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gbemmiey: Yea, if I were to go to Medway via train, how do I go about it, missed the 11am bus even tho I got there at 10:50. It's really annoying.

Where exactly are you coming from?

BTW, there's a double room and double bed available very close to school. The person listed it as 320 but you could get it for 300pm.
All bills inclusive

I would have taken it but i already paid for another place before he responded for viewing.
Here's the link

[url]http://www.gumtree.com/p/double-room-flatshare/large-bedroom-in-student-house-medway-%C2%A3320-monthly-all-bills-included/1082173336[/url]

You can also look around gumtree

DisGuy: Think you will take a train from london bridge/greenwich going to Gillingham, stop is at chatham town

Chatham station is a bit farther. He should go to Gillingham station

HudsonBanks: Reporting Live from Hamad International! Got here 2 hours ago Na God go punish all our Nigerian Airlines oo with their piss poor service I swear. My flight was super smooth with 5 star service I repeat 5 star service!! Chai!

Planned to go to their Oryx Lounge but the airport itself na lounge with fast working free wifi and all, so no need to blow $40 on the Oryx Lounge any more.

I almost missed my flight today oo and even carried a little bit of excess luggage (Carried two bags, one na 85% Indomie ) but talking nice and smiling to the fine lady at their check in desk allowed me get away with being late and paying for excess luggage.

Arriving London in the morning. God bless us all here and allow us achieve fantastic grades in our post grad endeavors, Amen!

My man

This one wey u dey shout 5 star, e be like say them serve una Egusi soup with pounded yam?
I hope that indomie is the big pack(220g). I couldn't find it here in gillingham, i had to buy a carton of the small packs(70g).

wish you safe flight to london

guiddoti: I want to formally thank Justwise, Spikec and the Dons, you guys had really make the visa processing easy. I got approved mail. Thank you Jesus. Next level on my mind, ticketing sharp sharp.

Congrats man

KingRuckus: Guys, I got admission from both Kingston Uni & University of Hertfordshire ; please which 1 offers the better academic quality & correct social life ??
January entry, 2015.

From the leauge table here: http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings

It's obvious Hertfordshire is far better. Nevertheless, you still have to consider location, money involved and student life

meiloya: Think spickesC has infected us all with the good news. Just got my visa approved, submitted application at VFS, Ikeja on Monday - 3 days ago. Think this is earlier than usual. To God be the Glory!!
...

Lol, it's not me oo. It's beautiful Jamela

BossLadyCEO: Oga why is it? As in hw? Pls abeg I need to knw. I jst booked emirate 2day o. This ur statement is scary..

Probably because of the baggage allowance.

Errm, can you help me with some info.
I am helping a few friends with there Germany school stuff and i would like to know about the scholarship thingy you talked about a while ago.
Is there a link you can give me to check it out.

Would really appreciate if you can

jamela: Thanks for the encouragement. Infact you are God sent. Immediately I read your reply, my approval mail came in from same email address.

I've been approved! Yay! So happy. Thanks to everyone who helped with advice on this thread. Storming vfs ikeja mrw morning

Congrats

MallamYahaya: Iyawotobe,

I had the same issues too. Please check your account too and find out whether you have not already been debited.

Create a paga account. Google paga and register. Transfer the money to your paga account and pay through paga. That was what I did.

I can confirm that paga is reliable.

She doesn't even need to create an account with page, she should just pay through paga gateway

DFAM: Pls, how best can I move my fund from GTB into my Barclays account. I supposed I could use my master card at the POS to do that. But the lady I meet at the bank says they can only give me swift code and then I have to contact GTB to effect the transfer. Cc: SpikesC, DonOms.

You should be able to do that, i am sure of it.

Nevertheless, if your GTB account is domiciliary, then you can do an international transfer else you'll have to withdraw it from an ATM.

If the money you wish to move is for paying bills, like school fees, i would advice you pay with the card.

DFAM: , but at least I was saved the stress of having to re-arrange my bag all over again

You can say that again. Welcome to the UK

honey86: Unfortunately its a single 30kg bag, my parents flew emirates to manchester last xmas and they could only take 1 bag each.

na wa oooo

EAkoteyon: thanks all for your response.
I'll look for ways to reduce my load.
As I'm taking connecting flight from Dubai, will I pay again at Dubai if I have excess load after I've paid In Lagos?

naaah

DonOms: It's a single hold luggage of 30 kG and a hand luggage of 7 kG for Emirates. EAKoteyon will have to pay for extra luggage if it's above the recommended.

