SixSigma1:


If I understand you correctly, the particular medication is available in Canada and you have been to the doctor’s office, but the doctors are refusing to prescribe the particular medication. If this is the case, I will tell you what I have done in the past for a family member who was visiting me in Canada and needed doctor’s prescription for the same medication they were taking in Nigeria. What we did was to get his doctor in Nigeria email a prescription to him for the medication. The actual prescription from Nigeria was written on the official letterhead of the hospital in Nigeria and sent as an attachment to the email. We then went to a walk-in clinic with the prescription and explained to the doctor that he ran out of the medication (which was true) and that we needed a refill. The Canadian doctor took the Nigerian doctor’s prescription from us and issued us a new prescription for exactly the same medication.

This happened in St.Catharines Ontario when I was living there. I don’t know where in Canada your live, but I see no reason why the approach should not work in any city or province in Canada.

Hi SixSigma1,
Thanks very much for your thoughts. Your approach is very helpful in our case. I’m not sure if that specific medication is here in Canada, but at least there should be a varient of it here. We would be using this your approach subsequently, as we’ve got someone who’ll be helping us out at this time.

mbhs139:


request an email with me and i will respond and introduce you to ontario telegram group

Please I have sent you an email request to be added to Ontario telegram group.
I’d appreciate your response

Also confirm that you do not need Airport health in Murtala Mohd to issue a fit to fly. That was my experience with Egypt Air in 2018.

omidan21:
@ wearedlucky1s: Thanks so much for this explanation. I also soo needed it . I will most likely be landing at 33 35 weeks. I am traveling mid February and Baby comes around mid March Going to Winnipeg. The 14 days quarantine is it compulsory we rent an Apartment or can we stay at our family place during that period . Also any Manitobian Winnipegers here . Can I contact hospitals or doctors online while on two weeks quarantine. Wld I get the health card at least within that two weeks cause once quarantine is over I need to be secured Doctors appointment the time is soo soo close .

Start contacting the midwives now. If you have someone in the area you are looking at, have them visit the clinic on your behalf to request for a slot

Flakeyy:


Thank you. I'll go check them out and other midwives agencies.
We have our PPR. Just waiting for our passports to be returned. Hopefully we leave before mid January.

I used my church certificate with no issues. My passport was in my maiden name too and I got PR.

Bisunique25:
Good afternoon house, please I really your advice on a very crucial matter. Hubby and I have only the Nikkah marriage certificate, change of name affidavit and newspaper publication, and our proposed court wedding has been slated for late January next year. The issue now is that, there’s a high probability of us getting an ITA in the next draw which is before the court wedding. Should we use married or common law partner in our profile, as the court marriage certificate is not yet available. Please all suggestions will be highly welcome and appreciated.

Adeanita1:


Please I have sent you an email request to be added to Ontario telegram group.
I’d appreciate your response

Alright.

Send me a text message on this number: +234 702 061 7732

Please does anyone know how i can send my drivers license from Nigeria to Canada. Someone mentioned to me that I cannot courier an ID it will be destroyed. Please can anyone help me with a means of sending it down here

Ok,great.

nonen:


Hi Cherrymia,
Thanks for your thoughts. Seeing the doctor is not the problem, but getting them to give you a specific prescription that works for you is the problem. I’ve got someone to help though

sontelme:
Please does anyone know how i can send my drivers license from Nigeria to Canada. Someone mentioned to me that I cannot courier an ID it will be destroyed. Please can anyone help me with a means of sending it down here

My (renewed) drivers license was not ready when I was leaving Nigeria. I asked a friend to help collect it and send via courier when it was ready. And it was intact when I received it. This was late 2019, though.

Hi! I'm aware that people with approved COPR after March 18th 2020 can not travel yet but reading through some posts here (like the pregnant woman who just got ppr and already planning to travel soon) has got me confused. Please I will to like to how people have been landing in the middle of the said restriction. Thank you.

