₦airaland Forum

drake2:
Please what the hell is this?

donbachi:
Pray over it.God will show you

tshtsh:
Canada's population is growing mostly due to immigration but the infrastructure (housing, schools, hospitals, doctors, cars ....) are not catching up with the pace of population growth. The housing market is the most obvious issue most Canadian citizens and residents face shortly after they land. Inability to find affordable housing to rent. For recent immigrants trying to buy a house, the prices are out of the roof due to high demand.

I'll like to reflect on my personal experience as regards housing in Toronto area. I got two job offers in my field before landing in Canada. I opted to travel to USA for some weeks before going to Canada to resume at the workplace. While in USA I reached out to a long friend of mine who had been in Canada for over ten years to tell him I'll be coming to start a job and will like to stay at his place while house hunting (he normally stays at my place when he visits Nigeria). The response I got was a bit far from what I expected. It was not a "yes" or "no" rather he asked that we talk about it later as he was feeling sleepy. He called me later to tell me his house was full and suggested that I stay at an Air BnB. I had no problem with that but I told him I don't want to be under pressure to rent a house I ordinarily won't want to rent and that is why I want a place to keep my two suitcases while house hunting. He opted to recommend that I ask someone else who I wasn't too close to. Out of need I reached out to that person who use to be my neighbor back in the days. Surprisingly the guy came through for me and even picked me up at the airport. I assured him that I'd spend only two weeks in his house before getting my place. After two weeks I moved to an Air BnB.

Within those two weeks I was told by all the agents I met that I'll need a credit report, a reference letter from a previous landlord, three months paystub from my job and an ID to rent a house. They were not willing to find me houses till I met this requirement thus the Air BnB was a surer option for me. My friend who had earlier claimed his house was full offered to now take me in if I could pay him $1,200 monthly but I declined the offer because I wanted to settle in as quickly as possible and I felt staying with him for long will equate to going against my early request.

I moved to an air bnb and got my first credit report after 6 weeks. However, the score was low and I was told I needed a score of at least 700. I was viewing apartments every couple of days. For each apartment I viewed, I met up to 5 and in some case 12 other prospective renters viewing the place. If the rental price is $2,300 per month the agent will advice me to offer $2550 to get ahead of competition. I got turned down for almost 4 months and hence remained at an air bnb while searching. Buyers also face a similar fate as they outbid one another to buy a house. Frustrated renters and buyers in the market tend to become anti-immigration after encountering things like. Two Nigerians I know who moved to Canada via express entry (one in 2016 and another in 2018) told me they will vote the conservative party in the next elections as they want Canada to close its borders and get its act rights lol.

Second issue people face is ability to find a family doctor and wait times at the hospitals. There are not enough doctors in the country. I have not used the public hospital yet but rather used a private clinic twice. My employer offers a health insurance package where the employer covers 80% and the employee covers 20%. This is what I've used and even that 20% was a lot as my tooth extraction cost about $2,400 in a private clinic and I had to pay 20% of the amount.

Some others have had not so good encounters with immigrants from Somalia and the Caribbean which also makes them criticize the whole immigration thing. At the end of it all nothing beats have your own country give you all that you desire

lonikit:
F3 is one year faster than f4.

Amigo101:
I think he means that US immigration is working more on cases of people who have entered the States illegally e.g through the southern border mostly and are undocumented, those who have overstayed their visitors visa, status change and all that. With all these; those who are going about it the right way are suffering serious wait times plus no movement of bulletin dates and no much interview call-ups.

