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Torkwase1:
Yeah, I've decided on CN tower and Ripleys Aquarium. Good day to sightsee and take lots of pictures I guess

Palominopeaches:
No it's after Christmas o

Palominopeaches:
This your write up terrified me. In fact I'm traumatized...and I'm landing next week. Who kuku send me o

nextstep:
Guy, it's over with her. Face your lane and find babe in the abroad. There are idiots for sure, but there are also gems.



Hah hah hah... so says every Nigerian man who has lived to regret it. By the way, I can bet you are not her first choice based on her initial rejection of you and what I'm reading... she might still be holding out for that other guy...

If you bring her over with your funds, you enter one chance, as many many Nigerian men can attest when they took girlfriend-who-became wife abroad. So, since I see this relationship quitting in 1 or two years, might as well cut it now so you both don't waste your valuable time.

Why postpone the inevitable? Konji will catch you, it will catch her too. You will call, she's asleep. She will call, you're at work. You will call, she's not picking... and so on. After 2-3 months the frequency of your calls will reduce and the majority of your conversation will be about how you miss each other, and how life sucks. Meanwhile several ebonies, snowflakes, and mulans will be eyeing you and you will be eyeing them too. Then you and your girlfriend will enter the "pretend I'm not cheating phase", which might lead to fight every call, and mistrust.

Congrats! Go and face your new life in Canada.

mbhs139:
It is really appalling when after people struggled so ahrd to get the PR status to Canada, they now bad mouth the country. It is very very absurd and a sign of ingratitude to God and the system.

People come here, especially Nigerians, to complain about so many things as if they were forced to come live here in the first place.

I mean, if where you're coming from is any better, if your Banana Island in Lagos, or Maitama in Abuja is devoid of any problem, why come to Canada in the first place?

You hear them complain of cold, complain of the primary and secondary system and be looking for Catholic School here and there. We have come again with our entitlement mentality to a foreign land.

If only you know how many desperate young and men women out there that are struggling desperately to be in this position. I mean, how!!! How can anyone from Nigeria in particular be complaining here? Even if you earn millions monthly back home, you should have stayed back now and stop whining like a baby. Like I said, after some people have attained the PR status they want to now demistify it- making it look like it doesn't worth of afterall.

All the issues and problems that have raised here on this forum, we face more than all that, and if not worse, back home. Nobody told you they pick money on the tree in Canada nah! You have to work mehn! You have to wake as early as 5am, if need be, just like you in Lagos, and go to work, just like every Canadians do as well, and earn your pay cheque to pay your bills.

The good thing, as far as I'm concerned, is that you'll get value of every cent you spend. Unlike where I come from, where I pay 5k for NEPA every month and spend 15 to 20k on fuel for generator. Isn't that madness?

Please, we shouldn't complain abeg. If you're going through tough times, yes tough times are bound to happen, like I've been out of job for the past three weeks, let's simply cry out for help, period! Not castigating and making it look like it was a bad decision.

sentra05:
Is this suppose to be an advantage or a disadvantage?
What you are saying is exactly why "sane" people want to leave the country for people with your kind of mentality to enjoy your millions.
So you want to make your crazy millions at the back of people's sweat? A Nigerian will earn 2m per month and still pay his gateman 20k a month because in his mind the gateman is a common aboki who does not deserve to live a good life and he comes online to tell us how he makes millions in Nigeria because the govt who is suppose to check this wickedness is also guilty. It now becomes dog eat dog and you think it is good abi?

A Nigerian will earn 3m per month instead of hiring a professional nanny who he will pay well, he will go and bring someone from the village who will become their slave just because her parents is poor while oga keep building mansions and enjoying with his children.

You want to sell fake things and make crazy money abi because Nigeria is a country where everything goes without consequences.
Most times i wish the "sane" and "humane" people of Nigeria will all relocate and leave you like minds to eat each other cos you deserve the country as it is.
By the way, if after living abroad for 2 decades and you still think like this, i'll advise you to come back cos you are wasting space for people who love to live in a decent society.

ogbonti:
My brother you are arguing with me who is privileged to have seen and lived and still living in the western world for more than 2 decades

Nigeria remains one of the places in the world to make it big doing business. Do you know the regulations that hold back people in the west from making crazy money unlike which is not the case in Nigeria? Take for instance you open a eatery in Nigeria or buka sef, apart from your once in a year local government levy you may pay ... nobody comes there to tell you to pay your workers minimum wage of N30,000 a month ... in the western world if you don’t pay your worker that minimum wage with proper tax documentation, you will enter prison so easily and your business may be taken away from you

Secondly... set up a shop and sell anything worth buying nobody will Harass you on Naija... not so in OYINBO land, you could go to jail for selling fake commodities... in Naija the market is huge, ask Igbo traders in Lagos ... even Labanese will not go to Canada when they can stay in Naija... but you that own your country is trying so hard to run away.... enough said ..

