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einsteino:
oh thats a good one

This is an idea that I have been nursing for sometimes.
In Computer Science I have a passion for automation.
As a result of this, I had learned how to make automated toys for my kids.
Given that I had to use wood to make those toys, I have developed a passion for Carpentry in the process.
My home garage has been turned into a workshop. I have bought a lot of equipment (Table saw, Milter saw, Gigsaw ... ), .

For the time being, I am sharpening my skills in Carpentry and electronics (automation) by making toys for my kids and do few works around the house. But as time goes by, I will get involved with new projects and ideas

For instance, today I came across this thread on Nairaland (How Does Wheelbarrow Leasing Run)
https://www.nairaland.com/4264143/how-does-wheelbarrow-leasing-run
Among the cons that was presented in this thread was the fact that the person who lease the wheelbarrow can run away with it.
Then I thought to myself that the owner of the wheelbarrow can remotely activate an electronic device that is build into the wheelbarrow to lock the wheel in case the wheelbarrow isn't returned. There is also away to electronically locate the wheelbarrow in case it isn't returned. Maybe I should build such a wheelbarrow and send it to someone in Nigeria

In any case, I am no longer interested in working for any company. I just want to have the freedom to be on my own.

einsteino:
you wont earn that as an entry level civil engineer o.. i am not even sure mid level civil engineers earn close to that. his industry is not civil.

Electrical and mech are good choices.

Thanks but I am planning to go on my own after my master degree

salford1:
Yeah. That is why i started my post by saying nothing is guaranteed, and much still depends on preparation, luck, favour or fate or whatever anyone wants to call it. If an immigrant decides to go back to school, It doesn't have to be a 4 year degree. Some diplomas programs pay well (Intrumentation, civil, electrical, health related, power/process e.t.c ). As an example, the starting wage for 2 year diploma grads (engineering techs) in the industry I work is $43/hr.

As you have mentioned, some trade occupations are usually the best considering the low investment involved with excellent returns if one can get a company or journeyperson to indenture. Although not everyone is physically fit to handle trades. The powerline tech you mentioned is for the bravehearts. lol

$43/hr as a starting wage? I guess I should have gone for civil engineering instead of IT (Computer Science)

In any case, I am planning to go back to school for my Master degree in September 2018... this is after having a wife and 5 kids
I will definitely go for electrical or mechanical engineering. Been on this thread had given me the stamina to further my education.

I have say it a countless time that Nigerians are the most innovative people I have met. Thanks folks

Delta007:
I'm not sure I agree entirely with this post. There are obviously social programs and a decent safety net in Canada. However, access to these programs come with conditions.

Correct but for the most part people with income are given low priority in those programs. When you have a full time job and you are above the poverty line, accessing most of those social program will be difficult. However, people with low or no income and new comers are given high priority. And, when kids are involved you will even be put on the top of the list.

It is a known fact that in North America (Canada and USA)many girls or ladies purposely become single mothers for the purpose of getting government benefits. Having kids in North America is a free ticket to freedom for ladies who can't qualify for a job. Because of the kids, those ladies can get free monthly cheques, government housing and so on...
You will be surprised how much an unemployed single mother is getting monthly in terms of government benefits. In many cases, those ladies don't even need to work because they won't make as much from their work.

maternal:
A lot of the fears newcomers have has no merits. That 6-9 month child will be treated as gold. The gov't will value that child more than anything. Your pikin is a future tax payer, his/her success is vital to Canada's future. Whatever you need, you'll get. That child will not lack anything. Don't have money for daycare ? The gov't will cover it. Healthcare covered, etc. Whatever you need. Canada invests in people, because they know they'll get that investment back 10 folds when the child is a future tax payer. Millions are spent on bridging programs for this exact reason. Come to Canada with the whole family, you will be fine. I'm not saying it won't be easy, but you won't be poor/Hungary living under the bridge. Congo and others have said the same thing. Newcomers shouldn't have any worry. A child lacking anything would be a disgrace to the federal government. People don't accept such here.

XX01
beckycute1

LadyGuinivere:
Fill 31/10/1981 as her date of birth.
Thank me later

August 23rd 1984 will work best

honey86:
Happy new year everyone.

Same to you. Thanks.
All the best

XX01:
How about stabilizing, getting a job and then getting your kid to join?

Good point.
But if you are here with the kids during the school year, your kids will be in school while you will be looking for a job.
Even if you bring the kids when school is Off, there are government subsidize programs which can help you take care of the kids during the day when you are looking for work. I believe YMCA has such program. The YMCA summer program for children is expensive for people with income but it is very cheap and maybe free for those with no income like new comers. I am sure there are plenty of other program that would accommodate you as a new comer with children.

In any case, I strongly agree with maternal who said the following in an earlier post: the gov't of Canada spends millions of dollars each year to help bridge immigrants into the system so they can become successful. A good amount don't use it.

Your community services will be a great place to start. They surely know much on the topic.
How old are the kids?

