smartkester:
but mind me asking what's the difference in you not putting the country you earned the degree and they still end up asking you where you earned it. Please can you be more precise like does one stand a chance of an okay job with Nigeria 1st/2nd degree certificate in Canada

The answer to that question is a big yes. I only have a first degree from Nigeria. I came to Canada with 8yrs oil industry experience. I wanted to change career and also wanted to stay in Ontario. I got a decent job in 3 months with one of the big 5 banks in a staff role with full benefits and paid vacation. The pay is not the best, but hey, it pays all the bills, affords me extra money and. Most importantly it gives me a platform to develop my self and plot/execute the next phase of my career change.
What the OP means is that you can have your degree on your resume without having the school, that way no one will discriminate based on where you got your education. If you qualify for the job, you have a good chance of getting shortlisted for an interview. If you impress at the interview, it's unlikely that they would deny you a position based on where you got your degree. Just have it in mind that whatever the case, it makes a lot of sense to get a canadian education as soon as you can. Anything from a graduate certificate, diploma to a masters will improve your earnings here.

Blessedluvdfavd:
Hello good people of naira land! Arrived in Ottawa last week, landed in 2016. Flew Royal air maroc and I'm shocked at the negative reviews I read online before I set out. Crew members were polite, plane was comfortable, didn't have the latest movies on their entertainment systems but too busy with the kids to even watch anything. Was a bit annoying that they kept seating hubby away from us but wasn't so bad ultimately. The layover at casablanca was just over 7 hours and they provided a nice lounge with free food. The only downside was the super stinky toilets! We ended up using the toilets near the cafeteria which were super clean.

Oh back in naija, Naija immigration threw out our palm oil then agriculture said it's now legally required that we pay 2k per bag for every bag containing foodstuff. We had 3 =6k. We gave them 4k.

Where was I? ... landed in montreal, RAM forgot one of our bags, filled a form, arrived the next day. We left montreal to ottawa by train, the luggage train was cancelled so we had to lug all 8 of our 23kg bags onto the train with our 3 kids - nightmare!

Okay so now in ottawa house hunting. Ottawa people what is happening with 3 bedroom rentals biko? Prices we are seeing are from $1900 to $2200 for 3 bed houses -townhouse, detached, terraced etc. Ogini? On top of that getting a place for August 1st has proved challenging so far. Many landlords say they have more than 1 application for a rental. I've checked kijiji ceaselessly, somebody, ANYBODY please help a sister on info on how to find an AFFORDABLE 3bed house in OTTAWA for AUGUST 1st.

Thanks!

I'm surprised this issue doesn't come up more often. From my experience, it is extremely difficult to find accomodation as a new immigrant. The best thing is to have family you canneither stay with when you arrive or to sort it out for you before you arrive. To be frank, your chances of getting a rental approval as a new immigrant in Ontario especially in the GTA are close to zero. People more established in the Country or Province are more likely to get approved over you because just like a job, there are usually tons of applications for every available rental. The price of rentals has also been increasing astronomically recently. In the 2 months I have searching, a 1 bed condo in Mississauga has increased from an average of $1650-$1750 up to $1900-$1950. Also, unlike in Nigeria when apartments or houses are listed around the time they are available, most houses here are listed as available when the current tenant has given notice which is usually about 2 months to the date the apartment actually becomes available. In my experience, all of the rental sites are jokes. About 90% of what is listed on them are unavailable. You are better off on Kijiji where Landlords or rental companies personally post. For apartment complexes, it's better to find those around where you would like to stay and call them up to ask about availability or visit them.if you are looking for a townhouse, you most likely would be dealing directly with landlords. A typical landlord would require the following.
1. Credit report
2. Proof of income(employment letters, pay stubs or bank statements)
3. References from past landlords
4. First and last months rent

In most cases, when they hear that you don't have some of the requirements because you are a new immigrant, their countenance immediately changes and its game over. If you can pay 4-6 months upfront, a few landlords may listen to you.

My suggestions would be as follows.

1.Realistically, find a short term rental and pay for a month or two( Airbnb). Now start looking for places that would be available in 1 or 2 months time.
2. Don't be choosy. As long as the area isn't sketchy and transit and shopping is closeby, the apartment may not be exactly what you are looking for but you don't have that luxury of choice at this point.
3. As stated earlier offer multiple months upfront for landlords. For apartment complexes, get a cosignor who has been here for a long time to sign the lease with you.( I have heard this may affect your ability to access credit in the future, but I'm not so sure)
4. Get an agent and explain that you are a new immigrant and let them know what you can provide of the requirements.

