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Thank you for this o. I also have two kids under 5 and I know I can get funding and daycare. I am just feeling like say the science courses and long process might be over whelming for a kid 30s woman. I’m on PR

I am also trying to find another Nigerian here in Edmonton that has gone through or is going LPN sha .

Thanks for responding . You are blessed

ferfer:
I know someone with Arts(?) background in Nigeria who is in the final year of a BSN program in Canada (Saskatchewan precisely). She has 2 kids less than 5 years old and had her second whilst registered in this program!

You can do it, Sister!

Here is my little bit....

1) Research, research. This is a no brainer. What is their fees/tuition like? Experiential learning opportunities? What AES accommodation do they have? This is important especially if you have kid(s) to drop at the daycare at 8am and lecture starts at 8am. If you are registered with AES, they can record or make other arrangements for you.
Compare multiple LPN programs if there are multiple institutions offering it in your area.
This may not pertain to you but looking at out-of-province/city LPN programs is also something some people may be willing to explore.

2) Money! Money answereth all things. If it is a thing, money will most probably make it all easy. How will you finance this career pivot? Student loan +/- grant? Some provinces allow both to not be mutually exclusive now. Some also charge interest after you have completed the program whilst some do not. How about some part time job? As a student caregiver, you can register with alto (https://findalto.com/careers). There is a lot of flexibility in being able to choose jobs.

3)Support system. Look for friends registered in the program who share the-same objective, background etc. You should not have to look too far. If it were courses like Vet Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy - e fit be only 'you' but LPN, you will have the luxury of being around lots of folks.

4) As you start the program, remember you are bringing experience and perspective from multiple continents. No gree for anyone o and make sure 'you know your stuff'!

5) Lastly, I know you have already been divinely inspired on the choice of LPN so this may be for someone else. How about a Bachelor of Education since we are no longer in a place where the reward of teachers is in heaven? They should be able to transfer some credits from previous degree which will shorten the 4-year BEd program.
I have attached the pay grid for teachers in Saskatchewan below, other provinces' are similar +/- a few thousands. With a freshly minted BEd, it is class 4 level 1 and each year of teaching adds another level. If you have a BEd+M.Ed, it is Class 6 and with 9 years experience it is ~6 figures.
For some people, it is not much and for others, it is the dawn of a new era.
This collective agreement is obsolete though since it's 2years old, there is a freshly minted one in arbitration and it is definitely better.

This is my perspective with the assumptions that the recipient is a parent and a non temporary resident.

Pls has anyone done LPN with a background in ARTS from Nigeria ? Based in Edmonton , Alberta . I would like to ask some questions . I have googled but I would like to personally know someone experience before I think about a big career change

aestake:
Why are you angry?

I was always angry cos of lagos , now I’m calm in Canada

If the idea of people carrying food is a problem to you , delete your account and face your road. Allow people to go their way . And stop commenting .

Btw Indians and Chinese carry food when they come so keep quiet and face your Canada where u spend 50 cad for two weeks . Let people go their own Canada with their own food .

CountVersailles:
Food is about some of the cheapest things you can buy in Canada. I know that because I've lived in many cities. Even if you don't work and are living on your POF, you don't need more than $50 to shop for food for the week and you can make enough food to last two weeks. The problem with our Nigerian brothers and sisters is that when they want to eat Indomie, they want to eat indomie from Nigeria which is available at exorbitant prices at African store. Sometimes its price is more than 5x the regular indomie you can buy at walmart. How that is any special than that regular indomie, I don't know. Same thing with chicken. Chicken o! They want to eat the chicken from African store. When will they learn that it is not sustainable to continue to subsist on the kind of food you were eating in Nigeria? If you are in Rome, you behave like the Romans.
So, why won't their money finish quickly?

