Awoderu A.A said:
I was able to get 12 points for the IELTS (point according to the visa requirement and not score) making me to arrive at a total of 72 point.
I hope that's clear.
Some one also mentioned something about update of FRSC driving license, i believe that canada has its own driving license so what would be the relevance of the Naija license?
Even if you want to get any driving license here in Niaja, it so be international driving licence atleast that is what i believe. any other comments as regards this driving license issue plz
Barsindoo mentioned this for reasons below.
Tito also had a thread on his landing/settling experience where he thrashed the licensing issue amongst other things.
Depending on your proposed destination in Canada, 9ja license may come in handy in that it accelerates the process of gaining your Ontario(and probably Alberta too as Barsindoo brought this up) driver's license. Ontario operates a graduated licensing program, with different levels of licensing(G1, G2 & full G), and each intermediate level has its limitations/restrictions and it could take upto 2 years to progress through all the levels. I see folks giving testimonies in church for getting their G license. ;D
The benefit of getting a 9ja license is this, you could get some credits for your prior driving experience in 9ja depending on the time your first license was issued(u get max credit for 3 yrs+), and instead of taking Theory test, G1 road test, G2 road test and having to wait for 1year each at G1 & G2 respectively; with one's 9ja license one only takes the theory test with the option of moving straight on to G2 test(jumping over G1), and if one passes then one gets Full G license just like that with no waiting times. A failure of the G2 test means one goes back down to G1 to do the G1 test and then progress to G2 road test with no waiting period applicable.
One however has to get the 9ja license authenticated by the nigeria high commission in ottawa before the drivetest authority give any credit for prior driving experience
http://www.nigeriahcottawa.com/content/authentication-of-nigeria-drivers-licence-33.html
One could save up to two years in waiting times, and thousands of dollars in Auto Insurance premiums by getting it right first time, and gaining the Full G in shortest possible time, plus the inconvenience of not being able to drive on certain roads, at certain times of the night or carry children could be avoided.
The International license is also good, it helps if one needs to drive in the early days after landing in canada, i doubt if one could actually use it legally for the one year validity it says on the booklet, but one could use it to hire a car during the first 60days of landing in canada without any hassles.
http://www.drivetest.ca/en/license/OutOfCountryDrivers.aspx
http://www.drivetest.ca/en/faq/FAQ.aspx
