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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by tessytessy(f): 5:44am On Jul 17, 2019
Same thought.

However, it will be interesting to know how that pawns out.
maternal:


So you're a baby mama wanting to bring your pikin with you to Canada under the caregiver program ? Call it what it is. Canada can prove they're you're biological children. But I don't think you'd qualify under that program if you decide to bring your kids with you. Nigerians barely get a visa for that program. In fact I've never met a Nigerian who has.
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by tessytessy(f): 5:46am On Jul 17, 2019
True that.

Nigerians don't apply through that route doesn't mean we shouldn't. Na person dey open road. Lets keep our fingers crossed. I wish her the best.
I believe you should have updated information before you start discouraging someone.

Copied from their official website.

Under the new caregiver pilots, applicants will be assessed for permanent residence criteria before they begin working in Canada. Once the caregiver has their work permit and 2 years of work experience, they will have access to a direct pathway to become a permanent resident.

These pilot programs will replace the Caring for Children and Caring for People with High Medical Needs pilots and include:

Occupation-specific work permits for caregivers, providing the ability to change jobs quickly when necessary.Open work permits for spouses/common-law partners and [b][/b]study permits for dependent children, to allow the caregiver’s family to accompany them to Canada.

Note that the new program was set to launch in June.

If you have never seen then she might be the first you would come across.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by tessytessy(f): 5:48am On Jul 17, 2019
If she lives in Canada, and has experience as a child care giver then it will be easier.
sistaj:

Don't understand the question how is it possible. She should apply for the visa class she wishes to apply normally saying where is applying from as there is a place on the form it is asked.She will fill in temporary resident in the space provided for that when asked for residency status and for citizenship Nigeria. She will fill her Canadian address where she is staying now.
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by sistaj: 6:42am On Jul 17, 2019
tessytessy:
If she lives in Canada, and has experience as a child care giver then it will be easier.
This is in response to applying for US visa as a visitor in Canada and not caregiver related.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by oluayebenz: 8:38am On Jul 17, 2019
sistaj:

Don't understand the question how is it possible. She should apply for the visa class she wishes to apply normally saying where is applying from as there is a place on the form it is asked.She will fill in temporary resident in the space provided for that when asked for residency status and for citizenship Nigeria. She will fill her Canadian address where she is staying now.

That is not true......

She will be automatically rejected.

You can't apply for any visa as a visitor in any foreign country..... It can only be done on different visa categories not on visit visa
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by raphrulz: 9:10am On Jul 17, 2019
My Landing Story
I got my PPR in March 2019 after more than a 5-month wait. It was a very tiring experience, I must acknowledge. Well, I sent my documents and passport the next day to Accra through the usual channel. I was overly excited but knew that the real work had just begun.
Immediately, I decided to book my flight through Ethiopian airline for July 19th after considering the best prices and taking into consideration my notice period at the office. After much considerations, I decided to change my flight date to an earlier date (July 13th) because of some commitments on the 19th which I really did not want to affect my traveling date. Mind you, I did all these before my COPR arrived because if I had waited, I probably wouldn’t have gotten the best of prices as my scheduled flying date was at the peak of summer.

So, in preparation for my exit, I bought a hand scale from Jumia, which happened to be very helpful as it gave me very reliable measurements. I decided to start packing gradually about 2 weeks before. Moved my stuffs from my house to parents, gave out stuffs and sold things. I remembered being confused about whether to take my suits or not…. Thank God I did ooo because it has been very helpful to me so far.
P.S: Please take your important wears to avoid expending very early when you land.
Well, while packing, I realized that my luggage was way past the required size. I got confused because I really wanted to carry food stuffs but did not want to cargo. Two days before my trip, I had to perform a cost benefit analysis of paying for extra luggage on my flight or sending stuffs via cargo. When I calculated the price for excess luggage on the airline, I did not need anybody to tell me to re-strategize. Thank God I had already bought a strong GMG bag from the guy I bought my light weight bags, Musibau.
I went to Sahcol a day before my trip to cargo, I had budgeted a maximum spend of N75k for 45 kg. I weighed from home and found out that the weight was exactly 45kg including my palm oil. However, I had failed to incorporate the weight of the packaging materials and the crates for the oil. Finally, my most dreaded fear became a reality. My stuffs became overweight by about 6 kg due to the additional packaging. I insisted that they unpacked while I removed some stuffs for it to fall within my acceptable limit.

