Osinbanjo is literary one of the oppressors. He is the number 2 man/oppressor in the country. So he hasn't or doesn't need to choose any side

maziude:


I came in on 25/07/2017. Went to rbc on 26/07/2017... applied for the newcomers package. I received my cc this tuesday with a limit of 1k on it.

I hope this helps.

Nice, I guess I'm wrong then. When I came in 2009, RBC and CIBC told me I had to wait for 6 months. Same with TD back then. Thanks for sharing that though

chimah3:


Imagine!!! These good things can't be passing me by o! Especially after the annoying tax on every damn thing.

But as a newbie, how do u advice I go about getting one !?

Your best bet is to get the prepaid for now. After about 6 months, call them to see if you're eligible for a proper CC. Sometimes you just have to start from the bottom. Then you build from there. You can also download the CIBC app on your phone to check your credit score for free that is if you have one.

chimah3:


But paying my phone bills without a credit card is like wasting credit points..lol!

I do go back to the bank and ask them about the prepaid credit card.

Cus I do like to start building credits from day 1...lol

Confam!! I use my CC for all bills and transactions. At the end of the year, I usually get enough points to fly down south for free.

chimah3:


Thanks settled for CIBC. Even though I wasn't offered a credit card immediately. Is this meant to be!?

Haha, they hardly offer a credit card to newbies because you do not have a credit history. That's very normal. If you insist on getting a credit card with them, you could get a prepaid credit card. So you put money inside, spend it and pay it back in order to build your credit.

Also make sure you pay your phone bills on time. After about 6 months to a year, you should qualify to get a proper credit card.

chimah3:
Please a quick urgent one:

about banking: which bank offers good packages for students (someone suggested CIBC...is this okay?)

Phone plane: which is best please. (Freedom??)


Please anyone online now should help me. Thanks!

I would go with CIBC or RBC, you can hardly go wrong with either. I believe you meant phone service provider, Fido and Koodo usually offer the best deals for students. I believe Fido has unlimited Text, calls and data for $50 plus tax. Though I heard the speed gets slower after using 2Gb but not sure about that.

CanadianNurse:
Good morning y'all, I will kindly want to find out the requirements and procedures to extend ones study permit.

I will like to prepare for it from now before the time comes
So I will like to know what I need

Thanks

Cc:@salford1 @dogice @truce01 @maternal

It is straight forward if you are within Canada. Complete the questionnaire on www.cic.gc.ca, fill forms IMM5257B_1 and IMM5709E, make sure your passport is valid, get your transcript/admission letter and have about $3,000 in your account. Take a passport photograph with cic specifications and pay the processing fee.

CanadianNurse:
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Application approved!

Special shoutout to john2017,i be canadiannurse wey never see canny but God Don do am bro repent and see wetin God go do for your life too

Nice one boss. Congrats!

CanadianNurse:
so the study permit and temporary resident visa have the same expiry date?

Yeah, Work Permit/Study Permit and Re-entry Visa (Temporary Resident Visa) have the same expiry date.

Ayoola03:
Hello house,i will be traveling soon coz am on study permit, i really need your advice on which one is much more better and preferable (base on experience) btw purchasing a laptop in Nigeria or in canada (considering cost). initially, i was thinking of buying it in canada wen i get there because i feel buying it in Nigeria will add to my luggage weight. On the other hand,i am getting more confused hearing people talk about how crazy they pay tax on every purchased goods in canada. please gurus in the house i need your advice oo and i mean a very good laptop not less than #200k here in naija thanks

From my own personal experience, I think you can get better deals in Canada. If you go to any BestBuy store, ask for open box laptops (these are laptops that was bought by someone else but returned within a week or two). It is pretty much brand new but the box is not sealed in it's original condition but who cares. Plus it comes with the warranty too. You could save a couple of $100 doing this and you can also bargain with the sales guy/girl on the floor. (This was how I got my Mac for a great deal).

Also, you can get amazing deals on Amazon Canada/US if you search well and get it delivered to your doorstep within 24-48 hours using Amazon prime option.

Or wait till Black Friday or Boxing day to get good deals. There are pretty good deals during this period. Also, when I was school, there was an option to rent laptop for free with our student ID Card (if you are worried about waiting till Black Friday).

czaratwork:
is mississauga close to toronto? do they have IT jobs there (mississauga) as well?

Sauga city and Toronto city are literary side by side. Mississauga is the largest suburb in Toronto and part of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). There are IT jobs in Mississauga because a lot of corporate headquarters are located here. However, it is nothing compared to the number of IT jobs in say downtown Toronto.

And yeah, IT is all about experience mehn. Companies don't really fancy Masters and PhD that much.

