jclassiq:
I'm very excited to be here, honestly. But pls i have just one question....


Pls help me as this is really really important to me.

This is the right thread for you not this one.

https://www.nairaland.com/6081746/canadian-express-entry-federal-skilled#93294387

And make sure you read and digest the first post of that link as it contains all information you need for your journey into Canada ��.

BunmiBie:
Good morning house.
Please, can a family of three in Canada (the child is less than 2years) survive with $1500 every month without house rent or house utilities like, heat, internet etc.

Also, can someone switch from visiting visa to spouse open work permit inside Canada, if the partner is a student.

Thanks

Yes! Without rent or child care fees.

As for your second question, I think it is possible. You might want to do your research on that.

Alchemist01:
What is the best way that someone can convert Naira to CAD in Canada at a reasonable rate?

Check FMExchange. It's a platform that links Nigerians seeking CAD<>NGN exchanges. I was able to buy some CAD through the platform a few weeks back and it was deposited directly into my account. Good luck!

SlowlybtSurely:


Yes! Without rent or child care fees.

As for your second question, I think it is possible. You might want to do your research on that.

Thanks ma'am

maziude:


Until popo catch you

Na Ottawa own worse pass

Yeah I see olopa hold 2 people yesterday.

So na only olopa dey hold? No speed cameras or radar traps?

Kvdag:
Until police catch you . I don't joke with speed limit o, I see speed limit of 60!! I drive 59

In Calgary I normally the informal rule that you can go up to 11 above the limit. Even during your driving test you can go up to 10 above and 10 below the posted limit.

Here na like 40 people dey use take pass posted limit lol. Because you'll be going 20 above and everybody just dey overtake.

19CannyMum:


Yeah I see olopa hold 2 people yesterday.

So na only olopa dey hold? No speed cameras or radar traps?

That speed camera own bad.

I don chop 2 tickets …

Now I don mellow

Please I need a manitoba contact person

Canny people especially Calgary people, pls help.

Information online says secondary school (year 7) starts at age 12. Does this mean a child who isn't 12 by August of a particular school year will not be able to start year 7? I suspect this is the case but just curious about the experience of those who have landed. Is the standard the same regardless of public, private or religious school? I know kids can't start kindergarten until they are 5 (at least in Calgary) just curious if the age regime is also strict for secondary school.

Also pls does anyone have information or experience of special schools for gifted kids or kids with exceptional talent? From what I've read looks like the child has to have spent at least a term/year in a Canadian school to be assessed.

Thanks.

PS: this was very useful for anyone researching schools: https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/school-admissions-read-all-about-it-here.72241/

GiantParrot:


Check FMExchange. It's a platform that links Nigerians seeking CAD<>NGN exchanges. I was able to buy some CAD through the platform a few weeks back and it was deposited directly into my account. Good luck!

It requires Canadian bank details. How can someone still in Nigeria use it to purchase CAD

GraciousWords:
Canny people especially Calgary people, pls help.

Information online says secondary school (year 7) starts at age 12. Does this mean a child who isn't 12 by August of a particular school year will not be able to start year 7? I suspect this is the case but just curious about the experience of those who have landed. Is the standard the same regardless of public, private or religious school? I know kids can't start kindergarten until they are 5 (at least in Calgary) just curious if the age regime is also strict for secondary school.

Also pls does anyone have information or experience of special schools for gifted kids or kids with exceptional talent? From what I've read looks like the child has to have spent at least a term/year in a Canadian school to be assessed.

Thanks.

PS: this was very useful for anyone researching schools: https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/school-admissions-read-all-about-it-here.72241/

age determines your grade. Simple as that

Omishor2020:


It requires Canadian bank details. How can someone still in Nigeria use it to purchase CAD

use a friends account or you buy the CAD when you land.

I'm so happy to be here, I recieved my PPR on the 13th , after 6 months of waiting even with NSE ....

Please I great everyone here, I need an urgent advice .
I sent my passport and other documents to VFS Abuja for stamping, I just remembered I didn't add the most important document which is my approval letter,

After tracking my parcel I found out my parcel was rejected by VFS Abuja , please is there any way I can send the document to them without DHL returning my passport back to me .?

Secondly, when is the appropriate time to notify IRCC about my program deferral ?

GraciousWords:
Canny people especially Calgary people, pls help.

