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Really appreciate this.

Thanks

gbalogun:
Limit is 3k USD you have a total of about 10k USD per year as upkeep.

Admission letter
Study permit
Passport page
Enrollment
ID Card

Not so sure about applying through multiple banks at the same time.

Many thanks for this.
Is this 3k USD or CAD limit? Is the limit per month, quarter?
What supporting documents do I attach?
Can I apply through more than one bank?
Sorry for the multiple questions… :-)

gbalogun:
You can use Access Bank…fill the Form A (Trade System) online. Your Canada bank details as the beneficiary, make sure you select CAD not USD, include all relevant documents with a letter of instruction to debit. The process takes about 3-4 weeks and you are allowed to do a maximum of 3k USD

Greetings All!

Please I would really appreciate anyone who can give me guidance on how to obtain CAD/USD through CBN/bank so I can pay my rent. Buying at black market rate is really, really, really burning holes in my pocket.
Please advise based on your direct experience with the name of the bank and how much they allow one apply for+ how long it takes.

God bless.

Good morning All!

Your DMs have been overwhelming and I am proud to see the level of commitment from you all... Please, do not relent! We all got someone to help along the way.

I have some applications I plan to submit to my university this month on behalf of some Nairalanders who are pursuing the May and September intakes but waiting on their Duolingo tests to be done before submitting.

Let me make this clear - I can only show you the way and help you with my connection to the international director to secure admission, the rest of the work and major commitment to deliver a solid application is yours ooooo! I can't write SOP for anyone, biko.... my masters na die already! I'll help review your docs and statement and submit to the director once you have thoroughly done your bit. They are now as keen as I am to get more black people here with all the noise and advocacy we dey do here!

Duolingo is cheaper, faster and accepted by my uni.
Unofficial transcripts are accepted for the application process.
The uni can help with degree evaluation at CAD140 if you don't want WES, etc.
The application fee for admission is CAD 150.
Official admission decision within 1 to 2 weeks.
The tuition deposit is fully refunded if SP is denied.
People are considering May intake so they can benefit from studying online in Nigeria and still be eligible for PGWP as the policy has been extended to August 22, 2022 (we pray it is further extended).... some students that joined in 2020 have never set foot in Canada and will be graduating in April with full PGWP eligibility.... didn't have to soak garri to pay rent in Canada...lol.

By the way, students from Naij that applied in the intakes since lockdown got SPs approved.

Please, be prepared to face your book o!

Love and light...x

bysolaro:
Thank you all for the plethora of messages about BC and my journey! Encouraging to see how keen you all are to make progress with your lives.

Forgot to mention, my university is called Trinity Western University, British Columbia.

I'll do my best to respond to those in my DMs ASAP,

Have a blessed week, and to those waiting on good news this week, IT IS DONE, in Jesus' name!

Thank you all for the plethora of messages about BC and my journey! Encouraging to see how keen you all are to make progress with your lives.

Forgot to mention, my university is called Trinity Western University, British Columbia.

I'll do my best to respond to those in my DMs ASAP,

Have a blessed week, and to those waiting on good news this week, IT IS DONE, in Jesus' name!

bysolaro:
Happy New Year, hopefuls!

I am glad to see everyone's commitment to succeed in their quest to "japa" without delay. My Hebrews 11:1 God that favoured me in getting admission in days and getting my visa in 3 months will favour you!

Life in British Columbia is great! The weather isn't harsh like other provinces where it's still snowing and in the minuses.... I am wearing chiffon blouses with a hoodies to go out (just to illustrate).

As others have helped me on my journey to BC, I am committed to helping others selflessly. Feel free to send me a DM, as my busy schedule with this master's and work won't allow me to scour through this thread as much as I want to. My school has intakes for May for masters and every month for MBA, by the way. Please, I need my Naija peeps here.... China ti take over!

Wishing you all God's immense favour!

Trinity Western

Toceenay:
Which of the schools in British Columbia?

Yes, the same course is offered as a BA at Trinity Western.

Divinedxtrovert:
Wow, how about UG programs?

Happy New Year, hopefuls!

I am glad to see everyone's commitment to succeed in their quest to "japa" without delay. My Hebrews 11:1 God that favoured me in getting admission in days and getting my visa in 3 months will favour you!

Life in British Columbia is great! The weather isn't harsh like other provinces where it's still snowing and in the minuses.... I am wearing chiffon blouses with a hoodies to go out (just to illustrate).

