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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

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Ballerz: 1:58pm On Oct 12, 2017
yokus:
Good day Virtual Fam. I know we have discussed telephone bill, hydro and some other bills at different times. My thought- Is it possible for our seniors to list and put bill estimates per month in their diff areas, provinces? I feel it will give a clearer pic & help one way or another.
Break down

Monthly bills - Gas, Bus, Uber, Lau Lau, Mortgage, Car Finance. All dependent on you. [/color]

House Rent =[color=#006600] 2 bedroom basement/Condo 900 - 1700. Ideally, you can get 2bedroom for 1100/1200. If you share with a correct person, it comes to 550/600. Mostly bills are inclusive. Check Kjiji to get an idea
. You can rent it and then get a partner on Kjiji

Car insurance per car = Depends on your class of License. If you hold a G it could range from 170 - 200. if you hold a G2, could be about 200 - 300. All dependent on what you have covered. THere is 3rd Party to comprehensive

Phone bills - Chatr - 25 - 50. WIND - 45 - 70, BELL, Rogers, Fido Telus - 80 - 105. All depends on what you want. Iphone 8 is out and Ipone X is on the way. Note 8 too is hot in the market. Spend this money

Wifi n land line = 70 (If wifi only, combined with landline and premium TV could be as high as 170 if going with BELL (You can use style get quote from them when you chat with an agent)

Feeding for individual/family per month = 200. Can get to- 400 (If u dey chop like wobia, grin grin grin runs away)

School fees/daycare/pre school = School is virtually free. Public and Catholic schools

After school if applicable - Dunno. Children leave school around 3pm. They do 9- 3pm. SOme schools have embedded daycare to keep them till when you close from work

Hydro - Depends on how you run it.
Water bill - Depends on how you use it


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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by mohioma: 1:59pm On Oct 12, 2017
Jumdah20:
Me too please. Embibell@gmail.com


Me too. hajuyah@yahoo.com
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Ballerz: 2:04pm On Oct 12, 2017
Issyman:


you are very correct as I missed that part cos one will have to write final level papers of ACCA.

@ballerz pls help us ask your friend about his ICAN to CPA. How many papers he wrote to get the CPA so that we can compare both and decide which route will be d best.

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:
hi guys, please WAts the job prospects for professionals in the development sector? specifically monitoring, evaluation and learning.
cc ballerz, Sanford

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:
Thanks. From your response, you only need to complete the IMM008 form.

To clarify, my PPR request seemed to request for three documents:
1. Passports
2. Height, Weight, Eye colour form (this was attached to the PPR)
2. Form IMM008
3. Additional Family Information <-- this is the one I want to confirm if anybody filled it.



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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Nobody: 2:34pm On Oct 12, 2017
SlowlybtSurely:


Mine has been sent for verification. angry

I guess every case is different.

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:
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).

Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Nobody: 2:36pm On Oct 12, 2017
einsteino:


kindly tell us how long after you got your ECA you applied for ICAP, also what degree you evaluated and school. thanks
trying to identify patterns.

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

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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

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Lalaska(m): 3:19pm On Oct 12, 2017
db23:
The airports tend to work out more expensive. Try bureau the change in malls Etc
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:


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

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:
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

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:


I would like to connect with you. I have PM you.

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:


You can do a search on LinekdIn, Indeed, Workopolis and others. That will give you an Idea.
thanks
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Glowingx: 6:40pm On Oct 12, 2017
SlowlybtSurely:


Nice. What's your assessment of that place? Would you live there again?
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:

Phone bills - Chatr - 25 - 50. WIND - 45 - 70, BELL, Rogers, Fido Telus - 80 - 105. All depends on what you want. Iphone 8 is out and Ipone X is on the way. Note 8 too is hot in the market. Spend this mmoney

Feeding for individual/family per month = 200. Can get to- 400 (If u dey chop like wobia, runs away)

grin grin grin

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Ugoeloka(m): 7:17pm On Oct 12, 2017
Fusion23:

The Airport, lots of bureau the change around too. since there is no black market the prices are very very close.
May be the airport is just a but less like or so cant remember.

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:

Feeding for individual/family per month = 200. Can get to- 400 (If u dey chop like wobia, runs away)
You are throwing stones in the market. Some of us are natural born wobias...grin
Round 1 and round 2 this afternoon.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Issyman(m): 7:32pm On Oct 12, 2017
Ballerz:


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.

Thanks baba
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Kingbukaz: 7:47pm On Oct 12, 2017
papaking1:
Anybody in Winnipeg here?

I was a business minded civil servant in Nigeria and had a liking for management (Studied Public Administration)
I have always wanted to become a business development manager and would love to go the way of management here.

Though my cousins here are not enthusiastic about it, I feel there are prospects for me as I see a lot of management positions on offer. I intend to take a job as a management trainee while I look for management courses to take, while building my management and Canadian job experience at the same time.

What do you guys please think about a management career in Canada generally?

Two good heads, as they say is better than one.

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.

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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.

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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 tongue

Picked up some windscreen washer for the winter season too. These ones are rated -45. Hopefully it di2esnt get that cold.

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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.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Fusion23: 8:55pm On Oct 12, 2017
Ugoeloka:


Please Fusion23 do you mean Naija airport or Canadian airport?

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:
Hello homies!
I seriously need help about my visa including mentally help too cause this visa is driving me crazy, I applied to Vfs lekki, a study permit in Canada for Holland college around late July/early August and i didn't get any mail or anything till September's ending when I tracked the documents and saw there was a mail sent to me for pick up, wonderfully it was a medical request. But as it stands my program started on the 5th sep or so am obviously screwed cause I've missed a lot, I later sent the medical report ago I think 2 weeks now and I haven't gotten any feed back, every day that goes by I feel like I should hang myself cause I am dying! I don't eat much I have been sick thinking about my visa same with my dad that has been worried, I saw processing time is now 15 weeks now I hope that doesn't affects me cause am tired of everything I never even got a mail since I applied if not for tracking lord knows

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

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by DatechMan(m): 9:03pm On Oct 12, 2017
mukhtar4u:


Hi DatechMan, I tried to reply your PM but getting delivery failure.
Ok
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Jonaslokk: 9:36pm On Oct 12, 2017
bigfido:


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


grin I was just playing I meant that hanging thing as an act of frustration also metaphorically smiley
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:

You are throwing stones in the market. Some of us are natural born wobias...grin
Round 1 and round 2 this afternoon.

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?

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Nobody: 11:00pm On Oct 12, 2017
freeradical:

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.


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