NIGERIA APPLICANT PLEASE LET US NETWORK.

[EMO]

Accra, today marks exactly one year of receipt of my PER and one year, two months and two days of AOR. Hmmmmmmmmm. We still dey waitooooooooooooooooooo :-X :-X : : :

Lets take it step by step

In process first then MR then PPR

Cheers

 

[Busy-Bee]

Lets take it step by step

In process first then MR then PPR

Cheers

With open heavens and divine visitation Ikemba will experience uncommon favour i.e from prison to the throne upliftment, if impossible find out from biblical Joseph and Mordecai. This will be our portions IJMN, A.

Busy-Bee

 

[Biolah]

@Jibaba,
Congratulations on your successful Landing in Canada and thanks for sharing your experience. Bonne chance au Canada.
Biolah

People , just to share a bit of my experience so far:

I am excited reading the Accra stories, better awaits you on the way to Canada !


my intention was just to land - so that the deadline will not expire , spend some weeks looking around , test the job markets and return to nigeria, to analyse and strategize. Expensive option uhn??

left naija with little air , loaded my gtb and had like 2k usd cash ; the experience was just like everyother ones, though we (wifey and 2 wonderful kids) left with BA , stayed like 5 hours at Heathrow airport and we then took off to Toronto. I noticed my kids were unusually happy , smiling and very excited for more than 24 hours and i begin to feel concerned ( positive concern though !)

At Toronto airport , we met lot of chinese waiting to complete their landing as well, since it is a big airport , and a weekend , i wasnt surpise by the queue , it moved so fast . at the immigration desk i was asked about my POF and i told them i had less than 10k , with 2k on cash , and rest on ATM , i was asked again what was the total amount i am bringing in ; i just said 40k ...by faith . SHe didnt ask to see it physically though .
an observation here ,i noticed one of kids name was shortened, funmilayo to Funmil ...on the COPR form i got from Ghana. i didnt see this until i went in for my SIN the following monday and i was asked at the point of entry if i have checked that all the information were correct which i noded in affirmative . please go through all the COPR and make sure all the info are correct and if there are issues , let them know at the point of entry . Anyway i was reassured there shouldnt be any problem especially for the kid.

my host has been wonderful and i wasted no time getting the SIN , opening a bank account with RBC , got a 1000 USD credit card which i have been spending - i understand it is good move to help build credit history ..going forward. and generally looking around .

Being an oil and gas person , calgary seems to be the right place , so i thought i could quickly jump on a plane and get myself in calgary within minutes , like Lagos-port-harcourt moves !! i was taken aback when i realised the lowest fare was like 700$ returns and it will take 4 hours to get there and the time zone is like 2 hours ahead ! so i decided to check a train or bus options ......may be it might be cheaper ...more surprise, it will take minimum of 3 days and the fare could rival the air fare... this underscores wat is being preached here everyday ..planning , planning ! you cant miss it with good planning and asking questions .........but i thank God i took the trip to calgary , i fell in love with the place ......well planned , simple and beautiful .I only planned to look around , test the job market and go back to Toronto before leaving for Naija again ...Well i have spent just 2 days in Calgary and there are interviews lined up for me ! Thank God i brought a suit and some nice shirt !
i wont advice anyone to take my route again , as in , if you are looking at calgary , come straight to calgary , even if your brother is in toronto !

May be this may interest the person asking about integration and leaving the naija certainty for canada , there is big demand for PM and BA here and with the right footing , you will get a good job . plus a community of very helpful and nice human being , in a well organised environment that money and next 10 years of "serious hard work by a focussed government in naija will not acheive .The few Nigerians i have met are extremely wonderful ...eager to help, happy with what they are doing and not regretting moving here ..even now i am playing with the option of resigning my job over the phone in Naija and stay back as there is great prospect here ....but i guess i need to go back and put things in proper shape....


i noticed i am spendig quite a lot on phone calls, and most people are not reaching me on the line . i got a rogers line and was thinking i could load it with like 100$ when leaving canada so that recruiters can reach my voice mail and leave messages for me , which i can then access from anywhere and then take action . i guess that was rather expensive plus i got the phone in Toronto and all calls i am making in calgary are charged as long distance call, thot it was like naija gsm same rate from maiduguri to okija , i am shopping for cheaper options as i will still be in calgary for a while ... i could still use my naija bb through wireless internet , so i am stll kind of connected when ever i am at my host place .

