AJBforreal:
Please I want to get GIC account for study permit application, how do I fund the account, can it be funded from my naira account?

No, you cannot use Naira. You have source for USD and do a direct transfer from your dom account to the GIC account.

evansky:
Thank you so much?
How can I submit my passport via DHL? I am neither in Lagos nor Abuja. I need advice.

They will need your PPR letter.
Copy of your bio data page.
Payment receipt if you are sending to VAC different from where you did biometrics.
Consent letter.
Original passport

evansky:
God has done it!!!

I submitted my application 4th of February
Upfront 29th of January
Biometric 6th of February
Original passport request 13th of March

All Glory be to God.

Congratulations

Ayosharon4321:


Thanks, but I’m keeping off private institutions. Risky

Is the school a DLI?
Is the course PGWP eligible?
Can you afford the fees?
Is the school in a location you like?

Your answer to these questions will show you what to do. Otherwise, you have to wait look towards the public schools where the competition is now stiff.

NittaO:
Please I have a question.

My visa application was done and approved in Nigeria and I am currently in Saudi Arabia. Will there be problem if I fly from Saudi or i have to leave from Nigeria to Canada?

Pls does any one know the best website to book affordable flights?

Thank you as I await a reply.

You can fly in from Mars, no issues.

NittaO:
I appreciate everyone for making this platform interactive.

I received my student Visa in 2023 for study in August, 2024. Please, i have some concerns:

1. Requirements needed at the Canadian border for issuance of student permit.

2. Is SOP needed at the border. if yes, how many months (or is it account summary certificate).

3. Will i have to show the new living expenses of 20,000 CAD or the previous one of 10,000 CAD since my visa was approved before the change.

4. My husband is my sponsor, and the POF is in his account. Do i need to show any POF under my name, or the whole amount can remain in his account while i show his printed account statement at the border.

Please, can anyone help with answers. thank you as you assist.

1. You should have your LOI, then documents to show that you have access to the POF declared during the application.
2. SOP is not needed but familiarize yourself with the contents- Know the name of your school, your course of study etc.
3. Ideally you should have the new LE funds to be on the safe side.
4. Your husband should move some funds to you now, unless you can show you have access to his account.

That being said, you might not be asked plenty questions, so just hope to meet a kind CBSA officer who will not give you stress.

Jeboy:
What about in my case....my spouse has just gotten her study extension for her 2year course. A year study permit was earlier given that was revoked.

She has paid full year tuition as required by IRCC. She is almost completing her 1st year by April end showing a year living expense catered for.

Do I need to still show proof of fund for her as she has already used our proof of fund to just recently get her extension.

I am asking because I got a refusal for insufficient fund and I am looking at reapplying soon with more funds. Please advice.

The bulk of the funds should be shown for you, while a small portion can be shown for your spouse.

kosewu:
Good day all. I got request for medical (SOWP). What should I expect thereafter? I'm a first time applicant.

95% close to PPR

Asekzz:
Since on the 6th that’s the update on my tracker no message since then…dec 13th application.

Click on the document status, to see if the work permit details have been issued

Feliwalt12:
Good day all, I applied to the University of Guelph, project management which was stated on the program website as a one year program, my admission letter come in few weeks ago and it says it's a 24month program. My question is I'm I to show POF for two years or how do I go about it.

You need to show
- First year tuition
- A year's living expenses equal to $20,635
- Return Flight Tickets cost
- Small change

Then sources to raise the funds for subsequent year(s) of study

kkkossy:
The student is still in Nigeria. Does it mean I have to show his own POF together with the pof for SOWP?

Yes, you have to.

kkkossy:
for sowp application. Is it just the living expense for the applicant and children that needs to be shown as pof? Or am I Including the POF for the student who already has his visa?

Ideally, POF should be enough to cover to for the whole family including the student, if the student is already in Canada then amount allocated to him/her can be below the amount required by IRCC, but if the student is still in Nigeria then it is advisable that full POF should be provided.

Kurukuru:
Go and read the IRPA very well. The essence of the Spousal Open Work is not primarily to unite the families. It is under the International Mobility Pprogram aimed at supplementing the Canadian labour force. When the Trudea Government took over, he wrote a Mandate Letter to the Minister of Immigration to address the Canadian Labour shortage by uniting families through the Spousal Open Work Permit program. That's why some people believe it is meant to re-unite families. Now, Canada is facing housing crisis and many white Canadians are complaining that foreign students and their families they are bringing to Canada are taking jobs away from them. Today, the popularity of the Liberal Party is dwindling, and the opposition is catching on it that the Liberal Party is bringing in "poor and low class students" to Canada. If you are in Canada, go and be listening to CBC programs on Immigration. Or you join the online forum on Immigration where the white Canadians are prominent. Go and read what they say about the international students and their family members. The Minister of Immigration himself said that as a result of the housing crisis, Canada need to reduce the intake of international students and the temporary foreign workers. How do you expect them to reduce the intake of foreign workers if not by refusing applications

On one hand you said the PM instructed they should use the SOWP to unite families and then you said that is why people think is for uniting families. I do not understand you here. Nigeria is not even in the top two countries sending students to Canada.

