I am a pharmacist but damn you are doing a beautiful job in telling your story. I have subscribed.
barbiee: I'm so grateful for this thread, it was long overdue but before I say anything if you are not abroad yet and want to know how you can immigrate as a nurse then follow the link above to the other thread where you can be guided in this process. With that being said, I will go ahead and share my little experience in diaspora. As some of you may already know I was on route to USA through the cgfns process but had to stop halfway due to situations beyond my control. During my time off I decided to look into the UK which turned out to be a good idea because few months after I started the process I landed here. I highly recommend this route if you are tired of waiting in Nigeria, you can go to the uk and work while you pursue your American, Canadian or Australian dream. The last time I checked there is a big difference between 10 pounds and 10 naira.
1. I had no issues with immigration, Nursing is on the shortage occupation list so it was easy. my visa was granted within 15 working days without having a visa interview. my employer paid for my visa and flights.
2. I landed in Manchester UK in April and what hit me first was not the fancy airport or buildings, nah it was the cold. My teeth were clattering and I was trying so hard not to appear shaky. it was supposed to be spring but it didnt feel like spring to me though. The cold was real but what was more real was the wind. Everyone kept saying I'm lucky i arrived this period because it was warm and I was like well maybe its warm to you but definitely not to me.
3,4. Working here is different from how we do it back home in Nigeria, we have to explain everything to the patient and get consent before carrying out any procedure. Handwashing nkor? I now carry hand lotion in my pocket because of it, another culture shock is addressing my boss with his or her name. No more sir or ma, they dont even like it when you say mr or mrs in front of their name, secondly I only noticed this when I got here, Nigerians say the word sorry a lot even when it's not necessary and up till today I'm still guilty of this. When someone gets hurt the first thing that comes out of my mouth is sorry and he/she will be like oh it's not your fault thirdly, there is no doctor yelling at you here because that is verbal abuse, everyone does what they are expected to do and not pass their job to someone else. Lastly, you are accountable for all your decisions and actions.
5. Work, make money, further education, travel etc
6. To all Aspiring Nurses, make hay while the sun shines, NMC uk has made the process of immigrating to uk easier and faster, do not waste your opportunities, stop wishing and start acting on those dreams. There is no better time to start this process than now. Ps. I'm still going to pursue my usa registration but until that time comes, let me jejely enjoy my pounds. More stories and pictures coming soon.
LordeCalifornia: I really want to learn how to program and build system softwares and applications. I have no knowledge on programming whatsoever. So to achieve this, where do I start from? What are the tools/softwares I would need for this?
Pls how has the jouney been? I won’t mind getting ur WhatsApp contact
Obinoscopy: I only have info on how to become a pharmacist in the US. Don't know much about Canada.
So to become a pharmacist in the US, you have to pass the Foreign Pharmacist Exam (FPGEE) and then you'll be required to write the State Board Exams.
Each State in the US has their own State board exams so you will have to select the State where you wish to practice and write their exam. However, the State Board exams is conducted by the same body....NABP. And the exam comprises NAPLEX and MPJE. NAPLEX is clinically oriented while MPJE is pharmacy law oriented.
Once you pass the State Board Exams, you can then do your internship. You are required to intern for 1500 hrs before you can get your license. Note that some States require that you intern first before writing the State Board Exams while others require that you intern after passing the exams. So it varies.
To write FPGEE, you need to pass TOEFL and also to get the required documentations. The pass mark for TOEFL is very high (you must get a score of 22 in Reading, 21 in Listening, 26 in Speaking and 24 in Writing) and TOEFL must be written in the US. The other documentations required are your transcript, your B Pharm or Pharm D certificate, your Nigerian PCN license, and letters from both your school and PCN confirming that you are a Pharmacist. You don't need to have any work permit or greencard to write the FPGEE Exam. You don't need to habe social security number.
For NAPLEX and MPJE however, you must have your social security number before you can write those. And to get your socials, you must either be a student in the US or have your work permit or a green card.
Getting internship hours in the US is also very difficult....especially if you want to be paid while working as an intern. The best route to go is to first work as a cashier in hospitals or pharmacies and then you can grow and develop good relationship with the management. You can even grow to become an Pharm Tech while working with them. So once you've passed your Board Exam, you can then ask that they convert you to become an intern.
