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Obehi44:
Yes not adding your account killed your app as regards to the refusals reasons. Also minding your age which you didn't state, you should have your own money.

Hello, I don't think he not adding his statement of account is 'what killed his application.
Insufficient fund could be from the side of the sponsor especially if he/she have dependent(s). To the moniker, if re-applying soon, get a Co-sponsor, and age shouldn't be a problem if you can explain any study gap.

Oluwaseunbd:
Good day my people,please can one switch from a 2year program to a 1year program after arriving in Canada?what happens to the remaining 1year on my study permit if I eventually switch

If the change of program is within same school, I think it is possible and you don't have to notify immigration authorities. Else, changing to a different DLI means you have to notify CIC. My opinion!

Josade69:
Mid june

Alright Josade, just be determined on what you want. Sooner or later our dreams will come to reality.

Josade69:
2nd Refusal

Reapplication: 24th of June
Refusal: 21st of August

1st Refusal: based on financial status and personal assets.

2nd Refusal: based on n your family ties in Canada and in your country of residence, the purpose of your visit and personal assets and financial status.

Sorry about this Josade69, I understand how you feel because i'm in same condition right now. One can only hope to get it right with a new application. When was your first application refused?

emeify1:
It is well, take heart. If this is what ur heart really wants, dont give up. What were d reason for refusal both times? U need to order your gsms note and also a clearer profile of what u submitted - previous and current degree, ties, etc. Was ur SOP reviewed b4 u submitted? I have come to.learn that the SOP is a very powerful document that can turn d tude for u. It is well.

Thanks. I haven't received the final decision letter yet. I'm betting it would be same Purpose of visit, family ties, and financial status. Previous undergraduate degree was in Computer Science.

About the SOP, I contacted a few here, though some were busy.

Hello everyone, I haven't posted here for awhile because I was patiently awaiting the outcome of my application. If a day can get any worse I'd definitely say today August 21.

Having had an unproductive day, I got home with a "donotreply" mail awaiting my return. Logged into MyCIC account, downloaded the PDF file and the subject is re: Validity of biometric information. Going by recent trend, I know the outcome already. As I await the other correspondence letter, these are the documents I submitted:

(This is my second application. First application was June 2018).
.. Date of Application: July 17th
.. Correspondence letter : August 21st (BVL)
.. All CIC documents
.. Letter of introduction from NIIT coupled with some certifications.
.. Conestoga College - Mobile Solutions Development. Winter 2020 (Co-op)
.. Tuition deposit - $1, 500
.. Statement of Purpose
.. Dad's statement of account, company credentials, and landed properties.
.. Sisters statement of account, company credentials, and landed properties (Co-sponsor)
.. My statement of account
.. Birth certificate for all family members
.. English proficiency certificate (IELTS)
..
These are some of the documents I remember submitting. I applied for winter on time, so as to allow more time for document verification, still it wasn't successful. Times as this you just wonder what went wrong.

Before the second correspondence letter comes later today/tomorrow, as many out there reading this I need HELP on my third application. Please.

AgroNACT:
LONG POST ALERT! All to the Glory of My Lord Jesus Christ!


SECOND APPLICATION TIMELINE
Second Application submitted online: 13th June
Background check started almost immediately.
Eligibility Review started: 12th July
Medical request: 12th July
Medical done (IOM): 18th July
Medical updated to pass: 23rd July
PPR/Approval/BVL: 1st August

DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED
SOP (5pages)
LOE (4pages)
All IMM forms
International Passport
Police clearance
Birth Attestation
Passport size photo

EDUCATION
Degree Certificate
Degree Transcript
NECO Certificate
Letter of recommendation from my UnderG supervisor
Research publication (Front Page)
MSc Admission letter
MSc Acceptance Letter

FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS
1st Scholarship Letter ( 23400Cad)
2nd Scholarship Letter ( 16000Cad)
(I later got 3rd Scholarship of 2000Cad -came in after i submitted my application, so i could add it.
My supervisors recommendation letter (Adding 5000K, funding my research and acknowledging my fundings)
My personal SOA (Current employment) with (N1.1M)
My NYSC SOA (Zero account)