As others have helped me on my journey to BC, I am committed to helping others selflessly. Feel free to send me a DM, as my busy schedule with this master's and work won't allow me to scour through this thread as much as I want to. My school has intakes for May for masters and every month for MBA, by the way. Please, I need my Naija peeps here.... China ti take over!

Wishing you all God's immense favour!

SEE GOD!!!!!!! All of the time you spent studying online from outside Canada between spring 2020 and August 31, 2022, now counts toward the length of a PGWP. ALL of us crying and suffering high BPs because of 31st Dec deadline......
My forever miracle-performing God!!!

To those waiting, this is the major step towards God's perfection of your applications!
Source: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada/work/after-graduation/about.html

Good morning, everyone!

For those who have used British Airways recently (I am going to Vancouver), please, your guidance is solicited. During the 12 hours layover at Heathrow, would I be allowed to go out of the airport into London since i have a UK visiting visa? If yes, what are the special instructions especially regarding COVID testing or is it Day 2 testing for me to come back in (fully vaxxed)?

If I can't go out, please recommend suitable private spaces/spots you reckon i can chill for those 12 hours that are mostly free or relatively cheap.

Thank you.

Thanks a million for this! Sadly, already wasted 8k getting the international driver's license.
Will definitely be in Vancouver. Feel free to inbox me your details.

Cheers!

Luckymama:
Hi biko please let's connect . Whereabouts in BC are you coming to?
All you need is your valid drivers license. You don't need the FRSC letter or international drivers license. When you come depending on your length of driving time will determine what level of drivers license you get. you will still have to write a driving test and do the driver's test. If you can get a letter from your insurance about how long you have driven without incidence that will help reduce your car insurance costs.

Besides as a student you can drive with your valid Nigerian drivers license until the end of your program.

Greetings, hopefuls!

Forgive me for the delay in returning to complete my testimony. I hope the information below inspires someone, but please, it won’t be fair if I do not emphasize that your submission and the range of documents you submit is strictly down to God’s favour when being assessed. However, by all means, submit ALL that you can, but first, ask yourself, “if I were the VO, what would I think about this?” Just my tuppence o… It will end in praise.

As a first-time applicant, I used an agent in Lagos who did everything for me and even hooked me up with expedited upfront medicals – just because I am an extremely busy person, and I didn’t want to make mistakes. I must confess, every step of my journey is a testimony of protocols being broken for me. From only applying for my master’s in June for the fall intake, to waivers being granted for me to get admission, to the school supporting me with a letter to IRCC apart from LOA, I submitted my application on July 17, 2021.

My funds weren’t complete, so I used my half-brother as a sponsor who had funds stashed haphazardly in various accounts which he had to converge into one account and I submitted both our MBS’.


Date submitted: 17th July
Biometric Request: 18th July
Biometrics was done & updated: 23rd July
Upfront Medical: 9th September
Medical passed: 17th September
BVL & PPR: 28th October
TOTAL: 3 MONTHS AND LIKE 10 DAYS
My testimony won’t be complete if I don’t disclose that my school had to intervene with IRCC when the delay was evidently impacting on my emotional and psychological balance.
• All IMME forms
• Digital passport
• Passport data page
• Letter of Acceptance + Evidence of payment of a deposit which covers 1st term and half of 2nd term.
• Proof of financial support – mine Naira NGN5/6m, Account in America $2K and Cowrywise savings of 500k
• Sponsor’s current account statement – Half-bro NGN6m
• Sponsorship letter
• Sponsor’s International passport data page and stamped visa pages
• Sponsor’s CAC certificates
• Statement of purpose (4 pages) – simply built on my admission statement
• NECO, undergrad and postgrad certificates and transcripts
• Deleted my express entry profile before starting to avoid dual intent stories that touch
• Police character certificate
• NYSC certificate
• IELTS result (expired at Band 8.5)
• International passport (data page of current and all expired ones) + visa pages and evidence of previous UK denials.
• My birth certificate
• National identity card
• Sponsor’s birth certificate to prove that we have the same father
• Professional CV
• Letter of intro from employer
• Professional memberships & certificates
• Listed all my siblings – over half live in the US & UK.
• COVID vaccination card

I am in my late 30s, in the legal profession, and with over 12 years study gap. From this great platform, I learned about upfront medicals and how to bombard IRCC with emails (even though I had the wherewithal to only send about 10 or so). I held on to my faith in God and I didn’t defer instead, started classes in September, and boy, just like that 1st term finishes in a few days!!! Look, don’t let them lie to you, master’s + full-time work isn’t for the fainthearted!

