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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Jesuba: 9:56pm On Oct 27, 2018 |
Any one looking to stay in Mississauga from 31st Oct to 17 Nov 2018 and needs a temporary accommodation for that period. I have a 3 bedroom, fully furnished house with unlimited internet, and all utilities inclusive for CAD 1800. Interested persons should kindly contact me. 2 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by tobore187: 11:18pm On Oct 27, 2018 |
thanks a lot Salford. I think i just may settle for the easy way out for now. salford1: |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by einsteino(m): 11:50pm On Oct 27, 2018 |
sconp: LG V20 ... But I would advise you just buy the LG V40 ThinQ instead. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by joo2018: 12:30am On Oct 28, 2018 |
Perspective on land area Ontario: 1,076,395 sq km British Columbia: 944, 735 sq km Nigeria: 923, 768 sq km Alberta: 661, 848 sq km Saskatchewan: 651, 036 sq km Manitoba: 647, 797 sq km 12 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by DadR: 6:18am On Oct 28, 2018 |
@einsteino Thank you for the story you told few pages back. Learnt some lessons and you really got me cracked up on a Sunday morning. Love to see Montreal soon too. We need to hear more from you regarding Quebec at large. Bless up man. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Newmum0615: 6:28am On Oct 28, 2018 |
Runaway soldier. DadR: |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Newmum0615: 6:29am On Oct 28, 2018 |
Still here bidding my time in Nigeria jare. Jasmine17: |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Newmum0615: 6:30am On Oct 28, 2018 |
I'm sure I have responded to your PM. swizy: |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by swizy: 2:20pm On Oct 28, 2018 |
Newmum0615: Haven't seen any yet. If it won't be too much trouble, could you initiate the PM please? |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by IntellectualMum: 2:33pm On Oct 28, 2018 |
Landing Gist #LongPostAlert Drama at the Airport We got our PPR in June. We decided to land at the end of October. We are a family of 4. Ethiopian Airline was the airline we chose and I must say that they were very okay. Our flight was at 1:30pm, however we left home by 9am (which in hindsight was a great idea). When we got to the airport,the immigration officer at the entrance wanted to check our bags. He asked what we had in our bags, I told him 6 out of the 9 bags (one extra luggage) were books. He sharply gave us the pass. When we got to the screening counter just before the airline check-in counter, the lady asked for a 'Form' ( apparently, it was the COPR document). We told her we didn't have any Form other than the vignette in our passports and a passport photograph. We went back and forth for a few minutes and then the next thing she said was step aside you need to contact the embassy. Ha, step where?. All this while my Hubby was the one speaking with her.Within a split seconds, I auto-recalled the 5 ielts(es), 5months 3weeks LVO wait, packing and weighing each bag and every single experience leading up to that moment all flashed before my mind. I responded fiercely, you cannot ask us to step aside just because we were not given the document you are asking for. That was how women drama started o. short version is my hubby just pulled me aside and said you cant win this battle by forming rights, we are not in Canada yet. My 8 year-old son came to me crying, "Mummy what would we do now?". That's when i went aside and started praying. our PR visas were going to expire in 4 days. There was no time for serenren'. Background Story All we got back when we received our passports were the stamped passports, each with a returned passport photograph in it, with a paper that carried instructions. Apparently, there was supposed to be a confirmation of permanent residence document (with those passport photographs affixed to it for each person). We never got those documents. We were wondering why those passport photographs were returned unused. How this happened, only God knows. We were so sure we never received any such document. Resolving the 'ish' After much back and forth, the airline asked my hubby to write an undertaken stating that they will not be responsible for any extra cost (if we got sent back). Ah, is that all?. We wrote with speed. We had lost alot of time to this drama. The first boarding call had been made. We were let off to weigh our bags. Things we packed We decided against taking food stuffs. We took mostly our books,paintings,clothes, duvet(Thank God because surprisingly the ones we brought are thicker than the ones i have seen in the hotel here.), wigs and attachment(ladies you know now, I cannot come and be paying $100+ for hair). We didn't cargo anything. Over Weight and Extra Luggage When I got to the counter, I knew I had no time to waste. I saw the lady had natural hair, I complimented her hair. That was the ice breaker. When our bags were weighed, ALL were over weight by 2-3 kg. I was 'flabber-whelmed' because I had meticulously weighed each bag (multiple times). My son pointed out to me that their scale wasn't starting from 0 but from 3kg. I wasn't ready for more drama. However, before I could start defending the bags,the woman just said she was going to let it slide. We paid N72000 for the extra luggage ($200 as opposed to the $60 written on their website). All bags in. They didn't weight our hand luggage (was thinking I should have padded it more ). Flight Experience My Truth, is that Ethiopian Airlines was okay. Not Fabulous and not bad. Their food was okay, my Naija taste buds could handle 80% of what they served. My kids too. The Air hostesses were courteous, in-flight entertainment wasn't the latest movies but they had good movies. I liked also that they had self development audio books too. The flight time was 4+ hours to Addis,we had about 3 hours layover. There was another 7+ hours to Dublin, there was another stop over (for refueling) but we didn't leave the plane. This lasted for an hour. The final leg of the flight was 6+ hours to Toronto. Landing We weren't so exhausted because we had enough sleep on the plane. We went through Immigration, there wasn't any queue at that time. He collected our passport and asked for our COPR document(the same one that caused drama before we left home). We told him we never received it. He told us not to worry that they'll just re-print it. He sent us to another office. This new immigration officer asked for the same document