I couldn't. Don't even know how to get there from Etobicoke using public transport

TheCongo2:


Did you solve the issue?
Where are you located?

When are you landing?

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Still moving to Calgary? Seems I will also be moving to Edmonton from Toronto

Guitarlife:

I am planning to book another local flight from Toronto to Calgary.
Its gonna cost me about 400CAD with luggage cost. Cos AirCanada is flying 286CAD AND if you add cost for 2 check in Baggage thats roughly extra NGN100K.

I believe this is better than cancelling and re-scheduling the flight for me. I will just make sure I leave enough time to conclude the landing formality in Toronto airport.

Alberta people, how easy it is to get a job there, especially healthcare sector. That place looks promising with high minimum wage and low tax

Can't wait to meet you

Newmum0615:
Finally dropped my resignation letter this morning. Whew! Mixed emotions.

Canada is calling my name. Speak Trudeau, your subject is listening.

With uber, almost $130 for one way trip. Na help with free ride I dey look for

bLacKGoLd3:


Uber?

Is there anyone who can please do me a favour of helping with a car to go to St. Catharines to view a house. The house is not on the high side and I want to view on Saturday 2.30pm.

Someone should please help a brother

SCAM ALERT

I was checking through Kijiji for rent today and I stumbled on a two bedroom house in Etobicoke for $800 per month. I contacted the owner and he sent the house description to me. He said he works with the United Nations and have been transferred to Vancouver from Ontario, so he is renting his house out to someone who can take care of the house. In fact, his offer was awesome. I assured him that I take care of his house if he rent it out to me.

Immediately, he requested for my personal details and few history like an authentic landlord. I was playing along. He now said he is not around that he will send the keys to the house via FedEx overnight delivery and I should proceed with payment. As someone who has stayed with Yahoo boys in a flat before and still have them as friends, I know where he was heading to.

I told him he should send the keys that I will make the payment immediately I get the keys. He objected that he will have to pay to send the keys. I told him to send the keys and I pay for postage in addition to the rent. He said it doesn't work like that. Later, he requested that I should send $200 then, I laughed and I said to myself that this guy doesn't know who he is dealing with. It is God's favour that didn't make me become Yahoo boy because I had everything in my disposal to become one some years ago.

I just ended my conversation with him by telling him that he doesn't know the tips and tricks of SCAM. He is dealing with a bloody African man.

So guys, beware of scammers who will pose as landlords. The house hunt continues

I also need to understand the clause

ansol:


Thanks Maternal there is also a special consideration which I believe may cover PR. But the "on or before clause" is not clear. Perhaps those who move there as PR can help it this ever was considered or applicable to them

Special Classes of Newcomers
If you are moving to Saskatchewan from outside of Canada, you may be eligible for Saskatchewan health coverage on, or before, the first day of the third month after arriving in Canada, if you are among one of the groups:

Permanent residents (landed immigrants)
People discharged from the Canadian Forces
Non-immigrants who are in Canada in connection with their trade or profession
International students
Returning spouses of Canadian Forces members
Returning Canadian citizens

What's the currency stated here?

Akingsqueen:
Hi,
This is what I have.

Rates to Edmonton:
100kg - 399kg = 1250

400kg and above = 1150

The higher the cheaper
Advise on how u pack your things: 1. Bring your things in just a simple Ghana must go bag.....no special bag is required.
2. if you have Red oil, Honey, Iru put, them in a 10L keg separately or lesser keg or Bottle water as d case may be.
3. Ogi starch water should be drained fully and put it in a nylon bag or transparent zip nylon double it.
4.feel free to ask questions...... Am here to serve u better

To contact me for the guys number, send a mail to melankev17@yahoo.com.
I have been unable to reply to Nairaland PM requests.

Are newcomers entitled to free healthcare immediately in Saskatchewan?

Thank you, TheCongo

TheCongo2:


Ontario is huge... very huge. The southern Ontario offer more opportunities than the northern part of Ontario

The Most expensive place in Ontario is the GTA (Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Ajax, Withby, Vaughan, markham, Oakville etc ... ) .

You should consider places in the Southern Ontario like London, St.Catherines, Kitchener, Waterloo, Barrie, Kingston, Windsor ...

