yeah agree.. it's quite a lot post in this thread.. and all infor are quite outdated right?

remember you will have another 5kg extra, so you able to check in with 27kg.. if you like more allowance, you try joke with the officer and smile more to make he/her happy.. lol...

hey guys, i have lost my NHS card.. I asked GP, he said call to the some authority centre to get a replacement NHS card. Do anyone of you know what is the number should i call to get a new NHS card?? hmm.. he didn't even give any number and hanged up my call.. =_="
I tried to google, but can't find any useful number...

welcome to UK's student life... well, for mobile phone contract.... Yes, online deal is always cheaper to high street deal... There's few types of deal for online deals, get free PS3 and Wii etc.. There's another deal is called cashback, which is each 4 months they will pay you with a cheque. The amount is depends on which deal you are taking. But there's always a risk, sometimes if you didn't follows all the steps and send to the company.. you won't able to get the cashback.. so you need to make sure you are very careful with all the steps. Always make sure you have all the details for your contract. for those freebies, PS3 and wii, i think you will get it when you have subscribe the contract with them but with condition you in the contract otherwise you need to send back your freebies to them. If you like to get online deals, always go for those big company such as carphonewarehouse, e2save and phone4u. as there are some company will bankrupt after you have subscribe few months for a 12/18months contract.

ascent? don't worry... after few months, you will get used to it and you will speak with the ascent too.. if you can't understand what they are saying, you can always (nicely) ask them to repeat.. lol.. this is what i did last time.. anyway north part of uk's ascent always is the most difficult to understand. Sometimes those local ppl from south part of uk don't undestand ppl from north part of UK's ascent too.. so don't worry about it..

There's 2 type of NUS card, normal NUS card is free (given by uni) another type of NUS card is called NUS extra. NUS extra card cost £7 (if i'm not mistaken)....

Insurance? yes, you need one.. but just a student insurance. you can get it from barclays,Student Possessions Insurance. it's cheap anyway, few quids depends on your choice... I would say protect your stuff before someone broke into your room and take all your stuff epecially your laptop.. hehehe... but personally mobile phone insurance is useless... don't bother to take it...

if you renting a room, then you can get the student's insurance( if you are a student)...
health care, hmm... it's depends on you.. you can always get HC2 card (the form can get easily from boots), with this card you don't have to pay anything for medication.

lol... umbrella.. yes, you can use umbrella but like they told the wind is very strong so you don't need to get expensive umbrella.. you can go to poundland which cost you £1 per umbrella or cheap umbrella, so when ever the wind is too strong and your umbrella is koyak you can throw it away.. there's one time, i just bought my umbrella from poundland and only used for twice the next day it was in dustbin... lol...

yes, winter sales is around end of dec (after christmas).... if you want to get cheap stuff, you can wait till last week of jan or 1st week of feb. that's time they clearing their stock.

nono... never wear suit when you are flying to uk... that's going to kill you.. just wear t-shirt and jeans or anything that make you comfortable.... and the weather is quite cold.. probably you need to take jacket with you.

lol.. nope, i bought a £10++ from boots, but it's still went into dustbin after 1 or 2 weeks.. hahah...

yes, true 26th dec is the massive sales day.. but in Jan most of shop will have further discount...

yeah, primark is target commercial level. so quality will be low... but if you just want to wear for short term, then it's a good option...

probably TK-Max is another good shop if you like to get cheap branded cloth...

yes, you will need to fill in some form to get the exemption...but you need to do the request..

yes, when you buy printer.. they are not including USB cable.. you need to get it separate.. £8? no, you can just get a cheap from the internet, it just cost £1-3... i don't think you need to get branded USB cable..
well, what you can do when you are going back to malaysia, you can sell it to your junior or those who just enroll.. probably you only able to sell it 40% or 50%.. lol.. it's better than you carry back malaysia..

actually pay as you go is cheaper if you seldom make calls.. monthly contract is bit troublesome coz you need to stick with them for 1 year or 18 months. but the advantage is you get a free phone.

it's not easy to get a job.. you are encourage to start hunt for job before you are graduate... remember, those graduate job is starting to recruit around beginning of the year, such jan-march.. so if anyone is going to graduate next year jun/august, now is the good time to apply graduate job.

i not sure for pay as you go...

but if any of you have free minutes and want to call 0800/0845 , you guys can check the number for 020 or free call from SayNo0800

i thought if your bachelor degree is from UK university, you are exempted for IELTS or TOEFL?

I not sure for others. for my experience, it's free.. which from my step account (natwest) to halifax's current account.. there's not charges on my transfer... but you can always double check with the stuff in the bank...


btw, for younkies said phone bills - £30 monthly but cashback for £360 after 12 months = absolutely free. there's no longer any these kind of deals.. now all of the deals are 18 months and caskback probably 10 months or 16 months...

agree...

nowadays, it's pretty hard to find job in UK.. i'm bit freak out, as i suppose i graduate at the wrong time.. graduated for 2 months, still haven't have the chances for interview when applying for a permanent job... True, working permit is a big issue for us, i'm still wondering should i change my student visa to Tier 1 Post Study Work visa now or wait till my student visa expired.. or just bungkus balik malaysia

oh, it's a really good news.. at least when our family come over visit, they don't need to spend money for visa.. less trouble.. I suppose the home office haven't implement the rule that tourist need to pay £1000 deposit when entering UK?

This post has been edited by liew_jls: Nov 7 2008, 06:45 AM

yes, correct.. with the proof from university that i'm graduate or graduation cert, i'll able to apply this tier 1 post study work. although now i don't have my graduation cert, but i have letter from university. i was told, i'm allow to work any permanent job with my student visa.. but there's one recruitment agent told me i should can my student to tier 1 post study work before start job hunting... as my student visa still have another 2++ months before it's expired. beside jan i'm going back malaysia, so i maybe will go back malaysia and apply this post study work visa..

Thanks for the advice.. i guess i should wait till i get my certificate before start my application and go back malaysia for my application. it's another few weeks and i'll get my certificate anyway..

by the way, according to the home office, for those application (Tier 1 Post Study Work) outside UK, it's require £2500 in my bank account. but it didn't specific the money need to be in UK bank account or malaysia bank account.. I guess if i can use my malaysia bank account which has equivalent this amount, it should be able alright? I tried email home office and try to get a clarification from them.. but there's no reply from them...
any idea?

nope.. i'm converting my student visa to Tier 1 Post Study Work visa. This visa is for those who graduate in UK university. if you apply in UK, you need to pay £400 with £800 funding in you bank account while you do it outside UK (malaysia) you only need to pay £215 (forgot how much is that should be around £200++) with £2500 funding in your bank account... With this visa you are allow to work any permanent job in UK for 2 years.

hi there...

no problem.. enjoy ur student life
just curious, r u planning to extend your student visa?