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Peerielass:
I think you should be eligible for a refund of the unused portion of your IHS on PSW. Apply and see what happens.

Regarding question 3, I would advise you go through an accountant. You would need one any way if you are going to be outside IR 35. For a small fee, most accountants/agents would allow clients to use their office as a holding address for companies house and HMRC correspondences. Alternatively you can use your home address as the registered address of your business.

Thank you for your feedback. Please, if I want to go through accountant. Can you recommend any for me? Can you please check this https://www.1stformations.co.uk/ if they have the option there. I want to assume that the accountant's duty is to help calculate the tax and file it monthly or annually and also provide business address for me.?

Hello everyone,

Recently, I was endorsed by Tech Nation for the Global Talent Visa (GTV). I switched from PSW to GTV, but I still had 1 year+ on PSW before I switched. I have a few questions, help and clarification on certain things.

1) Am I entitled to the IHS refund on my previous visa? I have been seeing different posts that only people in care work visas are eligible. I do not know how true it is.

2) Are there any platform I can use for contract work (Outside IR35) ONLY? as I am no longer interested in a fulltime/permanent role. Please recommend apart from the normal one indeed, reed, etc.

3) I am trying to setup a business later this year (still in development mode), but can I register the company directly (https://www.gov.uk/set-up-business) or use of agent such as (https://www.1stformations.co.uk/) is better because I do not have physical/online address that I can use to register my business for now

Thank you 🙂

Focus99:
Did you apply and complete your 2yrs postgraduate visa before the global talent visa?

No, I stayed on post graduate visa for 7 months before I applied for GTV.

mimilyrics:
I can't say what amount you'll pay if it's not in £ because how much you end up paying in $ or N depends on the exchange rate in play at the time you submit/make payment.

Cost in £:
1. Student visa fee (outside the UK): £363 https://www.gov.uk/student-visa
2. Application fee: Priority - £250 (you don't need this if it's a standard application- your £363 above covers your standard application processing) https://pos.tlscontact.com/los_en/added-value-services#fraud_alert
3. IHS - £705 for a year's course. https://www.immigration-health-surcharge.service.gov.uk/checker/type
Total in pounds: £1,318 (Priority)
£1,068 (Standard)

Naira
1. Courier - N30,000 (from TLS site link in 2 above)
2. Tb test: 57,800 (subject to changes in ForEx) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tuberculosis-test-for-a-uk-visa-clinics-in-nigeria/tuberculosis-testing-in-nigeria

Total in Naira - N87,800


PS: you don't need an agent to process your visa since it's something that you can do by yourself.

Thank you for all you do. You really guided me when I was applying for my student visa long time ago, you may have forgotten thou... I have completed my studies and I have switched to Tier 1 Global talent visa without needing any sponsorship..

SusanDaves069:
Hello everyone, I intend traveling next week.
Pls how can I retain my 9ja number so as to be able to make calls and receive and text and all.
What and what do I need to do

Thanks in anticipation

Your 9ja number will roam automatically so you don't have to bother about that.

NB: The charges would be very high

Leebido:
Hey guys I’ve been thinking lately . If we arrive Uk and open a Uk bank account
How do we transfer our funds from our Nigerian bank account to d Uk bank account ? Considering we can no longer use form A

You can create Payoneer Account and buy funds ($) from exchangers (cheaper than aboki rate). Payoneer will give you 4 different accounts (dollar, pounds, euro and yen). In your Payoneer, you can manage (convert) currency from a dollar to pounds, from pounds to euro, in fact, you can manage funds on all the 4 accounts Payoneer has given you. If you have a domiciliary account, you can add it and withdraw your money from Payoneer to your bank account. You can also add your UK account to your Payoneer and withdraw as long you have converted your funds in Payoneer. You can add up to 3 different bank accounts you want to use to withdraw. You can check their website for more. I have attached a few screenshots to show you what I am trying to explain.


PS: Processing withdrawal fee is 2% of funds you are withdrawing i.e $2 for $100

Please, is this also correct?

Please, I am filling my VISA application but I am confused at this stage. Does this selection mean NYSC?


Someone should please help with this

otunbamoteez:
I completed my student visa application yesterday, while completing same i was asked about accommodation and i answered that i will be staying in the school hostel but on my CAS school said they will not be providing accommodation since i didnt pay for it. I want to ask guru in the house if this is not a serious issue.

When is your biometric?

kingsilly:
This image was culled from Uk visit visa thread, it’s not for the student visa, student visa is PBS, just keep the money in the account needed for tuition and maintenance for 28days, you need not explain to anyone while your brother send you money

Oh, okay. Thank you.

@mimilyrics and all. Please, what will someone whose brother sent money declare in other to avoid this?

Cc: kingsilly

Islamiat01:
Please IHS told me to pay 977.52 USD for my health Surcharge fee and my course duration is 1year pls is the money I was asked to pay correct? Please let me know bfor paying please ���. Please I need a response asap

A year course is £705 (470 + 235). So it's a YES

Justsoret:
Pls I Av gotten an admission offer for January my statement of account will start counting from Monday Can I start booking for my TB test ?
What’s the d validity period for TB test

The validity period is 6 months

mimilyrics:
You can't run any form of business as a student. See attached screenshot on some examples of self-employment as a student.

