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Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by Markab: 12:33pm On Jul 12, 2017
So sorry for your delayed application bro/sis. Please order for your gcms note ASAP, however, kindly share your detailed profile and documents submitted to enable us decipher the best approach to advise you.

adedoyen:
Hello everyone. I got a refusal mail yesterday. I applied on 21st February. Below is the screen shot of the corresponding mail. I intent to reapply but I wantto apply for gcms note first. Biko how do I tackle this?
Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by BE811APP: 7:00pm On Jul 12, 2017
I got the same mail when they I was to go for medicals.. they sent our passports as means of identification during medicals.

OR

They need you to add a supporting document.

Dont be alarmed.


dalok1:
Is there anybody that experienced this before, my wife received update today that her ( ATTENTION NEEDED URGENTLY TODAY), or are they collecting passport before one go for medicate now. Pls house i need response . Thanks.


ATTENTION NEEDED URGENTLY TODAY

Dear Applicant,

Kindly be informed that your attention is required at the earliest,
Please come with your collection slip to the below address between 8am-3pm, Mon - Fri (excluding declared holidays).

You may contact the Visa Application Centre (VAC) for further instructions/clarifications.




Best regards,

----------
Team Feedback
Canada Visa Application Centre, Lagos






Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by adedoyen: 7:20pm On Jul 12, 2017
Markab:
So sorry for your delayed application bro/sis. Please order for your gcms note ASAP, however, kindly share your detailed profile and documents submitted to enable us decipher the best approach to advise you.

Thanks so much
My documents
IMM forms
My bsc certificate and SSCE result.
Nysc deployment letter ( I was serving then ) ppa acceptance letter , id card, nysc account bank statement, recommendation letter from my boss at my ppa,
Resume and cover letter
Letter of intent
Marriage certificate
Change of name affidavit
Newspaper publication
hubby's documents
His college certificate
Passport data page ,Study permit and Pgwp pages
American visa page
Employment letter (noc b)
3 months bank statement
3 months payslips
Health insurance (with my name as a beneficiary)
Invitation letter
Consent letter from his dad (he was his sponsor)
Ticket copy to show when he came for our wedding

I think that's all
Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by wealth360: 7:44pm On Jul 12, 2017
adedoyen:

Thanks so much
My documents
IMM forms
My bsc certificate and SSCE result.
Nysc deployment letter ( I was serving then ) ppa acceptance letter , id card, nysc account bank statement, recommendation letter from my boss at my ppa,
Resume and cover letter
Letter of intent
Marriage certificate
Change of name affidavit
Newspaper publication
hubby's documents
His college certificate
Passport data page ,Study permit and Pgwp pages
American visa page
Employment letter (noc b)
3 months bank statement
3 months payslips
Health insurance (with my name as a beneficiary)
Invitation letter
Consent letter from his dad (he was his sponsor)
Ticket copy to show when he came for our wedding

I think that's all
That reason on that correspondence letter is not the mean reason for denial. Who is the main sponsor for your application? Is it your father in-law? And again you didn't state the amount on each soa you presented here to know if you have sufficient fund.....my tot though. Again did your father Inlaw wrote a letter of support? Let's see what comes out from this questions but GCMS will tell the main cause. So sorry sister mi. God dey.
Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by Markab: 7:58pm On Jul 12, 2017
Did you explain in your cover letter that you would return to the country to complete your nysc which is compulsory national service in your home country?
adedoyen:

Thanks so much
My documents
IMM forms
My bsc certificate and SSCE result.
Nysc deployment letter ( I was serving then ) ppa acceptance letter , id card, nysc account bank statement, recommendation letter from my boss at my ppa,
Resume and cover letter
Letter of intent
Marriage certificate
Change of name affidavit
Newspaper publication
hubby's documents
His college certificate
Passport data page ,Study permit and Pgwp pages
American visa page
Employment letter (noc b)
3 months bank statement
3 months payslips
Health insurance (with my name as a beneficiary)
Invitation letter
Consent letter from his dad (he was his sponsor)
Ticket copy to show when he came for our wedding

I think that's all
Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by BE811APP: 8:08pm On Jul 12, 2017
Sorry for the delay in ur application..