LANDING GIST

Firstly, I want to tell you that I am grateful to God for this journey. It has been His grace and mercy all the way.

Preamble
The decision to relocate was borne out of my frustration about Nigeria, the stress at my work and so many uncertainties. I used to think Naija forever but I just got tired and it all happened very fast.
Took my first IELTS in 2018, had LRWS 7.5, 9, 6.5, 8, started WES evaluation same year. My CRS score was 398 and cut off was around 445 at the time but my IELTS score was low and I did not even have enough money for the POF and other associated costs at that time. So I decided to enrol for OAU's executive MBA while I started putting some money aside in savings (the money was very small anyway, but I was determined). Finished MBA in December of 2019 and started evaluation around February 2020 - was completed in April. My second IELTS was in March, just before the lockdown. My wife (then fiance) also wrote the test on the same day in another city - we had the same scores LRWS 9,9,7.5,7.5 MOD - I used ieltsliz and ieltsonlinetests to prepare.
We had our introduction and court wedding in July when the lockdown was eased and jumped into the pool next day CRS - 482. ITA came and we submitted our application on the 30th of August 2020.
PPR came as a shock - Nov 9 - we found out via webform that our VO was the dreaded Accra.

VFS Drama
Sent passports to Lagos VFS - Nov 11
Passport got to AVO - Nov 24
Approval and counterfoil - Dec 10
Booked flight for Dec 28 LOL. I know
I got VFS notification that our passports got to Lagos - 18 Dec, I paid the ₦11k courier return fee immediately without waiting for their prompting.
I had to reschedule the flight as VFS showed how crazy they are.
Dec 29 - UPS delivered passports

Ready to Go
I and my wife had resigned from our jobs in preparation for our passports and visas to come back from IRCC Ghana through Lagos VFS.
Got to Lagos on Wednesday to complete packing and weighing them. Half of our luggage allowance was food - garri, elubo, poundo, egusi, beans, frozen palm oil, maggi, spices, ground pepper, ground cray fish, golden morn, milo, can't remember if there's more. We took shea butter too for skin, some malaria medications also.
Thursday, we went to buy winter jackets, gloves, head-warmers and thermal wears at Tejuosho, the guy has a page on IG - winternigeria.