The links below provides an example of one of those services. They must be thousands of similar services across Canada. And they are free for newcomers.
http://www.workingwomencc.org/location/fairview/programs-services/care-for-newcomer-children/
http://ymcawo.ca/newcomers-to-canada/

beckycute1:
Happy new year to everyone here....
I would appreciate some advise from experienced PR.
I plan to relocate sometime July this year with my 5 year old daughter ..but I'm torn between 2 choices.......
1) Go first, settle and have her join me before the expiration of her medical
2) Go with her in July......

I understand its challenging relocating and more so with a child....but I'm not sure what to do.

Also, which is more advisable and more profitable in the long run

A Bridging program or a Co-op program? I'm into Administration and HR field

I would really appreciate sincere advise from residents in Canada.

Thank you

I may be wrong, I always think that the relocation to Canada is one of the easiest in the world given the varieties of social services this country offer to its newcomers. I stand to be corrected though.

Therefore, I would never advise anyone who is moving to Canada to leave a child behind if the person can travel with the child.

You should travel with your daughter. Yes, relocating may be challenging and intimidating. However, you will be surprised of how fast things will fall into place.

oketg:
Good day in the house. I need an advice. The family of 4 travelled to US. If husband decided to stay and the the wife with two kids retuned to Naija will this in anyway affect the wife and the kids to revisit US anytime. Please note the wife and kids only spent 2 weeks out of 6months given

As long as the husband doesn't overstay(going beyond the 6 months given), the family will be doing fine.
Hope all is well for the family

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Alantobie:
That would be helpful. I appreciate

My email address is TheCongo2017@gmail.com

Alantobie:
Hi everyone. I'm a student that just arrived in Montreal two days ago. I find it hard to understand how some stuffs work here so please if there is anyone here in Montreal, I would love us to meet so you could explain some things to me.

I just left Montreal 2 days ago. I was there for Christmas vacation. I live in London, Ontario. If you don't find anyone to assist you, I can connect you to my sister and her husband. They live in Montreal.

seyewest:
You can say whatever you want... but what we do here is free and after a while you won't even remember this thread but remember that spotlight no dey put money for pocket.... this thread is free for anybody I joined this thread towards end of part 1 and no one said I can't comment or assist.
Bros if you have issue with anyone on this thread settle it out of here instead of derailing this thread with snow.

So I can say whatever I want but I can't talk about snow. What a paradox!
Do you have anything against snow? If so, you have to deal with it given that snow had been mentioned a lot on Nairaland.
Anyway, happy New Year

LadyGuinivere:
Dude I'm only replying to correct your assumption.
I ENCOURAGE free speech. I DISCOURAGE anyone or anything that can promote illegality. I have never laid claims to being a 'guru'. Heaven knows where that term came from or found its way here. I rarely post these days because most questions pertain to what the posters can easily find if they read the thread so Werrin concern me if folks answer questions? That's the purpose of this thread.

Sorry my dear if I have offended you in anyway. I had been following you from the time you opened those threads and I must admit that tou are one of the people I admire the most on Nairaland.
Your moniker "LadiGuinivere" sounds French. First time I read it I was asking myself if you were one of us.
Happy New Year

OtunOba15:
So working with visiting visa is not an illegal status... Abi?

Even the poster you are encouraging her mother violated UK visiting visa where she ended up spending 4 months inside of 2 weeks. So e dey their blood.

Nothing will stop us.... We shall always say the truth. Let your conscience judge you

For one, I never encourage him to work on a visiting visa.

Second, if he does work with visiting visa, it means he is working illegally. That doesn't mean he is out of status. As far as I know been out of status means the person is still living in a territory after the expiratipn of the period he was authorized to stay by the immigration.

My conscience is clean. I can never advocate illegal immigration

LadyGuinivere:
Please what do you mean by" stay away from the wrong crowd " and "out of status"
He has no status . He is illegal.
Probably this is what otunoba was referring to.
Julify,fortunately this is a public thread. That means anyone is free to express an opinion once you have posted. If you do not like the feedback you may choose any variation of options but I do not think telling folks not to reply is one of them

Take it easy. How did you come to the conclusion that he has no status? From op's post, nothing indicates he had overstayed.

It seems to me that only a selected few " gurus" can answer questions on this thread. The rest of us are set only to post questions. Any outsider who attempts to answer a question will automatically become a threat who would steal the spotlight of the gurus .. lol

Anyway, I am on vacation in Montreal and there has been so much snow outside and I have been unable to go out. That is why I have been spending time on this thread trying to contribute what I can. Little did I know that I was stepping on someone's territory.

I am returning to work in few days, so I will seldom be on here again

OtunOba15:
@TheCongo2....Have been observing your comments on issues raised in this thread...And

It seems you kind of support some intending illegal immigrants to package their visa application or how they will process their stay which I believe you know their wrong intention.

Remember application packaging is not encouraged on this forum. Let's help people to do the right thing.

I stand to be corrected o!

Ah bon!
Can you please point to me an example of where I have encouraged anyone to follow the illegal route?

alt3r3g0:
True... When me and my wife went to Heritage park, a complete stranger walked up to us and gave us two tickets worth about 53 cad for free.

