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Came full circle in the waka today. Decided to and started the process to migrate mid 2019. Got ITA and PR in 2020 and moved early 2021. Today I became a Canadian citizen.

Goodluck to everyone still at various stages of the process

Ishoba:
A question was asked while I was submitting my express entry profile that have I applied to express entry before and also input the ee number.

Although I have submitted like 2 profiles which has expired. I don't know if the answer should be Yes. And which of the 2 previous number should I include?

I am confused with the term "apply" as i am thinking its for a case of ITA, moreover, my previous profiles has been deleted and I cant even remember the ee number.

Someone pls help me out.

The answer is no. Creating an EE profile does not equal receiving an ITA and submitting an application

Chinwendufedi:
Hi house, please I have an urgent question if anyone can help please or share their experience it will go a long way.
I'm in Canada presently, as I applied last year to come in through study route and it was approved. The issue is, now I want to apply for in-demand skills nomination through the Ontario PNP, and tweak my work experience to align with any of the roles in demand. Do you think they would be able to verify especially since I applied for the study visa and they now have all my documents with my initials job roles?
The only thing I'm changing is the job role, but the companies I worked with will remain the same. Please advise, I'm running out of time and I need help

Yes, this is easily verifiable. It may fly with OINP but its the same IRCC that processed your study permit that will also process your PR application. If your records indicate that you worked with Company A as a plumber in 2022, you can’t suddenly decide you worked there as a driver instead during the same period, you’ll be caught.

Ishoba:
Pls can you help with sample of the cash salary certificate?

Check page 1. That’s also where I got it from.

amikable97:
Congratulations to your sister!
I am still in the journey myself. But I have a question regarding the reference letter and cash cert. Did she indicate in the reference letter that she was paid in cash? Or she just indicated that she was paid a certain amount?. Thanks in anticipation

No, the letter didn’t indicate that it was cash. She uploaded only the ref letter to keep it simple and not invite unnecessary scrutiny. However, she had her employer sign the cash salary certificate and monthly payslips and kept them in the event of an ADR.

AyabaS:
My sister got ITA in the recent healthcare draw and she’s ready to submit, all documents readily available as same was submitted for OINP just last month. Thankfully OINP was still in submitted status despite having submitted over a month ago so $1,500 no waste. Anyway, she has a cash job and got a salary certificate for OINP, her reference letter meets IRCC standards so I’m contemplating submitting that alone and not unnecessary complicating the application since IRCC doesn’t ask for proof of compensation. However, from reading this thread, it appears its not uncommon for IRCC to send ADR for proof of income.

Update on my sister’s application
ITA- Oct 26
AOR- Nov 18
BIL/MIL- Jan 26
Biometrics completed- Feb 13
Medical passed- Feb 19
Eligibility &BGV completed on tracker- Mar 12
Final decision- Mar 12
PPR- Mar 13
The visa office the PPR came from is RROC. I didn’t submit the cash salary certificate, only reference letter. Also, we were just working on opening dorm account to top up her POF since some people have been getting ADR but thankfully no ADR.

Goodluck to everyone still at the various stages.
Adios!

It is with great sadness that I announce the death of one of us, @kingkhalil after a battle with gastric cancer. He was a resident of Edmonton and is survived by his parents, wife and young children. May his soul rest in peace.

Clicked:
Hello everyone. I'm a bit confused. I have work experience as a medical laboratory technologist from September 2019 - January 2021 and I'm hoping for a healthcare draw before the year runs out.

I've been under the assumption that my 2020 experience can count towards the healthcare occupation draws since the year 2020 is in the last three years. But someone said the experience would start counting from this year backwards, meaning only experience from 2021 counts.

Can someone please confirm if this is true? If my experience in 2020 will not be considered.

This is December 2023 so 3 years ago is sometime in December 2020. By December 31 of this year, 2020 will no longer fall within the 3 years so no, you won’t meet the requirement of 6 months experience within the last 3 years

Llaye:
Hello everyone,

Please does anyone know of a Nigerian here who works with the Canadian Federal Government as a Permanent resident?

