Turkish man in the UK
I came to the UK with a student visa first in 2003 from Turkey, when I was 26. I had a good job in Turkey, but someway, I had the ambition to live abroad and I got a Chevening scholarship to study in the UK for a year. So I stepped in the UK like that.
Initially, UK seemed to be a like a fairy tale, like it does to all of us. I firstly started to live in Liverpool where i hardly understood scouser accent. Then, after studying a few months, I decided to stay more to find a job. But as a non-eu citizen it was almost impossible to find a full-time job, though you can work part-time. Anyway, I applied to HSMP meanwhile, and got it after waiting for one year. I am now working in London, which is a really difficult city.
My experience is that :
- Don't have pink dreams about UK!
- Don't expect to have almost any English friend. Everybody knows English attitude to foreigners. They give you a job but they will never accept you to their social environment. Forget it!
- Money, money! UK is not that reach you will share house with many others in most of cities. You need at least 25K for london and at least 20K for other cities to have a single ok life. UK is expensive, dont forget this! Saving money is not easy, dont dream too much.
- UK is not Europe! It is just UK! It is very isolated from the rest of Europe.
- Scottish people are much warmer than English people. Consider living in Scotland, though it is cold up there.
Initially, UK seemed to be a like a fairy tale, like it does to all of us. I firstly started to live in Liverpool where i hardly understood scouser accent. Then, after studying a few months, I decided to stay more to find a job. But as a non-eu citizen it was almost impossible to find a full-time job, though you can work part-time. Anyway, I applied to HSMP meanwhile, and got it after waiting for one year. I am now working in London, which is a really difficult city.
My experience is that :
- Don't have pink dreams about UK!
- Don't expect to have almost any English friend. Everybody knows English attitude to foreigners. They give you a job but they will never accept you to their social environment. Forget it!
- Money, money! UK is not that reach you will share house with many others in most of cities. You need at least 25K for london and at least 20K for other cities to have a single ok life. UK is expensive, dont forget this! Saving money is not easy, dont dream too much.
- UK is not Europe! It is just UK! It is very isolated from the rest of Europe.
- Scottish people are much warmer than English people. Consider living in Scotland, though it is cold up there.
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