Akubewan:

To all gurus in the house, please

My question;
I'm a registered nurse, I already applied under FSW/EE, March 2015.

I have been scored but very low.

Now, I wish to apply for PNP in order to boost my EE score. Kindly advise on the best/easiest Province to apply for PNP.

Thanks

Why are you particular on the best province. I would rather jump on any province that is ready to nominate me. Worst case scenario, I would live in the province for a year (which is not even mandatory) and move to other provinces.

I would say try -- Nova Scotia (they give preference to those with job offer in the province), and Saskatchewan when they are opened to applicants.

In the meantime, you may want to improve on your CRS score by re-attempting IELTS if your score is below the CLB9 band.

MayorofLagos:
Will someone please tell Mrs Adeosun to keep a gele on her head for God's sake!

And what gave you the right to define how she must dress?

TheGoodJoe:
Totally a misleading headline.

The true headline is,

The Recovery Of Looted Funds Is An Ongoing Process - Mrs Kemi Adeosun (Minister Of Finance).






Addressing journalists in Abuja at the end of the monthly Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting in Abuja on Friday, the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, when asked how much had been recovered from those who looted the treasury, said President Buhari was yet to provide the ministry with details of how much had been recovered but the recovery process was ongoing.

Unfortunately, people see what they choose to see. They also failed to read the part which stated a significant increase in the allocation to be shared.

GboyegaD:
@Irondome,
Is it compulsory for those with the Ontario PT to live in Ontario? I know someone who got an Ontario PT however, he is studying in Alberta and he isn't graduating earlier than 2017. Should he go ahead and apply or he should neglect it?

Hello sir, I would be glad if you addressed the pos t to the house so that others with useful tips can weigh in.

On the inquiry, if I were him and I needed the PR urgently, I wouldn't discard the letter of interest. I would support my application with a compelling letter of intent to reside in Ontario. I would come up with a comprehensive listing of my ties to ontario, etc.

It should come down to how convincing you are and guess what,--- i only have $1500 to lose if things went south.

Others may have a thing or two to chip in.

learned0007:


@Irondome,

Based on the bolded above as quoted from your earlier post, at what point do you present the letter of reference from your employer to back up your work experience claim?

Does it mean someone can't claim points for work experience without this reference letter?

Kindly throw more light.

Does it mean someone can't claim points for work experience without this reference letter? Yes sir. Naturally, you don't claim points for the experience you cannot prove with a reference letter in the format requested by CIC/IRCC. However, there are work-around this, which comes with a level of risk. You can get a supervisor's reference, backed up by a letter or an email from the HR stating that " they are NOT favorably disposed to providing you with a reference letter". These documents should also be supported with pay stubs, letter of employments, promotion letters, salary account statement detailing salary payments, etc.

You require the reference letters, and ALL other documents at the point of application submission (after ITA).

dan147:
please i will like to relocate to canada with my family, how long does this process take and can a kind person put me through this process. i don 't mind exchanging bbm pins. thanks

I would suggest you dedicate a whole day to read through this thread, starting with Zand's first post. You can also browse through the link provided below (a similar migration forum)



On the duration, it takes approximately 6 months after your final e-app submission and payment, which is what you do after you must have been invited to submit your application.

However, before then, the under listed steps are neccessary.


1) Determine your eligibility by doing this CIC quiz http://www.cic.gc.ca/ctc-vac/ee-start.asp

2) Get your language test(s) done. You must get at least CLB 7 in each of the four sections for the Federal Skilled Worker (FSW), Provincial Nomination Program (PNP) or Canadian Experience Class (CEC) streams. But getting CLB 10 gives you maximum points for language.

How does CLB match back to the language tests? That info is here --> http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/language/charts.asp

3) Get your qualifications assessed by doing an Education Credential Assessment. Details here --> http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/assessment.asp

4) Determine the code that best applies to you on the National Occupation Classification (NOC) list http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/noc.asp

The occupation must be NOC 0, A, or B for FSW or CEC.

5) When you have those in hand you create your express entry profile. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/profile.asp and register for the Job Bank http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/home-eng.do?lang=eng

You'll be given points based on your age, education, number of years work experience, and language skills. The points system is detailed here --> http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/express-entry/grid-crs.asp

You'll be in a pool with thousands of other applicants http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/pool.asp

Of course, the more points you have the better. The max is 1200, with 600 of those points coming from your ability to snag a PNP or a job offer with a very hard to get Labour Market Impact Assessment http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/employers/lmo-basics.asp

For CEC applicants, the max is 600 but someone who has no work experience in Canada who is only eligible for FSW can only get up to 520 points.

