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Flashing:
Goodmorning house,

Please somebody should direct me on how to get to IOM ikeja. I have been scheduled for medicals tomorrow. I will be going from Cele express. Please i need direction as i dont know my way around. Thanks

Use https://lara.ng/ the site is really good

ca12:
I can assist you.

Bro, how far ?
When you dey enter Calgary ?
And how far with accommodation ? Found a place yet ?

I just sent a PM, i have a question regarding UCalgary

Ayoola03:
The person in the best position to request for tuition receipt is the VO. In most cases, they dont request for your tuition receipt at the POE, I have never seen any cases of such tho, they only ask you questions to make sure you know where you are going to and your purpose in canada. But anyone who had similar experience can drop their inputs.

You actually took a risk by not paying at all before submitting your app bro, you can always request for a refund when you get to canada and can easily switch course/school afterwards.

Thank you.

I just read your posts and I saw you got full scholarship. I also studied Civil Engineering. I have an admit from UOttawa (MASc) which is a super expensive school and no funding. I want to know how you went about getting a supervisor and full funding.

PS: I know it's been like 3 years for you, but I'd really appreciate any tips or advice .

Also, Can I send you a PM ?? I'd like to ask you some questions concerning Civil Engineering career over there and how to survive MASc (I hear sey no be beans, especially with my limited research experience)

Thanks Ma'am.

BHA1234:
Hello guys, can one be asked for tuition receipt at the POE ?

If one hasn't paid yet, and the officer asks for reason(s); what are reasonable/convincing reasons for not paying tuition yet, considering school resumes in about a week or two ?

I'm planning to change school immediately I'm issued my student permit, that's why I haven't paid yet, but I can't tell this to the POE guy. So I just need better reasons in case I'm asked.

Thanks guys.

Hello guys, can one be asked for tuition receipt at the POE ?

If one hasn't paid yet, and the officer asks for reason(s); what are reasonable/convincing reasons for not paying tuition yet, considering school resumes in about a week or two ?

mzjokky16:
My application is exactly 7weeks today, no single update from cic aside from background check which has been in process since, i just dont want to have any reason to differ my admission to January.
this wait is too long, i check my cic page sometimes 5times a day, i just closed the page now self .
i am june 18th applicant.

Mine has passed 14 weeks o, and I resume this month self

Dera12345:
ORIGINAL PASSPORT REQUEST!!! (May applicant)

Experience is truly the best teacher, and my Canadian Sucess story made me believe the saying “EVERY DISAPPOINTMENT IS A BLESSING”!!! I know very well my story will motivate or strengthen some people never to give up in whatever that interests them, pursue it desperately like your life depends on it!! Yes I mean it.
Before I proceed, below is my timeline.

Online Application (2nd Application)
Submitted May 9th (10:57pm)
Upfront medicals passed on 11th June
Correspondence letter (today by 10:12am)
Original passport request (today by 10:32am)

This experience is my most difficult experience in life so far, I have always thought I can have anything I want in life but this Canada journey taught me that “Human beings can make any plans they want, but it’s God that decides their Sucess or failure”. I don’t even know where to begin from, but only God, Myself and @frankrobbn1 can tell my tragedy-comedy story.

So exactly a year today 20th June 2018, I submitted a paper route application and It was refused within 4weeks based on family ties, purpose of visit , personal assets and financial assets. Meanwhile, I have a Bsc in Biochemistry with overall CGPA 4.15 and last two year CGPA 4.71 , going for 2year diploma, paid tution fee $8,880cad.
when I received my refusal letter, I cried that very day like never before and till date my first refusal date 18th July,2018 still remains the worst day of my life, and the agent my parents used was just after money. After crying, knowing how bad i needed to leave this country I woke from my comfort zone and began my personal research, this was how I came across this wonderful forum and started reading up!

Through this wonderful platform I met an angel in human form, a motivator, my soulmate and my support system @frankrobbn1, may God bless you richly for me. Frank took his time to explain the errors in my application starting from advising me to secure a masters admission and that is nearly impossible to convince a VO on why diploma and not masters considering my high Gp, and secondly that my application is as empty as anything, I didn’t even submit my family’s information, no assets declared, no employment evidence and so on.

