Ralphlauren:


Congratulations.

The risks attached to Tier 2 visa has not been discussed on this forum. Hats off to those that are on this route.

I know many people that were underpaid but just had to stick with it just because the company offered sponsorship. I remember a friend who was offered sponsorship by a tech company straight after university but less than a year later, he was asked to leave the company. He struggled to get another sponsor with the 90 days grace period and he had to return to Nigeria.

The risk of redundancy, "offending" your bosses, not meeting productivity targets, misconduct, saying or doing something that's not politically correct, not scoring well during yearly appraisals. . . I can only imagine the prayers, constantly thinking about a plan B and uncertainty people on this route sometimes have to go through. . . .

5gee:
I got my ILR.
10 year route
1 year - Student visa
5 years + tier 2
4 years Spousal/partner

bamangar:
Hello everyone, i need a better advise and judgement. I will be coming to the UK in 2022 for my masters, the enrolment will soon start. I studied Agric. in my Bsc but have been working in IT related fields since i graduated. I will be piking one of the below three courses:

DATA SCIENCE
CYBER SECURITY
CLOUD COMPUTING

I have passion and love the 3 but i only have to pick one and i want to do it based on availability of employment in the UK after graduation. If you are in my shoes, which course would you advise and reason why

Thanks

dupyshoo:
This is so true!!! A lot of my friends were forced to leave UK mid way because they lost their jobs.

I went through similar it as well. My employer refused to sponsor my ILR after 5 years. I was fortunate to get another employer that sponsored my Tier 2. Applied for ILR after 1 month with the new employer.

OSCARTM:


The three are in high demand, but Cyber Security will easily get you sponsorship if you intend to stay back permanently.

dupyshoo:
This is so true!!! A lot of my friends were forced to leave UK mid way because they lost their jobs.

I went through similar situation as well. My employer refused to sponsor my ILR after 5 years. I was fortunate to get another employer that sponsored my Tier 2. Applied for ILR after 1 month with the new employer.

umarwy:


Congratulations to the latest mama Charlie pikin.


All these stories about T2 are gloomy oh.

Now that I am thinking of abandoning T1 for a work visa..

I might have to rethink my options.

Toyen51:
Pls I have plans of relocating next year September to Uk with my husband and child through student visa,and I trying to see if I can just do some perfection to my hair making skills,and also learn make up and bridal hair, because I learnt as a student you can only work for 20 hours and also I want to have time for my child too,she is just 2 though my hubby will.b allowed to work ,but u just want to b skilled such that I might not really need a paid employment job,my question is,is hair business lucrative in the UK or I shouldn't bother perfecting the skill,is it worth for me improve on it or is not so lucrative over there , anyone with experience in that aspect pls advice me ,thank you

Mamatukwas:


Is T1 not 3 years? It’s faster no?

umarwy:


It's 5 years

3 years 2 full time employees for 12 months.

Additional 2 years extension with 2 full time employees for 12 months.

(Employees must be settled in UK)

And the restrictions coupled with the IR35 is just crippling.

umarwy:


It's 5 years

3 years 2 full time employees for 12 months.

Additional 2 years extension with 2 full time employees for 12 months.

(Employees must be settled in UK)

And the restrictions coupled with the IR35 is just crippling.

Mamatukwas:


I see. This is most likely the investor one. I think T1 : Exceptional talent Visa is 3yrs. Then ILR

LagosismyHome:


Congrats and glad you had a backup.... I don't know why companies can be so mean. There one guy I met, he was made redundant one month to iLR while on tier 2, he begged them to not even pay him and just be on the books since it was just one month and they said no. It was very painful. The wife was a housewife and no backup to even quickly do student visa...he had to go back and back in naija no real job.

So I am really happy to see you got to the finish line, even though I don't know you lol...

Ralphlauren:


Congratulations.

The risks attached to Tier 2 visa has not been discussed on this forum. Hats off to those that are on this route.

I know many people that were underpaid but just had to stick with it just because the company offered sponsorship. I remember a friend who was offered sponsorship by a tech company straight after university but less than a year later, he was asked to leave the company. He struggled to get another sponsor with the 90 days grace period and he had to return to Nigeria.

The risk of redundancy, "offending" your bosses, not meeting productivity targets, misconduct, saying or doing something that's not politically correct, not scoring well during yearly appraisals. . . I can only imagine the prayers, constantly thinking about a plan B and uncertainty people on this route sometimes have to go through. . . .

5gee:
I got my ILR.
10 year route
1 year - Student visa
5 years + tier 2
4 years Spousal/partner
Hopefully I will get my passport in January. Then I can start applying for jobs abroad.
I did not apply for my ILR on tier 2 because I was naive. I was at risk of redundancy with barely 2 months to my ILR and the company wouldn't give me a letter without stating that I was at risk. I didn't feel comfortable applying with that on the letter so I canceled my appointment and when I failed to get another sponsor and not enough time to find a decent job in Nigeria, I applied for a spousal visa which reset my timeline.
In hindsight, I should have applied and I would have been granted it, saving me thousands of pounds in application fees and NHS surcharge. More painful is the fact that I had considered moving back home in the earlier years but got to the point where going back without at least ILR was not logical. Hopefully I find a good role back home or somewhere near , Amen.

dupyshoo:
This is so true!!! A lot of my friends were forced to leave UK mid way because they lost their jobs.

