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Bobomaigida:
Ah ah, SHARE your timeline na, tell the house how you did your own, it is not good you are only asking questions, you have received PPR more than a week yet I can not see any where you shared what you did and docs you submitted.

Please help others.

Deronke1:
Please o, help me to advise a friend.
She got PPR this morning, only to realise she can't find her passport where she kept it.
Please what do you advise her to do?

pearlies100:
Very Long Post Alert!!

I got admission December 2020 for Fall 2021 in University of New Brunswick but could not apply immediately because I was due to give birth in January 2021. I planned to submit my application in March but thanks to our immigration service, it took over 3 months before I could get passport for my baby despite paying through my nose for expedited processing. I ended up submitting our application on the 9th of June 2021 due to this delay. I was advised to put in mine while waiting for the passport but going without my children was not an option. We applied as a family, Myself, husband and 3 children. My husband applied for SOWP and visiting visa for my children because they're not up to school age.

Aside from the wahala of having to convince the VO and the fact that we are close to our mid 40s, two things stood against us. We had applied to visit Canada in 2019, but were denied, reason given was that we will not come back and false information in my husband's application, he didn't disclose his denial for US visa. We had applied for US visa a month earlier but the consular officer decided to give myself and my son but refused my husband. When we asked for the reason, she said she had none but was making a split decision. It was an oversight on my part because I filled our forms, I did mine first and just edited same form for my Husband and son. I forgot to change that part.
The second issue was my husband had a health condition and no information on how it was handled by IRCC. He didn't want to apply with us because he was scared he would ruin our chances but it was a no no for me. How will I manage with 3 small boys while studying.
We decided to use agents to help with our application but when I heard the price, I ran away quickly, not in this Buhari's economy.

I used same SoP I used to get my admission because I had no time to start afresh, I just edited it and in addition explained why I was doing a second masters (I have an MBA, same with my husband), how it would be beneficial in Nigeria and course not available in my country. I also addressed the issue of the denial in 2019 stating we never planned to break any visa rule and pointed them to our travel history to show that we have never overstayed in the countries we have visited. I also had to explain the false information in my husband's SoP stating it was an oversight. Reason given for going with my children is that they were too young to be left behind and I need my husband to take care of them. He runs his business and will take time off to support me in my career advancement. Reason given for him applying for work permit is that he wants work part time to gain experience that he would apply to his business back home and also support his family while in Canada.

Application was submitted 9th of June and the wait started, UNB gave us ultimatum of 13th of September to get our study permit or defer. We would not be allowed to even start online without it. I had no choice but to defer to September 2022. I wrote to IRCC but got generic responses. I got Nairobi email address from this forum and sent several mails. At some point, they stopped responding. I decided to fast and pray first week in February, a friend gave me Abuja email address, I sent a mail to them on the 7th and got a response on the 9th to go for medicals. I was so excited that finally, we have made progress. My husband and I did ours first. We had to disclose his condition and he was asked to go for further test, the tension of waiting was not easy especially on his part, mine was updated on the 19th while his was updated on the 22nd. We finally crossed that hurdle. Then our kids were asked to go for theirs a month later. Theirs was updated on the 23rd of March. I was asked to submit an updated application letter from the school and I also had to send a new passport because of the expiry date on the one I submitted. My hope was that within a month we should be done with this whole process. Then another wait started. I started writing to IRCC every other week from April but they didn't respond to any of my mails. I saw a format on nairaland 3 weeks ago to use to send email reminders but still no response. I decided to chill until the one year anniversary of our submission. At this point I was tensed because so many things were hanging, cost of ticket was rising, I needed to give enough notice to my boss to get my replacement before leaving. I entered another fasting and prayer last week, I had no other option. On the 10th of June, that's last Friday, someone posted the email address of different Visa Offices. I started sending mails to all of them. I also sent message to IRCC's twitter account and was about to send to London VO when I saw 7 donotreply emails. I first of all panicked and was afraid to open the mail. It was like a miracle, finally after one year of waiting, this came through. I also pray for those waiting patiently to get yours quickly in Jesus name, Amen!