D day, Friday, January 01 2021, we woke up pretty early to do a final check on our luggage - all the boxes weighed approx 23kg. Moved to the airport and got there within 20 minutes - thanks to everyone that stayed home to enjoy the new year holiday.
There was a queue at ET's desk. We waited and checked in our boxes after which we went to grab breakfast with our loved ones that came with us to the airport. Took some pictures, hugged everyone and it was time to move to departures at 11 am. Almost all the officers kept wishing us a happy new year while using style to ask for money. Oh, Agric people collected 2k and gave me one quarantine receipt like that because we had foodstuff.
We had a long walk to our boarding gate. That was how the ET staff checking the boarding passes said they had an issue with one of our check-in luggage, something to do with liquid content - I guess they saw the bottles while scanning. My wife met the person in charge and told them it was frozen palm oil and well packed. They threatened to tear the bag to remove the bottles, but they did not after all.
We boarded the plane a few minutes after 1 pm and the plane took off at 1:40 pm, right on time.
Lagos to Addis was cool, we enjoyed the rice and chicken and their snack pack. The in-flight entertainment was okay too. The airport at Addis - oh man - please shoes that you can easily remove (or don't tie your shoe-laces too tight). If you can go beltless too - nice. This is because you'll go through security twice and have to remove your shoes, belt, watches etc. We spent most of the 2 hours layover time passing security and on queue to board the plane to YYZ.
Flight to YYZ was loooonnnnnggggg. We had a 45-min stop at Dublin to refuel. Saw some movies and listened to music for a good part of the time - You can make a playlist of Wizkid, Ycee and Anqelique Kidjo songs. Had some time to sleep too. The flight was long, so time dey. ET provided us with socks, light blanket, toothpaste and brush. I did not enjoy the food on this second flight tho (pasta and something like chicken sauce - I'm a village boy abeg), so I just ate bread and cream and biscuits from their snack box. Had some tea too. Yh, there's red wine also. They gave us 3 forms to fill (customs, COVID 19 information and Quarantine details)
At last anyways, we touched down at Toronto Pearson Airport at 7:10 am and waited for almost an hour before we could disembark. The captain said there was parking spot congestion - something like that.
People rushed off the plane and I was wondering why - we were just doing our 'waka jeje' and taking pictures, apparently there was a long queue at Immigration. As fate would have it, one officer came to break the queue from about two people in front of me and wifey, OMO! I was so happy. That was how we got to be attended to on time before the Usain Bolts. LOL. He asked if it was our first time and also about the kind of house where we would be staying for the 14 days quarantine. Wrote some things on the customs card and directed us to another place for people landing for the first time.
Here, we waited for some time on the queue - they attended to people with kids on time tho. When it got to our turn, the lady asked us if we have any dependants. She asked us to wait and called us after some minutes to sign our COPR and she said: "Congratulations, you're now permanent residents of Canada". She returned a copy of the COPR, got our address and told us that our PR cards would be ready in about 3-4 months (due to COVID situation). She gave us a form to use should we need to change the address for PR card delivery and a flyer on SIN application.
Next was to get our check-in boxes and take pictures then we proceeded to border control where we submitted the customs card. The guy directed us to another place. Because we ticked that we have a fish product (ground cray fish o), the officer opened our GMG bag and I had to explain what palm oil is; what it is used for and what it is made from. She was confused and just decided to leave the matter. LOL. We gave her our list of accompanying goods (2 copies) and goods to follow - I made the list on excel and included estimated values in CAD. They issued us a document that we can present while bringing in the goods so that as not to pay customs duty on them. She walked us to the door, congratulated us again and said "Happy New Year"! - wow! that was the first 'Happy New Year' I heard in Canada. At MMIA, it was all the officers that were greeting us - just so to get a tip.
We waited for about 30 minutes for our ride (family friend to arrive), the cold slapped my face immediately I walked out of the exit doors. Chai! And they said it's not even so cold now.

Day 1 of quarantine was for some WhatsApp calls, MacDonald's and a Chinese meal - because the poundo yam someone ordered for us was cancelled *angry*. We were jet-lagged, so we slept very early and woke up in the midnight - luckily it was right on time for my Nigerian church service, I just joined the New Year thanksgiving service on YouTube.

Yesterday, I optimized my LinkedIn page and did more calls - telling Canny people that I have come o - I need all the connection and advise now.
Stepped into the snow today, chai! Me, a village boy o. LOL
P.S. the pounded yam and egusi soup got delivered last night.

Thank you for reading.

Canny land seniors, I greet una o. Please point me to any group for people in Durham region, Ontario. Thank you

im interested in joining, i reside in ontario



We have an Ontario Telegram Group, but strictly for those that have landed.

Send me a PM when you land.[/quote]

Ugh, I’ve missed landing stories. I wish you a wonderful time in Canada.

miolad20:
LANDING GIST

Firstly, I want to tell you that I am grateful to God for this journey. It has been His grace and mercy all the way.

Congratulations bro! Good news for everyone hopefully !How were you able to pay the courier return fees for your passport? I should be expecting mine soon too. Cheers and happy new year!

miolad20:
LANDING GIST

Firstly, I want to tell you that I am grateful to God for this journey. It has been His grace and mercy all the way.

