Ghana o!


I just need good news to inject live into my system.

My current job is killing me

chimaXYZ:


Most ppl share this opinion. I do not know why that is the case. I personally know a couple of people who "crossed" to the states after "acquiring" the Canadian Passport. And as indicated, some choose to just return home.

I am sure it resonates with ppl on this platform as well. How many years have you lived/or lived in Canada. As prospective migrants, do you have any advice for some of us to help scale this?

Cheers!

My 2cents.
My advice is that you shouldn't have high expectations. It takes sometime to settle in Canada. If you are a Christian, pray to your God well that Canada should favour you, Muslims should pray likewise too.

When you arrive, try as much as possible to upgrade your licence to Canadian standard if you are in a regulated profession. If you are in a non-regulated profession, you may eventually need to get some sort of professional qualification or attend Canadian colleges/uni for a course related to your discipline. Definition of success differs among people. Some are okay with clerical or dead end job, while some want highly skilled jobs. I have seen nigerians that are okay with $15 hr jobs and some are not okay with $40 per hour jobs. Also, employers here love Canadian qualifications, and work experience.

Pls make sure you have the sufficient funds required for settling as Stated by CIC. Changing licences to canadian standards, going back to school, rent, furniture's, clothes e.t.c cost a lot of money here when compared to other developed countries.

Also network as much as possible with professionals in your field. Alot of jobs are secured through networking.

princey83:

My 2cents.
My advice is that you shouldn't have high expectations. It takes sometime to settle in Canada. If you are a Christian, pray to your God well that Canada should favour you, Muslims should pray likewise too.

When you arrive, try as much as possible to upgrade your licence to Canadian standard if you are in a regulated profession. If you are in a non-regulated profession, you may eventually need to get some sort of professional qualification or attend Canadian colleges/uni for a course related to your discipline. The employers here love Canadian qualifications, and work experience.

Pls make sure you have the sufficient funds required for settling as Stated by CIC. Changing licences to canadian standards, going back to school, rent, furniture's, clothes e.t.c cost a lot of money here when compared to other developed countries.

Also network as much as possible with professionals in your field. Alot of jobs are secured through networking.

Danke

dfash2000:
Good day all, please I have an issue that I don't know how to go about it; I have a dependant that's not my biological daughter, she's my niece, the mother who was my only sister is late and she was a single mum before she passed. Now my question is how do I include her in my application? she's 12, I'm the one responsible for her and I have three boys of my own.
I'm eyeing Manitoba and it looks like they have stringent rule about dependant being applicants children. please anyone with knowledge or ideas of how To go about this will be highly appreciated. Thanks.

Hi, you'll have to formally adopt the child. There's a government office at Alausa for this, please check with them for the full guidelines. With the formal adoption papers, you'll be able to add the child to your PR application.

Goodday every one. Pls i have few questions. Unfortunately for me, i used an agent who doesnt carry one along well enough. I was picked form the general pool without provincial nomination, but i was out of the country for some months and couldnt get the uk police report as i studied there for a year (cos i was preoccupied). The rest of my documents r ready, can i go ahead to submit those without the police report (note i left the uk every 3mnths during the course of the program).
Also is there an email i can send a message to, asking for ab extension due to my inability to get some documents because i was out of the country for medical reasons? It expires in 3days time and i am confused as to what step to take.
Thanks in advance

Blackbuddy:


Hi, you'll have to formally adopt the child. There's a government office at Alausa for this, please check with them for the full guidelines. With the formal adoption papers, you'll be able to add the child to your PR application.

@dfash2000,
Kindly share the adoption information once you get it.
Thank you.

GboyegaD:

@dfash2000, Kindly share the adoption information once you get it. Thank you.

okay I will share the information once I got it.

Blackbuddy:


Hi, you'll have to formally adopt the child. There's a government office at Alausa for this, please check with them for the full guidelines. With the formal adoption papers, you'll be able to add the child to your PR application.

