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collinsoft:
I recently applied for an MBA program to study Information Systems Management at IBU in Toronto. This school was recommended by a friend in Ontario. My intent and purpose is relocation with the family through the study route.

I honestly do have soo much Information about the school or Ontario and sincerely need our assistance as I have made full tuition payment for the program (information systems management) I current manage an Aviation into plane refueling operation where we purchase bulk Aviation fuel and refuel aircraft here in Nigeria but don't know what the future hold for me over there.

The current economic situation in Nigeria is no longer funny hence my decision to migrate to Canada. I sincerely need our advice as this would define my career path and family at large.

I think you should do IELTS. And stay in the pool.

Choose an NOC that qualifies for the transport sector draw since that is what you do. You might get a PR. If you can also do french as advised, please do.

imustsaymymindo:


I think you should do IELTS. And stay in the pool.

Choose an NOC that qualifies for the transport sector draw since that is what you do. You might get a PR. If you can also do french as advised, please do.

I sincerely appreciate this response. I am in a seriously dilemma now as I have payed a tuition deposit of $9,500. I don't know what to do now. My expected resumption to the school is September 2025 and with this information, I am opting out but for me to get a refund is premised on visa rejection.

Please good people of Nigeria in Canada, I need assistance to migrate. I have the funds to do this but do not want to make a mistake I would regret here after.

Please I would appreciate further advise on this forum. God bless us.

ednut1:
you are better off going to learn French and apply for express entry. The school is a mushroom school aka diploma mill. They probably rented two floors in a high rise and its not a reputable school with employers. Now is not even the time to come via study visa if its not in reputable universities in less competitive provinces.

But bros, why e be say our people no dey conduct basic research before paying huge sums to these schools? I once toyed with an MBA just as my first boss did too, so I have more than a fair knowledge about schools' quality, employability and the like. Why one school with a funny-looking name when there are good schools (STEM certified) in the Texas region in the US?

A simple Google search brought out the top MBA programs in Canada: https://www.reddit.com/r/MBA/comments/12eww5r/mba_at_top_schools_in_canada_or_m7_t15_us/
https://e-gmat.com/blogs/top-business-schools-for-mba-in-canada/
https://www.topuniversities.com/mba-rankings/canada

I would be told that "oh, those schools are either too expensive or elitist", but it mustn't be the top five or even top ten especially if one's grades and previous work experiences no dey okay, but looking at immigration changes and the utmost need to get a job with visa sponsorship, it is imperative that our people choose relatively good schools with some clout behind their names to make up for the huge expenses (financial and mental) that they would incur.

And yes, your suggestion on learning French is way better than spending hooge funds on a degree program at a funny-looking name university.

Gerrard59:

But bros, why e be say our people no dey conduct basic research before paying huge sums to these schools? I once toyed with an MBA just as my first boss did too, so I have more than a fair knowledge about schools' quality, employability and the like. Why one school with a funny-looking name when there are good schools (STEM certified) in the Texas region in the US?

A simple Google search brought out the top MBA programs in Canada: https://www.reddit.com/r/MBA/comments/12eww5r/mba_at_top_schools_in_canada_or_m7_t15_us/
https://e-gmat.com/blogs/top-business-schools-for-mba-in-canada/
https://www.topuniversities.com/mba-rankings/canada

I would be told that "oh, those schools are either too expensive or elitist", but it mustn't be the top five or even top ten especially if one's grades and previous work experiences no dey okay, but looking at immigration changes and the utmost need to get a job with visa sponsorship, it is imperative that our people choose relatively good schools with some clout behind their names to make up for the huge expenses (financial and mental) that they would incur.

And yes, your suggestion on learning French is way better than spending hooge funds on a degree program at a funny-looking name university.

he actually did research and couldn’t find much online as its a new school. Most international students just want to japa by any means. They don’t care if the schools are lowly ranked, if you have previous work experience from your home country you would still get a job after studies. But with the current immigration wahala over 1.2m people have no pathway permanent residency and are expected to leave by 2025. Instead of gambling with a low grade MBA just go learn French or enter pool since his occupation is in demand.

collinsoft:


I sincerely appreciate this response. I am in a seriously dilemma now as I have payed a tuition deposit of $9,500. I don't know what to do now. My expected resumption to the school is September 2025 and with this information, I am opting out but for me to get a refund is premised on visa rejection.

