Travel › Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Jhigan(m): 10:09am On Oct 29, 2023 |
MayorOfEdmonton: Red Deer Rebels vs Seattle Thunderbirds
It's not soccer but was pretty fun. For single folks, an hockey game is a decent opportunity to mingle😊😊 So, this is the ice hockey that normally cut my sport bet ticket abi 😃 I'll be there shouting one more goal 😃 |
Travel › Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 23 by Jhigan(m): 1:11pm On Oct 25, 2023 |
Tessi59: Good Evening Great minds , please I need an urgent Response 🙏🙏🙏,I am Already close to my deadline and this Dollar Everyday Increase is not Helping, Please has anybody pay their school fees via this particular platform If Yes, please can My Nigeria master card work ?? Yes, if its a Dollar card, and you must have dollars in your dom account to perform this. But, if you're talking to about Naira card, it's a big NO. Since Buhari time, Most of the banks have a monthly limit of $20usd on the Naira cards, and some like GTB that you're trying to use don't even have at all. |
Travel › Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Jhigan(m): 9:55pm On Oct 14, 2023 |
NuCypher: Isn't that just unwarranted discrimination? Is it only Africans who write such letters? More internet fraud is likely even perpetrated in Russia and India than in Africa. The African setting was used as an example for me, being an African. Not because they feel only Africans perpetrate cyber fraud. Of course you're right, Indians are far worse right now, when it comes to cyber fraud. |
Travel › Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Jhigan(m): 12:59pm On Oct 14, 2023 |
Enculer2: I thought I should share some experience if it will help you or others as per "la Francophonie".
We received the newcomers help with settling to life in Canada and in addition, received special services through a link provided by the French school our kids attend. So the list services are similar to the ones provided by ACCESS, YMCA, etc., only this time it is mainly aimed at Francophones and it is quite detailed if I am honest. So in effect, you will be getting double support like we did.
With regards to school, our kids attend a French catholic school. It is a nice French community. Your kids can also start with a French immersion school and navigate to an all French school in future. We found registering the kids for French schools extra easy as they want to take care of the Francophones. Plenty of support for francophones.
With respect to jobs, I can categorically tell you that there are jobs in Ontario that require bilingual people.
Ontario is expensive, granted but as a bilingual, you want to be either in Quebec or Ontario. Opportunities abound. Just ask.
Cheers Thank you for this, I found lots of advise in this your reply to the person that asked the question. I've been thinking of how to go about it. I'm a Web developer . I'm engaged(due to be married soon). She's 31, and she studied Medicine in Morocco for 8 years in French, so she's very fluent in speaking French. Myself on the hand, zero French(except for few j'emapelle, c'est bonn...lol 😃). And I'm a Web developer. I initially thought with good scores in Ielts and TEF(for her), we can get good crs score in EE. But the POF is the issue, so, I'm looking forward to Arrima since that's a low POF that we can afford. I wanted to ask initially if I should just focus on the Arrima, or still push myself to get the POF for EE? The reason is because I don't speak French, and I don't know how I'm going to survive in Quebec that way. Your advise as a French speaker resident in Canada will go a long way for me pls. And from others too. Please. PS: I can actually learn French[/quote] |
Travel › Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Jhigan(m): 12:56pm On Oct 14, 2023 |
Enculer2: I thought I should share some experience if it will help you or others as per "la Francophonie".
We received the newcomers help with settling to life in Canada and in addition, received special services through a link provided by the French school our kids attend. So the list services are similar to the ones provided by ACCESS, YMCA, etc., only this time it is mainly aimed at Francophones and it is quite detailed if I am honest. So in effect, you will be getting double support like we did.
With regards to school, our kids attend a French catholic school. It is a nice French community. Your kids can also start with a French immersion school and navigate to an all French school in future. We found registering the kids for French schools extra easy as they want to take care of the Francophones. Plenty of support for francophones.
