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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Noviolence: 7:49pm On Nov 16, 2017 |
Yea!It's another party time to a fellow Londoner! Congratulations! Ajujuju2: |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by maternal: 9:53pm On Nov 16, 2017 |
dfanz: What's your goal and objective in Canada. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Nobody: 10:00pm On Nov 16, 2017 |
You should be able to raise a draft (an international one, issued by Diamond Bank's correspondence banki.e citibank). You will be able to deposit the draft in a bank in Canada. quote author=amyames post=62296334]Hi everyone! Great thread, very informative. I have a few questions regarding proof of funds. 1. I know they sometimes ask for this at the port of entry, but do they actually check the amount, that it meets their minimum? For instance, I had to dip into my savings and it's now about 9,500 CAD, whereas the minimum amount for a single person is 12,300 CAD. Could this be a problem for me? I have heard that you can be denied entry right there due to proof of funds issues. Will they actually check if it's up to 12,300 CAD? 2. How to transport these funds? I've looked into opening a Canadian account from here, but the process is tedious and involves getting a lawyer to verify my documents. I want something simpler like using a bank draft in my name - has this worked for anyone? Diamondbank is really giving me hell these days and I'm nervous about trusting their services, especially since I won't be here to deal directly if it there's a glitch. Please share your experience on this. I'll be much obliged. Thanks.[/quote] 4 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by dfanz: 10:54pm On Nov 16, 2017 |
maternal: My work experience has been in financial services but I plan on changing careers kinda like go with the flow of things. My immediate goal is to get a job to support myself (without bias to my previous experience) while I work on additional qualifications. My main considerations are cost of living and ease of settlement. From my research it appears GTA has more immigrant serving organizations and job opportunities than Calgary but somehow Calgary just keeps calling my name. I'm so undecided. I plan to land in January. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by MummyJaygirls: 11:13pm On Nov 16, 2017 |
yokus: Calgary, Calgary, Calgary or even better is Edmonton 2 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Nobody: 2:34am On Nov 17, 2017 |
Canadianfly:If you have the new license you don't need a letter. I did mine in 2014. 2 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by amyames: 8:09am On Nov 17, 2017 |
Owols: Thanks Owols. But I actually just confirmed from Diamondbank and they said they don’t issue bank drafts outside the country. They don’t do travelers cheques either, which is similar. 2 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Nobody: 8:36am On Nov 17, 2017 |
I have sent you a pm. I will do some research on it and get back to you. amyames: 2 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by val4o: 9:07am On Nov 17, 2017 |
Blackbuddy: Am not going as a skilled worker am applying for student TRV. That's where my focus is on |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Feygbe: 9:37am On Nov 17, 2017 |
dfanz:So many cities are calling my name too It is truly a dilemma. 2 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Nobody: 10:02am On Nov 17, 2017 |
val4o:You should join the canadian study thread, use the search option. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by ItsYourFriend: 11:27am On Nov 17, 2017 |
Where are our landed seniors? I so much love coming to Living in Canada thread to read and draw experience from our landed immigrants but it seems they are now faced with reality. Please I'd like to understand what's taking your time and making it almost impossible for you guys to come on here and drive your discussions as usual. Could getting a job be the issue, or accommodation, are commodities and other life necessities expensive in Canada which most certainly would take a toll on your proof of fund or are things not just working out as expected? Please get on here and share your experience. 19 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by yokus(f): 11:48am On Nov 17, 2017 |
Huge one oooo! @MummyJaygirls lol- my minds telling me No(Calgary) but my body is telling me Yes (Mississauga) In R. Kellys's voice. Just want somewhere that is Cool, not to loud, not to busy, where there are great opportunities and where my girls n I will easily adapt. I don't know if i would want to continue with Law or start over by getting a Diploma in something Feygbe: 2 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by bbaby84(f): 1:11pm On Nov 17, 2017 |
Ajujuju2: Congratulations! P.S. please if you've sent me a dm kindly ask your questions here and mention me. I'm on the Mediterranean sea and I'm offline half of the time. xx Congratulations to my dear sis! @yokus 2 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by maternal: 4:02pm On Nov 17, 2017 |