Please good people of Nigeria in Canada, I need assistance to migrate. I have the funds to do this but do not want to make a mistake I would regret here after.

Please I would appreciate further advise on this forum. God bless us.

Sorry for the late response. In my opinion, you can do both together.

Just start your PR process as early as possible. For instance, try maxing out your IELTS and enrolling in a French school before your study permit is out. Do Babbel and Duolingo too. You can watch French movies and French songs+lyrics, and use AI apps like Google Live Translate to practice speaking and listening to actual people and yourself speaking French.

You can go for the MBA alone if the permit gets approved to know the terrain and whether Canada is even a place you want to be while your family holds the business down in Nigeria if possible. Then when you get ITA, you can bring the rest of your family along. Do you have a spouse with an in-demand occupation too?

seunpinky:


Ask yourself, how many new Nigerian immigrant have exhausted the tax free govt investment options. You have a tfsa limit of $7,000 per year which can be rolled over (if you have spent 3 years in Canada as a PR your tfsa limit would be $21,000), you have $2,500 RESP per child per year, you might even have up to a max of 31,560 RRSP limit, you also have a FHSA limit of $40k

It may make sense for recent PRs who recently migrated with kids already older (maybe 11 to 17) and who have funds to put away, to kuku max out on the lifetime RESP of $50k per child.

There will likely not be enough time to benefit from the lifetime max CEGS before 18 and capital will also start appreciating earlier.

funkyy598:



Based on your advice, if a doctor or professional engineer ,ant etc arrives in Canada and cannot find a job, their best option is to Uber as a driver, then move on to becoming a professional driver or cleaner. You also suggest that seeking better career opportunities is considered "trying to impress people," according to your explanation.

Please stop spreading misinformation—there’s no way a cleaner will earn $100k unless they own their own company, have many contracts, and are managing a team. You can dislike your country or family, but don’t exaggerate your points.

To those just arriving, be careful about jumping into the Uber business with your life savings to buy a car. Please do some research—it’s no longer a viable full-time job. Don’t let anyone deceive you.

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/bart-janitor-made-270k-in-pay-and-benefits-last-year-report/2010727/

Please learn the system before making such ignorant statements. This is why Nigeria cannot progress. Because of how people like you think.

Maria96:
you are smarter and know better than these guys who have protested at the airport and Nathan Phillips square over the past one year lol. Maternal i you that year hope your bogus asylum claim was later approved ?

I actually do know better than them. If they'd take my advice, their lives would be much better. Me claim asylum ? When ? Where ? But leaving the hell fire known as naija, and becoming a citizen here is a win, regardless of how one got it. My friend, I care about the end results, not how one got there. Change your mentality and you'll be more successful.

maternal:



https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/bart-janitor-made-270k-in-pay-and-benefits-last-year-report/2010727/

Please learn the system before making such ignorant statements. This is why Nigeria cannot progress. Because of how people like you think.

You went online to look for the highest-paid cleaner and found one in the USA, but you forgot to complete your search to it wasn't a fraud, as later revealed by an investigation by BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) in the San Francisco Bay Area. I'm not surprised because you already said you don’t care how one gets it, as long as the end result matters to you. I guess getting rich through fraud aligns with your idea of an acceptable outcome. At this point, it’s best to ignore you, as your words and arguments are just filled with hatred for your family and your country

I agree with you. Unless one is really coming to study for study sake, i do not believe study visas are the best way to try to relocate to Canada.

ednut1:
he actually did research and couldn’t find much online as its a new school. Most international students just want to japa by any means. They don’t care if the schools are lowly ranked, if you have previous work experience from your home country you would still get a job after studies. But with the current immigration wahala over 1.2m people have no pathway permanent residency and are expected to leave by 2025. Instead of gambling with a low grade MBA just go learn French or enter pool since his occupation is in demand.

ednut1:
he actually did research and couldn’t find much online as its a new school. Most international students just want to japa by any means. They don’t care if the schools are lowly ranked, if you have previous work experience from your home country you would still get a job after studies. But with the current immigration wahala over 1.2m people have no pathway permanent residency and are expected to leave by 2025. Instead of gambling with a low grade MBA just go learn French or enter pool since his occupation is in demand.

