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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by db23: 1:44pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
The airports tend to work out more expensive. Try bureau the change in malls Etc 2 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Ballerz: 1:58pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
yokus: 25 Likes 18 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by mohioma: 1:59pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
Jumdah20: Me too. hajuyah@yahoo.com |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Ballerz: 2:04pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
Issyman: Someone called on Sunday and he explained everything. I was not listening. She can explain to you guys. But I know he mentioned Tax laws and then went on to Capstone stages. The cost was about 6k CDN. from ICAN to CPA. His firm picked up about 4,500. So direct cost to him was cushioned. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by spankyflex(m): 2:04pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
hi guys, please WAts the job prospects for professionals in the development sector? specifically monitoring, evaluation and learning. cc ballerz, Sanford |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Ballerz: 2:05pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
spankyflex: You can do a search on LinekdIn, Indeed, Workopolis and others. That will give you an Idea. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by yimiton(f): 2:24pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
1. Passport - Compulsory 2. Yes please, fill the height, weight etc form. Very important. 3. Has your family composition changed? that is: a new baby, a spouse etc? If not, read the PPR, you'll see that you're meant to fill the IMM008 only if your family composition has changed. If not, you do not need to fill it. 4. I didn't see any Additional Family Information and didn't fill anything. The only form I filled is the one that was attached, that is your number 2 below (height, weight, eye colour). eddycross: 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Nobody: 2:34pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
SlowlybtSurely: Hmmm, this is true though! |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by eddycross(m): 2:35pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
Thank you, much clearer now yimiton: |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Nobody: 2:36pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
einsteino: Actually I did my first ECA for BSc (OAU, Nigeria) in early 2015 and then additional ECA for MSc (King Fahd University) later in 2015 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by yokus(f): 2:55pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
@Ballerz i laughed so loud at "iphone x & note 8 is hot in the market- spend this money" Thanks jare 3 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Lalaska(m): 3:19pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
db23:True. I know that airport and hotels are never the best places to change money |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Ugoeloka(m): 3:43pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
Please engineers, I am applying for APEGA(MIT) and I discovered during the "DETERMINE YOUR APPLICATION TYPE" page they asked for EXPERIENCE. is this supposed to be our Nigeria experience or Canadian experience? They did not specify the country, which means I can't supply the number of years of experience. Secondly, should I check permanent resident as yes or no since I haven't landed Please Dupyshoo, Ehrnie and other engineers who have applied. Thanks |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by DatechMan(m): 4:13pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
mukhtar4u: I would like to connect with you. I have PM you. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Nobody: 4:20pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
Ugoeloka: I'm currently going through the process as well. The 'Determine your application type' is required to know the category of application they will enrol you for, you won't be able to change it. Experience is all your experience from Nigeria and any other place. If you put 4 years and above for experience, they will automatically choose licencee for you and not MIT, so, you may want to record less than 4 years experience to be eligible for MIT. On the PR, I think if you have gotten your copr but yet to land, you can tick PR otherwise you can tick no, this is just my opinion. Actually there is no where in the main application where they ask this question. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Nobody: 4:27pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
DatechMan: Hi DatechMan, I tried to reply your PM but getting delivery failure. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by spankyflex(m): 5:42pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
Ballerz:thanks |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Glowingx: 6:40pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
SlowlybtSurely:hiya, would like to rub minds with you. My pm to you keeps bouncing back. Hope to get a response soon |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by salford1: 6:42pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
Ballerz: ![]() ![]() ![]() 3 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Ugoeloka(m): 7:17pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
Fusion23: Please Fusion23 do you mean Naija airport or Canadian airport? |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by salford1: 7:22pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
Ballerz:You are throwing stones in the market. Some of us are natural born wobias... ![]() Round 1 and round 2 this afternoon. 12 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Issyman(m): 7:32pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
Ballerz: Thanks baba |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Kingbukaz: 7:47pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
papaking1: Bros, I am in the same shoes you were sometime back in term of being a civil servant and I read public administration too. Please can I send you an email. This is mine ,oemmanuelebuka@gmail.com. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by salford1: 7:48pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
Off to CT to buy some DIY tools. 10 Likes 4 Shares
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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by salford1: 8:08pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
Saw some emergency power units aka generators ![]() Picked up some windscreen washer for the winter season too. These ones are rated -45. Hopefully it di2esnt get that cold. 10 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by freeradical(m): 8:37pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