It should be about USD 65 per kG for Economy flight from LOS to LHR. You can use the baggage calculator to know the price: http://www.emirates.com/uk/english/plan_book/essential_information/baggages/baggage_calculator.aspx

If you got this from there website, just disregard it.
Flights, in Nigeria atleast, are mostly double check in bags.

Royal air maroc listed 1 checking bag on there website, but i called them and they said it's 2. It was also written 2 on my ticket
That was why i told him to call to confirm.

If he's paying for extra luggage online, he's wasting money. Extra luggage is cheaper to pay for at the airport because you can beat down the price.

daintydee: Thanks to @justwise @spikesc and everyone on this thread.
You all kept me strong and going with your posts all thru the long wait. Finally got my visa from teleperformance today since 21st of August.
I wish others waiting for deirs goodluck.

Anyone goin to Coventry University?

KazNaija: Gentlemen,
I now sign off. I got a review and now have the visa. On my way out today but can't go without thanking everyone on this forum. Justwise and SpikesC, I can't leave without mentioning you guys. I can't help this nagging feeling that you guys are angels or work in the High Commission or some high cause like that. Thanks a million. Most thanks of course to the Most High as everything and more comes from HIM.

Congrats guys
I wish you all well with your studies

EAkoteyon: abeg o, I hope my crayfish, dried fish will be safe and arrive successfully. I think I'll b having excess load, how's d charge like on Emirates? what's d maximum load I can carry on Emirates?

They will as far as they don't get above 20kg altogether.
I think Emirates is 2x35kg checking bags and 12kg hand luggage.

But am not sure, so contact them and ask

pato231: thats nice @spikesC i will also be at medway campus in january,do you think i can commute from london to the university daily as my wife lives in london and will want to stay with her,if thats not possible can one get a short stay accomodation where i can stay just monday to friday and go home weekends.thanks bro

Yes it's possible, but solely depends on your capability.
If you can get to the Greenwich campus easily, they have a school bus that goes from there to Medway regularly. Though you'll have to compare your timetable and the departure times of the bus.

Or, you can go by train easily to the Gillingham station. Though you'll have to take a 35mins walk down to school or take a bus.

Yes, you can get such rooms but it's very few and most times it's the same cost as a normal rental

DFAM: ,thanks bro. Actually, I did not. I was just been careful after I heard they do not allow liquid of any sort.

Na wa to you oo. Why are now giving a testimony. Your own no be miracle na

constance234: @spikesC
how is all going i know you will have settled in well,pls is your campus also at Medway,i will be studying at the university of greenwich at medway.
if you are also studying there can you tell me a bit about the Environment?i dont think i want a dull community...LOL
Thanks and remember our coffer date o..

It's all good.
Yes, am also at Medway. The environment is quite good. A bit countryside and a bit urban.
It's not as busy as London but night life is good.
It's a student area, as there're 3 universities and 2 colleges around here, so there would never be a dull moment

I haven't forgotten ofcourse
Will be waiting for her majesty

gbemmiey: Lol I did tell u tho, msc food safety and quality management

I forgot, too many people coming and going through nairaland

gbemmiey: So today was nice, lecture from 9 to 4pm. Had an hour mmingle section with lots of nibbles and drinks . Had to leave my house before 7am to get a bus to school. Got a terrible headache and I'm hungry . They all just kept talking about plagiarism . Still hunting for accommodation . I hope I don't sleep off in this bus tho.

You don already start to dey chop there poison
I bet you'll never forget that word, plagiarism, till you graduate. They be like forcing it down your throat

Seems you're still staying very far. Omo, accommodation here na war oooo
Gillingham is full o, you better look fast.
Most houses are gone online. The few you'll find are via word of mouth

DFAM: Greetings to the great people here. I have been following this thread for sometime now. Great job oga justwise, spikesC, etc. I came into the UK on monday via Lufthansa after a brief stop at Frankfurt. Lufthansa is cool, will recommendhere. It anytime any day. Brought in some foodstuffs and luckily my bag wasn't searched, both in Naija and at the POE. Brighton is a quiet and lovely city, gradually settling down. Lectures and seminars have been great. Trust God to make the best out of my stay here.

Welcome

These are one of the few blessed people like me
His bags was not searched in either POE

I hope you brought in heavy liquid food stuffs like oil, else this your testimony will not be worth it

IyawoToBe: That's much na. For an 82,000 something

That quote was around 4 months ago and a Tier-4 visa. That's why i told you it depends

gbemmiey: Staying at Peckham but my school is at Medway ( Greenwich)

Greenwich? And you never come pay safe-landing tax
Which course and what level?

