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maziude:
Within the space of 14 hours, 3 marriage cases. Make una no go let them block people way. Na small thing dey make this people vex oh...

Why she no marry before she comot naija, then update? Nobody go trouble am so far she declare am.

Just 2 months she wan go back marry the marry wey she for don do before she comot naija. Na still the same process.

Make she go marry, if dem ask am why she tell them wetin you just tell us.

My thoughts? Boss, na wetin you think naim me and VO/Border officer go think sha.

Abi na!!!
Nigerians don start ooo!!!

I never collect PR ooo, Abeg, make we no start our shaku shaku ways make oyinbo vex cancel this express entry thing o!!

Naija people and our ways...hiaa!


It will end in praise ooo IJN

Good day e-family.

I need your thoughts on my first attempt to travel to the US.

A brief history of me and past travels:
- Married (7 yrs)
- 3 kids
- travelled to the UK with family twice now(last being 2015)
- Accountant for 9 yrs.
-Wife has worked 8 yrs cumulatively. Changed to a new job in Sept 2017...so she's just less than a year in the new office.

My enquiries:

1. Wife's passport is in her maiden surname (though we ve done the change of name last year with the affidavit and newspaper publication) Can it be an issue?- Though all our UK visas were applied with her passport in her maiden name- UK doesn't have qualms with it.

2. I am likely to be sponsored for a foreign training to Virginia come June, 2018 so I intend to apply now for a visa for myself and family(as I have the funds to do so now before the kudi filters away ) quoting Virginia as our destination. My family may not go with me in June but we'll all travel later in August during my 2018 leave. Will it be an issue for me that im not travelling with my fam in this first instance when going in June being a 1st time US visitor?

3. I read that US embassy stamps 2 years in the 1st instance- My wife's passport expires in August 2019...less than 2 years validity? Will this issue deny her from being stamped 2 year visa in a passport that is about 1 year plus validity period?

Thank you.

CC. LadyG and others, thanks in advance.

Lucious477:
Hi guys,

I'm very thankful to God because I've received the golden mail and I don't know how to celebrate!

My Timeline:
CRS 454
ITA Dec 6th 2017
AOR Jan 12th 2018
MEP Jan 26th
IP1 Jan 26th
NA2 Feb 1st
IP2 Feb 20th
PPR Feb 21st
Family of 3
No ADR
Visa Office: Ottawa

Congratulations!!!

Indeed, God has made it end in praise for you and your young family.

Go and flourish in your new home!

Guitarlife:
Find attached.

Thanks.

All the best ahead!

Guitarlife:
When preparing for listening test, please start my increasing the speed of the recording a bit. I started preparing for my listening tests by setting the speed of the youtube videos to 1.25 .

I did this everyday for two weeks. Then I now reverted to normal speed about 2 weeks to the main exam.

Do not rush the tests, I practiced one listening test per day and I ensured I reviewed each of those practice tests well to enable me identify my weaknessess.

I wish all of us success and I am looking forward hosting every one especially newmum, glitteringstar, canadianfly etc in Canada in the nearest future.

@Guitarlife,

Congrats once again.

Pls can you explain the process you followed in setting the speed of the youtube listening practice vidoes to 1.25?

It will benefit alot of people here.


It will all end in praise IJN!

Virt:
Wowwww, congrats @Behati. I pray I land a good job before landing. I have been a CPA for close to 3 years now and still in naija paying their heavy subscription fees. lols.

Highly encouraged!!!

Which of the provincial CPAs if I may ask? and are you a full CPA or you are just registered to complete the exams to become a full CPA?

Paying 600 CAD every year for the last 3 years is quite some commitment on your part!!

To even think that you re not yet in Canada- earning dollars- to fuel the membership? That's some "wawawuuuu" here!

Why don't you consider writing them explaining your current situation and request for an exception- whether partial or full- pending the time you'll land as a permanent resident. My people say "At all, at all, na im bad pass"


It will end in praise IJN!

happytbaby:
@ Teecan,

It seems you missed the last episode on this forum. Rainzoe is not sure whether she will end up relocating or not so I guess she may not be able to answer most of these questions right now. You may want to read her posts.

What do you mean by 'challenging CPA exams'? does that mean writing exams after getting some exemptions or something?

Oh, I must have missed some info in between.

Thanks @happybaby

I will try to fill in the gap and update accordingly.

Cheers.


It will end in praise IJN!

rainazoe:
Ode Teecann. I have done all the every every with CPA. I only needed to do the Law and Overview online course because I have ACCA. It remains come and pay for membership. Now that you talk about the sub levels in accounting, I am going to rethink seriously.

You've got mail

Got ya. You have a reply.

Cheers.


It will all end in praise IJN!

happytbaby:
@ Teecan,

It seems you missed the last episode on this forum. Rainzoe is not sure whether she will end up relocating or not so I guess she may not be able to answer most of these questions right now. You may want to read her posts.

