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TravelRe: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Narkoya: 2:20pm On May 12, 2020
Pls does any one have any advice for an oil rig worker with a masters degree in chemical engineering looking to switch careers to something more promising? Open to all ideas pls
TravelRe: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Narkoya: 7:49pm On Nov 12, 2019
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I also will like to read answers to this question as I'm in same situation now. Pls brothers and sister answer this question as I'm tired of waiting for the PR card and my mind and soul is not in Nigeria at all. I just see myself wasting precious time. Edakun help pls[/quote]Hi. I came back to Nigeria and applied at vfs. The forms are online and it was a pretty straight forward process. In 5 days, it was approved. Havent gotten my passport yet but it's on its way to me. I also attached my flight ticket because I plan to go back soon. Just Google prtd. All information is online. The only thing is that I had to do a family information form because vfs refused to collect my application without it, even though it wasn't listed as part of the requirements on the CIC website.
TravelRe: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Narkoya: 11:07am On Sep 09, 2019
Hello,
Pls I'll also appreciate agent contact details.

Thank you



praiseisgood:
It is faster and easier if you use agents. I may be able to share some contacts with you.

Cheers and good luck
TravelRe: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Narkoya: 1:11pm On Aug 06, 2019
einsteino:
I think all you may have read on settling down in Toronto or any part of Canada should suffice, as Hamilton can only have a few peculiarities in that regard. What would help is to find someone who is living/have lived in hamilton to maybe give you pointers on the best area for newcomers and the no-go areas. Also, such network could make finding your way around town and job hunting easier than it usually is.


This makes sense. Thank you
TravelRe: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Narkoya: 10:56pm On Aug 05, 2019
einsteino:
okay. Hamilton is closer to Toronto, about 30mins drive while London is roughly two and half hours drive away. I have been to hamilton once, it is an okay place. I haven't been to London before but I would be there this week.
Thanks a lot. Hamilton it is then. Pls do you have any pointers for me with respect to settling down?
TravelRe: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Narkoya: 7:23pm On Aug 04, 2019
einsteino:
There might be but I am not sure, its most likely the GTA you'd find. Are you in London?
I'm not in London. Landing in October and trying to make a decision between Hamilton and London.
TravelRe: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Narkoya: 7:06am On Jul 31, 2019
Good morning, pls us there any WhatsApp or telegram group for London, Ontario?
TravelRe: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Narkoya: 3:49pm On Jun 24, 2019
Claire18:
Thanks. If you are coming from TB Joshua, its the 1st gate on your right.
Ok thanks a lot
TravelRe: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Narkoya: 8:11pm On Jun 22, 2019
Claire18:
I also searched for his number the day I was at Yaba. Couldnt buy anything cos they were all looking dead. So, one day at Ikotun market, I stumbled on a small shop, n got good winter jackets from there though not Canadian winter, but good for starters. And I think I got it cheap. Winter Jackets @ 3k each, Sweater @ 2k, and one cardigan @1k. Good thing is that I can switch back for another. See pictures attached...
Don't mind me...I just like off white. There are other colours.
I will still try out Yaba.
These are really nice oh. Which part of Ikotun pls
TravelRe: Canadian Express Entry/federal Skilled Workers Program - Connect Here Part 8 by Narkoya: 6:53am On Jun 20, 2019
Good morning. Pls does anyone know of it's ok to renew my passport after copr but before landing?
TravelRe: Canadian Express Entry/federal Skilled Workers Program - Connect Here Part 8 by Narkoya: 6:38am On Jun 20, 2019
ladymarshall:
grin Ok EOR successful. 1.2 marks added. You now score 8/10 and that is a B+++ which is much better than C, D and E scripts. But how come the script looked a little longer than when I first read it? Did you edit? grin grin grin

All the best in Canny grin

PS: Score upgrade is at marker's discretion
Script EOR request is no guarantee of EOR success.
Thank you ma'am. I didn't edit oh. Was wondering how I can get 6.8 after that epistle
TravelRe: Canadian Express Entry/federal Skilled Workers Program - Connect Here Part 8 by Narkoya: 10:16pm On Jun 19, 2019
ladymarshall:
Congratulations!!! It has ended in praise for you.

Thanks for sharing your story with us. You score 6.8/10

All the best for you and your famliy in Canada
6.8 is not an A and is therefore unacceptable oh. I'd like an enquiry on result pls
TravelRe: Canadian Express Entry/federal Skilled Workers Program - Connect Here Part 8 by Narkoya: 11:47am On Jun 19, 2019
Deyonsesi:
Congratulations! Please I sent you a PM as i wish to know how you resolved the marriage certificate issue. That's what i have and i am about to submit.

