Trikings2000:


Please which network do you recommend for unlimited internet at home? What are the prices like?

This would be difficult to tell as its dependent on your preference,the popular is rogers and bell.
Some are just internet alone while some have tv channels attached to it the higher the number of tv channels the more expensive...but they are not really costly like that with $85 u can have the basic ones.
Others with better experiences with this can advise.

3)I never went to RBC so i can’t tell.TD gave $1000 credit limit,scotia bank gave $2000

4)U declare if u carry more than $10,000,once declared but it didnt favour me in anyway but if u declare here d customs dont bother u...d problem is our naija customs(so sad).


3.RBC gives $2000
4.I declared at Nigerian customs also. They asked for water, I said water is finished. If you have to declare, just be adamant and not give anything.

hotD:


Oh wow,thanks so much for this,no wonder my score never change since...
Then please i need serious clarity on this tax issue,all this money i wire directly from nigeria into my account,would they be taxed?Secondly,if i want to start a business like real estate and i wire some funds down,i mean some huge funds would the government also tax that one and if they want to,would a proof of funds from back home in nigeria work.
Thank you for your time

I am not sure if it would be taxed or not for transfers. Likely not.
However interest on savings and investment accounts are taxed.
(Exceptions: Tax-Free Savings Account)

rainazoe:
Please is there any email or phone number to contact CIC about my PR card? I landed in May and responded to a passport resubmission request at the end of July. I believe I should have gotten it by now?

Try this number:
Client Support Centre contact options
Telephone: 1-888-242-2100 (in Canada only)

Thank you all for the wealth of experience on this thread. Words are not enough to express gratitude felt.

Please, I would love to find out from experienced and landed seniors in the house:

1. Between getting a job as a post doc student (Faculty position/Academia) and a job in IT, which is more lucrative and have brighter prospect for an immigrant? (not necessarily software development as I am not fully grounded in it yet. Although I have beginners knowledge on Android and Web development.).

2. Which of the two job areas is more available, easier to get and with less competition? Target Provinces are, but not limited to Ontario and Alberta.

Thank you in advance.

Hi Lalaska,
Thanks for further reiterating this. I would like to know which insurance companies specifically... (data is gold)

Lalaska:
I agree with the below. The initial information is not correct. That letter is gold, if you can get it, get it. It is a life saver for 2 reasons.

1. It shows your driving history hence after taking the written test, you will be given a G1 (learner's) license with its plenty restrictions. If you do not have the FRSC letter, you would have to wait for sometime before taking G2 and G road tests. But with the letter, you can take the G road test immediately.

2. Insurance: if you dont have that powerful FRSC letter, they will assume you have not driven before and charge you very high insurance. But with that letter, they assume you have been driving from the date written on that letter and calculate your insurance. Trust me this will reduce your premium significantly.

Finally, they accept FRSC from Nigeria and I have used it. As much as you can, please get it because it is a life saver.

Wndy842003:

Sorry to ask this question but when you did your vehicle insurance, did TD request you pay the lump sum at once cos I'm trying to get a monthly payment plan and its been a tall order. The quote im getting from TD IS HIGH TO PAY ONCE. Would appreciate any advise.
Thanks

my first insurance wasn't with TD. It was with thepersonal insurance company and I went on a monthly pre authorized payment plan. I got a better deal with TD after I changed my car after a year and I pay monthly. However, it apears most insurance companies as at this year are asking for lump sum vehicle insurance payments for 1 year from new immigrants (I may be wrong as I am making this assumption based on feedback from a couple of new prs).

Hereforthistoo:
Hi, would a credit report from Nigeria be entertained for the purpose of getting teleco, housing, car, insurance etc services?
I know we have both local and international credit bureaus/companies in Nigeria that could verify one’s credit score such that they are globally recognized. Has anyone actively pursued this to that length?
Cc @hotD @Blackbuddy @Salford1 @thecongo2 @Ballerz @vcole @maternal @fusion23

Only Canadian and US credit histories are relevant here. @thecongo2, there are certain instances where US credit histories are accepted as they are able to access FICO reports here as well.

vcole:
Only Canadian and US credit histories are relevant here. @thecongo2, there are certain instances where US credit histories are accepted as they are able to access FICO reports here as well.

