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alien1:
Hmmm

Incomplete story.......

This person enter through INP Indianapolis not Atlanta.
AOS/EOS no be today.

lancee:
Exactly and if I may ask [b]how many people how many people in abroad have that 50 M - 100 M NAIRA [/b]Equivalent in either pounds dollars or whatever currencies
We have seen it all for abroad

Lots of people abroad are finding ways out to invest in Nigeria ,Ghana etc ..some even RE-mortgage their homes to get money out or bank loans so as to invest in Nigeria

Let me just stop here ..so many stories

Truth

TotoNaRubber:
Let us all pray for a better Nigeria. The country is only meant to be visited/holiday/party and not to live in. Nigerian investors with capital base of at least N500 million in assets and funds are the only class i feel can afford to live comfortably and constantly grow.

Nigeria is a death trap, scam everywhere. Health sector terrible. Nothing works.
I have witnessed so many Nigerians who had capital base of nearly N400 million sink to nothing. Economic and health problems are the major setbacks that reduced them to nothing.

Moral of the story: A country where social/basic amenities work is better than earning N50 million per month in Nigeria.

You sound jealous or I call it frustrated.

Rich folks abroad still invest here and even planning to retired in Nigeria.

rowon:
Hi guys, I more questions. I booked to fly on KLM on 20th of July and will land in Pearson airport on 21st of July by 11pm. I will be checking in into hotel on 22nd -30th but will be flying back on 31st of july. My question is how many days of stay will I put in my form since I will be land.

If leaving Canada on 30th that's 9 days stay, if its 31st that will be 10days stay

ANIKEKOMOL:
Weldone to everyone.

I applied on 06/04/19

I got a biometric correspondence mail on 14/05/2019

Passport request on 17/05/09, Passport submission that same day.

Awaiting my passport.

Please note that this is my second Visa. I travelled twice to Canada with my first Visa. My first visa request was faster than this. Hoping to share more details once i have my passport.

Why they took so long to process your visa.
Dont you use CAN+ ?

joo2018:
https://www.ontario.ca/page/drive-ontario-visitors

Very helpful.
Thank you so much

naijaman3:
@oluayebenz: Please don’t be offended about the question I am about to ask. I am asking the question because I am genuinely confused.

On another discussion thread, you mentioned to have lived in Canada before for 2 years (from 2014 to 2016) and you are here now asking question if somebody on visit visa can drive in Toronto with Nigeria driver’s license? Should you not know the answer to this question having lived in Canada for 2 years? Granted that you might not have lived in Ontario (where Toronto is located), but having lived that long anywhere in Canada should you not know the answer to your question?

Kai.....
Some people sef...

Living in Toronto 20yrs doesn't mean someone to know everything going on over there.

Cos I have lived there doesn't mean I should give someone info I'm not sure about.
Even the citizens will still ask you of what they are not sure about.

Do you know all rules and law in nigeria?


I'm yet to reply the lady involved cos I can't give info of what I'm not certain about.

Hotstepper:
yes the person can drive with naija license


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Ok thank you so much.

No any other supporting documents, is it just the Nigerian drivers license ?

Please house
Can somebody on visit visa drive in Toronto with Nigeria drivers license?

This person is staying for a month and can't cope with street bus.

ezeonline2:
Please guy I have the intention of going to Dubai so I was introduced to guy living there. He said the best thing for is to get 2 years visa and resident permit and both will cost me 1.5 million naira minus flight ticket. Please guys do think the amount he is charging is not too much? And how true is the 2 years thing.. please I need urgent answer before I go drop money. Thanks

Next time he called or u call him, please tell him he's a thief and hustler

gentleiphy:
if you need a good advice, please apply for your mother alone for now.You are on student permit as an international student,you are allowed only to work 20hrs a week,question a visa officer will ask is can you take care of two women at a time and be responsible for thier upkeep in Canada while with you,what if one falls sick can you cope with the medical bills here.

Allow one to come and go first before applying to get another one in

Exactly my thought.........
To sponsor only one person on study permit sef is hard not to talk of two people at d same time

vaselinegang:
It's a private school, I pay school fees but it's lower than non citizens. Isn't my old passport irrelevant?? I don't know I just don't want any trouble at the airport sha.

Your case get k-let anyways
You can't be a citizen and said u applied to private school, government schools sef is better than private in Canada.
Your old passport is very important.

I hope that passport with you is not arrangee sha, I beg no go enter yawa o. Possession of fake foreign documents is a critical offense o.

vaselinegang:
I renewed my passport in Lagos, I have an old one with stamps, yes I was born there

I'm 17 and my father paid for the school

As a Canadian citizen why paying school fee?

Since u have a old passport with stamp so why bothered?

vaselinegang:
I'm going to a boarding school in Canada in August, I live in Lagos, but I've been on the ground here since 2011 and I've had my Canadian passport renewed so it's unstamped. I've heard the staff at Murtala Mohammed harass people with unstamped passports, Is it just a thing with Nigerian passports? Should I have some money on me just in case? I haven't travelled since I was eight years old so there anything else I need to be prepared for, travelling alone?