6) Finally, wait for your invitation to apply (ITA). But in the interim you will need to do the following:

a) Have your application fee (C$550 each for principal applicant and spouse) and right of permanent resident fee (C$490 each for principal applicant and spouse) ready
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/fees/fees.asp

b) Identify how you will provide proof of funds http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/funds.asp

c) check out what is required for the police certificates http://www.cic.gc.ca/English/information/security/police-cert/index.asp

d) find out how long it takes to get a date for the medical exam. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/medical/medexams-perm.asp

e) contact previous and current employers about them providing job letters. You must have at least 12 months of full-time, or an equal amount in part-time, skilled work experience. Full-time work means at least 30 hours of paid work per week. Work experience while you were a full-time student does not count.

f) research cities in the province(s) where you want to live.

Sisimee:
Hello Irondome. You need this training to be PREPARED FOR LIFE IN CANADA. . Note that this training is organised by CIC/IOM. Ask around to get more info. As for me I attended in November and it was very educative.

Sisi Mee

Thanks Sis. I thought the training was visa focused.

prudentwords:
good day people,


please must work experience be obtained after the date accessed qualification was obtained?


i have been working since 2000 but i rounded up my masters in 2013 .
i am trying to get the institution to award my degree. all results are out.


if i can get this i will like to use the masers degree to get more points.


my question is this....

can i use the qualification once its out and claim points for work experience with work done before date on the cert?
or must the working experience be obtained after the the date qualification was obtained

please must work experience be obtained after the date accessed qualification was obtained? No, it doesn't have to be. In fact, most applicant typical just assessed their highest qualification. However, there is a little caveat. Every NOC has a qualifying degree (although most require college degree), as such, you may want to find out the minimum education requirement for your NOC to be certain.


can i use the qualification once its out and claim points for work experience with work done before date on the cert?
or must the working experience be obtained after the the date qualification was obtained.

Yes, you can claim point for the highest degree. On how much point you can claim for work experience from 2000 till date; as someone rightly stated, you can only claim point for experience obtained over the last 10 years. So for you, you can point for work experience garnered since 2006, as long as you have obtained the minimum education requirement for your NOC as at 2006.

ramsol00:
Hello house,

Please I have been having difficulties as regards best matching NOC no for my job duties. I have two different job duties (having change my company and job roles) of which I havent found any NOC close to the two of them. I would be glad if anyone in this house can guide me on better NOC for the job below:

1. Risk Analyst (specifically Operational Risk Management)

2. Treasury Operations Officer (roles here are Treasury Operations in banks)

I know of 4162 that has Risk Management Anaylst, but the problem is that no duties relating to Risk Management Analyst was stated there, my question is if I cant find any other match elsewhere, can I go with that 4162 since it has Risk Management Analyst eventhough the duties were not stated there.

Unfortunately, it's something you have to decide on your own sir. One important thing though, the job description on your reference letter from your employer MUST CLOSELY match the job description listed under your chosen NOC.

If i were you, I would compile a list of all risk related NOC with their corresponding job descriptions; and would compare my job descriptions with each of the NOCs. The NOC with the closest match would naturally be your preferred choice.

Rebe:
Dear everyone,

I have some questions regarding my express entry application and I will be very glad if seniors here can help.

Firstly, I entered the express entry pool since May with CRS of slightly below 440, I recreated my profile last week and I got PT from Ontario. However, a friend advised that I could use my NYSC experience which I did and my score jumped to over 460 which gave me a better chance of an ITA without provincial nomination. However, I have this issue with using my NYSC experience as my PPA organisation is not willing to provide a reference letter for me and the supervisor I worked with during NYSC has moved to another organisation. Fortunately, I have photocopies of my acceptance letter stating that the organisation has accepted my to serve with them,my monthly clearance letters and my final clearance letter. Is it okay to include these letters together with the reference letter that will be provided by my former supervisor? Kindly advice on other things to include in order to justify my NYSC experience.

Secondly, regarding proof of funds, I have a cooperative account with my present employer where a certain amount of money is deducted from my salary for saving every month. The money can be withdrawn whenever I wish. However, I am not sure if the cooperative can provide my account details in the format required by CIC and also if CIC will accept such statement since it is not from a Financial institution. I am thinking of moving the funds to my bank account and providing a letter of explanation to CIC on the sudden rise in the funds in my account. I wish to know if anyone has tried this and if this is a wise decision.

