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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Enculer2: 3:47pm On Jul 28, 2023
Afolavid:


A printed or even hand-written receipt is acceptable, as long as it is duly completed and signed by both parties.

Thanks a lot for this.

Can such a receipt be tendered to an employer for reimbursement? I know they are used to seeing hotel and airbnb receipts but not many handwritten notes from landlord?
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by safex(m): 4:40pm On Jul 28, 2023
Afolavid:


A printed or even hand-written receipt is acceptable, as long as it is duly completed and signed by both parties.

Except OP has been paying cash, bank statement extract is also a good supporting document
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Afolavid: 5:04pm On Jul 28, 2023
Enculer2:


Thanks a lot for this.

Can such a receipt be tendered to an employer for reimbursement? I know they are used to seeing hotel and airbnb receipts but not many handwritten notes from landlord?

It depends on the employer, I think they all have their T&Cs regarding reimbursement. I believe if you paid via your bank, a bank extract showing the payments combined with that would work as safex mentioned. If it's by cash, I really can't say for sure.

But in my own case, I had handwritten receipts for my previous apartment and I was able to use it just like normal receipt.
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Enculer2: 5:08pm On Jul 28, 2023
Afolavid:


It depends on the employer, I think they all have their T&Cs regarding reimbursement. I believe if you paid via your bank, a bank extract showing the payments combined with that would work as safex mentioned. If it's by cash, I really can't say for sure.

But in my own case, I had handwritten receipts for my previous apartment and I was able to use it just like normal receipt.

Thanks a lot.

The payment is via e-transfer to the landlord's account.
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Afolavid: 5:12pm On Jul 28, 2023
Enculer2:


Thanks a lot.

The payment is via e-transfer to the landlord's account.

Even better, you would be fine!

Ensure you add notes that suggest it's your rent to the transfer if you've not been doing so

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by tenderjunkie: 5:33pm On Jul 28, 2023
Please guys what's the best and quickest way to get into trades (plumbing, welding, etc) in Canada?

Is it through apprenticeship or doing a trades course in college?
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by saskatoonguy: 6:45pm On Jul 28, 2023
Hi Guys, someone that has visit visa, can she book either of these airlines. Lufthansa, Klm or Airfrance?
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by oluayebenz: 7:06pm On Jul 28, 2023
saskatoonguy:
Hi Guys, someone that has visit visa, can she book either of these airlines. Lufthansa, Klm or Airfrance?

Yes sure.

Make sure your flight as a single stopover in European country.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Enculer2: 9:50pm On Jul 28, 2023
tenderjunkie:
Please guys what's the best and quickest way to get into trades (plumbing, welding, etc) in Canada?

Is it through apprenticeship or doing a trades course in college?


Very good trade. All the best. Join this group "British Expats in Canada" and you will find answers to your question.
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by tenderjunkie: 11:02pm On Jul 28, 2023
Enculer2:



Very good trade. All the best. Join this group "British Expats in Canada" and you will find answers to your question.
Thanks for your response.

Is it a telegram group?

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Lilknight(m): 11:25pm On Jul 28, 2023
Hello, just wanna make an inquiry and would be glad if i can get a response. So I’ll be traveling to Nigeria soon from Montreal and I’ve got a connecting flight to France which people said I should be good since i will stay at the airport, but the problem lies in the return ticket which i used KLM airlines, i have a 10 hr stop over at Amsterdam Netherlands, and i heard some people said they’re not sure if i will be able to stay at the airport without having a connecting visa, anybody had similar experience and what they did? Thanks in advance
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by tenderjunkie: 11:42pm On Jul 28, 2023
Lilknight:
Hello, just wanna make an inquiry and would be glad if i can get a response. So I’ll be traveling to Nigeria soon from Montreal and I’ve got a connecting flight to France which people said I should be good since i will stay at the airport, but the problem lies in the return ticket which i used KLM airlines, i have a 10 hr stop over at Amsterdam Netherlands, and i heard some people said they’re not sure if i will be able to stay at the airport without having a connecting visa, anybody had similar experience and what they did? Thanks in advance
If Amsterdam is the only connecting flight, you're good
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Lilknight(m): 12:00am On Jul 29, 2023
tenderjunkie:

If Amsterdam is the only connecting flight, you're good

Yeah Amsterdam is the only connecting flight
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Venom104: 12:05am On Jul 29, 2023
[quote author=tenderjunkie post=124721673][/quote]

What’s your location? Check Momentum or CCIS for their 6 months paid government sponsored apprenticeship program.
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by tenderjunkie: 12:28am On Jul 29, 2023
Venom104:


What’s your location? Check Momentum or CCIS for their 6 months paid government sponsored apprenticeship program.
Location is Ontario. Thanks
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Oge2dey: 5:42pm On Jul 29, 2023
I have a fully furnished ensuite room with a smart TV (Netflix available) and working table/chair in my home/house for a short stay (Sept to Dec 2023). Kitchen and laundry will be shared. The house is within GTA and precisely in a quiet neighbourhood in Bowmanville Durham Region, Ontario. Anyone interested can reach out to me. We can accommodate for just a month if that's what works for you till you find a permanent place to settle. There are only 3 individuals in the house (a four bedroom detached house) for now (Husband, wife and mother)
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Enculer2: 7:16pm On Jul 29, 2023
tenderjunkie:

Thanks for your response.

Is it a telegram group?

Facebook

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Mrsam12: 7:50pm On Jul 29, 2023
Good day Fam.
my passport have 6months and 4 days left when i'll be traveling to canada in august... hope i'll not have issues at the boarder. please i need urgent answer🙏🙏🙏
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Mrsam12: 12:03am On Jul 30, 2023
Good day fam.
please do i need a transit visa to pass through London heathrow while connecting to canada... i'm using British Airway... please i need urgent respond
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by oluayebenz: 12:35am On Jul 30, 2023
Mrsam12:
Good day fam.
please do i need a transit visa to pass through London heathrow while connecting to canada... i'm using British Airway... please i need urgent respond

Transit visa not required
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Mrsam12: 6:30am On Jul 30, 2023
oluayebenz:


Transit visa not required
okay thanks boss. relieved now.
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by AirBay: 1:21pm On Jul 30, 2023
NuCypher:

Meanwhile, there's a running scam in such schools where, in the end, both the school and the referrer just want to dip their hands into your student loan. [s]Some of the students don't even go to school after collecting the student loan. And then, someone will now go and use the student loan to make a down payment for a house[/s]. What kind of foolery is that? You take a loan and use it to go "take another loan", so to speak. But Nigerians have never surprised me with their foolery. On the one hand, you'll be paying the student loan and on the other the mortgage. Later you will say your village people followed you to Canada and can't quit the Amazon warehouse job that you must hold to keep up payments! Crazy!

Just a note here, it's not possible to use a student loan to make a down payment for a house. The loan is not paid to the student's account, it is paid directly to the school and in batch payments.

What people use for down payment is the grant. The grant depends on your course, family size and your net income from last tax year. I have a friend who got a total grant of $36k (family of
4). The $36k he got included grant from canada govt, province and school grant. His total fees was around $19k for a 2years course. 36k is enough for down payment for a 3bed town house in most of the province except ON. Also this 36k is not paid once, it's in batches across the 2years.

I did a top course last year and got a grant of $6k, it was just a 3months top up course. I was new in canada and have 0 income from previous year, so I qualified for some grants, same for my friend. Best time to get grants is when you're new in canada with small income, so you get a lot of benefits that are for low income earners. Once you start earning above 20k per year, grant go decrease o

If someone collects a loan and does not go to the school, there are implications, such individual must return the full amount that has been paid within 1month I think, this is stated clearly on studentaid Websites.

Also students now have up to 1year grace after the completion of their studies to start payments, in total students have 9years to pay back. Some people pay as low as $50 per month depending on the loan amount.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by InDancer: 3:25pm On Jul 30, 2023
How much is it?

Oge2dey:
I have a fully furnished ensuite room with a smart TV (Netflix available) and working table/chair in my home/house for a short stay (Sept to Dec 2023). Kitchen and laundry will be shared. The house is within GTA and precisely in a quiet neighbourhood in Bowmanville Durham Region, Ontario. Anyone interested can reach out to me. We can accommodate for just a month if that's what works for you till you find a permanent place to settle. There are only 3 individuals in the house (a four bedroom detached house) for now (Husband, wife and mother)
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Agidipie: 7:03pm On Jul 30, 2023
I need a candid advise. My sister studied nursing in Uk and currently works there. Few years back she wanted Canada but she had to switch to uk due to Canada stringent rules. Now she don graduate and come dey work for uk as nurse. She has intentions of moving to US or Canada but lately she seems to be drifting towards Canada. Health workers are highly in demand in Canada and everywhere. She has ruled out student route, While we are eyeing PR route, CAN SHE GET A JOB IN CANADA FROM THE UK?. Because many people have said it's impossible because she's outside canada. So I want those of you in canada for opinion. CAN SHE GET HER HEALTHCARE JOB IN CANADA FROM UK
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by AirBay: 7:44pm On Jul 30, 2023
Agidipie:
I need a candid advise. My sister studied nursing in Uk and currently works there. Few years back she wanted Canada but she had to switch to uk due to Canada stringent rules. Now she don graduate and come dey work for uk as nurse. She has intentions of moving to US or Canada but lately she seems to be drifting towards Canada. Health workers are highly in demand in Canada and everywhere. She has ruled out student route, While we are eyeing PR route, CAN SHE GET A JOB IN CANADA FROM THE UK?. Because many people have said it's impossible because she's outside canada. So I want those of you in canada for opinion. CAN SHE GET HER HEALTHCARE JOB IN CANADA FROM UK

