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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by salford: 5:47pm On May 29, 2019 |
enquirer123:Parking fines do not affect your driving record except maybe you parked in a way such that it could potentially violate traffic laws. In that case, it's the police that will be issuing the ticket. However unpaid parking fines can lead to debt collections which can damage one's credit record. It's a good thing you cleared your mind though. 6 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by GozyNA: 5:48pm On May 29, 2019 |
Long-time no landing gist. Let me drop mine for the culture. 14 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by enemyofprogress: 6:14pm On May 29, 2019 |
guzenaira:i came with plenty aboniki and grinded pepper, dem no born cold to come near me,i go chop am raw. 8 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by canadaman18: 6:16pm On May 29, 2019 |
Not sure if this has already been posted but Authorities are seriously cracking down on distracted driving. Things like eating while driving , using your phone(even for navigation) can land you a hefty fine. Actually they have started employing this method of hiding in yellow school buses so they can easily spot unsuspecting violators (heard of someone who fell victim this week) . Apparently there is a 69% increase in tickets since they started employing this method so its very effective. The penalty in ontario is $490 and 3 demerit points so lets all be careful so POF is not spent on fines 22 Likes 7 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by enquirer123: 6:52pm On May 29, 2019 |
salford: yes thanks |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by finishedworks: 7:10pm On May 29, 2019 |
Long post alert Landing story (pardon any mistakes) I didn't start packing early as advised, I thought I was super woman multitasker hmmmm ... Let's leave that story for another day; if you know, you know. On the D day my parents and half of my clans people came to see us off to the airport, na so we carry convoy enter airport o, am sure some people thought we were VIP until they saw all the Ghana must go we were dragging around. It was really an emotional farewell especially with my mom �� she started crying o na so I join her and I think I saw my dad wiping his eyes too, as we no wan finish again, na so one of my cousins come say " this kind cry were you the cry, e be like say you go just cancel this journey remain with us abi" na so I say get behind me Satan o, I clean my eye, about turn face immigration. We got there, on searching, this wicked evil people collected all my palm oil and still took 2500 for 3 bags containing food stuff, no wahala I leave them for my God. Got to check in. I thought I had read on their site that we could pack with excess luggage of up to 39kg and pay $60, so I and my husband decided to pack two bags to 39 kg willing to part with $120. Na so we put first bag, the guy say " we can't take this, the maximum allowed is 32kg", ehn!!! Na so I confuse this was already about 11am and our flight was for 1:30. I thought we had time to spare because we had checked in online. The airport was full Soo we were running out of time. Nobody tell me to commot my wrapper tie my daughter for back, na so we start to rearrange o. In the end we now had Four bags we had to pay for. Long story short we finally boarded about 15 minutes to take off. Journey to Addis Ababa was so smooth, my daughter loved the way the toilets on the plane flushed so she asked to wee like 7 times before we landed, I was forced to put a diaper on her. At Addis during lay over na so my pikin go catch friend with one pikin na so them begin the run around. Before I know my pikin don vomit. Which kind wahala be dis one now, well cleaned her up and we boarded the plane to Toronto. Also very smooth flight, my madam slept almost through out. We had just abt 2 hr to catch our connecting flight to Edmonton, so was quite happy when we got to Toronto earlier than expected, na so oga hurry us up finished our landing formalities in less than 20 minutes, did not have time to savour the experience sef. Oga did muscle work got our bags, we rushed to check in at air Canada still had an hour to go, flight was to be by 10 am. Na so we reach wia oyibo lady say our flight has been cancelled and we had been rescheduled for 6:55 pm. As I no cry for here, I no sure say I go cry again. I was so frustrated, we had to wait for close to 10 hrs , air Canada say no be their issue say them inform Ethiopian airline since about the change. After going back and forth I just told oga I am tired let's just wait we go mail them later. Met up with a very nice Nigerian that kept us company, his gist made time fly a bit. Time reached, we got on the 4 hours flight to Edmonton and this flight was not smooth unlike the first two. Got to Edmonton on the 21st in one piece, took a taxi to our hosts place arrived at about 10:30pm, ate better rice took our bath and slept only for sun to start shining by 5am. Which kin wahala be dis. So far so good, finished all our documentations and job hunt is on. So any referral will be appreciated. 120 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by gbemmydap: 7:15pm On May 29, 2019 |
Anyone planning to soft land in Toronto Canada and coming back to Nigeria between June and July? Kindly contact me. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by RallyF1: 7:51pm On May 29, 2019 |
gbemmydap: Softlanding in June, leaving July. ONTARIO. |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Mimi1999: 10:32pm On May 29, 2019 |
GozyNA: Pleaseeeee do |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by iaatmguy(m): 10:38pm On May 29, 2019 |
SixSigma1:thanks a lot |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Natalie27: 10:42pm On May 29, 2019 |
Pleaseeee Natalie27: |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Licious07(f): 11:03pm On May 29, 2019 |
