Good evening all. Please is there anyone here who know how LASU is sending Transcript to WES due to covid -19 pandemic.

othermen:
Buy 7 candles, when it is 12AM, light it all. Call out his name 21 times, do these while fasting for 20days. He will talk to you.

You just nailed it.

fuwaski:
Have u ever wore a new shoe or shirt and ur boss will notice?
Have u ever experienced that ur colleague was sacked because of what he or she said during PTA meeting?
Have you been called in for question and answer between you and ur student or students?
Have you ever denied ursef sleep simply because of lesson note?
Have u ever calculated how much that is left in your account because the month is ending?
Have you ever noticed that even your fellow teachers are worse than your students or pupils?
Have you ever come to work and ask your colleagues if they have received alert cus u felt like ur bank network is having issues
Have u ever had private lessons that even the parents of those children really want u to perform magic cus they are paying u?( And their children na confirm olodo)
Have you ever attended staff meeting but it is never a meeting but a command that u must follow.
Have u ever noticed deduction from your salary and your boss said that it's bcus u came late or u never took permission ?
Have you ever noticed that the so called holy teachers are the most wicked ppl in school premises?
Have u ever noticed that ur boss gives an example of someone he or she sacked cus the person never make am?
Have u ever noticed that the lazy teachers are the ones that will report the hardworking ones to the authority...
Did u not have noticed that u may say that u wanted to teach for just for small time but u will end up being there for 5years
Make i still dey write?
Run from teaching....
They have cousins, daughters, sons, etc that they can pay peanut....
They always monitor anyone that leaves thinking that the person will be a failure.

SamUnai:
SHOULD I RELOCATE OR STAY
PS: This is a personal View as a PR in Canada
I will do my best to give an honest view . LONG POST
HOW IT STARTED.
January 4th, 2016 I resumed like every other colleague, after the morning prayers and HNY wishes, i realized I could not sign-in into my system. I tried all I could but no way and as a banker with 4 years experience we all know what that means. SACK. As usual my BM called me in and I wrote my resignation letter (reason why bank do this, is what I don’t know). I gather my few things and left before leaving my BM also mentioned to me that it was not because of under performance but rather is due to the fact that I don’t have BSC but HND. I told him no wahala with my eyes filled with tears left his office. What a way to start the year.
Around 5PM that same day a senior colleague called me and asked if I was free (them don sack me what else could I be doing) I told him I was free and he asked me to meet him up at restaurant . I didn’t want to go at first cus I suspected it will be one of those sermon of you know sack is not the end of life but I sha manage to go. Before he started talking to me , he brought out his BB and showed me a picture of his passport with the Canadian VISA. In my mind hope this Benin man doesn’t want to tell me about abroad cus and not interested. Then he asked quietly have you heard about Canada express entry I said no. what of Canadian PR I said no boss. Then he said do you know you are very lucky with this your HND? Me? How?, he went further to explain the whole process to me stage by stage, how I will get more point with this my HND , At this point he has started to arouse my interest , then he went further to tell me the benefit of a Canadian PR , I was still trying to arrange everything he just said in my head when baba showed me his flight details ahh he is traveling next month oo in fact he said he want to do VAL in Canada with his family. You need to see the ginger in my body I drove home.

IELTS
Wrote once and passed LRWS 8877.5(practiced for 4weeks morning afternoon evening and night. No job so that was my work at that time.
OTHER STAGES.
It was very easy from WES-ITA-PCC-MED-AOR-PR-COPR.
It was straight forward. It took 4 months and 2weeks from AOR-PR. (Those days we don’t bother about VO just submit and leave it in the hands of God).
PR -18TH August 2016
CORP-10TH September 2016

D DAY TO TRAVEL.
I arranged my bags, mumsy don pray for me already, I woke up early that morning and prayed my rosary then cab man show as planned and it was straight to the airport.
I started feeling somehow oo while at the airport, all my enthusiasm vanished, fear began to set in if relocating was the right thing to do. But I quickly waved it off and located my gate. I landed in Toronto at exactly 11:40am on the 16th of November 2016 via ET air. Nothing really fascinating about the flight. I watched movies, ate what they gave us and slept majority of the time