My timeline:

Application Submitted: 9th of June 2021
Medical Request for me and my spouse: 9th February, 2022
Medical Passed: 19th and 22nd February 2022
Medical Request for my children: 9th March 2022
Medical Passed: 23rd March 2022
BVL: 10th June 2022
PPR: 10th June 2022

Documents submitted:
Myself:
IELTS Result
Police Clearance Certificate
Resume
Marriage Certificate
BSC and Masters Certificate
Proof of Current Employment
Travel History
Land Documents
Proof of Fund: Joint Account (had to explain the source of a lump sum), Dorm Account, Children's individual account, savings from office cooperative and RSA account (I stated this was for back up).

Spouse:
Police Clearance Certificate
Company Registration
Land Documents
Travel History

Children:
Birth Certificate

Calebbold:
I have been a silent reader on this forum. Please join me in thanking God Almighty. Just received my PPR request.

Applied on: 27th February 2022
Biometrics: 3th March 2022
Upfront medical passed: 4th March 2022
Eligibility Review: 30th May 2022
Bvl: 30th May 2022
PPR: 11th June 2022

Seyitorl2:
Good evening everyone.
pleaase can anyone help two or three hospitals where I can get upfront medical done. Kindly let me know if I can get anyone on the mainland. Thanks.

rukkayah:
Its PPR!!!!
Alhamdulilah!!!
April 8 applicant.
Im sooo Happy!

pearlies100:
It's PPR!!!! after one year wait.

I will post details soon. I'm too excited!

Masiyibella:
PPR POST ALERT!!
What God cannot do does not exist!!!

Spouse - SOWP
2 kids - VV
Application date - 17th January 2022
BVL- 10th June 2020
PPR- 10th June 2022

The notification mail dropped all at once.
I want to say a very Big thank you to everyone for their contributions on this platform and most especially to one of the best hands in terms of writing and reviewing of SOPs @justmellow of GCMSWRITERS (check him out on IG). After he assisted my spouse with reviewing his SOP for his study application (which turned out to be successful), we contacted him again for my application and that of my kids which also turned out to be successful. He is definitely one of the best at what he does and I never doubted his advise and suggestions even for once. I’m super excited as I use this news as a point of contact to everyone waiting on their good news that God will come through for each and everyone of you in Jesus name. �

Let me also add that I was completely scared about not having a travel history (asin my passport na and my children’s own na virgin passport) but God took care of it…I submitted a total of 1m Naira in my account, hubby’s account had about 10m Naira and 10k cads.

Thank you all once again and May Canada favour is all IJN Amen. �

Boluwatifebaby:
OLORUN AGBAYE O, YOU ARE MIGHTY!

PPR ALERT!

New portal.
Application submitted - 1st May, 2022
Upfront Medicals - 16th May 2022
Upfront Medicals updated - 28th May 2022
Eligibility- started today
PPR - 9th June 2022

Documents submitted

- LOA
- SOP
- Fee receipts - 1st semester
- Uni degree
- Uni transcripts (unofficial)
- Nysc certificate
- Waec certificate
- Intl passport
- Visa pages and stamps
- Birth certificate
- Police certificate
- Letter of employment
- Current ID card
- Salary statement of account
- MBS of personal savings acc
- MBS of sponsors savings acc
- Business receipts of sponsors business
- Resume
- Volunteer certificate
- previous letters of employment and Id cards
- Letter of support
- Affidavit of support
- Sponsors id (Birth certificate and intl passport)
- Family pictures
- Birth certificate of siblings

Super grateful to God and this platform. To everyone expecting PPR, it's on its way. ❤��

Eden2018:
Silent reader mode deactivated.

Its PPR guys! God is indeed faithful.

Family application. Study visa for kids and SOWP for spouse. I used the GCkey Portal.

Here is my timeline:

Submission: May 4, 2022
Upfront Medical for all: May 10, 2022
Biometric done and Updated: May 13, 2022
Medical Passed for all: May 19, 2022
Eligibility Review: June 9, 2022
BVL/PPR: June 9, 2022

This is to encourage those who want to go for family application that it is doable. Details of documents submitted will be posted soon. I got worried at some point because I did not include Police Clearance Certificate. But we got the approval without it.

I gathered all the information I used for my application from this platform. God bless you guys! The commitment to the success of others on this platform is amazing.

