Elninoarmando:
Your question isn't clear.
But,VPD doesn't expire,if at all that's the answer to your question.

Olawamiwale06:
Pls what can I do as HND holder who came out with pass,what do I need to do to secure an admission in South Cyprus?

Prettiepearlz:

Mr. Kunmi, you need to take things easy ooo. You aren't even a permanent resident yet you are talking of Canadian passport . How about you all apply as a family, both of you write IELTS and evaluate your highest degree then migrate together. After getting the PR you can decide to stay back if you want. But the plan of getting PR, staying back while also applying for wife to be a PR blah blah blah will not work. You people should migrate together. Simple!

babajust:


Who is the PA? [/b]My wife

[b] How old is your wife? 32

I believe she is younger and since she has Masters, she is better as the PA. 452 is quite low in relation to the current CRS trend but that don't mean it isn't worth trying, there are other options you can explore such as PNP someone said PNP takes a longer time and it is not easy to get

or learning French to boost your score(even those at 460s are learning French). A lot of patience and tenacity is required on this journey.

[b]And has for what to do next, you and your wife should take this time to prepare for IELTS [/b]Her IELTS score was 8.0 Over all, mine was 6.5
while you wait for the outcome of your ECA.

Godtemi:
Hello everyone,
after adding up my HND and IELTS with my wife documents, her scores became 452.

WES just acknowledged her trancript via Ext-ng, while mine is still yet to be delivered.

Please, is this score worth trying?
and what is the next step? or we should wait for WES to evaluate her Master transcript first?.

Gboye123:
Clap clap clap.
Great job you are doing brother.

Kindly give me links to check engineering courses and scholarship programmes

Brawlscartel:
So guy after my degree I can go there for veterinary medicine right?

Thanks in advance bro


Are you studying there?

fwzolamide1:
A travel agency told me today that it would cost me, 2.5m to get 5 years student visa in Turkey.
Please is it legit, because I want to start hustling for the money.

Brawlscartel:
I'm doing my bs.c in microbiology.
I'm planning to further more in Czech republic but I wanna study veterinary medicine there.

Can someone advise me?

Energygod:
My sincerest and honest advise
Please stop applying to Germany from Nigeria
Stop wasting your money on applications


Now is the time to either face your life in Nigeria or move to other smaller European countries and then to Germany.
It will never get better from here
From the look of events the embassy cannot work this year.
The backlog next year will be so much there won't be enough dates.


Please and please stop wasting your money applying and end up using your admission letter to buy akara
God bless us all in our journey to success.

Jidebambam:
Hi! I'm just curious. How did you get back from Cotonou to Lagos. A friend is hoping to travel to Nigeria via Cotonou but he is afraid the land borders are closed. Will he be able to get his two luggage across the border? Thank you

Imustreturn:
imagine telling a white person coming down to Nigeria that the country men are very hostile people. Does it make it? Stop spoiling the mind of people. It's bad. So many evil round Nigeria Is much racism already. Yet people are still living in Nigeria. So please allow him go in peace. God bless you sir

Imustreturn:
please sir stop this racist thing. Please. Nigerians are leaving in peace over there with so many threats to counter this. So please stop it. Allow the young go in peace Biko sir. Nigerians are racist on their own.

emkz:


Far from it bros. I have never been to Canada, but I have friends who entered through the express entry route. A few were in the category of the professionals you mentioned and are doing very well: one of them is already talking of taking a mortgage. Another one, though doing very well, is already talking of bailing as soon as he gets what he wants (he is not wired for the environment). I am not trying to discourage anyone; in subsequent posts where some people were condescending, I explained that many rush without a concrete plan and these are the ones that I am most concerned for. Research the country you are going and try to get the legal status required. Canada has made this easy for professionals through the express entry. But seeing our people risking their lives through the desert, dying in their quest for a life of uncertainty, being ferried across the Mediterranean with the boat capsizing sometimes, getting arrested at the port of entry and hurled to immigration centers for deportation, being transported in refrigerated trucks or fighting for refugee status hurts me. I don't see the need for such a risk and would advise against it. If you have no plan, stay in your country.

As to the dignity of labour you mentioned, far be it from me to undignify anyone's hustle. At some point, I considered being a security man myself and I am sure I'd have loved it if it paid my bills. I have also seen a garbage man driving a BMW 5 Series in one of the developed countries, so I know you are saying the truth. My emphasis is that our folks (including the professionals) abroad work hard for everything they have: those who work in management consulting/audit sometimes work up to 80-120 hours per week, the nurses put in long hours, the doctors see a lot of patients and may not necessarily have the time to enjoy their money, the engineers/miners sometimes go to remote locations far from home to work, those in the academia spend a lot of time writing research proposals to get grants in addition to teaching, supervising research, mentoring students and other administrative work that may affect family time. When I did my investigation, I found out that those guys calling people to cut their hair or braid can earn up to minimum wage. Those doing black work also earn a lot...until they are caught. My point is that it's not easy for professionals or non-professionals, and folks back home need to take it easy on these relatives abroad.