The answer is mostly no. She won't be able to get, better for her to check usa. Canada is proud... lol. If she wants to come here as PR, she can take up a psw job first and later look into nursing.

She won't be able to get a sponsored psw or nursing job from uk.
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Enculer2: 9:04pm On Jul 30, 2023
Agidipie:
I need a candid advise. My sister studied nursing in Uk and currently works there. Few years back she wanted Canada but she had to switch to uk due to Canada stringent rules. Now she don graduate and come dey work for uk as nurse. She has intentions of moving to US or Canada but lately she seems to be drifting towards Canada. Health workers are highly in demand in Canada and everywhere. She has ruled out student route, While we are eyeing PR route, CAN SHE GET A JOB IN CANADA FROM THE UK?. Because many people have said it's impossible because she's outside canada. So I want those of you in canada for opinion. CAN SHE GET HER HEALTHCARE JOB IN CANADA FROM UK

The best person to answer you is someone who has been in similar shoes as your sister and that is a UK- trained nurse. I advice your sister to join the "British expats in Canada" facebook group. There are loads of UK-trained nurses who have migrated from the UK on that group. Therein will lie her answer. Share your experience here when you get an answer.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Pristine664: 9:09am On Jul 31, 2023
Good morning everyone. Has anybody with former international passport (without NIN on it) get their passport stamped recently by IRCC?

That is the type of passport I submitted to VFS because it's still valid for 3 more years but this delay at IRCC office is getting worrisome.
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Nobody: 9:29am On Jul 31, 2023
Pristine664:
Good morning everyone. Has anybody with former international passport (without NIN on it) get their passport stamped recently by IRCC?

That is the type of passport I submitted to VFS because it's still valid for 3 more years but this delay at IRCC office is getting worrisome.
Lol your type of passport has NOTHING to do with IRCC. But if it makes you feel better. Yes. I got mine stamped recently.

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Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Pristine664: 10:10am On Jul 31, 2023
Viking07:
Lol your type of passport has NOTHING to do with IRCC. But if it makes you feel better. Yes. I got mine stamped recently.

Thank you. It does make me feel better. cool
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by njambert: 2:00am On Aug 01, 2023
valjebs:
I just saw that you’re moving to Calgary. My family and I are based in Calgary and we’ve been here for over 24 years now. Do let me know if you need any assistance in settling in Calgary once you arrive. Also my church offers free settlement services and provides assistance with securing accommodation and help with resume for job search. Let me know if you need more details.


So sorry I only saw this today.We came to Calgary(end of May) but couldn't find an accomodation for two weeks so we moved to Edmonton.All is good here, my wife has found a job, and with my online gig we are pretty comfortable.However I'm in search for a job in cloud computing preferably remote, but it's hard to come by.Rarely any decent tech jobs here,and I'm open to moving back to Calgary if I can find a very well paid on-site job.
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by sirabbey(m): 4:03am On Aug 01, 2023
njambert:


So sorry I only saw this today.We came to Calgary(end of May) but couldn't find an accomodation for two weeks so we moved to Edmonton.All is good here, my wife has found a job, and with my online gig we are pretty comfortable.However I'm in search for a job in cloud computing preferably remote, but it's hard to come by.Rarely any decent tech jobs here,and I'm open to moving back to Calgary if I can find a very well paid on-site job.

Congratulations on your landing. May Maple land favour you and yours.

Out of curiosity, why are you mulling moving back to Calgary knowing fully well that things are cheaper in Edmonton as well as the cost of living being lower in Edmonton?
Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by Omah7979: 11:34am On Aug 01, 2023
Good morning guys, I am currently in England and since I came here I have been working zero hours contract jobs which means No employment letters or contracts, and my employers can’t offer one . Can my payslip be used to replace this?

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