I went through similar situation as well. My employer refused to sponsor my ILR after 5 years. I was fortunate to get another employer that sponsored my Tier 2. Applied for ILR after 1 month with the new employer.

Dexter07:



Yea i agree, not as straightfwd
All i did was to fill in that online form
Ukvi contacted abt 8 weeks after requesting for detailed reason for cancellation then about another 6 wks after confirming the cancellation....
....another 4 weeks before fee refund

Aprokodaughter:



Congratulations this is good news

fatima04:


Thankful for this forum ehn , been battling this for days. Thanks for sharing your experience. Please can you confirm if its the same link below, because the first part about applicant withdrawing and wish to leave the UK is making me have a rethink.
https://eforms.homeoffice.gov.uk/outreach/Return_of_Documents.ofml

5gee:

Lucky you. Why would they refuse to? HR didn't even want to give me a letter at first. I tried explaining my situation to them but they were very dumb to understand. They did not understand the immigration system and were not willing to use their brains to think. But I later put it down to the fact that they were not educated enough, some did not have degrees. For those here asking to do MBA or MSc to work as HR, totally unnecessary except you need it for something else.

5gee:
I got my ILR.
10 year route
1 year - Student visa
5 years + tier 2
4 years Spousal/partner , Amen.

giselle237:
it is it. Always seems confusing. I kept going back and forth myself because the clauses were not just making sense. Refunds came in couple of weeks later.

5gee:
I got my ILR.
10 year route
1 year - Student visa
5 years + tier 2
4 years Spousal/partner
Hopefully I will get my passport in January. Then I can start applying for jobs abroad.
I did not apply for my ILR on tier 2 because I was naive. I was at risk of redundancy with barely 2 months to my ILR and the company wouldn't give me a letter without stating that I was at risk. I didn't feel comfortable applying with that on the letter so I canceled my appointment and when I failed to get another sponsor and not enough time to find a decent job in Nigeria, I applied for a spousal visa which reset my timeline.
In hindsight, I should have applied and I would have been granted it, saving me thousands of pounds in application fees and NHS surcharge. More painful is the fact that I had considered moving back home in the earlier years but got to the point where going back without at least ILR was not logical. Hopefully I find a good role back home or somewhere near , Amen.

profemebee:
hi hi,

Thanks for knowledge on Lemonade.

Pls how does it work that they can pay into Naija Naira bank account? thought it was banned?

Also, must I fund the wallet to send money?

AKALAMAGBO:
Congratulations 5gee … Omooo mehn, this particular thread no be for kiddos ooo, I mean sometimes I just imagine the age of some gurus here and I be like OOH; justwise go be around 42 TheGuyFromHR go be like that 45 LexusGS430 fit be 37 Fatima04 maybe 38 Aprokodaughter response dey always twist my head one kind, maybe 37 ( me and her still dey same bracket ) …… BUT MEHN I respect all of you GURUS and thanks for supporting us upcoming gurus as well, God bless you all… No PUN intended Aprokodaughter

lawali:
Guess I can say good night . I actually resumed late to this forum. Going by about 30 pages I have read so far, I should have been here earlier.

I will still go back to read part1 and all pages of this part but I am struggling with time now.

I appreciate the creator, Fatimo04, the gurus I know from other group-Justwise, Lagosishome and many amazing folks here.

Ah, my journey on this mission started 3 years back from US thread and back to UK.

As e be now, my family of 6 finally got visa Nov ending. My initial plan is to sort out Accomodation within 3wks b/4 our journey but that was truncated by red listing that lasted for about 2 Wks.

I urgently need help on how to secure reasonable accommodation in Scotland-close to Glasgow/Paisley where I can peacefully raise kids and teenagers. Suggestion of areas to focus on will be appreciated. I have been searching Zoopla for weeks with no success yet. Our journey is this weekend and I think I may just settle for bnb/hotel for now till I sort this out but hoping it will be short to save money.

Pls like which documents do I need to collect from kids schools to transfer to UK school. I have final school results already but not sure if that suffices.

I have many other questions to ask relating to tax benefits for student & partner joint registration for lease, opening bank account, life generally but kindly respond on accommodation thing and school entry documents.

Thank you all.

lawali:
Guess I can say good night . I actually resumed late to this forum. Going by about 30 pages I have read so far, I should have been here earlier.

I will still go back to read part1 and all pages of this part but I am struggling with time now.

I appreciate the creator, Fatimo04, the gurus I know from other group-Justwise, Lagosishome and many amazing folks here.

Ah, my journey on this mission started 3 years back from US thread and back to UK.

As e be now, my family of 6 finally got visa Nov ending. My initial plan is to sort out Accomodation within 3wks b/4 our journey but that was truncated by red listing that lasted for about 2 Wks.

I urgently need help on how to secure reasonable accommodation in Scotland-close to Glasgow/Paisley where I can peacefully raise kids and teenagers. Suggestion of areas to focus on will be appreciated. I have been searching Zoopla for weeks with no success yet. Our journey is this weekend and I think I may just settle for bnb/hotel for now till I sort this out but hoping it will be short to save money.

Pls like which documents do I need to collect from kids schools to transfer to UK school. I have final school results already but not sure if that suffices.

I have many other questions to ask relating to tax benefits for student & partner joint registration for lease, opening bank account, life generally but kindly respond on accommodation thing and school entry documents.

Thank you all.