EMPLOYMENT
NYSC Call up letter (I later passed out 25th July)
Official letter of acceptance from My PPA
Official Letter from my PPA confirming my current and future role when i come back (Written by me, stamped and signed by the company HRM)
Picture of me at work and at my CDS
NYSC ID Card

HOME TIE & PERSONAL ASSET
My wedding certificate
My Wife's birth certificates
My siblings' birth certificate
My Own Land Property docs (Power of Attorney and survey plan)
Pictures of My paintings
(Artworks)
My late fathers house and land properties (I explained I inherited them and i showed his death certificate)

TESTIMONY
I filed this application one month after i was refused with 4 refusal reasons.
I just want to thank God almighty who made it possible. I thank everyone in thread 15 for their invaluable advice at that time i was refused. Special thanks to @frankrobbn1, @Schonebaby and @Dera12345 who personally took it upon themselves to join me in re-strategizing for the the second app. They were always on phone with me, going through my letters, brainstorming on documents i should/shouldn't get. @stonecoldsteve, i can't forget you also. God bless you guys beyond measure.

It was not by my power, neither was it by any tight application, It was simply by the GRACE of my Lord Jesus Christ. I praised him exclusively and he answered by fire.

PRAISE THE LORD!

Congrats man. Remember reading how you got denied 2 months back, now the reverse is the case. I celebrate with you, go live your dreams.

Anamekele:
I obtain on 14 June 2019. Never experienced such. When was that?

Mon 1 July.

Frankrobbn1:
A family friend of mine collected his bank statement last week Thursday to be precise for TRV purpose and he wasnt informed about this new development. You can check with Access bank head office in your local area to be very sure.

Sure I have to. I was thinking this has to do with the recent fake SOA issue.

Good Morning all. Has anyone able to collect statement of account of recent for TRV purpose? Access bank just informed me their new policy is to send the SOA to the Canadian embassy themselves. Not sure if this applies to all bank.

Dera12345:
ORIGINAL PASSPORT REQUEST!!! (May applicant)

Experience is truly the best teacher, and my Canadian Sucess story made me believe the saying “EVERY DISAPPOINTMENT IS A BLESSING”!!! I know very well my story will motivate or strengthen some people never to give up in whatever that interests them, pursue it desperately like your life depends on it!! Yes I mean it.
Before I proceed, below is my timeline.

Online Application (2nd Application)
Submitted May 9th (10:57pm)
Upfront medicals passed on 11th June
Correspondence letter (today by 10:12am)
Original passport request (today by 10:32am)

This experience is my most difficult experience in life so far, I have always thought I can have anything I want in life but this Canada journey taught me that “Human beings can make any plans they want, but it’s God that decides their Sucess or failure”. I don’t even know where to begin from, but only God, Myself and @frankrobbn1 can tell my tragedy-comedy story.

So exactly a year today 20th June 2018, I submitted a paper route application and It was refused within 4weeks based on family ties, purpose of visit , personal assets and financial assets. Meanwhile, I have a Bsc in Biochemistry with overall CGPA 4.15 and last two year CGPA 4.71 , going for 2year diploma, paid tution fee $8,880cad.
when I received my refusal letter, I cried that very day like never before and till date my first refusal date 18th July,2018 still remains the worst day of my life, and the agent my parents used was just after money. After crying, knowing how bad i needed to leave this country I woke from my comfort zone and began my personal research, this was how I came across this wonderful forum and started reading up!

Through this wonderful platform I met an angel in human form, a motivator, my soulmate and my support system @frankrobbn1, may God bless you richly for me. Frank took his time to explain the errors in my application starting from advising me to secure a masters admission and that is nearly impossible to convince a VO on why diploma and not masters considering my high Gp, and secondly that my application is as empty as anything, I didn’t even submit my family’s information, no assets declared, no employment evidence and so on.

