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Please house have submitted my application since June 24 paper route and my application is status is still processing. Will it advisable to mail Canada visa office and tell them I don't mind deferring my admission to give them enough time to process my application cause the school is resuming September 8. Kind of worried

Godymn:
Dear All,

Can anybody help me with current TOEFL materials that can help me pass at one sitting.


Please help as time is not on my side anymore.


Regards.

This should give you an idea www.ieltsbuddy.com

Godymn:
Dear All,

Can anybody help me with current TOEFL materials that can help me pass at one sitting.


Please help as time is not on my side anymore.


Regards.

This should give you an idea ieltsbuddy.com

Please anybody in the house know anything about fleming college

Nuendo:
Good day to the wonderful people of this house. Most people wont know me here. I was part of the successful applicants in Part 4 of this forum. Calgary has been wonderful ( and very cold too) and I am graduating in a few months with my Master of Architecture Degree by the special grace of God. I want to use this medium to thank those who put in time and effort to keep this forum very active. Some of the forefathers I met seldom participate anymore.However, guys like Oga Siga and Oga Justwise are still here. I hail Sirs!! , Still very grateful and remain loyal to your government.

For those who are still hopeful or just about to apply, I want to encourage you all to have faith and follow the process with a clear and genuine motive. We have no idea the amount of help we get from here and the millions we have all collectively saved by going through this forum. I personally have directed about 4 people who have all been successful since I got mine and this is usually my first point of reference whenever I am guiding them.

Lastly, I usually end with a piece of advice or two based on personal experience and how Nigerians can make the most of their stay here. I do this because my schedule is unforgiving and I don't know when I would be free to post again.

1. KNOW YOUR PRIORITIES

Most of us coming here actually are in search of better opportunities in life and career especially as things are so tight back home and I a can speculate that bout 80% of applicants are doing this via the academic route which is a good thing. Those whoa are here are already aware of how the system here can be to your immense advantage or can squeeze the hell outta you mentally and physically. My ultimate advice is that we never forget the major reason for coming here in the first place. As much as money is important, and hustling etc, make sure your academics does not suffocate because you want to make some extra $$$. From experience, I can say, sometimes its better to maintain the lowest budget possible, work only if you have to and when you have the free time available and invest time and create a strong academic reputation for yourself in school. It would get you very far.... Take note, the work I refer to here doesn't include summer jobs but the kinda jobs that eat deep into your academics. See it this way : You may spend all the time hustling and raking up money (which in my opinion doesn't even come close to what you would earn at a very good place after graduation) and fail to perform strongly which immediately places you in a tight angle post graduation. You are already black and African, you cannot add a bad academic standing to that. Pick a struggle...

2. KILL PART OF THAT NAIJA MENTALITY

We must avoid approaching Canada with our Naija mentality - That there is no connection between academic success and success in the market. Connections and all still exist here to a certain degree but largely, this is a merit based system and things like references can take you to places you never could penetrate. Canada unlike most other countries, isn't bad in terms of Racism but you must remember that your nationality and skin color and even accent puts you somewhat at the base of the ladder. This is a bitter truth. So expect prejudice and stereotyping but always respond with excellence. The element of surprise is your most potent weapon. As a personal example: I got an offer from a top architectural firm that wasn't actually hiring to the bewilderment of my Canadian coursemates who still find it hard to believe that a 3rd world country graduate can outperform them. That was in my first year and the job still dey fridge till now. No CV, NO application, No Resume, Just recommendation. Another example is that the current President of the Royal Architects Insititue of Canada is Nigerian. Samuel Óghale Oboh, Full born and bred in Naija who made it through excellence and I actually benefit from his reputation even without my knowing him personally. So my people, excellence is a superior advantage here.....Try to make use of it.


3. MY PEOPLE, MIX UP!!!! ABEG.......
This is very important as the way the Canadians would react to you would be based largely on how timid or interesting you are and believe me, it helps in many ways from help with several aspects of your settling in, to academic assistance and tips about job offers and financial aid. Alo the prejudice factor reduces with an increase in interaction with the. face it, you are in their country. Learn their culture (without loosing sight of yours) learn about their cities, people and even start training yourself to speak English properly, in other words, learn the proper phonetics. (I cant believe I am saying this ). Trust me, there is nothing more mentally demoralizing than having someone ask you to repeat yourself over and over again. If you observe closely, this can spell the difference between them liking you and them not wanting to have a discussion with you both in school and subsequently at work. Its not fakeness, its called "blending in". This doesn't mean you should form whenever you see your fellow naija man. In fact at the slightest opportunity to switch to pidgin or naija accent, pls do to keep our culture alive. NB: I only realized this much later. I wish I started early.

