Oh, my friend's laptop in question belongs in the three brands you just quoted.

i am so excited ..going to uk end of next month, but still no idea with what to pack now...how many cloth and pants or trousers i should bring? Maggie mee buy here or buy there? My relatives there told me the tastes is the same one, they asked me better bring a rice-cooker..Haih...i am so ...don't know what to do now....even excited now but still feel a bit depressing cause leaving my family soon..

This is what I think/suggest:

1) 2 weeks of t-shirts and 2 pairs of jeans (probably 1 cargo pants)
2) 1 winter clothing (which you are going to hold it while board the plane)
3) 2 pairs of shoes and 1 pair of slippers
4) 1~2 weeks supply of toiletries

The remaining space fill it with food stuff.

i heard they have sth call waterproof shoes, Jumper what are them? hmmm really donno enough space to pack or not.. Just 20KG only....

and is it common that university accommodation will provide rice cooker for u. i see they state RICE COOKER in my accommodation contract .. So is their Rice cooker same as OUR rice cooker??

i lost my final acceptance letter, is the final acceptance letter importance? i heard that we need to show it to the unvirsity when we arrive in the uni there to clarify we have paid..is that true? the payment receipt is still with me...is it okay? the final acceptance letter was lost during the period processing my visa. i noticed it was lost when i got my passport with visa back, and i asked my agent what had happen ( because the visa i went thru agent) then they told me it was lost in the british embassy and it is okay without it..but i still have a bit worry..

You may ahve some problem at immigration in the UK, coz they'd probably ask to see your unconditional offer regardless of whether you have a visa or not.
Since it's the British High Commission's fault, it's safer if they can issue a memo/letter saying that they lost the letter.
Also you can ask your university to resend you another copy.

i think he WILL have problems at the immigrations.

and yes, get brit hi-comm to issue some form of official letter about this. most universities are online nowadays, so if lost the letter, it's not really a big deal coz they can check in their records when u register. however, it's the immigrations that will make a big deal out of this.

i'm not exactly sure what'll happen, but it's better to avoid not having the offer letter altogether.

i still keep my receipt of payment and offer letters, there are three letters, one is unconditional letter and one is conditional letter and the others one is final acceptance letter, the british embassy only lost my final acceptance letter, so is it okay with the remaining letters? i advise everyone here, next times, visa things better take care by yourself, as u go thru other people, they just don't care as long as they get your visa for you.

This post has been edited by tommy141184: Aug 24 2006, 06:59 PM

Depends on what further conditions you had to fulfil to get the final acceptance. If it's something to do with financing your course or English Language requirement, then it will be an issue if you don't have the final letter.
But any reasons other than that, it should be ok if you only have your unconditional offer letter.

Any comments azarimy?

i think the unconditional offer letter should be ok. coz if logic applies, u cannot apply student visa at brit hi-council if u dont have unconditional offer letter, right? so the immigration would want to see that u really have an offer to verify the visa that u've got stamped in ur passport.

but i'm no authority in this. the safest way is to give ur university a call between 5pm - 12am msian time. they should be able to verify if the immigration is going to make a fuss about it. better yet, call/email british immigration directly.

okay, thx everybody, i will do it right away..

Anybody did their visa recently? I need to renew mine.

How long did they take to process it and for you to get your visa?

Is the cost now really rm600+?

Did mine 3 weeks ago at VFS.
Fee RM578 payable to British High Commission plus RM50 payable to VFS Sdn Bhd.

Took 2 days only to process my application. Check out VFS-UK

Hi,
did you submit the evidence of accommodation?

I will be staying in a private accommodation so was wondering what do I need to prove that.

nope. not needed or at least i didnt show mine.

Don't bother about maggi mee since there are pretty decent Nishin Ramen here which cost around 27 pence for a pack. Bring a small rice cooker if you can, if you can't, look out for 2nd hand sales since most people will sell theirs.

Don't worry about leaving your family and etc, it's the same for everybody and it's a good chance for you to grow up

thx geminist, then how about MILO? is there any MIlO there? I just can't live without MILO..lol



Milo the cool

This post has been edited by tommy141184: Aug 25 2006, 10:53 AM

No Milo, only hot choco. Grow up...

Their Hot Chocolate (Whittard of Chelsea, Thortons and Cadbury) pawn Milo anytime!!

Yes, there's Milo (in Sainsbury, the last time I saw). All you have to pay is �3 plus for 250g.

This post has been edited by goliath: Aug 25 2006, 11:13 AM

Exactly. Same here. The processing only took a few days.

I had to submit proof of accomadation. They need to make sure u've accomadation settled.

Private? Hmmm...call 'em up to ask