So I began my admission hunt and the devil started his work. Almost all the schools offering my course/ or related course requires a supervisor , and you know how difficult securing a supervisor can be. Some schools I contacted will tell me pump and play that I must identify a supervisor before applying while some will tell me to apply that they will assign me a supervisor once am admitted! I fell to their tricks and lost my application fee, I also tried contacting supervisors all kept turning me down. I kept sending countless mails to different supervisors in different universities all to no avail, some would always come up late with their negative mails of not having space in their lab while some will totally ignore me. I got feed up and I decided to stop sending mails but to call them on phone at least to get a straight forward response rather than waiting for their response that takes weeks and at the end must be negative. I made it as one of my daily activities to call at least 10 supervisors daily, and I did this for months!!! Even the ones that later accepted to supervise me though without funding just all of a sudden will deny even knowing me after I have submitted my application hoping I have secured a supervisor.

In general, I applied to 6 different universities in a space of 8months and all turned me down. I kept asking myself who did I offend? who is after my progress? Through this same wonderful forum I met a very nice fellow @agronat. Immediately he posted about him securing a masters admission with funding, i pm him to put me through, and that was how I realized the vital points/information missing out in my application and the reasons behind my refusals regardless of my high scores. And today am glad that my finally attempt landed me a full fulled scholarship worth $38,076CAD at BROCK UNIVERSITY ONTARIO , 2 years MSc in Biotechnology. Big thanks to @frankrobbn1 for recommending Brock University to me. I nearly craze that day (April 18th, 2019)!!! NB: the scholarship covers my tution and living expenses with extra left, I was also guaranteed a graduate assistantship position. Isn’t God great? This was when I realized that God was preparing something greater for me.

Fast forward to my visa application, guru @frankrobbn1 finished work.. I personally wrote my SOP and LOE, but when frank was done reviewing it I couldn’t recognize my LOE and SOP .. lol, he reconstructed it and was even using the VO’s terms to address every issue. He sold me well and also left the Change for the Visa officer to keep. I can’t thank you enough.., even after I submitted my visa application he took me to a church where I was given 4 days dry fasting and prayers (something I have never done in my life). I’m not the churchious type but this journey brought me closer to God and will forever remain grateful. I will be traveling to lagos next week to submit my passport and at the same time celebrate this wonderful journey that ended well. Seriously my sleep tonight will be very special after one year of dreaming of CANADA �� Lol, and to @justwise thanks for making this platform possible.

Below are the list of documents I submitted with my application:
Father sponsor.

All CIC FORMS
MY PASSPORT DATA PAGE
DIGITAL PASSPORT
UPFRONT MEDICALS
CLIENT INFORMATION;
•LOE
•SOP
•CV
•A reference letter from my supervisor
•Degree Certificate
•Degree Transcripts
•NYSC Posting letter
•NYSC Certificate
•My birth certificate
•WAEC result
•Employment letter (Written by frank , signed by my employer)
•Study leave approval letter (Written by frank , signed by my employer)
•work ID CARD
•police clearance certificate
•Picture with my parents
•HSSE professional Certificate (levels 1,2 and 3)
• social club reference letter (Written by frank)
•Deed of Gift of a four story building with a penthouse on top from Dad( Drafted by a senior advocate of Nigeria), I did the deed of gift before my application but it was back dated!
•My parent’s marriage certificate
•My family 25th marriage silver jubilee calendar as far back as 2008 . (Showing a portrait of all my siblings and my parents in the center) I was only 12years old then but I added it because we don’t have family picture.
•Siblings birth certificate
•Reference letter from my dad company stating I am one of the directors of his company existing for more than 30years now.
• My ID CARD showing am a director

PROOF OF MEANS OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT
•My full funding unconditional acceptance letter
•Affidavit of sponsorship (Drafted by frank, signed by Dad and notary public )
•Letter of sponsorship (Written by frank , signed by Dad)
•Board of resolution letter
•Dad’s international passport data page
•Dad’s Statement of account ( Bal: #113,000,000 inflow- 440M outflow-375M)
•My Personal savings acc. About eight something!
• My Dom account statement (I explained that regardless of my full funding, my father transferred the sum of $10,000Cad for my flight itinerary and other miscellaneous expenses that might rise)
•Dad’s CAC
•Dad’s company particulars of directors (showing my name as one of the directors)
•Dad’s company memorandum of association
• proof of his company shares in all my siblings name and also my mum
•Dad’s landed property, evaluation report and survey plan( I included two building, one rented and one personal building), AND three empty lands under construction)

Even though I know my application is a little bit tight, I still handed it over to God because I have seen better applications refused, or the acceptance quota being reached as rumored on the forum,I said to God that they will bang the door when it’s my time to enter, I prayed against errors which can come from the VO leading to common refusals, lol, I prayed against bad mood on the head of the VO handling my application. Prayer is the Key.