With respect to jobs, I can categorically tell you that there are jobs in Ontario that require bilingual people.
Ontario is expensive, granted but as a bilingual, you want to be either in Quebec or Ontario. Opportunities abound. Just ask
Cheers I have a question similar to that too. |
Travel › Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Jhigan(m): 12:44pm On Oct 14, 2023 |
Donchibuzor: pls how authentic is this, because I feel its scam. a friend forwarded to me. just to make enquiries on his behalf. Although no money lost yet. so he can run as far as his legs can carry him. Its fake brother. First, the fonts are not the same, they did copy and paste in some lines. I'm able to know that encaustic I once took a course in cyber fraud, as a Web developer. Secondly, non proper use of punctuation marks. Thirdly, there is something they taught us when I took a cyber fraud course online. If you want to detect a fake letter, put yourself as an African in the position of writing it. When you do so, you'll notice this is a set up of the way Nigerian would write a letter. If it was written by your Nigerian agent processing, then all good. But, do more investigation about it. For me, I can see fake written all over it, and again, I might be wrong also. |
Travel › Re: Canadian Express Entry/Federal Skilled Worker Program - Connect Here Part 11 by Jhigan(m): 2:08pm On Feb 20, 2023 |
Thank you for your help so far. I've done the necessary verifications. She did 2 clinical jobs, one in Morocco and another one in Nigeria. The Morocco own is more than 1 year and paid, and the Nigeria own was one one year too, but not paid. I guess she will qualify through the Morocco's own. And just yesterday self, she got called up for a resident doctor job in Morocco, she's due to start next week. I guess, we will calm down and use enough time to study very hard for IELTS and her TEF so we can both at least try to max it. Thanks. Abercrome: She needs a minimum of one year experience to be eligible. The score itself is very okay but you need to check her eligibility for Federal Skill Workers Program. I think someone else married to a doctor already clarified that the clinical experience counts as work experience. |
Travel › Re: Canadian Express Entry/Federal Skilled Worker Program - Connect Here Part 11 by Jhigan(m): 8:54pm On Feb 16, 2023 |
Hello, Hello, I played around the score. Gave her work experience to be zero(incase her clinical experience does not count as work experience), her IELTS to be 7 band score and mine also 7 band score. The score came out at 496. Is that good enough? Abercrome: I don’t know anything about PNP so maybe others who went that route can help. But please give IELTS a try yourself so you boost her score. She’ll add you as “accompanying spouse” and you not having a degree or test of language will reduce her score. You self taught yourself IT so I believe you’re a driven person. Give IELTS your best ehn. |
Travel › Re: Canadian Express Entry/Federal Skilled Worker Program - Connect Here Part 11 by Jhigan(m): 8:52pm On Feb 16, 2023 |
Hello, I played around the score like you said. Gave her work experience to be zero(incase her clinical experiencedoes not count as work experience), her IELTS to be 7 band score and line also 7 band score. The score came out at 496. Is that good enough? GraciousWords: Please check if her 1 year clinical experience qualifies as at least 1 year of continuous work experience according to IRCC for FSW, see page 1 for what counts as work experience e.g. it must be NOC TEER 0 to 3, paid, 30hours per week etc
She should evaluate her medical degree with the Medical Council of Canada (which should be equivalent to a professional degree, same CRS points as MSc). Since she is fluent in both French & English, is below 30 yrs old, even with 1 yr work experience (if clinical experience passes this test) her CRS will be somewhere between 496 and 504 or higher (hope my maths is correct) IF she can max out on both the TEF Canada and IELTS exams AND you (the spouse) can also evaluate a BSc and max out on IELTS. Play around with the CRS calculator or grid also on page 1 to verify.