The brighter point is that many of them eventually pivot to Canadian brands, but not after wasting away their money on Nigerian indomie. It typically takes them about 6-8 months or so before they start seeing it is unsustainable to be craving Nigerian indomie. For some, it takes years. Years of wasting away hard-earned dollars. And when they finally move to way cheaper chinese indomie, they see there is not even that much difference. You can replace indomie with whatever you want. But why does it have to take that late to figure things out and spend more wisely in a new environment? There is a reason the whole Canada is not shopping at African store.

let's not excuse ma.d behaviour. Survival is often dependent on how you adjust fast. Thinking you are still privileged and wanting to live the Nigerian life when you are in Canada is one of the worst things that can happen to you. There is no reason that should be encouraged.

slydog:
Landed in Canada two weeks ago, did an interview with TD up to the last stage, got call that they choose to promote a guy for the role.
Felt so sad. A 75k role.

Don’t worry something awesome will show . They out there looking for Canadian experience, happened to me , they went with someone with Canadian experience. I took another call center job with govt to build experience and doing some certifications as help .

Antyxx:
Hi
I just got a new Nigeria boyfriend, whats the fastest way to bring him. Im a Canadian resident. I want him with me in 3months time, i have 5k to waste,i dnt mind

But all these pr process they bore me, as it cn take time, thank you
Pls im desperate

A new bf? Lmao! The processes bore you ? Nawa o ! Pls follow due process and also due diligence on who you are dating. How are you even sure the guy even like you , like just cos you are a Pr

If u want it fast, make he enter luggage Dey come via sea cargo .

daks02:
Hello, you can PM, might have something

Thank you but I got work now

Hello wonder people . I landed two weeks ago to edmonton , I’m looking for work o. At least make I start with customer service work. I’m female with a kid and husband . I don tailor my cv to fit Canadian resume . At ideas where I can go for help with work

Abeg no vex . Do we need to blend egusi and co before packing ? Can I just carry it as it is. Well dried and packaged ?

Lotusgoddess:
God has done it fam!!!

Alberta Noi: 30th September, 2021
Alberta Nomination: 29th October, 2021
ITA: 10th November, 2021
AOR: 5th January, 2022
MEP/BIL: 16th February, 2022
BIL updated: 17th February 2022
RFV: 27th April, 2022

Congrats

Xchilor01:
Okay cool. Which airline please?

I have no idea which which is why I said to check , few years back someone said she did At almost 38weeks .

Oben209:
Hello Guys , i would like to know what to do if a visa office returns your passport without stamping it due to backlogs .. London VO is messing up .. i sent a mail to know status of my passport, only for them to return my passport back to me without even replying my mail …

They already said they won’t prioritize passport sent to London vo if they aren’t within their Jurisdiction. So send to another Vo , best Accra direct or Cairo . They can get this done within 4 weeks .

Oben209:
Hello Guys , i would like to know what to do if a visa office returns your passport without stamping it due to backlogs .. London VO is messing up .. i sent a mail to know status of my passport, only for them to return my passport back to me without even replying my mail …

They already said they won’t prioritize passport sent to London vo if they aren’t within their Jurisdiction. So send to another Vo , best Accra direct or Cairo . They can get this done within 4 weeks

Xchilor01:
I am expecting my copr in a week or two but the twist is that my wife might not be able to fly due to she would be over 36 weeks pregnant. Will traveling alone then not be an issue?

Some airlines allow till 38week but not after . But still try to check if she can stand it . Try your luck . It will be sweet for baby to be Born in Canada

Update . Finally got my copr /passport from Accra Vo.

Sent via Abuja vfs on 21 feb
Received 21st April - in lagos

We move

Thanks to all that responded to me here . You are blessed . And I will try to pay it forward

aestake:
Just tell 9ja politicians how to behave. That is what remains. You think he would learn with the bold? The other day someone told another whose thought was legit not to ever quote or respond to her matter, all of una mute and some thumbed up. People wey sabi. Make una dey enjoy una thread.

Ooh i know that particular quote and I concur cos that person asked to not respond is a nasty fellow on Nairaland . I have also had a nasty experience with that person in question . So na thumps up .

aestake:
I don't know answer to his problem. I told him not to lump his with mine.

You sound selfish . You could just have ignored . Possibly he or she doesn’t know how to quote properly . Anyones WahalA here is everyone WahalA and even no ones WahalA as well . We carry people WahalA for head.

