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You can’t do one way on a visitor visa. The point of the visa is you are visiting. There should be evidence of your returning even if you aren’t

Emmasonic4me:
Has anyone here travelled with kids with visitor's Visa on a one-way ticket before?

SOWP for spouse is okay but the airline said kid of 2 yrs with visitor's Visa will have to buy a return ticket.

Is that the same experience here or there's anything I need to know/do?

You can’t do one way on a visitor visa. The point of the visa is you are visiting. There should be evidence of your returning even if you aren’t

Has anyone here travelled with kids with visitor's Visa on a one-way ticket before?

SOWP for spouse is okay but the airline said kid of 2 yrs with visitor's Visa will have to buy a return ticket.

Is that the same experience here or there's anything I need to know/do?[/quote]

[God be praisedquote author=Emmasonic4me post=113932242]

Modified: Oh...I didn't notice the year was 2021.

Congratulations though. Thank God it turned out to be positive.[/quote]

I applied last year oh. It’s one year and a month now

Emmasonic4me:
SOWP applications are seriously getting attention now especially people that applied recently. This is pretty fast.

Congratulations!!!

You do not lie, you do not fail, what is hard for you to do it doesn’t exist oh, it can newer never exist oh. God be praised

I should assume so. But mine was a solo application.

skull4eva:
Please can someone add kids to the application for visit for spouse because i am also rhinking to apply for visit for my spouse and kids as soon as possible.

Thank you. May the joy spread around

jogojogo:
Congratulations!!!
I like the news

Not withdrawn. Checked again today. Background check still ongoing. No review of eligibility however

skull4eva:
Congratulations please can i send you a mail to make more inquiries? What now happened to the sowp? Is it still in process or it has been withdrawn?

Not withdrawn oh. Still in process

I applied for sowp in may 2021. Background checks going on since last year. With frustration I applied for visiting in January this year. I just got approval for VV today

Thank you. God bless

technix:
Hi,

Since they are US citizens, I will advise you wait till they get to the port of entry, and they can just get their visitor record (that can be used to study). And if you still want study permit for them, you can apply at the port of entry too.

Hello people , may we all find Favour in this journey of ours. Pls help me out someone. How do I add a study permit application for two kids to an sowp application already in process. Is it possible. I only filled family information for my kids on my own application because I used their US passport. Is it still possible to apply for study permits for them and link to my application. They are 7 and 4 years. God bless . Thanks

Congratulations. May the blessings spread around and may your family find Favour in this new journey.

Akannitommy:
FINAL PPR ALERT, it has ended in massive praises! Alhamdulilah!!

We received PPR for the remaining members of my family earlier today and also got a travel restriction exemption authorization approval for my 2 year old son. After we waited for two weeks after the first set of PPR for my daughters, we decided to send their passports on Monday to Abuja. We did to avoid the pitfall of missing 30-days deadline for submitting passports. The passports were delivered on Wednesday due to Tuesday holiday. Counterfoil for the girls were updated on the portal Friday and DHL picked up stamped passport same day - tracking shows it is en-route to Lagos. We woke up to receive PPR for my wife and son this morning, as well as a travel authorization for ONLY our son - since he applied for visitor and we also applied for the travel restriction exemption twice. The letter of introduction for the girls dropped too.

We are juggling many things right now and the logistics are crazy. I pray that everyone waiting for their PPR gets it soonest. I understand what you all are going through because I was in the same boat for over 5 months and I not unaware that several more have been waiting longer. Hang in there, be hopeful. Your time will come very soon. It has finally ended in praises. Many thanks to everyone who rendered assistance in one way or another on this platform in this journey. You are all too many to list but you know thy selves and the Almighty God know you even more. Your rewards will be in multi-folds and bountiful. Also, I am grateful for the emotional support everyone provided all through the process.

Again, it has ended in praises!! Alhamdulilah!!

