Expectantbee:
Issa PPR ooo...finally! Praise be to God!see ehn I don’t even know how to start but I will try and be as detailed as I can now..timeline first before Long story

IELTS: sept 2017 LWRS..9,8.5,8,9
Eca: 18 May
ITA: 23 May
Aor: 4 June
IP1/MEP: 15 June
IP2: 25 sept( not to sure cos I stopped checking my account daily)
PPR: 27 sept (email came 28 September 4:13 am)

Please permit to come back later with full details maybe it will benefit one or two persons just as I’ve benefited immensely.
I’ll be back in a few hours stay tuned!

Expectantbee:
Issa PPR ooo...finally! Praise be to God!see ehn I don’t even know how to start but I will try and be as detailed as I can now..timeline first before Long story

IELTS: sept 2017 LWRS..9,8.5,8,9
Eca: 18 May
ITA: 23 May
Aor: 4 June
IP1/MEP: 15 June
IP2: 25 sept( not to sure cos I stopped checking my account daily)
PPR: 27 sept (email came 28 September 4:13 am)

Please permit to come back later with full details maybe it will benefit one or two persons just as I’ve benefited immensely.
I’ll be back in a few hours stay tuned!

Expectantbee:
Issa PPR ooo...finally! Praise be to God!see ehn I don’t even know how to start but I will try and be as detailed as I can now..timeline first before Long story

IELTS: sept 2017 LWRS..9,8.5,8,9
Eca: 18 May
ITA: 23 May
Aor: 4 June
IP1/MEP: 15 June
IP2: 25 sept( not to sure cos I stopped checking my account daily)
PPR: 27 sept (email came 28 September 4:13am!

doppler06:
Thank you Nairaland for all your assistance . The journey that started from Part 3 of this thread has been concluded in Part 5

IELTS: 3 Mar 18 LRSW 9988
WES: 17 Apr 18 Masters
CRS: 481
ITA: 25 Apr 18
AOR: 29 May 18
MEP: 8 Jun 18
IP1: Same day as MEP
IP2: 20 Sept 18
PPR: 25 Sept 18 (mail came in 1:34am Sept 26)
AOR to PPR: 117 days (approx. 4 months)
Passport transmitted: 26 Sept 18

Visa office: Ottawa. Single applicant
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doppler06:
Thank you Nairaland for all your assistance . The journey that started from Part 3 of this thread has been concluded in Part 5

IELTS: 3 Mar 18 LRSW 9988
WES: 17 Apr 18 Masters
CRS: 481
ITA: 25 Apr 18
AOR: 29 May 18
MEP: 8 Jun 18
IP1: Same day as MEP
IP2: 20 Sept 18
PPR: 25 Sept 18 (mail came in 1:34am Sept 26)
AOR to PPR: 117 days (approx. 4 months)
Passport transmitted: 26 Sept 18

Immediately I saw the PPR mail on 26th morning, I just called in sick at work. It was raining that day but submit passport I must…... Went back to the same work I called in sick to (but stayed on a different floor) and printed and filled all I needed to fill and made all the copies I needed to make.

On to the next phase…….. btw, who else is completely overwhelmed by the amount of info from that MAP document + the many FPPs that are reaching out. This 24 hours in a day is not long enough.

I wish everybody success in every phase they are at…..….. All the best

Expectantbee:
Issa PPR ooo...finally! Praise be to God!see ehn I don’t even know how to start but I will try and be as detailed as I can now..timeline first before Long story

IELTS: sept 2017 LWRS..9,8.5,8,9
Eca: 18 May
ITA: 23 May
Aor: 4 June
IP1/MEP: 15 June
IP2: 25 sept( not to sure cos I stopped checking my account daily)
PPR: 27 sept (email came 28 September 4:13 am)

Please permit to come back later with full details maybe it will benefit one or two persons just as I’ve benefited immensely.
I’ll be back in a few hours stay tuned!

Expectantbee:
Issa PPR ooo...finally! Praise be to God!see ehn I don’t even know how to start but I will try and be as detailed as I can now..timeline first before Long story

IELTS: sept 2017 LWRS..9,8.5,8,9
Eca: 18 May
ITA: 23 May
Aor: 4 June
IP1/MEP: 15 June
IP2: 25 sept( not to sure cos I stopped checking my account daily)
PPR: 27 sept (email came 28 September 4:13 am)

Please permit to come back later with full details maybe it will benefit one or two persons just as I’ve benefited immensely.
I’ll be back in a few hours stay tuned!