Pls has anyone used lemonade app to buy cad

Nice

Dimple10:
. Please!!! I take God and whatever else you believe in beg you, avoid quoting or responding to my post. Lets not be unfortunate…love and light.

That person na cow o .No mind am . Never seen this kind of frustrated human being before . Na evil spirit o. Just ignore am .

icehot:
I think it goes from Lagos VFS to Ghana VFS then Ghana IRCC office. The thing don dey tey, abi?

vfs accra has confirmed its in transit to the vfs i used. people who got notified same day as me in lagos have gotten notification today but abuja own, nothing yet.

so im thinking vfs nigeria first drops at lagos before abuja.
since april 4th , its has been in transit.

very disappointed

does passports go to lagos vfs before abuja vfs? na wa o.

Just send birth certificate and inform them via the link in the ppr letter . You still have to do medicals and fill those forms . Just do that while you process your kid's passports

Allegory:
@the bolded, I wish lol.

Wow had to go to Abj to do same day capture for my kids passport when I got oinp, was hoping to find such connection in Lagos cos that journey is stressful and expensive. I have Alausa contact too but no one is willing to guarantee speed.

If I inform IRCC today about the baby, are they going to extend the PPR deadline or what? I’ve been reading different things on this thread

woow congrats. i even tot u were in canada sef. wonderful.

to get passport for lagos isnt as fast as before o. nin for baby and capturing takes time. it might be faster in other states like ekiti and other. but i have someone in alausa but i cant say wether he will be fast o. but can say na sure guy . he helped me during covid and other people as well.

Allegory:
Guys it’s PPR

Didn’t know I’d be typing this here so soon. No long story until I’m in Canada

AOR: Dec 23 2021
PPR :12 April 2022

Baby addition loading sha so I’m still here

I’m asking for the millionth time, please who has a sure speedy plug for int’l passport in Lagos

thanks u for this elaborate and interesting read. i read it twice. please if ur bag is overweight is it 28k to upgrade?. did they ask for covid test even though fully vaccinated?. im using ET with my family. (3)

mobenjackson:
Album title: Sounds from the North side (Landing gist)

Artiste: Moben Jackson

Featuring: Family members, Uber, MMIA (Muritala Muhammed International Airport), Customs officers, NDLEA, Agric officers, ET (Ethiopian airlines) desk, AABIA (Addis Ababa Bole International Airport), DIAI (Dublin International Airport, Ireland), TPIA-T1 (Toronto Pearson International Airport -Terminal 1, also known as YYZ), AirCanada, YEG (Edmonton International Airport) and flights ET900, ET552 and AC169.

Executive producer: Moben Jackson

Album length: 33hours

Track 1: MMIA (Leaving the trenches) - Woke up and freshened up, booked uber to the airport alongside loved ones. We arrived past 9am even though my flight was for 1.20pm, we heard that the earlier, the better as you will be more settled b4 u fly, so we followed advice. Got a trolley guy to push the load, paid him 1,500 at the entrance where all begi begi started. I paid 500 per head for loved ones to enter into the airport with me, which also totalled 1,500. I loaded my baggage on the conveyor at the entrance, ut rolled over to the other side of the entrance and was searched by NDLEA guys, nothing was found and so i was left to roll my trolley over to agric officers. My brother who has done 2 airport runs within the last 6 months knew who and where to sort. He saw the officer beckoning on us to get to the agric stand and asked me to see the man, i followed him like a baby bonding to his mom and after jokes made between us, i shook his hands with yet another batch of 1,500 again. And there goes me jumping agric to queue on ET baggage weight line.

