₦airaland Forum

BABANGBALI:
Her only problem is her body odour

How can you say that?
Have you meet her?

OtunOba15:
Reading the last two Pages....

The thread is invaded with about to become illegal immigrants.

it a minus for the genuine non immigrants applicants....

OtunOba has spent ages making assumptions on people on this thread and harassing them that they are planning to enter the US with the intention of going to Canada.

But today he is the one who had overstayed his visa. He is even embarrassed to make any further comments on this thread.

Life can be funny sometimes...

Folafikemi:
Are u not a Nigerian? Besides naija is good but not to be compared to Canada. Lots of variables are involved

That is exactly my point.
Nigeria and Canada have this one thing in common:
Neither of them is and will never be a one-size-fits-all.

For some people, Nigeria is way better than Canada. For other people Canada is better.

You have said it well, there are a lot of variable involved.

Folafikemi:
Am sorry to drop this here but I believe so far the landing senior will prove me right or wrong.

Was on a thread where someone is considering leaving naija for Canada on a 7M annual salary job and a lot of opinions ensue but I dropped mine here. Pls tell me if this PR journey is not worth it

Just as the say goes, to each his own. Just as Nigeria,
Canada can never be a one-size-fits-all.

As for me, Nigeria is one of the countries I would love to immigrate to one day.

Guitarlife:
Thanks bro , survival job has been hard to come by in Calgary,I am still studying for my AI/Machine learning tho. Thanks.

Survival jobs are hard to come by? Seriously? I am sure there must be agencies in Calgary where you can walk in to come out with a temp job right away.

On one of your posts, you were considering moving from Alberta to Ontario. I am not sure if this would be a good move. Based on some testimonies I have read on this forum, and based on my sister testimony, you are standing a better chance to make it in Alberta than you would in Ontario. Then again, just as with everything in life, there is never a one-size-fits-all. Something may work for someone but may not work for the next person.

Rosewilliams:
Please what are the step by step procedure and necessary documents required for a Nigerian citizen who wishes to visit a friend (US citizen) in the US.

What are the necessary documents for applying for a tourist visa if the US citizen is sponsoring the trip and will accomodate the Nigerian tourist during the visit duration of three weeks.

The only required document is your international passport.
As for the rest, you can bring any additional documents you want to carry but they aren't required. Most likely the embassy won't even look at them.

OtunOba15:
@TheCongo2....Is that your own understanding of the post?

I have made my point it is left for the poster to decide to what to do. No apologies

I said it before ... you are supporting laziness
You are encouraging illegality
This thread is all about DIY.

Are you in Canada now

Lhimeet:
TheCongo2 on betting thread?

Someone sent me a PM. And I was checking the person's messages on Nairaland. That is how I ended up on betting thread.

Will do

toskeO:
Thanks for this, been searching for a group like this, but how do I join the what's app group please?

I can't seem to find the numbers you indicated below on WhatsApp to initiate joining.... heading to Calgary too.



Cc: Gracias

They are on WhatsApp

dubaiboy1:
Try text me or hushed

Why not disclosing here for the benefit of everyone?
Testing you may defeat the purpose of having this forum

vcole:
@joo2018 it depends on your landlord and preferences. I don’t think most landlords would rent a 2 bed condo for instance to a family with 3 kids. Some would but most would opt to go with a family with 1 or 2 kids over 3. In this instance I am using kids to refer to 0-5yrs

Correct
Landlords will usually ask how many people are involved

joo2018:
I'm in interested in knowing how the rules are enforced, basically the reality on ground.

One way will be via school as kids talk.
School teachers have the mandate to report to law enforcement or children protection services anything inappropriate or unethical a child may say or tell his friends. And those agencies will further investigate what a child has said.
Teachers in Canada may lose their jobs or face charges for failing to report any case of abuse or something inappropriate they may overheard in school or classrooms.