I implore you to study page 1 thoroughly. Her age and knowledge of French outweigh the lack of work experience. |
Travel › Re: Canadian Express Entry/Federal Skilled Worker Program - Connect Here Part 11 by Jhigan(m): 6:33pm On Feb 16, 2023 |
Thank you. Abercrome: I don’t know anything about PNP so maybe others who went that route can help. But please give IELTS a try yourself so you boost her score. She’ll add you as “accompanying spouse” and you not having a degree or test of language will reduce her score. You self taught yourself IT so I believe you’re a driven person. Give IELTS your best ehn. |
Travel › Re: Canadian Express Entry/Federal Skilled Worker Program - Connect Here Part 11 by Jhigan(m): 10:57am On Feb 15, 2023 |
Thank you very much. Thank you all for your help. I think I'll we will both start studying for the IELTS right away, because thats the only thing holding us back now. I'm sure by the time we finish studying for the IELTS and ready to sit the exam, we would have been done with her Transcripts evaluation with the Medical Council of Canada. Thank you. Please, if there are still advises for us, we will take it oo. Thank you. GraciousWords: IMO she is a prime candidate for express entry if she gets max scores in both IELTS and TEF and you do the same. Your lack of a BSc degree reduces the CRS by 8 points but nothing spoil, if her 1 year clinical work can count as work experience. She'd be wise to update the language she has the most CLB10s in as her first language when creating a profile.
@ bold...I like your spirit....but don't underestimate IELTS, that exam has a way of disgracing scholars.
Please study page 1...it'll become much clearer that this is completely doable.
All the best! |
Travel › Re: Canadian Express Entry/Federal Skilled Worker Program - Connect Here Part 11 by Jhigan(m): 9:55am On Feb 15, 2023 |
What if we enter for the EE and and try to get PNP first from a state like say New Brunswick which is Billingual? I red New Brunswick PNP page, they said they give priority processing to Francophone applicants. I think it means they want to attract more French speakers. Just asking. Abercrome: This is really sound advice. I hope he sees it. I’d only add that they should pursue PR in hand first, do soft landing and then go to the UK to get that bridging experience. This is what my brother-in-law is currently doing. This man’s wife is even in a somewhat better position since she’s just starting her career and hasn’t specialized. My BIL was a specialist in Nigeria (pediatrics) but upon getting to the UK, his specialty is disregarded and he had to start over as a GP in the hospital’s pediatric department.
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Travel › Re: Canadian Express Entry/Federal Skilled Worker Program - Connect Here Part 11 by Jhigan(m): 9:49am On Feb 15, 2023 |
Thank you for your reply. I don't have a degree. I'm a self taught IT guy, working in IT industry. Though, I've started online degree course. Wanted to do it for myself when I first checked, but when I put into consideration the fact that I don't have degree, I'm 35 years old and don't speak French, I realised she has more chance than me. I know that I can pass IELTS very well, because, I've tried to study for it before, and tried questions. And I'm sure she can pass too, including the TEF(I've made her to check it out). Now, do you think we can still do something without me having degree? GraciousWords: Please check if her 1 year clinical experience qualifies as at least 1 year of continuous work experience according to IRCC for FSW, see page 1 for what counts as work experience e.g. it must be NOC TEER 0 to 3, paid, 30hours per week etc
She should evaluate her medical degree with the Medical Council of Canada (which should be equivalent to a professional degree, same CRS points as MSc). Since she is fluent in both French & English, is below 30 yrs old, even with 1 yr work experience (if clinical experience passes this test) her CRS will be somewhere between 496 and 504 or higher (hope my maths is correct) IF she can max out on both the TEF Canada and IELTS exams AND you (the spouse) can also evaluate a BSc and max out on IELTS. Play around with the CRS calculator or grid also on page 1 to verify.
