Good morning elders in the house, here is a question from a friend:
Is it appropriate for me to receive money from my Dad as a means of building up my proof of funds and should the said amount entered my account once?.
Thanks for your kind response sir/ ma

This thread would help. Search for Gift deed.

profeddor15:
Good morning elders in the house, here is a question from a friend:
Is it appropriate for me to receive money from my Dad as a means of building up my proof of funds and should the said amount entered my account once?.
Thanks for your kind response sir/ ma

Hello guys.
Please does anyone know where I can get an house for rent. Specifically an affordable bachelor (self contain) here at Downtown Toronto precisely anything close to St. George?

Any help with this please?

Eddy4400:
Hi fam. For those that travelled recently via Lagos, pls what's the current exchange rate for CAD at the airport? . I'm considering changing at the airport or with a friend in Canada for 285CAD..is this a good rate? Any BDC contact close to the airport will be appreciated too...

Eddy4400:
Any help with this please?

Current exchange rate is between 278-280 naira to 1 CAD

Eddy4400:
Any help with this please?

285 is a very good rate. No BDC will pay you that much. Check abokifx.com if you have a doubt. Any which way just make sure your source is trustworthy.

And please don't carry so much cash with you. You don't even have to convert all your money to Canadian dollar.
My advice is for you to try change small money to survive, then when you reach Canada, open a bank account and change the rest of the money to CAD if you want.

Eddy4400:
Any help with this please?

Buy USD and change to CAD when you arrive. You will get about 280 CAD to 1 Naira after all conversions. Don't waste your time trying to source CAD from Nigeria.

Ok thanks

bLacKGoLd3:


Buy USD and change to CAD when you arrive. You will get about 280 CAD to 1 Naira after all conversions. Don't waste your time trying to source CAD from Nigeria.

Thanks very much...

DatechMan:

285 is a very good rate. No BDC will pay you that much. Check abokifx.com if you have a doubt. Any which way just make sure your source is trustworthy.

And please don't carry so much cash with you. You don't even have to convert all your money to Canadian dollar.
My advice is for you to try change small money to survive, then when you reach Canada, open a bank account and change the rest of the money to CAD if you want.

Good day people God.

Hello friends,

I wish to fly to canada via a flight with stop overs in dubai, Milan, London and finally Torinto. I wish to do this so i could sight see and kill numerous birds with one stone. I know i might not even leave the airports but the feeling of "I don reach London before" is hungrying me.

I wish to ask, do i need visa for those places too, or my COPR is enough to transit through these cities, while enroute canada?

Many thanks, and abeg make una no bash me too much ooo

bamingo:
Hello friends,

I wish to fly to canada via a flight with stop overs in dubai, Milan, London and finally Torinto. I wish to do this so i could sight see and kill numerous birds with one stone. I know i might not even leave the airports but the feeling of "I don reach London before" is hungrying me.

I wish to ask, do i need visa for those places too, or my COPR is enough to transit through these cities, while enroute canada?

Many thanks, and abeg make una no bash me too much ooo

My guy my guy! It's interesting to know that I'm not the only one with this kinda weird touring fantasy. Seniors and travel enthusiasts please come to our rescue o!

bamingo:
Hello friends,

I wish to fly to canada via a flight with stop overs in dubai, Milan, London and finally Torinto. I wish to do this so i could sight see and kill numerous birds with one stone. I know i might not even leave the airports but the feeling of "I don reach London before" is hungrying me.

I wish to ask, do i need visa for those places too, or my COPR is enough to transit through these cities, while enroute canada?

Many thanks, and abeg make una no bash me too much ooo

Why don't you land first. When you more settled you can do schengen Visa and tour Europe. Read that with PR status you can transit through uk for 24 hours without visa. I haven't tried it though. And you need to land first before it applies to you.

bamingo:
Hello friends,

I wish to fly to canada via a flight with stop overs in dubai, Milan, London and finally Torinto. I wish to do this so i could sight see and kill numerous birds with one stone. I know i might not even leave the airports but the feeling of "I don reach London before" is hungrying me.

I wish to ask, do i need visa for those places too, or my COPR is enough to transit through these cities, while enroute canada?

Many thanks, and abeg make una no bash me too much ooo

This has been previously discussed on this thread. You might want to call the airline you intend to fly with before purchasing your ticket.