This is how issue of a 7 year old boy sharing a bedroom with his 8 year old sister may come to light. And the government agency that has jurisdiction over this case will be notified. The landlord can also get in trouble.

Obtay:
Interested too.Pleaded for calgary link too but no response yet till date.#sad face.




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This is a number for a Nigerian Canadian WhatsApp group with an area code in Alberta including Calgary (403) 926-0556. You can join the group to ask if there is a specific WhatsApp group for Edmonton or Calgary.

I have also another number for another Nigerian Canadian WhatsApp group which is 5878895565

If there is no WhatsApp group for Calgary or Edmonton, maybe you can create one.

Cc: Gracias

donchukey:
Pls I work with a federal agency. I am looking at spending my annual leave in the United States with my wife (Miami). I have never travelled before. I and my wife are both first timers, we have 6 kids but we don't intend travelling with them. What are the required documents? with a bank statement of 3million, what are our chances of getting a visa?

Take a chance.
No one can predict if you will be denied or not

czaratwork:
I have a choir member in my naija church that got his UK visa via that means too.

But you and i know that you have to convince this people here that you have advertised for a position for 1 month and couldn't get anybody to fill the space before you can bring in someone to fill the space.

Moreover is it not here we learnt Nigerians are not qualified for work permit? Anyone that raises work permit issue here is always told that he is about to be defrauded or has it changed now? The much i know is that Nigerians are only qualified for work permit after graduating from school here.

Abeg i no get strength argue. There is no harm in trying. It may work for you.

On a serious note, why not look for a skilled trade to use to migrate if skilled worker's stream did not work for you.

I am having headache from the good laugh i had that i will not be able to post anymore on this issue.

francoteeboy2626, please take note of the bolded.
I guess there is no harm in giving it a chance.
We may not know everything on the forum

Nogen:
Oh sure! Luckily, I'm in my bed reading this and I haven't stopped laughing too.

Mon frère Congo2, j'aimerais bien inviter ma soeur ici. Pour m'aider avec mes enfants afin de me concentrer aux études. Tu sais comment je peux amorcer cette demande. Quelles sont les exigences ?

Last time I wrote French on here I got a 2 days ban from God knows where . You can PM me if you want to

czaratwork:
My colleagues think say i dey craze. I have been laughing here. Laugh wan kee me die.

I was waiting for someone to comment on the talking drum work permit post. Please Ayam not feeling fine o.

Yeah it has happened to me so many times to read comments on here that make me start laughing to myself all day long. This may be embarrassing when people are around. Sometimes, I would pretend to be coughing if I can't hold it. I believe @nogen may be going through something similar

Now back to the topic. We had this discussion here before:

My Jamaican barber told me he was sponsored by the barbershop to get his PR.

Salford1 once indicated that he knows someone who got his PR through working in a fast food restaurant (Dairy Queen)

Given the above, wouldn't it be possible for a church to sponsor someone for playing or to play drum?

@francoteeboy2626

At the hotel

Driving through downtown London

Driving through Western University

Student Landing Gist

Happy new year everyone.

Today January 1st 2019, I received a call from @Naijaforeigner who told me a nairalander would be landing at the London International Airport at noon. The guest was arriving from Lagos via Toronto and was coming to Canada to do his master at Western University. @Naijaforeigner asked me if we could go to pick him at the London International Airport. After checking with "mrs TheCongo2", there was no objection. However, mrs asked me that I should give the kids their baths before going out of the house . And this was done promptly.

I left my house to pick up @Naijaforeigner and then we were on the way to the Airport.
London International Airport is small with only one terminal. The flight from Toronto to London can take about 30 minutes whereas the road would take 2 hours. It was 10 minutes past noon when we arrived at the aiport and our guest was already there. His flight had landed at noon. He didn't have to go through the immigration process in London given that he had done that in Toronto.
Given that he was coming to Canada on student visa, he was given the work permit at the immigration in Toronto. Foreign students are authorized to work ON and OFF campus in Canada while enrolled in school.