To the altruistic, selfless folks on here who have helped others commence, sustain and complete this journey, may God always come through for you.

To those waiting for a decision, open Hebrews 11:1 and meditate on this scripture (yes, Muslims are enjoined to do this, too) and start your Hallelujah dance!!! I repeat, do not let the spirit of fear and anxiety take over your life… constantly remind yourself of ALL the great things God has done for you and you’ll see that this phase is nothing compared to the others. DELAY IS NOT DENIAL!

Love & Light
xxxx

bysolaro:
My HEBREWS 11:1 GOD has come through! I testified that this month, my Hallelujah will be louuuuuuuuuuuuuuuddddddd! The wait has been longggggggggg, but on Saturday, the Lord reminded me to hold onto HEBREWS 11:1 and to be anxious for nothing ‘cos my approval is coming this week. I started classes in September and Oluwaaaa, it’s been difficult! Omoooo, Master’s no easy o!!!!

I am in my late 30s with previous travel history, completed undergrad in the UK almost 18 years ago, education gap is like 12 years, half of my siblings are abroad. As a first time applicant, I used an awesome agent, but looking back at my SOP and the wealth of information you all freely give on here, it certainly wasn’t perfect but my EVER FAITHFUL GOD perfected it all!!!!! Thank you to every single one of you that selflessly shares credible information on here and to those who are simply silently reading, may God arm you with the wealth of knowledge that will enable you giveback and help others. The ideas I was blessed with from this platform: completing upfront medicals, using webform, how to bombard IRCC with emails to appeal to them and info from landing gists. Ohhhh, lest I forget, GCMS notes, too - never applied sha.

My wait was for three months, and I know there are scores of applicants whose application has been pending for even a year - my charge to you (irrespective of your religion) is to meditate on HEBREWS 11. I promise you, even when I was a Muslim, this scripture ALWAYS comes through for me.

Who am I, o Lord that you are mindful of meeeeeeee??

I am aware of the tradition of posting timelines, so I won’t violate it. Allow me break the good news to my family first and do my thanksgiving azonto. I will locate every document I submitted and share. See ehnnnnnn, I have been crying tears of joy and shaking like a leaf! What God cannot do does not exist!!! Tell your neighbors!!!!

Best breakfast ever!!!!!!!

British Columbia, here I come!!!

*forgive any typos, e dakun.

Greetings!
Trust this meets you well.
Thank you for all the great information you selflessly disseminate here.

Please, I'll be coming to BC in a month on a student visa What I would like is a list of all the things I need to have in place before leaving Lagos e.g. driver's license, etc. All that will make my settlement in Canada a breeze.

I look forward to your response.

Thank you.

Greetings! Please what’s the process for sending my passport to Abuja from Lagos. I want to go to DHL first thing in the morning. What are the fees? Thanks.

Omiinii:
Visa Application Centre
Abuja- Visa Application Centre Sterling Bank Plaza, 3rd Floor Plot No 1083, Mohammadu Buhari Way,Central Business District Abuja Nigeria

My HEBREWS 11:1 GOD has come through! I testified that this month, my Hallelujah will be louuuuuuuuuuuuuuuddddddd! The wait has been longggggggggg, but on Saturday, the Lord reminded me to hold onto HEBREWS 11:1 and to be anxious for nothing ‘cos my approval is coming this week. I started classes in September and Oluwaaaa, it’s been difficult! Omoooo, Master’s no easy o!!!!

I am in my late 30s with previous travel history, completed undergrad in the UK almost 18 years ago, education gap is like 12 years, half of my siblings are abroad. As a first time applicant, I used an awesome agent, but looking back at my SOP and the wealth of information you all freely give on here, it certainly wasn’t perfect but my EVER FAITHFUL GOD perfected it all!!!!! Thank you to every single one of you that selflessly shares credible information on here and to those who are simply silently reading, may God arm you with the wealth of knowledge that will enable you giveback and help others. The ideas I was blessed with from this platform: completing upfront medicals, using webform, how to bombard IRCC with emails to appeal to them and info from landing gists. Ohhhh, lest I forget, GCMS notes, too - never applied sha.