4. KEEP EYE FOR GROUND

Well a lot of us have been conditioned by the Nigerian system that we don't believe that the world can be a good place and sincere people still exist. There are tons of opportunities just there for grabs in form of awards, financial aids and scholarships. Even programs and community initiatives that can go a long way for you. This connects to point no.2 in certain ways but also its not all academic. Participation also goes a very long way. try to seize the opportunity this system offers you and grab whatever is within reach. I depends on where you are but largely, don't expect people to tell you about it. They might not know that you don't know. SO ask questions, and always been on the look out for things like this. Also this is another aspect I wish I took more advantage of. I say this personally because I benefited and actually spent 4 months living and studying in Barcelona, Spain and traveling to over 12 cities in Europe as a recipient of a travel scholarship. So yes, another man's country can give you free money and opportunities your own country couldn't give you. Life isn't as bad as we were made to believe.

5. OPEN YOUR MIND...but don't loose it.

This is probably the most sensitive point and is so because of where we are from and the cultural and societal values on certain things.

a) First aspect I would hammer on is Religion. Well am sure one of the first things that would shock you here is the percentage of atheists here which may range from 40% in the older generation to about 85% in the current age distribution of 16-35 years. You would also encounter several other types of people who believe in things that would challenge the very foundations of your own faith. Please once you land here, instead of dragging with them, getting overly animated and or even condemning them to hell fire ( or wherever) , try and keep your views to yourself but never be ashamed or intimidated into not speaking about it when you feel like. Also take it easy - for those who bind and cast demons or see things other people cant see ( I say this with no intention to mock). But try to understand one thing, most of them don't care and its most likely that the powers, principalities and demons are actually based in Naija where the wickedness and evil is in exponential proportions compared to here. . You would make yourself look seemingly violent when you carry the matter for head. I think this info is clear enough.

b) Sexuality with special emphasis on Homosexuality and gay rights. Please, please and please, Learn to approach the matter with wisdom and tolerance in mind. You would encounter several individuals who are openly gay and they may have the best of personalities. As much as possible, try to keep your personal views to yourself and learn to interact without being judgmental towards them because they would notice immediately. I personally strongly disapprove of the ideology or way of life but I have several friends who happen to be gay now. I have learned that its their choice and the personality and character of the person has no connection to how they choose to love their lives. Hence I don leave the mata for Baba God to gauge the case himself. Its my job to love my neighbor without trying play God. NB: This doesnt mean in any way that I have accepted that way of life as I still feel free to discuss/debate (not be angry or unnecessarily vexed) my own take on the issue.


I hope I have helped one or two people who are about to make the switch to this part of the world. I tried my best to drop as much as I can because such first-hand information is hard to come by in one cohesive piece and I really wish I knew such prior to my coming.

Its a beautiful country here and my prayer and ambition is that one day people would create huge forums and discussion groups about how to move over to Nigeria.
Good luck to all the expectant applicants, may your TRV come unobstructed by the special grace of God.

Best regards & Happy New Month.

God bless you br...wonderful piece of information*

valeriann:
Application submitted :24th January
Biometrics done: 26th January
Medical call up:5th Febuary
Medical Done: 9th February
Medical passed:13th February
passports request: 17th February
passport collected with TRV : 23rd February. ..


With God and housemates...it was quite easily done.

congrat br...paper or online route? please share with the house the documents you submitted

Oyeleye2011:
Working as a student to sponsor yourself in school in Canada especially in expensive British Colombia is not easy at all. This is not for Pikin, not for even average student in academic, it is for smart student. Though, studying here is so easy for we that will went to public university in Nigeria, when you will have to walk many kilometers for you to see functioning cyber café to do home work or research. we have high level of information technology here to our advantage in school. Not everybody come from rich family who can sponsor them in expensive schools in Canada. some of us has to work in order to pay our tuition fee which is not easy. I will say, it is easy for me to do that because I already know that nobody will send money to me. I make $3000 upward in a month and have little bills to pay because I know I did not come here to live large for now but after study, I know I will live large. Although my people, I must confess, it is not easy combining school with work. I don't have social life. Just studying, working and church activities. For those that are thinking, can I work to pay my tuition fee? I will say yes but you must sacrifice many things to achieve that. God bless us all.

God bless you 2 brother.

standupguy:
450 per person for one room.
There are cheap cities too where you can get 350.
You should factor this in while looking for your choice Institution or program.

Thanks br...

Amefrica:
I pay 450/month on rent (all utilities incl.)