ARRIVAL
On the day of arrival, we landed successfully , I asked questions on where to go and peeps over here were ready to assist with a smile (in my mind I said e be like say the place go good oo) did documentation and register for SIN, I was asked if I came with my whole POF , I told her I came with little but will wire the rest once am settled , she said ok and Welcome to Canada(in my mind again so this woman nu even reason weda I dey lie or talk true hmmmm). I got to the Air Canada desk to collect boarding pass only for them to tell me that flight to Calgary where am headed just left( in my mind I screamed MY FATHER MY FATHER) before I could say anything she said calmly ,Don’t worry we will reschedule you for the next flight to YYC.¬(WHICH ONE BE YYC AGAIN) her colleague saw my face and quickly said Calgary . Waited for 3hrs before the next flight. During this period of waiting I started thinking about my life again, the airport is so Big and clean plus free wifi(that is fast ooo). We sha left and we arrived in Calgary around 9 or 10pm can’t remember. That my colleague that told me about the process was waiting for me. We moved straight to his apartment, and the wife gave me a hot sweet pepper jollof rice and chicken . I had my bath and slept. The next day I opened account and did some few things (no big deal with does stuff)

JOB HUNTING.
I applied for all sort of job and opening this was the advice I got from that my boss. After 4days which was on a Tuesday a security firm sent me a mail for an online interview via skype , during the interview(for naija na interrogation we they do nu be interview) the man said he can see from my resume that I did some course in Health Safety and environment ( you know that HSE 1,2 and 3 Course that we did during NYSC na for those of us hoping to get oil job, ehen na that course I dey talk,) I said yes and he asked politely if I will rather like to work as a safety officer (like I get choice) I said I don’t mind and he went further to say that is 3 dollar/hr higher in pay than the security officer but I will have to undergo some training if am chosen ( at this point I know say them don collect me)Gbam the Evening of that day I got a success mail(Na so e dey fast?). From this point I moved to other job, to another job, until my current job which I have done for about a year plus. PS: When coming to Canada ehh please come with every certificate you have I beg you because you don’t know the one that will open that door for you even that SAED for NYSC come with am, those short course/training you did in your office come with the certificate abeg. You might get a lot of blue collar jobs at first please accept the once you can do and hit the ground running. The goal is not to spend more than 20% of your POF and Save the rest.

HEALTH CARE,
I have little to say here as hardly visit the Hospital except for the time my wife gave birth last year, my brother we were treated like VIPs oo had to ask and I was told our insurance covered every,I was also told that’s how everybody is treated . Hospital so Clean like 5 star hotel, smells nice, doctors and nurse smiling, I even met one naija lady self nurse Adaobi . See gifts na, from the hospital to colleagues o to my wife office people. It was amazing. Leave was close to 35weeks or so.

RENT
Cut your coat according to your material and not size. There is also nothing serious about this too, if you are prudent and know where you are coming from , you can pay for your rent and utility monthly and even have some change. We moved into our own apartment (mortgage) early this year before the Covid-19 wahala.

TRANSPORTATION.
There is a large transportation network that encompasses everywhere ranging from Buses to Trains. There is also an app for it, it contains routes and timetable of movement. Plus fare is very cheap. I think is $3 for one way or so. Haven’t uses in a while.

COST OF LIVING IN CANADA (Calgary)
The cost here is relatively fare compare to other province. the rent is also not too expensive , is usually between 1k for a condo to 2500 for a 4bedroom. Shopping is also relatively fare with 200-300 dollar you can shop for everything you need within the month. The basic thing is that irrespective of what you earn as a new comer combine with at least 50% of you POF you should be ready to hit the ground running and in no time you can return that POF back to your saving account. So as a starter as we call them in my office, $1500 should be enough to get u going (min wage in Alberta still ranges from $14-$18/hr)

SOCIAL LIFE.
Here is a bit boring sha if you are already used to the naija Lagos life. But you can make it happen it you choose to and also have the time.

CONCLUSION.
You will need to ask yourself some questions.
Is this what I want, what kind of life do I want my children to have, if am not a VERY RICH man can they attend good schools here? or even have good health care, if I don’t have connection or know people in high places after my BSC or Masters can I at least get a decent job? If for example my parents don’t have money to sent me to college\university will the government give me a grant to go to school?. If I come to work one morning and i have been sacked is there an employment insurance that can cover me before I secure another job?. With this my current job and pay can I at least get a decent car or how many years do I need to save so I can’t get a house of my own(even doh is via mortgage ). If they kidnap any member of my family, will the total money I have saved be enough for the ransom?. If anything happens to me today, what becomes of my wife and children?. If I want to iron your cloths do i need to pray to God for electricity?, If I continue on this job in this country will I ever break even if I don’t steal or go into prostitution (that is self sustainability). Some folks will tell you that you have to work for every penny you spend and I ask them how else do you intend to get a penny if you don’t work, but they fail to tell you that for everything you pay for you get 100% value or won’t you rather want to have a passport/status that allows you travel to other countries without so much fear of Visa denial
Finally it is also true that the main reason is not to come and make money but to live a sane life, Now this is me telling you that if you work diligently, going for what you need instead of what you want, be prudent especially when you just arrive, in no distant time you will drive that nice car you see on TV and move into your own house, you know why? Canada rewards hard working people.
NOTE: You are free to ask me any question and I will answer. Also pardon the typos. Once again this is my OWN experience. This is also my first post although i usually visit here when am less busy at work and I will say I love the commitment and effort you guys put just to get it right

