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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by salford1: 8:42pm On Oct 03, 2017 |
vcole:Speech delay is very common among children of new immigrants, so dayhomes also helps with child speech development. He/she gets to interact with other kids. It also helps in boosting their immune system before they start kg or post kg. 2 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by folamingo: 8:46pm On Oct 03, 2017 |
Winter is coming.... vcole: 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by salford1: 8:47pm On Oct 03, 2017 |
vcole:Yes...my winter comes with their own rims. it cost a little more if you are switching rims between sets of tires. Park and rides is excellent especially when you work or move around the down town areas. Calgary has a lot of free park and ride lots. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Adiahabasi: 9:13pm On Oct 03, 2017 |
vcole:Wouldn't equate London to Calgary, maybe to Vancouver or Toronto, and then Calgary to probably Manchester or Nottingham ![]() 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by laborel: 9:14pm On Oct 03, 2017 |
@vcole... Please I will need some orientation from you as I am planning to settle down in Calgary too. The kind of house to take at the initial stage? The kind of work available because I was told one might not be able to get professional jobs at the beginning because of Canny work experience. And any other useful info... God bless you Bro! vcole: |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Fusion23: 9:28pm On Oct 03, 2017 |
Adiahabasi: Wooow where in the UK may be I should move back. Decent one bedroom is like 800 pounds that like 1300 cad compared to 900-1000 in canada Bus pass zone 1-4 is 180 pounds that 300 cad.. compared to 120 in canada |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by salford1: 9:47pm On Oct 03, 2017 |
Fusion23:Londoner.... Mind the gap ![]() 3 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by pauloverdi: 9:48pm On Oct 03, 2017 |
yokus: LWKMD ![]() ![]() ![]() 32 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by salford1: 9:51pm On Oct 03, 2017 |
Adiahabasi:my 3 bedroom semi detached in manchester...same as town house in canada was £500 per month. This was back in 2009. I don't know if the cost is higher. I dont remember how much i bought bus passes again. Just checked..its now £65 for adult monthly pass. Calgary can be compared to Manchester population wise. Manchester has about 500k more people though. 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by kingspaco: 10:34pm On Oct 03, 2017 |
Adiahabasi:I agree with you on this. In Newcastle where I stayed, you can get a very comfortable two bedroom apartment for £450-£500 monthly and Bus and train Monthly pass could cost as low as £60 a month. Can't say about Canada living expenses since I'm not there yet. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Ajujuju2: 10:44pm On Oct 03, 2017 |
vcole: Thanks sis. God is your strength. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by merrymum: 10:54pm On Oct 03, 2017 |
@vcole. We'll be landing in Calgary in 2 weeks. Just to clarify on the driver's license, you went with your Naija DL, wrote the test, passed and was issued ur license? 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by TheWatcher212: 11:22pm On Oct 03, 2017 |
Oyin15: PR Card? I thought that came after about 8-10 Weeks. Is one allowed to use COPR? |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by TheWatcher212: 11:51pm On Oct 03, 2017 |
vcole: Vcole of life. Thanks for shedding some more light on the Alberta licence. Can you share your experience? |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by trishachi: 12:15am On Oct 04, 2017 |
Blackbuddy: When you say "Permanent Resident Card", do you mean the actual card or will the COPR suffice? Do you have to wait till the card is ready? and for the proof of address, does it have to be something in your name? what if you are staying with family for the first few weeks and so will not have any lease documents as at then? what is the best way to go about getting a proof of address? apart from Driver's Licence. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Nobody: 12:23am On Oct 04, 2017 |
I've a question. I've a friend who says he will have to spend 1 million naira, that's almost $3,000 to apply for visa ...like visit visa or any visa to canada, from Nigeria? He said this is the cost of paying agents to process the applications to Canada and what they told him. I told him he doesn't need to use an agent but he says its better. Is this true? Are y'all spending that much to process your application to canada?? This isn't about me ooo, I'm already overseas. Just want to get a clearer picture of what he's saying. He says he doesn't want to spend that much and lose money in case his application is rejected so he's asking me to sponsor him instead. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by yokus(f): 12:25am On Oct 04, 2017 |
Ok, ill speak to her bout it. Rkly1 |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by ladylco: 12:29am On Oct 04, 2017 |
Yooku: Yes o |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by vcole: 12:41am On Oct 04, 2017 |
