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Has your eligibility review started?

CHIKACIC:
March 1st Applicant.

I ignored the NSE request since 5th March. When it expired on 5th April, my profile changed to “Not Applicable” but my status has been reading “Your Action Is Required” since then, even after sending web forms and multiple emails to Lagos and Nairobi offices and getting the generic “active review” response.

Thanks to @frankrobbn1. I did what you said and my status immediately changed to “SUBMITTED” after uploading a Letter of Explanation on why I was unable to submit my bank statement certificate (my financial sponsors are UK based), and transmitting same by electronically signing the application.

Hoping they will truly and actively review my application going forward.
4 months and counting.....IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL!

Congratulations my boss. Did you go through NSE?

Pinkey2021:
IT IS PPR MY PEOPLE!!! WHERE ARE MY FELLOW MARCH FOLKS??!!!

GOD IS TOO MUCH.

PLEASE NOTE: VERY VERY VERY LONG POST!!!

This journey started last year (click on my moniker to read my first post on thread 18 to get an idea of what I’m talking about).

CANADA HAS BEEN A BIG DREAM OF MINE. I’VE BEEN ALMOST EVERYWHERE BUT CANADA (LOL).

I PRAYED THIS APPROVAL INTO EXISTENCE. I FASTED, KEPT DOING MIDNIGHT PRAYERS AND JOINED NSPPD PRAYER ALTAR WITH PASTOR JERRY EZE DAILY, BECAUSE THERE’S A HUGE POTENTIAL BUSINESS/CAREER OPPORTUNITY I’M HOPING TO EXPLORE IN CANADA AFTER MY STUDIES AND THIS ROUTE IS THE BEST WAY I KNOW TO ACHIEVE IT. THROUGH THIS ROUTE I’LL BE KILLING THE PROVERBIAL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE, (THAT IS GETTING A CANADIAN QUALIFICATION WHICH WILL AID A GREAT DEAL WITH THIS PARTICULAR OPPORTUNITY). AND TODAY GOD DID IT!!!


This was a Self Sponsorship Application

SECTION ONE
MAIN DOCUMENTS
➡️All Required Immigration Forms:
imm1294e (Application for Study Permit Made Outside Canada)
imm5257b (Application for Temporary Residence)
imm5645e (Family Information Form)


REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
➡️ TABLE OF CONTENTS
➡️Letters of Acceptance — Old and New (After refusal last year I deferred from Fall 2020 to Fall 2021.
PROOF OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT
➡️CSCS Stock/Share statement showing current value exceeding N5M

➡️Reference letter from my Stock broker

➡️myBankStatement certificate & password showing sufficient funds for my living expenses, my flight ticket and other miscellaneous expenses throughout the duration of my stay in Canada

➡️Bank Reference Letter

➡️Proof of Rental Income (Lease agreements & rent receipts of 6 of our fully rented properties) as additional sources and proof of funds.

➡️DLI Invoice and Full 1yr Tuition Receipt

➡️Business CAC certificate of Incorporation

➡️Tax certificate

➡️Company business card

➡️Business Investment Receipts, Invoices, and Import Duties

➡️Notarized certificate of Net worth of our immovable investments with their current value totaling over N350M✔️


SECTION TWO
CLIENT INFORMATION SECTION
➡️Statement of Purpose/Explanation
➡️Degrees and Transcripts
➡️Husband’s letter of Consent

HOME TIES & FAMILY
➡️Marriage certificate
➡️Husband and Children’s Passports
➡️Pictures with my Family—husband and children

HOME & ECONOMIC TIES
➡️Deeds of Assignment, Conveyance, and Property Management Agreement of three of our properties
➡️Pension Certificate
➡️Pictures of my business premises
➡️Husband’s business CAC registration
➡️Car papers for three of our vehicles

HOME & PROFESSIONAL TIES
➡️CV
➡️Current Contract with a global establishment
➡️Letter of Introduction and Recommendation from former bosses and business associates
➡️Pictures with business associates on business trips abroad
➡️Past employment: Employment Offer, Confirmation, Letter of Increase & Resignation Letters

TRAVEL HISTORY
➡️Old International passports showing Visas & several stamps of entry and exit to several countries including USA, Europe, etc

Application Timeline:

Application Submitted: 4th March, 2021

Biometrics Done: on 25th September, 2020 (yet to be updated on my GC Key account/portal).

Background Check: commenced 5th March, 2021

Upfront Medical: 25th February, 2021 (submitted with my application on 4th Mar. But was only updated on 16th June same day after I resent it)

Ordered GCMS Notes: May 25th

Received GCMS Notes: June 24th (nothing much was in it). Was contemplating sending another one next week.

