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Now, imagine if we’d just take all out gifts, talents and resources from the west and move to Africa. I can’t wait to leave this place with my husband and kids.

Have been LEAGALY fixing the legal status of my husband for 4 years!!! and all of these people get to come through just like that :(

Me and my husband have been paying thousands and waiting for 3 years to get him his visa and these people are getting a freebie? It's enraging. We don't even know anything about those people

My dad and grandma were immigrants they became U.S. citizens and always worked and didn't expect anything for free. Never asked for anything other than the opportunity to work for a living. The way these people are crossing over is wrong. It pisses me off to know our government is allowing this because they aren't doing enough to help our own homeless people our veterans and low income families. My husband and I have always worked and are now retired and we don't qualify for most the benefits these people get for free. And they get it at the cost of every tax payer in the U.S.

I enjoy your videos alot, please I and my husband has so much interest in moving to Canada. Please can I have your email address ma.

We cannot save people from other countries when we have our own people drowning! Our own veterans homeless! Our own people not being able to afford rent anymore! Our tax money needs to help our own people first. The day our people are doing well then we can help but until then we need to focus on our own. I cant even afford a home with my husband due to the cost doubling-tripling! And our health insurance is $800 A MONTH! Employee provided! We dont make 6 figures even so how is it fair they would get free medicaid while we pay hundreds. Its not fair.

Oh my goodness...Canada seems to have run out of red carpets...Canada has problems. It has racism. It has sexism, yet with only high school four of my sisters became bank management and executives...and we have a blue-collar mixed-race heritage. But despite that Canada has a tiny tiny economy compared to its immediate neighbour and still delivers an impressively comparable lifestyle...plus a health care system that struggles to find a way to be universal in our post-pandemic world...that actually saved my American-immigrant husband's life. If you can understand the sheer competitiveness of trying to get a job in this marketplace then you might understand that despite Canada's best efforts it's not the land of Oz. If other countries are better sorted and have your dream jobs waiting by all means have that good life where you can. If you want to work towards building a future in a relatively safe and free nation...and that will mean taking part in ironing out age old problems...maybe Canada is for you.

Aoa, Sir my husband is 2nd officer in merchant navy . I'm not much educated,i hv done my intermediate in 2007,hv 3 kids ,how could we apply for canadian visa?

I want to ask right now I am in UAE and I want to apply for canada pr or for express entry I am Indian but I married to Nepali so now my nationality is changed as Nepali \nI want to take my husband with me how can I apply without IELTS and how much it will cost I am graduate with arts and have 6 yrs of work experience in India and 6 months experience in UAE as administrator

My husband got a job via LMIA and my two children and I got sponsorship from the company to go along. I have an open work permit, my 10year old got a study permit but my 21-year-old son has a visiting visa and planned to apply for college. We are wondering if we should buy a one-way ticket and explain if ask by immigration that he plans to go to college

Canada is a super expensive country, I've been here for 30 years and still renting houses, unable to save for a downpayment to buy my own house, paying rent forever with my husband and not being able to afford to have kids either. This country is depressing, you go to college and then work and have nothing. Canada is not a happy country, people are broke, paying too many taxes and not getting the proper services, there is a shortage of family doctors in Canada. Also paying too much for rent and gas. The socialist government makes things harder year by year, they don't develop the economy to keep up with the times, the liberal government has a lot to do with the crappy economy here. They create policies to make everything extremely hard for Canadians to succeed. If you are thinking of coming to Canada, think twice, it's a trap, it will take you years to be able to afford anything, you will struggle most of your life.

Awesome..we need husbands???

I waited in Mexico for my residence for 3 years when I married my husband, he is Canadian, I never lived illegally in Canada... before, I used to come to work with a work permit and these people cry because their papers did not arrive for a year.., I I was separated from my family for 3 years and I never tried to cross illegally... what happens with these people, they want everything easy and they only abuse the Canadian system

Good morning Kemi, please you said your husband didn't do WES and IELTS. Please did you say YES when asked if your spouse is going with you to Canada?

Salaam alaykum warahmatullah wabarakatuhu sister Suleeha. Im planning to move to Canada with my three kids. Can I come along with my niece to care for these kids while I'm studying?. My husband can't relocate with us bcos I'm the third wife.

People are coming over to the United States because of the food stamps checks.The government needs to stop the help or people are going to continue to come and once they get here they don't want to work the women declare them self with no husband to receive food stamps money.The young people don't want to work and the older people are tired of working.

Every single reason you mentioned about why you left Vancouver (Canada) is valid. My husband and I left Vancouver a couple of years ago and have been living in Spain since then. It's been an eye opener. The Covid situation was especially bad and I hate to see how politicians have divided Canada. Under Trudeau, Canada has become a tyrannical state. I am not sure if there will be any hope for change since most Canadians watch CBC and have been brainwashed to believe he has done great for the country.