Preamble
The decision to relocate was borne out of my frustration about Nigeria, the stress at my work and so many uncertainties. I used to think Naija forever but I just got tired and it all happened very fast.
Took my first IELTS in 2018, had LRWS 7.5, 9, 6.5, 8, started WES evaluation same year. My CRS score was 398 and cut off was around 445 at the time but my IELTS score was low and I did not even have enough money for the POF and other associated costs at that time. So I decided to enrol for OAU's executive MBA while I started putting some money aside in savings (the money was very small anyway, but I was determined). Finished MBA in December of 2019 and started evaluation around February 2020 - was completed in April. My second IELTS was in March, just before the lockdown. My wife (then fiance) also wrote the test on the same day in another city - we had the same scores LRWS 9,9,7.5,7.5 MOD - I used ieltsliz and ieltsonlinetests to prepare.
We had our introduction and court wedding in July when the lockdown was eased and jumped into the pool next day CRS - 482. ITA came and we submitted our application on the 30th of August 2020.
PPR came as a shock - Nov 9 - we found out via webform that our VO was the dreaded Accra.

VFS Drama
Sent passports to Lagos VFS - Nov 11
Passport got to AVO - Nov 24
Approval and counterfoil - Dec 10
Booked flight for Dec 28 LOL. I know
I got VFS notification that our passports got to Lagos - 18 Dec, I paid the ₦11k courier return fee immediately without waiting for their prompting.
I had to reschedule the flight as VFS showed how crazy they are.
Dec 29 - UPS delivered passports

Ready to Go
I and my wife had resigned from our jobs in preparation for our passports and visas to come back from IRCC Ghana through Lagos VFS.
Got to Lagos on Wednesday to complete packing and weighing them. Half of our luggage allowance was food - garri, elubo, poundo, egusi, beans, frozen palm oil, maggi, spices, ground pepper, ground cray fish, golden morn, milo, can't remember if there's more. We took shea butter too for skin, some malaria medications also.
Thursday, we went to buy winter jackets, gloves, head-warmers and thermal wears at Tejuosho, the guy has a page on IG - winternigeria.

D day, Friday, January 01 2021, we woke up pretty early to do a final check on our luggage - all the boxes weighed approx 23kg. Moved to the airport and got there within 20 minutes - thanks to everyone that stayed home to enjoy the new year holiday.
There was a queue at ET's desk. We waited and checked in our boxes after which we went to grab breakfast with our loved ones that came with us to the airport. Took some pictures, hugged everyone and it was time to move to departures at 11 am. Almost all the officers kept wishing us a happy new year while using style to ask for money. Oh, Agric people collected 2k and gave me one quarantine receipt like that because we had foodstuff.
We had a long walk to our boarding gate. That was how the ET staff checking the boarding passes said they had an issue with one of our check-in luggage, something to do with liquid content - I guess they saw the bottles while scanning. My wife met the person in charge and told them it was frozen palm oil and well packed. They threatened to tear the bag to remove the bottles, but they did not after all.
We boarded the plane a few minutes after 1 pm and the plane took off at 1:40 pm, right on time.
Lagos to Addis was cool, we enjoyed the rice and chicken and their snack pack. The in-flight entertainment was okay too. The airport at Addis - oh man - please shoes that you can easily remove (or don't tie your shoe-laces too tight). If you can go beltless too - nice. This is because you'll go through security twice and have to remove your shoes, belt, watches etc. We spent most of the 2 hours layover time passing security and on queue to board the plane to YYZ.
Flight to YYZ was loooonnnnnggggg. We had a 45-min stop at Dublin to refuel. Saw some movies and listened to music for a good part of the time - You can make a playlist of Wizkid, Ycee and Anqelique Kidjo songs. Had some time to sleep too. The flight was long, so time dey. ET provided us with socks, light blanket, toothpaste and brush. I did not enjoy the food on this second flight tho (pasta and something like chicken sauce - I'm a village boy abeg), so I just ate bread and cream and biscuits from their snack box. Had some tea too. Yh, there's red wine also. They gave us 3 forms to fill (customs, COVID 19 information and Quarantine details)
At last anyways, we touched down at Toronto Pearson Airport at 7:10 am and waited for almost an hour before we could disembark. The captain said there was parking spot congestion - something like that.
People rushed off the plane and I was wondering why - we were just doing our 'waka jeje' and taking pictures, apparently there was a long queue at Immigration. As fate would have it, one officer came to break the queue from about two people in front of me and wifey, OMO! I was so happy. That was how we got to be attended to on time before the Usain Bolts. LOL. He asked if it was our first time and also about the kind of house where we would be staying for the 14 days quarantine. Wrote some things on the customs card and directed us to another place for people landing for the first time.
Here, we waited for some time on the queue - they attended to people with kids on time tho. When it got to our turn, the lady asked us if we have any dependants. She asked us to wait and called us after some minutes to sign our COPR and she said: "Congratulations, you're now permanent residents of Canada". She returned a copy of the COPR, got our address and told us that our PR cards would be ready in about 3-4 months (due to COVID situation). She gave us a form to use should we need to change the address for PR card delivery and a flyer on SIN application.
Next was to get our check-in boxes and take pictures then we proceeded to border control where we submitted the customs card. The guy directed us to another place. Because we ticked that we have a fish product (ground cray fish o), the officer opened our GMG bag and I had to explain what palm oil is; what it is used for and what it is made from. She was confused and just decided to leave the matter. LOL. We gave her our list of accompanying goods (2 copies) and goods to follow - I made the list on excel and included estimated values in CAD. They issued us a document that we can present while bringing in the goods so that as not to pay customs duty on them. She walked us to the door, congratulated us again and said "Happy New Year"! - wow! that was the first 'Happy New Year' I heard in Canada. At MMIA, it was all the officers that were greeting us - just so to get a tip.
We waited for about 30 minutes for our ride (family friend to arrive), the cold slapped my face immediately I walked out of the exit doors. Chai! And they said it's not even so cold now.

