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TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 3:34pm On Jun 26, 2021
ocpaschal:
pls do u have the GMC contact details or number
Google, sir, Google.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 3:20pm On Jun 26, 2021
ocpaschal:
OK no problem... the reason i ask is because my cousin is currently in Ukraine where he just graduated from Medicine this June 2021. He plans to get Masters admission at a university in UK and intends to travel to UK direct if possible and isn't coming to Nigeria. So he wants to be doing masters in a medical program while he prepares for the PLAB 1 and 2 exams in UK but he doesn't know whether both PLAB 1&2 exams could be taken in Britain.. He wanted to be very sure about it
I dont know if there would be any restriction on a Tier 4 visa (the "no doctor/dentist training], but I dont think PLAB 1 will be classed as training, but let him find out.

A simple phone call to the GMC would be the fastest way to find out.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 3:07pm On Jun 26, 2021
ocpaschal:
But can he write both PLAB 1 and PLAB 2 while in the UK?
If he's in the UK on any other basis, why not?
Just that PLAB 2 is a valid reason for applying for a visa since it can only be taken in the UK, while PLAB 1 is not, since it can be taken outside the UK.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 2:57pm On Jun 26, 2021
ocpaschal:
is it possible for a medical graduate who studied his medicine course abroad to write PLAB exam in Nigeria with d intention to travel to UK to practice as a doctor? Can This work out?
Only PLAB 1 can be taken in Nigeria.
For PLAB 2, you have to be in the UK, and a visiting visa allows that.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 2:47pm On Jun 26, 2021
10dertosssss:
It's not a scam, for some cases a guarantor is needed. I think for foreign birth, not so sure, but when i went to do for my daughter, i saw them ask for a guys guarantors passport photograph, and that particular office was for only foreign births..so i really can't say, but asking for a guarantor for international passport isn't a scam, that i know.

Scam. There is no need for guarantor when applying for international passport (i assume this is what you mean). Go to the immigration office closest to you with your birth certificate, nin slip and apply.
No scam.
The official process for applying for a passport requires a guarantor and the guarantor is meant to provide copies of their own passport and other things as well. So maybe that person was following the official process.

However, in Nigeria not many people follow the official process since the immigration officials themselves have made it as much as an obstacle course as possible in order to make money from it.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 2:24pm On Jun 26, 2021
chrisj2:
That guy's comment too long... But Nigeria is not a good option and most of those children brought up abroad will not go to Nigeria especially given the way things have become... It appears that Chukwu has now too much money for sense... This was a guy that gave up on the country then changed his mind about investing in Nigeria...

People are scrambling to run away from Nigeria and some are just about keeping their heads above water and you are talking about them sending children back to Nigeria... To do what exactly?

From getting passports and renewing passport, to insecurity, the way of life and the sheer cost of the frivolous travel, many of those struggling parents in the UK have better priorities...

The country is a shit hole for most people in and there is no point trying to convince people that know for real and ate not in the money like yourself to think otherwise.

A well integrated child in the UK is half way to securing the future of his offspring and those beyond regardless of whether they tie wrapper to a useless country like Nigeria...

I do agree that other aspects of parenting can be better. But to constantly compare Asians and Orientals that are successful to the ordinary folks blacks or white or brown is not comparing like for like. South Africa is a different case...
I tend to agree.
The whole debate about which is better for an average Nigerian, Nigeria or the UK, is perennial and never to be settled.

My opinion is that Nigeria undoubtedly works for some, particularly those at the top, but it definitely doesn't work for the majority of its people. In the 1970s and 1980s when the UK was the sick man of western Europe, Nigeria was arguably better, but in 2021 when Nigeria is among the sickest men of Africa, there is no room for comparison for the same average Nigerian.

