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Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 12:37pm On May 09
ferhyntorlah:


Congratulations Tensa.

I have been following your thread right from the very beginning. See how far you have come. GOD is indeed GOOD to you!

More opportunities coming your way.
Take it!

I like the way you planned your japa movement. You deviated from the norm to create your own norm.

Wise brother you are!

Honestly it's just God. I am really so grateful I found my Church as they helped me in coming close to God and my life really changed completely. I remember being in the plane and I was so anxious. I was like new country, I don't know anybody or anything aside what I saw on the internet. My one month salary is 2 years of my rent and I can pretty much buy a house here in two years if I want. It's that insane

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by ferhyntorlah(f): 1:09pm On May 09
tensazangetsu20:


Honestly it's just God. I am really so grateful I found my Church as they helped me in coming close to God and my life really changed completely. I remember being in the plane and I was so anxious. I was like new country, I don't know anybody or anything aside what I saw on the internet. My one month salary is 2 years of my rent and I can pretty much buy a house here in two years if I want. It's that insane

You have come a long way and you deserve this.

Regarding your rent, it means renting an apartment is quite affordable then or am I mistaken?

Since you earn outside the territory of Chile, that's another plus for you.
Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 1:42pm On May 09
ferhyntorlah:


You have come a long way and you deserve this.

Regarding your rent, it means renting an apartment is quite affordable then or am I mistaken?

Since you earn outside the territory of Chile, that's another plus for you.

The rent is cheap to be honest and comes with all Services.
Re: Memoirs From Chile by lastkingsman: 6:10pm On May 09
tensazangetsu20:
Third day of work and it's still unbelievable to me. To be honest, my current job is something I have been chasing all the way from Nigeria. I got into Salesforce back in 2021 and have been trying to get a Salesforce job but it was so impossible in Nigeria. I just focused on my frontend I was doing then. At least I had a job and it paid really well at least by Nigerian standards.

I won't lie despite all my research about Chile I was so scared when I was coming here. Even my whole family thought I had gone loco. Only my uncle in Belgium supported me. His reason being a country with visa free travel to the US, Canada and Europe can never be a bad country. He sent me 2000 usd back then which was what I used to pay my rent for a year.

At this point, I am super contented with everything I have. A good job in a good company and I live in a very solid country. Chile is so amazing for me and I absolutely have no regrets that I made the move. I have been so exposed to so many opportunities here and I haven't even spent up to a year. I have interviewed with even the equivalent of the central bank of Chile whereas I don't even know if my own countrys central bank even recruits.

For anyone trying to relocate, I only have one piece of advice: be a man of value. Strive to create value. Research on what people want, try and learn them and try to use what you have learnt to build value. No country in the world is easy but some places are more difficult than others.

Congratulations once again, enjoy very well the fruits of your labour.

You really worked hard for this
Re: Memoirs From Chile by Gerrard59(m): 7:02pm On May 09
tensazangetsu20:
Third day of work and it's still unbelievable to me. To be honest, my current job is something I have been chasing all the way from Nigeria. I got into Salesforce back in 2021 and have been trying to get a Salesforce job but it was so impossible in Nigeria. I just focused on my frontend I was doing then. At least I had a job and it paid really well at least by Nigerian standards.

I won't lie despite all my research about Chile I was so scared when I was coming here. Even my whole family thought I had gone loco. Only my uncle in Belgium supported me. His reason being a country with visa free travel to the US, Canada and Europe can never be a bad country. He sent me 2000 usd back then which was what I used to pay my rent for a year.

At this point, I am super contented with everything I have. A good job in a good company and I live in a very solid country. Chile is so amazing for me and I absolutely have no regrets that I made the move. I have been so exposed to so many opportunities here and I haven't even spent up to a year. I have interviewed with even the equivalent of the central bank of Chile whereas I don't even know if my own countrys central bank even recruits.

For anyone trying to relocate, I only have one piece of advice: be a man of value. Strive to create value. Research on what people want, try and learn them and try to use what you have learnt to build value. No country in the world is easy but some places are more difficult than others.

But this is what I have been preaching ab initio, yet some people blatantly refuse to grasp. To judge if a country's economy is good and societal development is high, check the countries under the US Visa Waiver Program. China is an exception though.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by olatuneji: 7:51pm On May 09
Congratulations!!!!

