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Sugaro:
Great House!

Pls, I am married, n neither going with my kid nor spouse. According to my minimum expense form accommodation for married(10k+) is twice of that of single. (5k+).
Can I choose d single ones since am going alone although am married?
Pls i need ur response. Thank u

I'm assuming @bold is from your school. If so, the cost and option is to cater for students coming with a family to study and those coming alone.

Since you are not going with your family, you should choose the single option.

Note: please declare your marital status in any official form (IRCC or your school).

LightandDarkness:
Hey everyone. I have two questions.

First I have discussed with the leader of my religious organisation who is willing to provide a letter stating I had been active in said organization during my study gap of 10 month's which I hope should strengthen my application. How should this letter be addressed.

Second. I once worked in a research lab as a student for three months during the long holiday, this was not a paid position and was considered "research experience" and not employment. This experience is very related to my field of study and I would like to include it in the study permit questionnaire as work experience and also in my CV. However I'm not sure if I should list it as employment as I was not technically paid and it wasn't an employer\employee relationship.

1.The letter should state your role and capacity in the religious organisation. What both the organisation and yourself gained during your active time and also how it has improved your personality and human relationships.

2. Ofcourse you should. Fill your role and the organisation name. Fill in as "internship". It will count towards activity in your intended field. The listing of employment records is to show activities in the last 10 years. The more it relates to your intended program, the better the chances.

RealObserver:
Thanks boss, for coming to my rescue.

My program will last just 3 terms and I'll go for a minimum of two internships because at Waterloo they run 3 terms in a year, hence I can decide to go for my internship during my second term to cover these cost.

To be very honest with you, getting a sponsor is a big deal for me, my dad is late and my mom doesn't have any means of steady flow of income because she runs a shop that trends with the economy if you know wat i mean. And if you talk of relatives that's even worse off, a favour like this will mean me being enslaved and indebted to them all my life. That's why I've been saving for this.

Besides I don't want to use someone who doesn't share thesame surname with me, it doesn't even makes sense to me, if I were a VO I'd reject such applications in a heartbeat.

So I'll try and make it 45k CAD before I apply next month.

Once again thanks for saving me from the shrapnel of "insufficient funds"

I understand bro. It's a good idea to get the full funds before applying. It will place you well. All the best to you.

honeyscottage:
Please in my offer letter all these we're written , ROOM:6,831.95-9,538.48, book:600, student fee:410, personal expense:3,000.
what should I fill as room,board and others.
ALSO, what will be my total fund available for study.Is it going to be fund for all the 2yrs course or just for a yr, or the total money in my account as I am making use of co-sponsor and the money for the whole program has been transferred to me.

Thank you.

You should fill accordingly. Room=max value(9,538.48)

Book, student fees and personal expenses =others. i.e 600+410+3000=4010.

Funds available should be TUITION+ROOM+OTHERS( add btw 1000-2000CAD for transportation funds and miscellenous)

You should be fine. The 10,000CAD required from CIC is a one time figure for living expenses. The breakdown has shown how it will be expended. I'll also advice you have alittle more in your SOA than you declare as FUND available.

You are to fill in figures for the FIRST YEAR since you have a sponsor.

Regards.

RealObserver:
Good morning gurus in the house, am about submitting my study permit application hence I need someone to help me asses my chances.

Was offered Systems Design Engineering (MEng) by University of Waterloo to resume by fall term.

I want to sponsor myself because I really don't want to bug anyone with my issues, don't want anyone to feel like they have a stake in my life.

I currently have 38,000CAD in my account which is wholly mine with two landed properties well documented in my name worth 7m.

My tuition is 8020CAD per term with incidental fee of 637CAD.

Finished from the university in 2015, completed NYSC this month, have been officially employed twice since i finished school and i have worked as an engineer in those period.

What are my chances

There are some factors to also consider while deciding to sponsor yourself.
1. The duration of your program
2. Availability of funds to cover the entire program.

