britiko:



when people apply as inlanders it doesn't mean they are all students. some people came on various visas and applied. that being said if the international student argument was vague then the government wouldn't take a step towards their request. the truth is they cannot afford to joke with the international student not after all they've invested into the economy in terms of time and cash. An average international student spends nothing less than 60,000CAD during their educational pursuit, yet not awarded scores for studying in Canada.
Haba, would you love that if you were one of them. tell me , what are applicants from outside contributing to the Canadian economy? if not that the government are being benevolent. it takes time for them to integrate into the Canadian system and during this time the government suffers it. Moreover, the international students are scored based on the minimum one yr work experience, most outlanders get the max score for this. Any which way the government knows what's best for them. Mind you, PGWP does not guarantee these students PR If they don't get jobs in NOC O,A &B. Tell me who gets a managerial position as a fresh graduate without the Canadian experience? that's where PNP comes in.
(pls note I'm not hating, I'm just saying things as it is.)

you can read more on these links:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/express-entry-international-students-1.3483347
https://canadianimmigrationservices.org/international-students-and-express-entry/

1. PR through studies has always been frowned at by immigration offices of most developed nations. That's why most student-visa applicants are required to prove their commitment to return to their home country after the expiration of their visa. In UK, the student route is almost non-existence. In Australia, for most occupations, they introduced a professional year concept, without which you can't be eligible to claim points for your studies. I opine that international students in Canada are way luckier as they have a rare advantage of working (and make money) for 1-3 years; and still be able to claim points for those years.

And for the record, tuition is way higher in Australia, I paid $35000 annually about 4 years ago and possibly over $40000 for current students.

2. Let's be realistic, aside from the cooks and the few individuals whose skills are in high demand, the rest of the inlanders are international graduates. Also, a number of these international students left Canada to apply from their home countries, suffice to assume that these few individuals would also slightly impact the number of applicants who applied from outside of Canada.
3. Who says NOC B and O are management jobs? Mind you, IRCC can not gaurantee ALL students PR, they can only provide a pathway, which they have done. IRCC simply expected them to invest their 2-3 years to scout for skilled job and bingo!!!, they get their migration points.

Trust me mate, most of those whining are those who either are unable to ACE their IELTS test or those who came-in to study for a diploma course. Come to think of it, an International graduate with Canadian Masters degree and a good IELTS score may not even need to hustle for the coveted Canadian work experience to bag their PR, they simply use the points allocated for Masters degree and Language score. And for international Students with Canadian BSc, they have 3 years of post study work visa (not sure though) to play with.

My take is, any action taken by IRCC to favor these guys would invariably make things lots more difficult for Outlanders because IRCC aint gonna increase their annual quota. Right now, the bulk of those being invited are majorly inlanders and very few outstanding outlanders. What else do they want?

britiko:
@ irondome
please, how do you mean that international graduates are being favored by the express entry?
I'm I missing something? anything new? cos no score is being awarded for studying in Canada yet and it's being debated at the moment.

International graduates have access to post study work visa, which a lot of them (international graduates) lean on to get their 1-3 years of Canadian work experience. Good points are awarded for these years of experience.
To further buttress my point, if you take a look at the IRCC annual report of the number of applications processed between Jan 2015 and Jan 2016, over 78% of them were Inlanders (those who applied within Canada). Only 11.8% applied from outside (including those lucky enough to get PNP sponsorship).

When I read of international graduates in Canada whining about how unfair the EE system has been to them, i just ignore them. How unfair could IRCC be to applicants outside of Canada (push it further to less than 10%)? And honestly, if the new low is gonna be 470/460, International graduates would always have the advantage, as it's difficult for an Outlander to be 29 years of age, have a masters, a 3 years of work experience and be outstandingly good in English language testing.

dupyshoo:
2 more days for my application to reach 6 month mark and no PPR yet. I am sooo fed up.

I feel like crying....

Is your background check "in Progress" yet? By and large, you have nothing to be afraid of. Canadian PR becomes more of a game of patience after receiving the coveted ITA.

IykeWest:
It's a shame to those that call her 'nigga' and 'monkey', u wanna know why it's a shame? Because they sleep in the same flat with a 'nigga/monkey'. They go to the same school as a 'nigga/monkey'. Racists are very stupid.

Trust me, they are. Usually, those who are smart and intelligent are less concerned about race. These smart ones are usually fascinated by ideas, intelligence, knowledge.

40manlappy:
Looping: dupyshoo

Thanks. What do you think of the PNP scenario that I highlighted above?

