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UnconventionalT:
Happy Sunday Y'all

it's been 6 months since my friend applied for his post study visa, and it hasn't been granted. His work place have given him till 9th of this month to provide proof to work documentation and failure to do so could result to getting a sack.

He said he has paid a lawyer, can this move result to anything positive? He said the lawyer will write letters to the work place etc
I don't want him spending money in vain.

Thank you

6 months without any? response from the HO on a straightforward application is unusual, so the employer is not being unreasonable in setting a deadline.

The solicitor should focus his efforts on getting information from the HO. He might need to file a SAR and also involve his MP. Sometimes this helps to accelerate an application if there are no extenuating circumstances.

Your friend could advise his employer that he has engaged a solicitor to chase the Home Office and should hopefully receive a response soon.

Zahra29:


6 months without any? response from the HO on a straightforward application is unusual, so the employer is not being unreasonable in setting a deadline.

The solicitor should focus his efforts on getting information from the HO. He might need to file a SAR and also involve his MP. Sometimes this helps to accelerate an application if there are no extenuating circumstances.

Your friend could advise his employer that he has engaged a solicitor to chase the Home Office and should hopefully receive a response soon.

Thank you so much

Goodenoch:


I think it's a good idea to get a lawyer. Not sure how much the job means to him but my assessment is that there's a chance getting a lawyer involved might help and that's worth the expense. It may also not change anything but I think it's definitely worth the punt.

The more urgent thing to do might be to write to the company explaining that there's no danger that they are violating the laws by employing him because he has a pending application. That's going to be their highest concern.

What I would do is to have the lawyer the HO first and then write a mail to the workplace restating the legal position above while attaching the latest correspondence to the HP from his lawyer, with evidence of his original applications and any other follow-ups to the workplace, so they are aware that he has taken urgent steps to clarify things.

This is quite wholesome. Thank you

jedisco:


All this to obsfucate the well known history of how a good chunk of your people came here.

You do realise that the challenges they faced can't be hidden. The local populace saw them as taking advantage of a loophole with the government increasingly doing more to curtail arrivals manytimes specifically targeting specific groups especially those from the Carribibean. Most of these ultimately resulted in Tatcher putting an end to citizenship by birth. Even today Many still regard the likes of Kemi as the last beneficiaries of that.

LOL @ "your people". Your comments do make me laugh sometimes😂

It's a mystery what you're upset about this time
Are you aggrieved that Kemi and other so called "anchor babies" obtained citizenship by virtue of their birth? Ndo....why don't you write to Reform and ask Nigel to investigate whether Kemi's mother paid the full hospital fees for her birth? If she didn't, it means that she wrongfully used public funds and I'm sure Farage and co would eagerly make a case for her citizenship to be revoked? I hope this would help to appease you?

Cyberknight:


The knives are already out for Starmer, and he knows it. But I doubt Streeting will take over - he's currently making heavy weather of his health brief. If Starmer goes, it'll likely be the proper left back again - Grangela is my bet.

Labour is leaking away ers to the left. (Lib Dems and Greens). They won't get far cosplaying Reform-lite (other than by being nasty to immigrants), and trying to face two ways at once isn't making them any headway.

Starmer won't be going anytime soon. Labour doesn't change leaders at the same pace as the Tories. Look how long they stuck it out with Corbyn for.They also have the unions to contend with. However, 1 year before the GE, if the public still isn't convinced by Starmer, we might begin to see some manoeuvring. I doubt "Big Ange" will get it though - the public dislikes her more than Starmer.

Labour doesn't need to cosplay Reform or be nasty to anyone. The public just expects them to deliver on their promises which included looking after the vulnerable in society, improving public services and slashing migration levels.

So far the public has seen them target the most vulnerable and disabled, public services in the bin (pun intended, ergo Birmingham) and migration levels still very high. Headlines around record breaking boat arrivals and proposals to house asylum seekers in rental properties, have been particularly damaging to Labour. I said it before that their problem is that they appear to be pleasing nobody - left or right, wealthy or working class.

Any Nigerian bank one can open from here without having to travel home? The traditional ones are requesting for a lot of documentation… don’t want to repeat the process I went through with GTBank.

Wants to remove my money from GTBANK completely.

justwise:
Any Nigerian bank one can open from here without having to travel home? The traditional ones are requesting for a lot of documentation… don’t want to repeat the process I went through with GTBank.

