NewStats: 3,260,916 , 8,172,887 topics. Date: Wednesday, 28 May 2025 at 12:39 AM 324w2n

Goodenoch:


This has nothing to do with black people or Nigerians. People argue nonsense and allow their egos push them into d**k measuring contests all the time whether that’s based on income or other things. It’s definitely a human thing and not racial.

If you constantly come across this among black people you interact with, it’s a reflection of your circle and not a valid basis to generalize.

100%!
Volume please!

Estroller:


Comparison they say is the thief of joy. Figures will always be relative as what is decent pay for friend A might not be for friend B owing to several factors( lifestyle choices, location, family size, future plans etc) that are peculiar to each of them. They both should learn to be circumspect and enjoy their respective "decent pay" while putting in the work to better themselves so complacency does not set in.

I waded in and ask they stop the comparison. When it wasn't looking like they'd drop the discussion, booked an uber and left. The best i could do at that moment. But someone who wasn't there, called me daft for bring such here when this could be something that's mostly common among people (comparison) and we could all learn from not pressuring ourselves with such. Is it not this thread someone ran to for help about him not earning much in his job and we all encouraged him ? There might be people who silently go through this. Nuff said sha. But e pain me say them call me daft, i have the perfect reply for that, but i won't derail the purpose of this thread by going down that low.

Goodenoch:


This has nothing to do with black people or Nigerians. People argue nonsense and allow their egos push them into d**k measuring contests all the time whether that’s based on income or other things. It’s definitely a human thing and not racial.

If you constantly come across this among black people you interact with, it’s a reflection of your circle and not a valid basis to generalize.

You can't help but meet these kind of people in whatever circle. Either yours or any. Haven't hanged out in a long time, but when i got an invite to and a lot of discussions were laid on the table ranging from football, politics here and back home, standard of living here and there down to this particular one which i had no power to really control after chipping in my 2cents cos both have obviously hanged out together more often than me, i called it a night and went home. Pondering about what went down with such level of comparison after i got home, decided to post it here to hear what people have to say. But one (let me hold it in, no curse words) decide to say I'm daft for bringing it here. Omo!!!

farnet:
Please people, has any of the below happened, and what are the implications?

Parents applied for Graduate visa and couldn't do so for the kids, all less than 6years old, because of fund.

Particular questions
1. Is there anyway it affects or will affect the parents visa?
2. In what specific ways does it affect the children?
3. What if the family doesn't have long term plan living here. Looking at moving elsewhere in near future. Does it matter or wouldn't it be a waste of scarce money ( let's say that have it) applying for children that won't be needing a brp for anything or right to work?

The children become illegal immigrants and all the issues associated with illegal immigrants apply to them regardless of their age. It will be difficult for them to come back to UK if they leave for any reason.

It will be in their immigration history and may affect their visa applications to other countries.

BRP is a residence permit, it is required to reside in the country regardless of your age, whether you work, school or do nothing is a different thing.

You should take them to Nigeria and apply for them to you when you like.

I am not speaking from experience and have not heard such before, I'm only assuming based on general understanding.

bigtt76:
They all carry out hard search ...no way to escape this once you are approved. Having too many credit cards affects your scores though. Why not wait a few more months and request limit upgrade?

Having many credit cards does not affect your score. What affects your score is too many applications withing a short while. Ideally should be 1 hard search every 6 months.

lavida001:
Anyone interested in a shared house in London?

Where.

Lexusgs430:


My latest bargain hunting, was a ring video doorbell + Alexa speaker for £49.95 (original price was over £200.00)…......😁

I see you got that woucher deal

MelaninGemstone:
Hey Guys, please I’m traveling to Lagos from London

The cheapest flight I saw have 3 Stopovers in
Turkey
Lebanon
Qatar

Please do I need a transit visa for these countries?

I have a UK residence permit
a USA visa
a recently expired Schengen visa

Oh dear. That's a 2 day trip. Don't need transit visas but phew. The stress. I hope you'd be travelling alone without kids. Also something to entertain you.

Raalsalghul:


These are the kind of nonsense I am sorry to say you see black people (especially daft headed Nigerians) arguing about.

