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Bukella:
Hi nairalanders... Please who knows the state of vfs Abuja? Are the procedures similar to that in Lagos. Please Address of vfs Abuja.

I did my biometrics there, went as early as 9am and I was the first person, waited about 20 mins before others started coming in. Silver bird cinemas, Plot 1161, Memorial Drive, By Musa Yar'adua Center, Central Business District, F.C.T, Abuja.... second floor... Goodluck

Sosoliso711:
Hello Everyone,

Please I have a quick question. A friend of mine got admission to study in Canada for a PhD degree so she will be applying for my TRV next month by the Grace of God. The thing is she just found out that she's pregnant. Is this an issue? She applied for the position last year but got married early this year. Please is this an issue? Should she inform her advisor? she does not want to loose out on the admission because she received funding. Please gurus in the house, kindly advise.

Theres no problem, she just has to show enough funds to take care of herself and the baby in canada. In this case I think her husband can apply for spousal work permit with her to assist in taking care of the baby. Good financial backing and a strong SOP can clarify everything.

galala123:
I will advise you to do that even if it means paying in full again. It will be worth every Kobo as your application seems to be heading towards positivity.

No drama, just carry on with the new form. It may even be an additional test required now (like Ebola )or further testing ( just guessing ) so just follow their instructions to the latter.

Obey before Complain!

If the hospital said they've sent the report then i'll advice you email them your upfront e medicals slip again, it may be a technical glitch or they didnt see it. Wasting that money again for medicals doesn't seem right to me. I called IOM and asked them that question and they said you should just resend the slip given to you. Just to avoid any problem.
What if they find it later on and you have two medicas, They may read different things because of the different times it was taken. Then again if the other one is found you may look desperate.
I stand to be corrected.

MichyEhi:
Thank you!

Did this happen to you or someone you know?

Also, how long did it take before they got their TRV?

I dont think you should do medicals again, just resend the e medical form

DrND:
I had issues merging mine. What I did was that I filled the IMM 1294 additional page 3 and attached it with my LOE which I merged with other documents and uploaded it on the client information section.

please can you explain further because what i think you are saying doesnt seem correct.

makano:
Upfront medicals depends on an applicant. If the applicant feels his or her resumption date is close to the time of the application submission, then an upfront medical comes in, but it doesn't mean an automatic Visa cos the VOs checks for other criterials from ur application. Buh if you convince the VO in other areas of ur application, they won't need to send u a medical mail when its time for ur medical check,cos the hospital/Clinic would have sent them a report of ur result ND also they will give you a copy which u will attach with ur application. So when you do an upfront medical, they won't request for another medical, so far u did ur medicals in one of their registered hospital.

Thanks for clarifying me.

Hello everyone, please if you submit upfront medicals, will they start reviewing it or they will request for it again? I hear a lot say that when they request for medicals, then theres a 90% chance of visa approval, sorry for the confusion but i just want to understand the upfront medical thing and medical request. Since there is an upfront medical wont they just start reviewing it? does it mean the same thing?

chisiudeh:
Please how to to use this adobe fill and sign stuff?

Click on fill & sign at the right hand corner of Adobe reader, click on sign, you either write or sign... hope this helps

mightyola:
Thank you. Is that the only form am signing. The form IMM1294E?

Thats the only form downloaded from the online application you're to sign.

mightyola:
For Online app, is it only the form IMM5645E i will print out and sign?

You can use adobe reader fill & sign rather than printing out and scanning all over.

kingfintan:
Please is it advisable for your sponsor to use a University letter head paper to write a sponsorship letter for you, as my elder brother who is a professor in one of the leading University in USA is my sponsor, hope it not a red flag, as CIC might say why didn’t I apply to his University were he is lecturing in the US.

LOL, i dont think its a red flag but why use the school's letterhead when the school is not sponsoring you, i think he should type on a blank A4 paper

[quote author=mightyola post=67952413][/quote]hello, you can use adobe reader fill and sign, you dont need to print it out and start scanning again

Thank you

jnyuwa02:
I received admission decisions last year from several schools on March 1st or shortly thereafter, Queens, USASK, UCalgary. Good luck!

Hello, good morning, permit me to answer this one, what jnyuwa02 says may be correct because i sent an email to my postgraduate school and the reply in quote was "Thank you for your email. Our application closes on February 28, 2018. We will begin notifying accepted applicants in the coming weeks. If you are accepted as a student, you will be contacted." so from tomorrow we should start hearing something

Prudento:
Please how did you know admission decisions at USASK is coming out March 1st?

hello everyone, please how is it possible to write maximum one page letter of explanation with all the information needed on it. its not easy at all

Also, remember that financial qualifications is one step, dont concentrate so much on one side and allow the rest suffer, when did you graduate from school? if you just finished NYSC, fine, if not, what have you been doing? does the masters program relate to your work/previous studies? and so on. please check all these points.