My wait was for three months, and I know there are scores of applicants whose application has been pending for even a year - my charge to you (irrespective of your religion) is to meditate on HEBREWS 11. I promise you, even when I was a Muslim, this scripture ALWAYS comes through for me.

Who am I, o Lord that you are mindful of meeeeeeee??

I am aware of the tradition of posting timelines, so I won’t violate it. Allow me break the good news to my family first and do my thanksgiving azonto. I will locate every document I submitted and share. See ehnnnnnn, I have been crying tears of joy and shaking like a leaf! What God cannot do does not exist!!! Tell your neighbors!!!!

Best breakfast ever!!!!!!!

British Columbia, here I come!!!

*forgive any typos, e dakun.

Our hallelujah is coming in Jesus’s name

Good afternoon,

Please can anyone on this great platform share a sample of the content of their webform appeals to IRCC and the different email addresses/links to send my appeals to? Preferably someone who has used this method and got approved almost immediately, e dakun.

I started classes for my master’s on Monday online and oh boyyyyyyyy, na die! Even though multiaccess classes are being offered for the fall term, I can’t cope with the online version. Classes are at night or midnight!
Strict attendance policy - miss two classes and you repeat the course! Too late to withdraw or defer and this wait is affecting me psychologically.
I am the only African in my class and the only one left to get a visa (80% Chinese, 19.9% Indian). One of the course directors is a Kenyan diplomat and he even provided a letter confirming class starting and the entire course schedule, which I sent via Nairobi webform one week ago.

Since I applied 17th July (forgive me early applicants), I have only sent two webform ever - upfront medical and the letter from the course director.

I can’t cope with this online mode of learning. I need to be in Canada. Please helpppppp!

Bless you!

Emmasonic4me:
Yes you can travel since your classes have resumed be it online or in-person. Remember to have your enrollment letter handy and the VO may ask you to login to your student portal to confirm you're totally enrolled and taking classes.

Hi! My classes are fully online for this semester, can I still travel in October before physical classes commence in January?

Emmasonic4me:
Based on the recent policy on ground now, the earliest you're allowed to travel is 4 weeks to your resumption date. You risk not being allowed to board if you travel earlier. Qatar Airways refused to board a friend of mine that is 6 days more than 4 weeks (30 days) from the resumption date. This may change later though.

You don't need to state your reasons for deferral to IRCC. They know they delayed giving you a decision so you couldn't meet up with your resumption. Just inform them you deferred and ask them to update your file with the new LOA.

Big congrats to you!

Please can you or anyone on this great platform share a sample of the content of their webform appeals to IRCC and the different email addresses/links to send my appeals to?

I started classes for my master’s on Monday online and oh boyyyyyyyy, na die! Even though multiaccess classes are being offered for the fall term, I can’t cope with the online version. Classes are at night or midnight! Strict attendance policy - miss two classes and you repeat the course! Too late to withdraw or defer and this wait is affecting me psychologically.
I am the only African in my class and the only one left to get a visa. One of the course directors is a Kenyan diplomat and he even provided a letter confirming class starting and the entire course schedule, which I sent via Nairobi webform one week ago.

Since I applied 17th July (forgive me early applicants), I have only sent two webform ever - upfront medical and the letter from the course director.

II can’t cope with this online mode of learning. I need to be in Canada. Please helpppppp!

[color=#000099][/color]NewBrosJay:
Hello Wonderful People....

it's PPR @ last!... God is Great!!!

you remember the 35 year old man that got admission at University of Waterloo...yeah it's me... my PPR just got in @ exactly 5 months after application (April 24th)

Congrats! Awesome 10-course breakfast served.
As you testified on this mountain of God's greatness, so shall the rest of us, in Jesus' name. Amen!

SweetJJ:
Its PPR guys! I am still shaking! May 14th applicant. The most imperfect application was perfected by my God Jehovah. I kept believing he will perfect my application. He did!

You guys remember my gcms note with Review Required and Subsequently Recommend Interview?

Let me go and mail my passport, I am coming!

My breakfast is served!

Thank You Jehovah!

Thanks guys for all your contributions!

I will testify on this mountain this month. One-time approval in Jesus' name. Amen.
Congrats to everyone testifying of God's marvelousness and the breakfast He hath served this morning.

Greetings,

Please share the documents Globus requested you provide to secure PTA for a relative.
Also, can one use say two or three different relatives at the same time at different branches, perhaps?

