missjekyll:
I think we have to be careful about repeating right wing talking points.

Give me an example of a country where this is happening currently.

The right wing is no place for people of colour because if they win, you with your ebony skin which you cannot take off, will be the first target.
We live well with Muslims in Nigeria( Yorubaland) why is it different in the UK?

How do you define right-wing? The right-wing are the conservatives and most Africans are by default conservatives. What do you then mean that the right-wing is no place for people of color?

Have you tried to take a test to see if you are left or right leaning ?

Jeff0983:


I don’t understand what you mean by this and what was wrong from what I asked , can I go earlier or it must be 15 minutes to the 11 am that is my time. I never go for UK visa biometric before so I’m asking to know what best to do. Because for my IOM TB test time 11 am but I went there by 9 am and was allowed to go inside for my test, maybe that will also be the case for visa biometrics

Your questions initially didn't make any sense. You asked what time will you go for Biometrics without stating, what the Biometrics is for and where.

Is it Biometrics for Passport Renewal
Biometrics for Schegen visa, Canadian or US visa from inside the UK
Or UK visa Biometrics in Nigeria.

Godsonice:
Hello guys..

After studying master's in International business with data analytics in UK, can the graduate get a professional job in UK within this area of study?

Please help with advice someone wants to make a final decision whether to accept the admission offer or wait and go for masters in Cyber Security.. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

There in no answer to this question. Nobody gives you a job because you have a degree, be it cyber security or English literature. They give you a job because you can demonstrate that you have the key skills and strength that they require.

Even Graduate roles, will require you to go through a rigorous screening process, because it's not an experience hire, hence they needed to test your strength and skillsets to be convinced that you have what it takes to be successful in the role.

Nwakatamary:
My daughter did her biometrics on the 1st of June, and her passport was delivered on the 2nd of October.

It took 4 months.

Did my biometrics on the 17th of July, passport delivery 23rd of August. Omo I shock 😲.

I was expecting the process to take atleast 3months.

FaithfulGod4me:


Good evening everyone, kindly guide me on what i should do regarding the below issue 🙏

1. If i get a genuine visa sponsorship job in the UK and i'm able to relocate there with my 3 young kids (i'm divorced), work for a while and save; will i be able to get admitted into a school in UK for masters and study online?

2. Will studying online still afford me the opportunity to work full time?

3. Do you think it is possible for me to be able to survive and live decently with my 3 kids if i am working full time in UK?


4. My 1st child is 12years old; will i need a nanny? or does UK law permit a 12years old child to watch over the younger siblings? The last is 7+.


5. Is tuition expensive for kids schools?


Please help me with answers and.

I need to make aa decision but i want to understand the reality before finalizing.

Thank you all ffor your response.

1) Yes, a part-time master is far better than an online masters (part-time is two years, and it spread the payment for 2years instead of paying it one off, it also gives you enough time to joggle work and study)

2) it can be challenging as you are expected to work full-time and your classes will clash with your working hours, it's unavoidable hence my advice in Q1 above.

3) it will be challenging without additional support, except if you fall within the high earner bracket (realistic anything above £50k outside London)

4) I no too sure here.

5) Tuition is free for kids (Except if you wan go private school than you need lots and lots of money)

KOVIC19COVID20:



I thought I was the only one who noticed.
It’s like there is some voyeuristic orgasm she gets whenever ‘Church’ is mentioned. Even if she’s on Nairaland holiday. As soon as church is mentioned, she will rush to castigate.


What I know - for a fact (and based on my UK experience) and the experience of thousands of others is that we have amazing stories of how God used the Church as a place of comfort for us when we arrived as newbies in this obodo UK.

For every 1 negative experience that some people may have, I dare say there are thousands (nay, millions) of positive experiences. But guess what? A microscopic few, very vocal minority makes it look like the ‘Church’ is a horrible place. Far from it!

