merrymum:
See what you have caused? @Tone23. I laughed so hard my kids stared at me like: "o my, mommy has gone crazy!"

Your kids seeing you laugh so hard will come to understand why you're a "merrymum" jare

U people self. Can't you just ignore the boss whatever the name is. He or she is just wanting to seek unnecessary attention Nahh. Isn't it obvious. If u wanna trend abeg pack ur Ghana must go to Instagram.

Good day
Am A mother and a married woman Pls i do I migrate to Canada with my family and please what would it cost me

TSL:


Pls I would like to ask this... if I do this and transfer my POF to the new RBC account and I'm asked at the airport at the time of arrival for my POF what can I use to prove that it was transferred to Canada.

This is digital era in a modern world and you can explain about your new RBC account and also print along copy of your account showing the transfer to the new account if it has arrival or evidence the transfer was made that proof is perfect it not compulsory you carry large cash if you can make alternative arrangement to transfer the money.

Below statement from RBC website

It’s almost time! Here are some final details that will help make your move to Canada smoother.

Arrange for medical insurance.
Your provincial government-sponsored medical plan will not be active for the first 90 days you’re in Canada.
You may want to bring a six-month supply of medications. Brands may be different in Canada and prices could be more expensive if you're paying out-of-pocket. Be sure to review the list of items you are allowed to bring into Canada.
Order Canadian currency.
Plan for enough to cover out-of-pocket expenses when you arrive, before your bank account is activated.
Transfer funds to your Canadian banking account.
To enter Canada you may have to show you have the required funds to support your family. This is easier if the funds are in a Canadian banking account in your name.
Check the amount of money you will be bringing.
You must report it to Canada Border Services Agency if you are bringing in $10,000 CDN or more, whether it's in Canadian dollars (cash, cheques, etc...) or the equivalent in your country’s currency.

Welcome to Canada @dumprep,@olajide and all newly landed peeps.I totally enjoyed the gist.
Lines will fall in pleasant places for us all.

In our Canada, you would see ice blocks everywhere!

sleekysoft:
Hello Nogen!! Remember me from 2017?? Finally got my TRV.. coming to Canada.. March 4 wil Be in Montreal !!!Thanks so much .. what is okpa ? Where can I get it? Will it pass at the airport?

Please I need list of things that won’t pass at the boarder

Congrats o. Will send me a pm

Somewhere in NW Calgary

Welcome  @dumprep and @olajide.

More landing gists please...

How someone will insinuating landing gist is derailing the thread is appealing!

olioxx:

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Are my questions STUPID? Should I re-ask?
Pls can I get a reply. Ejó oo.

Hi, i think your questions are too generic are vague. What tech scene? what is your understanding of its current position and what changes are you looking forward to? What exams? What is your specialty? Consider revising your question and you may get responses.

Hello All,

Please I renewed my passport after I received copr because the validity will be less than 6months at the time of travel.

Have I done something wrong?

Please Help!!

Land with both passports.

leeray30:
Hello All,

Please I renewed my passport after I received copr because the validity will be less than 6months at the time of travel.

Have I done something wrong?

Please Help!!

Ask here: https://www.nairaland.com/4843199/canadian-express-entry-federal-skilled

Ade1toonna:
Good day
Am A mother and a married woman Pls i do I migrate to Canada with my family and please what would it cost me

joo2018:
Land with both passports.

Thanks alot for your prompt response.

Please has anyone done so successfully lately without issues at port of entry? Sorry for asking, but I am worried becos this is a serious issue as I am about to resign frm my job in Nigeria and I wont want to have problems at the POE.

Read up on the past few pages of the thread or use the search bar.

leeray30:


Thanks alot for your prompt response.

Please has anyone done so successfully lately without issues at port of entry? Sorry for asking, but I am worried becos this is a serious issue as I am about to resign frm my job in Nigeria and I wont want to have problems at the POE.

dumprep:
My Landing Gist

Sorry this is coming late guys.