Kurukuru:


Chinook is being used to process applications. In order for the Chinook to aid in the mass decision making, some flag indicators are assigned to applicants from some countries. One of the flag indicators assigned to Nigeria currently is the early spousal sponsorship. The truth there is that they don't believe all those big bank statements we are presenting to them due to the activities for some Nigerians who were given study permits in the past. Many students were seen collecting food from the food bank. These are the people who told the IRCC that they have sufficient funds for feeding and living expenses with big bank statements. Their belief is that some of you don't have the money you claim that you have, hence the rush to bring your spouse into Canada so that he/she will be working to finance your studies. As it is now, submitting a SOWP while you student is in first semester is a red flag for Chinook to flag

Please what is the source of this your assertion? It was not only Nigerians that were at the food banks.

Emdee360:




We gave the application to a licensed canadian agent

Here is the reason below

• I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay as required by paragraph 200(1)(b) of the IRPR (https://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2002-227/ section-200.html). I am refusing your application because you have not established that you will leave Canada, based on the following factors:

• You do not qualify under the IMP as you provided insufficient information to demonstrate that your spouse is a full-time student in a qualifying program at a DLI in Canada. Refused under R205(c)(ii)

Refusal reasons like this are straight forward, the key is to get more documents that ties the student top the school and submit. But before doing that, you need to ascertain the status of your spouse's application. You request for GCMS notes on the application and create that tracker to check it.

Emdee360:
Good day, please I have a concern.

I am may 2024 intake (College PGD)
I and my dependents (husband and son) submitted our application Dec 28 last year.

But to my surprise my dependents (husband and son) was refused one month ago, and up till this moment, there's no update on my own application (main applicant),

So I'm kind of worried that why will they respond to my dependents application leaving the main applicant behind. And up till this moment there's no update.

Please does it happen like that sometimes, or what could be the reason for such?

Thank you as I await your responses.

You need to create a profile on tracker to check the status of your application. What was the reason for refusing your spouses' application?

Educhopper:
@Bobomaigida I greet you. What if by any chance visa is denied, how can one request the money deposited in a GIC? Thanks.

That one na small issue, just inform the CIBC to refund the money, they will send to the originating account less transfer charges.

harmonyedu:
Hi,
I just got a mail now to request for PAL from Lakeland College, Alberta.
Kindly advise if I should proceed based on the Following.

2-year Diploma in Early Childhood Education
Note: I have a BSc in Education & have been teaching since I graduated in 2017.

1st year Tuition = $18,000 Paid in full
2 Minor Kids Dependent (3 & 1)

Funds
1) Personal Pounds Account: 36,000 GBP = $62,000 CAD and 4-million-naira Account.
2) Spouse Account: 5,100 GBP = $8,500 CAD and 5-million-naira Account.
3) Spouse Business Account 10,000 GBP = $17,200 CAD

TOTAL CAD: $87,700 CAD which will raise to $100k CAD by end of April.

Note: First Year Tuition has been paid in full (18,000)

We have a business that generate between 100,000 to 150,000 GBP Annually and we also have house and undeveloped lands in PHC that is worth over 250m and cars.

My question is, I want to apply with the kids to be with me in Canada while my spouse (Husband) will be in Nigeria running the family business, but he will apply for a VV to help me travel with the kids and he will stay minimum 2 weeks, as soon as we are settled, he’ll return back to continue work. In Nigeria and visit us 4 times a year.


I want to seek you and others advise what’s our chances?

The main issue will be proving the funds are readily available for your usage, consider doing GIC to take care of your living expenses. Then draft a good SOP to explain the sources of funds and your free access to them.

JumaiAdama:
I try to apply for GCMS again but guys let all come together and help me review before I re apply again 🥹

Once you get the notes, you can share here for the house to review and offer advice.

JumaiAdama:
this is my third application my tuition for one year is 22500 for a year I made tuition deposit for two semester I have 3 semester in a year as I am enrolled in an after degree nursing program how much proof of funds will I look for now and this current exchange rate is really crazy.

1 year tuition = $7,500
Living expenses =$20,635
Travel and others= $3,000
Total = $31,135*1,175=36,583,625

Ideally, this is the POF you are required to have using their updated living expenses for 1 year amount. You can check if you have this or if your sponsor has.

samsamme:
Thanks, yes paid 50% of the tuition

You can send the additional POF, but ensure to show how the money was raised and explain any lump sum deposit into the account.

samsamme:
Hi everyone, Please your opinion is urgently needed, seeing people being refused for POF, could this be as a result of the naira depreciation please ?

