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wayaa007:
You know there's this questionaire they give you at vfs, asking you why Canada, why the school, and bla bla...I think that's what he's asking of

Yes i know, although i was not given at the VAC, i heard they sold it for 1k then.....but that questionnaire is on the last two pages of the Study Permit Guide for Nigeria.
Well except there's a new system now that i dont know about sha.

lucaschase:
Hello,
1.Please can I get the study permit questionnaire form, or the link to download it. Can't seem to find it.

2.Also, if my sponsor fixes(Fixed Deposit) the money in his account after I have printed the statement with the money intact, will it appear as a red flag when the VO's confirm the account statement?
Thanks

@wayaa007,@Nadia94,@temzybabe,@ayooluwatoni,@all

1. Study permit questionnaire is the last 2 pages of the study permit guide. You should get the study permit guide on cic site along with the application kit.

2. No it won't be a red flag. CIC cannot know how much you have in your account, they can only ask if the soa was fake or was doctored. Besides, people use a fixed deposit account as proof of funds.....i think we've had some people who did that here, and they got their trvs

Governoryomi:
Are you suggesting that not paying for the tuition fee, even when the admission is conditional, won't reduce one's chances of getting trv. Juxtapose please!

Now i don't know where you stand. If you already submitted your application before paying tuition, how do you show proof that you paid to CIC?

If your admission is conditional upon paying tuition, and the deadline for tuition fee payment is not close, then i see no reason why you should pay before applying for study permit. It will only be a problem if you didn't pay your tuition by the time you're at the point of entry. But if the deadline was close, then you'd just have to pay.
For instance if the deadline was August and you submitted your application in may or June, I see no reason why you should pay. But if the deadline was may 1 and you're submitting your app on may 2nd, then you may want to show proof that you met that condition.

**Fact***
1. CIC discourages making any financial commitment without a positive visa app outcome

2. CIC says, an Applicant with a conditional admission letter must show proof that s/he has or will meet the the admission conditions.

So if your deadline was July, and you submitted a SoA which holds the tuition fees when you submitted your app in May, then you would have successfully shown proof of meeting your admission condition.

My opinion though.

bolasie:
i have been a silent reader. i must say this is an information power room.
I just got admission for sept 2016 at durham college and i want to pay the 8kCAD deposit fee.

I have applied at cic yesterday and later headed to the bank to enquire about payment tru form A.

Was told i can only do through a current acct. i already submitter my savings acct abt 3.7m to embassy. if i transfer to current which i just opened today, by the time cic confirms my acct, wont that be a probs! guys what do u you think i can do?

2ndly, i have read about one payment option through PEF or something. i cant realy recall what i read the last time one guy was askiing about it.

Guys, i need an head up yrgently. kinldy assist!

To the best of my knowledge, embassy has no right to confirm your acct balance from any bank. It is also very unprofessional for any bank to release you accounting information to 3rd party, except with a court order. What banks do is they confirm if a statement originated from them and if the statement has been doctored or if it's fake. And that's what they report to embassies. So you shouldn't have issues transferring your money to another account.

But if i may ask, why do you wanna pay tuition without knowing outcome of your app? I personally dont think it's a good idea.

Abbeybim:
Please guys, i need your advise.
I have B.Sc Business Adm 2.2 and MBA Financial Management both in Nigeria University having more than 10 years banking experience, married with two children and i intend to apply for PGD in International Business self sponsor. But my wife interested in same course with Bsc Accounting and working as well. Should i allow her to go for the course and i be the sponsor.

Kindly advise.