I implore you to study page 1 thoroughly. Her age and knowledge of French outweigh the lack of work experience. |
Travel › Re: Canadian Express Entry/Federal Skilled Worker Program - Connect Here Part 11 by Jhigan(m): 9:47am On Feb 15, 2023 |
GraciousWords: Please check if her 1 year clinical experience qualifies as at least 1 year of continuous work experience according to IRCC for FSW, see Thank you for your reply. I don't have a degree. I'm a self taught IT guy, working in IT industry. Though, I've started online degree course. Wanted to do it for myself when I first checked, but when I put into consideration the fact that I don't have degree, I'm 35 years old and don't speak French, I realised she has more chance than me. I know that I can pass IELTS very well, because, I've tried to study for it before, and tried questions. And I'm sure she can pass too, including the TEF(I've made her to check it out). Now, do you think we can still do something without me having degree?
page 1 for what counts as work experience e.g. it must be NOC TEER 0 to 3, paid, 30hours per week etc
She should evaluate her medical degree with the Medical Council of Canada (which should be equivalent to a professional degree, same CRS points as MSc). Since she is fluent in both French & English, is below 30 yrs old, even with 1 yr work experience (if clinical experience passes this test) her CRS will be somewhere between 496 and 504 or higher (hope my maths is correct) IF she can max out on both the TEF Canada and IELTS exams AND you (the spouse) can also evaluate a BSc and max out on IELTS. Play around with the CRS calculator or grid also on page 1 to verify.
I implore you to study page 1 thoroughly. Her age and knowledge of French outweigh the lack of work experience. |
Travel › Re: Canadian Express Entry/Federal Skilled Worker Program - Connect Here Part 11 by Jhigan(m): 6:38am On Feb 15, 2023 |
Thank you very much. I saw email that somebody was trying to mesage me, when I tried to open it, it didn't go through, and I'm not used to this App that much. I'll try and check out I can accept your message now. Sorry about that. Well, thank you very much for the advise. Actually, I was in the school section trying to get advice on how to apply for MPH for her, before some people directed me here to get advise on PR. She's not planning to practise as a medical doctor anyway, she just want to work in the health sector, thats all. So, your second option, I would appreciate more advice on that. And she's very fluent in French. She studied the Medical degree for 8 years in pure French. Profgordons: I tried to message you privately but you didn’t respond so I’ll drop my advice here and it is not far from what others have mentioned. My wife is also a physician and it is a bit of long walk. Firstly she needs to start getting experience now, she can get that in Morocco or Nigeria but her best option is Morocco because she has a residency card.
With Nigeria when she returns, she still will be required to do a bridging exam with Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, I know it has been an annual exam, not sure if it is more frequent now and surprisingly, the pass rate is very low! Without that she can’t work as a Medical Doctor in Nigeria.
While she’s getting that experience she has to verify her degree with Medical Council of Canada through https://physiciansapply.ca/ this can be another long process depending on how quick her school responds.
Finally IELTS would be required but if she has the fluency to write TEF/TCF which are French exams, it will reduce how much work experience she would require.
Note 1: Medical Degree is categorized as professional degree so it is equivalent to MSc also Clinical experience can be claimed as work experience if it is up to one year and was paid no matter how little.
Note 2: Practicing Medicine in Canada as a Foreign Trained Physician is as difficult as almost impossible, she needs to know she will have to find a different pathway for survival while attempting to practice.
