FSW 2014 applicants from Nigeria - Let's network

[teagirl]

Hi everyone! Trust we are all doing well.
My family arrived Calgary 2 days ago on Emirates airline from Abuja via Dubai-Toronto for a 6 weeks short landing.
We had the initial landing documentation at Toronto Airport and everything went smoothly.
We did not have time to go to the Service Canada office at the airport for SIN registration as we had a connecting flight to catch.
The landing process is quite straight forward. It helps to have your list of goods/list of goods to follow typed out and handy.
A declaration of over $10,000 cash is also not a problem.
My toddler's powdered milk was taken, during custom checks though, so you might not need to come in with powdered milk from Nigeria.

It shall end in praise for all of us!

Congrats on your landing. Didn't know milk is not allowed. Thanks for sharing

 

[slimbeauty]

Hello everyone, I am of the silent readers and kinda new here. And I must state dt ds group has bn of great help especially during the waiting time. I and my family got our visas and COPRs in April and by God's grace we will be landing in Alberta soon. My major concern is how to get a job once there. I have BSc physics and Masters in Geophysics and iv worked in a bank for 2yrs now. If there is anything dt has kept me back here since April, it's d fear of what to do n get a good job to build my career. Can landed seniors pls help give insight on how to go about it. Tnks for ur usual helpful responses in advance.

 

[Pipis Husband]

Hello Oga Pipis,

Very insightful post from you there sir, could you please elaborate on the bolded portion in italics? I mean the bit about joining specialized newcomer bridging program as opposed to general newcomer programs. Gracias!

Hi, I replied your PM. Just as there is a difference between secondary school and graduate school, so also there is a difference between general training and specialisation. Quite obvious, cheers

 

[zaraman]

I sent a mail via the cse about the process of adding a new family member and i got a response with all the forms to fill and all but my concern is i was ask to send the filled forms and other documents to the central intake office in Sydney,Nova Scotia....

was thinking this should be sent to Accra,

although am still waiting for medical but have had correspondence with Accra in the past,when they requested for additional documents and pof in 2015.

is this normal procedure?

 

[Donmakaveli]

Goodday my people. I have a friend who got PCC earlier and waiting for AVO's call. But the PCC expires (3months validity) this coming week and he was told by an officer in Alagbon to scan the present one and send through email so they can use the fingerprints to process a new Certificate. The question is, should he travel to Lagos to do a fresh fingerprint or has anyone here scanned before to get a new one processed? Thankyou for your responses

 

[Pipis Husband]

I sent a mail via the cse about the process of adding a new family member and i got a response with all the forms to fill and all but my concern is i was ask to send the filled forms and other documents to the central intake office in Sydney,Nova Scotia....

was thinking this should be sent to Accra,

although am still waiting for medical but have had correspondence with Accra in the past,when they requested for additional documents and pof in 2015.

is this normal procedure?

It's not compulsory that all applications be processed in Accra. CIC reserves the right to conclude an application at any location of their choice. You're the one who is looking for PR visa, act as instructed

 

[bolaopemire]

Hi everyone! Trust we are all doing well.
My family arrived Calgary 2 days ago on Emirates airline from Abuja via Dubai-Toronto for a 6 weeks short landing.
We had the initial landing documentation at Toronto Airport and everything went smoothly.
We did not have time to go to the Service Canada office at the airport for SIN registration as we had a connecting flight to catch.
The landing process is quite straight forward. It helps to have your list of goods/list of goods to follow typed out and handy.
A declaration of over $10,000 cash is also not a problem.
My toddler's powdered milk was taken, during custom checks though, so you might not need to come in with powdered milk from Nigeria.

It shall end in praise for all of us!

Welcome to Calgary.

 

[bolaopemire]

@bolaopemire, the trekking and going in opposite directions part got me cracked up . We had a similar experiences while doing our short landing in Calgary last October. While it was fun for wifey, I didn't find it so funny then. . All good and well.Looking to join you guys there shortly...

Very funny indeed. It's a lot better now though I entered the same bus no n bus name but going in another direction this week. Also interesting but funny though. We will get there. ;D ;D

 

[blacky]

@YIKELIN, checked mycic account now but nothing new.someone else should confirm before we conclude.

 

[bigfido]

Hi guys,

please can we use our RSA (pension account) as part of our proof of finance? i tried to search for it but no luck plus reading 1750 pages is quite a daunting task..

thank you

 

[edithdom]

Yikelin,we have same application and AOR dates.it is well with us.

 

[Pipis Husband]

Hi guys,

please can we use our RSA (pension account) as part of our proof of finance? i tried to search for it but no luck plus reading 1750 pages is quite a daunting task..

thank you

We recommend not depending on AVO accepting RSA to complete POF as some of their officers have rejected it to the shock of some forum members here. For peace of mind, leave out RSA and be on the safe side. There's a gold mine of information in the 1750 pages here, you'll learn far more than you can imagine if you start patiently from page one

 

[bigfido]

We recommend not depending on AVO accepting RSA to complete POF as some of their officers have rejected it to the shock of some forum members here. For peace of mind, leave out RSA and be on the safe side. There's a gold mine of information in the 1750 pages here, you'll learn far more than you can imagine if you start patiently from page one

Thank you pipis husband. i am actually more into the express entry platform and i recently got ITA for NBPNP. we are a family of 4 and we dont have up 5m (23,000 CAD) for the application which is what our unfortunate economy is doing to us. calculation jumped from 168 to 217 naira to a CAD. adding the RSA will help us meet up. hence the question. i am truly confused on what to do as i can't borrow money or put up any property for sale because of ITA. any advice?

 

[Unibadan]

Congrats to all with updates and those of us waiting to hear from AVO we shall come back to testify very soon .

Please for those of us that have linked our application with my cic have you noticed any new thing with urs? Checked mycic today and noticed that there is a document checklist for us to put some documents but no upload botton , does anybody know what it means

Nothing new in mycic account. still on Eligibility: Review in progress.

cheers.

 

[Nameless_Canada]

Thank you pipis husband. i am actually more into the express entry platform and i recently got ITA for NBPNP. we are a family of 4 and we dont have up 5m (23,000 CAD) for the application which is what our unfortunate economy is doing to us. calculation jumped from 168 to 217 naira to a CAD. adding the RSA will help us meet up. hence the question. i am truly confused on what to do as i can't borrow money or put up any property for sale because of ITA. any advice?

My brother it is a very serious matter, we are family of 6, we now need about N7m as POF.