To support your last point, it seems that even PNPs are now being skewed in favour of candidates with Canadian education and experience.

I didn't go through the PNP route, as such, am not so conversant with the workings of the processes. More importantly, every since province has its peculiar pitfalls to avoid.

However, there is no crime in trying. Technically, as long as they have not yet rejected the guy's sister, you are also still eligible. Try as many provinces as possible and am sure you would at least get one that would nominate you. Don't forget Australia too.

dupyshoo:
The maximum under Skills transferability factor is 100 not 50.
There are actually 2 categories under Skills Transferability Factor. They are Education and Foreign Work Experience.
If you have CLB 9 and above and 2 or more certificates, you will get 50 marks under Education
If you have CLB 9 and above with over 3 years of experience, you will get another 50 marks under Foreign Work Experience.

So, I believe your wife should have got 100 under Skills transferability Factor if she has the following CLB 9, 3 year work experience and MSc.

I am not sure they would still hit the 450 mark. You have to take into consideration points lost on age. They dropped some points with language test as well, irrespective of her fantastic score.

In my own opinion, getting into Canada without PNP is increasingly getting difficult. Too much priority is being given to international students and those with Canadian work experience.

omanifrank:
Omanifranklin.com blog users just sent in this now..

Dear Omanifranklin

My aim of writing is because I want you to help call on the necessary authorities to carry a mentally derailed in my area that's in Ajibode, University of Ibadan extension, Ibadan.
The lady is called Victoria and she is presently behind the primary health care centre there. She used to be very active and industrious, she picks empty bottles and goes to Ojoo market to sell.

Was even told she has kids and husband but nobody knows where they are.
I had an encounter one day, I was buying pepper from a woman, and the woman needed some change, she approached her, and she helped changed the money into lower denominations.

she left the area sometime,but when she came she became very sick.
I saw her on my way back from work yesterday close to the road where she could easily be killed by a vehicle, but everyone just looked with pity and left.

So with the help of some ladies we were able to carry her from the roadside and put her behind the maternity centre, bought food for her and paracetamol. of course she muttered some words saying " E sanu mi, ara n ro mi" Have mercy on me I am in pain. she even requested for mirinda which she was given, she sat up took the drug and drank the mirinda.

This morning i went there to give her food, but what I say was something else. I spoke with a nurse and she told me she conducted a test on her last week and she is HIV positive, was told she stole fish, was beaten to a pulp that was why her condition worsened. Since 2008 that i have lived in the area she has never stolen, she makes money, buy raw food and cooks by herself. so if she stole it must have been because of her health issues probably she was hungry.

She used to stay in that dirty place with refuse before now.

kindly help call the necessary authority to do something about her.

find attached her pictures.


http://www.omanifranklin.com/2016/04/shocking-photos-woman-with-hiv.html

There should be a state agency that handles issues like this? Any idea, anyone!!!! and how do one contact them? Every live matters.

Ramanto:


Would You Have Helped Her In Any Way?

Seriously!!! Even after reading this piece of information about her?

Some of us fail to realize what makes us human, It's not our IQ or intelligence as other animals like dogs have shown they could also be trained and cultured. Love defines humanity; love and empathy. We stop being human the moment we relegate these values to the subconscious.

To directly answer your question, those who carried her off the road and gave her some food to eat, "did something for her", irrespective of how little that may look. Everyone can pitch in, irrespective of how little.

40manlappy:


Well done irondome. Permit me to digress a little, do you have any link showing that IELTS General is acceptable for Australian immigration?

Almost everyone keeps saying its strictly IELTS Academic.

Again, if possible, the LOI for the PNP. Thank you

Mozo is absolutely right on the IELTS stuff.

Your letter of interest should underpins your commitment to live and work in Ontario. Anything that helps to prove "that" is relevant and should be included in your essay. Such as:
Job vacancies in your occupation and that of your wife's (support this data analysis and report, include links & url if possible).
Town and cities you intend to live (do a little google search) and why. Schools your kids would attend and why. Friends and family in Ontario to help you adapt quickly, etc.

However, they has been a slowdown on OINP of recent, as such, we are not sure of how soon you would be getting a letter of interest. In the meantime, you can have a close look at Aussy migration system. Accounting is in demand in the federal/independent skilled migration scheme, as well as by a number of states. Try and check out how much points you can claim for education and work experience with CPA Australia. If you could muster 60 points with other criteria, then you can consider state sponsorship for additional 5 points to make 65.

arresa:



Real or fake, you don't know and you did not vote for the kids, you voted for the parents and if it troubles you so much, vote out the parents or file EFCC petition.





