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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 5:46am On Oct 08, 2020

Soknown:
I am not sure of the elevator, but there is no disabled access or modified access for a wheelchair or a stretcher. May be its somewhere hidden from sight. You know our leaders like to hoard and hide things.

I was asking sarcastically, I was there earlier this year,

The elevator wasn't functional (even if it was it's not directly accessible as it's behind there counter after a locked door.

I couldn't count how many parents had to carry their kids pushchairs down to the basement. And up to the first floor as well. I kept on wondering how a wheelchair user would renew his/her passport.

Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 9:27pm On Oct 07, 2020

Soknown:
Lack of maintenance culture.

Apologies to the OP, I didn't want to create a new thread for this. So permit me to just drop this here.

I was in the Nigerian house few days ago, it was really cold outside so when I got in, I wanted to use the Gent.
Lo and behold, it was all broken.

The WC flush handle for the two of the cubes was broken and the third one was locked, with a tag on it. BROKEN.
Thankfully the Urinal were not blocked so I did my business, wash my hands. Took some pictures and left.

I know I should have complained, but to who exactly?

If you have been in Nigeria house recently or you plan to attend. Just visit the convenience at the basement. You will see what I have seen.

Have the elevator been fixed? Is the building currently disabled friendly huh

Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 6:42pm On Oct 04, 2020

justwise:
Logging in to internet banking is not a problem at all, retrieving the pin or getting a token is the problem, i have tried using *737*7# still it doesn't work.

The biggest prob i guess is the fact that my card has expired so i can't use it as part of verification process which is required.

Exactly what my problem is as well expired card no token

And yeye Vodafone made me reset my phone.

Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 11:48am On Oct 04, 2020

bigtt76:
Try the GTBank World app version, this might work for you.

Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 9:40am On Oct 04, 2020

bigtt76:
You can use the app without the token though

Yes but you need token or card to activate the app

Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 1:32pm On Oct 02, 2020

Tobtob:
I am only trying to keep the Sim card active till i go visit again sometime next year, saves me the stress of reactivating etc. I have Roaming enabled and still nothing. Thanks.

Load card on it every 3 months

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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 1:03pm On Oct 02, 2020

Tobtob:
Hello all, Can someone direct me on how i can use my Nigerian (airtel) sim here in the UK please ? Many thanks.

What are you trying to use it for?

I believe nothing needs to be done to the sim.

Just enable Mobile roaming on your phone (if it's disabled)

And top up your Airtel SIM card. And be ready to pay 150/min call out
70/min call in
(Or similar rates)

Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 3:50pm On Sep 30, 2020

claremont:
I have the Amazon FireTV box and 2 firesticks, been using them for years to stream UK and international channels including DSTV full package etc. What you need to do is go on Aliexpress and search for IPTV, ask for a trial until you get the one with the channels you need.

Please can you check the seller you used.

Or the package

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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 11:10pm On Sep 29, 2020

justwise:
I have being using pin for yrs to pay with no problem but after i changed my phone and tried to use the app i was asked to create a token or pin..as if that was not bad enough..my card has expired and i can't use it as part of set-up process.

Same thing happened to me, after I reset my phone. I then switched to the ,*737... Service.

You just have to get token when next you are in Nigeria. Or they can send you a card and token for 10k.

But you have to send notorized copies of proof of address, ID, etc. To NRN at gtb

Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 6:55pm On Sep 29, 2020

justwise:
Who was able to use GTBANK 737 code to send money from the UK? Trying to send money using it but no success so far

Mine stopped working a while ago, it keeps saying wrong pin/create a pin.

And after contacting GTB they directed me to NRN department which is another story.

My advice for everyone get a token before leaving naija

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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 3:59pm On Sep 21, 2020

Pace6:
Please make me understand, is UK better than Poland or Australia for studying?

Make you understand...

Have you bought form? Or paid school fees??

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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 11:45pm On Sep 19, 2020

Cerebrae:
I have a question please

In applying for a spouse and child(2 months old) for dependant visa.
Do I need to apply for both separate or the mother's application covers for the child?

It's kind of confusing to see that only the spouse documents are required for the biometrics

Two individual passport
Two individual maintenance funds
Two individual IHS fees
Two individual Visa fees
Two individual applications.
Two individual Visa
Two flight ticket.

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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 3:05pm On Sep 17, 2020

Good day everyone.

I have a question for contractors here, especially IT contractors.

I am having some troubles with some GDPR stuff.

I will appreciate a helping hand.

Gaming › Re: Free Playstation Plus Games by umarwy(m): 1:09am On Sep 09, 2020

tobianthony:
Omo I'm trying to learn street fighter I've downloaded it already on ps4.

Search for ceelows on YouTube

And gief's gym.

Timeless resources

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Gaming › Re: Free Playstation Plus Games by umarwy(m): 12:04pm On Sep 07, 2020

tobianthony:
Omo I'm trying to learn street fighter I've downloaded it already on ps4.

Try doing the Trials in challenges, and try playing the survival mode.

online is bloody and can discourage you instantly

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Gaming › Re: Free Playstation Plus Games by umarwy(m): 6:59am On Sep 04, 2020

chubbyman:
Street fighter V a must download for me, just hope the file size will be reasonable

come let us play together

Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 2:10pm On Sep 03, 2020

Ykaa:
Thanks for your kind response. Do you stay in Liverpool?