I have not seen all the documents you submitted but did you include a SOP explaining you will be back to 9ja after ur spouse finishes her studies?

Sometimes these Oyinbo people just need assurances that we will leave after a particular time.. they themselves know that we all dont leave after the said time. I think in your next application.. give dem a kind of assurance you will be back to 9ja or show a landed property or something.

I remeber during my application.. In my SOP I stated that "All my kids Grand parents are alive and i wont want to keep their grand kids away from them for a long time"

Btwn.. its SOWP treated in Ghana now? Mine was treated in Lagos last year.

All the best!

Jibe20:
My post was hidden by spambot earlier. This is the content of the refusal letter i got from CIC regarding my SOWP.





Thank you for your interest in working in Canada as a live-in caregiver. After careful review of your work permit application
and supporting documentation, I have determined that your application does not meet the requirements of the Immigration
and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR). I am refusing your
application on the following grounds:
• I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay as a temporary resident, as stipulated in
paragraph 179(b) of the IRPR, based on your family ties in Canada and in your country of residence.
• - length of stay
- the fact that your daughter will be missing one to two months of school.
You are welcome to reapply if you feel that you can respond to these concerns and can demonstrate that your situation
meets the requirements. All new applications must be accompanied by a new processing fee.
Sincerely,
High Commission of Canada
Visa Section
P.O. Box 1639
Accra
Ghana
Application Enquiry
Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by BE811APP: 8:48pm On Jul 12, 2017
Sorry for your Hubby's delay..

Seems everything looks good apart from the available amount in his account..

its good that you have requested for a GCMS report.

Just to add to what other posters have stated..

Please also develop your Canadian bank account too.. if possible make it have like 6000 CAD before he submits..
Money in Canada does wonders.. (Talk to friends,family and classmates about this)

Bcuz that 300k in his account is just like approximately 1500 CAD which cant rent a good house with security deposit in Canada.. I am sure they considered other factors like.. his flight Money, living expenses for like 3 months, mobility and you are still a student with probably 20 hours of work a week etc

When I was applying my account had like 3.2million bcuz i have 2 kids.. printed my statement on Friday by Monday morning my account was back to 200k.. family and friends can help develop an account.. in and out of money helps.

Good Luck when he is applying next!


orisuniye:
Thank you so much for your help.
My documents
Study permit valid till 2021
Admission letter showing funding from school
Passport
Mutual funds bank statement around CAD14000
Support letter

His documents
Cic forms
Affidavit showing land as gift from his mother
Affidavit showing he owns on the house on the land
BSc. Certificate
Appointment letter ( he couldn't get a reference letter from work)
Work ID card
Passport (No travel history)
Police clearance
Payslip
Bank statement (total transaction =N1.5M, closing balance N300K


We thought funding is not required for SOWP

Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by wealth360: 8:52pm On Jul 12, 2017
Markab:
Did you explain in your cover letter that you would return to the country to complete your nysc which is compulsory national service in your home country?
@Markab @adedoyen didnt show any work experience except for the fact that she was serving. And no home tie just discovered.
Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by adedoyen: 8:55pm On Jul 12, 2017
wealth360:
That reason on that correspondence letter is not the mean reason for denial. Who is the main sponsor for your application? Is it your father in-law? And again you didn't state the amount on each soa you presented here to know if you have sufficient fund.....my tot though. Again did your father Inlaw wrote a letter of support? Let's see what comes out from this questions but GCMS will tell the main cause. So sorry sister mi. God dey.
Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by adedoyen: 8:57pm On Jul 12, 2017
Markab:
Did you explain in your cover letter that you would return to the country to complete your nysc which is compulsory national service in your home country?
No I didn't, I applied towards end of February and I finished nysc first week in April
Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by adedoyen: 9:06pm On Jul 12, 2017
wealth360:
@Markab @adedoyen didnt show any work experience except for the fact that she was serving. And no home tie just discovered.