cecechi:
Hello jahluv,
i would agree with everyone here that you may complicating issues. I think getting a sponsor, according to Frankrobbn1 will be the right way to go. The sponsor should state in his letter of sponsorship that he has paid the full tuition of 10,248 which is in excess into your student account and the graduate school has given you funding of 10,488 which should be enough for living expenses, but he/she is capable of handling any other extra curricula expenses that may incur during your stay. Your sponsor should be the one to state all these facts. You dont need to show your personal statement of account.
please add the student account draft, letter from the school showing your funding, then as i said your sponsors financial qualifications and letter. please your sponsor should be a direct relative: brother, sister, mother or father

Hello jahluv,
i would agree with everyone here that you may complicating issues. I think getting a sponsor, according to Frankrobbn1 will be the right way to go. The sponsor should state in his letter of sponsorship that he has paid the full tuition of 10,248 which is in excess into your student account and the graduate school has given you funding of 10,488 which should be enough for living expenses, but he/she is capable of handling any other extra curricula expenses that may incur during your stay. Your sponsor should be the one to state all these facts. You dont need to show your personal statement of account.
please add the student account draft, letter from the school showing your funding, then as i said your sponsors financial qualifications and letter. please your sponsor should be a direct relative: brother, sister, mother or father

Jahluv:
It's Memorial University of Newfoundland.

hello, Good morning
US and Canadian 4.0 scale is practically the same thing, besides its a guide, if you convert it to 4.0 scale using the WES guideline, simply multiply is by 100(for percentage)... Remember, its a guide, it may be higher or lower when the school calculates it according to their standards but the difference wouldn't be so much.
Thanks

Amakyzuu:
Pls can you check again cos it's WES US that has that option. I've done the whole input and need to be sure that I can use the outcome to apply for admission. Thank u

Frankrobbn1:
She's good to go Sir! She has a good profile and reasonable academic progression. Please endeavor to include .... ARTICLE OF ASSOCIATION AND MEMORANDUM and make sure you garnish the application with a convincing SOP. Let's sleep with all eyes closed waiting for her testimony.

All the best!

Thank you so much for checking it out, will give updates

egolaw75:
I have been carefully following the thread. I was denied today.

I submitted the application via paper route on 11th January 2018

I believe the VO did not go through my application AT ALL. Why?

I was denied on the following

- TRAVEL HISTORY - I have traveled to UK,France and US. I was in US last year i renewed my US visa for another two year. I photocopied all the visa pages and i submitted it. I don't think the VO went through the application

- FAMILY TIE - I am married with two kids. I am not going with them. They are staying here. Also my company wrote a letter to the Embassy which i submitted stating that the course am going for is a prerequisite for my next promotion. The company stated that after my studies i will come back to get a higher post. That am expected to resume back on so so day. I don't think the VO even open the document.

-PURPOSE OF VISIT - I wrote a comprehensive SOP. Stating all the facts i need to state and following the thread on SOP.
I also believe the VO did not open it nor READ it AT ALL.

The course am going for is PGD and its for 10 months.I have over 5 years working experience and currently working.

I am thinking of reapplying again

Thanks all

HELLO, sorry for the denial, i haven't applied yet, but your office stating that you will come back to a higher position doesn't tally with your reason for going for a PGD(its known that the higher the degree the better, so masters would be preferable in this scenario), with your wealth of experience you could try express entry, but if you are still determined in going to school, then go for masters, if you must try PGD, then you have to explain how it will help, if its in a different course, you could just say that you want to change positions in the company you work for, so its necessary.

Frankrobbn1:
Hello:
Your friend profile is good.
If I may ask what's her level of education.... BSc, PGD, MSc, phd applicant? Is her intended program relevant to her previous studies/job role.

From the look of things, she have done a good job by paying full tuition and transferring funds into a dormicarly account, letting the visa officer know that funds are readily available/accesible by the applicant and can be easily exported to Canada.?

But you have failed to list the sponspors documents and source of income.... Is the sponsor business incline or gainfully employed?

Answer these questions, then we know how best to help your friend(her) case.

Thank you,
So she graduated from business administration and she is going for an MBA, shes presently working in a firm(via NYSC) and its related to her course of study. Her sponsor(father) is business inclined and everything relating to his business(Tax clearance, CAC, company bank statements etc ) will be uploaded as employment documents. i just shortened the long text by coining it as employment documents. .... so is she good to go

Hello everyone, so a friend of mine wants to submit her application, do you think she needs to add or remove.... thanks
Academic qualifications:
1) Offer and Letter of Admission
2) Transcripts from my previous university
3) IELTS Results
4) Statement of result
5) WAEC result
6) NYSC posting letter as NYSC to be concluded April.....(she is still serving but will be done before school starts)
7) NYSC I.D card
Letter of explanation