STRICK00:
For everyone mailing me about this,

1. I don’t have any “connect or plug” in the bank, you don’t need any connect. Just go there and explain what you want to do and you’d be
guided on how to do it.

Whole process took about 2 weeks, the money was sent in thursday and it’s scheduled to arrive in my account on monday at latest

Please complete your upfront medicals now. It’s 46,500 at IOM Ikeja. See attached information sheet for IOM. Go to their website or call them on 08022264059, 09092156079.
Your test result is valid for one year. Best of luck, sir/ma.

Romoke1995:
Good morning nairaland ..please this is my first time writing here ...I want to ask some questions on my application that was submitted last month august28 ...please is it advisable to do upfront medical ? And note it’s not a first time application . And where and how can I get the medical done ? Please your reply will be appreciated with the amount for the medical. Thanks

Please accept our condolences... The Good Lord will grant your wife and family comfort. May this new journey birth everlasting joy.

metrecube:
Its PPR
My wife got her passport request yesterday morning and also lost her dad in the same hour. It was a mixed development.

First Application
Submitted on October 14th 2020
Delayed on January 15th 2021

Reasons for refusal
Purpose of visit
Personal asset and financial status

We ordered for GCMS and discovered that the Visa Officer misunderstood her course of study. She has bachelor of Technology in Management and Accounting from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology(Lautech offers B.Tech for almost all their courses and not Bsc like other non technological school). The VO Claimed that she has Bachelor degree in Technology Management and Accounting (Instead of Bachelor of Technology in Management and Accounting)and that the course doesn’t relate with Business Management.

Second Application
Submited on May 14th 2021
Upfront medical uodated to pass on June 7th 2021
PPR on September 7th 2021
School: University Canada West
Program: MBA

What we did to tackle the first refusal
Justmellow of GCMSWRITERS wrote a well worded and detailed LOE to address the concerns raised by VO and redrafted her SOP. Justmellow also insisted we pay one year tuition fee and raise GIC of 10,000cad to tackle personal asset and financial status. We made the payment and raised GIC
I made her a director and shareholder in my company and i started paying her salary every month. I made sure it reflected on my company website and CAC documents that she’s one of our directors.
We have two cars registered in her name for UBER BUSINESS, we submitted the agreement with the driver and the payment reflects in her personal account on monthly basis. All these to tackle personal asset and financial status.

Documents submitted
Client Information
Transcript
Certificate
IELTS certificate
Land documents
Cars documents
Uber agreement
Family pictures
Children passport and birth certificates

Proof of fund
Sponsor: Husband
Co sponsor: wife
Applicant MBS of N3.8M showing salary from husband company and uber business monthly payment.
Husband MBS of around N4.8M and also domiciliary account with 28,000USD
A year tuition receipt
GIC Certificate
Pension statement

I think those are the major documents submitted.

This is the Lord’s doing and it is marvelous in our eyes. All the glory belongs to God.

Thanks to justmellow for what he’s doing here. Although i paid him for the service but the value gotten from him was beyond the payment. If you can not DIY pls contact him.

I will not miss this blessing o…..

Applied July 17
Biometrics Completed July 19
Upfront medicals: next week
Starting classes online - September 21
Awaiting PPR before classes start

ManLikeMace:
AWAITING PPR

Manlikemace: April 4th | Upfront medicals: Passed
Ketima: May 29th | Upfront medicals: Passed
davidbanky: July 27th | Upfront medicals: More test required, already did the test
Godsfave: May 14th | Upfront medicals: Passed
childgodly: May 12th | Upfront Medicals: Passed
Harbay30: June 4th | Upfront Medicals: Passed
mercy445: May 5th | Upfront Medicals: Passed
Kam3: April 23rd | Upfront Medicals: Passed
Ishola049: May 8th | Upfront Medicals: Passed
SAF2K: July 16th | Upfront Medicals: Passed
Jubileefraizer: June 3rd | Upfront Medicals: Passed
Akanoa: June 24th| Upfront Medicals: Passed | Deferred to JAN
JosephYemsol: July 19th | Upfront Medicals: Passed | JAN Resumption
Iffylove: July 21st | Upfront Medicals: Passed
Elixosodi: May 24th | Upfront Medicals: Passed
Blazca: May 13th | Upfront Medicals: Passed
fejiromich: May 14th| Upfront Medicals: Passed
Jojorito007: May 14th| Upfront Medicals: Passed
ChisZom: May 14th | Upfront Medicals: Passed

Please share yours if you are still expecting PPR
It will definitely end in praise.

