crazygurl:
My people i need ur candid advice.

Is it okay to show them my dads landed property and then maybe he writes to them thats its my aunt that will sponsor me.
When applying for the permit.msc this time tho.

borvick:



Try Egypt Air. I got 11th Sept. 485k to Halifax One way

Ymc007(f): 8:35am
Good morning everyone, please I need help
3) @cassetteboy or anyone who knows or has used any cheap flight to Canada recently, pls help
Thank you.

Iggynasia:
Ymc007... Try wakano.com with Royal air Maroc. From 3rd of sept, its 424000 plus, while its higher like 2nd. When do you intend leaving?

bubu91:
Hi All,
I have been a very silent follower on this thread but i would not feel complete if i do not share my testimony here with you guys to encourage you. I applied for my TRV on the 11th of July. Infact at a point i thought i wont be able to get my visa early enough for September. When i saw the processing time was 13weeks i laughed and told God that my visa would be approved latest August ending. I did not know God had earlier plans for me and to God be the Glory i checked my application today and saw that my visa had been approved.. Approximately 5weeks, A friend of mine got hers approved in 6 weeks. I applied for MEng.

Just want to give hope to all who are still waiting, PGD, PGC, MSC, MEng, it doesnt matter what it is called to God, If He says you will get it, you will. So just trust Him.

Please note that i made sure i included every document i could think of and i tried to do my homework by reading though the threads before applying. Please see below the documents i submitted:
Applied 11th July
Medical Call 10th August
Medical Passed 15th August
Approval date 20th August
Approx 5 weeks

Sponsor’s Documents
1. Letter of Sponsorship
2. Affidavit of Sponsorship
3. Copy of Sponsor’s Letter of Employment
4. Letter of Introduction from Sponsor’s Employer
5. Pay slips (November 2015 – May 2016)
6. Copy of Sponsor’s Employee ID card
7. Copy of Notice of retirement from Service
8. Copy of Agreement for Life Annuity
9. Letter of Introduction from Sponsor’s salary account (amount covered my tuition)
10. Statement of Account from Sponsor’s salary account
11. Copy of Certificate of Sponsors Money Market Fund
12. Copy of Deed of Transfer for Sponsor’s landed property
13. Copy of Approval and Survey Plan of Sponsor’s landed property
Applicant’s Documents
1. Barcode Page & 2 Passport Photographs
2. Document Checklist for a Study Permit (IMM5483E)
3. Application for Study Permit Made Outside of Canada (IMM1294E)
4. Family Information form (IMM5645E)
5. Copy of International Passport Bio data page of Applicant’s Family Members (Parents and Siblings)
6. University's Unconditional Official Letter of Admission
7. Statement of Purpose
8. Copy of Letter of Employment
9. Copy of Confirmation of Employment
10. Letter of Introduction from Employer
11. Statement of Account (Salary Account)
12. Employment pay slips (December 2015 – June 2016)
13. Copy of Birth Certificate
14. Copy of Police Character Certificate
15. Copy of West African Examinations Council Senior School Certificate
16. Copy of Degree Certificate
17. Copy of Certificate of National Service
18. Copy of Transcript of Academic Records
19. Copy of Applicant’s International Passport Bio data page
20. Copy of TOEFL Certificate
21. CV

All the best guys, this month will definitely end in praise for all of us who are still waiting for our TRV and thanks for sharing useful information.

Iggynasia:
Hello CG..

My advice on this is that your dad should be your primary sponsor regardless of who else might wanna act as a co-sponsor. If you think your aunt wanna present her SOA as proof of financial statement, why not start chipping in the money gradually or initiate something. I don't wanna advice you in a way people might seem to be wrong but with your dad in the picture, I can give you a hint on building his account prior to your application. But my major advice is that you should use him as sponsor. I will hint you more if you consider it fine to pm me.

