Travelling To Canada

@Kaysie, i suppose so, wasnt aware of da Quebec hols, moi be Ontario chic, lol

@ Delta. I really am sorry, please accept my apologies.

God bless u and thanks for the advice.

@ burnin:

Please could you kindly let me know what it took to get to that stage. I hear once you get to that stage, it is 100% sure u would get your visa except you have some very terrible malady or sickness (like say HIV). No new interview.

Additionally, I hear it takes like a month after the medicals for you to get the visa.

Congratulations.

I would also be pleased if you could answer the following questions:

a. how long did it take the embassy to get back to u after your initial application?

b. what verifications are u aware they made, like did the embassy call your office or University? and

C. any other information.

Thank you and congrats once again.

I doubt it. . .after medicals, if your results are good, u are probably good to go. The other thing that may hold u is your tuition. They may have told u to make a payment to the school and get the school to fax the receipt to them. Make sure u do that. Goodluck.

BTW, which school/province are you relocating to? What's your background?

which skools did u look at if they r offering Winter admission?

Hi Ezi and delta 07
thanks so much for your responses.  i have chosen york university thats their schulich school of business . can u guys get me info on the schhol and i have started the application online and also registered for my gmat.men"!!!!!!!! its tedious there are like 7 essyas to be written and uploaded na wa for the school o. abeg i will appreciate any info.
Big up to u guys

I agree with Delta, additionally, I would suggest you choose one or two others, in order to brighten your chances. You also need to back whatever you do up with prayers and please be meticulous. Remember to also act fast and smart as even when you get your admission, by the grace of God, assuming its for January, you would need to apply to the Canadian Embassy by September.

I wish you all the best and may the good lord grant you favour.

I think the regulations may have changed since you left Nigeria. . .A friend of mine who went for his appointment in December '05 was told to submit all his documents and undergo medicals - all at the point of submitting his application, meaning that every applicant at that point was required to do medicals; unlike before when you would be interviewed first before being issued medical forms. If the case I described above is what burnin went through, he may still require an interview.

I am not sure whether that was simply a new requirement to deal with the large volume of applicants at the time, or a permanent change in the way the High Commission carries out its visa process.

Furthermore, in my own personal case, I still required a 'mini' interview to be issued my visa - I had done my medicals and didnt hear from the embassy for almost two months, then I decided to go in and find out what the delay was, after which they belatedly informed me that they couldn't contact my undergrad university in Nigeria.  Anyways, I guess that was just to see whether I would be fazed or not, since I was still issued my entry visa that day.

York University is pretty tough to get into, you should try others in University of Ottawa, Queens University and McMaster University - those are also very high quality

@burnin:any news yet? Has any one else, who applied for a Canadian Study permit been contacted yet? In particular does who applied in April/May.
Am still waiting for a response from the Canadian embassy. Submitted my application 12th of May, 2008 and no word yet, almost 60 days, sho. Any one in the house with an idea of what's happening?

I got ma visa on the 26th of June,  I didnt do an interview after all. It was about 3 weeks after my medical which was on the 4th.

Congrats burnin! wishing you the very best!

Cheers!

My broda is a travel agent, itz quiet costly to travel now cuz of the oil price but still cheaper if u r coming from sumwhere like Nigeria, tell me your travel plans and i will tell him and get back to u

I doubt 550 will get you into York. . .650 is the magic number. . .but anything above 600 and you've got a good shot!

Hope these links give you a rough idea with regards the MBA program in Canada.

http://www.canadian-universities.net/MBA/
http://www.canadian-universities.net/MBA/MBA_Canada_Application.html

thanks all. what do u guys think of university of manitoba in winnipeg. ?it seems all schools in ontario except york has onlny fall entries. noe has a january start date.
delta , thanks for the website it was useful and helped me to really browse schools.

This forum is really good and its helping a lot of students.Iam in the same shoe with Aydewale though i submitted mine 2nd of june withy the following documents:

-My bank statement with a balance of 1.6m
-Share certificates in my name
-My uncle statement showing about 6,ooo pounds and over 1m in Naira in his personal account thyough he doesnt have tax certificate as he is a retiree and has no dependent except his wife as all his kids are grown up and well settle
-Approval of Leave of Absence from my company saing my basic only will be paid while iam away and no contribution towards the educational pursuit and will refund all the payment if i fail to come back
-My Appointment letter and tgransfer to Abuja as the Manager
-Show my other source of income
-Statement of Objective

Iam confuse too as its taking long and the school will resume end of Aug and the school is threatening to withdraw my studentship if i dont pay up as they cant wait for embassy approval again but the Embassy already says you need not pay till your study permit is approved and i dont know what to do again as i have finalise all arrangement from my end. ve forwarded the mail to the embassy with the hope that i can know my fate before paying.

Any suggestion on what to do please