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Hi Nobong, please do you have any info on this yet?

Nobong:
Hi, thank you. I read page 1 but the isn’t enough and the WhatsApp link doesn’t exist anymore.
Does anyone in the house have an idea of a new WhatsApp or telegram group to aid new comers please?

Hi ladykilllar please do you have any info about the telegram group? Thanks.

ladykilllar:
There's a telegram group containing past and prospective students and a drive with the syllabus and textbooks so you can have a glimpse of what you are about to go into. There are also good tutors incase you aren't IT inclined and you need a help in learning the basics.

There are centers in Lagos, Abuja and other states i cannot remember. Check page 1 for more info and Google them. The next exam would be taking place in November, 2020

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I travelled via Ethiopian airlines, they charge 210 USD for every extra bag of 23kg. Lets just say all my bags were very very overweight, so I paid the price

libra2cute:
Please can you share what happened and what airline , i am considering the excess luggage although not much about the food stuff.

Is this still available?

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Hi guys, any "landed" nurses or nurses in training in the house? Please i have a few questions. Thanks.

Hello, I wouldn't know since i didn't cargo. But i carried most of the listed items with me.

Jbelieve:
Hi can I cargo food stuff like ogbono, melon, dry fish, dry bitter leaf, palmoil, etc?

I don't know if you've gotten a reply to this yet, people have shared contacts for individuals you can use, i believe it is through NAHCO.

Whiteshirtsonly:
alright cool.. thanks a lot for your reply. Is that to be done thru Nahco?

Thanks

CARGO OOOO!!! I MADE THE MISTAKE OF SETTLING FOR EXTRA LUGGAGE. I'm still regretting that decision.

Whiteshirtsonly:
Hi guys..
1. Please if one needs to cargo stuff (in case of extra luggage), how does one go abut doing so?
2. Also, which is better? Cargo stuff or paying extra luggage at the airport?

Thanks

Landing gist coming soon

@Ifeoma77 you legit have my dream landing gist sha Can i send you a pm?

Any chance I can be added to the WhatsApp
group please? One can never have too much information.

Claire18:
Pre arrival services cannot be over emphasized.
The webinars are so helpful. In fact, I was added to a WhatsApp group, where info is always shared.
Just yesterday, someone was giving out good furniture for free somewhere in Ontario.
Get advice and assistance with resume and cover letter.
Most especially, links and links to research to make the transition easier.

It does!! Thank you!!

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Hi Omotayo, thanks for sharing your experience. Please how much did you pay for your extra bag?

omotayo333:
I think I’m probably the most silent observer here, only fair i share my experience.
Flight experience—-
I’m a single applicant so i travelled last week with just 3 check-in. Luggages (had to pay for the extra one), went with ethiopia airline a mistake I won’t make again (i had a 15 hrs flight from Addis Ababa to pearson airport). Well the flight was really tiring but the in-flight entertainment and food was decent (also with really pretty air hostesses)and i made sure to drink as much red and white wine I could helped me to sleep better.

DCanadian:
Okay.
My experience in British Columbia has been spectacular. It is the most beautiful place in Canada. I have traveled all over Canada (Road-trip) and it is the best. It is very expensive but with good income you won't be bothered. We have mild winter in the southern part, we get very little snow but the past year we got a lot. It is very cold up North. I lived in Victoria for a while and it is one of my favorite place that I hope to retire in when I'm 50. I ski and snowboard, and do other winter activities in the winter, so I really love the snow and love going to the mountains.
I've been to many cities in British Columbia, even Up North because I cannot just stop exploring. My job skill and digital business gives me the freedom to explore while working. My transportation (flight, car, ferry) and accommodation are completely paid for so I get to go everywhere for free while still getting paid. Feel free to check out my profile on Facebook and see some of my recent adventures at https://www.facebook.com/LaSignorina0/

[quote author=KAYSEE8686 post=78538122][/quote]Yes you can.

Hi, I'm in the paramilitary, recently got COPR, nothing was flagged.

He just needs to fill out the military/ paramilitary questionnaire in the personal history section very accurately.

Ethelia:
Hi everyone, its been a looooong time.

Does anyone have any experience with a spouse or PA being in the military or police force? A friend is married to a military guy and is thinking of applying under express entry but is worried about the application being flagged for security clearance.

Please help.

BOOK NOW!!!!

Utonne:
Awesome. Thank you. Is it safe to book ticket now. Lol. I was thinking on receipt of COPR

Fill out any work experience for your spouse under personal history and leave it out of the work history section. Your spouse's foreign work experience won't earn you any points.

happyme31:
Please I read somewhere on the thread that it is better to leave out spouse work experience when filling the express entry profile.
Can someone confirm this for me.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Kmgb1:
AlhamduliLlah Finally its PPR.
Will come back with timelines
Everyone here is highly appreciated

God bless you!!!

guitarlife2:
Alot has been said already about carrying oil, bribing customs, beautiful landscapes, I do think the real reason most leave the comfort of their own Country is to get a decent job in Canada.
And to me this is the prayer of many including myself so I am not gonna bore you with what airlines I took or what we ate on the plane, that has been overflogged already.