Day 1 of quarantine was for some WhatsApp calls, MacDonald's and a Chinese meal - because the poundo yam someone ordered for us was cancelled *angry*. We were jet-lagged, so we slept very early and woke up in the midnight - luckily it was right on time for my Nigerian church service, I just joined the New Year thanksgiving service on YouTube.

Yesterday, I optimized my LinkedIn page and did more calls - telling Canny people that I have come o - I need all the connection and advise now.
Stepped into the snow today, chai! Me, a village boy o. LOL
P.S. the pounded yam and egusi soup got delivered last night.

Thank you for reading.

Canny land seniors, I greet una o. Please point me to any group for people in Durham region, Ontario. Thank you

Good evening Seniors,

I got my passport back recently after my approval and I am trying to fill the arrival form for Memorial University as I intend to travel around 29-31st of January. I noticed it is essential to have an accommodation to move into after the isolation period.

Kindly help if you're at the St. John campus and you have a shared apartment available, or you are going there and hoping to share. I'm on a tight budget of 300cad-400cad.

Also, I would appreciate it if there is a telegram group I can be added.

Thank you.

rainazoe:
Start contacting the midwives now. If you have someone in the area you are looking at, have them visit the clinic on your behalf to request for a slot

Thank you. I'll tell my host to help me start searching.

Hi everyone,

My calgary people, does anyone have any advice or deals on mobile plans? Which is best between Fido, Koodo and Virgin? Thanks!

Ethelia:
Hi everyone,

My calgary people, does anyone have any advice or deals on mobile plans? Which is best between Fido, Koodo and Virgin? Thanks!

If you are using Shaw home internet, then check their mobile plan.

Salientjoe:
Good evening Seniors,

I got my passport back recently after my approval and I am trying to fill the arrival form for Memorial University as I intend to travel around 29-31st of January. I noticed it is essential to have an accommodation to move into after the isolation period.

Kindly help if you're at the St. John campus and you have a shared apartment available, or you are going there and hoping to share. I'm on a tight budget of 300cad-450cad.

Also, I would appreciate it if there is a telegram group I can be added.

Thank you.

Good morning, I still need help with this.

Salientjoe:
Good evening Seniors,

I got my passport back recently after my approval and I am trying to fill the arrival form for Memorial University as I intend to travel around 29-31st of January. I noticed it is essential to have an accommodation to move into after the isolation period.

