Lexusgs430:


I would save that £10, and conduct the basic checks by myself.......😂

babajeje123:

Na so your ijebu reach ? £10 fah?

Zahra29:


I think in about 10 years there will be a massive reverse migration (expatriation lol) to red list countries such as in Africa, whose governments will be forced to pay foreign doctors, nurses, teachers, medical professionals, engineers etc to come in and plug massive skills and experience shortages in their healthcare, education and other sectors.

It's not just the west that needs or will need immigration due to skills shortages. Unchecked brain drain, as is happening in countries like Nigeria, can only go on for so long before it brings a country to its knees. Hopefully these governments are planning and saving ahead.

kwakudtraveller:

€1,027 per month in blocked funds. The visa fee is just €75 or so and Health Insurance can be gotten privately. Full details can be found below. It’s a really sweet deal and The Indian Times has already posted about how Indians can benefit from it. be like say dem wan reduce their population 😂

https://india.diplo.de/in-en/service/-/2659810

Tier4Dependant:


Google garages near you when you can get a FREE or at most £10 vehicle health check (VHC).

It’s not a guarantee to pass MOT but they will be able to advise you if anything needs to be fixed or if any thing can jeopardise your car’s chances of passing it’s MOT.

ehizario2012:


With a population of over 250m people, countless universities, countless graduates churned out annually, countries like Nigeria might never really lack enough skilled hands. What might happen is that these countries become a kind of feeder to Europe in terms of skilled professionals. Study in Nigeria, get a degree and go work in Europe if privileged. The multitudes remaining would cater for those at home.

jedisco:


People generally get too emotional about this immigration stuff. Immigration to the UK has never been about a lottery or diversity drive but largely about labour crunch and local need. The inability to formulate a longterm framework has led to these wide swings.

Every government has looked to reduce immigration for a while now. Guess what? Its easy. Just cap the number of sponsorship licenses to say 5000 a month and the annual cap becomes 60000. It can even be made 1000. Its that easy.
The hard part is what does the government do when there are a lack of farm workers, drivers, care workers, health workers e.t.c? Do they allow growth to be restricted, wages/prices to shoot up/mandate local folks to take up these roles or do they look for the universal cheatcode (i.e immigration)?
With all the abuse and surplus in the care sector, why is there still a care visa? Why can't a reasonable chunk of the 2.8m on longterm sick be supported to become carers. Can't a good chunk of those reading vague courses in Unis be shoehorned into healthcare roles so the UK doesn't need so many foreign nurses?

It is when the government faces the stark reality of these that they always turn to immigration - not out of want but need. The question is when next and what sector?

NewT123:
Who watched the election debate and saw how Labour Party are clueless on how to fix the economy. It’s dejavu happening all over again before our very eyes, just like the thunderous sounds of CHANGE many Nigerians chorused without asking what plan APC has to effect the change.

I hope we do not get to experience the same scenario happening in the UK as the main opposition are clueless

NewT123:
Who watched the election debate and saw how Labour Party are clueless on how to fix the economy. It’s dejavu happening all over again before our very eyes, just like the thunderous sounds of CHANGE many Nigerians chorused without asking what plan APC has to effect the change.

I hope we do not get to experience the same scenario happening in the UK as the main opposition are clueless

ehizario2012:


Those who've experienced both UK parties should speak up please... The bandwagon effect of 2014 really drew Nigeria backwards. Buhari was a c*rse. If it's for an anti - bandwagon effect only, I'll be voting the conservatives to remain in power. Voting on bandwagon effect never really ends well.

Lexusgs430:



This is why I said, I would remain optimistic, but not delusional......... 😁😂

Preshila:
My people, please I need counsel on how to go about retrieving my deposit from my Landlord. Have moved out from his property and it's been 3 months and counting, yet he is yet to pay. Just even realized that the money was not deposited in any Government deposit protection scheme, as we were not even aware of that, being that, it was the first house we rented when we moved to the UK.

Please where can I officially report this matter and have our money returned back to us.

ReesheesuKnack:


Did you sign a rent contract (agreement)?

Preshila:
My people, please I need counsel on how to go about retrieving my deposit from my Landlord. Have moved out from his property and it's been 3 months and counting, yet he is yet to pay. Just even realized that the money was not deposited in any Government deposit protection scheme, as we were not even aware of that, being that, it was the first house we rented when we moved to the UK.

Please where can I officially report this matter and have our money returned back to us.

NewT123:


Uncertainty vs Certainty

Lexusgs430:


WHAT........😞🤔

£19,000 for only 5 years visa ....... Haba, the cost of immigration is equitable to paying a deposit on a mortgage + all other logistical cost ....... Loads of respect.....👍

ehizario2012:


With a population of over 250m people, countless universities, countless graduates churned out annually, countries like Nigeria might never really lack enough skilled hands. What might happen is that these countries become a kind of feeder to Europe in terms of skilled professionals. Study in Nigeria, get a degree and go work in Europe if privileged. The multitudes remaining would cater for those at home.

jedisco:


I keep thinking about this and wondering. 19k? People dey try. This is aside a higher sum for masters if they came through that route and an even a much higher sum for ILR and finally passport when tge times comes
After 6 years, the total immigration sum paid for a small family of 2 parents and 2 kids is well north of 50k. These same folks go still need get mortgage and plan for retirement e.t.c while being restricted in job search.

Why then do those who are not encumbered by these fees and free to work as they see fit keep talking about cost of living/food banks/house price unaffordablility? Abi their suffering threshold (as one put it) is less than immigrants who are created to suffer?

More needs to be done to put these numbers out there. As anytime the talk of immigration comes up and I bring these numbers up, folks begin to stutter.