Thanks so much! appreciate your response.

@ Zandora...... pls respond to my pm. i need to discuss something with you urgently. thanks.

Hello Zandora, kindly advise please. I have already applied for my transcripts to be sent to WES. However, can I send a copy of my certificate by email; if yes, what is the email address? Or can I send a copy to my Alma Mater and ask them to include it or is self postal the only option for the photocopy of the certificate?
Thank you.

XavierCad:
Hello Zandora, kindly advise please. I have already applied for my transcripts to be sent to WES. However, can I send a copy of my certificate by email; if yes, what is the email address? Or can I send a copy to my Alma Mater and ask them to include it or is self postal the only option for the photocopy of the certificate?
Thank you.

Yes you can tell your school to include the copy of your certificate with your transcript.

yokus:
Goodday every one. Pls i have few questions. Unfortunately for me, i used an agent who doesnt carry one along well enough. I was picked form the general pool without provincial nomination, but i was out of the country for some months and couldnt get the uk police report as i studied there for a year (cos i was preoccupied). The rest of my documents r ready, can i go ahead to submit those without the police report (note i left the uk every 3mnths during the course of the program).
Also is there an email i can send a message to, asking for ab extension due to my inability to get some documents because i was out of the country for medical reasons? It expires in 3days time and i am confused as to what step to take.
Thanks in advance

Better don't submit your application without your UK PCC otherwise you'll receive an instant refusal. CIC only gives exceptions to those countries whose PCCs take long to obtain eg the FBI PCC. The UK PCC is one of the easiest to obtain, infact you can get it within 1 week after you apply. Also, haven't you read the updated PCC requirements that was done in February? Regardless of if you took breaks or not you have to provide a PCC for the countries you lived in for a total of 6 months (before it used to be for 6 months in a row), therefore as you studied in the UK for a year you definitely need a UK PCC. Finally, you can't send an email for extension, either you have the documents after the 60 days allowed or you don't.

I wonder why you didn't get the Uk PCC all this time even if you were out of the country. You don't need to be physically present in the UK to apply as all you needed to have done was to apply for it via the ACRO website. I myself applied for the UK PCC and received it very fast.

Thank you Zandora.

zandora:


Yes you can tell your school to include the copy of your certificate with your transcript.

Sixth Express Entry Draw of 2016 for Immigration to Canada 9th March 2016

CRS 473, 1,013 ITAs Issued

Clearly if your point is below 400-450 you better look for Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) to better your chance!

This January, Saskatchewan opened and within 3 days it closed because it reached the numbers it wanted.

The trick is: get all your docs ready. You create a profile and upload all your docs then submit once it opens.

That's exactly what I did.

Hello Guys. Please has anyone done the ECA from UNAD? If yes, how long did the process take?

zizicomputer:
'Master degree or professional degree needed to practise in a licensed profession ( for professional degree, the degree must have been in medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, law etc.,'

That's from cic page.


DEAR GREAT NAIRALANDERS,


I have a bachelor of laws degree. I also have a certificate from nig law school. My question is this:do I NEED to assess both law degree and law school transcript to fall into above category.

If the answer is yes, please which body handles transcript from law school. I am using WES for law degree assessment.

If the answer is no, is it wise to still assess both since I have them anyway.

LASTLY KINDLY NOTE I HAVE NOT BEEN PRACTICING LAW HERE AND DONT INTEND TO USE LAWYER NOC IN EE PROFILE CREATION.

Appreciate your kind replies in advance. Thank you all.