I think like u ...im 61 and with my son moving to ireland for university as he too hates ontario we are hoping to move there as well..i was born in scotland so having citizenship in uk will help us move ...im sick of taxes dirty cities homelessness and not seeing people who look like me...if we stay we will always have to work and my husband is 69 and still we could not afford to retire.

My husband lost his job of 20 years from Covid! We have 4 kids. Literally had to start life over. We cannot afford anything right now. I’m living in my family’s basement! The cost of living does not match the pay! We are currently trying to open a business! Please pray for my family. We are Americans! We are offered nothing. Everything just keeps rising!

I’m not racist but they need to go through immigration like my husband did. Or they all want in here they need to serve our country by joining our military. My husband serves the USA Army to protect this country.

Good day ma, please ma I have 3 questions ma\n1. once my transcript and certificate is stamped by the school do I need to go to them to send my result and others to WES for evaluation????\n\n2. Must I change my name to my husband name before I could add his name to the spouse part, I mean is marriage certificate enough to proof that part without adding his name to mine?\n\n3. I just finished my degree and processing my clearance should I wait till I collect my certificate before I apply for WES???\nPlease I need answer please

My best friend started her immigration process in 2017. She was finally green lit to come to America in 2019 after marrying her long time husband over in Europe and then getting the paperwork done here in the US during that time Covid hit, and when they closed all the borders, they stopped all of the immigration process to America meaning that she was stuck in Europe away from her husband for three years. Finally last year after making her go back through the process getting all of her paperwork re-done, paying another $5000 she was able to come to the US just last month she got the start of her paperwork for her green card to work here in the US and become a full US citizen. It’s been a long process. It infuriates me that people like that who are honest, hard-working people who want to come to the US and start a life after being married, proven to have jobs and want to pay taxes and support a system. That’s willing to take them in get held up because of people like this want to come here illegally Big cause of whatever the reasons are trying to circumvent and skip over the people who are trying their hardest to do it the right way in the first place, dust dragging the system further down.

Aoa ma Ap ka blog bohot shock sa dekhti hub iam from Pakistan mery husband bhi Canada ana chaty han is ka kiya kiya karna ho ga ?????

I did BE( IT)in 2011 but couldn't work because of personal issues now husband want to move to Canada will I get a job with this much gap ?

I don't give a rats ass I'd of started shooting my rubber bullets at them!!I'm Mexican born here in the states my grandparents got they're citizenship worked and paid taxes. It's disgusting to see people here getting state benefits with husband's working under the table doing better then people born here.

Remember when Hillary Clintons husband used men literally armed with weapons of war to arrest and deport a 12 year old Cuban boy back in the 90s. Ha that was funny.

They should not think that because it's easy for them to cross the border of Mexico to the US, they will think that they can cross from the US to Canada. It took me 8.months before I came here and be united with my husband.

As a current US citizen, my husband and I need assylum in Canada... to get away from the violence toward black men, guns, etc... this country is a nightmare!

I want apply family veeza I am a teacher and my husband in police departmnt

Aoa sir... Hum family visa chahtay hain. Husband mere truck driver hain.. Kindly hamy move hona hai plz mje guide kren hum kese start kren plz

I have a question, did your husband also do ECA and IELTS ?

We are husband and wife.Applying as a family.My husband's application is complete.He has also completed my application and uploaded all my documents but still status of applications is in progress..What should we do?

Thank you so much for this video, God bless you. Please I wanted to ask two questions \n1. To apply for express entry, can I write IELTS Academic or it must be IELTS general?\n\n2. Then secondly, will they require my husband’s IELTS score while I’m applying or it’s later during the process that they require it?

My husband has a PhD and I have a Bsc. In order to claim a point for my Bsc, do I need to do WES evaluation? Bcos my Naija University might take a long time compared to my husband foreign schóol, as we want to enter the pool asap.

I'm born and raised in Canada and I've been trying to leave permanently for years now. I just don't have good support from my husband who works abroad and barely spends time in Canada anyways. Canada is beautiful and clean yes but the racism is too much too much, the cold is too much and I deal with depression because of living here. You mentioned boredom but oh my gosh the boredom is overwhelming especially in Alberta. The only way to cope is to travel for months at a time but at the end of the day you always have to come back. I'm highly considering just taking off and just doing me

Do you recommend I write IETs with my husband

Hi! My mom is applying visitor visa for her sister. My mom is a housewife, she did work last year but her income is not that much. We were told that my mom can add a letter stating that her husband will financially support the trip and we can add his Tax documents. Can I also attach a letter stating that I will also financially support the trip. And would a tax assessment document be enough? I would really appreciate your input. Thanks

Hello Kemi, thanks for the detailed video,am so sorry for putting out this question , pls do you have any video as per the first thing first one has to do for application for express entry, I mean where do I start from , are you saying the first step is the WES or is there a portal or a site I need to visit first to start my application, maybe I need to fill some form online or what?? Like I want to start now ..what is the first step to take to begin application.thank you as I await your response,also can I apply with BSC certificate ,even though my MSC is in view ,and am under 30.. or my husband should apply who is in the medical field but above 30.who should be primary applicant?