I see three unintelligent people in that gathering: the construction guy for not being able to empathize, the health care assistant guy allowing himself to be drawn into such an argument when the best line of action would be to ignore and lastly you for bringing such question here.

My reply is harsh and maybe unnecessary but it's the truth.

What would they now say should a software engineer who works for Google is in their midst?

But that aside, what do you recommend in such discussions, because in reality, one cannot run away from it?

Viruses:


Omo...£17/month, 250MBps with 3 extenders.

Virgin Media is not available in my area I would have cancelled my talktalk sharp sharp because I'm still in the cooling off period.

How come I didn't see this deal in comparison sites, did you negotiate with them directly or it's been long you got the contract?

To be honest I didn’t do anything special. I just called them up and seems the agent was in a good mood. I just asked for any special deals discounts etc and she just did some magic. I was even being chased for the deal🤣🤣

Datakey:



Just ed my theory today

Multiple choice 49/50
Hazard perception 61/75.

My practical is coming up next week. Any tips?

Congratulations. Did you use the official Dvsa mobile app? And what are you using to prepare for the practical test? Tx

Raalsalghul:


My reply is harsh and maybe unnecessary

kode12:

To be honest I didn’t do anything special. I just called them up and seems the agent was in a good mood. I just asked for any special deals discounts etc and she just did some magic. I was even being chased for the deal🤣🤣

I think EE offered the best internet price/service........

You get home internet for £30 pcm + 3 month's free + your mobile phone contract becomes £10 pcm (and you also get unlimited internet on your mobile phone and all EE mobile phones in your household for just £10 pcm) + superfast internet speeds........😜😁

Hi there,
Were you able to get this solved? My sister is going through the same issue. It's been on since last year and she has not heard anything after the hearing despite several emails sent. She went ahead to resit the course but it looks like that might not solve the issue.
This is delaying application for her psw.

Nelsmannnnnnnnn:
Good day guys,

Please I want to ask, I'm currently a student here in the Youkay. My school sent me a mail to face an academic misconduct for one of my assignment were the similarity score is 35%. I find this disturbing because I did my work by myself, reference all articles used, in fact I did everything required of me. Bulk of the 35% is made up of my references of which I cannot do anything about it. My peeps have more than 35% but was not invited.

Though I'm confident of what I did but don't know why they have to send me such destabilising mail.

Is anyone here who have experience such situation, pls advice.

Cc: Justwise
Cc: All

Lexusgs430:


I think EE offered the best internet price/service........

You get home internet for £30 pcm + 3 month's free + your mobile phone contract becomes £10 pcm (and you also get unlimited internet on your mobile phone and all EE mobile phones in your household for just £10 pcm) + superfast internet speeds........😜😁

Oh yeah I forgot about that. I got the first three or four months free as well. But this EE deal is awesome. I've only ever used virgin so I stuck to the devil I know.

Viruses:


The children become illegal immigrants and all the issues associated with illegal immigrants apply to them regardless of their age. It will be difficult for them to come back to UK if they leave for any reason.

It will be in their immigration history and may affect their visa applications to other countries.

BRP is a residence permit, it is required to reside in the country regardless of your age, whether you work, school or do nothing is a different thing.

You should take them to Nigeria and apply for them to you when you like.

I am not speaking from experience and have not heard such before, I'm only assuming based on general understanding.

The bolded is a very difficult pill to swallow. It’s the best decision if no other means to get the money, But very very difficult to swallow. It’s far better than having a dent on their young fresh travel history. it’s very very hard.

@farnet have you tried getting a loan here in the UK?

Lexusgs430:


I think EE offered the best internet price/service........

You get home internet for £30 pcm + 3 month's free + your mobile phone contract becomes £10 pcm (and you also get unlimited internet on your mobile phone and all EE mobile phones in your household for just £10 pcm) + superfast internet speeds........😜😁

By mobile phone contract, do you mean sim/data only contract or you have to purchase a phone from EE?

I'm willing to cancel my talktalk as I'm still in the cooling off period.

Viruses:


By mobile phone contract, do you mean sim/data only contract or you have to purchase a phone from EE?

I'm willing to cancel my talktalk as I'm still in the cooling off period.