It's all the reward of your efforts
Finally paid off.
Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 7:57pm On May 09
Gerrard59:


But this is what I have been preaching ab initio, yet some people blatantly refuse to grasp. To judge if a country's economy is good and societal development is high, check the countries under the US Visa Waiver Program. China is an exception though.

Also LinkedIn jobs help lol. I remember when I said you can judge how good a country economy is by the number of job openings on LinkedIn, some agbadorians wanted to remove my head. To be honest, a whole lot of south American countries are super underrated. It's not just Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, colombia, Argentina are places you can actually find a good job in tech.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Esiman(m): 11:50pm On May 09
Congratulations bro.
Who's smiling now?
Where are those nay sayers?
tensazangetsu20:
Third day of work and it's still unbelievable to me. To be honest, my current job is something I have been chasing all the way from Nigeria. I got into Salesforce back in 2021 and have been trying to get a Salesforce job but it was so impossible in Nigeria. I just focused on my frontend I was doing then. At least I had a job and it paid really well at least by Nigerian standards.

I won't lie despite all my research about Chile I was so scared when I was coming here. Even my whole family thought I had gone loco. Only my uncle in Belgium supported me. His reason being a country with visa free travel to the US, Canada and Europe can never be a bad country. He sent me 2000 usd back then which was what I used to pay my rent for a year.

At this point, I am super contented with everything I have. A good job in a good company and I live in a very solid country. Chile is so amazing for me and I absolutely have no regrets that I made the move. I have been so exposed to so many opportunities here and I haven't even spent up to a year. I have interviewed with even the equivalent of the central bank of Chile whereas I don't even know if my own countrys central bank even recruits.

For anyone trying to relocate, I only have one piece of advice: be a man of value. Strive to create value. Research on what people want, try and learn them and try to use what you have learnt to build value. No country in the world is easy but some places are more difficult than others.
Re: Memoirs From Chile by alakara(m): 7:22am On May 10
Congratulations, you're reaping the fruit of your labour.
Re: Memoirs From Chile by oluomoadebayo: 9:23am On May 10
No. They are Americans and are doing fine in another country closed by. The woman can renew is temp residence permit again but he chooses not to. There is a girl also on Youtube who married a Chilean that is complaining about bureaucracy over there .Goodluck with your process brother.

tensazangetsu20:


That's a very weird case. Having a child born in Chile gives you permanent residency if you already had a temporary residency before hand. There's probably something they did they didn't tell you. I have met other Nigerians here in Chile that hold a Chilean passport. Also temporary residency is 2 years and can only be renewed once. After that you need to apply for permanent residency or leave the country. The temporary residency is not renewed indefinitely. Your friends didn't tell you the truth. Also, Chiles immigration faced a major overhaul in 2020. Before 2020, Chile had one of the easiest immigration systems. It was one of the few countries you could visit with a visit visa and convert to a work visa in Chile but that doesn't work now.
Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 9:48am On May 10
oluomoadebayo:
No. They are Americans and are doing fine in another country closed buy. The woman can renew is temp residence permit again but he chooses not to. There is a girl also on Youtube who married a Chilean that is complaining about bureaucracy over there .Goodluck with your process brother.


Well that's their luck o. I know a few Nigerians here in Chile who hold a Chilean passport and all got it within 5 to 6 years. Another thing is probably travelling outside Chile. Immigration counts when you have been outside for more than 2 weeks. A lot of the Americans and Europeans will be here one week and use the next 4 weeks in Peru, Argentina, Bolivia and co. The more you stay outside on your temporary residency, the longer it takes cause they multiply the time by 2.
Re: Memoirs From Chile by W0t0w0toman: 10:15am On May 10
Donpre:

Give it a rest man. You're looking childish

Ya papa. Lazy youth
Re: Memoirs From Chile by oluomoadebayo: 10:29am On May 10
Five to six years is a long commitment if you have a child in the country. Better options outthere.
tensazangetsu20:


Well that's their luck o. I know a few Nigerians here in Chile who hold a Chilean passport and all got it within 5 to 6 years. Another thing is probably travelling outside Chile. Immigration counts when you have been outside for more than 2 weeks. A lot of the Americans and Europeans will be here one week and use the next 4 weeks in Peru, Argentina, Bolivia and co. The more you stay outside on your temporary residency, the longer it takes cause they multiply the time by 2.
Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 10:34am On May 10
oluomoadebayo:
Five to six years is a long commitment if you have a child in the country. Better options outthere.

