yokus:
Good day and happy sunday.

Disclaimer- this is not legal advice

I don’t know who this would apply to but pls if you are a domestic abuser- male or female pls just don't bother to come.

If you come and you do the stupid act - you would be brought to book. It is quite pathetic to see how many Nigerian domestic violence issues are occurring amongst newly landed immigrants.

This is not Nigeria. Police will not just drop the charges because the victim said they should. It is a crime against the Crown and it is highly sensitive here- Intimate Partner Violence.

PR does not make you immune from deportation. It has Immigration consequences- criminal inadmissibility may strip you off your PR status and lead to deportation.

I'm sure we all know how tasking this process is. Is it worth landing only to get deported after?

Zero tolerance for violence and abuse from any gender.

Take care

For you to write this, you must have seen first hand real cases. I'll appreciate if you can share some, to guide us in our conduct

ednut1:
Canada is beautiful no be small

Nigeria is also beautiful, just that we didn't take care of it.

Good day Seniors,
I'd like to make an enquiry (especially from finance professionals) on the best pathway to obtaining a CPA in Canada.
I currently hold an Acca Diploma in Accounting and Business (F1-F3). And 8 years banking experience in Nigeria.
Apart from continuing the ACCA papers and converting to CPA, are there other avenues to getting the CPA in Canada?
Also, are there schools where one can enroll towards the CPA or its self study just like ACCA.
Kindly advice. I'd love a mentor in this line

Pls is there a whassap group for those in New Brunswick. Pls add me. My number is nine zero five three two four five eight zero four. Thank u.

prettysussie:

Nigeria is also beautiful, just that we didn't take care of it.

Nigeria should have been at par with Canada if not ....

Ghen ghen...

yokus:
Good day and happy sunday.

Disclaimer- this is not legal advice

I don’t know who this would apply to but pls if you are a domestic abuser- male or female pls just don't bother to come.

If you come and you do the stupid act - you would be brought to book. It is quite pathetic to see how many Nigerian domestic violence issues are occurring amongst newly landed immigrants.

This is not Nigeria. Police will not just drop the charges because the victim said they should. It is a crime against the Crown and it is highly sensitive here- Intimate Partner Violence.

PR does not make you immune from deportation. It has Immigration consequences- criminal inadmissibility may strip you off your PR status and lead to deportation.

I'm sure we all know how tasking this process is. Is it worth landing only to get deported after?

Zero tolerance for violence and abuse from any gender.

Take care

flyingpig:


$1200??


When someone mentions $$ on this thread does it usually means American or Canadian?

When you see $$ in Canadian websites or places does it mean Canadian I guess?

Is there need to always specify which it is? I usually wonder if to convert at CAD or USD rate?

It's certainly $1200 in CAD. However, I find it expensive. I'm pretty sure it's a nice apartment but still it's shared and not even in the heart of downtown.

It's fine for people who are already landed, earning and can afford it. However, I wouldn't recommend for newly landed, even though getting your first accomodation can be challenging.

yokus:
Good day and happy sunday.

Disclaimer- this is not legal advice

I don’t know who this would apply to but pls if you are a domestic abuser- male or female pls just don't bother to come.

If you come and you do the stupid act - you would be brought to book. It is quite pathetic to see how many Nigerian domestic violence issues are occurring amongst newly landed immigrants.

This is not Nigeria. Police will not just drop the charges because the victim said they should. It is a crime against the Crown and it is highly sensitive here- Intimate Partner Violence.

PR does not make you immune from deportation. It has Immigration consequences- criminal inadmissibility may strip you off your PR status and lead to deportation.

I'm sure we all know how tasking this process is. Is it worth landing only to get deported after?

Zero tolerance for violence and abuse from any gender.

Take care

A colleagues sister recently landed with her family. According to my colleague, the sister's husband had been giving the wife a tough time and it's been going on for years. Several times the wife would want to react but my colleague kept calming her down because the man was the principal applicant and any outburst/reaction from her could make him take her out, which is not worth it after all the years of patience.

They all hope he changes now that they're in Canada. However, I would not be surprised if one day the wife involves the authorities or decides to call it quits after all the years of suppression.