Re raising children, the reason people like me emigrated in their middle age was simply because one wants to provide the children with a better chance at life that Nigeria definitely no longer offers to the majority of its people. This might change, and I fervently hope it does and Nigeria becomes a place where ordinary people can thrive once again, but I decided to no longer subject my children to the Hobbesian landscape that my country has turned into. My mother is Igbo, I went to Nsukka, speak very good Igbo and my fondest memories are of the time I spent in Enugu and Owerri when I was in university. When I got my first job, I used to put my old banger on the road and cruise down to Enugu for Easter/Christmas/4 day Muslim holiday and back to Lagos. Right now, Nigeria's security perimetre has shrunk to central Lagos, Abuja et al., and I somehow don't think it will ever go back to those relatively carefree days and even I haven't got the energy to deal with that, let alone my children.

Had I no children, I would never have left Nigeria, and I plan to return myself if it is still viable and livable once I have settled my children and I'm continuing some of my ongoing my investments and all, but I do not care if my children never go back to Nigeria or where they decide to live their lives once they have that choice as long as they have a viable alternative to Nigeria.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 12:47pm On Jun 26, 2021
Melahou:
Please at what point does one need to use "assisted service" because my agent said it's compulsory just in case I didn't get an earlier visa appointment date.
Nothing is compulsory.
It's either you get a self-service or an assisted service date on the booking schedule depending on which is available for a date suitable for you.
Avoid that agent in future.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 12:46pm On Jun 26, 2021
teeboi77:
Good morning house,please what do you think about MSC in Project Management,are there great job opportunities in the UK for it after studies??

Also your thought on International Business (MSC) too.

Looking forward to your kind response
PMP or APM is better than the M.Sc in PM.
Look at M.Sc International Business is simply a way of getting a student visa and nothing much more than that.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 12:45pm On Jun 26, 2021
oluwaloseyi2009:
Hello house.
Plss I need you guys help.
I am a student here in uk and planning to go for my placement. Coping with 2kids is not easy here for me and I intend to bring in my mummy who is a retired Civil servant and over 70yrs old .
Plss house what documents do I need to submit and most importantly can I as a student FINANCE the trio and if no how much is required to be in her account and for how many days.
Plss help me out .
Also try here: https://www.nairaland.com/5233246/general-uk-visa-enquiries-part
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 11:56am On Jun 26, 2021
amanze54:
Hello Dear I was informed that Dollar Card can not be used to pay for priority except Pound card.
Please who can confirm if this is correct
huh
You can use any foreign currency denominated card.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 11:13am On Jun 26, 2021
kenny2011:
Please anyone have information regarding this one abeg.
You've ticked the correct option.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR:
Honeycomb90:
Good day Guys. I must commend a good job you are doing here.
Pls i want to ask for opinions on the school to go for based on cost of living, job prospects and life generally between cardiff metropolitan university in Wales and university of Salford, Manchester ( Msc Data Science)
Thanks all, antipacting your response.
I would chose Salford over Cardiff.
Cardiff is a lovely city, but Greater Manchester is as cosmopolitan as it gets and will provide more economic opportunities.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 11:05am On Jun 26, 2021
Lexusgs430:
Why the UK cannot simply place a ban on him, I wonder.... All he can do too, is ban back in return & expel UK ambassadors.......

They should advice him to build and equip at least 3 hospitals in Nigeria.........
Panama Papers things....
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 5:51pm On Jun 25, 2021
justwise:
You just made my point! They can’t keep it in their trousers.
One wonders why they bother to get married in the first place.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 5:46pm On Jun 25, 2021
wallg123:
Corruption na corruption…. Do you actually think Nigeria is more corrupt than the Uk? .. before you answer this question go into British history…
Nigeria is more openly corrupt.
Obodo oyibo corruption is well hidden.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 6:00am On Jun 25, 2021
Kadaa1:
Abeg, at what point does UKVI start to consider the application as submitted? Is it after paying all the necessary fees or after uploading? My friend has payed all but he hasn’t uploaded because his POF is still remaining a few days but his checklist is showing “submitted date” and he is worried...
Any ideas? Make we start to worry?
Yes.
The date on which you submit the form to UKVI online and pay the visa fee and IHS fee is the date of your application, irrespective of when you go for biometrics. Your maintenance funds should have been held for up to 28 days by that date.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR:
Ilekokonit:
Well spotted and I also remember George Michael who sang Careless Whispers and also Stedman Pearson of the Five Star music group who have both been charged with public indecency both after being arrested in public toilets in America and London respectively. The Brits though stiff upper lipped most times are obsessed with the thrill of sex in public but they do it codedly in known places even in daylight (behind bushes for example in the busy Greenwich City Centre) but mainly after dark at known places and the police won't bust them en masse because the high and mighty are involved too and I wouldn't be surprised if some top police Chiefs are partakers too.