Kemi4me:
All this comment no worry me, i don land since 8 months now,got one small work dey manage and not boring to me..i dey chat on Plenty of Fish (POF) and babe full there and weekend by weekend i dey enjoy myself with free sex to cool the system ,i no need any serious relationship for now na way l dey catch my fun for Lagos and l dey go event some weekend for Toronto with some friends l don make here and at my work place i do my work and go home ..hate or love me l no care so far l get paid for my work and l can pay my bills ,run my uber to my extra cash if time dey,smoke my weeds good it legal here ...i dey enjoy myself....i think the main issue is people come to Canada with too much expectation and get disappointed

czaratwork:
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Jbelieve:
Sorry about that.

Jbelieve:
Thanks did you retrive your luggage.

Jbelieve:
Please who has used Ethiopian air. I intend to book with them as they are the cheapest so far. Are there any down sides to using them? Please awaiting response urgently.

daks02:
Got mine from a trusted bDC in Lagos

ENG0701:
I got USD, and changed it at the bank in Canada.

sentra05:
I think we should not encourage people who have not made up their minds to migrate. From his/her post, you can see he/she has not done their own personal research and does not know what he/she wants in the first place. A lot of Nigerians do "follow follow" and unfortunately migration is a serious issue, it is not something one should jump into anyhow. People need to evaluate themselves thoroughly and be sure they have the right mentality for the move otherwise they won't be able to overcome the initial challenges and shock they may encounter. These are the kind of people that would open a thread tomorrow and bashing the country as if they were forced to migrate.

Some Nigerians do not have the mentality to live abroad and that is why you see them complaining of tax, bills, mortgage etc because they get all those things free in Nigeria. I think anyone who is serious to migrate should have made their personal research and not rely on people to validate or motivate them

ENG0701:
Congratulations on your PPR. I landed mid August, and I can provide some answers to your questions.
1. I was told that I will get my PR card in 6-8 weeks, but I got it in exactly 2 weeks. My wife had fone back to Nigeria before it arrived, so I had to DHL it to her, and she has received it. You can arrange for someone to send it to you.
2. Yes, you can travel with $2.5k.

royalads:
I just finished reading this content on nairametrics. The truth remains that you don't necessarily have to leave this country to make it in life. Oh and the notion that there is no good jobs around is a big lie. There are lots of good high paying jobs around. The question is, have you built yourself to land these jobs. These are not the jobs you get with your basic BSC from most Nigerian Universities.

A lot of you waste your time here being tribalistic while forgetting to add value to your self. Oh, in case you don't know, all these tribal battles most of you engage in have turned this platform to a playground. Most people looking for serious people don't come here anymore. I was talking to an HR consultant days back and she was looking for peeps to fill in some job vacancies with take-home of 500k and above monthly. I suggested she check on nairaland. She simply told me you don't see such calibre of people on nairaland. That she comes here only when she's looking for people for unserious roles like drivers, admin assistants and similar low ass jobs.

Leave nairaland and go and build yourself for the future.

gbemlad:
08036238196 amarachi, he sells good jackets at yaba. Got his contact from nairaland.

Drahl:
Brothers and sisters,I have finally been liberated from the clutches of IELTS ooooo.I know that it is neither ITA nor PPR,but I just have to share this story to encourage others in this IELTS quagmire.
NOV1 2018 BC- L7.5 R9 S7.5 W6.5
DEC15 2018 BC- L6.5 R9 S7 W7
JAN19 2019 BC- L8 R9 S7.5 W6.5(EOR Unchanged 15k waka)
MAY 11 2019 MOD- L8.5 R9 S7 W6.5(EOR Unchanged 46,214k waka)
JULY 27 2019 BC- L8.5 R9 S8 W 6.5(Requested for a remark)
AUG 17 2019 BC- L8 R8 S6.5 W7(this result made me to start believing that village people actually exists)

