₦airaland Forum

missjekyll:
I believe lexus posted this link
https://www.gov.uk/work-reference

It's probably best not to apply any sort of Nigerian logic to things here. What you just described is illegal here as any bad reference must be backed up by hard evidence. If your employee sues you, they ll never have to work again.

I did not mean I will fabricate things against you. As an employer, I can easily pick up things I could ordinarily overlook and use it against you in referencing and it will be justifiable. You won't know you've committed certain blunders that I overlooked until you take me to court and I present evidence.

That aside, what do you mean by the bolded? Will the employee take over the company if he wins?

OmichaelO:
Guys please,

What can someone do if they suspect their current employer is bad mouthing them to prospective employers. Like whenever it gets to point of reference, the previous place employement is always sorted. However when it gets to current employer everything scatters it has happened with two people and with about 5 different prospective employers.

And this current employer is the one sponsoring them.

If I take the risk of bringing you in on sponsorship, training you on the job etc and then you come to me for reference to go to another company, that thing that gave you the mind to come for the reference will give me the mind to scatter it for you too 😀😀😀.

Your best bet is use your friend in the company for the reference, not the HR or MD.

wonlasewonimi:
No be when you get excess money you go send home? If e like e reach N10k to £1, if money no dey shingbai no dey fly anywhere

Wahala o 😀😀😀

But you can send your pounds (like salary) to naira and save in naira for when it appreciate, then you change back to pounds and make profit.

Lexusgs430:
What's the difference between racism and tribalism........ 🤣😛

The amount of tribalism we inflict upon ourselves in Nigeria, cannot be quantified or justified...... Small racism we are victims of in the UK, we want to blow the house down, but shoulder tribalism in Nigeria, with our full chest............ 🤣😂😜

In Nigeria, you tribalise me I tribalise you, you discriminate me based on race I return the energy a hundred fold. But here, if you discriminate me racially, what will I do? I then become vulnerable and that is the difference.

And for the records, we are trying to fight tribalism in Nigeria.

Joyglo:
Goodmorning my people. Please oh how much does it cost to do an eye test? I have a friend complaining about eye problem

Go to your GP, they will examine you and treat or refer.

That is what I did, they examined me, gave eye drop and referred me to optician in Royal Infirmary, this was a walk in and they did comprehensive eye test there.

Meaning Nigeria is learning where other African countries are. Nigeria was not even mentioned.

https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/06/uk-care-firm-charged-workers-from-africa-thousands-more-than-cost-of-visa

iyatrustee:
https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/driver-asleep-dual-carriageway-police-cambridgeshire-b2491425.html

Thank goodness I read this, so there's consequence for drink driving even without an incident.

Controlv:
Or PC decided to update the OS 😂😂

I have missed or go late to meetings before because of this thing.

I guess it was an exaggeration, a week to or minimum three days before is safe. After all application can be withdrawn before it is acted upon.

Schoolhike:
Does anyone know of there is any gov regulations or policy in switching visa.

Most employer do says they normally sponsor 3 months to the expiration of visa.

all effort to find this information on gov.uk prove futile.

You may not find where it says "you can switch visa category anytime". You can only leverage on the fact that it didn't say you can only switch at certain times as well.

Employers wanting to switch three months to expiration does not mean they think doing otherwise is illegal. I mean why will I give you a visa that'll require you to work legally when you can work legally already.

It's just to keep checking till you see the one that does not mind.

babranancy:
I applied for Nigerian passport from uk for my 10 months old baby but the appointment date is in March with is abit long for me plus the time I have to wait after capturing which I believe will be too long as well. Anyone here with contact over there that will help me with the process? I hope to get an early appointment, preferably this month and get the passport next month with little or no fee, I’d be glad. Thanks

If you want to live this kind of lifestyle, go to Nigeria. If you beg for connection here again, I will report you to justwise.

LORETA:
Thanks so much...I will consider All factors listed here

Just so you know, comparison is a thief of joy, if you have agreed on an amount that's less than the suggestions you see here, don't let it discourage you. That is why I personally try not to know the salaries of my colleagues 😅. It has it's advantages and disadvantages.

If you don't want plenty talk, just charge £10/hr on 40hrs/week paid in cash. This will give you £1,600 net.

The extra hrs you will work will compensate for the accommodation and feeding.