laborel:Na wa. This assumption that everyone is a "bro can come off as quite distasteful. Being male is not the default human gender oh. I'm female. As regards housing, it all depends on your preferences, family size and budget. I live in the southwest of Calgary and chose it prior to arrival because it has good school districts and I have a growing family. On getting here, I really do like my community and I have no regrets. I live in a 2 bed/2 bath condo and I pay $1200/mth with utilities and underground parking inclusive. This fell right into our family budget for housing which we made prior to arrival. So you have several options. Check rentfaster.ca and kijiji.ca A condo, basement apartment, townhouse, single home ![]() As regards jobs, my experience thus far is that there are jobs; even in Alberta which is still officially in recession, you only need to be willing to do them. The chances of a new immigrant with foreign qualifications landing a job in their professional field, soon after migrating similar to what they had from their home country, anywhere in the world and not Canada alone, are slim. There are persons who have been successful at doing that but they are few and far between. I do not say this to discourage you but I say this to encourage you to be flexible and open to opportunities while on your path to achieving your "Canadian career goals" That being said, what I have found here (as opposed to my experience and observations in the states and England - no offence to anyone currently resident in these countries) is that there truly is dignity in labour. Nobody looks down on you if you are doing a "blue collar" job. Also I've realised that even people who work at so called menial jobs here earn enough to live okay. I mean minimum wage paying jobs which is about the worst you can earn, right? You can't be homeless at those jobs. You would earn enough monthly to put a roof over your head, ride on transit to and fro work, place food on your table and clothe yourself. You won't drive a Mercedes or have dinner at earl's every Friday or wear Calvin Klein clothes but you would live okay and if you keep your head in the game, you would work your way up to where you want to be. I apologize for this long post. I hope it turns out useful. 69 Likes 12 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by vcole: 12:46am On Oct 04, 2017 |
trishachi:Your cell phone bill or credit card statement or bank statement can be used as proof of address. 1 Like 4 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by vcole: 12:48am On Oct 04, 2017 |
TheWatcher212: merrymum:Yes I landed with my Nigerian license. It was to expire this October while my husband's had already expired. Both were the frsc biometric licenses. We wrote the knowledge test and passed and then submitted our licenses to obtain the gdl exemption which took 3 weeks after which we took the advanced road test and obtained our class 5 licenses. 15 Likes 8 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Adiahabasi: 12:56am On Oct 04, 2017 |
Fusion23:Typical Londoner ![]() @ Vcole, like how much should we budget for day home? Toddler 2.5yrs old. Just thinking, don't churches organize creches or day homes at a relatively cheaper cost? Or what other cost effective alternative(s) are available? 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Oyamade: 1:10am On Oct 04, 2017 |
vcole: Ok i want to get this very clearly... To get your license in Canada, ALL YOU NEED IS YOUR VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE FROM FRSC, BETTER STILL, THE BIOMETRICS ONE THEY DOING NOW? 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by vcole: 1:20am On Oct 04, 2017 |
Adiahabasi:I'm just here with my mouth agape over this "east Midlands life. £500/mth for rent ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Dayhome fees range from about $820-890/mth dependent on your provider. Daycare fees for his age range between $1100-1200/mth dependent on your daycare centre. However if you and your spouse are both working or both schooling or one partner is working while the other is schooling, you can apply for the child care subsidy in Alberta for approved dayhome agencies or daycare centres which for your child's age would pay $437/mth for a dayhome or $547/mth (it's 5..something sha not sure of that 4) for daycare centres. All child care services are regulated. So even if a church owns a daycare centre (I know of none thus far), it would still be subject to the regulatory conditions for providing child care and would function as a business seeing as they would have staff and all. There are private dayhomes who have their licenses to operate a dayhome and meet regulatory requirements but are not "approved" that just means that they are not licensed with the government of Alberta and as such do not qualify for the child care subsidy program. Cost effective....you can enroll your child in a preschool which for his age is twice a week for 3hrs/day. Costs about $265/mth on the average. You can apply for a stay at home parent childcare subsidy for an approved preschool which would knock if $100/mth from your fees. 18 Likes 14 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by vcole: 1:23am On Oct 04, 2017 |
Oyamade:The biometrics license started in 2012/2013 if I'm not mistaken. My information is for the province of Alberta. I do not know how it works in other provinces 2 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by vcole: 1:23am On Oct 04, 2017 |
Fusion23, wura27 I see you. How mar-kate? 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Fusion23: 1:52am On Oct 04, 2017 |
vcole:Longest time ,how is the family. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by vcole: 1:53am On Oct 04, 2017 |
Fusion23:We are aiii. How's it going at your end? |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Nobody: 1:59am On Oct 04, 2017 |
Good good.... Night crawler tinz. Trying to read up on all I've missed I see your weather has changed. Trust u'r good.... vcole: |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Nobody: 2:33am On Oct 04, 2017 |
Hi, You can read up or ask your questions here- https://www.nairaland.com/3999848/canadian-express-entry-federal-skilled Incline: |
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