[quote author=Atk1nson post=73331405]Pls I need clarification on this. I have a degree in Industrial chemistry, ICAN certification and about 4years experience working in an accounting firm.

Can the difference between my university degree and experience constitute an issue for skilled worker application?[/

No it wont.

meelife:
Please what is the maximum validity (months) for Letter of Introduction from place of work.
If someone has letter issued in April 2018, can it be used or must a new letter be provided?

It can be used. I used a letter dated in July 2014 to claim points for foreign work experience. Was actually a reference letter when I applied for study permit. Was accepted according to my gcms notes.

[quote author=Barryston post=73040315]Please elders or anybody with similar situation should come to my rescue.

I have started filling my application but I saw a place "Have you been previously married or in a common law partnership or relationship"
The thing is I applied for US visa in 2015 which i stated I was my married to my then fiancee...we have dated for 6years at the time and we have done our aqd nikkah in fact she was already living with me at the time....I was refused the visa...and after some months we broke up because of some irreconcilable

In my case, I applied for a US Visa in 2013 as married when it was just a traditional marriage . There was no option to say it was a traditional marriage.
I applied for my PR as single because my dowry has been returned. The marriage was never registered anywhere. I answered yes to the question "have you ever been married or in a common law relationship " I explained in my LOE that I applied as single because I was never married in church or court. I cannot say divorced as there is no certificate to prove it.
I found out in my gcms notes that officer accepted me as single and mentioned PA has never been married or any indication of a previous spouse. No concerns. Just waiting for my security to be done. Unless there is a document to prove divorced or legally separated which in your case there is none. You are SINGLE. You can answer yes and then explain you did the traditional rites and lived together (if it's more than a year) and the relationship ended after some months.

[quote author=30watts post=71212751]Hello Peeps

Please while completing my express entry profile I am required to state country of residence. I am currently in the US on F1 visa. Will USA be my country of residence or it’s Nigeria. My prior understanding of “country of residence” is where I’m from. Please correct me if I’m wrong. Thanks [/quote

US is your country of residence

Nwachika678:
Please help answer this question. I want to relate to Canada via the Express Entry route with my two daughters. Their father walked away from the marriage over a year ago and has infact eloped to a foreign country where i believe he is in illegally. The question is will i need his consent for the application? Is there any other way around this as i dont have any contact details for him. Please advise. Thank you. I am a professional with a masters degree and over 10 years of working experience.

Hi dear, unfortunately you will need his consent to be able to relocate with them. My best advice is for you to go to court and file for full custody of your girls based on abandonment.

Are you divorced or legally separated? If not then start the process if you are sure that you are done. CiC will also ask for his medicals and PCC if you are still married on paper.

Mary121212:
Hello everyone! Congrats to my fellow August PPR! Have you guys submitted your Passport to VFS and how long does it take to get the passport and COPR back . I also need information on how to get an affordable flight from Nigeria to Toronto. I intend traveling last week of September or 1st week of October.

Ethiopia airline is the best bet for you to Toronto. My mum and daughter used it in the heart of summer in June and both tickets were less than 1M.
You can also try Turkish airline. They had the cheapest one way ticket when I used them but about 9 hours transit time in Istanbul.

[quote author=CanadianBae post=70500322]
Please is it safe to classify these duties below under NOC 4163

Your job duties are similar to mine and I used 4163. Am AOR July 22nd and in IP2. Have not called or requested for gmcs notes to know if I have passed eligibility.

Flaj:

The only advantage is the Canadian education and the fact that you are in Canada. A lot of the students i know that are already on their PGWP are applying for EE via PNP or FSW. The jobs easily available to them are mostly part time and depending on the study period, they might get more than a year of PGWP

I wonder why a " lot of students you know" are not able to get full time jobs. A lot of students I know including me were able to get good full time jobs after study and are applying under CEC stream which is a lot easier and less complicated. At least we dont have to provide any funds. I put in zero as proof of funds to Canada and still was eligible to apply.
If your study period is 2 years and above, you will get 3 years work permit. You only need to work one year full time (52 weeks) and 1560 hours or 2 years part time and you become eligible to apply.