If your program is a 2years program and anything between 3 to 4 terms, then I'm afraid the 38,000 CAD will be INSUFFICIENT.
For the first year alone of your program, you should have a minimum of 2 terms which = 8020*2 =16,040CAD + 10,000CAD=26,000CAD

2nd year should be around same fiqure, so your total funds for your entire program of 2years should be

52,000CAD! and since you are SELF SPONSORED, You have to either should show the equivalent of liquid funds for the entire program or show a source to generate funds for the second year of your program. Your landed properties evaluation is not LIQUID funds and will ONLY serve as hometies.

So, depending on the length of your program(guessing it's 2 years), do well to either show funds for your tuition an living expenses for the 2years or get a SPONSOR and show funds for a year.

Osemigho:
Sir, are you sure about this?

What i mean "NOT compulsory" is that room and board does not have the esterisk sign which makes it not compusory to fill. Anybody can decide to break down his or her funds available and include funds for room and board but it will still sum up to the funds available and all calculations MUST meet CIC requirements of tuition + CAD10,000 equivalent or more.

Some admission letter have fees for room and board listed on it and applicant can as well fill accordingly.

And as i earlier stated, the 10,000CAD required by CIC includes acccomodation, miscellenous and other expenses for one year at an average expenditure and funds for 'room and board' (accomodation and feeding) are inclusive in it. That why it is funds for LIVING expenses. #it's on CIC website.

napoleonsmart:
Hello House, please what amount should i fill for room and board section for someone planning to rent a single room in Edmonton Alberta. I saw this in the forl IMM1294E

Thanks

If the amount of room and board is written of your offer letter, then fill appropraitely. If not, it is NOT compulsory u fill room and board. Fill in your tuition and the equivalent of funds available for your upkeep in the section of 'OTHER' then calculate the the sum of both and fill as 'FUNDS AVAILABLE'.
I didn't fill room and board in my application and it was approved.

The CAD 10,000 required by CIC includes accomodation and other expenses for a 12 months period. If you have more to add to it fine otherwise, fill in the compulsory sections.

Rocorleone:
what is the best way to handle this?

My mum is my sponsor and I'm using her soa including her business' cert of incoporation for my trv..
I have added the "memorandum of articles and shares" of my family business and an official letter of attestation signed by my dad telling i'm a shareholder in the company. Now i want to also add photocopies of my dad's landed properties as a tie.
Do I need to get another letter from him indicating that he is aware of the use? or should I just add the landed documents?
or should I use add him as a co-sponsor? but I'm not getting his soa. reason best known.
Note: I have one of my landed property doc I added to as a tie.

What you are adding are good enough. The fact that you have your immediate family members in nigerian is a strong hometie. You are good to proceed.

doyinwbaby:
hi guys. Pls find below my profile and documents submitted.

profile:
UG - computer science.
5 years working experience in customer service (banking)
female, married.
PGC Project management

Documents submitted:
Study permit form, family information form,
marriage certificate,
letter of introduction for hubby,
LOI
police certificate
Affidavit of support
hubby's letter of consent
6months statement (1m closing balance)
SOA (father 19M balance). F.D of 10M.
Land docs of father
BSc certificate
submission date: Feb 1st, upfront medicals
refusal: 18th april. reason: travel history and purpose of visit.

guys HELP!!! traveled to south Africa once and to UAE five times.

@justwise @michV @osemigho gurus! help a sister out.

From your profile, there is HUGE inconsistency in career advancement.
Your PGD should be making up for academic insufficiency of the (customer relationship) banking experience you have and NOT for another field entirely.

You apparently have NO major dealings with any project of some sort, so why going for project management when your current activity is majorly in 'HUMAN MANAGEMENT'

Anywhere, the purpose of visit is quite understandable and very clear from your profile. Incase, you decide to reapply, avoid the project management, i'd rather you go for 'Human resource management' than project management or go for a program directly related to your current job and explain why u are not going for a master instead.

Well, it has happened already, brace up yourself and hopefully, things will turn out well in your reapplication.

Get your GCMS, it will help you.

Regards.

kprake9:
Good evening house, pls I would like to knw if medical can be updated to "Passed" in your online TRV application based on submitting a previous medical report under one year. d first application was updated to "Pass" b4 refusal.

