I lived in UK for 11 months and I have been in Canada for 3 months now and let me tell you there is a lot of difference. If I had my way, I probably would have stayed in the UK but only because its just a 6 hour flight back to Nigeria than a 14 hour flight from Toronto. That said, my experience in C...
Canada also has long medical waiting times. both countries have their failings and honestly I will never understand why citizens of developed countries emigrate. For those of us from africa/asia, its apparent why we bother - no matter how bad the NHS or crime is in Uk ,its still 1 Million times bett...
The refun is not from NHS. the refund should be from inland revenue..I think.
You better visit their official site about the details, but I am sure the first few thousands that you earn should be free of tax. If you have been taxed on this , you are entitled to a refund
Finally, the big question is that..... According to the immigration rules... you must show intent to return to your homecountry. You cannot satisfy that requirement simply because you came in on a route that leads to settlement. How do you convince the HO that you no longer want to make UK your perm...
Bekky, congratulations. I am afraid you all have to land. After landing you can take the baby back to nigeria and leave him there for a year, The only thing that will be affected will be the time you apply for citizenship thats if you want everyone to apply together. IF you guys apply for citizenshi...
Hi john, where may I ask do I get a place for 350 in Brum..looking desperately but a 2 bed seems to be in the range of 495-550 pcm and even more. So please give suggestions.. Agencies are terrible with admin costs of over 220pounds... it seems brum isno longer soo cheap. I wonder how HO expects a ne...
iyanu? how are you .. please get in touch maybe through PM. sorry to advertise but anyone that thinks something should be done about this crazy rule shoudl try hsmp2006 yahoo group... they are pulling something together to try for judicial review? If everyone can come together to challenge this unfa...
googleman, I am keeping my fingers crossed that they will porate the earnings for ahow long you have worked, but even at that. if you are over 32... you need to have a job of 32k p.a..... which is not easy except you are in south east and even then its not easy to get such a job... this is a nightma...
If you are 30 years old you will get 10 points not 20 I got following gross salaries for last 8 months and i have 12 month initial visa April = 4000 May = 2000 June = 2000 July = 2000 Auguest = 2000 September = 2333 October = 2333 November = 2333 + 400 something for overtime (will get it by the end ...
I have read the guidance notes, and there is only a provision for earnings to be calculated in the prior 8 months (if your visa was for a year) Now the isue is that most people including myself can nnot have worked for 8 months before the extesnion stage. i just got a job and i have just 6 months le...
Finally I got the visa albeit for 1 year... for myself and family.
I guess persistence pays off.
thanks to the mods and naija brethren that helped and encouraged me one way or another.
we both got the HSmp approval albeit only one person applied for EC.... and it was refused. Now i have reapplied for hsmp approval and got it again, will later apply for EC
Find out from whoever sent your application through post in the uK to see if they can track the application. like I said earlier you can also track through the type of payment you used. I very much doubt if your documents will be sent to one address and your decision letter to another. It will be se...
But wont all this clamp down have a serious negative effect on legal immigration. IMHO, it will increase atsronomically illegal immigrants, will the UK benefit from all this in the long run?
Ifeoma, Which address did you state as your current address on your application form? a nigerian or Uk address? also if you reside in lagos,Im almost certain your docs are not lost. I remember you mentioned this issue last month but you dint answer the question I put to you. Did you use an agent ? o...
New applications forms and guidance notes have been published since last week to take effect today. The guidance note states intial EC approval will be for 2 years and an extension of 3 years. Here is the extract. "EXTENSION APPLICATIONS 52. Under the HSMP arrangements, initial applications may be a...
I think you should learn from fardeep.
Apply as an out of country applicant but you can still be working while this is been processed.
You can then go back home to apply for EC, since it seems switching under student dependent is a dicey situation.
theres others in the online application at the BHC nigerian site. After picking others its shows further in another drop box hsmp, hsmp dependant..bla bla.