So I woke up early on December 9, 2018 as I couldn’t sleep because of too much excitement to finally settle in my beloved Canada. My Lufthansa flight to Toronto via Frankfurt was scheduled for 11:40 PM, I got to the airport just in time to check in. After the much dreaded checking in, I had a huge relief. From AoR to PPR to CoPR, village people still wanted to at least try their luck again at the airport. My dad’s car broke down just as we arrived the airport. My other 2 brothers were not allowed in so they had to stay back to check the car, we said our emotional goodbyes and took goofy selfies with plenty hugs. @Topsmamen was not with us as he was out of the country, chillaxing somewhere. Getting to checking in, I had an excess of 13KG and while the immigration lady was still talking, my head was running around analysing what heavy items were in what bag and how I could reduce the weight. A friend in Toronto asked me to bring her some clothing and food items and knowing I would be staying with her, that was the least I could do. I kept thinking - “Should I remove these heavy boots? Do I drop some bags of Semo or the Poundo Yam?”. While I was standing there thinking, from the corner of my eye, I could see the lady staring at me waiting for me to end my drama, I looked up at my Dad and I could see the lines of worry on his face. He’s a conscientious person and seeing him like that pained me. “It happens”, so he said. After weighing my bags at home, my people, it’s like the weighing scales they use at the airports do ojoro for us o.

So the next thing I heard was “Madam, I like your tshirt. That text is funny. Please bring your bags”. I looked down at my tshirt like I totally forgot what was written there. On my tshirt was written – “I hate being too pretty but someone’s gotta do it”. Well, I don’t blame myself, na excess luggage wahala cause am. I glanced again over at my Dad and gave him a thumbs up, I’m not quite sure but I think I saw his mouth say the word - “Halleluyah”. I don't know what made her to do that but it was divine favor, I thanked the kind lady and we finally cleared immigration, took some more selfies with my Dad, we prayed and made video calls with family and friends.

The flight was smooth. The in-flight entertainment wasn’t bad. I watched some movies like the much-hyped Crazy Rich Asians and A Quiet Place. The food was okay too. It was a 6-hour, 30-minute flight. I sat between an elderly Naija woman and a middle-aged Indian man who was in Nigeria for 1 week and I was surprised that within a week, he had already been to Abuja, Lekki, Ikeja, Ibadan, Yaba, Surulere, Benin, PH, even Abule Egba and Ketu. Talk about being an ajala the traveller. Said he has been hearing about kidnappings in Naija but he was not scared to move around. In my mind I was like, “correct! Shina Rambo”. He kuku looked like a Bollywood actor from one of those funny Indian low-grade action movie clips we see on social media. Very friendly and funny guy. Within a short period, I got to learn a lot from my new-found travel buddy, his name was Susanta. I asked him about their light festival - Diwali and he spoke at length about their culture and religion. I was enjoying his gist until it got to a point where I wished I could give him a tranq shot because I needed some sleep, he eventually drifted off to sleep with his face, in my direction, and too close to my face. I carefully nudged him to adjust on few occasions…and shook my head…..my new Bollywood friend…....sigh.

I had a 4-hour layover in Frankfurt. Connected to WiFi to inform the fam that I had landed safely in Frankfurt, I checked my emails and chatted with a few people. I think my friend-turned sister, @dumsydsassy1 too, to ask her if she had updates on her PPR.
The flight to YYZ was via Air Canada and I was already exhausted. Another 9 hours to Toronto? I just wanted the journey to end. When will scientists make time travel a reality? We are tired of the fiction and the lies. Lol.

The second leg of the flight was smooth at first. 3 hours into the journey, there was so much turbulence, it wasn’t normal at all. I was shaking and scared to my bones, my fear level was crazy. I’m not sure I was still breathing sef. This is no exaggeration fam. A lady about 3 seats behind my row, was repeatedly screaming “Father Lord! Peace be still! Father Lord! Peace be still!”. I had never been scared in my life. A white lady beside me put her head between her thighs and stayed silent. It lasted for about 5-15 minutes and there was calm. I was pressed to go use the bathroom but I just sat there, still shaking. About a few minutes later, I stood up to go to the bathroom and as I was walking in between the aisle, someone touched me. My eyes widened in surprise, it was my Indian friend, I totally forgot he mentioned he was also going to Toronto. How come I didn’t see him at the airport in Frankfurt? Stealth move, perhaps? Bollywood style? Is he a secret agent? Lol. I was like “ss…santa!” I couldn’t remember his full name. I only remembered “santa”. It was Christmas time anyway, lol. We chatted a bit and I got back to my seat, I couldn’t sleep anymore so I just flipped through magazines and listened to music. The flight attendants brought in snacks and more food but I was not in the mood, I just wanted to land already. The thought of being thousands of miles above the Atlantic gave me cramps. Seeing the plane’s path in the graphical flight path on the screens didn’t help much too.