No,it won't. Only a final decison will be made. The previous 'medical passed' will be applicable to the new application as long as it is still within a year.

primeson1:
it seems part time tuition fees are reasonably low, please has anyone gone for part time studies probably in business related masters program before?

please does anyone have idea about the feasibility of entering through a part time route.

Hardly possible for international student requiring a study permit from outside canada. Even if it were, the conditions on the study permit will not be favourable to you. Eg, ability to work part time.

Mattezo:
Hello,

Thanks for your reply. I have a higher national diploma in Accounting. My intended program is Business Analysis and it relates to my work experience because I work as a Business Analyst in a Bank, so I really don't understand.I agree with the travel history but not with the purpose of visit, because guys have long said it on this thread that your program must be related to your work experience or undergraduate study.

Thanks

How many years have you been working in your current job? Did you apply for a PGC/PGD?

Yes, intended program must be related to undergraduate or work experience but there are instances in addition that will make the intended program right or wrong for an applicant.

Share your background so it can be properly looked into. Moreover, make sure you apply for your GCMS file.

Sorry about the situation.

Samo16:
Guys you have a 2 Year program and the entire program costs 16300. Should only the first year tuition be written which 8155

Quote the exact tuition on your offer letter.That is what they will use. Most offer letter for a 2 years program have a year tuiton on it.

bosbebe:
Dear Guru's in the house, am abt completing documentation for my trv. The below are the documents, kindly review and see if I miss out anything. One again I am going for MBA at Vanouver island university. I am a law graduate with LLM from UK. and I have been working in one of the big 4 accounting firm for 8 years now. Currently a manager and thus one of the reason I chose MBA. Spouse is sponsor with own company and not applying with three kids initially, although we all have trv(visiting Visa). they will come around ;ater
WAEC result
LLB certificate
LLM certificate
BL certificate
NYSC certificate
Marriage certificate
Newspaper change of name
LLM transcript
police character statement from uk
police character statement from nigeria
Letter of employment
Letter of promotion
letter of introduction/leave letter
Payslips
pension certificate
Tax clearance certificate
Applicant SOA
Certificate of incorporations of business (Spouse)
Company Bank statement (spouse)
certificate of Incorporation and bank statement (applicant's own business)
CV
SOP
Admission letter
Receipt of payment of school fees
Birth certificate
children birth certificate
parent data page
sponsor letter
Affidavit of sponsor
Sponsor bank statement

Your documents are in order. I believe the tuition payment you made is for a year.

@Piethewitch, congratulation.

chigrad:
Pls gurus in the house help provide an advice. Thanks

You will have to wait for a response from them. Your application is still within processing time and anything is still possible between now and 1st May.

Jerryzone:
Please Austin I need you to answer this... a sponsor who is your direct elder brother who has already transferred all the funds to the applicant account tuition + upkeep. on the student application form who should be used as a sponsor....Since there are only two option of myself, parents and others.

@Eraytee has answered you. Just apply same.

My people, my people! Abeg, for those wey don send me mails or PM and haven't gotten a reply yet, biko no vex, i'm trying my possible best to revert back ASAP. I understand that you need to apply for your study permit soon. I'm doing my best to make sure i help and assist in my own little way with your queries and review of your SOP. It will gladen me to see that your application turn out well in the end.

The Ministry of combining plenty things at the same time and still finding time for oneself 'FIDN'T' easy!
but it is what it is! We all at some and various point got help and we must always give help!

Also, if we can share issues and question we have here, trust me, we will get different opinion and answers that will span our knowledge on the issue and guide us better as it will help others too in same situation.

Personally, i always believe that the sole aim of this thread is to HELP and get help too. Some queries have already been answered here, if you can be a little patient and go through a couple of pages, you will find most of the answers to your lingering questions. Thankfully, answers to some queries have been narrowed to a link and it's well detailed. On the first page of this Part 12, you will find the links

To all the GURUS and every other persons helping out here, mehn, una too much. I don learn no be small and still learning alot. Many thanks for all you are doing.

