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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 2:43pm On Sep 26, 2023 |
@justwise, If this Tithe and Church argument was done by some other people, you would have deleted it all and said it was derailing the thread and off-topic. Please, you guys can create another thread for this and share your thoughts there. It doesn't concern our conversation here. 11 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 10:12pm On Sep 24, 2023 |
rinzylee: Nah, not worth it. |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 8:49pm On Sep 24, 2023 |
rinzylee: Imachakwa! Normal na, Justwise and Lexus no dey use ear hear Church. They come with full force whenever Church is mentioned. 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 9:45pm On Sep 22, 2023 |
AgentXxx: Hmmm... Rough play. 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by Solumtoya: 6:36pm On Sep 21, 2023 |
elisinho: Nice of them! No worries though, I haven't gotten a Mortgage through them, but just loved their services when I used them for M-I-P |
Travel / Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by Solumtoya: 12:08pm On Sep 21, 2023 |
Marvhyx: Cabin luggage depends on the Airline but it should be anywhere between 8kg and 23kg. Most Airlines care less about the weight and more about the dimensions. They have specific size requirements so it can fit in the overhead rack. Please check your flight ticket, it would have all the information you need. 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by Solumtoya: 12:02pm On Sep 21, 2023 |
ukay2: Sweet! |
Travel / Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by Solumtoya: 9:33am On Sep 21, 2023 |
Barclays Bank Rates now
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Travel / Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by Solumtoya: 5:38am On Sep 21, 2023 |
elisinho: The solicitor's quote varies a lot depending on the Solicitor and type of property. It's usually around £1,500 to £2,000. The quotation I had gotten for a £250k house in June was £1,593 from L&C so yours is high but not too far off. As for STRIKE vs Lloyds, I would say NEITHER. Get a good Mortgage Broker like L&C or any of the ones listed on this thread, better still, get recommendations from family or friends. A Mortgage Broker or Advisor would shop around the market and get you the best deal. Lloyds or any other Bank can give you AIP easily but deny your Mortgage application especially if you are on a Visa. I have so many Mortgage-in-principles from a number of Lenders but only Barclays Bank seems to actually give Mortgages to Visa holders without requiring 25% deposit or £100k income. A good Mortgage Broker knows these things and will review your application thoroughly for success. Lastly, the Mortgage Brokers are typically free of charge since they earn commission from the Lender. I am no expert but these are my opinions. 6 Likes 2 Shares |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 8:22pm On Sep 20, 2023 |
AgentXxx: Romanians! They have totally hacked it. They work so hard and fast, and flourish at Amazon. I enjoyed being with them cos they don't complain, just earn their money in peace. 2 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 7:02pm On Sep 20, 2023 |
AgentXxx: Mine was 2 breaks of 30 minutes each. And yeah, they pay as much as £2,000 Welcome Bonus around November. Funny how people are screaming of tales of waist breaking, "you no go survive"... LIES! One thing I noticed at Amazon is that Nigerians and Indians complain a lot! And they don't last long. It was good money and the job didn't need any heavy-lifting. It just needed speed and many people complain about that as they wanted to rest or sleep during working hours. 99% of Nigerians left to Care Work because they said they could sleep during the shift or rest. 5 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 10:07am On Sep 20, 2023 |
justwise: Quick Maths: With the Warehouse, I was earning over £3k monthly, sometimes even over £4k. With the £50k job, I never saw up to £3k salary in any month. 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 8:47am On Sep 20, 2023 |
justwise: This is actually viable. I remember coming into the UK and was earning about £800 weekly as a Warehouse Operative. I got a £50k offer and jumped at it immediately. I was earning less than the Warehouse job but had the "hope" of earning more in future. The "hope" came to fruition in a few months. I advise he does what @Gemma11 said: continue the care as part time to beef up the salary. That was what I did, I was doing my Warehouse job during the weekends. 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 7:30am On Sep 19, 2023 |
Blazingdiamondz: This is a personal decision, there is no right or wrong answers. It just depends on what you want. If you need sponsorship or money urgently, for instance, stick to the care role. 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 5:33pm On Sep 16, 2023 |
Agidipie: Please consider Airbnb first. You can get for similar price as rent+utilities and it's easy to get |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 6:20pm On Sep 14, 2023 |
olasmade: Check the link below, look at the Nationalities allowed, the rules and seek professional advice. Nigerians are eligible for about 8 or so. https://www.visatraveler.com/blog/travel-countries-visa-free-with-uk-visa/ 6 Likes 1 Share |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 6:18pm On Sep 14, 2023 |
Jbloc: Not true. There are quite a few Countries apart from UK. |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 9:11am On Sep 08, 2023 |
ubby26: I'm very patriotic but let's be honest, our License back home is rubbish. No learning, no testing, no vetting, nothing. Basically, anyone can get a license whether they can drive safely or not and we all know this, let's not act like we don't. I am very disappointed that the FRSC doesn't want to get the issuance process right, all they care about is the little money to "speed it up". I would be shocked (and worried) if the DVLA does automatic swap for our license. 5 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 1:31pm On Aug 31, 2023 |
profemebee: Pretty much, yeah. Just set up the Direct Debit to pay in full monthly. Exception is Cash Withdrawals so just avoid them entirely. 2 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 12:22pm On Aug 31, 2023 |
lavida001: In summary, you don't pay interest on purchases that are repaid within the interest-free period of about 45 to 60 days. The easiest way to avoid the interest is to set a direct debit on your Credit Card app that makes repayment in full every month from your Bank Account. 2 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 12:16pm On Aug 31, 2023 |