If your wife studied Accounting, and now wanna come for the PGD, it's cool. But i think you're a red flag already, because of your Masters degree. And now you wanna go for a PGD....the progression doesn't seem right to me. It normally may not be an issue, but the season we are in right now is an abnormal one, and I dont think you need to complicate issues for yourself or your wife.
So i will advise you allow your wife apply, while you'll be her sponsor. You will not only serve as her sponsor but also a tie that she would return to Nigeria. Immediately she gets her trv, before leaving naija, you can also apply for a visiting visa to Canada....and since you have a job, i believe that wouldn't be difficult. When you get here, you may be able to submit your spousal work permit app from within canada or worse case do it in naija.
I will strongly recommend that both of you shouldn't apply. That will be a super red flag. And in fairness, your wife stands a better chance (if all she's got is just a Bsc and nothing more) than you do.

stephike1:
Hello ayooluwatoni thanks for the advice. I have been practising my career as a fashion designer . Besides my kids are now big that I can leave them with my mum and go to futher.??

Good! Just package it passionately and show proof you truly have a career. Be very convincing, do your best and then back it up with prayers. I believe CIC dont have a general rule for all applicants, and each application is treated differently.

I wish you God's best

SKINNYBADGUY:
My school resumes tomorrow 27th still no news from CIC yet. I did upfront medical and no update since then. Please do we have any february applicant that has gotten TRV with PGD? I submitted through online route on february 13th

Put your trust in God. It's never late and God's plan for you will surely come to pass......besides most schools allow up to two weeks after official resumption date. So keep the faith and never lose hope

hayqinsbFX:
What can a man do...
Anything for your future queen, prince and princesses

It is well bro. God will make way and favour you IJN.
I'm trusting God she will also come here by September by God's grace.
Thanks for asking

sholay2011:
I'm at UofM, Winnipeg. Just finished exams oh. Where are you at bro?

May the TRV applicants on this thread find favour in VO's sight. Amen.

I dey Alberta o, Saint Paul precisely. Winnipeg far o. This permit has now turned to Gold. Just too tough now. Gone are the days when you get med call within 2 weeks and get trv within 5 weeks. What didn't matter before is now a big deal. May God favour all applicants on this Thread.

hayqinsbFX:
Paper route just be like express DHL while online be like NIPOST...

Na Online come dey pay more....
Sighs

@Ak i admire your persistent and i believe there's a way God rewards those that are persistent. I pray you receive favour IJN.

sholay2011:
Mr man...how you dey?

And yes, Canada is actually worth the stress. My visa app also got to a point that I was like what the heck is special about schooling abroad or travelling to Canada.

Well, I have seen the difference.

Bros i gentle o. I say make i check my people here again......o tojo meta.
Where are you @?
I was almost giving it up too for Australia or UK or some where else.....but I just felt, i'm not gonna give up.....now the persistent has indeed paid off.

MsLee:
Hello House,

Am new at this thread. Please i need urgent reply. I'm filling my study permit form and i have few questions...Please see questions below

1. Is it compulsory to have a sponsor? (cos the form says you must have at least $10,000 CAD in my account which i do and i have paid my tuition fee)

2. My sponsor is not a family member, how do i proof relationship?

3. What's the minimum amount that can be in my sponsor's account?

4. They are requesting for birth certificate for each family member.... i find this very unnecessary

Thank you

1. We've had on this thread those that sponsored themselves and they got their trv. But what worked for Mr AB may necessary not work for Mr BA, even though they both have A and B. So my candid advice, get a sponsor in addition to what you have in your account.

2. You dont have to worry yourself about this. Just believe in your heart he's your Uncle or S/he's your Aunt, and claim that in your app. Let s/he also claim you as nephew or niece. After all, culturally we were brought up to see any one older that us as our uncle or aunt or father or mother....lol... you just need to write a very good sponsorship letter.

3. That depends on your tuition and the duration of your program. If it's just a year masters with tuition of less than 10k cad, i'd say 5 to 8m.

4. It is NOT NECESSARY at all. I guess the officer that added that just took some wet weed when he prepared the guide. Anyway i didn't add that to my app sha.

And finally, I wish you God's best

Toluwaase:
Thank you very much everyone for helpful answers you have been providing.

