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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Chreze(m): 1:39pm On Jan 11, 2023
AgentXxx:
Crazy bastards

grin grin E be like them waste your time and you never forgive them. cheesy
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Bamo2020(m): 1:42pm On Jan 11, 2023
Good day my seniors, for a dependent with over ten years experience in the supply chain management, precisely inventory management. What advice do you have for such as per securing good job in the UK as his visa is ready?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by misterkelly: 2:31pm On Jan 11, 2023
Good afternoon broses.
Please I will be coming as a dependent by next month to Doncaster. Please how do I go about the job thing?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Margs(f): 4:00pm On Jan 11, 2023
Hello everyone. Please I have some USD on cash (PTA) and I am coming to the UK next week for school. Should I change the USD to NGN and then to GBP or should I just change to Naira and put in my account and then change to GBP when I get to the UK? What do you think will be more cost effective?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Margs(f): 4:09pm On Jan 11, 2023
Margs:
Hello everyone. Please I have some USD on cash (PTA) and I am coming to the UK next week for school. Should I change the USD to NGN and then to GBP or should I just change to Naira and put in my account and then change to GBP when I get to the UK? What do you think will be more cost effective?
In cash*
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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Lexusgs430: 4:20pm On Jan 11, 2023
Margs:
Hello everyone. Please I have some USD on cash (PTA) and I am coming to the UK next week for school. Should I change the USD to NGN and then to GBP or should I just change to Naira and put in my account and then change to GBP when I get to the UK? What do you think will be more cost effective?


Change to ₦, deposit in your account and return back to this thread, when you arrive to complete final leg ....... grin

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Goke7: 4:46pm On Jan 11, 2023
Ayowolebami:
Please can I be too forward and shoot you a mail? I also have experience from naija and have CAMS certification. I don't know if you can help me speak to your friend. I just need guidance from someone who's been on that contract journey.

I am looking at going the contract way rather than full time and would appreciate pointers from someone who's been there and done it. I'm still studying though but I wanna start planning for the reality of life after studies and I sincerely don't wanna shortchange myself if I can explore and get something better.

Please epp my life biko, I promise I am not troublesome grin


Calm down, you're already good to go. Finish your studies well but if it's just a few months you have left you can start applying for jobs right away. Look at jobs description carefully and make sure your CV covers the basic requirements and experience for the jobs. Since you're still studying you are still limited by the 20hrs per week rule so getting a full-time role whether contract or perm may be tricky but you can try as there are contract roles that may allow you to work part-time which will be great for your experience going forward.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Lexusgs430: 4:49pm On Jan 11, 2023
midasfx:


It was addressed to me. Before today I had never heard of the company in question. Hence my surprise when I saw the mail was addressed to me rather than the generic “Dear sir”.


How did you eventually resolve this matter.......
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by midasfx(m): 5:32pm On Jan 11, 2023
Lexusgs430:



How did you eventually resolve this matter.......

I mailed them and requested they cancel the service as I never signed up for it. Apparently, the letting agent (Yourmove) had passed my information (they've got some sort of partnership) across even though I had signified that I wasn't interested in any insurance coverage while signing the tenancy agreement.

It eventually got cancelled without any fuss.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Lexusgs430: 5:47pm On Jan 11, 2023
midasfx:


I mailed them and requested they cancel the service as I never signed up for it. Apparently, the letting agent (Yourmove) had passed my information (they've got some sort of partnership) across even though I had signified that I wasn't interested in any insurance coverage while signing the tenancy agreement.

It eventually got cancelled without any fuss.


Beauty of fighting your corner.......... wink
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Ayowolebami(f): 6:02pm On Jan 11, 2023
Goke7:


Calm down, you're already good to go. Finish your studies well but if it's just a few months you have left you can start applying for jobs right away. Look at jobs description carefully and make sure your CV covers the basic requirements and experience for the jobs. Since you're still studying you are still limited by the 20hrs per week rule so getting a full-time role whether contract or perm may be tricky but you can try as there are contract roles that may allow you to work part-time which will be great for your experience going forward.