My brother's friend attended national open university that is cheaper and easy in Nigeria for his masters degree , and he ed the English exam. He is now processing his permanent residency after he was invited. But my brother is still in Canada, running from one school to another as the Canadian rules keep changing daily. Patience and information are vital in this life. The majority of students in Canada now are not supposed to be facing all this extreme stress!

ednut1:
he actually did research and couldn’t find much online as its a new school. Most international students just want to japa by any means. They don’t care if the schools are lowly ranked, if you have previous work experience from your home country you would still get a job after studies. But with the current immigration wahala over 1.2m people have no pathway permanent residency and are expected to leave by 2025. Instead of gambling with a low grade MBA just go learn French or enter pool since his occupation is in demand.

I sincerely appreciate your genuine response and advice as well. I am opting out of the program and have equally written to the school for a refund of my tuition deposit. I will look at the PNP or even completely look at other countries to migrate to. I am a man of 41 years of age with a family of 5, an engineer with over 10 years of work experience in the into-plane refueling business operations. I was only looking at the study route as the easiest means to migrate.

Further advice would be welcomed.

Hi,
I will like to connect with you as i applied for thesame school.

collinsoft:


I sincerely appreciate your genuine response and advice as well. I am opting out of the program and have equally written to the school for a refund of my tuition deposit. I will look at the PNP or even completely look at other countries to migrate to. I am a man of 41 years of age with a family of 5, an engineer with over 10 years of work experience in the into-plane refueling business operations. I was only looking at the study route as the easiest means to migrate.

Further advice would be welcomed.

collinsoft:


I sincerely appreciate your genuine response and advice as well. I am opting out of the program and have equally written to the school for a refund of my tuition deposit. I will look at the PNP or even completely look at other countries to migrate to. I am a man of 41 years of age with a family of 5, an engineer with over 10 years of work experience in the into-plane refueling business operations. I was only looking at the study route as the easiest means to migrate.

Further advice would be welcomed.

I like the fact that you are able to quickly retrace your steps and you are willing to take advice and face your japa plans with more intent and knowledge.

Please what kind of skills should you learn to get a Work Visa in Canada?

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Sorry for the late response. In my opinion, you can do both together.

Just start your PR process as early as possible. For instance, try maxing out your IELTS and enrolling in a French school before your study permit is out. Do Babbel and Duolingo too. You can watch French movies and French songs+lyrics, and use AI apps like Google Live Translate to practice speaking and listening to actual people and yourself speaking French.

You can go for the MBA alone if the permit gets approved to know the terrain and whether Canada is even a place you want to be while your family holds the business down in Nigeria if possible. Then when you get ITA, you can bring the rest of your family along. Do you have a spouse with an in-demand occupation too?[Good afternoon sir,pls I want to ask,if a Nurse from Nigeria got Job offer in Canada,what type of permit can she come with?PR ?

[quote author=Ifetech4u post=133028068][/quote]a nurse needs to complete licensing before working in Canada. So no employer will hire a nurse on work permit from outside Canada when the nurse cant work immediately. Most nurses come by express entry or study visa. Complete their licensing requirements ans apply for nursing job after. Took some people 6months plus.

Hello guys,

I don come again oh, I found a masters course in IT at Carleton university but the tuition is 30k cad yearly for 2 years.

It aligns well with all my asks but the downside is it expensive.

Now I can source for the first year and my brother wants to help me with POF for a year.

I want to know if it feasible for I and my spouse to get a job to pay the second year fee.

and I hope we don't have to show POF for 2 years.

Please advice and input needed.

Zyzman:
Hello guys,

I don come again oh, I found a masters course in IT at Carleton university but the tuition is 30k cad yearly for 2 years.

It aligns well with all my asks but the downside is it expensive.

Now I can source for the first year and my brother wants to help me with POF for a year.

I want to know if it feasible for I and my spouse to get a job to pay the second year fee.

and I hope we don't have to show POF for 2 years.

Please advice and input needed.

You cant afford it. Plus there are no guarantees you will be able to save that tuition or even get a job in 6 -12 months.

Majority of the people with PR or citizenship earning over 100k have not saved 30k this year.

I dont know why people are hell bent on this expensive study visa route that has casted when there is french and PNP route 😪

ednut1:

You cant afford it. Plus there are no guarantees you will be able to save that tuition or even get a job in 6 -12 months.

Majority of the people with PR or citizenship earning over 100k have not saved 30k this year.

I dont know why people are hell bent on this expensive study visa route that has casted when there is french and PNP route 😪

Blunt but true.
6 figure yen yen, gather money na if e easy.
Even TFSA I dey save from each paystub, once once if e don grow small, I dey crash am, pull funds out to settle something.