Lexusgs430:


I keep silently subconsciously whispering same to myself........

Where would funds for other needs and pressures of life, appear from .......

This is probably one of the main reasons, divorce and separations is very high + combining all the above with a self centered, egoistic, stingy, non financially cooperative, significant other........🤣😂

Lexusgs430:


KS simply was to bluff his way into Number 10....... By not doing much, not saying much and just stroll into downing street........

KS is forgetting, pot wey must chop pepper, hin yansh must hot ........😂

jedisco:


I come across this quite often and just like the Chinese loan issue, my initial response is simple- why are you worried? Is it because you dont want foreign folks around or you are truly worried about Africa. This usually undresses the hypocrisy before I proceed.


Yes, migration of skilled professionals can represent an issue for developing nations and I'd much more prefer the Chinese model of being able to retain/return their best heads than India who exported theirs. The model for development is however not linear and the skill of many of these folks may not be fully utilised at home. This trend can be seen in countless nations including Ireland and the UK. Immigration is as old as man.

For centuries until 1985, Britain had a negative net migration. i.e more folks left than arrived. Britain donated millions of folks to the U.S, Canada, Australia, Zimbabwe, South Africa e.t.c (not even mentioning resources taken). How did that affect their development? There are well less than 1 million Nigerians in the UK. For a nation of over 250 million and increasing by over 5 million folks annually, we can decide to donate 1 million annually. Afterall, Britain did it for centuries and came out strong.

Lexusgs430:


I keep silently subconsciously whispering same to myself........

Where would funds for other needs and pressures of life, appear from .......

This is probably one of the main reasons, divorce and separations is very high + combining all the above with a self centered, egoistic, stingy, non financially cooperative, significant other........🤣😂

Zahra29:


But isn't this where planning comes in? The fees are high yes, but they are also transparent and people should plan in advance how to pay them if they decide to migrate.

Immigration has always been tough. When my husband's family came over during windrush times, his grandparents could not afford to bring all their children so they had to bring them in gradually (one by one) over many years as they got settled and were able to save more money. It's called "send for" and many many families had to do the same. Come over and then send for the rest as and when they could afford it.

This was back in the 50s/60s when racism was rife and overt (Brixton riots and other race riots, the river of blood speech by Enoch Powell and more), Brits literally would not rent homes to blacks and they would display signs in their windows "no Blacks, no Irish, no dogs". So it wasn't even about the money, just finding a safe place to rent for you and your family was a huge challenge. Families were forced to live in single rooms in shared homes as that's all they could get. Banks wouldn't lend to them so they set up the pardner system to lend money to one another. Companies would outrightly refuse to hire or even interview a valid candidate when they turned up and saw they were black.

It's always been tough, in fact in a lot of ways it's much much easier now because the stigma of black and brown migration has been reduced by the efforts of those who came in before, there are laws to protect immigrants/ethnic minorities which didn't exist years ago and there is greater equality in the workplace.

Zahra29:


But isn't this where planning comes in? The fees are high yes, but they are also transparent and people should plan in advance how to pay them if they decide to migrate.

Immigration has always been tough. When my husband's family came over during windrush times, his grandparents could not afford to bring all their children so they had to bring them in gradually (one by one) over many years as they got settled and were able to save more money. It's called "send for" and many many families had to do the same. Come over and then send for the rest as and when they could afford it.

This was back in the 50s/60s when racism was rife and overt (Brixton riots and other race riots, the river of blood speech by Enoch Powell and more), Brits literally would not rent homes to blacks and they would display signs in their windows "no Blacks, no Irish, no dogs". So it wasn't even about the money, just finding a safe place to rent for you and your family was a huge challenge. Families were forced to live in single rooms in shared homes as that's all they could get. Banks wouldn't lend to them so they set up the pardner system to lend money to one another. Companies would outrightly refuse to hire or even interview a valid candidate when they turned up and saw they were black.

And all this even though they had been invited by the British government to come and work in the NHs and other industries to help rebuild after WW2. But they saw it as a sacrifice worth making, stuck it out without complaining and made a good life for themselves.

It's always been tough, in fact in a lot of ways it's much much easier now because the stigma of black and brown migration has been reduced by the efforts of those who came in before, there are laws to protect immigrants/ethnic minorities which didn't exist years ago and there is greater equality in the workplace.

jedisco:


Even folks wey don gel go struggle to cough up that kind money go give government. How many of the 2.8m people on longterm sick have contributed upto that sum (aside taxes) to the government in their whole life? Meanwhile, dem no go gree us rest. Interesting thing is that many coughing up these sums are low-average earners. Folks dey struggle with no appreciation. We go survive and multiply.

My only prayer is that after all this struggle, let their kids grow up with sense appreciating their parents struggle.

That divorce dey fear me. Its one of very few things that can take man back to the trenches. I don reason whether to pack some investments in 9ja first. But the currency dey evaporate. Na why I still dey single lane but man gats join dual carriage soon.

Cyberknight:


Immigration has always been tough for black/brown people, true. When you're European you're an expat, not an emigrant.
But its only in the UK now that it's this expensive.
Which is ultimately self-defeating, because when you take aspiring people, who have come to make a new life for themselves in a favourable environment, with all the drive that usually entails, double-tax them to near destitution and ghettoise them in the process, you end up with possibly less financially resilient citizens, who ultimately fall back on the state, as well as possibly less well educated/formed second generations, who might end up not being a credit to their now-home country.

It's the same way the virulent racism of the 50s and 60s and 70s held back many incomers from reaching their full potential because they simply never got the opportunity to and were forced to eke out livings doing the only jobs open to them. Ultimately this obviously does not benefit the country.