Where did u renew your passport ?
Do you have a old passport with stamp?
Are you born in Canada ?

You said boarding school ? You paid for that already ? How old are you?

Ifebazz:
But why do some car dealers showcase tokunbo cars with say, 5km mileage? Does it even make sense to them? Cars that are even more than 10 years old and have been pre-owned.

Abi o lol
I always makes fun of people when they buy cars of 10yrs old with 50,000km below.
Instead of them to look for the vehicle maintenance history they will be checking car mileage Upandan
Dealers will buy car of over 300,000km mileage and role it back to 5km lol

thewatcher2020:
Stop arguing with those dissenting voices! It’s insane to spend over $65,000 from your parents in Nigeria on tuition overseas in a country like Australia and you end up packing shi.it of older citizens and wash plates in restaurants while having some masters degree and be deceiving yourself that “it is just for the time being”.

Trust me, it is easier for you to convince a brick wall to submit to your superior argument on here than to convince some sluggards on this forum on the importance of dignity and sense in yourself. A living witness here, I NEVER EVER NEVER EVER DID NO DAMN MENIAL SHI.T WHEN I WENT ABROAD. All I had to do was scale my expenses for the entire year during my student visa and post-study visa, paid my rents 12 months upfront and got my allowances 12 months upfront (albeit little in comparison to what menial guys make). I got a decent paying contract job while on student visa within 3 months of stepping foot into the country.

I told myself before leaving Nigeria that ANY job that I can’t do in Nigeria, I will never do abroad. It’s really a personal decision which I think it’s sane but people here be thinking because you’re African, you must appreciate just “being” in the foreign country. Balderdash trash!

How can I like this comment more than 100 times

Beautyaddy:
lol!...keep wishing.

What does Nigeria produce or invent that will make that your wish to come true

Even when one naira was equivalent to about one dollar in the early sixties to seventies Nigerians still migrated to the US but mostly through student purposes...however, most of them returned back to Nigeria after studies because there were opportunities galore with jobs waiting for them.

But now what we have is most people migrating to the US not necessary for school purposes but for better opportunities they are not getting in Nigeria.

Even the students applying to go school abroad are mostly using the student visa as a route to hopefully get a foot in the door that after at least investing in some kind of education abroad it might help them to stay back and be offered job oppunities.

I said what if.....
At least anything can happen.
I'm not directing my question to those that already loose hope on Nigeria

I dont expect long episode from you.

Nawa o
Guys dey vex o.

But on a serious note what if dollar depreciates to like 50 naira will Nigerians abroad cope?

Felixalex:
Which one be steal destiny ??

Chai Africa, our way still far

Infact really really far.
Our youths sef, make I no talk sha

deracathy:
From people's comments, having too much Proof of funds can be a refusal flag

Can you please stop passing wrong info.
If you have nothing to say you can keep mute.
Thanks

ADAMUdaCOWBOY:
After making same observation about UK some years ago, I came back home. I still discover many Nigerians don't know how these things work. The system there takes everything away from you even though it seems at first like the salary is huge especially when converted to naira.
The system was not built for us, it was built for them.

God bless you.
What I noticed is Africans are not smart enough and we dont believe in our country.

Odingo1:
I have live in Germany for 4 years now, what you said is true, many African post graduate here are surviving on menial jobs lets say 90% and the odds are against the Africans, the success story about Africans here is not upto 10%, I only stay put because from my own job I earn upto 1 million naira per month and keep like 600k but sometime the job will stop and person dey house, I wanted to migrate to canada but the stories from there scared me, too much cold and na the same menial jobs, there own in Canada they said na taxi dem dey drive for there, person just dey hooked up, na wetin bad condition for country Nigeria dey cause.

Why now at the bolded.
We Nigerians need to be satisfied with what we have.

Aside from the cold Why even thinking of Canada ?

Admitwithschola:
You for state the country now, lol

In America, if you get top jobs, 120K is doable. At some point, I earned 130K and could easily save nearly half..This na ontop after meeting heavy responsibilities from a myriad of friends and family..

So, again, the abroad matter. Italy na developed country, I lived there, but I won't go settle there...Your description fits places like Italy

Lol
Thou I hate arguments
You earn 120k annually, how does your savings looks?
And you think 120k is a lot of money abroad ?

Italy lol
I'm actually talking about Canada

icedbreez:
Take this advice bro...there are opportunities in naija. was doing a job I felt was beneath me abroad. everybody discouraged me from coming back. my african colleagues were feeling untop of the world with the job we were doing working 4Amazon but deep within me I kneew I deserve better...I clenched my teeth and returned to mockery but within 4 months God picked up my call and I'm kinda balling right now. people talking smack about naija are mostly people who have not travelled out and experience the discrimination disrespect associated with being in a foreign land. I came back with an idea for a startup but an international organisation grab me and is refusing to let go...me now telling HR I can't stay much longer because I need to focus on my dream company. for oyibo land who born me to reject offer?