Ymc007:

Hi, like I said, I finished with 3.29 and I got admission into the University. I guess you can also apply and believe that you can also be admitted.

bubu91:
Hi All,
I have been a very silent follower on this thread but i would not feel complete if i do not share my testimony here with you guys to encourage you. I applied for my TRV on the 11th of July. Infact at a point i thought i wont be able to get my visa early enough for September. When i saw the processing time was 13weeks i laughed and told God that my visa would be approved latest August ending. I did not know God had earlier plans for me and to God be the Glory i checked my application today and saw that my visa had been approved.. Approximately 5weeks, A friend of mine got hers approved in 6 weeks. I applied for MEng.

Just want to give hope to all who are still waiting, PGD, PGC, MSC, MEng, it doesnt matter what it is called to God, If He says you will get it, you will. So just trust Him.

Please note that i made sure i included every document i could think of and i tried to do my homework by reading though the threads before applying. Please see below the documents i submitted:
Applied 11th July
Medical Call 10th August
Medical Passed 15th August
Approval date 20th August
Approx 5 weeks

Sponsor’s Documents
1. Letter of Sponsorship
2. Affidavit of Sponsorship
3. Copy of Sponsor’s Letter of Employment
4. Letter of Introduction from Sponsor’s Employer
5. Pay slips (November 2015 – May 2016)
6. Copy of Sponsor’s Employee ID card
7. Copy of Notice of retirement from Service
8. Copy of Agreement for Life Annuity
9. Letter of Introduction from Sponsor’s salary account (amount covered my tuition)
10. Statement of Account from Sponsor’s salary account
11. Copy of Certificate of Sponsors Money Market Fund
12. Copy of Deed of Transfer for Sponsor’s landed property
13. Copy of Approval and Survey Plan of Sponsor’s landed property
Applicant’s Documents
1. Barcode Page & 2 Passport Photographs
2. Document Checklist for a Study Permit (IMM5483E)
3. Application for Study Permit Made Outside of Canada (IMM1294E)
4. Family Information form (IMM5645E)
5. Copy of International Passport Bio data page of Applicant’s Family Members (Parents and Siblings)
6. University's Unconditional Official Letter of Admission
7. Statement of Purpose
8. Copy of Letter of Employment
9. Copy of Confirmation of Employment
10. Letter of Introduction from Employer
11. Statement of Account (Salary Account)
12. Employment pay slips (December 2015 – June 2016)
13. Copy of Birth Certificate
14. Copy of Police Character Certificate
15. Copy of West African Examinations Council Senior School Certificate
16. Copy of Degree Certificate
17. Copy of Certificate of National Service
18. Copy of Transcript of Academic Records
19. Copy of Applicant’s International Passport Bio data page
20. Copy of TOEFL Certificate
21. CV

All the best guys, this month will definitely end in praise for all of us who are still waiting for our TRV and thanks for sharing useful information.

Carter001:
Bro @michv pls let's relate on your new discoveries on Aussie , German skls , reading these posts about Msc having more importance dan PGD jst dey make me feel somehow about this whole canada waka , at this point , I just want my passport back , I could have simply proceeded to a European Uni from cyprus but canada don enter my ICE cream....

NonelikeGod:
I celebrate you!
Please send me a copy of the emails you used in getting a supervisor. It's for someone I'm trying to help, I'm a lawyer so I don't know about MEng.
Pls I'll send you a pm.

michV:
one of my friends mentioned this CYPRUS,what incentive does the immigration system have for international students which can incite ones interest? About Aussie,i still dey inquire about their new proof of funding policy which never gree me understand

Sabify:
Hello every one, just got my Trv approved
Applied 22/06/2016
Upfront medial
Approved 19/08/2016
MBA Thompson Rivers Uni Kamloops

Onyeoma3:
[b] Hello guys,

The rate at which the thread went fast in the last few days got me thinking if there's a rain of good news on the applications for Colleges from CIC. I was wrong though.
I saw a format of a mail someone sent to the Immigration minister. Unfortunately, that mail won't be very effective (sorry to be blunt about it). This is because you left laying down your complaints professionally and focused more on complaining about the Master's and PhD receiving preferential treatment. More like being jealous about the positive outcome of their applications.

