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I saw this headline on BBC. But I'm pretty certain there's much more to it. It'll be rather naive to think they are not doing this already. Always a good thing to watch what goes on on your social media accounts.

yokus:
Long post Alert. Journey started 25th of March
14boxes, 6hand luggage, 2 strollers, 1 car seat.
Let's just say that much load caused unwanted attention.....

....I declared my grilled escargots and noddles. He noticed plenty medication through the scanner and asked. Do you havemedication. I replied yes. I have a lot of medication for the kids and he said. Ok and said Welcome to Canada. Got that from 4 diff pple.

Lol, nice read. Was just laughing throughout. Welcome to Canada!
Abeg, na snail, which one be escargots?

DboyizGood:
Ontop this canny waka...my guy whow graduated with a first class is thinking of doing pgd at NOUN.

The hustle for 2 or more cert is real o. He got ICAN but since WES does not give it a positive evaluation, he is insisting on doing pgd.

I already told him it's not possible but I need to be sure it's correct bcs for all I know it's people with 2'2 or lower that can enrol.

If he has ATS, he can consider using that.

luffyhaki:
Oga where have u been?

Neck-breaking work, lol

aworldcitizen:
Please how did you confirm your visa office?

1) I have sent a mail - It was ignored.
2) I raised a CSE - Got a response within 6 days that my additional document has been sent to the relevant visa office but no visa office was mentioned.
3) I have called, but couldn't navigate my way to speak to an agent.

What other method can I use please?

Thank you.

I guess your indirect question may be how to navigate your way to speak to an agent? After dialing the CIC number, press after each automated voice response 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 and then 0. Make sure to wait after each prompt.

chinedum:
Great people of Nairaland, what can I make out of this response from CIC?

Thank you for contacting Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).

We verified the information provided and can confirm that the application is still in process.

While the processing times may vary with each case, we will make all the necessary efforts to finalize the application as soon as possible.

Rest assured that we will communicate with you once a decision is taken or if additional information is required.

We hope the information provided is helpful in assisting you with your enquiry.


My AOR is August 28, 2017; IP2 February 27, 2017.

The delayed processing time is not uncommon. Means just a little more patience. Give it some weeks and you could try keep the pressure on with a few more mails.

Newsprex:
The problem here is that they are trying to fall Facebook....they are jealous of him

Oh, how the Nigerian thinks...

conyema12:
Good day all,

Pls whats the best strategy for scaling through the IELTS, I have written it before with an average score in my speaking.
While the rest are ok. Pls any useful tip is welcomed. CB

Thanks

The best strategy you need is practice, practice and more practice. Since speaking is your weakness, you need to develop short sentence response formats, practice with them and arm yourself with these before your exam day. These formats should be valid for responding to any question. For instance, "While I'm not....., I do appreciate...." is a sentence format you can employ when talking about hobbies, preferences, tasks, etc. "While I'm not the active type, I do appreciate talking a walk every other day as a form of exercise", for example. "Though I...., I prefer...." is another of such sentence format. "Though I am not the active type, I prefer taking a walk every other day as a form of exercise". There are a ton of such pre-built formats all over the net and you should help yourself to some.

It also helps to familiarise yourself with basic vocabularies on houses, food, hobbies, family, school, work. Questions from the first part don't fall far from these items, and getting yourself set for part 1 could be the driver you need to blaze through the whole session.

Strange as it may sound, perhaps the greatest tool you have during the IELTS speaking is lying. Lie freely and unsparingly. Build as many fancy castles as you can easily follow up on as long as it allows you to be moderately consistent. But you have to practice with this in order to do it well on the exam day.

Good luck.

jelmusboy:
And will mosque marriage certificate suffice?

I think you should be fine. At least one person here has used a marriage certificate from a mosque. Will try dig it up when I get on a PC.

Newmum0615:
Wow. Just came online to see more birthday wishes. Thanks everyone. You guys are making me feel quite special. Thanks, thanks and thanks again

I'm just add one more. Happy belated birthday

Lady19034:
Dear Concerned Oga Boss,

I have read through Page 0, and can’t find where any issue like this was treated. Please help

Brief: I work as a Human Resources personnel. I have a Master’s degree in Geology (2011), and a Professional Diploma / ‘Associate of the institute’ form the Institute of Chartered Personnel of Nigeria (2010).