Yea I wasn't going to start applying until I'm about to round up my dissertation make "Unfortunately" emails no come demoralize me but I just wanted to find out more about the contract way with daily rates. Would prefer that over full time roles for now but I'd like to hear from people who have done both before I make I decision. Thanks so much.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by giselle237: 8:44pm On Jan 11, 2023
Margs:
Hello everyone. Please I have some USD on cash (PTA) and I am coming to the UK next week for school. Should I change the USD to NGN and then to GBP or should I just change to Naira and put in my account and then change to GBP when I get to the UK? What do you think will be more cost effective?
come with GBP whatever you do.. you are already making wholesome profit as you got it at CBN rate(PTA) so what more profit are you finding sir

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Margs(f): 8:57pm On Jan 11, 2023
giselle237:
come with GBP whatever you do.. you are already making wholesome profit as you got it at CBN rate(PTA) so what more profit are you finding sir
Thanks. First I am female. Secondly I’m not looking for profit. I am asking if I should change it to pounds from dollars or to change to Naira and change to pounds in the UK. And I got my answer

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Margs(f): 8:58pm On Jan 11, 2023
Lexusgs430:



Change to ₦, deposit in your account and return back to this thread, when you arrive to complete final leg ....... grin

Thanks lol. Final leg is Lemonade but will come and ask sha. Let me not play myself
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Lexusgs430: 9:02pm On Jan 11, 2023
Margs:


Thanks lol. Final leg is Lemonade but will come and ask sha. Let me not play myself


You're suspended........ You dey use expo....... cheesy

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Phil46: 9:17pm On Jan 11, 2023
Santa2:


@Phil46 Asides courses you might be better served doing real life projects. What I mean by this is you can pick up a project and run it as though you are the BA involved in that project after your course. Take for instance digital transformation, you can look up a fictitious organisation that wants transform their operations from a legacy system to a digital one. Lets assume Aiico insurance(this me just randomly picking a random company) wants to do this. What would you do as a BA. It might involve scoping out the requirements, engaging with stakeholders to understand their currrent process(how does the current claims process works, what is the current process of onboarding a customer etc), collaborating with these stakeholders to take gather user requirements and translating that to what the process would be in a digital world. How do you represent these processes, how do you engage the stakeholders to gather requirements(workshops, brain storming sessions etc).

As a Data Analyst what kind of insights can you give that will be lead to profitability for a company or improved processes, there a loads of projects on kaggle that one get dirty with but am all for doing projects that you can relate to. Take for instance Zenith bank might want to to know how their account holders interact with their channels (Atm(cash machines), mobile banking, online banking, Bank branches). As a data analyst if you are able to generate a report in the ages of the different account holders, the number of times they transacted with the different channels, try and see if there is a pattern, is it increasing or decreasing, what might be possible reasons for this trend. How do I present this report to my manager, do I use excel? power bi? looker? These roles involve a lot more than these highlighted above and this is just me putting it loosely. But the point is after going through a course, pick up a project and work on it, it would lead you to ask more questions and gain better understanding of the role as well as excel at interviews. Slowly and surely, you will get there

Hi @Santa2,
Thank you very much for these highly insightful tips. It's just as if I paid for a consultation, and honestly, I really appreciate it. I will make the most of the advice, especially the doing real-life projects part. Sure, I'll surely get there with time - and in Coolio's voice, I see you when I get there �
Once again, thank you very much.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by giselle237: 10:16pm On Jan 11, 2023
Margs:
Hello everyone. Please I have some USD on cash (PTA) and I am coming to the UK next week for school. Should I change the USD to NGN and then to GBP or should I just change to Naira and put in my account and then change to GBP when I get to the UK? What do you think will be more cost effective?
Margs:

Thanks. First I am female. Secondly I’m not looking for profit. I am asking if I should change it to pounds from dollars or to change to Naira and change to pounds in the UK. And I got my answer
Okay ma, the ‘villager’ in me translated the bolded as so.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Goke7: 11:18pm On Jan 11, 2023
Ayowolebami:


Yea I wasn't going to start applying until I'm about to round up my dissertation make "Unfortunately" emails no come demoralize me but I just wanted to find out more about the contract way with daily rates. Would prefer that over full time roles for now but I'd like to hear from people who have done both before I make I decision. Thanks so much.

when you're ready just get your CV ready with all the credentials you have and start applying, na recruiters go dey rush you. But I always advise people to start with full-time and perm roles as they will train you on the job to boost your confidence which will help you a lot when you start contract jobs. The expectations of those contract jobs are way higher but for perm roles, employers are patient enough for some months for you to get settled in. That's how my friend started with a perm role and just even after two months, he started contracting. Like I said earlier, calm down. But I can get some more info and share it later.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by davide470(m): 1:22am On Jan 12, 2023
Margs:


Thanks lol. Final leg is Lemonade but will come and ask sha. Let me not play myself
When you are ready for the final leg, use this: Lemonade Finance: https://referral.lemonade.finance/invite/Syg8

..and after the final leg, use this to get your AMEX credit card: https://americanexpress.com/en-gb/referral/dAVIdEzYpk?XL=MNMNS

grin
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by RAOS: 1:46am On Jan 12, 2023
Hello house.