The North (Thunder Bay, North Bay, Sault Saint Marie, Sudbury, lenora etc...) may be cheaper but can get extremely cold. Less opportunity in the North. You may also have to deal with the French wahala in the North given that a lot of communities there are made of French Canadians who had settled in Ontario since 1615, Franco-Ontarian. A lot of businesses are bilingual in the north.

In my opinion, the North isn't worth it even though it may be very cheap to live there. You may end up been the only black in your community if you go north

Please, where are the cheap towns in Ontario? Need to look for accommodation in those places and settle down

They did but just have some cash with you to make your bags to pass

Guitarlife:

Bro please I also booked Egypt air, I wanna confirm this, did they weigh your hand luggage too ? My hand luggage is weighing more than 8kg so I want to k ow if I can get away with that with Egypt air.

So that I can follow the next available flight to Nigeria.

Guitarlife:

Guy as a proper naija guy, this bush meat must not waste o .....

Went out to enquire about mobile plan and Bank account.

Photo 1 & 2: Black squirrel

Photo 3 & 4: Better road, smooth and wide

I should be able to give you the info needed tomorrow because I handed everything over to my brother-in-law to do

Guitarlife:

Bros how did you cargo your stuff na? I need info on cost, contact, procedure etc thanks.
Goodluck in maple land.

I landed in Ontario because I didn't have much on me to book flight to Prairie region and don't want to touch POF until I land to avoid stories that touch.

Also, my wife was able to arrange somewhere for us to stay temporarily in Toronto while we sort ourselves out. I don't have anybody in Prairie region.

Hope that satisfies your curiosity

Randomsue:


Thank you for the boring gist loool.

Congrats again!

I think I'm liking the idea of just sending food by cargo to save stress. A friend also warned me to not try the overloading on bags route cos with children it can get complicated.

I'm a little curious about why you chose to stay in Ontario if you're still heading to the prairies anyways ( I hope I'm not prying too much).

May the land favour you indeed.

More landing gists pls...

BORING LANDING GIST


We arrived at the MMIA, Lagos by 11am for a Toronto bound flight via Cairo with departure time of 2.25pm on Sunday 25th November. We had five checked-in baggage and two hand luggage with extra back pack and handbag cos we are family of three (Two adults, one infant). All baggage were for clothes and shoes because we decided to cargo our food items (Two bags, 50kg in total) since paying for extra two baggage will set us back by 110k via Egypt airlines. Looking forward to receiving the food items by next week.

We got to the check-in desk and each of the baggage weighed between 23.6kg to 25.9kg. We didn’t reduce the weight as we were asked to settle them for our bags to pass. All in all, we paid 3.5k to pass the overweight checked-in baggage and cabin luggage. Because of our little baby, we requested for Bassinet and we were provided with one when we boarded. Meanwhile, almost 20 family members and friends followed us to the airport and after checking in, we went outside to take pictures and pray for the journey and new life in Maple land.

I declared all the cash (POF in Pounds sterling and $100 note) I have on me and I wasn’t questioned by any officer, everything went smoothly. When we got to the departure gate, we were told that our flight has not arrived from Egypt and we had to wait for some extra minutes. A flight meant to depart at 2.25pm departed at 3.10pm.

On board, we were served the first meal two hours after departure. We occupied two seats while the third seat was vacant, so we had space to put extra stuff and keep them away from the baby. We arrived Egypt after six hours and it was smooth. Had a stop over of 5 hours and we used that time to pray and relax. Neither free Wi-Fi nor good food was at the airport , we just sat there till it was time to board the Toronto bound flight.

We boarded the Toronto bound flight after passing through the security screening and the aircraft looks nice and clean. Our precious extension cable was collected from us. We were provided with a bassinet to put our baby after take-off but we didn't use it because our baby refuse to sleep in it. We just packed some stuff in it. First meal on board came and it was crap for me, had to just eat the meat and drink some juices. To be honest, the journey to Toronto was awesome (12 hours direct from Cairo) but the food was crap. Our baby didn’t allow my wife to rest because she continued suckling from an hungry mother. In all, we were served two times from Egypt to Canada which I believe was bad cos the distant was just too much. My greatest fear was when we were on Atlantic ocean for more than 4 hours, Canada journey is not easy. It requires prayer and patience you had before you got PPR.