I need to ask if I can apply for TRV with a passport that will expire in October for September term.

Secondly, I had a scholarship of 30,000 CAD/year which will cover my tuition and upkeep, and so far I have got an assurance from my cooperative that 2,000,000 Naira can be provided as loan apart from the money in my account? They are ready to back this up with a letter, Am I good to go with this for funding?

Or do I need to provide addition proof of fund to the embassy?

Hmmm, biko to be on a safe side, look for a sponsor and just use the sponsor's details.......the level of trust these people have for us has not gotten to that level

ayeyemi91:
Good morning everyone. Please I'll like to ask some questions on my visa application. I have just been admitted to Dalhousie University for my masters. I also have scholarship covering my tuition and living expenses. My question is on the requirement for bank statement as part of my visa application. I would like to know if I can use a corporate account for a company in which I am a Director or my Dad's personal account. Also, i would like to know how the amount that would be deemed sufficient. Thank you all.

Just use your dad's if there's sufficient funds in it. You actually shouldn't need to show any more proof of funds since you got a scholarship to cover all your expenses, but to just be on a safe side, you might wanna have a balance of say 5m.

TheDreamChaser:
Hi everyone,
What is your take on this https://www.nairaland.com/3064363/stop-laminating-certificates

Does Canada reject laminated school documents?

None that i've heard of. Probably because i didn't laminate any of my results/certificates.

STENON:
I have been reading this post and laughing repeatedly snc 3am till now...


Haba!!! After your Msc in Lies, Pls you Must proceed for your PhD in the faculty of telling lies o...



Jst Tell me that you posted this comment from sleep ...

Lol.... you actually can not blame him.....you don't know what he's going through......he may end up in Libya don't worry.

Guys, don't be discouraged!!! Trust me being in Canada is worth all these stress 10 times over.....if not for your sake, do for the sake of you kids and give them that dual citizenship.

bombman:
Trv denied for insufficient funds. How do I tackle this? I used my uncle as sponsor.I submitted his business account cad $ 50,000 and my personal account cad $ 3800. My total cost of tuition was 3700 annually (masters)

Did you submit his cac document? Co2 and co7 to show his shareholding in the company? Did he get a reference letter for you from his bank? How good was your sponsorship letter? Was it convincing enough?

You definitely got something wrong.

hayqinsbFX:
Baba @justwise
It is not a plus to have a family member in canada....for a student visa.....
You saying this means you do not understand the real concept of "family ties in canada and country of residence"
Hav u read @standupguys gcms notes.....(thats one among few others)

If for express entry or any other PR application then it is very much a plus.

For a student they want u to come an spend ur money and show that u wil go back...

For PR they want u to show u won't struggle or find it hard to settle...

As much as i think you're right, it is also not a minus. The thing is, i dont see a reason for anyone to declare s/he has a family in Canada except if the person is his/her sponsor or immediate family member whose details must be provided in the Family information form.

Mizbaby:
Pls I did not ask him to lie. In the family information form, if he does not wish to state where his brother works, he can decide to leave it blank. The VO is not interested in what will help him integrate fast. I did not lie in my application and will not advise anyone to. What I did was leave out any information that will not aid my application.

A colleague of mine applied the same time I did, the only difference between our cases was that his sponsor was his uncle in the US and he was denied. I've seen it in many other cases. Some people are lucky if they have very good home ties and employment in Nigeria it might not matter, but most are not so lucky.

If he was denied based on insufficient funds, that probably will be because the funds are neither in the applicant's country of residence nor destination. And not because his sponsor was in the US. The SOJ's sister had similar issue, her sponsor was in the US, and she was refused. But then she applied again, in the 2nd app her sponsor already transfered money required for 1 year tuition and living expenses to Canada, and at that time the funds available to her was already in her country of destination (Canada). She jejeli chop her trv with smile and joy......

So i think we all need to understand some of these reasons to avoid avoidable mistakes.

