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πŸ€” How much does CELBANPrep cost?

Written 2021

Dear Friends,

COVID has changed our lives substantially. But some of the changes are good. After 10+ years of the CELBAN being delivered face to face and only in Canada with the announcement of the Computer Based Test, CELBAN CBT, in January of 2021:

  • The CELBAN is available online,
  • It is available internationally, and
  • IENS can take the CELBAN more than 3 times.

What that means is that as a service provider, CELBANPrep is changing too. As a result all of the articles on Dear Kim have to be updated. With more than 400 posts and 700 comments that is alot of content to wade through. The hope is to have the entire blog updated for Canada Day: July 1st, 2021.

(When you are reading articles on Dear Kim, look for “Updated 2021” at the top to know if the post is current and updated.)

Today I was updating Where should I start? originally posted in January 2015. So much has changed since then.

In writing that post I began answering the question, “How much does it cost?” I decided to create a new and separate post on that topic.

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400β–Ί πŸ€” Where do I start? What should I do [to prepare for the CELBAN]?

Updated 2021

Dear Kim, I am living in Calgary. It is my  first stop. I have been here for a year and 6 mo. I am from the Philippines. My score on the IELTS is: writing- 6.5 reading-7 speaking-8 listening 9. Where do I start? What should I do? K Continue reading

When should I take CELBANPrep; are you still deciding?

Hi Kim.. I’ve been worried about how the test set up would be if I take my second try.. Do they give same questions in writing listening and reading as what I had in my first try? Q.

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πŸ“±I don’t have Paypal nor credit card that’s why I can’t avail [CELBANPrep] yet.

Updated 2023

Dear Kim,

At the moment I don’t have Paypal nor
credit card that’s why I can’t avail yet. But I’ll go to my bank
this weekend for that matter.
Β 
R

I will send you the websites that I’ve been using for listening practice [for the CELBAN].

Hi Kim,

Thank you for the lesson today.
I will try to practice as much as I can before the exam!!
I will send you the websites that I’ve been using for listening practice.

Hoping you could help me understand the Canadian culture and its implications to the CELBAN exam

Dear Kim,

Thank you for your generous response. I came here as a landed immigrant sponsored by my mother under the Live-In Caregiver program. Before I came here in Canada I already searched on how to become an RN here in Canada and one of the requirements was to pass the IELTS exam but unfortunately I failed, I agree with your statement in your page that overconfidence had detrimentals when taking examinations specially if a person is very complacent with his/her self the tendency is that he/she will be over relaxed and conceited. Well that serves as a lesson to me and I believe God has a purpose for that.

Since I already had my IELTS exam done in the Philippines I used this for me to enrol at Bow Valley as a LPN for IEN but due to its demand I got a Β slot for summer 2013. I just consider Bow as my second option and I am still hoping I could pass another english exam with a much dignified score. Thinking of the amount of time I will be waiting I thought of practicing myself in reading, listening, writing and speaking most especially in English. My mom even laughs because we are used to speaking our dialect, but she is forced to speak even at home. Then, I heard about the CELBAN exam but when I visited the site celban.org it didn’t supply me ample information. With regards to canadian culture I have a minimal knowledge in that area since I only stayed here for a few months. Although, there are engine sites that are helpful in understanding there culture but I could not fully grasp since I have nobody to ask with regards to their experience specially those people working in the hospital setting.

Hoping you could help me understand deeper the Canadian culture and its implications to the CELBAN exam because I really wanted to pass this exam and most specially I don’t want to disappoint my mother because I want her to be proud of me.

Looking forward for your response. Mary

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I found preparation courses are quite expensive.

Dear Kim,
IΒ would like toΒ take a celban test. I found preparationΒ courses are quite expensive. Therefore, I would like to knowΒ the specialΒ offer time,Β so that I can purchase that course.
Sincerely,

T

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$ Thinking of coming to Canada as a TFW, or know someone who is?

June 16, 2012Β Global News 16:9Β did an Encore Presentation entitled Disposable Labour about the true reality of coming to Canada as a Temporary Foreign Worker, or TFW.

It documents the excitement, the recruitment fees, the disappointment and the disillusionment, and the sadness of missing children that are still living back home.

High levels of debt, working illegaly, sexual assault and living in substandard housing were all issues faced byΒ people who came to Canada withΒ hopes and dreams.

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In the beginning, I don’t know how to do or use paypal

Dear Kim,
Greetings!
I’m sorry if I was hesitant to give information at first and I did not try to subscribe before, especially during your sale on CELBANprep. That time I’mΒ not yet decidedΒ if I will pursue my nursing profession or not, here in Canada, because of this English language fluency requirement, I find it difficult & I thought to give up. But then, I realized if I will try to study maybe somehow I’ll make it,that’s why I tried to read free study guides but it seems it is not enough & i have to learn more. In the beginning, I don’t know how to do or useΒ paypal, besides other prices are unaffordable for me. I am new here &Β I’mΒ stillΒ unemployed.Β It was my firstΒ  time & IΒ just tried to have & use paypal the day you give a sale for reading & listening skills for $19.99, & it works well.
Thank you very much.
Regards, M

i had my computer hacked

Dear Kim,

how do i pay for it online , i will do it only through pay pal as i had my computer hacked already two times.

R

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