Fast track to July 13th, I left my family apartment at Ikeja around 10:00am for my flight of 1:40pm. I had checked in a day before, so all I needed to do was weigh my bags and check them in again. As I earlier mentioned, my measuring scale was very reliable and I barely had any back and forth at the airport. I went ahead to bubble wrap my 2 bags at N1k each, as I did not lock the bags and didn’t want them torn either. When I was done, I went ahead to snap pictures with family before bidding my farewell. I did all necessary documentation and in no time boarded the plane.
The first leg to Ethiopia was pretty smooth and not stressful. I stuck to rice and chicken throughout and sat near the aisle for easy movement and to enable me stretch my legs easily. Inflight entertainment was ok although I realized that the movies were all old movies. Met my able brother Teecan on the flight too…(Beautiful family you got bro)

The second leg na where person wan take collapse oo… Flight just long like say we dey go heaven. Well, fast forward to Sunday 8:00am (1:00pm naija time) we touched down YYZ. Proceeded with landing formalities, CBSA and Immigration… few questions asked if I had more than US$10k. Meanwhile in the plane, I had ticked the checkbox on the declaration form given to us that I came in with nuts and veggies. When I got to customs, after informing them I had goods to follow which included some foodstuffs, I was directed to an inner room for clearance. I got in there and saw how those customs guys were drilling people ooo… na him I begin dey pray for my mind o. Well, it got to my turn and I immediately gave the officer my Goods Accompanying and Goods to Follow (GTF) sheet (which I prepared on excel before leaving naija). He was happy to see it, as though I had made his work easier. Immediately he saw my goods to follow, he asked me where I was coming from and I responded. He immediately asked me why I was bringing food to the country when there was a lot of food in Canada… omo I gats give am one better explanation ooo make dem no thrash my stuffs oo. Well, he was satisfied with my response, stamped it, made a copy and gave me one with a blue colored form to pick up. Eventually, my bags were not searched at all.
I then moved to my already secured Airbnb directly from the airport with an Uber that almost finished me with price (They charged me N10k + for a trip less than 25 minutes). However, the driver was very nice and told me quite a number of things about Canada and his own immigration experience.

So far so good, it’s been fine here, the weather has been warm, I have done my SIN at Service Canada on Monday (considering the fact that I landed on Sunday), opened bank accounts, registered with a phone network provider and stuffs. This was after I had missed my way like twice when using the buses here oo ���
But all glory to God for speed and making all fall in place. My apologies for the very long story. I wish everyone still in the process divine speed and safe trip into Canada.
God bless you.
It has finally ended in praise!

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by iaatmguy(m): 9:55am On Jul 17, 2019
Nekdr:

No she can't she has to go back to Nigeria and apply from there
not true she can apply from canada
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by TEECANN: 10:18am On Jul 17, 2019
raphrulz:
My Landing Story
I got my PPR in March 2019 after more than a 5-month wait. It was a very tiring experience, I must acknowledge. Well, I sent my documents and passport the next day to Accra through the usual channel. I was overly excited but knew that the real work had just begun.
Immediately, I decided to book my flight through Ethiopian airline for July 19th after considering the best prices and taking into consideration my notice period at the office. After much considerations, I decided to change my flight date to an earlier date (July 13th) because of some commitments on the 19th which I really did not want to affect my traveling date. Mind you, I did all these before my COPR arrived because if I had waited, I probably wouldn’t have gotten the best of prices as my scheduled flying date was at the peak of summer.

