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[quote author=vascey post=64409899]@accommodation: we kept searching kijiji and rentfaster...contacted the landlords and declared our status before requesting a viewing til we found one who didn't mind our immigrant status upon calling our references... as to the possibility of getting a place, it will definitely help if you know someone in the city who would also act as a reference
Still job hunting

@bus delays...the holidays here translates to services being less efficient here unfortunately...waited to get our Wi-Fi installed by a technician about 2weeks because, holiday...

@health card, it took about 7working days post-application, we haven't accessed care yet...

Greetings from Calgary! And Happy New Year everyone...

Moved over from the other thread post PPR, our application was delayed at the dreaded London visa office over 6months

Landed a month ago (on the first holiday snow day in December) Eeek! With my husband and 3 month old �, other than a stomach bug that started just as we left Lagos, baby was super well behaved (thank God for pacifiers)

I hardly remember running into customs at the airport, cos check-in was a breeze (1 duffel bag with food stuff), weighed 5check in and 4hand luggage bags accurately from home, so no reshuffling..

Flight was great, layover in Amsterdam for 6/7hours and then to Calgary

Landing procedure didn't take more than 5mins after waiting in a short queue, declared $10k +, and all food stuff so I think that helped, also printed a goods to follow form ready when they asked...

We had a friend help us check out an apartment, filled out the application and all, only to find out while in transit that she declined our application cos we didn't have jobs (though my friend had told her we are new PR immigrants before she sent us the application),anyways, we found another place just before Christmas..

1st January: Had to go get formula for my lil'lady and decided to go with the bus for the first time since I was going alone (we had been uber-ing around with the baby cos of subzero temperatures)
Needed to get 2 buses there...planned the journey with Google Maps...the first bus was delayed 40mins!!!, this should have been a good time to go back to our warm flat, but I was determined � (BTW, did I mention it was -20degrees with wind chill of about -35?)
Second bus was delayed another 20mins...at that point I was sure I was going to freeze to death...my fingers were freezing in my gloves! Got to the store and wandered around to get warm, bought the formula and decided Uber cos I cannot come and kill myself, got my phone out, and the battery just drained suddenly from 60%...�
Stood by the exit asking people to help with uber so I give them cash, but most people have cars hence no uber app, finally got a Congolese guy who was kind enough to get me home, thank God...a 30mins store run took about 4hours...oh well, got a story out of it...�

So far, so good...we have met with settlement and career advisors with different agencies while applying for jobs...general advice has mostly been NETWORKING! Based on this, I have revived my LinkedIn account


Would really appreciate advice from those who have settled in who might have an idea of /leads for paid or unpaid internships in the public health/ not for profit sector and Architecture as well...

Hello everyone,�

I would please like to find out from those who have landed...

Is the CAD $10,000 to be declared at point of entry for the family landing? Or per individual?

If you carry over CAD $10,000 and declare is that allowed?

Hello everyone!
Need help urgently

Anyone knows where I can find these baby formula in Lagos or Abuja?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhA3zeELPzc


This video further supports the Quora post by @Blackbuddy

Thank you! �

koonlay5:
A friend actually uses NIPOST services in Abuja to send to Canada. You can confirm from the office at Area 10.

Thank you! �

Hello everyone!

I know someone asked earlier about contacts for cargo (from Abuja/Lagos to locations in Canada), but I am not sure if any recommendations were given...

Can someone please help with this?

Hello everyone, have a really hectic schedule and by the time i get here i have pagesssss to catch up on.

Currently at the post AOR stage and the wait is ..... 'HEKTIK'

Want to contribute my quota to this forum that has greatly helped in my journey....thanks to @dupyshoo @vcole et al

@vcole...been eagerly reading your post landing tales...preggers as well, so hoping to get PPR and all ASAP

So,
ITA: Jan 11
e-APR submission: Mar 29 (been reading up on my those close to mine (@ehrnie, @Babachi, @happymumtobe)
AOR: Mar 29
Followed by lonnng days of constantly checking profile, forced myself to stop on Fri 26th May, got email notification yesterday
Medicals passed: May 31(about 63 post AOR)
Background check: Not Applicable (for some strange reason, not sure whether this or anything else changed or not... )

So back to waiting, but thankful for progress...
Will try to update as i go along...

dupyshoo:
The main issue will be your medicals. You might not be able to take X-ray as part of the medicals. So your application will be paused until after you give birth. Once you give birth before landing, you will need an updated POF to match a family of 3 as you will have to include your baby in your application.

Some pregnant women risk it sha by using Lead Apron for the X-Ray. vcole and all other Medical Doctors in the house will be able to advise you on the risk involved in going this route.

If you are however able to do your medicals even while pregnant and you get PPR before you give birth, just ensure you land as fast as possible and go and give birth to your Canadian baby(ies)

Thanks @dupyshoo for the info...I saw you mentioned on someone else's post that medicals should be done as close to the eAPR submission as possible...so it's ok to submit 2-weeks to the 90 day deadline right?


Has anyone on here gotten a Police Certificate from Ghana? (as a Nigerian, non-resident of Ghana)?

@vcole can you please offer some advice on medicals/pregnancy/eAPR submission...

Hello All....

This thread is a great resource!

I have looked through and have not found a situation that directly applies to mine. Need the help of the gurus please

Got ITA on the 11th of January. My husband and I just found out a few days ago that we are pregnant.
We had planned POF for family of 2 (myself and husband), would this change anything for us?

Secondly, i have not finished updating my e-APR to get the document checklist, but does it include medical report to be submitted in the 90 day period along with the POF, reference letters and police certificates?