NewStats: 3,262,190 , 8,176,380 topics. Date: Sunday, 01 June 2025 at 09:01 AM 1s182h

Update87:


Ohhh...thanks boss.
How much is the update service and what happens if I no pay am.

Or paying for the update service makes me have access to my portal online?

Pls don't be mad say my question plenty oooo...

I'm just a jjc for here

https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

idee91:
Hello everyone… please is there any implication for piercing one’s baby’s ear at home ? One of the midwives that came to check the baby today was saying she was going to check with social services to see if it was legal. The baby’s ear was pierced by my mum. Should I be worried ? Kindly share your views. Thanks

Hi, my cousins had same issue. They told them it is cultural and tried to make it look like the midwife was trying to be discriminatory against their culture . I don’t know sha but that’s how they wiggled out of it.

JapaGeneral:

Of course, be very worried. This singular act, can be deemed a form of abuse.
By extension, next thing might be traditional marks or FGM.

This is not true. In paediatrics, you must report FGM straight to the police immediately after seeing the child, for ear piercing there is no clear safeguarding rule on this one or any clear form of reporting so I doubt that you can equate a whole FGM to piercing the ears of one’s child and therefore abuse.

Lexusgs430:


https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

Thanks boss...what I need clarification on right now is..how will i have access to my portal online (I'm under d assumption that it has to be created before a certificate can be issued)

babajeje123:
Need someone I can share a room with or someone who has a room but looking to share so as to split bills. Location is London preferably Canary wharf or Whitechapel.

This abeg

kode12:


Don't make any move until the new COS is out and they've updated your offer to say full time. What they've done is very shady and you will be the only one to suffer the consequences if things goes south. What's normally done is give you the unconditional offer with the correct details and you start when the COS is available. HR teams within the NHS know how the COS thing works so the fact that they're encouraging you to skirt the rules is quite strange and disturbing. My advice is stick to your current job, wait till the COS becomes available then submit it to them and request and update of the unconditional offer before starting. They're already neck deep, they can't turn you back at the point. All the best.

Thanks for your concern, The COS is out already and I
have put forward my application. The details was before they issued me the COS . I did priority so will be expecting decision from Home office before the start date God willing

Update87:

Thanks boss...what I need clarification on right now is..how will i have access to my portal online (I'm under d assumption that it has to be created before a certificate can be issued)

Once you receive the certificate, use details on certificate, to create an ........

And this your assumption is from ......... 😂

giselle237:
This is not true. In paediatrics, you must report FGM straight to the police immediately after seeing the child, for ear piercing there is no clear safeguarding rule on this one or any clear form of reporting so I doubt that you can equate a whole FGM to piercing the ears of one’s child and therefore abuse.

I never said it's equating it to FGM.

As I clearly stated, let's await response to get clarification

Lexusgs430:



Once you receive the certificate, use details on certificate, to create an ........

And this your assumption is from ......... 😂

Ohhh...thank you sir.

Good morning great people,

I have been having some kind of dilemma with regards to this T2 visa sponsorship. Here is my story below and I seriously need one or two people's opinion:

I'm a student to round up in few months time. My wife has been working with the NHS through a bank as a Medical Secretary for the past eight months. She has asked her employer if they can give sponsorship and they said they don't give for non-clerical role. This made us start weighing up our options to delve into clerical roles such as healthcare worker. An opportunity came out from the same employer for a healthcare worker training program which she applied, did interview and was chosen.

Just recently, I decided to pretend to be a worker with this agency by calling them to ask if they can give visa sponsorship for healthcare worker program at the end of the training, they said no. I was perplexed.

Now, where my wife currently works as a medical secretary, she earns 12GBP per hour and she works regular office hour Monday to Friday. On the other hand, the healthcare worker trainee program she will be earning a sad 10.42GBP and 12 hours shift bases.

Will seeking a permanent job with the NHS for a Medical secretary role give us some chances of being sponsored or we should go ahead with the Trainee program eventhough they still won't sponsor but after the program look for a permant position with any NHS trust?

As simple as I wrote this, believe me it is really difficult to think of what to do cos our student visa expires in few months from now.

Update87:

Boss...do they require UK experience before hiring someone?

Or someone needs to put "one or two things" into one's CV?

No. Its unskilled work, just sorting letters and parcels by postcodes. Them no dey even ask for CV.

Nelsmannnnnnnnn:
Good morning great people,

I have been having some kind of dilemma with regards to this T2 visa sponsorship. Here is my story below and I seriously need one or two people's opinion:

I'm a student to round up in few months time. My wife has been working with the NHS through a bank as a Medical Secretary for the past eight months. She has asked her employer if they can give sponsorship and they said they don't give for non-clerical role. This made us start weighing up our options to delve into clerical roles such as healthcare worker. An opportunity came out from the same employer for a healthcare worker training program which she applied, did interview and was chosen.

Just recently, I decided to pretend to be a worker with this agency by calling them to ask if they can give visa sponsorship for healthcare worker program at the end of the training, they said no. I was perplexed.

