₦airaland Forum

salford:
Pros: Easier for PR if you are an international student, diversified economy, decent average wages for professionals (only Alberta is higher), cuisines is oyinbo food, but there are Nigerian food stores scattered across the province, Good number of Nigerian trained doctors and other professionals, less populated, cheap phone plans and car insurance, decent cost of rent or property etc

Cons: Bitterly cold-comparable to Manitoba and Edmonton & up, Mosquitoes in summer, diversity not as much as Ontario or BC, could be boring, no real international airport like the one in Calgary, Vancouver or Toronto, lowest minimum wage in Canada, Infrastructures not as nice as say BC or Ontario.

Moved here from Calgary, Alberta after the world Oil glut seriously affected Alberta's economy. Had a chance to move elsewhere like BC or return to Alberta, but the family loves it here than Alberta, so this is home now. Love Sask - Land of the living skies.

However, you will get you more response and views on the existing Living in Canada thread.

...Hey Boss...Being a while that I read your post online...Trust you are doing well? Still in Sask? Regards to the family

slydog:
Flying in by 4th of next month

..How far? How you see Sask now?

titibaby:
I think you can contact IRCC and let them know you have changed your mind and will want your family to accompany you. Since your wife and child has already fulfilled the medical requirement, you will be asked to send in all rhe passports for PR. We have seen previous posts and it adds no complications beyond time.

..Great suggestion.. @Preshlomoye: I don't think you lose anything by asking IRCC as suggested by the poster. However, I will implore you to pray very well about it...Do a joint prayer with your wife and follow the divine direction .I strongly believe that God is still in the business of perfecting everything about us.

My spirit keeps telling me that you will testify soonest.

mavisjuliet:
My sister's friend nominated her while she lived at manitoba a couple of years ago. My sister got married along the line and added her husband. She has subsequently added her kids. The additions has slowed down her applications. So yes, I wrote the test cos she is optimistic that she will travel soon n nominate me. But I am tired of waiting for her. I want to enter the pool on my own.
So I want to know if I qualify as an administrative officer officer in a State Civil Services . Thanks

.OK.

Firstly, Points gotten from friend is insignificant in Manitoba PNP. As such,I hope she get PPR soon.

Some provinces pick people with your NOCs randomly from the pool. However, some others like Sask will always insist that your academic qualifications align with your Job/NOC.

I hope you have age on your side and have academic qualifications higher than a B.sc degree?? Furthermore, have you look at learning french and acing your IELTS?

Wishing you best of luck.

[quote author=Preshlomoye post=114476019][/quote]..I would suggest you go alone then. Get your PR and work on sponsporing your wife down.

I believe that is easier .Because if you decide to change the status now...I think/believe that your combined scores could be recalculated to determine if you meet the cut-off for that day, and it is not possible to be certain that you will get PR after

mavisjuliet:
Hi all. I have written the English language test and the result will be out in 3 days time. I am a Civil Servant( an Administrative Officer) with 5 years of experience. Please do l want to know if I can apply for the Canada PR and what section of the immigration programme I qualify.

..You wrote English language test as in you wrote IELTS without having a clue about the process??

This sound kind of strange sha or am I missing something?

Preshlomoye:
Good Afternoon all.

I'm in a situation- please I need help.
A male married candidate with PR but yet to land, I chose my wife and child as non accompanied in my application.
I'm expecting another child in the coming month, I'm thinking of waiting for the new baby to be born, add the child and the first child as accompanied while my wife remains unaccompanied for me to sponsor her. Has anyone done this before or is this a bad step? Please help me.

..Can you singlehandedly take care of your new born and the child over there without their mother

Why did you make her non-accompanying?

JackDaAlienz:
I want to find an apartment but na money kill am.
I will be turning 30 on october and im still living with my parents. I feel like i have failed in life at my age.

It pains me that as a guy, i dont have my own apartment. Apartments are so expensive now than before. And i dont have friends that i can squat in their house.
What should i do?

..Why do you need an apartment to dey nack small-small girls upandan or what exactly is getting an apartment more important than looking for how to improve your personal development

Why would you want to squat when you have parents whose house you can stay and develop your sense haba ! be reasonable and pursue how to develop yourself .So that you can also own and build your own apartment.

ferfer:
Hello there, hope my reply is not coming in late.
I lived in Victoria for 2 years and I believe there is a vibrant nigerian-immigrant community there. I can link you up if this is something you would like.
Welcome to the country and may the land favour you.

..Learnt cost of living in B.C is freaky expensive..How true is that? how do you manage in there....Mind sharing your experiences and words of advice for persons that might be indecisive with regards to location in Canada. Thank you

madayaya:
Let’s play a game! Predict CRS score and number of ITA to be issued. I go first 510, 4500

.Expect 560 ,3,500

Failure44:
What kind of man earns so much money every month but finishes it in the first week.
Even to pay my school fees and buy textbook is an issue

At my young age am forced to collect loans to keep myself a float.
At just 19 am owing debt, I pity this man when I graduate, I'll show him pepper like mikel showed to his father.

