₦airaland Forum

zohan101:
Good day to the amazing members of this thread.Thanks for all the educational content this far.

Please I will be landing in edmonton by febraury and I will really appreciate if I can get a range of how much it will cost to rent an apartment for a barchelor close to University of Alberta..

Also is there any senior member who has applied to UofA , pls your guidance and advise is needed.

You can find out for yourself here: https://www.kijiji.ca/

Melodyy19:
Hello house! Please has anyone submitted their passports to vfs this week? Did you recieve a lagos tracking ID or a Ghana tracking ID?. 

I was told by customer service that passports are now being processed in Lagos and not Accra. Can anyone confirm this please.

I would so so love for this to be the case. Means i can get my passport back within 2 weeks and vamoose from here

themaestro08:
Don't sugar coat things man. If you are in touch with current events you would have learned that the Turkish economy is struggling at the moment with no ease in sight. However unemployment is high at last I checked 14%...

I will personally advice op to choose Dubai for obvious reasons.

Unemployment figures obviously don't pertain to him since he finds his work on the web which is not location restricted.
All he needs is a nice base to work from in order to enjoy a better standard of living.
Dubai is quite expensive as explained above and far more discriminating.
OP would be wise to choose Turkey. He can visit Dubai on vacation.

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.

sesan01:
Thank you for your answer. In a situation where the HR does not provide reference letters for interns, what can I do? My former supervisor is willing to provide a reference letter for me but without the company's letterhead because only the HR can provide that. Should I go ahead and ask him to provide his reference while I provide LOE stating why we couldn't use the company's letterhead. Also, I don't think I'll be able to get pay stubs or bank statements showing that I was paid because the account is dormant.

Edited: Will the addition of my offer letter be enough to validate this experience?

In this situation, then yes an offer letter would be a useful supporting document. Yes in cases where the company won't provide reference, a supervisor can do so on a non-letterheaded paper. Most people like to get these notarized. If you can add his business card, that would help as well. If the account is dormant. Reviving it would be advisable. Anything that helps should be attempted.

sesan01:
So, I used the search option in NL and searched for instances where people used SIWES to claim points. The search results allayed my fears and boosted my morale. By including my SIWES experience, my CRS points would be 478. Considering the way the draw is going, I'm left with no choice but to include it.
Now, I have a question. My offer letter for my SIWES states that my job title is simply Intern . However, I worked with the Information management team of my company and developed Microsoft Office Sharepoint websites. This was literally my major duty there.

What is the NOC that best fits this position/job duty? I'm thinking of using 2175 Web designers and developers but my only concern is that my job title does not specifically describe my job duties. I've read previous posts/threads where people were advised to use the NOC that best describes their job duties and I also understand that the reference letter from my employer would explicitly state my duties. So, I would like to ask what you think about this concern of mine. Thanks

The job title doesn't matter. Even your offer letter doesn't matter. I never submitted mine cause it listed some job duties i "was expected" to do that didn't tally at all with my noc. The only thing that matters with job experience proof is that it is on a letter headed paper, signed by a manager or h.r, lists certain information like start and end date, but most importantly that it has your job duties which must tally (not word for word) with your chosen NOC.

So morale of the story is that job experience proof is very much within your control.

Mizwisdom:
You're making excuse for foreign flood because you live there or because they are controlled by Whites who can do no wrong? is there any country where flood is not experienced? especially in a coastal area like Lagos? simply educating yourself will solve 99% of your problems, everything isn't about gathering like on Nairaland, read to learn and learn to read

Lol people like you are funny. There is something called spectrum. Life isn't black and white. It's not "flood" or "no flood".

How often does flooding occur?

What are the circumstances?

You can't just wake up and say it flooded in London once in the summer of 2019, therefore, London is no different from Lagos where it floods somewhere every time rain falls.

There's still a major difference in the above scenarios.

Thinking beyond shallow levels would solve 99% of your confusions.

Anazp:
THEY SAID THE SCHOOL SHOULD CONTACT THEM. THAT I AM USING OK TO BOARD

Using OK to board? i don't understand what you mean by that.

Also i thought you earlier said the school contacted them already?

Anazp:
PLEASE MA HELP I HAVE PLACED IT IN THAT THREAD. I JUST NEED HELP. THEY SAY THEY WILL RETURN ME BACK TO NIGERIA. I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR TWO DAYS

I'm sorry about your situation but you haven't mentioned why you are not allowed to board. Please explain their reasoning.

