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Abbylee:
Hi guys!

I finally got ITA.

I was wondering, when filling my application; travel history specifically: I travelled to Ghana by road 4 years ago with my old passport, passed through Benin and Togo boarders to get there and of course my passport was stamped anyhow.

Will I need to include Togo and Benin in countries I have been to? Even though all these stamps are on my old passport and Ghana was the destination?

Do i need to include scanned pages of stamps and travel history on my old passport?

Thanks

Include only travel history on and scans of your current passport. If they need more info, they'll get back to you. In that case you can then scan older passports to them.

In entering your travel history, pay attention to how your passport was stamped. That is, if your passport was stamped at the Togo border during entry and exit, then you've traveled to Togo, even if was in just one day. As the scan will show this, it's better you enter it. If your passport wasn't stamped at all in Togo, then you don't have to enter it into your travel history.

Bimpsy99:
Please when was this evaluation done? Asking because someone on this thread once posted a screen shot of a favourable evaluation by WES for ICAN which is what changed my mindset about whether it leads to a favourable result.

Some school of thought even has it that WES gives favourable assessment to people who assessed ICAN post 2011 under the new syllabus.

Please has any one recently evaluated ICAN? What year did you finish, when was the evaluation done and what was the outcome??

We need to know what is truly obtainable so that people can be rightly guided.

From what your friend has..it can't be regarded As a Canadian certificate and no point can be earned.

This is curious. I'd have thought they'd evaluate that positively. At the same time, we've got only one case of positive evaluation for ICAN and several cases of negative evaluation, if I'm correct. I find it difficult to believe it's down to the officer assessing the qualification, as WES should have a standard they abide by.
Surely we need more cases before saying anything further on this.

Thanks to everyone for the kind words and congratulations. Really appreciate it

sleekchic:
Congratulations sir. May Canada be all you dreamed it would be and much more.

Pls did you have any UK or USA visa refusal?

Thanks for the kind words.
No, I don't have any visa refusals.

GlitteringStar:
At last! I created my profile today. Now in the pool.


It will surely end in praise for us all!

Here we go! Nice one

TEECANN:
OK bro, thanks for the heads up. Will I have to purchase the Foxit Pro online or can I get a free download version on the internet?

God bless.

You can purchase it online

Thanks @codebrew85, @TEECANN, @blessings2017

@TEECANN, regarding "working smart" as you say, you need a PDF editor. Acrobat or Foxit, or any other good one. I know the Foxit pro is really good. It allows you to insert text into any field (for PDF forms without pre-formatted text fields) or into any regular PDF with formatted text field. It also enables you insert images from clipboard. That way you can add your signature into any field and resize it to fit. You won't be printing out the pdf forms at all; everything you'll do with the tools available on the editor.
It also links easily with MsWord and other generic doc & image formats.

So, the first step is finding the right editor.

sleekysilk:
Congrats coachy! Wish u and aunty GS well

Hahaha, thanks! You guys and speculations sha.....

Deebay:
Congratulations to the two both of you. Lol. Congratulations and I wish you all the best. Thanks for taking out Time to tell us details of your application.

Thankie. Speculations...lol
Anyways, I think it's a good idea if everyone mentions the unique things about their application. I'm fairly certain it helps many others.

Ajujuju2:
What a real Wawu!!!
I'm certain d V. O saw all d hyperlinks and smart analytics and knew immediately that Canada wont do well without you.

Congrats Senior data analyst! Your timeline is groundbreaking!

Thanks Ajuju

Marc0110:
WES doesn't work for nurses ooooo

Could you please provide more details about this?

[quote author=EJIZY post=62476559][/quote]Thanks Ejizy. I'm glad to help

GlitteringStar:
Congratulations!

Thanks. Madam news anchor, lol

[quote author=GlitteringStar post=62461846][/quote]Abeg make una sorry for the delay o. Na work & movement.

