Wujio: Smh. Village people and liking to cause confusion. They waited for him to finish his Canada moves by first wasting his financial reserve and then leaving him in a state of dilemma. Smh
Santa2: Based on the assumption you are under 30 , write IELTS and get in the Pool for Express entry, while applying for schools for further studies. Use your job and save for plan for relocation. Its not a race but a maraton, How you relocate is very important, going and doing all those under the table jobs and not having right to work can put kill your canadian dream. PLAN WELL! PLAN WELL!!. While you are on visit visa, you can make trips to canada and connect with companies that can sponsor you. They allow it for now, though I do no think this would last for long.
Thank you very much for your very sincere and thoughtful advice. That's also about the advice I get from people actually there and those in the know. But you do understand I already have my plane ticket and already have in my head ideas and dreams centered around Cana
MT: I don't see a dilemma here. Your type of visa wont allow you to do the kind of job you seek. If you go to Canada on the basis of that visa, you wont be employed in tech.
You need to be REALISTIC in order not to lose all. When I say all, I mean being stuck in Canada illegally AND not being able to practice your craft.
This is the time NOT to allow your emotion to be ahead of your rational thinking. Stop listening to individuals whose experience of plane is by just seeing it flying in the sky. It is your life, handle it well.
This is what all in the know are advising, but I already have my ticket and serious itchy feet, then there's village people!
elbulk: Do this job for a while and save as much as you can since you already have a visa. Even if you have a place to stay, you need a good amount to keep yourself out there.
That's what people already there advice, also people in the know. But I honestly don't think I can do it. Canada is already too interwoven in my thinking. Not just Canada, but Canada NOW!
Intrepid01: It is obvious that most of the stories on Nairaland are false. Like which company in Nigeria gives a car to a staff that earns meager #500k? Do you know that for a standard organization that is truly buoyant anyone earning #500k is below an Assistant Manager level? So who offers a car as part of benefit to someone below that level?
My friend read and think well sometimes b4 you comment or someone may call you and idiotic mumu. As I've said severally the salary is probationary and quickly goes to 1m then I.5. And there ARE 500K jobs that come with car allowance or company car. You don't know anything
If you start working on side hustle, you can negotiate with your boss for hand to hand cash to avoid the tax deduction or open a bank dollar account here in Nigeria before moving so that they can pay you into the account to avold the tax deduction
If you get sack in Nigeria, there is no more job for you but if you get sack in Canada you will go outside and work till you get a new job
Boss use your head 500k is $500, for side hustle job you will get if you are serious and ready to work you can earn more than $3000-4000 monthly for side hustle job without you paying tax , if you can pack shift wella
You can now use that money to invest in Nigeria in real estate in Lagos be wise boss
Nigeria is getting worst every day
I wish I was in your opportunity, I will not even think twice, I will move out because you have family there that can get you side hustle job before arriving
If it's kitchen job take it and hustle your life up
Kitchen job would earn you more money than 500k in a month
RapportNaija: You'll stay back in Nigeria because of 500 USD? What's wrong with you?
Tech oh, tech that could pay you $3,000-10,000 pee month remotely - just because you're based in Canada!
Omo!
My prospective hosts over there and other people in the know are the ones advising delay, which I loathe - village people and all. I don't think you folks watched this video below. Also, as I've said severally, the salary quickly goes to 1m, then 1.5
directonpc: If the visa you're going with allows you to work (it's not a tourist visa) you should be able to work tech hubs if you already have the skills and experience.
It is a TRV, a visitor visa, said that right at the begining!
ecdcyber: You are on visitor visa!!! DO NOT try to come to Canada, you cannot do anything! Please embrace your job in Nigeria, save money and plan to come to Canada either as pr or study
Actually if it were just 500k I won't hesitate. It's other benefits attached to it.. Plus the salary quickly goes to 1m then 1.5, which I decided not to mention here
Taal17: I'm not sure what your dilemma is really. You have a job offer in Nigeria and you wanna hope on crystal ball for Canada All you have is Canadian visit visa..it means nothing. Doesn't give a job, No access to housing, No benefits Nada You can't convert VV to work permits ( and please ignore any info that you can use LMIA yada yada biko).