Yeah

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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 4:35am On Sep 02, 2020

Monmarri:
Hello house pls I need some1 to explain for me this EU settlement scheme family permit to join. A friend of mine from Ghana told me that he got the visa , so he will be coming to the UK. He said that he married EU spouse and did the application in Ghana, he was given six months. And in the visa nothing like work . Please can one explain to me how he can use the visa in the UK. Does it mean that he will renew it when it expires, will the person gets settlement status immediately. Will the person be visiting UK .he told me that he will only stay for few months in uk and travel back to Ghana. I really want to know bc I don't know much on EU visa. Thank you

I don't know much about this EU scheme

But your Ghanaian friend looks Asian to me.

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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 12:08pm On Sep 01, 2020

Ykaa:
Hello everyone,

I am a prospective student due to start my PhD studies in Liverpool soon. Please, I wish to seek your advice/recommendations on opening a bank account (i.e. which bank(s) offer the best services particularly for students). Any other advice you deem necessary would equally be appreciated.

Thanks.

Most banks offer similar services and packages,

welcome to Liverpool

Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 7:54pm On Aug 11, 2020

umarwy:
Use theory test pro for the theory tests (it's basically expo)

Watch YouTube videos for show me tell me questions.
Watch YouTube videos for driving mock test to see common mistakes and understand how the grading works ( dgn driving YT)
Watch YouTube to see how specific driving stuff are meant to be done, eg spiral roundabout, counter flow traffic etc (Ashley Neal YT)

Follow all advice given by driving instructor. Do 1-2 hrs a week for a month and you are good to go.

Watch a lot of YouTube

Here

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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 7:19pm On Aug 05, 2020

Yimi4real:
Please what credible way can I use to credit a UK account with pounds from Naija? I have naira, any recommendation with good rates please?

Bank transfer 10k daily limit.

Huge charges

Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 8:58pm On Aug 01, 2020

famzynet:
What about meeting farmers rearing goat and buying the full goat? They may even help to kill it and roast it. Is that not possible in the UK?

Very possible I did it last week

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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 11:42pm On Jul 30, 2020

kode12:
Elders in the house, any ideas on getting dirt cheap deals on used cars? I need something to move around with, under 1k would be ideal! @Fatima04 @justwise @lexusgs430 et. al abeg come to my rescue!

Try and see cars with long MOT, to avoid immediate expenses after buying the car.

Corsa
Punto
Focus
Etc

Facebook market
eBay
Gumtree
Etc

Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 10:34pm On Jul 27, 2020

Adaaam:
Goodevening Everyone!

1. Please can anyone navigate me further on how to transit myself to Liverpool from Lagos?
Flights with Qatar airways from Lagos stops at either London(Heathrow) or Manchester and I don't know how to navigate my way to Liverpool University(got admitted for fall) if I alight at those airports.

2. What's the city life like?

3. Can I secure an apartment from here before leaving? Possibly i bedroom/studio appy.

4. Obviously EE or Lyca SIM would be preferable from what I gathered here but which is more cost efficient?

Thank you all.

Manchester is closer to Liverpool, you can take a taxi £50 or a train ≈£10 or a bus ≈£5. All depends on your pocket and the amount of load you are carrying.

Liverpool is a great multicultural city. Roots bar(African food drink and club) a lot of African stores and a healthy amount of Nigerians.

Students of the universities usually stay in either University accommodation near the campus. Or in a shared flat In either Smithtown road or Kensington.

Don't rush to buy a sim at airport it's free.

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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 9:14am On Jul 27, 2020

missjekyll:
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So sorry you had a bad experience with them. I had Lovely time with Ace. they were happy with just my passport.
2 days ago I transferred with moneyfex at 553. My Friend was very happy.

I have noticed that Ace rates are lowest around payday. they then rise to attain the highest rates 2 weeks later. I have ported to moneyfex for now.

How did you get your pounds to ace??

Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 10:05pm On Jul 26, 2020

I just tried using ace money for the first time and below is my review.

They asked me for way too many PII

They didn't give me an option to pay with card or send the money to an account.

They were providing a browser within the app for me to login to my bank via trustly ( or something).

At this point I japka and return to azimos 488 per pound

Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 2:19pm On Jul 22, 2020

Bourne007:
Common oga Lexus .. But this is so untrue .. I use Monzo for small and/or hefty and never pegged. I have friends who use Starling Bank for business and theirs have never been pegged and even recognised by the govt for BBLS.

Probably the one u dey use na China product so wouldn't be surprised if pegged

I am planing to relovate to nigeria very soon.

COVID get him + and -

Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 5:51pm On Jul 20, 2020

Lexusgs430:
You forget say you get debit card............

They needed aqua, I don't have wayer

Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 4:22pm On Jul 20, 2020

Lexusgs430:
You wan take them window shop for Amazon..............

No sir,

I want to to buy salvage cars from IAAI

Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 3:51pm On Jul 20, 2020

Lexusgs430:
Braket....... See what you made me do...... Hope you would fill the bracket, when they start to appear..........

This picture is not clear, please snap from a different angle

Travel › Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by umarwy(m): 8:22pm On Jul 13, 2020

RalphJean:
Was this screenshot taken using your UMIDIGI Dual SIM phone?
I want to buy a dual SIM ohhh

Go for OnePlus product.

I am currently using OnePlus 5t had it since launch. Has never disappointed me. On Android 9, android 10 beta available as well

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