5 to 6 years from the day you enter the country as a temporary resident is a solid option especially with all the opportunities a Chilean nationality gives. European countries is 10 years. America is more. Only Canada is 3 years if you get permanent residency before hand but we all know what it takes to get one. Besides with a Chilean passport you can get a Spanish passport in 2 years which will not be up to 10 years if you go live in Spain. 5 years is nothing. That's the end of tunubu first tenure and a year or two Into his second. I will rather spend that time and get it cause as man gets older, the responsibilities increases. I don't want to be restricted globally. I know Wetin I don see for Naija with Naija pali grin cheesy

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by ihavesense: 11:39am On May 10
tensazangetsu20:


5 to 6 years from the day you enter the country as a temporary resident is a solid option especially with all the opportunities a Chilean nationality gives. European countries is 10 years. America is more. Only Canada is 3 years if you get permanent residency before hand but we all know what it takes to get one. Besides with a Chilean passport you can get a Spanish passport in 2 years which will not be up to 10 years if you go live in Spain. 5 years is nothing. That's the end of tunubu first tenure and a year or two Into his second. I will rather spend that time and get it cause as man gets older, the responsibilities increases. I don't want to be restricted globally. I know Wetin I don see for Naija with Naija pali grin cheesy
Hello Bro,
Congratulations on your new job.
I’m a web developer currently living and working in Nigeria. I have solid plans to leave Nigeria soonest. I want to learn SalesForce because I feel that it will be easy to get a job abroad as a SalesForce developer than as a conventional web developer because web devs full market these days lol.
What do you think about this, and how do I get started with learning SalesForce? I think I read somewhere on your thread that you are into SalesForce too.
Thanks for your response in advance.
Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 12:02pm On May 10
ihavesense:

Hello Bro,
Congratulations on your new job.
I’m a web developer currently living and working in Nigeria. I have solid plans to leave Nigeria soonest. I want to learn SalesForce because I feel that it will be easy to get a job abroad as a SalesForce developer than as a conventional web developer because web devs full market these days lol.
What do you think about this, and how do I get started with learning SalesForce? I think I read somewhere on your thread that you are into SalesForce too.
Thanks for your response in advance.

It's better to concentrate on web development if you are in Nigeria. I learnt Salesforce in Nigeria but it was super hard to even land interviews talk less of jobs. I even abandoned it completely and forgot about it till I came to Chile and it was what they were looking for. I know other people who learnt Salesforce in Nigeria and gave up eventually cause no Job. It's also not easy to freelance with Salesforce as it's mostly used by large companies. But if you leave Nigeria and know Salesforce I don't know what part of the world but in the Americas both north and south the skill is In demand.
Re: Memoirs From Chile by oluomoadebayo: 12:05pm On May 10
Brazil, Mexico Argentina are better options in my opinion if you are going through childbirth route. Chile passport is a great travel document but passport from other LATAM countries are equally good.

tensazangetsu20:


5 to 6 years from the day you enter the country as a temporary resident is a solid option especially with all the opportunities a Chilean nationality gives. European countries is 10 years. America is more. Only Canada is 3 years if you get permanent residency before hand but we all know what it takes to get one. Besides with a Chilean passport you can get a Spanish passport in 2 years which will not be up to 10 years if you go live in Spain. 5 years is nothing. That's the end of tunubu first tenure and a year or two Into his second. I will rather spend that time and get it cause as man gets older, the responsibilities increases. I don't want to be restricted globally. I know Wetin I don see for Naija with Naija pali grin cheesy

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by jenifer007: 12:20pm On May 10
Is cloud computing of high demand in South America

I also like to know which route is less expensive to migrate to Chile between study and birth
Re: Memoirs From Chile by ihavesense: 12:23pm On May 10
tensazangetsu20:


It's better to concentrate on web development if you are in Nigeria. I learnt Salesforce in Nigeria but it was super hard to even land interviews talk less of jobs. I even abandoned it completely and forgot about it till I came to Chile and it was what they were looking for. I know other people who learnt Salesforce in Nigeria and gave up eventually cause no Job. It's also not easy to freelance with Salesforce as it's mostly used by large companies. But if you leave Nigeria and know Salesforce I don't know what part of the world but in the Americas both north and south the skill is In demand.
Yeah my intention of learning SalesForce is to use it when I leave Nigeria. I am just trying to prepare myself and be in the best position to get a tech job as soon as I leave. I’m planning to utilize a job seekers visa offered by Portugal or Germany. So I am basically looking at Europe. I want to leave in 3 to 4 months from now.
Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 12:24pm On May 10
ihavesense:

Yeah my intention of learning SalesForce is to use it when I leave Nigeria. I am just trying to prepare myself and be in the best position to get a tech job as soon as I leave. I’m planning to utilize a job seekers visa offered by Portugal or Germany. So I am basically looking at Europe. I want to leave in 3 to 4 months from now.

