Thanks for sharing

EgunMogaji2:


Nice one.

Home Depot
Lowes
Orchards
Walmart

Good luck.

PS: Some read mine as constructive criticism but some disgruntled elements sees otherwise. I graduated my tiler to the picture attached. Before it’ll have been that Nigerian mess of a thing.

For a while, I have been reading comments from the abroadians and the kind of expectations they have from the Nigerian construction industry.


Having spent most of my life in Nigeria and with good knowledge of the Nigerian construction industry, So I made two trips in the past two days to a home depot store to see for myself all these things they have been writing and talking about.

To be honest and fair to them, all their expectations are valid. The level of quality, sanity, ease and value for money that you get over there is second to none..

I intend visiting Lowe's tomorrow since it's a public holiday.

Please to the abroadians, which other stores can a first time home owner visit for basic renovations (paintings, lightings etc) cc Egunmogaji2, Hajj Mufutua and the others

Hi slydog, pls post ur email address here.. I don't have access to my nairaland email

onyexx:


Hi Seun….can I please dm you? I’m landing next week and I have a few questions

Hi, I don't have access to my NL email. You can drop ur email on a dead thread and just tag me

Brooke60:
Congratulations! Claiming this for husby & I this year.

From your mouth to God's ears

ednut1:
congrats my oga. This abroad favours married people who have good husbands and good wives. Single people try marry before coming to Canada o. Husband and wife material scarce for here. Mr Seunpinky con link me with your sister o

Ednut1 my chairman, y u dey whine me na... I don tell u say babes yapa for u for this Canada, shey make I begin tag them for this posts

Ladygracy:
Thanks for sharing, this is just what I needed. Which province please.

ontario

https://www.nairaland.com/6081746/canadian-express-entry-federal-skilled/625#103495238

Sequel to my landing gist above,

ENCOURAGEMENT POST

This is just to encourage those of us still in the immigration process not to give up.. u can read up on my landing gist on this thread.

Sequel to my last update here, myself and my wife and kid landed in July 2021. Prior to our arrival my wife got a job offer around March 2021 with one of the big banks ( the whole interview process was conducted online from Nigeria). A major reason she got the job was because she told them she had her PPR but we could not land due to boarder closure at that time. The bank waited till the boarder was opened around June for fully vaccinated migrants.

She resumed work two weeks after we landed, it was a work from home role. I intensified my job search, applied to over a hundred companies and after several interviews with HR and Hiring Managers no job offer. I even started looking for customer service jobs, had an interview with one of the coys, my interviewer was a Ghanian, during the interview he encouraged me not to take the CS job saying that my qualifications and experience was above that role. He told me to be patient that I would get something good. So I signed up to the Acces employment job program ( a 1 week course on employment and interview skills for the Canada job market). Acces is a govt sponsored employment program to help immigrants transition into the Canadian job market.

A week after the end of the course, I applied for several roles in various coys and I eventually got a interview slot with an IT coy via Acces as an operations analyst with a pay of $20. During the interview process, the interviewers were impressed and of course with God's grace, they offered me a higher tole that was paying $38 per hour. I started this role on the first of October 2021 (3 months after I landed).

After I got the job offer, we immediately registered our child to the government day care centre ( I was practically baby sitting for those 3 months while my wife was working although she was working from home).

To cut the long story short, One month into my contract job I got 3 different permanent job offers ( 1 big four accounting firm, 2 big banks). I resigned my contract employment and resumed with one of the big banks. All these offers came within the month of October.

7 months down the line, we have purchased our own house and my wife has changed jobs after getting a much better offer.

Some lessons during the recruitment process:
1. Nothing like 2:1 required
2. Nothing like medical tests
3. Nothing like who do you know or who sent you.
4. Nothing like age limit.
5. Majority of the roles didn't even require a master's degree, your experience was enough.
6. You may not get your preferred role immediately you land but with time, u ll get your preferred role.

This is a country that stills gives my family an excess of $2,500 every month (free child day care worth $1,400, child benefits $692 per month, and other free benefits that just comes into your account HST etc).

The Crux of the matter is that:
1. Migration is not for everyone.
2. If u have chosen to migrate esp to Canada, please be patient with the process, don't give up, trust me the grass is greener on this side.
3. You can do the whole process yourself, u don't need to pay any agent. All the information u need is on this page.


Shalom!!!

Alchemist01:
Hello Guys,

For people based in Canada, what is the easiest way to send money from your Nigerian bank account to your Canadian bank account and from your Canadian bank account to your Nigerian bank account with ease and reasonable transaction charge??

I use Scotia Bank.

Most people make use of peer2peer transactions. Join various Nigerian WhatsApp groups and trade your currency Or use apps like Lemonade.

darenyx:


On a standard plot it can park 12 cars .. but independent parking is not possible

Cool, would keep this design and contact you when I'm ready

patrickmuf:
Emerson Royal...

Some folks here likened him to Dani Alves but every time I have watched Spurs, he has been terrible...No wonder he was sold almost immediately.

He showed signs of being a top player while he was at betis, can't explain the sudden dip in his performance on the pitch

EgunMogaji2:
Status. Thanks TwinsKenny for the technical support on the WiFi wall switch.

Any intruder/armed robber that find their way into this building after bypassing all the multilayer security features in this house would eventually meet their Waterloo when they lay their sight on that talking drum ( another form of ibile security)

darenyx:
12 units 2 bedroom apartment building on a standard plot

This is a good utilisation of space.. how many cars can park inside the compound and what's an estimated cost to building this with moderate finishing on a dry land?