Ps: Who else notice that there is this certain individual who is like Justwise’s doppelgänger. Whose moniker starts with the 1st letter of the African country that Priti Patel (and now Suella) wants to send small boat arrivals to. The individual’s moniker ends with the letter of the alphabet that rhymes with eggs. The individual Always, always concurs, seconds or supports any post by Justwise.
😉😉😉😉😉

Is Justwise a She? 😳😳😳😳

headofschool:
Please what documents can I use as proof of address? I have been staying at the university accomodation and school as issued a confirmation of study

You can request for Proof of Address from your school, you can also use the letter you receive after registering to vote.

glauri222:
You don’t even need your passport to apply. Your BRP is all you need, u ain’t even going for biometrics

This is wrong, you need a passport to apply. Your COS must include your passport expiration date, which have to reflect in your visa application.

The question of weda they accept an expired passport is another thing altogether which I can't confirm or deny, but you need your passport details to apply.

Progressivegee:


That's not right. Aside transparency of the process, one primary reason you can't swap a Nigerian Drivers licence with the UK is because of the right hand drive issue. Nigerian trained drivers would need additional training to learn RHD. Zimbabwe licence and some other African country can be swapped with UK license because they drive in the same Right Hand.

If Nigerian license is that bad, then they wouldn't allow Nigerian trained drivers drive on their roads for one year with their Nigerian license.

We no say naija no good but make we self dey calm down when criticising. Their many positives the country has

Your argument no too balance. If the issue if RHD then they wouldn't have allowed you to drive for one year in the 1st place. Anybody way don drive for one year don master the RHD so why require additional testing?

Many countries that drive on the opposite side of the road can convert, while some countries that drive on the same side of the road can't. I think one of the metrics they use to decide this is the "due diligence" required to obtain the license. Unfortunately, Nigeria scores quite poor in this area.

UK driving license is one of the most powerful in the world because of the due diligence required to obtain it.

joe10:
Good evening fam,

Pls l applied for this role with the address where i booked my accommodation and used the uk number given by TLS during biometrics. The job was posted on August 11th with no expiry date but l am landing mid-September. I am given an email to contact or number to call/message the organisation. Pls how do i respond to this mail cos l am worried that i might lose the job if i state that l am currently not in uk. Pls your advise is appreciated.

Why have you not activated the Sim you collected? Put it in a phone and activate it. You will still be able to use it in Nigeria to receive calls at no charge (roaming). This is important if you've been using it in your applications. Them too like calls for this country

Egbons in the house.

Please has anyone invested in Gtbank Dollar fund? According the advert they offers over 8% interest rate. That's far better than you can get in any UK bank, it can even out perform S&S ISA.

The fact that it is dollar dominated mean offers additional protection to the naira rollercoaster madness.

bigtt76:
Should we be scared or the usual rumour mongers at work? In the letter is mentioned 3 years ILR which doesn't make sense What do you think?

The letter is fake.

Also the letter only mention Leave to Remain not Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) they are two different things.

ecolime:

I must have missed this part out.

But it's not possible to save all the £900, he should be able to do £600. The Masters option looks more like it then.

It's very possible. Over 80% of Nigerians that travel to the UK, didn't have scholarship so they are not getting the free £900 per month. Yet worked to pay their living expenses and part of their tuition. It all depends on his spending habit. In his case he doesn't have to worry about tuition fee just to work to pay his living expenses.

ecolime:
Would have advised you to go for the Biological sciences programme, but what's the point in travelling out for Masters and be back home to square one?


Take the software engineer role, develop capacity and you will be in a better position to get better international jobs soonest.

This is not the best advice. Since his offer is fully funded with a stiped of £900 per month, which as at today is over 1m. He can decide to save all the stipend while doing parttime job to offset his living expenses. At the end of the master program he will be sure of £10K in saving which is over 11m all within one year. It will take him ages to save that in Nigeria while on 200k salary.

At the end he has a UK advance degree and lot's of savings, that's a win win

Akorkor:


Proverbs 13 24 Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.

Do you have a data of any children who grow up in care homes as a better person? If you do have please convince me. I can say, teenagers in Nigeria are better behaved than UK

I don't understand what you mean by carehome and how it's relevant to this topic? My argument is that flogging and beating a child is not the definition of disciplining. There is a whole lot to parenting and training a child than just beating, and there are more productive way to discipline a child.

