Mire222:


Sorry for late response.

I didn't buy the credit pack. Went to the option of getting a Canadian number and they requested payment. Used my Nigerian card to pay about 7 dollars and that was it. I think the credit pack is only useful if you want to be calling another country other than US/Canada .

babypipsy:




Yes, I am looking at calgary at the moment. Would you recommend any other city or province? I also have about 3 years experience and i wI'll be completing my course by next month . Do you have a great CV template to share with me? My email is qualityhair99@gmail.com.

Thanks.

dammysanmi:
Hi @MrsBee

amindondee:
Good day All,

Please does anyone have any experience in exchanging UK driving license for a Canadian one? I know it is possible, but my question is weather it is compulsory to get a driving experience letter for that.

Province is Ontario.

Thank you

Deda3103:


Confirm from the border/immigration officer before crossing.

pleasureosondu:
Hello house, I've really benefitted from the info provided by all, especially those already living in the"promised land". God bless whatever legit hussle you're into there. However, I think it would be important if you guys go include contact info about the agencies that helped during the application period. No one wants to get scammed in this " Back to Daura" era oh.

rainazoe:
So flight prices for our May short landing via Emirates is not beans. It's 3m+. Let me go and sleep.

hardeyeanc:
Dear nairalanders

please i need your candid advise, I wish to relocate to canada with my family(myself, wife and 2 kids) i have a relative in canada who want to give me an invitation to spend my vacation with him but he is saying I'll come alone first on a vacation and get back to Naija then ill reprocess for myself and family. that I should get a letter of introduction from my employer and prepare my statement which is not a problem at all.

But a friend here in Naija is saying its not normal like that since am married, Tourist (family) is the best option to go with fams or Study (if am going alone) i.e I'll get there and later arrange how to move family.

My question now is which option do you think has d higher chance of getting the visa coz am confused.

Don't be confused brother. Start your EE process and you can be in Canada before your relative knows it, not as a Tourist or Visitor but as a Permanent Residence!.... To begin, enter this room................
https://www.nairaland.com/3999848/canadian-express-entry-federal-skilled

Welder:


Hi Fusion,

Please elaborate further on the bolded. Some of us are equally looking at switching careers and tow similar path by seeking a new career in IT.

maziude:
Hello bosses,
I have been meaning to post this for some time now.

The IT Field...

It is no news that the IT sector is now linked to every other sector we have now. This has led to expansion in almost every field in order to accommodate the emergence of technology. This brings me to my point.

For those who would want to make a switch to IT, you can do so without being a full blown computer scientist etc.
Look inward, there is a particular area in your field that you can apply to IT and Vice versa.

For example:

A medical doctor can add medical informatics to his or her expertise. Go to some class, study medical imaging, bioinformatics etc, understand their workings. In the end you have 2 fields that offer endless possibilities.

A mathematician or statistician... can add data science, machine learning, deep learning, big data analytics, computational nueroscience, remote sensing, wireless sensor networks etc to your area of expertise...

An accountant... in addition to your CPA, ACCA,ICAN, APC(pun intended), you can add business informatics, financial engineering to your expertise; these are some IT courses linked to accounting.

An economist can go for classes on econometrics, statistical machine learning, business intelligence, economic data analysis...

There are so many more like that.

All I am saying is, you do not need to do a full blown switch at first, look inwards there is something that links your field to IT. Find it, I get why.

Take maziude as an example...
Bsc Mathematics
Msc Computer science (focus: big data, pattern recognition and Internet of things)
PhD Computer science in progress (focus: deep learning on Digital healthcare and community health)

The common denominator in all these is mathematics. Maziude does not code always, all he does is apply mathematics to computer science.

Always strive to use what you have to get to where you want to be.
....
Peace

Disclaimer:
It wont be easy at first but with focus, hardwork, determination and prayer all will fall into place...

lilyandie:
Hallo my people,
Thanks for all your insights, for our landed people, please how did u move your money our of naija?
I am leaving in April and kinda confused on how to move my funds without incurring major banking fees.

kazchick:
Hello People,
For someone moving to Canny (Single Mother of a toddler - about 8 months old). I wish to land in Ontario with the ultimate settlement being Mississauga. How do I go about searching and finding a job in Toronto or any other Ontario city when I newly land? Do I get an Airbnb place in Toronto for some months and do some searching or go to Mississauga and search from there / commute to Toronto when I have an interview? I also read about some daycare offering emergency services in Toronto to watch over the child for some hours?
Please I need serious advice. Note that leaving the baby behind in Naija is not an option for me.