Tech connections and so what? You're not going there with resident permit so how does that help. You know you can work remote with tech regardless of your location
What hustle? Do you know where you're going. It's Canada..which yeye hustle?
If you wanna visit Canada you can go whenever the heck you want.
What is really biting you gan.. saying you'd have to stay in this job for longer than 2months. So..what's wrong with that? Doesn't the job give vacation time? Did they say you can never go on leave? They are even providing housing , etc
It is coming across as if if you don't travel now life go quench.
Honestly, @bolded is actually how I feel, the ground is burning under my feet. But even my prospective hosts over there advice delay, which I'm not sure I can handle
Taal17: So what? Change your ticket dates...most airlines will do that.
Speak with HR that you have a prescheduled vacation and ask when would you be able to take that leave. Let them give you that time frame and book your tkt for that time.
It's not that kind of ticket - changing the date plus fees, etc amounts to paying almost full price again. They offered insurance whereby you can change the date but I didn't take it
otunbadan: You ma self are asking online warriors with different opinions and u are giving the details in a flash .... 1. If its visitor visa, don't come ... use you job hold body first .... if you have visitors visa, visit and go back , (its out of the ordinary to have visitor's visa changed to any other type)
2. If its student visa, hold enough money for up keep because finding a job is not easy ( but if na weather you go find, you will, but depending on the time and skill set, but u most find job but i will take a while)
3. If any of the above is still in doubt in terms of resources available, better don't come
BUT IT WON"T CHANGE THE FACT THAT DOLLAR WILL HIT 2K FASTER THAN WE THOUGHT AND THAT ALONE, together with Nigeria being Nigeria,
CANADA IS A FAR BETTER PLACE IF YOU READY TO START LOW AND build ooo !!!
NO bodies father kept land for his to just come and inherit in Canada
Thanks a lot. Seems to me you folks over there are all disillusioned to some extent. What exactly is that big downside - aside cold weather which I hate
jackmrandy: Let me tell you one thing , even if you like get all the money in this world as a woman, get the best career and profession, investments, if you don't have a child or not looking to have one some day, your whole effort on earth is wasted. As you will not be remembered for anything once you are gone finally and there will be no one to take over your legacy.
Just look at what someone is writing. What a negative mindset. Negative to negative! All the great women that are remembered in history are they remembered for having children? And what exactly does being remembered benefit you - you are dead! Live the best life you can, marriage or no marriage. Don't let your happiness hinge on any man-made expectations!
AlphaHakimi: Don't be deceived. The pride of every woman created on earth is to be called someone's wife and probably a mother.
Does this woman look like someone unhappy and unfulfilled? Compare to some married women you know. Marriage is not for everyone! Marriage is ok, but don't forget, you can also have and enjoy your own children without marriage. What you do need is money!
arad82: I accept the job, add little more experience to your resume , think about the better one after two months .take your final decision .the only thing you will be losing know is your plane ticket.
Actually very good advice on the face of it. Only thing is, IF I go with the job I need more than two months - the salary quickly goes to 1m then 1.5. What I really need is a crystal ball on Cana. My life here is honestly not bad at all. Don’t want to suddenly go from eating on table to eating on floor!
Deoboss: Many people think going to Canada is the best option, check video below. Make your research very very well as Canada favours just some while the country does not Favour several others.
The weather is not friendly at all and cost of living is some thing else. Canada is not the best country to relocate to. I lived in Germany a bit back in the days. Just the language barrier if not Germany is a better country to relocate to plus Luxembourg.
