailment to eventually recieving her ILR (her case might be different)........

Oh sorry maybe the use of my grammar is wrong , Visa withdrawn as a result of non compliance to Home office rules (less hours).

Got letter from HO to leave Uk by June (60 days expiration) letter came in late I guess or maybe they did not receive letter early.

Lexusgs430:
Wow.... This is serious o...... If I was to take this at face value and they have decided to depart..... Why is she not departing much sooner (with a fit to fly certificate).....

Haa egbon mi thanks for the reply, they are still looking into pushing for other opportunities if possible, maybe another offer could show up, reason why.

Coupled with flight ticket for whole family ain’t cheap for the short term planning, they considering wife stays and put to bed before leaving as well.

But that aside, the main reason is if they can still get an offer before the date

Hi all,

I’ve got a family friend whose visa has be curtailed to leave Uk by1st week of June, the issue is that the wife is pregnant with EDD of July.

Could you please advice on how to navigate this, obviously airline might not allow entry due to closeness of the EDD date.


EDD - expected date of delivery

Ibro99:
Can I dm too as an incoming data engineer? 😀

Yes, sure

corpershun:
I know I only come here once in a while but cheers to everyone that shares important information on this thread. You are treasured!

Any data professional in the building, would love to connect. Plus is there a thread or even forum network for Black Data professionals in the UK?

I have recently ported from project management to a core data quality role (did MSc.data science) so need to overcome my imposter syndrome and be confident in my dealings with ‘onyibo’ and colleagues.

Dm

Wegetju:
Hi guys

I am preparing for DWP Case Review Executive Officer pre recorded video interview. Does anyone have any tips for me.
The competencies tested are Communicating and Influencing
Managing a Quality Service
Making Effective Decisions

Just have 2 or three different solid answers (scenarios) for each of the competencies.

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eniola1010:
pls guys i just have a question to ask

how can a band2 nurse assistant upgrade to a band3, is there exam to be written or what is the procedure.

also, what band do nhs sponsor when it comes to nurse assistant, some ppl say they do sponsor band3 while others say its only band4 upwards they sponsor?

Band 3 upward depending on trust, most health board sponsor band 3 in Scotland.

If you don’t get an answer here would advice you hook up with someone in band 3 or get in touch with people within your team or colleague or line manager, there should be a pathway

toughest007:
Yes.

Paying another ihs fee for a period (3yrs) that have previously been paid in full makes no sense at all.

Zahra29 is there a way to recover this money? Cos paying double ihs fees ain't funny.

Just got information from a friend that, it will be considered as overlapping IHS which is refundable.
Said he got the info from home office.


Reason for my previous question as well.


Also, to add peope working in the Admin role in health related sector are also eligible for IHS refund every six month. Wasn’t aware of this before.

Say for instance working as a data engineer in nhs or public health, admin in care home etc, can apply for IHS refund together with dependant.

toughest007:
Visa transfer to a new employer.

Thanks Schoolhike.

So, you will be paying new IHS fee together with the application?

Zahra29:
It sounds like you're staying with the same employer?

If you’ll be doing a different job for your current employer, you only need to apply to update your visa if your new job is in a different occupation code.

Edit: what is your current occupation code? I believe the new occupation code for HEO is 3560

Current code is 4111, yes changing to 3560 (same employer)

Although there are two scenarios involved.

1st is changing job (occupation code) with the same employer

2nd is changing employer entirely.

Will the two scenarios above involve paying for new IHS fee, and if so, will the previous IHS be refunded back (only used less than 2 months )

toughest007:
Thanks Zahra.

Yes, I have the clause already covered.

That being the case, the only cost implication would then be for the visa transfer application for just me, the main applicant. My dependents don't need to apply.

Thanks

@ toughest007, do you mean when updating visa (change of job or moving to new/current employer) you only get to pay visa fee or IHS will be included?

Schoolhike:
Please anyone have experience of updating updating visa by changing jobs or role on a sponsored role with the same employer. Currently sponsored on EO got HEO and saw on gov website that a new application will still be made with new IHS, is it possible to get refund for the previously paid Ihs when the current sponsorship is still less than 2 months.

@Zahra do you have insight into this?

taalas:
@Reesheeuknack..I just got a work visa, how, can I generate a share code without BRP and while still outside the UK..my HR asked of it.I plan to enter the UK next week

You can definitely generate share code without BRP


Guess you have ukvi account opened when applying for the visa.

Google (Prove your right to work to an employer)

You will have three options (Tell us about your immigration status



I have a UK Visas and Immigration account

I have status under the EU Settlement Scheme

I have a biometric residence card or permit)

Choose the first option, this will prompt you to enter the login details for your ukvi account, you will then be able to generate your share code without BRP.

I hope this helps.