Tone23:


Welcome to Calgary. You can download the City of Calgary newcomer services guide by following the link below:
http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/CNS/Documents/Immigrants-Newcomers-Refugees/CLIP-Newcomer-Guide.pdf

PS - Its a document you might just want to save on your computer for easy / quick reference on various topics relating to settling in Calgary.

As per the Watsap group for Calgary folks, anyone with info on this should please respond, cos I was just asking someone about same a couple of days ago but the link he had was a generic FSWP naija group. It'll be nice to see an active Calgary-based Naija immigrant Watsap group. I must note that from my experience, Indian/Asian folks are doing great in terms of networking/collaboration over here.

@Wura27 hope you're enjoying the Calgary weather so far Never mind, it can only get better...spring is around the corner!

Oyamade:


Lmao, you came in via local and you're expecting "WELCOME TO CANADA" greetings... Lol

The customs at the locals won't be used to giving such pleasantries

Welcome to Canada, Dear!!
There you go

P.s I just sent you a p.m, I am interested in the Calgary grp too

teeebest:
The info in this thread is priceless!!!

Thanks @Simiolu1,@maziude and all "Elders"

vcole:
if you find an airbnb in toronto that is affordable and private (as in not a shared living area since you have a baby) then that would work otherwise from what I have read I think you should be able to commute to toronto from Mississauga quite easily. When you land you can search for child care providers that allow drop ins and settle on one you are comfortable with...that way when you have an interview you can drop ur baby off for a couple of hours. I dunno much about job search in toronto but i believe if you read a couple of pages backward you would find relevant information on these. Also search for blackbuddy and read his posts

simiolu1:


I have been a silent reader here for so long (over 5 months now) and I think this particular question went unanswered.

A VM is a Virtual Machine; think of it as a container that can house another Operating System on your computer that is independent of the host (your computer). The only thing your host provides to the Virtual Machine is Storage (disk space).

There are many makers of VM software: VMWare (https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-pro/workstation-pro-evaluation.html), Oracle Virtual Box (https://www.virtualbox.org/) etc. But I prefer Virtual Box because it is not as heavy as VMWare.

Why would you want to install a VM?

Say your computer is running Windows 7 or Win 10 Pro, and you're studying for LPIC (Linux Professional Institute Certification). You will need to install a Linux Operating System (popularly called Distro) so that you will be able to administer the OS and work on the famous Linux command line. You can decide to do this in three ways

a. Buy a new computer and install the Linix distro on it.

b. Install the Linux distro on your machine the normal way. This would add a prompt to your boot screen everytime you boot your machine asking you which Operating System you want to boot (this one na long thing).

c. Install a virtualization software and install the Linux distro in it.

So with virtualization, you can install multiple Operating systems on your computer.

The above is just one use case out of many.

I am a developer (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Php, Laravel) and web developers use VMs a lot. As a web developer, you want your local development environment to closely resemble the server environment in which your web project will be hosted. So we install VMs to simulate the server environment and test the software in that environment before deployment. Some of the VMs we Laravel guys use include Homestead (for Macs) and Valet (officially Mac only but has been successfully ported to Windows).

I hope my explanation makes some sense... N.B: I am still waiting to see a software developer on this thread. Abi Nigerian software developers are not migrating to Canny Land?

To all the Ogas in the house, keep shining

gentleiphy:


Welcome to our YYC Wura and Tone23...we have a solely naija calgarian whatsapp forum created by myself to bring those landing newly together and help them stay together and mingle with the old ones like us who landed 4yrs ago.send me mail if you are landed already with your whatsapp phone number at iphyonyeabor@yahoo.com and i will sure add you to the forum.its called NaijaCalgarians.

Omomabo:
For those interested.

Join us at the Mississauga Career Fair, organized by TorontoJobs.ca, on Wednesday, February 28, 2018. This is a great opportunity for you to connect and network with us.