Fusion23:

And nothing is free lool , we pay taxes

Haha true, even ice cubes aint free in winter

Fusion23:


Almost 8 years, thats long anyway my initial post was not really about wanting free things lool, I work, but good infromation cos i saw the thread was dying, i also found out like IOM gives reduces flight via Lufthansa if you were coming on PR.

True mehn, I just had to reply to your comment because the thread was dying like you said and some people were arguing over unnecessary stuffs and derailing the thread so it was perfect timing.

Btw, who doesn't like free things? lol, no time to form mehn. All my friends know me that I like good deals and awesome sales. I don't care what people think. Nothing wrong with free stuff if the quality is good. I don't joke with buy one, get one free on black Fridays and Boxing day

vcole:
I'm also up for any good info as regards getting affordable furniture. I was/am hoping for a warehouse or auction kinda store with really good furniture cos the prices I can see online for new sofas and stuff are a bit pricey. @fusion23, I wouldn't buy a used mattress though, I don't think you should.
Also, what would you recommend for a bank account? taking into consideration monthly fees, credit card annual fees and limits, etc etc. What bank would work best for a newcomer?
cc: maternal, fusion23, shinarambo1, salford, dogice, et al

Like maternal said, all the big 5 banks are pretty much the same. Personally though, I use RBC and CIBC, I have been with RBC for almost 8 years now and I use their credit card too. They offer the low rate credit card with 11% purchase interest and 11% on cash advance plus they gave me a very juicy credit limit. CIBC too has been very generous with me plus I got all these when I was an international student. But I believe the most important thing is having a good credit score and paying bills on time.

Fusion23:


Yeah definitely not doing free tins if they are used.
Especially mattress..but will find out.

Sure, I wouldn't do free mattress either. There are a lot of liquidation/warehouse stores for brand new mattress with great deals that you could check out especially if you stay in the Greater Toronto Area.

Fusion23:
Please Please lets use this thread for positive things abeg, Dont let this thread waste or be diverted, we need good information to get the best out of Canada , especially people just arriving like myself.

So question one..I heard from someone that immigration service gives free mattress to new comers and some small furniture please is this true
have been racking my head on how I will spend 700-900$ in Ikea

You can go on www.kijiji.ca under free stuffs/furniture/garage sales, you might be able to get some stuffs for free or very good deals especially if you check frequently. But watch out for beg bugs. All that glitters is not gold

I do not know about the government giving out free furniture. I know they gave stuffs to the refugees from Syria last year but not quite sure about Skilled Immigrants. But might be true.

415 is the latest draw

GidiPrince:
hello house,

please whats the cheapest means of sending a small box from Alberta to Nigeria?

Your best option is to look for a friend traveling to Nigeria very soon. Give it to him/her and the person would deliver is for free. You can go on Facebook and ask if any of your friend or even friends friend is going back home soon. Plus this is April, the academic session is almost over and a lot of students should be going back to Nigeria for the summer break.

Folaroyal:


@dogice and other gurus!!!!!
I strongly believe you can ONLY help this thread by directing unrelated enquiries to the appropriate threads!!!.. Cos If you continue to provide answer to every enquiry here... truly the main purpose of this thread is surely defeated!

Seriously... I wanted to join the thread but needed to study the posts from past pages... Alas i got discouraged!!!
Totally mixed up and misguided.. A lot of admission & TRV questions that should have been held on "Canadian study visa thread"... There's " open work permit thread"... I wonder why this particular thread in not organized...

The focus is about lost and should be redressed!!!
Kindly refer all unrelated enquiries to the right thread and let things flow smoothly.

I had expected that this would be the most matured and somewhat like the "PhD class" of all other Canada related threads??
Pls guys let's use this thread for the purpose it was created for!!!
Regards.

Noted. I totally agree with you boss

Owotobi:
Good afternoon house.. I.will like to make enquiry on d total cost if I want to study for my post graduate diploma in University of Windsor.....

Google it bro, you can easily get this info from the school website. Moreover, this thread is not meant for what you are asking.

Cheers.

ladylco:
Hello, please what is the cost of renting a shared 2 bedroom or 3 bedroom apartment, around mohawk college. It is needed urgently.

Thank you

Hi,

You should be able to get a room in a shared 2 bedroom apartment from $425 to $500 around Mohawk College. Prices depend on how furnished the rooms are and location in Hamilton. But make sure you watch out for bed bugs. There are some very gangster area in Hamilton with bed bugs infested houses.

chaiks:
thanks brother.I appreciate ur input.based on this,I feel it will be cool to identify schools that I'll use the last two years of undergrad as a basis for calculating and giving admission or grant.please do you know schools DAT normally use d last two yrs order Dan d whole yr of d transcript.again,do you feel one can qualify for funding with sth of D's nature even if its a low profile school?