Merci vcole

As you will assume, there are several insurance companies here and not all of them accept driving experience from outside Canada/US. I use Pafco insurance for my auto insurance as they accepted my drinking history from Nigeria and fairly priced.

deni83:
Hi Lalaska,
Thanks for further reiterating this. I would like to know which insurance companies specifically... (data is gold)

Lalaska:
As you will assume, there are several insurance companies here and not all of them accept driving experience from outside Canada/US. I use Pafco insurance for my auto insurance as they accepted my drinking history from Nigeria and fairly priced.

Had a good laugh @ the bolded . I’m sure you meant driving history...lol

Goodday to you all my Canny seniors, please I have some questions to ask;

Please how are you guys getting the authentication letter I am hearing about from FRSC. Can one get it in Lagos. FRSC guys here in Anambra are claiming ignorance of the existence or issuance of such a letter.
Have also heard people mention the international driver's licence, where does one get that one and what is the procedure?

Secondly, for our seniors based in Regina, is the unexpired temporary driver's licence and the recently expired permanent one enough to allow one do the driving test?

Awwww. Sorry I meant driving history. What will we not see with autocorrect. It will be interesting to see what one can do with drinking history. Lol

A555:


Had a good laugh @ the bolded . I’m sure you meant driving history...lol

Hello Seniors in the house. How's Cannyland today?

Please I want to know (and clarify) if these items can be brought in?

Yam flour
Yam tubers
Bean flour
Garri
Shea butter
Indomie noodles


Also, can one easily find our kind of rice there (not the soft, mushy ones)?

Thanks!

@salford @maternal @vcole @mummyjaygirls @glitteringstar

Ifywhyteman:
Goodday to you all my Canny seniors, please I have some questions to ask;

Please how are you guys getting the authentication letter I am hearing about from FRSC. Can one get it in Lagos. FRSC guys here in Anambra are claiming ignorance of the existence or issuance of such a letter.
Have also heard people mention the international driver's licence, where does one get that one and what is the procedure?

Secondly, for our seniors based in Regina, is the unexpired temporary driver's licence and the recently expired permanent one enough to allow one do the driving test?

Yesterday I took a Nigerian couple to a DriveTest Center to get their Ontario driver's licenses.
The couple had landed in Canada last week and was introduced to me by a Nairaland friend who had also landed last week with his family.

My Nairaland friend has lived in France before and has a French driver's license. Therefore, he was given a full G Ontario license without undergoing any testing. As a result of his G license, he is only paying $165 monthly on his car insurance which is very cheap comparing to what a lot of newcomers are playing.

As for the couple that I took to the DriveTest Center, they had to apply for their G1 Ontario license before moving to G2 or Full G license.
This is where the FRSC letter comes into play. (I will come back with more details about our trip to the DriveTest Center)

To answer your question, according to the Nigerian couple, only the FRSC office in Abuja can issue the FRSC letter. However, you need NOT to travel to Abuja to get the FRSC letter. You can apply for it from anywhere in Nigeria.

To get the FRSC letter, You can follow the following steps that the couple had learned from a Nigerian-Canadian Whatsapp group:

1st step - Send an email with your driver's license details to the FRSC Abuja Office requesting a FRSC letter or driving record.
You are more likely NOT to receive a reply from the FRSC Abuja office.

2nd step- Follow up your email by contacting this Abuja FRSC Employee (Sule - phone number 2348033795031)
Sule will access the FRSC Database and will write for you the FRSC letter.
I was also told that the Service provided by Sule is free of charge . The only money you will send to him is for the shipment of the FRSC letter to you.

Bonne chance

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Hi, I've replied all nairaland messages in my inbox. If I didnt get yours or maybe for some reason, your message did not reach me, please send again.