Pls can you explain what you mean by he is the principal application and ... he may take her out?

There is an exception to every rule and if she is a victim of domestic violence. They can never tell her to return to Nigeria. I'm not sure if that's what you mean. People need to behave themselves

I'm unable to share particular situations
But indeed ive seen more than I want to amongst our ci-Nigerians and I decided to warn their mates to drop that demeaning habit and not abuse their partners

prettysussie:


For you to write this, you must have seen first hand real cases. I'll appreciate if you can share some, to guide us in our conduct

yokus:
Pls can you explain what you mean by he is the principal application and ... he may take her out?

There is an exception to every rule and if she is a victim of domestic violence. They can never tell her to return to Nigeria. I'm not sure if that's what you mean. People need to behave themselves

They were living in Nigeria and their application did take a long time. He was the principal applicant.

Hello house, has anyone tried to renew or renewed their Nigerian passport recently at Ottawa? Are they open? Is there a specified number of pages like 32 or 64 available at the moment?

Rochella:
Hi, please how do i contact you on this. I will be landing Calgary on August 14. Thanks!

Kindly pm me

Path 1: Through CIMA and since you don’t have either ACCA or ICAN you will have to write all exams too athink.

Path 2: Register directly for CPA. Write the exams, fulfil the requirements and get the designation.

Either path; completion of ACCA, CIMA or direct CPA, I see exams waiting (Maybe a lot). It might even benefit you to go directly through CPA given that the MRA they have with ACCA and CIMA (that allows you convert without exams) is getting reviewed by March or so. I do not know how hard the CPA exam is though if you want to go the direct route.

On the learning/school question, I’m sure there will be lecture centres because there are same for ACCA. There can even be a school where they teach with CPA in mind the way LSBF does for ACCA. You might need to surf the internet for that part.

Hope it’s helpful!

Lao4389:
Good day Seniors,
I'd like to make an enquiry (especially from finance professionals) on the best pathway to obtaining a CPA in Canada.
I currently hold an Acca Diploma in Accounting and Business (F1-F3). And 8 years banking experience in Nigeria.
Apart from continuing the ACCA papers and converting to CPA, are there other avenues to getting the CPA in Canada?
Also, are there schools where one can enroll towards the CPA or its self study just like ACCA.
Kindly advice. I'd love a mentor in this line

Very insightful feedback from all the members. If anyone is looking for a haircut in the Toronto region lookup https://www.familybarbers.ca/ for the best hair cuts in town!

yokus:
Good day and happy sunday.
Disclaimer- this is not legal advice
I don’t know who this would apply to but pls if you are a domestic abuser- male or female pls just don't bother to come.
If you come and you do the stupid act - you would be brought to book. It is quite pathetic to see how many Nigerian domestic violence issues are occurring amongst newly landed immigrants.
This is not Nigeria. Police will not just drop the charges because the victim said they should. It is a crime against the Crown and it is highly sensitive here- Intimate Partner Violence.
PR does not make you immune from deportation. It has Immigration consequences- criminal inadmissibility may strip you off your PR status and lead to deportation.
I'm sure we all know how tasking this process is. Is it worth landing only to get deported after?
Zero tolerance for violence and abuse from any gender.
Take care

The topic that @yokus brought up here is very important and I will like to add a few items.

Apart from domestic violence, there are several other actions that some of us that migrated here (not born or raised here) did not know were criminal acts because we see them as nothing where we came from (Nigeria or any other place). Some examples of criminal actions I have seen new immigrants (even some long-time immigrants) do out of ignorance are:
1. Not leaving your information on a parked car in a situation where you mistakenly hit the parked car.
2. Running away from the scene of a car accident and not reporting it to the police.

The above are just some examples but there are very many more actions like this (not only related to driving) that are criminal in nature that we need to watch out for.

The fact is that here in Canada there are consequences for committing crime irrespective of the size or nature of the crime committed and ignorance is not an excuse. So, we all need to educate ourselves about what are considered here in Canada to be criminal activities.