See updated timeline below:

15th May - Application submission with upfront medicals for 3 out of 4 (All 3 had April 2021 passport expiry dates)
19th May - Medicals for Spouse and two kids (student permits) updated to passed
25th May - Wife completed bio-metric while kids didn't due to minor ages
3 months - Nothing; not even ghost update. Focused on passport renewal process and NIN reconciliation wahala.
18th August - Sent Nairobi inquiry email and got normal auto-response immediately
19th August - Nairobi replied my inquiry saying the usual stuff - under active review & unable to say when to finalize
19th August - Applied for GCMS notes for all
26th August - Applied for written travel authorization exemption (WTRE) for all
4th September - Emailed MP office covering my residential area
5th September - Emailed MP office covering my school area
8th September - Senior Advisor (staff) to MP covering my house replied - " I should reach out in 2 weeks if I haven’t received anything......."
9th September - Eligibility review commenced -- no ghost update - just random login and saw it
10th September - Received medical request for 2 year old son (who didn't do upfront medical since it was visitor visa for him).
10th September - 3 emails responses per travel authorization application - one shows son's WTRE is authorized & others tagged "courtesy"
17th September - Completed son's medical exam and uploaded result via webform and emails to Nairobi - no reply.
26th September - Son's medical updated to passed
6th October - Received PPR for daughters' study permit applications.
18th October - Sent daughters' passports to Abuja using DHL return service

18th October - Same day after I had sent 2 passports, the MP's office replied my umpteenth inquiry saying that "regarding the progress of requests, they are all linked and processed together. Verification of eligibility and medical results was accepted. The next step concerns the final decision which must be rendered (we do not have the date). Regarding your second question, I spoke with an IRCC agent who told me that you could send the 4 passports together by putting an explanatory letter explaining that it is easier financially and logistically to do like this and there shouldn't be any problem, but don't hang around in sending passports."

18th October - I replied MP's office that I had sent 2 passports and that I wouldn't want to risk sending all four because am not sure someone won't mix things up just because there was not PPR for 2 of the passports. In my experience, most people who work in customer service etc behave like robots lacking latitude to apply discretion in sensitive or unfamiliar situation. I didn't want anyone to use me as experiment.

22nd October - Daughters' profile showed counterfoil have been issued - visa stamped - expiry date is 4 months earlier than my own expiry date. No problem because that is valid for 2 years essentially.

23rd October - PPR for my wife and son dropped along with travel restriction exemption approval for my son & the girl's letter of intro.

The grace and joy shall go round by the special grace of God Almighty.

Please would they do medicals too even without applications in progress as theirs is tied to mine. I have actually booked for medicals for all of us but I’m worried since I’m the only one with UCI and App ID

Akannitommy:
Hi,

Earlier in the year I remember speaking to someone who brought her US citizen kids with her and they got study permits (or landing records --- not sure again) at the POE. I have a US citizen child too but was confused so I asked the immigration lawyer/expert attached to my university international student office for advice. She said my child needs a study permit as long as she is not a Canadian citizen and told me to add them to the SOWP application package which I did. As noted earlier we already got PPR for this child along her sibling who is Nigerian born. But note that we used her Nigerian passport in the application but also added copies of the US passport and birth certificate in the application.

I can only comment on what I have gone through and to a lower extent what I have heard from those went through such. Even when I knew the child could travel with her US passport, I still went ahead to apply for study permit. I am not advising you to chose any of these options but to provide information I have and then let you make your own decision.

Best wishes!

Thanks. God bless you. I already applied but I used their Us passports and the application was only for me. Serious crossroads.

Akannitommy:
Hi,

Earlier in the year I remember speaking to someone who brought her US citizen kids with her and they got study permits (or landing records --- not sure again) at the POE. I have a US citizen child too but was confused so I asked the immigration lawyer/expert attached to my university international student office for advice. She said my child needs a study permit as long as she is not a Canadian citizen and told me to add them to the SOWP application package which I did. As noted earlier we already got PPR for this child along her sibling who is Nigerian born. But note that we used her Nigerian passport in the application but also added copies of the US passport and birth certificate in the application.