Wants to remove my money from GTBANK completely.

Assuming your NIN & BVN, don't require any form of updating.......

Alat, by Wema would serve you nicely....... 😁😂👌

Branch is also very good, but they have regional lockdown on app availability and hate for apk installation........ 😁

Lexusgs430:


Assuming your NIN & BVN, don't require any form of updating.......

Alat, by Wema would serve you nicely....... 😁😂👌

Branch is also very good, but they have regional lockdown on app availability and hate for apk installation........ 😁

What sort of updating does NIN & BVN need? Never knew that they need updating

justwise:


What sort of updating does NIN & BVN need? Never knew that they need updating

When BVN was originally launched, NIN number was generated.... Those generated NIN numbers, are no longer valid.....

Lexusgs430:


When BVN was originally launched, NIN number was generated.... Those generated NIN numbers, are no longer valid.....

Oh ok!..i got my NIN last yr and linked it to BVN

justwise:


Oh ok!..i got my NIN last yr and linked it to BVN

AIO...... 😂😁

You also get a decent Apr on your balance.... 😁

justwise:
Any Nigerian bank one can open from here without having to travel home? The traditional ones are requesting for a lot of documentation… don’t want to repeat the process I went through with GTBank.

Wants to remove my money from GTBANK completely.

is it because of verydarkman?

wonlasewonimi:


is it because of verydarkman?

Many ratels/youths, wants to see the end of GTB.......

GTB, needs to handle this matter with caution...... 😉⚠️

Lexusgs430:


Many ratels/youths, wants to see the end of GTB.......

GTB, needs to handle this matter with caution...... 😉⚠️

They are all stooopid. These are the distractions deployed every week so that they won't talk about Seyi Tinubu g all contracts for the military, ministries and parastatals.

wonlasewonimi:


They are all stooopid. These are the distractions deployed every week so that they won't talk about Seyi Tinubu g all contracts for the military, ministries and parastatals.

You're forgetting oil negotiations too...... ☀️😂

I don’t understand how some people think in that country. What has GTB got to do with EFCC arresting someone illegally? Is GTB that stupid knowing how much damage it would do to them? Also, there is no protest or noise in unison about insecurity, none for the terrible economy, a Christian girl was murdered in the North sometime ago, there is no noise in unison but they can shout/protest when a hand touch someone with a name. It is just stupidity in my opinion.

wonlasewonimi:


They are all stooopid. These are the distractions deployed every week so that they won't talk about Seyi Tinubu g all contracts for the military, ministries and parastatals.

wonlasewonimi:


is it because of verydarkman?

Yes and other issues I have been having then VDM issues reinforced it.

Lexusgs430:


Many ratels/youths, wants to see the end of GTB.......

GTB, needs to handle this matter with caution...... 😉⚠️

They went into damage control mode..releasing half barked CCTV in order to distance themselves…too late though

wonlasewonimi:


They are all stooopid. These are the distractions deployed every week so that they won't talk about Seyi Tinubu g all contracts for the military, ministries and parastatals.

The last video VDM did before going to the bank with his mother was about Seyi and allegation of abduction and torture by student union president.

Lexusgs430:


She was on a visiting visa, that was always getting renewed........

But there's a 6 month limit in each calendar year for most visit visas. Except the person keeps alternating every 6 months between 9ja and the UK

I have heard of those who'd process a visit visa for someone and then pay them in naira - usually turns out cheaper than childcare/nursery even for 6 months. It's a tricky one as many recipients may be better off but it's still a breach of visit visa rules.

Some seem to have an arrangement where the person overstays their visa and returns when dem don 'chop belleful'. It's all muddy and convoluted.

Of late Canada introduced a home child care immigration pilot. However, they had to close it off as applications reached the annual limit in a day.

OgbeniOptional:
I don’t understand how some people think in that country. What has GTB got to do with EFCC arresting someone illegally? Is GTB that stupid knowing how much damage it would do to them? Also, there is no protest or noise in unison about insecurity, none for the terrible economy, a Christian girl was murdered in the North sometime ago, there is no noise in unison but they can shout/protest when a hand touch someone with a name. It is just stupidity in my opinion.