So, in preparation for my exit, I bought a hand scale from Jumia, which happened to be very helpful as it gave me very reliable measurements. I decided to start packing gradually about 2 weeks before. Moved my stuffs from my house to parents, gave out stuffs and sold things. I remembered being confused about whether to take my suits or not…. Thank God I did ooo because it has been very helpful to me so far.
P.S: Please take your important wears to avoid expending very early when you land.
Well, while packing, I realized that my luggage was way past the required size. I got confused because I really wanted to carry food stuffs but did not want to cargo. Two days before my trip, I had to perform a cost benefit analysis of paying for extra luggage on my flight or sending stuffs via cargo. When I calculated the price for excess luggage on the airline, I did not need anybody to tell me to re-strategize. Thank God I had already bought a strong GMG bag from the guy I bought my light weight bags, Musibau.
I went to Sahcol a day before my trip to cargo, I had budgeted a maximum spend of N75k for 45 kg. I weighed from home and found out that the weight was exactly 45kg including my palm oil. However, I had failed to incorporate the weight of the packaging materials and the crates for the oil. Finally, my most dreaded fear became a reality. My stuffs became overweight by about 6 kg due to the additional packaging. I insisted that they unpacked while I removed some stuffs for it to fall within my acceptable limit.

Fast track to July 13th, I left my family apartment at Ikeja around 10:00am for my flight of 1:40pm. I had checked in a day before, so all I needed to do was weigh my bags and check them in again. As I earlier mentioned, my measuring scale was very reliable and I barely had any back and forth at the airport. I went ahead to bubble wrap my 2 bags at N1k each, as I did not lock the bags and didn’t want them torn either. When I was done, I went ahead to snap pictures with family before bidding my farewell. I did all necessary documentation and in no time boarded the plane.
The first leg to Ethiopia was pretty smooth and not stressful. I stuck to rice and chicken throughout and sat near the aisle for easy movement and to enable me stretch my legs easily. Inflight entertainment was ok although I realized that the movies were all old movies. Met my able brother Teecan on the flight too…(Beautiful family you got bro)

The second leg na where person wan take collapse oo… Flight just long like say we dey go heaven. Well, fast forward to Sunday 8:00am (1:00pm naija time) we touched down YYZ. Proceeded with landing formalities, CBSA and Immigration… few questions asked if I had more than US$10k. Meanwhile in the plane, I had ticked the checkbox on the declaration form given to us that I came in with nuts and veggies. When I got to customs, after informing them I had goods to follow which included some foodstuffs, I was directed to an inner room for clearance. I got in there and saw how those customs guys were drilling people ooo… na him I begin dey pray for my mind o. Well, it got to my turn and I immediately gave the officer my Goods Accompanying and Goods to Follow (GTF) sheet (which I prepared on excel before leaving naija). He was happy to see it, as though I had made his work easier. Immediately he saw my goods to follow, he asked me where I was coming from and I responded. He immediately asked me why I was bringing food to the country when there was a lot of food in Canada… omo I gats give am one better explanation ooo make dem no thrash my stuffs oo. Well, he was satisfied with my response, stamped it, made a copy and gave me one with a blue colored form to pick up. Eventually, my bags were not searched at all.
I then moved to my already secured Airbnb directly from the airport with an Uber that almost finished me with price (They charged me N10k + for a trip less than 25 minutes). However, the driver was very nice and told me quite a number of things about Canada and his own immigration experience.

So far so good, it’s been fine here, the weather has been warm, I have done my SIN at Service Canada on Monday (considering the fact that I landed on Sunday), opened bank accounts, registered with a phone network provider and stuffs. This was after I had missed my way like twice when using the buses here oo ���
But all glory to God for speed and making all fall in place. My apologies for the very long story. I wish everyone still in the process divine speed and safe trip into Canada.
God bless you.
It has finally ended in praise!

Congratulations Raphrulz...it was nice meeting you. Very interesting and knowledgeable brother and friend.

I'm coming with my own landing gist too but Conestoga College course assignments don't want me be to be famed. grin
I landed right into it as I have gotten the admission since and even done some online classes whilst in Nigeria.

May the land favour us and every other of our compatriots here.

NB. But quite a number of people landed this summer...best time of the year I guess.

It will all end in praise IJN

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by sistaj: 10:27am On Jul 17, 2019
oluayebenz:


That is not true......

She will be automatically rejected.

You can't apply for any visa as a visitor in any foreign country..... It can only be done on different visa categories not on visit visa
Do not say what u are not sure of with certainty. Say what you know OK?