Trinity Western University o! Thank God for relationship building.

Oreoluwamipo:
Which school dey inform una like this abeg?

Interesting insight from a former Canadian Foreign Service Worker

https://qr.ae/pGaEcI

Why is CIC so slow and what are their employees doing all day?

Originally Answered: Why is CIC so slow and what are their employees doing all day?
As I have said in other answers, I am a retired visa officer (Canadian overseas immigration officer). I worked for CIC and its predecessors for many years.

Concerning “slow”, are you speaking of applications for visitor visas or applications to immigrate to Canada? Processing procedures and processing times are very different depending on what sort of visa you are applying for.

Visa applicants so often seem to imagine that CIC and its programming must be the most important activity conducted by the Government of Canada. It’s not even close. Historically immigration and visas have been much lower priorities than other Government of Canada activity, such as Employment Insurance, National Defence, international trade relations, income tax collection, implementing bilingualism legislation, regulating and ensuring the safety of the transportation industry, the pharmaceutical industry etc. After all, immigration applicants don’t vote.

The Government of Canada has a central budgetary agency called the Treasury Board. Each fiscal year every Government of Canada department must apply to the Treasury Board for its funding. The Treasury Board is responsible for advising the Prime Minister and the federal Cabinet about priorities for disbursing Government of Canada funds. The Government of Canada never has anything near the funds to resource every department to the hilt. There is no real reason to identify CIC as a special priority to receive large amounts of funding and resources.

The funds paid by visa applicants do not go into a special CIC account. Those fees are paid to the Receiver General for Canada. The Receiver General ‘s accounts are a central repository for all sorts of fees paid to the Government of Canada. It is mostly there where the Treasury Board finds the funds it will disburse.

I would almost suggest that the revenue producing parts of CIC ( principally the skilled worker program) be spun off into what in Canada we call a “Crown Corporation”.

Wikipedia describes what a Crown Corporation is:

Crown corporations of Canada - Wikipedia

Essentially a crown corporation acts in some ways like a private company but is owned by the Canadian federal or a provincial government. They operate “at arms length” from the federal or provincial bureaucracy and make most of their own business judgements. Unlike federal departments they collect and allocate their own revenues. Were a crown corporation operating the federal skilled worker selection program you might see much more efficient and timely operations.

The visa application program operated by CIC happens in the context of a rather rigid, hierarchical bureaucracy. Also, since the 1960’s a strong objective of Canada’s immigration selection legislation has been to limit the discretion of visa officers in order to reduce subjectivity and restrict the ability of visa officers to make such subjective and racist decisions. Even in the case of visitor visa applications visa officers are expected to note up the reasons for their decisions in the GCMS electronic visa processing system. This takes time, sometimes a lot of it.

I should note that, due to technical and infrastructural limitations GCMS sometimes stops and does not work. (Perhaps it could work better if more resources were devoted to operating it but there aren’t such resources.) In a situation like that the visa officer has no alternative but to stop work and look helplessly at their computer screen.

When I became a visa officer in 1978 the immigration program was to a large extent beyond the Canadian public eye. There was little attention in the Canadian media to visa matters. The immigration bar (those lawyers who specialize in immigration matters) was small and not always very professional. Now things are very different. In particular litigation is now very common. A visa officer’s notes have to be adequate enough to withstand review by the Federal Court. A visa officer would want to think very carefully and take extra time with their notes, and never have them become a source of derision by the Canadian media. This type of publicity can easily destroy your career.

I have mentioned in another Answer that, in my opinion, there has been intense pressure to reduce the cost of Canada’s visa operations. One of the results is to take as much as the processing as possible and “dumb it down” so it can be done by lower-paid clerical staff in Canadian processing centres, not more experienced and better paid visa officers. One of the unintended results is a substantial number of processing errors. This increases processing time.

So many applicants do not understand that CIC does not have full control of the visa application process. CIC has to rely heavily on CSIS, the RCMP and CBSA for security and criminal clearances. These federal agencies have many other, more important priorities than visas.

Visa applicants do not always understand that immigration visas are subject to rationing by the annual immigration levels system. CIC has to allocate resources to each visa office according to the contribution that office is expected to make to the annual level. A given visa office is only expected, or allowed, to issue a certain number of immigration visas per year. They are not allowed to issue as many visas as they can. At times they must delay or stop processing certain categories of visas.