Teenagers don't join gang because their parents didn't discipline them. One major factor that influence this is the socio-economic background, even neighborhood with high gang related crimes are low-income neighborhood, the same is also true in Nigeria. If you go to urban slums in Nigeria or any poor neighborhood, the rate of teenage crime is unprecedented both children of pastors that grew up under constant beating/flogging they will simply outgrow the beating and show you shege.

I don't have the data about how unruly teenagers in UK are, but I have seen 1st hand how teenagers in Nigeria can be unquestionably corrupt and evil. You might not have witnessed it if you live or grow in middle-income neighborhood.

I so much would've love to use myself as an example, but I still be nobody. one day when I'm finally successful and accomplish, I will write a book about the darkness I lived through. How I grew up habouring a princely inner darkness. Bought my 1st gun (a Russian mini Beretta 2.5mm) at the age of 16, almost got convicted by age 24 despite growing up in a very religious home under strict upbringing.

samsmokey:


All these children that UK government will not let you discipline. Back then I remember a class mate being brought to Nigeria and “abandoned”. He spent about two years with his uncle, during that period the reforming😉😉 he received.
When he returned to the UK he was a completely changed being.

I don't think discipline has anything to do with beating/flogging a child, we have that in Nigeria yet the rate of cultism particularly in low income neighborhoods is staggering. Can you say teenages are better behaved in Nigeria compared to the UK due to the training they recieved?

Nigerians need to unlearn the habit that beating a child equals disciplining the child.

Viruses:


If this story is true and the police were truly involved, if the govt. is able to use this to uncover fraud, will the victims be given another jobs or asylum seeing that they helped investigation?

No, Asylum is not something you give as a form of compensation and it's not the duty of immigration officers or police to give jobs to immigrants. The license will be withdrawn, the visa canceled and the victims expected to leave the country with immediate effect.

jagbasneh:
Good morning guys, please i need some clarification on this questions.
1. Tier 2 visa holder came to UK with 7months old baby, if the baby is put under benefits it is fall under public funds.
2. About to have another new born baby in UK, if the new born baby put under benefits it is fall under public funds?
Thank

I assume by "put under benefits" you mean claim child benefit? YES! Claiming child benefit is public fund

Agbekehorla:
How can one go about renewing Nigerian passport in this UK. It expires March 2024. Is it too early to renew. Ancestors pls reply. Thanks

It's rather too late than early. If you apply today you will probably get a date in November or December and after your Biometric you will need to wait additional 3months or so to get your passport, which means if you apply today and you are lucky you will get the new passport by February or March 2024.

Do you still think it's too early to apply ?

Focus99:
Goodmorning house.

I will like to know if GP does family planning and also if one is expected to pay for this service.

P.S: do not advice me to make do with c**d** cos it's painful during s*x plus myself and hubby not ready to have a baby now.

Thank you

They are called GP (General Practitioner) for a reason. Talk with your GP and they will refer you to the appropriate personnel.

hustla:





I have dulled it. Got a date in November. Passport expires in Jan. Didn't know it's that terrible

Do you know when I'll be able to get it after capturing?

3-4months after capturing

hustla:
..About to pay for my new passport application but the old one is yet to expire (expires Jan but I heard its good to start early)

Can I proceed with the payment without issues?

Mine will expire in March Next year, I applied and paid in May and just did my Biometric capture 2weeks ago.

SamReinvented:
Abeg, is there anyone here who applied for NG passport since May and has received it? Mine has been in production since forever and the collection date on the slip was 29th June.

Is there a sure number to call or a email to carryout a follow up?

Relax and add additional 2months to the date initially indicated collection date. Passport processing is now taking 3-4months.

Unfortunately there is nothing you can do about it, just relax and wait it out.

Schoolhike:


Chat gpt plus (the free version is also good but not as reasonable as the paid version ($20 monthly)

Microsoft Bing Chat - free

Claude Ai - free

Google bard - free

I use all, to have different perspectives on a subject matter but mostly use Gpt plus

(With AI, less time spent in understanding complex concepts/matter, issues, code, quick summary of, pdfs, webpages, YouTube videos instead of spending hours watching, etc )

Can you please confirm if gpt4 can generate diagram or sketch? I don't want to subscribe only to realize that it's not able to do it.

Abeg make una put mouth for this abeg.