Information online says secondary school (year 7) starts at age 12. Does this mean a child who isn't 12 by August of a particular school year will not be able to start year 7? I suspect this is the case but just curious about the experience of those who have landed. Is the standard the same regardless of public, private or religious school? I know kids can't start kindergarten until they are 5 (at least in Calgary) just curious if the age regime is also strict for secondary school.

Also pls does anyone have information or experience of special schools for gifted kids or kids with exceptional talent? From what I've read looks like the child has to have spent at least a term/year in a Canadian school to be assessed.

Thanks.

PS: this was very useful for anyone researching schools: https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/school-admissions-read-all-about-it-here.72241/

If they're already in secondary school when they arrive, they'll be given a placement test. If they're still in elementary, they're placed automatically by age.

Please is it advisable to use an Ethiopian airline?

I want to book for my flight with Ethiopian Airline or Qatar Airways .

Wait till you get the visa label on your passport.

Sammychi90:
Please is it advisable to use an Ethiopian airline?

I want to book for my flight with Ethiopian Airline or Qatar Airways .

Sammychi90:
Please is it advisable to use an Ethiopian airline?

I want to book for my flight with Ethiopian Airline or Qatar Airways .

They are both ok as long as flight is not transiting through USA. Make sure you book early o. Don't mind the person telling you to wait for passport to be returned. Book way ahead of intended traveling date.

shupy:

They are both ok as long as flight is not transiting through USA. Make sure you book early o. Don't mind the person telling you to wait for passport to be returned. Book way ahead of intended traveling date.

Hi,

If my flight (British Airways) is transiting through Heathrow Airport, London, enroute Canada, is it possible to see a friend in London if I have some hours layover?

19CannyMum:


If they're already in secondary school when they arrive, they'll be given a placement test. If they're still in elementary, they're placed automatically by age.

Thanks a lot!

Pls do you have any experience with the WISC V tests/evaluation? Can a parent request it or is it only done if the school considers it appropriate? Thanks again.

Emmasonic4me:


Hi,

If my flight (British Airways) is transiting through Heathrow Airport, London, enroute Canada, is it possible to see a friend in London if I have some hours layover?

I think you have to posses a UK visa if you want to leave the airport to see a friend. If you do not, you have to wait at the airport for your layover.

Hello guys. Please is there anyone with Manitoba contact?

Please I want to submit my passport to abuja VFS but I did my biometric in lagos, please how much I my paying for my transmission fee? And is there any other charges I will pay again since I didn't do my biometric in abuja .?

Winnipeg?

kelvyn7:
Hello guys. Please is there anyone with Manitoba contact?

Emmasonic4me:


Hi,

If my flight (British Airways) is transiting through Heathrow Airport, London, enroute Canada, is it possible to see a friend in London if I have some hours layover?

Except you have a UK visa, you can't.

GraciousWords:


Thanks a lot!

Pls do you have any experience with the WISC V tests/evaluation? Can a parent request it or is it only done if the school considers it appropriate? Thanks again.

No, I'm not familiar with these tests in Alberta. Most of the information I found online are from Ontario parents. In Ontario you can take the child to a psychiatrist and pay privately for the assessment.

I would say allow your child go to their age grade. Keep in touch with their teacher and if they're gifted, they will be recommended for the assessment. If they are well and truly ahead of the class, they'll probably be placed in their own independent learning path regardless.

I'm not sure you want your child to be in same class with older children. It's not like in Nigeria where the ages are mixed... Imagine being the only 10 year old in a 13 year class. Or when all your classmates turn 16 and can get drivers license. Especially since a lot of academically gifted children are challenged in other aspects.

There are a lot of options to challenge children. They can do late immersion into a language program rightaway. If they never make it into the gifted program, when they eventually get to high school they can do the IB program etc.

I'd love to see views from more experienced parents sha. My own view for the matter na audio.

Absolutely, In Nigeria parents like their children to jump classes for a variety of reasons; ranging from bragging rights to evasion of school fees. However, abroad everything works seamlessly, a gifted child will eventually show; in talents, in achievements later on.

They need that emotional maturity, and like as some said, you won't want you child (i assume coloured) to be the smallest or youngest in a class full of white kids, once they pick on that child and he/she is not able to stand his/her ground that will be the decline of the child's performance and even well being. Trust me, if that happens, you will regret ever leaving Nigeria.
I know a child who was leaving Pry 4 in Nigeria and about to enter Year 1 got to Canada and was sent to elementary 3, she is doing fantastically well now.