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by jaybaby2017: 10:38am On Jul 17, 2019
Good morning House, Please which Bank will you advice me to open an account with and what type of account would you advice. Thanks for all your contributions and advice.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by yemblaze(f): 10:40am On Jul 17, 2019
Our very own amiable prof. Congratulations

Enjoyed your landing gist.

Enjoy your new home bro.




raphrulz:

It has finally ended in praise!

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by OYASALOF(f): 10:45am On Jul 17, 2019
raphrulz:
My
But all glory to God for speed and making all fall in place. My apologies for the very long story. I wish everyone still in the process divine speed and safe trip into Canada.
God bless you.
It has finally ended in praise!

Congratulations once again, please were your bags searched by the Agric people at the airport in lagos?

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Ronnie1209: 11:06am On Jul 17, 2019
Jaygirl20:

Call Mr Sule. He helped me with mine.

Thanks
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by raphrulz: 11:08am On Jul 17, 2019
Nah not searched at all

OYASALOF:


Congratulations once again, please were your bags searched by the Agric people at the airport in lagos?

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by raphrulz: 11:09am On Jul 17, 2019
Thanks so much

yemblaze:
Our very own amiable prof. Congratulations

Enjoyed your landing gist.

Enjoy your new home bro.




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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by jjohndoe83: 11:35am On Jul 17, 2019
maternal:


Proverbs stop forming 419.

Fools are working against their own interest lying, instead of telling the full truth so one can help. It's hard to help when you don't give the people all the details.
Oga, abeg. What details do you want? How she laid down three times to get pregnant or what exactly? What is your business with that? If you really needed the details why didn't you ask right away? You just wanted to bash the lady without knowing her story, a story which she's not even obliged to share with you. You could have just remained quiet. We must not hear your spew out insensitive comments on people all the time. She's a baby mama and so what? Did she kill anyone? I'm just angry about your downright rude and insensitive comment.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Onetwo77: 2:16pm On Jul 17, 2019
raphrulz:
My Landing Story

I then moved to my already secured Airbnb directly from the airport with an Uber that almost finished me with price (They charged me N10k + for a trip less than 25 minutes). However, the driver was very nice and told me quite a number of things about Canada and his own immigration experience.


Congratulations on your safe landing.

I noticed you went to an Airbnb. Was that the address you put down at immigration?

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Liz019: 3:02pm On Jul 17, 2019
Is this still available?

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by libra2cute: 3:48pm On Jul 17, 2019
Please can you share what happened and what airline , i am considering the excess luggage although not much about the food stuff.
Liz019:
CARGO OOOO!!! I MADE THE MISTAKE OF SETTLING FOR EXTRA LUGGAGE. I'm still regretting that decision.

Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Liz019: 4:09pm On Jul 17, 2019
I travelled via Ethiopian airlines, they charge 210 USD for every extra bag of 23kg. Lets just say all my bags were very very overweight, so I paid the price cry

libra2cute:
Please can you share what happened and what airline , i am considering the excess luggage although not much about the food stuff.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Blackbuddy: 4:26pm On Jul 17, 2019
raphrulz:
My Landing Story
I got my PPR in March 2019 after more than a 5-month wait. It was a very tiring experience, I must acknowledge. Well, I sent my documents and passport the next day to Accra through the usual channel. I was overly excited but knew that the real work had just begun.
Immediately, I decided to book my flight through Ethiopian airline for July 19th after considering the best prices and taking into consideration my notice period at the office. After much considerations, I decided to change my flight date to an earlier date (July 13th) because of some commitments on the 19th which I really did not want to affect my traveling date. Mind you, I did all these before my COPR arrived because if I had waited, I probably wouldn’t have gotten the best of prices as my scheduled flying date was at the peak of summer.

So far so good, it’s been fine here, the weather has been warm, I have done my SIN at Service Canada on Monday (considering the fact that I landed on Sunday), opened bank accounts, registered with a phone network provider and stuffs. This was after I had missed my way like twice when using the buses here oo ���
But all glory to God for speed and making all fall in place. My apologies for the very long story. I wish everyone still in the process divine speed and safe trip into Canada.
God bless you.
It has finally ended in praise!

