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Justwise is a great guy
You all should take your time and go through his handle

If you're a beneficiary of this thread, I think credit should always go to this guy.
Man has been keeping and moderating this thread going since 2009. Omo no be moi moi oooo
( y’all should understand his point of view on this issue)

Congratulations to schonebaby and oluwaseunbd
The God that did it for you girls will do it to all the TRV hopefuls in this reputable thread.

Schonebaby, last year we had a woman like you that helps us with prayer and word of encouragement ( her handle is @goingforwad she's now in maple land )

To all TRV hopefuls, your approval shall locate you.
Amen

Asapant:
Yes. Am his only dependant. His business is not registered

Please endeavour to register the business
it's a turn off if you submit or say anything regarding the unregistered business in your application.

White people don't joke with civic responsibility.

I've been following your post for some while now, I can see you're complicating yourself with the whole things.

I love the fact that you're always inquisitive

AgroNACT:
TRV REFUSED! PLEASE I NEED YOUR ADVICE

I applied on the 12th of April, after 21 days, i was refused based on the following grounds: Travel history, Personal asset and financial status, Purpose of visit,
Current employment situation.

I studied Crop Science (B.Agric) and I got fully funded Msc admission to study same course, Plant Sciences at MSc level (Applied Plant Ecology and sustainable system option), U of Sask, College of Agriculture and Bioresources for Fall term September, 2019

The funding covers my Research expenses, Tuition ($6536), Living expenses ($10000) with extra balance of $7k, annually.

I will be 31years old this July. I am currently serving and i will be through with NYSC by July also.

Here are the supporting documents i submitted:
1) SOP (explaining purpose of visit, allocation of available fund, need for NYSC, reasons for lack of travel history, why i must return home, the prospects of my MSc)
2) CV
3) LOA/Funding letter
4) Data page
5) Degree certificate, Transcript and NECO
6) Passport Data page
7) IT completion (IITA)
3 recommendation letters (from USasK, Undergraduate, and IT supervisors, respectively)
9) Research publication (front page) on Int'l Journal of Plant and Soil Science
10) Birth Attestation and Certificate
11) Siblings (5) birth certificates, all married, except last one. All in Naija
12) NYSC (ID, Call up, Posting)
13) Police clearance
14) Msc Research Proposal for grant application (1st 2pages)
15) Certificate of Origin
16) Personal SOA with Balance of #1.2M (for flight itinerary)
17) Wedding Certificate (for home tie)
18) Wife birth certificate
19) Mother's last promotion letter at federal Agric Research Institute
20) Father's death certificate
21) Purchase agreement of 2 separate family lands
22) Photos (Wife and I, with some family members.

I wish to Re-apply immediately my GCMS note arrives in a month time.

PLEASE GURU I NEED YOUR CANDID AND PROFESSIONAL ADVICE ON WHAT I SHOULD ADD, REMOVE OR DO DIFFERENTLY!

Thanks for the great works always.

@Frankrobbn1 @GboyegaD @Austicus @042viber

Top up your money to 3 million and above and reapply with the same documents you listed.

You're matured and married. 1.2 million in your account is not reasonable in the eyes of the VO that handled your application regardless of the funding.
(how would your folks cater in Nigeria?) ask yourself that question
If you're showing such little money, How much does your wifey has in her account? (common bro, you're married don't think for only yourself).

Ongoing NYSC is not the problem here.
They don't even recognise that sh**

Toronto Pearson (YYZ) immigration officers are just too nice

If you don’t see work 20hrs during academic session and 40hrs during the holiday in your work permit..., do not panic. So far you have your social insurance number (sin)/eligibility for a work permit, then you can work 20hrs during school session and 40hrs non-session that what the immigration officer told me.
Always remind them of working On and off campus.

Make sure you know the date of your study completion
Name of your school and location
Canada home address
Course of study
Then smile and be bold

Oga frank, greetings from maple land

Tlontin:
Folks or nuclear family? Curious

Moreover, if you qualify for express entry please go for it.
Folks or no folks

.

