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my visa interview experience went as such.. In november last year

i got abuja the day before my interview. i live in lagos. my interview was schedule for 8am. I had read all sort and was feeling a bit confident. i applied on business grounds. At about 6:40 pm, something just struck me.. WHERE IS YOUR PASSPORT?!! i poured out my bag immediately, lo and behold, my passport wasn't anywhere to be found! i felt my spirit leave my body, gave me the beating of my life and then returned back into my body. i called my wife but didn't get through to her until about 9:30 then i told her to check if my passport was on my work table in the room. she went quiet for what felt like eternity and said yes it was there.. i heard the story of my life from her that day. to cut the story short, i told her to leave for Jibowu immediately so she could probably send it to me via night bus. she got there with horrible news. most of the boss had left because they were going through Epe and the next bus that was availablle won't get to Abuja until late morning. I just told her not to drop the passport. begged her to take it to the airport early in the morning and then send it through someone coming with Aero's first flight! she got to the airport, found someone and my passport was on it's way. i was at the abuja airport for 7:30 hoping the person bringing it would land, that's when the ordeal started. all planes leaving and coming into abuja couldn't land or take off because of presidential movement! i was furious. my passport was stuck in the air and my interview was in 30 minutes time.. 8am, 8:30am, 9am, 9:30 am.. sigh! i was red!! then my phone rang, the person bringing it said they just landed in Lagos again. and were just about to take off! at that time, i just said my village people hired luxirous bus all the way from Lagos find me reach here.. at last she landed around 11am, i got my passport and told the taxi man to drive as fast as he could to the embassy. i got there around 11:20.. i explained to the guys that my appointment was for 8am but could... they cut me short and told me to join the queue.. at that point, i knew my wife wey be prayer warrior don dey fire her own anti missle and missle to my enemies, the war was on. i did the normal process thing and got into the embassy.. the guy at the first booth was the nicest while the lady in the 3 one denied everybody that she called! i started my own prayers about not getting her but the first guy.. as it got to my turn, i was asked to go to the guy at the first booth, i was very happy! only for the guy to say, no yet, i should join the queue back, he need to take coffee.. i laughed and said to myself.. kaikaikaikaikai!! then the lady that just denied someone again pressed the buzzer, shit! it was my turn! then i started sweating! kai, with all this suffer wey man don suffer, i hesistated and told the guy next to me to go.. the guy look me laugh.. he then said "bros i no dey jump queue...na bad habit, na your turn" at that point, i just resigned to faith, walked up to her, smiled at her and she didn't smile back
transcript below

me:good morning
v.o: no response... she was typing a bit
v.o: gave me a stern look with a terrible disgust in it.. have you travelled out before
me: yes i have, i have been to UAE 3 times this year on business trip
v.o: pass me your form and passports
me: thank you
v.o: what do you do?
me: i am an architect
vo: why are you going to the US?
me: to meet my new business partners, they are into aluminium formworks
v.o: what did you say?
me: they are into aluminium formworks
v.o: who is paying for your trip
me: my company is paying
v.o: are you travelling with someone?
me: yes my business partner.
she looked at me, then looked at my finger
v.o: you are obviously married
me: i didn't respond. (at this point, i was like, ok i don use 3 minutes with this girl, everyother person she has refused spent like 1 minute with her)
v.o: started typing and typing and typing.. she pick up a paper and slid it under the protective glass.. pick up your visa in 2 days time at the locat... i didn't even hear anything again! i was just dazed.
as i picked the paper and left, you guys remember the guy that said he didn't jump queues blah blah.. he got denied! ha!
i will post my experience at poe chicaho in my next post. this will help a lot of you.
next transcript waws when i went with my wife and daughter. they bought applied when i got back. their interview was in january at the same abuja so i followed them in.
we were the 3rd in line and the guy that was in booth 1 attended to us
vo: good morning
me:good morning
v.o: can i have your passports
me:gave her my wife and daughter's passport. he then swiped my daughter's passport and started typing
after like 3 minues
v.o: when was the last time you were in the US..
me: november
v.o: just needed confirmation, i can see it here. where are you guys going?
me: houston
v.o: pick up their passport and make sure you get to disney land if you can.