Now, where my wife currently works as a medical secretary, she earns 12GBP per hour and she works regular office hour Monday to Friday. On the other hand, the healthcare worker trainee program she will be earning a sad 10.42GBP and 12 hours shift bases.

Will seeking a permanent job with the NHS for a Medical secretary role give us some chances of being sponsored or we should go ahead with the Trainee program eventhough they still won't sponsor but after the program look for a permant position with any NHS trust?

As simple as I wrote this, believe me it is really difficult to think of what to do cos our student visa expires in few months from now.

On the basis of generalisation (this might not be the case in the trust wey dey cover where you live and NHS England and NHS Scotland are different entities), Band 2 roles usually do not qualify for sponsorship. Basically Band 2 na unskilled labour. HCAs start becoming specialised from Band 3 and above (phlebotomy and so forth) and it is from that level when you get skills wey them want that them fit sponsor. Or if your madam dey in mental health, NHS trusts (boards here in Scotland) are always interested in that one.

If your madam get the mind, una fit see if una go find all those certification/training courses in the areas of mental health care and pay for them yourself and try your luck at a Band 3 role.

Aafulenu:
I have tried searching for this, and I apologise if this has been addressed before.

My spouse and I have just applied to switch from the student visa to a skilled worker visa. We are yet to do this for the kids (3) and their current visa expires at the end of October.
How would this affect them if we are unable to make an application before their current visa ends?

Move heaven and earth to renew your pikins visas before they expire. You can also apply when your own skilled worker visa applications are still being decided. If money is the problem, borrow, beg, anything.
If you dont, yes as another person don talk una go still fit keep them for school and all that, but you will definitely fall into the hands of the immigration lawyers thereafter, and that will be the start of a beautiful relationship for them.

giselle237:
Nope. My colleague’s 9 month old twins used the app.. the 5 year old they asked the boy to come for biometrics. .. but the twins used the app
Note the 3 of them had done biometrics in UK before though.. so no one can really understand how the app selects its ‘precious’ candidates

True talk. I did an application for a 4 year old using the app (daughter of a colleague), who has never had her fingerprints taken, either in Ghana or here, and them no ask them to come to UKVCAS and the BRP is out.

I greet the elders o 🖐️🤚

Please what’s the average price for getting a document notarised in UK? The ones around here are saying £80 o. Egbami!!!

MichaelUde:
True talk. I did an application for a 4 year old using the app (daughter of a colleague), who has never had her fingerprints taken, either in Ghana or here, and them no ask them to come to UKVCAS and the BRP is out.

Lmao. Thanks for the

Nelsmannnnnnnnn:
Good morning great people,

I have been having some kind of dilemma with regards to this T2 visa sponsorship. Here is my story below and I seriously need one or two people's opinion:

I'm a student to round up in few months time. My wife has been working with the NHS through a bank as a Medical Secretary for the past eight months. She has asked her employer if they can give sponsorship and they said they don't give for non-clerical role. This made us start weighing up our options to delve into clerical roles such as healthcare worker. An opportunity came out from the same employer for a healthcare worker training program which she applied, did interview and was chosen.

Just recently, I decided to pretend to be a worker with this agency by calling them to ask if they can give visa sponsorship for healthcare worker program at the end of the training, they said no. I was perplexed.

Now, where my wife currently works as a medical secretary, she earns 12GBP per hour and she works regular office hour Monday to Friday. On the other hand, the healthcare worker trainee program she will be earning a sad 10.42GBP and 12 hours shift bases.

Will seeking a permanent job with the NHS for a Medical secretary role give us some chances of being sponsored or we should go ahead with the Trainee program eventhough they still won't sponsor but after the program look for a permant position with any NHS trust?

As simple as I wrote this, believe me it is really difficult to think of what to do cos our student visa expires in few months from now.

Stick with the HCA role in NHS as that same experience can still open door for another sponsorship role in othe trust .Meanwhile you will need to buy more time to achieve this ,so aim to get your PSW

No, I did not bother to track the port because it was not urgently needed.

I did not get any notifications prior to delivery; I was lucky to be at home on the morning of the day it was delivered.

They do not keep to the delivery date; the delivery date on my daughter's application was July 31st, but it was delivered on October 2nd.

Some have been lucky to receive it quicker at @heroshark.

Iruobe1987:

Please did you track the application online after biometrics? Did you get any notification prior to receiving the port on the 2nd ?
Just want to be sure because i might be at work and I don't miss the delivery date

MichaelUde:


On the basis of generalisation (this might not be the case in the trust wey dey cover where you live and NHS England and NHS Scotland are different entities), Band 2 roles usually do not qualify for sponsorship. Basically Band 2 na unskilled labour. HCAs start becoming specialised from Band 3 and above (phlebotomy and so forth) and it is from that level when you get skills wey them want that them fit sponsor. Or if your madam dey in mental health, NHS trusts (boards here in Scotland) are always interested in that one.

If your madam get the mind, una fit see if una go find all those certification/training courses in the areas of mental health care and pay for them yourself and try your luck at a Band 3 role.