A very BIG congratulations to 042viber
This your approval maad me.

I am so happy for you
Wow!
I never come across such a sweet Gcms notes before.

dedecoder:
I'm sorry I'm just getting to respond to this. Mine is (or was) a reapplication. Classes begin May 6.

But strangely, my passport which I submitted 3 weeks ago hasn't been dispatched or returned yet.

Anyone with an idea of what might be done to speed up the process? My flight is booked for April 30th. Wishing every TRV hopeful good news soon.

Have you received your correspondence letter?
Anyway, this is what you will do NOW
Send a short and distressing message to CIC and attach your confirmed travel itinerary (use the following as your subject “URGENT!!! My passport please!!!!! Traveling to Canada on Tuesday 30th of April”.
Send it to Nairobi and Lagos
Call this number today 8:00 AM sharp 012715650

You only have today and Monday
If you don’t get anything from them today just go straight to anifowoshe on MONDAY

Good luck

Caddy123:
@makano, Qudkom and Austacus, I have being following you guys keenly with interest. You guys are God sent.
I need advise, criticism and help.
Below is my details:
Applied for PhD SP- August 2018 and submitted below docs
1. Study approval with pay from govt higher institution
2. Bond agreement with sureties
3. Personal SOA- 6m
4. Valuation on a land - 5m
5. Landed property 2
6. Tuition and other expenses 9,800 per annual
7. Deposited 3,000(2k just paid)
8. Included marriage and kids cert
9. Letter of introduction of wife place of work
10. Have two sponsor, with one sent his SOA have inflow and outflow over 100m but balance as of the time of application 7m and affidavit
11. Other sponsor transfer 1m to my account making my balance increase.(less than 1wk the cash transferred)
12. This 2nd application, first was in 2017 but 90% what I submitted now wasn't there then.
13. Have travel experience
14. Online application.
Etc
Bro, I requested for gcms got it 2nd wrk of March no comment on it.
Till now no update.

I’ve been so busy with my flight and all, I don’t think I can take this case personal.
Your Gcms notes can never be empty so far your application have passed 3 months

Please someone should help this brother.

vsylva:
Thanks for this... like i had said earlier..every idea of mine shared here has come from months of following up on this thread and trying to prepare myself.. and i am still open to advices like yours and any other...nobody sabi pass... and it was never my intention to write it out in my SOP that i will be running my business from canada... i was only sharing how i was gonna managing it.. i was only gonna state i had a business that would make me money like u have rightly said.. and yes have my wife run in while im away... i already have her listed as MD.. but thats by the way... i will take all you have said and all i have gathered over time.. plus more that will come in from other post to come from others....

So from what you have said

Account 1 (My savings) having a balance of 6M after first semester Tuition needs to be upgraded to 10M
Account 2 (Fam Savings) with balance of 3M.. needs to be padded with Wifeys Account statement too?

Yea and take your time to arrange a very good application... Don't rush things
You go dey alright.

Lemme try and break some stuff down for you
Let say your making 7 million yearly take it up to 12 million per annum or more (they won't use your statement of account to judge you cause you have lotta things to do with money like paying bills and amenities, venturing to business, etc then you derive it according to your earnings that was stated earlier
Now this’d how to break it down

Income from employment (state the name) 4 million

Income from (name the online business) {consultancy} 6 million

Income from my firm (the name of your business) 2 million (you said it's still in a growing stage) 2 million is okay

Let's say you have 3 kids
You have to show your financial commitment
Chinedu Vsylva (name the school) 120k
Ade Vsylva (name the school) 100k
Jerry Vsylva (name the school) 80k

PS: please don't put a big amount like 900k or 400k for your kid's cause they may use it against you in your statement of account

All these should come in your affidavits of support. You will also do something like this in your SOP using your LOA..., I think you already know how to go bout it in your previous post.