We finally landed in Toronto around 1PM with few sounds of people clapping. I looked round and saw a white folk clapping too. Huh? I thought it was only us Nigerians and Africans that clap when landing is a success? Well, this turbulence was an exception so resounding claps of joy and relief were needed. Lol.

Clearance through immigration was smooth with no issues. I connected to WiFi and gave my host a Whatsapp call. Thankfully, she was somewhere close to the airport to pick me up. I proceeded to the luggage carousel to pick my bags. I wheeled the bags and sat at a waiting area, took a quick selfie and sent to my family Whatsapp group with the caption – “Look who just landed in Toronto”. I looked at the section of the signed copy of my CoPR where it says “Became a PR on December 10” and with a grateful heart, I said a silent prayer of thanksgiving. My friend picked me up and we took off. The weather was chilly but mild. She made me some nice poundo yam and egusi soup and I went to catch a good sleep later.

Fast forward to today, I am now in Oshawa, ON. Just yesterday, I had a 2-hour interview/registration process and thankfully, it was a success. I sat with one of the Directors of the Company and she was so cool and friendly. We got talking like we have known each other for ages. I got the employment offer for the position of a Clients’ Services Advisor and will commence training today. I have a well-established friend based in Edmonton who constantly encourages me to relocate to Edmonton because she says there are several health-related jobs there. Especially in the field I am in, Health and Social Care.

I am grateful to God, my family and friends, for a smooth landing.

I have landed in praise. God bless you all.

@Topsmamen, @dumsydsassy1, @raphrulz, @joo2018, @Ifeoma77, @ramj, @Tojued, @Tippex, @zeiya, @fatiah: I am waiting for your landing gists o.

Congratulations. All the best. I hope to land very soon too...Amen

evanehman:


This is digital era in a modern world and you can explain about your new RBC account and also print along copy of your account showing the transfer to the new account if it has arrival or evidence the transfer was made that proof is perfect it not compulsory you carry large cash if you can make alternative arrangement to transfer the money.

Below statement from RBC website

It’s almost time! Here are some final details that will help make your move to Canada smoother.

Arrange for medical insurance.
Your provincial government-sponsored medical plan will not be active for the first 90 days you’re in Canada.
You may want to bring a six-month supply of medications. Brands may be different in Canada and prices could be more expensive if you're paying out-of-pocket. Be sure to review the list of items you are allowed to bring into Canada.
Order Canadian currency.
Plan for enough to cover out-of-pocket expenses when you arrive, before your bank account is activated.
Transfer funds to your Canadian banking account.
To enter Canada you may have to show you have the required funds to support your family. This is easier if the funds are in a Canadian banking account in your name.
Check the amount of money you will be bringing.
You must report it to Canada Border Services Agency if you are bringing in $10,000 CDN or more, whether it's in Canadian dollars (cash, cheques, etc...) or the equivalent in your country’s currency.

Alright. Thanks a lot.

@dumprep and all newly landed peeps, congratulations.

I look forward to more landing gists

Mine loading....

[quote author=rainazoe post=74380680]Oh I get now. Your computer's IP is showing Nigeria and that's the message you get. What I did was to
1. close the site totally
2. download a VPN on my device (was using a laptop)and
3. change your location to Canada and
4. Launch the site again and then pay with your

Good morning, pls I need help with this I downloaded the VPN and changed my location to Canada but am still asked to create a profile do I need to use a Canadian address and phone number to prevent been directed for confirmation. Kindly help. Thanks

leeray30:
Hello All,

Please I renewed my passport after I received copr because the validity will be less than 6months at the time of travel.

Have I done something wrong?

Please Help!!

No I did the same. Will land with both passports. How long did it take for you to renew the passport? and was your old passport cancelled?

