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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by ehizario2012: 3:59pm On Sep 28, 2023
Please let me ask again, for a 1.4cc engine Ford fiesta and my international drivers license, what's the average monthly/annual insurance premium to expect? I am under 40 too... The lowest quote is got so far has been £233 monthly with £490 deposit! Is it always this high?? Comments please ooo
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by kode12: 4:11pm On Sep 28, 2023
sugarkemi:

yes,I have digital copy and share code.I'm just worry.I'm thinking maybe I should go to post office
Yeah it doesn’t hurt to do that, but don’t worry yourself too much.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by kode12: 4:13pm On Sep 28, 2023
ehizario2012:
Please let me ask again, for a 1.4cc engine Ford fiesta and my international drivers license, what's the average monthly/annual insurance premium to expect? I am under 40 too... The lowest quote is got so far has been £233 monthly with £490 deposit! Is it always this high?? Comments please ooo
Use money supermarket, confused.com etc to check insurance. No one can tell you otherwise for certain. Also, if you have someone with a clean license and long driving history consider adding them as named driver, it drops the cost of insurance at sometimes.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Umeleeds: 4:40pm On Sep 28, 2023
Good evening everyone , please does anyone use British Gas for their electricity , if yes, which is better their standard variable or fixed tariff. I am currently on their standard variable and E Dey vary like witch. Lol. I can’t switch supplier due to the building policy. So I am trying to get the best I can with British Gas . The meter reading thus far has been high.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by triplo3: 5:33pm On Sep 28, 2023
Lexusgs430:
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What about if this 9ja license had expired, when he needed make a claim ..........

I am not arguing o, just to stretch the conversation, for better understanding.........

I agree with you. In my case, my 9ja licence had expired (i.e I had used more than 12 months from date of arrival) so I had to update it. Still think it's silly for my insurance coy to say with my new status, I was at a higher risk hence the surcharge...it's counter-intuitive. Maybe I spoke to the wrong customer care agent. Oh well
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Nobody: 5:34pm On Sep 28, 2023
triplo3:


Sometimes the mind boggles at people's reasoning on here!

How is it a terrible idea? How does having an additional UK licence invalidate his original Nigerian/international licence? Isn't that what he has been using all this while and was the original basis for his existing insurance policy? Why should a new driving qualification remove his intrinsic status as an international driving of X years from Nigeria?

The main reason I informed my insurance company was because I expected a financial benefit, not a surcharge because I should have a reduced risk level compared to before I got the UK licence, but alas it didn't happen.

If you have GBP 100 to waste, no problem. Some of others have better things to do with the money even if it's in excess rather than dashing the government!

If he has an accident/claim, all he has to do is present his old Nigerian licence and be mute about the new UK licence and his claims would still be valid / processed. C'est fini! I don't understand how that can constitute insurance fraud....never.

1. Your UK license is not an additional license. Once you acquire that, it supercedes all other permission to drive.

Same way you can’t refuse to apply for a full license until later and keep driving on the provisional one because it allows you to drive still.

2. No. 1 aside, If you read your policy document you’ll see that there’s a requirement to disclose any material changes to your status as the policy holder or named driver, and also to the car. Your license status is a key part of that, and failing to disclose will be a basis on which they can refuse cover.

Just wanted to aver people's minds to the points I made sha.
Let everybody do their own research and risk assessment and proceed as they wish.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by triplo3: 5:36pm On Sep 28, 2023
kode12:


You're offering a bad advice and if anyone gets into an accident or is stopped by Police on that license, they will have issues to deal with. Your international licence and any insurance you have on it becomes invalid once you're granted a UK license. Try to verify the legality of your advice please, so you don't inadvertently put people in trouble.
https://alfiesdrivingschool.com/international-driving-license/

Didn't know this, thanks although I notice it's not from Govt website. That said, my driving instructors never had a problem with me driving with my 9ja licence to meet-up with them for mock tests, I guess they're weren't informed as well.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by triplo3: 5:38pm On Sep 28, 2023
koonbey:


1. Your UK license is not an additional license. Once you acquire that, it supercedes all other permission to drive.

Same way you can’t refuse to apply for a full license until later and keep driving on the provisional one because it allows you to drive still.

