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Travel / Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by CanadianNaija: 4:13am On Mar 02, 2022
hoodboy:
Any reliable cad to Naira exchange platform?

Fm exchange, africhange

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Family / Re: How Could My Brother Help Me? by CanadianNaija: 5:37am On Jan 29, 2022
frozen70:


Plead and discuss with him to bring you over there

No business can start and stand well if you don't have upto 10mil

Before your family will say you are a failure for not being able to move your business forward

Read his comments. His brother has been trying to bring him and it hasn't worked. Seems like multiple times from his replies, which is probably why that one has gotten tired and wants to give him money to start business.

It's not like his brother issues visa.
Family / Re: Travel To UK With My Wife Or Stay Back And Allow Wifey Travel With The Kids by CanadianNaija: 12:14am On Jan 16, 2022
InTheCloudySky:
Have a good plan in place or start looking for jobs before you leave. But, if you want your wife and kids to go first while you sort yourself out in Nigeria, flights from Nigeria to the UK are just a few hours long, so visiting them shouldn't be a problem. Just try and make the move to be with them within a few months thereafter.

Who will watch the kids while their mum tries to settle into a new country and job hunt?
Why do you people give wicked advise like this to men, but y’all won’t do same to women.

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Travel / Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by CanadianNaija: 3:08pm On Dec 27, 2021
LadyIE:
Good day everyone, please I’m about traveling with my family to Winnipeg, I have some concerns as I have two kids aged 4 and 2. How do I get them into a school or daycare center while I work? Does anyone have an idea of the average cost of kids school fees at Winnipeg?
2. Please what time of sim is advisable to purchase for myself and spouse? Do we get individual SIM cards or we go for a family plan
3. Also has anyone traveled with palm oil? How did you carry it?
4. Are there banks I could open an account with from Nigeria?

- The space you use to carry palm oil will be better for other things, they sell them at African stores here.
- Go online and type daycare quote Winnipeg, you’ll find figures for stuff like that. Then search for them and call or email them if you want to get ahead.

- There’s a bank that opens account online, but you can’t use it till you arrive. I don’t advise you do though.
By the time you come you’ll need an appointment to open an account. That’ll be a good time to talk about getting a credit card so you can function here and start building your credit score early.

- Carry enough dollars to tide you for like two months when you land. Then use these money exchange services to bring your Naira over. (Fmexchange, lemonade, africhange) Goodluck!

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Family / Re: My Wife Fought My Mum by CanadianNaija: 3:26pm On Dec 19, 2021
DjBigMoni:
Thank God for safe delivery, even though it was CS everything went successful.

So my mum came around for Omugwo first and ever since my wife had been having issues with her. it got to the extent my wife pulled a knife on my mum and I, she even fought my mum before she left.

So her mum now came around for Omugwo also and I have not been giving her face even despite she has apologised with my wife also and even her Dad. But I'm still finding it difficult to forgive her don't know why.

What led to the altercation? Give us a full picture instead of just telling us the result.
Travel / Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by CanadianNaija: 8:25am On Dec 05, 2021
Charles61:


Someone said, it's not mandatory as along as you re fully vaccinated. But I just want to confirm from another person

You have to pay it and get your QR code because you’ll need it for boarding.
Travel / Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by CanadianNaija: 4:04am On Nov 04, 2021
Fatkideric:
Hey guys, I just found this thread recently. I have a couple of questions to ask.

I went to ottawa to renew my nigerian passport on the 15th of Oct, 2021. They said it takes about 6 weeks or more. However, I need it before the end of december but I have heard horror stories.

My question guys is that is there anyone here that can vouch to me that it did not take long or it will come in the stipulated time or got their own recently and when did they apply. I would appreciate the responses. Thank you in advance

If you need to travel urgently you can apply for emergency travel certificate. It’s has 10days processing time. It’s valid for 30days, so good for a short trip. I did for my son recently.
Family / Re: My Wife Is Always Sad Whenever I Send Money To My Family by CanadianNaija: 7:29pm On Oct 28, 2021
dontai:
Sorry, my mama is not an extended family. I don't care how colonial master defined it to you.

Are you the OP? If no, then stfu!
I wasn’t talking to you dimwit.
Family / Re: My Wife Is Always Sad Whenever I Send Money To My Family by CanadianNaija: 4:52pm On Oct 28, 2021
I think it depends on how you both handle your family income.
In my house we have a fixed percentage of our income that goes towards family expenses and projects. After that nobody asks the other what they do with their money.
Whatever we send to our parents is our business.

Tell your wife to go and get a job and start earning money too. She should be caring for her family.
As an Inlaw you should really just give her family gifts(birthdays, festive periods), not carry their monthly expenses except they’re hungry people.

