NewStats: 3,259,265 , 8,169,683 topics. Date: Saturday, 24 May 2025 at 03:15 PM s1y1k

Knight1:


Hello.
The place to start on all eligibility for skilled migration to Australia is https://www.anzscosearch.com/points-test/
The Website actually has a lot of information, but you start by calculating your points. [ Select the 189 visa while testing ]

When you've done that, you have to determine which occupation you want to nominate. To my knowledge, banking is not an occupation -they would want to know the specific role in banking. Here's my advice on going about that
Look for a profession within the banking industry that you have worked in, and then ensure that the profession aligns with istration or something to do with public. I tried to search for you but my network seems bad
Play around with keywords such as Public, istration and find the one that is most relevant for you based on your experience.
You should also look at the BACKLOG tab for that profession (You'll see it once you search and select a profession on Anzscosearch) to know how many people you'd be competing with. This may help in deciding the profession you want.
It is also advised that the profession you select is on the MLTSSL List (Click on the List tab on the link I shared)

When you have zeroed in on a profession, and if you have a minimum of 75 points, I think you may have a good chance.

Thanks this was helpful

Good morning, please I need advice from the experienced people here.

I plan to migrate through the PR route directly.

I am 36 years of age with 8 years experience in banking.

I studied public istration and graduated with first class.

I will be sponsoring myself with statement of 8m.

I have a wife and two kids but will like to leave alone and bring them over later.

I will like to know my chances of getting nominated from a regional area in Australia.

Swift responses will be appreciated

edkai:
I think the link below is the appropriate thread for your enquiry. You should post it there so as not to derail this particular thread meant for student's visa enquiries.
https://nairaland.unblockandhide.com/4478747/diy-guide-australian-permanent-resident/279#97756985

Thanks for the link

edkai:


You're right. However, it is still easier to obtain PR if one studies in Regional Australia. At least even though you don't get it via 189 or 190 visa, you're almost sure of getting it through the 489 visa.

With regards to jobs, it depends on how enterprising the individual is. Some regional areas have enough jobs to do also. Since I got to Wollongong for instance, I've never been without job. Infact I'm running a cleaning service and I'm currently overwhelmed by the amount of jobs coming in... so much that I'm starting to look for extra hands.

At the end of the day, it's about adaptation and discovering the opportunities around you.

Good morning, please I need advice from the experienced people here.

I plan to migrate through the PR route directly.

I am 36 years of age with 8 years experience in banking.

I studied public istration and graduated with first class.

I will be sponsoring myself with statement of 8m.

I have a wife and two kids but will like to leave alone and bring them over later.

I will like to know my chances of getting nominated from a regional area in Australia.

Swift responses will be appreciated

Good morning all, please I need advice from the experienced people here.

I plan to migrate through the PR route directly.

I am 36 years of age with 8 years experience in banking.

I studied public istration and graduated with first class.

I will be sponsoring myself with statement of 8m.

I have a wife and two kids but will like to leave alone and bring them over later.

I will like to know my chances of getting nominated from a regional area in Australia.

Swift responses will be appreciated.

Send mail to [email protected]

Interesting

RuudVanNisteroy:

You need to show you have cash or cash equivalents that can be converted to cash immediately. You can use your mutual fund if it can easily be converted to cash to fund your studies.

Please I am interested in migrating to Canada as a skilled worker.
I am 35years with 7 years post graduate experience in banking sector.

Please what are my chances.

It is not a good Idea. But such you can't help.
More like a reflex/involuntary action.

One of the kids will constantly display character traits that would make you have a special liking for him/her even without you knowing.

Cmeo:
It's good to find out how to receieve permanent residence of another country, but it's much more better we discuss how to stay back and develop our country for the benefit of all.

How about traveling out to mobilize the required resources needed and come back to make our country great.

I for once, I will not be out for more than 10years.