TWoods:
This is over simplified and misleading. No legitimate Nigerian immigrant anywhere in the world will go back even with N25m in his account. Yes you can start a viable business with that money in Nigeria, but you can never put a price on peace of mind, security, a functioning fire service, good roads, stable water and electricity, safe food, clean air, good healthcare, access to loans, no need to bribe anyone...

The people you are preaching to have never lived in and experienced such a system so they can't even fathom the world of difference.
They live in ignorance. If only they knew better.

Lol some of you guys here are funny. Acting all saintly, talking about this and that should be banned.
Whenever you click on these threads you always clearly see it posted that its about an accident with people dead and that photos are also available.
Yet you carry your big head and open it then start complaining about "graphic Photos".
If you don't have the stomach for it then don't click it.
The people taking these photos are actually doing us a service. They are showing us the consequences of the serious lack of infrastructure we have in this country. Images are far more powerful than mere words. This is the age we live in (information age). Better get with it.
The owner of this website would never ban it because it gets his pages clicks (ad Dollars) when pictures are attached to these headlines.
You want to carry morality over business sense then go and start your own website that's perfectly pure and clean.
Most of you have no idea what it takes to run a Profitable and continually growing social media website yet you open your mouth and want to dictate.

Mizwisdom:
Kudos to you but if you were a PR since 2014 how come you moved in 2016?

Yea this was the part that threw me off.

atutupoyoyo2211:
Not really. I am currently applying for my citizenship. I have been a PR since 2014.

Ohkay, Gotcha.

Mcslize:
It's like you've not been following this thread. Express entry ke? Someone that is already a permanent resident.

Yea it's like i missed that part. My bad.

atutupoyoyo2211:
Hey guys, I havent been available because i moved from my former city to Toronto, and the move was really stressful. I am taking a graduate degree at Ryerson University, my second degree here. I am not in the habit of defending myself about my facts. They are facts. Earlier in this thread i did post a few of my paystubs just to buttress the fact about my earnings. I set a target for myself for last year and i met it. I set one for this year, i couldn't meet it because my hours where cut drastically. I have set another for next year, and i will meet it. I will keep saying it, it is absolutely possible to make 100k on a so-called menial job, but like i said, you have to put in a lot of overtime and sometimes augment with a second job. This is a picture of my tax statement from 2018. Although, i have learnt now that you have to be smart about making money in Canada. Because of my earnings from last year, i wasn't approved for a student loan, so i am paying for my degree from my pocket. My sisters were both approved for loans and grants when they applied for school. My elder sister just got a grant of $10k, though she has 4 kids anyway. So when you earn, make sure you earn very well or try and stay below $42k a year if you plan on accessing some government benefits..

I'm guessing you are taking a second degree to buy you time so you can apply for express entry.

atutupoyoyo2211:
This was when I crossed the border to the US. I have a 10 year US visa, which I hadn't used yet, so I just thought I cross over, have dinner and come back into Canada.

Was the car a rental or purchased?

All these mumus in this thread that are too "clever" for their own good.
The man committed suicide (Left this world on his own terms)
He climbed that window from inside the uncompleted building and jumped off it.
His weight plus gravity would ensure his neck snapped instantly (so no struggling possible)
Since when did murderers start bothering to cover up their crimes to make it look like suicide in Nigeria?
That is not the M.O of a second rate murderer you'd find in Nigeria.
They'd sooner slashed you, dump your body and make their escape real quick.
Why would anyone waste time, risk being found, repositioning this man's body in broad daylight?
We all know Nigeria is a depressing country to exist in, so why is it so hard to fathom that in a country of 190 million, a few would idealize suicide as an escape route out of their misery?

emeijeh:
Babe,
Crime rate in the western world is worse o.

Continue consoling yourself. Guess who's committing most of the crimes over there too? Hint: They look like me and you.

mrphysics:
Okay guys,

I am sorry I haven't updated this thread for a while. The whole of next week is Halloween break and so I am bit free to move around. The past two weeks has been so tough, many things I need to read up. I hardly leave my room. I cancelled every plan.

I would have traveled to Germany during this break but because we have exam November 5th and the class was very advanced that I only understood one topic until the man finished , I won't be going anywhere. I will stay and repeatedly read the entire course until I am ready for the exam and that is what I will be doing this coming week.

Surely, I will start going out tomorrow and so, I will get some pictures to spice up this thread again.

Correct. You know what your primary mission there is. To get your Post Grad degree with the highest grade possible. All else comes after.

dominique:
When we don't respect ourselves, how will other races respect us?

This is the truth. Our countries are unadulterated shitholes which is why we run to foreign lands to begin with. How do you expect to be truly respected as a people? Racism is bad and its unfair on an individual level but if you understand humans then you would understand why the black man is looked down upon by every other race. Our civilization is embarrassing. And it's anything but civilized.

