GraciousWords:
Just thought to mention........there are AF offices in other locations apart from Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan and PH.

There's Enugu, Ilorin, Jos, Kaduna, Kano, Maiduguri & Owerri.

http://afnigeria.org/

emmatrack:

How is that possible? You mean he won't do capturing?

joy4ogba:
Please can someone suggest how to go about drivers license? I didn't renew my Nigerian license before landing and getting the G1 looks like a long option.
Is it possible that my Nigerian license can be renewed without me being physically present?

jidestroud:


Yes oooooo... updates to start rolling in soonest.
Chai, this covid19 lockdown series hasn't been friendly on farmers ooo!!! But, we are scaling through. All thanks to the various groups who partnered with us to help offload our excess crude product to the various markets used as relief packages. (My sincere gratitude to all who made the project work).

For this phase of planting about to startup, I will be maximizing this partial lifting of the lockdown to visit the AgriTropic office closeby to shop some seeds. I hope to get something intresting to grow anyways .

Wish me luck!!!
#StaySafe #StayOrganic

Topsmamen:
[s]To my dearest and wonderful e-fam, with great joy in my heart, I pick my golden pen from the basket of happiness to write you this announcement. Hope this meets you in good health? If so doxology.[/s]

It’s Prêt pour Visa guys! Mail came in at 11:22 PM last night. I was about to go to bed when I saw the mail. The speed at which I went from being sleepy to fully wide awake was 0 to 100 real quick.

A special thanks to EVERYONE for the best wishes and prayers . You guys said it. We just started Part 8 and from your mouths to God’s ears, it has happened beautifully.

Express Entry has got us with different stories to tell and it’s been one hell of a ride………a roller coaster ride indeed.

TIMELINE
ITA wait: October 2017-December 2018 (14 months)
ITA: December 19, 2018
AOR: January 15, 2019
Medicals Passed/BIL: February 23, 2019
Biometrics Done: March 7, 2019
Ordered GCMS Notes: April 24, 2019 (Notes are yet to be received)
ADR received: May 11, 2019 (1. Birth Certificates to prove sibling relationship. 2. Proof of sibling residence in Canada)
ADR submitted: May 13, 2019
PPR: May 15, 2019
Visa Office: Ottawa
Single Applicant

Newmum0615:
Newmum0519

Runo03:



I am doing self study for the now.But to get a tutor soon .are you studying for French?

Runo03:
Please is any body in Benin that is studying for French.
I need a study partner.I am just starting and I don't know where to start.
Please indicate ohhh

Adunnee:
God has done it for me.

IELTS is done and dusted after four attempts

L9, R8, W7, S7.5

When I saw the result, I started stooling.

How do you people cope when you receive the golden mail?

Ifeoma77:

Lwkmd!!! Supervisor dinor want to hear turanci
I hope you people threw that device away

youngRx:


Lol...i doubt a physical activity will shoot a BP that high. that value is almost what we call a hypertension crisis.
i guess it's all these modern digital BP meters. they have an annoying reputation of giving very funny readings. You could take 3 readings and none will be anywhere near each other. That's why i prefer the good ol' manual one.

desmondgaddafi:
Impposible!! Objection my Lord, Ur CRS should be 444 with LSRW or 8777. Recalculate ur CRS using professional level for education. You are qualified

Ramj:



Tales by Moonlight – Episode PPR – Written by Ramj
Real tales by moonlight! Congratulation! Praise be to God!

Tojued:
Thanks a lot and amen to all your prayers. You will keep share awesome testimonies that will cause others to rejoice with you.

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njbybrthnly:
Hi guys. I hope we're all progressing along steadily in our studies for the French exam. I have a few words that may encourage us even more:







I HAVE GOTTEN PPR!!!!!!!!!!!!
AOR: December 14, 2018
PPR: February 20, 2019

I remember when my TEF results came out, hubby always used to say that our app processing time will be very short because Canada is looking for bilingual people . I just used to nod in agreement but it's like IRCC decided to prove him right o.