Hey, welcome to Canada. You came at a good time with great weather in the 6 this week. All the best ahead as you settle in.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Blackbuddy: 4:28pm On Jul 17, 2019
TEECANN:


Congratulations Raphrulz...it was nice meeting you. Very interesting and knowledgeable brother and friend.

I'm coming with my own landing gist too but Conestoga College course assignments don't want me be to be famed. grin
I landed right into it as I have gotten the admission since and even done some online classes whilst in Nigeria.

May the land favour us and every other of our compatriots here.

NB. But quite a number of people landed this summer...best time of the year I guess.

It will all end in praise IJN

Ah chief, I see you. Hope Kitchener life is going great so far.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Blackbuddy: 4:33pm On Jul 17, 2019
snowlordng:
Guys pls I need urgent ans ...am migrating to canada through the newly lunched caregiver program ....I have gotten a job remaining to apply for visa .....my problem is that I have 3 children who are bearing their father's surname and am like a single mother cause their father went to Europe when they were small and we didn't do traditional marriage or wedding all we did was normal introduction to our parents ...pls how am I going to prove to Canadian immigration that am the mother of the 3 children since we're are not bearing same surname .

Hello, birth certificates naming you as the birth mother of the kids will be sufficient. You can get these from the hospitals of birth and/or from NPC - National Population Commission in your area. It would also be good to approach a family court in your area to get documentation evidencing you have sole custody of all the kids as the father is not in the picture. This may come in handy when time comes to issue the kids their visas. All the best ahead.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Topsmamen: 5:27pm On Jul 17, 2019
Blackbuddy:
Hello, birth certificates naming you as the birth mother of the kids will be sufficient. You can get these from the hospitals of birth and/or from NPC - National Population Commission in your area. It would also be good to approach a family court in your area to get documentation evidencing you have sole custody of all the kids as the father is not in the picture. This may come in handy when time comes to issue the kids their visas. All the best ahead.

Simple!

cc: @maternal. Let's learn to tolerate/help each other without casting stones.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by jhoci: 6:39pm On Jul 17, 2019
I applied for a Canadian visa while I was in US last year and was approved. I stated that I was visiting the US and also included my ticket for my trip back to Nigeria. This was even while my PR application was ongoing.

oluayebenz:


That is not true......

She will be automatically rejected.

You can't apply for any visa as a visitor in any foreign country..... It can only be done on different visa categories not on visit visa

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by TEECANN: 7:14pm On Jul 17, 2019
Blackbuddy:


Ah chief, I see you. Hope Kitchener life is going great so far.

grin grin grin

Great so far, I'm loving it!

Thanks bro.
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Jaygirl20: 9:04pm On Jul 17, 2019
damzy88:
Sorry,is this report that one can take to Canada to drive before getting a license? Do you have an idea how much Mr Sule will do it?

Regards

Yes it is. I sent him 4k for the courier to Lagos.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by 19CannyMum: 10:21pm On Jul 17, 2019
Welcome prof raphrulz. I always thought you were a family man.

Lol@flight to heaven. That flight long sha, who no go no know.

At taxi that cost 10k, that's less than 50 dollars. Uber's can easily cost 30 dollars so it wasn't that expensive. Stop converting prices to naira otherwise you go kolo.

May the land favor you.

Welcome TEECANN

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by oluayebenz: 10:22pm On Jul 17, 2019
jhoci:
I applied for a Canadian visa while I was in US last year and was approved. I stated that I was visiting the US and also included my ticket for my trip back to Nigeria. This was even while my PR application was ongoing.


I concur

Do you travel to the state with b1b2 visa?

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Kenny4real68: 3:24am On Jul 18, 2019
raphrulz:
My Landing Story
I got my PPR in March 2019 after more than a 5-month wait. It was a very tiring experience, I must acknowledge. Well, I sent my documents and passport the next day to Accra through the usual channel. I was overly excited but knew that the real work had just begun.
Immediately, I decided to book my flight through Ethiopian airline for July 19th after considering the best prices and taking into consideration my notice period at the office. After much considerations, I decided to change my flight date to an earlier date (July 13th) because of some commitments on the 19th which I really did not want to affect my traveling date. Mind you, I did all these before my COPR arrived because if I had waited, I probably wouldn’t have gotten the best of prices as my scheduled flying date was at the peak of summer.