I weighed my bags, 32kg and 23kg respectively and these weightwere tagged on each baggage. I also had to celo-wrap my bags at that stand for 3,000 (1,500 per bag - standard fee). I got payment advice from one of the guys doing the weighing. He basically asked for name, final destination, how many bags to be upgraded, airline I'm flying with. I scanned my passport, arrivecan paper and vax card with a lady at the ET desk and she asked that i do copies of my data page. To upgrade my bag, i went upstairs to make payment, i upgraded one bag from 23kg to 32kg at the rate of 28k (they only accept cash or card payments, not transfer). I was issued 2 receipt and my copy of POS reciept. I went back to the lady to give her the copy of my data page as she requested. Then on another line to tag carry on/hand luggage (make sure y'all do this. It is important). No need to tag your backpack or school bag. There i was told to weigh both my bags (23 & 32), unfortunately it totalled 56kg instead of 55kg, i had to remove 1pack of milo & sugar to make it 55.8kg, the lady wanted to ask me to reduce again, but i gave her a very stern look and she understood the assignment and let my people (bags) go onto the conveyor belt which happens to be the last time you'll see your load until YYZ.

Once u done all that, y'all can now take as many pix and videos as una like. By 12pm, we bid our goodbyes and i headed straight for immigration checks, i collected a yellow card which had some biodata i filled, join a queue to submit your passport and in 2mins you'll be done. The officer asked if i had anything for them, i replied - me no get shishi...lol. Another queue to join again, where they will collect that yellow card from you and ask that you do some biometrics registration. Once done, you proceed to strip yourself (phones, belt, keys, earplugs, jacket) to pass through the detector while you pass your carry on & backpack to the other side.

After that, you meet another set of immigration guys who just ask you random questions like where are you going and why. Once done, i located ET boarding gate, here i was frisked again, carry on & backpack ransacked and one of my upgrade reciept was collected and ticket was authorized for flying (one part was torn for their use, while the other part will be given back to you). By 1pm, i boarded the plane and we left the TRENCHES by 2pm.

Track 2: AABIA (Addis Ababa Bole International Airport) - we landed just 5hrs after, though 9pm in Ethiopia cus they are 2hrs ahead 9ja, so technically we took off from 9ja by 4pm Addis time. We got down, and another queue this time, very long o. The airplane was way beautiful than MMIA, it seems 9ja is cursed ground, cus wtf, with all the money we have, we can't even build a standard international Airport. Was frisked again and searched thoroughly, including my carry on & backpack, then found my way around the boarding gates for the Americas (Canada to be precise). We were boarded onto the plane via zoning, i was in zone 2, so i was part of the 2nd set that went on the plane. Our layover of 2hrs was barely enough to get us all on the plane.

Again our journey began....

Track 3: DIAI (Dublin International Airport, Ireland) - We flew for 8hrs, and landed Dublin for refuel which was just about 1hr. Inflight entertainment and food was good. I didn't watch any movie, cus i had seen all the Hollywood movies to be seen except for HIDDEN FIGUEES, but i couldn't watch cus the earplugs given didn't have any bass, so the noise from the plane was too much interference, instead i focused on the flight 3D map and it was interesting to monitor our flight and know where we headed. For food, ET try o, abeg, they served us 4 times (rice, chicken/beef sauce, bread/bagel with spread, biscuits, water, drinks - wine or soft), being not much of a foodie, i only ate the rice at all times, cus small food laidis my belle don full. We were given coffee (with cream & sugar) and cakes, as we finished fueling at Dublin, on our 8hrs flight to Toron'o...lol

Track 4: YYZ (Toronto Pearson International Airport - Terminal 1) we landed by 9am instead of 8.10am bt no lele, we sha don land, my papa go talk say "welcome is better than sorry"...lol... na so people dey run o, to join immigration queue o. So first you join a very long queue, to register on the kiosk machine, no officer to say next, na here DIY (do it yourself) start o, you just look around for the next empty kiosk machine as we have about 20 of them or more sef, then you leave the queue and do self registration. Scan your passport, position to take picture, accept declaration and print, a white slip will come out of the machine. Move to another queue, where they will check the white slip and you may be selected for covid-19 random testing, i wasn't selected sha. So i moved to the CBSA queue, where you'll declare purpose of entry and all those shenanigans, finally you go hear the famous line "Welcome to CANADA". moved on to baggage claim and got my 23kg & 32kg. Then asked for connecting flight lounge, i got there and was told i had missed my flight by some few minutes. I was directed to AirCanada desk to help reschedule at no cost, i was put on the next available flight with wait time of over 3hrs. Well, i enjoyed free wifi and the wait flew by in no time. My big bags were e-tagged and loaded onto the conveyor belt so it can be passed to the airplane to carry it (P.S: my hand luggage wasn't weighed or stuffs bcus i didn't use a box, if u used a box for hand luggage, it will be weighed and if overweight or the dimension is not as it shld, then u may have to rearrange your bag or find a way out sha).