 

[Tboz]

Haaaaa! Madam Tinu! You forgot to specifically mention you met me and I'm on the forum now as a new entrant *insert laughter*

It was great meeting you and other members of the forum, you guys made my solo trip worth it. I had a cool time having lunch and chatting with you all.

Let's keep in touch.

Tolulope Donald-Oloyede

 

[trust_in_god]

Dear the jackson, how wonderfully you have shared your one-month experience of landing! Hope to hearing more in the upcoming days. Many good wishes to you.

My people
I salute all of una.
Congrats to Anty TINU and others who got Visa

Pa Right--- Na wa for youoooo Wetin carry you go Doha? Lagos-Europe -Canada is still the bestoooooooo


For those who are not sure about coming to Canada, please my advise is

1 Return your visa and face your lucrative business in Nigeria
2 Withdraw your application and apply to be the Governor of Central Bank




I have stayed here for 30 days. This is the only place I have seen where a man in his 50s-60s is happy being a" SALES BOY" with a house and a car. In Niger, every goes to school , then graduate, get a good job , get a car and a house.It is not so here in Calgary
A plumber, factory worker, carpenter etc all have houses and cars. Thanks to the wonderful system.


Educational Qualifications are not glorified here. I have Ex - Medical Doctors , Bankers etc working as middle-level men with pride.
If your dream is to sit in an airconditioned room, sip a glass of tea, signed some document, then stay back at Ikoyi and V.I.

Finally men and brethren, the Canadian system is working. People are coming from USA, Australia England, Ireland, France , Italy to Canada
Na you when dey Ajegunle, Mushin, Umunede, Sapele, Otukpo, Zaria, no go come?

 

[thejackson]

My people,

I jam something today for Calgary ooooooooo

The oyinbo lady I saw for one office when I dey look for work surprise me meoooooooooo

I dey hear , them dey call am Zaria, I come put my ear for ground well well.
Na him one officer come direct me to the Lady.I come ask her " Na wetin be your name, She come tell me
" Zaria. Pardon me , I said, She handed over her card to me .I wan faint when I see Zaria----- for the card.
I come tell her say me i don live for Zaria for 12 years. She laugh and come tell me say ,Zaria for niger him mama conceive the belle
and her papa dey live for Lagos now. Na him we come begin yearn ooooo.
She come tell me say when I ready to start the work,make I hala her for phoneooooo

Na waooo,this world na small place.
S

 

[4glory]

Haaaaa! Madam Tinu! You forgot to specifically mention you met me and I'm on the forum now as a new entrant *insert laughter*

It was great meeting you and other members of the forum, you guys made my solo trip worth it. I had a cool time having lunch and chatting with you all.

Let's keep in touch.

Tolulope Donald-Oloyede

Welcome to the forum and congratulations on the receipt of your visa.

@Thejackson
Indeed, it is a small world and nice to know that you are settling down already.

Cheers

 

[Forsure]

My people,

I jam something today for Calgary ooooooooo

The oyinbo lady I saw for one office when I dey look for work surprise me meoooooooooo

I dey hear , them dey call am Zaria, I come put my ear for ground well well.
Na him one officer come direct me to the Lady.I come ask her " Na wetin be your name, She come tell me
" Zaria. Pardon me , I said, She handed over her card to me .I wan faint when I see Zaria----- for the card.
I come tell her say me i don live for Zaria for 12 years. She laugh and come tell me say ,Zaria for niger him mama conceive the belle
and her papa dey live for Lagos now. Na him we come begin yearn ooooo.
She come tell me say when I ready to start the work,make I hala her for phoneooooo

Na waooo,this world na small place.
S

meaning automatic job be that o...small world.

 

[Akerekoro]

My people
I salute all of una.
Congrats to Anty TINU and others who got Visa

Pa Right--- Na wa for youoooo Wetin carry you go Doha? Lagos-Europe -Canada is still the bestoooooooo


For those who are not sure about coming to Canada, please my advise is

1 Return your visa and face your lucrative business in Nigeria
2 Withdraw your application and apply to be the Governor of Central Bank




I have stayed here for 30 days. This is the only place I have seen where a man in his 50s-60s is happy being a" SALES BOY" with a house and a car. In Niger, every goes to school , then graduate, get a good job , get a car and a house.It is not so here in Calgary
A plumber, factory worker, carpenter etc all have houses and cars. Thanks to the wonderful system.