DawnM024:
Hello House,

Silent follower - something i read here made me wonder if i may have misrepresented myself. I was refused visa to Uk some odd 6yrs ago on grounds of insufficient travel funds and asked to submit with sufficient(no refusal stamp). I did that immediately and got Visa 3wks later. I have gone on to obtain 3 additional visas including an active 2 year visa plus 2 other 2year US visa. This was my first attempt at outside ECOWAS travel.

My question is - is there a way to mention this now, though i have no indication on passport and i cant find any email or letter concerning the incidence.

Biometrics done plus MEP and background check says ongoing.

It never occurrred till i read it here yesterday. Please help i am in panic mode.

Thanks alot.

doppler06:
Thank you Nairaland for all your assistance . The journey that started from Part 3 of this thread has been concluded in Part 5

IELTS: 3 Mar 18 LRSW 9988
WES: 17 Apr 18 Masters
CRS: 481
ITA: 25 Apr 18
AOR: 29 May 18
MEP: 8 Jun 18
IP1: Same day as MEP
IP2: 20 Sept 18
PPR: 25 Sept 18 (mail came in 1:34am Sept 26)
AOR to PPR: 117 days (approx. 4 months)
Passport transmitted: 26 Sept 18

Visa office: Ottawa. Single applicant
No ADRs, 1 US Visa refusal, and I didn’t complete the Schedule A (it was just too much work then... thank God they didn’t want it)

Immediately I saw the PPR mail on 26th morning, I just called in sick at work. It was raining that day but submit passport I must…... Went back to the same work I called in sick to (but stayed on a different floor) and printed and filled all I needed to fill and made all the copies I needed to make.
I had filled the IMM0008 and IMM5406 Additional Family forms because I didn’t have power to shout. The form is not that hard to fill esp if you are single with no dependents.

I then headed down to Studio 24 with my ruler and copy of photo specifications to measure the picture I’ll take. The lady there laughed at my ruler but she still helped me measure it. She stamped and signed and dated, but requirement said put full address also… I told madam to biko put full address. By the time she finished, there was no space to put my name and DOB but I squeezed it in there.

The rain helped because when I got to VFS Canada floor around 11am, it was empty. Just a handful of people. Everything was done on the 1st floor (collect PPT paper from security, wait, submit documents to the guy at till 1 when called, he will package inside envelope and you go and pay at till 5 or so, then hand over to the person at till 8 or 9 and shikena). Spent just 15mins for everything that day…… it was that empty

I had posted my appreciation post in the part 3 of this thread. That was when I discovered the thread and realized I was wasting time and money chasing my bsc transcript (I had already paid 45k, it was sent and wes said it was incomplete and had to be resent. The school was now telling me to pay again…. TF). Nd the msc was already accepted oh… Nobody told me to tell wes to delete the bsc

I just went to the first page of part 3, got a jotter and went to work and the rest is history.

All in all, my application was fairly straightforward. Decision to travel to PPR = 9 months. I really didn’t encounter any delays (asides my bsc matter) getting any of the documents and I thank God for that. Single NOC, Work ref was how CIC wanted it + payslips, POF was money in 2 mutual fund accounts (GCMS said they did not include my pension) + my salary and personal account, Medicals at QLife, PCC – ASP Mosh + UK PCC which I sent to a friend to scan down.

I kept it simple and had only 2 LOEs (1 was under the additional document place where I explained the visa refusal and the 2nd was where I aggregated my POFs in a summary table and showed CAD equivalent and exchange rate).

Thanks to this page and all those that responded the few times I had questions – I remember when 1 of the statutory questions was confusing me and Nairaland came to my rescue. Muchos Gracias

On to the next phase…….. btw, who else is completely overwhelmed by the amount of info from that MAP document + the many FPPs that are reaching out. This 24 hours in a day is not long enough.