What do you mean by 'challenging CPA exams'? does that mean writing exams after getting some exemptions or something?

Yes, it means writing the papers of the Institute to qualify for the designation.

It is in a manner of writing/speaking common and known with the CPA Institute (if you read their website often, you will be used to the term)


It will all end in praise IJN!

rainazoe:
I love how you end with 'it will end with praise'. I am thinking about stepping down on gaining CPA because of the membership fees because I may not be relocating immediately. We'll see sha.

PS: I am a lady. No offense taken

Maam, my bad!

we shall testify at the end of this process IJN!

I wrote to CPA Ontario on a similar matter seeking for deferral; yet to receive their response email though.

Have you initiated the process with CPA at all (send your transcripts, pay registration fees,etc) or you re about to?

What's your strategy in achieving your career goal in Canny. You need to have one (all of these our seniors here have one which they kept revising and review frequently in the light of better and further information and knowledge ) Dont just rush into wanting to challenge the CPA exams because you want to be an accountant in Canada- I made that mistake, you shouldn't!! thankfully, I still had time to retrace my steps, though I lost money in the process. (Reach me, lets talk)

It will all end in praise IJN!

vascey:
@TEECANN why are you not pursuing an accounting profession especially since you have obtained the highly elusive CPA designation? Which field is more lucrative for an accountant and what certifications are you pursuing. Please provide more insight.

I guess you have been answered by @Aig84

But in addition, accounting filed is lucrative to the best of my research, however, you need to know which sub-area of accounting you want to pursue (e.g, AML investigations, audit, retail accounting, compliance etc) Choosing whichever, requires you look deeply into your passion, your prior experience, totality of your education and what you want to do going forward in a new "working" country

In my own case, the bit of my research shows that what I want to do in the short to medium term does not strictly require the CPA designation like that like that again. I only need to horn my skills, if I can, I'll try to get a major designation in the sub-field that I'm interested in and when I land, I'll take a diploma or certificate in Business in one of the colleges/universities and I'm sure with that and God, I can progress comfortably well!

It will all end in praise IJN!

rainazoe:
Hi Teecann, do you have the ACCA qualification? I'm looking for a ACCA/CPA buddy

@rainazoe,

No, I am an ACA (ICAN qualified). Though I have my registration approval with CPA Ontario, I want to defer moves with that line of effort for some obvious reasons for now...I have consulted widely and I guess it's the best thing to do for now (especially considering what I want to do, career wise going forward)

Cheers man.

It will all end in praise IJN!

Zeewirld:
Hello Sir BlackBuddy... I am in awe of your intelligence and also your matured response to all enquiries. May God continue to bless you. I am also a banker and thinking of going in for my ACAMS certification as I have the Nigerian Compliance certification already. Do you think I can proceed with it or hold on? Kindly note that I plan to migrate to Canada in 3 years times

Great decision there @Zeewirld,

I'm still in naija and I'm about registering for ACAMS too. I intend to pass it before landing. Can we get to talk and strategize together?

BTW, it is an open secret that our hero @Blackbuddy is a lovely soul back to back!


It will end in praise IJN!

vcole:
@teecan, i really can't answer your question because i have no idea what the job outlook for foreign hr/accounting professionals are. However, since i live in Calgary at the moment and already have a bias towards it, that would be my choice

Thanks @vcole.

If you can't posit on the job outlook, at least you will have a thought or two to share on liveability, social "bubblingness" (its my English oo ), city events unique to either of them, neighbourhood character etc.

God bless!

It will end in praise IJN.

@Salford1, freeradical, vcole et al

Kindly help with your thoughts on settling and living in either of these Alberta cities:

Calgary OR Edmonton

Which of these two will you easily choose above the other if your situation is as below:

Accountant/HR job seeking couple
With kids.

In terms of kids' school, decently priced accommodation, decently priced utilities, community safety generally(less community gangstarism), decently priced groceries, general social outlooks of both.

Thank you all in advance!


It will end in praise IJN!

rainazoe:
Awwww thanks. I was about to strike that out too. Many families are well off and immigrating

Don't mind Maternal... (Why I didn't grace his post with a reply!)

Some things can't just be disclosed in a public forum lest one is mistakened for a brag.

Hmmm, thank God for the journey thus far in Naija (I cant complain ) and joyfully expectant of the future in Canny.

No doubt he is on point regarding giving the kids a better learning and growing environment (if the assumption behind his posts points in that direction) but to make a blanket assumption that people are generally not "doing well" at home, reason why they are on the thread, will be stretching the ignorance too far (come on, this is Nigeria o, not India! you no know the weight of my naija people na im dey make you yarn like that ) I have met people from this thread one on one (I don't have to mention monikers) and I'm like what are these folks looking for again?

But like someone said, priorities for immigrating are so diverse and different for many people, you will be pleasantly shocked, seeking for better financial opportunities in the short term is the least of the reasons for embarking on the immi-journey in the first instance for many!