Grocery shopping 50-100/month - sometimes when I'm lazy to cook, I order dominoes or KFC, Dominoes is 50% off every monday.

There are transit buses here which are totally free once you show your student ID card.

My phone bill is around $50 a month.

Entertainment, I play soccer every Friday/Saturday/Sunday with guys here, I dance (I'm in my school dance team), I play FIFA with my roomies, and go to clubs sometimes.

In total, I haven't really calculated it before but I'm guessing somewhere around $600-$700

br is it that you and your room mate share the 450 for rent or you pay 450 each?

vicarsenal:
A List of TRV CHOPPING TIMELINE AND DOCUMENTS I compiled since joining this Thread. Download and enjoy.

good job oga mi...happy Sunday sir

uzhi:
U cant send them together.
U can send one on like monday nd others on teusday. And dnt use ur name in sending d transcript.

thanks boss

uzhi:
They haven't o. In fact, i had to send another transcript nd other doc via dhl nd ups on Wed nd Thursday. Though they hv my transcript already, just d uploaded form nd ielts remaining

@ uzhi please do you have any ideal if I can send my other documents with my transcript?

mrnilobrawn:
SOP & sponsor letter

Thanks for this..it really help.

iyb:
any courier service is good as long as it is not ni if you say post na you know

lolz

uzhi:
Here in Abuja, UPS is 12+ while DHL is around 16k

its the around that price here in lagos..

uzhi:
I used notary public around ekotedo in ibadan. My friend, pls kindly use DHL,UPS OR FEDEX, though they arent cheap. Anything worth doing,worth doing well.
EMX can give u hypertension. I sent my transcript via ems on d 3rd of december and it got there after 19th days instead of 5days. But when I used dhl to send similar thing to finland, it took 4days to get there.
Other docs sent via nipost more than 2wks now are still yet to be delivered.

you are very right..i think DHL,UPS,FEDEX are the best...

Anybody in this trend going for social science course in Tartu uni?

AgentONE:
GUY ur own gud o...I know of some ppl dat charge 15k

I don't think notarizing is dat expensive..read abt someone on NL here that did his at High court in ikeja 500 naira per document..

diamondsare4eva:
To God be the glory. My medical request just dropped now. Details later

congrat sir

misszionboo:
It's my birthday today fam . Happy birthday to my twin and I.

happy bday

[quote author=mrnilobrawn post=29734181][/quote]Akin: October 2 2013, fleming college, paper, PG, DELAYED

Classicalmusic:
It will affect it. Use Nigerian home address. It's very important because you're applying for visa from home and the embassy does not really lay emphasis on previous travel before issuing a visa. They only care about "home ties."

Thanks I appreciate

Xlad:
estonia citizens r just migrating to finland,sweden and denmark,uk in search of jobs

pls can you give me the link or website for either Sweden,finland or Denmark?

just received a mail from Tartu university... English test is required from Nigerian students..

johnnykuku:
So monthly intake is abt 200k + in naija currency,its what going for,my salary here na 75k wch is nt much

dats wat I saw..someone shared that link with...

check this out people.....http://www.studyinestonia.ee/working

slimmy05:
It won't. Use any address that is convenient for you to receive your i20

THANKS SO MUCH I APPRECIATE

Pls house I urgently need help on this... I am filling a masters form for a school in USA and I want to use canada mailing address...hope that won't affect my visa application wen applying to Embassy here in Nigeria?

sobastical:
You're welcome sir. Happy new year this year is gonna be great which the Lord will crown our effort in Jesus name. Amen.

AMENNNNNNN JESU IN EKITI DIALET

uzhi:
For your ielts, go to any British council office that's close to you for enquiry or just google it.
That's what I did for mine. I explored the internet,sat for d exam and got 6.0.
For people who needs help with their motivation letter,it is advised u share ur letter with people to proof read for you before submitting.
I don't know if this platform permits helping people on things like this at no cost, otherwise I would be glad to help.
Though am also and applicant into Tallinn University,but I know my way around letter of intent.
Cheers !

nice one br..i will send u a personal mail so u can help proof read mine...am going for masters in international relations and regional studies at Tartu uni

tnuola:
Yw.. Please don't stop reading the thread, you can start from part 5 and read in bits

yes am doing that already.. God will answer your prayer also...we are celebrating with you next..

csfrost:
average feeding cost per month is about 50k, if you are lucky to get hostel accommodation, then you can get it for about 27k per month, price depends on the hostel block tho. and if you thinking you would get a job over there, from the info I got from someone who is there, your chances are betwn impossible to extremely slim. these ofcos mkes it a bit difficult. but life in tallinn is more cheaper than most parts of europe

br so no job for interntional student?