The United Kingdom comprises Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and England. The United Kingdom or the UK is popularly known as a landmass of 243,610 square kilometres.
This article seeks to state five ways to migrate to the UK from Nigeria and also answer some very important questions.
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The UK presents more opportunities to Nigerians who seek to further their education, work, or even have a better life. The UK has an employment ratio of 75.5 per cent. It is also reported southwest England has the highest employment ratio in the UK which is 79.1 per cent.
The UK is emerging as one of the favourite destinations for Nigerians who want to relocate abroad.
Over 21,000 Nigerians live in England, and 16,980 live in Scotland while over 935 live in Wales and 740 live in Northern Ireland.
The UK immigration policy is harsh compared to other developed countries and this is due to the Brexit, so even European citizens are treated as migrants from other continents.
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Why you should migrate to the UK from Nigeria:
Skilled and professional workers still consider The UK as one of the best destinations to permanently live, work, and study.
The UK has a high standard of living, and great cultural integrity and that is why the UK is endeared to very many Nigerians who seek a better life for themselves and their loved ones.
- The UK has some of the best educational institutions across the board.
- The UK has already an existing African community with a large population of successful Nigerians.
- High quality, and free health care services are dispersed through the National Health Service (NHS).
- The UK has one of the world’s strongest passports that facilitates travel across the globe. In short with a UK passport one can enter 186 countries of the world visa-free.
- The UK has great demand for skilled and qualified workers to contribute to the development of the UK.
- The growing industries across the board in the UK is another reason why one should consider the UK while migrating from Nigeria.
Five ways to migrate to the UK from Nigeria;
To migrate to the UK from Nigeria, one has to apply under the current UK visa schemes, and getting the visa depends on your score, under the point-based tier system of the UK.
The point-based tier system helps to assess the eligibility of applicants against relevant factors to apply for UK work, study, and business.
It is important to note that most of the UK work visa schemes that are the Tier 1 and Tier 4 (UK student visa) are processed using the point-based system.
Five ways Nigerians can migrate to the UK from Nigeria are;
Marriage: This is one of the surest ways of migrating to the UK from Nigeria. Marrying UK citizen grants you access to the UK because of the places emphasis on the unification of family.
Having a prior job offer: One of the five ways a Nigerian can migrate to the UK from Nigeria is by having a prior job offer from a UK employer. The Nigerian citizen of can then migrates using the Tier 2 visa (General) which was applied on his behalf by his potential employer.
Another of the five ways of migrating to the UK from Nigeria is using the study The Tier 4 visa which is the student visa that allows you to migrate to the UK from Nigeria as a student.
There is also the graduate visa which allows students who have completed a degree to live in the UK for 2 years and three years for those who have completed a PhD program.
Another of such five ways to migrate to the UK from Nigeria is to migrate as an investor. The UK offers investors the Tier 1 (investor) visa which is a residency by investment program.
For an investment of £5,000,000, the investor may apply for UK residency after 3 years.
Documents you need to migrate to the UK:
- A copy of your certificate reference in case you are using the Tier 1 (General) visa.
- A copy of your English proficiency test result.
- A copy of your bank statement to indicate that you have sufficient funds to last you a while.
- A current passport or travel document that proves that you can travel Internationally.
- A copy of an expired travel document to show your travel history.
- A copy of your yellow fever card.
- Medical test results.
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Finally, the UK is a place where opportunities abound, although expensive to migrate to, it is in most cases worth the effort.
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