Hello Mamas

Please I need your advice/recommendations.

I'm pregnant with my 1st baby conceived via IVF upon first trial. ALL GLORY TO GOD.

My hospitals options to give birth/ante-natal are Reddington Ikeja or Lagoon Ikeja or Mother and Child Ojodu. Please which is better?

Any other hospitals around the Ikeja, Lagos axis and doctor reference is appreciated.

There is Alliance Francaise. They teach French. Google them up.

Midapat:

Pls how can I go about learning French. I'm interested. I need valid information because I don't understand more than bonjour. Thanks in anticipation.

55emem55:
Hi guys, so I recently passed my ACCA exams F1-F3. The journey of 2 or more certificates has officially come to an end. I Self Studied for 2 months With ACCA Approved Textbooks and workbooks and they helped a whole lot. If you're in Lagos, PM me and I can give you the textbooks/workbooks for a token (I bought them and they were quite expensive). Let me know.

Hello. I sent you a PM please.

My fellow future Canadian PRs and Citizens

Please I need your advice on getting 2 or more certificates.

With this new increased points for French, I'm starting French but I still need to get more points.

What other "fast" options are available apart from BCS and CIMA?

Is NACETEM still as reliable?

I don't have a degree or work experience related to accounting but i'm thinking about ACCA as that seems easy to transition into from here and when I get to Canada. I will have to start from scratch so where do I stop starting from F1 to get 1 year degree/certificate when evaluated? I already have my BSc evaluated.

Please even if it's just one of my questions you have an answer to or even a suggestion, please respond.

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Hello Everyone.

It seems most of the contributors on this thread are mostly accountants so I need your advice please.

I am an Engineering graduate who is looking to add another certificate to achieve '2 or more certificates' for PR. It seems ACCA, CIMA and BCS are the relatively faster opportunities that abound. I'm torn between ACCA and CIMA because I want to do something that will be useful in the long run towards future educational development. I plan to do a masters in Engineering Management and an MBA later on.

I have read this thread from page 1 and I understand how CIMA works but I'll like to understand how ACCA works. I know that I have to start from the fundamentals/foundation for both professional exams but I don't know which is more useful for someone just starting in these accounting qualifications.

If I do CIMA (which is faster but seems streamlined), are there exemptions if I decide to do ACCA (which seems broader in terms of job search)?

What ACCA levels qualify for 1 year diploma/degree when verified by WES?

Please help!!!

dazzing:
BIRTHING EXPERIENCE DURING COVID RESTRICTIONS in Ontario
Hello ALL, especially to mums expecting later this year after most of the travel ban has been lifted. A summary of my second time experience. I already highlighted the hospital I used in the uploaded pic above.

Immigration experience: I won’t bore you with the details of how I came during the lock down, but I will say attention should be paid to the rules of entering all countries/airspace, esp. Canada. I met those and got in.

At Canada, I met the first immigration lady, who asked purpose of traveling, I answered non-emergency medical reasons, specifically birthing. She asked why I needed to come to Canada for that. And I explained its better system here, and I got family here, so I prefer having my kids close to family. She transferred me to the inner immigration room, where I waited to meet another officer. The wait was long, I missed my connecting flight, (so do be cautious of the time difference if you are connecting within Canada). The actual time spent with the officer when I met him was very short, a few minutes.

He asked me how much I had, I told him how much, his response was something like ‘oh that’s good’, he didn’t want to see the cash. He asked me about correspondence with a hospital. I told him that hospitals rarely do emails, but as this is my second issue I have registered in my old hospital and have my doctor’s details. I showed him doctors business card and receipt for hospital I registered for my first issue. In all the documents I gave him was about 4 or 5, some of them I got the idea from this forum (so thank you fellow sharers). Other documents included a printed excel budget for my birthing and bank statement of an account that had good funds in it.

I did two weeks isolation, almost all the doctors I spoke with refused to take me onboard cause I would be far gone by the time I come out of my isolation period. They told me to go to the nearest hospital if I felt any major discomfort. That’s why I did a lot more hospital research. Those who wanted to take me on board where being funny. There are some I would have considered if I had come earlier. Like the Dr Grace woman that someone had mentioned here, her office is quite nice, I’ll say do go with her if you come on time.
The travel ban had a lot to do with my coming late so I hope other mamas make it here in good time. Delivery of baby was okay, all went well, thank God. Spent a bit longer than a day, as we were waiting for pediatrician who was super busy that particular day.

Three days later did baby checkup at clinic, C$50 paid for that.
I did two short birth certificates, the second one now has the parents’ details and was designed specifically for those who want to do international passport (I had to ring and ask cause I got confused when I received mine in the mail). Costs C$ 25 each, so C$50 for both.
International passport is C$57, process is just a bit delayed as you can only get appointment by calling due to the covid-19 issue.

Also I have been seeing the concern about this health authority letter. Honestly I’m lost myself I have no idea what this thing is, what I will advise though is get a regular visa, visit Canada once, then plan how to deliver your baby. Or even if you don’t visit, just get the visa sha. I know it may not be that easy but I don’t know where this special letter is coming from.

A don’t really have any other costs, except regular costs. I’m still at my relatives who pretty much takes me around so limited taxi costs. We are more concerned about the whole covid thingy. Nothing else to add, but if I do get additional info, I will share.

Best of luck to everyone.

Hello dazzing. God bless you for this post. It is truly a breath of fresh air and congratulations on your newborn.

Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee, I am very much interested in that travel route into Canada at this time. Provinces are experiencing higher COVID cases which makes it unlikely that borders will be open to tourist visas, but you travelled with a tourist visa so I'm just clueless. Your post is a glimpse of hope to me. Please help!!! Information is gold at this time. All I need is a step in the right direction and I will do the other work myself.

OTHER INFO
Also, for others you want to travel to Canada, extended and immediate family members can apply to travel on compassionate grounds. If you have a parent, sibling (half or step inclusive), boyfriend/fiance of 1 yr, husband, child/step-child, grandchild ; any of which must be a Citizen or PR, you can apply, although, you must have your visa already. I believe this is in efforts for family reunification for the holidays - December period.

Semisolasola:
Which one you dey? USA or Canada cos na same thing you drop for both thread

I asked this here and on the Canada tourist group not USA. Please I still need advice ohh Biko.

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