That aside though, I give God all the glory. He has come through for me in a very specific way (honestly I feel like before now He had left me in the care of His angels and then sometime last year, He singled me out and decided to place His hand on my head...blessings upandan, left, right and centre) and I didn't even need to beg and cry. First, with the TEF (which I did as a trial run not knowing He had other plans), and now this, PPR in 9 weeks 5 days post-AOR, with loads of other blessings inbetween. Words can't express how grateful I feel right now.

So, in case you're looking for something extra to motivate you, let's test my oga's theory which states that, EE applications with good IELTS and additional points from TEF/TCF results have a very short processing time

Who knows? Hubby might be on to something . Let's keep at it guys, you could be next.

_{I'm so overwhelmed that my head is even paining me}

bily:

Take your time to read the story below... Hope it answers your question

Raccoon Orientation for Canada-Bound Nigerians

By *Pius Adesanmi*

I promised I was going to get around to tell you all this story.
Eventually.

Happened last summer – before my accident.

I realized that we were two Nigerians raising a Canadian.

This is her country.
This is her culture.
These are her people.
These are her baby raccoons.

I jejely borrowed myself brain and joined the little girl in rejoicing that three baby raccoons had survived.

joo2018:
Are you claiming points with the job experience? And which qualification are you using as basis for the job?

joo2018:
1. For undergraduate, yes. For postgraduate, no as long as it is not Canadian education. A LOE will not suffice for undergraduate, but may suffice for postgraduate.

2. Your family includes you, your spouse and your dependant children.

Engr2000:
Hi Guys,

*PPPPPPP* *PPPPPPP* *RRRRRRR* / COPR



I wish you all the very best!

smslive2:
Brethren, gather together.... The Lord of host has done it!. He did it at His appointed time.
IT ISSA PPR... Please click here for the abridged version of the journey so far

Ariegurl:
Awww, congrats man


quote author=Osaze007 post=74219610]My pple well done
I just got an offer as assistant director with a bank in Toronto (4 levels higher than my previous role in dubai)
I can’t even believe my luck
This year I lost my job in dubai and thought my life would come crashing

Everything is going smoothly
Peace out

drcynthia:
Got the golden mail today o...
My timeline:

IELTS JuLY 28.
ITA 22nd August.
AOR 26th September.
MEP 25th October.
BIOMETRICS 29th October.
IP2: 29th Oct
ADR (New Passports request) 15th Nov.
Submitted ADR 15th Nov.
PPR: 20th Nov date on it.
Family of 5

For everyone who is still waiting at diff stages....of this Canada movement ....I wish u all God's Grace and favor .
I thank God again for His Grace.

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 in 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 unconconciously.. 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 attitude 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.

wizean:
For God is faithful and faithful shall He remain!

IT'S PEE PEE ARHHHHHGGGG GUYS !

Decision to travel : September 2017
WES processing took 7months : May 10th (All thanks to NASU and the Nigerian bottlenecked system.
Spouse WES : 8 months: June 22 (Eventually didn't use it)
IELTS first attempt : Jan 6 (writing fall my hand and remark no pure.
IELTS Second attempt : Feb 1 (I pulled through)
Spouse IELTS : Jan 20 (she made it at the first sitting)
ITA : May 23
AOR: June 22
MED PASS: July 10
Ordered Gmcs : Sept 25 (Yet to get it)
IP2 : Oct 19
Ghost update : Oct 20
PPR : Oct 24 (Dated Oct 23)

I owe alot of people gratitude in this house and I just can't thank you guys enough.

smslive2:
Good Morning, Before some people will refer you to page 1, lemme help you break it down.
Have you read this Migrating to Canada without a legal counsel or Agent? If not, please read through.
As regarding IELTS, You can also read this How to pass IELTS
On who to be PA, you this to simulate your potential scores for express entry.

By the time you finish reading the above links, you will almost qualify to be an agent. Thank me later