RuudVanNisteroy:

Student Visa
The first step is to a get ission from a Canadian institution that is accredited. You application can still be rejected if you don't meet the rest of the requirements below:
-Present WAEC certificate
-Provide copy of TOEFL or IELTS
-Financial requirements - Show proof beyond reasonable doubt you have the financial resources to fund your education for the 1-4 year duration of your degree or diploma.
-Police certificate
-Birth certificate

Landed Immigrant
Has similar requirement to student visa, there is an additional work experience requirement There are certain job titles Canada is looking for in immigrants and there are listed from Skill level 0-B.

I think you should explore the landed immigrant option because your already a graduate and Masters degree is expensive. This is the cheaper option.


The process is pretty simply. Present all the documents they requested , and if you don't have the finances don't forge a bank statement, get a rich friend or relative to transfer money to your , or get a bank staff to manipulate the number in your s, they will find out.

There is no secret to getting a Canadian student visa, it is a straight forward process. Australia has similar requirements to Canada.

You have other options like , where the tuition is free and you just have to get ission and get the German visa. You get 18 months after you graduate to get a job, so you can file for permanent residency

You have Netherlands that offers cheaper tuition than Netherlands, where you have to pay the full tuition after you get ission and go for your visa interview. And get 12 months after you get graduate to get a job, before you can file for permanent residency.

If I decide to go through Landed immigrant, can I file for it on my own. Or I must work with an agent

RuudVanNisteroy:

You get approved for permanent residence from Nigeria and when you get to the airport you be get your permanent residence papers and a few years later become a citizen.
They are certain requirements to become a landed immigrant in Canada,USA,Austrailia etc:
-English test requirement-IELTS,TOEFL
-Educational qualification.e.g Bachelor,Masters
-Fall under a certain Occupation e.g They are looking for people in certain occupations e.g Accounant,IT Analyst,Engineer etc
-Financial requirement e.g have a minimum amount in your bank or asset valued at minimum threshold.

Your age should also be low. You will get higher point if you are less than 35years.

The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma has disclosed that the state-owned Imo State University (IMSU) will be renamed to Mallam Abba Kyari University saying that the late Chief of Staff died as a patriot.

This was revealed via a statement signed and released Today, April 20 by the Chief Press Secretary/Media Adviser to the Governor, Oguwuike Nwachuku.

The Governor made this call when the management staff of the university led by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Adaobi Obasi paid him a visit at the Executive Chambers of the Imo State Government House.

The Governor went on to say that Mallam Abba Kyari played a pivotal role in the liberation of Imo State and no gesture is too big for a man who died as a patriot.


The Governor also said that consultations are underway with relevant stakeholders both in the education sector and in the State to critically look at the situation and take a decision.

The Governor urged the management staff of IMSU to live up to expectation, while pointing out that his istration is very committed to quality education in the State and that Imo State University as the epicenter can not be left behind.

The University management through the VC commended the Governor for a job well done so far. She also called on all and sundry to His Excellency to succeed.

It is yet to be seen, how stake holders and the people of Imo State will react to this recent development.

Big time cashout by the FG

kabanayol9:
Guys update us on the screening exercise...

We were about sixty for Abia state. Did an exam of 10questions after the screening and verification exercise. Left there by 6pm.

Chechem:
That's what u are suppose to say. Not digging up link to suit your believe. My link said "in an interview with the NIS boss, they have gotten 1.2 applications". While ur own link said " our reporter learnt that 40k application...". Objectively, which one would you believe? I wish you the best bro. Its your time.

I sent you a pm need to ask you something in private.

Bhydemi:
Hugh

Pls someone should assist me with this

Drop your email. Let me send the guarantor form.

fikky12:


Guys I just received the third email stating that your place of physical examination has to be your state of origin. Who else got the mail

I got the same mail. That means I will go to my state.

Chechem:
Please where is ur venue and ur state of residence?

Venue is Orlu. State of residence is Imo. But am not from Imo.

kessydaddy:
Please have anybody from IMO state gotten?

Yes. I got the mail on Sunday

Veraatabeh:
nice writeup

What is nice about this?

