LANDED NAIJA APPLICANT PLEASE SHARE YOUR EXPERINCE

[Jibaba]

@lilbro ...

why not , you can join the force and do well. there is always recruitment going on . Quote me " if everything is money ($$)in Canada , opportunity is the cheapest !"

@ Liss..
it is a pity , my co fellow niaja Landers here are not talking , i havent receive a pm on this matter, but am working on it individually and also helping others ..so am collecting lots of good and useful info ,

And for those coming in , please you can always note events as they happen , just the willingness and determination to help others will help you as you note things that could be helpful to others .

 

[CanadianLov3]

A very intriguing and informative thread

 

[lilbro]

@ lilbro ...

why not , you can join the force and do well. there is always recruitment going on . Quote me " if everything is money ($$)in Canada , opportunity is the cheapest !"

@ Liss..
it is a pity , my co fellow niaja Landers here are not talking , i havent receive a pm on this matter, but am working on it individually and also helping others ..so am collecting lots of good and useful info ,

And for those coming in , please you can always note events as they happen , just the willingness and determination to help others will help you as you note things that could be helpful to others .

Wow thanks Jibaba, Now I know my dreams are coming true! Stay blessed.

 

[bensonams]

After paying the RPRF online, how will you inform your local visa office of the payment?

 

[Anvaller]

My dear Landeds,

Can anyone please inform on the process and the time taken (weeks? months?) to convert Nigeria's Driver's license to Alberta's?

Also, please advise on the best mobile service provider to go for prompt landing. I mean best in terms of little or no charges for incoming calls, unlimited data with reasonable subscription fee and preferably with flexible prepaid sim that I can use with my phone right away.

Ur advice will be highly appreciated.

 

[B.A]

@ Jibaba,

please im stiling waiting for your response.

Cheers

 

[teejeez]

hello house. you seniors are really doing a good job on the information you are giving. pls i am planning to land with my family in december and and i know winter is intense at this time. what advice does the house have for me as per what to bring along and the immediate things i need to do when i land.

 

[omoba7]

My dear Landeds,

Can anyone please inform on the process and the time taken (weeks? months?) to convert Nigeria's Driver's license to Alberta's?

Also, please advise on the best mobile service provider to go for prompt landing. I mean best in terms of little or no charges for incoming calls, unlimited data with reasonable subscription fee and preferably with flexible prepaid sim that I can use with my phone right away.

Ur advice will be highly appreciated.

DL
You would sit for a class 7 computer based test. If you pass, you would be given a class 7, card usually comes in about 2-3 weeks.
If you have your naija license, You can submit that to the registry. They would send it to Alberta government to check for authenticity. if it passes, you would be eligible to go for an advanced road test as long as you have been driving for over 3 years. Once you pass the advanced road test, you would get your card in about 2-3 weeks.
The naija license needs to be Original, make sure you were captured at an FRSC processing centre. Anything else is a fake+ fine+possible extension on the GDL process. GDL process usually takes 3 years i.e Class 7 for 1 year (can't drive with this)
Class 5 basic for 2 years (restricted driving)
Then advance (unrestricted driving).

For the mobile network, the cheapest so far is wind network. If you are coming from the EU, your phone would most likely not work with Canadian network. They do not use GSM technology here.

Babakura and Omo naija are both correct. Different things works for different people. It actually depends on ones profession. If you are in a regulated profession e.g Nursing or medicine. There is no way you can ever get a job in your field straight away. Most of these regulated professon qualifying exams can also only be written in Canada.

So it's either you take some months off to write all your qualifying exams or go to college for a lower course of study in your line of profession. Some doctors from overseas work as medical lab assistant while writing their qualifying exams. You would meet registered nurse working as health care aid while they write their qualifying exams too. But again, MLA and health care aid requires going back to school to study for at least some months. This is what babakura was trying to pass across. Most foreign qualifications are heavily discounted in Canada. Canadians believe any qualifications from outside their country cannot be trusted. or in their own words, not as valuable as the paper it was written on. I have heard Canadians say this about foreign qualifications many times.