For those that plan on coming in the near future, if you don't have family that you plan to stay with when you land, I would advice you find a place on airbnb a few months ahead and book up to 2 months. This way, you can get a price that is only 200-400$ higher than a normal rental which isn't too bad since it's fully furnished.

This post is based on my experience in the greater Toronto area. It may be a bit different for other parts of Canada and indeed Ontario

Not for canadian education, but for 2 or more certificates. 25 points are lost in skills transferability while 7 points or so are lost in education totaling over 30 points.

optionese:


I don't think this is correct cos when stimulating crs score, you are asked if you have a Canadian education. it specifically asks if you were in Canada for at least a specific period in the course of study. I don't think online masters qualify as Canadian education for the purposes of getting points.

Online masters and post graduate diplomas and even one year graduate certificate programs from colleges will count. If it's from a canadian college, all the better. If it isn't, you'll be safer sticking with a masters or pgd as evaluating bodies may not recognise the certificate.

optionese:


Online courses don't count. If you don't have a masters , you can try to get a masters. You can also try the PNP route. Put pnp on the search button to find out about it

They have always been like that.
When I wrote in 2015, my venue was changed similarly from Sheba in Ikeja to National theatre.

CanadianEnginee:
The British Council guys are now running the place the way naija local government offices are run. Imagine changing exam venue less than 24 hrs to start of test. They are just so disorganised these days.

You have not maxed out your possible scores yet.

At 34 with a Bachelors and 3 years work experience, your CRS should be around 420s or very slightly lower.

Also you may find an online postgraduate diploma from anywhere in the world.

Do that while you work and within a year or less, you would have 2 or more certs and a CRS of around 440-450.

While at it, seek provincial nominations. Depending on provincial nominations alone may not be smart as you may not get the nomination.

Cheers.

johnson11:
Hi Guys- this is my first post on this thread. I have some few questions regarding qualification. I am 34 with a degree . My CRS is hovering around 395 and i need an extra qualification to boast it. I have exhausted all other means

My questions are:

Does Canadian online courses count for any point. I am thinking of doing an online certification course . I've found couple of Universities in Canada but, want to be sure before wasting money on it?

Which one should i do ; Diploma or a year certificate?

I am kind of desperate right now due to my age as my score will drop again in August ,2018.

Will WEC/ IRCC accept a year certificate from Damelin or other colleges in South Africa ( i'm based in SA) if i decided to take the course in SA?

Please guys any advise will be highly appreciated now. i am confused on what to do!

Bsbabe:


Thank you sis. I truly wonder why everyone thinks Canada is only for the Nigerian ne’er do wells

On the contrary, I think Canada attracts the best of Nigerians. The highest quality amongst us who understand the value of patience and are ready to undertake a process to migrate. I can't count how many people I have tried in futilty to convince to relocate the right way and not relocate to the US on a visiting Visa.

Tolz451:
@dtaminator

CRS Score without dependants - 452

CRS Score with dependants - 448

Spouse has done her ECA and IELTS (7.5,7,6.6.5)

Am I missing something?

You aren't

2 factors

Spouse did not max out language points

Spouse may have only 1st degree(2 points lost)

But this your score is OK with spouse o. ITA won't be far away.

See screen shots below for clarification.

mcstan18:


Not significantly. Scores are better as a single applicant, except you have 2 degrees, a professional qualification or a Canadian PR/citizen relative

Not exactly, when applying with your spouse, all the points you loose when compared with single applicants can be earned by your spouse's language and education.

It actually evens out.

Neither single nor married applicants are favoured by CRS calculations. So as a married applicant, you only loose points if your spouse does not take language tests or get an ECA or both.

40manlappy:


Congratulations! @dtaminator Congrats too

@deeore @boldinc @dannio How far with your applications?

Thanks Boss

happytbaby:
Maybe what Flaj quoted is an old stuff. The CIC maintains that your age is frozen after receiving ITA, I have come across that multiple times.

It isn't old stuff. People are just not getting the interpretion right.

It first says change in age after ITA that resulta in CRS lower than that of your draw should ordinarily be a case for refusal.

It then goes further to say that there is an exemption to age based CRS point recalculation that is covered by another section A25.2.

Simple interpretation is that age change after ITA won't affect your application.