Mizbaby:
That shows that there is a high possibility of him staying back here. Besides the whole goal of the Canadian Educational System is to attract funds from abroad into Canada to boost their economy. They want money made abroad not money made in Canada.

Lol.... sorry ma, but the goal of Canadian education system is not to attract funds.....we're the ones coming to them and not the other way round. Besides they dont care where the money is coming from, they just want to be sure the money exist. If they want the mobey from outside, then they should also deny ppl on scholarship visa.....as some of these scholarships are funded with Government money.....

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rommyayo:
Hello house
Kindly help me out here. I have applied for study visa twice last year and all was refused. 1st- just only travel history and purpose of visit. 2nd- 8 counts charge (purpose of visit, travel history, length of stay, family ties, employment prospects in residing country, insufficient fund of all the 3 type there. All using online submission.
Now I want to apply again using paper submission for a 2yrs course against 4 yrs course before. Have travelled to dubai to clear travel history. My sponsor is still my brother who lives and work in Canada (a prof)
How else could I over come all these charges.
I want to apply first week in May. Please help out with relevant information. Thank you.

What is your profile? What program are you going for? What is your current level of education and when did you finish? What have you been doing since you completed your last program?

Your issues have more to do with your employment situation and relationship between what you studied and currently do, and what you intend to study here in Canada.
As for insufficient fund, the VO probably don't believe your sponsor would indeed sponsor you. You might want to tell him to save some money in your name or transfer some money to your account to show more commitment. Your sponsor being in Canada does not in any way limit ur chances, because funds available for your study could either be in your country of residence or destination.
Lastly on travel history, dont be too happy about Dubai, i honestly dont think it's regarded as travel history. It's not like you have a choice not to return to naija, or a visa stamp on ur passport. The good thing is that you dont need travel history to get Canada, countless ppl got it on a virgin passport. So i think you just need to tackle
1. Purpose of visit
2. Employment situation
3. Insufficient fund

stephike1:
Hello Nairalanders...good morning and happy weekend. wrote my waec in 2006 and 2007 to complete my result. Got into imt in 2008-2010 read fashion and designing, got my OND and went for my one year IT 2010 -2011. Then took a certificate course for one year (2012) in fashion business and got married and had my baby still in 2012 and had another baby in Oct 2013 and started working in may 2013 till date... now i got admission in fashion art advanced diploma 3yrs. Want to apply for my TRV what do you think about the my academic history and the course and my application?. Please house help a mate in need!!!

You stand a chance, but you need to passionately explain yourself to the Visa Officer. I don't believe there's a general rule, and each application is treated differently. But it will be tough, if you dont explain convincingly what you've been doing since 2011, and how that prevented you from furthering your education, till this time......of all times, when the economic situation of Nigeria is "better" to say the least.......

BTW, you didn't say what work you've been doing.

Mizbaby:
Ok good, so suggest a reason for denial based on purpose of visit, travel history, length of stay, family ties, employment prospects in residing country, insufficient fund of all the 3 type there. Also suggest a workable solution for him. ( He has tackled the travel history and length of stay now).

Usually, travel history, length of stay, and family ties are only used to garnish other reasons.....you hard would see any of these reasons stand alone. I mean u'll hardly see someone denied solely on any of these 3 reasons.

While i believe we all know what insufficient fund is. It simply means the VO does not believe an Applicant has enough funds or does not believe the sponsorship claim is genuine.
Purpose of visit basically has to do with an Applicant's program of study in Canada in relation to his academic or professional background. For instance, you studied biology in undergrad, and going for Msc in Economics. Also has to do with study gaps.
Finally employment situation means chances of an Applicant getting job in his country of residence is slim, hence his reason for traveling abroad.

None of these reasons have anything to do about having someone in Canada.