I truly hope and pray that at the end, all our effort, dedication, work done and zeal will bring to us our desires and truly give us peace of mind in the quest to better our lives.


God bless you all.

Rocorleone:
Austinpee please do reply my mail.
Thanks

Done

johnwick2:
Good day Huz, is it mandatory for a permit applicant to present a notarized document as certified true copies for all photocopy documents to be submitted to CIC if either going through online or paper route. Thanks for your contributions.

It is not mandatory. Photocopies of supporting documents aside Bank statements, offer letter and any letter addressed to the embassy are acceptable.

yungcee:
Hello House.Please i will like to know if it is compulsory to include a police clearance report to the visa application documents?

It is not compulsory but it is a requirement.

timisnup:
Good afternoon house, please i need urgent help on this issue. My brother is my sponsor and he has been trying to pay my tuition fee from this diamond bank account but they are asking for tax clearance before they can make the payment.
Please how can we go about the payment?

The bank should tell you what kind of tax clearance you need to submit. Most banks accept receipt or proof of payment of PHCN bills (or whatever it is called now) as tax clearance.

victormila:
Instrumentation, Control Systems and Automation.
Been working since September 2014.
9k CAD Per Term.

Apparently you didn't convincingly establish the relationship between your undergraduate study and most especially your current work with your intended master in electrical and computer engineering.

Sometimes, applicant will need to broaden a visa officer's scope about program fields and relationships. A good and detailed statement of purpose will serve and enlighten more. In your next application, expantiate further on COMPUTER and ELECTRICAL aspect of your current job. Do not expect that they will know, there might be horizons to your job that is unknown to them.

Talk about how your undergradute study evolved through to your current job, the specific content of your program and or job description of your current job. The main thing to focus on is showing that the master degree will be an addition to your profession. Attention will be paid to what you are currently doing and how it relates with what you are about to study. Every details about this must tend towards a need to gain further knowledge.

Also make your aspiration very clear and explicit. Your undergraduate study and intended master discipline is WELL in-line but a greater percentage of how it is right and best for your career lies in the POWER of the tool called STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. That is going to be you weapon. However, pay closer attention to the VO's inference on the GCMS file.



To your tuition, a year school fees should be quoted on your offer letter. This is a standard CIC requirement from schools admitting international student.

So quote the exact tuition on your letter and get the equivalent in naira also subtract the equivalent of your living expenses plus your first YEAR tuition from the 9.5M..it should give you an idea of what went wrong regarding insufficient funds for tuiton. Another issue may be money lodgement was noticed in the account statement.

victormila:
Good Evening Gurus in the house @austinpee4, osemigho, michv(trv doctor), Eraytee, oga justwise, pent, folaroyal,wealth360, yemdogg et all.
I was introduced to this thread by a friend who used information gotten here to successfully secure a TRV.
I was refused in my 1st application in December 2017 *2016 for these reasons;
1) Have sufficient and available financial resources, without working in Canada, to pay the tuition fees for the course or program of studies that you intend to pursue.
2) Purpose of visit.
3) Personal assets and financial status.
My Details and Submitted Documents;
Proposed course of study; MEng University of Ottawa (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Winter Term 2017
Undergraduate Course; BEng University of Benin 2.1(Electrical/Electronic Engineering) 2012
Sponsor SOA; 9.5m Naira.
Personal SOA; 600k Naira.
WAEC Cert, BEng Cert, NYsc Cert, Birth Cert, Employment Letter, 6 months Pay slip, Letter of Introduction from Employer.
Undergrad Transcript, CV, copy of work ID, Upfront Medical, Police Cert.
Form IMM 1294, Family Info Form

Which area of speciality do you currently have work experience and how long have you been in it?

How much is your first year tuition?

testspecialist:
My prog is MEng 2yrs duration....i dnt want to use a bank statement but i will use payslips. Can I use a bank draft issued in Canada?

The idea of including statement of account is to show that:
1. You have available balance to fund your studies and living expenses for atleast a year.

2.You/sponsor can earn enough to fund subsequent year(s).

If you have other means to show these, by all means use them including your pay slips.