There should be Salesforce opportunities in Europe. Also learn the native language of the country as that's something you will have to deal with too.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 12:25pm On May 10
oluomoadebayo:
Brazil, Mexico Argentina are better options in my opinion if you are going through childbirth route. Chile passport is a great travel document but passport from other LATAM countries are equally good.


True. Initial plan was mexico but they didn't respond to any questions when I was sending emails to universities.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 12:28pm On May 10
jenifer007:
Is cloud computing of high demand in South America

I also like to know which route is less expensive to migrate to Chile between study and birth

There's a lot of cloud computing jobs here but as for giving birth. That has k leg here. Your child can only qualify for citizenship after birth if the parent has residency already. Permanent or temporary. If you have just visiting visa and give birth here, nothing for you and the child. Also, studies here are completely in Spanish.
Re: Memoirs From Chile by ihavesense: 12:39pm On May 10
tensazangetsu20:


There should be Salesforce opportunities in Europe. Also learn the native language of the country as that's something you will have to deal with too.
Yeah, I am already learning the language on duolingo app
Re: Memoirs From Chile by oluomoadebayo: 12:39pm On May 10
Goodluck brother. You are an inspiration.

tensazangetsu20:


True. Initial plan was mexico but they didn't respond to any questions when I was sending emails to universities.
Re: Memoirs From Chile by jenifer007: 12:48pm On May 10
tensazangetsu20:


There's a lot of cloud computing jobs here but as for giving birth. That has k leg here. Your child can only qualify for citizenship after birth if the parent has residency already. Permanent or temporary. If you have just visiting visa and give birth here, nothing for you and the child. Also, studies here are completely in Spanish.


I plan to have the TRP not just visiting visa

Like how much do you think giving birth in Chile cost especially in state hospital.

Another question is are there markets in Chile one can get to buy Nigerian food stuffs
Re: Memoirs From Chile by lastkingsman: 3:51pm On May 10
oluomoadebayo:
Brazil, Mexico Argentina are better options in my opinion if you are going through childbirth route. Chile passport is a great travel document but passport from other LATAM countries are equally good.


The countries you mentioned are how many years?
Re: Memoirs From Chile by dgee1(m): 4:27pm On May 10
Please which aspect of Salesforce would you recommend one to learn? Thanks.

tensazangetsu20:


There should be Salesforce opportunities in Europe. Also learn the native language of the country as that's something you will have to deal with too.

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Re: Memoirs From Chile by Parizz: 6:53am On May 11
tensazangetsu20:


Honestly it's just God. I am really so grateful I found my Church as they helped me in coming close to God and my life really changed completely. I remember being in the plane and I was so anxious. I was like new country, I don't know anybody or anything aside what I saw on the internet. My one month salary is 2 years of my rent and I can pretty much buy a house here in two years if I want. It's that insane
good morning. I'm planning to learn a skill and its btw mechanic and aluminium fabrication. As an expert mechanic, which is best option to pick?
Re: Memoirs From Chile by Bongadu: 8:59am On May 11
Parizz:
good morning. I'm planning to learn a skill and its btw mechanic and aluminium fabrication. As an expert mechanic, which is best option to pick?


Welding
Re: Memoirs From Chile by tensazangetsu20(m): 1:10pm On May 11
jenifer007:



I plan to have the TRP not just visiting visa

Like how much do you think giving birth in Chile cost especially in state hospital.

Another question is are there markets in Chile one can get to buy Nigerian food stuffs

You won't find Nigerian food stuff here or African food stuff.
Re: Memoirs From Chile by Bongadu: 2:08pm On May 11
tensazangetsu20:


You won't find Nigerian food stuff here or African food stuff.



You can find African and Nigerian foods


Tienda Africana located at Condell 1461, Valparaiso have a large stock of Nigerian food stuffs


This guy ships to tienda africana

https://ayo-foods.com/collections/taste-of-africa

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