I am gonna focus mostly on what I think is the best approach to getting a job as soon as possible based on my own experience. I do think IT practitioners would benefit most from this post but I believe there would be some take home for everyone regardless of which is your profession.

9.7 SOMERSAULTS x50

Thank you sis! Thank you!!

ladymarshall:
Congratulations!!!!! So happy for you!!!!

Honestly if not that writing is subjective and never perfect, I would have scored you 10. I really enjoyed your script and laughed many times.

Really nice introduction. Your script had a nice flow. Thank you for your elaborating.

@bolded resonated with me so much, I totally understand, hmm!

But why leave out the crucial detail na? Worry not about privacy, we still won't know you in real life So that is minus 2 But for giving back and relating the full gist, I will score you 9.7.

You have made your mum proud and she is definitely smiling back at you. Now go and succeed in Cannyland.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! FINALLY

wasseynewest:
Finally, It's PPR my people!!!!! �����
Family size: 4
ECA: May 2018
IELTS: Oct. 27th 2018
ITA: Dec.19th '18
AOR: Dec.27th '18
MEP/BIL: Feb.7th '19
ADR: Feb.26th '19
PPR: April9th '19

Full gist coming soon. Madam is in charge of that one

Thank you!!! AMEN!!!

Stephanie09:
Congratulations sis, May Canada favor you

Thank you sis!! You know!!! Amen!!!

Jennypharb1:
Congratulations, God knows how to come through sha, you'll just be left wondering. Go forth and prosper

Thank you sis! It has indeed.

Ifeoma77:
Wow!!!!!!!!! Congratulations again and again and again!!!
It has ended in praise

PPR MAIL DON DROP OOOOO

Mail dropped inside Idumota thank God my friend was with me

My Express Entry Journey - (Formerly known as AmeComplique)

The following events take place in the city of Lagos and a far away dreadful land called the ACCRA VISA OFFICE.

It has been said by victorious warriors before me that once you survive a journey through the Accra visa office evil forest, you can kill a lion with your bare hands.

Starring:
Two study abroad agents, One Canadian Immigration agent, The men and women of the Accra visa office, Big Daddy Ralph and my humble self formerly known as AmeComplique.

Now the Story Begins.....

NB: I did the first draft of this post in November 2018, but Alas brethren God had other plans for me.

TIMELINE
Decision to relocate: Since i realised I was born in Nigeria.
IELTS First Attempt (September 2017) BC: LRSW 8.5, 7, 7.5, 6.5
Second Attempt (May 2018) BC: 9, 9, 7.5, 7.5
ECA (WES ): Masters
Work Experience : Cumulative of 3years and 7months at the time I applied (NOC 1241& 1243)
Travel history: UAE (gist below)
ITA: June 25th 2018(a day to my birthday��) and first ever Monday draw (I believe)
AOR: July 10th 2018
MEP/IP1: July 27th 2018
ADR (Accra famous five): February 25th
IP2: April 2nd 2019
PPR: April 3rd 2019
Visa Office: The great Accra

The Beginning....
It all started when I got a job with a paramilitary agency sometime in 2016 right after my masters, I knew immediately that I was going to hate the job (i despise redundancy and i felt i was too young to be wasting away just like that). After my first month, I told myself I wasn't going to spend more than two years on the job (even though I exceeded the time frame, praise God I'm finally leaving). My dad hated the job even more than I did and successfully talked me into starting a PhD program.

I reluctantly started the program in one unnecessarily expensive private university. The only thing that kept me in was the thought of having 'Dr.' in front of my name by 26 (man proposes abi. LOL). After my first semester, i knew I wasn't going to use the 'Dr' in front of my name to live the kind of life i wanted, then the search for a better life began...

I stumbled upon a "study in Germany" agency sometime in February/March 2017, and decided to give migrating yet another shot. The plan was to start my PhD all over again or even go for another masters. I just wanted to leave. I really carried myself to the agency one Saturday afternoon after work. Long story short, they didn't see or hear from me after that day.

Not long after that, a friend at the office mentioned another agency, this time I decided to give applying for a Masters or PhD in Canada a shot. While i was still toying around with the idea, someone randomly mentioned Express entry in May 2017. When i realised how much was invloved and the fact that I had to "write a test" I completely forgot about it until I realised the PhD in Canada dream wasn't going to come to pass at the time.

Looking back, I think the idea of having to write IELTS was what deterred me from starting sooner. But you know what they say about God's time.


The Beginning of the Actual Journey....