If you have any landed properties, try and increase the worth, if the worth is 3 million make it 9 million

If you have any investment say the real worth of it.

I may have to stop here, stick around for more info from people

If you find it difficult to increase your account to 10 mil and above
Get a co-sponsor that can provide more than 6 million and then he/she should show some commitment maybe 2 million or so for your living expenses or second term tuition fee.

All the best

vsylva:
Thanks for your quick response @Qudkom

To Answer your questions:

1. My Wife is well employed and bouyant enough to cater for herself and the kids. With regards to what is left. That part i have thought about and thereby have a separate account that by the time i will be applying for my study permit should have about 3M in it.. this account is set up for monies for the family outside my travel plans expense... as for the compelling to come home.. i am taking my time to explain reasons for the program and why i wanna come back after my program due the the various opportunities here...

2. I run a software development firm... my clients are within and outside the country. I have two online startups and i've just started a custom T-shirt line business using my graphics... .. the goal is to come back after my program and setup Big Data and Business Intelligence sector for my company to expand my business.... so i guess that should be enough compelling reason to return

3. When you say having to work.. i think you are referring to having to work in canada on that $14 per hour for 20 hours a week job... NOPE.. thats impossible.. u will have to kill urself and affect ur study in doing that... i know this... my sustainance will be my business that will keep going.. all i will be doing from over there is project managing as i will have my team handle the actual projects... in preparing for this 5 months ago i started this method of running my business as if i wasnt in the country and have my team work on the projects while i project managing and its been pretty successful... this is the way i plan to fund my school, family etc...


I welcome more questions, concerns, queries, guidance as it will help me better my preparation...

I like this guy

Don't you think to manage your business from abroad (Canada) is a bigger workload than the $14 minimum wage in Ottawa? (cause you're not restricted from the 20hrs work per week)
I will advise you not to include it in your SOP, just tell the VO you have a business that is fetching money for you. Tell the VO that wifey would be managing the business and workers throughout your study leave in Canada, ,,Even though she has her own personal work (tell them you've taught her the rudiments of the business).

6 million is Not bad if you have paid for your full tuition fee
But I would also advise you, if you can make it up to 10 million and above please do cause you're a married man with dependants. (for the sake of strong financial ground) very important

11,154.53 Canadian Dollar set aside for your family living expenses might be small in the eyes of the VO
So I would also advise you to include wifey account statement to show she Has a good financial strength or history. You can as well get a co-sponsor.

I hope your business is registered

Should you need more info, don't hesitate to ask

Bless you

sillysassysally:
Hi Nairaland fam,

Happy Easter!!!

TRV UPDATE 21/04/2019

Nothing much has changed since the last update... We have a sample of 47 hopefuls but i still want to encourage those that have not shared their timeline to please do. Let us contribute to this wonderful thread as we have benefited from it. This is the only way the thread can grow. For those that have submitted their timeline but haven't shared all the information we need, please help in sharing the full details (especially school resumption month and whether or not your application is new). In particular, we still need information on school resumption date and application type (new or re) from the following people; Dedecoder, Godatwork23, Oni2019, docsaj, Cutieflaky, Klem28, Udomas, Ancy 26, Omarzx, umulobi, and Iykedpetes.

Also, if anyone has received an update (i.e. medical requests, eligibility, etc), please share.

Also, if you guys have any ideas on how we can present this information better or what else we can add to it or remove from it, I am always open any adjustment that'll make this better.

I am anticipating for your visa approval
Keep up with the good work

God will not disappoint you.
Bless you!

Omonoba1981:
Hello Austacus,

To answer your concern. I have never stayed in any of the country I visited.

When I left secondary in 2015 /I was just 15years then, I got a 5 years visitor visa to Canada. I went there to visit . While in Canada I applied for visitor visa to US, I got 2 years to US. At about 5month in Canada I left Canada to visit US was there couple of days and return back to Canada. I was going between Canada and US and never stayed beyond 6 month in any of these countries. When I got like 2 reject trying to convert my visitor status to student status applying from LA.