Josiah1150: well i dont av a car yet... My daddy first car was a toyota starlet old model... The day that my dad brought the car home we rejoiced and immediately we took d car to church and the car was casted nd binded against every evil will we didnt know that we brought a demonic evil ordained car to our house with us....frm 1 problem to another... This nd that till it get to 1 saturday we were all rejoicing singing nd going to church when we were exactly at central area at abuja suddenly something made us to keep quiet our car's back isle losened and the car stopped on the middle of the highway. i noticed something my daddy's happy face turned into a frowned ugly figure that i hardly understood that he was once my dad he then yelled his lungs out that we should all run out from the car with immediate allacrity and we did just the exact and we were out of hell.... We kept on gazing at our ride... Not longer that few minutes we saw a bullion van charging towards our car lo and behold someone was heavily breathing i turned noticed that it was my daddy... He was sweating profusely his eyes was blood red and it looked watery.. We all waited for the worst to happen when suddenly the driver swerved the bullion van and it dodged our car... I turned to see my monster looking dad smiling and hailing the great driver for his good work... Just then some hausa boys went into the road and halted other moving vehicles... Then we pushed our car to a more safer side of the road... With a great relief my dad called for a mechanic who did a great job ... We went to church gave our testimony and we went home with a joyful heart..... December reached and we were happy that we are going to the village with our first ride...my mom disapproved our going with the car due to this reason 1)poor headlamp even a nokia 1208 torchlight is more brighter............ 2) my father has never drive to the village ... My father said that the devil is controlling my mom he said let us go to the village with the sole aim of making our enemy to cry we then started our journey we hailed our dad that he is already an expert for spending about 2Hours on the 1 way road then we saw two boys waving there hands indicating that we should stop the car in other to help them to their location as they enter we drove off suddenly our car stopped my dad went out opened the bonnet he fixed the problem but closing back the bonnet was war for him if he closes the bonnet the other far end will open he started sweating,,, i began to hear small laughs which then grrew louder i turned to see those helpless boys laughing i wanted to scold them but i stopped and remembered a proverb saying ''if u cant beat them join them'' i immediately joined there choral group i laughed but not aloud i only laugh inside my stomach i took my dad like 20min b4 the bonnet closed we continued our journey after dropping the boys and it became dark my dad switched the headlamps but it was 1 that ignited and there was a great dissapointment in the face of my dad we continue moving until a latest flashy car blinded our eyes with its powerful light immediately my dad lost control and entered a deep pothole the car changed it direction towards a fence my dad swerved the car to the left and thank God all this happened when no car was moving tro and frro the car then sped through a bush then it stopped after a while all the car trafficatory lights where displaying we smelt burning in the car then my dad immediately ran towards the car bonnet he opened it and unplugged the head of the battery then people came to our rescue and they took us to our village with another car the following morning our car just looked like a tattered carton...a towing van came and took our car to a close mechanic site...the mechanics kept calling high prices that my dad couldn't afford so some people known as +baban boular+ came and negotiated a price with my dad for him to sell the condemned car to them he agreed and they did a good job by butchering the car into a fine pieces and the tyre was given to children to roll........ And thats my experience on having a car......
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Pls I will soon import a Corolla 2010 How much for clearing
Sheikhgeorge: That is your beloved toyota camry 2007 to 2009. From above 100k miles, bad engine and transmission. Check the reviews 2005 murano few reported engine and transmission failures and those with engine failures i am sure did not follow the oil change interval. A solid 4.5 against camry 4.2. Go figure.
Solid fire You have to put into consideration that many people use Camry as opposed to Murano 1000 people rating Camry 4.2 is better than 5 people rating murano 4.5. Don’t use that review rating as a strong point
Dalighieri: If I were based in the states and used the car in the US,i will take them to a small claims court and win damages.The vendor has the responsibility of disclosing every single detail especially when it has potential to impact the value of the item.Its like buying a house and you conveniently forget to mention rising damp that has been covered up by tiles
By the time you are done paying lawyers. You will rather have allowed peace to reign
Dalighieri: Good Afternoon Nairalanders,i have been a member on here for many years and gotten a whole lot of information via resourceful members in the different sections.When I decided to buy a car in the states Nairaland auto session was the first place I came to and found auction export.So after I went ahead to purchase a vehicle through them,i decided to come back here and relate my experience in the hopes that others who want to use auction export after me will be more careful and circumspect, ask the right questions and put unnecessary safeguards in place before parting with their hard earned money.I don't know if my experience is the norm or an exception but I can assure you that every single word I have written here is the truth and I regret ever buying a vehicle from auction export, even after my brother and an uncle warned me to just buy my car in a normal car lot in the states and get it shipped to Nigeria but I wanted a bargain.
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I finally saved up enough for the type of vehicle I wanted to use in Lagos after a long while and began to ask people around for where to purchase a car in the US.I was living in the Uk before finally making the decision to relocate finally in 2017 but I needed to buy a really nice car which I had been saving towards for years.