ECA (WES)
After the PhD in Canada dream crashed, I decided to start the Express entry journey. Asked around, did very very little research (I wish i had read more) and figured evaluating my degree was going to be the first hurdle.

Started in July 2017, finally got my report in November 2017.

First IELTS :
September 30th, 2017.
So I had this "it's just English" mindset going in for the first test, boy was I in for a massive surprise. This thoroughly and completely discouraged me!! I gave up on the whole journey all over again!

Re-trying the Study route:
Seeing as IELTS didn't favour me on the first try (sour loser like me), I decided to retry my luck with the study route. I attended a study in Canada fair at Eko Hotel, then went ahead to start boosting my travel history (��) hence the UAE trip (all because the representative from the Canadian high commission at the fair said they mostly give student visas to individuals with extensive travel histories (na UAE my waka end sha, na where money reach).

I decided to apply to two universities for Masters and Accelerated Nursing in October/November 2017. Thanks to the NASU strike then, i couldn't get my transcripts early enough. I would later come to learn that both my applications were unsuccessful.

Getting an agent:
See ehn ignorance is not good! I was too lazy to read extensively about the process, so I took everything I heard about it to be true. I mean! I remember one guy telling me that when you get your PR Visa, you would have to travel with your POF in cash, and that the Immigration officer will count it in your presence and if its less by even 1 dollar, they'll put you on the next flight back to Nigeria. LMAOOOOO.

Someone from work introduced me to an agent who was going to charge about 3,000 US dollars or so and said my first IELTS scores would be sufficient. According to him, he was going to assist with applying through the PNP route. He sounded very promising, so I paid the first instalment (1k US dollars). He requested for some documents, but baba no do anything o. Baba didn't even encourage me to take the test again to boost CRS score or anything. When i decided to free the guy was when he said he would see what he could do on or before December 2018, that by then he would have found the right immigration program for me apply through (Lmaooo OVOKO). This was just around February 2018 o, me that was already seeing myself eating snow by December? You lie sir.

That was the moment i started considering retaking the test.

Second IELTS :
I talked to God about retaking the test and got my go ahead. I apllied about 2 months ahead and began studying. Thank God for IELTS Liz, that site changed everything for me mehn. Finally took the test in May. I still remember how I rolled on the floor thanking God when I got my result (Thank God i was at home that day. Lol).

Going back to the Agent:
I really didn't want my money to go down the drain just like that, so i informed the agent of the new scores. Next thing, baba asked for another 1000 US dollars to fill my express entry profile, and i was to pay the last 1000 US dollars after ITA. LMAOOOOOOOO. You say wetin?

Pre ITA:
I carry my two legs enter pool by myself, start to swim immediately!!! To be honest I still didn't read up as much as I should have and made a lot of mistakes when filling out my profile. For example, i was utterly confused about my correct NOC code. Seeing as i was in the paramilitary, i didn't know if i was to go with the code for my specific duties in my unit, my department or general duties as a paramilitary officer. I had sleepless nights!

Finally went with one that covered my duties in my Department, I still wasn't comfortable with it. So even after i submitted my profile, i kept searching.

ITA :
Got my ITA shortly after entering the pool, I had already started gathering my documents as soon as I got my results. The only delay was with the medicals, I would have been able to submit my application the following day sef ��.

POST ITA
Now back to the NOC issue, i ended up changing the code to one that reflected my duties in my unit in my e-APR, after i go my reference letter (I didn't explain in my LOE). To be honest, i didn't know the one i picked previously would still reflect, i only found out after i had already submitted my application (more sleepless nights).

PROOF OF FUNDS:
Na God do this one!!! This was one of my major fears before i started this journey, but somehow even in death, God used my Mum to come through for me. Unexpected entitlements started dropping from different corners few months before i retook my test.

I still remember the day i got ITA and realised i had to pay another 300k. I started crying! I didn't want my dad to know about the process until it was almost done (he doesn't want to hear anything about relocating), so that was a no go area. My man (A complete blessing in human form) had already brought out all he had and more. We prayed that evening and started hoping. Even tabled it during the Hallelujah challenge that night.

The next day (my birthday), i got a call from my mum's office to pick up a cheque they had stalled for over 6 months. I was expecting about a hundred thousand from there. I already started looking for things to sell to make up the remainder. I got to the office to pick up the cheque. I burst out in tears when I saw the amount. Lo and behold it was almost double the amount i needed. TALK ABOUT A WONDER WORKING GOD!!!!

Post AOR:
Found this thread and many others on Canada Visa, Quora, and facebook after i had submitted my application and I started poking holes in every thing i submitted. All of a sudden, my scans were no longer clear enough, my reference letters started to look too similar. That Mark Holte man gave me the biggest nightmares fa!. Ahhhh I had sleepless nights thinking about what i could have done differently. An example was the NOC issue.