I return back to Nigeria to applied and got another rejected. Then left to Europe to visit my elder one and from there went to US to complete a GSDE for 3months and secure admission to a community college. Came back to Nigeria to apply for US student visa which I got that, but while I was in Nigeria, I applied for 4th time for Canada student visa June 2018. And till now I haven't gotten any reply however I am now doing my college in US. At least if they reject I now have a proper permit to apply from US, but don't know why they don't want to answer with positive or negative.

But I still have a valid visitor visa to Canada, So if I decide to enter Canada today, no one will stop me. But I cant go to school with a visitor visa. That is the issue I have ooo


If I had overstayed in any of these country, US wouldn't have granted me a 2 years student permit. And if I had some extra cash, I could have tried entering Canada with my visitor permit this Easter which is still valid till 2020.

Why do I feel that you're shouting at me?
The intonation is just too loud and your pride is irritating.

I wish you success in your application. (you have nothing to worry if your name spellings and DOB is intact in your US/CAN application) try and raise there attention why your info sharing is showing system error.

Good luck

Omonoba1981:
I applied from Lagos. During my waiting period went for US student visa and got that one late last year.

I have shared the zcms before and nothing was there. I have like 207 pages

Base on what I can see right now in your Gcms notes, your application is stuck in background checks (from the day you received the Gcms notes, I don't know if it must have changed now).
You're experiencing info sharing error (if you doubt me, check page 2 of your notes, you will see it)
You gotta ask yourself too many questions, cross check your application over and over again to make sure every detail corresponds to your US application, you gotta ask yourself if you've overstayed your visit to US or Canada (I don't know if you've ever traveled to Canada before), check yourself if you have any charges in the US or Canada etc
You need to scrutinize yourself and make sure the problem is not from your path.
If the problem is from your path, if the details, spellings are an oversight from your path, accept it from them and fix it, if you overstayed your visa, write a very good story to back it up.

Happy Easter to you all.

kpizzle:
Approval!

1st Application (paper route) - 14th of May 2018
1st Refusal - 7th of June 2018
2nd Application (paper route) - 17th July 2018
Upfront Medical - 24th July 2018
2nd Refusal - 2nd of August 2018
Judiciary Review application - 29th of August 2018
Refusal Set Aside: 11th of October 2018 (Online Status reverted back to "Submitted"
Passport Request: 15th April 2019
Approval: 16th April 2019

My VISA journey has been rough with many twists and turns. Between October 2018 and December 2018, I got 2 LOA request and 3 SOA request from IRCC. They even requested for an unusual SOA format called "My Bank Statement with ticket ID". And after providing it in December they went mute until I aligned and adopted the "Austacus formula" on April 13th before I received passport request on the 15th.

All along I kept praying and never lost faith. I need to give special shout out to @galala123, a "brother from another mother", I owe him a lot for is support, encouragement and advice. We whined, complained, analyzed and rejoiced together. I also want to thank @jnyuwa02, I wonder why he has been silent recently but then he reached out to me and offered his support. Also special mention to my MAY/JUNE/JULY family, Makano, Austacus and 042viber12.

I almost forgot my main man "Lemia". He was the person that first took me by the hands and show me the way. We will definitely rock University of Waterloo together.

To all hopefuls, it shall all end in praise.

Congratulations bro
More wins to all hopefuls

Bless up

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

Congratulations brother.
Thank God it ended well.
Tomorrow is a statutory holiday for CIC... there’s no holiday on Monday for CIC
CHECK THE LINK https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/public-holidays.html

Please endeavor to submit your passport on Monday morning cause it’s being treated as first come first serve basis (10-15 days or less)
You have atleast 2 weeks to enroute to Canada.
Congratulations to you.

galala123:
Congrats Henkubert, your patience has been tested.... and it is strong!
All that ends well, is well!