So I began my admission hunt and the devil started his work. Almost all the schools offering my course/ or related course requires a supervisor , and you know how difficult securing a supervisor can be. Some schools I contacted will tell me pump and play that I must identify a supervisor before applying while some will tell me to apply that they will assign me a supervisor once am admitted! I fell to their tricks and lost my application fee, I also tried contacting supervisors all kept turning me down. I kept sending countless mails to different supervisors in different universities all to no avail, some would always come up late with their negative mails of not having space in their lab while some will totally ignore me. I got feed up and I decided to stop sending mails but to call them on phone at least to get a straight forward response rather than waiting for their response that takes weeks and at the end must be negative. I made it as one of my daily activities to call at least 10 supervisors daily, and I did this for months!!! Even the ones that later accepted to supervise me though without funding just all of a sudden will deny even knowing me after I have submitted my application hoping I have secured a supervisor.

In general, I applied to 6 different universities in a space of 8months and all turned me down. I kept asking myself who did I offend? who is after my progress? Through this same wonderful forum I met a very nice fellow @agronat. Immediately he posted about him securing a masters admission with funding, i pm him to put me through, and that was how I realized the vital points/information missing out in my application and the reasons behind my refusals regardless of my high scores. And today am glad that my finally attempt landed me a [b]full fulled scholarship worth $38,076CAD at BROCK UNIVERSITY ONTARIO , 2 years MSc in Biotechnology. [/b] Big thanks to @frankrobbn1 for recommending Brock University to me. I nearly craze that day (April 18th, 2019)!!! NB: the scholarship covers my tution and living expenses with extra left, I was also guaranteed a graduate assistantship position. Isn’t God great? This was when I realized that God was preparing something greater for me.

Fast forward to my visa application, guru @frankrobbn1 finished work.. I personally wrote my SOP and LOE, but when frank was done reviewing it I couldn’t recognize my LOE and SOP .. lol, he reconstructed it and was even using the VO’s terms to address every issue. He sold me well and also left the Change for the Visa officer to keep. I can’t thank you enough.., even after I submitted my visa application he took me to a church where I was given 4 days dry fasting and prayers (something I have never done in my life). I’m not the churchious type but this journey brought me closer to God and will forever remain grateful. I will be traveling to lagos next week to submit my passport and at the same time celebrate this wonderful journey that ended well. Seriously my sleep tonight will be very special after one year of dreaming of CANADA �� Lol, and to @justwise thanks for making this platform possible.

Below are the list of documents I submitted with my application:
Father sponsor.

All CIC FORMS
MY PASSPORT DATA PAGE
DIGITAL PASSPORT
UPFRONT MEDICALS
CLIENT INFORMATION;
•LOE
•SOP
•CV
•A reference letter from my supervisor
•Degree Certificate
•Degree Transcripts
•NYSC Posting letter
•NYSC Certificate
•My birth certificate
•WAEC result
•Employment letter (Written by frank , signed by my employer)
•Study leave approval letter (Written by frank , signed by my employer)
•work ID CARD
•police clearance certificate
•Picture with my parents
•HSSE professional Certificate (levels 1,2 and 3)
• social club reference letter (Written by frank)
•Deed of Gift of a four story building with a penthouse on top from Dad( Drafted by a senior advocate of Nigeria), I did the deed of gift before my application but it was back dated!
•My parent’s marriage certificate
•My family 25th marriage silver jubilee calendar as far back as 2008 . (Showing a portrait of all my siblings and my parents in the center) I was only 12years old then but I added it because we don’t have family picture.
•Siblings birth certificate
•Reference letter from my dad company stating I am one of the directors of his company existing for more than 30years now.
• My ID CARD showing am a director

PROOF OF MEANS OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT
•My full funding unconditional acceptance letter
•Affidavit of sponsorship (Drafted by frank, signed by Dad and notary public )
•Letter of sponsorship (Written by frank , signed by Dad)
•Board of resolution letter
•Dad’s international passport data page
•Dad’s Statement of account ( Bal: #113,000,000 inflow- 440M outflow-375M)
•My Personal savings acc. About eight something!
• My Dom account statement (I explained that regardless of my full funding, my father transferred the sum of $10,000Cad for my flight itinerary and other miscellaneous expenses that might rise)
•Dad’s CAC
•Dad’s company particulars of directors (showing my name as one of the directors)
•Dad’s company memorandum of association
• proof of his company shares in all my siblings name and also my mum
•Dad’s landed property, evaluation report and survey plan( I included two building, one rented and one personal building), AND three empty lands under construction)

Even though I know my application is a little bit tight, I still handed it over to God because I have seen better applications refused, or the acceptance quota being reached as rumored on the forum,I said to God that they will bang the door when it’s my time to enter, I prayed against errors which can come from the VO leading to common refusals, lol, I prayed against bad mood on the head of the VO handling my application. Prayer is the Key.

