nwabuzorjuliet:
Good morning all,
Please prior to my present role as an HR career specialist, I worked as a Security Coordinator, Commercial and Analysis. My JD is as stated below:

Overviewing all commercial issues linked to Security for central Africa
 Attend Kick of meeting for any new proposed Invitation to bid related to central Africa region
I have being trying to look for an NOC that these fall under. I would appreciate input please as I intend claiming 2 years from here. Thank you...

Not sure, but check 0114.

Magnifico2000:
Hello good people of Canada. I have an issue bothering me, I feel it is better I rectify it early enough. I realised that all the names on my educational certificates and even on my intl passport are different from the name on my birth certificate.

That is, On my birth certificate, Oluwa***** is written on it while on my educational certificates Olu**** is written on it. So the question is this, what can I do to rectify the OLUWA on my birth certificate? Thank you.

One and same person affidavit.

Jennypharb1:


Have you tried calling?

i have tried though the wait time to get through is always too long. like 50minutes

DaddyNimo:
dived into the pool lastnight with my wife as PA with a crs point of 485.....hoping for the best fam.
July 10 lagbara olorun.

Congratulation in advance

ICES doesn't need WAEC.

Zigdore:

Good day, please am also confused about this. Does ICES not request for Waec?

Topsmamen:


One and same person affidavit.

Okay. How Do I need any newspaper publication? How do I go about it? Thanks.

I guess we are AOR mates. I've decided not to check anymore, when they're ready they'll call for me. Be strong

gbemlad:
Hello everyone, I have been a coded silent reader. But I am coming out of my silent mode. It's been 181 days since I submitted my application. I saw Jennypharb1 and titilola's post yesterday and that triggered me to comment. It hasn't been an easy ride at all, the days I wake up in the middle of the night and remember my NOC and job designation doesn't match well, the day I see people from recent aor sharing PPR stories, the days I have dreams of request letter sent to my mail. Infact I dread checking my profile because it has always been on submitted shortly after medicals was passed. Hmmm, I am ranting abi, my sincere apologies. I would like to commend the selfless people on this thread, this gives me hope that Nigeria can still be better. I love ifeoma77, the day she got her PPR, I silently danced and was elated as if it was mine. LadyMarshall, ure doing a great job, would like to meet this two angels when I get to canny. Please permit me to pm you titilola and Jennypharb1. And I would like to be added to December aor WhatsApp group. Happy Canada day people.

Sashafiercediva:

i have tried though the wait time to get through is always too long. like 50minutes

You have to wait it out oh. I usually try around 10pm ish Nigerian time, I've even gotten through at 10.30pm, just load like 3k and be patient that day, you might have to keep calling back to get through but you'll get through. You can also shorten your time a bit by skipping some of the steps if you already know what's coming next. Just try and call, talk to someone and ask them if they've received your document, If not at least they can check with your processing agent or ask you to send it again.

Can you send me an email please?
rifyndy@gmail.com
[qauote author=Canadahome post=79826803]

Hi Rify

I sent you a PM, i am in Abuse. Presently practicing IELTS. [/quote]

You don't need newspaper publication. The affidavit is enough as boss Topsman has said.
I believe newspaper publication is applicable to change of name

Magnifico2000:

Okay. How Do I need any newspaper publication? How do I go about it? Thanks.

exclusvem:
@hayoakins please help ooo

I replied your mail yesterday

Rify:
Hi guys,

Please am looking for IELTS study partners in Abuja who would want to meet and practice together or if there's already a group like that someone please add me.

2ndly, I saw a comment that your work experience doesn't have to be on a particular job? I thought on the CRS tool , it was stated "...and in only one occupation" to claim the length of time. Pls epp if you can.

Thank you

Though i have already written my ielts, i am in abuja and can help with your study

pejuhazel:
I guess we are AOR mates. I've decided not to check anymore, when they're ready they'll call for me. Be strong

yes, your file is at Accra right, cos I know you said something about it sometime ago. It is well oo, mine is at Ottawa the last time I checked. Are you a member of DECEMBER aor WhatsApp group?? Would like to join. Thanks

ayabemm16:


Yes to both questions

Thanks

Oh well...i hope this works.....first time poster.....Siaman, Association of silent readers....

