Good day house,

My final destination is Winnipeg, Manitoba. I want to ask if there are specific routes one must follow to the final destination being first time in Canada. I have heard that first-timers to Canada had to land at a specific airport before heading to their final destinations. Some say it is applicable only to first-time visitors, while others say some other things.

For instance, my in-laws were directed to Vancouver during their first visit before being allowed to proceed to Winnipeg.

My family and I are planning to book our flight in few days to land in October.

I'll appreciate your responses/advice please. Thanks.

Regards

TEECANN:


I had to quote this bros in full, not a word removed!

To those entering this Canadian hustle via federal skilled worker category of the express entry (and are quick to grumbling after 3 weeks post-AOR ), I present to you this day, the REAL MVP of this Canadian hustle.

This bros truly knows what it is to be patient! 2 years from application for Manitoba's PNP (paper based) nomination to PPR! Are you kidding me

This bros deserves some accolades, abeg.


All I can tell you @Stratnergy is that in as much that I know that you will forever appreciate this long fought-for dream that God delivered as victory into your hands, watch out, God will settle you big time in Canada, he's not done with you yet in blessing!


Go and flourish in Canny, it has ended for you in praise for this phase!

Bro, thanks a bunch. It was actually a very looooong walk. The struggle actually started in 2013 when I submitted the first application to MPNP but that was refused in 2015. All hope seemed lost but we got inspirations from families and here we are, on the way to Canada.

The lesson which the process taught me is that if you have a dream, be true to it and remain focused.

Thanks.

It's paper application

CPEThorpe:


WOOOOOOWWWWW....Congratulations brother!
2 years plus... It seems the MPNP application isn't the EE stream right?
Was it the SWO stream?

Hello House,

I am not a frequent participant but I have benefited from the forum. Hence, I am putting below information forward as a way of giving back to the forum.

Journey to Canada (Paper-based Application)

TIMELINE
========


MPNP (1st Attempt)
=================
Application refused: 05/09/2015


MPNP (2nd Attempt)
==================
EOI: 11/06/2016
LAA: 28/07/2016
Applied: 09/09/2016
ADR: 07/04/2017
Additional dependant: 22/04/2017
Nomination: 23/05/2017


CIC
===
Application submitted: 08/08/2017
Application received: 15/08/2017
Application linked online: 26/09/2017
Invitation to Pre-arrival services: 19/05/2018
ADR: 22/05/2018
Medical done: 04/06/2018
Medical passed: 06/06/2014
PPR: 14/08/2018 (exactly one year application received)
Passport submitted: 16/08/2018
Application approved:29/08/2018
Passport back: 10/09/2018

Rgds.

Thank you very much for this explanation. Quite helpful. Appreciate

einsteino:


okay let me try to explain how to know before you arrive Canada or even any other country.

firstly, Dual sim isn't the cause. Phones have a piece of hardware called a radio, this is how they manage to transmit and receive signals from cell towers. The thing is radios are configured to support a couple of frequency bands, if a network isn't transmitting on one of those frequencies, your phone simply cant get any reception whether single or quad sim enabled. Every network has a couple of frequency it transmits on and every country/region has a characteristic frequency range that is in use.

What then led to the popular misconception of dual sim phone having a death sentence overseas? It is uncommon for people overseas to use such as they would have to pay double phone bills unlike us who pay as we use. Hence, dual sim phones were built with a specific market in mind, developing countries, and the typical frequency bands that are used in our region. However a few big global brands still make and sell dual sim enabled phones that support a wider range of frequencies.

Now enough of the story. here is how to know if your phone would work. first, check your phone for its model number(not just its generic model name) e.g generic model name of my phone is LG V20 but model number is LS997.

now that you have got that, there are two ways to know.

1) EASIEST WAY
head over to frequencycheck.com , fill in your phone model details and select Canada in the country list, click search, it will display the networks that your phone is compatible with and which of their bands it supports. Now, this site doesnt have all phone models in its database, so if you dont find your phone in its list, you would have to use method 2

2) NOT SO HARD WAY
head over to gsmarena.com

type your phone model name in its search box and hit enter. a page should display, select ypur model number at the top, thenn click network tab, this would display all the frequency your phone supports. note them

Now google the freqency of the canadian network you intend using ie query say "Rogers Canada frequency bands". check if what you saw for your phone on gsmarena matches with that of the network, if No, prepare to buy a new phone in Canada.