TheKingIsHere:


How come all the years abroad you never knew any Nigerian that was a doctor, nurse, IT specialist, engineer, or teaching?

How come you only knew the ones working as cleaners, drivers or drug sellers?

Your story sounds silly to me

mbhs139:



I hope you aren't trying to paint a gloomy picture of living in the abroad?

Well, in as much as I am not disputing all what you wrote up there, there are categories of people living in the abroad, Canada to be precise.

There are two categories of Nigerians living in Canada- it's either you're a permanent resident (PR) or of a refugee status. It was very funny, and I was very surprised, when I met a Nigerian for the first time in Canada and he was asking me "where you pass enter...", and I am like, "Ha ha, where else I wan pass enter, no be airport" ? It was later I learnt that there are two routes to Canada as a Nigerian- through the airport as a PR, or through the border post, Ruxton Road, as a refugee and protected persons. These are the kind of people you have described up there.

For the record, most Nigerian who came into Canada as a PR are professionals, as in professionals. They are engineers, accountants, IT professionals and what have you. It is the frustration in the Nigerian system that made some of us to leave. Some of us left because we want the best for our children. We left so that our children will not be carrying the green passport all around, thus denying them opportunities from anywhere around the world. Mind you, it is a big sacrifice we made for our children. In case you care to know, some of us leaves six digits salary work at Chevron, Total, NNPC, KPMG, etc to start all over again at the lowest rung of the ladder.

In addition, that one drives uber or taxi in Canada does not mean one isn't doing well. I know Nigerians have a warped mind set about dignity of labor. There are people that drives Uber in Canada and they have their own mortgage apartment. You need to see the guy that clean the toilet at Mississauga Square One, you go wonder shay na person wey dey clean toilet be this?! But the nobody send you o, because no be you go pay their bill. The cleaner in my office drives a 2018 Honda CRV, the kind we call first grade tokunbo in Lagos. I don't think I have ever boarded an Uber car brand beyond 2018 since my stay here as a PR. As a matter of fact, I once boarded a 2020 Benz as Uber rider.

In conclusion, what I am trying to say is there is an exception to the rule as you have posited, particularly in Canada, except for those of refugee or protected persons status. Finally, my advise is anyone travelling to the abroad should go with the right papers, pass airport enter and receive your "Welcome to Canada" or wherever it is greetings. Peace!

Exmay02:


Has Spouse written IELTS too?
Yes sir

There is hope, since you are in d pool.

U can be picked and get PNP nomination.

emkz:


Why don't you tell us the challenges the Nigerians heading multinational companies or working in big oil companies faced before they made their breakthrough? Ajimobi, who eventually headed National (Shell) Oil Company, told us he was a mortician's assistant in the US; Mike Adenuga, who is one of the richest men in Nigeria, drove cabs to send himself to school; Dele Giwa's friend drove taxi and sold ice cream in Baltimore; even many rake snow just to eat. Those people you claim to know had their rough times and that is what you should interrogate, not fly into Nairaland and make it s :Deem as if they didn't struggle at some point.

I know you know many but can you mention one CEO of these big multinational companies who had no challenges at all and became a CEO, who did not do menial jobs to make ends meet at some point?

Amalekki:

Tax is a stupid excuse to leave a society that works. This has been analyzed several times on nairaland. Tax is one of the major reasons behind those subtle & obvious differences between Nigeria & the developed world. Don't live abroad with a Nigerian mindset - integrate properly when you get there & stop recreating your own Sapele, Oshogbo or Abakaliki in those countries.

Indians, Pakistanis, Lebanese, Russians, Chinese etc are collectively running a chunk of the economy of wherever they go but stupid Naijaman is a lone ranger with perpetual immigrant mindset. We never integrate & we are surrounded by empty barrels who can't see beyond their stomach. Everybody is decidedly self centered the way we are at home and it's always "I better pass my neighbor" and always looking for shortcuts. Story long abeg!

emkz:


I know and I know some who ran away from Europe despite having good jobs because they were paying too much taxes. I am educating people on the end game for those who go abroad without a plan, and they are in the majority. Fault that if you please.

emkz:
I remember when I lived abroad and was unfortunate to be in a relationship with someone back home. She calculated my earnings, deducted the costs of my rent, fuel and feeding, and requested I sent her the rest. She wanted to spend it on a lavish lifestyle to impress people and on her new relationship since I wasn't around.

When I returned to Nigeria, I fed better, lived better and had savings. Many of the folks back home fail to realise that many abroad work multiple jobs to live fairly comfortably and the taxes are high. I knew a man who worked as a taxi driver during the day and in the restaurant at night, I knew many who sold drugs, I saw some who worked as cleaners in the mornings and in care homes in the afternoons, there were some whose jobs were looking for customers to cut or braid their hair, even some who picked plastic bottles to sell and many of the women in prostitution. They would go to discount shops to purchase clothes at a bargain and some even go to second-hand shops. Then someone in Nigeria would send a message for money to make downpayment for iPhone 16.