You always have to prove yourself as a black person abroad because your fellow black people home and abroad have tarnished your reputation to bits. It's the same way we all look down on the abokis and Hausas here in the Southwest. Everyone's reputation precedes them. You are no different.

Rubbish Post Title.

timesup234:
This is one big dunce who keeps talking abroad like a slave. Why should i be abroad? What is my business with dirty white people who are the most backward and primitive set of humans? Why are Africans so stupid?

Lol, you are just a clown. I can't even take you seriously. Goodbye.

timesup234:
You are looking for trouble and will soon get a black eye. Which rest of us get on? Get on to work like a dog and paid peanuts so you can live in a narrow room that cant contain a full bed? Mister man, millions of Nigerians are doing business and making sales of 5million naira daily. Anybody thinking of traveling out of Nigeria is a proper dunce

See, he's already acting like the animal he is. Proper African. Threatening me with black eye over internet comments. People like you are best ignored. You serve no purpose. I hope you find relief for whatever is hurting your soul.

jesmond3945:
you are not ashamed of yourself by running from your fatherland to another man's land. Sowing where you didnt reap. Na you and buhari follow spoil naija.

Lol this doesn't make any sense whatsoever. What do Buhari and i have in common?

So because i was born somewhere i have to die there? See how narrow minded you are. Free your mind.

I already know you are one of those people that are stuck here. I feel your pain but typing nonsense at me won't solve your predicament.

jesmond3945:
thats why you would asslick whiteman till you join your ancestors.

Lol eya, this guy just hates that he can't get out of this shithole so he's on nairaland hating on anyone that has the capability to leave him behind. Don't worry, na Buhari and Tinubu go take care of una, ok? Please manage that next level.

Make i go join white man enjoy. You and the Ajegunle boys, Boko haram and herdsmen too can chill.

jesmond3945:
una never talk of discrimination,prejudice, cost of living wey make some people to enter depression and commit suicide. Always give a balanced narrative about any place.

This is one of those people that has never been abroad in their life and has no hope so he consoles himself with this rubbish. Because there's no discrimination in Nigeria or the pathetic standard of living most people are forced to live with.

Good thing one can't see the massive pot holes, black outs and how rancid the lagoon water is from high up here.

Influential101:
Well, for me and my household, we just want peaceful lives surrounded by happy people..hence we have chosen Canada

You are right. Nigerians aren't happy. That's why the people are usually aggressive. No Customer service when you are purchasing Goods or service, the Workers are all disinterested and quietly frustrated. They can't put on a facade for decent Customer service because their lives are a mess thanks to the society they exist in.

Even the Rich have no Peace of mind. With their High fences and Gated Estates. They are surrounded by poor, envious and desperate people.

Don't worry, no need to justify the move. The hypocrites can the see the reasons all around them every day.

Have you noticed that the only people against moving are those that have no ability to move themselves?

Those that have hardly ever travelled anywhere outside of Africa so they want others to stay in with them and suffer because they have no hope.

The same ones that always talk about if i had 5 million i would put it into this and that business. That tells you they don't even have 5 million naira to speak of. But always talking about what they would do if they had money. Let them continue to mumu themselves for the next 40 years while the rest of us get on.

ladymarshall:
First, let me say a big thank you for your wishes and prayers since I first announced. I’m so overwhelmed as I type not just because of the happy shock of PPR but also because I never expected the outpouring of love. Thank you. I really appreciate you all.

Second, to those post-AOR awaiting PPR, please check your emails even as you read this script. Golden email can come at anytime like play. Only two nights ago I was so depressed at the thought of CIC, I ate only once, had a sleepless night, woke up yesterday expressing my frustration in group chats early morning until 9.05am and from nowhere, golden email came in at 9.06am. There is hope.

Thanks for posting this informed timeline. Gives me a better idea of what my ghost updates were also about. Because i also got one right after MEP/BIL in june and then another one 3 weeks later in early July (must have been transfer to Ottawa VO). Since then, last update in September said Criminality is still in progress, nothing else started. Hopefully i get my PPR before timeline deadline just like you. I'm under 30 days left now.

Anyway you've always sounded like a great, intelligent person on here. No doubt you'll be a credit to the Canadian society. Wish you the best.

Don't even worry about it. God will save him .

Lol that would cripple their business. Where would they find the money to acquire all those new planes?

It's probably a maintenance issue not a Boeing issue.

oluayebenz:
Boeing again.......
I think Ethiopia airline should ground all their Boeing aircrafts and acquire Airbus to safe their business.

Thank God everything is under control thou