Eligibility Review: commenced 24th June

BVL/PPR: June 26

Going for a 1yr PG certificate.


This was a 2nd Application. First application I did not include any of the above documents. I was a complete novice. (Lol). I didn’t even include my Tuition receipt or CAC or property docs, nothing at all, just my LOA, qualifications and passport that’s all.

But thank God for Nairaland where I learned everything I needed to know for a successful application (especially, as a self-sponsored applicant).

Also, since I didn’t include vital docs in my last application, I decided to overload them with documents this time around

I keyed in to @justexcellent testimony of his approval and wrote out the same prayer points he used while I fasted earlier this year.

God bless you all richly and establish us in our quests for destiny fulfillment. A big thank you goes out to @frankrobbn, @justmellow, @justexcellent (for that wonderful and inspiring testimony), @lekiboboe for your tireless constant help here, and of course to everyone new and old who has contributed to the success of this thread thereby helping fulfill destinies. God bless and reward you all abundantly in Jesus Mighty name.

End Note: my love letter arrived while I was praying this morning by 4am. Didn’t realize it until I checked by 12noon thereabout.

Didn’t know they send PPRs on Saturdays!!!

INDEED WHAT GOD CANNOT DO DOES NOT EXIST.

March applicants na who we offend sef? Abeg is there any march applicant that has received ppr without submitting Nse requirements ?

House ! Please where can i get the vaccine in Ibadan? I don't really have time to waste on this please !

I applied 1st of March and eligibility just started for me last week. I guess it's because we couldn't pass through the NSE route, that is why we are experiencing little delay. However, our eligibility may have started long ago but IRCC has not updated it. Let's keep hope alive.

Rae3355:
Hi,
Congratulations to all those who received PPR recently.

Any March applicants in the house?

I applied on March 27th and the eligibility review has not started - should I be worried??
Medical passed - April 13

I received NSE request in April too but I ignored it, should I have responded?

Thanks

@akannitommy! Thanks so much. The 400k is my personal Statement of account. It's my personal savings. I submitted 6 months statement of account. Secondly, I also submitted my salary account even though I had less than 50k there. I submitted the two personal account statements with the funding letter.
Thanks so much for your wonderful contribution. @ike! Let's chat on 09071858173

Akannitommy:
@afomon12 and @ikemummy

Congrats on your admissions and funding. I also wish you both and others still waiting a positive outcome in your applications.

From personal experience and those I know on this paltform as well as offline, it is best to always include your own bank account statements in addition to the school funding. For instance, I had less than N50,000 in my account when I submitted my application with full funding (for 4-years). However, that didn't stop me from generating MBS for the naira and for a virtually empty dorm account too to show as POF. I requested my GCMS note two months after arriving in Canada to get a sense of how the processing went. It was a 78-page document. NB: When I submitted application for SP in August 2020, NSE was not yet in effect then.

For the person who is married and already submitted the application with school funding only, (27k CAD is not addequate per the new NSE rule). This is where you could have used you own personal bank statement to make up the difference. Note that you also have a family and the VO will likely adjudged your application with an eye on what your family will survive on while you are away. So if you want to send additional document, I suggest you add a LOE that shows breakdown of your costs for the first year and your funding plans. Show how your family will cope financially while you are away even if this is just showing that your spouse has a job/business to support in your absence. March application date also seems a bit mature so I would request GCSM notes now.

For the single applicant, I think you did a good job but could always be better. If you have no qualms with submitting your own bank statement for one year, I think it is okay to do so. Although it would have been best if this was done originally.

All in all, both applications are promising.


post=102957456]Wow!!! Please let us keep in touch.

This is serious. Infact, we have so many similarities. Im also going for (Phd) fully funded from the University of Toronto. However, funny enough i only submitted POF of just 400k alongside my funding letter. My home tie was just my parents, siblings and proof that i have a lecturing appointment waiting for me at the University of Ibadan upon the completion of my program. Though, asides my funding i also won another award of above $4000 cads. I applied in march still awaiting final decision. I also got NSE request and replied just the way you did too. Well, i believe nothing is impossible. Let's keep hope alive.
Same here : First Class Honours - 2015 ( University of Ibadan) M.A Distinction - 2019 ( University of Ibadan). Single, with no travel history !!! Lets keep hope alive.

ikemummy:
LONG POST BUT PLEASE READ TILL THE END
Greetings everyone, please I need your advice. My Ph.D. admission in Canada came with graduate funding. The graduate funding is $28,816 CDN for the first year, this covers the cost of my annual fee for the program ($14,607 Tuition Fees, + $1,077 Mandatory Fees + $1,118 Medical & Dental Fees) with an excess of $12,014 to contribute towards my living expenses. I applied for a study permit on 30 April and received NSE on 7 May to submit mybankstatement and IELTS. I replied to the NSE request with a letter of explanation that my studies will be funded by the University and reattached my admission letter.