Vernia:
Guys it’s PPPPPPPPRRRR

I applied with the help of an immigration consultant. Here’s my timeline.

Upfront Medicals - 5th April 2022
Application submitted - 18th May 2022
Confirmation of Application - 18th May 2022
Biometrics Collection Letter - 18th May 2022
Background check updated - 19th May 2022
Biometrics Enrollment - 24th May 2022
Biometrics Completed - 25th May 2022
Medical passed - 2nd June 2022
Eligibility - 2nd June 2022
Ghost Update - 3rd June 2022
PPR - June 9

Filled the necessary forms

POF
1 University of Calgary Tuition fees for International Students document
2. University of Calgary Tuition CIBC Payment Confirmation
3. $20,000 GIC Welcome Letter and Investment Advice
4. Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Reference Letter for Applicant
5. 6-month Bank Account Statement – Applicant showing a balance of N5,085,519 equivalent of $15,916 CAD

Sponsor Documents

1. Sponsor – (Spouse)
a. Sponsorship Letter
b. Passport Data Page
c. Affidavit of Support for Applicant
d. Gift deed
e. Bank transfer from Sponsor Access Bank to Applicants
f. Bank transfers to Applicants Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) Plc account showing funds for Gift Deed and documents showing payment for GIC and Tuition
o ISBO Telex Confirmation for GIC purchase
o GTB Account statement showing purchase of FX for tuition fees
g. Bank debits for GIC and Tuition payment from Applicants GTB account
h. CAC documents
i. Property and Land Documents

Additional Documents

1. Study Plan
a. Statement of purpose outlining my reasons for choosing a Masters in Engineering at the University of Calgary
 
2. Education
a. Federal University of Technology (FUTO) degree
b. FUTO Recommendation Letter
c. FUTO Statement of Result
d. FUTO Unofficial transcript
e. IELTS
f. WAEC Certificate
 
3. Employment
a. Resume
b. NYSC Certificate
b. Employment Reference Letters

4. Family Ties
a. Proof of Relationship with my Sponsor
i. Marriage certificate
ii. Wedding pictures

b. Marriage Change of Name
i. Affidavit Change of Name
ii. Marriage Certificate
 
5. Security Clearance
a. Police Certificate

Abiex:
It's PPR guys

I used the GCkey Portal and my application took 3 weeks
Upfront Medical: April 25th 2022
Submission: May 18th 2022
Biometric: May 24th 2022
Biometric passed same day
Medical passed: June 2nd
Eligibility review: June 2nd
BVL: June 9th 2022
PPR: June 9th 2022

Oyalfares:
Glory be to God
My son's PPR is out!
Details later

WiZiggy:
Please can you explain clearer, I read a lot of people send their passport to Abuja instead of Lagos, despite staying in Lagos, why is that?

oppemipo:
Good morning everyone,

I just booked medical with IOM Abuja, I didn't see the payment link.
Can anyone help me out, please?

Filanodivine:
Good morning guys.. it’s ppr oh
Will give full gist soon cus e plenty


Should I go to VAC and submit passport or should I use any dhl branch in Lagos.. how best should I send my passport.. I’m in Lagos

teejhaay:
PPR ALERT GUYS

My Application Timeline and documents

Background
Undergraduate course: BSC Mechanical Engineering
Intended course in Canada: MS Mechanical Engineering
School: University of Calgary, Alberta
Previous Visa refusals: US study visa twice ( declared this in my application form, didn't discuss at all in SOP).
Employment: Currently serving, to pass out July 2022.

Portal: New Portal
Upfront Medical: January 13th 2022
Submission: January 25th 2022
Biometric: January 28th 2022
Biometric passed same day
Medical passed: February 9th
Ordered first GCMS notes: March 3rd 2022, it came April 4th, info sharing still on, eligibility not yet started.
Ordered second GCMS note: May 16th, but yet to arrive.
Eligibility review: May 19th 2022
BVL: June 6th 2022
PPR: June 8th 2022
Webforms: Major 3 ( to add my father's company profile, emedical sheet, and more local purchase order from contractors). Other webforms were to disturb IRCC, probably up to 10.

After my eligibility started, I sent emails everyday to Abuja and Nairobi, even till this morning before ppr came in.