Man like galala123
I greet from my end

Henkubert:
AFTER 11 MONTHS.....Passport request drop
MEDICAL REQUEST WAS IN AUGUST 2018
PASSPORT REQUEST DROP APRIL 17 2018

I SAY BIG THANKS TO Austacus for your assistance.
Big thanks to you all.

COnGrATUlaTions HENRY
Wow this is so good.
Two people may/june/july got their visa approved today and yesterday.
I am so happy for you guys
More Wins

Oluwa bu eze

ify85:
Good day nairalanders,

Please stop advising people to liquidate their investment because of visa application. For the record, no one has ever been denied because his or her money is on fixed deposit or Treasury bill. I am a self sponsor student going for PhD. I got approved with treasury bill and fixed deposits investments. The only balance I had in my statement of account was 500k.
Thank you.

Ph.D. AND FULLY FUNDED

IT IS WELL

This is just super annoying and irritating
How would some Nigerians believe such sham and apocryphal news from bloggers just to gain traffic and popularity

About Same bullshit from Bloggers was trending about Ghana last week



Anyways, The High Commission of Canada to Nigeria has refuted the claims.


This is the era of social media bullshit people are doing anything just to get views and likes
Don't believe all you see in social media especially vital news like this, instead when you see such news do your deep research.

https://twitter.com/canhcnigeria?lang=en

olamidemessi:
Bro, Thank you for responses and advices .

God bless you.
I'll give you update by tomorrow sir .

You Nah correct guy.

olamidemessi:
Bro, I think I will go with the first option, because I don't think I can get 4million again . I can liquidate the whole sum and move it to my normal bank account . But,if I do that , how do I tackle the issue of lump sum ? And pls I want to let you know that my normal bank account records a meagre sum of 100k to 150k monthly. Won't the VO imagine how I make such huge amount of 13m when my monthly cash flow is below 200k ?


The school fee is only available for payment around the month of August . I have a mail sent from the school regarding that .
I did the processing my self and I have my GCMS note with me sir .

Thank you for your swift response Bro ...

Okay bro
I will reply you now
Please send the Gcms to me.
Bless you

olamidemessi:
Bros, Honestly . I'm open to advice . I won't be here naaa. Why I sent the PM is just to be detailed and possibly to show you softcopy of the statement which is a bit private . I'm happy you responded here Bro

Pls, I just need further clarifications, are you saying that I should liquidate the whole sum and send all to my normal bank account ?

Or I should just liquidate about 2-4 million out of the fixed deposit and send to my normal bank account ?

Or you're saying that I should look for 2-4 million from another source and and send it to my normal bank account?

Thank you as I await your response sir . I have waited this long . and I don't wanna be denied like you said .

Bro, I don't need to see the copy of your account Statement or whatsoever

Since you claimed the investment is already matured, you can liquidate it and do the justice in the letter.

If you don't want to liquidate it, don't liquidate half or quarter from the 13 million cause it's gonna raise an eyebrow (it may complicate issues)

If you don't want to liquidate it, try and show account statement that has up to 4-2.5 million (4 million and above preferably if available) in your personal account and do the justice in the letter

Did you pay half or full tuition fee or nil?
Do you have your Gcms notes with you?
Did you apply for the Visa yourself?

olamidemessi:
Boss, now I get your point . Pls for God sake, I have sent you a PM . I want advise . That's why I've rushed down here .thanks sir

I won’t reply to your dm if you didn’t do what I asked you to do.
Hence, if you have any question in mind, please ask, it would be answered in the thread for others to learn.

PS: mind you, I am not saying the application cannot scale through.

Keep hope alive.

dedecoder:
Trust God bro and go ahead to submit the new docs. Use the web form to do so. It is not outside of possibility that they would request a substantive SOA if it becomes a must.

Keep all hopes alive and do all that is within your reach to do. At the first look on your app, if the investment is a complete No-No, you should have received a rejection straightaway.

