salford1:

No. I once had flu back in the UK. I initially thought it was common cold(similar symptoms). It got to a point that I felt like a thousand needles were pushed into my nose and throat. I quickly left work when I could not bear the pain and accompanying fever. I thought i was going to die. I threw up all self- medications I ingested. My friends immediately checked me into an hospital where I spent the next 3 days being attended to by nurses and doctors. I was administered a special medication which was not sold at pharmacies for those 3 days. Moving on, I don't joke with flu shot for myself and family. Flu kills people here especially older and younger ones. Not saying anyone is going to catch the flu, but it's free to get a flu shot...Better to be safe.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/health/flu-has-caused-82-deaths-in-canada-but-it-s-not-too-late-to-get-the-shot-doctors-1.3766999

ArabianRose:
Hi, you can request to join Bunz Home Zone on Facebook, there are 1001 ads on there about rentals in the GTA and Toronto city. The password to join is DUNKEL. I wish you good luck with your search!

uchepixy:


Hi, pls message me. I might be able to help but for a short term. What's your budget per month

czaratwork:


Getting accomodation here no be moimoi. I had need to change my place this midyear and it wasn't easy. If you would pm me, i will give you the number of the realtor that helped me get a place. Your SOS is rather short. I am in Mississauga too. It didn't cost me anything.

einsteino:


Rent here is usually on a month to month basis ie 1st day of the month to last day, that's why. You could find some that are available to rent immediately but they would be in the minority. There was a shared basement apartment I was to rent in Mississauga but got turned down cos they wanted a female, I would ask to see if its still available and if they havent a filipino/indian preference.

What you could do in the meantime is just wander around to see if you would find any to rent signs. Also, speak to as many buddies who are already settled in your neighbourhood esp nigerians you know, thats how I managed to get a place even when I wasnt yet in Toronto. Brampton should have couple of free places, only that its dominated by indians and dem dey want Veggies. Na guys i sabi for Brampton, so they may not be able to help with info as shared rentals here usually would stick to one gender.

By the way have you checked facebook marketplace too?

Ogamazi001:
Good morning friends. Please can one use phone scanner to scan documents for this EE purpose?

All November 10th test takers be reassured that our God is the God of all flesh and there's nothing TOO DIFFICULT for Him to do. We will all rejoice this time around by His grace and mercy.

Have you gotten email for your speaking test yet? I've with MOD.

Let me be the first to say congratulations to all Nov 10th test takers.

FaskRolce:


This country don tire me!

Ogamazi001:
Airport workers don't join the strike totally. Your flight will operate. Safe landing sir/ma

Ogamazi001:
Airport workers don't join the strike totally. Your flight will operate. Safe landing sir/ma

olajide21:


Don't get me wrong. All i am saying is WHY CAN'T A MALE DOC ATTEND TO MALE CLIENT (not patients this time) AND A FEMALE TO FEMALES? That's all IoM does; take Med for Immigration/ travel purposes they ain't hospitals hence one would think they should make it part of their standard procudures too to have gender specific docs. Anyway, it's your call and mine, we can pick it up anyway we want.

The good thing is in Lag their are options.

geminitwin:
I tried downloading the IMM008 form with no success. I then went ahead to submit our passports a week ago without it because my family composition has not changed. I recently started feeling like i submitted incomplete documents especially since i have not been able to download the forms to compare their contents. My questions are,
Is the IMM008 form the same as the ADDITIONAL FAMILY REQUEST FORM?
Am i still on track without me including the form?- you stated you also didn't (I want to be sure that I'm not misinterpreting you)
Thank you in advance.






So a little update guys...after an excruciatingly long weekend, I’ve finally collected my passport And COpr. Whew!I decided to call their helpline first sha.
FYI, I didn’t fill/submit IMM008 cos I thought it was unnecessary since my family composition didn’t change. However, I wrote a very brief letter to that effect.
Another thing to note, I’m still waiting for PUM and SMS. So in my opinion, that SMS fee is unnecessary. Don’t pay for it. They wouldn’t even tell you about it, you’ll just see it on your receipt. When they bill you tell them you don’t want SMS updates. It’s a little amount but it’s still worth saving, since paying for it is useless... just my opinion sha.
Good luck to everyone still waiting at different stages, it will end in praise!

einsteino:
I am not sure if this is helpful or relates to what we discuss here, but I hope to show guys a side to Living in Canada they may not expect.