You lifted my spirit

May the land continue to favour you

Didicol:
Pls which bank is cheapest for paying for cima. I used Ecobank for the Reg n 38855 was deducted for 77 pounds .. Help o

Is not about bank. It depends on the pounds rate the day you make your payment.

Qassy4all:

I did mine on Friday but yet to get my money

Friday was public holiday. So till Tuesday before they we process your redemption.

Didicol:
You ll b assigned a proctor and you can take it in your bedroom. Due to covid 19

I don't understand the proctor aspect of it.

Eddee:


Login to your funds manager on https://www.stanbicibtcfundsmanagement.com/

All you need is your email address, Last four digits of Phone number and password - I believe you have this information already.

Sometimes mail acknowledgement takes time, but they may have credited your e-acount. Only way to confirm is to login or visit a physical branch for confirmation.



It depends on the method you used to top up or subscribe. What method did you use? Quickteller, direct transfer, mobile app or debit card? Refer to the attached screenshots for subscription methods and value dates.

I received additional subscription notification yesterday.

The top up was successful.

I used my Stanbic mobile app by transferred to Stanbic bank account where I used 9202476223 as account number and my E account and my name as description.

Eddee:


When did you do this? I have used them as recent as Saturday to top up. It shouldn't take more than 1 business day if done on a working day. Worse case scenario, they will return the money to the account it originated from.

I did it early this morning. (Today 9th of April)

Eddee:


Just e account number in the narration no name.

I put my E account number with my name. Have not receive any notification from Stanbic management fund.

Though I put small money in other to test run online top up process. Am still waiting for email notification from them.

Good day house.

Please how can I top my Money market fund with stanbic bank successfully without going into banking hall ? .

bestyy:



is this week's exam also on hold? They haven't sent any message to me and my exam is scheduled for Thursday and Saturday this week

Hi, please which exam is that?

Congratulations @ ednut1

ednut1:
PPR story- Battle with IELTS(ignore typos )

Timeline
IELTS 7th attempt: LRWS – 8.5,7,7,7
ECA: WES BSC and ICAN AAT
Score: 465
ITA: 12th June 2018
AOR: 25th June 2019
MEP/BIL: 25 July 2019
Biometrics: 26th July 2019
GU: 21st February 2020
PPR: 22nd February 2020
COPR: 10th march 2020
VO: Ottawa
Single Applicant.

Decision to Travel
First heard about express entry in August 2016 from a colleague who was in the process. At that time, it looked too expensive to run and focused on getting a better job. No thanks to incompetent Buhari and his body odor I made up my mind to leave. Also, many of my colleague who left were getting jobs with the Canada office and other competitors of my Nigerian office.

ECA
A friend advised I use IQAS for assessment as it was faster than WES. So I registered in august 2017 paid and sent my transcript. Only to discover I registered for a wrong assessment, I called them on phone and was asked to register for right one and include a letter saying they should cancel the first application and apply the funds to the second one. A month later they mailed me saying I should reapply and pay as they were going to refund me. As at this time scores were rising, and I was getting scared. I then came across a post on here ( Nairaland) about ICAN AAT being evaluated favourable by WES . As soon as IQAS refunded me I abandoned them and switched to WES. As I was about to apply for another transcript NASU went on a 4 months strike, so I face ICAN AAT. ICAN refused to verify and told WES I was owing them hence they can’t confirm. But the funny thing was that before you can apply for ICAN Transcript you must have paid all dues. I sha sent them evidence and left them to God. NASU would later call off the strike March or April 2018 and my transcript was sent. ECA was completed late April 2018.
Big battle with IELTS (LRSW)
If anyone had told me I would struggle with IELTS I would not have believed Shebi its English. I did not prepare much as such. I paid for IELTS late 2017 but missed as I was sent to PH for a project.