My timeline

23-Aug ITA
23-Oct AOR
23-Oct NA1
06-Nov ADR for Travel History & Background Check
07-Nov ADR submitted
07-Nov IP1
12-Nov Medicals Passed
14-Nov NA2
16-Nov IP2
17-Nov PPR

Thanks everyone o for the felicitations. I'm wow'ed out of my wits. Una try wella. You guys have been the best e-family. I really appreciate the gesture. I know I'm gonna meet some people here someday and I'm sure it'll be an interesting time.

I wish all others the best on this journey.

Thanks @phf2be, @Aig84, @Blackbuddy, @nonogoodgirl, @caon, @Ljay17, @koonlay5, @sistaj, @Ronke1114, @ugoiyke79e, @Hope15, @sweetrie, @Raconteur14, @enocoded4life, @Emmasonic4me, @deeore, @threadstone, @Canadianfly, @viccee, @wisemen045, @Bsbabe, @ddymples, @philip3, @Faaz09, @chizilulu, @Owols, @Kontagious, @smslive2, @Santino1, @Newmum0615
@JustinTrudeau, @yokus (otherwise known as yokusyokoto smiley ,@Yewwygraceful, @elfmann, @40manlappy
@Guitarlife, and of course all others I failed to mention.

And finally @GlitteringStar. She has the most beautiful mind I have ever seen. She is a special one. Thanks.

Some quick unique things about my application

1. I used OND (National Diploma) & BSc to obtain "Two or more certificates". I remember coming to this thread and seeing instructions that only "post-Bachelor" diploma was allowed by CIC. It took some research to find out this is false. I urge everyone not to take at face value what they see here. As Canadianfly has always advised, do your own research. Only take the stuff you get here as where to set out on your research path. You could even ignore it all together!

2. After filling in my background details, including personal & educational history, I got ADR to do this again. Unfortunately I didn't take snapshots, so I'm 100% sure I got some dates mixed up in the repeat ADR, like starting an activity in April 2008 in the former & maybe September 2008 in the latter. I simply couldn't remember. After submitting, I found that I did take snapshots. Checked and saw I had filled some of the background ADR wrongly. Didn't bother to raise CSE as I expected the VO to give himself brain and understand April is not so far from September, lol. Well, it was a chance I took.

3. They didn't ask me for language details and I didn't claim points for French, but I put my french certificates anyways and added a LOE. I had filled some of the info in my personal history and thought to furnish details with a LOE. Now that I think about it, that was completely irrelevant. You really shouldn't put things you don't have to.

4. I got IP1 before getting "Medicals Passed". I honestly don't know why, but am guessing every application is just unique in its own way.

5. Initially, I submitted only current passport. Shortly after I got ADR for travel history and had to use an extra sheet to complete the information as the document did not fit in all travel information. I then added stamps & biodata page from all my passports (3 in all). But I carefully inserted hyperlinks in the cover page such that clicking each link took will take the VO to the respective passport pages.

6. I added several info on work history in addition to the requested letter. I have easy access to a lot of my career information (from coy database), so it was pretty easy to add so many stuff to prove I have the required work experience in the specified NOC. Added payslips for a year. Was easy to get from coy database.

7. Used digital photo (softcopy) from Studio 24.

8. Used Mutual funds only as POF (Stanbic & ARM). Didn't use anything else.

I hope these details help someone

Thanks again to everyone!

Thing now is, I've traveled and didn't make arrangements for this 15-day deadline. I'll have to find a way to extend this.

yokus:
Ajujuju2 - you be Prophetess? You tagged me n Golden mail fell on me. Lol- it is my brother's app that is in LVO.

Wow! Wow! I'm not an ambulance, lol, just to note like someone here.

Happy congrats!! Nice one. Wish you the best in Canada.

JesusBabyyy:
I am hoping its next week, so I can get into the pool before the next draw, my wes report is due to be completed this Friday. Please when WES gives a due date for report completion, do they update the report on the date given?

I'd say you just wait for the ECA to be completed. You never know if this may change.

smslive2:
Any hope for Draw today or till next week?

Next week, most likely, given the numbers they need to meet before year's end.

Canadianfly:
Hahahaha Konta Konta!! You see am abi

Cochtrane, "more than enough for most" why no more than enough for Cochtrane?

Come on! I'm sure I'm part of that "most".