We landed at exactly the scheduled time (7am on Monday), got to the first officer and we told her what we had on us. No dairy and meat. Proceeded to another office who asked us if we are landing today and we confirmed that. Collected our passport, COPR and address to send the PR card and asked us told to sit for a while. I was afraid with so many things going through my mind. At last, he called on us to sign our COPR and we heard the golden word, you are now a PERMANENT RESIDENT.

We proceeded to an immigration service desk where they provided us with info about new immigrants programs and went to Service Canada to get our SIN number. We had to wait for like 10 minutes to get it sorted. We were welcomed to Canada in each desk with lovely smile. We proceeded to get our bags waiting on the carousel. From there, we moved to Customs where we declared our goods accompanying and following. I quoted CAD $5000 as food items am expecting and I was asked to sign the necessary documents. We carried over CAD $10k, we declared everything to the last #500 I had with me. When the custom officer converted #500 to Canadian dollars, she said that’s less than two dollars. He now asked me to tell her what that can buy out of curiosity. I told her that can buy my breakfast from a canteen and I will still have balance in Nigeria. She was surprised and at the end, she welcomed us to Canada again and we proceeded to exit.

I was expecting a friend to come pick me up to my temporary host's house but because I couldn’t get Wi-Fi to connect with, had to borrow phone from a nice lady who without objection gave us her phone to call. She was so nice and even wanted to share her mobile hotspot with us but the connection keeps breaking. We eventually took a taxi home and charged $40.

We couldn’t do anything on first day other than to eat, relax and sleep. We will be going out on Tuesday to get SIM card only cos me and my wife already have good phones that will work anywhere in the world. We will also open our bank and start the job hunting.

I don’t have anywhere in mind to stay permanently for now, getting a job will dictate that. However, I will prefer the Prairie region and the West provinces.
To landed seniors, kindly provide me with what I need to know and do during this first week, it must end in PRAISE.

I am staying temporarily at Etobicoke for maximum of two weeks by God's grace.


Kindly manage my boring story unlike Einsteino, who will hold you spellbound with his gist.

Yes for both. Etobicoke to be precise

TheCongo2:


Did you land with family? Are you in Toronto?

Landed today 7am Toronto time, will try to post transcript as soon as I can. The struggle starts and all I can wish for myself is FAVOUR.

Any WhatsApp group for immigrants in Toronto or Ontario as a whole?

To those who have used Egypt airlines, how many times were you served food on board? Someone who just landed said Ethiopian airlines served six times from Lagos to YYZ.

Food is key in this long journey

US and Canadian dollars are scarce here at Ikeja. Just few notes available with bad rates while Pounds sterling is in excess. In fact, Sular BDC is not buying GBP at all.

I have GBP, what can I do and am flying this weekend and if I buy the CAD like that, it will drop below POF.

Can someone share how they manage to carry C$10k through Lagos airport?

Nigeria asylum claimants refused refugee status in Canada

https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/canada-rejects-70-7-of-nigerian-refugees-who-crossed-borders-id9114216.html

Are there winter boots at Yaba?

Estac:
I will upload the bottoms when I have a minute. I couldn't get any thermal tops tho. Seems thermal tops are scarce at Yaba.

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We Salford brethren plenty here ooo.

daks02:

Salford is the more affordable option in manchy and it’s close to city Center. I was just two stops away from deansgate and arndale.

Could you please upload the picture of the thermal wear you got? Couldn't get it where I went to

Estac:


,U can also try this guy, Amarachi Winter +234 803 623 8196. I've made 2 trips to yaba and both times I ended up buying at his shop cos he has top grade items esp on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Great personality too.

Choi, that's good to hear. Salford is a nice place to leave with cheap convenient stores everywhere. You know Castle Irwell?

salford1:
you are right. I lived at salford all through my uni and time in the UK; hence, why my username is Salford.

I read somewhere that you finished from MMU. I did my MSc at Salford University and stayed at M6 area. Did you stay at Salford?

salford:

Winter gears from the UK would not work efficiently in Canada. Their winter apparels are not suited for the extreme cold in Canada. I moved here from the UK and ended up throwing my UK winter jacket in the trash bin.