I started typing my story on the 26th of June, but work & other commitments delayed the conclusion.
I hope I eventually get to post this as I don’t have an account on NL yet and procrastination have been a tight buddy on this matter. However, remembering how heartwarming the success stories I have read here have been, I will do my very best to eventually share; better late than never eh? I will trrrrrrryyyy to be very brief because as I am playing the tape in my head, it seems like it’s going to be a long one.
It’s CPR or as we call it COPR!!!!!
Actually, we have received our passports already o, but Accra just sent the Visa Cover letter today (June 26).
Timeline:
IELTS – December 2018
After months of feet dragging, my spouse and I registered and wrote the test. I had previously combed the thread for the precious tips & tricks shared by the elders. I jotted the tips and read them like the Bible for several days. After I got the hang of them, I started reading the assessment criteria for each section of the test.
For listening, I used several online test sites for practice. I initially had problems with the last two sections because I used to tune out and I will miss most of the answers. But with continuous practice, I eventually got 8.0.
For Speaking, I watched a lot of band 9 videos online and also Jay’s video where he shared the PPF model. Interestingly, one of the topics discussed in the Band 9 videos was actually my Task 2 writing question!
On the speaking day, I prayed to get a man (someone had opined that having the opposite gender as your examiner was more favourable) alas, I got a woman!!! Chai! My heart started racing and I became nervous. It took me a while to comport myself and I was eventually able to go with the flow. At a time, we were talking (or rather I was lol!) about the weather and how unpredictable it had become and I was seriously trying to remember ‘global warming’ to boost my vocab scores but I couldn’t remember the words for the life of me! Incidentally, the examiner then asked me why the weather has become unpredictable, I just told her “I don’t know” with a straight face and continued the conversation. I did this so as not to become fixated on remembering that I will now lose my train of thought entirely! I sha ended up with 7.5 in speaking.
For reading, despite it being my fave, I practiced a lot!!!! I didn’t want to get a low score on what I was good in; I did get 9.
For Writing, I really did not practice much, but I thoroughly went through and understood the criteria and I read lots of sample essays. I have an “oriyomi” score – 7.
ECA – ICES
Those were the good days of ICES beating its set deadline of 10 weeks, I got mine in 4 weeks while my spouse got his in 5 weeks. An interesting thing was that copies of our reports were also sent to us in Nigeria even though we filled the address of a friend in Canada for the two copies. Months after we had submitted our e-Apr, we discovered the mailed reports in the mailbox in front of our house. Apparently, they had been there for a while, but we didn’t notice because we weren’t expecting anything.

Medicals
This was done in IOM and we spent the entire day there 7.30am – 5pm!!! Gosh, I was so upset!!! If not for the late day given by Q-life and we wanted to submit on time, we would have gone with Q-life.
PCC
T’was done by a random officer at their forensic department and we paid N4k each even though the officer wanted to tax us for more.
POF
Chai! This one ehn!!!! I didn’t know why I had it in my head that a family of three required N8.5m o! See how we were looking for money upandan, that we even delayed entering the pool. Eventually sha, we had more than enough…over-POF come dey worry us.
Documents Uploaded

PCC – uploaded the three pages.
International Passport – we all just renewed our passports, so we uploaded only the bio-data page of the new passport. We did not bother with the markings on the old/expired ones.
Proof of Studies – IELTS report, ECA, MSc. Certificate, BSc. Certificate, WAEC certificate. These were all merged into one document.
Change of name – Marriage certificate, sworn affidavit & newspaper publication.
ITA – Jan. 2019
AOR – Feb. 2019
MEP/BIL – Apr. 2019
I had promised myself that I wouldn’t check my profile more than once a month, for where?? I was checking it every week! One of the random days of checking, I caught a ghost update. I mulled raising a CSE afterwards, but my spouse encouraged me to chill. I did chill for a day or two…..but while reading my beloved NL thread, I saw the CSE link Topsmamen shared…ha! this is a sign o…I told myself & quickly raised the CSE using the format someone had shared in one of the Whatsapp group I was in. Got a reply like 5 days later, eligibility started, V.O – Accra. I said it’s ok, I will stop checking my phone for the golden mail when I wake to pee at night.
Alas, the golden notification came 2 days after!!! It dropped in my account as an advice to check my CIC account for a message. I actually thought it was probably an ADR and was bracing myself when I saw “Request Letter”!!!! Oh, the joy!!!!
CSE raised – May 22, 2019
PPR – May 30, 2019
Passport submission – first working day in June. The required Schedule A was uploaded through the placeholder provided on the account.
While going through the chats on NL, I read about someone that made a mistake on the Schedule A wrt question 6. I did not see that question fa! Are these people using another Schedule A ni I had to go through the questions 6 again and discovered that I only read and responded to the first part of question 6d. We had answered “no” to all the question 6 items. My spouse entered panic mode….eh, this is misrepresentation, ha…this & that….I was very calm about it and just jejely wrote a LOE and corrected the error. The LOE + corrected schedule A were uploaded via CSE.
My client information placeholder was always behaving like ogbanje! One day it will be there, when you want to then use it, it will disappear. On one of the nights it reappeared, I quickly uploaded the LOE + corrected schedule A again.
Anyhoo, project monitoring the account began in full swing and for the most part the account was showing “your action is required” meaning that the initial schedule had not even been processed…we were sha praying. God cannot come and leave us at the final lap of the journey.
Then a lady that submitted her passport after ours shared about her application’s approval. I rushed to my profile and only caught a ghost update. Afterwards, it was showing application submitted.
A day after, I checked again and saw application approved!!!! Halleluyah!!! Tears welled up in my eyes instantly about how surreal it was! We waited for two more work days before going to pickup our passports. VFS did not notify us that the passports were ready for pickup..we just went on a hunch.
The joy when you see your returned passports and CPR is inexplicable…I pray for everybody waiting at one milestone or the other…what God has done for others, He will do for you & more! Hold on, your testimony is coming soon!
Thank you to everybody that contributes on this precious thread, both the question askers and the responders, God bless you all.
Whew!!! I did want to be brief ……oh well, I tried! Lol!!!