It will definitely end in praise IJN!

Newmum0615:
You people have learnt bad thing here. Announcing PPR like it is beans. Stop it o. Someborri has done his own version this morning

C'mon will you be dramatic about it!

Don't mind them Now that it seems the PR process is being demystified, (with PPR landing within 2-4 months of application)
Why won't they be announcing PPR as if it no big deal!

Anyways, it is all summing up to end in praise!

Lhimeet:
Good day,please I want to know if Canada visa lottery is out? ...Anyone with any info ? Will duly appreciate...Thank You

I just hope some dubious and fake consultants have not started playing on your emotions which may soon lead to them playing with your "pockets"

Bros, shine your eyes oooo!!!


It will end in praise IJN!

rainazoe:
My spouse is totally against relocating to Canada. I thought he will change his mind after receiving PUM but he has stuck to his guns and said the kids and I can relocate and he will visit from time to time. We are both in our late 30s.

I am not down with his idea so I am slowly giving up on my Cannydream.

Has anyone had a similar experience and how did it pan out?

Ehyah...so sorry to hear this.

The issues with most naija men to my mind are some of these;

1. Fear of starting almost all over in a very unfamiliar terrain.

2. A society where the woman is free to do as she wishes (no cultural restraints as instituted in Africa) and may easily "misbehave" and to top it, the laws and the society will side her 100% against the man, that unknown is scary to some.

3. Children loosing touch with the "home" culture and values...etc

Try to search what his innate fears are and try to genuinely address them (I know what I'm saying, some of us men are just ready to embark on the journey with the divine assurance that we will go with our spouses and the family won't disintegrate in the foreign land)

Some men know their wives' attitude and won't step a foot outside of this Naija to relocate elsewhere with them because they are fairly certain that their families may not come back in one piece...

Sis, keep praying and hoping for the best. I pray the future will deliver the best to your home and make everything end in your favour.


It will end in praise IJN!

Canadianfly:
The answer is 22nd July 1985. That twenty-second you wrote has passed two words. Don't over think the answers, coz if you do, you'll not get it right.

My advice is when you do your practice tests, identify the sections you fail mostly, for me it was the matching section. So I figured I'll just write out everything the audio was saying in my question paper, then when I had 10 mins to transfer my answers...I read through what I had written and took my time to match it with the questions.
My point is you need a strategy to beat your weak point.
For T/F/NG the easiest way to understand it is:
Truth is the statement is in the passage
False is the statement is in the passage but not as the question. E.g. The passage says "the shirts are all white and long sleeves". The question is "all the shirts are short sleeved and white". This is false....
Not Given is when the statement cannot be found in the passage. Using the e.g above, Not Given is "the red and blue shirts are also long sleeves". This is not in passage so it's not given. But can be mistaken as False.

Like I said before IELTS na just trick test. But you shall overcome

You cant be more correct at the bolded above!

My version of your statement that I usually share is that this IELTS is an hint-based test- nothing more!
(Just understand the tricks, formulate your strategies to deploy the mastered hints on D-Day and PRACTICE PRACTICE well ahead of test)

So, how does one prepare for what is not a conventional test in the true traditional sense of the word?

So when you see some people acing it on the first attempt with an 8989 result, they most likely have their English on point in all respect all the while and maybe achieved this type of result with just minimal practice...(Their type plenty for this thread )

Someone whose English is a little defective from secondary school days (like me ) can't imitate that 8989 fellow; if I do, I will so sow into the ministry of British Council multiple times that I will loose count of how many 68k that I ve dropped!

Different strategies for different folks!! Know your weakness and work on it!!

It will all end in praise IJN!

@GlitteringStar,

Thanks for your intervention on my Express Entry Profile/GCKey retrieval matter.

Just as I had promised to update you...

I have eventual figured out the old GCKey credentials and I have been able to access my profile now.

God bless you and may PPR fall on you soon.


It will definitely end in praise IJN.

GlitteringStar:
I don't know why it didn't work. Note that your "given name" is your first name and middle name and also note that it is case sensitive. You can use a different browser too. I hope they respond soon.

Yes. My given name is My first name and my middle name (I'll check about the case sensitivity)

I'll try Explorer as a change of browser too.

Thank you.

It's ending in praise IJN!

GlitteringStar:
Yes. It will work.

Thanks GS

But there's still a BUT...I went through all the motions of the procedure one by one (skipping the portion asking for city of birth and country of birth) and entering in my details diligently but at the end when I clicked on "Link Application to the account", it returned a verdict that no profile matching the details entered can be found.

I tried again for about 3 different times (because the form told me I can try only 5 times within a 24 hours window) and when I kept getting the same result, a raised a CSE web form and successfully submitted same.

Keeping my fingers crossed as I honestly do not want to create a new profile at all (which may be my very last last option)

Thank you once again. I'll keep you posted.

It will all end in praise IJN!