I am opened to suggestions on resolving these dilemmas of mine.

Apologies for the long epistle.

Why take an unnecessary risk when you have a sure way in Ontario invitation. The company you served with is NOT willing to write a legitimate reference letter for you and you want to rely on a letter from a former supervisor who has left the company. I would not do that. Furthermore, reference letters are expected to be written on companies' letter head,so, how does the former supervisor gain access to his former employer's letter-head; and even if he did, he would be committing a fraud.

My personal opinion, shell out the $1500 for Ontario nomination and avoid the risks of being slammed with a ban for misrepresentation.

On the POF, I would go with option 2; however, I would also support my LOE with a financial statement from my cooperative, which further substantiate where my funds is coming from.

Wishing you all the best.

dazdilijae:



If I m not mistaken INEC declared the following figures:

APC. - 264851
PDP. - 199480
Total valid votes -. 459983
Rejected votes. -. 21351
If you add APC + PDP votes alone you get more than the valid votes stated here.
Also the cancelled vote can only take place when actual voting has occured which requires accreditation so any way you look at it INEC has a faulty election result
I guess they saw it and decided to label it inconclusive

I tire for your self-generated result ooo. Kindly reconfirm your figures.

snailspeed:


Oh my word! Cant you see that even if you take that out, the number of votes cast still doesnt tally with the accredited by a big margin? The key is number of accreditted my friend. Get it? Number of accreditted! You guys are just going around in circles. It seems you are finally tired of your pathetic defense that cancelled votes is the same as rejected.

I rest my case mate. It's pointless trying to make you see where you erred. But seriously, stop embarrassing yourself.

snailspeed:


The big problem in Nigeria today are illiterate and ignorant youths sadly. Just imagine what you guys are posting and even defending. And the sad part is that you actually think you are making sense. I initially thought it was a mistake. I didnt realise you actually believe that that dumb post your friend put up there makes sense.

Please read your posts again before you finally make a massive fool of yourselves here. Its probably not too late

My advice for you mate; take a deep breath, think over your original post, do your further research if necessary, then come back and edit all your posts.

Free advice.

snailspeed:


Stopping making a fool of yourself in public. You cannot cancel possible votes. Why are you this dumb? Canceled votes means the votes were actually casted. In your bid to defend your partisan stance, you are really embarrasing yourself here. So sad

Mr. Kucha said the margin of votes between Messrs Audu and Wada is 41,353. And that the election was inconclusive because the total number of registered voters in 91 polling units, in 18 local government areas, where election was cancelled is 49,953.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/193724-inec-declares-kogi-governorship-election-inconclusive.html


I hope you would respect yourself after this

Dannyset:

After someone has taken his time to break it down for yuo on this same thread?
This was done by Channels and a guy has done his best to break it down to your level.

I dey embarrass for the guy self. Stubbornness in the face of dumbness is a horrible thing.

snailspeed:


The only thing that is clear in your post is that you are an olodo

First, cancelled votes is not the same thing as cancelled election my friend. Dont be an olodo or maybe you are just trying to be mischievious but you are obviously not clever enough. Votes from cancelled elections are never added to result counting

Secondly, even with your sorry logic, you still will not arrive at a total acrredited voters of 510, 208. Cant you see that easily? Haba

At what point do you realise the folly in your original post and save some face? The fact that you have 49K cancelled votes does not mean 49k of them were during accredited for voting on the election day. That figure represent the total number of possible voters in the affected polling stations but have not yet been accredited.

aresa:
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Your ignorant post is definitely one of the many odious posts in this unfortunate thread..

Simple question -- would you like to spend your whole day with a hood over face? If your answer NO, then, it is wicked and barbaric to subject a voiceless baby to such an unthinkable torture.

aresa:



You read it somewhere where it was stated that such offends God or this is just your own bigoted formulation?

They protect their babies from dust and flies unlike the babies others leave exposed to the elements.

Dust and flies indeed!!! what a reasonable alibi!!! Breast feeding, the best of the alibi!!!! What happens to using the veil when you actually need to breast feed. That way, the precious breast of the mother would be shielded from the prying eyes of the world while the mother feeds her baby; and the baby would not be subjected to a life in a perpetual ovum.

aresa:




Has there been any public health outcry by any authority in Nigeria regarding what's in that picture or how many kids have died in the process? Do you have any credible and official stats indicating that this is in anyway is responsible for infant morality anywhere on the surface of the earth?