Josh121:


How does one deal with xray during medical if you are heavy

99.9%of the time, pregnant women dont do xray during medicals. The only thing is that your application will not be finalized until you put to bed and do your medicals

SESE10:
The man denied the pregnancy at first but the child doesn't bear his name rather the mother's name

Is the fathers name on the birth certificate? If it is, then she will need him to sign form 5406 or submit full custody papers. Either of the 2.
On another note, since the baby doesn't bear his name, she can do statutory declaration of sole parent and provide proofs that the father is not in the picture and she has been caring for the child. Go to canadavisa.com. Cases like this have scaled through.
Am.also a single mother but with full custody. I can always help. I have applied and waiting.

Dreal4mula:
Please who can help me. I want to order for GCMS NOTES. I don't even know my VO. My AOR is April 08. I am getting frustrated day by day. Please I need help.

PM I will help you.

Ropophen:
Thank you for your observation Tojued, I hope I won't be doing overkill by packing so physical documents to the interview olowo cos I have even added NYSC pictures, my medical insurance card, all monthly receipts for my professional dues and so on.

Go with any document that you think will help you. You know your case and application more than anyone here.

Ropophen:
Thank you for your observation Tojued, I hope I won't be doing overkill by packing so physical documents to the interview olowo cos I have even added NYSC pictures, my medical insurance card, all monthly receipts for my professional dues and so on.

My dear, if all your documents are original and not doctored you HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR. If I were you, I will be going through my documents now to make sure I can correlate any information I have on my application. Interview is not a bad thing. Atimes its randomly done. It's not about submitting too many documents. You should submit whatever documents that you feel that will boost your chances. I do not think you submitted a lot of documents. No two cases are the same.
I am a single mum with full custody of my daughter. I went as far as submitting even hospital receipts and bank statements to show hospital payments and so many other things. I even added her birthday pictures from 1st to 4th birthday. These are all proof to show that I have been the one taking care of my daughter and the father has not been in the picture since birth. I did it when I applied for study permit. It worked. So I am doing it again. Some people will say the documents are too many. I have taken the seat of the VO and asked myself what he/she will be asking for when my application is being processed. and I have submitted any document to answer that.
So please you did not submit too many documents. Look at it positively. To be frank, most of my friends here- CEC Inland all want an interview. They approve your application on the spot in Canada if you are called for an interview and it shortens the whole thing. I have not seen anyone get rejected and they all said they were asked basic questions about their jobs.
I know the married ones, were interviewed separately and probably to know if both of them were on the same page.
Please dont stress over this. Good luck.

Fameli:
Please o does Canada issue ETA (electronic Travel Authorization) to Nigerian passport holders. i have one that was issued to my brother i check on CIC website and its says approved. (na agent do am for am o so i dey fear)

Please help o

No. He needs a Visa. Be careful, it might be a fake one which will put him in trouble if he tries to travel with it.

Sunmisire:
Hi guys, this post ita work no b here ooo..pls am currently filling the travel history section and I have some clarifications to make.
I travelled to ghana by road december, passing through benin and togo.. am I to fill benin and togo, since I just passed through..I have the benin and togo stamps on my passport...please advice

The experts can weigh in but I wrote in such trips as transit with the dates as well. So far there was a stamp on my passport.

[quote author=1GhanaMan post=69356193]Hello All,

Long time... Please this might have been answered here; should one do upfront medical and submit with e-APR or wait for it to be requested? if the latter, how can the application be submitted with uploading the medical report?

Thank in advance[/quote

You have to upload your medical form before the system allows you to submit. There is the option to upload it post ITA.So if you have your ITA, go ahead and do your medicals .

efueh:
At what stage does ones age seizes to affect his/her PR journey?
I initially thought it's post ITA, but on a 2nd thought, I'm having a feeling that it might still have effect after AOR. When, VO will start processing the application, from MED to IP1 downwards. At this stage, what happens when next birthday clocks in the middle of this?
Does the VO stop the processing based on the drop of points due to new age? Especially when the new CRS scores is below the last draw scores or the draw that gave the applicant the ITA.
I'm just thinking aloud here.