Please I need a precise response to my question, edakun…

How soon can one start applying for the Nigerian passport renewal in the UK given the long wait time (of getting appointment and processing etc.) so I can plan accordingly?

My Nigerian passport will expire on 02/Oct/2023 but I think I read somewhere that one can start applying from 6 months before expiry date, which in my case would be sometime from April 2023.

I intend to travel out of UK this summer between July to September 2023 and I know that some of these countries require my passport to be valid for 6 months.

To avoid stories that touch, abeg how soon is too soon to apply? Thanks in advance!
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Tolzeal(m): 5:53am On Jan 12, 2023
davide470:
When you are ready for the final leg, use this: Lemonade Finance: https://referral.lemonade.finance/invite/Syg8

..and after the final leg, use this to get your AMEX credit card: https://americanexpress.com/en-gb/referral/dAVIdEzYpk?XL=MNMNS

grin


Isn’t it too early to start talking about AMEX card ?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Tolzeal(m): 5:54am On Jan 12, 2023
RAOS:
Hello house.

Please I need a precise response to my question, edakun…

How soon can one start applying for the Nigerian passport renewal in the UK given the long wait time (of getting appointment and processing etc.) so I can plan accordingly?

My Nigerian passport will expire on 02/Oct/2023 but I think I read somewhere that one can start applying from 6 months before expiry date, which in my case would be sometime from April 2023.

I intend to travel out of UK this summer between July to September 2023 and I know that some of these countries require my passport to be valid for 6 months.

To avoid stories that touch, abeg how soon is too soon to apply? Thanks in advance!


It’s still 6 month . I don’t know much about the passport office in London but in Nigeria just don’t go to overpopulated regions like Lagos in order to get it fast.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by zealog: 8:04am On Jan 12, 2023
Where do you live in the UK and which visa category are you holding
moauk:
Good day people. Been in UK for a month now. I’m a network engineer and hold a CCNA. Any one here who can show me which way to go please ?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Margs(f): 8:23am On Jan 12, 2023
Ah forgive me o! You ppl say we should go and start reading from page 1
Lexusgs430:



You're suspended........ You dey use expo....... cheesy

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Margs(f): 8:24am On Jan 12, 2023
Hello everyone! Quick one please
Are iPhones easier to get in the UK?
Or should I buy a second phone here before I travel?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by hustla(m): 8:54am On Jan 12, 2023
Margs:
Hello everyone! Quick one please
Are iPhones easier to get in the UK?
Or should I buy a second phone here before I travel?


Buy before you travel

Lots of iPhones in the tech market on NL

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Peerielass: 9:01am On Jan 12, 2023
Margs:
Hello everyone! Quick one please
Are iPhones easier to get in the UK?
Or should I buy a second phone here before I travel?


Second hand iPhones cost from £100 for the older models to about £800 for top of the range models. You can do the maths and see what works for you. Brand new iPhones are also readily available but na money kill am.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by davide470(m): 9:59am On Jan 12, 2023
Tolzeal:



Isn’t it too early to start talking about AMEX card ?
The earlier you start building the score, the better cheesy
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Rose223: 10:28am On Jan 12, 2023
Student support is bad,the lecturers can be discriminatory
AKALAMAGBO:
Like, what do they say?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Ayowolebami(f): 10:46am On Jan 12, 2023
Goke7:


when you're ready just get your CV ready with all the credentials you have and start applying, na recruiters go dey rush you. But I always advise people to start with full-time and perm roles as they will train you on the job to boost your confidence which will help you a lot when you start contract jobs. The expectations of those contract jobs are way higher but for perm roles, employers are patient enough for some months for you to get settled in. That's how my friend started with a perm role and just even after two months, he started contracting. Like I said earlier, calm down. But I can get some more info and share it later.

Your advice is duly noted. Thanks so much!
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by Fourcade(m): 11:06am On Jan 12, 2023
My partner and I have been together for 9months now. We are both students here in the UK and we will be done with our study this month. She will get her Tier2 Sponsorship soon(Health and Care).
We thought it's better for me to switch to her dependant and not apply for PSW.

What's the process of me becoming her dependant here. Thanks cool

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