Who is the only one speaking out against the killing going on in the country? VDM is not only speaking out he travelled to those villages last month to see the damage caused and give out money.

OgbeniOptional:
I don’t understand how some people think in that country. What has GTB got to do with EFCC arresting someone illegally? Is GTB that stupid knowing how much damage it would do to them? Also, there is no protest or noise in unison about insecurity, none for the terrible economy, a Christian girl was murdered in the North sometime ago, there is no noise in unison but they can shout/protest when a hand touch someone with a name. It is just stupidity in my opinion.

What protests or shouts or anything have you done in respect of the country's issues?

Tally them up and list them against what the fellow in question has, and you might see why people are agitated about what happened to him.

I don't follow the guy at all and have a long list of reservations about what and how he does things, but I do know that his advocacy has been helpful for many people.

Zahra29:

LOL @ "your people". Your comments do make me laugh sometimes😂

It's a mystery what you're upset about this time
Are you aggrieved that Kemi and other so called "anchor babies" obtained citizenship by virtue of their birth? Ndo....why don't you write to Reform and ask Nigel to investigate whether Kemi's mother paid the full hospital fees for her birth? If she didn't, it means that she wrongfully used public funds and I'm sure Farage and co would eagerly make a case for her citizenship to be revoked? I hope this would help to appease you?

Focus- there is no anger here. No need looking for a deviation.

Like I've always said, the story of our world is one of migration. I do not see myself as being more British than Kemi or similar arrivals cos while I paid over £150k in taxes e.t.c, demonstrated good service and behaviour to gain my stay, her parents snuck her in before a deadline was due. They saw an opportunity and took it which I'd commend them for. Same applies across board.

The crux of the matter here is how children grow up to forget their stories. If my son decides to settle in Britain tomorrow, I don't expect him to see himself as being of higher stock than those he'd encounter to the extent of calling them bottom wipers just because his parents arrived early.

Prophetess.. is she seeing the future?

Don't get me wrong, VDM is a great guy that I ire and follow. I just wish people could be more vocal about other things or ordinary people as well. VDM can’t do it alone.

Goodenoch:


What protests or shouts or anything have you done in respect of the country's issues?

Tally them up and list them against what the fellow in question has, and you might see why people are agitated about what happened to him.

I don't follow the guy at all and have a long list of reservations about what and how he does things, but I do know that his advocacy has been helpful for many people.

Goodenoch:


What protests or shouts or anything have you done in respect of the country's issues?

Tally them up and list them against what the fellow in question has, and you might see why people are agitated about what happened to him.

I don't follow the guy at all and have a long list of reservations about what and how he does things, but I do know that his advocacy has been helpful for many people.

I follow him and i watch almost all his vidoes, yes some of the things he says and do is not my taste but considering his achievements within 2-3yrs of ing social medial.. i'm ready to overlook his other...side.
This guy fought for people with his money and legal team, paying many youths monthly to learn some skills, opening boreholes around the country, renovating schools, rescusing and returing young girls trafficked outside Nigeria..the list goes on. Why would i not him?

Correct and it shouldn't be just one voice, all these types of energy are what we need to fix Nigeria not just when a popular face was arrested. I read somewhere a man was fighting for people not to jump the queue with an airline and the f people he fought for couldn't fight for him when he was bounced from that same flight but the same people are probably the loudest on their individual social media page now.

justwise:

Who is the only one speaking out against the killing going on in the country? VDM is not only speaking out he travelled to those villages last month to see the damage caused and give out money.

jedisco:
I have always found it interesting how descendants of people who were hounded and faced significantly worse discrimination than recent migrants in their days turn around and be fierce arbiters of who is worthy to be here or not. Some oddly think themselves to be of a higher stock which I find laughable. History is there to instruct.

It’s typical human behaviour- Scarcity mentality and when you think those you imagine to be a higher stock than are supposedly doing better or at par with you.

As a Christian one parable or story in the bible comes to mind about a master who employed servants to work for him, he went out in the morning and got some workers, later in the afternoon and evening he went out again and got more workers, meanwhile he agreed with them their wages and paid them but when the earlier workers discovered that everyone irrespective of their arrival got same wages, they went to grumble to the master about perceived injustice 😂. The master simply reminded them about their agreement. Na so life be o, bad belle dem, so it’s nothing new.