TheCongo2:


Yesterday I took a Nigerian couple to a DriveTest Center to get their Ontario driver's licenses.
The couple had landed in Canada last week and was introduced to me by a Nairaland friend who had also landed last week with his family.

My Nairaland friend has lived in France before and has a French driver's license. Therefore, he was given a full G Ontario license without undergoing any testing. As a result of his G license, he is only paying $165 monthly on his car insurance which is very cheap comparing to what a lot of newcomers are playing.

As for the couple that I took to the DriveTest Center, they had to apply for their G1 Ontario license before moving to G2 or Full G license.
This is where the FRSC letter comes into play. (I will come back with more details about our trip to the DriveTest Center)

To answer your question, according to the Nigerian couple, only the FRSC office in Abuja can issue the FRSC letter. However, you need NOT to travel to Abuja to get the FRSC letter. You can apply for it from anywhere in Nigeria.

To get the FRSC letter, You can follow the following steps that the couple had learned from a Nigerian-Canadian Whatsapp group:

1st step - Send an email with your driver's license details to the FRSC Abuja Office requesting a FRSC letter or driving record.
You are more likely NOT to receive a reply from the FRSC Abuja office.

2nd step- Follow up your email by contacting this Abuja FRSC Employee (Sule - phone number 2348033795031)
Sule will access the FRSC Database and will write for you the FRSC letter.
I was also told that the Service provided by Sule is free of charge . The only money you will send to him is for the shipment of the FRSC letter to you.

Bonne chance

Thank you very much, your information has been helpful. Have mailed them and will communicate Sule after a while.
Pls do you have an idea if the FRSC letter and temporary licence is accepted for the test in Regina, SK?

Ifywhyteman:


Thank you very much, your information has been helpful. Have mailed them and will communicate Sule after a while.
Pls do you have an idea if the FRSC letter and temporary licence is accepted for the test in Regina, SK?

I have no idea about Regina, Sk. I am an Ontarian .
Let hope that vcole or anyone in SK will be able to assist with your request.

Please be advised that we were told at the DriveTest Center that the FRSC letter is only good for 6 months from the day it was issued.

Newmum0615:
No be small DM o. Always happy to help jare. Keeps me going. How's your application coming up?

Newmum0615 Kindly check, i sent you an email. Pleaseeeeee i need to communicate with you. Thanks

Yes, you can bring in those food items. You can also get our kind of rice at different stores especially African and some Indian stores.

chinymi:
Hello Seniors in the house. How's Cannyland today?

Please I want to know (and clarify) if these items can be brought in?

Yam flour
Yam tubers
Bean flour
Garri
Shea butter
Indomie noodles


Also, can one easily find our kind of rice there (not the soft, mushy ones)?

Thanks!

@salford @maternal @vcole @mummyjaygirls @glitteringstar

TheCongo2:

I have no idea about Regina, Sk. I am an Ontarian .
Let hope that vcole or anyone in SK will be able to assist with your request.
Please be advised that we were told at the DriveTest Center that the FRSC letter is only good for 6 months from the day it was issued.

I'm a Calgarian, lol! No idea about Sask.

chinymi:
Hello Seniors in the house. How's Cannyland today?

Please I want to know (and clarify) if these items can be brought in?

Yam flour
Yam tubers
Bean flour
Garri
Shea butter
Indomie noodles


Also, can one easily find our kind of rice there (not the soft, mushy ones)?

Thanks!

@salford @maternal @vcole @mummyjaygirls @glitteringstar

Yes. You shpuld have no problem bringing them across the airport.

I haven't seen a shea butter here, maybe becuase I do not use it. However, you can find all the other items here and may even be cheaper than paying for excess luggage. For the rice, just buy any brand of parboiled rice and you would be good to go.

So Alberta has been let down again, and Notley threw a fit.

"In a dramatic announcement Thursday evening, Premier Rachel Notley said she is pulling Alberta out of the national climate-change plan to protest a federal court ruling that quashed expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline".