LORETA:
Full time.24 7.yes eat in the house

If you want plenty talk, charge £10/hour

assume your typical working hrs week day will be 6AM when the children wakes up to 8AM when they go to school and 3PM when they come from school and 10PM when they sleep i.e 9hrs week days. I believe we can overlook the work you'll do outside those hrs. For weekends, you'll work from 9AM when they wake up to 10PM when they sleep i.e 13hrs.

Total hrs worked in the week is (10×5) + (13×2) = 76

As for the accommodation and feeding, we can use the work you do off hrs i.e between 8AM and 3PM and after 10PM to compensate for that so it's scratch my back I scratch your back.

gmacnoms:
To God be the glory.

I’ve got a job in the civil service. I can’t disclose the details because of the nature of the role and the job.

“Why are you sharing if you can’t tell us where it is”

Make you for use your head go jam wall

Why are you like this 😂

Now I don use head jam wall 😟

ehizario2012:
It might be easier and faster to learn. But can u pls explain how it saves money? In the same statement, you said manual cars are cheaper. How far?

Taking a first learner as case study, for manual car, it may take up to 45 lessons to get ready for driving test. Using auto will take about 25 lessons.

One lesson is 2hrs (or 1hr) and cost £40/hr on average. The extra classes for manual is the money saved. Learning gear and clutch alone will take more than 10 classes but is not needed for auto. You could save btw £500 and £1k there.

Manual cars are cheaper to buy in the market and the difference is huge. E.g Manual Range Rover Evoque is cheaper than the auto version.

justwise:
You don't surprise me one bit.

You will need a high IQ to get surprised by me.

Lexusgs430:
Your children are not Nigerian's (yet)....... They would need to apply for visa's.......🤣😜

Now he will appreciate Nigeria.

He born children, no do Nigerian passport but rush do British passport. Now he delay don turn emergency, e wan us etc take go USA.

justwise:
..and you are sure about that?

Maybe I missed your acknowledgement of the message.

Food don done for justwise, baba quiet since until the 'immigrants without plan' topic start.

Someone congratulated him for winning award seff e no answer, got me thinking he's no longer here. Now I know exactly what to post if I wan hear from am.

Tier4Dependant:
Lender is offering me 13.4% APR for a car finance. Is this a good deal or I should try my luck and see if I can get a lesser APR.

But my fear is that, hope this current APR won’t leave a footprint on my credit file and make other lenders want to offer me a high APR.

I just simulated in my Lloyds back app and got 10.3% for £10k over 4yrs.

Note: use the car loan section, not the personal loan section.

hustla:
Mehn, the number of tuition support and go fund me I've seen on Twitter in the last 2 weeks ehn ( that's minus the RIP tweets for Nigerian students...)

Think people don't plan for the realities on ground

Things are no longer the way they were, it was easy to get part time jobs but not anymore because full time workers are now in abundance so employers prefer them.

I used to be an advocate of "come, you will hussle and survive, don't let anybody discourage you", but with the financial burden and emotional stress I have got to bear from students this period, my guy, I won't discourage you o, but I will tell you before you come that you should not count on me.

lavida001:
Manual driving or Auto which is the best and fastest to learn driving ?

Auto is easier and faster, saves you money, time and energy, no need to plan to drive manual if you plan to buy auto because you will hardly need to drive another person's car.

Manual cars are significantly cheaper to buy and with manual license, you can drive auto too.

Chreze:
The bolded is a very difficult pill to swallow. It’s the best decision if no other means to get the money, But very very difficult to swallow. It’s far better than having a dent on their young fresh travel history. it’s very very hard.

@farnet have you tried getting a loan here in the UK?

It's difficult, but better than having them create a thread on Nairaland 18 years from now when applying for visa asking for advice on how to explain why they overstayed their visa before.

Lexusgs430:
I think EE offered the best internet price/service........

You get home internet for £30 pcm + 3 month's free + your mobile phone contract becomes £10 pcm (and you also get unlimited internet on your mobile phone and all EE mobile phones in your household for just £10 pcm) + superfast internet speeds........😜😁

By mobile phone contract, do you mean sim/data only contract or you have to purchase a phone from EE?

I'm willing to cancel my talktalk as I'm still in the cooling off period.

farnet:
Please people, has any of the below happened, and what are the implications?

Parents applied for Graduate visa and couldn't do so for the kids, all less than 6years old, because of fund.