TheCongo2:


Your friend purchased water at the wrong place.

In the supermarket, 12 bottles of water can cost $3 to $5. At Costco it can even be way cheaper.

wo drinks bottle water in Edmonton. Nawa bros buy water bottle and fetch tap water before u leave home daily. Na so new comers dey do before u finally strong. Even when u strong sef Tap water here is d way forward

If you have 2 stop overs in a country, you will need a visa. If it is just 1, you don’t need a visa


But call the airline to be on the safe side.

bamingo:
Hello friends,

I wish to fly to canada via a flight with stop overs in dubai, Milan, London and finally Torinto. I wish to do this so i could sight see and kill numerous birds with one stone. I know i might not even leave the airports but the feeling of "I don reach London before" is hungrying me.

I wish to ask, do i need visa for those places too, or my COPR is enough to transit through these cities, while enroute canada?

Many thanks, and abeg make una no bash me too much ooo

Hello all,

Please for those that have landed in Alberta and returned back after a few weeks (soft landing). Were you able to apply for health card, what are the requirements?

Do I have to have an invoice or bank statement that has an Alberta address?

Can I mail my completed application from Nigeria to the health office after leaving?

I read somewhere that you must apply for health card within 3 months

Please help

Guys please how do I apply for transition jobs.
Do I just go to places I feel they would employ and tell them I want to work or I have to go through an agent. Thanks in advance

Hello all, please can I have the contact info for any seller of winter clothes in yaba?
Thanks.

Phlunter01:


Please pm me, I am incidentally at the FRSC office and made an enquiry on your behalf

please my wife is having the same issues, please what can be done? i sent you a PM

Hi guys, I have a question. I hope someone can help me with it. I'll be landing in Canada in December. I was wondering, for those that put their POF in a dorm account, how did you transfer the money to your Canadian account?

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mldtemi:
Hello all,

Please for those that have landed in Alberta and returned back after a few weeks (soft landing). Were you able to apply for health card, what are the requirements?

Do I have to have an invoice or bank statement that has an Alberta address?

Proof of address, yes

Yes!

Eddy4400:
Hi fam. For those that travelled recently via Lagos, pls what's the current exchange rate for CAD at the airport? . I'm considering changing at the airport or with a friend in Canada for 285CAD..is this a good rate? Any BDC contact close to the airport will be appreciated too...

please I need information on DRIMA OIL in Canada. Are they legit and real?

DatechMan:
Guys please let's be careful with our phone plan selection. Especially when it comes to data overage and long distance charges. A friend just got a monthly phone bill of $800. I am sure he is in severe pain.

$800, how did that happen? wow

.

Torkwase1:
@Torkwase1

I'm so happy I read your post. I had no idea that airlines like Emirates give hotel vouchers to people who spend 23 hours in transit. I also had no idea Canada did Prestco cards, wow! I live in the UK. We call it Oyster card, its basically serves the same purpose as Prestco cards. Congratulations on everything! Canada sounds really nice!

bamingo:
Hello friends,

I wish to fly to canada via a flight with stop overs in dubai, Milan, London and finally Torinto. I wish to do this so i could sight see and kill numerous birds with one stone. I know i might not even leave the airports but the feeling of "I don reach London before" is hungrying me.

I wish to ask, do i need visa for those places too, or my COPR is enough to transit through these cities, while enroute canada?

Many thanks, and abeg make una no bash me too much ooo

Please could you inform me of your timeline from submission of passport to copr? Like those 2 dates? thanks.

Good morning Fam,

I am kindda new to this thread and would need your advise please.

We plan to do our landing on 1st February, 2020 but we will spend about a month before that in Carlifornia to be with family for the Christmas and new year celebrations and we have gotten good deals from Nigeria to LAX via Ethiopia Air.

However, these regular flights do no fly from California to Canada. The only flight we can see are Air Canada, United etc and all these do not have baggage allowance.

My question is how do we travel with our luggages from California to Canada after we are done with the holidays.

Are there flights we could use that will give us same luggage allowance as Ethiopia Air.

Please for those who have done this, we would greatly appreciate your advise

Thank you.