I wish everybody success in every phase they are at…..….. All the best

Expectantbee:
Issa PPR ooo...finally! Praise be to God!see ehn I don’t even know how to start but I will try and be as detailed as I can now..timeline first before Long story

IELTS: sept 2017 LWRS..9,8.5,8,9
Eca: 18 May
ITA: 23 May
Aor: 4 June
IP1/MEP: 15 June
IP2: 25 sept( not to sure cos I stopped checking my account daily)
PPR: 27 sept (email came 28 September 4:13 am)

Please permit to come back later with full details maybe it will benefit one or two persons just as I’ve benefited immensely.
I’ll be back in a few hours stay tuned!

Expectantbee:
Issa PPR ooo...finally! Praise be to God!see ehn I don’t even know how to start but I will try and be as detailed as I can now..timeline first before Long story

IELTS: sept 2017 LWRS..9,8.5,8,9
Eca: 18 May
ITA: 23 May
Aor: 4 June
IP1/MEP: 15 June
IP2: 25 sept( not to sure cos I stopped checking my account daily)
PPR: 27 sept (email came 28 September 4:13 am)

Please permit to come back later with full details maybe it will benefit one or two persons just as I’ve benefited immensely.
I’ll be back in a few hours stay tuned!

Yakay:


Did they return your passport with the refusal letter?

Did u have to pay another visa fee the second time?

If u answer yes to any of these questions then that was a refusal and it is in their record.
They only gave u option to reapply immediately which u did.

I'd advise u raise a CSE and mention it and explain it same way u just did here.

This issue of not mentioning visa denial is the latest rejection reason which leads to banning people.

MY 2 cents tho

Estac:
There has been a longstanding debate about WES vs IQAS for evaluation of LLB. Unlike IQAS, WES usually does not use the phrase "first professional degree" in its LLB ECA. Some have said that because of this absence, one cannot claim point for professional degree. But in your case, you still have the age advantage. So use the CRS to calculate your score using BSC for both you and ur hubby . If it puts you above 440, then you can select masters/professional degree when creating your profile. Worst case scenario is if, post ITA, the visa officer considers that your ECA is only a bachelors degree and recalculates your score on that basis, you will still be above the cut-off for your draw and your application will not be refused. But if with bachelors degree you are not above 440. Please use the tested and trusted IQAS.

I hope someone helps to put this debate to rest soon. I know a couple who like you are both lawyers and are using WES but they are yet to submit their application. The plan is to select points for professional degree at the time of submission and then request for GCMS after submission to see how the visa officer will regard the ECA. Mind you, these people also have sibling factor to boost their CRS so even if their LLB is regarded as BSc, their CRS will still be about 450. Hopefully, this will help solve the debate.

Expectantbee:
Issa PPR ooo...finally! Praise be to God!see ehn I don’t even know how to start but I will try and be as detailed as I can now..timeline first before Long story

IELTS: sept 2017 LWRS..9,8.5,8,9
Eca: 18 May
ITA: 23 May
Aor: 4 June
IP1/MEP: 15 June
IP2: 25 sept( not to sure cos I stopped checking my account daily)
PPR: 27 sept (email came 28 September 4:13 am)

Please permit to come back later with full details maybe it will benefit one or two persons just as I’ve benefited immensely.
I’ll be back in a few hours stay tuned!

Expectantbee:
Issa PPR ooo...finally! Praise be to God!see ehn I don’t even know how to start but I will try and be as detailed as I can now..timeline first before Long story

IELTS: sept 2017 LWRS..9,8.5,8,9
Eca: 18 May
ITA: 23 May
Aor: 4 June
IP1/MEP: 15 June
IP2: 25 sept( not to sure cos I stopped checking my account daily)
PPR: 27 sept (email came 28 September 4:13 am)

Please permit to come back later with full details maybe it will benefit one or two persons just as I’ve benefited immensely.
I’ll be back in a few hours stay tuned!

akohwo:


There is nothing you are doing wrong. Either you retake ielts and move your writing to 7.5 or he re takes ielts and aim for 8777. When you are married some points are lost and they are added back if ur hubby takes ielts and has done his wes. However the amount of points added back depends on his highest qualification and wes result compared to yours.

doppler06:
Thank you Nairaland for all your assistance . The journey that started from Part 3 of this thread has been concluded in Part 5