As long as you’re meeting your finance goals as a family, what you do with your disposable income isn’t her business.
In fact, you should have scolded here very severely the first time she started that behaviour.
Just make sure you’re not being irresponsible with money, because your nuclear family comes first. Your Mum is infact extended.

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Travel / Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by CanadianNaija: 10:48am On Oct 20, 2021
Sammychi90:
Good morning everyone, Please I'm looking for a room or basement for rent, my program starts Jan but I will be in Canada by first week of December . I'm willing to share a room but my budget is 350 to 400 a month. Thanks .

Looking for a room or basement where? Do you know how big Canada is?
You guys need to learn how to ask questions so that you can get answers from people that know.

Eg: “I'm a student coming to Canada in ....... Date, looking for a room or basement in ..... city. Does anyone have any leads, or could you point me to where I can find accommodation?”

To answer you:
- Search on kijiji.
- Facebook marketplace (put your destination as location when searching), search room for rent on Google + your destination.
- Ask on the Canada student visa thread, you might find someone heading to your destination or school.
- Ask here if there's a WhatsApp group for Nigerians in your city, join if there is and ask your question there. Folks might point you in the right direction.

Good luck!

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Family / Re: My Parents Move In To My Ongoing New House Without My Consent by CanadianNaija: 11:22am On Oct 07, 2021
SaintUlot:


Living abroad and building a house in Nigeria is a waste of money, it does not make any sense. The op would not eventually have no use for the house, the parents already foresaw this and that's why the relocated to the house.

The Op didn't post complete story. The wife created a thread and apparently she lives in Naija.
He travelled after they got married, and they have been contributing to build it together for years.

I'm trying to understand how the people commenting here completely disregards the wife’s financial involvement as if she's not a person.
If I were in that marriage, my husband will repay every amount I saved to put in that house. Also, that will be the end of any joint investment in that family.

His parents will lose their respect in the presence of their daughter Inlaw for being so badly behaved and disrespectful, and the fact that people here condone and justify this behaviour explains why Nigeria is able to go to shit as a country.

Our leaders are really a reflection of our people.

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Family / Re: My Husband Parent Is About Taking Our Property by CanadianNaija: 11:01am On Oct 07, 2021
teemy:
@Solatpumpkim, a friend and I have been following your thread since morning and I feel it is time I talked on this. I have also made several assumptions that I believe to be true.

Depending on the exposure and mindset, parents especially African parents might not live to the expectations of enlightened folks and sometimes, society tells us to suck it up. I talk to my sons, I say please, sorry, and thanks when appropriate. Sometimes, we come to terms on some agreements which garners trust that both sides have to keep. Unfortunately, your hubby might not be accorded such regard as seen from the write-up of the two of you. Managing the current scenario lies in both your hands.

That house which I assume is in the village (based on you guys want it to be the place you will land in when you come around) is gone. I reiterate G.O.N.E. Cococandy hinted that with the visit of a few family members at intervals and a stay now and then, even the authority of who lodges will totally be in the hands of your FIL. That house is now a family house. Almost no one in that village will hear any story in the court of public opinion. The words of some people here on NL is enough to let you see the mind of our 'exposed' brethren talkless of the village where it is expected that children do things for their parents.

I can deduce hubby sending money to FIL for the house building will also include money for papa and mama (considering that even the money fo the next house rent was borne by him). In all honesty, having someone decide what they want to do with your property could be painful but any attempt to force them out will even turn your hubby against you especially it being a thing of shame to him if it becomes a rowdy public affair and in the protection of ego, common sense finds its way out. The only other option left to you will be to collect your invested funds but I will tell you straight up that doing that will be a huge mistake and I will explain that in a moment.

It will be the beginning of friction in your marriage as you will not want to combine funds with him on any future projects. That trust would be gone and despite you being in the right, he will hold it against you in a way and this could find its way in future dealings (coming from a divorcee). Trust me, you have many more years ahead of you guys than to let money at this infant stage of your marriage together split you. I know I have no moral right to tell you to leave it as it is obvious it is a huge cost you guys to even get the house to this stage (he has been building it before you got married, you both contributed to it and it is yet to be 100 completed.) I do plead with you, I implore you to not ask it of him. If he wishes it, let him be the one to offer it and even at that, not collecting it will be a deposit that you will always earn interest on.

The rest, I leave to you.

Wishing you well - Teemy

Just one question.
Would you give this same advise to the husband if he came here and said his wife’s parents moved into a house that he and she contributed financially for without telling her.
Would you also tell him to forget the money and not let friction enter their marriage?