I can only comment on what I have gone through and to a lower extent what I have heard from those went through such. Even when I knew the child could travel with her US passport, I still went ahead to apply for study permit. I am not advising you to chose any of these options but to provide information I have and then let you make your own decision.

Best wishes!

Pls I applied for open work permit. My two kids are American citizens do I have to apply for them too . Thanks

October mum here. Emphasis on Chicago area. Can we talk. I don't know how to do the pm thingy. Thanks

favouredmum:
Good morning House,

Any October/November mum in the house looking at Houston, Chicago and Kansas can pls reach out to me.

Had my first child in 2015 and used OBMC and Dr. E.

Looking to explore a different state this time around but then again accommodation is another issue here.

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Not only the opium of the masses, also the opium of the stupid- Religion

My gateman (aboki) has nine children and his wife is currently preggers. Me that he opens the gate for has one.

Surpass away. It's urs to ace. G luck

sirnicson:
This is my target to surpass. I can get a Band 9.... I know no other language than English. Cant even speak nor write Yoruba or Igbo.

@solitin40 pls help

Bioboy1213:
bro please kindly hlp with the material am an intending candidate my email biola.ogundele@yahoo.com thanks and God bless

If everyone that's quick to Judge or identify ulterior motivasi in this proces will do one tenth of this maybe we wont have 5thousand Women on queue for handouts. Are we so jaded or deadened of mind and character that we can't appreciate the good in anything. Naija! I bow sha

My transcript got to Wes within one week of applying . It was easy because I had collected transcript before for pg. as per verification, it was over 2 weeks because according to d school their Internet system was down. Pm for a contact if u like.

jugzy:
Hello Guys. Please has anyone done the ECA from UNAD? If yes, how long did the process take?

Listening- be super focused
Reading- be super careful
Writing- be super coordinated
If u believe in God- be super prayerful
If u have study materials- be a super "revisionist"
Good luck and thanks

primeson1:
Congrats... Any tip for intending candidates?

Oh so I got the results eventually.
Listening: 8.0
Reading: 8.0
Writing: 7.5
Speaking: 8.0
Overall: 8.0

aykanbi:
Trying to check my results oh. No results found. Does that mean it has not been uploaded or something else

Trying to check my results oh. No results found. Does that mean it has not been uploaded or something else

Thanks

dupyshoo:
You will need your ECA reference number before you can submit your profile. You can create your profile and leave the ECA reference no blank until your ECA is done. Once you get your ref. no, fill it in and submit your profile.

Hello house. Pls do I have to wait and get my credentials assessed before creating EE profile. It's at the awaiting documents verification stage with Wes. I already wrote ielts. Thanks

Our bomb distributor. Congrats

Solitin40:
very happy overall 7.5
d school want 5.5 o happy day

Good one there. Congrats

alphanuvo:
My Academic IELTS test result;
Listening - 8.0
Reading - 8.5
Writing - 6.0
Speaking - 7.5

Overall: 7.5

The US University i applied to requires a minimum Overall Band Score of 6.5
So I'm good to go!!!!

Thanks Guys..... @Solitin40, @omoomoba, @Painpill

I wrote on the 20th. I heard it takes 13 days for the results to come out

alphanuvo:
@aykanbi: I'm also anxiously waiting for my result. The tension is palpable. Actually the result date is March 2nd.

Thanks

JesusDWay:
No you cant. If you were married before entering the EE Pool and subsequently got ITA and you didn't disclose you are married, you have misrepresented and it can earn you a 5year ban from Canada. Even if you got married after you were in the EE Pool but before getting ITA, you still cant add your spouse, you have to decline the ITA and let your spouse write IELTS as well and possibly do WES in addition to jerk up your score to the level where you can get ITA again