Hi Gazzuzz,

Please I got this error code from my car honda CRV 2008. I am aware that the catalyst is missing and that a bypass was done. The fuel consumption increased over the past two weeks and I also noticed hard acceleration.

stvide:
PPR alert..... Just received the golden mail.....
AOR - Nov 2019
Biometric - Dec 2019
PPR - Jan 12......

Congratulations

CountVersailles:

You should never give a landlord your SIN. That should never happen. No landlord even has the right to be demanding your SIN.
And if they demand PR card or international passport, make sure to blot out sensitive details. That should be a significant priority!

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TCD:
Hello everyone.

Is a gross salary of 50,000 CAD per annum considered a good salary for somwhere like Ottawa? Can one live a comfortable life with that?

50k per annum is not bad for a single person. That's an average range of 1.4k - 1.5k bi weekly. Rent for a single person in Ottawa should be around 1k max

Darocksvip:
Hello fam, please I need help o...so my family and I with my toddler will be landing by 31st January. We know no one but will appreciate any help anyone will offer. Please, what would you advice was do? Get an Airbnb to quarantine in or find and pay for an apartment
Secondly, can anyone help pick us up please?

Thank you all

It depends on where u are landing. I also don't think it is very easy for u to get an apartment straight up cos most landlords in Ontario would demand for ***, letter of employment, PR Card and all. Your best bet would be to get an Airbnb till after your quarantine after which u can get your SIN.
Also be ready to pay for 6months rents in advance (first 3 months and last 3 months), this seem to be the standard requirement by landlords for newcomers in canada. I had to pay 4 months rent upfront with lots of begging.

If you are landing in Pearson and your final destination aiint far off, I can volunteer to pick u up for free. Don't thank me, someone also did same for me 7months ago when I first landed with my family.

U can edit your post @ queensss

Charisdesigns:


Update
Ground floor
2 | 1 | 2 bedrooms

First Floor
3 | 2 Bedrooms

Pls does this mean 2 units of 1 bed and 2 bed on the ground floor and 3 units of 2 bed on d first floor? It would be good if u can modify your first post to depict the updated drawings?
How many cars can park inside d compound?
Can this fit into a 375sqm (15m by 25m) land?

@queensss, u can drop ur email address here and I would reach out to you. Would let u know once I see it, so u can edit your post

littyprincess:

We’re still saying the same thing. Those professional certifications are evaluated by WES as bsc depending on how many exams you complete. Instead of spending 4 years in school, you can complete the papers in less than a year and get the same bsc. That’s fast track obviously. I was thinking that’s the kind of runs the page does. P.S you won’t know
Which one they do until you actually message them and pay the consultation fee. So you can’t say for certain that they are fraudulent unless they’ve given you the fraudulent info.

I think I know the page you are talking about, however, I think the page she's talking about is different. Well if she can provide us with d name of the page, it would make more sense

Queensss:
Ehm, imaginary Haters!

Hi, u sent me a mail unfortunately I don’t have access to my NL email. You can mention me on a dead thread

Pictures from Mississauga Square Centre, people ice skating

Shokoloko:
I need help!! I have someone in Paris (Charles de Gaulle airport) and he is being told that his student visa cannot be found online so they cannot let him board.
He has his visa and arrivecan receipt and I have just checked his status on the IRCC portal: the visa has not been revoked.
Did anyone have this issue when arriving

I had a similar issue with my wife's visa when arriving in July. My ticket was issued while her's wasn't because the airline said they could not confirm her visa. We had to call IRCC at the airport and the Ethiopian airline operator spoke with the IRCC representative, who also confirmed that there's nothing wrong with her visa. She was later issued with a ticket to Addis Ababa and was told to pick up the connecting ticket to Toronto at Addis airport

tmeeto:
Currently in Brampton, my uncles and his friends own houses here. I don’t think this is accurate tho.

Thanks for your contribution

YeyeBoyfriend:
his price is quite on the high side

It might be good for u to state how much u intend buying the cement so that experienced folks can tell u if ur budget would work or not.

Hi guys,

Pls I would like to hear opinions about living in Brampton.

Backstory:
Been seeing some good housing deals in Brampton but most of my friends here are warning against buying in Brampton.

They sight issues such as high insurance costs, too many Indians/Asian community, high crime rates etc?

Please are all these tru or just mere say or biased mindset towards d area or racis* towards people from that part of the world.

Abeg make una talk ooo... Would also like to hear more from people living there currently.

EgunMogaji2:
It’s sad to read that six years later another homeowner is having similar issues.

Contract also given on the basis of a second chance.

A leopard never changes it's spots.

The cycle is simple:
1. show off bits and pieces of pics
2. Claim to have d best tools and machineries
3. Make sweet posts on the thread
4. Get a contract
5. Give d project a big fanciful name
7. Never ever completes the project without issues
8. Ends up fighting with the client
9. Always claims to be right and all knowing

ednut1:
Toronto raptors vs Milwaukee Bucks.

You dey do this Kain Waka and u no carry me along.. no be soooo

ednut1:
pastor

lol

somehow:
A plot of land still needed on the major road (free trade zone) area. (Ibeju)

Affordable with good title.

I know someone that wants to sell a plot of land about 375sqm around baba Adisa Bus stop about 7 mins drive from bogije bus-stop. The land was bought by FIRS cooperative society and it has a global CofO.