The bank draft issued in canada in YOUR NAME will even make it convincing as it will show funds are already domiciled in canada. So YES, you can use it as long as the funds available meets IRCC requirements. This is the most IMPORTANT thing.

testspecialist:
If the bank draft will cover the cost of tuition and living expenses for a yr, do I still have to include bank statement? I do not wish to include bank statement.

No, you don't have to. You may need to include the bank statement or any other financial source if your program is more than a year.

testspecialist:
Hi all,

Can I use bank draft in convertible currency as proof of finance for the Canadian Study Permit application?

Absolutely.

Omodollyp:
Hello everyone one. Happy Holiday to you.

I'm trying to put together the docs for my Trv application so I can submit by next week but I'm getting married (court wedding) on the 4th of May.

Do I wait till after the wedding Before submitting my application so that I can include my marriage certificate or do I submit my application and inform the Embassy after the wedding.

My fear is that they might require me to do a New passport.

If you intend to apply as a married applicant, you will have to wait till you can get proof of being married otherwise, you can apply anytime you choose.

Also, you can only send any additional document(s) to the embassy upon request. They will request a new passport when the expiration of the one you have is less than 6 months. If this is the case, get a new one before you apply.

Beyy:
I have secured a scholarship worth 25KUSD, and I'm thinking of using my mentor as a Co sponsor(she is not related to je but i wotked wit her dusing mybinder graduate internship). However, I'm aware that I need to prove relationship with any sponsor I choose to use. Please how can I prove this?

My current passport number is in my medical result. When I get my new international passport (hopefully) would I have to re-do the medicals ? And when filling the IMM 1294 form, which of the passport numbers should I make use of?

b]Thirdly, I am currently unemployed but Im running some professional courses. What can I use to show home tie?
How can I tackle the travel history and purpose of visit?

Thankyou

To add to the advice you've gotten already.

@1st bold, Have her swear an affidavit of sponsorship. You already have good funding in form of your scholarship which should meet their requirements for the first year.

@2nd bold, It doesn't matter which passport number is in the medical form. All you need to do is submit all your passport(new and old) including the old medical form when applying through paper route or upload a scanned copy of your datapage alongside other documents if online.

3rd bold, if the professional courses is in-line with your intended program,you are fine. Include documents to show you are undergoing or have concluded them.

Your family members here in nigeria is a strong hometie. If you do not have any asset to include, do well to fill their names in the family information form and possibly add their birth certificates if you can.

Rocorleone:
austinpee4 can you go through my sop?
and hows your application so far?

No problem. Send me a PM and please you'll be alittle patient with me, i'm still reverting back to some that sent theirs to me but I'll certainly get back to you in quick time.

My application has long been approved. Thanks for asking.

goodnews1111:
I meant I always have a balance of like 200k but there is no month I don't have an inflow of about 6m to 10m. As a guy who likes doing one or two with funds. This money is mine but I just can't leave 6m to 10m without adding to it by doing one or two business. Now if I accumulate it within two weeks is it lumping.

As long as you can prove the source with evidence in your application, it is not. Also make sure you have equivalent of your tuition and living expenses available before you apply.

goodnews1111:
When talking about lump sum I don't understand. Some one who had to accumulate about 10m in his account in a span of 2 weeks with inflow and out flow of 60m in 6 months to show that there is sufficient fund after having full tuition paid could it be said to be lumping.

Most times the LIKELY reason a visa officer makes an inference to 'recent lump sum deposit' is because funds not traceable to applicant's/sponsor's source of income or explained was deposited prior to visa application. It is majorly dependent on the source and not timing.

The onus of the SOA is to show where such fund is coming from and how it was gotten hence most time the phrase 'unknown origin/source" is also used in a GCMS file.

Also, officers will likely assess ability to raise equivalent of tuition and living expenses for subsequent year(s) even if a year tuition is paid. So assesment of a statement of account will always transcend past the first year of study although largely more attention is given to funds available for the first year(tuition +living expenses) and funds for these purpose MUST not have questionable accumulation especially during periods before visa application.

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