SIM only ....... I don't know if the offer is still on .....

Mamatukwas:


How did you manage to get the wifi extenders please? I need them but reaching virgin to request has been such a hassle.

You can buy them on Amazon. If I check, I might even have one I can give away.

Zahra29:


1. The parents visas might not be approved as Home office might enquire about the whereabouts of the children (if they were included in the student visa application)

2. If the parents visas are approved without applying for the children, then the children fall out of status/become overstayers. They will not be able to re enter the UK if they leave for whatever reason e.g. holidays, and they no longer qualify for free non emergency NHS treatment, which means their parents might get sent a bill for any hospital treatments.

3. Might not matter in the long term if the parents plan to leave the UK eventually. However the points in #2 still apply while they are based in the UK. Plus any periods of overstaying will be noted on the children's records

You forgot to add that it is a criminal offence to overstay and they may be subjected to a monetary fine, jail time, or both. They also risk being detained and deported from the UK in addition to a ban.

Cc: farnet

All these wouldn't apply as they are under 18 and will be exempted.

Solumtoya:


You forgot to add that it is a criminal offence to overstay and they may be subjected to a monetary fine, jail time, or both. They also risk being detained and deported from the UK in addition to a ban.

Cc: farnet

profemebee:
congrats bro... you deserve the rest ooo.. pls how much is ILR now? did you do priority?

Thank you very much my brother.
Hi, that costs £2,885:00 only.
Plus an additional £1,000:00 only for super priority (to get a decision within 24 hours).
Note: The £500 for priority (to get decision within 5 working days) was not an option for my category.

farnet:
Please people, has any of the below happened, and what are the implications?

Parents applied for Graduate visa and couldn't do so for the kids, all less than 6years old, because of fund.

Particular questions
1. Is there anyway it affects or will affect the parents visa?
2. In what specific ways does it affect the children?
3. What if the family doesn't have long term plan living here. Looking at moving elsewhere in near future. Does it matter or wouldn't it be a waste of scarce money ( let's say that have it) applying for children that won't be needing a brp for anything or right to work?

Were the kids born in the UK? Or they were initially brought in as PBS -Tier 4 Dependants? If it’s the former, you (and the kids) have a lesser problem. If it’s the latter, I would strongly recommend that you find money and regularize the kids’ residency status.

Bourne007:
All these wouldn't apply as they are under 18 and will be exempted.

Are you sure they will be exempted? Even for kids that were not Born in the UK?
Even for kids that were born in Nigeria and only brought in as Tier-4 dependants??

Datakey:



Just ed my theory today

Multiple choice 49/50
Hazard perception 61/75.

My practical is coming up next week. Any tips?

In the spirit of ing
I ed my theory today
MCE 46/50
Hazard perception 64/75

Thank you to everyone who has shared their experiences.

BouharryArtikou:


Are you sure they will be exempted? Even for kids that were not Born in the UK?
Even for kids that were born in Nigeria and only brought in as Tier-4 dependants??

Of course, they won't be exempted. Overstaying is a criminal offence whether over 18 or under 18.

farnet:
Please people, has any of the below happened, and what are the implications?

Parents applied for Graduate visa and couldn't do so for the kids, all less than 6years old, because of fund.

Particular questions
1. Is there anyway it affects or will affect the parents visa?
2. In what specific ways does it affect the children?
3. What if the family doesn't have long term plan living here. Looking at moving elsewhere in near future. Does it matter or wouldn't it be a waste of scarce money ( let's say that have it) applying for children that won't be needing a brp for anything or right to work?

This will put stain on their immigration records. Even if you plan to leave the country in the near future, they cannot enter any of the 5EYE UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand if you've overstayed your visa in one of the countries.

BouharryArtikou:



Were the kids born in the UK? Or they were initially brought in as PBS -Tier 4 Dependants? If it’s the former, you (and the kids) have a lesser problem. If it’s the latter, I would strongly recommend that you find money and regularize the kids’ residency status.

There isn't a special category for being born here as the kids fall under the immigration status of their parents at the time of birth.

The advantage from being born here is that it can be used to regularise their status after 7 years.