Today, my friend from Zimbabwe who was also admitted to the same program received a visa rejection based on the reason “insufficient funds, including income or assets to carry out your stated purpose in coming to Canada or to maintain yourself while in Canada and to effect your departure”

She used the Statement of Account of her Uncle as proof of fund to cover travel expenses and miscellaneous.
My question is, since I am yet to get a decision, should I get a gift deed from a family member and then send a mybankstatement via webform stating that the gift deed is to cover my travel expenses? If yes, what should be the minimum value of the gift deed? NB: I did not submit my Statement of Account because the balance was not much (less than 500k); I also did not say anything about my travel expenses in my Letter of explanation, I only focused on expenses while in Canada.
Thanks in anticipation of your advice

MY PROFILE:
1. Age: 27 yrs
2. B.Sc: First Class (Nigeria, 2015)
3. Masters: Distinction (South Africa, 2020), very related to my PhD
4. Travel history: 6 months in Germany for Research Internship with the United Nations, 2 years in South Africa for studies.
5. Scholarship: Former recipient of the German government fully funded DAAD scholarship for masters.
6. Career: Have been working as an academic staff in the University since NYSC

POF DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED:
1. Admission letter stating graduate funding of $28,816 CDN for the first year, and that funding could be maintained with good academic performance.
2. Supervisor support letter stating she will provide me with comprehensive funding (but she did not specify the value of the funding)

HOME TIES DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED:
1. 2 bedroom apartment in my name worth 12.5 million Naira
2. My pension account of about 900k
3. Letter from the Vice Chancellor of the University where I currently lecture supporting my studies and stating that I will be granted leave
4. Payslip for 3 months
5. Marriage certificate and birth certificate of my child

Hello Medical Experts in the House.

It's a wonderful news that the 3 days mandatory hotel quarantine and that of the 14days is about to be lifted. This is a welcoming development, however, is it possible to get the two shot of the vaccine before the resumption of the fall session in August and September?

It's very sure most applicants are not fully vaccinated. So what's the way forward?

Lastly, I pray this week favours us all. We are still expecting ppr most march applicants.


It is well !!!!!

What's happening ? March applicants ? We still have many march applicants awaiting decision and now IRCC is already in April. Infact, i don't know what's up. Im thinking maybe most march applicants that got approval or denial are not coming to share their details here.

Even if one doesnt meet Nse requirements, its not a factor in visa approval or denial. Nse is basically for fastracking the application process. Therefore, you wouldnt have been denied visa based on not meeting Nse requirement.

09071858173 please chat me up on WhatsApp.

Royalty95:
Hello everyone

It seems that this 3 days quarantine in a govt owned hotel isn't ending anytime soon oo. Eehhh God

Please who is travelling Canada via Toronto for the fall section on the 11th of august and will want a quarantine partner

Can you chat me up on WhatsApp please? 09071858173. Let's have a discussion

Ibkpgeo:
Hi Guys,

Please what’s the cheapest hotel in Toronto that I can quarantine in

Gone through several and they all look very expensive

Yomaj chat me up on 09071858173. I also got admitted into the University of Toronto for fall 2021

Yomaj2525:
Good morning everyone, this month I got a fully funded offer from the University of Toronto for a thesis based masters for Fall'21. But have to secure a supervisor which is an important step, being trying but most replied they are not taking in new students.

Who has been in this kind of situation, how do you tackle it? If possible is it advisable to defer the admission?
Thanks

Hello Gurus in the House - I need your clarifications please. How do I do a gift deed

It's an online application. You don't need to sign. Leave them empty and ensure you date them. The three application forms and validate. I just did mine yesterday. You can reach me on 09071858173. We are in the same shoe!!!

Maygirl953:
Good evening guys, pls how will I sign on the forms since I'm filling the form online,

Secondly, some spaces on the forms that I don't have answers to, should I leave them empty? Urgent answers plsss

Someone should please help a brother in need !!! I need answers my bosses

afomon12:
Gurus I need answers please!!! There is another section that says is work part of your study ? if one has teaching assistanthip offer, will the answer be yes ?