Note 3: The best path way for Doctors is to go to the UK, get their residency done before moving to Canada as there is a bridging program for UK trained doctors. |
Travel › Re: Canadian Express Entry/Federal Skilled Worker Program - Connect Here Part 11 by Jhigan(m): 11:59am On Feb 14, 2023 |
Queenhadassah: 1 year work experience won't get her a high CRS score, But since she's bilingual, she should write both IELTS and TEF. She also needs to evaluate her degree result. What about you? Do you have a degree? Do you plan on evaluating your degree and writing IELTS? IT would boost her CRS score if you do. Applying with an accompanying dependent spouse would reduce her CRS score unless the spouse writes IELTS and evaluates his/her degree. $8000 is more than enough to cover her application fees and biometrics, but proof of funds, no
Read Page one of this thread to really understand what I just wrote Thanks, I will |
Travel › Re: Canadian Express Entry/Federal Skilled Worker Program - Connect Here Part 11 by Jhigan(m): 5:51am On Feb 14, 2023 |
Hello guys, Somebody directed me here from the Canada student thread. My wife to be studied Medicine in Morocco for 8 years on a federal government scholarship, and she just graduated last year November, and she's very fluent in both English and French, because the medical degree was done in pure French language. The only job experience she has is the 1 year clinical experience in between her studies. She's 27, about to be 28 this July. Somebody said that we should try the EE instead of applying for masters for her, that she can get ITA and even PNP from many of the provinces. Please, considering this profile, do you think she has any chance of getting it? N:B she has about $8,000 combined in both her Morocco account and Nigeria Dollar account, as savings she could make over the years from her clinical job and regular $500 monthly she got from the Federal government as scholarship money. |
Travel › Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by Jhigan(m): 11:03pm On Feb 13, 2023 |
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Travel › Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by Jhigan(m): 11:00pm On Feb 13, 2023 |
Bobomaigida: Thank you for your reply. She will be 28 this year July. You think she can still apply for the EE?
If age is on her side, let her write IELTS and enter EE pool, or focus on health related courses from schools in QUEBEC, to take advantage of her bilingual skills, though POF will be higher. |
Travel › Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by Jhigan(m): 8:19am On Feb 13, 2023 |
Hello guys, please I need an urgent advise. My wife studied Medicine and Surgery in Morocco for 8 years, with a Federal government scholarship. She just graduated last year November. She's very fluent in both English and French, as she did her medical degree in pure French language, and she's from Nigeria, so, she speaks English very well, and had her education up to secondary level here. She even has a resident card of Morocco right now. But she doesn't want to settle and practice in Morocco or Nigeria and likewise myself. Which course do you think we can apply fro in Canada? And which schools in which state that will appreciate bilingual mostly? Mind you, the goal is PR for her. Advise will be much appreciated. Thanks. |
Travel › Re: General Australian Student Visa Enquiries Part 3 by Jhigan(m): 8:04am On Feb 13, 2023 |
bligs: She stands a good chance, and I know few people that came through the same path. Unfortunately Public Health is not on the Skilled Occupation List which means that the course won't be eligible for PR after graduation unless She will assess as a Health Promotion Officer which requires minimum of one year working experience. Thank you for your response. Please, which other course can she apply for that can lead to PR. I've tried searching on the Internet, just getting confused. Which health related masters course she can get into with her degree in Medicine that can easily lead to PR? Thanks. |
Travel › Re: General Australian Student Visa Enquiries Part 3 by Jhigan(m): 1:25pm On Feb 11, 2023 |
bligs: She stands a good chance, and I know few people that came through the same path. Unfortunately Public Health is not on the Skilled Occupation List which means that the course won't be eligible for PR after graduation unless She will assess as a Health Promotion Officer which requires minimum of one year working experience. Thank you for your reply. On the list, there is Health managers, Health welfare managers, Ennviromental Health officers etc. They are the likely career paths for somebody that studied Masters of Public Health. How difficult/easy it is to get jobs generally in the Health sector, asides Nursing, Care workers and so on. And, should he just change into maybe something like clinical psychology? (But she loves Public health too much mind you). |
Travel › Re: General Australian Student Visa Enquiries Part 3 by Jhigan(m): 10:07am On Feb 06, 2023 |
I checked, its for Research student, not masters taught. And she doesn't want to do research for now, so back to our earlier arrangement of masters taught. Though, she will try and apply for some scholarships too, I need answers too please. Someone should help me out oooo. gracespeakss: This is a suggestion. Since she has been a beneficiary of scholarship, I am of the opinion she also try the Australian Research Training Program scholarship or the university scholarship. This will help and give a soft landing for her entry into any Australian university. Thanks [i] |
Travel › Re: General Australian Student Visa Enquiries Part 3 by Jhigan(m): 10:05am On Feb 06, 2023 |
Sorry, total fees is 38000aud, not 27800. Please, I still need an answer to my questions pls, incase that didn't work out Jhigan: Hello guys, My wife want to study Masters of Public Health in Deakin University, as she did Medicine and Surgery at degree level with Federal Government scholarship in Morocco. She just graduated last year November.