A better way would have been thanking them for this opportunity of coming into Canada to develop their workforce with our skills to start with. Then proceed to sell your skills a bit, then present the challenge you're having with CIC in your home country, then thank him in advance for the anticipated positive outcome. And finally, include your name. (This is best if you've filed a CSE and no response yet because you'll include it that your application is past the normal processing time and you've filed the CSE according to their instruction but no response yet). Doing it this way is most likely to yield positive outcomes. Sending a mail and hiding your name renders the mail invalid cos it has no identify. And those using multiple email addresses, do you know that when the mail is tracked further, the IP address is from the same system and doesn't make sense(not fully sure how this works though).

Honestly they don't care about your feelings but what you have to offer them, so by sending a professional mail, you're selling your skills further and laying your complaints too. Hence, killing 2 birds with 1 stone.

Also, instead of complaining on every page, why not start making intensive research with that same time into universities that might accept you and proceed with application as a plan B, if at the end your application is approved, you might even decide to attend the university instead.

Finally, some of our brothers that have attended Colleges in the past might have contributed to this plight the College applicants are currently facing. Some leave their studies and start hustling for money . Also, at the end of the PGWP, while the masters and PhD graduates in Ontario qualify for PNP and get PR, the College graduates that couldn't get their PR because they're not eligible for PNP and couldn't meet up for express entry end up doing all sorts of illegal things to remain in Canada. Some that have US visit visa migrate to the States and stay instead while waiting for any good news. I mix a lot with friends and hear stories. So I got my facts right.

I pray that at the end of this delay, the qualified College applicants will be greatly favored so that everyone can come to Maple land and pursue their dreams. [/b]

hayqinsbFX:
MICHV!!!!
Hear this...
It's not discrimination that's making masters get replies in 5-10weeks..

From my observation, when applying for canadian study permit...
Before praying for a good outcome...Pray for God to let you apply at the RIGHT TIME OR BEST TIME.

It's bn observed that some aplication months gets into a loooong queue while some fresh aplication gets reply... I guess this is because new VOS are allocated this fresh apps instead of decongesting the over long queues of Old applications.

You can see some masters that apply around April, may are also waiting with the PGC...

The ones that applied sometime in late June to July seem to be the lucky ones...and the April may applicants are stocked in backlogs...

Well to burst ur bubble...
A college applicant that applied before June got passport request in the just concluded week, while another college student that applied june 15 got denied...


It not about the program you're going for, it's the unfortunate period your application fell in.

kisstaye:

yea bro..from September to march. I know a friend that applied for may start at calgary uni in January. he got his trv in 3weeks

metrecube:

They perform better when dealing winter and summer applications coz of few applications they do have at those periods.

thesoj:
Bro I agree with you a lot but I don't think the letter should contain info about how you want to improve their workforce. The claim about improving their workforce shows that the applicant is an intending immigrant that is already intending to stay in Canada even before s/he lands in Canada. The study permit is a non-immigant visa, so making statements about intent to work may be counterproductive.

About PGDs, while I hear your views that some PGDs couldn't get jobs, this may not be the norm. For example, Ontario makes it very easy to get PR if you get a job in certain areas (science, programming, engineering, etc) and the PR requirements has nothing to do with if you have a PGD or masters (I'm too lazy to dig up the link). It is also true that PhDs and masters graduates (in Ontario) have a separate accelerated route to PR through provincial nomination (even without a job offer). In any case, I know several Nigerian PGD students that left Naija this January (studying programming related courses) who already have co-op jobs with companies (one of them has a job at Blackberry).

I do fully agree with you though that it is unnecessary and probably incorrect (or at least unsubstantiable) to tell CIC or whomever that masters applicants are being treated better.

Onyeoma3:
[b] Hello guys,

The rate at which the thread went fast in the last few days got me thinking if there's a rain of good news on the applications for Colleges from CIC. I was wrong though.
I saw a format of a mail someone sent to the Immigration minister. Unfortunately, that mail won't be very effective (sorry to be blunt about it). This is because you left laying down your complaints professionally and focused more on complaining about the Master's and PhD receiving preferential treatment. More like being jealous about the positive outcome of their applications.