Zahra29:


Even the loophole that some Palestinian families were going to use to apply for humanitarian protection in the UK has been exposed and is to be closed.

While I am unconcerned about your heritage and the discussion around it here, your usage of the word 'loophole' reminded me of your post above:

It's interesting that you believe that a route to enter the UK and immediatley become citizens that your forebears took wasn't a loophole because it was fully legal at the time, but when others took another route that was also fully legal (as confirmed by the Upper Immigration Tribunal), you described it as a loophole that has been exposed, implying it was somehow shady.

Zahra29:


Hmm, data like this lends credence to the govt argument and subsequent clampdown on education being used as a backdoor route by some nationalities.

There's also this one where you referred to a fully legal route; the characteristics of which were stated clearly by the UK and even used to for foreign students to come study here, as a backdoor used 'by some nationalities.' Again the term 'backdoor' strongly implies deception.

Those routes may have or will be changed in the future, but they were fully legal at the time, just like your forebears came and became citizens but that route was closed later.

So my question is how come the route your forebears took was defintitely not a loophole because it was within the law at the time but when others used legal routes too, you believe they were using loopholes and backdoors?

wonlasewonimi:


is it because of verydarkman?

GTB is a very useless bank normally. If it took verydarkman for some people to realise it that is good.

I had a double debit that took two years to resolve in spite of having information when it happened and a signed confirmation from the seller providing an extract of the bank statement showing they only received the funds one.

They only took the request serious after getting a lawyer and involving the D dept of CBN.

A very very very useless bank

Goodenoch:


While I am unconcerned about your heritage and the discussion around it here, your usage of the word 'loophole' reminded me of your post above:

It's interesting that you believe that a route to enter the UK and immediatley become citizens that your forebears took wasn't a loophole because it was fully legal at the time, but when others took another route that was also fully legal (as confirmed by the Upper Immigration Tribunal), you described it as a loophole that has been exposed, implying it was somehow shady.



There's also this one where you referred to a fully legal route; the characteristics of which were stated clearly by the UK and even used to for foreign students to come study here, as a backdoor used 'by some nationalities.' Again the term 'backdoor' strongly implies deception.

Those routes may have or will be changed in the future, but they were fully legal at the time, just like your forebears came and became citizens but that route was closed later.

So my question is how come the route your forebears took was defintitely not a loophole because it was within the law at the time but when others used legal routes too, you believe they were using loopholes and backdoors?

😂 similar question was posed to Aunty suella in her days of all the shenanigans as Home Secretary and she responded that her parents were legal or lawful refugees and you just wonder how you you define or differentiate an illegal refugee from a legal one. That’s how confused all these gatekeepers are.

jedisco:


Focus- there is no anger here. No need looking for a deviation.

Like I've always said, the story of our world is one of migration. I do not see myself as being more British than Kemi or similar arrivals cos while I paid over £150k in taxes e.t.c, demonstrated good service and behaviour to gain my stay, her parents snuck her in before a deadline was due. They saw an opportunity and took it which I'd commend them for. Same applies across board.

The crux of the matter here is how children grow up to forget their stories. If my son decides to settle in Britain tomorrow, I don't expect him to see himself as being of higher stock than those he'd encounter to the extent of calling them bottom wipers just because his parents arrived early.

Lol @ the bolded. Focus indeed...as if you're speaking to a child 😂 I see you've come up with a new phrase to galvanise your followers. "Higher stock" 😂
You really should try to rest from all these imagined grievances, it can't be good for your BP.

Re her parents sneaking her in....you must surely know (I hope) that people who can afford it chose and still choose to seek privately funded delivery in the UK - whether it came or comes with a port.
Legend goes that she didn't even know that she was entitled to a British port until later on in life so how is that sneaking her in? Do you even know what anchor baby means? It's when a baby is used as a means for the rest of the family to remain in the country, which doesn't apply in Kemi's case as her mother had no ambition to remain in the uK and willingly went home with her child after giving birth.
As always, you don't let the facts stand in the way of your emotions.

Like I said in my earlier post, whatever issues you have with her - if you think she should be more "humble" , or less British, or her parents exploited a "loophole" or whatever - take it up with her directly or report her to Reform. Kemi will very likely be replaced as leader next year so she should have time to respond to your many grievances.