I have alluded in the Answer I mention above to problems in the working environment and career system for visa officers. Put yourself in a visa officer’s shoes. How productive would you be?

Martin Levine

Additional Answer

It is September 11, 2017. I received a question about my Answer in the form of a comment. The question was to the effect of why CIC does not provide details about the reasons for refusals when it issues refusal letters to Study Permit applicants. Here was my response:

Study Permit processing is mass processing which has to be done within the couple of months before the start of the Canadian academic year. This doesn't allow for much detail in refusal letters. Nor is it clear in Canadian law that there has to be much. The applicants are meant to be given procedural fairness during the application process but not so much at the end.

The study permit program has had substantial difficulties with fraud and misrepresentation. Above all the applicants have to show that they are credible visitors to Canada, not elicit immigrants. Many can't.

I should point out that refused applicants may find out more about the refusal reasons if they know a citizen or permanent resident of Canada who will submit a Privacy request on their behalf.

This isn't to say that all refusal decisions are adequately documented by the deciding officer. Not infrequently the Federal Court decides that they weren't.

Again, remember that study permits are just one more Government of Canada program. The resources to operate it are limited.

Martin

Congrats everyone.... our prayers are not in vain.

Seeing the good news of faithfuls receiving their PPR gives me joy.
Congrats in advance to all of us waiting on our sweet testimonies.

Booking my space on this thread for my own blessing to be served and my spicy landing gist!


Every single one of you on here is blessed beyond measure sha.... From the diligent gurus to those who simply waka pass.

My school informed me that they were contacted for validation 2/3 weeks ago, so I am just going to do my upfront medicals this week, with the hope that this will promote progress on my approval... Trusting God to order my steps and let this end in praise before my classes start in 3 weeks.

Please Gurus in the house, waiting on your guidance. Bless you![color=#000099][/color]

bysolaro:
Greetings JustMellow and other gurus on this platform!

May God bless you all for the invaluable support you are providing on this platform…. Absolutely profound!

I would appreciate guidance, please. I just heard about the NSE route for study permit application and I would like to use this route as I fervently pray I can be in Canada in December.

Brief background: I am in full-time employment and done circa. 6 years with my current employer, schooled in the UK – undergrad and postgrad for 8 years, single, no kids, late 30s.

I applied for a Master’s degree (18 – 20 months full-time) at a uni in Vancouver, and start date is September 2021 with the possibility to complete the first semester or 50% of the course online whilst in Nigeria. I want to be in Canada by Dec so I can benefit from physical classes in January.
To be honest, this study route was recently decided on after my EE profile expired last month and me being in my late 30s left me with a score of 448. So, the funds I have amassed was for POF for EE purposes. These funds (about CAD 15,000) should be sufficient for living expenses, however, my dad has offered to pay my tuition fees but I don’t want him to know I would be going to Canada (he still sees me as his baby – lol). Herein lies my concerns and my query goes thus:

1. To improve my chances of securing a visa, should I get the school fees paid into my account by my dad and he issues me a gift deed whilst I pay the full tuition before applying? My dad will never show his kids his bank statement, so going the sponsorship route already has k-leg!!
2. If the above isn’t a smart option, how do I provide appropriate POF since the tuition fees, if deposited in my account, will reflect as less than 6 months in my bank statement?
3. Copy of International Passport Bio data page of Applicant’s Family Members OR Birth certificates (Parents and Siblings - Is this mandatory? I come from a polygamous home and obtaining these from my siblings would be near impossible…plus my father wouldn’t release his either…. He would even know I am planning to “japa” if I ask, and definitely won’t share!
4. With the above insight, what will be my best home tie evidence? My job, car, tenancy agreement, promotion? Picture with my dad, family tree (even though most of my siblings are in the UK and US)?
5. I have an account in the US I have been putting Dollars into intermittently….how do I use this account as part of my POF in mybankstatement?

Please accept my profound gratitude as you help your fellow frustrated Nigerian who seeks a life far away from the insanity in these parts �

Enjay316:
The tuition fee ur father promised to pay,is it for another master in Nigeria ?cos am a bit confused.which country does he want to pay d tuition fee in?

Hello,

It's the tuition fee for the Canadian uni my dad will be paying for.