Documents submitted

Purpose of Visit

1. LOA from UCalgary (MSc Mechanical Engineering)
2. BSc Mechanical Engineering Transcript
3. BSc Mechanical Engineering Certificate
4. Nysc Posting letter to Ogun state water corporation (to finish July)
5. Congratulatory email from supervisor

Finance
1. Full funding letter from UCalgary (18k stipend plus full tuition) for year 1 and 2
2. Support letter from Research Supervisor
3. Gift deed of 4 million from Dad
4. MBS showing the 4 million in my personal account (I didn't present my father's SOA)
5. Invoices from Father's business to show his source of income

Home Tie
1. Letter of Notification of future employment from my father's business (an engineering company)
2. Pictures of me volunteering on some past projects (explained I have been passionate about the business despite not being employed there)
3. Site pictures of past projects
4. Father's company profile (submitted by webform)
5. CAC and memorandum of association to prove the company belongs to my Father.
6. My birth certificate showing my father's name as it is on all company documents.
7. Other siblings birth certificate
8. Picture with parent at BSc Convocation
9. Full family picture
10. Work ID and National ID of parents

These documents were shuffled to fit into the different section of the portal during submission. Many were supporting documents for my SOP. I hope this helps someone out there to prepare for this journey. Cheers��

PLEASE I NEED SUGGESTIONS ON THE BEST FLIGHT TO CALGARY FROM LAGOS, THANKS IN ANTICIPATION GUYS.

Djeanny:
Hello everyone, it's PPR and I'm so excited to share this information with you.
I came across this thread just before i submitted my application and i must say i'm so grateful to everyone who has contributed to it's growth. The wealth of information here is mind-blowing and i pray God bless everyone who has had a part in it.

Here is my timeline:
Portal: New portal
Application submission: 17th April, 2022
Upfront medicals: 9th March, 2022
Medical passed: 28th April, 2022
Biometric updated same day: 21st April, 2022
Bvl & PPR: 7th June, 2022

Background:
B.Tech Transport mgt Technology, 2012
Intended course: Advanced Diploma in Supply-chain and Operations Management
School: Conestoga College
Previous Visa Approval: South Africa

Documents submitted:
School's letter of Acceptance
Confirmation letter for receipt of tuition deposit.
Statement of purpose.
Undergraduate certificate & Transcript
Nysc
NIN
Police Character Certificate
Payslips (4 months)
Work ID
Job offer letter & Confirmation letter
Letter of introduction from work
Resume
Certifications from work
Awards from Undergraduate days
Reference letters (got from two banks, a pension management firm, and from Insurance company)
Covid-19 Vaccination card
Study leave letter from co-owned company
Receipt and Deed of transfer for sold property
Marriage certificate
My birth certificate

Finance & Assets:
3 bank Statements with a total closing balance of 19.7m (cashflow: 231m)
Insurance premium: 600k
P.s: I didn't include my pension sum figures, however, the sum was clearly stated in the reference letter I got from them.

Hometies:
Business CAC Documents
Parents and siblings birth certificates
Wife and child's brith certificates
Documents of ownership for four land assets
Family pictures and wedding pictures

@beejayb thanks a lot for taking out time to attend to my enquiries and also reviewing my SOP. May Canada favor you boss.

For every ppr hopeful on this thread, please do not give up on your dream, I trust God will make yours a reality soon.

gazu007:
Hi everyone, its PPR.

Timeline:

Applied April 30th
Upfront medical uploaded the same day
Medical Passed May 30th
PPR/BVL June 3
Eligibility check updated June 7th
Eligibility updated April 30th (still confused)
Passport sent to Abuja June 4th
Passport received June 8th

I thank God almighty my author and finisher.

I will post the documents submitted later.

Timex146:
Good morning everyone

I got denied this morning. Personal asset and Financial status.
Submitted via new portal Feb 6
I need someone that can assist with my application

My brother-in-law who is a permanent resident in Canada was my sponsor. He presented an account statement of 22CAD. I didn’t submit mine.


I’m so sorry, please don’t give up.

Hubmon360:
It's PPR fam

GC KEY
applied April 2
PPr June 7

would be back to tell my story. still in shock......