dfanz: I was going to say Toronto, but since you don't care about being in the financial services, then yes Alberta would be better. While I like Calgary, I would go further North to the city of Edmonton. I feel there are more jobs, especially gov't jobs, and it's just a few hours north to the oilfields in case you want to work in that industry. Rent and cost of living is very cheap in Edmonton. Alberta is now the fastest growing province in the country. A lot of immigrants (Nigerians) are now coming to the province. I've ran into a lot of Nigerian Ontario ex pats. Basically Naija people who settled in Toronto and had to leave because they couldn't make ends meet. I was one of them lol. But now I'm back east as I've secure a federal gov't job. That was the only way I was going to return. They're investing billions in downtown Edmonton on a revitalization project, so a lot of construction jobs are available. Also public safety jobs are plenty, such as the Edmonton police and correction Alberta are recruiting heavily. As a police in 3 years you'd be making 92k dollars per year easily, or as a correctional worker 70k dollars easily. Never seen a naija person regret coming out west. Check the links below. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-recent-immigrants-2016-census-data-1.4370779 https://alis.alberta.ca/occinfo/occupations-in-alberta/occupation-profiles/correctional-peace-officer/ http://www.joineps.ca/WhyEPS/Salary.aspx 32 Likes 14 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by DatechMan(m): 6:18pm On Nov 17, 2017 |
maternal: I believed such jobs are for citizens. InOtherNews Got approval today, still waiting for PUM. I think Barrie, ON is the destination. Bless you all 12 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by yokus(f): 6:54pm On Nov 17, 2017 |
How easy is it to get a govt job and do u have to be a citizen to get it? Can you tell us more about it. maternal: 2 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by maternal: 7:16pm On Nov 17, 2017 |
yokus: The RCMP (federal police) are now hiring PR's. Though you'd have to be living in Canada for at least 10 years or more. I know people who got hired by the Ottawa police and they were only PR. Certain high security jobs are only for citizens and a citizen would get preference over a PR, which is understandable. But there are a lot of gov't jobs which just requires the applicant to be a PR. Don't be discouraged if you're just a PR. If you're eligible to apply, apply. 15 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Topboyz5: 7:18pm On Nov 17, 2017 |
freeradical: Can't you just walk in and get passport? Must you need to know contact again? 2 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Blackbuddy: 8:20pm On Nov 17, 2017 |
Topboyz5: You're right, you don't really need a contact to get a passport/renewal at Ottawa 2 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by salford1: 8:53pm On Nov 17, 2017 |
DatechMan:I have seen more Nigerian graduates of Canadian unis and colleges i.e (work permit holders), than Nigerian PR holders working in highly sought after government jobs. The edge I believe is the Canadian education. If they employ people without PR in gov positions, then nothing will stop them from employing a PR if you have the desired qualifications. 7 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Ajujuju2: 11:11pm On Nov 17, 2017 |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by DatechMan(m): 5:15am On Nov 18, 2017 |
Hello house, On the issue of driver's license. My license was issued in 02/2016. That means my driving experience would be less 2 years. Prior to getting this new license, I used to have the old license. It has since been trashed because it expired long before I got the new one. I need a way out because many job ads in my field require Driving License. How can I sort this so as to avoid License wait period? |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by freeradical(m): 7:24am On Nov 18, 2017 |
Blackbuddy:Means I have to go to Ottawa right? Do they have any arrangements where they come down to the provinces for biometrics. I really want to avoid having to travel |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Saintp(m): 9:29am On Nov 18, 2017 |
DatechMan: I thought all drivers license will have date of first issue. Check the new license well, they date of first issue should be written on it. 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by sleekchic(f): 9:52am On Nov 18, 2017 |
That's correct, I just checked mine, the date of first issue is there. I hadn't noticed. Saintp: |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Morbolar: 10:43am On Nov 18, 2017 |
amyames: Hi. Pls go to GTBank at Oyin Jolayemi or any branch and tell them you need Canadian Dollar Draft. You are however expected to have a USD account from which the CAD draft wud be raised. Cheers 9 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by jonababa: 12:01pm On Nov 18, 2017 |
Blackbuddy: Pls how long did this search take? We dont a place for long stay in Canada when we land. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Igbouwanile(m): 3:06pm On Nov 18, 2017 |
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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by AZeD1(m): 3:28pm On Nov 18, 2017 |
Igbouwanile: For Maroc, you will get your load at Montreal and board another plane to your final destination. If Ottawa is your destination, i would suggest you book Maroc to Montreal and take a bus from the Airport to Ottawa. There's a bus from 00:20 to Ottawa and it cost about 32CAD. As for the food stuff, you can pack as much as you want as long as your load is over weight. My bag wasn't opened at any point on my journey. 3 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Igbouwanile(m): 4:21pm On Nov 18, 2017 |
AZeD1:Okay, I will be heading to NB, what can u say about that? |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by AZeD1(m): 4:25pm On Nov 18, 2017 |
Igbouwanile: I meant to say NOT over weight. The Nigerian airport was normal. Maroc lives by 6- 6:30 am so you'll have to be at the airport by 4am and the airport is not really busy at that time. I don't think they still do manual checking at Nigerian airports again. I have no idea about Fredericton. |
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