IyawoToBe: lol. A 'little bit more' is how much pls?

Depends on the exchange rate, but have a budget of around 96,000 for everything

countsparrow: Does receiving a call from sheffield for another interview has anything to do with the decision they will make?

ofcourse it does. They probably has something to verify that's why they called.
But someone here recieved a call from them, it was noisy where he was so they dropped the call. But he was given his visa later

BossLadyCEO: Kudos to spikesC for ur timely and tactical suggrstions. Shout out to justwise for creating this platforms. U guys are wonderful and doing great tinz to pple's lives on this forum. More grace to ur elbow. It ws 9ce been on this forum. All d best to others awaiting their visas.
Any other late comers at DMU Leicester? abi na only me waka come?...intl welkom wk n induction kukuma don end. Na to find ur way orientate ursef remain since class sef don start.
Ciao in Leicester. ..
p.s pls justwise which airline is convenient n most affordable to heathrow. Need to book tonight for saturday. Thank u

Congrats
Search through wakanow

GeneralShepherd: Royal air maroc is 77k

sharp man

For anybody booking tickets, search with wakanow.
If our precious royal air maroc is still the cheapest, call them directly and book your flight. They will charge you exactly what you got from wakanow.

It can also apply to other airlines.

IyawoToBe: Same prob we are having. Been trying to pay with GTbank's card and it keeps saying unsuccessful payment.

You guys should be able to pay through payga.

When paying, you have the options to pay through mastercard, visa, payga etc. Just chose payga
Though they charge a little bit more

3sha4lyf: Search well... We get them plenty. Alternatively, Knorr pots are the bomb. . You can get dem from Tesco, ASDA, Morrisons Sainsbury's etc.



If he's unlucky and goes thru the "nothing to declare" and they actually call him for a search, that may be a problem when they see frozen palm oil

You're wonderful
I'll check them out this week. Time to wow my sister in law....again

Him own don do be that na

GeneralShepherd: Guy abeg ehh a friend of mine used his credit card to help me pay my school fees. And I want to give him 4million in the uk. What is the best way to pay him that money in pounds sterling?

You made a mistake o. You should have paid it with your Nigerian card.
Well, if he must take it in pounds, you have to exchange your naira and send it to him through bank.

You can also use the services of individual money transfer and exchangers as they're a bit cheaper.
I know of one here on nairaland, bebe2, i think.

Pls, note that i have never used her services, therefore i am not endorsing her, neither is this a guarantee.

But she has been on nairaland for long and was a regular on this section.

IntroVAT: I've decided against arik.I was just told by Arik I can't for a student, and that even if I book a return flight since i'm going for a 3 year course, the return will be forfeited. Ridiculous

Or is that the same for all flights? For longer terms like mine, the return is forfeited?

So if I want to book for a return, what should the return date be in my case? What's the maximum a ticket can be held for?

Arik is an uninformed company or they probably like the money they get when people forfeit their return tickets.
You can book a one way as your course lasts for more than one year. Just look for another airline

If you intend returning within one year, then book a return ticket that gives you the option of changing your return date.

DisGuy: very true your main problem would be the nigerian immigration/customs/vet/lastma and all those funny coloured guys checking your bag

I doubt it's just a restaurant he's launching, be like full scale supermarket with take-away unit

Lmao at funny colored guys

Abeg, the bigger the better. We need more food spot options in this country

IntroVAT: Hello All...

Please I want to book my flight (arik), but I want to book one-way

Please I hope this is allowed and not a red-flag? I don't intend to book a return ticket because I can't afford it, but even if I had to What should be the return date considering my visa is 3 years

Thanks

Cc justwise cc spikesC

You can book one way

Amdan: I just finish my MSc here in the UK and about to start my PhD and want to bring my family along. I already have established presence and want to rely on this when applying for visa. My tuition fee is already covered. The thing is, should I extended my visa here first using the "established presence" then apply for my family to join me later using the same "established presence"? Or go back to Nigeria and apply together with the "established presence" backing? Which approach will require me to show less amount for living expenses?

I intend to apply in abuja. How fast can I expect Teleperformance to process my Visa if I come back and apply together with my family?

I would advise you extend in the UK first, then send your documents to them to apply.
This is because their visa expiry will be the same as yours.