Your age locks the day you receive your ITA. Even if your birthday is afterwards and your score drops below the CRS score, it wont affect it. Its locked in.

Am I the only one experiencing technical glitch on cic website? I have had to fill my travel history section thrice in a space of 2 days. It keeps disappearing. I am really frustrated. I save and exit and then it's there. When I log back in after some time, its empty

@jonjon2017
It is not a grounds for disqualification. Dont add to your problem. Go on the website and read about it.
Unfortunately if it doesn't come down, then you are hypertensive. Dont know how they diagnose in Nigeria but in Canada bp of 140 and above over 3 months I think is diagnosed as hypertension.

So if it doesnt come down, consult with your doctor and start taking medication for it. Limit salt in your diet and start exercising. Life goes on.

JonJon2017:
I went for medicals today, and I was told that my blood pressure is too high (150/100), and as result, the doctor did not continue the medical examination.

Please, I am worried and am on my way to see my doctor... I don't know why my BP is high.. Can I be disqualified for that reason?

The doctor is not supposed to stop your medical examination because of high bp. He is required to complete it and submit his report to CIC.
Go on CIC website and read on how panel physicians should handle a bp case. He is expected to have done it 3 times.

Let's try and read up on medical requirements not just on your part but what the doctors are expected to do. I know we have a culture of believing what a professional says but they are also humans and can be wrong. I once went for a creatinine test and the doctor told me it was high. By the time I finished analyzing the result and how being a black alters the result because obviously they just calculated with the normal formal excluding my race. I am also a full African woman and a bit muscular which also affects creatinine level occasionally. She was shocked and ended the conversation. I went to see another doctor and he told me that I was fine that body mass and race are taken into account occasionally when my urinalysis and gfr were normal.

JonJon2017:
I went for medicals today, and I was told that my blood pressure is too high (150/100), and as result, the doctor did not continue the medical examination.

Please, I am worried and am on my way to see my doctor... I don't know why my BP is high.. Can I be disqualified for that reason?

This is not a problem. Did the doctor do it 3x? Officially they are expected to do it 3x if the first is above 140. If its stays above 140 after the 3rd trial, the doctor is expected to include creatinine test in your urinalysis and blood test. If he doesnt then expect an email from CIC requesting for further test but it's basically the serum creatinine test.If its within the normal range, then you just have to get a letter from your person doctor stating your medications, the cost of it every year and your condition.

It's really not a big deal.
I checked mine a week before I went for medicals and it was 107. Test date, it was 145 the first time. The doctor turned off the light for me and asked me to relax. Tried a 2nd time and it was 138. Told me it was ok.

Congratulations to all. July has always been a special month in the year. Beginning of the 2nd half of the year. We shall all smile and rejoice this month. Completed my medicals with my daughter yesterday. Will be submitting next week. Lets keep up the Faith. God never fails.Atimes when I lie down to sleep. All am seeing is my application. Have i done everything correctly? is there something else i should add? Nobody is perfect even the VO and they will surely overlook some of our mistakes. " Be still and know that I am God" . My favorite verse now.

Goodluck to all.

Fresty:


verification is supposed to be free nationwide.

UNN
Paid 35k to send transcript
Paid 20k to verify certificate and the same transcript they sent. I was amazed. I went there myself with my dad. I had to make calls first before paying cos I didn't believe it. But my friends confirmed and I was given a receipt.

sunkyawz:
Good morning my people, please I have a concern regards my travel history.
I travelled to South Africa on a company sponsored training. Being my first time of travelling out of Nigeria I didn't know I had to report at the immigration desk in South Africa so my international passport was not stamped at the point of entry.
When I was leaving, I was stamped out. The South African immigration raised hell when I was leaving their country. The Nigerian stamp is complete (2).