Hello. Great video! It has been so helpful! My husband wants to apply for his parents to visit. I started the application under his name. What if we want to invite them together? Would I put my info under Has someone else invited you? But he is representative right? Thank you.

My husband’s family in Morocco leave their front door open all night sometimes and we just are 99.9% sure that nobody will mess with them. I’ve walked by many people’s homes who had their doors open. My husband and I lived in Marrakech, and we left our patio door open all night many times. Granted, the patio was fenced in, but I wouldn’t even leave my balcony door open in the US. When I lived in NYC I seriously had somebody climb up my building one time and try to get in my window. Spider-Man ass thought it was his ex girlfriends apartment and just tried to come right in.\n\nEdit-\nWhen my husband and I were engaged, we were driving around one night with his family there in Morocco. I just wore house shoes because we weren’t planning to go anywhere and we drove by a jewelry store. My mother in law insisted we stop and look at the rings there. I was too embarrassed to get out, so they were like “Okay, just stay here and we’ll do it for you.” They let my mother in law walk out of the jewelry store with a bunch of rings and weren’t even worried we’d steal them. I was, and still am shocked. When I mentioned how surprised I was, everyone seemed confused. They were like “What’s the big deal?”

Did your husband did IELTS also or it's only you the principal applicant. And since you selected the score of IELTS yourself did they verify your real score?

I'm not going to lie, You guys definitely sold me, lol. I have dual citizenship because my mom is from Montreal but I've never actually been to Canada for longer than a week or two and America is a shit show. So if I can scrap together enough money to get my kids and hubby sponsored... Maybe that's what we're going to be doing with our savings in the next year or so Since there's literally no chance in hell we're going to be able to buy a home anywhere in our state despite having saved for years and my husband being a vet. ?

5:59 I totally agree with Preach about the food in the US. \nI was pregnant in 2019 and my husband I went to New York for a wedding. Since I had hyperemesis, all I could ingested were fruits and raw veggies. I remember being crazy hungry driving down Flatbush thinking I’ll eventually find a supermarket to buy some annnnd nothing. There were fast-food places every 100meters tho ?.

I was born and raised in Quebec’s and my family and I left 6 months ago. My husband is half Romanian, we moved to Romania and I love it. I hated the cold and the overall vibe in Quebec, it’s quite depressing. I’m happy my daughter can grow up in a place with nice weather, natural food and a better environment. The only thing I miss is my family:(

I understand clearly, here where I live in the UK, my neighbourhood is all mixed. My husband is Hungarian, I am Chilean, I have Nigerians neighbours and next doors there are white Britons. It's more natural this way.

My husband B PHARM , MBAmarketing\nI M alsoMBA marketing\nKidz r 5 \nWhat z our eligibility

We just came back from a trip to Columbus because my husband wanted to visit...I'll just tell him to skip that part of the video.

I am an American born in NY, raised in VA. I also lived in Van Nuys for a year, also lived in Texas before my job industry moved me to Canada. \ni have been in Canada for 7yrs, been to Vancouver, Toronto and MTL and to be honest i like a lot of things in Canada like the health care differences and of course the lower insulin cost for my husband but i still want to go back home. If anything i would stay in Toronto because it's the closest similarity to home but where Aba and Preach live, in Montreal, it's literally been my nightmare. I feel like the tap water at least in my area has gotten worse over time. \nOne thing i feel like they didn't mention that I have to tell people from America to watch out for is the credit card vs debit card thing. \nI grew up only having debit cards because i didn't want to get into debt. when i came to Canada i continued getting a debit card and realized the hard way that not everything accepts debit cards and you NEED to also have a credit card to access certain things.\nbut overall i do feel much safer in Canada even though the crazy trump lovers are showing up here and there it's significantly less than i see when I'm back home.

So I am originally from metro NY. I have to make that distinction because upstate is entirely different. When my husband was in the military we travelled a lot with domestically and internationally. Then we settled south. I can say that Preach is right about NY women being harder. However it is t just the women, and I will say it isn’t something we realize. I started working somewhere a good friend of mine had already settled. I was called into the office because my supervisor had gotten a complaint that they way I spoke to someone as rude. Additionally he got the same comment about my friend. While we thought we were being direct, it was being perceived as rude. That we needed to put a little more sugar in the way we spoke to people because that is what is customary there. I grew up in a more speak your mind and be clear, concise, and direct. Where my local co-workers were accustomed to a less direct and a softer approach. It’s something that I have had to really work on because I 100% never realized it about myself.

My husband always tells me to leave the back door unlocked when we go out in case we can’t get in and I’m always freaking out thinking that’s so wrong… you gotta lock every door! And he just laughs and says it’s safe ?? I live in London, Ontario.