So it's either one works in transition jobs for a very long time, or in babakuras word, suffer for sometime by going to upgrade. ;D

If you are in a field that is not regulated e.g IT and some business profession, one could be lucky depending on how desperate the employer is. You would find settling in Canada a lot easier. You can even get a job off the plane when you have the expertise/certificates in an unregulated profession and are focused.

 

[omoba7]

hello house. you seniors are really doing a good job on the information you are giving. pls i am planning to land with my family in december and and i know winter is intense at this time. what advice does the house have for me as per what to bring along and the immediate things i need to do when i land.

To be honest, i don't even know what to say,,,,as winter is very tough and brutal here. Maybe other landed guys can offer advice. I was lucky that when i landed, i had a family member driving us around to get our SIN, bank account, winter clothes and other stuffs. All i know is that the SIN and bank account are the most important though.

 

[bensonams]

DL
You would sit for a class 7 computer based test. If you pass, you would be given a class 7, card usually comes in about 2-3 weeks.
If you have your naija license, You can submit that to the registry. They would send it to Alberta government to check for authenticity. if it passes, you would be eligible to go for an advanced road test as long as you have been driving for over 3 years. Once you pass the advanced road test, you would get your card in about 2-3 weeks.
The naija license needs to be Original, make sure you were captured at an FRSC processing centre. Anything else is a fake+ fine+possible extension on the GDL process. GDL process usually takes 3 years i.e Class 7 for 1 year (can't drive with this)
Class 5 basic for 2 years (restricted driving)
Then advance (unrestricted driving).

For the mobile network, the cheapest so far is wind network. If you are coming from the EU, your phone would most likely not work with Canadian network. They do not use GSM technology here.

Babakura and Omo naija are both correct. Different things works for different people. It actually depends on ones profession. If you are in a regulated profession e.g Nursing or medicine. There is no way you can ever get a job in your field straight away. Most of these regulated professon qualifying exams can also only be written in Canada.

So it's either you take some months off to write all your qualifying exams or go to college for a lower course of study in your line of profession. Some doctors from overseas work as medical lab assistant while writing their qualifying exams. You would meet registered nurse working as health care aid while they write their qualifying exams too. But again, MLA and health care aid requires going back to school to study for at least some months. This is what babakura was trying to pass across. Most foreign qualifications are heavily discounted in Canada. Canadians believe any qualifications from outside their country cannot be trusted. or in their own words, not as valuable as the paper it was written on. I have heard Canadians say this about foreign qualifications many times.

So it's either one works in transition jobs for a very long time, or in babakuras word, suffer for sometime by going to upgrade. ;D

If you are in a field that is not regulated e.g IT and some business profession, one could be lucky depending on how desperate the employer is. You would find settling in Canada a lot easier. You can even get a job off the plane when you have the expertise/certificates in an unregulated profession and are focused.

Great!

 

[wums]

DL
You would sit for a class 7 computer based test. If you pass, you would be given a class 7, card usually comes in about 2-3 weeks.
If you have your naija license, You can submit that to the registry. They would send it to Alberta government to check for authenticity. if it passes, you would be eligible to go for an advanced road test as long as you have been driving for over 3 years. Once you pass the advanced road test, you would get your card in about 2-3 weeks.
The naija license needs to be Original, make sure you were captured at an FRSC processing centre. Anything else is a fake+ fine+possible extension on the GDL process. GDL process usually takes 3 years i.e Class 7 for 1 year (can't drive with this)
Class 5 basic for 2 years (restricted driving)
Then advance (unrestricted driving).

For the mobile network, the cheapest so far is wind network. If you are coming from the EU, your phone would most likely not work with Canadian network. They do not use GSM technology here.