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Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by wealth360: 9:13pm On Jul 12, 2017
adedoyen:

Thanks bro
I didn't know I was meant to have a sponsor for sowp. And the closing balance of the statement of account. I had around 150k (it's an nysc account- it's just to show I'm serving) and his own was around 500CAD.(we thought fund wasn't one of the criteria for sowp
FIL only wrote a letter of support.
Yeah I would apply for the GCMS before the end of the week.
I think the cause is not far from this. The money you guys shows is very very very small and again you didn't assure the VO you are coming back with your spouse at the end of his study. Check the post @BE811APP commented above.
Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by wealth360: 9:17pm On Jul 12, 2017
adedoyen:

I actually did..I included work experience. I finished school is may 2015 and I worked with a company from Dec to April 2016. Though it was a volunteer job with little pay, I also included my internship during my 300 and 400 internships. I also stated that I did a professional course during nysc. All these are related to my course of study.
My parents and 3 siblings are in Nigeria here. Those are my home ties though one lives in the UK.
did you add your siblings and parent birth cert on the family form and as an attachment?
Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by adedoyen: 9:21pm On Jul 12, 2017
wealth360:
I think the cause is not far from this. The money you guys shows is very very very small and again you didn't assure the VO you are coming back with your spouse at the end of his study. Check the post @BE811APP commented above.
I get that but my spouse is not studying he has his Pgwp already
Thanks bro
Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by adedoyen: 9:23pm On Jul 12, 2017
wealth360:
did you add your siblings and parent birth cert on the family form and as an attachment?
No I didn't. I think I'm just going to wait for the GCMS to know the real reason for delay
Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by Markab: 10:08pm On Jul 12, 2017
Well, try and get your gcms note ASAP, let's see the real cause and please ensure you write a very nice cover letter with a very captivating assurance that you would definitely return back to the country once your husband concludes his post graduation work experience to enable you complete your mandatory youth service (nysc) and also use the international work experience you guys would have garnered to develop our beautiful country Nigeria which was the essence of studying abroad in the first instance.

@all, from my understanding on this thread and other international threads on SOWP, the rate of denial is kind of high now and it's observed that most of denials come as a result of ties to home country(i.e. The VO is not convinced that you would return) and personal asset(insufficient balance). Let's all prospective applicants and those refiring take these in to consideration and also develop a very good SOP.

@BE811APP sir, your boy is loyal o. Thank you for checking up and not abandoning us smiley

Yours sincerely,

Kabir
adedoyen:

No I didn't. I think I'm just going to wait for the GCMS to know the real reason for delay

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Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by VEIL1234: 10:21pm On Jul 12, 2017
Good Evening All,

It's quite alarming to see that sowp refusal rates have increased, please as Markab has said for those re-firing and those about to apply, kindly hook up with seniors on this thread who have gotten their OWP to review your entire application, keep asking questions until you get it right from the start. May God increase the testimonies on this thread. No more refusals! amen.
Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by VEIL1234: 10:28pm On Jul 12, 2017
Haba! Is SOWP processed in Ghana or Lagos? Are you sure they haven't made a mistake on u guys application thinking you applied as ''Care givers''?
orisuniye:


Hello!

I have just noticed the same thing on my husband's refusal letter. the letter was issued on July 7th from Ghana.

i am sure we applied for SOWP!
Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by VEIL1234: 10:30pm On Jul 12, 2017
Isn't there anyway this can be contested? Seniors in the house any ideas on what they should do? This is clearly a mistake.
Jibe20:
My post was hidden by spambot earlier. This is the content of the refusal letter i got from CIC regarding my SOWP.





Thank you for your interest in working in Canada as a live-in caregiver. After careful review of your work permit application
and supporting documentation, I have determined that your application does not meet the requirements of the Immigration
and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR). I am refusing your
application on the following grounds:
• I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay as a temporary resident, as stipulated in
paragraph 179(b) of the IRPR, based on your family ties in Canada and in your country of residence.
• - length of stay
- the fact that your daughter will be missing one to two months of school.
You are welcome to reapply if you feel that you can respond to these concerns and can demonstrate that your situation
meets the requirements. All new applications must be accompanied by a new processing fee.
Sincerely,
High Commission of Canada
Visa Section
P.O. Box 1639
Accra
Ghana
Application Enquiry
Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by VEIL1234: 10:33pm On Jul 12, 2017
Hello dalok1,

Did your wife eventually go to vfs? kindly give the update so we can learn. Thank you.
dalok1:
Is there anybody that experienced this before, my wife received update today that her ( ATTENTION NEEDED URGENTLY TODAY), or are they collecting passport before one go for medicate now. Pls house i need response . Thanks.


