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wonlasewonimi:
Through cotonou just joking o

I remember there used to be a visa whereby a family coming to the UK could bring in a domestic worker legally to the UK in that capacity. Some of those oil company people in Aberdeen back in the days when Aberdeen was a boomtown had nannies they brought in on those visas. Not sure if the visa still exists.

DFmum:
Okay, My mum has US green card , came back to Nigeria since November 2019, and didn't go back to US after then, how do I go about her bringing my kids here. Please I really need to know how to go about this

Just remember not to say she is coming to look after your children; simply state she's coming to visit with you and your children.

Lexusgs430:
I bet you, that soft spoken lovely landlady, would tell you she does not accept credit cards.............

Lol.
Very few private landlords, if any, will accept credit cards for rent payments. Potential wahala too much.

DFmum:
Please what happens if my kids with dependant visa fails to come into UK within the 90days?

You will need to apply for a replacement vignette.

yolkman20:
Good morning and compliments of the season.

We're moving to the UK by January ending and I need advise on which best commuters town we can stay. Wifey's school is Westminster university and we've been advised to commute to save cost.

Please, I'm looking at somewhere not so expensive (rent and general living cost), not too far from London and easy to commute. Thanks again.

That's relative depending on how much you can afford.
University of Westminster is central London, Madame Tussauds and all that.
You can find cheapish (for London) housing in places like Dagenham, Stratford and the IG14 and RM postcodes (if you like), and she'll have a longish, but manageable, quasi-Lagos-like commute to Baker Street.

justwise:
Out of curiosity..is your daddy a pastor ?

Hilarious.

mizGene:
Please how can one make sure it gets updated?

You can raise a dispute with them if you spot any info on your credit report that's not accurate.
You should find that option on the website - usually as simple as sending an email indicating the inaccurate information and/or supplying them with the accurate version.

IvanCardozo:
Ancestors, Una good afternoon po


Please if one comes to the UK with £2000 as living expenses pending when one gets a job to support, would it be ok. Is it enough for 2months?

If you're single, and even taking regional variations into account, that should be ample to cover all your living costs including [single room, shared flat] rent, transport, food, bills, etc.
Woman, clubbing and intoxicants excluded.

Divine88:
This is only if you watch live programmes on YouTube e.g Channels TV live

https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/faqs/FAQ33

Noted, stand corrected.

canadaishome:
By the way, thank you for this advice.
Been with three for two months now paying £10 for unlimited data, text and calls
Also now registered in the electoral roll

Remember to check your free credit report to see if the credit agencies have a record of your electoral roll registration, and if not make sure that's updated. Baby steps, but needed.

Pearlyfaze:
Good morning Dear Ancestors. Merry Christmas to you all. Please someone should please help me with the TV license thing. My friend is paying £31.89 every month for the TV license and na only YouTube the kids dey watch. She wants to cancel and watch the YouTube thing without having to pay for the license since it is only YouTube.
Please advise us.

I presume you mean £13.89, not £31.89.
Tell your friend to go to the tv licensing website and check, because I think YouTube, as a streaming service, falls under the services for which a TV license is needed.

tolajay:
With this, I presume it's cheaper using a Nigerian card abroad than getting pounds at black market rate from Nigeria.

Yes, because with a Nigerian bank card you spend at the official rate.
However, most Nigerian cards are capped at about $100 equivalent a month (I think GTB has the highest at $200).

Gentle21:
Hello House, Please, assist me oh. I want to book my flight Wakanow and other online schedule are not favourable in terms of the price but some people are saying if one book directly from the airline in their office that is cheaper but I cannot verify this. Please, from experience which one is better an cheaper. Thank you

Prior to Covid, in my experience, travel agents could get you discounts on fare for airlines such as Emirates, Qatar, Turkish and the rest, but not for airlines like Lufthansa, KLM, BA, etc. Travel agents also enable you to pay in naira.

However, these days, I would not book through a travel agent, because with all this covid nonsense, if anything goes wrong it is far far better to deal with the airline directly than through a travel agent.

SamReinvented:
Maybe because it’s called “National IDENTITY Number”. It’s not out of place to have it on identity documents. I think you may be confusing its use with UK’s NIN, which is a National Insurance Number, established for welfare and tax administration purposes, and not to confirm people’s identity (even though it still functions for that). The equivalent of UK’s NIN would be Nigeria’s TIN or even BVN, which would have no place on identity documents because that’s not the purpose of those numbers (even though they function for that).

