vcole:

My mom applied for and was issued a canadian trv prior to our landing as we were expecting a baby in June and planned to land in April. She sponsored herself. Applied as a tourist, booked a hotel accomodation, sponsored herself and listed a friend of hers who lives in Toronto as one of the persons she would be visiting but did not obtain a letter of invitation from her. She did a paper app and it was processed in 6 weeks. She does have travel history to several countries including Canada in the past so that may have been a factor and when she came here she went to Toronto first as stated in her app before heading our way.

emelda86:

Plz I intend travelling to Canada & I have my passport but its virgin passport I have a friend who stays in Vancouver my question is how do I go about it,should I apply for tourist visa like your mum plz I need answer as I am not going through any agent but myself & my friend will help me.

olajide21:


Do you want to visit as a Tourist and return to Naija or you've got other plans?

emelda86:

I have other plans & I am aware of the renewing of stay.

emelda86:

Plz I intend travelling to Canada & I have my passport but its virgin passport I have a friend who stays in Vancouver my question is how do I go about it,should I apply for tourist visa like your mum plz I need answer as I am not going through any agent but myself & my friend will help me.

Blessedluvdfavd:


That depends: Is there a close relative in Canada that can invite your mom? I was in a slightly similar situation some time ago but in my case we had landed earlier that year already and returned to naija, God blessed us with another pregnancy and I needed to go with mom but I couldn't invite her cuz records may show I'm currently not in Canada. So in my case, mom and I left naija on the same day but she headed to Houston. Soon as I got to Canada we processed her Canadian visa from Houston and she got it in about 2weeks.

vcole:

My mom applied for and was issued a canadian trv prior to our landing as we were expecting a baby in June and planned to land in April. She sponsored herself. Applied as a tourist, booked a hotel accomodation, sponsored herself and listed a friend of hers who lives in Toronto as one of the persons she would be visiting but did not obtain a letter of invitation from her. She did a paper app and it was processed in 6 weeks. She does have travel history to several countries including Canada in the past so that may have been a factor and when she came here she went to Toronto first as stated in her app before heading our way.

Iyamefa:
Hi guys,


Thankful for the last few days of warm weather here, seems it’s dropping back to negatives this afternoon though.

Landed seniors in Ontario pls help. We just got our health cards and looking for a family doctor now. Does anyone know any good family doctor around Mississauga/brampton that’s accepting new patients? I’ve registered for health connect but thats not a guarantee hence this question.

Thanks guys

Blackbuddy:


Hi, in which city are you based and at what intersection are you living? I've lived in Mississauga and now live in Brampton and may be able to direct you to some.

moyinoluwa1:


Hi, please can you tell me what documents you used to process her visa. I assume you were not working when you applied. Travelling with my triplets soon and want to apply for visa for my mom shortly after landing.. Thanks

DEEAJA:
Hello house,
Happy New to you all!
Pls i have few questions and i will need your advice.

1) At the point of applying for Manitoba PNP, the minimum fund required for a family of 5 is $18,000CAD and thus i stated this. But when i entered the EE pool i already stated $27,000CAD as POF as this is within the range of what is required for a family of 5. I just got LAA (Letter of Advice to Apply)from Manitoba, should i still provide evidence for 18,000 ( which is the minimum fund required for MPNP)or 27,000 (which i stated on my EE profile)?

2) When applying, i had fund in my account but i withdrew huge sum of the fund built to meet a need. Now that i have been given LAA (submit full application). Should i get the huge amount back into my account now before i print my bank statement. Hope i wont be penalised for this?
Please advise me on how best to bring the fund into my account
Thanks.

mcstan18:


Christmas has come and gone. How far landing gist? That's what a good number of us feed on here to draw inspiration

yemsicles:
Abeg sorry in advance for how silly this question might sound but can [b]cooked/fried snail [/b]be carried to canny. Im supposed to carry food stuff for my host and she has requested for fried snails She says its not classified as meat. Cant find any thing online confirming or denying this, need to know if anyone has successfully carried it before i waste my money. Already worried cos my friend had issues with minor things like knorr chicken and income chicken where it was almost seized and she had to beg

Iyamefa:


Thanks blackbuddy.