Bosypumpin how far? How is this journey going at your end? Regards

@zizi, I pmed you. been a while here o

morning ZANDORA , JesusDway, zizi et al. i have not been here in months.
I got a Letter of Advice to Apply for the MPNP- SW last night.

that is why i came back.
i would read thru the thread to refresh my memory and then return to ask questions.

cheers everyone

yokus:
Goodday every one. Pls i have few questions. Unfortunately for me, i used an agent who doesnt carry one along well enough. I was picked form the general pool without provincial nomination, but i was out of the country for some months and couldnt get the uk police report as i studied there for a year (cos i was preoccupied). The rest of my documents r ready, can i go ahead to submit those without the police report (note i left the uk every 3mnths during the course of the program).
Also is there an email i can send a message to, asking for ab extension due to my inability to get some documents because i was out of the country for medical reasons? It expires in 3days time and i am confused as to what step to take.
Thanks in advance

You would have to let it go. Tell your agent to recreate a new EE Profile for you cuz the one you have now will expire when you dont submit your application. When he/she recreates your profile, you can then be in the pool again and get the chance to be selected again, then you can submit your documents to apply. Note that, it may not take time for all this to happen so, ensure you obtain the UK PCC asap.

Thanks Zandora... i didnt have the 2 documents showing my new place of residence, which i also needed to upload, my bank stil had my old address, so i couldnt have used the statement. It was all just too fast to be honest. Thanks again though

Better don't submit your application without your UK PCC otherwise you'll receive an instant refusal. CIC only gives exceptions to those countries whose PCCs take long to obtain eg the FBI PCC. The UK PCC is one of the easiest to obtain, infact you can get it within 1 week after you apply. Also, haven't you read the updated PCC requirements that was done in February? Regardless of if you took breaks or not you have to provide a PCC for the countries you lived in for a total of 6 months (before it used to be for 6 months in a row), therefore as you studied in the UK for a year you definitely need a UK PCC. Finally, you can't send an email for extension, either you have the documents after the 60 days allowed or you don't.

I wonder why you didn't get the Uk PCC all this time even if you were out of the country. You don't need to be physically present in the UK to apply as all you needed to have done was to apply for it via the ACRO website. I myself applied for the UK PCC and received it very fast.[/quote]

princey83:

Canada has a small economy compared to other developed countries, so they need to find a way of generating money apart from their resource based economy.

It could be a reason why its difficult to get jobs in Canada, the employers and regulatory bodies put a lot of blocks to make it hard immigrant to penetrate the job market easily. (yes, man know man is very common in Canada-most jobs are not advertised). Hence a lot immigrant return back to their country once they get the passport or cross over to the US. Canada's population always revolve around 33-25million cos people are always coming and leaving. The GDP of California alone is bigger than that of Canada.

People shouldn't expect to get rich in Canada except you are a doctor, pharmacist, physio, Nurse (if Overtime hours are available), highly experienced IT, or highly experienced engineers, technologists and technicians in the oil field.

Overall, it's a excellent country to raise kids, and live a comfortable life.

Everyone has stories. Much as what you have noted here may be happening, there are still people having an headway, Zandora here even shared her own experience. I've also read from someone who got a job like days after getting there so, it might just be different strokes for different folks. Dont get me wrong, i'm not putting down your submission but like someone mentioned, it may be necessary you avoid negative people and negativities when you get there so you don't get discouraged in the process of finding your feet.

Thanks so much. Makes a lot of sense.[quote author=JesusDWay post=43652932]

ZannyShasha:

thank you so much for this reply. Now something else worries me, age! I'll be 36 in 2 months, how does this affect the application.

Also, procedure...do I apply for my transcripts from the school before taking the IELTS? What do I do about schools that refuse to give transcripts to students, considering I need to send my certificates too? Plus, when do I create a profile on the EE website. Now or after the whole evaluation thing? Also, to confirm, so hubby and I are doing the IELTS, abi ? Thanks so much

Sorry for the bother pls

You and hubby will write, this is to help shoot up your score. Age will drop your marks with like 5points i think. IELTS has nothing to do with getting your transcripts to be sent by your school to WES but, you must pay WES first and get a reference number which you will give to school as they will quote it in the covering note for the transcript. Schools generally dont give transcripts to students, so just pay them to use courier to send it to wes for you. Meanwhile, i advise you find a way of getting a scanned copy cuz there could be opportunities that will come which will require you to send scanned copies your transcripts.