IELTS: 3 Mar 18 LRSW 9988
WES: 17 Apr 18 Masters
CRS: 481
ITA: 25 Apr 18
AOR: 29 May 18
MEP: 8 Jun 18
IP1: Same day as MEP
IP2: 20 Sept 18
PPR: 25 Sept 18 (mail came in 1:34am Sept 26)
AOR to PPR: 117 days (approx. 4 months)
Passport transmitted: 26 Sept 18

Visa office: Ottawa. Single applicant

I wish everybody success in every phase they are at…..….. All the best

Expectantbee:
Issa PPR ooo...finally! Praise be to God!see ehn I don’t even know how to start but I will try and be as detailed as I can now..timeline first before Long story

IELTS: sept 2017 LWRS..9,8.5,8,9
Eca: 18 May
ITA: 23 May
Aor: 4 June
IP1/MEP: 15 June
IP2: 25 sept( not to sure cos I stopped checking my account daily)
PPR: 27 sept (email came 28 September 4:13 am)

Please permit to come back later with full details maybe it will benefit one or two persons just as I’ve benefited immensely.
I’ll be back in a few hours stay tuned!

Zeiya:
Done with biometrics this morning. It was pretty easy for me even without appointment

dumprep:
Yay! Congrats Expectantbee. Your being expectant has finally paid off. Congrats again.

Tojued:


Congratulations! Eagerly awaiting the full gist! Like was suggested today, please make it as long as possible

Expectantbee:
So I’m back with the full gist!
I evaluated my MSc since December o. I was a complete jjc then and had no ide about this platform so I was busy waiting for BSc. Of course NASU strike had to happen and verification was another long story. Maybe if I had known that I could evaluate only MSc I for dey cannyland by now .. oh well, all things work together for good! Eventually got the ECA in May, entered the pool the same day.

Post-ITA. I did 2 LOEs. One for education, I just briefly explained that even though I graduated in 2012 my very bears 2014 because that’s when it was issued. The 2nd LOE was for pof, just explained that my could not give me letter in cic format so I uploaded 6months statements plus reference letter. I even did conversion for them from pounds and naira to CAD. I attached screenshots of the conversion rate for that day. Pof was Dom and current Account from the same bank..I think my application wasn’t so dramatic. Personally, I don’t think the LOEs were necessary, but who knows? Plus it’s better to err on the side of caution right?
My anxiety was on a different level o. I ordered GCMS notes July 27, got it August 28...everything seemed got. No red flags. I even Call after that, still nothing had changed. That’s when I just decided to chill Abeg. I cannot comman kill myself biko.
Behold! September 26?i was going through the June APR forum on Canadavisa and noticed a few first week June applicants saying they moved to IP2 so I decided to check too. And there it was! the much awaited IP2. It felt like mini PPR to me cos I knew that my PPR was close.
That’s about as dramatic as my application was!
PS: I honestly have no tips for IELTS. I only used the practice materials that BC made available after I registered..I was to busy with school and work to practice. I wrote in the U.K. so I don’t know if this had anything to do with anything.

May God grant you all speedy PPRs. Thank to all the constant contributors. God bless you all!

I forgot to add that my VO is Ottawa

DawnM024:
Hello House,

Silent follower - something i read here made me wonder if i may have misrepresented myself. I was refused visa to Uk some odd 6yrs ago on grounds of insufficient travel funds and asked to submit with sufficient(no refusal stamp). I did that immediately and got Visa 3wks later. I have gone on to obtain 3 additional visas including an active 2 year visa plus 2 other 2year US visa. This was my first attempt at outside ECOWAS travel.

My question is - is there a way to mention this now, though i have no indication on passport and i cant find any email or letter concerning the incidence.

Biometrics done plus MEP and background check says ongoing.

It never occurrred till i read it here yesterday. Please help i am in panic mode.

Thanks alot.

Expectantbee:
Issa PPR ooo...finally! Praise be to God!see ehn I don’t even know how to start but I will try and be as detailed as I can now..timeline first before Long story

IELTS: sept 2017 LWRS..9,8.5,8,9
Eca: 18 May
ITA: 23 May
Aor: 4 June
IP1/MEP: 15 June
IP2: 25 sept( not to sure cos I stopped checking my account daily)
PPR: 27 sept (email came 28 September 4:13 am)

Please permit to come back later with full details maybe it will benefit one or two persons just as I’ve benefited immensely.
I’ll be back in a few hours stay tuned!