Old gist

It's high time we start telling ourselves the truth.
Read this post by Damilola Jonathan Oladeji:

This morning I am tempted to place a curse on Nigerian Senators, especially those ones that have the blatant effrontery to sit around negotiating subsidies for religious pilgrimage. Recently about 198 Nigerians were deported from Saudi for trying to live their illegally.

I don't know why it is so hard for Africans to understand that religion is nothing but a tourist venture all over the world, God is not on this earth, locked up in any location, waiting for you to come and Mark ! Wake up!!! You are killing your people, killing your generations with this endless stupidity!!

When I was leaving Nigeria recently, I had to withdraw the last 100k in my and converted it to South African Rands, I had approximately 3,000 Rands despite the sleepless nights I worked to save up. No government official is negotiating for students like myself to have subsidized exchange rates.

I will forever appreciate those who gave me loans and those who chipped in their bit but there is still a thousand of me in Nigeria, who would never get a chance to pursue a better education, research, invention or anything worthwhile!

I paid the flight ticket, a connect flight through Rwanda and no government official is in the Senate arguing that Nigerian airways should subsidise and carry students to their destinations for half the price.

Sen. Sonmonu is there complaining about the exchange rate for pilgrims to be subsidized to #200, who pays the remaining #150? My father's taxes, your father and your mother's taxes will be used to subsidize this exchange rates. The U.S. will not reduce their exchange value because some wasteful Nigerians want to go and pay homage to the cross of Jesus or the Birth Place of Mohammed...they will not!

It is your government, my government, our Commonwealth that is being pumped into these religious tourist trips.

Saudi Arabia is demanding that Nigerians hire their caterers, they are demanding that 50% of the airlift is done by their airline, the cost of a single bed space is about $3600 for 35 days and each pilgrim will be spending not less than $1,599 for the trip and fees. In these times when most African nations are struggling with recession, why won't Saudi Arabia continue to thrive? During the Oil glut, how do you think they managed not to be affected when even Russia was bleeding?!! Wake the Bleep up people!

This nasty old men are even trying to negotiate for pilgrims to pay the fees in instalments, do you know who pays the charges in the interim? Your government, our Commonwealth will be spent on tourism to Holy Lands. I swear to you, my father's land is holier than any land anywhere in the world.

The sweat and pain that it takes a Nigerian father to own land and build a three bedroom apartment is enough for him to be defied!! Go back home and worship the ground under your feet! Maybe when you see this dirt and filth everyday, you will repent and put your wealth in the right places.

Nobody is saying the Nigerian graduate should have Housing loans that can be paid in instalments. Why can't I pay my Masters fees using an education loan? Why can't the government make it compulsory that every year the same amount spent on these "holy" pilgrimages is diverted to the s of youths and graduates? Let's see whether Nigeria will continue to be as rotten and wasted as it is.

And you think Saudi Arabia would be sympathetic to your pleadings and negotiations? You think they care that you are ruining your country to build theirs? This is the reason why Africans nations will forever be subservient to European and Arab powers, because they have given us a God whose home address is always missing on the African map.

The few times God chooses to visit us, he is either in a synagogue or on a crusade or in some building waiting for our weekly and monthly contribution. God is a tourist in Africa! And Africans are sheep without a father, looking for God in places where he has never showed up for our deliverance.

THOMAS SANKARA and THE EVILS OF AFRICA.

Africa is a great continent with great potentials. It has one of the most abundant mineral resources in all the continents, is blessed with fertile arable lands, but most importantly, it has a great pool of human resources.

Contrary to what Western media will force us to believe, Africa is blessed with great intellects, original science and art forms. Actually, civilization started from Africa.

The Benin kingdom has a well-developed art and culture form, the Igbo has a well-developed iron works technology, in fact white invaders were shocked to be repelled with local guns from the iron smiths of Awka, in their initial attempt to invade Igboland.

The North had a well-organized system of government, the era of Queen Amina was proof of sophisticated governance. Also the original seven Hausa kingdoms already had a vibrant trading centre that dealt in leather, gold, cloth, salt, kola nuts, animal hides, and henna as early as the 9th century.