So, in preparation for my exit, I bought a hand scale from Jumia, which happened to be very helpful as it gave me very reliable measurements. I decided to start packing gradually about 2 weeks before. Moved my stuffs from my house to parents, gave out stuffs and sold things. I remembered being confused about whether to take my suits or not…. Thank God I did ooo because it has been very helpful to me so far.
P.S: Please take your important wears to avoid expending very early when you land.
Well, while packing, I realized that my luggage was way past the required size. I got confused because I really wanted to carry food stuffs but did not want to cargo. Two days before my trip, I had to perform a cost benefit analysis of paying for extra luggage on my flight or sending stuffs via cargo. When I calculated the price for excess luggage on the airline, I did not need anybody to tell me to re-strategize. Thank God I had already bought a strong GMG bag from the guy I bought my light weight bags, Musibau.
I went to Sahcol a day before my trip to cargo, I had budgeted a maximum spend of N75k for 45 kg. I weighed from home and found out that the weight was exactly 45kg including my palm oil. However, I had failed to incorporate the weight of the packaging materials and the crates for the oil. Finally, my most dreaded fear became a reality. My stuffs became overweight by about 6 kg due to the additional packaging. I insisted that they unpacked while I removed some stuffs for it to fall within my acceptable limit.

Fast track to July 13th, I left my family apartment at Ikeja around 10:00am for my flight of 1:40pm. [b]I had checked in a day before, so all I needed to do was weigh my bags and check them in again. [/b]As I earlier mentioned, my measuring scale was very reliable and I barely had any back and forth at the airport. I went ahead to bubble wrap my 2 bags at N1k each, as I did not lock the bags and didn’t want them torn either. When I was done, I went ahead to snap pictures with family before bidding my farewell. I did all necessary documentation and in no time boarded the plane.
The first leg to Ethiopia was pretty smooth and not stressful. I stuck to rice and chicken throughout and sat near the aisle for easy movement and to enable me stretch my legs easily. Inflight entertainment was ok although I realized that the movies were all old movies. Met my able brother Teecan on the flight too…(Beautiful family you got bro)

The second leg na where person wan take collapse oo… Flight just long like say we dey go heaven. Well, fast forward to Sunday 8:00am (1:00pm naija time) we touched down YYZ. Proceeded with landing formalities, CBSA and Immigration… few questions asked if I had more than US$10k. Meanwhile in the plane, I had ticked the checkbox on the declaration form given to us that I came in with nuts and veggies. When I got to customs, after informing them I had goods to follow which included some foodstuffs, I was directed to an inner room for clearance. I got in there and saw how those customs guys were drilling people ooo… na him I begin dey pray for my mind o. Well, it got to my turn and I immediately gave the officer my Goods Accompanying and Goods to Follow (GTF) sheet (which I prepared on excel before leaving naija). He was happy to see it, as though I had made his work easier. Immediately he saw my goods to follow, he asked me where I was coming from and I responded. He immediately asked me why I was bringing food to the country when there was a lot of food in Canada… omo I gats give am one better explanation ooo make dem no thrash my stuffs oo. Well, he was satisfied with my response, stamped it, made a copy and gave me one with a blue colored form to pick up. Eventually, my bags were not searched at all.
I then moved to my already secured Airbnb directly from the airport with an Uber that almost finished me with price (They charged me N10k + for a trip less than 25 minutes). However, the driver was very nice and told me quite a number of things about Canada and his own immigration experience.

So far so good, it’s been fine here, the weather has been warm, I have done my SIN at Service Canada on Monday (considering the fact that I landed on Sunday), opened bank accounts, registered with a phone network provider and stuffs. This was after I had missed my way like twice when using the buses here oo ���
But all glory to God for speed and making all fall in place. My apologies for the very long story. I wish everyone still in the process divine speed and safe trip into Canada.
God bless you.
It has finally ended in praise!

Congratulations! Please to the bolded, does it mean that I can go to the airport and check in a day before my departure day? Kindly explain . Thanks

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