Sometimes people at driveTru pay for the bill of the car behind them

Bsbabe:
@TheCongo2, trust you are well. I sent you an email.

I have received your email. Sorry for the delay, I will get back to u shortly. I was in Montreal and just got home yesterday

maternal:
Just curious, it's hard to get a green card in the US? I've been seeing this thread lately. From the U.S to Canada.

I think it is a two ways street.
People had also moved from Canada to the US because they weren't able to get papers in Canada.

I any case, the number of people who had moved to Canada from tje US seems to be far greater than that of those who had moved from Canada to the US

It easier to settle in Canada

Nogen:
Montreal est trop bruyant pour moi ayant vécu à Lagos tout au long de ma vie. Je cherche maintenant une vie tranquille et paisible où je peux éléver mes petits sans beaucoup de décadence sociale. Sherbrooke me les donne .

J'ai appris le français au Nigéria, je suis titulaire de maîtrise en langue , culture et civilisation française . J'enseigne FLE aussi. Mais, cette fois-ci, je suis à Sherbrooke pour mon programme doctorat en éducation.

I am always marvelled whenever I meet a Nigerian or Jamaican who speaks French... wow
Do your kids live the snow? How are they coping with the cold?

Julify13:
With all due respect, don't make it seem as if i asked a daft question. If you don't feel the need to advise me,surely some other person may.

The reason for the question is to validate my fears (or not) from other people's view which will lead me to vehemently insist that he comes home as soon as possible (as he previously didn't want to take my advice,saying many friends over there are advising him to take the risk and that it's no biggie) , if staying till near the end of his visa will cause him to be denied entry next time.

Having a 2 year visa doesn't mean a person can stay in the US for 2 years.

Whenever someone enters the US, the immigration at the point of entry will stamp in his passport the time the person will be allowed to stay on the US territory. Though your brother has a 2 years visa, they may allow him to stay up to 6 months on a trip. So, if your brother goes beyond the time indicated on the I-94 then he has violated the terms of his visa.If that is the case, it will be closed to impossible to get another US visa.

So how is he planning to switch to permanent resident status? If I were you I would advise him to stay away from the wrong crowd. He may end up out of status with no way out.

Julify13:
Hello everyone!

Please advise me on this situation of my brother.
He is in the US on his last round of his 2 years tourist visa. He is working (a job) currently with this visa, (I guess its illegal). the question is - if he goes back to nigeria to renew and go back to the US will there be any consequences?

Will you advice that he continues to stay in in the US and not go back home until whenever he is able to sort his green card out?

please advice. Many thanks.

How is he planning to obtain a green card?
Does he have permission to work in the US?

edoman2016:
Why would any Nigerian go to Burundi? What useless opportunities in Burundi are you talking about? A country with per capita GDP of 285 dollars and ranked among the top five poorest countries in the world. It will be hard to become a millionaire in such country because the citizens are just too poor to afford basic necessities of life.

Why would Nigerians spend so much in plane tickets to go to Jamaica or Trinidad? Whatis there in those countries?

From your post, if a Nigerian has been appointed manager of the National Team of Burundi, he should decline that position. Correct?

fabyom:
is a bus trip from Ohio to Windsor Canada possible without immigration check

You are going from one country to another country, right? What is the purpose of your trip? Are you intending to avoid immigration check?

Nogen:
Merci beaucoup. Je viens de trouver un bel appartement pour démènager le 3 janvier. Mais, le froid là? C'est une histoire d'autre jour. Ç'ira car je n'ai aucun choix. Lol

Salut Nogen,
Ou as tu appris le Francais?
Pourqoui as tu choisi Sherbrooke comme lieu de residence?
Je vis en Ontario et je viens de passer 5 jours de vacances avec ma famille a Montreal. Le Quebec ne me plait pas du tout.
Bonne chance

Rexnegro:
where did u get that fact from that Burundi is the poorest con3 in the world? Even if it's the poorest which is not if God says he will make it there notin anyone can do about it. Bro op enjoy urser jare, but pls remember the house u come from o

Thanks bro for taking the time to educate some people
This is the Afican mentality
African think that money can only be made in the west
But white people go everywhere to make money.

edoman2016:
Wonder shall never end. So there are Nigerians living in Burundi. Burundi is the poorest countries in the world. Now I believe Nigerians are journey man.

Who says Nigerians shouldn't live in Burundi?
What if they are consultants hired by the government of Burundi?
Who told you that someone can't make money in what you call a poor country.
You didn't even know that there are millionaires in every countries of the world

booblacain:
Thanks a million.

And part 1

https://www.nairaland.com/608780/usa-visit-visa/322#38856287

booblacain:
Please can someone help me with a link to the part 2 of this thread. I have been seeing many emphasis on the importance of going through it. Thanks.

Part 2
https://www.nairaland.com/2656320/usa-visit-visa-part-2

idu1:
Why are you angry with acidosis that asked the op what he's doing in Burundi?

Because the question is painted with ignorance.
If op was in the UK or the US, acodosis wasn't going to question him. But since it is Burundi, tou guys think op shouldn't be there.