So my people it's been a long couple of days for me. I'm here tho to pay my debt of sharing our landing experience. Take a seat it's a long read We left for the airport at 2:00am in two cars because we are a family of four as well as our entourage (close family member). We had with us 9 check-in bags and 4 carry on luggages. We were flying with royal air Marco. I planned to pay for two extra luggages because I promised to get foodstuffs for my hosts in Edmonton from Nigeria. We pre weighed all our luggages from home but when we threw them into the airline scale two of them weighed above 24kg and the agent asked us to reduce them. Trouble began for me when the lady informed me that my infants check in baggage assignment was just 10kg as against the 23kg I had pre packed for him. This was mostly foodstuff I used his weight allowance for so the thought of dropping my eggs I left a sad look on my face. Luckily my wife came up with a brilliant idea and I dunno how she managed it but she repacked the bags with a GMG bag and it was all good. I proceeded to pay for my extra luggages and they were like it's 160 euros for the first bag and 250 euro for the second bag. I was like broda that's too much na. The guy was like ok I like your face today just pay $400 USD for both bags and do something on the side for me. I obliged broda and paid him the money with 2k extra for his troubles. All our bags were neatly wrapped and tagged so we said our goodbyes and proceeded to boarding. The flight from Lagos to Casablanca was smooth. The flight took off at 6:15am and arrived Casablanca at about 10:00 am. I forgot my lenses inside the plane will we disembarked and though I remembered all my efforts to retrieve it proved abortive. The layover in Casablanca was 7hrs long and we didn't start boarding until 5:30pm. Though we had two kids the time flew just by because there was a play area were kids were slugging it out while parents sat close by. It really kept our two year old engaged until it was time to board. Also there were enough duty free stores around to kill time for adults. The next flight to Montreal took off at 6:30pm and was a bigger plane than the first. The flight was very smooth and comfortable. There was inflight entertainment on every seat and the food was not so bad after all. My daughter was so tired she slept almost all through the flight. More relief for mum and dad. We were given declaration forms to fill towards the end of the flight. We arrived Montreal at 08:45pm Montreal time. We disembarked quickly so as to be amongst the first to pass through CBSA and conclude the scary landing formalities. It was a long walk from plane to the immigration section though there were several areas where they put technology to help with the movement. We got to the immigration section first it was a CBSA officer who asked for our travel documents, declaration card and CPR. He asked us if we had goods to follows and I answered no. He asked if we were bringing any food and I said yes. Then he made some inscription on our document and directed us to the office to see the main immigration officer. When we got there we were asked to pick a number and wait for our turn like what you get in an mtn customer service centre. When our number showed up we went to the officer and exchanged greetings. He asked for our passports and CPRs. He looked at them and at the same time the following conversation ensued VO: So you are a skilled worker? Me: Yes VO: What's your skill Me: I'm a manufacturing manager VO: That's right, How about you ma'am? (He directed this question to my wife) Wifey: I'm a fashion designer VO: That's okay VO: So, how much do you have both here in Canada and back home Me: Quoted an amount in Naija VO: Sorry I don't understand that. Give me the figure in Canadian dollar Me: $22900 VO: okay we can round that off to 23k Me: That's fine VO: You guys can go have a seat let me prepare your documents. I will call u when they are ready. Me: Thank you. We walked briskly back to our seat and sat down. After about 20mins he called us again. Once we got there he handed us the stamped CPRs and he said welcome to Canada. He started explaining how important the CPR document is and adviced us never to lose it. He also gave an explanation on the process to citizenship and our rights as permanent residents. Then he told us to update our address online as soon as we get one that they won't send our PR card to someone else's. Na so we pack ourselves run comot for there o before bros go change e mind. We went to get boarding passes for our final flight to Edmonton international airport which we boarded the following morning at 7:00am. We arrived Edmonton at 10:00am (Edmonton is 2hrs ahead of Montreal). We were picked at the airport by our host and when we got home we were all tired, ate and went to bed. Hope our story helps someone coming after us. Canada is very cold o especially this Edmonton. I'm still struggling to adapt to it. The place though is beautiful. The city is well planned and everything works here. We have been trying to settle in after the thanksgiving holidays. We have got SIN and phone lines. Yesterday we went to the welcome centre for immigrants office at Millborough market mall where we had an employment session. We have also applied for Alberta health tho it's still being processed. There is so much work to do but we take it one step at a time. 118 Likes 17 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Fusion23: 8:55pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
Ugoeloka: Canadian..i did mention no black market here...the difference is not that much I guess airport as lesser rate. but it is managable |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by bigfido: 8:55pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
Jonaslokk: Hi Jonaslokk, I understand how difficult it could be for people waiting on visas to improve the quality of their life. It could be frustrating. However, i think you need to get you mind off it for sometime and focus on other options however weak they are to you right now. You also don't have to hang yourself. Talk to people more often about it. it helps to get things off your mind. I wish you the best 3 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by DatechMan(m): 9:03pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
mukhtar4u:Ok |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Jonaslokk: 9:36pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
bigfido: ![]() ![]() Thanks i really appreciate, those people can kill.. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Ballerz: 9:59pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
salford1: Send me your GPS location. Need to have a taste of that mashed potatoes. If u don't, I will tell madam to go on kitchen strike for this Winter. How are you and � family? 2 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Nobody: 11:00pm On Oct 12, 2017 |
freeradical: Congratulations! |
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