Yesterday, while shopping at Walmart, I decided to grab burger and coke at the McDonald's corner of it. Not long had I sat down, did a lady sitting adjacent to me say hello to me. It was very unusual cos here people rarely talk to strangers. I replied hello with the fake oyibo smile everybody here wears. Next thing she asked you are from Nigeria right? I just thought to myself, well we are the most populous black nation so its an easy guess, I forgot there are way more francophone africans than Nigerians in Montreal. Before I could reply, she quizzed "You dont look Igbo, yoruba or Bini and you dont have Iyanya's people face either, what part of Nigeria are you from?" At this point I was startled. I told her she is right, told her my hometown. She admitted she has never heard of the place. She went on to say I must have landed recently, I was like this one no dey use jazz so? Before I could ask how she knew, she said my paying for another cup of coke gave me away. I didnt know when you buy a cup of coke at McDonald's, you can simply go take more coke for free with the same cup, I have been paying for extra cup of coke like everyday since I landed o, money wey i no get o ...

She and her friend engaged me in a lengthy fun chat, she was even speaking small pidgin at some point of the convo. The more we talked, the more it dawned on me that she was only Caucasian in skin, at heart na almost Nigerian. I asked how she knew so much about Nigeria, "I have been dating Nigerian men for years" said she. Her friend chipped in "they keep breaking her heart but she cant help it cos they are always so gorgeous". Told me of how they selfishly keep demanding money from her and make her get in debt just so they could send money home.

According to her, she has been with men from other west african countries, but those were just sex, its only nigerian men she dated/married, at this point my ear stand like local dog own. She made some remarks about a particular nigerian ethnic group and their habbit of having pussies everywhere (thats exactly how she put it o). She sounded like she has been at both the sweet and bitter side of that habbit of theirs.
At this junction, I remembered I have been told some white ladies have a fetish for black guys. Before I remember my papa name, she don ask wetin I dey do tomoro, say she go come show me around town tomoro. I com just rizin am say based on one thing, one thing, I dey relocate from Montreal tomoro. Her countenance changed, she just sad one kain like pikin wey go make pet out of christmas chicken when watch night don reach.

Her friend helped her out, told me she has taken a liken to me and asked if I was married or had a girl in Nigeria. I was perplexed, shuu na just barely 30mins we don know o! time wey no go reach naija babe decide which of her wrong number she go give you. I was like na now I understand how G boys take dey do am! No be juju, no be smart up anything ... Anyways, we took the metro together and chatted even more, getting off the subway, we realised our buses were different but sister say she go like join me in mine to see me off before she goes home. Ibaboo! even if na night dem born me, no mean say na last night na, this format no go work. I sha just use style persuade am say make I see am off to her bus instead. As I waved her goodbye, she kept asking if I was sure I didnt want to join her. Well I sure pass roll on, so I just smiled calmly and said goodnight. Na so my fuse take survive the direct voltage o. Aside the obvious card she was trying to throw, I enjoyed the time with her, i think she is a sweet soul. She says she has helped a couple of nigerian refugees in the past, according to her they easily find work as caregivers and are known to be so polite always saying "ma and sir" to the old folks they look after.

So, guys here is one of the culture shock you may experience. Firstly it takes nothing here for some ladies to clear you their mind. As much as it is possible that she could have been genuinely attracted to me, I think it falls into the category of white ladies who just fancy black guys. I hear some of them feel y'all are horses in bed and know how to make a woman feel loved lol. So if you dont mind the risk of being a sexual experiment; your race rather than your personality being your selling point, then you go enjoy tire be that.

Akinsnow89:
Hi guys..i submitted my passport almost 2weeks back.just got a message that my passport has been forwarded to lagos..
Problem is my cic account says application still in progress..
Any one has any knowledge or experience about this..
@newmum0615..
Would appreciate any input

Jesuba:
Any one looking to land in Mississauga from 31st Oct to 17 Nov 2018 and needs a temporary accommodation for that period. I have a 3 bedroom, fully furnished house with unlimited internet, and all utilities inclusive for CAD 1800. Interested persons should please contact me.

einsteino:

for a family, Montreal has alot going for it. a 2 bedroom apartment here can be as low as 750 cad, 850cad to 1000cad in downtown montreal! in Toronto that can easily cost you 2200cad! cars are also much cheaper here and the city is lovely to raise a family. Anyways let me tell you a story that would help put things to perspective.