Congrats @dumprep, I really enjoyed reading your landing gist. Keep soaring.
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Keep your sadistic tendenies to yourself. If the landing gist you read here don't mean anything to you, kindly ignore it. The knowledge one takes away from any landing experience shared here, is not what can be bought or gotten from any shelf.

This one wey you call Maternal inside. I think I know what you are up to

Walegy:
Abeg, no vex jere, na one person like that, dey talk say u no sabi your work well, say this thread suppose be something something,say we no suppose to dey give landing gist for here..... Na in I con talk say the person self wey creat thread self no complain, I no con understand hin own oooooo.

Dem don come for hin head now, him never sabi anything.

Hello everyone.

Has anyone been able to rent an apartment before arrival? How did you go about it especially with stringent conditions of landlords?

Airbnb is overbooked for the period I'm arriving and the few available ones are so pricey.

Location: GTA

Pls help

Hello please are there people who are working with McKinsey on this thread?

Threemg:
Seniors in the house abegg I want to know this: Forest dey to hunt for games (bushmeat: Etu, Okete, Oya, Agborin, Emor, Ikun etc) in Canada? Like all these Olode and his dogs setting

#whispering: Shhhh. Mr Boss13 will hear you.

@SolutionsGuy, @ethelia, @merrymum, @sistaj, @alt3r3g0, @Jitw, @wholesomegrace, @cheromel: Greatly appreciated. Thank you All.

[quote author=rainazoe post=75290433]This one wey you call Maternal inside. I think I know what you are up to
@rainazoe pls I need your help with paying for the tax am stucked Pls kindly respond to my initial post. Thanks

Guitarlife:

Oh bro its nice to meet you, are you doing a diploma on an Msc ?
Are you in Canada ?

I have a background in Electrical Engineering (B.sc and M.sc) I am brushing up my statistics and probability/information theory knowledge.
I am looking at this path below, can you let me know how far you have gone and if I could learn a thing or 2 from you ?

Core Java for covering Basic Programming and OOP concepts (Concluded)
Java for Data structures and Algorithms(in Progress)
Statistics / Probability brush up(in Progress)
Intro to Data Science with Python

Do a Kaggle project at this point and document it on GIT hub

Machine learning for Data Science and Analytics
Deep Learning - www.deeplearningbook.org Part I and Part II

Do a second Kaggle project (Will start looking for junior Machine learning/ data science roles at this point)

SQL and Relational Database concepts (I Have a strong knowledge of this due to current work requirement)
NOSQL
Hadoop and Mapreduce

Do a third Kaggle project and blow from there.
Let me add this, I am self learning. I am teaching myself all these concepts with Udemy videos and text books .

Baba, na you o. That you already the importance of Git and Github/Bitbucket/Github shows you are on the right track. Don't stop!

Threemg:
Seniors in the house abegg I want to know this: Forest dey to hunt for games (bushmeat: Etu, Okete, Oya, Agborin, Emor, Ikun etc) in Canada? Like all these Olode and his dogs setting

Take your time to read the story below... Hope it answers your question

Raccoon Orientation for Canada-Bound Nigerians

By *Pius Adesanmi*

I promised I was going to get around to tell you all this story.
Eventually.

Happened last summer – before my accident.

The jazz of all my political enemies in Nigeria finally crossed the Atlantic and caught up with me here in Ottawa.

The trouble with Homo Occidentalis North Americanus is that as soon as he arrives within a certain income bracket that is no longer middleclass but not quite upperclass but dangerously close to upperclass, he will move far away from the city and create a new paradise he calls upscale suburbia. Swanky neigbourhoods with manicured lawns, removed from the rabble of the city.

That is where you will find high-earning doctors, engineers, accountants, lawyers, etc. If you are a Professor who negotiated a good pay when you were hired, you also tag along, buy property among them, and begin to form associate big man.

Trouble is suburbia in Canada or the US is always encroaching on the habitat of much older residents. Man steals land from these residents but cannot always predict consequences. That is why a family in Florida will return from work to an alligator chilling in their swimming pool. That is why a family in Arizona will grumble about rattle snakes all over their yard. They call animal services. Never mind that these animals have called that place home for millions of years before man put one leg on top of another leg and developed his suburbia there.