Employment:
1) All previous employment letters
Other Documents:
1) Completed and signed Family Information [IMM 5645]
2) Police Clearance Certificate
3) Data page of international passport
4) Upfront medicals
Letter of sponsorship from my father showing
1) Date page of International Passport
2) Statement of Account and Letter from my father’s bank
3) Employment documents
4) Proof of relationship
Proof of funds
1)Tuition fee payment receipt for one year
2)Documents confirming campus residence and a copy of the receipt of residence deposit
3)Personal bank statement of domiciliary account with 17,000 USD for accommodation and living expenses

congratulations, please share your documents

Youngblood28:
Good day pals
I have been a silent reader here for a couple of months now.
I got my offer letter for fall 2017 sometime in March 2017 and proceeded with an online application( heard it was faster and more convenient) on the 5th of May2017, biometrics was done on the 9th of May2017 and I checked processing, it was about 14weeks then, so I relaxed.
Wrote cic a couple of times when resumption was really close and my village people hijacked the mails. I had no choice but to defer the admission to fall 2018, because that is the only slot available.
As God will have it, I got a medical call late November and a passport request 29th of Jan 2018.
I wasn’t going to post this until I see the visa, but I want to encourage those who have been waiting this long not to give up hope, I pray you cannot wait this long and get a refusal IJN.

tall2ce:
If it is not correct. Please kindly help me re-calculate

Hello use this https://applications.wes.org/igpa-calculator/
You will need to compute it course by course, but still most universities use your last 2 years of study/ or last 60 credits. Few universities calculate everything.

Hello everyone, For those that come here saying that they are new to the forum and ask ambiguous questions, i just want to let you understand that being new to a place doesn't prevent you from mastering the environment before asking questions or taking actions, in this case READ. Please if you cannot read from thread 1 like most of us did, you could try by actually putting these questions on google, its not right to always spoon feed people with answers, you could start up something and someone on the forum can help you out. You want schools, take it to google, pick the ones you feel relate to your aspiration and pocket, then you can bring it here for people who have applied to those schools or are attending those schools to give their advice. Try and help yourself, so that when you achieve you will smile back at your effort, no matter how little it is

kindaguy:
PLS I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, IS IT ALL SCHOOLS THAT REQUIRES YOU TO PAY HALF OR FULL PAYMENT OF FEES BEFORE RESUMPTION??

AND PLEASE I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW STEPS ON HOW TO APPLY FOR A CANADIAN STUDY VISA....

PLEASE I NEED ANSWERS URGENTLY

Hello, this particular question has been answered if you read from thread 1, but to answer on the steps, you can click 10 steps back on part 13 and see documents to submit (from documents submitted by people who have their Trv approved).... and to know steps https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada/study-permit/apply.html
To answer the fee payment question, it is dependent on schools and for study permit it is dependent on Statement of account but some pay and get the study permit, while some dont pay and equally get study permit. hope this helps.

tall2ce:
Can I get a scholarship to study Msc in Canada? My CGPA is 3.71/5.00 kindly be of help am new on this thread and I want to use DIY route

Hello, the answer is yes but competitive.
Incase you want to ask the schools in canada: either you read from thread 1 like most of us here did(i know its stressful but possible) or you could click on this link https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada/study-permit/prepare/designated-learning-institutions-list.html , it shows you the list of designated learning institutions in canada by province. you can find out the course you are looking for and scholarships
Incase you stay in abuja or lagos, there is an ongoing educanada fair, you could meet up with schools and ask, hope this helps

Holabisi:
Hi, please I'm on my study permit application do I need to fill the IMM 5257(TRV, visitor form).

Im an online applicant ..iv filled the study permit and family information

Thank you...

i dont think so, unless you have a family member travelling with you

Ope100:
Dear all, happy new year and congrats to all those approved, to those delayed, re-strategize and re-fire.
Your input(s) on this will be much appreciated.
So I have this family friend who is a permanent resident in Canada and resides in Toronto, Ontario. He was home for the Christmas and new year break and asked me to come to Toronto to stay with him immediately after my service year, ending this April/May, while I wait for school to start In September.

The problem now is how do I avoid issues at the point of entry? Because my school is located in Prince Edward Island and not Ontario. I believe the officer at the point of entry will request to see my connecting flight ticket to where my school is located.

Will it be an issue if I have the ticket to show but for a later date, say last week in August and I let the officer know my intention is to reside with my family friend in Toronto, and Fly to Prince Edward Island later or I jejely stay back in Nigeria doing nothing till August and fly to Prince Edward Island.

PS: I got my visa approved November last year, for a program starting September this year.

Thank you for your input in advance.

HELLO, i would advise two options:
1) you could apply for a visiting visa, i heard it doesnt take too long and seeing you have a trv, the visiting visa may not take time. OR
2)just chill till july and fly straight to prince edward island, after immigration checks, you can use local flight and travel to toronto till school resumes, you wont go through immigration checks twice.
if they ask why you came early, you could simply tell them you want to settle in, prep for school and get use to their weather , besides your uncle will help you understand canada before you start school.

yeahkim:
Praise God!
Trv has been approved, got request for passports this morning we thank God.
Applied for study permit for myself and visitors visa for my parents.
Timeline
applied 26th June
medical call and request for new LOA 10th october medicals passed 12th october
all Approved 18th october

CONGRATULATIONS

Austinpee4:
Study permit will be issued to cover the duration of your program. If there is a need to extend your program, you will have to apply for an extension while in Canada.

Thanks for the reply

Hello everyone, please if your course is 16months, is the study permit for 16months or 2 years