Kindly help if you're at the St. John campus and you have a shared apartment available, or you are going there and hoping to share. I'm on a tight budget of 300cad-400cad.

Also, I would appreciate it if there is a telegram group I can be added.

Thank you.

I just sent my passport yesterday, but I saw on mun website that new international students must self isolate on campus residence, have you tried reaching out to the internalization office?

Also, how long did it take for you to receive your passport?

sylokobi:


If you are using Shaw home internet, then check their mobile plan.

Thanks!

I am planning to move to Canada. I Need a reliable person to speak with for sincere advise and direction on whatsapp. Please I need your help asap on how to move please

KunleSteel:



My (renewed) drivers license was not ready when I was leaving Nigeria. I asked a friend to help collect it and send via courier when it was ready. And it was intact when I received it. This was late 2019, though.

thank you so much. Which courier service did you use please

Summe:


I just sent my passport yesterday, but I saw on mun website that new international students must self isolate on campus residence, have you tried reaching out to the internalization office?

Also, how long did it take for you to receive your passport?

Yes, I have. To complete the arrival form as I noted, one must secure an address to stay after self isolating as it's a requirement on the form. See attached

Getsaved:
I am planning to move to Canada. I Need a reliable person to speak with for sincere advise and direction on whatsapp. Please I need your help asap on how to move please

CLICK HERE to go to the dedicated express entry thread on NL and thoroughly read the very first post on that page. Its very comprehensive as it contains all you need to know about the Canadian immigration.

Getsaved:
I am planning to move to Canada. I Need a reliable person to speak with for sincere advise and direction on whatsapp. Please I need your help asap on how to move please

Let me offer help since I'm less busy but note that I'm still in the process myself. Not an expert but I can pass on what I know

mbhs139:


Alright.

Send me a text message on this number: +234 702 061 7732

Thanks a lot done

If your first place of landing in Canada is Toronto then that will be where your immigration check will be. Try to look for a flight with a long stop over between landing in Toronto and your flight to Edmonton. I missed my flight due to the long line at immigration and they connected me to the next available flight at no extra cost (I don't inow if that is how it always work )

FavourAmachukwu:
Hello everyone in the house, trust we all are doing good.
Please I want to book a flight for February, Ethiopian airline from Abuja to Edmonton. Will my immigration check be in Toronto or in Edmonton? Because if it will be in Toronto, I may likely miss my flight to Edmonton.

ednut1:

1. Ontario has waved the 3 months wait since the pandemic started. Why not message them as regards your pregnancy case. https://www.ontario.ca/page/apply-ohip-and-get-health-card#:~:text=Ontario%20is%20waiving%20the%20three,the%20criteria%20for%20OHIP%20coverage. Everything you also need to know is on their website.

2. Since you don't have acca, there is no cost effective way. Starting the cpa from scratch will cost you over 13000- 15,000 over 2 years. Better than going for a diploma or masters as those ones will cost you more.

u sef! Don't u Know people are reading your comment seeking for information? Is the amount in dollars ($) or naira?

VeeVeeMyLuv:
u sef! Don't u Know people are reading your comment seeking for information? Is the amount in dollars ($) or naira?

its common sense na. This is a living in canada thread.

Ethelia:
Hi everyone,

My calgary people, does anyone have any advice or deals on mobile plans? Which is best between Fido, Koodo and Virgin? Thanks!

Is there Virgin in Calgary?

Use any network that offers you the best deal, none is really better than the other per se. Freedom and Shaw Mobile have reduced network coverage but can be very cheap especially if you need a phone and have a cosigner or credit history... Others like Public mobile, Chatr offer only 3G but reliable network and fast enough, also good price, better for when you have your own phone and no credit history.

Fido, Koodo are 4G, reliable network and can have good deals sometimes.

Just shine your eye and shop around because in this Canada the exact same service one person is paying $45 for, another person will be paying $75.