Secondly, which one is this Study permit questionnaire (From Lagos Visa Office checklist)? Just seeing this for the first time.

Lastly, I cannot login in to GCKey, I think there is a system upgrade going on ?


Gurus answers oooo !!!! Please !!!!!!!

Gurus I need answers please!!! There is another section that says is work part of your study ? if one has teaching assistanthip offer, will the answer be yes ?

Secondly, which one is this Study permit questionnaire (From Lagos Visa Office checklist)? Just seeing this for the first time.

Lastly, I cannot login in to GCKey, I think there is a system upgrade going on ?


Gurus answers oooo !!!! Please !!!!!!!

They said it's for diplomats. Leave that National ID section. 2. You are a first time applicant I guess just like me ? We don't have a UCI it's for those re-applying

Komeoby:
Hello,

Please when filling the application for study permit form, the part where they ask for National ID issue date and expiry, if I am using NIN, should I leave it blank? Or what other ID can I use apart from drivers license?

Also, I didn't get a UCI when I started my application even after doing the documents check list thing, how can I get it now?

Thank you

Gurus I need a reply - the proof of guaranteed investment certificate section in the application, is it the same as the Proof of means of financial support ?where i will upload my funding letters and bank statement. ?

Gurus ! Is upfront medicals compulsory ? Which one is Study permit questionnaire from Lagos office again ?

AdoChel:
How did you get the study permit questionnaire?

Please is this where to answer the questionnaire before start an application? Gurus

Hello Gurus ! Please I'm I going to compile my SOP, Acceptance letter, CV, birth certificate etc into one single PDF ? While the POF will also be compressed into one PDF meaning I'm going to upload just two PDF is this the case please? Gurus help please....... Afomon12

09071858173 please add me. I'm just starting too please

Adeola317:
I also need this....too can we start that already....

Gurus still waiting for your response on this ooooo

afomon12:
While filling the forms please gurus. Under the national identity document. I have a permanent voters card and a National I.D card. However, these national identity document does not have an expiry date. So what should I fill in for - Enter the date your national identity document will expire ? Gurus !!!!

A friend in UK is willing to assist me with the payment. However, he said is account is pound dominated but he wants to try pay pal. I hope this works for me ? I really hope it works for me.

DDO97:
You will need to pay for your application fee with a dollar card. You could apply for a dollar card or let a friend/family who has pay on your behalf.

Nigerian master or visa debit cards have a limit of $100. That’s why the payments aren’t going through.

Thank you. Please are we paying the application fee with the biometrics fee together? Or I have to pay the application fee first and the biometrics fee later ?

DDO97:
You will need to pay for your application fee with a dollar card. You could apply for a dollar card or let a friend/family who has pay on your behalf.

Nigerian master or visa debit cards have a limit of $100. That’s why the payments aren’t going through.

While filling the forms please gurus. Under the national identity document. I have a permanent voters card and a National I.D card. However, these national identity document does not have an expiry date. So what should I fill in for - Enter the date your national identity document will expire ? Gurus !!!!

Gurus in the House oooo! Please who paid for the Canadian student visa application fee using Nigerian banks ? I have Zenith and First bank mastercards. If I try them and it doesn't work what is the way forward. I want to know earlier to decide my fate.

Any success recorded yet ? What is the way forward anybody ?

feistymikey:
Pls the the visa application process keeps rejecting my payment method. I’m trying to use my Access bank Visa card?

Or is there a limit for making payments with a Naira card??

Please help anyone?

How then can I pay for the application fee please ?

OtunbaTee:
It's been difficult paying for application fee with any Nigerian bank o...
Just go to zenith bank and request for MBS ,they'll forward it to the candian embassy form their end, and only send u a ticket containing ID n Passowrd that you'll now scan n upload.

Hello house please I need help. Like I said earlier, I am planning to start my application very soon. I want to ask about this *mybankstatement* I am planning to go to zenith Bank and first bank to request for my bank statements and then scan and upload directly into my application. What is your view about this ? Or it's a must I use mybankstatement? If it's a must, please is zenith and first bank working for my bank statements for now ? If yes, how do I go about it ? Lastly, in paying the study permit application fee, which one works better ? First bank or zenith Bank ? I have mastercards for both. Gurus help #afomon

Thanks Rotiab - So once I will download the forms and fill with Adobe reader. What of the signature ? Do I have to sign with Adobe reader ?

Rootiab:
1. Yes or you can go take passport picture and tel them to send the soft copy or you can use your phone. 2. You'd use Adobe reader to fill it.