Bro, your GPA is fine either way, though I understand that you really want to capitalize on your last two years since your grades are even better which makes perfect sense. When I applied for my Masters, UofT used my last two years but I had to submit my full transcript. You might have to research what the schools want specifically as I do not know for individual schools.

As per funding, it depends on so many factors such as your grades, letter of intent, your program of study, your connection with the professors etc. Also, funding could be in form of a research grant, teaching Assistantship, scholarship etc.

And btw, a low profile school does not necessarily mean an easy way to funding, you only have a higher chance of securing an admission. Most times the bigger schools have more connection with companies, government agencies and all and you'd except these organization to invest in the bigger schools for their research program rather than the smaller schools therefore, these schools have more access to money. So in short, funding is never sure but you can increase your chances by writing a badass Letter of Intent, very professional resume and do GRE.

Seriah:
God bless you guys for this highly informative thread. Please I have a question concerning "Two or more certificates, diplomas, or degrees. One must be for a program of three or more years" under the level of education. Do I fall under this category with my BSc degree and Nebosh IGC?

Hi,

Since I am assuming you obtained your education outside Canada, you have to get it assessed using WES or IQAS in order to determine its equivalency to a Canadian education.

So if the outcome says your B.Sc is equivalent to a Canadian B.Sc., and your IGC is equivalent to a Canadian Diploma or Certification then you'd fall under the "Two or more certificate, diploma, or degree. One......".

chaiks:
thank you for taking out time to clarify this.please concerning d last two yrs ,my transcript have total grade points as 157 and total credit units as 33 for the whole of third year and then total grade point of 160 and total credit units as 35 for the while of final year.please what I'll it now be in Canadian scale.I aprct.

You'd still end up with approximately 3.73 outta 4.00. That's a very good GPA by the way.

chaiks:
@dogice,please wat will a cgpa of 4.49 out of 5 be on a Canadian scale?the last two yes of my undergrad was 4.75 and 4.58 .I don't know how to convert it to Canadian scale to know.

Hello,

Most post secondary institution in Canada go with a scale of 4.00 (I know UToronto is outta 4) but technically speaking, you can convert to any scale you like. In this case, your overall CGPA will be [(4.49/5) x 4] = 3.59.

In order to calculate your last 2 years, it depends on the number of credit you took in each of these years. So assuming you took equal amount of credit courses for those 2 years (say 60 credit courses each), you can just scale down to a scale of 4 using the weighted average.

i.e. [(0.5 x 4.75) + (0.5 x 4.58)] = 4.665
then [(4.665/5) x 4] = 3.73

Beem4cupid:
Gurus in the house. Please help!! What is the appropriate NOC code for a marketer in a bank. Kindly respond.

Google search bro,

http://noc.esdc.gc.ca/English/noc/QuickSearch.aspx?ver=16&val65=1123

erickeyz:
please what are the credentials needed for a college in canada

You need to be specific bro, nobody is going to answer your question with this mentality. You have to do some research and tell people here what you have so far.

HarveySpecter1:


You wrote that I can apply for co op program, what if my course doesn't have co op? Can I apply for internship during summer and skip school then?

Most schools and courses offer Co-op programs and a lot of companies hire co-op students. If your school won't let you go for a co-op session, summer internship is another option.

It depends on the structure of your program, if you have the summer off, you won't even need to skip school. You can just go for your internship in the spring and return to school in the Fall.

phemmyB:
Pls I am new here... I need someone to pls educate me and put me through all these... I applied to McGill University for Msc in Agricultural Economics and presently my application is in review. I don't know my fate as per getting a full funding or scholarship. What and what do I need to do. Someone told me without GRE and some other Exams I can't get admitted... I wish I knew this thread earlier. Pls help a brother

Hi,

First of all, McGill is a top school and very competitive, never put all your eggs in one basket even if you have a 4 out of 4 CGPA. Try apply to 2 less competitive schools. Sometimes, the most important thing is an admission not necessary an admission into the best schools.

Did you check the admission requirement before you applied? You should have checked that. You have to at least meet the minimum requirements. Also, they should state if GRE is needed for admission or not. You need to check all these things before applying else you will be wasting your previous time and hard earned money.

Scholarship is never guaranteed in Canada like the United States especially for international students. However, if your program is strictly research based, you should get a funding package from the school. How much the funding is, duration of funding, etc are the things you need to research even before applying.

Chinnie4Jesus:
Good day guys, i am new here but i have read up all the pages. Please i would like to know if Ontario sent Notification of Interest at any point last year. I am aware that they paused at some point but did anybody here get such from them.

Hi,

Ontario paused nomination for some of their streams last year. They paused the Human Capital Stream (Only the French category is still open in the Human Capital Stream), they also paused the Investor Category stream last year. But the employer/job offer stream is still open.

And yes, a lot of people received NOI from various streams last year before they were closed.