lavida001: I'd just repost one of my long epistles on Credit Cards below: Credit Cards (CCs) are one of the best Credit Tools you can have but yes, like every good thing, it does have its dangers. Most folks here are trying to build Credit Score and to be very honest, CCs are the easiest way to do so. There are so many other ways, of course, and you should do them: Registering in the Electoral Register, Setting up Direct Debits for Utility Bills, Phone/SIM Contracts, etc but from experience since these are not Credit facilities, they may not boost your score as much as a CC. The rules of CC usage are simple: ensure you pay at least the minimum balance (usually 10% of your usage as at the statement date). So if your cycle is 1st to 30th of every month, on the 30th, you get a statement saying you have used £2,000 and you are given a grace period (typically extra 14 to 23 days) to pay back 10% or more, and whatever balance is unpaid, interest will be charged to the card after the grace period. During this grace period, the next cycle has obviously started running. And the next month balance will sum of what you spent in the month, plus the unpaid balance from the previous month and the interest added. IF YOU DON'T PAY THIS MINIMUM, YOU HAVE DEFAULTED. Now, the main reasons why CCs are a brilliant facility are evident: 1. Their Interest-free periods means you can use them without ever paying interests: to do this, you must pay everything in full as the interest only starts counting on the unpaid balance after the grace period. An exception is usually Cash Withdrawals, Interest on Cash Withdrawals start counting immediately. Another evil trick of Cash Withdrawal is usually that their interest is higher. There's another evil of Cash Withdrawals but it might be a little technical to explain in this post. Just avoid Cash Withdrawals if you don't want interest 2. CCs are revolving, meaning they are like Overdrafts, not Term Loans, so if I have a limit of £6k, when I spend it and repay, my full limit is re-instated, so I don’t need to re-apply (ever) unless I void the contract. 3. Rewards: Most CCs earn you Miles, Points, etc for usage and referrals. 4. Fees: Many CCs come with little or no extra fees to the Cardholder. I could go on and on. So, pretty much, you can use your Debit Card for only Cash Withdrawal and use Cash for non-Card payments, while you use your CC for everything else and pay little or no interest while building your credit score. Now, as beautiful as it sounds, in my 7 years as a Credit Card Product Manager, I have seen so many people wallow in heavy credit card debts. The truth is most humans are not just disciplined enough to handle such an allowance of funds. They deep their hands into it at the slightest opportunity and end up living above their means. CCs are very addictive so don't get a CC if you love to spend, the CC provider would love you and keep increasing your limit and you may land in a gloomy state: you earn just £2k monthly and are given a £6k CC, as you spend and spend, they keep increasing the limit and before you know it, you have a £20k CC fully spent on that Funeral you sponsored inyou sponsored in Oshogbo and that trip to Turkey. How will you pay You break the card and start paying back £600 monthly, but that covers only the interest and the amount is NOT reducing every month. You realize you are stuck and have fallen for our trap and that is how we make our interest income and cover for those who are using the card wisely. I'm sorry this post was really long, I even had to cut this short because I could go on and on about the benefits of CC (purchase protection, chargeback, acceptance, etc), the financially wise know this and hardly ever use Debit Cards but enjoy the benefits of a CC. The financially foolish use CCs to have fun for a few years or months and spend the rest of their lives as slaves to it. The choice is yours! EDIT: For those who want the AMEX credit card with NO FIXED fees, you can use my referral link below. You get points for British Airways flights and and Holiday bookings. You get 6,000 points while I get 4,000. I have over 100k points which I can use to travel to anywhere in the world for free now: https://americanexpress.com/en-gb/referral/jEDIDAgksF?XL=MNMNS 16 Likes 5 Shares |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 9:37am On Aug 31, 2023 |
profemebee: Currys finance is not a credit builder debt. Use Experian to check for credit you're eligible for. There might be some low limit, high interest cards. You don't have to pay interest though. 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 9:35am On Aug 31, 2023 |
Schoolhike: So annoying. I block each of them to reduce it on my feed, I don't even bother chatting them up cos from the ad and the seller's profile, you can tell it's a scam. But they are so many! |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 9:33am On Aug 31, 2023 |
Wegetju: You can get automatic license as it may be easier to pass the test. If necessary, you can always upgrade it later to a manual license, by then, the test would be easier 3 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The UK: Property,Mortgage And Related by Solumtoya: 8:49am On Aug 30, 2023 |
Interest Rates biting harder.
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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 7:48am On Aug 30, 2023 |
Pearlyfaze: Yeah, they're the same. Also, avoid Cash Withdrawals 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 7:47am On Aug 30, 2023 |
Efftyy: 911 on Experian in 7 months?! That has to be a record! 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 7:44am On Aug 28, 2023 |
Jaylord11: Don't. Don't go applying for random cards. You'd kill your small credit score. Use an eligibility checker, Experian has it. Check for cards you're 100% eligible for, then apply. 5 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 7:38am On Aug 28, 2023 |
igbsam: Having more credit cards is a more dangerous game, not many people can play. In UK, the ideal is 2 or 3, then balance transfer cards for well-thought out heavy expenses with extreme discipline. https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/23661875/debt-app-improve-credit-score-money-traps/ 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 6:35am On Aug 27, 2023 |
igbsam: What's the point though? 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 8:01am On Aug 26, 2023 |
giselle237: He wants to earn more for calling in sick 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solumtoya: 10:09pm On Aug 25, 2023 |
hustla: I doubt if AMEX does that automatically. Just go to the chatbot on the app and request a limit increase. I randomly requested for a limit increase to £10k a while back and was granted. Meanwhile, someone used my referral link recently: https://americanexpress.com/en-gb/referral/jEDIDAgksF?XL=MNMNS Fresh users should always apply using a referral link so you can start off with Avios points. Mine gives 6,000 points now. 3 Likes 2 Shares |
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