One major concern came from the fact that since I work for the federal government; (a paramilitary agency for that matter), it would draw unnecessary attention to my application, i remember the agent pointed this out then. The devil started drawing me to experiences of other military and paramilitary applicants. Shook that one off like after a week or more (It came back when i got the ADR).

Found out my application was sent to the Accra visa office when I raised a CSE, see wahala. I joined a couple of WhatsApp groups so I could track other applications. Then I found out applicants from 2017 were still in queue. I told myself my case would definitely be different. I told God I wanted to testify to his name on this matter. I realized later that the WhatsApp groups only made me worry more, so I left all of them and stuck to this thread and the Life in Canada sister thread in faith.

I rememeber reading Kwado's PPR post in November and going through the bible passages he had in it and just then something said "start writing out your PPR post"; which I did, not long after my spirit fell again thanks to news of Accra not tending to applications till "early 2019".

In the later part of November 2018, I started thinking about cancelling my application! The big question was still, what if it landed back in Accra

Another major cause for concern I had was when I heard gist that the Admin officer that signed my reference letter had "japa-ed" to the UK. Na there high blood pressure start again o.

ADR
I remember getting the mail for ADR on a Monday morning (February 25th) just after parade. I ran to my car to open my profile thinking it was either going to be PPR or interview invite, i was shaking sha (ended up locking my keys in my car that morning). Looll. Anyway sha that one was practice.

Another cause for concern with the ADR was the fact that I didn't have payslips or salary statement of account for the first employment I claimed points for. The only proof of payments I had were for two payments made for what i was owed after i had left the company. I submitted the statement like that.

Second concern was that I had fixed POF like 2 weeks before the ADR came and i had even done like 4 fixed deposits between AOR and the last fixed deposit. So, terminated the fixed deposit, then i got the fixed deposit documents for all the months i fixed for scanned it in addition to my statement of account.

Wrote a letter of explanation to cover the two concerns I had.

Mail to Big Daddy Ralph
My friend told me to reach out to Ralph's office about my application, I sent the mail in the very early hours of 2nd April. I got word that evening (while standing beside my car that had just packed up at iyana ipaja bus stop) that Eligibility, Security and Criminality had been passed earlier that day. I was busy smiling while my colleagues and concerned citizens were trying to help out.

Checked my profile that evening and saw Application updated; I was in IP2 (Background check in progress)

PPR!!!!!!!!
The golden mail came on the 3rd of April 2019, 8months and 26days from AOR inside Idumota. Told my dad that evening and he was ecstatic, my siblings were too excited. Oga was over the moon. Me sha didn't sleep that night, i was feeling too giddy.

Submitted Passport and all the orishi rishi they asked for at VFS on the following day. That day was a very hectic one sha, had to borrow a laptop to fill out the form IMM008 as mine had issues, their printer wasn't working in the first studio 24 (Ikeja city mall) i went to, had to go to Allen. Ended up getting to VFS at 2:30pm, better late than never abi?

Now the planning and research contines intensively...

Word of Advice....
For anyone on this journey losing hope for one reason or the other, I urge you to please keep the faith. God works wonders. Imagine if i had given up after the first test (me wey hate failure pass as i hate satan). LOL.

Also, read, research and ask questions, who dey ask question nor dey miss road.

Again, i know we all want to keep everything hush hush until it's all done, but you don't know who can/will have one beneficial information or the other (but try spot whether na bad belle first biko)...

I just remembered the leather jackets i bought from Katangoa late 2017, told my sister i was buying them in faith .

I am so so grateful to God Almighty for this sha. It is more than a dream come through, I just wish my mum was here to see this, but I know she definitely has a fat as* smile on her face up there .

P.S: I had to leave out a very very crucial detail from this post for privacy reasons, I'll definitely update it once I can. Promise.

Pardon any typos biko. The story long small.

PPR script loading

You can do that as long as the amounts tally with what is on your reference letter.

Yureyes:
Hi, So I don't have payslip for where i currently work and i know uploading it is optional. But i was thinking of highlighting my salary deposits on my bank statement but the bank statement doesn't show the name of my company. It's either deposited as "pay" or "April" or "March salary". I guess i shohdn't just bother including it then. What do you advice?

I was just thinking about this yesterday.

Ifeoma77:
To add to this post, try and do all dental/eye stuff before leaving.

Get fresh prescription glasses (if you use them) and go for scaling and polishing of your teeth before your journey.

Thank you!!!

iaatmguy:
thou shall not be confused, gather info here https://www.nairaland.com/5021090/transitioning-ppr-landing-canada

Nobody warned us of the confusion that comes after PPR o

I could swear i had everything well thought out until i submitted my passport yesterday

Transitioning from AmeComplique to .....

Since NL says we cannot change Username.