In many other parts of Africa, the original African man , was proud and self-reliant. He was a master in Agriculture, trading, arts and science.

Their native doctors understood the science of herbal medicine. It is interesting to note that Malaria killed off most of the early white men, while herbal concoctions where very effective in taking care of our forefathers, and death by malaria was quite rare (Ironically, today, with all the advances in modern medicine, malaria is still the number one killer in Africa. )

Our colonial powers do not mean well for Africa, and most of the poverty and suffering in Africa today, can be traced to a deliberate influence by colonial powers.

I am not an economist, but I will do best to present the facts in the most objective light, but I do this not to blame our colonial masters, but to let us understand the root of some of our problems, and to let the youths of today know the important role they have to play in building a great Africa tomorrow.

To illustrate my point better, I will use the small West African country of Burkina Faso as an example, and in particular the era of Thomas Sankara.

Thomas Sankara is viewed as one of the best Africa presidents. Sankara seized power in a popularly-ed bloodless coup in 1983, aged just thirty-three, with the goal of eliminating corruption and the dominance of the former French colonial power.

Before taking power, the then Upper Volta, was in deep poverty and was highly dependent on foreign aid, especially from and the IMF.

But immediately after taking power, Sankara launched one of the most ambitious programmes for social and economic change ever attempted on the African continent.

He renamed the country from the French colonial Upper Volta to Burkina Faso ( meaning "Land of Upright Man".

His foreign policies were centered on anti-imperialism, with his government eschewing all foreign aid, pushing for odious debt reduction, nationalising all land and mineral wealth and averting the power and influence of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank.

His domestic policies were focused on preventing famine with agrarian self-sufficiency and land reform, prioritising education with a nationwide literacy campaign and promoting public health by vaccinating 2.5 million children against meningitis, yellow fever and measles within 1 week. Sankara's istration was also the first African government to publicly recognize the AIDS epidemic as a major threat to Africa.

Other components of his national agenda included planting over 10 million trees to halt the growing desertification of the Sahel, doubling wheat production by redistributing land from feudal landlords to peasants, suspending rural poll taxes and domestic rents and establishing an ambitious road and railway construction programme to "tie the nation together".

He did not depend on foreign aid to build the railways, he actually called on his citizens to come out en-mass to manually build the railways, and they were happy to oblige.

Sankara also called on every village to build a medical dispensary, and had over 350 communities build schools with their own labour.

Moreover, his commitment to women's rights led him to outlaw female genital mutilation, forced marriages and polygamy, while appointing women to high governmental positions and encouraging them to work outside the home and stay in school, even if pregnant.

“Our country produces enough to feed us all. Alas, for lack of organization, we are forced to beg for food aid. It’s this aid that instills in our spirits the attitude of beggars.”
— Thomas Sankara

Immediately after Sankara took office he suppressed most of the powers held by tribal chiefs in Burkina Faso. These feudal landlords were stripped of their rights to tribute payments and forced labour as well as having their land distributed amongst the peasantry.

This served the dual purpose of creating a higher standard of living for the average Burkinabé as well as creating an optimal situation to induce Burkina Faso into food self-sufficiency.

Within four years Burkina Faso reached food sufficiency due in large part to feudal land redistribution and series of irrigation and fertilization programs instituted by the government.

This success meant Sankara had not only shifted his country into food self-sufficiency but had in turn created a FOOD SURPLUS ! Sankara also emphasized the production of cotton and the need to transform the cotton produced in Burkina Faso into clothing for the people.

He was not just interested in producing foods, but also in manufacturing, and using raw materials in Africa to make finished goods.

Large-scale housing and infrastructure projects were also undertaken. Brick factories were created to help build houses in effort to end urban slums. All regions of the country were soon connected by a vast road- and rail-building program laid by Burkinabé people to facilitate manganese extraction in "The Battle of the Rails" WITHOUT ANY foreign aid or outside money.

These programs were an attempt to prove that African countries could be prosperous without foreign help or aid. These revolutionary developments and national economic programs shook the foundations of the traditional economic development models IMPOSED on Africa.