2. No. 1 aside, If you read your policy document you’ll see that there’s a requirement to disclose any material changes to your status as the policy holder or named driver, and also to the car. Your license status is a key part of that, and failing to disclose will be a basis on which they can refuse cover.

Just wanted to aver people's minds to the points I made sha.
Let everybody do their own research and risk assessment and proceed as they wish.


Fair enough, thanks for drawing my attention to this, wasn't aware. All this fine print stuff sha... hope they're not strict when push comes to shove.
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Lexusgs430: 5:46pm On Sep 28, 2023
ehizario2012:
Please let me ask again, for a 1.4cc engine Ford fiesta and my international drivers license, what's the average monthly/annual insurance premium to expect? I am under 40 too... The lowest quote is got so far has been £233 monthly with £490 deposit! Is it always this high?? Comments please ooo

Insurance quotation, is normally based on personal circumstances, vehicle type, location and experience........

If I got a quotation for the same vehicle, I bet I would get a quotation of £233 per annum...... And that's considering all the above factors + over 10 years of non claims bonus ........😁

Best thing to do, start paying eventually prices would drop off or get an unpopular vehicle with under 998CC ........😜
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Owoado(m): 6:21pm On Sep 28, 2023
Owoado:
Amex don gimme increase twice, I no even want again.

Try Vanquis....they carry out soft check first for eligibility (pls confirm). I have their card and they're even doing bonus of £25 for both referrer and new applicant using the link.

Anyone wants to use Vanquis card here's my referral link https://www.vanquis.co.uk/raf-app?code=78389F9CA88C0C296E8D

Disclaimer- Please DoYourOwnResearch in relation to credit card usage and financial discipline
Thanks to folks who used this Vanquis link.
I got my £25, hope you got yours too
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by BouharryArtikou: 6:43pm On Sep 28, 2023
triplo3:


Didn't know this, thanks although I notice it's not from Govt website. That said, my driving instructors never had a problem with me driving with my 9ja licence to meet-up with them for mock tests, I guess they're weren't informed as well.


If I may ask.
Your route was?
Nigeria Licence - (Driving Test) - Full UK Licence?

You never applied for, and obtained a UK provisional licence?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Datakey: 6:43pm On Sep 28, 2023
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by gmacnoms(m): 7:08pm On Sep 28, 2023
kode12:


You're offering a bad advice and if anyone gets into an accident or is stopped by Police on that license, they will have issues to deal with. Your international licence and any insurance you have on it becomes invalid once you're granted a UK license. Try to verify the legality of your advice please, so you don't inadvertently put people in trouble.
https://alfiesdrivingschool.com/international-driving-license/
The uk license you talked, shey provisional license follow for am?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Teedol: 7:26pm On Sep 28, 2023
I think the DVLA should look into the one year restriction to driving on UK roads for intl drivers. If am allowed to drive around for 1yr, how do i suddenly become less qualified to drive?

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by hustla(m): 7:46pm On Sep 28, 2023
Teedol:
I think the DVLA should look into the one year restriction to driving on UK roads for intl drivers. If am allowed to drive around for 1yr, how do i suddenly become less qualified to drive?

Them no go make money?

grin

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Lexusgs430: 7:57pm On Sep 28, 2023
Datakey:



Good day boss..

Abeg kindly help me recommend a good clipper, I can be using to shave. And probably another one I can be using the shine my hair, since I can't barb..

Thanks

Both are available in this post you quoted........
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by SamReinvented: 9:51pm On Sep 28, 2023
justwise:


You are making all these up with no evidence. The only time i remove posts here is when people are insulting each other.

justwise:
Like i said before as long as people are not insulting or swearing i don't remove people's post.

This church matter no too concern me like that, but I just came to say that your claims above are not true. Most of the times that my posts have been hidden on this thread, it was because I challenged your opinion on a topic and you didn’t like it (or didn’t have a logical response that would solidify your position).

Ok bye for now cheesy

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(m): 10:26pm On Sep 28, 2023
SamReinvented:



This church matter no too concern me like that, but I just came to say that your claims above are not true. Most of the times that my posts have been hidden on this thread, it was because I challenged your opinion on a topic and you didn’t like it (or didn’t have a logical response that would solidify your position).

Ok bye for now cheesy


No stay and answer this..