A sub £40k consulting role in the UK (sponsored and yet to spend 3months with the firm) and a P3 level role with UNDP, salary $93k but duty station is Mali 🇲🇱.

Which do you advise and why?

deept:


The application should be fine. Attachment to Nigeria is her education as supported by a letter from her faculty on a letter headed paper. Just deal with the financial part, no pump the account, let the account show inflow and outflow of a typical student and if there is any significant deposit, put an explanation with evidence. And reduce the one month to say 2 weeks...

Unfortunately education alone is not a good enough ties to Nigeria, considering that she has families in the UK. She is unemployed and have no source of income and to cap it up, she is still quite young.
The rule of the thumb is to treat every application as a potential "immigration risk" until to applicant successfully proves otherwise.

The sudden £500k credit looks suspicious, and normally she should have submitted 3-6months statement.

What you should have done is to make a monthly payment of 100k into her account for 3-5months label it as her upkeep. She will declare it as income of 100k per month from family for upkeep.

This will show that she has enough money back home in Nigeria and not a potential economic migrant.

jedisco:


Go to page 86 and see the origin of 'black and brown'. After that, you could raise it up again.

A win-win I see.

Let me break it down for you. This is like your boss taking from your salary to pay for the road trip of your work colleagues. You then call it a win-win cos you were also on the bus and that you alone paying for the whole trip prevented everyone from contributing their fair share.

This move means that immigrants are left poorer (cue inflation) irrespective of whatever salary increase they receive just so Brits can have more in their pockets. This creates inequalities. Read through polished 'right sounding statements'

No your analogy is incorrect and a misrepresentation of the actual situation.

How about this. You left your former boss because of reasons best know to you and approach a new boss, and the boss gladly welcomes you on the condition that you have to make a mandatory contribution to be able to join the company and enjoy all the benefits including the road trips, the initial money you paid will be directly towards improving the experiences and living condition of everyone in the road trip including you, you only pay the fee once and all new entrants are mandated to pay it. You have the option to reject the offer and go back to your previous employer but you chose to accept it and then accuse the employer of making you poorer

I am not in support of the increased fee (I personally will have to pay for it as well), but championing the narrative that the Brits are subjecting immigrants to unfair hardship and extortion is incorrect. The UK has successfully transformed the lives of lots of immigrants and they've accessed opportunities that they can only dream of in their home countries.

There are folks (mostly settled immigrants) who charges fellow immigrant £12k for COS, yet nobody is calling them out for it.

We live in a capitalist society and when the demand is high and supply is limited, the supplier will push the price up. There has been a record high immigration to the UK and they might as well use to opportunity to it's fullest, which is what any business man will do in that situation.

If you believe paying the fee to move to the UK will make you poorer, then by all means stay in your country and remain richer.

jedisco:


I did not infer.. only asked.

With tax thresholds frozen, there's a real fiscal drag and most people would invariably pay higher taxes. The question Zahra becomes, would you prefer the government increases taxes to fund the pay rise or would you rather black and brown immigrants pay?

The double taxation called IHS and visa fees may have increased with inflation... but an increase aimed at paying public sector workers higher wages has not been a matter of public discussion before. It's not like we never knew... it's just that there's now an acceptance of this fact.

I don't know why you keep stressing the black and brown like the policy is targeted at them only. The policy is targeted at immigrant/non-immigrant who want to leave their countries to come live in the UK whether black, brown or white the race is inconsequential.
And I think it's a win-win for even the immigrants because I personally will choose to pay the increased ihs fee, once and for all, than having my tax increase. Additionally even the immigrants working in those sectors also get a pay increase.

steadyMoving22:



Not your decision to make for others choice.

Not my decision to make How? I can't remember making any decision at any point in my message.

I only asked a question, to see if I'm missing anything. Cause I don't understand how having a 5 years US B1-B2 visa or a 1year Schengen multiple entry visa is a backup to UK residency visa incase the UK Bleep up.
Even with a 5year US visa the maximum you can stay with each visit is 6months and for Schengen territory it's 3months, and you are not permitted to work or take up paid employment during the visit.

Iruobe1987:



Is royal mail delivery fee required as well?

Yea definitely, you have to buy a prepaid envelope before heading for you capturing.