Flaj:



When a change in age results in the candidate no longer meeting the MEC or having their recalculated CRS points score fall below the lowest points score in that round of invitations, officers should consider applying the public policy to exempt applicants for permanent residence from certain age-based requirements between invitation to apply and application, based on section A25.2. This consideration can result in an exemption from the refusal of an application under section A11.2.

This public policy also grants an exemption to applicants who may be refused for failing to meet FSWC program requirements when their birthday occurs between the ITA and e-APR.

This is exactly what i am saying. My wording was wrong. Not exempt from CRS recalcultaion but exempt from refusal on the basis of change in age. Bottom line is that change in age after ITA and before AOR will not result in your application being refused.

Julie2018:
I doubt if the solution is declining. Read a thread online and it says I can raise a Case Specifc Enquiry to update information. My passport does not influence my points, that I am aware of. That’s why I need a contact number to reach CIC to bthe sure of what to do without speculating.

Anyone with a contact number for CIC!!!

As for your case, you do not need a CSE. CSEs are for submitted applications. You seem to be at ITA stage. Your priority should be to get the new passport asap. You should be able to continue your application with your new passport and documentation showing you lost and replaced your passport. Make sure you get the new passport on time as your 90day deadline will not be extended.

Yooku:
Good people of Nairaland and especially the London Squad....Glad to say that this journey of faith and patience has finally come to an end with PPR issued yesterday. My body is aching from all the leaping for joy I did when I received the mail

Timeline below;

IELTS - July 2015 LRWS 9/8/8/8.5
EE Profile 1 Withdrawn - Nov 2015
EE Profile 2 Withdrawn - Feb 2016
EE Profile 3 Expired - March 2017
EE Profile 4 - 19 April 2017

ITA - May 4 - CRS 425
AOR - July 11
NA1 - July 11
Medicals passed - July 23
IP1 - July 23
NA2 - July 25
IP2/PPR - December 6 (Within a few hours of changing to IP2)


I salute the London squad...@ajujuju2, @MrsBee, @Lordnath, @deeore, @ITABABE, @damidamsel, @veleta @Noviolence @lordnath @yewwygrace @boldinc You have fought a good fight...Congrats to those who sailed through from July AOR and to those at the very end too...HOLD ON!!! Olowogbogboro will come through for you!! See y'all in Cannyland

Congrats. London VO has opened the ppr floodgates. Hopefully they would release all the applications they have been holding on to.

Julie2018:
I doubt if the solution is declining. Read a thread online and it says I can raise a Case Specifc Enquiry to update information. My passport does not influence my points, that I am aware of. That’s why I need a contact number to reach CIC to bthe sure of what to do without speculating.

Anyone with a contact number for CIC!!!

My post was not referring to your situation. I responded directly to another issue.

Flaj:


You must submit your application before your birthday except the points drop doesn't render your score below the least scores for receiving ita

Not correct. We've trashed out this issue before. A birthday after you have received an ITA is exempt from CRS recalculation. You do not have to submit before the birthday.

Flaj:


Decline the invitation. Once ita is issued your scores are locked. Decline and update your profile.

Not exactly, only decline if your score has fallen below CRS cuttoff. If it has not, you are fine. Cc @blessedchild12

EngrKen8:
Greetings to all in the house.

Guys, please just a quick one. I submitted my application last month 24th and I got a mail saying I should pay the RPRF within 7 days. I thought it was when your application was successful you were required to pay the fee.

Seems you are not ready for your PPR o. You are probably one of the 2 weeks PPR crew.

mcstan18:




Please which school did you graduate from again? I'm just being curious.[/color]

Hehehehe.. You just had to ask that didn't you? It would be really difficult responding to those questions without going there. Lool

boldinc:
If you had waited a while longer, it would change still, automatically... There is really nothing to update... Your birthday never changes.

If it did not change in 2 weeks plus, it won't have. It's the case with some profiles. You know CIC's website has loads of technical issues. You don't change any thing, you just go in like you want to edit the DOB field, and re-submit, it would apply the new score immediately.

GlitteringStar:



I checked Canadavisa forum and realized that some people had the same issue too. Some people's points were automatically deducted while other people's points were not. I agree with you. An applicant must always ensure that his/her information is up-to-date.


Cc: Obi1conte

Prior to my experience, I had also expected the deduction to be automated, so I was a bit surprised when I got that ITA.