First IELTS February 2018 with BC—8.5, 8,8,6.5 (remark took 3 months no change).
Second IELTS June 2018 – 6,8.5,8.6.5. I booked for another one with IDP lagos but due to work commitments I could not come back as to Lagos as planned. I requested for change of Venue to PH. MOD said no, so I paid for another one in PH center 2 days to the test date. They used a bad speaker (not headset o) for listening we all protested and filled the complaints form. The listening came out bad as expected, I sent them emails to threaten them with lawsuit. The Lagos office seemed to care less but the Australia office sounded worried and scared. So, they gave me a free test in Lagos.

Third IELTS August 2018 with BC – 7.5,8,7.5.6.5
While dragging with MOD IDP I had gone to pay for another BC. The listening and writing spoilt it again

Fourth IELTS August 2018 with MOD IDP (free)- 8,8,7.5, 6.5. applied for remark no change. At this point I gave up and forgot totally about Canada and stop visiting the naira land thread. To compound my woes I missed an Ontario PNP draw(400 and above for the chosen NOC) with my 415 crs scores as I did not open a profile because I thought it was too low. How can 0.5 difference be worth 50 points nitori olorun. 2018 was almost over with nothing to show na soso IELTS chai.

Fifth IELTS January 2019 with MOD IDP- 8.5,7,8,6.5
I used the services of a tutor. Still could not pass the writing. remark came back unchanged. I drove all the way from VI to Ogudu to pick it up only to see same score. I just went to a nearby eatery to chill and think about my life. Na me IELTS dey disgrace like this.

SIXTH IELTS march 2019 with BC – 7,7.5,7.5,6.5
I tried CBT next, maybe it was my chicken that was making me score 6.5. I has issues with the CBT listening (mouse keyboard typing and concentration was very hard).

FINAL IELTS April 2019 with MOD IDP 8.5, 7,7,7
At the point i was determined to get a real IELTS examiner to solve my debacle. I searched on linkedin and nairaland till I found one. He had worked for BC as an examiner for 4 years before he left. He reviewed my essays and told me the problem areas. (punctuations, spelling, grammar, subject verb agreement). We worked together for 3 weeks and he told me I was almost ready. i went behind his back to book a test with 3 days to go. I made sure I planned my time. I used 10 mins to review my work. Result came out around 5 am that day and I was elated. 679k ( 75+75+15+68+68+75+46+68+46+75+68) waka on top IELTS o . dived into the pool with 465.

ITA
With my battle with IELTS over ITA was too sure for me. It was a public holiday and I headed for my office so as to scan and gather documents, but CRS was 470 that day. I was like village people must be behind this. Ontario then sent me an NOI few days later which I ignored as I had no $1,500 CAD to give them. Finally got ITA on June 12.

POST ITA-I had gathered all most of the documents after I passed IELTS except for POF

Medicals – IOM

REFERENCE LETTER-submitted only reference letter from my current workplace.

POF- part gift deed, part savings and Pension. Submitted Mutual funds reference letter, PFA reference letter, gift deed (not notarized) and bank statement to show inflow of gift deed.

PCC- renewed a PCC I had done in faith sometime in 2018 with Insp Moshood.

DIGITAL PASSPORT- Initially used a phone app but I looked like a Cameroonian instead of a Canadian. Later went to studio 24.

AOR/MEP/BIL
June 25/July 25/July 26

POST AOR
I was confident the PPR would come fast so I could leave Nigeria in 2019 but by December no PPR. I had ordered for GCMS notes in October (Got a 3 months delay notice). I ordered for a CBSA note in December 2019. I called CIC severally the agents told me my file was on review required but they refused to tell me what area. I guessed it was the pensions part (10% of my total POF). Some people advised I send in an updated POF whole some warned me not to. I later sent the updated POF(converted my naira to USD and added more money) and replaced the pensions with cash. GCMS notes came in late January, as at request date was still in central intake office and I had a review required on STAT questions (Visa refusal in 2005 to UK) I was granted the Visa after addressing the issue noted and was granted. so, I began to wonder why it was an issue. CBSA note came in early February and revealed review required on proof of funds. Pensions was not considered by the officer, so I was short of POF by 900 CAD. I sent them a mail informing them I had addressed the POF issue. I was already paranoid at this point and was fearing rejection.

PPR
I got a ghost update and called IRCC . the agent told me application approved. The golden mail came in the next day. COPR approved 10th of March. The journey was a long hard one for me and am glad it ended well. See you all in Canny.
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Skyfornia:
Thinking....nothing actually cause I bought everything in my house brand new 4 years ago.