I ask because I know that to work with the FG as a non-citizen of Canada, a security clearance is required from your home country. And I recently learnt that the Nigerian govt never responds to the security clearance request. Someone I know says he was turned down at the interview stage when they learnt he's Nigerian and they gave him the reason "it's very difficult getting security clearance done for Nigerians" but this was many years ago.

I've tried to ask around and haven't been able to find anyone who knows a Nigerian who's successfully done it recently. Those I found had become Canadian citizens before getting into the FG jobs.

So I'm starting to believe the guys who say it may be a worthless venture applying to those roles as a PR with Nigerian citizenship. *phew

Don’t let anyone discourage you please. I am a PR, I I haven’t been in Canada for up to 3 years and I’ve been working with the FG for over 2 years. When it was time for security clearance, I didn’t have to do anything other than fill a form. It took about 2 months for my clearance to be issued, it wasn’t a big deal at all.

Arostar2023:
Hello guys, I am trying to book an Upfront medical for my daughter and I on the IOM website. But the application form won't let me proceed further as it is asking me to fill my IME, which I don't have for obvious reasons. How can I get pass this stage?

You can’t. IRCC no longer requires upfront medical, they’ll ask for it when they need it and the medical request will include IME.

Izen:
Guys please I am in a fix. I just got an email from Ontario that they want to nominate me but can't find my EE profile. They got a "No longer available for nomination - Others"

They said it could be for any of these reasons;

Received an Invitation to Apply from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC); or
Have a pending nomination from another province or territory; or
Removed Ontario as a province of destination in your Express Entry profile.

Point 1 & 2 don't apply to me and I am sure I picked Ontario as one of the provinces I want to reside in. They said if this is the case, I have to update my profile and choose Ontario but I don't even know how to do this. I have scanned the entire website and can't find a way to check or fix this. For context, this profile is different from the one Ontario sent my ITA to, the previous one expired.

Has anyone else experienced this?

My status now shows "awaiting information" and I have less than 72 hours to fix this, please help.

Did you ever provide ON with your new profile number? They may be trying to nominate on the expired profile that’s no longer valid. Send them your new profile details via their email if they don’t already have it

Ifywhyteman:
I greet you all. Have a quick question. Is it true that IRCC is no longer accepting fixed deposits certificates from Microfinance banks as POF?

Don’t know IRCC’s stand on this but we’re all aware this is how most arrangee POF are presented and considering how both those offering and looking for this service are loud about it on social media, its only a matter of time before it casts.

kad199:
Abeg what does this embassy suspension of operation mean for those of us that has been booked for biometric

Its the Nigerian high commission in Abuja that was closed. Biometrics is done with VFS so carry on

My sister got ITA in the recent healthcare draw and she’s ready to submit, all documents readily available as same was submitted for OINP just last month. Thankfully OINP was still in submitted status despite having submitted over a month ago so $1,500 no waste. Anyway, she has a cash job and got a salary certificate for OINP, her reference letter meets IRCC standards so I’m contemplating submitting that alone and not unnecessary complicating the application since IRCC doesn’t ask for proof of compensation. However, from reading this thread, it appears its not uncommon for IRCC to send ADR for proof of income.

tshtsh:
The shameless man put up the apartment on kijiji for rent a few weeks ago. He packaged the ad as renting a room in the condo as opposed to renting the whole condo. I’m still learning the robes here (16 months after). Thanks for the information

Renting can be so stressful, I saw shege with landlords but thankfully I don’t rent anymore. Most will try to one up you especially as an immigrant cos they feel you don’t know what’s up. There’s an Ontario tenant rights group on FB that can help you understand your rights and responsibilities.