After trawling through Nairaland auto section and using google numerous times I settled on using auction export due to the absence of negative reviews, the overwhelming use of their company by Nigerians and absence of any fraudulent claims.So I found a friend's elder brother who had an auction export account and imports cars to Lagos,but the condition he gave me (5% of total valus of the purchase as his payment)didn't go down well with me or even sound fair so i asked my junior brother who is resident in the United States Hamilton,to register an auction export account.After he did he sent the login details to me and began to search for a car.
One thing I quickly realised with auction export is that unlike normal auctions where it is meant to be a game of chance, where you can either win the auction by buying for a bargain or slightly above the market price, auction export has skilfully rigged the deck by making sure no single car on their platform will sell for below the market price.If you bid on a hundred vehicles and win the bid, they would pull or cancel if it didn't reach their desired threshold rather than allow the auction to flow to the end when there is no reserve price for the vehicle in question.
You can argue that they are a business hence will do anything to secure their bottomline which is fair so i don't have a problem with that.
My main grouse with auction export centres around a 2014 Mercedes Benz CLA250 I finally won the bid for and bought from them.As soon as I won the bid I began to transfer the money in tranches directly to the AuctionExport account, so i transferred all the complete payment including the almost $2,000 dollars hidden payments that did not reflect on the website.After we transferred the money into their account with proof of payment from the Santander Bank few days later auction export said the money did not reflect in their account, neither have they seen any record of such transaction.I sent them all the bank transfer evidence and in spite of that they began to charge me a late payment.
**Please note that I had no single fault because I transferred directly to the account details I was given within the 3 days and with clear and verifiable evidence which I still have in my email.I went back to the Santander bank in Uk and they stated that the fault has to be with the recipient bank as they had zero issues from their end.After numerous calls to auction export which yielded no result because they made zero move to sort things out with their own bank.Their bank sent the money back to my Santander bank in the Uk with over $1,000 missing.Meanwhile I was still being charged late payment fees notwhitstanding the fact that the fault had nothing to do with me.I was able to do the transfers again this time using my junior brother's account in the US,and they finally acknowledged receipt of the money plus late payment charges.So we paid for the car and follow through on all the required steps and documentation.
Because I am buying a used car at auction i asked that my brother be allowed to physically inspect the car at the auction export car lot, but they declined this saying the time allotted for inspection was before the auction hence no one could inspect until the car arrived at the port destination.The shipping and all the needless delays took over 1 month.Each time I called a staff to complain or get updates i will be politely dismissed on the phone like an irritant or they simply don't pickup the phone.When they finally give you an update its a repeat of the same thing over several weeks.After about 3 months to cut the long story short we take delivery of the vehicle via Grimaldi in the LagosPort.
I began to discover a number of physical defects in the car which auction export did not disclose, either on the auction site or their emails when I requested for complete information about the car before I begin to make payment.
*First the car has had a rear end accident which seemed pretty serious, the panel beater they used had done a bad job just filling with body filler and spraying on it, then the back bumper on the left was bulging out from the bracket, when i took it to a body shop to get it sorted thinking its just to reset the bumper and maybe buy new brackets, they said the bumper was crudely screwed on to the body as a sort of money saving strategy and pushing the car on to a buyer,the only solution would be to buy another bumper.
Another discovery auction export failed to declare was the state of the front tires which I had to change within the first 3 months of using the car.Bear in mind that the car never left the Ikoyi to Vi axis within these months, hence it wasn't even due to excessive use or anything.While the tires were being changed we noticed the front brake pads needed to be changed as well.We checked the back same thing then the wipers as well all changed.
The car had no spare tire, no jack, wheel spanner, see caution or any assesories you expect to find in a Mercedes Benz of 2014 model.I washing to start fighting the man that cleared the vehicle before he swore to me that it was impossible to vandalise via Grimaldi then he opened the section for spare tire and showed me the dust that had settled on it, if someone had removed the spare tire oral the other accessories there would be a clean outline not dust that had settled over several weeks or months of the car in transit.
I reached out to Auction export expressing my disappointment and the lady who attended to my query began to patronise and effectively dismiss everything claiming ignorance.I simply stopped replying their mails because I was not getting anywhere and chalked it down to experience.I have not used the car for 2 yrs less than 50k miles but I can't wait to sell it add some money and buy my next car from registered car lot far far away from auction export.
Thanks for reading and like I said before if you really have to patronise auction export please do so while shining your eye and making sure you learn from my unpleasant experience.Took me this long because I did not want to be reminded of it at all until I saw some posts on here from auction export representatives.
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