MaloryTowers:

Congratulations

Please who can help me with the requirements need for WAEC to send my certificate to WES


And I am open to joining any WhatsApp group for people just starting this process.

Thanks in advance.

Hello. I’m preparing for IELTS. This exam looks hard though. Need a study partner in Lagos. Lekki Ajah to be precise.

Jennypharb1:


You have to wait it out oh. I usually try around 10pm ish Nigerian time, I've even gotten through at 10.30pm, just load like 3k and be patient that day, you might have to keep calling back to get through but you'll get through. You can also shorten your time a bit by skipping some of the steps if you already know what's coming next. Just try and call, talk to someone and ask them if they've received your document, If not at least they can check with your processing agent or ask you to send it again.

thanks dear . ill do that

If you are medical doctor and intends to practise in Canada, your credential evaluation should be done through the Medical Council of Canada(MCC) and not WES, otherwise you can use WES, ICES or any other evaluation body.

Diavolo:
Good morning house, I'm a doctor who's planning on entering the express entry program. My issue is that I have an error on my waec result, the date of birth isn't correct and the time and process to rectify is much. So meaning I can't use WES for my ECA. Is it advisable for me to use ICES who don't require weac instead or rather sort out the issue and use WES.

My dear people, i am here again.

Please I am in the process of doing ECA. I'm done with filling the form, e ramian to pay.

I have seen people spending long time on ECA so i wish to start earlier so that it'll be ready on time but my worry now is the BCS. The exam will be in September and the result will be out in December.

Do you think its too early to start ECA since BCS can't be evaluated yet? I just want my Degree and NECO to be evaluated first while we wait for BCS

Make i no go do oversabi

Will one and same person affidavit be needed if one's WAEC certificate states Segun Adexyz while International Passport and other documents state Olusegun Adexyz ?

Topsmamen:


One and same person affidavit.

Happy Canada day fam!

My CRS currently stands at 449? Just wondering if CRS will ever drop that low. Thoughts?

Culled from WhatsApp

"Affidavit is N4000 - negotiable.
Attestation is N4000 (Don't worry "Iya WES" has you covered for those two documents) - negotiable, only for gce.
You'll buy scratch card from her for N1500.
Buy two envelopes.
Try to get there early so you can go upstairs to the 7th floor (gce) or 2nd floor (waec) with your documents.
Remember to bring your filled WES forms with 2 passport photographs.
They'll sign your documents in the last room by the right on the 7th floor then you'll go downstairs to the 4th floor (first room) to pay N10000.
They'll give you a receipt and then you go back to the 7th floor to submit.
Lastly, you'll pay for the courier."

prettyprecy:
Please who can help me with the requirements need for WAEC to send my certificate to WES


And I am open to joining any WhatsApp group for people just starting this process.

Thanks in advance.

No one really knows but you can try all you can to increase your scores, all the best!

urblackpearl:
Happy Canada day fam!

My CRS currently stands at 449? Just wondering if CRS will ever drop that low. Thoughts?

Happy New month guys. I posted this question on another thread, but I didn't get the answer I needed. I am a Pharmacist, 2 years of work experience with a sibling in Manitoba but the problem is, after estimating my score for MPNP, it still falls short of the lowest score that was invited. I am getting 538 even with max CLB score, while the lowest invited for MPNP this june was 599. How can one increase his score? Or rather, what am I doing wrong in my estimation? Please help with info if you can

sis, you're not alone, we clocked 8months last week. I've resigned to God o!

Jennypharb1:


My dear I'm still waiting, I thought they wanted to surprise me on my birthday in March when I saw a ghost update but ehn, the thing do me like film. Will clock 9months in a few days, my Edd is around the corner. But we don't gat no choice in the matter, Na them hold the knife and yam this time. God willing, it'll be right on time

Good evening. Any idea how on average PEBC is taking to complete ECA these days?

Will appreciate this. Can you send me an email pls?
rifyndy@gmail.com

Kdamnhot:

Though i have already written my ielts, i am in abuja and can help with your study

Please what's the validity for an ECA report for immigration. Is it one year or two years?