I'm not confusing its use with the UK NI.
Apart from the crass stupidity of having 3 separate numbers (TIN, BVN, NIN), here's a direct quote from NIM-Cs website:

"The NIN is set to be used for all transactions in Nigeria requiring identity verification so you’ll be using your NIN for:
obtaining your National e-ID card
travel (international passport application & acquisition)
opening personal bank accounts
getting your driver’s license
obtaining your Permanent Voters’ Card
participating in the National Health Insurance Scheme
payment of your taxes
transactions related to your contributory pension scheme
access to welfare and other relevant services from the Nigerian Government
transactions with social security implications
land transactions subject to the Land Use Act
any other transactions NIMC may so prescribe and list in the Federal Government Gazette"

So having a number that's supposed to be used for sensitive transactions such as the bolded easily accessible is ill-thought-through at best, and seriously incompetent at worst.

IvanCardozo:
Hello friends,

Glad to join the family. Would be traveling to the UK soon. I'd like to ask, how I could move my funds while enroute to the UK. I'm on a student visa, and with my full tuition paid.

I plan on having some funds to keep me alive before I get a job. Can I put in my dorm account in Nigeria, and withdraw via ATM over there?

Do I just carry cash and put inside my boxers pocket? How much is maximum one can hold as cash on a plane trip? Will having funds in dollar master card make any sense in the UK?

Can I put in my dorm account in Nigeria, and withdraw via ATM over there? Yes.

Do I just carry cash and put inside my boxers pocket? Your cash transportation method is up to you. Underwear presumably works as well as a trousers pocket for this purpose.

How much is maximum one can hold as cash on a plane trip? Check UK government website for legal declaration limits.

Will having funds in dollar master card make any sense in the UK? Not really, you lose a bit on the conversion rates. Best to open and fund a sterling domiciliary account if you want to use that method.

Mamatukwas:
In Nigeria. Nin registration is compulsory for everyone including day old children prior to passport registration.

Not sure if it’s different for the UK Consulate

They're still issuing the old passport at the HC, at least as at November.
So they're not requiring the NIN.
Perhaps when they switch to issuing the new redesigned one, they might (the new one has a space for the so-called NI number, ridiculous in my opinion, why put a so-called personal number on an identity document, some blockheads in Abuja not thinking as usual), but for now it's not being requested.

Healhtyliving:
Hello virtual family, Can someone with an expired visiting visa (i.e illegal resident) renew their Nigerian passport in the uk?

Icon8 is right.
You dont have to be a resident to renew your Nigerian passport.

AirBay:
Nice Idea.
What would you advise, is it better to find tenants on my own or register with letting agencies?

You can do either.
If you have the time to deal with tenants yourself (answering enquiry phone calls, taking them to view your property, etc, etc., then you can.
If you have neither the time nor the energy to deal with tenants and their potential wahala, get an estate agency so they take that off you.

jesmond3945:
God bless everybody that gives advise here despite your busy schedule. Is not easy. Gracias. How wish Nigerians in uk are united like this offline.

If we unite offline we go lose our essence as Nigerians. With whom will we compete again?

Regex:
Please, justwise, Lexusgs430 and every other person that can contribute, I want to know which UK bank is the best for a student. I don't mean online banks like Sterling, Monzo and revolute...

Thank you.

All banks are basically the same.
Covered by the same FSCS guarantee.
Same account opening requirements.
Same low interest rates.
No difference.

ybahrbz91:
@Mamatukwas, thank you for your response. Most of the discussions here are always about England, that was why i asked.

I plan moving to Glasgow next year and I would like to know few things about the city

The accommodation cost
The cost of living
The weather
Any other important things.

Thank you.

Accommodation cost: High, difficult to get to unavailable, just like many places in the UK now.
Cost of living - Factor out accommodation, no different from any major UK city.
Weather - Wet.
Any important things: Glaswegians are generally friendly people and foul-mouthed.

hustla:
Hello

I have always had one funny scenario in my head

Lets assume that someone (M) comes into the UK on a 2 yr student visa and then luckily gets Sponsorship immediately after school

He then brings his wife into the UK who studies maybe nursing / MPH when she enters. His wife also finishes after 1 yr and gets her own sponsorship

If the husband, due to some issues later loses his job with the sponsorship, is there any way his wife can help?

Hopefully the wife in the hypothetical situation would avoid taking an MPH which is another degree beloved of Nigerians that could be as unproductive as a MSc HR or an MBA.

careerwoman:
Hello everyone
Please I have a question regarding entry to the UK in this travel ban period.

Has anyone from a red list country with a visit visa entered the UK through a green country?
I hold a visit visa and plan to attend an important event in January. I intend traveling to Istanbul and staying for 10-12 days before going to the UK.
Is it permissible?
Just want to know my options before the Dec 20 review.

You cant enter on a visiting visa.
Only citizens and residents allowed at the moment.

