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Smokeee:
Is it possible to get notification from CIC to check your account and when you check there is no update?

Is this not what we refer to a ghostupdate on this thread? If that is the case,congrats your PPR is near..

I am not usually an active contributor on this thread. I doff my hat for you guys that contribute regularly here. E no easy.
But we need to be able to separate facts/rules/laws from opinions. I realize that most of what we say here comes from our individual experiences. Everyone must realize that all applications are unique. The only thing similar to all applications is the rules. Applicants must show how they uniquely satisfy the rules.

Guys I assume that there are no Canadian visa officers contributing to this thread ( I may be wrong). So please unless you are stating a rule explicitly, always add a disclaimer so that the person reading your comment realizes that this is just your opinion. Always remember that what happened to Mr A does not automatically happen to Mr B in the same situation.

And to those making decisions based solely on comments from a faceless forum, please just stop it. The data on this thread is priceless but you have to analyze this data before it becomes useful for your own application. Always realize that you are responsible for your application.

I don speak too much grammar today. Abeg make una no chop me raw oo. Na just say I read stuff here wey fit land person for wahala if used wrongly and this na Naija where all man dey find way to circumvent rules.

JonJon2017:
I went for medicals today, and I was told that my blood pressure is too high (150/100), and as result, the doctor did not continue the medical examination.

Please, I am worried and am on my way to see my doctor... I don't know why my BP is high.. Can I be disqualified for that reason?

Bros High BP no be disease na condition. So long as there is no protein in your urine and you pass an EKG/ECG then you should be fine. Also you need to show that you are taking medication to control it. This no be medical advice oo. If you want medical advice visit your nearest doctor and stay away from Nairaland lol. For Canada hustle High BP no be issue unless there is kidney involvement.

henryuzor:
Thanks for your response my good friend...if possible I won't mind you sending me a sample of the main contents of your LOE on reason your wife was not immigrating with you since it is exactly the same with me...
My plan is to start my letter thus...

In the spirit of honesty, transparency and full disclosure, I will like to state the following as reasons why my spouse will not be immigrating with me to Canada at the moment;
1.We considered the challenges of relocating the family in one swoop,with respect to issues like accommodation, schooling, getting acquainted with the new environment and most importantly getting a job
2. She has a better paying job (I will attach copy of her appointment letter, payslips and ID card), and so we agreed that I immigrate first and settle down in Canada, afterwhich I can now sponsor her and the kids to join me in a year or maximum two years.
3. This we are positive will significantly reduce the pressures associated with relocation,and enable my spouse, and most especially the kids have a seamless and stress-free transition to Canada.

I thinkit will be difficult for any VO to refuse my application based on these honest submissions

Chairman sir, I think you should modify this small. If I dey read letter wey start with this sentence then my opinion is that there is something that is hiding somewhere that needs to be found Use as few words as possible to pass the message. Example: My spouse is not accompanying because she has commitments here which will not allow her to go at this time.
But man you need to do what you feel is right oo. No go talk say na me say make you do like this oo afterall all of us here na Canada hustle we dey oo

maternal:
What made you choose Calgary?

Well there were a number of reasons but primarily the accommodation cost. We needed to get a relatively large place at a good price. The prices in Toronto no be beans. Also we get short term and long term plans to set up business and I been hear say Alberta dey very conducive for new business and start ups.

blessings2017:
Thanks for the update. One question please, which courier did your wife use in sending your PR card and how ?

I was meant to understand in a forum that courier companies usually don't ship PR cards, and one has to be coy about it by concealing it maybe inside a book or something.

Regards.

She used Canada post. For international deliveries Canada post uses FedEx. Cost about 110CAD. She added some other small things and wrapped it well.

Silent reader landing gist

PPR gist has already been given on the express entry thread.
COPR came approximately 10 days after passport were sent to the VFS guys (middle February). TRV that came with the PPR was valid until April 4th so we had to plan for a quick landing.