Our guest didn't have the time to wait for his SIN number application to be processed in Toronto because he had to catch his connecting flight to London. So, he decided that he will apply for his SIN card in London. Given that January 1st is a holiday, all businesses were closed. Therefore, we couldn't assist our guest with the process of applying for his SIN number nor open his bank account nor getting a cellphone. He would wait for the next business day.


Our guest intention was to stay at the hotel for 3 days before getting an appartment. However, before our guest arrived, @Naijaforeigner had already called around some landlords in the vicinity of Western University. Naijaforeigner knows the challenge of getting accommodation in London given that he himself had arrived in Canada 3 weeks ago on student visa. Therefore, he wanted to use his experience to help new comers.

After we left the aiport with our guest, we went straight to visit the first house and we were welcome by the landlord. This man was very friendly and welcoming. The house had 5 bedroooms and 2 of the rooms were unocupied. All the other tenants are student from Western University.This place was also within a walking distance from Western University. One of the rooms was shown to our guest. It was furnished. The landlord told our guest that he could move in right away by only paying the first month rent. There was no need for a lease nor a downplayment. And he could move out anytime he wanted. I personnaly like the place but our guest didn't seem too enthusistic about taking it. Our guest wanted to visit the other places before making his final decision. We told the landlord that we will get back to him and left the place.


We drove off to visit the next house in a new and very nice neighborhood. We were welcome by the friendliest elderly couple. This couple was white. In fact all the landlord we saw today and the tenants were white. The elderly couple live alone in a 2 level house. When we walked into the house, the couple ushered us to the lower lever of the house which was the basement. They were renting their basement which was furnished. The basement had a bedroom, a bathroom, a living room set but no kitchen. We all loved this place. But, there was a downside. No cooking. If our guest had to take that place, he wasn't going to be cooking in the house. At this our guest turned off this place given that it would be too expensive to start buying food from restaurants every day.
On our way out from the house, I noticed 2 books by John Grisham on a table. I screemed "Who is reading John Grisham".
The wife pointing the finger to the husband "He is the one reading them".
I told them how John Grisham is my favor author. Then the husband gave me a book by a different author and told me "Take this one and read it, I am sure you will like him as well".
Wow ... I marvelled ... I got a free book from this couple.


We drove off again to view another place. This new place was a 4 bedrooms house. The landlord was expecting our visit and he was on site. All the tenants were also students at Western University. After viewing this new place, our guest was satisfied that this was the place he was going to take. The landlord told him that he can move in right away if he wanted to. However, our guest explained to the landlord that he was going to stay at the hotel at least for one day and would move in the next day. He provided his email address to the landlord so that the landlord can send him the lease to sign.


Then, we drove off to the hotel. The hotel name was "Guest House on the Mount". Our guest paid for his stay with his nigerian credit card. He was assigned a room. It was almost 3 pm when we got into our guest's room, almost 3 hours after he had landed in London. We seated down and started to chat. Our guest said that he didn't like London from what he had seen so far. He was disappointed with London.
Suddenly, I received a call from "mrs TheCongo2" with the majestic "Where are you?"
I told her that we had just got to the hotel and I was ready to be heading back home.

By this time, our guest remembered that he hadn't eaten. He was hungry. @Naijaforeigner was invited to a nigerian party. So he decided to take our guest with him so that he can eat nigerian food. To get to the party, we had to drive from the Northern part of the City of London to the Southern part by passing through downtown London. OMG... our guest's mind about London changed as we were driving through the city. He found that London Ontario was extremely beautiful and he loved it. He felt like he will enjoy his stay in London, Ontario.

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Iyamefa:
I think you need to change your circle of Nigerians friends in Canada.