Finally, while @yokus already mentioned the possibility of being deported as an immigrant (who is yet to become a Canadian Citizen) if you commit a crime, I will also like to mention that for those of us that are already Canadian Citizens while we can not be deported, your life can be permanently destroyed if you are found guilty of any type criminal offence. You will get a criminal record which will prevent you from being able to get a job (especially professional jobs) and also prevent you from being able to travel to the USA and some other countries..

Praia:

A colleagues sister recently landed with her family. According to my colleague, the sister's husband had been giving the wife a tough time and it's been going on for years. Several times the wife would want to react but my colleague kept calming her down because the man was the principal applicant and any outburst/reaction from her could make him take her out, which is not worth it after all the years of patience.

They all hope he changes now that they're in Canada. However, I would not be surprised if one day the wife involves the authorities or decides to call it quits after all the years of suppression.

First, if your colleague’s sister is being abused by her husband she needs to report the situation to the police right away. Nobody has the right to abuse anybody here in Canada. The fact that he is the principal applicant does not give him any power over her. She will not be deported if he is charged for abusing her. Your colleague’s sister needs to know her God given rights. Now, not later, is the time to act if she is being abused by her husband. Waiting any longer could be dangerous.

Having said all of the above, you mentioned that the husband is giving the wife a tough time. What do you mean by he is giving her tough time? Is it that they are just having disagreement that they need to sort out between themselves? Is it that he always wants things his own way which does not necessarily mean that he is abusing her? So, what do you mean by giving her tough time?

The reason I am asking all these questions is that if the definition of your giving her tough time is really not that she is being abused and she reports it as she being abused by him (i.e that he is committing a crime when he has not committed any crime), she (your colleague sister) can be charged for public mischief.

Public Mischief Under the Criminal Code of Canada: Section 140 of the Criminal Code of Canada reads as follows:

140 (1) Every one commits public mischief who, with intent to mislead, causes a peace officer to enter on or continue an investigation by
(a) making a false statement that accuses some other person of having committed an offence;
(b) doing anything intended to cause some other person to be suspected of having committed an offence that the other person has not committed, or to divert suspicion from himself;
(c) reporting that an offence has been committed when it has not been committed; or
(d) reporting or in any other way making it known or causing it to be made known that he or some other person has died when he or that other person has not died.

So, as you see if what he is doing is not abusive and she reports him as being abusive she may be violating section 140 (1c) above.

In conclusion, she needs to be sure of her husband’s actions before reporting him or better still talk to a lawyer first.

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. So, do not take the above as a legal advice.

SixSigma1:


Having said all of the above, you mentioned that the husband is giving the wife a tough time. What do you mean by he is giving her tough time? Is it that they are just having disagreement that they need to sort out between themselves? Is it that he always wants things his own way which does not necessarily mean that he is abusing her? So, what do you mean by giving her tough time?

The reason I am asking all these questions is that if the definition of your giving her tough time is really not that she is being abused and she reports it as she being abused by him (i.e that he is committing a crime when he has not committed any crime), she (your colleague sister) can be charged for public mischief.

Remember that abuse is very very broad in Canada. Not just physical.

Emotional abuse, verbal abuse, financial abuse etc are equally crimes. These are situations totally accepted as normal in Nigeria and it will be very easy to rope a good number of migrants into these forms of abuse.

Honey please money for soup... I don't have (meanwhile there's money in your account) = financial abuse in Canada.

You're a very stupid woman/man. Repeating such regularly enough = psychological/emotional abuse.

The fact that a woman, married and acting as wife is afraid that if she misyarns, her husband will drop her from his PR application = automatic emotional abuse going on in that relationship.

19CannyMum:
Remember that abuse is very very broad in Canada. Not just physical.

I totally agree with you that abuse takes different form other than physical. As you will see in my writeup I said she needs to report if she is being abused (I did not say if she is being physically abused). The reason I used the word abuse (instead of physical abuse) is because the abuse may not just be physical.

19CannyMum:
Emotional abuse, verbal abuse, financial abuse etc are equally crimes. These are situations totally accepted as normal in Nigeria and it will be very easy to rope a good number of migrants into these forms of abuse.