We decided to land in Calgary in the middle of March 2018 ( cold dey that time oo ). Flew Lufthansa so had to do a stop over in Frankfurt and then the flight to Calgary. Food on the flight was okay but know say them no serve iyan with efo oo. Na pasta them serve oo. Plenty of drinks served on request ( wine, juice etal dey but no rose oo. Maybe the guys in the first class get rose but me no know )
Anyways we arrived YYC by 15.55 Calgary time (no forget say time difference of 7hrs dey oo) so we had effectively been travelling for 24hrs.
Luckily the kids were relatively well behaved. The two smallest kids slept well on the flight and in the airport ( waiting times). The oldest dey form strong man and refused to sleep. By the time the jet lag hit the guy ehh person no need tell am to arrange himself lol

There was a relatively long line in immigration so we had to wait for sometime. If we had known one person would have gone to the landing desk and taken a number, but as JJC na we wan do all step by step. Immigration stamped us in and sent us to the area for landing PR's. We had to wait a couple of hours there as people many ( I spied about 2 naija families as well).
The lady that attended to us asked if we had any goods to follow but we said no. She was now telling us about Calgary and their Chinook. Me was just nodding my head like mumu. I no even ask her wetin be Chinook lol. She was kind enough to allow me do all the documentation while my wife stayed with the little ones sleeping. Just had to call my wife to sign her own COPR. I signed for the kids. The lady asked for our address in Calgary so that they could send the PR cards there..We had already rented a town house in Calgary so I just gave her that address. She did not ask anything about available funds.I asked the lady if we could get SIN at the airport and she said NO. She said we had to go to a Service Canada office to get that.

From the airport we took a maxi taxi to the house. Cost about 50CAD with tip included. The landlord was waiting for us in the house and handed over the keys. House was already furnished so we had a bed and everything necessary. We rented the house through rentfaster.ca. I had to pay the first and last months rent when we met up with the landlord. Anyways 30 minutes after arriving all man wan kpai of hungry . Nothing to cook. But we sha survived that night.

The next day a friend took me to a car rental place. I was able to rent a full size car for 985CAd for one month. That same day we went to the Service Canada office and sorted out SIN numbers. We also went to the RBC nearby the house and got our accounts. We went to Walmart close buy and bought stuff for chopping.
The following Monday my wife now went to attempt the driving knowledge test. She missed the pass mark by one point lol. Anyways, we went back the next day and she passed in flying colours (all she needed to take the exam was a proof of address in Calgary. We had a lease agreement so she used that). For me I had to go back ( work things) so I did not bother with changing my license just yet.

We also went to the registry to register for Alberta health insurance. Please check the details correctly as the registry guys can make mistakes in things like name and address. This will delay your health card. In our case they missed one digit on the address and other small mistakes.

We also had to get the little one enrolled in school. It was surprisingly straight forward to get this done and luckily there was a space for him to start kindergarten immediately. He started school a few days after we landed.

So I was in Calgary for approx. one month an then had to go back to continue my work. My wife got my PR card and sent it to me by courier. Surprisingly only my PR card came ( as if they knew I would need it ) . My wife and kids have not got theirs till now ( hope there is nothing to worry about). Called IRCC in June but it seems that the cards take a while ( don't ask me how the did mine in a short time oo cos I no know)

Signing out folks. Abeg no comment my spelling and grammar oo English no be my native language oo na learn I learn am ooo

Make I first appreciate the guys for this thread. Una too much sha. Me na silent reader ooo. But I just say make I comot from ghostmode to yarn small about this our IELTS writing. Wahala dey for this our writing ooo.I believe that writing is the most tasking part of the IELTS exam. In my opinion sha there are some issues with our writing.

1.Spelling- this one no need further explanation. Since we start to use messenger the thing don reach alarming level. Me sef wey dey yarn this yarn I sure say my spelling na F9.

2.Over writing- abeg if them say 250 words try limit am to max 260. Over writing shows the limits of the candidates vocabulary. There is a reason why word count limits are imposed. E no be because BC no get paper to give us or say them no get capacity to mark am ooo lol.

3. Limited vocabulary - leads to repeating the same words and hence over writing. Person wey get beta vocabs fit use one word explain something wey another person go use 10 words explain remain. Appropriate use of vocabs is the difference between band 7.5 and band 8 in IELTS writing oo

4. Under writing - similar to point 2. if them say 250 words abeg no write 200 and say e don do oo. Try make sure say you reach 255. And no go fill the paper with the same words just to meet the word count ooo.

5. Poor paragraphing- o girl the rules to paragraphing plenty oo. To illustrate this make we just go any of our popular blogs and see the thrash wey them dey write as stories ( bloggers no come kpai me oo na joke I dey oo)

6.Poor essay structure - This one mean say the essay no get structure ie person no dey know where the essay start or where the middle of the essay be. Most time na just collection of words wey we dey present as essay. This is related to item 5

7. Off point - No need to explain this. We as a nation too like to yarn opata

8. No topic sentences - Goes back to item 5. Every paragraph must have a properly located topic sentence.

9. Punctuation - Person no fit talk too much about this. A rogue comma can change the meaning of a sentence completely. For this our Nairaland sef e be like say punctuation marks dey on holiday lol. Me sef dey guilty oo so make una no shoot me abeg.