Kindly respond.
Responded
TravelRe: Canadian Express Entry/federal Skilled Workers Program - Connect Here Part 8 by Narkoya: 11:43am On Jun 19, 2019
chrisebsy:
good morning house!

please is it mandatory for one to declare any organisation that one belongs to? ie answer yes to the question. and if one chooses to answer no, would that be termed as missrepresentattion?
Yes and yes, especially if Google can trace you to that organisation. Just be safe and if you've submitted already, raise CSE
TravelRe: Canadian Express Entry/federal Skilled Workers Program - Connect Here Part 8 by Narkoya: 11:09pm On Jun 18, 2019
nomad26:
Congrats! This journey fit give person heart attack, glad everything worked out well in the end for your family smiley Wish you a happy life in Canada!
Thank you. The high BP no be here at all
TravelRe: Canadian Express Entry/federal Skilled Workers Program - Connect Here Part 8 by Narkoya: 11:07pm On Jun 18, 2019
Dammyomo123:
Congratulations, may Canny favor you. Please how did you deal with the wedding certificate
Had to go get one from local government oh. That's why I couldn't resubmit immediately after the second ita.. forgot to mention that part. I also put in a letter of explanation to explain the date mismatch
TravelRe: Canadian Express Entry/federal Skilled Workers Program - Connect Here Part 8 by Narkoya: 11:04pm On Jun 18, 2019
OYASALOF:
Congratulations, submitted passports that same day, quickly rushed to check my profile after reading yours and lo and behold, APPLICATION APPROVED cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy

It has ended in praise ooo


Haha... congratulations
TravelRe: Canadian Express Entry/federal Skilled Workers Program - Connect Here Part 8 by Narkoya:
Ladies and Gents... come ohhh!
Application has been approved.

Decision to leave Nigeria- since forever. After my MSc in the uk, I came home intending to go back for a PhD. Unfortunately, my mum fell Ill and died. Phd dream had to take a back seat so I could care for my siblings. Eventually got a great job and kept travelling as much as I could. One day, heard about canada ee and decided to try it out. Before I could say Jack Robinson, I met, fell in love and married the most patriotic Nigerian on earth. Started trying to get him to agree to EE... Eventually, he agreed cos he wanted me to be happy. Meanwhile, I started my WES behind his back smiley

IELTS: My husband kept dragging his feet until BC increased their fees to 75k lol. We wrote in june 2018 and the man who didnt want to write IELTS had 8.5/8.5/8/8 while I had 8 in all except writing - 6.5. I was devastated. Immediately registered for another exam, even though I was advised to do an EOR. Wrote my second IELTS and had 8.5 in all but writing.... 6.5 again! I no gree oh. EOR straight! Score increased to 7.5. Next hurdle medicals.

MEDICALS: I had paid for a vacation to us so couldn't get a favourable date at both children's practice and Q life. Meanwhile, I, the PA, turned 30 so we lost a few points. Didnt want to do medicals in the us incase I needed a repeat. Eventually completed medicals at IOM in November 2018. Meanwhile, ITA was received in October.

First AOR: November 30, 2018
First Ghost update: sometime in January. Eventually, update was that our application had been rejected as incomplete. I was so devastated. Apparently the Muslim marriage cert wasn't accepted and I had forgotten to upload the court one. Hubby encouraged me to take it as one of those things, review all our documents again and reapply.

2nd AOR: March 08, 2019.
That's when I discovered nairaland oh. You guys really helped my sanity. Eventually raised a cse based on advise I received here as I had forgotten to include one of the associations of which I'm a member of. Got a generic response. In my mind I was like na una sabi

Biometrics/MEP: requested on April 25. Completed on April 29, 2019 (I think). Continued waiting while reading nairaland every 1 hr. Lol.

PPR: one day, woke up from sleep to an email from CIC. Was so scared cos the last time it was rejection. Started praying oh. Eventually opened it and it was ppr with an adr for schedule A. Straight to nairaland again. Eventually learnt that many people who had previous visa rejections got schedule A. Omo! Filled that form and went through it like 50 times for both hubby and I. Eventually submitted our passports on june 6th after a gruelling few hours at VFS.

The wait continued oh cos I'm naturally cautious. Hubby started making plans, me I still dey shake. Yesterday, we got a ghost update and I almost wet my pants in fear cos I hadn't ever read kd anyone who got a ghost update post PPR. Nairaland rescued me... yet again! Asked someone on here who just received copr and he said he had a ghost update like 3 weeks after submitting. I still kept freaking out cos our ghost update was 11 days after submitting passports.

Long story short, logged into my CIC account for my daily check and saw application updated, prayer again! A final decision has been made, double prayer!! APPLICATION APPROVED!!! Allahu Akbar. Took a screenshot and sent to hubby.