I have gone through all your posts (441) to see a single post where we argued about anything. Rather what i saw was in 2020 where i was helping you with admission questions you asked.

So point out when we argued and i deleted your posts, which yr and on what topic. Tell me i will pull it out here.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by SamReinvented: 10:38pm On Sep 28, 2023
justwise:
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No stay and answer this..

I have gone through all your posts (441) to see a single post where we argued about anything. Rather what i saw was in 2020 where i was helping you with admission questions you asked.

So point out when we argued and i deleted your posts, which yr and on what topic. Tell me i will pull it out here.




The latest one I remember was that argument y’all had about people exposing their employer details. You were pro-“name your employer”. I asked you who your employer was. Not only did you not respond, you hid the post.

So there you go cheesy. There are a couple of other ones, but I obviously didn’t commit them to memory.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Efftyy: 10:44pm On Sep 28, 2023
SamReinvented:


The latest one I remember was that argument y’all had about people exposing their employer details. You were pro-“name your employer”. I asked you who your employer was. Not only did you not respond, you hid the post.

So there you go cheesy. There are a couple of other ones, but I obviously didn’t commit them to memory.


There was a caught😊
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(m): 10:49pm On Sep 28, 2023
SamReinvented:


The latest one I remember was that argument y’all had about people exposing their employer details. You were pro-“name your employer”. I asked you who your employer was. Not only did you not respond, you hid the post.

So there you go cheesy. There are a couple of other ones, but I obviously didn’t commit them to memory.

Is that what you falsely claimed here that we had an argument and I deleted your post because you presented a stronger point?

Did we exchange words? You asked only one question AFTER people complained that the argument has gone on for days and should be ended. So I made a post asking people to move on as we have all had our say.

So I deleted posts made after that and one of your post was deleted.

What is the point of lying?


SamReinvented:


Justwise, where do you work right now? smiley

Edit: oops, I see other people don ask you cheesy

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(m): 10:55pm On Sep 28, 2023
SamReinvented:


The latest one I remember was that argument y’all had about people exposing their employer details. You were pro-“name your employer”. I asked you who your employer was. Not only did you not respond, you hid the post.

So there you go cheesy. There are a couple of other ones, but I obviously didn’t commit them to memory.


Remember that, take your time and point them out unless you have other ids
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by SamReinvented: 11:04pm On Sep 28, 2023
justwise:


Is that what you falsely claimed here that we had an argument and I deleted your post because you presented a stronger point?

Did we exchange words? You asked only one question AFTER people complained that the argument has gone on for days and should be ended. So I made a post asking people to move on as we have all had our say.

So I deleted posts made after that and one of your post was deleted.

What is the point of lying?



If this is the closest we’ll get to you admitting that your claim was wrong, I’ll take it. smiley

When you have some time though, please help us understand:
1 - why didn’t you answer that “simple” question from me and several others? Why was it that the instant go-to action was to hide posts, without even addressing the questions put to you first?
2 - haven’t people complained about the religious argument going on for too long as well? What has been your response to their complaint so far? How does it compare to the “post hiding” response to the employer argument that you were losing badly?

Hope above questions give you some clarity. That’s if you don’t decide to start hiding posts again, because [insert a Justwise excuse when losing ground].

PS: in case it is not obvious already, I don’t do nairaland arguments. There was a reason I qualified the argument word with “Y’ALL” - it wasn’t for decoration, it literally meant that I wasn’t part of the argument. So ofcourse, I didn’t argue with you. I’d be very surprised if I did lol.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by SamReinvented: 11:08pm On Sep 28, 2023
justwise:
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Remember that, take your time and point them out unless you have other ids

You probably think I carry your matter for head everywhere I go. Sorry to burst your bubble, sir Justwise grin grin.

But sha, you can take your time to scrutinise my posts very well and you’ll find them. Afterall, you claimed not to find anything just 10 seconds ago, until I gave an example. cheesy cheesy

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by gmacnoms(m): 1:03am On Sep 29, 2023
Abeg wey that person wey Dey recommend Amazon warehouse for here. Make e come out. I wan take am personal with am.

E want make I Dey bed ridden at 40?