I have 3 friends that regret travelling to Canada so much that 2 of them relocated to USA which they said is by far better while the 3rd is back in Nigeria after his visa expired and did not bother to be PR (Permanent Residency)
YourGFsnatcher: If you know what's good for you take that 500k job. It's wayyyyyy a better option for you. Trust me, the Canada of today is a nightmare. There's mass emigration from Canada because thier economy is crumbling. Stay n build yourself here
Not only that, the salary quickly goes to N1m... but my feet are itchy and I have these Cana dreams!
Resurgent2016: A visitor visa by design is not intended for work by the issuers. There is a fair chance you will find it harder to get a job because of this though you have an in-demand profession.
It is probably better you keep the Nigerian job while looking for opportunities with the visa.
Please understand I already have my ticket and these ideas. Otherwise it'd have been a much easier decision
Discreet90: I was have seen bank managers and even me personally was earning more than that amount before I relocated. The moment my visa came out too alot of distracting opportunities started coming up. 500k today is not up to 500dols. There are opportunities for you once you are into tech, IT or any engineering skill. Don't let your village people distract your bright Japa. Also don't listen to those who japa with their agricultural certificate or biz admin. We tech guys are doing well and in high demand. I will keep saying it that as long as you are earning below 3m a month in naija. You have no reason to say no to Japa. Naija ain't worth it right now. Imagine fueling your car with almost 50k a month from the 500k. How much is left. Rent still dey. U go won marry born pickin. Reason am well o
Actually the job quickly goes to 1m, then 1.5. Rent us included. But that's my concern about delay - village people! But my folks in the know advice delay
Omoawoke2: I know ideas and dreams could be tempting to make a giant step. But try to calculate carefully, 500k na small money for dollars, but it’s still a lot in Nigeria. Reality is different from dreams and ideas oo, getting a job and settling down with visitors visa is not as easy as it sounds. I wish you all the best to make the best decisions
The job actually quickly goes to N1m. But dreams and ideas, once they take root... plus I already have my ticket
DevOpsOlu: Your "friend" may not be able to host you. Lots on Nigerians find themselves with no place to stay on arrival after friends /relatives failed to perform. Have at least 3 month of saving that can be used to pay for hotel and basic necessities. Best wishes
The family is actually already not very encouraging about me comming at this time so I'm not relying too much on them
Hideaki: Before the Biafran genocide, my mom worked as teacher earning 300 naira as her salary in the teacher's quarters being given to my mom by the state colonial government then with water being pumped to our house and 24/7 light
After the Biafran genocide everything went to shit
I went back to the house I grew up in ; everything was out of shape, dilapidated and pieces falling out with new tenants not maintained anymore
I won't be surprised if that house collapses one day with the tenants in them
How sad. You must have grown up in the East because the rest of the country didn't start falling apart till.well after the war
Selfkontrol: For me stay in Nigeria for atleast 6 months and save money. If possible 1 year. You can’t work with a visitor visa. don’t ruin ur visa. Save enough money since you already got 10 years visa no issue. Ur plan should be permanent resident route with work experience. If you’re old for marriage get married and start the pr process with ur wife. 500k is change. Naira is useless right now that’s just $500. You might not make a lot of money in Canada due to tax and inflation but atleast after a few years you will have ur citizenship which is the most important. With your citizenship u can relocate to any country of ur choice hassle free or come back to Nigeria if u wish. Ur target should be a second passport for urself and kids.
And by the way pls how easy was it getting ur visitor visa cos I plan on getting one for my my child birth. How long did it take? How much was in your acnt and the necessary documents ur submitted. Thanks
Thanks for your advice. It wasn't easy at all getting the visa. That's part of the dilemma. It's a long story. You can check out threads right here on travel. So much info to glean. Actually the pay quickly goes to N1m, didn't want to mention that. I already have my ticket, my heart is, I want to leave NOW
Travel › Re: My Dilemma: Canada Or 500K Tech Job by PoliteActivist(op): 1:02am On Oct 17, 2023