PPR Part 2/Landing gist

Started typing this 4am. We landed yesterday in Ottawa. I'm wide awake planning as usual and thought to finally share our story. I get slightly uncomfortable reading stories with all Glory to God everywhere, as I believe people should work hard too and not expect miracles....but this was all God, probably to remind me He comes first no matter how we plan or work hard.

PPR 2

1st PPR - March 2019
Got married and informed CIC - May 2019

It was supposed to be easy you see, but something unexpected happened. We were gathering supporting docs before the 30days deadline and hubby's medicals was scheduled asap with request letter as evidence. Qlife uploaded medicals way before I submitted additional docs. Then the unexpected...


He got a mail to repeat medicals within 60days, no other additional info. Not ADR...mail, since I was even yet to submit our application. What did they find out? TB, AIDS, high BP, what? Asked hubby ridiculous questions on what exactly he hid from me...lolz (small quarrel burst that night). Heart pounding, he ran to Qlife next day and to our relief, yet worry...high Serum Creatinine level from his blood test. The max is 1.3, his was 1.7. He had this repeated and it climbed even higher to 1.9. Hay God!


Was hearing it for the first time, so we started researching, I even stumbled on medical guide from CIC on immigration. High Serum Creatinine was one of the signs of potential CKD (chronic kidney disease). But hubby's urine level was VERY ok and eGFR (Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate) wasn't even near critical...just slightly below normal, a warning. Thanks for the tip CIC, but why tension us like this? Answer...If above a limit which we don't know, we could have been denied on grounds of placing an excessive demand on Canada's health services. Denied ke...Canada that my soul and body was in already, only my legs were left in Nigeria.


At this point, the prayers and fasting began earnestly...especially from hubby, he kept saying he was OK while I was paranoid first for him having lost someone dear to kidney disease, and secondly that this was the end of our triumphant entry to Canada. Checked nairaland for similar cases, not much help...so we consulted Canadavisa threads. Usually, after repeating medicals, if still high....CIC would request for a 3rd medicals, and finally, a medical report from a nephrologist. So while waiting, it was important to reduce levels by eating healthy (avoid diary products/animal proteins) and stop strenuous exercises. Ignorance they say is bliss...Hubby loved to exercise and red meat was his weakness. He apparently ate lots of red meat days before the repeat medicals and even drank much milk that morning, hence, the spike to 1.9. Summarily, there was a control...give up everything. Infact, if not that he needed food to survive, he wld've stopped eating too.


The wait began...3months after repeat medicals, 2 emails to Accra and several CSEs....nothing, no biometric or medicals request. Eventually saw @Transformium's PPR2 update mid August and sprung into action. We didn't pay for biometrics earlier as this wasn't on our request letter....so paid asap and informed Accra. Request for Biometrics came in the next day...interesting. So what was next? ADR for medicals or PPR? Hubby decided to repeat the blood test in another clinic...level came down to 1.3 but I told him no need, we're getting PPR.

He cldn't go for biometrics till Sept 6th and coincidentally, I was in Lagos same weekend, so I carried all docs for PPR along. Lo and Behold, PPR mail dropped on Sept 8th but I didn't see it till late evening on the 9th. Submitted his passport Sept 10th, mine was still with Accra and COPR was ready for collection Sept 30th.

We still can't say why there was no update on his medicals (pass or fail), hence, the delay in sharing this story till we land to avoid surprises from our village people. Ordered GCMS notes since August and haven't received it till now. Still curious...


Landing gist

This had to happen before visa expiry in November. If I knew request for extensions worked as shared on this thread, wldve given it a shot. But after our ordeal, I was ready to spend all our POF on flight ticket alone sef.

Not to bore us, it's same story via Ethiopian airline, just surprised ours was a breeze from check-in to landing. No stops to check for anything as expected since we carried foodstuff for our host, no request for bribe. On CAD, we checked different BDCs at the airport, the rates were from 285-290CAD. Needed to withdraw cash for the exchange which was above ATM daily limits, so went to Ecobank last floor there in the airport. Discovered they issued PTA, applied for one and got USD at 358.50 within 30mins. I suspect however this was possible since we had a return flight ticket. On our way to the departure gate, we discovered another BDC offering 280CAD....ouch.


Our plan is to job hunt in our preferred NOCs here and there, as this will influence where we land finally. For now, we're very much interested in survival jobs, so if you're in Ottawa and know of one, pls and pls hook us up. Thanks

It finally ended in praise...