Their house is also not in the village by the way, what from the both of them have written, it's in the city. They pay rent for her husband's parents.

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Family / Re: My Sister Wants To Quit Her Young Marriage. by CanadianNaija: 12:47am On Aug 28, 2021
Goldiness:





See brother man, I know it's not easy for her as she feels so much betrayal, but try and to tell her to calm down, especially because of her health so this doesn't give future health issues, anger can be sickening, she should not allow another woman take her home. Now that is what the devil in collaboration with that strange woman wants, they both want to destroy the home. Instead she should join forces with her husband and fight that Lady, so long as her husband is not beating her or doing other bodily harm to her or her safety, she should try and cooperate with her husband, she should also work on her temper, if she really wants to get things done right in her marriage, because I wonder what pushed her husband into the arms of another woman, she should also investigate that and work on it. She should empower herself and Prayerfully follow her marriage, the devil is always after good marriages, somethings are not ordinary in his life you have to look at them from the spiritual perspective I tell you.


I wish her the best.

You have succeeded in making the cheating man the victim and his wife the villain. I wish this kind of advise on you.

You and your kind make me sick.

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Travel / Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by CanadianNaija: 8:54pm On Aug 03, 2021
purplerain:
You can try using Wealthsimple app if you want to get into investment. Their trade app allows you to do it yourself while with their invest app, they choose stocks and ETF to invest.

I have used both although I prefer trade cause I do my own research and buy stocks and ETF and my portfolio is performing better than when I let them do it for me.




I agree. And best of all, it's free to use, you don't pay per trade.
Travel / Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by CanadianNaija: 12:46pm On Aug 03, 2021
Mami1:
Hello Everyone,

Please can you recommend platforms where I can change naira to cad?

fm exchange app, lemonade finance, ping express etc.

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Travel / Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by CanadianNaija: 12:42pm On Aug 03, 2021
maziude:


Wetin you go use blend the ogbono for here?

Coffee grinder also works.
Travel / Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by CanadianNaija: 12:27pm On Aug 03, 2021
Lagbaja88:
student that cannot make simple research. Omo. Book a flight to Toronto, from Toronto book local flight to London ontario

With all your over sabi you can't even construct proper grammar.
You don't “make research, you “do” research. Eg Do your own research.

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Travel / Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by CanadianNaija: 12:23pm On Aug 03, 2021
Castorinho:


Thanks but I don’t think they let you fund the NGN account from a Nigerian account…

Try FM Exchange app, but you must be resident in Canada to use it.

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Family / Re: I Don't Feel To Good About A Future With My Sibling by CanadianNaija: 5:16am On Aug 03, 2021
You're disgusting. Hope this obsession with your sister won't kill you.

Stay away from her you sick f*ck!

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Career / Re: Should I Continue Studying Medicine In Nigeria Or Should I Start Afresh Abroad by CanadianNaija: 6:17pm On Jun 22, 2021
juman:
Nigerian doctor certificate is valuable.
Dont you read during corona how many nigerian doctors were hired by united kingdom.

� Hired ko! They hired them from Nigeria straight without them writing and passing the licensing exam to practice there abi?

You think its your mushroom country?
Travel / Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by CanadianNaija: 8:19am On Jun 19, 2021
adesbaba:
Hello family

Please what advice do you have for someone that will like to continue his banking career in Canada...Presently on the second grade after Executive trainee,branch staff,Msc Accounting,CFA Investment Foundations and CIBN in view ....less than 29 yrs.


Are there courses I can register for in Nigeria?...Do I need to go back to school to study particular courses??.... and so on



Many Thanks
@jbelieve,slowly but surely,Salford,ednut

CIBN is the most useless banking certification anyone can think of achieving. It's useless in Naija so imagine how much more useless it is when you leave the shores of the country.

You don't need to go back to school for banking since you have the experience already, you'll just have to decide what area of banking you want to apply to when you arrive.
Do you want to deal with investments, mortgages, treasury etc. It will determine wether you should start studying for CSc or IFC (which most new comers use as an in for financial advisor, financial planner jobs), or if you should just face your CFA.

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Travel / Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by CanadianNaija: 10:41pm On Jun 09, 2021
Knelsoon:
Can anyone recommend a good business I can invest $70kcad into few months after landing in canada.

I am already looking into some businesses but since I am not on ground yet, it's been a little difficult getting the real time infos. I don't know if $70k will be enough.