Hi, anyone working in NHS with information on the ease of progressing from say Band 6 to Band 7 (Administrative role precisely)? In terms of years and skilling up and other considerable factors.

Please anyone have experience of updating updating visa by changing jobs or role on a sponsored role with the same employer. Currently sponsored on EO got HEO and saw on gov website that a new application will still be made with new IHS, is it possible to get refund for the previously paid Ihs when the current sponsorship is still leads than 2 months.

Efftyy:
Kindly give more clarity to my situation.

I worked as a HCA in nhs in band 3 sponsored role, I was able to secure band 4 with same Trust.

Do I need to carry out any updates on my visa?
Is any update needed to be given to home office ?

Thank you

Your employer will need to inform the home office

kwakudtraveller:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65eb224562ff48ff7487b2ed/Dependent_family_members_in_work_routes.pdf

Thanks

Zahra29:
You're welcome. Hope your beautiful little girl (my namesake ) is doing well

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She’s fine, little bit troublesome.

Thanks for the explanation

Zahra29:
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Allowances have been made for dependant childcare born in the UK to be added to the parent's visa. Any other dependants will only be considered under exceptional circumstances.

Can you shed more light on this or reference to it.

Thanks for your detailed responses

babajeje123:
Congratulations 🎊. Did Cybersecurity too unfortunately didn't get distinction. Just 1 mark made the difference. Fortunately got a role in NHS as a Technical Analyst with sponsorship after few months on post study. Spread your tentacles, don't limit yourself.

Lucky you


Got sponsored while on post study you mean?

hustla:
Please o, if you can help me get the name of the course tutor, I really don't like reading books as I feel its a bit 'slow'

.. But why do they want cloud sec guys to be doing app testing, dast etc when QA guys are there

Baba you Dey miss niyen oh if you no Dey read.


Read one book recently (storytelling with data by Cole nussbaumer), since then I’ve always been seeing error in people’s analysis and chart lol)

Currently reading fundamentals of Data engineering still in chapter 2 (gained lots more than combinations of some courses I took in the past).

Likewise when I read pl300 (power bi) on Microsoft as compelled to do so by workplace else no access to power bi ( learnt so many things I don’t know even with my proficiency in it)

hustla:
Please o, if you can help me get the name of the course tutor, I really don't like reading books as I feel its a bit 'slow'

.. But why do they want cloud sec guys to be doing app testing, dast etc when QA guys are there

lol, this is me learning so many things when I have not gotten, I keep learning so many things at a time because in my mind I believe I don’t know anything, when I secured my first job couldn’t get to use most of stuffs I’ve learnt, in my current job, was able to use all extensively to the extent I automated almost all my workload now helping other colleagues with their task.

Hopefully one very nice job will come your way soon, then you will realised that you know a lot of stuffs that you will even think you are being under-utilised. Would just say you look for one or two solid project to work on and be able to discuss about it when interview comes your way. Because to me you’ve learnt a lot of stuffs.

Zahra29:
Where is Justwise ohhhhhh....the class is getting too rowdy 😭

lol, remain small before you get dragged aswel,

by the way, while some of your past comments didn't quite sit right with me (as you know truth is bitter to hear), but they were always interesting to read because they offered a different perspective. But when I reflect on them objectively, they often turn out to be spot on. Your recent comments are particularly fascinating, especially on immigration matters; they're straightforward and mostly accurate.

Oh, and interestingly enough, my first baby shares the same name as yours

wonlasewonimi:
Yeah I know. I don't want you to limit yourself that's why I didn't call it devsecops. It's a glorified appsec. However, the more technical part is the SRE/ observability and monitoring. There's one guy I know that paid for a course called practical devsecops. I just read books.

Get to learn more and understand fundamentals when reading.

Just git to know about that late last year.

Prefer to read book and use AI to understand some concept.

This reminds me, there was an argument about a Nigerian nurse who has spent 15 years in the UK still being addressed as Nigerian-born. I guess if the situation were flipped, say, a national of another country does something bad, would it be okay to address a white-skinned person as Nigerian even after spending many years or after granting the person a citizenship? Lol, this just crossed my mind.

Viruses:
Point noted but the original story is still fake because they would not be travelling with CoS and a used CoS cannot be revoked.

I guess it’s not fake.

I know of someone that the wife wasn’t allowed to apply for visa because the company’s license the husband works for got canceled/revoked.