That's why I hardly comment on a situation like this.
Expecting advice from Nigerians

U did exactly like me.
I worked my ass off abroad 'one of d best country in d world o' that's when I realized those countries are overhyped. The pay looks good but not enough after paying house rent, foods and TP.
God saved me I returned to see the opportunities I left behind.
I thank God
I'm visiting that country 3 times a year now on 2wks stay each

TotoNaRubber:
99.99 % of the people here have never been to Germany nor the UK, they don't even have ordinary passport picture let alone International passport. Your question is like asking Amadioha if he thinks a Mercedes is better than a Range rover.

Don't mind the ones saying they are here and there, they will lead you to fire (most of them are doing the same cleaning jobs and mortuary attendant jobs).

You are the person who is wearing the shoes, pursue your plans because life is short. Do your SWOT analysis then make a decision.

Best advice so far.........
Ten gbosa for you........

In a situation like this I always follow my mind, OP is expecting advice from Nigerians. xxxxxxx

gentleiphy:
If you really want to hear the true picture of using visit visa to work,then listen.Visit Visa is what it is and nothing more and in Canada just like you just assumed without verification it is not possible to work with visit visa if its Canada.People who you think you know and have told you they stayed back to work with visit visa are very economical with the true picture of the reality, typical of so many Nigerians abroad who wont tell you exactly how the it is until you make that regrettable move and come, then you start hearing different stories.

In Canada employers wont even listen to you once they ask your status in Canada and you say Visitor,in the US you can pick under the table jobs with your visit visa which is illegal as well but because of the population of America its hard to monitor . Students in Canada who are even legal are not allowed to work beyond 20hrs a week and i am sure you read what happened to the two female Nigerian students in Vancouver that worked beyond 20hrs and were deported from Canada. The only way you can work with your visit visa in Canada is claiming asylum which i can also tell you is not an easy road for Nigerians as 99% ends up having their asylum claim rejected and sent back to Nigeria. America is even better to enter and survive without legal status than Canada.

A visitor on tourism can rent Airbnb because that is what Airbnb is meant for when you dont want to spend so much in hotels.But to say you can rent a house from a landlord as a visitor is not possible and very incorrect.No landlord in Canada will even pick up your call when he learns you are a visitor ...who even rents to a visitor for three weeks or a month to now end up looking for another tenant while the house is vacant and he pays mortgage from his pocket...so its very wrong to say that.

Lets learn not to say things we dont know about based on hearsay and this "people have done this and done that" when you have not experienced it yourself.Often Nigerians abroad dont tell you the real picture not until you come and then you are locked in confusion and frustration.

Nothing is as sweet as being a legal immigrant but dont use your visit visa and stay back in any country,you will hear nweeeee.

God bless you.....
Some people will just come online saying I know this I know that without having the clear picture of what is actually happening in Canada.

Some Nigerians are stuck in Canada without knowing how to figure things out.
Canadians babes sef won't even wanna date you when they know u are illegal or out of status.

Stop judging with Facebook pictures.

twnklshop:
The Nigerian Visa on Arrival is to enable foreign investors to secure Nigerian Visa on Arrival after they make a prior application via email to Nigeria Immigration. Check the website of Nigeria Immigration for details. I believe this policy of the Nigerian Government makes it easier for foreign investors to get into Nigeria.

The person is coming for visiting I'm not sure she will qualified for visa on arrival.
And seems to get Nigerian visit/tourist visa no easy.

twnklshop:
[b]Those countries that grant free entry to Canadians have reciprocal arrangements, that is their citizens can enter Canada without visas too. [/b]Canada does not allow Nigerians to enter Canada without visas, so Nigeria should also not allow Canadians to enter Nigeria without visas.

I dont get this cleared enough.

For instance...... Jamaican went through hell to get Canada visa just like it is in Nigeria but Canadians traveled there without visa, the door is always open for canadians and these applies to many third world countries which South Africa is included

twnklshop:
Canadian citizens require a visa to visit Nigeria. But if the Canadian is a business person/investor you can apply for a Nigerian visa on arrival on his or her behalf. Check the website of Nigeria Immigration for the details. I am currently applying for a Nigerian Visa on Arrival for a foreigner to visit Nigeria and would give an update on the outcome here.

Thank you so much for the enlightenment
I appreciate

Menakay:
Point of correction, u can rent a house with a visitor's visa and u can open an account with visitor's visa.

Who will rent out his house for somebody on visiting visa?
Or u mean a single room in d house?

Which bank will open a savings/chequing account for a visitor ?

skdfu747:
Wonders shall never end.
Please share facts not assumptions.
There is no such thing as having too much money.
And lastly having funds in the bank can never be a red flag.

Infact when I saw that guy msg with his assumption I just weak, i don't even know what to type.........

Some people don already believe him.... some Nigerians sef

optimusprime2:
This is where you get to see that unlike other countries, Nigeria requires a visa for "ALL" western passport holder's- US, UK, Canada, and EU countries all included.

In fact if not for Osibanjos intervention for business travelers to Nigeria, Nigeria's visa was ranked as one of the toughest visas to obtain in terms of the visa procedure difficuly- The inconsistency of Nigerian embassies also made matters worse.

Nothing like visa on arrival for those countries