finishedworks:Landing Gist!! Long-time no read. Lol.....Thank God for journey mercies. May your family find favour in Canny. 6 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Stencil: 12:35am On May 30, 2019 |
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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by subuolaba: 5:12am On May 30, 2019 |
[quote author=finishedworks post=78836635]Long post alert Landing story (pardon any mistakes) I didn't start packing early as advised...... @ finished works thank God for safe trip, just wanted some clarification so on your baggage payment; so you paid 60$ each for 4 extra bags of 32kg. Would appreciate your reaponse. Thanks |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Chirolechick: 7:00am On May 30, 2019 |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Dame91: 12:30pm On May 30, 2019 |
Please when is the safest latest time to fly for a pregnant woman? |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by damilola1978: 12:54pm On May 30, 2019 |
Please does anyone have a room for rent at markham...please urgent |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by finishedworks: 1:12pm On May 30, 2019 |
[quote author=subuolaba post=78846050][/quote] Yes, but they collected the naira equivalent. We paid about 86k something. 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by finishedworks: 1:31pm On May 30, 2019 |
Amen to everyone's prayers. Have learnt so much from you all. Thank you 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by bozz007(m): 1:44pm On May 30, 2019 |
finishedworks: Very funny. Thanks for sharing |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by GozyNA: 2:03pm On May 30, 2019 |
As earlier promised, Landing Gist!!! So two weeks after sending passport to Accra, I saw on my profile that counterfoil had been issued, so I went ahead to book Ethiopian Airlines because compared to other offers I was seeing, money cannot waste abeg. Departure date was Saturday the 25th of May. Spent my last two weeks in Nigeria with my parents, so they drove me to MMIA. A friend also met up with us and became our photographer. Flight was for 1:40 pm, got there at about 10:30 am. I had some foodstuff that my host in Canada requested for; dried fish, oha leaves and washed bitterleaf. For myself I had a paint bucket of Ijebu Garri, a paint bucket of brown beans, four bottles of groundnuts and a pack each of Maggi and Knorr cubes. I will probably put up interesting pictures as they come and as I see fit. Also if there is a whatsapp group for Calgary, please I would like to be added to it. Forgot to add earlier that I had to explain the Express Entry process in summary twice to different officials at the airport. I pray this land favors us all. Amen!!! 132 Likes 10 Shares |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by XX01(f): 2:05pm On May 30, 2019 |
snoop4dem: By law yes. They can also choose not to rent out to you and you will spend a few months more looking for accommodation while paying for Airbnb. 4 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by jjohndoe83: 2:26pm On May 30, 2019 |
@gozyna and finishedworks Thank you for sharing yout landing stories. It feels good to read landing stories again on this thread. It was almost going extinct! Calgary is a favourite destination for Nigerians. It might have been said over and over, but is there any reason for this? 7 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by mydeporch(f): 3:48pm On May 30, 2019 |
Congrats bro....happy for you...this time next year, would be sharing my story too because i see a trend of 1yr for d processing...God is involved and he will perfect everything a am following his leading. God help us excel in ielts.... [qquote author=GozyNA post=78860477]As earlier promised, Landing Gist!!! I will probably put up interesting pictures as they come and as I see fit. Also if there is a whatsapp group for Calgary, please I would like to be added to it. Forgot to add earlier that I had to explain the Express Entry process in summary twice to different officials at the airport. I pray this land favors us all. Amen!!![/quote] 1 Like |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by GozyNA: 3:55pm On May 30, 2019 |
jjohndoe83: I personally don't have grand reasons for coming here but I have read great reviews of the city. I have a bit of a support system here and finally tax is low. 11 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by GozyNA: 3:58pm On May 30, 2019 |
mydeporch: It can happen much faster so I pray it all works out for you and that you have a shorter processing time than most people. 3 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by sats: 4:50pm On May 30, 2019 |
canadaman18: They hide over there too to catch you Interesting |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Debsify: 5:13pm On May 30, 2019 |
GozyNA:Nice gist. I wish you prosperity and progress in Canada and bless us planning and hoping to move over to Canada soon. 3 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Mimi1999: 5:19pm On May 30, 2019 |
GozyNA: Thanks for this. You too much |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by canadaman18: 6:13pm On May 30, 2019 |
sats: Yes they've always done that. They used to use undercover cars mostly but I guess they realized that the undercover cars are not so undercover and people notice them. They are usually fancy looking Ford / Dodge blacked out so they decided to switch up their approach and its been working for them. If you are ever driving on highway sometimes they're hiding by the side of the road or under a bridge with their speed guns on to catch people speeding. By time you see them its already too late 6 Likes |
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by MummyJaygirls: 6:38pm On May 30, 2019 |
The way Edmonton looks right now, thanks to the wild fires in Highlevel, Alberta. Edmonton is about 7hr away from Highlevel, so imagine as the place is. Kudos to the firefighters and others combating the fires 14 Likes 2 Shares
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