I wish all TRV hopefuls SUCCESS!!!

I'm really interested in the bolded, I just sent you a PM, all my efforts to get supervisor or funding have not been fruitful, already applied to about 4 schools and my academic standing isnt bad at all. Any help or advice will be uber appreciated.

JustMellow:
Before updating your gckey account with the new admission letter, you have to first solicit from the said school A. The principal player in school switch is the intended (first) school and not IRCC. You can't have to valid (open) status in two schools, its either terminated or transferred. If the switch happens after school's resumption, some schools might demand you to transfer after the 1st semester, then subtract the fees of the classes receievd out of the total fees you've paid which the balance with be transferred along with your grades to the new school. In the sense were you resume before the resumption date, you might either be charge a fee for keeping the seat vacant and you might not need to take the 1st semester.

Irrespective of the easy change of DLI from the gckey account, the school must be alerted first before the change. There is no worries, just give substantial reasons to the effect of why the switch.

BTW the switch won't affect your future PGWP or PR ambition.

Good luck!

Thank you boss

ralfudoh:
Did you make any payment to the school that will warrant you to request for a refund? If no, then you owe the school nothing bro. Even after payment, you have the right to walk away and request for your refund. But ensure you enrol into another school and notify CIC so it doesn't affect you when you want to apply for your PGWP (post graduate work permit)

Thank you, I'm grateful boss.

ralfudoh:
This isn't a problem. Obtain your study permit, fly to Canada, use school A admission letter to clear at point of entry. When you are inside Canada you can now update CIC via your MyCIC account of DLI change. This will save you a lot of stress and questions at the POE.

Thank you boss.

That was my thought initially (and I think according to CIC portal), but two different guys I confided in said, I'd have to visit school A and request a termination or withdrawal of admission before proceeding to school B and most times the school will require me to spend a semester before transferring.

Please is this something you've done before, or do you know anyone who has done it ?

I just want to be 100% sure it's sane to ghost school A, change school through MyCIC portal and proceed to school B without repercussions (like when trying to get study Permit extension or trying to get PR).

Thank you.

Hello guys, can we please consider this hypothetical situation;



Mr A applies into SCHOOL A and SCHOOL B for Master's program, Fall term.



School A offers Mr A an admission February.



Mr A prefers SCHOOL B to SCHOOL A, but SCHOOL B was taking too long, and as a result, MR A applied for student permit using SCHOOL A's admission letter, to meet up with September.


SCHOOL B's admission, came out 2 months after he had applied for student permit.


So my questions are;


Is it possible for MR A to change from SCHOOL A to SCHOOL B on his CIC portal immediately after receiving his student permit, without having to go to SCHOOL A for explanation or whatsoever ?



Or will MR A have to attend a semester at SCHOOL A and then transfer to SCHOOL B ?


Thank you.

Hello guys, can we please consider this hypothetical situation;



Mr A applies into SCHOOL A and SCHOOL B for Master's program, Fall term.



School A offers Mr A an admission February.



Mr A prefers SCHOOL B to SCHOOL A, but SCHOOL B was taking too long, and as a result, MR A applied for student permit using SCHOOL A's admission letter, to meet up with September.


SCHOOL B's admission, came out 2 months after he had applied for student permit.


So my questions are;


Is it possible for MR A to change from SCHOOL A to SCHOOL B on his CIC portal immediately after receiving his student permit, without having to go to SCHOOL A for explanation or whatsoever ?



Or will MR A have to attend a semester at SCHOOL A and then transfer to SCHOOL B ?

Hello guys, I submitted my online application without upfront medicals April 29th. My biometrics expires 2026, so I didn't do a new one. Till date I haven't heard from them and my school resumes September.

I submitted an enquiry 12th of July (no reply yet from them).


I'd appreciate any advice or anything i can do, asides waiting patiently biko.


Thank you.

JosephYemsol:
Hi ! (Am tempted to using sir ).
I am a prospective applicant to UNB myself for summer 2020. I wanna apply for Meng civil engineering.
My cgpa is 3.62 /5 and last 2 years is 4.28/5.
Pls what r my chances.? Also, do I need to contact a supervisor before applying...

For MEng you don't need a supervisor as its course based. However, for MASc you need a supervisor and it's best you try to secure one before applying.