I hope with these few points of mine, i've been able to convince you and not confuse you....

Please hartson, I am considering New Zealand too, How is the processing like and where does one even begin.

hartson:


on point man.Why are people ignoring New Zealand.I am looking in that direction.They operate a near flexible migration policy than Canada and Australia.

akeenade:
Please hartson, I am considering New Zealand too, How is the processing like and where does one even begin.

@hartson,

I think you can look at Aussie which gives you automatic PR status in New Zealand too once you become a PR in Australia. But the reverse is not the case. And I think that if you qualify for NZ, then you most probably would qualify for Aussie(I stand corrected though).

For Aussie, check the Skilled Occupation List (SOL) @
https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Work/Work/Skills-assessment-and-assessing-authorities/skilled-occupations-lists/SOL

That would be for Independent Skilled Migration.

If your occupation is not on that list, then could check the various states for their respective lists and purse sponsorship from one of them.

Victoria is a brilliant location. And I think they are pretty straightforward.

http://www.liveinvictoria.vic.gov.au/visas-and-immigrating/occupation-lists/state-nomination-occupation-list-for-victoria#.VuHSW_mLSM8

I honestly think that the Aussie migration process is much more straightforward and better streamlined than that of Canada.

Please read the article below. (DIGITAL TALENT - Road to 2020 and Beyond)

http://www.ictc-ctic.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ICTC_DigitalTalent2020_ENGLISH_FINAL_March2016.pdf

On page 44 (Promising practice — Expediting the migration process for in-demand occupations in
Australia), you will notice that "the labour force participation rate for primary skilled migrants was 95.6% compared with the national average 64.8%." And that goes to buttress the point that immigrants do "much better" in the labour market in Aussie as compared to Canada. I say this bearing in mind that a lot of varied metrics come together and that it could be a wild generalisation. But the statistics are Aussies favour anyway!

My point is that Aussie is a very good alternative if not better depending on "where you stand" of course.

Cheers!

akeenade:
Please hartson, I am considering New Zealand too, How is the processing like and where does one even begin.

If you don't have a job offer in new Zealand, it may be difficult to get their PR, as they give priority to people with job offers first or if can score 140 on their point test. It's a long shot but you can try

hartson:


Oh Boi,See a nation's GDP strategy,55,800 x $550 application fee.that's lots of cash from that category alone

princey83:

Canada has a small economy compared to other developed countries, so they need to find a way of generating money apart from their resource based economy.

It could be a reason why its difficult to get jobs in Canada, the employers and regulatory bodies put a lot of blocks to make it hard immigrant to penetrate the job market easily. (yes, man know man is very common in Canada-most jobs are not advertised). Hence a lot immigrant return back to their country once they get the passport or cross over to the US. Canada's population always revolve around 33-25million cos people are always coming and leaving. The GDP of California alone is bigger than that of Canada.

People shouldn't expect to get rich in Canada except you are a doctor, pharmacist, physio, Nurse (if Overtime hours are available), highly experienced IT, or highly experienced engineers, technologists and technicians in the oil field.

Overall, it's a excellent country to raise kids, and live a comfortable life.

princey83:

My 2cents.
My advice is that you shouldn't have high expectations. It takes sometime to settle in Canada. If you are a Christian, pray to your God well that Canada should favour you, Muslims should pray likewise too.

When you arrive, try as much as possible to upgrade your licence to Canadian standard if you are in a regulated profession. If you are in a non-regulated profession, you may eventually need to get some sort of professional qualification or attend Canadian colleges/uni for a course related to your discipline. Definition of success differs among people. Some are okay with clerical or dead end job, while some want highly skilled jobs. I have seen Nigerians that are okay with $15 hr jobs and some are not okay with $40 per hour jobs. Also, employers here love Canadian qualifications, and work experience.

