daremum:
Chai...
Presently staying with a family friend at Northwest Calgary.
To me it's nice but lots of private building all over.
Are you saying there is no connected transit in NW?

Tjohnnay:
Please what's the cost of traveling out to Canada i wanna relocate not coming back to this country


How do i go abt it?

Newmum0615:

daremum:
My People.
Landed in Canny Land with my wife.
Below are my ordeal and experiences.

If you are looking for the most corrupted body in Nigeria it should be Nigeria Immigration or everyone that works in that lagos Airport.

They were not ashamed to ask for money...though there are folks looking at them.

Departed MMA @1:40,my wife bag was too big so we had to buy Ghana must go.

Nigeria to Addis was smooth.
Addis to Dublin seem like years.
Dublin to Toronto was okay.

The Border officers didn't check my bag nor ask too much questions?
Only asked for the amount.
Guess they were surprised to see a newly arrived immigrant speak phonetics like them.(Na play I dey play o...b4 una finish me...Na God help me sha)
Toronto to Calgary was okay.

Omo as I comot the airport make I check for the car wey wan carry us.
The cold na gbam...I run comot inside...
Omo this one no be film...
E dey real.
Type this through phone so there might some errors though.

Thanks to God
Thanks to everyone.

AZeD1:
My work place as do most places pay salaries every two weeks (not bi monthly) so my first week was a pay week and on the Friday, I got paid but then I looked at the amount I was paid and did small maths and I felt it didn't add up, some small change was missing but I let it slide with the intention of waiting till I got my second pay check to see if the error would be rectified by then.
Two weeks later, my pay check comes and I open the payslip right in the office and behold the outcome was worse. I started wondering if the company had reduced my annual salary without telling me.
I was still one month into the job and I knew with my skills I could earn more so it was better to pathways with the company now than be cheated but I decided to wait for the 3rd pay check (5 weeks in)before going to speak with the MD. When the 3rd pay check finally arrived, I was certain I was being scammed and was going to talk with the MD the following Monday to get an explanation of what was going on. Luckily for me, I got to speak with someone that night who explained to me the difference between being paid bi weekly and bi monthly.

So I was spared the "embarrassment" of confronting the MD. A member of this group wasn't so lucky. He saw his pay check and went to HR.


Moral of the story, know if your wages are bi weekly or bi monthly before you "go an vex for oga at the top".


PS: For those in Ottawa, we need to pick a weekend that would be comfortable for everyone to meet in person and hang out.

olajide21:


Please what changes if you are payed bi montlhy and biweekly. Are there extra charges in taxes when paid often?

vascey:


Good move. I am also looking at doing the same. That is some commitment you have shown. Went on CPA BC website and saw the names of so many Nigerians whose membership has been revoked because they did not pay annual dues or file CPE.

I am currently studying the tax and law module (abeg that thing plenty o). Hopefully, by the middle of this year, my admission should have been processed and concluded.

If indeed it is possible to get some exemption, no matter how little, on payment dues, then it is worth exploring. One thing I have noticed, though, is that these CPA guys are miles behind ACCA in customer service and general business ethics. They don't really act like they care at all. It's amazing.

CAstruggle:
Thanks to the person that introduced freetones here.

I purchased a number and opted for unlimited calls to and from US/Canada.

Just today i had my first phone interview with a Canadian employer. It was successful but unfortunately the job is starting too close to my landing date next week. Am suppose to meet with the manager and suppose to receiving some further training prior to the start date.

Another employer just contacted me for interview. Hopefully this one would click.

For all those hoping to get a job before leaving... its very possible. Package your resume... apply via indeed, job bank etc

Am landing Ontario next week. Any landed Nairalander with connect to IT jobs... please hook a brother up

AZeD1:
My work place as do most places pay salaries every two weeks (not bi monthly) so my first week was a pay week and on the Friday, I got paid but then I looked at the amount I was paid and did small maths and I felt it didn't add up, some small change was missing but I let it slide with the intention of waiting till I got my second pay check to see if the error would be rectified by then.
Two weeks later, my pay check comes and I open the payslip right in the office and behold the outcome was worse. I started wondering if the company had reduced my annual salary without telling me.
I was still one month into the job and I knew with my skills I could earn more so it was better to pathways with the company now than be cheated but I decided to wait for the 3rd pay check (5 weeks in)before going to speak with the MD. When the 3rd pay check finally arrived, I was certain I was being scammed and was going to talk with the MD the following Monday to get an explanation of what was going on. Luckily for me, I got to speak with someone that night who explained to me the difference between being paid bi weekly and bi monthly.

So I was spared the "embarrassment" of confronting the MD. A member of this group wasn't so lucky. He saw his pay check and went to HR.