EXAMPLE TIME

like I said my phone model name is LG V20 and model number is LS997, model numbee is very important because not all model share the same hardware and software.


I headed to GSMarena to check the frequency band my phone supports. They are

NETWORK............Technology
2G bands..............GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands...............HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 & CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G bands............... LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 25(1900), 26(850), 41(2500)

I googled the frequency Rogers Canada operates on, here:


Frequencies used on the Rogers Network
NETWORK Technology
2G bands........... GSM 850, 1900 MHz
3G bands............HSDPA 850, 1900 MHz
4G bands............LTE band 4(1700/2100)


Conclusion: my phone would work just fine with Rogers because it supports frequency 850, 1900 for 2G&3G and 1700, 2100 for 4G. These are actually the most commonly used frequencies by Canadian mobile network, so you should be fine in Canada if your phone support these frequencies.

It is possible for your phone to seem to support a network, only to land in Canada and discover that in practice it doesnt. there are a couple of reasons for this. if your phone isnt a generic model ie its a carrier phone e.g a galaxy s7 bought from Tmobile, AT&T, Sprint etc your hardware may support a frequency but your carrier may have disabled it in your phone's software, under agreement with your phone's manufacturer. this is different from mere network locking that could be sorted easily at Compu Village. Most times you would need an MSL from your carrier and even if they oblige you, not everyone knows how to write that to a phone's NAND.

So I would say if you find your phone listed on Gsmarena and your phone is a carrier branded phone, it isnt foolproof that it would work in canada. There are ways to know what bands have been disabled by ones carrier but ehm lets keep this simple and eh brief.
if you bought your phone brand new in Nigeria, then this carrier wahala shouldnt bother you.

Good day house.

I have a question on compatibility of Nigerian phones with Canadian networks.

I attended a Planning for Canada event in Nigeria and was told that phones like Tecno and Infinix are not compatible with the network over there.

Is this in relation to double SIM phones or brand of phone? I'm using a Samsung double SIM phone and I don't want phone to be part of what I worry about when I get to Canada.

Your advice pls.

God bless

Good day house.

I'm a prospective PR. My application to MPNP was via paper application in 2016. Got nominated 2017 and applied to CIC using paper application (reason was that the nomination certificate was not qualified for express entry).

My application has reached an advanced stage. My family and I have undergone medicals and passed. Just awaiting PPR and so on.

I am presently undergoing some pre-arrival services while still here in Nigeria. I was asked to give details of my IELTS which has expired in June. (My IELTS was done in June, 2016).

Will this information jeopardize my application? I feel I do not need to renew as I have reached this level.

Or should I go ahead to sit for another IELTS to play safe?

Your advice please.

hifyty:
Folks,

Just thought to share our landing experience...

My wife and I were working to the very last day we were flying.So we already packed our bags over the past few weekends. We had 7bags of 23kg each and 4 hand luggages and 2 kids.The flight was pretty smooth as we flew emirates. The kids slept most of the journey. They only woke up to use the bathroom at intervals and eat. We were given a customs form to fill up on the plane. We landed in Toronto around 9.30am and just followed the arrival directions to immigration. The queue was massive at immigrations we went to the the direction of other passports. A lady officer attended to us after about 20 mins on the line. She asked us how much money we had and the customs declaration form we filled on the plane, just made a cross on the paper( we had nothing to declare) stamped us in and directed us to another queue where we spent another 20mins. I think one of the officers saw we were already swamped so He collected our passports and those forms that came with our COPR. He confirmed the address we wanted our PR card sent to and we signed them off. Next stop was Service Canada. They gave us some slips to fill and in another 20 mins were done. Then we headed to the Baggage claims. Got our bags and there was one more customs post at the exit. So you basically hand the customs declaration form to them here and you exit.

A friend was picking me up so I didn’t need to go get a taxi. My first stop was Canada Post I needed to do an ID verification for the Company running BG checks on me for my Job. Finished that and left to get a telephone line and that was it for the day. I was just famished and needed to sleep.

Cheers

Thanks for sharing.
Enjoy your stay