I wish all TRV hopefuls SUCCESS!!!

Congrats Dera, I celebrate with you. Appreciation to Mr. Frank for his work on this platform.

Wow part 16 already. Mr. Frank and Qudkom, greetings from this side.

guzenaira:
Based on the information provided above,

Your agent messed up the whole application. Although VOs do make errors and atimes some come to abrupt decisions but remember that not just one VO will look at the application and definitely it will still go through final review before decisions are been made.

Now, do you know that I strongly go against using agent. Reason because they mess up applications and whatever the result maybe they will walk away with the huge deposit given to them.

Do you know there’s possibility of the agent putting a minor in your application who you don’t know but may have collected money from the client. Moreover, if it is successful you won’t know because all applications may depend on each other but are treated differently.

Do you know some agents are one this thread, they come and learn them make money out of it.

People will always fall for them, even if they know something like this thread even exist. those are the desperate and non chalant applicants who just believe money can do everything.

If you don’t want to use them again try to stylish ask them of what they submitted for you or you wait for like a year before you submit another application because a lot of things could change in ones life within or after 12months. Let’s be realistic.

Try to put up a convincing application and all will be fine.

Thanks for replying my post guzenaira.

My first application was submitted 14th June 2018 and refused July 17th 2018. I deliberately waited this long to give it a second attempt. After being refused , I immediately registered for various programs at NIIT, to acquire more certifications. I'm planning towards winter 2020. Since being on Nairaland, I have learnt so much, For instance how to fill the CIC forms properly, writing a SOP, and making the right choices.

With the knowledge so far gotten here, I believe I'm on the right track to achieve my aim. Thanks for the reply again.

JustMellow:
How sure are you that the agent didn't do something contrary to the information provided by you. On the other hand, i have seen a gcms notes were the VO was lousy and paid less attention to the applicants refusal concerns in the notes. This is an error on the side of the VO. I think little or nothing can be done especially id the notes contains other sensitive information about you.

BTW do well to screen shot the appropriate page were the VO addressed the main concerns, you can check the last 2-3 pages.

Thanks for replying. To the bolded, so it seems. This is the only page having the explained note. Rest pages are generic CIC msgs.

Hello everyone! Happy may 29th.
I just received my GCMS note pertaining to my first application. The reasons for refusal as stated in the IRCC correspondence letter is Purpose of visit, Family ties in Canada and country of residence, Personal assets and financial status. Meanwhile, in the GCMS letter, it was stated I'm accompanying a minor to school, which is not true. Please Ogass FrankRobben, Qudkom, Mellow, Austacus, and all, willing to help a brother on his second attempt, your input would be highly appreciated. Thanks

NB: In my first application, I used the service of an agent who wasn't concerned about the outcome of my application, rather for selfish interest. I didn't submit a mission statement, and the receipt of the tuition I made, was also omitted.

aIIkae:
Thank you for your response, Kind sir.
I don't have a good cgpa so colleges.
Got a physics bsc in 2017 but i want to do an IT pgd. I currently work in an IT position, and have avid interest in IT infrastructure. I have shortlisted a few colleges with 2-year pgd in This field. I've seen some people saying vocational courses are bad for visa application, how accurate is this? Should I stick to my guns or bite the bullet and do a more academic course?
And also, I've seen online that co-op courses aid with employment opportunities, but is it a good idea to go out of my way to look for only courses with co-op or will I be okay without it?