From previous readings, I noticed that it is best one evaluates the highest qualification with WES, which is my Masters, but knowing well that the ‘Associate of the Institute’ is more related to my work experience at the moment.
1. Do you think it is advisable I evaluate both the ‘Associate of the Institute’ and the Master’s degree with WES, or just the Master’s degree? As I would like to continue with the HR practice in Canada

Thanks

Whatever degree/certificate you evaluate has pretty much nothing to do with the work experience you intend to declare in your application. This means you could study microbiology and claim HR experience. You only need to meet the minimum criteria specified in the FSWP instructions. In your case, you should simply evaluate your Masters as it will give you the maximum point you'd need for your application. I'd say you shouldn't bother at all with evaluating the "Associate" certificate.

DaddyTheFather:
mr cochtrane...if time zones permit, I won't mind being a part of your webinar...already done my IELTS, but maybe I could help a few people.

Thanks for the kind offer. Will reach you by mail.

tippex:
Thanks DannyKo. God bless you so much @cochtrane for being so selfless, the webinar was so helpful and the map we did was almost the same we practised yesterday. Thank God everything went well, may God crown our efforts with success.

wow! Glad to hear that. I'm glad you found it helpful too.

For others, we'll try schedule another one. Can't say when. But surely will let you know. This is something we intend to keep doing at intervals. Unfortunately couldn't put this one during weekend. Next one will be at weekend, probably.

luffyhaki:
Cochtrane for president..

If it's not president of Nigeria, I don't want

Okay, so sometime ago we organised an IELTS listening webinar for some guys on this thread and the feedback was really good. Now, we've got some more time on our hands and will organize another this Friday (tentative). Date will be confirmed tomorrow. If you want to join in, send me a PM and I'll book you in. It's free. The idea is to touch on cool strategies for listening and hopefully also reading and writing. Joining instructions will be sent to the email with which you PM. Holla, if interested

Guitarlife:
Newmum mcstan Glitteringstar cochtrane threadstone happytbaby et all please help validate this.
It is important we know the current stand of CIC.

I think paystubs are still a thing, if you have them. Just checked on the site now.

pstfrancis:
IELTS is now 75k, please what is the issue with TOEFL? Is it not acceptable for this process and what of PTE too. Gurus waiting for your feedback on this

The requirements clearly state IELTS. You can't use TOEFL or PTE.

balogunsam:
Yes. I uses a new passport for the application, old one for ITA

You should be fine. I wouldn't worry too much, as long as you submitted with a new passport.

Womenrep:
Thank you, this is quite helpful. That being said, I can now go ahead and register for my IELTS. I was holding back because of that. The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

See here and here. They did not submit payslips and got no ADR for it. You can check here for a LOE explaining that payslips are not available. The person here attached bank statement though. You can redraft this kind of letter to suit your own situation of payslip unavailability.

balogunsam:
Guys, kindly help clarify.

I got a new passport before submitting my application post ITA because the old one had about 5 months to expire and i did not want to go through passport wahala later since i was getting for my kids at that time...and you know naija passport and paper or laminate scarcity could hit at anytime.

Question:

Do i need to notify CIC about the new passport considering the one i submitted application with is different from the one i used Pre ITA.

Experienced inputs would be very much appreciated.

Thank you.

I don't get this. You changed your passport info before submitting your application, right?

Womenrep:
Good morning.

I did a holding over last year at law firm but was being paid in cash(that's what happens in most cases in the firms in my city). This therefore means I don't have bank statements related to salary. I want to use the one year as a work experience because it was. Is an employment contract and a reference from my former employer enough to prove the working experience or I must accompany it with a bank Statement?

Option B, should I just be patient and do another one year before doing an EE since the current job which i started this month pays direct to my account.

Though paystubs are important, they are not compulsory. You can omit paystubs and offer a LOE on why you can't provide them. Don't sacrifice your work experience for that. Employment contract and reference letter are enough to prove your work experience.

chiwelaw:
Am happy to hear this from you. It gives me some hope of getting ITA. My score is 443. Still waiting for my ECA from IQAS though. I regard your comments so much in this forum.
God bless you for your selfless services

You welcome.
It's pretty certain though; you should have no probs with a 443, as far as I can see.