Still possible in this scenario I guess, as Zahra’s mentioned,

jedisco:
Many masters students OTOH are pretty much shafted as a good number came with family and jobs paying 38k are not very easy to come by. For many, it's either they go into care (meaning part of the family returns home) or they start looking elsewhere e.g Canada

Spot on, The crafted policy looks like a win-win, the economy gets its fill without tipping the public fund scales. Folks are being boxed into a corner, packed up their lives and families with dreams of better prospects, only to find the goalposts have moved.

okposm:
This is a bit discouraging cos how does 11+4 equals 18 according to my total score in the civil service job site when they are not INEC. This is not logical. it means after grading, score was tampered with and they forgot to chnage the total or only an individual was involved in grading. cos it amazed how it passed all quality checks. I interviewed with HMRC.

The other one I did with ofgem, the way the lady acted was like I was profiled. I used my passport as ID and she asked me to take it a bit away from the screen so she could see and screamed "that is a Nigerian passport" and asked me what type of visa I was holding and when it expires. That they do give sponsorship but that it is not guaranteed. I failed that one no feedback was given and was told if i wanted feedback i should send a mail.

Ah, I didn't understand what you meant initially; that's unfortunate. Perhaps they forgot to include the score because they might have also overlooked the other criteria. For DWP, I think it's 3 or 4 criteria (I can't remember if it's 3 or 4).

Hmm, most of the time, in situations like this, I don't assume what's on people's minds, even if it seems obvious from their facial expressions. I wouldn't assume until it's explicitly stated. I just think maybe that's just how the person is because, in most cases, assuming would weigh me down, and I wouldn't be able to proceed or move on, I just clear my mind since it’s not stated

On the other hand, my personal stance has been that if I dedicate my time to writing SOPs and attending interviews, you must definitely give feedback. I will pursue them until they provide me with feedback. You can't just waste my time like that.

I heard from a colleague at Ofgem, told me that his permanent contract had an end date that coincided with his visa expiration date, suggesting that their sponsorship might be role-specific. Also maybe people frequently ask for sponsorship.

okposm:
good afternoon everyone. Please I need civil servants to explain how they mark interview. I recently attended an interview on teams. After the interview, I felt I did well. However, after the mail I decided to look at the feedback. They said they expected me to have mentioned the name of tool I used for analysis, and what I was told to analyse which I did mention during the interview. However, what I found confusing was that I was scored 11 on strength and 4 on experience. However, my total score was left at 18.

Hmm, I'm not sure if they have a specific template for scoring candidates. Sometimes, they are not just interested in someone as a candidate.

I also did an interview recently, touched on everything in the job's essential criteria, and was told that I have all the experience needed for the job but was not successful at the interview.

They gave me data to analyze without a specific question to answer. I summarized the whole dataset with stats and charts, which was well commended. During feedback, he mentioned that I should have included this and that in the analysis. I told him that you and I both know that this is not what data analysis is all about. You can’t just give someone data without knowing what question we want to answer with the data and be expecting an exact answer. He was like, well, that’s true, but this is how the interview is, implying that I'm practically correct.

Just keep trying because the job market is a little bit saturated now.

Over 100 people jostling for one single position.
Have heard of this in many cases.

250jobs was advertised by HMRC, over 10000 people applied for the job.


I guess that your interview is DWP, right?

lightofjoy:
Hello my people, I have come again, my appreciation for your prompt response to my request/worry earlier today, I appreciate them a lot. My thanks goes to @Lexusgs430, @Controlv, @LaXxOnebody, @LionlnZion and my special thanks to @Jamesclooney; God bless you sir for your advice and encouragement, am grateful. I appreciate all Nairaland family, this is a community like family that relieve your burden when you don't see way forward.
About my last request and worries, tonight around past 7pm, I got home office approval for our skilled worker dependent visa and that of my children.
I will tell little of my story, I came into the UK late 2022 on a student visa, couldn't get a job, we were spending the little change we brought from Nigeria though we have paid 6 months rent in advance before we left Nigeria and that really help us when there was no job.

Congratulations 🎊

cbn4main:
Elders in the house,
I don tire to do these civil service interviews. So far more than 6 done ( I got on 2 reserve lists for EO and HEO roles).

What exactly do they really want? How can I secure an offer? What should I do differently?

I speak quite well and confidently during interviews. I structure my answers to the behavioural and strength questions quite well.

I will appreciate any word of advice 🙏

Lots of factors, maybe someone within the team with Lower grade was also interviewed, that’s just one, can’t continue to list them out, also lots of candidates jostling for one position, etc just continue and never get tired at least you are getting interviews (more chance), some aren’t getting any.

Being placed on the reserve list means you are worth giving the job, continue and soon you will be back here to share success story.

Arap:
I'm in this boat too and it's been very unsettling. The new policy is very harsh on those seeking skilled worker visa. Got a B6 role and HR agreed to sponsor, but near the expiry of my current visa which is 2025. My manager took my case to the HR head, but he was told I'm not the only affected candidate and they cannot change the their policy on COS till they finished consultation.

I've accepted the offer and I've started chasing B7.

Hmn, sounds like a good plan.