I live off Mississauga so any location around airport road @ Steeles is very close. Anywhere around Westwood mall is fine as well. My office is at Meadowvale so that location isn’t bad as well. God bless

CAstruggle:
Best option is to travel to attend conference.

vcole:
maybe you should tell us more about this "renewing of stay" because I don't think we've heard about it before.

olajide21:


Do you want to visit as a Tourist and return to Naija or you've got other plans?

Good day house,
Please is there anyone here that has a room for lease in the GTA? I will land in Toronto in March and I will be staying for just 14days. Anyone who is willing to least a room or can host me for that short period should plz holla me
adeneyagriculturalfeeds@gmail.com

I'm a young dude so no issue, I will pay for d necessary bills also. Thx

Hotels in the GTA is really expensive

emelda86:

I have other plans brotherly any advise from you will be appreciated

Blessedluvdfavd:


Sure but memory's a bit foggy. All details are on the cic website though, that's where I got all the info from. For the invitation letter I did a Google Search and got a pretty good sample I worked with.

1. Letter of invitation from me stating why I wanted her to visit and that hubby will be financially responsible for all her expenses. (you're right I was not in gainful employment back then)
2. Hubby's bank statements as POF
3. Mom's bio page (passport) and mine and I think hubby's.
4. Copy of letter from clinic stating the gestational age of pregnancy (I think)
5. I think there was something about proof of relationship so I included my birth certificate (not so sure of this)
6. I think hubby did a letter of financial responsibility too.

Sorry that's all I can remember. Cheers!

yungreezy:
Hello guys,

So I have visited the Acces employment website, but i cannot seem to find a way to register for a connections program. Can this happen only when I land and visit their office in person or what?

Also, what do you guys think of the Humber college bridging program for IT. Like ive said before, I'm currently in banking but I want to go back IT which is what I studied in school. Would this program be of help? Here's a link to the program http://newtocanada.humber.ca/bridging-programs/mobile.html

freeradical:
I'm back people with yet another of my recent experience with career advancement in Canada. So you guys remember me telling you all how I got two jobs and was spoilt for choice over which to pick. Well to refresh those that may have forgotten I chose the big firm (even though the position was temporary and entry level hourly operator while the other was permanent ,full time but for a smaller firm) because I believed it had better prospects for career growth.

Well I took my humble pie and resumed for the hourly operator job on 2nd January and we were all placed on a 3day orientation and training program. It went on like that up until Thurs when something dramatic happened. After we have been dispersed to head to our various departments, as I was waiting in the lobby with my other colleagues for our department rep, I was approached by the operations manager who asked if I could spare him 5mins of my time. I obliged and he took me to a meeting room and we were immediately joined by another manager. I sensed I was going to be interviewed again, so I quickly psyched myself. The operations manager started by telling me he needed a new group manager in his department as one of his guys just got promoted and moved to another location and he feels I can fill that position. The next 30-45mins was a grilling but yet refreshing interview where I was mainly asked competency based questions that required I relate my answers very well to my past experiences (which all came from Nigeria).

Afterwards I left the interview feeling like what just happened and went back to join the rest of my hourly operator crew only for the heads upstairs to send for me again after like 30mins. When I came up this time, the operations manager was there to receive me and then he told me there is someone he will like me to meet. This time it was the overall Plant manager who is the top boss in the Edmonton plant. I almost froze to the floor but then as omo naija my head quickly correct . After a firm handshake with the Plant manager I was taken to a larger conference room just me and him. Then he started interviewing me again. As usual I kept relating my answers to past work experiences from Nigeria. In the end he thanked me and encouraged me to keep developing myself especially in the new job I was being offered as they strictly apply meritocracy in career advancement in d organization.

I closed from work that still perplexed at how fast my fortunes are about to change. I got home and was still narrating the whole ordeal to my wife when I got a call from the operations manager that I have got the job and if I'm willing to accept the offer. I answered in the affirmative. Then he asked me to come into the plant the next day(we were billed to attend a safety training off-site as the hourly operators) as I need to sign a new offer letter and start immediately on the new management position I was offered.


So people that was how I started the year/week as a floor staff but ended the week as a first-line manager. The purpose of my sharing this story is not to in any way pride in my efforts because I owe everything I am to God but to encourage someone/anyone who can dare to believe in the impossible. Yes miracles still do happen. It's not by he that runneth but on the Lord that showeth mercy. Be courageous my fellow naija Canadians. Go out there and claim what's yours!

Peace.