10. Capitalization - person need to know the rules to follow.

Make I stop to yarn now before I go fall my hand with over writing lol. Just my 2 cents sha

test69740:
Hello All

Good morning

And God be with us all

Please how exactly do we inform IRCC of change in Marital Status after PPR and copr

I have sent 3 emails(including to London vo), raised 2 cse and tried calling (I cud not reach an agent), yet no response in a week

What cud be done?

I think it depends on your situation. If you got married after COPR then I believe you will have to sponsor your wife as she was not part of your PR application.

Qc1:
If you're a Canadian citizen, you are are also more like a UK and USA (half) citizen and for this reason you can not be a dual citizen of Canada + UK or Canada + USA simultaneously . On the other hand, you can be a dual citizens of USA + UK.

I'm only saying this to emphasize on numbers of state you can travel to, by adding USA +UK + Canada differences, this make Canadian Passport #1.

Not correct. Please check your facts properly

jelmusboy:
Morning people. I'm on Post-ITA but yet to submit my application (71 days left to submit my application). My wife gave birth two days ago here in the UK and I hope to apply for passport after naming.

As it is not quite easy to get Nigeria passport here in the UK, is it possible to submit my application using maybe birth certificate number or passport application reference number in place of passport number and put a LOE explaining why I used that. Hoping that passport should be out before PPR.

Also, a friend helped me to get my Nigeria PCC and he scanned it to me as JPEG file. Can I print out the PCC and then scan alongside my UK PCC to put in the PCC placeholder ?

Your input will be appreciated.

I believe that you will need to get a passport for your baby. Unless you have a government issued ID card for your baby (which is usually just another name for a passport).
Regarding the PCC, you can easily convert JPEG to pdf. You can then merge the pdf files.

EgunMogaji:
It’s such a shame that some would actually believe that a cutlass did it.

It is really a shame. Bloggers no g kill us with fabricated stories. Fake news everywhere. There is no way this cut was made with a cutlass. This is clearly something that has been done to attract views and comments.

Kmgb:
Oh wow,glad u now have PPR,when did u reapply before getting PPR in Jan?

I reapplied in July 17 and got it approved in Jan 18. Took 6 months - LVO things lol..

Kmgb:
Hello everyone,

Pls who can remind me of one or two monikers that were rejected due to one document missing and later got PPR after submitting the doc and files reopened. Thanks in advance

Cc Glitteringstar, Newmum0615, happytbaby

I had an application cancelled because of missing pcc. I had to reapply and got PPR in Jan.

Bello321:
Congratulations and thanks for sharing your timeline.
But please why was the application first cancelled.

It was a PCC issue.

Newmum0615:
You people have learnt bad thing here. Announcing PPR like it is beans. Stop it o. Someborri has done his own version this morning

C'mon will you be dramatic about it!

I no fit dey dramatic about am oo. This has been a very challenging process and I am very grateful to God that we have reached this stage. Timeline:
First ITA - Feb 2017
First Application AOR - April 2017
Application cancelled- June 2017
New ITA - July 2017
AOR- July 2017
Med passed - July 2017
IPI- July 2017
Transfer to London - Sept/Oct 2017
RPRF request - Jan 2018
IP2 - Jan 2018
PPR- Today

I am pleased to say its PPR..

Abeg people in the house for someone outside naija to get police clearance certificate from naija do the finger prints section of the form need to be notarized? Or can I just take the prints myself and send it to naija?

Adiahabasi:
Did you go to Alagbon to get it done yourself?

No, I did not go to Alagbon close. I filled the form, did the prints and sent it to someone to get it done. The person went to Alagbon and did it. Is there anything else I should have done? please enlighten me oo.

XX01:
R10 means you might not have included all the PCCs you needed to have included or not in the right format. Check your travel history to make sure you had that covered.

what is the right format for pcc? Any special way to upload the ? No be to merge the pcc in PDF? Abi another way dey to do am?

freeradical:
I think you need to pause a bit and fully understand what went wrong with your previous application to avoid making the same mistake. You cannot do the same thing twice and we expect a different outcome.

The million dollar question you should ask yourself now is what do I need to do differently this time?