Infact I'm the oldest thing in my house...

Jemappelle1:
Yes u can

OK. Thank you

Good morning all.


Please is it possible for me to pay for the paper I want to write first instead of paying for all the 4paper at once?

winner01:
Sorry Boss. I try to keep abreast with the thread but I'm yet to see this specific question of mine answered and this has been my main bother. The information I had before tonight is that if I'm using a gift deed, then I must provide;
- the Givers bank statement for 6 months
- my bank statement for 6 months
- gift deed
It's been an issue for me because the gift deed thing is not explained on their official website but information is gotten from intending and successful applicants. Because of this, I've been looking for someone with my surname who has had this kind of money for about 6 months. This is the information I had until now.

Hi, just do yourself a favour go to page 1 all the information you need is there. Once you click on page 1 you will see different headings just scroll down to "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS under it you will see " Gift deed explained " just click on it you will have better understanding of the information you need.

slydog:
ITA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just saw my mail now
Crs 475

armadeo:



I remember my first international connecting flight being a local bou I thought all airports where like our beloved muritala airport small and compact.

When I asked directions and found out I had to take a train to the other side of the airport to connect I almost fainted.

See as I dey run for airport. Last last dem dey announce my name for speaker say plane wan go where I dey.

I run belleful that day. After entering train oh.

I realised that muritala airport is a joke.


When you see airport you will believe

Mrsc22:
CIMA is done all year round. Result is known immediately. Transcript and certificate out 6weeks after final paper.

BCS is done March and September. Certificate out in about 3months after paper.

Noun is 1year or so (not sure)

I will say go for CIMA. If a paper is failed, it can b rewritten immediately depending on person. But BCS you hv to wait till d next month it id being written. Imagine failing in march and waiting till September to rewrite.

Thank you for the information and the advice

House please which one is more faster in order to increase CRS within short period of time.
1. CIMA
2. BCS
3. NOUN masters program

Any other relevant information is highly welcome

Please how can I use hellofax to send my certificate to WES

Stormyweather:
teaching jobs

Can you expatiate more on this?.

How would I go about this.

What is the minimum salary on this and how would I get this type of offer.

Stephenmoka4:
Head to the Turkish embassy as agent is not the best option once it comes to work visa, also do you have a job in Turkey already. It may be needed to fill in your job type, wage rate etc

I don't have job yet

Stephenmoka4:
When applying for a visa, some personal informations are required. Using agents on your behalf is not the best idea especially when they do their so call processing while you relax, most are after your money. Agents don't guarantee a visa, you have N100k as partial payment why don't you create an application on the Turkish evisa site and make payment, there are guide there. BTW what kind of visa are you applying for ; work, study or tourist.

Work.

Chai.

justwise:


Did you see anywhere such job is advertised in Turkey? Have you visited Turkish embassy website to search types of visa they have and requirements?

That should be your first point of contact before even giving your hard earned money to any criminal called agent

I did some research on Google.

I don't want to rely on Google alone. I want information that will help me to achieve my goals.

@justwise and others, the person that want to help me with the visa only informed me to pay advance of 100k and that once the visa is out I will pay the remaining balance.( he has not disclose the total package) though have sent him message concerning that and the type of visa he want to do for me and he has not reply.

I am going there to work as a profession (education sector) as a special needs facilitator. My concern is how would I make this come to reality over there?

In case I get there and things didn't work out as planned what are the other available options over there.

Please I need your advice.

Good morning all.

Am planning to relocate and work legally in Turkey in the next few months. Please what advice can you give?.

Any useful information on how to go about it.
How difficult is it to get job? Life style and the settlement Pattern. How much should I budget for my basic traveling allowances (BTA)

Am using agent though.

Your useful advice is highly welcome.

In December, I met a man who said I can travel within a month if am financially ready. He said I should come and see him.
One faithful day, I went to meet with the man and when I got there he said which country did I want to go? And I gave him the countries I want.

The man told me that Qatar is available at rate of 750k that if am ready that there is someone that will pick me up once I arrive. He said there is accommodation and that I will get job immediately I get there.

Immediately I told him that am not really interested in Qatar and that am not desperate to leave Nigeria. I told him these because have done my own thorough research.

My candid advice is that if you want to leave make your research very well so that you don't fall victim.

I will enter plane this year by God's grace and have my own personal experience... Shalom