I have been doing some shopping, mehn converting from naira to CAD is the most sadistic mathematical operation. Anyways, to make good savings on my shopping, I have been hopping from one thrift store to another, trying to get the best quality at the least price. So yesterday I found another thrift store on google map to try out. It was about 17 stops away by train and another 4 stops away by bus. I took the subway to the other side of town, got off and made to catch a bus from the metro station to the Thrift store. On getting to where google map said I was to board a bus to the shop, I found a hand written notice placed over the Bus-stop sign but since it was in french, I was like make una carry una wahala go. So I just stood there waiting for the bus, it was 0 degrees and every second out in that cold felt like eternity. A gorgeous lady walked up to me and spoke some french to me. Walahi I didnt hear a word! listening to french is much harder than reading it, at least while reading I can make out the words even if I don't understand them, spoken french esp in the Quebecois accent sounds like someone is rapping in high Valyrian.

I just replied "Sorry... I dont understand french", she looks at me in pitiful shock and asks "Anglais?", I replied "Oui". In my little head, now she would speak something I can comprehend, some good old English...Instead she resorted to speaking the french very slowly I didnt get much but now I understood she was trying to tell me something important about the bus I was waiting for. At this point, I took out my phone and copied the words on the notice to my Google translate app, my fingers turned ice cold in those few seconds I spent typing... only for Google translate to pour out some incomprehensible English translation as the reward for my finger's effort. aaaah! I was like which kind sufferhead be this na. na FSW i be no be PNP, which kind over sabi carry me come Montreal sef? I no even know wetin dey sup with my bus or this notice, See fine babe wey i for even shine teeth give if we dey speak the same language sef... Anyways, since two of us no fit communicate and this bus no gree show, mek I kuku go take subway go back house house before my battery die. I looked at the lady and I muttered "Merci et Bonne nuit", as I made to walk away, she cautioned me to wait for her to try one more time. she heaved a sigh of frustration, picked her phone and called someone hoping he could help translate, the person laughs hard and said some inaudible thing in french... she drops the call and looks me in the eye like "this coconut head how wouldn't you even know a little french, are you trying to die in this cold?"

Then she reaches into her bag, gets some paper and a pen and starts using her hand to make signs like someone talking to a deaf and dumb wey no go school.. then finally says "you.. booos number? booos number?"... I tell her my bus number, she writes it down, then she says "me booos number 97.." points at me and then at herself, circles both our bus number and then points at the notice and says "booos stasion laurent"... Omg! I finally understood i was waiting in futility, the bus I was waiting for has been rerouted from Metro Mount Royal to Station Laurent! turns out the road repair works necessitated it be rerouted for some hours(please note that I said hours, not days o.. I returned 45minutes later to see the road open and traffic already plying the freshly asphalted road! Naija get centuries to come up sha). Anyways I thanked her and we tagged along, a young boy walks by and she asked him for direction to St laurent, the guy explained in french, she turns around trying to tell me what he said but remembers I dont quite understand french.. she tells the boy that I only understand english, he switches from fluent french to fluent english almost unconsciously.. I mean he speaks the two languages with native proficiency, his french has the Quebecois accent, his English the usual Oyibo fonerisation and intonation without the overlapping french accent.

Here bilingualism is like a norm but I have realized that it is often teenagers that are fluently bilingual, folks in late twenties speak English and french but for most of them, their proficiency in one of the languages rarely meets up to native proficiency; people in their 50s upwards are usually monolingual, they speak either English or French and just know a few words in the other. If you come to Montreal, your kids would likely end up bilingual like most kids their age here. Since it would put them in a situation where everyday they would meet someone who only speaks one of the two languages, they would have to speak the two languages everyday but french would dominate. That way they get french and still keep the most economically important language in the world, English! but how about you? you would be just like me, risking the possibility of freezing in the cold cos you cant read a damn notice in french even when you life depends on it. lol.

I like the vibe of doing it for your kids, but you do know your job and happiness would affect your kids too. So if you get frustrated with the language thing, it may wear off on your kid's happiness too. You can pretty much get customer care jobs, factory jobs etc with your English, with this you can pay your bills and save a bit. if you land in Montreal, just go to Randstaad at 333 Cote Vertu, they would interview you immediately and fix you up soon as they get you a job that matches your strength and interest. but if you are a career person, someone whose happiness hinges on finding fulfillment in your job, say you hope to work as an Engineer, a lawyer etc. then you should know without french, Montreal would hardly give you the opportunity you seek.