...You might not even be able to measure up to his leave when you finally graduate...let alone showing him pepper....Instead of you to focus on how you will be useful in life...you are more bothered with how to show someone else pepper.....Channel your energy into making your productive!

tousure:
CRS score was 473, cut off if I recall was 472

..Congratulation..I pray that your new country will favour you greatly ..I have a question with regards to MEDICALs. Was it IRCC that adviced you to take the initial medical or you just followed the tide of the moment and do Medical?

Secondly, at what point in the application processing does IRCC usually request for MEDICALs? is it immediately at the point of accepting your ITA or many months down the line?

Thanks.

braine:
Thanks a bunch for the advice. We've resolved to go ahead with it. I'll be updating my profile to claim the points

Cc. Zeewirld

...I am very happy to learn that....Congratulations in advance....Expect ITA before November

SirKelvegaz:
4 Days until D-Day!

..... I love your drive and tenacity.

Thanks for acting as our timer !

It made some of us to seat up ,re-assess ourselves/options and prepare for the remaining part of the year.

Keep being you

braine:
Birthday is in April. I started losing points since last year on this age issue, I guess I have some more time. Lost 10points so far.

Theres no other way except:

1. Claiming 15 points for my step sibling who has a PR (we can't find marriage certificate that binds his mother and my father).

2. Taking French exams for TEF (not an option for me, as may brain cannot carry that right now).

3. Rewiting to max IELTS to get extra 3points for my speaking to raise to 470

I doubt there's anything else apart from these.

..#1 is more feasible and doable. Explore it

FrenchHome:
Thanks. I was not born in France. I fulfilled the 5-year continuous stay as an employed resident. My wife (applied with me) and kids acquired citizenship at the same time.

If you do a 2-year masters in France all you need to do is to live and work a further 2 years and you become eligible to apply for citizenship.

...I am very happy for you.. Congratulations....Just rejoicing thinking of the ease in which your generations and lineage will be claiming Citizenship of three countries as them like... May God bless your hustle

braine:
467 actually. I can only keep my fingers crossed right now.

..once your birthday is not soon...i think you will be fine...However,can't you increase your score further?

FrenchHome:
Good evening,

I and my family of 5 are travelliing to Canada from Europe for softlanding in July. We will be staying in Ontario. We plan to stay in an airbnb. Can you kindly advice a town close to Toronto that we can stay? Basically a town that has easy access to Toronto and does not have expensive accommodation.

Thanks.

..How far with this enquiry? gotten answers?

braine:
I'm not sure about this, but I expect it to be above 480 for about the first 7 - 8 draws, if they go by the the average number of 3,500 ITAs issued per draw pre-covid. You can tell from the CRS numbers in the pool.


This will likely span 4 months at the rate of 2 draws per month. With my own score, I've zeroed my mind till December.

...Hope your score is above 470 sha?

CountVersailles:
Yes, it will almost certainly be greater than 500 for the first few months. Most definitely

First few draws certainly...but not months

pyyxxaro:
You know say that skol like to stress person but anyhow e be , I must find their password

My own done too delay , I don vex tire

Abeg Incase u get any coded password, u fit still give me line for backyard oh


Hailings

...By AAU ,You meant Ambrose Alli right? If yes,I have a reliable source..He assisted me when mine was taking ages...You can come inbox if you are interested.

FrenchHome:
Hello All,

My story. Apologies I do not know all the acronyms.

We decided to apply for Canada Express entry as a back up as we were not too sure about our French citizenship application because of time spent outside France. I am just over 40 and my wife is just under 40. So if you are under 30, you have got no excuses.

TEF - 10/2019 (Paris) - C2, C2,C1,B2
IELTS - 12/2019 (Paris) - 8.5, 7, 7. 8.5
IELTS wife - 02/2020 (Paris) - 7,5,6.5,7.5

We forgot about the Canada thing until I got a message inviting us for ITA after an increase in points thanks to French language.

ITA - 12/2020
PR Application - 02/2021
Medical passed in 2021, extended by one year to 02/2022
Biometric (Paris) - 06/2021
Background check complete - 04/2022
Application approved - 06/2022
Expecting COPR + passports by DHL next week

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Application for French nationality - 07/2021
French citizenship Interview - 01/2022
Confirmation of French citizenship for myself, wife and 3 kids - 06/2022

Canada PR + French citizenship confirmed in 06/2022

In order to give back to the system, I have put together something for people who want to become French and I am working on putting something together to help people pass the TEF Canada easily. It should be ready in the final quarter of this year.

All the very best in your application.

...Congratulations.. Were you born in France? Wondering how you came about the citizenship.

Congratulations....Your generations unborn will thank you for this...You placed them on a higher pedestal through your dedication ,determination and discipline .

Hope to meet you some day.

NG2CA:
Maybe not for 6 months but at least for 3 draws or so.

Hope for the 460's is gradually but steadily fading away as well. This is an unpleasant reality

..I doubt if it will get lower than the 470s this year...Unless,they introduced some metrices via Bill C-19

Marike2:
Pls can you confirm if IELTS is still mandatory for other Canada immigration routes eg Express Entry, PNP, etc?