Thanks for your contribution bro. This means a lot.

jum33:

Stick with the HCA role in NHS as that same experience can still open door for another sponsorship role in othe trust .Meanwhile you will need to buy more time to achieve this ,so aim to get your PSW

Yeah, I honestly was trying to avoid the PSW and move straight into T2 but it's looking unlikely. Thanks for your take.

Efftyy:


Thanks for your concern, The COS is out already and I
have put forward my application. The details was before they issued me the COS . I did priority so will be expecting decision from Home office before the start date God willing

Sorry I meant visa, not COS. when you receive the visa and they’ve updated the offer you can discuss resumption.

JBoy9:
I greet the elders o 🖐️🤚

Please what’s the average price for getting a document notarised in UK? The ones around here are saying £80 o. Egbami!!!

It's £10 to notarise 3 documents.

Walk into any law firm or UK post office to get it done. That's what I did

Jeff0983:
Guys please is Pictures , chats history, marriage certificate ( but not up to 3 months old) bank statements showing money sent to each enough for UK dependent visa?
Though we would be adding NIN because our NIN has the same Naija address but we have only been in Nigeria together for just 10 months, we also want to add SHEIN invoice 🧾 showing our address in Dubai from 2021 , will this be acceptable because we don’t have bills paid with both our names or tenancy agreement with both name, I have mailed the housed I lived in in Dubai to add my wife’s name to the contract but the said it against their policy and I don’t want to forge anything

Apart from dependent port
Tb test certificates
police clearance

Our pictures together is from 2020 to 2023
WhatsApp Chat history is from 2020 to 2023
Bank statements showing money sent to each other is from 2021 to 2023
SHEIN invoices is from 2021
NIN is just 10 months.
We want to submit our visa by Monday

To this day, I wonder why Nigerians go to this extent to prove a relationship/marriage.

Why would you be showing your private chat history to a VO when it has not been explicitly requested for? Bank statements that isnt t too? Might as well send videos of when you guys were doing "construction work" too

Just present registry certificate and a few pictures from the registry and you will be fine. Even the pictures sef isn't compulsory

Screenshot is from the gov UK website

Innocent94:
Hello, please i would appreciate if anyone can recommend a care/ company that offers sponsorship, I urgently need this please as my visa is due to expire soon🙏🙏

Whats your location?

Check the excel sheet on the gov UK website of companies that offer sponsorship and filter by location

Jeff0983:


Honestly marriage certificate should be okay but seems UK wants to recolonize us again, even after marriage certificate, pictures (101 pictures), WhatsApp chats and some invoice with bank statements my agent is asking for tenancy agreement on both of our names before he can apply.

Agent clearly doesn't know what he is doing. Marriage cert from registry is sufficient unless its arranged marriage and you guys want to prove beyond any suspicious doubt

koonbey:


It’s not classed as abuse and it’s not illegal.

There’s nothing to be very worried about.

Thanks for responding. I would provide further updates on this tomorrow as we are expecting another midwife visit tomorrow. The midwife that came around today said the ears are okay and with no infections.

giselle237:
Hi, my cousins had same issue. They told them it is cultural and tried to make it look like the midwife was trying to be discriminatory against their culture . I don’t know sha but that’s how they wiggled out of it.

Thanks for sharing your cousin experience. Would provide updates on how it all plays out.

MonkeySee:

It's £10 to notarise 3 documents.

Walk into any law firm or UK post office to get it done. That's what I did

Hmm.. that's very cheap. Was it notarised by a notary public?

Cost me £140 for 2 docs which needed a notary public

hustla:




Agent clearly doesn't know what he is doing. Marriage cert from registry is sufficient unless its arranged marriage and you guys want to prove beyond any suspicious doubt

Seems there's been a recent change in documents needed.

In addition to marriage cert, they now ask of additional evidence of continued relationship for a goven period.

hustla:


To this day, I wonder why Nigerians go to this extent to prove a relationship/marriage.

Why would you be showing your private chat history to a VO when it has not been explicitly requested for? Bank statements that isnt t too? Might as well send videos of when you guys were doing "construction work" too

Just present registry certificate and a few pictures from the registry and you will be fine. Even the pictures sef isn't compulsory

Screenshot is from the gov UK website

😂😂😂 Construction work. All these unnecessary requests from a so called agent. The only organisation licensed to "arrange" your document for you is TLS and those ones will only work with what’s on UKVI’s website. They’ll just organise the document in the right format at an extra cost.

@ Jeff0983 Since you are already married, all you need is your marriage certificate and maybe wedding photos, that’s it. Life no hard, na you dey worry over nothing.

idee91:


Thanks for responding. I would provide further updates on this tomorrow as we are expecting another midwife visit tomorrow. The midwife that came around today said the ears are okay and with no infections.

Good. Just tell them it's cultural and you made sure to follow all precautions e.g. using a sterile implement etc.

jedisco:


Seems there's been a recent change in documents needed.

In addition to marriage cert, they now ask of additional evidence of continued relationship for a goven period.

Went to the UK Gov website before posting..took the screenshot from there too some mins