Also, the consultant I spoke to suggested that IELTs increase my chances of getting admission and visa. But it seems I don't need it from the school's requirements page. Pls advice.
Thank you (Sorry for many questions but it can be confusing)

If you are confident IELTs will give you a chance of securing a visa, go for it. It will be an advantage for you at the long run if only you've fulfilled the requirements stipulated by CIC.

Qudkom:
For example, you are filling the family form. In the section showing number of kids you just have to fill "N/A" in the first box.

Alright. Thanks for this.

Qudkom:
If you are referring to paper application then you have to print everything including the barcode. And for questions that doesn't apply to you "N/A" will be the appropriate response.

Writing N/A close to the Section heading or writing it multiple times in the provided boxes for the section not applicable to me?

Sorry I just want to ensure I am filling the doc appropriately. Thanks

Hello Qudkom. FIlling the study permit questionnaire, do I have to write N/A on each boxes not applicable to me or just at the top of the particular section? Do I need print all 18 pages as well?
Thank you.

abelorode:
Morning everyone.

While filling the study permit questionnaire, do you have to enter N/A in each boxes not applicable to you or just at the top of that section?

Someone help out with this please!

Morning everyone.

While filling the study permit questionnaire, do you have to enter N/A in each boxes not applicable to you or just at the top of that section?

Kendostein007:
I thought Economics and management were related in some way... That is why I chose the course also i do love the hospitality and tourism business and i tried explaining it in my sop... I don't know, was it because it was an advanced diploma course or was it because it was not a public college... I'm kinda confused now... But i will be reapplying soon as i have decided to defer my admission till September and I will be doing it online maybe ti avoid the Nairobi "demons" handling the application...

Online or paper route, you can't be certain on the center handling your application. The first step of action you should take is to chose economics, which is related to your BSc. Make your next application simple as possible

Kez911:
You can submit others but the IELTS isn't necessary unless your school requires it....but not needed though. I will also add, b4 u finally submit...list out all the docs u are applying with so u won't be scared or confused...

Congrats man! One step closer!

Monimatic:
Does any of them have a higher chance of TRV approval than the other

There is no definite way to go about with TRV application. Submit a convincing application with all requirements and hope.

MadeInTokyo:
Which is advisable 1 year PGD or 2 year PGD

Several factors can play a role in making either decision. I feel it comes down to personal preference at the end.

Frankrobbn1:
There is no specific pages an SOP should follow, provided that the information in the letter is well analyzed, coherent and concise it's acceptable. You can use computer terminologies but, also make sure the reader (the VO) understands the information you're passing across.

Bless up Frank. Noted, I ll try and simplify as best as possible

Hello house!

Is there any downside to writing a SOP of 3 and half pages? If no, is there any downside as well using computer terminologies to show understanding of your chosen discipline?

I tried making it as concise as possible but new information keep popping up.

Justmellow? Qudkom? Anyone??

Thanks.

Good morning all. Anyone with the direct link to order GCMS note should kindly help me with it. Thanks.

mulikky:
Approval/passport request alert. Thank God and wish other hopefuls best of luck
I owe @qudkom a lot of gratitude for his prompt support and attention. It seems you are a
VO in our midst.
Reapplied _22nd Feb 2019 (online)
Resumption _ May 2019
Biometric _N/A
Medical upfront _ updated 23 March 2019 (I was not notified but I just just saw it in my CIC a/c)
Approval _18th April 2019(after sending mail and filling web form to request for an update because the resumption is in 3 weeks and I uploaded the schedule of the courses I had registered for)
Prayers work in many ways. Keep knocking brethren, the door will soon open

Congratulation. Appreciations to all those helping others in their applications without conditions, you guys are highly favoured.

Qudkom:
No I don't have any "information". What's the current status of your online application? Background and eligibility review?

Hello Qudkom, Morning. I appreciate your time and effort you've been offering people here, I pray you get what you desire. Please, I sent you a PM, your response would be appreciated as I have limited time on my side. Thanks

Mrves111:
Happy Sunday all, I applied for post graduate diploma in George Brown College and I have not heard from them since. I sent them an email but they replied by telling me that they are still processing it. Justwise,vibre,frank and the others, please why do you think they are delaying. Thanks

Obvious reason been you are not the only applicant. Exercise patience.