DaddyTheFather:
a little help, people...

a friend would like to apply, but she is separated from her husband and would prefer not to involve him in her app for obvious reasons (baba fit spoli ground by not providing her the docs she needs).

1. can she apply without mentioning him at all?

Actually, depends. Is it "divorce" or "never married"? If it's "Divorce/Separated", I guess she has to mention him, except she likes to get a ban for misrepresentation.

2. if she declares that she is married but husband is not coming, does she need to supply any info about him?

Yes, she'd need to supply info about him and also get him to do medicals.

DboyizGood:
Thanks alot for the tip. Will work on that.

My result LRWS...8.5, 9, 7, 7 but I know I did better than getting a 7 in writing and speaking.

The plan of having an EOR is to see if my scores can improve so I can get maximum points. I just started evaluation with WES to.

I thought of applying for an EOR while working on my evaluation with WES.

I have 4yrs work experience too and possible crs score is 435. But with recent fluctuations in cut offs I might have to wait too long in the pool.

The experienced members here should please advise me on this.

Your results are actually pretty decent and you could get ITA sometime this year with 435. However, if you wanna do EOR, you should know you can't use the IELTS results until it's sorted.

DboyizGood:
Some should clear my doubts abeg.

I intend to apply for EOR in speaking and writing.

I understand EOR is 15k. But I need clarification as to whether this payment will vary since I am want remark for Speaking and writing. Will that amount to me paying 30k for both them?

Thanks

Your 15k should take care of both speaking and writing.

threadstone:
“The only thing better than a PPR is another PPR”
-Aristotle 388BCE



So from the land of the untested murky waters of adding spouse to an application after COPR, This is the remix

Wow! Congrats. Deserved.

MissCee:
Hello house,

I have been through the thread but i couldnt really find answers. I have don my IELTS, with 8 in each compnent, I am 23 years with 2 years experience and a bachelor's degree. My projected CRS is 412, what can i do to boost my score please? I do not have a job offer or family member who is a PR or citizen. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Get one more year of experience. That should increase your score by 25, good enough to get you ITA after a wait of some months at most.

justbazick:
Overall Band: 7.5
Listening: 8.0
Reading: 8.5
Writing: 7.0
Speaking: 6.5

Advise on speaking.

Don't waste time requesting a remark for speaking. You should easily earn a 7, and that'll reflect well on your overall score.

geekybabe:
Mr Romeo3, Like all you have to do each day is just drive your car, pick up riders and drop them off at their destinations. Simple.

What they do with Their lives is none of your business. Taking pictures and discussing your riders life on social media is rude.

Like seriously taking pictures of pple you drive? In saner climates you should be sued. You sign contracts and you shud respect that other pple have rights.

Just imagine evry doctor discussing the patients they treat in hospital everyday.
There is somtin called ethics.

+1
Chief, you need to stop asap taking pictures of the people you drive. It's just soooooo wrong on many levels.
I admire your writing and your humour. I actually did read a lot of your posts and found some entertaining even if I didn't like most. But you need to grow up and really respect your riders, not feign the respect. Taking pics of your riders, silently insulting them and openly doing it on Nairaland are not good ethics for your job. If Uber manages to find you, you can be sure they'll relieve you of your services. That of course is if one of your riders does not find you out and report you to Uber.

Romeo3:
If that girl doesn't have more than 1 bf,, i will deactivate this account.

Engr2000:
You can call this number:. He work with the Kaduna office.

Nazor83:
@ Engr2000: God bless you my brother.
I just spoke with the man and he cleared me on some things.
Am enjoying this Nairaland jare. Very soon it will be bigger than facebook. God will bless all of us here. We are the true Nigerians.

Since you noted the number already, might be a good idea to remove such private info now.

Engr2000:
Dear E-Family,

Thanks for the materials on this platform.

My IELTS result is out:

LRSW: 8.5, 7.5, 8.0, 6.5

Kindly advise on the Writing.

Thanks.

Request a remark. That should be upgraded. You could register for another test, if you've got the stomach and money for it.