Particular questions
1. Is there anyway it affects or will affect the parents visa?
2. In what specific ways does it affect the children?
3. What if the family doesn't have long term plan living here. Looking at moving elsewhere in near future. Does it matter or wouldn't it be a waste of scarce money ( let's say that have it) applying for children that won't be needing a brp for anything or right to work?

The children become illegal immigrants and all the issues associated with illegal immigrants apply to them regardless of their age. It will be difficult for them to come back to UK if they leave for any reason.

It will be in their immigration history and may affect their visa applications to other countries.

BRP is a residence permit, it is required to reside in the country regardless of your age, whether you work, school or do nothing is a different thing.

You should take them to Nigeria and apply for them to join you when you like.

I am not speaking from experience and have not heard such before, I'm only assuming based on general understanding.

kode12:
I pay £17/month for virgin media broadband. 250MBps and with three wifi extenders to ensure coverage accross the house. You can use my referal code http://aklam.io/dtoBBO we'll both receive £50 if you use the link.
Virgin and O2 is also linked, so if your contract expires, you can switch over to O2 if the coverage is great in your area and get a good deal as well.

Omo...£17/month, 250MBps with 3 extenders.

Virgin Media is not available in my area I would have cancelled my talktalk sharp sharp because I'm still in the cooling off period.

How come I didn't see this deal in comparison sites, did you negotiate with them directly or it's been long you got the contract?

Efftyy:
Suggestion and Advise needed

I have a contract Sim with Vodafone Uk ,paying 14pounds for Unlimited calls and 60gb data a months.

Currently moved to a new apartment and needed a broadband connection for my apartment.
Do anyone have suggestions on cheap broadband or rather a way I can manoeuvre my sim contract to get a good deal with Vodafone Broadband.
Thank you

Consider talktalk full fibre broadband.

I pay less that £30/month, unlimited data, up to 75 devices can be connected and it's superfast.

If you would like to consider, I can provide my referral code, if you use it, both of us get £50 cashback, at least that can settle your 2 months bill. Without referral, both of us get nothing 😊

OmichaelO:
Guys, does anyone have experience with Egypt Air? it's the cheapest we've seen but the layover is too long.

is it advisable?

Plan to have fun, for long layovers (not sure of the duration) they will lodge you in a 5 star hotel in the city with good food. If you have time, you can tour. Just make sure you don't miss the bus conveying you back to the airport for your next flight.

Lexusgs430:
You dey try o ...... When my Mama dey return, I send absolutely NOTHING to anybody...........🤣😜😄

Abi na you try
When mine was returning, I made sure all my brothers, sisters, spouses and children got at least one item, some got more and my mum pack goodies for her neighbours in the market.

The smile on their faces gave me more joy than what the change I used to buy those things would have given me if it was sitting in my account.

Jamesclooney:
So in your opinion, it’s better to cover the worst case scenario in all situations, even though it’s a 50/50 decision. Like I said, to each his own….all depends on your appetite risk — if you want to cover the risk of next pandemic it’s fine. However, coming from a country where we buy 10,000 naira third party insurance for cars worth millions to coming to the UK and covering worst case scenarios for expensive car insurance is a big change. Especially when most people won’t claim anything (normal probability of insurance). In my opinion, the main focus of a new migrant who wants to be mobile, is finding the cheapest insurance, legally (without lying). Goodluck! I’ve not claimed a dime for over 2yrs.

In insurance, you are safer providing worse case scenarios answers otherwise you may not be as insured as you thought. Also, most answers to insurance questions are not subjetive, you have to give the correct answers, for subjective answers, they usually provide guides. E.g for home insurance where they ask if you use the house for business purposes, they will tell you to click no if it's only work from home you do.

One way to reduce your premium is by increasing your voluntary excess, besides that, it can be costly if you try to provide smart answers instead of accurate answers.

grandpoh:
We both came in as student and dependent

You don't need to prove that you are living together or not, you only need to prove that you are married. The cert is enough.

grandpoh:
Good morning house, regarding PSW what are the required documents for the application?

Is the marriage cert enough proof of marriage and secondly my concern is the proof of living together for past two years because my wife stays in school hostel while I stay in another city cos of my work and she uses her school address for everything she does and I use house address for everything I do.

It depends

Did both of you come together as student and dependant or you met and got married here?