Ewaade23:
THE LORD HAS DONE IT FOR ME
ITS PPR GUYS….
I AM COMING BACK WITH MY TIMELINE

Fabprincely:
After ordering my notes and sending them a mail for the first time yesterday’ I was served a refusal letter this morning ‘ just woke up with my phone in my hand reading twitter trends when a message from Ircc popped up!!
It’s really painful .

purpose of visit and personal assets were the stated reasons but I own a business and applied for business management? and my business ‘ my dumping truck and even my personal car shd be an enough asset ?

well my school don’t defer applications ‘ what shd I do ? Wait or go again ?

Akexstinger:
Hi guys ! I was rejected by IRCC today and my school is Conestoga college with a whooping fee of 19k dollars for just one year program and I had to defer to September because of delay from IRCC which made me not to meet up with May 9 resumption.
Just this evening , on getting home from work, I received offer letter from Memorial University of Newfoundland for Masters in Occupational Safety and Health . I checked their minimum expense fee and the one year program tuition is just 10k Cad with C plan of paying 5k tuition fee for first semester and balance of 5k second semester. And no tuition deposit is required . I have accepted the offer . Resumption date is 6th of September and also Conestoga college is 6th of September too.
I checked Mpower and MUN is not eligible for Mpower loan.
Now I am confused. I don’t know what to do as I don’t have any source of fund anymore. Should withdraw from Conestoga college and ask for refund , so I can start with MUN. MUN is professional Master while Conestoga is postgraduate diploma and they are both in safety in line with my HND, and my work experience.
I need your advice

Mamawetel:
Thank you. Yours will come too.

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Congratulations oh.... we applied same day... i am hopeful

Mamawetel:
My people, it is PPR!!!
My God! The God of operation change of story!
He has done it for me.

My heart skipped when I saw the email alert from IRCC, I was scared to open it oh, lol.

1st time applicant, GCkey

Submitted: 5th April,2022
Upfront medical:16th March,2022
Biometrics: 11th April, 2022 updated same day.
Medical passed: 20th April,2022.
Eligibility began: 2nd May,2022.
PPR: 6th June, 2022.

Document submitted:
Ircc forms
Academic certificates; BSc, MSc ( Applied for a 1yr PGd cert program)
LOA
Proof of tuition deposit ( about 9k CAD)
SOP (3 pages)
Travel history
Nysc
Family pic
My pension cert
My previous employment letter( currently unemployed).
Child's birth cert.
Sponsor's data page ( spouse)
Sponsor's notarized letter of sponsorship
Sponsor's employment letter
Sponsor's bank statement
Reference letter from sponsor's bank
Reference letter from sponsor's employer stating current position and annual emoluments.
Sponsor's official id card
Sponsor's pension cert
Marriage cert
Land docs.

God bless every contributor on this thread. Took notes from here on documents needed and even drafted my SOP based on points and templates I found here. My sister helped to restructure and proof read my SOP.
I pray this rain of PPR touches every expectant heart, Amen.

Teekay20:
ITS PPR OOOOOO
THANK YOU JESUS
I AM COMING TO TYPE OUT MY TIMELINE
JANUARY 19TH APPLICANT

nelsonsmom:
ITS PPR OOOOOOO! GOD AM IN TEARS!!!
FOR ME AND MY 2 KIDS!!!!!
JANUARY APPLICANT.
I WILL BE BACK, MAKE I GO THROW BACKIE FOR GOD FIRST!

aamey15:
Its PPR GUYS,

I am so so excited, and I would like to share my testimony. Started this process January this year and I have to say God has been good. I learnt a lot from this platform, spent sleepless nights literally just reading and reading--- oh I read a lot, at some point I got obsessed and was scared but i knew i had to research. Then I summoned the courage and started compiling my documents. It took my almost 3 months to get all documents together and I applied April 9th.
I have to give a special shoutout and THANKYOU to the one and only @technix who reviewed my SOP( because I had drafted it before making contact with him) , but guess what guys he did more than that, he went above and beyond to advise and guide me on the process. I would send him messages at odd hours stating my concerns but he would calm me down and reassure me that it would be alright. I have to say THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for being a great support throughout this process, you are truly God sent. If anyone needs help with this our Canada Parole please guys trust me he is your guy. He is over capable and I am grateful our paths crossed.
Applied – April 9th
Upfront medical was done – April 19th
Medicals was updated – May 18th ( I had to raise webform after I didn’t get a response from them)
PPR- June 3rd