No try that kind thing for here again Abeg 🤣🤣🤣

I don order Uber Dey go house go sleep

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Lexusgs430: 1:38am On Sep 29, 2023
gmacnoms:
Abeg wey that person wey Dey recommend Amazon warehouse for here. Make e come out. I wan take am personal with am.

E want make I Dey bed ridden at 40?

No try that kind thing for here again Abeg 🤣🤣🤣

I don order Uber Dey go house go sleep


You can try Amazon logistics....... That seems more easier (if you love driving)...... 🚘🚘🚘😂

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Nanorest: 5:06am On Sep 29, 2023
gmacnoms:
Abeg wey that person wey Dey recommend Amazon warehouse for here. Make e come out. I wan take am personal with am.

E want make I Dey bed ridden at 40?

No try that kind thing for here again Abeg 🤣🤣🤣

I don order Uber Dey go house go sleep

You are just lazy.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(m): 6:11am On Sep 29, 2023
SamReinvented:


If this is the closest we’ll get to you admitting that your claim was wrong, I’ll take it. smiley

When you have some time though, please help us understand:
1 - why didn’t you answer that “simple” question from me and several others? Why was it that the instant go-to action was to hide posts, without even addressing the questions put to you first?
2 - haven’t people complained about the religious argument going on for too long as well? What has been your response to their complaint so far? How does it compare to the “post hiding” response to the employer argument that you were losing badly?

Hope above questions give you some clarity. That’s if you don’t decide to start hiding posts again, because [insert a Justwise excuse when losing ground].

PS: in case it is not obvious already, I don’t do nairaland arguments. There was a reason I qualified the argument word with “Y’ALL”. Of course, I didn’t argue with you. I’d be very surprised if I did lol.

You don’t do nairaland argument and you don’t argue with me but still you managed to find time to make false accusations about arguing with me in the past and I removed your posts because you had stronger points?
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(m): 6:21am On Sep 29, 2023
gmacnoms:
Abeg wey that person wey Dey recommend Amazon warehouse for here. Make e come out. I wan take am personal with am.

E want make I Dey bed ridden at 40?

No try that kind thing for here again Abeg 🤣🤣🤣

I don order Uber Dey go house go sleep

Nothing wrong or backbreaking about Amazon job.

I have done that job and know a lot of people who have done it and still doing it. I know two people who worked for Amazon for 16 and 21 years respectively before they left last year.

Amazon will train you for any task that you have to carry out and you will get refresher training yearly.

Pay package is not bad at all, probably the only company I know that gives permanent workers 40-50hrs yearly to go home anytime they want without any approval. Once you managed to get their blue badge then it’s Job for life.

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Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by gmacnoms(m): 8:11am On Sep 29, 2023
Nanorest:


You are just lazy.
You don’t know me 😁
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by hustla(m): 9:18am On Sep 29, 2023
gmacnoms:
Abeg wey that person wey Dey recommend Amazon warehouse for here. Make e come out. I wan take am personal with am.

E want make I Dey bed ridden at 40?

No try that kind thing for here again Abeg 🤣🤣🤣

I don order Uber Dey go house go sleep



cheesy

Ordinary back pain
Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by SerendipityHere: 9:31am On Sep 29, 2023
Good morning great minds,

Please I need help on a situation. My hubby works in care at the moment on a tier 2 worker visa. It's supposed to be supported living. And he was employed as a positive behavioural specialist. He has trainings and skills till level 3 on this.

He takes the train to this new job and we were just trying to manage and bear the cost for transportation pending when we move to the new place. But prices of housing there is so much on the high side. He was going to work about 4 days in a week initially. I was able to do some shifts on the side with that arrangement but as soon as he was given the cos and he was successful they syarted acting up. He doesn't have a permanent shift. And I can't even work as the shifts are nights and days sometimes.. Recently, they changed his rota and started giving him shifts like 1.5hrs per day. It's so wild that he has to go to this job just for 1.5hr and spend about 20pounds on transportation and then go back the next day for 1.5hrs again! We have kids and it's affecting us financially. We were enduring this becauseof the sponsorship. Now he just feels trapped.

He has emailed the office but they havent acted or responded to his email.
Its beginning to affect us. We don't know how to tackle this as we are barely 2 years here. Please anyone who can help as to what to do about this.

Thank you.

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