Some people in the UK including a popular Eastenders star get their thrills by driving their wives or girlfriends to public places like supermarkets car parks, parks and desolate pathways after dark, leaving their woman in the car and hiding in the bushes and as if on cue, a total stranger will enter the car and shag their wife or girlfriend and this in some weird way turns them on huh?

So, that respectable elderly neighbor who likes walking his dog near bushes at night might actually be watching free blue film IN PUBLIC every night from doggers who carry out their activities after dark.

The Brits have been so regulated by so many laws and taxed into submission that some of them get their kicks in extreme but coded ways especially the high and mighty and that is why when an MP is at first exposed for weird or extreme sexual antics, at first there is an uproar but it finally dies down because a lot of them are at it as they need that outlet to let off steam from their stressful jobs and the constant search light being shone on them.
Especially the so-called public school boys who run the UK who mostly went to all-boys boarding schools and developed all sorts of sexual kinks.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 4:39am On Jun 25, 2021
Zeecos:
Hello Ticha. I’ve been house hunting for the past month. Some of the agencies I’ve been in touch with are asking for an application fee. Is this allowed or legal? Thank you
https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/private_renting/letting_agent_fees_for_tenants
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 7:45pm On Jun 24, 2021
Thedeewhy22:
People pls come to my aid for God sake

I just put only my financial evidence and I submited thinking I will see the next place to put my documents but it has being submitted.

Please what can I do to upload my remaining documents. Pls i need help
DeeOneBangin gave you the only solution.
When you go to TLS tell them you have documents to upload. They will upload the docs you havent uploaded for you at a flat fee of 11,900 irrespective of the number of documents.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 3:55pm On Jun 24, 2021
Regex:
Those ones no go sweet ni
On the contrary - they're usually sweetened.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 5:01am On Jun 24, 2021
Thedeewhy22:
Good morning NL,

Can the application for student visa be done on the phone or it must be done on a laptop.

Thank you
You can use a smartwatch if you like, but why would you fill such a document on a small screen?
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR:
Ivymich:
Good evening house. Please I applied for international passport for my kids and I today. (DIY) I used their father's surname while I used mine (though legally married). The officer refused to clear my kids starting I'm suppose to back the application with our marriage certificate ( which I didn't go with) and he frowned at the fact that I didn't include my husband's name. He even advised I pay again and start afresh thereby including my husband's name... Told me how it may pose a threat should we decide to travel as a family or should I decide to travel alone with my kids. I got confused and even left him with the files, promising to come back tomorrow with a decision of wether to start afresh or continue with the application. Please I'm so disturbed and still confused. Please advice please
He has no right to do that. Your name is your business and none of the government's.

Two things. Apart from the stupid Nigerian patriarchy at play, his statement concerning travelling alone with the children with different last names may occur in the Nigerian context, true, where Immigration can seize on any opportunity to extort you with a threat to refer you to NAPTIP if you refuse to play ball. However, if your children are old enough to identify you as their mother that ceases to be a potential problem. Secondly, Immigration also has the right to refuse to issue your children passports if they feel both parents are not in agreement concerning that (anti-child trafficking measures), so bear that in mind.

Having said those, if you and your husband are in demonstrable agreement on the issuance of passports to your children (your husband must have issued you with a consent letter and a copy of his passport, I presume), do not give in to that foolish officer's primitive sentiments and do what you want done.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 6:18pm On Jun 23, 2021
descarado:
If you plan to go back to naija, do housing investment there.
Housing in UK as an investment is headache . Big high blood pressure
Yields very poor returns. And you can easily lose your house if.........
Our people once in UK rush to do that and are trapped forever.