Track 5: YEG (Edmonton International Airport) - flight time from Toronto to Edmonton is 2hrs on paper bt 4hrs in reality cus Edmonton is 2hrs behind Toronto. So flight left from Toronto 2pm (Edmonton 12pm) to land by 4pm (also 4pm Edmonton time), which is correct but in reality, we flew for 4haaaarrrrsssss, mo ni Bleep shit, Canada yii ti tobi juu mhen (this Canada is too big). Na here all the geography for secondary cun dey useful, all those yeye time loss and gain, with those yeye latitude & longitude calculations became reality that day...lol.

I landed Edmonton and my host came to pick me up. The anxiety made me forget my backpack at the airport, i remembered when we were over 10mins drive away. We turned back o, i reach airport, i no see bag, i was scared shitleds, cus na there all documentations dey, most importantly COPR (gobe!). I asked around and a nice lady officer told me to come over to a storage room, there i saw my bag o. My mind just flashed back to the TRENCHES, say if there, that bag is a goner...lol. I retrieved my bag and thanked her and went on my way.

Track 6: Edmonton (the dream turned REALITY) - hmmmm, the breathe of fresh air. It's worth it ooo. Pls y'all should come over, it's worth all the wait and patience. I have done my SIN (social insurance number), gotten a mobile plan, opened a bank account. Will start applying soon. Wonder why i dropped my landing gist now? I am still jetlagged, my body clock is betraying me coupled with say light no dey go for here. It's 5.01am here and i have been awake typing this since 3.00am. People say it's cold, yes, -12°C, but then there is me who sleeps without a shirt or coverlet and the heater isn't turned on sef (e be like the heat wey do me for 9ja don fry my hard drive...lol)

Outro: CANADA in Jesus name - The wait is worth it in the end!

Thank God it ended in praise �

Yes I had issues paying with my gtb bank card. Think the name must match the passengers name . Don’t know . Anyway I paid via bank transfer . There are other options to pay not only card . Flight booked easily with the trasnfer option.

Gummygummy:
Hello Everyone,

Has anyone paid for their Ethiopian airline flight (via their site) recently using our local credit cards? Been trying to book for a couple of days now but it says payment error after the long haul.
Located an agency who’s giving me the price of the same flight with 20k difference.

Dunno if it’s a card issue(used first bank) and maybe to switch to another card?
Any suggestions? Any help?
Many thanks

JohnyF:
Please does anyone have any idea how long it takes for passports to get stamped if it's sent to London VFS?

Recent feedback from London vfs that it would take up to 30 working days to process passport sent from Nigeria.

You can type London vfs on search bar to get more information

u can pay for every one if u want. me i paid for one out of 3.

IBI5:
Proof of payment for Package Transmission fee per applicant ( 9410 + 990 sms fee optional)

Please, do dependants pay for the SMS fee or is it just for the principal Applicant?

me i filled as the main applicant

IBI5:
Thank you. The VFS Consent form , is it to be filled for each of the member of the family or just the applicant that fills it?

please im booking a flight with ET airlines. i have a toddler under 2 years and will be lapped. is she entitled to a check in lugage?

passport sent via abuja VFS

passport sent via dhl on Feb 18th
abuja VFS acknowledged and sent tracking number; 21st feb
accra received and sent to IRCC on 9th march
counterfoil and passport despatched from IRCC ; 1st april

more update to follow once i get the passports.

i paid for two way delivery from DHL

ABBYTUHESS:
Good Evening,Please how much is passport transmission fee and please how do i pay.Really confused

Depends on visa office . Which one do u want to use