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TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 7:06am On Aug 12, 2021
Sohot:
What part of England can one live In that you can make your money go farthest i.e very reasonable accommodation and not London and Peri London prices .The kind of pay they pay in this U.K to doctors is ridiculous for such a skilled and risk taking job and I need to make my money go as far as possible.I'm talking of like an area where you can get three bedrooms or 2 bedrooms for 600 to 700 pounds and live reasonably well..
Or move to Scotland. It's not as cold as you might think anymore, global warming's taken care of that.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 11:06pm On Aug 08, 2021
Honeycomb90:
Someone should please answer my question.
Is it possible for the dependent to apply when the main applicant is still in Nigeria after obtaining his visa.
Yes.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 7:57pm On Aug 02, 2021
Faithluv5:
Hi guys. Please I just got my uk visa. Will be leaving this August. My passport will expire by June next year. Please How's the renewal of our Nigerian passport over there? Please is it fast?
It's a typically Nigerian process, that's what it is.
The embassy says there's a walk-in process for a 100 pounds, perhaps if someone's tried that they can give us feedback.
Best bet - as you enter the UK in August, sign up and pay for a renewal on the Innovate/NIS website. Then given the current 10 - month backlogs, your turn will probably arrive by the time your passport is expiring in June.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 7:54pm On Aug 02, 2021
Glass123:
Please if I eventually open those monzo and revolut and others how will it be funded? with cash in your hand or transfer from nigeria.
Either.
Monzo hasn't got branches, it has designated partner locations where you can pay in cash.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 3:43am On Aug 02, 2021
Iyafife:
I need help FAM. Someone said I shouldn't fill my husband as a dependant but that I should only fill him as my spouse and my kids as dependants. Note that we are all travelling together
This has been thrashed out before.
To repeat, the word "dependant" used in the UK visa context, does not mean someone who is financially dependent on the primary visa applicant. It means someone whose visa application is connected to/associated with that of the primary applicant.

In other words, your husband is your dependant for the purposes of this visa application, and it has nothing to do with who is funding who.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 3:36am On Aug 02, 2021
Preshyi:
I already have a dollar account, please does it mean I need to buy pounds all through?
You can buy dollars if you like, but its better you buy pounds with naira directly, as conversion rates on dollar to pound exchanges are not always favourable and there are fees for withdrawing as well.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 8:16pm On Aug 01, 2021
koloyewo:
Can't I do my visa application myself upload my documents and just do the walk-in at TLS for my biometrics.
Of course.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 8:15pm On Aug 01, 2021
duolu2021:
If you have evidence of your travel history in a different passport, you may
want to submit that with your application.


The above statement is on the checklist.

Does this mean that I need to submit my older passport since it has all my old visas and stamps?

I haven't used my new passport for any travels since I got it about 2 years ago.
They won't take your old passport from you.
No need anyway, because a) the UK student visa is points-based so travel history is not a factor (except where it is adverse of course), and b) you will fill out your travel history in the form, so there's no need for the physical passport and visas.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 2:08pm On Jul 31, 2021
sagbar:
Good day guys,
I’m applying for my visa together with my dependant ( husband and son).
Will I apply for them separately and pay each IHS fee and visa separately.
Because, I just got to the final stage now and I discovered nothing was mentioned about my dependant ihs and visa fee. Will I raise a separate application for them?
Thank you guys
Yes.
https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk/apply-visa-type/dependant
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 7:38am On Jul 30, 2021
Glass123:
Good evening house
Please do I need to get a pounds card before leaving Nigeria to be able to access my funds?
If you are asking how you can bring your naira out of Nigeria, you can either convert it to pounds and carry all/part of it in cash with you (check limits for declaring funds) or convert it to pounds and pay all/part of it into a sterling-domiciliary account to draw from when you get to the UK. A sterling card can only be tied to a sterling-denominated account.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 7:27pm On Jul 29, 2021
jofo:
Please house can I travel through a red listed country into the Uk as a student?
Of course you can, if you have £1,750 for the mandatory quarantine.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 5:45am On Jul 28, 2021
MissOwaa:
Good morning all,
@justwise and other gurus, please is it compulsory to submit financial documents for dependent, if the entire money is in the main applicant’s name?
Yes.
You will upload the main applicant's bank statement in the portal for the dependent's application as well.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 6:52am On Jul 27, 2021
keemo:
@justwise and other gurus

Please can I use a resent marriage certificate of a month for my dependant though we already have a son and I also have a daughter from my previous relationship
Of course.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 6:22am On Jul 27, 2021
Irenenwaka:
Please guys i need your suggestions… so i know alady who got a job in a hospital in the Uk whilst she was still in Nigeria. After she arrived the uk she got a letter from her manager, and used this letter to open a bank account( definitely she had no bills or credit history at the time). But she was able to open the bank account with the letter and brp card.