Some Britons will tell you why they are not keen in going into that and they make cool cash.
Up till last year and the coronavirus-driven search for non-urban properties, the number of buy-to-let mortgages was roughly equal to those for owner-occupiers. That doesn't indicate a disinterest in being a commercial landlord.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 5:32pm On Jun 23, 2021
Preshyi:
Wait o! Is it rate as at when you submitted your application or when you do your biometrics? There are really differing views here.
It's the rate on the day you submit the application online.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 5:20pm On Jun 23, 2021
justwise:
Yea but if i expose myself in public in front of 2-3 people police will be called on me and i will be charged for indecency exposure but i can go naked on national television ? Nice
Nobody is forced to watch the naked people on national tv unlike when you expose yourself to people's horrified gaze in public. wink

Think of Naked Attraction as a free educational resource, like Anatomy 101, with that strange female presenter as the lecturer. After staring at so many naked people of different genders week after week, she must be confused about her sexuality by now.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 12:35pm On Jun 23, 2021
[quote author=kenny2011 post=103009673][/quote]No idea, but someone's brought that up here and its been answered, so you'll have to check for that.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 12:26pm On Jun 23, 2021
Unfortunately, cheaper rent might come with fewer to almost non-existent opportunities.
Except one is remote working for the near future.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 12:19pm On Jun 23, 2021
kenny2011:
Hello, I just started my application for my family and I want to know how I can link my son's application to my wife's!

This is because my wife's application says when I tried to pay for IHS that she has no dependants?

How do I go about this pls!

Note: I am in the UK
You cant link your wife's application to your son's.
You link your wife's application and your son's application to yourself, using your visa number.
And yes, the IHS window will say she has no dependants, just proceed.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 12:17pm On Jun 23, 2021
danieldg:
Hi guys

Please how can i pay the visa application fee for my study visa?

I dont have a dorm account yet, and if i do, it will have a limit,

I heard theres a way to pay with cash, please how can i go about it?
You heard wrong.
All payments are made online, with a debit/credit card (not naira denominated).
Unless you find a friend/family member to pay cash to who will then use their foreign currency-denominated card to make the payment for you.
TravelRe: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by TheGuyFromHR: 12:11pm On Jun 23, 2021
descarado:
Nope.
Comparing cost of living in the UK and Nigeria is difficult.
This is because most people in Nigeria unfortunately are not living at the same standard as the average person in the UK is (in terms of access to decent education, healthcare, infrastructure, etc.). Taxation might seem high in developed countries, but a lot of people would gladly pay developed country taxation if that would provide them developed-country amenities. And everything has a knock on effect, for instance, if you want to earn decent wages yourself, you have to realise that means increasing wages for everyone in terms of a good minimum living wage, so one cant expect to get cheap childcare/domestic service, for instance, which in turn pushes up cost of living, and so on.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 10:49am On Jun 23, 2021
japhethGold:
Hello Good people,

Please help me with this:

My school is Birmingham City University.
The school fee is GBP13,200
I got scholarship of GBP1500
I paid deposit of GBP3000
BALANCE FEE DUE NOW= 8,700GBP
Maintenance fund = 9,207GBP

Total Fund required= 17,907GBP.

Now, I have set aside NGN10,850,000.

My school agent is asking me to add another N500k. Although he confirmed that I have excess of only N500k based on the above Naira amount above in my account. However, he prefers I should have excess of N1M. So I should look for additional N500k and add to make excess funds N1M.

Please good people would this excess amount in anyway affect my chances of getting visa approval?
Having more money as a buffer can only work in your favour and not against you.
TravelRe: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 5 by TheGuyFromHR: 10:13am On Jun 23, 2021
JamiuKabir:
Please assist @Justwise and all.

When applying for a General student visa (Tier 4) for student, and for a Tier 4 dependant visa for wife. While filling out the IHS form for wife. After filling wife's dependant visa application, System directed to the IHS website. This time the IHS website is requesting for the primary applicant's "visa expiry date" under the section "The person you’re joining or remaining with in the UK" Both are just applying together. Please advise how to complete this section?
Use the course end date of the main applicant, as shown on their CAS.

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