Pls make sure you have the sufficient funds required for settling as Stated by CIC. Changing licences to canadian standards, going back to school, rent, furniture's, clothes e.t.c cost a lot of money here when compared to other developed countries.

Also network as much as possible with professionals in your field. Alot of jobs are secured through networking.

JesusDWay:


Everyone has stories. Much as what you have noted here may be happening, there are still people having an headway, Zandora here even shared her own experience. I've also read from someone who got a job like days after getting there so, it might just be different strokes for different folks. Dont get me wrong, i'm not putting down your submission but like someone mentioned, it may be necessary you avoid negative people and negativities when you get there so you don't get discouraged in the process of finding your feet.

I never said people don't have an headway, or can't get jobs immediately after stepping off a plane. There are jobs, and there are JOBS. I only mentioned that success means different things to different people. It's a well known fact that Canada has a small job market (excellent jobs that is) and these particular jobs are highly competitive. I advised on how best one can penetrate the hidden market of these particular jobs. e.g there is a reason why international students in Canada usually become the best set of immigrants to Canada; they understand the system very well, and know how to use it to their advantage. The ''getting rich'' I meant about some particular profession means that these set of professionals don't really do anything extra-ordinary in their chosen career, but still easily earn a well above average income ($100,000 and above) when compared to other career choices, and their skills are always in demand. They also don't even need to build a network before landing a rewarding career. I guess I used a wrong choice of word (my Apology). I gave the reality of what is on ground. I also gave an advice on what new immigrants need to do to integrate successfully into the society. I wish everyone success in their endeavors.

chimaXYZ:

I honestly think that the Aussie migration process is much more straightforward and better streamlined than that of Canada.

The express entry program of Canada was modelled after Australia's skill select program. Canada is still on a learning curve.

mozo:


If you don't have a job offer in new Zealand, it may be difficult to get their PR, as they give priority to people with job offers first or if can score 140 on their point test. It's a long shot but you can try

I think the best is to open a new thread on that but my fear is that I might not be able to contribute much when people start bombarding me with questions and enquiries cos I managed to revolve round and round their site before I was able to understand how it works.currently I am on 120 points.Had it being I have an offer of job or a masters degree that will catapult me to 140.The obstacle as you rightly pointed is to get an offer from an employer in New Zealand which sites like Kiwis,workhere,Aucklandjobs may be helpful.

princey83:

The express entry program of Canada was modelled after Australia's skill select program. Canada is still on a learning curve.

also with New Zealand EOI model.CIC launched EE January 2015 after the FSW 2014 which of course was paper base while Australia's Skill Select Program and New Zealand Expression of Interest has always being done online before Canada decided to adopt the same model through EE program last year.

hartson:


I think the best is to open a new thread on that but my fear is that I might not be able to contribute much when people start bombarding me with questions and enquiries cos I managed to revolve round and round their site before I was able to understand how it works.currently I am on 120 points.Had it being I have an offer of job or a masters degree that will catapult me to 140.The obstacle as you rightly pointed is to get an offer from an employer in New Zealand which sites like Kiwis,workhere,Aucklandjobs may be helpful.

A job offer is the way out for New Zealand. I got about 130 points too. How can one secure a job offer there while still resident in Nigeria?

Cc: mozo

Thank you very much @Zandora. The document to be uploaded included proof of marriage.The worry still remains that the time for me to prepare and take English test is short because the next available date is 2nd of April 2016 and I have no idea when the test score will be available for uploads.So we decided to write to them stating that he is not including me in the application but even at that, the application is still requesting for my Medical report, Police report and Bio data page of my passport. I will appreciate your opinion.Thanks

zandora:


If that's the case, then he can't submit that application as being single otherwise it'll be regarded as misrepresentation. Furthermore, the field showing an applicant as single is locked as soon as one enters the pool and the section for uploading documents will only show the options for a single applicant eg there'll be no section to upload the marriage certificate etc. My advice would be for him to reject the ITA then you take your IELTS and get your WES evaluation if your score isn't high enough, then re-enter the pool.