Now another lady has also gotten a job in the uk as a doctor.upon arrival, she requested a letter from her HR to open a bank account. She was issued the letter but no bank seems to be accepting the letter. I find this very confusing.
They all keep demanding for a proof of address. She is currently still squatting with a friend if not her best bet would have been her tenancy agreement.

Please does anyone know whats best for her to do?? Or how does she go about the whole bank account issue
Tell her to try the digital banks then. Both Transferwise (Wise) and Monzo will accept her passport/BRP alone and give her fully electronic accounts with debit cards to receive her salary and start off until she stabilises and can go for another bank if she wants. I even opened my Wise account using my Nigerian passport only.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 1:08pm On Jul 26, 2021
controlbeck:
Hi guys good morning. I applied for UK work visa through an agent here in Nigeria I have not been booked for an boimatric appointment and below is the email they sent to my agent since last month. I want to know how long it might take for the decision makers to take decision.
I would bet this email is probably fake and was definitely written by a Nigerian.
The phrasing is off.
"Prioritizing study visas" is a lie.
The term "work visa" is also a Nigerian usage, UKVI would use the correct appellation (Skilled Worker/Tier 2).
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 5:46pm On Jul 25, 2021
hustla:
How can you get the test kit?
They will post it to your UK address.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 1:58pm On Jul 25, 2021
K4daniel:
Boss @justwise I got your point the reason matters a lot, I was referring to her insufficient fund case issue which Is a common major refusal reason ukvi often used in refusing people with economic ties. Fraudulent cases are just not too rampant.
One can't really say that for sure, you know.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 4:55am On Jul 25, 2021
Khemmie01:
Thank you very much.
The main applicant didn't receive any straight forward mail. Just worried why the passport hasn't left DMC.
Call them or send them a paid email. Obviously the visa has been issued, like someone said, no way the main applicant will not get a visa while the dependants will, so their passport/dossier has probably been overlooked in some corner or on someone's table somewhere, that type of thing.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 1:40pm On Jul 24, 2021
baykeylala1008:
Plz boss what can I do
Hey bro....I paid him from naija here nd he asked his brother to meet me at etibet house to give me d document which I went to submit myself...plz I'm just confused as I was not issue any letter when u went to collect my passport n he said no email.....but d issue now is I'm doing another one by my brother not an agent this time....and I know they will ask me why I was refused or rejected in my first application....
What year was this - paper-based applications ended in 2013 or so - and what documents did your agent give you to submit, and were they made up?
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 9:46am On Jul 24, 2021
Fk1987:
If your primary applicant will benefit from the post study, it seems automatically you will benefit too being the dependent, My opinion though.. Everything depends on the primary applicant.
Not this time.
The rules this time state that if you are in the UK on a graduate visa from 2021, any dependants must have been with you in the UK before you apply, not after.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 9:44am On Jul 24, 2021
Samiiiiiiiiiiii:
@theguyfromHr @domistic and @justwise
Thank you for the response, I really appreciate
However, I’ve been in the UK since March, my course started in January.

It’s for my DEPENDENT to join me in September, so they also have to be in the UK before September 27 to be considered for the PSW when I switch?
That’s what is confusing me, I apologise for the stress.
Yes.
In other words, you have to apply for the Tier 4/student dependant visa for them first, they come over, then you apply for a graduate dependant visa for them either at the same time you are applying for yours or just before their student dependant visas run out. A shitload of money in application fees, but that is it.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 7:37am On Jul 24, 2021
shegzy80:
No appointment again at Ikeja TLS VAC. What can I do? Please help
You just have to keep looking.
Try using a VPN.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 5:05am On Jul 24, 2021
Samiiiiiiiiiiii:
Thank you very much for the help so far as regards my question on dependants.
Please now I want to confirm, I heard that the deadline for my dependant to come into the UK(so as to be qualified for PSW) is September 27, does anybody have any information/confirmation as regards this please?
@justwise @justwise @justwise