Omo, I pray not to be fixated on salary for too long mehn

Zyzman:
Hello guys,

I don come again oh, I found a masters course in IT at Carleton university but the tuition is 30k cad yearly for 2 years.

It aligns well with all my asks but the downside is it expensive.

Now I can source for the first year and my brother wants to help me with POF for a year.

I want to know if it feasible for I and my spouse to get a job to pay the second year fee.

and I hope we don't have to show POF for 2 years.

Please advice and input needed.

30k is a lot. You have not even factored in cost of daily living, rent, feeding and all. Finding a job is not that simple.
Even a salary earner with a full time job can hardly save that 30k annually on a 80k salary.

ednut1:

You cant afford it. Plus there are no guarantees you will be able to save that tuition or even get a job in 6 -12 months.

Majority of the people with PR or citizenship earning over 100k have not saved 30k this year.

I dont know why people are hell bent on this expensive study visa route that has casted when there is french and PNP route 😪

what is the French and PNP route, is that PR?

geekybabe:



30k is a lot. You have not even factored in cost of daily living, rent, feeding and all. Finding a job is not that simple.
Even a salary earner with a full time job can hardly save that 30k annually on a 80k salary.

Tired at this point, I can't seem to find a cheaper course in masters.
This is because I want to move with family.

Zyzman:


Tired at this point, I can't seem to find a cheaper course in masters.
This is because I want to move with family.

Be flexible, explore Express Entry (PNP, French, in-demand categories).

ednut1:

You cant afford it. Plus there are no guarantees you will be able to save that tuition or even get a job in 6 -12 months.

Majority of the people with PR or citizenship earning over 100k have not saved 30k this year.

I dont know why people are hell bent on this expensive study visa route that has casted when there is french and PNP route 😪

As single or married? To be honest, it is not easy to save that amount within a year on a $100K gross salary. I can imagine the taxes in Canada for high earners.

Who no go, no know😔
Especially if you have mortgage(s).
Kà shà mà dupé🙏

Gerrard59:

As single or married? To be honest, it is not easy to save that amount within a year on a $100K gross salary. I can imagine the taxes in Canada for high earners.

ednut1:

You cant afford it. Plus there are no guarantees you will be able to save that tuition or even get a job in 6 -12 months.

Majority of the people with PR or citizenship earning over 100k have not saved 30k this year.

I dont know why people are hell bent on this expensive study visa route that has casted when there is french and PNP route 😪

If a person is PR and is earning over 100k in a year and cannot have saved 30k this year, then there's a big problem wrong with that person. That person needs a very strong lecture on financial management. I know this is besides the point made in your post, but it needs to get our there regardless.

MayorOfEdmonton:
Who no go, no know😔
Especially if you have mortgage(s).
Kà shà mà dupé🙏

Mortgage is also some form of savings, so that should be factored in too, somehow.

NuCypher:

If a person is PR and is earning over 100k in a year and cannot have saved 30k this year, then there's a big problem wrong with that person. That person needs a very strong lecture on financial management. I know this is besides the point made in your post, but it needs to get our there regardless.

Net pay in Ontario for that amount is about 5,800. Average one bed condo is 2500(studio like 2k) , car insurance 300, gas, groceries, utilities, miscellaneous etc. what about those with mortgages . Dey play 😂

NuCypher:

If a person is PR and is earning over 100k in a year and cannot have saved 30k this year, then there's a big problem wrong with that person. That person needs a very strong lecture on financial management. I know this is besides the point made in your post, but it needs to get out there regardless.

There’s no right or wrong assertion to the statement of making 100k and having a savings of 30k per year. A whole lot of factors comes into play in determining if one can save up to that amount.

The major criteria that would determine if you can save up to that amount are
1. The standard of life you want to live.
2. Where you live and where you work (ease of commuting).

Let’s put some figures to it using Toronto as an example:
100k per year is a net pay of 5,800 per month if you want to save 30k per year it means you are going to live off 3,300 per month which is very possible for a single living a low lifestyle in a basement with no car no eating out, hanging out, very little shopping etc

Living off 3,300 with a mortgage and a car is virtually impossible in Toronto.

Tbh, 100k seems like a lot of money until one starts making it and realize that it’s barely enough to live a luxury lifestyle (mortgage, car finance, car insurance, fuelling, bills, property tax, condo fees, eating out, hanging out with friends, once a year vacation etc).