tshtsh:
Towards the end of my lease the landlord sent me an eviction notice under the guise that his son was moving into the unit. I was scared of the rental market due to my previous experience. The landlord later called me to share the condo with his son (its a 2-bed condo) which I rejected because I furnished the apartment fully and didn't think it was a good deal. He offered to reduce the rent but I said no to him and stopped paying him because he was holding my $6,000 in deposit (last three months rent)

Just wanted to point out incase you’re not aware that your landlord owes you one months rent as compensation for evicting you for personal use. Also, if he ends up re-renting the place within a year of you leaving, you can get much more up to a year’s rent sef. Had similar issues with a previous landlord and when they saw that I was very familiar with the RTA and knew my rights, they paid me my dues.

Who knows the going rate for preparing a gift deed? Is it typical for lawyers to charge a % of the gift? I’m not trying to be cheap but I also don’t want to be obtained. The rates I’ve been quoted seem excessive.

AyabaS:
Does cash salary certificate meet this requirement?
‘letter(s) from employer(s) confirming your annual salary/hourly wage. These letters must explain why documentation to verify compensation for work performed is not available‘.

OINP requires proof of compensation in addition to ref letter but my sister’s job is paid in cash so no payslip etc. She’s already collected her ref letter and cash salary certificate.

Ejor o, who don do OINP with cash salary before? That’s the only proof or compensation available and C$1500 application fee is too much to waste if it’ll end in a rejection.

Does cash salary certificate meet this requirement?
‘letter(s) from employer(s) confirming your annual salary/hourly wage. These letters must explain why documentation to verify compensation for work performed is not available‘.

OINP requires proof of compensation in addition to ref letter but my sister’s job is paid in cash so no payslip etc. She’s already collected her ref letter and cash salary certificate.

GraciousWords:
I've been wondering this myself and I'm not sure of the answer TBH. In one breath, they say minimum requirement is 6 months but on the other hand they say you have to have qualified for FSW, FST or CEC to be eligible and FSW requires 1 year continuous. So my conclusion is that if she has 6 months in a healthcare NOC which is her primary NOC and at least 1 year continuous in another then she may be fine.... I'm not 100% sure of this though since under normal circumstances the thinking was that the 1 yr continuousneeded to be in your primary NOC. If she is already at 10 months on the healthcare NOC, then she can just wait 2 more months to be safer in that NOC.

This is exactly what I’m concerned about. She’s closer to 11 months so I’ll just tell her to use the NOC and take the ITA if it comes but not to submit the application till the 1 year mark. It’ll probably take that long to put the application together anyway. Thanks for your help.

GraciousWords:
Your sis suppose don get ITA. Please let her read:

page 1 post 3 to be convinced about using her healthcare NOC if she performed the duties

page 1 FAQ 19 for cash salary payment

BTW I'm doing giveaway....10k (Naira not CAD) for every question posted here, if the answer is NOT on page 1. Flip side..... I'll be collecting 100k (CAD not Naira) if we find the answer there! ....edited....

Thank you so much. To clarify, I presume she’ll need to make the healthcare NOC her primary NOC. It doesn’t matter that she doesn’t have up to a year in that job since the criteria is just 6 months? She already has over 3 years experience in a different NOC

My sis has been working as a lab assistant in a private medical lab for the past 10 months and I see that it’s eligible for the new category based draws. She’s currently in the pool with a CRS of 480 which isn’t enough these days. She’s hesitant to use this noc because she has no healthcare background, her degree is in industrial chemistry, her prior work experience is teaching and she did ACCA F1-3 to get points for 2 degrees. She has been learning on the job and it’s a small lab so she’s being paid in cash. She’s not sure how to proceed and I don’t even know what to advice her sef

Wsx2:
I am in canada don’t let anyone deceive it’s not easy in canada. Don’t go by word of mouth I live here for now. 80 percent of residence here earns just between 40k to 45k cad per annum.
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Haba! that is a huge exaggeration. There’s probably a decent number of people earning in that range but not 80%. I agree that Canada is an expensive country, the cost of living is insane. I’ve never lived in UK so can’t offer any insights there but I have several friends there on work permits and study visa and they are all on this Canada waka so something is obviously missing that is spurring them on to still pursue Canada.