Sankara created a court to try corrupt officials, in these courts, the officials must defend themselves, as they were denied access to lawyers. The consequent embarrassment was enough to discourage corruption, although he rarely punished the guilty ones seriously.

Some of his other achievements and initiatives were:

• He sold off the government fleet of Mercedes cars and made the Renault 5 (the cheapest car sold in Burkina Faso at that time) the official service car of the ministers.

• He reduced the salaries of well-off public servants, including his own, and forbade the use of government chauffeurs and 1st class airline tickets.

• He redistributed land from the feudal landlords to the peasants, making the country food self-sufficient.

• He opposed foreign aid, saying that "he who feeds you, controls you."

• He spoke in forums like the Organization of African Unity against what he described as neo-colonialist penetration of Africa through Western trade and finance.

• He called for a united front of African nations to repudiate their foreign debt. He argued that the poor and exploited did not have an obligation to repay money to the rich and exploiting.

"Thomas knew how to show his people that they could become dignified and proud through will power, courage, honesty and work. What remains above all of my husband is his integrity."
— Mariam Sankara, Thomas' widow

• In Ouagadougou, Sankara converted the army's provisioning store into a state-owned supermarket open to everyone (the first supermarket in the country).

• He forced well-off civil servants to pay one month's salary to public projects.

• He refused to use the air conditioning in his office on the grounds that such luxury was not available to anyone but a handful of Burkinabés.

• As President, he lowered his salary to $450 a month and limited his possessions to a car, four bikes, three guitars, a fridge and a broken freeze.

EVILS OF AFRICA

And gradually the evils that bedevil Africa began to rear its ugly heads. For Burkina Faso, these evils were the small, but powerful Burkinabé middle-class (the elite cabal), the tribal leaders whom he stripped of the long-held traditional right to forced labour and tribute payments, and and its ally the Ivory Coast.

The colonial masters were shocked at the massive revolution going on in Burkina Faso, but they were more worried that other African nations will follow in the footsteps of Burkina Faso, and free itself from the shackles of IMF, the World Bank and colonial masters.

Although the colonial masters left Africa, they indirectly continued to enslave her with debts and policies designed to force African nations to remain at their beck and call, and thus to continue to rape her of her resources.

Don’t ever believe that the debts that Nigeria and other African countries continue to borrow from IMF and the World Bank is for her good.

That is the greatest economic lie! IMF and World Bank will continue to enslave Africa through debts.

Besides, where are the evidence of the massive debts we have borrowed so far? They only use it to enslave the future generations.

So the colonial masters has to stop the light coming from Burkina Faso. They found a willing puppet in a childhood friend and close confidant of Thomas Sankara, a power hungry man called Blaise Compaoré.

Compaore not only killed Thomas Sankara, but also dismembered his body and discarded him like an animal in an umarked grave, probably in a bid to erase any memory of his great friend and the rising star of Africa.

Deterioration in relations with neighbouring countries was one of the reasons given, with Compaoré stating that Sankara jeopardised foreign relations with former colonial power and neighbouring Ivory Coast.

Compaoré immediately reversed the nationalizations, overturned nearly all of Sankara's policies, reed the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to bring in "desperately needed" funds to restore the “shattered” economy, and ultimately spurned most of Sankara's legacy.

Compaoré's dictatorship remained in power for 27 years, until it was overthrown by popular protests in 2014.

And so for 27 years, Compaore ruled selfishly, and returned back Burkina Faso to servitude and poverty.

Not only did he destroy Sankara’s legacy, but he also extinguished the flame of hope for other African countries, who were beginning to awake to the realization that we can be great without foreign aid.

Today, Burkina Faso is one of the poorest country in the world, with 44.5% of its population living under the poverty line.

Although Burkina Faso still mines copper, iron, manganese, gold, cassiterite (tin ore), and phosphates, these operations provide employment and generate “international aid”.

So, even though Burkina Faso is the fourth largest producer of gold, the citizens do not enjoy the wealth, as it must go to service their “international aids” and “foreign debts”.