Can you please drop a link to this pdf? I will like to read all the rules

Cyberknight:
If you can get a sterling card, then convert your money to sterling, take the hit, get a sterling card, and move on.

Fact: the banks will make money off you because this is what they are set up to do once you move money through them. All you can do is limit how much they hit you for, not eliminate it entirely.

OH, okay. Thanks

biggiyke:
Possible? Definitely.
Wise? No.
First of all, the USD/GBP exchange rate that will be used will be against you. Your USD will lose heavy against the GBP.
Secondly, GTB would still charge you $3 (I think) for every ATM withdrawal.
2 options, go ahead with the above OR sell your USD while in Nigeria and then buy GBP. When you arrive here, you open a bank account and deposit.

Either way, you will definitely lose money exchanging USD for GBP. But you can choose your poison.

Thank you

So, is it possible to convert the $$ to GBP and put it in my £ dorm account and when I get to UK, I can transfer it to any bank I open? Because I don't want to go with plenty cash at hand.

mattfeuter:
Think twice before doing this. You’re better off bringing pounds here.

Please, is it possible to withdraw cash from the atm over there using your Gtbank dollar Master card without any restriction?

PS: I already have the dollar master card and I don't want to collect pounds master card because of the maintenance fee I'll be paying for the two.

mimilyrics:
You shouldn't work as a freelancer as it falls under self-employment which is prohibited for student visa holders.

@mimilyrics,please I want to understand you very well.

Are you saying someone can't continue working as a freelancer even if he has a client he's working for around the world (through LinkedIn, slack or other platforms) in Naija before he travels to UK that once he gets there, he needs to terminate those contracts.

Or are you saying someone can't freelance for UK companies only as a student

CaptainNipples:
I tried paying my IHS with paga verve and got this. Who else is having this issue

People here have already said we shouldn't use paga verve option that we should go for paga option only.

Please what's the best way to pay this IHS and visa fees because many people have been complaining on having issue. Can someone in US or UK use his card to pay on my behalf?

Jtude:
Hello good people,

I have tried paying the IHS surcharge of 1680 dollars using paga verve and paga linking my GTB to my paga account but it takes me back to the UK site saying "Error, we are having technical problems"
Is this a problem from the IHS site or is it the paga transaction?
Has anyone had this challenge and how did you pay for your IHS surcharge please?
See screenshot below

The dollar rate. Is it £940 that you converted?

quille11:
Hello guys,

I like to know if the IHS fee for a course of 1 year and 4 months will be calculated as 2 years. Tried to input details in the IHS calculator. It calculated £940. Is this some sort of error?

Please, how much did you pay. I'm also in the same situation and I don't want to over pay. The calculator is also showing £940

omopapa:
2. £1410.00

REFERENCE: https://www.immigration-health-surcharge.service.gov.uk/checker/Type

I just calculated using the link you sent and this is what I got. Please how did you get £1410

Please,
1) who has used Zenith bank to process the form A. How long does it take for the school to see the funds.
2) if a course is 16 months. Is it £470 x2 that I'm going to pay for IHS?
3) if your required funds are already met (over 28 days). Can you pay your school fees (deposit) from it as long as the remaining funds in your account are more than the required amount?

Ohek:
Please, where you able to reschedule your appointment for the TB test?

Yes, they replied me that I'll be contacted once everywhere is calm.

Hi everyone, please I booked an appointment for my TB at IOM since last month but I scheduled it to tomorrow (21st Oct 2020). I want to ask if there's a way to postpone it because Lagos state has declared curfew due to the ongoing protest. I have already made my payment and I was told to come exactly the date I book.

iboboyswag:
Madam go to Birmingham to avoid stories that touch... Although the UK isn't as strict as the US in matters like this, it is unwise to give your village people ammunition to phaya!

My 2cents from a place of love

Are you saying someone is not allowed to go beyond his University city? Please explain.

TheGuyFromHR:
Are you asking whether you should leave your money behind in naira in Nigeria while you travel to the UK without converting it to sterling?
If so, the answer is no.
Open a domiciliary account, convert to sterling and wire most or all of it as you prefer to TransferWise.

Please, is $100 spending limit doesn't affect DORM ACCOUNT? I have been thinking about the best way to have the money when someone enters UK

Sure

rs172:
Hey bro... Mind if I dm

mimilyrics:
No. Freelance work counts as self-employment and this isn't allowed under the T4 rules.

Okay, thank you

Hi guys, I don't know whether this question has been asked before but I'll like to know if it's possible because what I saw online isn't clear to me.

Please, is it allowed to work as a freelancer/remote/online job platforms in UK. I'm currently working on two online platforms here in Nigeria but there are some platforms that reject Nigeria/find it difficult to get jobs because of being in Nigeria. So, I guess when someone reaches UK, it will be very easy to create account on those platforms and earn cool cash. For me, I'll prefer to work online because I can earn X3 or more than doing student jobs in UK. We Nigerians have been rejected on different occasions and it's all because of our location such as Amazon affiliate, stripe, upwork (currently you can't create an account if your location is Nigeria) etc. Please, if we're not allowed to work online, when will we be allowed? After study or during holiday? If we do, how would they know? Does that mean they track everything we do online.

PS: I'm not trying to bypass any system that's why I'm asking.

Below is also the screenshot of the problem we Nigerians are facing.