Jofree:
Can you please share the link used to apply for the extension
Thank you

There is no option to apply for visitor record on the new portal so I used GC key i.e the regular old portal

My mum came in January on a visit visa and she was stamped in for 6 months, I applied for a visitor record in June to extend her stay to a year. I received a medical request letter 2 days ago and the letter said she has 30 days to complete the exam failing which a decision will be made on her application. I’ve now just received an approval for the application and her length of stay has been extended. Her profile shows the application as approved but the profile still shows that a medical exam was requested. Question is does she still need to do the medical exam since her application has been approved?

thelma76:
Also very confused. If anyone has seen theirs, please show us the way

It’s online now, my sister just checked hers

NuCypher:
Cool. At least you’ve gotten rid of the illusion that Twitter is for “other” conversations and Nairaland is for the one that suits you. That’s some progress for your simple mind. I take credit. Now I can go right back to other things, including dumping their a.ss while you watch like the simpleton you are, lol.

I have no care in the world what your opinions are of my opinions. I’ll have a field day and more.

And the pig takes pleasure in knowing he lacks the bandwidth to be a better person. Pfft, enjoy the cesspool.

NuCypher:
When did Nairaland stop being a social website or any less better than Twitter in having conversations?
Opinions are expressed on social websites and everyone should have a field day having some. There is no one corner of the internet any more restricted than the other. Deal with it.

Whether in person or on social forums, opinions can be expressed with some decency. At the very least, have your field day without being a condescending douchebag. When you’re done running amok on the thread, I hope that you have other things going on in your life to return to.

NuCypher:
Dude, Broad, Shim or whatever you are, stop being naive. We know more than you are letting out. We have evidences of their several nights of sorrowful cries, incessant weeping, uncontrollable tears, etc. We also see hundreds of pages of their YouTube videos where it is clearly evident that loneliness is tearing through their hearts. We know that they'd give anything to be with a man who isn't even working or who earns peanuts, as long as he gives it to them furiously in the other room.

Common, what is this vitriol. I expect better quality of discussion on this forum. If we want to engage in bitter gender wars, there’s twitter for that biko , let’s keep this place safe and sane.

ednut1:
the thing weak my soul. I settled for CIA usa, heard some people are doing CPA new york. There are not enough new cpas in the country since they blocked the ACCA route. Keep applying for jobs regardless of the CPA. You only need one offer.

Thanks jare. I kuku already have a job, just that I’ll eventually need a professional designation to advance to the level I aspire to. My employer reimburses the exam fees anyway, na to read book be the problem. Back when I was dusting ICAN in one sitting, I was a single young professional and had all the time in the world, husband and pickin don enter the equation now, the matter just tire me.

Anyone here going through the foreign trained accountant route to CPA? I’ve read the website back to back and know the requirements and all that but would love to relate with someone already going through the program or intends to. I have a B.Sc in Accounting and ICAN but I’d not yet completed ACCA when the MOU expired. The thought of going through exams again and the cost is just making me weak but sadly, it is what it is.

Back to my initial question, anyone here? Let’s reason together Biko. I’m in Ontario

okesuku:
Good day and congratulations to everyone who have gotten PPR.

Please I would like to know ..If a male applicant gets married after AOR, does the female have do a new passport to change her last name on her existing passport to the man's last name before she can do medicals and PCC ? Or can she use her existing passport. Does IRCC need to see passport with same last names.

Thanks in advance for you response

The female doesn’t have to do anything with her name or change any documents. Opting to change is a personal preference, there is no law/ regulation requiring it. It’s even illegal in some places. IRCC certainly doesn’t care, a marriage certificate is all that’s needed.

Source? I’m married, didn’t change my name and I’m a PR