Big mess.

Alberta really needs to diversify its economy.

vcole:
I'm a Calgarian, lol! No idea about Sask.

Wow, I am hoping to settle in Calgary, still waiting for my PPR. Hope you don't have any regrets living in the city?

Thanks a lot for this. Do you have an idea how long it takes to issue this letter from when one makes a request?

TheCongo2:


Yesterday I took a Nigerian couple to a DriveTest Center to get their Ontario driver's licenses.
The couple had landed in Canada last week and was introduced to me by a Nairaland friend who had also landed last week with his family.

My Nairaland friend has lived in France before and has a French driver's license. Therefore, he was given a full G Ontario license without undergoing any testing. As a result of his G license, he is only paying $165 monthly on his car insurance which is very cheap comparing to what a lot of newcomers are playing.

As for the couple that I took to the DriveTest Center, they had to apply for their G1 Ontario license before moving to G2 or Full G license.
This is where the FRSC letter comes into play. (I will come back with more details about our trip to the DriveTest Center)

To answer your question, according to the Nigerian couple, only the FRSC office in Abuja can issue the FRSC letter. However, you need NOT to travel to Abuja to get the FRSC letter. You can apply for it from anywhere in Nigeria.

To get the FRSC letter, You can follow the following steps that the couple had learned from a Nigerian-Canadian Whatsapp group:

1st step - Send an email with your driver's license details to the FRSC Abuja Office requesting a FRSC letter or driving record.
You are more likely NOT to receive a reply from the FRSC Abuja office.

2nd step- Follow up your email by contacting this Abuja FRSC Employee (Sule - phone number 2348033795031)
Sule will access the FRSC Database and will write for you the FRSC letter.
I was also told that the Service provided by Sule is free of charge . The only money you will send to him is for the shipment of the FRSC letter to you.

Bonne chance

Hey guys,

Thanks for being nice.

I've got a friend who intends doing a short landing cos of some personal stuff to handle before returning permanently.

1. I know he'd have to wait until his PR card is ready before returning to Canada, I have heard of other alternatives but with sketchy details. Is there a way he can return even when his PR card isn't ready?

2. His goods won't be coming with him cos it's a short landing, on return will he be taxed for his goods?

Thanks for your anticipated response.

salford1:
So Alberta has been let down again, and Notley threw a fit.

"In a dramatic announcement Thursday evening, Premier Rachel Notley said she is pulling Alberta out of the national climate-change plan to protest a federal court ruling that quashed expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline".

Big mess.

Thanks, but what does this mean for immigrants in/to Alberta?

Thanks! Grateful for the information.

iwillrejoice:

Yes, you can bring in those food items. You can also get our kind of rice at different stores especially African and some Indian stores.

Java47:
Hey guys,

Thanks for being nice.

I've got a friend who intends doing a short landing cos of some personal stuff to handle before returning permanently.

1. I know he'd have to wait until his PR card is ready before returning to Canada, I have heard of other alternatives but with sketchy details. Is there a way he can return even when his PR card isn't ready?

2. His goods won't be coming with him cos it's a short landing, on return will he be taxed for his goods?

Thanks for your anticipated response.

1. He doesn't have to wait until the PR card is ready unless he wants to. He can re-enter Canada by applying for the permanent resident travel document via VFS global. Someone in my WhatsApp also claimed the immigration officer he met during his landing told him his PR card could be shipped internationally if he wishes.

2. To avoid taxes, he should fill the goods to follow form.

salford1:

Yes. You shpuld have no problem bringing them across the airport.

I haven't seen a shea butter here, maybe becuase I do not use it. However, you can find all the other items here and may even be cheaper than paying for excess luggage. For the rice, just buy any brand of parboiled rice and you would be good to go.

Thanks @Salford1
We are a large family. Our baggage allowance is about 8 23kg bags give or take. Looking at taking foodstuff that can be accommodated in that luggage allowance (maybe cargo yams and other stuff. We eat lots of yams)