19CannyMum:


No, I'm not familiar with these tests in Alberta. Most of the information I found online are from Ontario parents. In Ontario you can take the child to a psychiatrist and pay privately for the assessment.

I would say allow your child go to their age grade. Keep in touch with their teacher and if they're gifted, they will be recommended for the assessment. If they are well and truly ahead of the class, they'll probably be placed in their own independent learning path regardless.

I'm not sure you want your child to be in same class with older children. It's not like in Nigeria where the ages are mixed... Imagine being the only 10 year old in a 13 year class. Or when all your classmates turn 16 and can get drivers license. Especially since a lot of academically gifted children are challenged in other aspects.

There are a lot of options to challenge children. They can do late immersion into a language program rightaway. If they never make it into the gifted program, when they eventually get to high school they can do the IB program etc.

I'd love to see views from more experienced parents sha. My own view for the matter na audio.

19CannyMum:


No, I'm not familiar with these tests in Alberta. Most of the information I found online are from Ontario parents. In Ontario you can take the child to a psychiatrist and pay privately for the assessment.

I would say allow your child go to their age grade. Keep in touch with their teacher and if they're gifted, they will be recommended for the assessment. If they are well and truly ahead of the class, they'll probably be placed in their own independent learning path regardless.

I'm not sure you want your child to be in same class with older children. It's not like in Nigeria where the ages are mixed... Imagine being the only 10 year old in a 13 year class. Or when all your classmates turn 16 and can get drivers license. Especially since a lot of academically gifted children are challenged in other aspects.

There are a lot of options to challenge children. They can do late immersion into a language program rightaway. If they never make it into the gifted program, when they eventually get to high school they can do the IB program etc.

I'd love to see views from more experienced parents sha. My own view for the matter na audio.

Nigerian parents should allow children be children. All these rushed education nonsense should end in Nigeria

19CannyMum:


No, I'm not familiar with these tests in Alberta. Most of the information I found online are from Ontario parents. In Ontario you can take the child to a psychiatrist and pay privately for the assessment.

I would say allow your child go to their age grade. Keep in touch with their teacher and if they're gifted, they will be recommended for the assessment. If they are well and truly ahead of the class, they'll probably be placed in their own independent learning path regardless.

I'm not sure you want your child to be in same class with older children. It's not like in Nigeria where the ages are mixed... Imagine being the only 10 year old in a 13 year class. Or when all your classmates turn 16 and can get drivers license. Especially since a lot of academically gifted children are challenged in other aspects.

There are a lot of options to challenge children. They can do late immersion into a language program rightaway. If they never make it into the gifted program, when they eventually get to high school they can do the IB program etc.

I'd love to see views from more experienced parents sha. My own view for the matter na audio.

Thanks a lot for your input Mum! I don't mind child redoing a year, not a problem at all. And like you say, a gifted child will always shine and be seen (a lot are "socially challenged" but not all) .

Definitely after a well rounded individual, social, sporty and smart not only one that is strong academically, but I'd heard about "gifted" schools and/or charter schools and the WISC V path....... so thought to ask. Thanks for your insight.

I'm conversant with the International Baccalaureate program and hope to tow that path later DV....IB is quite versatile and can be used to get into US Unis as well. Notices that a few Calgary schools offer this as well.

yourwpgpaddy:
Winnipeg?

anywhere in Manitoba. Winnipeg is fine

jclassiq:
I'm very excited to be here, honestly. But pls i have just one question....

So I currently work in federal government research institute in Lagos where I earn approximately 100k naira after tax, and I'm 34 year old and single.

Pls, I need anyone with experience to tell me what are my chances of emigrating to Canada by 2023?
And what exactly do I need to start doing right now?

Thanks guys. This is really encouraging.

PS. I have no savings at the moment.

Pls help me as this is really really important to me.

Hey Bro
Whatsup!!

I'm in the same shoes as you , Lagos based too.

Can we start this process together and see how much progress we can make before June next year. I'm damn serious.

anayolity:


Hey Bro
Whatsup!!

I'm in the same shoes as you , Lagos based too.

Can we start this process together and see how much progress we can make before June next year. I'm damn serious.

Of course man.