Maybe if u can shed more light on your previous application here the more experienced folks will be able to spot d problem and help out.

If u think u can c'est la vie Ur way out of this one u may end up where u started from.

My 2 cents bro

I feel you my guy. I have paused ordered GCMS notes and read them. Nothing strange in the notes other than naija police certificate. I have looked at other naija pc that were accepted and my own looks correct.So I don't need to over think this thing. Dem say the wahala na naija pc. So I make a new pc and firedown. These things happen in life bros. Only become a problem when you over dwell on it.
My 20kobo bro (lol)

Ehrnie:
hi - R10 is the completeness check stage 1, where the VO is responsible for reviewing your application for completeness. For the case of PCCs, they check that the following specs are ticked off correctly -

- Police certificates are typically valid for one year from the date they are issued.

- For the applicant’s current country of residence, the police certificate must be issued no more than six months before submission of the e-APR.

- For countries in which the applicant no longer lives, the police certificate must have been issued after the last time the client lived in that country.

Note that the personalized document checklist provided to applicants in their online account does not prompt applicants for individual police certificates based on their declared residence and travel history; rather, applicants must determine which police certificates are required as part of their application and must compile the police certificates into a single file to upload as a single supporting document.

If you did all this in your 1st app and it was still inadequate, then I'm not sure what went wrong.

All the best with this one

Did all that. Well c'est la vie. I will do the same this time and just pray that all goes well.

Onlineise:
You need to request for your GCMS notes maybe and probably be sure of why it was reject cause everyone I know upload the entire thing and they' didn't get rejected for it.

Well I read the GCMS notes and al they said is that the police certificate from naija did not meet R10 requirements. "File does not meet r10 requirements" That is exactly what they said in the notes.
What are the R10 requirements? does anybody know?

People, for the naija police report am I supposed to upload just the pink certificate or do I need to add the finger print section? I had issues with this certificate in my former application so I need to get it right this time. I uploaded the entire thing the last time and CIC rejected it. Also is the expiry date an issue (3 months) if you live outside naija?

Na the same plane ooo but man if you fly first class once you no go ever wan fly economy again. My own rule is that for flights that are less than 3 hours there is no difference but for flights more than 3 hours the difference is worth the price difference. A trial will convince you

deeore:
Hello people.. I guess i have a bit of bad news... I just received a mail saying my application was cancelled due to the fact that i did not submit a valid passport and current biodata... All this i am sure i submitted with all my visa page and stamp... I dont get.. Is it because i uploaded all my old and new passport ?
Please how do i reapply.. They say i can still reapply but i have to create a new express entry profile.. Please gurus help me out o... Am so confused and sad. @40manlappy @dupsyshoo @boss13 @vcole

Hmm, seems this is a bigger problem than i realised. I had the same issue recently. This time it was a police certificate from Nigeria which i am sure i submitted. Well, no use crying over spilt milk. Just accept it an move forward like i did. Jump back into the pool immediately!!

Ehrnie:
So sorry to hear this...I can only imagine how you feel.

Hmmmmm......did you upload all your PCCs as a single PDF? Or did you upload one, then click on the same upload button to upload another? If perhaps you did that, the system would have deleted the 1st upload...and the cycle goes on and on. I'm suspecting this is what happened, but if you are sure it's not the case, then write to them as advise.

All the best!

I feel bad but I believe this is a mistake. I uploaded all the PCCS as a single PDF file. I will send them a message and see what they say. Thanks

Blackbuddy:
If you're sure you submitted the police report with the fingerprint section attached, then write back to them stating you submitted a complete application. List every form and supporting document that you submitted to back up your position.

How do I write to them? Do I send it as a case specific enquiry?

Gurus in the house please assist ooo, I just got a notification that my PR application was canceled as incomplete due to a missing police certificate from Nigeria. I submitted this police certificate along with other police certificates. What can I do about this? I do not know how they can cancel the application even when the police certificate was present there.

Anybody get medical request from CIC even after submitting upfront medical? I saw a medical request in my profile today (but I had earlier submitted an up front medical). Is this normal?

Does anyone here know if they have been released/discharged? How do I make sure this is not a scam / obtaining by tricks?

JamieHotSource:
Jonathan's aide, Reno Omokri shades Rotimi Amaechi for saying Nigerians owe him alot.


See his reply below



SOURCE: http://www.jamienaija.com/2017/05/reno-omokri-shares-rotimi-amaechi-bank.html

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