Triangles1:
Sad time for Mr Orlji, May God hold him tight.

plessis:
Bagudu a rumoured money launderer lobbying to be governor of Central Bank.

internationalman:
Dude at this point I must say I don't understand you anymore.

iyke109:
Please my wife's mother who is a USC filed for her, we are now married that means down to f3 visa. She is from Sierra Leone will the country make the process faster ?

internationalman:
Bro this is immigrant visa application thread. I don't think illegal migration is possible with immigrant visa though

Tvickie:
Hi again, I’m back with another question lol.
So I’m on work permit in Canada with a TRV that expires in 2025. However I had to travel to Nigeria for an emergency and I’m still going to be here till late April or early May. With the way PR applications are fast these days, if mine is approved before I leave for Canada, someone said I’ll need a PRTD to enter Canada again as my TRV will be useless and I need to apply for the PRTD. Note: I applied for PR outside Canada(2 weeks after I travelled to Nigeria to be specific). Please does anyone know anything about this?

lily156:
Ignore that person, he's being a troll.

Yes, your PD is current so there's a visa available for you whenever your consulate is ready to schedule you.
When is your DQ date?
What consulate? Lagos?

internationalman:
What'd you mean illegal migration

internationalman:
Yeah. My my became a USC while our petition was pending so we were supposed to be in the F11 (Unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen) category eventually but we wrote them and opted to remain in the F24 (Unmarried son or daughter of lawful permanent resident) category since it was the fastest moving visa category at the time.

zeb04:
Yes

zeb04:
Elders in the house, please pardon my JJC question. I have all my documents for my work permit and about filling up my immigration forms.

After submitting my work permit application, do i apply for a visa application or the work permit application covers for Visa application.

I would have asked the company lawyer this, but translating her french to English is even confusing (Quebec)


Please anyone in Quebec, i will be landing by June

Bernice123456:
@Makano, Skull4eva, lizzygirl, estake, survivex, technix, DrAFOguns, jimogh111, Shommyface, SweetJJ, drokiri, et al


Please I have a question
I am putting together documents for student visa application and I want my husband and child to come with me.
In writing my SOP, do I make a column or heading for my husband to explain himself too
Or will he have a separate SOP.

Please note he is the sponsor so I will be definitely mentioning him in my SOP as I'm the primary applicant.

sheriffindy:
Glad you agreed finally

internationalman:
You misunderstood me. Sorry I didn't specify my Visa category.

I'm f2b, sons and daughters of a USC over 23yrs of age and my PD is March 2014.

sheriffindy:
He should have kept it to himself.. and not crying online

sheriffindy:
Forget if they will act or not
..make the entry first... that's the first thing a normal thing every legit citizen would do in cases like this.

And Yes..I'm inside the abroad.

Are you okay now?

sheriffindy:
It was more than that..besides that was a fraudulent move by the woman. I suggest you read his story thoroughly again...thank you

Remicynt:
Good day house,
My school is currently taking admissions for the May intake, in case you are interested in going to school while accessing Loans and Grants( over 10kcad) and u can get more depending on ur family size, My school is currently taking admissions and will help with applying for funding. Its a College so uwill be getting a Diploma ( This is great if u want to change career path).

You can send me a mail with ur Canadian phone number on remsabmcol@gmail.com. I will help u to facilitate ur admission swiftly without hiccups as I work directly with the school. This is best for new immigrant as you will get the maximum assistance from the school.

Please Serious people only!!! Please we all know how busy Canada is, please help me to help u!!!
Thank you!!!

sheriffindy:
And what's stopping him from reporting to the cops?..nawa oo!!

sheriffindy:
He's no there legally..that's just the main reason for not involving the police.

GreyLaw:
She has no defense. US no be Nigeria!

Kubin:
Aguba is looking for wife,he is also an actor.

thorpido:
Wetin APC wan do for me?

raskymonojendor:
Tinubu is here to fix the power issues.

thorpido:
Such a shame.

NOC1:
Good, she won't witness swearing in ceremony as a free citizen.
Please be careful so many things that where overlooked by previous administrations might not be overlooked now. Please don't over play your god mentality.

Cantonese:
The Muntula has picked the call of his village people. If graduation hard, make e no cry too much.

Mock your lecturers and you”ll never graduate. If you finally graduate, your life may not be the same again.