Babakura and Omo naija are both correct. Different things works for different people. It actually depends on ones profession. If you are in a regulated profession e.g Nursing or medicine. There is no way you can ever get a job in your field straight away. Most of these regulated professon qualifying exams can also only be written in Canada.

So it's either you take some months off to write all your qualifying exams or go to college for a lower course of study in your line of profession. Some doctors from overseas work as medical lab assistant while writing their qualifying exams. You would meet registered nurse working as health care aid while they write their qualifying exams too. But again, MLA and health care aid requires going back to school to study for at least some months. This is what babakura was trying to pass across. Most foreign qualifications are heavily discounted in Canada. Canadians believe any qualifications from outside their country cannot be trusted. or in their own words, not as valuable as the paper it was written on. I have heard Canadians say this about foreign qualifications many times.

So it's either one works in transition jobs for a very long time, or in babakuras word, suffer for sometime by going to upgrade. ;D

If you are in a field that is not regulated e.g IT and some business profession, one could be lucky depending on how desperate the employer is. You would find settling in Canada a lot easier. You can even get a job off the plane when you have the expertise/certificates in an unregulated profession and are focused.

Very informative

 

[xtreme]

DL
You would sit for a class 7 computer based test. If you pass, you would be given a class 7, card usually comes in about 2-3 weeks.
If you have your naija license, You can submit that to the registry. They would send it to Alberta government to check for authenticity. if it passes, you would be eligible to go for an advanced road test as long as you have been driving for over 3 years. Once you pass the advanced road test, you would get your card in about 2-3 weeks.
The naija license needs to be Original, make sure you were captured at an FRSC processing centre. Anything else is a fake+ fine+possible extension on the GDL process. GDL process usually takes 3 years i.e Class 7 for 1 year (can't drive with this)
Class 5 basic for 2 years (restricted driving)
Then advance (unrestricted driving).

For the mobile network, the cheapest so far is wind network. If you are coming from the EU, your phone would most likely not work with Canadian network. They do not use GSM technology here.

Babakura and Omo naija are both correct. Different things works for different people. It actually depends on ones profession. If you are in a regulated profession e.g Nursing or medicine. There is no way you can ever get a job in your field straight away. Most of these regulated professon qualifying exams can also only be written in Canada.

So it's either you take some months off to write all your qualifying exams or go to college for a lower course of study in your line of profession. Some doctors from overseas work as medical lab assistant while writing their qualifying exams. You would meet registered nurse working as health care aid while they write their qualifying exams too. But again, MLA and health care aid requires going back to school to study for at least some months. This is what babakura was trying to pass across. Most foreign qualifications are heavily discounted in Canada. Canadians believe any qualifications from outside their country cannot be trusted. or in their own words, not as valuable as the paper it was written on. I have heard Canadians say this about foreign qualifications many times.

So it's either one works in transition jobs for a very long time, or in babakuras word, suffer for sometime by going to upgrade. ;D

If you are in a field that is not regulated e.g IT and some business profession, one could be lucky depending on how desperate the employer is. You would find settling in Canada a lot easier. You can even get a job off the plane when you have the expertise/certificates in an unregulated profession and are focused.

Thanks for the info

 

[canadaforall]

My dear Landeds,

Can anyone please inform on the process and the time taken (weeks? months?) to convert Nigeria's Driver's license to Alberta's?

Also, please advise on the best mobile service provider to go for prompt landing. I mean best in terms of little or no charges for incoming calls, unlimited data with reasonable subscription fee and preferably with flexible prepaid sim that I can use with my phone right away.

Ur advice will be highly appreciated.

Hi!
I am not Najia but can help based on my experience try Kodoo is the best for the price is good and fido is super good.

Hope it helps.

Canadaforall.

 

[bensonams]

Hi!
I am not Najia but can help based on my experience try Kodoo is the best for the price is good and fido is super good.

Hope it helps.

Canadaforall.

I believe these are mobile phone networks?

 

[Anvaller]

@omoba7

Thanks for the info!