In sane climes, people can do anything they want with their money as long as the money did not come from illegal means.

There is nothing irresponsible or against the law about flashing your money, you can do whatever you want with it. In America where you borrowed democracy from, it called freedom of expression and freedom of speech under the 1st amendment.



You know they are stolen because you read about it on NL and carried out your NL investigation of stolen funds from the state by the parents, how it was stolen, how much and how and when the money was transferred to the son abroad and in what currency?


You are getting carried away with your flawed opinion and their is nothing definite about your opinion or any kind of opinion..

There is nothing irresponsible or against the law about flashing your money, you can do whatever you want with it. In America where you borrowed democracy from, it called freedom of expression and freedom of speech under the 1st amendment.


Of course, the law guarantees your freedom to flash the bill, but you may be called to explain the source of cash if your cash flow doesn't support such overt display of opulence. At the very least, they may be forced to critically investigate your finances.


Real or fake, you don't know and you did not vote for the kids, you voted for the parents and if it troubles you so much, vote out the parents or file EFCC petition.

Exactly what we would do if they continue along that part. This is no different from the way APC faithfuls castigated Allison Madueke when her son was caught on camera squandering hard currency and flying private jet. What applies to Allison also applies to El-rufai irrespective of the parties they belong. Furthermore, if you think sons and daughters of public office holders have the leeway to squander funds with reckless abandon; why do law enforcement agencies like EFCC trace stolen funds to all family accounts (including kids)?

arresa:



The fact that some kids are showing off on the internet doesn't mean they are posing with stolen or real money or even that the money came from the parents.

1. Kids playing with fake bills are excusable, only that the dude in the pix ain't a kid. More importantly, it is less likely those bills are fake judging from the circumstances around the pictures.

2. If this happened in any sane clime, the parent of such irresponsible kids would be lucky to still have a public office job.

3. If those bills are real, they are definitely stolen or gotten illegally. His father was made in politics and not in business.

arresa:




I don't care for Fayose and his party, but I did not blame him for his kids posing with luxury cars, exortic watches and luxury gears.


There kids are just kids and they I not public officials so I won't blame their their kids youthful indiscretions on the parents..

These dudes are NOT sub-18; they are adult for crying out loud, and more importantly, their parents are public office holders in charge of our national treasury. I wouldn't care a bit if a daughter or a son of a business mogul was to be seen squandering their parents' money.

arresa:



Rubbish..

50cent poses with tons of $100 bills everyday on the internet, but at the end of the day, it was nothing but fake bills..

I am pro-APC and have been for a while, however, it leaves a very bad taste in the mouth seeing a son/daughter of a public officer flaunting cash this way.

If these pictures were taken recently, they would simply underpin the hypocrisy of APC leaders. A lot of Nigerians voted them with the anticipation they would do things differently from the way PDP and Family squandered our resources.

And for the records, your excuse that the bills may be fake is simply lame.

Awarri:
Pls house I jus rounded up the ielts and I scored 6.5 which is so annoying right now to me. Wt chances do I stand on dis immigration. Have sent my results to wes and dey have sent a mail to my school but my school hasn't gotten the docs from them. So confused

Meanwhile I have a 6 yrs working experience in administration and a single .

Pls what's d next step for me. Tanx

Resit for IELTS and make sure you score as high as possible, at least, 8,7,7,7 LSWR. And if you scored atleast 7.0 in all the modules, you may also want to consider Australian skilled migration program, provided your occupation matches any of the occupation on the SOL list or individual state sponsorship list.

Doing well in IELTS isn't as difficult as it appears; you just have to sit down and master the tricks and tips the same way an average Indian/Chinese tester does. Personally, I got inspired to ACE mine when I saw the IELTS result of my Indian colleague, who obviously was not so excellent in English Language. The dude had 9 9 8 8 LRSW.

40manlappy:


Our CRS has been updated: overall score now 420!

Thanks a lot for the encouragement, may God bless you abundantly.

Apart from our passports, IELTS results, POF, ECA report, which other documents are we to get ready NOW?

I read somewhere that we can neither do medical exam nor procure police certificates until we get an ITA. How true is this?

Ontario PNP is now getting very competitive, as such, you have to be as convincing as possible. Your letter of intent to reside in Ontario should be very strong. Referring to friends and family you have in Ontario may also help. Don't forget your wife's work reference letter.