Honey please money for soup... I don't have (meanwhile there's money in your account) = financial abuse in Canada.

While it is not impossible to prove things like emotional abuse or financial abuse, they are sometimes difficult to prove or be prosecuted for. For example, a spouse that refuses to be intimate with his/her partner but will go ahead and be cheating on the partner is in my book emotionally abusing that partner. But in this case, the cheating spouse can not be criminally prosecuted despite emotionally abusing their partner.

19CannyMum:
Honey please money for soup... I don't have (meanwhile there's money in your account) = financial abuse in Canada.

Again, in this case simply because the man says no to soup money and there is money in the account does not necessarily equate to financial abuse. We need to know all the facts like:
1. Is she working as well but she does not want to contribute to the family finances? She is instead of the view that her money is her own only money while his money is for both of them.
2. If she is not working, why is she not working? Is it because she can not get a job? Is it because they have agreed that she stays home with the kids? Is it because she is lazy and does not want to work but expects her man to provide for all her financial needs? If it was because she is lazy and she does not want to work, how can she claim financial abuse?
3. Based on what he makes and other financial commitments, he has already given reasonable amount of money as soup money, but she feels the amount given is not enough. The money she is already given for soup if properly managed should last the whole week, but she is asking for more soup money after about 3 days. Why would he give more money in this case even if there is money in the account when it is obvious that she is just not ready to manage with the man.

I am not saying this is what is happening in this case, but we need more facts before we can claim financial abuse.

19CannyMum:
You're a very stupid woman/man. Repeating such regularly enough = psychological/emotional abuse.

The fact that a woman, married and acting as wife is afraid that if she misyarns, her husband will drop her from his PR application = automatic emotional abuse going on in that relationship.

I fully agree with you on this. I pity the woman in that relationship!

Pls does anyone know who can exchange naira for Canadian dollars. Preferable someone in Canada please.

SixSigma1:


While it is not impossible to prove things like emotional abuse or financial abuse, they are sometimes difficult to prove or be prosecuted for.

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I am not saying this is what is happening in this case, but we need more facts before we can claim financial abuse.

I agree that I oversimplified my examples of abuse. Thanks for clarifying before folks go and start catching the wrong ideas lol.

to our Senior Canadian; Does anyone knows the Processing time for this Pilot program? Home Child care provider and Home support Worker pilot and how many months for processing work permit from Nigeria

oginnite:
to our Senior Canadian; Does anyone knows the Processing time for this Pilot program? Home Child care provider and Home support Worker pilot and how many months for processing work permit from Nigeria

its clearly stated on ircc website. Why not check

Hi ednut1,

Did you use your airbnb as proof of address for the SIN application or did you already have a permanent address that you used?

ednut1:
first set of officers you meet would give you a form to fill in contact details and where you would isolate . Next is the one goods declaration form where they ask what and what you brought. Then to the main counter where copr is signed. For accommodation its best to inform host you are a traveler as mine cancelled due to covid fears. Later found a host who didn't mind i just traveled. For groceries there are apps for ordering stuff ( i used instacart and got free shipping as a new subscriber). Sin is now done online. Most officers did not bother to verify things said at poe maybe due to covid. But someone was asked to log in their mobile app to see pof balance.

Yungblood87:
Hi ednut1,

Did you use your airbnb as proof of address for the SIN application or did you already have a permanent address that you used?

used air bnb address, they rejected some that used it tho. I just tried my luck and it worked

Please check your email.

Dyolahh:


Kindly pm me

Hi guys. Please has anyone contacted IRCC that they are ready to travel

Thanks bro, I'll try my luck as well

ednut1:
used air bnb address, they rejected some that used it tho. I just tried my luck and it worked

I don't think you need to. When you travel, they will know.

esoheo:
Hi guys. Please has anyone contacted IRCC that they are ready to travel

Yungblood87:
I don't think you need to. When you travel, they will know.

I know. I am talking about those whose COPR has expired because of the Covid. And had informed them earlier for an extension

Good evening all, pls can it be possible or luck will be on one's side, someone in Nigeria will apply to a company in Canada for a job, and the company will recommend and do all the necessary papers including visa for the person to come over??