After failing IELTS 2 consecutive times,I decided not to write again.I was tired..but when the job I was searching for in Amsterdam went south,I knew I had to go back to re-writing IELTS.I came to this platform to seek for help in listening(my weak point)..and the wonderful people here gave me tips on how to pass it.
I want to thank @NanaF for introducing me to Cambridge series and convincing me that band 9 was very feasible in listening.God bless you abundantly ma'am.I also want to thank @CheesyTee,@adeptonlin,@ifeoma77 and @temas for their tips on how to ace listening.God bless you all.i am indeed grateful.
I finished cambridge series 1-13 and started passing listening with a minimum of band 8 but I started failing writing.I failed twice consecutively that I had to switch to MOD(which i still failed).At this point, I knew I needed help in writing.I had to contact Johnnybravo..I told him that I wanted to unlearn and re-learn writing.That guy is very good and thorough..he can scrutinize..we booked 2weeks session..everyday I would write an essay and he would review it..I started seeing why I was stuck on 6.5..He would review it word for word and give me appropriate synonyms to replace the ones I had written.on one occasion,he told me to use the word 'rationale' to replace 'reasons'.. I said ok..and he says spell it for me..I didnt want to tell him that I had a doctorate degree in engineering analysis and that spelling error is not the reason why I am stuck on 6.5(lol)..he probably thought I would spell it as 'rational'.I am indeed grateful to johnnybravo(we actually attended uniben together{my hall 3 guy}) ..God bless you and I pray your PPR arrives very very soon.
I booked 27 july and still got 6.5 in writing despite Johnnybravo's review...I say na lie..I nor gree..results were released on 9th august..I ordered a remark and booked another test for august 17th,results were released on 30th and I got 7 in writing but (6.5 in speaking)..How on earth can i score 6.5 in speaking?As I was lamenting on my speaking scores,I got a mail that the remark for July 27 was out.I was in Ikoyi today to collect the test report and behold my writing had increased to a 7.0..I almost sublimed..so i stand with:
L8.5 R9 S8 W7.
Finally, I want to thank @yemblaze who advised me to seek help for my writing.she is a wonderful person.she would send me mails asking about my IELTS result and the outcome of my EOR'S.God bless you ma'am.
I am also happy for @venorite..I read your story and it was very inspiring.

DexterousOne:
Someone going to Canada is going there so their young /unborn kids get a headstart

Even in America

It's often the second generation that breaks in and makes it

The first generation (those that came) may struggle
But their descendants will fit in.

Fleeing a failed and finished country is the fundamental human right of humans

As long as they fit in and be law abiding and productive

planetx:
You figure that out yourself, just giving my opinion on this Canada hysteria among Nigerians.

planetx:
Canada is overrated, it is hard to believe until you get there. You guys are just going to turn white Canadians to white supremacists gradually, how many of you can Canada take without changing the country's demographics.

bekayy:
You don reach here. Congrats again. Love from Part 8. Hahaha.

dasizzling:
But really the rate at which ppl with above 450 score enter the pool is scary...remember there was a draw on the 12th that took out 3600 ppl,and by august 15th as per distribution above 451 is over 7k imagine if they didnt do a back to back draw maybe na 15k go dey pool


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Not really. From the graph below we can see that 3600 people were issued ITA from 457-1200. Meaning that 3,565 people are left in the range of 451-600 as at Aug 15. Now I don't think an additional 1,500 peeps will have occupied the pool by today, maybe by next draw sha. I sha hope that at least the month of septmber will see peeps on 451 and above rejoicing so it can also come down to the batch of 450

Tellemall:
Two things this thread will be full of:

1. Convert the pay off a van driver/mortician/busser/whatever to the salary of a politician in Nigeria blah blah crew.

Please, tell us how they have the same expenses or is this just a shallow comparison of figures meant to intimidate your locals onto traveling to become morticians etc? Do you have the same expenses? No . So, what are you comparing? Why not just post your submission without sounding so bitter and ridiculous? Oh well, Nigerians and baseless pride are inseparable.

2. I will become a billionaire in Nigeria crew

If so, why is only Dangote your Nigerian billionaire? Do you think he did so with pointless hubris? Why didn't your ancestors become billionaires in their homelands?
Because it's not so easy as you think. Not everyone out there is a mortician. From their weak gloating points they want to make you insecure, but why must you lie to yourselves?


Unlisted: The reasonable ones who don't have to mention either of the two points above because they are not so pained that they are morticians and not billionaires after all. Even those without permits are here fuming and acting haughty. You can smell the bitterness of the two factions, arrogance leaking with each pointless post.

iaatmguy:
use skyscanner.net, google flights, wakanow.com,

Anyi3:
Check Sept 12 and 13th.

Anyi3:
Thanks. That's cheap oh. Ethiopian airlines for Sept of 387k is what I saw.

Abi your travel date is still far?

sweetmelanin:
Depends on what country in Europe, personally I don't like the US lifestyle: gun laws, overt racism of law enforcement, having to drive long distances to get to anywhere decent, medical insurance and worst of all you only get 2 weeks (14 days) annual leave - this is why most Americans barely have time to visit home (9ja).

Whereas in the UK you get 28 -32 days annual leave, flexible working, free healthcare & education, fast and efficient public transport, gun-less police etc..

I can't speak for other EU countries though.

johnnybravo1990:
First time I’m seeing a person who got PPR without first getting AOR. I cannot understand o. What kind of PPR timeline is this? Congrats sha .