we told him the same thing. The he went to his supervisor who showed us a copy of the document. At this point we were triple sure that we had never seen that document before. She had him reprint it. They asked for goods to follow. The whole process took about 40 mins.The Immigration officer said "you are all set" and I said to him "you didn't say welcome to Canada". He smiled apologized and said "Welcome to Canada". We also got our SIN done in about 10mins. As we were leaving we realized that people started trooping in. Apparently, they went to pick up their luggage first before doing the paper work. It was a great idea to go do the paperwork first, and when we went to pickup our luggage only ours was left ( no struggle). However, 2 of our fancy Ghana-must-go bags were ripped badly. The airline wrapped all the books in another bag. Good thing is we had large bags that still had space, we just repacked. Temporary Accommodation We didn't use Airbnb because we got a deal with Residence Inn by Marriott that rivaled Airbnb. It covered breakfast and airport pickup and had a kitchenette. Weather It is cold (and getting colder by the day) but we just told ourselves to suck it up and get on with the program. That's what we signed up for. We just layer up. I guess I kinda now appreciate better the idea of four distinct seasons. Phone line Some nice lady at Pearson Airport was marketing CIBC bank. She gave us Public mobile sim cards with $60 voucher,$20 Tim Hortons voucher and $20 Swiss Chalet voucher. We were able to activate both sims easily. We likely would keep the sims because we got unlimited Canada and US calls, international texts and 6GB data(3g) for $56. You can build your plan, the more you add the more you pay. its flexible,you can pay less some months if you want. Health cards and Bank We landed on Friday, so we couldn't do much that day. On Saturday we went to service Ontario to get our health cards but we arrived at 1:15 pm and they closed at 1 pm. We chose BMO because they had a couple account deal, however even though they were open, they didn't have personnel to attend to us on Saturday. We made an appointment for Monday. Shopping for Warm Clothing We managed the Jackets we had from previous travels. I was hoping to manage to get some black Friday deals but I was told that black Friday is not such a big deal in Canada. Clothes are also more expensive here than in the US. We have no choice but to purchase them like that. Longer term Accommodation Still hunting. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this thread and left pointers to help others on this Journey. I had been a silent reader on this thread wayyyyy before I received PPR. It has been an amazing source of light. God bless. 164 Likes 24 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by deTimo: 2:56pm On Oct 28, 2018 |
IntellectualMum: Congrats, may the land favour you exceedingly abundantly 4 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Expectantbee: 3:16pm On Oct 28, 2018 |
Jesuba: Oh no! I wish this came earlier. I just booked an Airbnb till Nov22 but if you can help with a more long term accommodation I’d appreciate it. Thanks |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by lillie26: 5:50pm On Oct 28, 2018 |
ladylco: Please can I be added to the group, I should be in Toronto soonest, I have just done medicals and waiting to do biometrics 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by modath(f): 9:08pm On Oct 28, 2018 |
modath: Still valid. 2 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by wealthiest1: 9:17pm On Oct 28, 2018 |
congrats sis, see you soon in Canada.... IntellectualMum: 2 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Jesuba: 10:05pm On Oct 28, 2018 |
Oh sorry, this is just a temp thing, as I have paid for a new place. Expectantbee: 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by UdomoLeinad: 11:03pm On Oct 28, 2018 |
ladylco: Please add me to the group, thanks!!! |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Blessedluvdfavd: 12:57am On Oct 29, 2018 |
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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by vcole: 6:59am On Oct 29, 2018 |
@einsteino Bienvenue au Canada. Enjoying your stories. Lovely photos. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Fuzzyman(f): 7:53am On Oct 29, 2018 |
IntellectualMum: Excellent piece! Your partner was right about defending your rights in Nigeria it seems. I have been considering packing my diaries, Been keeping them since i was 14, now i know I will. Who needs clothes? Cannot wait to write my story. 4 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by modath(f): 10:58am On Oct 29, 2018 |
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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by keleto(m): 11:09am On Oct 29, 2018 |
Pls house,help me out.i HND electrical electronics engineering. Auchi poly. 12 yrs work experience . Am going for electrical engineering technician. Do you think I will he comfortable at 7 ponit.across. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by ottawasenators: 11:24am On Oct 29, 2018 |
Kindly ask question on this thread and also read page 1 here https://www.nairaland.com/4657743/canadian-express-entry-federal-skilled/486 keleto: |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by joesgirl: 12:13pm On Oct 29, 2018 |
Blessedluvdfavd:What's the current rate? |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Fortissimo502: 4:02pm On Oct 29, 2018 |
modath: I go halla u soon... |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Fortissimo502: 4:03pm On Oct 29, 2018 |
Omo southern ontario winter makes sense o. End of October and weather is still very ok! 2 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by modath(f): 4:26pm On Oct 29, 2018 |
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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Fortissimo502: 4:29pm On Oct 29, 2018 |
modath: � na small money jare. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Fortissimo502: 4:30pm On Oct 29, 2018 |
Anyone in the house into nursing? |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by Kunnmi: 6:09pm On Oct 29, 2018 |
ladylco: Please can you add me. I am new on here. Been silent for a while. should be landing at max 5days time. 0802283167 2 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by gorm: 6:11pm On Oct 29, 2018 |
Fortissimo502:. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant by gorm: 6:24pm On Oct 29, 2018 |
modath:. |
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