Let me answer the question for you. The answer in big CAPITAL NO.

Infant mortality is high based on many issues like lack of antenatal or pre natal care, after birth care like lack of vaccines, vitamin deficiency, waterborne and communicable disease, these are the issues we really should be talking about and never what's in that picture.

You are talking based on your own personal and made up judgement which is OK, but let it remain there and please do away with the compound statements that you can not back up with anything but your own personal judgement.

The OP is of course ignorant and grossly bigoted which is synonymous with his kind on NL so why help promote such ignorance and bigotry?

Remove that blinding cloak of religion covering your face of reasoning. No human (that has reached a talking age) would be silent and happy with being a victim of this wicked practice. Even a full blown man like yourself would aggressively kick against having a hood over your head al-through the day. This is wicked and insensitive.

porka:


No tradition should be encouraged to endanger the life of a child.

This child could suffocate.

And the irony is ---" the mum herself didn't fully cover her own face and breathing nose in the name of culture & religion". Why subject a baby to such ordeal?

rebelXYZ:
don't mind them.. the problem that's happening around the world today is because we lack the ability to accept one another's beliefs, culture and way of life. I don't know why the op is shocked about this.

And what is cultural and religious about choking an innocent, voiceless baby? Like seriously!!! If the woman is bent on covering herself, of course, she can knock herself out and cover every inch of her body. I careless about that, but not the baby. The long term effect of inadequate flow of oxygen to the brain is damaging and irreversible. Why expose or subject a voiceless baby to such a damning condition for life in the name of illiteracy, disguised as religious or cultural practices.

ephemm:
if u don't understand someone's tradition/culture/belief, their actions may seem foolish in your eyes.

I had a discussion with an Indian colleague of mine and he criticised the way woman carry children in Africa, either in front (chest) or behind (back), his point is that, the way our women carry children limits the vision of the child, but that in India, their women carry their children strapped with wrapper by the side, such that the child can see what's happening in front or behind - that's his opinion.

the child in the picture above can breath very well...
you just won't understand

This pathetic post would only be liked by fanatics who have infinitesimal regard for babies, and am saying this without any recourse to any religion or culture.

With your common sense, kindly explain how that baby would breath PROPERLY with his/her head fully covered? Haba, fear God OOOO!!!!

khasm:
Thanks all for your swift responses.
@irondome, I have mailed WES to request for the tracking number, I hope they oblige, or is there a better alternative?
About the job offer, im I to get a copy of the offer letter plus a copy of LMIA from the company?

Honestly, I don't know sir. May be if you revealed your ALMA MATER, your fellow colleagues may know of other avenues.

Congrats on your LMIA backed offer, that should fetch you a rapid ITA whenever you enter the pool.

Ekicedar:
Pls house,

I re-entered the pool after my profile became in-ineglible after I changed my NOC.
1 Do I need to create another job bank acct or can I link d old one to this?

I think you may need a new job bank account. I remember creating a new jobbank account when I had to recreate my EE profile.

Grinch:
Please bro am interested in migrating to Canada. I have a degree with Middlesex University London (BA. International business Administration). Please I will like to go through the skilled visa route. What are my chances n what are d processes involved? Thanks

As long as you have at least one year of skilled employment, you stand a good chance. However, there are a couple of huddles to be crossed.

1. check your eligibility for the FSWC scheme using the tool provided on CIC website.
2. You would require a good IELTS score (preferably 8.5,8,7.5,7.5 Listening, reading,speaking,writing, however 8,7,7,7 may just suffice)
3. Do your education certificate evaluation. I would suggest you use WES (google WES for more info).
4. Go ahead and create your profile on EE.

If your total score on EE is >450, you stand a good chance of being invited directly without the need to hustle for provincial nomination. If otherwise, then hustling may be required. There are a number of provinces out there that are able to nominate you without job offer.

Go through the site before for further info

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/profile.asp

I should also chip this in; for a BSc holder, the level of chance you have, greatly depends on -- how good your IELTS score is and how young you are.

Sisimee:

Hello All,

If you reside in Lagos you can also request for the training. Just indicate that you reside in Lagos. Please note that this training is only available for those who have Visas or have been invited to do medicals.