Deebay:

Hi, thanks for your previous response. GS posted a comment she got from a forum that the your action is required thing is a technical glitch. I got no mail of ADR, no open link in the view submitted application both for express entry and permanent residence. The thing is that this 'your action is required is showing both for pr and express entry column. If I say I am not bothered eh na lie.
I sent them a mail, hoping to hear from them soon.
The only mail I got is update as regards the UCI I was given. BG is showing your application is in progress
Med has changed from you don't need to if you need. I pray it gets resolved soon.
Thanks

If you have been given UCI, meds passed shouldn't be too far away. Yeah, GS is right, my last post also said if there's nothing in there, it's likely a technical glitch.

GlitteringStar:



Most people's points will be automatically deducted. @Bolded, was it before getting an Invitation to Apply?

Birthday was April 4th, ITA was April 19th. Once you submit your profile to the pool, nothing will change automatically. It's your duty to ensure that info is up to date. If something changes, you have to update and resubmit. Prior to this, I had also expected the deduction to be automated, so I was a bit surprised when I got that ITA.

Thanks for all the congratulatory messages.
Also, congrats to all ITA recepients.

bolabae:

Congratulation....... we have almost same timeline. ITA was May 31st and AOR was 29th of August and nothing yet. We still dey baba God hand o. It will end in praise

Wow. Thanks a lot, I'm sure yours isn't far away.

GlitteringStar:



Manually? I don't think so. The person's points will be automatically deducted.

Cc: Obi1conte

I am actually talking from personal experience so I know so. I got an ITA which I had to reject because my birthday had just passed and my score was not automatically reduced. You have to manually update the date of birth field (like refreshing)before your score is recalculated.

If you are already in the pool, you have to manually update your age when it changes before your CRS drops.

Obi1conte:
Hello house

Pls can one's score drop WHILE IN THE POOL by way of increase in age?

My Nairaland Family,

All glory to God!!

Finally got the golden mail today.

First my story.

We got interested in this journey in Jan 2015 when express entry was introduced, but we didn't take the 1st step till Sept of 2015 when we took our IELTS. Started following this thread around mid 2016. I started my ECA in January 2016. My ECA took 1 year to process all because I wanted to have my Unilag Diploma 1 certificate accessed to meet the then very high cut offs. The program was defunct and there was no trace of any records. Finally, records office generated the result from my statement and sent in December 2016, only for WES to totally ignore it. By this time, scores had started to come down. But I still needed the 25 points that 2 or more certs would have given. ECA came out in March 2017 as BSc only. At this point, we were still contemplating making wifey the primary applicant as she was younger and had a masters and an LLb but only 1 year work. Long story short, cutoff visited 413 in May just to pick us up. We submitted out application on the very last day. Time line below.

ITA- May 31st
AOR-29th August
Meds passed and IP1- Sept 12th
NA2-Sept 13th
File moved to London VO- Oct 25th(got message of how to find a job in Canada)
Sent mail to confirm VO on 12th Nov, got confirmation of London on the 15th
Request to pay RPRF- Dec 5th
PPR- Dec 6th

We used a gift deed and only a small part of my bank statement as the six month printout was too large to upload.

Marriage cert had Civil Engr(my education) my job was in another NOC.

No LOE or anything
No ADR even though wifey has had a couple of visa refusals in the past.

I would like to encourage us that there is absolutely no reason to fear the dreaded London Visa Office as our very imperfect application scaled through in a reasonable time. Package your application to the best of your ability, be truthful, and follow CIC's instructions.

All the best to all hopefuls..

Deebay:

Thanks for the response. I have clicked on view submitted application and didn't find anything. How exactly will I know it is it. Cos I have checked and all I see are the documents I had submitted. Thanks

Sorry for the late response. If additional doc is required, you'll see a tab to the right of the doc in the table asking you to upload and telling you the deadline. If not, maybe a technical glitch. I would advice you Keep checking your acct regularly so you don't miss something.

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@Deebay, you should go into you account and click on view submitted application. It's probably an ADR amd you'll find it there.

Your new score should update in a few days. The profile status may continue to show update not submitted, but there's nothing to worry about there.
Mine is still showing update not submited since April and I have gotten ITA, submitted and passed Meds.

agates:
Dear everyone, i just updated my husband's score in my profile but it keeps showing update not submitted and my score remains the same. Please help

Hephgirl:
431

If you are not already in the pool, you should dive in right away. 431 is a fair score even in light of current draws, any thing can happen.