Maybe now, you can see the evils of Africa.

It is obvious from the case study of Burkina Faso, a land locked country, that a great nation like Nigeria, can do much more.

We borrow billions of dollars from China, IMF and the world bank to build railways, when we have millions of unemployed youths who can manually do this work, and receive those billions of dollars.

We pay billions of dollars to China Construction Company , and other foreign contractors, to build roads, when we have millions of jobless engineers in the country.

We spend billions of Naira to import rice, beans and so many other items, even eggs, toothpicks and straw ! when these activities would have provided much needed employment for our youths, and bolster our economy.

Oh God ! When I see the potential of what we could become, it breaks my heart. How could we not see this? Who turned us into slaves?

How can full grown men, be carrying their CV from office to office for five years, in search of work, when there are so much work we need to do.

This curse of ignorance and servitude must be broken. We must learn that we are not slaves, and that we don’t have to depend on anybody to put food on our table. We must discourage laziness, and understand that we have the capacity to produce everything we are importing today.

This is already a long article, and although I am ionate to write more, I will truncate it for now.

I will let all well-meaning Nigerians to make your own contribution in the comment section below.

I will charge the youths to look at the example set by Thomas Sankara, and understand that we are not slaves, we can be self-dependent, and we can make Nigeria great, if we work together.

The elites who are throwing us against each other, do not mean well for us.

The colonial masters, will even prefer that we fight another war, to destroy whatever we have built and return back to their servitude, but if they can’t achieve this, they will look for puppets, touts and vile men, who they will impose as our leaders, who will do their bidding and put us in their debt.

Almost all the governors are falling over themselves to borrow as much as possible from foreign organizations, and continue the enslavement of future generations.

I strongly believe that if the masses raise their level of awareness, and free themselves from the shackles of poverty, an economic revolution will naturally depose evil men from power.

Hunger is a tool evil men use to climb unto power, but if the youths become more aware, and more self-sufficient, it will be increasingly difficult to bribe or cajole them into having meat-headed, greedy people as our overlords.

It may take time, but Africa will still rise. Nigeria will still be great. I believe this with every fiber of my being, and I will continue to preach this message as long I have breath in me.

Just one week before Thomas Sankara was cut down by a hail of bullets, he said,

"While revolutionaries as individuals can be murdered, you cannot kill ideas."

Spread this idea in your own way, believe that we can be great again, encourage each other, and let the revolution start from you.

Engr Ifeanyi Okoro
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Alhkerimu:
My own be like a movie up till this moment....
Me and my girlfriend we both live in peace, our love is mutual i love her and she love me back. I care for her and she also care for me we are all living fine...
We hav never one day quarel nor fight throughout in our relationship......But suddenly she develop an unpredicted character towards me.
She came to my house one sunday morning and said she want to tell me something an i said what is that "honey "
I quote her saying,

" The reason why i'm here this morning is to let you know that i'm no more interested in this relationship. "
And ask her why but she only gave me a comic reason why she want to quit.
(1) She want to be alone
(2)She want to be closer to God.
And i said is that all she said yess and i respect her opinion an gave gap immediately because to love someone is not by force....

To my greatest surprise, a week latter she came i offer her chair to seat but she decline.
She started a conversation with me by saying,
I only tested you to know if you truely love me but you had fail my test already and this shows me that you did not love me rather you are pretending to love me, because how wish i love her i would have beg her not to quit the relationship, but since i did not beg her to come back show i did not love her.
This is how we take break up..
Happy sunday to all my wonderful people in nairaland

You sef. Why didn't you ask for past questions

Benita27:
A lady could actually be used and dumped in a relationship. Op, you made mention of only one case that both parties benefited from the relationship and one claimed used and dumped. How about when the lady was the one footing the guy's bills, he promised her marriage, bleeped her in all sex position, then dumps her to marry another lady. Won't she say she was "Used and dumped?", or will it be wrong to say "I was used and dumped?".

The lady should have sense to use only her spare money in the relationship. And for the all sex position part. I can bet you she enjoyed it more than the guy.