A better way would have been thanking them for this opportunity of coming into Canada to develop their workforce with our skills to start with. Then proceed to sell your skills a bit, then present the challenge you're having with CIC in your home country, then thank him in advance for the anticipated positive outcome. And finally, include your name. (This is best if you've filed a CSE and no response yet because you'll include it that your application is past the normal processing time and you've filed the CSE according to their instruction but no response yet). Doing it this way is most likely to yield positive outcomes. Sending a mail and hiding your name renders the mail invalid cos it has no identify. And those using multiple email addresses, do you know that when the mail is tracked further, the IP address is from the same system and doesn't make sense(not fully sure how this works though).

Honestly they don't care about your feelings but what you have to offer them, so by sending a professional mail, you're selling your skills further and laying your complaints too. Hence, killing 2 birds with 1 stone.

Also, instead of complaining on every page, why not start making intensive research with that same time into universities that might accept you and proceed with application as a plan B, if at the end your application is approved, you might even decide to attend the university instead.

Finally, some of our brothers that have attended Colleges in the past might have contributed to this plight the College applicants are currently facing. Some leave their studies and start hustling for money . Also, at the end of the PGWP, while the masters and PhD graduates in Ontario qualify for PNP and get PR, the College graduates that couldn't get their PR because they're not eligible for PNP and couldn't meet up for express entry end up doing all sorts of illegal things to remain in Canada. Some that have US visit visa migrate to the States and stay instead while waiting for any good news. I mix a lot with friends and hear stories. So I got my facts right.

I pray that at the end of this delay, the qualified College applicants will be greatly favored so that everyone can come to Maple land and pursue their dreams. [/b]

crazygurl:
Iggy love, i have sent u a pm...pick up ur lappy n accept me biko.

Onyeoma3:


[b]The boss, I agree with you on your 1st paragraph. In that case, it's better left out. Thanks for the heads up.

About PGDs and PR, my point is that a masters graduate in Ontario that doesn't get a PROFESSIONAL job after graduation can get PR thru the PNP program. This is not possible for PGD graduates. Also, the point based system for PR thru EE as someone earlier pointed out favours Masters and PhD graduates more than PGD. I have a very close friend that did 3 years College program and has been working since the last 2-3years on a professional job, his PGWP is expiring soon and his point on the pool is not up to the minimum. He was faced with only 2 options... 1)Leaving Canada 2)Going back to school .
He had to choose going back to school to remain legally in Canada and will pay another 1 year tuition fees.

On getting jobs after graduation, no one is spared. I know of a Masters graduate in Chemical Engineering at uWaterloo that didn't get a job for more than a year. There are many such similar cases for masters graduates. Whereas there are PGD graduates that finished and got very good jobs upon graduation. What matters most at the end of the day is what you have to offer to the company as an individual not the certificate.

We're making the same points though, but coming from different angles. I agree with your points 100%, just made my points clearer so I won't be misconstrued.

Much respect!!

[/b]

hustla:



Hi Bro/Sis

Sorry for the long quote but..

What is PNP?
How hard is it to apply for PR after doing a PGD?
What of People who get accepted for CoOp and end up getting good jobs in IT? Is it eventually easy to get PR?
Does PGD /PGC really have its part in not making someone get PR later on easily or its tired to getting and sustaining a job?
For people who leave school to hustle for a year, does it affect them or their PGWP if it's masters they're putting in for?
How do you get to do express entry after your studies?
How easy is it to combine schooling and working?

Thanks

hustla:



Hi Bro/Sis

Sorry for the long quote but..

What is PNP?
How hard is it to apply for PR after doing a PGD?
What of People who get accepted for CoOp and end up getting good jobs in IT? Is it eventually easy to get PR?
Does PGD /PGC really have its part in not making someone get PR later on easily or its tired to getting and sustaining a job?
For people who leave school to hustle for a year, does it affect them or their PGWP if it's masters they're putting in for?
How do you get to do express entry after your studies?
How easy is it to combine schooling and working?

Thanks