very short isn't it? read my next post and why it was short.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/de1gvbvdlw77xs8/AACBOCXMzjPyMyNsZRB0Po9na?dl=0 link for IELTS materials. it's all about 150MB. Goodluck to everyone

pleae check a new post i will put up. i have uploaded ielts materials for people to use. please, encourage your wife about it. i am so glad about the news i just heard about your HND. it shows that our country is seriously far behind. And to other people with other degrees and professional certifications, i will advise the get them assessed by WES or CES so they can have more valuable points.
good luck bro

emmanok24:
Thank you Sir!

I unarguably understand your submission; but I have a feeling I can ace the IELTS and hopefully reach a reasonable point. My concern is actually about my wife writing the exam; I unarguably know her ability with the English Language and wouldn't want to put her into such a pressurising corner hence my suggestion that I write the exam.
But like you've advised we'll consider her writing it.

Is there a way I can get any material on the exam?

I'd also appreciate if anyone can volunteer to be my guide by kindly dropping their mobile number so I can reach the for further advice and consultation.

Thanks House!

CC: Bigfido

That would be good news for him! like i suggested, he should make his wife the principal applicant and make sure they trash IELTS well! i wish everyone goodluck..

Nozzle:
Good info Bigfido, however you're kind of wrong about the HND.
If you submit your HND+OND Credentials, WES translates it as a 3year College diploma and a one year PGD Certificate. So technically, CIC doesn't care how long it took you to get each diploma, all they check is what WES translates. So in the profile form, you will enter "Two or more post-secondary program credentials AND at least one of these credentials was issued on completion of a post-secondary program of three years or longer" as your level of education and that fetches you 128points for single and 119 for married. If you have only OND on the other hand, WES Translates it to a 2 year college diploma only, you fall under the "Two-year post-secondary program credential" level of education and that's 91 for married and 98 for single. Hence like you stated, for him to maximize his points, his wife has to be the principal applicant!

abyurla:
Are you saying you assessed ACCA and another degree, and submitted both in your EE profile?

I asked here earlier if I could assess my ICAN transcript , no response in the affirmative, would you advise I try it? Also which of the WES assessment did you do? They seem to have quite a few related to the accounting qualification. I'm looking for an assessment that will indicate how the qualification measures up for the Canadian CPA as well as one to serve as 2nd degree for my EE profile.

Hello aby,
please can you mail WES to confirm this since you already have a WES reference number? I also tried reading through their website but can't find anything decisive there. On EE web page, they clearly asked for 2 or more certificate with one of them being atleast a university certificate. I think the ICAN can suffice for a second certificate. only problem now is verifying if you can get you ICAN transcript.
Best of luck

emmanok24:
Thank you.

I have more work experience than my wife.

After the WES and IELTS what next?

Since you have ND and your wife has HND, i will suggest you let your wife be the principal applicant. there are a lot of point accrued from your IELTS and Level of education. I also read about someone here that has HND and PGD, sadly, you still fall in this category "Two-year program at a university, college, trade or technical school, or other institute" because none of this program is a three year course, which i think is equivalent to there universtiy degree, or a masters degree. If you find yourself in this situation, i strongly advice you study hard for Ielts so you can make better points from it. I just started processing my ielts too and i figured if i do well i.e L-8, R-7, S-7, W-7 i could get up to 469 points because i have a masters degree and more than 6 years work experience and age is 32 years. I am married and my wife is also writing the IELTS too and she has Bsc aswell. In your own case, I will suggest you try any provincial nomination method. Since you are new to it, you should go to their website and read well about the EE program. I too had to digest that website for like 3 days before i could grab the gist. Good luck to everyone

http://www.okazi.net/canada/calculator/Express-Entry-Calculator that link has a better points calculator

scrollmeout:
Here:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/express-entry/grid-crs.asp

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