Do you think she can apply now for the masters? She has around $8,000 in her bank account in Morocco, and myself I have around 6 million naira in account. Who do you think we should use as her sponsor? The total cost is $27,800Aud per year. And do you think she stands a good chance to get the admission? And can we start now and still be able to make the July intake for the school? We intend to apply as a couple, no child yet. Your reply will be highly appreciated. Thank you. |
Travel › Re: General Australian Student Visa Enquiries Part 3 by Jhigan(m): 9:08am On Feb 06, 2023 |
Ok, thank you very much for your reply, I appreciate. Please, I will check it out, and will get back to you here. gracespeakss: This is a suggestion. Since she has been a beneficiary of scholarship, I am of the opinion she also try the Australian Research Training Program scholarship or the university scholarship. This will help and give a soft landing for her entry into any Australian university. Thanks [i] |
Travel › Re: General Australian Student Visa Enquiries Part 3 by Jhigan(m): 7:12am On Feb 05, 2023 |
Hello guys, My wife want to study Masters of Public Health in Deakin University, as she did Medicine and Surgery at degree level with Federal Government scholarship in Morocco. She just graduated last year November.
Do you think she can apply now for the masters? She has around $8,000 in her bank account in Morocco, and myself I have around 6 million naira in account. Who do you think we should use as her sponsor? The total cost is $27,800Aud per year. And do you think she stands a good chance to get the admission? And can we start now and still be able to make the July intake for the school? We intend to apply as a couple, no child yet. Your reply will be highly appreciated. Thank you. |
Travel › Re: Nigeria Or Cape Verde by Jhigan(m): 2:18pm On Sep 24, 2020 |
rosalieene: hello Nerosky pls reply your mail. its urgent please rosalieene: hello Nerosky pls reply your mail. its urgent please I’m traveling there next month. Maybe we can go together. But, I’m having a stop over in Dakar first. |
Autos › Re: 2011 Model BMW X6 Mpower Toks Fully Loaded Selling Fast by Jhigan(m): 8:58am On Apr 15, 2020 |
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Celebrities › Re: Agbani Darego Celebrates Her 37th Birthday Today by Jhigan(m): 1:52pm On Dec 23, 2019 |
Ashley86400: Most people don't know the lady who passed on the crown to her is Priyanka Chopra, famous Indian actress and now wife of Nick Jonas. Life sha. . . Yea, she was just 17 when she won. Such a beauty. Anyway, congrats to our own Agbani. |
Politics › Re: APC Leaders Visit Jonathan In his Otuoke Residence (Pictures) by Jhigan(m): 6:35pm On Nov 18, 2019 |
And some people want to continue politics of hate, with a party they've nothing from for 2 decades. Very soon, SS will be president again, and they will still remain opposition. I didn't mention nameoo |
Celebrities › Re: Peter Okoye And Wife, Lola, Celebrate 6th Wedding Anniversary (pics) by Jhigan(m): 6:28pm On Nov 18, 2019 |
When she dey spend her money on the Psuare group to blow, no problem with her then. It was after they made it all the family realised she's not the best woman for her. God purnish all of you ethnic bigots, with the mama join in heaven or hell wherever she is if all they said about her is true concerning the union.
Ladies, I hope you're opening your eyes now. |
Sports › Re: ABU zaria receives Masai Ujiri (manager Of The Toronto Raptors) by Jhigan(m): 10:35pm On Aug 10, 2019 |
Proudly Abusite. Naturally Ahead.
No be only politics, even sport, we dey there |