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Thanks. PPR will come soon.

CanadianNaija:
Lol..funny read. I'll be landing single like you too when PPR finally comes, so this story resonated with me.

I wish you luck in your new home.

Provincial Nominee.

freshjayy:
Nice landing gist. Pls can you share why you chose to settle in Halifax

We had just been told we were making our descent to Frankurt and that the weather was -2 degrees. I immediately grabbed my socks and jacket and got ready. I kept imagining what the weather would feel like while also imagining how the guy beside me was able to masticate all the grass that was served during the flight. The landing was smooth and I disembarked the aircraft at exactly 6.20am. It was quite cold but I expected worse. The shuttle bus immediately took us to the arrival hall.

As we entered the hall, I noticed everyone approach a lady standing at the corner with a long sheet of paper, I followed even though I didn't know why. The guy before me told her he had a special need, she quickly provided a wheel chair and showed him his security clearance gate. I was also shown my clearance gate. So it was good I followed..Lol.

Security checks were concluded and I proceeded to the departure lounge close to my boarding gate to wait out my 7.30hours layover. I had bought a sachet tooth paste in Nigeria and had it docked in my jacket so I went to the bathroom.......
A few hours later, hunger begin ginger, I thought of enduring it because I didn't know if I could make payments with my master debit card but when it was clear I was going to pass out, I went to the food court to look at what they had on display.

I didn't understand some of the things I saw, so to be safe and not end my flight to Toronto in the lavatory, I decided to settle for a bottle of coke and 2 cup cakes(wrong move). As he started punching the amounts on the cash register, I had panic attacks when I saw the total bill stand at 10euros and a fraction. It turned out to be the most expensive bottle of coke and cup cakes I had had in my whole existence as stanbic happily sent a debit alert of 4,680. I paid and angrily left.

At the international airport in Lagos, screening was pretty much straigh forward, my checked in bag weighed 20kg so no English was spoken. Boarding pass issued alongside declaration cards.
I filled and submitted declaration cards to a cheerful lady.
Going through the final check just before proceeding to the departure lounge, the lady asked for my international passport and on sighting the visa category, smiled and said congratulations, I smiled in equal measure and said thank you.

The flight from frankfurt to Toronto was announced and I proceeded to the boarding gate, the lady at the desk asked how I got the visa and the program I applied for. The flight was smooth but just too long. I slept, saw movies. Food kept coming and I continually ignored them after opening the pack. I requested for tea at some point expecting Milo and milk...Lol. na herb tea dem give me drink.

I found something amazing on the Lufthansa flight(don't know if it's the same with other airlines)...the screen has a clock that winds down so you know how much time is left before landing. At exactly 0.00, the plan is on the ground. Anyways, we landed at Pearson at 16.05pm. After the first clearance, presentation and stamping of declaration cards, I was shown to immigration.

The queue at this point wasn't so much but I was on the queue for over 2hours.There were only 2 officials attending to us with the other work stations empty. A lady on the queue fainted after sometime. A couple(both doctors and new immigrants) immediately rushed and started revival procedures. Shortly after, the EMS showed up.

When it was my turn, I presented declaration cards, COPR, passport and I was asked to take a sit. Minutes later, I was called and asked to sign my copy of the COPR after asking if I had been convicted or had other dependents. She now said " you became a permanent resident on 25th Feb 2019" and advised I register for my SIN. That was also concluded at about 8pm.

All the while my friends were waiting for me. I met up with them and immediately I left the airport....the collllllllllllld that greeted me..... I think it was -13 degrees that day. Nobody could explain to me why the cold had cameroun pepper mixed with it. Lol.

We got home and I binged on the jollof rice and barbecue chicken that was kept for me while still bearing in mind I had the last leg of my flight to Halifax the next day.

My flight to Halifax was for 14.55pm. My friend dropped me off at 1pm. I got boarding pass and was chilling at the departure lounge with the Wifi until I heard my surname pronounced in a funny manner. I didnt know that announcement for boarding had long been made and we were 2 left to board. I quickly boarded and not long after, we took off.

We landed Halifax at 6pm, I picked up my bag and went to the currency exchange booth to get some CAD.
Having no friend or family here, I got an airport taxi to take me to my airbnb apartment as my host was already waiting. I was charged 74CAD for a short distance oh. My host showed me to the room and other facilities. The sleep that night was awesome but interestingly, I woke up at 6am Nigerian time.

It's not easy being here without a friend or family as you have to figure out everything yourself but it's been an interesting learning process. I don tire to type, na phone I dey use. More gist coming soon.

Ciao

Ok bro. I will send you an email shortly.

Foreverhopeful:
Congrats brother! Please can we discuss privately on the French classes? My email is Femi.resource@gmail.com

I look forward to hearing from you

Hello,

I have responded.

Nancyeliot:
Hi,

Please I sent you a PM. Kindly respond. God bless you.

I had known about this immigration program since 2014 because I kept getting unsolicited emails from one of the canada immigration consultants, but I just did not think it was worth the trouble especially when I saw I had to pay a fee to be assessed.

The decision to immigrate was finally made in October 2017, so I proceeded with WES evaluation in November and picked an exam date for IELTS. The result of IELTS was decent as I exceeded the 8777 requirement. Unfortunately, I could only achieve 413 as being grey, not having a masters degree and my ICAN certificate being almost worthless had depleted my score.

At this point, PNP was the way to go but sadly, Ontario decided to be the new CIC so I had to rule them out. I took up French classes all in a bid to improve CRS as the miracle of May 2017 was clearly not going to happen but oboi....that french thing is fun but no be beans oh.

Nova Scotia announced the opening of Category B stream for candidates without job offers on April 28th. Since my NOC was in demand, I grouped all my documents in folders and proactively waited for them.

I successfully applied after 5 exasperating hours of sitting on the floor and refreshing my browsers (Nova Scotia PNP is notorious for their website shutting down following the millions of candidates trying to win a spot and to make matters worse.....it's entirely free)

Thankfully, I was nominated 3 weeks after and as good mathematics students, you know what my CRS came to. Then the journey began.

ITA was received on May 30th ( This draw was unexpected).
AOR.......July 4th.
Medical was passed on 20th July( this date means alot).
IP2.........I really don't know the exact date because I stopped checking. It should be around August 14th.

Ready for Visa Email/PPR........August 28th.

This is to encourage all those looking at improving their scores. Just keep at it and I think desperation in chasing the scores is everything. We will all succeed because I want to be able to eat "oporoko" in that country when I choose.

To those contributing positively on this thread......you are everything.

Alright folks....je veux aller soumettre mon passeport.

Good morning everyone.

Is it advisable to add spouse after ppr?