Documents submitted-
Letter Of Acceptance
Certificate Of Acceptance
Application For Study Permit
Letter Of Introduction From Employer
Promotion Letter
Official Letter From School
Official Letter For Work Permit
Undergraduate Degree Certificate
Postgraduate Degree Certificate
Postgraduate Award Certificate
Updated Resume
NYSC Certificate
International Passport Data Page
Proof of Funds
Full Tuition Deposit Receipt
GTB My Bank Statement (6 Months)
GTB My Bank Statement for business (6 Months)
Stanbic IBTC Mutual Funds Account Statement
Stanbic IBTC RSA – Reference Letter
Affidavit Of Gift Deed From Spouse( To address the lump sum)
Data Page Of Gift Deed Donor
Certificate Of Registration For Business Name
Marriage Certificate
Newspaper Publication Of Change Of Name After Marriage
Affidavit Of Change Of Name After Marriage
Birth Certificate Of Myself
Birth Certificate Of Children And Spouse
Copy Of Family Picture
Additional Documents
Letter Of Appointment
Employment ID Card
Employment Letter
Employment Letter Of Spouse
Spouse Employment ID card
Police Character Certificate
Picture Of Business Location
Scanned Visa Pages

viclove04:
Good day, Everyone.

I am here to share my testimony so as to encourage others not to give up. I also read the success stories of others and learnt a lot and I am very excited to share mine with you all.

First Application - June 18, 2021
Refusal - Sept 21, 2021
Application for gcms notes - Sept 21,2021
Gcms notes received - Oct 27, 2021


Second Application - April 13, 2022
PPR - June 1, 2022

What did I do differently?
The refusal was based on two grounds - Purpose of my visit and Personal assets and financial status.
From the gcms notes, the rationale for those reasons were pointed out.

The first time, I did it all by myself. The second time, I decided this time around I needed the guidance of an expert to give it my best shot as I re-apply and so I contacted @justmellow of gcmswriters. website :www.gcmswriters.com and IG/Twitter/Telegram: @GCMSWriters handle. He is in deed an expert and can tackle refusal cases. He was my guide all through the process and he also wrote the two powerful write ups I submitted - The LOE and SOP.

For my first reason of Purpose of visit, that was tackled through the wonderful compelling write ups. The VO made an error by concluding that my choice of program and previous study and employment history had no correlation. That was wrong. My program was perfectly in line with my employment history and that was spelt out clearly in the LOE submitted.


For the second reason that has to do with financial status and personal assets, a lot of work had to be done here on this serious issue for about 6 months. That was from October 2021 till April 2022, I tell you, a whole lot of work really had to be done to build my financial status so that a better financial representation can submitted this time around. My bank accounts had to run for 6 months, from October all the way to April to give a better outcome. More assets and investments had to be put into the application. Investments, business and employment documents and so on were put in plus the outstanding letter of re-consideration that was very mind blowing and technical.

This time around, I applied as Self sponsored and did not use "third party sponsor" as I did in the first application.

I tackled every point written by the VO in my gcms notes and left no stone unturned with the help of the exceptional guide who helped me all the way.
When it was time to submit, he went through the final compilation and vetted, certified it good to go and I submitted it myself via my GCkey account.

To cut the long story short, I got the wonderful news on June 1, 2022. I am so excited. I am very happy I didn't give up and decided to re-fire. The truth is - I was very discouraged and almost gave up but I am happy I gave a shot and a better one at that the second time.

I give God the glory for making this a reality. And I want to encourage you all not to give up. Many got theirs on the 2nd and 3rd attempts. Just apply for your gcms notes to get a clearer picture and the exact red flags pointed out and give it another shot. Don't give up, just believe God, put in your best, get all the professional guidance you can get and it will come out successful. Wishing you all the very best.
Glory to God!!!

MotunrayoD:
Hello, it’s PPR today. How long does it take to get your passport after submitting