On CIC website, certain nationals are requested to ONLY state their available balance. Our issue is just because of trust and no one can say yours will not scale through.

You’ve spoken well.

I don’t want this guy to risk this thing

Lemme tell you something I noticed about London VOs

They have listening ears compared to Nairobi VOs

London VOs don’t just refused visa straight up compared to Nairobi VOs

They would give you the grace to tackle it, they might even wait for you for 2 months plus, in this case, thats why it’s always good to order Gcms note if your application have used 3 months (processing time or no processing time)

London VOs don’t have problem in updating medical has passed compared to Nairobi VOs.

Application can stay more than 8 months and yet be refused (London VOs)

Upfront or Medical mail can be passed and yet be refused on a long run (London VOs)

I don’t want this guy to take that risk, that’s why am kneeling down right now for him, he should liquidate the fixed deposit or send 4-2 million to his account and do the explanation which I am ready to help him.

He shouldn’t gamble this stuff, he has waited for about 9 months now.

If he has gotten his Gcms notes, he will see everything

PS: these guys are more interested in LIQUID CASH

Bracha:
In addition to what Viber said, I think you can swear an affidavit stating that all of them are your name; as in one affidavit for each document.

Austacus, Qudkom, JustMellow what do y'all think about his case?

He should submit the following l:


~Submit an affidavits of change of name
~Publish your name in Newspaper
~Submit any of your national ID, intl passport, voters card or drivers license that has the original name
~write a letter explaining the change of name.

Good luck

olamidemessi:
Boss,thank you for your response .but I don't seems to understand the bolded sir .
The investment is money and not asset. And it was 13m as at the time of my application and now it has accrued

Sorry to burst your bubbles!

(Like I said it can only take the grace of God)

Enjoy your week!

olamidemessi:
Dear @justmellow, @frankrobbn1 @Qudkom, and other anointed study permit experts, Someone referred me to this forum after I have applied. This is my predicament hereunder

I lodged an application sometimes in late July 2018 with an upfront medical (already updated as passed) and I have not been responded to since then even after several frantic and frenetic efforts of sending emails and CSE (I even ordered for my GCMS note).
I now have my new admission letter with me after the previous one has elapsed, Should I send them the new admission letter (when the embassy have not requested for it?) Any consequence(s)?

The second question is this, I am self-sponsored, and I presented ONLY Reference letter from my bank stating the amount of my investment which can be liquidated at any time. ( about 13m good enough for my programme and living expenses) I also stated that I have been saving towards my master ever since I conceived the idea of having my masters abroad.
Up till now, I still haven't taken out of the invested sum and it has appreciated. No SOA whatsoever in my application. So, should I also send them a recent reference letter from the bank along with my new admission letter?

KIndly advise me, please.

It would only take the grace of God for this application to scale through with what you submitted as financial supports.

I saw this post yesterday and I never wanted to comment on it, but I gotta do it to clear my conscience

Please make sure you submit liquid cash of around 4-2 million (even if it’s a lump sum, just do it, you gotta take the risk)

Don’t liquidate your fixed deposit if only you can get the 4-2 million. (If you can liquidate it, I swear it’s gotta help you a lot)

When you run around for the money in your account or you decided to liquidate the already matured investment... don’t hesitate to fall into my signature or rather, just do the needful by sending the account to CIC and explain it to them constructively

I wonder what your Gcms notes would be saying concerning funds. Had it been you have a scholarship or funding it would have been better for you.

Meanwhile, for the main time, send the new letter of admission to CIC NOW

I don’t attend to email messages again but will attend to yours if only you do what I asked you to do

Have a great week!

makano:
MEDICAL PASSED... I know this does not guarantee an Approval tho, but its the first update I have gotten since August 2018 that my Eligibility Review started, so its something.. Hopeful for the almighty Passport Request.. Peace

Another big anticipating news
Congratulations in advance my Oga Makano