ATTENTION NEEDED URGENTLY TODAY

Dear Applicant,

Kindly be informed that your attention is required at the earliest,
Please come with your collection slip to the below address between 8am-3pm, Mon - Fri (excluding declared holidays).

You may contact the Visa Application Centre (VAC) for further instructions/clarifications.




Best regards,

----------
Team Feedback
Canada Visa Application Centre, Lagos






Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by VEIL1234: 10:37pm On Jul 12, 2017
@Markab I like your resilience. You are already a guru before u applied grin grin grin grin grin grin All the best in september!!!
Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by Markab: 10:56pm On Jul 12, 2017
Guru for where? grin. All to the Glory of God madam, we all need to keep this thread alive please, we need your inputs in actualizing this mission as well. Me just dey learn small small to package a tight application ooo as trv learner
cheesy
VEIL1234:
@Markab I like your resilience. You are already a guru before u applied grin grin grin grin grin grin All the best in september!!!
Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by Markab: 11:03pm On Jul 12, 2017
Well as a trv learner madam, I implore those concerned to send a strongly worded appeal to cic via mail and also fill the web form or case specific enquiry to inform cic on the errors. I have seen refusals overturned especially the ones with incontestable errors on the sides of the Vos.

Cc: orisuniye, adedoyen et al
VEIL1234:
Isn't there anyway this can be contested? Seniors in the house any ideas on what they should do? This is clearly a mistake.
Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by dalok1: 3:22am On Jul 13, 2017
@ VEIL1234.. they told her to submit more supporting document and proof that she had been denial or refused visa before. Thanks.
Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by Iboloh: 5:14pm On Jul 13, 2017
Goodevening house. I applied for Trv on d 23rd of may and got a message 2day via my tracking number that my passport has been dispatched without any reason. pls I need advice. Thanks
Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by Markab: 6:58pm On Jul 13, 2017
Did you apply via paper route with upfront medical?
Iboloh:
Goodevening house. I applied for Trv on d 23rd of may and got a message 2day via my tracking number that my passport has been dispatched without any reason. pls I need advice. Thanks
Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by Iboloh: 9:11pm On Jul 13, 2017
Markab:
Did you apply via paper route with upfront medical?
paper route and did not do medical
Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by Markab: 9:16pm On Jul 13, 2017
I'm afraid, your application is delayed. cry

Iboloh:

paper route and did not do medical
Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by VEIL1234: 10:53pm On Jul 13, 2017
Oh okay, fingers crossed then. When did she apply?
dalok1:
@ VEIL1234.. they told her to submit more supporting document and proof that she had been denial or refused visa before. Thanks.
Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by sjunad: 10:56pm On Jul 13, 2017
Hi Iboloh,

As BE811APP mentioned in one of his comments that he received his passport as a means of identification for his medicals. This could be the same as your case. Just chill to know why your passport was dispatched. I pray though that it's for medical purpose. Best wishes.


Iboloh:
Goodevening house. I applied for Trv on d 23rd of may and got a message 2day via my tracking number that my passport has been dispatched without any reason. pls I need advice. Thanks
Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by VEIL1234: 10:58pm On Jul 13, 2017
@Iboloh, did you receive an e-mail inviting you for medicals? Or a letter via your account? i.e if it was linked. Anyway just go pick up, all the best.
sjunad:
Hi Iboloh,

As BE811APP mentioned in one of his comments that he received his passport as a means of identification for his medicals. This could be the same as your case. Just chill to know why your passport was dispatched. I pray though that it's for medical purpose. Best wishes.


Re: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by Toluwaase(m): 3:49pm On Jul 16, 2017
Hi everyone,

It appears CIC just attended to those that applied in February. Anyone in the house that applied later that has got a reply?

Please, keep us informed!

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