Started sending supplications to God to thank him. God bless y'all. You really helped to preserve my sanity. Looking forward to getting our passports back. Need to start packing and selling stuff off smiley
TravelRe: Canadian Express Entry/federal Skilled Workers Program - Connect Here Part 8 by Narkoya: 2:18pm On Jun 18, 2019
adaifx:
Yes I did. It took exactly 3 weeks when I submitted for it to show approved
Thank you. I had a ghost update yesterday and totally freaked out.
TravelRe: Canadian Express Entry/federal Skilled Workers Program - Connect Here Part 8 by Narkoya: 10:11am On Jun 18, 2019
adaifx:
I felt guilty for not wanting to share my timeline since I have benefited so much from this forum. So this is me assuaging my guilt

ITA 28th November 2018
AOR: 19th December 2018
BIL: 17th January 2019
Applied for Gcms note March 11th
1st ghost update March 23rd
Paid for my Rprf April 4th
PPR 15th May (dated 14th May ) grin
COPR 11th June
Vo Ottawa
Family of 1

Decision to travel April 2017
Due to the financial recklessness of my then boss and his brothers a viable company was suffering cash flow issues. So they made the employees suffer by reducing pay by 50%. I just made up my mind there and then that I want to leave this country.

IELTS.
Let me just say I was humbled, wrote it 4 times it was the 3rd time that made me seek the assistance of a professional to know what I am doing wrong in writing ,other aspect was always excellent. After that I scaled through finally, got it November 2018.

Eca
I evaluated my Bsc, ican and Acca diploma with WES was lucky I wasn’t asked to add my WAEC.My Ican was evaluated as 2 years professional accounting study. The Acca was evaluated as one semester. After eating the cooked lion liver someone gave to me cheesy I decided to claim two or more certificate with my evaluation report,even when the summary of the report was showing 4years bsc only. I want to appreciate this God sent angel for giving me the push to take the risk. It was really worth it

POF
I used gift deed from my mum that was reflecting 78% of the proof of funds required and the fixed deposit certificate from GTB showing the total pof with the printed copy of exchange rate for the day of submission.

Reference Letter
Having worked for more than six different companies I choose to only use one of them in other to keep my application simple and precise, before submitting my application I ensure to match my work history word for word with what I have on my LinkedIn page so I don’t ommit anything.

Finally all I can say is even though some persons have appointed themselves as assistant vo’s putting fear in people’s mind as regards application, God has the final say just ensure you don’t misrepresent yourself and all the documents you are submitting are true and correct.
Congrats on receiving your copr. Pls I have a few questions:
1. Did you have any ghost update between ppr and copr?
2. How long after submitting your passport did it take for your profile to change to approved?
TravelRe: Canadian Express Entry/federal Skilled Workers Program - Connect Here Part 8 by Narkoya: 9:37am On Jun 18, 2019
AzariahYaa:
Hi @Narkoya! Is this a response to my questions?Kindly confirm please. It would help put my mind at ease, if it is. Thank you.
Yes it is smiley
TravelRe: Canadian Express Entry/federal Skilled Workers Program - Connect Here Part 8 by Narkoya: 9:01pm On Jun 17, 2019
Don't worry. Mine didn't update until a few days after Biometrics
TravelRe: Canadian Express Entry/federal Skilled Workers Program - Connect Here Part 8 by Narkoya: 8:11pm On Jun 15, 2019
Thank you smiley
TravelRe: Canadian Express Entry/federal Skilled Workers Program - Connect Here Part 8 by Narkoya: 3:39pm On Jun 15, 2019
yemblaze:
Congrats on ur PPR...I dont know any Calgary Whatsapp group...but there is a sister thread that will be helpful.

https://www.nairaland.com/4933819/living-canada-life-canadian-immigrant

BTW: where is our your PPR script
I'll post it soon oh. My laziness is from Mars. Also, ppr still seems unreal to me. Waiting to get my passport back. Been unable to start packing up sef.
TravelRe: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Narkoya: 12:47am On Jun 15, 2019
Hello @softandmoist. Pls can you kindly share the contact of the yaba winter jacket seller with me? Thank you in advance
TravelRe: Canadian Express Entry/federal Skilled Workers Program - Connect Here Part 8 by Narkoya: 8:04pm On Jun 14, 2019
Hello NL family,
My husband and I got our ppr last week and have submitted our passports. We plan to land in October this year. Pls is there any Calgary WhatsApp group that we can be added to?
TravelRe: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Narkoya: 8:03pm On Jun 14, 2019
Hello NL family,
My husband and I got our ppr last week and have submitted our passports. We plan to land in October this year. Pls is there any Calgary WhatsApp group that we can be added to?
TravelRe: Canadian Express Entry/federal Skilled Workers Program - Connect Here Part 7 by Narkoya: 3:33pm On Apr 06, 2019
ladymarshall:
Can IRCC find out this information anywhere else in relation to you? If they google your name, will this membership come out? Is your membership on your social media accounts? Have you stated this information on Linkedin, in your cv while applying to any of the English "5" for visa? If yes, then raise a CSE and explain.

If not, no need to worry.
Thank you. Pls can you help guide as to what to put in the cse?
TravelRe: Canadian Express Entry/federal Skilled Workers Program - Connect Here Part 7 by Narkoya: 6:14am On Apr 03, 2019
Good morning house, pls I submitted my application in March, AOR march 8 but I just realized that I forgot to state that I'm a member of society of petroleum engineers. Will this cause an issue or is there anything I can do to rectify?

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