Anybody know of a business forum?
- Thread starter Globalti
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You could always join the Yorkshire Mafia on LinkedIn. From a false address, of course...
If you just need to rant, you could write it all down on seven pages of A4, purple ink, lots of !!!!!! and CAPITALS. Then burn it. It is as effective as having a moan in an online forum and can be quite therapeutic.
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
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- Northumberland
Or try Trip Advisor? Usually someone will have had a similar experience and be able to suggest a solution.
philipbh
Spectral Cyclist
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Tasker
New Member
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- stoke on trent
Just contact them again explaining that you're operating a scam whereby you are an honest person who would like their bank details in order that you may endow them with ££££££££££s and are looking to relocate to Nigeria. Further, you would like to cut them in on the action.
I sincerely hope you're not planning to do business there.
I sincerely hope you're not planning to do business there.
endoman
Senior Member
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- Chesterfield
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
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- Meanwood, Leeds
Aren't you a frequent visitor to the place?
2Loose
Guru
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- Loughborough, Leicestershire.
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Globalti
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Yes, I've been to Nigeria on business about 65 times over the last 23 years. A multi-entry visa used to cost £70. Now I had to spend 2 hours filling in an impossibly stupid web form, pay $472, get receipts then submit my application only to be told I need a temporary Work Permit, which has cost £500 through our immigration "fixer" in Abuja and has been sitting unsigned for two weeks on the desk of the Comptroller General of Immigration. When eventually this comes I will have to resubmit a new visa application, (another $472) which they will probably reject again on some technicality. I have cancelled my tickets for next Sunday (cancellation cost:£75) and if I buy a new ticket it will be at the full Air France fare because all the cheaper tickets have now been sold. When eventually I get the visa I bet it will be single entry, meaning I can't bob in and out of Nigeria on local trips to Ghana and Cote D'Ivoire.
It's definitely tit-for-tat because we are making it hard for Nigerians to get UK visas but in some muddled way it might also have something to do with this: My link
It's definitely tit-for-tat because we are making it hard for Nigerians to get UK visas but in some muddled way it might also have something to do with this: My link
philipbh
Spectral Cyclist
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So you will pay asked to pay a multi entry visa and be issued with a single entry one...seems like an abuse of the system (but its their system - I suppose they can do what they like)
What are the consequences of you not going to Nigeria ?
From your link (and previous posts elsewhere) - I assume you are travelling there to do essential or specialist work that cannot otherwise be done by a Nigerian national - so are an unwitting victim of their zeal to protect "the nigerian worker"
meenaghman
Guru
Do you know any clergy out there ? They seem to be able to swing things.
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Globalti
Legendary Member
Their thinking seems muddled and I don't fully understand the objective of their new visa policy as explained in that article; are they trying to "Africanise" jobs, a common and regular ploy to gain votes or are they merely trying to be more selective in who they allow to enter the country?
It's not vital that I go but customer contact has an important PR value, we have built a successful business up over 44 years so we need to maintain a presence there.
My own job is not technical or difficult but does require some years of experience and a good understanding of the business, which you couldn't teach to a Nigerian without him spending a year or two in the UK. Being completely cynical, if you did offer training there would be strong likelihood of the trainee arriving then simply disappearing into the extensive Nigerian network in London.
By contrast the Ghana High Commission has just granted me a two year multiple entry visa with no fuss at all.
philipbh
Spectral Cyclist
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- Out the back
I think the article recognises the simultaneous need to protect Nigerian workers (skilled and unskilled) and the requirement for allowing foreign nationals into the country to provide the much needed skills - perhaps not unlike immigration management in Australia their points system.
That their visa system actually works against these aims is perverse.
Have you considered applying for dual nationality?