Sochiboy:
You mentioned somewhere you planed to have your 2 kids as dependents.

Didn't they apply together with you and your wife ?

Did you receive her rejection letter by email?

You still have a chance to prove them wrong as option of Appeal and AR is there, maybe they want to shake you guys a little.

Kids are enough prof of marriage
If I'm wrong about the kids
Just ignore.

Having children together doesn't prove that a marriage still exists or ever existed in the first place.
What the applicant is required to prove is that they are in a genuine and still existing relationship with their partner.
They don't even have to be married; they could be cohabiting partners.

Preshyi:
Hello all,
Just a follow on the question I asked about council tax exemption for a student dependant cos of the conflicting opinions. My husband and I were granted exemption and issued a certificate after I applied online and submitted all his details along side mine. Unfortunately, many people dont know their spouses are exempted as well.

If I remember clearly, the information supplied was not conflicting, it was very clear that a full-time student, their dependant spouse with NRPF and the house which they rent are all exempt from council tax for the duration of the full-time student's course.

hermetic:
Hi all!

I need some advice. I'm looking to buy a car to be used mainly for commuting to work. I am not paying cash for it so which one of these methods of financing is advisable; CS, PCP, or HP. The car is just a means to an end and I might sell it at the earliest opportunity. My budget is less than £150 pounds monthly and less than £7,500 cash value.


Also can anyone recommend an automatic driving instructor in Birmingham for a refresher course (I've always driven manual. I'm looking to transition to automatic. I hate changing gears with my left hand). I live around King's Heath.
I'd appreciate any reasonable contribution.

I'm the last person to engage in the toxic masculinity and the I-sabi-do-everything mentality that is so characteristic of the Nigerian male, but to be honest, I don't think you need a refresher course to change down from manual to automatic. It's more usually the other way round.

If you can drive a manual, your license already allows you to drive an automatic, and that's because the learning curve isn't steep at all. When I first bought and starting driving an automatic car in 2002 or so, after driving a manual for all my driving 'existence' up till then, I had no trouble at all adapting. I eventually got another manual and still drove both varieties in Lagos traffic, so you should be fine.

Re buying a car, if you can get a cheapish loan from your bank at a good APR, try that. Regarding your desire to possibly sell too, keep an eye on the exit fees payable for paying off finance early.

creolehunt:
Professionals in the House, please which do you advise?

I already have an MSc in a Social Science course, but plan to pursue a career in HR but have been wondering the best path.

Should I pursue an MBA in Human Resources from NOUN or simply sign up for a CIPM certification?

Neither.
Save your money.

hustla:
They will have access to info from England right?

It's the same country.
Issues such as refugee claims are handled by the central government (the Home Office), so the Scottish Government doesn't have a say about whom the UK grants asylum.

talantolo:
Good evening house,

My hubby is curently in the UK as a student and I'm also in the UK as his dependent his student visa is going to expire in March, 2021. Now he wants me to apply for asylum in scotland. I don't know on what storyline, i just need an advice if it's a safe route to consider or i should just shut his idea. Please I'm in dire need of urgent advice

Having come to the UK on a valid student visa from Nigeria, you almost certainly won't get asylum.
Nigeria is considered a safe country and you can't plead the threat of FGM for your female children, killing of Christians in the north or the usual stuff - those ships sailed long ago.

Best advice - don't do it.

wallg123:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-59569365

Another Brother in limbo …
I think Africans countries talk too much without action. If our governments can reciprocate this travel ban on foreign nationals (British and Americans), then they’ll be weary of making draconian rules like this .but no we will only be making noise on blogs

Never.
Travel bans are political, not medical.
Nigeria has basically downgraded itself in the comity of nations and has not got the clout it should have and is not taken seriously.

Look what happened with India and the delta variant earlier this year where the govt dragged its feet concerning putting India on the red list for days even while all the media were shouting to high heavens because it was careful about offending India.

If Nigeria bans travellers from the UK, nobody will notice or care, except Nigerians living in the UK.

wallg123:
These days (pandemic era) you’ll either take that voucher or forfeit the entire fee. They ”BA” are not the reason why flights are cancelled, it’s the UK government. It’s always advisable to read the T&C before booking flights. People that booked through third parties would be crying now unless they have travel insurance

Good spot, mate.
Airlines don't refund these days, its vouchers only, take it or leave it.

LagosismyHome:
To make matters worse BA cancelled its yesterday flight from lagos , meaning all those passengers Will now be subjected to the new process. Very stressful and upsetting
So tired of covid and its disruptions

You can say THAT again.
Difficult as it sounds, its time to accept that Covid is now something that is here to stay, intensity differing, and has to be lived with, the constant bans, border closures and lockdowns are ultimately unsustainable.