In Ottawa, if you live in the suburbia called Riverside South as I do, you have encroached on prime raccoon territory. As in Florida and Arizona, these raccoons have a way of behaving like omo onile in Lagos. Occasionally, they let you know who truly owns the land (This is where you google raccoon).

Because the jazz of my political enemies in Nigeria worked as I was saying, a family of raccoons elected residence in our roof last summer. We’d been hearing mawuru mawuru in the ceiling for months. The noise would come only at night. Tise said it was the tooth faerie. I thought it was squirrels, but we couldn’t fathom how squirrels could tear into the roof of a duplex from outside and make their way into the attic.

One day, madam called me urgently and asked me to hurry home. I arrived to a small situation in front of our home. Our otherwise very friendly neighbours had converged on our front lawn. It was quite a scene. Bloodshot eyes everywhere. No friendly faces. In upscale suburbia, we are naturally the only non-white homeowners within a certain radius so when normally friendly white neighbours converge, looking sorrowful and unfriendly, you worry.

I exited my car to behold quite a scene. Unknown to us, we had accommodated a pregnant raccoon for several weeks. Mama Raccoon eventually gave birth to six pups. On this day, she suddenly went crazy like she found a mixture of codeine, sniper, and tramadol in our attic. She began to fling her babies down on the lawn one by one. From the roof of a duplex fa.

That explained the sadness and sorrow of our neighbours. Remember, this is an animal-loving civilization. It also explained their hostility. Somehow, it must have been something we did that got that poor animal so crazy that she began to murder her own kids. Everybody was looking at us one kain, like, what have you guys done now?

The only analogy for you in Nigeria is if your home was invaded by destructive giant rats. You’d tried everything from traps to rat poison. Then, one day, Mama Rat begins to miraculously kill her own children before your very before. Only for your neighbours to gather around sorrowfully because those awesome baby animals are dying. Only for them to be hostile to you for not doing enough to keep the baby rats alive!

Anyway, animal services eventually arrived to rescue some of the babies that had not yet died. Come and see interrogation! Even Tise did not escape questioning! Are you guys perhaps a little noisy in the house? What time do you all normally sleep?

Nigerians, believe you me, Oyinbo was trying to determine if we did something to cause the postpartum depression of Mama Raccoon, which led her to killing her babies!! They began to explain the characteristics of raccoons to us. How it was still too early for her to bring her babies out, let alone fling them from the roof. There was the unsaid: you guys must have done something.

When we were eventually “acquitted”, the animal services people went into our attic to inspect. They screamed in excitement: three more babies that Mama Raccoon had yet to fling! We said: thank God. Now you can evacuate Mama Raccoon and her remaining babies.

I hope you all know that in Obodo Oyibo, public animals are government property. All those doves you see in Trafalgar Square or the squirrels you see on lawns, geese, ati bebelo, are all government property. Una wey dey go holiday in London from Nigeria, go to Trafalgar Square and touch a dove, that is the day you will realize that the life of a public animal is worth more to the government of obodo oyibo than your life is worth to the Nigerian government.

So, we asked Obodo Canada to please carry their raccoons from our ceiling. We were in for another shock. She is a nursing mother, the animal services people replied, we don’t move nursing mothers. By law, Mama Raccoon has the right to remain here and nurse her remaining babies. We will keep checking.

I have been in Obodo Oyibo for 22 years. I didn’t see that one coming. Apparently, the Raccoon had eminent domain! The best they could do for us was to come and move her at the end of the biological breeding cycle or something to that effect. With that, they entered their van and zoomed off.

I looked on in wonderment, lost in one of those na-who-send-me-come-obodo-oyibo moments that every Diasporan goes through on occasion. With which mouth am I even going to tell this sort of story to a Nigerian audience?

Then I noticed that Tise all along had had the same attitude as our Oyinbo neighbours.

Now she is glad that some Raccoon babies had survived and would not be moved.

I realized that only her parents had a problem.

I realized that we were two Nigerians raising a Canadian.

This is her country.
This is her culture.
These are her people.
These are her baby raccoons.

I jejely borrowed myself brain and joined the little girl in rejoicing that three baby raccoons had survived.