Kmgb1:


Hi Jumdah20,kindly direct me to a passport office that has available booklets even if we have to pay more. Pls its a bit urgent

LaVieCestBonBon:
Hey, what Passport office did you renew....I've being trying to get Festac to issue me a new passport since February...they keep saying no booklet.

exquisef:
Hello seniors good day.

Please our passports expire in Sept and we are stilll awaiting ppr. We are trying to renew but as we all know there is booklet scarcity

Does any one know if we would be able to fly with our old passports containing copr and the new one or we would need to get our copr done again

Regards

joo2018:
Hmm. Another option on traveling with an almost expired passport - replacing your passport and changing your visa.

It is not currently eferenced on page 1.

majjj:
Thanks for all this information.
Quoting so i can easily find it.

phemmi1:
Hi raphrulz, pls do u know where I can get a tuition centre in Calgary or Alberta province?

Philippians4v9:
Hello Everyone,

In this video, I talked about the cost of living in Winnipeg,Manitoba for anyone who plans to relocate to Winnipeg to have an idea on the cost of things.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G1l1pwpgOI

sammyengr:
Where are my people in Winnipeg Manitoba
Please help your brother

NeededGist:

The diary was quite a wonderful read at first and then the comedy hit me.

olajide21:
And there is also a place to make wudu and pray

ebho:
My Good people of Nairaland, I greet everyone specially. For those that need clerification on anything in Manitoba specifically Winnipeg I will do my best to answer just in case I don't respond on time no vex ooo.
My piece of advice no matter what please don't give up on the pursuit.

toboy:


Just wondering, what are the reason (s) why you don't agree with homosexuality?

Ifeoma77:

Your moniker is apt

sparkle2k3:
I landed Edmonton yesterday and was thinking of swallowing my 'small uneventful' aka 'boring' landing gist.. But, just read jelmusboy's and will share mine later..

jelmusboy:
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.

jelmusboy:
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?

mcstan18:
People take off from Nigeria every week but there are no landing stories shared here. Are they still airborne?

Ifywhyteman:
I dey hail o...Pls guys in Regina SK, any idea of a Catholic church that has naija flavour...This Oyibo mass dey tire me somehow o, hands sef we no dey clap. Which kind thing...lol