As for the medicals and PCC, it's ideal you wait till you are nominated by Ontario before you do them, as they both have expiry/invalid date.

There is also this trend that old profiles on EE are usually overlooked by Ontario for the coveted letter of interest. So, if you don't receive the letter over a period of time, you may want to recreate your profile.

You may also consider other provinces where your wife's NOC is in demand.

Wish you guys all the best.

Momoluwa:



First message is wrong please.

Please can any recommend an english tutor to me. I keep failing writing and I need serious help. I've attempted the exam 3 times.

1 L9 S7.5 W6.5 R 7.5
2 L7.5 S7.5. W7 R8.5
3 L8.5 S7 W6.5 R9.

And I need to get min of L8 WSR 777.

I'm considering requesting for a remark of the writing.

Help a sister pls..

Try a remark for the last attempt. Informally, you can attach a copy of the report of your second attempt to your review application. Wish you the best.

40manlappy:


Good morning and many thanks for the other time.

My wife attempted IELTS last month (March 2016) and here are the results: Listening-8.5, Reading-7, Writing-7.5, Speaking-7. Overall score-7.5

What are your thoughts on this? Does this give us an edge?

Previous result (October 2015) was: Listening-8.5, Reading-7.5, Writing-6.5, Speaking-7.5. Overall score-7.5

Please see our express entry profile details below. I just updated her details on CIC minutes ago.

[b]Express Entry Profile Details
Criteria Details Help
Federal Skilled Worker Met Help
Provincial Nominee Program Not Met Help
Canadian Experience Class Not Met Help
Federal Skilled Trades Not Met Help
Overall Score 376 Help
CRS - Human Capital - Age 85 Help
CRS - Human Capital - Level of Education 112 Help
CRS - Human Capital - First Official Language Proficiency 115 Help
CRS - Human Capital - Second Official Language Proficiency 0 Help
CRS - Human Capital - Canadian Work Experience 0 Help
CRS - Spouse - Level of Education 8 Help
CRS - Spouse - First Official Language Proficiency 18 Help
CRS - Spouse - Canadian Work Experience 0 Help
CRS - Skill Transferability - Education 13 Help
CRS - Skill Transferability - Foreign Work Experience 25 Help
CRS - Skill Transferability - Certificate of Qualification 0 Help
CRS - Arranged Employment 0 Help
CRS - Provincial/Territorial Nomination 0 Help
Express Entry Profile Effective Date 23-August-2015 Help
Express Entry Client Expiry Date 23-August-2016 Help
[/b]

I would appreciate your suggestions on how to increase our chances.

Looping: dupyshoo, zandora, JesusDWay, Slimmsyyetty, Tola73, Etfash

Congrats,

I knew she could do it. Your CRS should increase over the next 24-48 hours. This should at least put you in prime position for Ontario provincial Nomination Program. In the mean time, start gathering the required documents for the PNP application.

PentiumPro:


Are you an APC member? If APC decides to fire him, what is your business. You have no input to making him a minister.
If not to fulfill federal character, people like Kachikwu have no business in an APC government.

Is Kachukwu not smart enough? How many of the APC ministers can effectively match his brilliance?

tayebest:
Why did her father not give her out when she is still a minor... SMH for some gullible Nigerian...

My thought exactly!!! Even the emir of Kano didn't do that, and yet we have some financially poor fanatical muslims defending the ignoble act of allowing some shameless money-bags defile their underage lovely daughters.

If this is true, this is really bad

Quakertellicus1:


For once...it is the fault of the airline.

You leave passengers hanging for six hours...no explanation,no rescheduling.

Arik air better improve.

And don't we have regulators who invariably report to the minister in charge of the aviation ministry? Incident like this should not be swept under the carpet without appropriate punitive measures to forestall future re-occurrence.

tbaba1234:
The goal keeping area is fine, with Alampasu to join.

Yeah, but that Yusuf Mohammed should stop barking -- "go out" at his defenders. It gets the defenders confused, not sure if to keep the opponents on "offside" or make effort to defend their goal area. Apart from that, the dude is pretty good, nice reflex.

babyfaceafrica:
Gender equality ko....women right ni....I stand with equilty not equality

How do you have equity without equality?

wonlasewonimi:


Most drivers in Nigeria would not pass. When i wanted to do my UK driving test, I told the instructor I had been driving in Nigeria for some years. He said that's the big problem cos he would have to train me to get rid of the bad driving habits first before starting the proper driving lesson...

How can such an accident occur on that minor road if not for lack of proper driving skills.