Submitted 19th January, for family of 5 with 55m, which is about 85kCAD then but checking now value is slightly less than 50kCAD. Do I need to top it up and send them a new POF please ? Or alternatively, got fund in foreign currency upto 20k CAD balance but not sure it’s upto 4months in the account untouched, could this be added as additional/top up please ?

Or can I print the conversion / exchange rate as at the time I submitted and send to them via web form?

Note: I have a monthly salary in foreign currency which I have sent updated payslips for January and February, 2024 to them via web form, is this enough to show that the depreciation in the fund would not be a problem ?

Your opinion will be highly appreciated.

Please have you paid tuition partly or in full? The POF required for LE for a family of five is CAD$43,492, so your balance should cover for this. You can send the additional docs to them, but it might delay the processing as they will need to confirm the docs.

JumaiAdama:
I did for my two application I used a third party sponsor the first reason for refusal on gcms I won’t have access to the funds and I did not explain my sponsor source of income I did the necessary correction for my second application by explaining and showing their source of income and also my sponsor paid my tuition as well before re applying, then after ward I reapplied I was rejected because they feel the amount my sponsor is giving me is too much and unrealistic and also I sent out the larger part of the money to pay my tuition without adding description and now i used my Dad as my sponsors I explained his source of income and did the necessary things I don’t even feel like ordering for GCMs as I am so tired of them

I understand how you feel, someone close to me was rejected twice and got it at the third try. Refusals can be demoralizing especially when you feel that you submitted a strong application. On the surface, you have strong points that should count positively for you. However, sometimes some applications are processed by strict VOs who will not judge those strong points if they have noticed a loophole. I will suggest that you request for notes, and thereafter reapply after securing PAL.

JumaiAdama:
Hello guy, I finally got my third refusal yesterday 😢after waiting for about 11 weeks, I don’t know what to do any more the reason for refusal is that I don’t have enough ties to home country and my reason for the temporary visa is not consistent and also insufficient funds so I was refused for the third time🥹 I have made tuition deposit of 12k plus before applying for my second application and the money has been with the school ever since then I used the sum of 15.2m as my pof for my third application which covers my tuition bal, my upkeep for one year. I don’t know what to do anymore.

So sorry about the refusal. Did you get GCMS notes for the past refusals ?
From the generic reasons, it seems the sources of funds were not explained well and the SOP was not so strong.

moruff77:
Hi guys...I just got denied 2day n I'm really really confused. D reason stated 4 denial is not even supposed to be because I'm d main sponsor n I hve provided enuf POF for a family of two. My spouse is in her first semester. I have attached here a copy of d refusal letter. Pls what shud I do guys..

Sorry for the refusal, I suspect the funds were not enough compared to the recent increases in amount needed for LE. Please request for your notes, you should get it in 3 weeks for you to plan a reapplication.

kamaladejoke:
Hello pls who is in the same boat with me I applied for MSc in congesto college and paid for app fee and submitted everything and up till now I haven’t heard from them. Does that mean my application was rejected. Attached is what they said to me

Does Conestoga offer M.Sc??

smartola:


This worked , I emailed those addresses attaching my medical slips and my Medical results has been updated to pass this morning

Great, let's hope it prompts the VO to look at the file and give a positive approval.

oklarlexzy:
I applied Jan 16 for Sowp. I got refused today based on POF. What are the next steps to take. Previous POF was 10m naira. I still have a running visitors visa for myself and my son and 10m naira POF. What are the next steps to take. Thanks for your support always

So sorry for the refusal, request for your notes to know the actual reasons.
Though, N10mm is small in the light of recent changes to rate and living expenses.

Airpod:
Please someone should help me respond to this..

No need please

misslag:
Hello house, Please what does it mean when my application is on review for eligibility, it has been on this stage for sometime now

It means they are checking if you meet the eligibility requirements, ie your finances, hometies, your study plans etc

smartola:
Waiting is not actually for the faint hearted, my application makes 10 weeks today and nothing yet, even my medical is yet to be updated to pass, nothing has changed on my profile since I submitted my application….. I just fee like my life has been on hold for the past 10 weeks😔

You can send your e-medical sheet to the emails below requesting them to update your medicals and they will act on it; it could also prompt the VO processing your request to do the needful

nrobi-immigration@international.gc.ca
NROBIIMDocument@international.gc.ca
nrobi-im-enquiry@international.gc.ca
ABUJA-IM-Enquiry@international.gc.ca

Morexx23:
Pls once bvl drop ppr is sure right….And hw long does ppr drop aftr bvl.thanks

All the best.