The issue now is that I have just one stamp for South Africa instead of two. Do you think the VO will raise an issue on the stamp? I am an accompanying spouse

@glitteringstar
@newmum
@Mcstan
@ysteph
@smslive
@canadianwasp

I really don't see this as an issue. Just get your travel dates correct. Canada doesn't even stamp on passports anymore. I have travelled between Canada and US severally and don't have a single stamp from Canada. Only gets stamp when I am entering the US atimes. I don't know why. My mum visited with my daughter last year and both passports were not stamped( arrival and exit). I keep a diary of travel dates. I filled my travel history section with the dates I have.

You can explain in your LOE if you want

Engr2000:
You don't need to wait for ADR, you need to add letter of consent from the father, if he's late get the burial certificate and upload, Abi you be "Mary" wey get belle without Man... except you adopt the baby sha...

She doesn't need letter of consent if she has full custody and can prove Father hasn't been in the picture since birth.

boundlessjoy:


If you had not previously represented to them that you were once married, I would have suggested that you go with ”single” to avoid long explanations.
As it is, I think the two arms of the question should be read disjunctively in which case you should answer yes to being married before. It doesn’t necessarily mean that you were married under common law. You can always put in an LOE to explain that it was under native law and custom which neither grants a marriage certificate nor a divorce certificate.
HTH

What do you think of this?

I choose to answer "NO", because my traditional/customary marriage was not recorded or registered in the government marriage registry, and as such may not meet the IRCC or Canadian government definition of marriage.

"Marriage are recognized for immigration purposes if that marriage is legally recognized according to both the law of the place where the marriage occurred and under the Canadian law"--this is according to IRCC

vickyehi:



my take is that trad will fall under common law if both of you lived together for at least 1 year and had things in common ....eg a child, bank account, etc. also to the best of myknowledge there is no divorce process for common law partners. The LOE would suffice, and explain it was a traditional dowry payment( tone down the marriage word if u must) and show proof that it was also customarily dissolved as best as you can.

best of luck

What do you think of this?

I choose to answer "NO", because my traditional/customary marriage was not recorded or registered in the government marriage registry, and as such may not meet the IRCC or Canadian government definition of marriage.

"Marriage are recognized for immigration purposes if that marriage is legally recognized according to both the law of the place where the marriage occurred and under the Canadian law"--this is according to IRCC

vickyehi:



my take is that trad will fall under common law if both of you lived together for at least 1 year and had things in common ....eg a child, bank account, etc. also to the best of myknowledge there is no divorce process for common law partners. The LOE would suffice, and explain it was a traditional dowry payment( tone down the marriage word if u must) and show proof that it was also customarily dissolved as best as you can.

best of luck

Thank you. So its best I answer Yes then since I mentioned we were traditionally married when I applied for study visa. I cant even prove common law cos I cant prove we lived together cos my name wasn't on anything. No bank account but we have a child. I have also been taking care of my child from birth. paid for hospital bills and all myself. I will attach the dissolution letter and affidavit from dad.

Thank you for taking out your time to respond.

Hi All,

I am new on this forum but have been silently reading from the first page. I am applying via CEC inland stream,

I am a bit confused on how to answer this question " have you ever been married or been in a common law relationship?"
Background-
I came to Canada as a student. I was married traditionally under customary law in my country. I was never married legally in the registry or in the church. No change of name. No marriage certificate to present. As at the time I was applying for my study permit, I mentioned being traditionally married. Under customary law, a dowry or bride price is paid. In 2015, the bride price was returned to my ex. Under the law, once its returned, the relationship is dissolved. There is no divorce certificate to be issued just a letter and affidavit from my father to the man's father acknowledging return of bride price and dissolution of the customary marriage.
Since I came to Canada I have been applying as single.
I am now applying for my PR under a single status.


My confusion-
Should I answer yes to this question " have you ever been married or been in a common law relationship?" and then in the LOE explain that it was a traditional marriage including the dissolution letter from my dad?

Should I answer No and also explain in the LOE that I was traditionally married but chose to answer NO because there is no marriage certificate or even a divorce certificate but also include the dissolution letter from my dad. The traditional marriage was never registered in a customary court or anywhere.