Moral of the story, know if your wages are bi weekly or bi monthly before you "go an vex for oga at the top".


PS: For those in Ottawa, we need to pick a weekend that would be comfortable for everyone to meet in person and hang out.

Canadianfly:


Lol JJC behavior. It's allowed. Companies in Canada usually pay biweekly. Never heard of bi-monthly. And I doubt that exists. How do they want you to survive by paying you every two months?? You no go pay mortgage/rent?

Na your blood dey hot. All you're seeing is dollar signs not the work

daremum:
My People.
Landed in Canny Land with my wife.
Below are my ordeal and experiences.

Virt:

Hello Rainazoe, my membership is with CPA British Columbia, that was the only province then that accepted members outside Canada, it's only recently that I learnt Ontario does the same.

AZeD1:

Bi monthly - paid 24 times in a year.
Bi weekly - paid 26 times in a year.

No extra charges.

AZeD1:

Twice a month

Canadianfly:


Twice a month = biweekly.
Bimonthly = every two months/every 8 weeks. Which is impossible.

English na the problem here.

AZeD1:

I have a pretty good command of English......

Canadianfly:


That's wonderful. Bimonthly is usually used to mean every two months. But I see it also means every two weeks, like biweekly. Any which ways, you're saying the same thing. Getting paid every two weeks.
An event of getting paid weekly that is every Friday, is usually if contracted under an agency like Ranstad etc. But direct employment under an organization would most likely be biweekly. Every two weeks.

AZeD1:

Some months have 5 weeks that's why you can't use bi weekly for something done twice a month.

Canadianfly:


Twice a month = biweekly.
Bimonthly = every two months/every 8 weeks. Which is impossible.

English na the problem here.

Canadianfly:


Says who? Regardless of whether a month has 5 weeks or 10 weeks in it, biweekly payment would be made every two weeks.

happytbaby:
Well, it can be used to mean both twice a week and every two weeks, it is an ambiguous phrase abi na word

see below:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Biweekly may refer to occurring twice a week.[1][2] Due to this ambiguity, many style guides recommend to never use the term and to replace with unambiguous expressions.[3]

There are 52 full weeks in a year of 12 months (ISO 8601 defines a year as containing 52 or 53 weeks), making for a possible 26 or 104 biweekly events in a year. This is a greater number than if such events were held twice a month, because most months have more than four weeks (28 days).

In the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, the term fortnightly is more commonly used for an event that occurs every two weeks. In the US, a biweekly publication is issued every two weeks and a bimonthly publication is issued every two months. New York State SNAP refers to a biweekly paycheck as every 2 weeks.[citation needed]

AZeD1:

If you use the term bi weekly for something that should be done twice a month, you'll run into trouble.

52 weeks in a year.

A Bi weekly event will occur 26 times.

Twice a month (12 months in a year)

A Bi Monthly event would occur 24 times.

Canadianfly:


All my Canadian employment letters have the term bi-weekly on them. Could do you a snapshot, but I risk disclosing the organization coz of the paper used. I have never come across an employment agreement with "bi-monthly" written on the contract. Not that it doesn't exist, but to the best of my knowledge, you'll be usually told bi-weekly. Because payroll is processed EVERY TWO WEEKS not twice in a month. Every other Friday.

AZeD1:

Most employers pay bi weekly, but I know some who is paid on 15th and 30th (hence my bi monthly). I also know someone who was paid monthly (Indian employer).

AZeD1:

Bi monthly - paid 24 times in a year.
Bi weekly - paid 26 times in a year.

No extra charges.

kachikapor:
Hi Virt, i've been following your exchange with rainazoe. Quick one about Ontario CPA. is it fully confirmed that i can start the process while still outside Canada? cos my hubby tried and he keeps telling me we'll just have to wait and do it when we land.He vehemently doesn't want to go through the BC route.

Thanks

kachikapor:
Hi Virt, i've been following your exchange with rainazoe. Quick one about Ontario CPA. is it fully confirmed that i can start the process while still outside Canada? cos my hubby tried and he keeps telling me we'll just have to wait and do it when we land.He vehemently doesn't want to go through the BC route.

Thanks

Canadianfly:


The friend with 15th and 30th payment is bi-weekly. There are two weeks apart, however you look at it. Except there's a month has 40 days it it but it's 14-15 days payment. The letter usually says: Salaries are paid bi weekly on the 15th and 30th of every month.
Monthly payment is common too, especially with non North American companies. However bi weekly is more what you see than weekly or monthly.

AZeD1:

Bi monthly - paid 24 times in a year.
Bi weekly - paid 26 times in a year.

No extra charges.

honey86:

We get paid biweekly on a Wednesday. Regardless of what date it falls on. If the month has 5 weeks, you can get paid three times that month. We have 26 pay cycles.