Can't you learn french and move up the career ladder? Yes you can learn french, actually the Govt of Quebec may pay you if you register to learn french full-time, and if you join a part time french class, the fee would be waived for you. But please note, work place french is not moi moi, it means you have to get at least intermediate proficiency in french. if you attend part time french classes for say 3months, you should be able to know enough french to enable you guess what folks are saying. 1year of part time french class and you would be able to pretty much form Quebecois but still may not know enough french to work as an Engineer in Quebec! You know the way Aboki knows English but keep messing up the pronoun I, "I dey crase?" that's the struggle here. Learning the meaning of words is easy, learning to conjugate verbs and pronounce words correctly is not too easy but doable but learning lexis of structure and grammatical rules at this age... oboy that's punishment! especially those stupid rules that have exceptions with no other explanation than that's the way it is. So you need to know that you may put in all your effort into french and at the end of the day, you are only able to speak it the way an Aboki speaks English. that's enough to get you moving around and working survival jobs, but not at a professional job that cares for top notch communication skills in french. Given, some people have an aptitude for language and may get native proficiency in a year, but only you can say if you are one of those people or don't mind the challenge and relegating career ambitions for a while.

einsteino:


I haven't chosen where I would settle in yet. I only chose to try out Montreal and see if I could immerse myself in french. It was an easy idea to toy with since:

1) Montreal is cheap to live in so the financial cost of such trial is minimal.

2) It is likely the most bilingual city in the world(for English and French), so I wouldn't be completely incommunicado while I am yet to learn french.

3) I'm single so it doesn't take much effort for me to relocate to wherever, whenever I deem it fit to.

Basically, it is all an adventure for me to see if the effort and passion required to pick up french at this stage of my life is commensurate with whatever rewards it offers, and to bring myself to full grasps of the practical opportunity costs that I would incur from such a gamble. Thus, helping me make an informed decision and freeing me from a perpetual what if analysis.

Chances are I may move sooner than later or stay a few months.

Adeyemmy24:


Congratulations! Go n prosper in canny land

Estac:


Hi @expectantbee Pls when did you submit your passport at vfs and when was it dispatched from Accra according to tracking information?

dumprep:


Congrats Expectantbee. Thanks for the tips

Ifeoma77:

Ahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Una no well for this thread SHA
Chai!!!

Topsmamen:
Yes, we are H.A.P.P.Y. Amen, thanks

mcstan18:


Just wait until Monday. I know this weekend will feel like some long vacation all of a sudden.

Expectantbee:


Thank God this came. I’m in this situation presently. My account changed to approved Oct 9, passports dispatched from Accra Oct 11...I waited for PUM, nothing! So I went to vfs Abuja yesterday just to check but they told me it wasn’t there. Only for me to track my application yesterday night the dispatch date changed to Oct 18, that is yesterday. In all honesty I’m a little worried. I just assumed they were meant to write delivered Oct 18 not dispatched again? So I was seriously expecting PUM today. e no show . Their number sef refused to connect. Please does anyone have any idea what’s going on here? After reading your post I may go back again on Monday. Biko what do you suggest/think? Anyone?

Topsmamen:


Hey sexy

Ramj: Je m'appelle Jealous.

doppler06:

I didn't get pickup mail oh.... 6 working days after passport approved and tracking changed to "Dispatched to Lagos vfs" I called them to know if tortoise was the one bringing my passport back and they told me it was ready.
The SMS I paid for sef, I didn't get even half of a notification

Fuzzyman:
Please i have a question.

For submitting to vfs, are you all using the letter in the email ?
Help a sister out.

dumprep:
My great family. It has happened! The joy I feel right now cannot be described. My chest o!

I remember precisely on the 28th of September when;


Me: "No Broda Shaggi. It is called Timeline, not timetable. My ITA was May 9, AOR was June 13, MEP/IP1 was June 26, IP2 was October 9, ADR (Updated Bank Statement) was October 10, ADR submitted same day, PPR mail came in at 4:17 AM today (October 16), Visa Office is Ottawa, AOR to PPR is 125 days, Single applicant".

Swtibogirl88:

I have responded.

Swtibogirl88:

I can help. Send me a PM