We are glad to inform you that one of the sessions will hold in Port Harcourt on the 19th of January. We are expecting that this session will serve immigrants in the following states in the South-East and South-South region of the Country: Imo, Rivers, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Abia & Delta.



To register for this session, please send the following information for all participants. Only participants whose information is received will be registered and ultimately will have access to the venue of the training. All the information should be sent to coanigeria@iom.int not later than Friday, 15th January, 2016.



Full name (as it appears on Passport, with surname in block letters)
Gender
Date of Birth
UCI number
Immigration case (FSWP, Family class, provincial nominee, refugee, etc)
Applicant Case (principal applicant, dependent)
Highest educational qualification obtained
City of final destination
Preferred email address



Please use COA TRAINING PORT HARCOURT as the subject of the email.






Thank you.

Not trying to knock your hustle Sis, why do I need a training if already have the visa

Doggys:
Damn. I just received my ielts result. It's not pretty men. L:7.5,S:6.0,R:6.5,W:5.5. This really dropped my crs score to 308. Can i still go into the pool and hope for provincial nomination? Need the candid advice of the house!

I don't think so sir. You would require a minimum of 6.5,6,6,6 LSWR to be qualified under FSWP scheme.

khasm:
Hello good ppl,pls help out:
WES has sent me an email twice explaining that copies of my doc has bn sent to my schl,my schl is sayin dey have not seen any document, my question :
1. Do I need to wait for WES to complete evaluation bfor I cn enter EE?
2. I hav sombody in canada that's giving me a job offer, what documents should I get from his company?

I await your honest opinion

As Tola stated, you would need your ECA to create a valid profile. I suggest you find a way to get both parties to communicate even if entails coughing out few change for track-able mail services.

On your job offer, it means very little in this new EE dispensation, except if backed up by LMIA.

Doggys:
Hello house. I did a quick crs calculation with good ielts scores for both myself and my wife and scored 440,do i have a good chance when i enter the pool? Or are there ways i can improve on this score before i go into the pool?

Fair score. With that score, you stand a good chance of getting a letter of interest from Ontario province (>400). And if the news of the impending drop of the draw points by CIC is true, you may also get an ITA directly, possibly towards the middle of next year.

On improving your score --

1. Max out your score on IELTS 8.5,8,7.5,7.5 LRSW
2. Go for french training and attempt accredited french test. (personally, I think this is far fetched)
3. Attain 3 years of skilled work experience.

Doggys:
wow!Okay. Thank you. And my wife went to onabisi onabanjo university. In this forum, i have heard people complaining about this school saying it took them about 3 months before they got theirs. Though mine is still yet to come but am working with the stipulated 3 weeks given by wes. I went to FUTA. Also without been in the EE, can i apply for PNP? My sister in law in working in canada told me that sometime in January, Alberta will open its PNP. I was really targeting that time.Also, i didn't get the part of the POF, do i start putting in money gradually and to make up the #4.5 million by the time i've been given an ITA? Thank you.

If applying in January is that important, then you would have to leverage on all options to get OOU respond to WES ASAP. If it means going there in person to make it happen. Don't under-estimate the power of persuasion and right motivation.

On PNP, I know some of the Provinces are fully integrated into EE, however, am not sure if all are, especially Alberta. You may want to browse through the program online to verify that.

On POF, ideally, the 4.5million should sit in your account for 6 months before your ITA or e-app submission. However, a number of people have leveraged on a number of work-arounds which I personally feel is risky, e.g having your parent transferred the money to your account and supporting such funds with documents to prove it was a gift and not borrowed.

Idrismusty97:
And what if they aren't managed and staged properly(Which is even the case all time)? Then they are no different from the recitation competition and every other activities that are simply waste of fund. I notice [b]you are always eager and ready to spew baseless criticism once it has to do with Islam [/b]while neglecting the rot in you home just for cheap likes on Nairaland .

Seriously!!!! Irrespective of the fact that I clearly stated Bible and Quran. The only entity I specifically criticized is APC, ironically, I leaned towards APC in terms of political ideology. Na wa for you o.

match2016:
Hi Good people,
So I just got my passport and my COPR back, many thanks to Almighty Allah. Hope to go land next month by God's grace
Going through the process has really made me learn so much so I will be happy to answer any questions you might have.

Congrats mate. You are welcome on board. Did you go through the EE or Paper application?