Educational Qualifications are not glorified here. I have Ex - Medical Doctors , Bankers etc working as middle-level men with pride.
If your dream is to sit in an airconditioned room, sip a glass of tea, signed some document, then stay back at Ikoyi and V.I.

Finally men and brethren, the Canadian system is working. People are coming from USA, Australia England, Ireland, France , Italy to Canada
Na you when dey Ajegunle, Mushin, Umunede, Sapele, Otukpo, Zaria, no go come?

Pajackson has spoken.. Gbam Gbosa. Those who have ears let them hear!

 

[spokes]

Accra, today marks exactly one year of receipt of my PER and one year, two months and two days of AOR. Hmmmmmmmmm. We still dey waitooooooooooooooooooo :-X :-X : : :

I try not to think of the time that has elapsed!!!!
Mine is inching towards the 2 year mark :-X (ie from time application was submitted)

All we can do is keep trusting God for an expected end!

 

[Akerekoro]

My People

I arrived Abuja safely and i give God praise for Journey mercies. I feel i owe it to the house to share my experience considering that i also learnt a lot from those who went ahead of me. I went with Arik and we were asked to get yellow fever card before departing please ensure you get the original one from lagos and if you don't be prepared to take the vaccine and or pay 2,000 naira at the Kotoka Airport.

At the airport i quickly removed my MTN Sim and put it on a non blackberry phone and bought a Ghanian Airtel Sim for 5 ceddis and one week internet plus call card for just 10 ceddis about 1000 naira and was thus able to call, browse and ping all with less than a thousand naira. I got a comfortable hotel with the help of our members here on the forum and it was difficult to sleep that night in fact a fellow forumite told me he woke up around 3am lol we were all excited!!!!!!!

Please no need to rush to the embassy oooooohhhhhh, you can get there about 9am, your humble self got there about 8.30am and still met que !!!!!!! please remember to eat breakfast before leaving for the embassy, we were kept there till about 12noon and then asked to go and come back anytime from 2.30pm. I met two other Naija guys who are silent followers of the thread and we started gisting about the forum and Canada in general, not too long Alayo and Tolu came looking for Tinuade and as soon as they ask "Madam please are you Tinu" i jumped up with excitement knowing that these are my people!!!!!!! from then we took the gist to another level and we used the opportunity to tell our fellow Naija's about the forum.

We left there about 12pm and went to IOM office to make enquiries bottom-line, they can only book you upon presentation of your visa and they don't like booking for a long period usually beyond two months because they want people to be sure of their date as they complained that Naijas are fond of changing their tickets severally!!!!!!!

We went back to the Embassy and waited again then came the time we have all been waiting for!!!! one after the other our names were called and we collected the Maple leaf with great joy and excitement. My people we had fun, we eat fried rice not jollof, we chatted and we made friends. The place was full of people about 70 in all and if you remove students you would have between 40 and 50. I stand to be corrected but i feel the number of persons from Naija alone were about 30 or more at this rate i can't say Accra is slow but i can say "applicants are many"

Mandie joined us later at the hotel and we sure had fun and the gist continued. My people i can't fully describe the excitement but i know we will all experience it at one time or the other so be prepared. I met a lot of people and exchanged contacts and i dare say we shall continue our meeting in Canada it began here but definitely would not stop here.

Would keep you updated

@ Olabisi Congrats and others waiting congrats in advance.

Congratulations to all of you...Babe Tinu, Alayo and Bisi. May good news never ceased from this forum in Jesus Mighty name Amen.

 

[Akerekoro]

People , just to share a bit of my experience so far:

I am excited reading the Accra stories, better awaits you on the way to Canada !


my intention was just to land - so that the deadline will not expire , spend some weeks looking around , test the job markets and return to nigeria, to analyse and strategize. Expensive option uhn??

left naija with little air , loaded my gtb and had like 2k usd cash ; the experience was just like everyother ones, though we (wifey and 2 wonderful kids) left with BA , stayed like 5 hours at Heathrow airport and we then took off to Toronto. I noticed my kids were unusually happy , smiling and very excited for more than 24 hours and i begin to feel concerned ( positive concern though !)