I also avoid disclosing information about my family members and friends in the country i'm applying to for visas, because of the fear that the VO might think i'm gonna abscond. And i also wont advise anyone to claim ties with ppl abroad while applying for visa, but if the person(s) is your immediate family....like your siblings or parents, you just MUST DECLARE them, else you will be lying and it sure will come back and hurt you later.

I stand to be corrected anyway.....

jigato:
Hello House,

I submit my Canadian Study Permit on the 31th of December 2015, and I did my biometric on d 4th of Jan, 2016. I haven't heard from CIC ever since. the last time I received an auto generated mail from them was Feb 2, telling me to check Mycic account for an update to my application, wen I checked Mycic account, there was no update and till this very moment there has not been any update. That Feb 2, mail was suppose to be my medical exam update cos I did upfront medicals but my medical exam status has not been updated till date. I sent several mails to them to lay my complain but non was replied and they still didn't update my medical exam.

This is the 14th week of my application and I still haven't received decision on my application nor medical exam update. online application is suppose to be treated within 10weeks but mine has exceeded the normal processing time and I still haven't heard from them concerning my case.

Please I need everyone's help on this issue, I don't know hw to go abt it anymore. Thanks for your anticipated help

Create a case enquiry.....they hardly reply mails.

Holu26:
I will suggest u apply for sept entry and once u get the admission, defer the admission till January.

Lol, smart thinker . But if a school does not have a start date for Winter for a particular program, you cannot defer your admission to that semester. So getting admission for fall and deferring to winter WILL NOT WORK (for programs with no start date for winter), you will only be allowed to defer to next fall......because the set of courses that would be taken in Winter would be those with prerequisites from previous fall semester. The only reason a school won't admit for Winter semester is because they have no start date for Winter.........
You can either widen your search or you settle for Fall Semester.....

Cheers

jaybmich:
I applied last year October tho, if I get in touch with one of their staff, won't he/or she still tell me about being eligible and no admission guarantee blah blah? Thanks for the message!

Depending on the school you're applying to, in most cases early application does not influence your chances of being accepted at all. Because most schools don't start processing until after deadline has passed.

Truth is MUN is about the cheapest or one of the cheapest in Ca, and hence becoming most applicants choice. I think the same goes for Saskatchewan too. Admission to these schools that used to be very easy couple of months back (because of their harsh weather) has become very competitive.

Three major factors i know determine admission are Referees' assessment, Statement of Purpose and GPA. As much as your result is an important factor, SOP and Referees' assessment are more important. No good school will accept an Applicant they have no adequate provision for. For instance, if you applied to a school to study Msc in say Mech. Engineering and you stated in your SOP u'd like to focus on "strength of materials", but the department has no supervisor with that interest, the school would rather not accept you.
So take your time to go through Supervisor' research interest and be sure there's at least one supervisor in your line of interest. Or just make your area of study very simple but MEANINGFUL and SENSE-MAKING

I will also suggest you write the program administrator or admission officer or Departmental/faculty officer, perhaps s/he could be kind enough to point out reasons why you were not accepted.

Finally, always check how competitive a program is, and compare with your result......and be very honest with yourself......

I wish you all the best

goldenmoore:
Hello house, I got admission into a college in canada for a postgraduate study and my LOA reads I should make a tuition deposit of 7400$.please how do I make this payment considering the time constraints and current CBN ban on forex?.Also must I make this payment before applying for my study permit?.thanks.

When is the deadline for your deposit payment? My candid opinion, if the deadline is at least 6 weeks, don't make any payment.

[quote author=odeloladf post=42336997][/quote]I agree. Don't be over anxious of tomorrow, tomorrow will take care of itself. Only make financial commitment when your visa is out. I also don't see CBN devaluing naira soon.

notasowie:
guildline , been to the website not sure if they offer post graduate diploma in human resource management

I don't know too, but I know they don't do so much of pgd programs.

notasowie:
plsss somebody should talk to me ,, I want to apply for the university of memorial who can put me 2ru?

Si what do you need?