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Tone23:
Hello again Alberta folks!

Shaw Promo for Internet is still available as follows:

Internet 300 (300 Mbps speed and unlimited data}

$38/month - 1st year
$53/month - 2nd year
Plus a $250 credit which more or less translates to about 6 months of payment-free service!

Anyone interested can contact me. This particular offer runs till 31st, May.
Cheers!

P.S - I believe I've responded to all PM's sent to me by those interested in the offer. Just in case I missed yours and you didn't get any feedback from me, you may please re-send it ASAP!

I'm interested but will be landing on the 31st.

guitarlife2:
Alot has been said already about carrying oil, bribing customs, beautiful landscapes, I do think the real reason most leave the comfort of their own Country is to get a decent job in Canada.
And to me this is the prayer of many including myself so I am not gonna bore you with what airlines I took or what we ate on the plane, that has been overflogged already.

I am gonna focus mostly on what I think is the best approach to getting a job as soon as possible based on my own experience. I do think IT practitioners would benefit most from this post but I believe there would be some take home for everyone regardless of which is your profession.

I was just about a year and some months into IT before I left Naija, Although I had written CCNA more than 10 years ago which eventually proved extremely pivotal in getting this wonderful role with a great company. To put things in proper perspective, my experience was very superficial and extremely disjointed. I could not claim to be a database admin, or network expert, or security professional or infrastructure guru.
So I claimed to be a service desk/helpdesk/desktop professional.

Point 1 : If you have atleast 1 year experience in IT your best route is to look towards the Servicedesk/Technical support /Enduser support role to get a lee way into the world of IT in Canada, If you have considerable experience in IT I'd advise you do a certification in that area to give you some credibility in the eye of the employers.

So how does this affect all the other professions or what can other professions too take away from this. I have a friend a physiotherapist in Naija but her profession will require some exams before she could practice. What happens is that even if she eventually passess the exam she would still be overqualified for most entry level roles and Canadians don't usually throw people without Canadian experience into managerial positions except in very rare cases. Rather than just wait for months to get into a particular role, you could plan to get into a role that is related into your targeted role even if the pay is not much. The idea is to hang around the corridor of the career you wanna do long term.

For health professionals, I'd advise you do a First aid / Aed course first week of landing and start looking out for Personal Support Worker jobs or something related to that. For people in Engineering, you could do a 3 month plc programming course in Naija and edit your resume as a technician instead of an Engineer to give you an edge. This brings me to my next point..

Point 2 : Most jobs in Canada do not require an MSC so please loose the MSC and put

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to be continued............

Hello @guitarlife2, I would appreciate it if you could send me a copy of the BA resume.

Call of Duty: WW II & FIFA 18 available for swap.

Location: Abuja.

Does anyone have any experience of childbirth with these hospitals: Memorial Hermann Cypress Hospital and North Cypress Hospital. DW has family in Prairie View, TX and these are the hospitals closest to them. I couldn't get any contact email from their websites. I would appreciate any info I can get.

Hello,

In 2013, I was issued a 2 year visa. At the time, I was supposed to attend a training program in the USA funded by my organization (a federal agency) but the the training was cancelled after the visa was issued. I had no travel plans at the time and the visa eventually expired in 2015 (I didn't visit the USA before the expiry).

Fast forward to 2016, I now plan on making a trip to the USA with my wife (we have two kids who won't be traveling with us). My questions are:

- Will the fact that I did not use the previous visa affect my planned application?
- Do we apply as a couple or separately (considering the fact that I may be eligible to use the drop box option)?

Hello House,

In 2013, I was issued a 2 year visa. At the time, I was supposed to attend a training program in the USA funded by my organization (a federal agency) but the the training was cancelled after the visa was issued. I had no travel plans at the time and the visa eventually expired in 2015 (I didn't visit the USA before the expiry).

Fast forward to 2016, I now plan on making a trip to the USA with my wife (we have two kids who won't be traveling with us). My questions are:

- Will the fact that I did not use the previous visa affect my planned application?
- Do we apply as a couple or separately (considering the fact that I may be eligible to use the drop box option)?

I don PER, Na !!! GODWIN !!!!

App Received: Dec 5th 2014
DD Encashed: Jan 26th 2015
PER Received: Feb 201th 2015

Thanks to everyone in the house....especially the GURUS (U know yaselves).

Hi house, I just realised I didn't send my application in a 9" x 12" envelope as required. I sent it an a larger envelope. I hope this won't be problem.

Hi House,

Please do I submit photocopies of my account statement or submit original as issued by the bank?

Thanks for d response @solomowis. I also need to know if I can print out d current account statement as is (with the recent transfer from my savings) or print for a period that would not reflect the transfer so as not to raise any red flags?

solomonwis:
You might want to read through @fuzzyt experience here https://www.nairaland.com/fuzzyt/posts

Hi House,

Please I have a question about POF. I had planned to use my pension savings statement and a Bank certification letter as my proof of funds but after going through this thread, I am having second thoughts. this is because I doubt the pension savings statement will be accepted and I couldn't get the Bank certification letter from GTB today.

I do not have enough funds in my current account or savings account for a family of four. I can move money from my savings account to my current account and the funds should be okay. My issue now is that I'm worried that a flag may be raised cos of the amount (2.5M). Please note that I do not want to print a statement of my savings account because there is rarely any activity on that account and most deposits there are not in my name.

I already transferred the money from my savings account to the current and the balance is enough for a family of four. I intend to print the statement tomorrow and submit my application probably mid November as I am still awaiting my Oct. 2nd IELTS results.

Please advice.

blessbunmi: Thank you so much, I really appreciate your kind gesture

Pls I will appreciate it so much if the same practice materials could be sent to me. My email is iamdoingthings@gmail.com

Thank you so much.

Pls I will appreciate it so much if the same practice materials could be sent to me. My email is iamdoingthings@gmail.com

Thank you so much.