At Toronto airport , we met lot of chinese waiting to complete their landing as well, since it is a big airport , and a weekend , i wasnt surpise by the queue , it moved so fast . at the immigration desk i was asked about my POF and i told them i had less than 10k , with 2k on cash , and rest on ATM , i was asked again what was the total amount i am bringing in ; i just said 40k ...by faith . SHe didnt ask to see it physically though .
an observation here ,i noticed one of kids name was shortened, funmilayo to Funmil ...on the COPR form i got from Ghana. i didnt see this until i went in for my SIN the following monday and i was asked at the point of entry if i have checked that all the information were correct which i noded in affirmative . please go through all the COPR and make sure all the info are correct and if there are issues , let them know at the point of entry . Anyway i was reassured there shouldnt be any problem especially for the kid.

my host has been wonderful and i wasted no time getting the SIN , opening a bank account with RBC , got a 1000 USD credit card which i have been spending - i understand it is good move to help build credit history ..going forward. and generally looking around .

Being an oil and gas person , calgary seems to be the right place , so i thought i could quickly jump on a plane and get myself in calgary within minutes , like Lagos-port-harcourt moves !! i was taken aback when i realised the lowest fare was like 700$ returns and it will take 4 hours to get there and the time zone is like 2 hours ahead ! so i decided to check a train or bus options ......may be it might be cheaper ...more surprise, it will take minimum of 3 days and the fare could rival the air fare... this underscores wat is being preached here everyday ..planning , planning ! you cant miss it with good planning and asking questions .........but i thank God i took the trip to calgary , i fell in love with the place ......well planned , simple and beautiful .I only planned to look around , test the job market and go back to Toronto before leaving for Naija again ...Well i have spent just 2 days in Calgary and there are interviews lined up for me ! Thank God i brought a suit and some nice shirt !
i wont advice anyone to take my route again , as in , if you are looking at calgary , come straight to calgary , even if your brother is in toronto !

May be this may interest the person asking about integration and leaving the naija certainty for canada , there is big demand for PM and BA here and with the right footing , you will get a good job . plus a community of very helpful and nice human being , in a well organised environment that money and next 10 years of "serious hard work by a focussed government in naija will not acheive .The few Nigerians i have met are extremely wonderful ...eager to help, happy with what they are doing and not regretting moving here ..even now i am playing with the option of resigning my job over the phone in Naija and stay back as there is great prospect here ....but i guess i need to go back and put things in proper shape....


i noticed i am spendig quite a lot on phone calls, and most people are not reaching me on the line . i got a rogers line and was thinking i could load it with like 100$ when leaving canada so that recruiters can reach my voice mail and leave messages for me , which i can then access from anywhere and then take action . i guess that was rather expensive plus i got the phone in Toronto and all calls i am making in calgary are charged as long distance call, thot it was like naija gsm same rate from maiduguri to okija , i am shopping for cheaper options as i will still be in calgary for a while ... i could still use my naija bb through wireless internet , so i am stll kind of connected when ever i am at my host place .

Jibaba, thanks for sharing your experience with us. Wishing you well in Canada.

 

[Akerekoro]

My people,

I jam something today for Calgary ooooooooo

The oyinbo lady I saw for one office when I dey look for work surprise me meoooooooooo

I dey hear , them dey call am Zaria, I come put my ear for ground well well.
Na him one officer come direct me to the Lady.I come ask her " Na wetin be your name, She come tell me
" Zaria. Pardon me , I said, She handed over her card to me .I wan faint when I see Zaria----- for the card.
I come tell her say me i don live for Zaria for 12 years. She laugh and come tell me say ,Zaria for niger him mama conceive the belle
and her papa dey live for Lagos now. Na him we come begin yearn ooooo.
She come tell me say when I ready to start the work,make I hala her for phoneooooo

Na waooo,this world na small place.
S

Congratulations in advance for the Job..... Abi Naija connection no dey?
Zaria must help o and even be ready to help more People.

 

[babymart]

@ Tboz,congrats on ur visa and welcome to the forum.What is timelime?pls update us if you don't mind.

@ Jackson,you are favored!wishing you more of God's favor as u settle down quickly!!Regads to your famile!!

 

[Akerekoro]

Haaaaa! Madam Tinu! You forgot to specifically mention you met me and I'm on the forum now as a new entrant *insert laughter*

It was great meeting you and other members of the forum, you guys made my solo trip worth it. I had a cool time having lunch and chatting with you all.

Let's keep in touch.

Tolulope Donald-Oloyede

Tboz, welcome on board and congratulations. You gonna share your timelines?