Or English Proficiency Certificate/Letter suffices?

Other gurus pls help![

..Still mandatory as at 15:34 on 23/06/2022

evangmx:
I just lost my job like 2 months ago. I use my car to do can work. My wife works as well. And we have 2 children.

I want you to tell me the truth am I doing bad or good?

I pay all the bills at home, I still give out 15k every week for food.

But my wife still complain. I don't know what she use her salary to do. All I know is that she use to wear new cloth every Sunday and new shoes. And buys cloth for the children once in a while.

Pls tell me if am doing bad.

...Bros...You are doing well ,and under no condtion should you question yourself as to whether you are Man enough or not...From the little that you wrote...You are a great Dad ,A great ,nice and hardworking man and trying to be a wonderful husband to a woman who isn't sensible.

Most times...we make the mistakes of footing all ladies bills while dating because we believe we are in love and it is the man's role to do all that...In the process,we become a simp to be walk on by ladies ,who most times are manipulative .

If your wife does not have the sense to assist then you need to sit her down and talk to her....No need inviting a third party because I can assure you that most men are also going through similar issues. Tell her that she MUST WISE UP and BECOME FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE IN THE FAMILY. Ask her which part of the bills she will be footing going forward..You can't assert your authority overnight but you must put your foot down and stand by it!

Alternatively , you can reduce the 15k which cumulatively is 60k monthly to just 15k monthly.

God forbid that something untoward happens to you...Won't she dust herself up and carry the family responsibilities?

In this present age...It is an abomination as a family and most especially as a Man not to have savings...But I honestly doubt if you will be able to accumulate any savings when you foot all bills...The aftermath of this is dire.

Kindly make changes without further delay.

garriAndsugar:
You need to discuss with your wife to see how she can support you

..Does he even needs to discuss with her If she was a sensible and reasonable person she should have pick up part of the bills....What of if that man drops dead....won't she carry the load

This attitude that a lot of our women exhibit is not only wicked but extremely selfish....The act of believing that your husband should carry all the family loads while you squander yours without lifting a finger to assist is the reason why love is missing in a lot of homes .it is sad.

Tellwhat:
Are you really serious with what you just said?

I don't even like wike. But wike has more structure than all this guys. Who's okowa? And obaseki with udom.
Wike performed better than them as governor and Porth Harcourt has huge numbers. Infact wike will pocket south south

...Remember, I informed you that Atiku won't pick Wike abi?

Alaigbopress:
I came to this Forum to complain about how my Girlfriend always posts pictures of her ex on her Status and uses his pictures as her screensaver.

Here is the link to the thread
https://www.nairaland.com/7133811/girlfriend-keeps-posting-ex-pictures

After her explanations which looked like Truth. We moved on and I have to make a Counter post where I nearly insulted Nairalanders who came to my help with loads of advice to dump the Girl. Here is the link to the second thread I made which also made the front page.

https://www.nairaland.com/7138678/lost-girl-friend-followed-advice

Please Nairalanders forgive me for not heeding to your advice, and also the way I spoke to You guys. I am really sorry about that.

This morning I woke up again and went through her Status and saw another guy she posted on her Status. Jokingly I asked her if this is the Okechukwu (not my name) she is talking about and putting Love Emorji for because she has done that several times. So I was expecting her to tell me that the guy is her Cousin or a relation and to my chagrin she told me the guy is her ex and that she just loves the picture.

I now reprimanded and scolded her that I had warned her not to post anything ex both pictures or videos on her Status. That was when this same girl told me that it is over between us that I complain a lot bla bla bla.

WHY AM I WRITING THIS
I am writing this to advise my fellow guys.
Guys please You have to be careful with these girls, some of them are very heartless, wicked and very manipulative.

Today I am joining the Redpill Gang full time.

...What I deduced from your post is ehen....that you are immature ,easily susceptible to manulation ,dying for public validation and a Lilly-livered person who doesn't know what to do .

You have got a lot of growing up to do....In addition,I would suggest you seek a means of livehood.

Regards

Clairita:
Good day all.

Is there any support group for this Canada express entry?. I don't really know where to start from. I could only check eligibility for just age and work experience. Please I need you guys to put me through. Thank you

..Start from beginning.This journey abhor laziness .As such,you need to read widely and ask questions if you encounter any challenge on the path

Collegemind:
It will be my first time travelling to kogi state and I know nothing about Kogi..
My destination is Obajana in Kogi and I currently live in Lagos

Can someone help me tips and directions on how to get there safe and sound and probably the best travel/bus company to use

...Take any bus going to Lokoja... Lokoja buses load from Mangboro,Agege and Ojota. They will pass through Obajana....I believe your destination is Dangote factory.

All the best

Francieuche:
IELTS listening 8.5
Speaking 7.5
Writing 6.5
Reading 6.5
Should I abandon this Express entry process and continue with my life?
What kind of result is this??
Can I remark it?
Why do i feel my test score was swapped this has been my fear

...Put in more effort

saskatoonguy:
no. Looking to improve the score to 488 or 490

...May your heart desires come through.