My aim exactly. By ball park estimate, over 95% of bus drivers and truck driver would be out of license, and to a great extent, we can assume the remaining few are sane enough to drive safely. Furthermore, the Road safety head should hire more personnel to enforce license violation. Trust me, the resulting fines for defaulters would easily offset their wages; and more importantly, our road would become safer.

Reference:


Dead people don't move you anymore. It is their identity that matters. Please rethink and quit politicising everything. This herdsmen/settler conflagration must not be taken lightly. It is happening in the middle-belt, the fault line of unstable Nigeria. If we are going to witness another sectarian civil war, here are the ingredients. It is better to exaggerate and act rather than play possum and let it explode.

2 wrongs do NOT make a right. I boil with anger when I read of the carnage perpetrated by the Fulanis. I even hated it more that these atrocities were committed without punitive measures from the law enforcement agencies. Every lives matters and PMB disappointed me in this regard.

All these notwithstanding, it's absolutely wrong and dangerous for the media to peddle false information, especially on issues bordering on national security. Let the media learn to report things as they are without without any ounce of sensationalism.

Road Safety need to draw up a plan/program which would see every driver's license holder re-validate their license over the next 12 months. This exercise should include relevant exams such as psych evaluation, Eye test, written road safety test and comprehensive drive test.

Most Nigerians as at today know next to nothing on road safety.

The 2nd pix looks like a dead Fulani and the man in the 1st pix was definitely not a teenager. With pictures off and the a sensational head-line, this whole post sounds more like the media trying to feed Nigerians what they want to hear.

LEXYCOM:
Don't worry, by God's grace the supreme court will rule in her favour

Preposterous!!! Putting God's grace along side with Crime. DUI is a criminal offence in any sane country; not to talk of a DUI which precipitated a manslaughter. On the average, a mere manslaughter fetches you a 9 years sentence.

Away from the talk on the appropriate punitive measure for that unrepentant drunk; put yourself in the same shoe with the victims, would you be calling for the same God's grace if the late Dr was to be your son? Bear in mind that just last week, entertainment media was awash with pictures of a drunk Ibinabo.

henergygirl:
I met this guy in 2010 when i went on a visit to see my aunt. It was an on and off relationship though.......during the course of this relationship, he slapped me and there was another time i was hospitalized, he came and left without offering to pay for the bills knowing fully well dat i had spent much on the sickness already..
Recently he called and said he wants to settle down and apologised for his past behaviour saying it was because he has this trust issue with ladies but he said he is trying to change........i said fine, he's even planning to come and see my family in June. But two days ago, i needed to clear the air on something so i asked him via whatsapp that my girlfriend wants to divorce the husband because he slapped her and he condemned the act saying it could lead to battery if proper measure is not taken. I also asked him that my friend's husband left her in d hosptal when she was hospitalized saying she has family so they should pay d bill. He found out that i was referring to him but his reply was that he should have given me two more slaps as prescribed and y would he pay the hospital bill when i was taking advice from my girlfriend....
Pls dear nlanders mature advise pls. Help a confused sister.

Mods, please front page

Take your profile picture down to remain anonymous.

fasho01:
This is truly sad

But how will the driver, orderly, PA & chief detail sustain just injuries while the minister & his family die.

How would they have all been seated in the car that death will choose only them? RIP to the dead.. My heart goes out to the remaining family.

Obviously, the "Ogas" were NOT wearing seat belts.

RIP to them and my condolence to the family.

cuteannie02:



My age is the same, tho I will be 30 on the 26th of this month, I guess I ll hv to wait until tomorrow or next like slowbtsurely suggested to see Wat my score would be on the pool, keeping my fingers crossed.
Thanks for your prompt responses.

It doesn't get updated immediately, takes a couple of days sometimes.

AlphaNumero:



Hi guys,

I received my PPR today. I've been ecstatic. Hahahah honestly grateful to you, @zandora and @jesusdway. This platform has been a very useful resource.

Thank you so much. My EE journey has been quite nerve wracking.

I'm going to use DHL as advised to send my passport. But seeing as I'm currently in the US I'm guessing I'll have to send my passport to a visa application office here in the States. The letter doesn't state where to address the DHL though...

Any pointers?

In any case, I wish everybody on this journey the best of luck.

I pray it works out well for everyone.

Congrats Mate,

Applicants resident in US can either send to Ottawa or elect to have their local VO re-issue another PPR. I reckon your PPR mail should specify where to mail your passport. If there is no mention of any VO in the US in the PPR mail, then, they expect you to mail it to Ottawa.