Please your inputs will be appreciated as this will change my plans totally.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/graduate-route-for-best-and-brightest-launches
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 8:40pm On Jul 23, 2021
deolu9:
Hello guys please i want to ask how much is a fair price to pay agents helping out in getting admission and visa processing? I want to have an idea before i ask them for help. Thanks
About 8 - 10 million naira, to reward the agent properly for doing something you can easily do yourself.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 3:55am On Jul 22, 2021
Preshyi:
Please I just booked a Covid test and put my arrival date to be on the 26th of August but they sent the attached email that the test kit will be dispatched next day. Does this mean it will be delivered tomorrow or just dispatched to arrive around August 26th? I am confused
2. I got the day 2 and 8 package for £70 but Just checked out the review of my provider(Expert medicals) and it is really poor. Does this affect anything or has anyone here used them please?
When buying the test kits online from the provider, they will ask you your arrival date in the UK, as your test kits are supposed to be sent to you the day after you arrive the UK so you will get them in time to take the Day 2 test. That should be what they mean.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 12:37pm On Jul 20, 2021
SamReinvented:
The rule has gotten relaxed and now there’s a wide range of categories bank would grant a transfer for. Read about it several weeks back - now you can get FX for a lot of so many other legitimate reasons. If I find the link again, I’d share it here.
Really?
I would be surprised if in the current situation where the CBN is desperate for foreign exchange it is now allowing people to send money out of Nigeria at the official exchange rate outside the specified categories, to the best of my knowledge, that has never been doable..
TravelRe: Nigerian Students In The Uk How Do You Survive? by TheGuyFromHR: 9:44am On Jul 20, 2021
Santa2:
Spot on!!! The global talent route is one of the best open-hidden secrets. You see a lot of indians taking advantage of this route, even from their home country. I believe we should even have a dedicated thread for Just global talent route, lets be able to exchange more experiences from going through this route. Oga @justwise..Is it ok if I open a thread for discussion on the global talent route? ejo. For now I get a lot of resource from https://discourse.tnvisaforum.org/. But I believe, we should have our own thread in nairaland, infact there should be a natural progression from this student thread to that thread. I do not plan to give mama charlie my GBP 1,900 when there is a less expensive route that already puts one on the path to ILR in three to five years without ties to a job. Mba!
Unfortunately, the global talent route is not open to everyone. You will need endorsement from an official institution to apply, and really need to be a researcher, some sort of academic or Chimamanda/Ben Enwonwu.

Nor is sponsorship for a Tier 2 visa easy to get. Still boils down to the usual IT, medical and other specialised and related fields in the majority of cases.

Ultimately, if you're single, try and get a distinction in your masters, either use your 2 years to save up and face Canada or try for a Ph.D scholarship. If you're married, then you and your spouse can switch after the first spouse's years PSV and get another PSV, then see if you can earn enough to play around with different courses (easier if you have 1 or no children), etc. All in all, its best to have a clear idea of the route to settlement in the UK, it is not an easy path.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 6:16am On Jul 20, 2021
thisischarles:
Hello everyone, pls what is the best way to send money from a Nigerian naira bank account to a Uk pound account? My account officer mentioned something about international funds transfer but does not know the specific exchange rate until the transaction is done. Has anyone tried this or knows any method?
If I remember clearly, the only way to send money from a naira account outside the country as an individual is when the transaction is within the permitted categories - paying for tangible goods (imports) and services (medical bills, school fees/support), and repatriation of proceeds for multinationals, foreign portfolio investors and I think diplomats.

It's been a while since I was up to speed with all that, but I think that as an individual you can't receive foreign exchange at official rates for remittance outside Nigeria outside the permitted categories and will have to use the domiciliary account/informal process.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 8:30pm On Jul 18, 2021
Samiiiiiiiiiiii:
Hello everybody, please I need clarification on somethings and would really appreciate inputs.

I came to the Uk about 4 months ago without a a dependant as I was unmarried, however now I want to go home in September to get married and my partner will be applying for a dependant visa.

My question now is that; if we marry in September, does it matter if the dependant visa is applied for in the same September? 1.Like do we need to give some time after we get the marriage certificate?

2[i]Also, for the proof of funds, can it be in my account or does it necessarily have to be in my partners account?[/i]

Looking out for your advices and inputs, thank you very much guys!

@justwise and anybody that can help������
1. No.
2. Can be in either your or her account.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 9:32am On Jul 18, 2021
TosinKate:
I will suggest she only declare the child.

That is what I did and there I was no issue.
In this case, both husband and child are the wife's (principal applicants's dependants for the purposes of a UK visa.
There is a difference between the term as used in a visa context (which has the meaning of familial association) and the commonly used term which means someone who is financially dependent on you.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 1:48pm On Jul 15, 2021
themonsieur:
Just to add to this, just like I said in the original post about whether or nor Nigeria's variant of Covid Vaccine is recognised, it isn't. It was donated to us by COVIXXX Institute of Serum(I think), India. The variants from India and Russia aren't recognised even though they're from their EU branch, which I think is a bit unfair.

Only other variants manufactured from their other locations are recognised. In summary, We'll still have to self isolate. Cheers
Its the other way round: its the EU that doesnt accept the Indian-made AZ, because it wasnt licensed there, not the UK.
In the UK, people were vaccinated with the Indian-made AZ vaccine, so if you got that vaccine, it should be acceptable in the UK; they used it as well.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 9:18am On Jul 15, 2021
Regex:
E be like say I no go marry for this world.
You are in the western world now.
The Nigerian cultural mindset about the inevitability and desirability of marriage is baggage.

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