Correct

Godbpraised:
your last statement about what have i done to help, no one has requested for my help here. if any one ask for my help or advice i would give gladly, again my focus or discuss was not on Nigerians in nairaland forum, i was talking about Nigerians where i am here. To add more these same Nigerians like to backbit and gossip, if you are not careful home or family can be ruined if you are married, for real i am talking from experience, i know now experience is the worst teacher.

Good luck with the Onyibo.
As maternal had indicated earlier, onyibo are expert in smiling in your face to stab you in your back.

Godbpraised:
It should not, and i would explain with my own personal experience. when i came to Canada, Nigerians i meet in Canada were telling me i can not get a professional job, that the job i will get is support worker, no Nigerian spoke positivity to my life. No body told me i could go to school and upgrade myself more. all they keep telling me is that i should pick 3 care jobs, i will make more money at the expense of my career oh . can you imagine ? And meanwhile some of these guys are not doing the care job. Honestly their is nothing wrong doing the health support work or care job, but why should people project much negativity into my life. with the level of professionalism i have back home from Nigeria. Their also many things i can not tell you here, so many negative experience and wrong advise from Nigerians. It is sad, i have avoided everything Nigeria since i came to Canada, from church to meetings or parties. I told myself if i want to make progress i must think like oyinbo and talk like oyinbo , i would not be able to achieve that if i stay with people with so much negativity and jealousy. Again you can understand my stand point here.

Once again, read this entire thread from page 1 and then tell me if you can't learn anything from Nigerians.
If you say that those Nigerians on this thread can't be of any help to you, then I am afraid you are your own curse.

I have learned more from Nigerians on Nairaland than I have learned from Oyinbo.
One day I will put down my testimony as to what Nairaland has done for me.

I guess you cant blame the entire community because of few bad apples

Furthermore, you are complaining how the Nigerian community didn't help you, what about yourself have you been helping people?

It is always someone else's fault

Nicklaus619:
I know right? I am considering canada

Welcome to Canada
And happy new year

Guitarlife:
Happy New year from Nigeria...

Happy new year to you

Godbpraised:
like i said no comments going forward on this matter. The level of ones knowledge determines a man progress and trajectory.

We don't need any information that the feds shouldn't know anything about.

I am afraid for those who will send you PM. They will be failing into your trap.
You had just find a way of advertising something illegal on this thread.

Godbpraised:
I never mentioned 419, in my conversation. And like i said i remain to keep mum on my views and opinion, in Canada information is vital. The source of your information determines how far and how well you would survive and be successful here. In your statement you were too quick to infer that i was talking about fraud or 419 and i take offense to your assertions. I will not say a word on this matter hence forth. This is one of the reason i do not like interacting with Nigerians here in Canada, they see every move to make progress as trying to be fraudulent or a 419er. i Rest my case.

Would you blame them?
When you approach people telling them you know how to cheat the system in a way not to get caught, what would you expect them to believe?
Adding to that Nigeria is a country that is well known for 419. So if you are a Nigerian in Canada, anyone from any community you will approach with suspicious and undisclosed information the way you just did will think of you as a 419er.

So your argument that Nigerians in Canada see any move to make progress as fraudulent does not stand. We have on Nairaland people posting ways of making progress in Canada for the benefit of everyone. And no one ever accuse them of fraud. But when you want people to send you PM so that you can disclose suspicious info that the feds shouldn't know, this is where we have a problem.


On a different note, some people run away from their community because they have built a very bad reputation about themselves within that community. And as a result, they will escape from the Nigerian community and then shift the blame. They will start talking bad about the Nigerian community. Maybe you are the problem and not the Nigerian community you are blaming here.

Just going through the post on Nairaland, can't you see that Nigerians are very intelligent people?

greyham:
Not just Canada, in the UK too.

One of the safest things to do outside Nigeria is to avoid Nigerians.

And the funny part is that some of the most wonderful and inspiring people I have met are Nigerians.

You have never lived in Canada and yet you are dissing the Nigerian community in Canada.