Hopefully I will be landing in Calgary in few months, waiting for IRCC.
Recommendations are welcomed. Thank you.


https://investalberta.ca/

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Travel / Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by CanadianNaija: 10:38pm On Jun 09, 2021
Alchemist01:
Hello Guys,

What do you think about getting a room in a basement apartment in Oshawa that is 40 mins away from Ontario Tech and cost $600 CAD per month?

I am a bit sceptical that the entire apartment is in a basement coupled with the fact that transportation will be an extra cost.

What do you guys think ? as I don't have much options when it comes to accomodation.

Is it 40mins by bus or car? If it's by car, it means that it will take longer by bus and may be too far for you

Also the basement apartment might be good for you if it's in summer because it will be �, and if it's a short term arrangement. That way you could land there, and have a month or so to get a better place since you're on ground.

This advice will mostly be dependent on if your agreement is month to month or you have to sign a one year lease.
Travel / Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by CanadianNaija: 10:34pm On Jun 09, 2021
JORDAN55:
Hi guys,
please what’s the best site to buy electronics in canada apart from best buy and Amazon.

Please help

Google search the name of the electronic you want to buy. The result will show you all the stores that have it and at what price.
Travel / Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by CanadianNaija: 10:23pm On Jun 09, 2021
oluayebenz:


Infact ehn

That man is facing alot honestly.
International student for that matter.

Schooling and paying all the bills by himself is very very tough.

If the man doesn't love her, he won't bother coming home last year to marry her, that money will even go a long way....
The marriage shows the plan is still there, guyman just need some time off to figure out the way around

I think the man is just using that said lady in Canada to survive, International students will understand better. She might just be a girlfriend


“She might just be a girlfriend?” Will this same tone and understanding for this man’s behaviour be the same if it were his wife in this situation?

We really should have empathy, and try to be reasonable. 4 months of not speaking to your spouse and not knowing if he's dead or alive shouldn't be dismissed as a woman not being understanding.

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Travel / Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by CanadianNaija: 9:47pm On Jun 09, 2021
Orange1234:
Hello everyone,

Please does anyone know an online exchange company that facilitates ₦ to either CAD or USD transfers? I want to convert NGN directly to either currency . Thanks in advance.

Try fm exchange, lemonade finance, ping express etc.

Though I think FM Exchange may be your best bet since you're looking to buy cad. Lots of these other companies give you naira.

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Family / Re: ... by CanadianNaija: 9:34pm On Apr 20, 2021
Lostchild:


Let me correct You

I know one woman that says: (house lent) instead of house rent.. Why?

In Warri or Delta we don't use the word Igbo
We used Ibo people because it is our accent

Get this into you: for we deltans it is Ibo people not igbo

Maybe the warri and delta you mentioned is a different one from where I grew up in the south, but having an accent is different from purposely misspelling a word.

Deltans can claim to be anything they want, no one cares. But you can not rewrite the spelling of our tribe.
We are Igbos not Ibos.
Family / Re: ... by CanadianNaija: 8:25pm On Apr 18, 2021
There's nothing like IBO, its IGBO. The person doesn't need to identify as igbo, just don't come and misspell the name biko.

You don't see people saying they're yeruba. You're either Yoruba or you're not.

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Family / Re: How My Daughter Died Last Week. by CanadianNaija: 7:37pm On Apr 02, 2021
Nigerians are so gullible its irritating. Just mention children, hunger and God their sense of reasoning will just evaporate.

Na wa for una, same format all the time and una still dey fall.

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Family / Re: I'm Damned. by CanadianNaija: 8:42pm On Mar 24, 2021
You need to hit rock bottom in order to decide if you've had enough or not.
By the time your whole contact list blocks your number your brain will reset.
Family / Re: I Regret Getting Married To The Mother Of My Triplets by CanadianNaija: 8:30pm On Mar 17, 2021
Mindlog:


If you are fine with her leaving, I suggest you have the triplets in your custody as you seem to be in a position to better manage the N25K on the toddlers and the plus is that there is one less mouth to feed.....their mother.

Lol... You people are not nice. I almost wish the lady will leave him for 3months with those triplets lets see the miracle he would perform.

Even his own mother will abandon the children for him after one month with that 25k as feeding money.
Family / Re: I Regret Getting Married To The Mother Of My Triplets by CanadianNaija: 1:59am On Mar 16, 2021
Lucrativress:

So what's the essence of giving him advice's if you gave him and he's still back here?
How sympathetic should a story be for you to be empathized enough to help?
All I'm seeing here are 3 Babies
Irrespective of the decisions of their Parent's action's

Give him money if you want, it's your money.

I'm not one moved by sob stories like we see here on Nairaland. I speak for myself when I say I don't reward irresponsibility, if that's not politically correct that's the headache of whoever it pinches the wrong way.

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