You guys have just kept me effectively distracted, lol

Canadianfly:
GlitteringStar, do you have Thai blood in you? Mr. Cochtrane has no plans for a Nigerian oh


All these UniLag people....

But she honestly doesn't have to. She has a special head on her shoulder already. That's more than enough for most

wale006:
Hello All,

I have been reading this page for over two months but I didn't comment or asked any question, I simply read and learn. I discovered a lot of people ask very advance questions when they are actually in the embryonic stage of their application. So I decided that until I have the basic I will not disturb you all.

Now I am here. I checked my IELTS yesterday and it was 8.5,8.5,7.5,7.5 for LRSW. I have also commenced my ECA process but yet to get the evaluation.

Now my question is, what exactly is step by step process and what will I be needing at each step. I am the kind of person that like getting things in order before even starting.

NOTE: I used the CRS tool and my score is 441 with the result above.

I have all my cash which is sufficient in mutual funds and I am single (Lone Ranger)

I await your responses, Thank you all.

1. Obtain you ECA.
2. Submit your EE profile on CIC's website. If you have rightly calculated your CRS score, you should get 441 and easily obtain ITA
3. After obtaining ITA, submit all your docs. By now, you should know what you need. If you don't, refer to Page 1. Basically this is where you submit POF, ECA, IETLS, medicals etc.
4. Once profile submitted, you await CIC's decision on your application which can take anywhere from 1-6 months.
5. Decision can either be positive or negative.

Canadianfly:
Lol black Nigerian man is not on the top of the list there. And I doubt I ever met a Thai person. More like Filipinos.

You don't say! Don't let me start bad talk here, lol. But I do know a handful of nationalities fall over themselves for something widely admired. Djimon Hounsou, for example, did not lock down Kimora over looks alone.

Santino1:
Did you just say Thai? I hope person no go carry Caitlyn go house.

Haha. I'm sure there are more naturals than synthetics amongst them.

Emmasonic4me:
Madam abeg help us torchlight the bolded...A friend of mine that studied in Canada also said something of that sort, but I quickly waved it off.

Canadian babes no dey gree mingle with migrants? Wetin person fit offer them sef wey go make them fall for you? Will those our regular lines I crammed back then still work?

Just wondering

Why should you stress over Canadian babes when there is a ton of other nationalities present? I'm sure a Thai babe, for example, will mingle easily.... Just saying

Dannyko:
Good day all,I just got an email from WES and part of the content reads "This is to advise you that photocopies of your documents have been sent to University of Lagos for verification and that your file has been placed on hold until we receive their written response."

Pls how long does Unilag respond to WES?I just want to know what my waiting time will be from now.Thanks all for your usual help.

@kontagious @glitteringstar @hephgirl and honourable elders on the thread kindly respond

Unilag will usually respond in 1-2 weeks. But I've seen cases where they don't respond at all, cos they get several verification requests. In other instances, they could take longer than 1-2 weeks. Personally, I had to have the verification request sent twice before unilag responded. They simply didn't see the first one, according to them.

So, you may have to follow up. If you go to the Senate building during visiting times, you should be able find someone to talk to who'll tell you if your verification request has been attended to. Unilag typically responds by email.

True talk

GlitteringStar:
Thanks bro.

Glitteringbabe, you just dey chop congratulations upandan. Share some reach this side na

flyboi1:
Update... rewrote IELTS for the forth time and finally moved from 6.5 a 7.0 in the dreaded reading.

thanks guys for all the help.

cc GlitteringStar Kontagious cochtrane kissoflife

Congrats!

marksooyinmiebi:
Who will go through all this to hack a phone?

That's why you are a Nigerian. We don't understand stuff like this. Maybe can't, unfortunately.

mosbiod:
Just a quick question to help me plan my POF.
Must the monies be complete in the account 6 months before ITA or just before ITA?

If you can get it to be completed 6 months before ITA, that'd be great; or six months before submitting your application, would be fantastic. However, we've had a handful of cases where guys had POF completed only 1-2 months (or less!) before submitting application or getting ITA and still got PPR. So, just do what you can and cross your fingers.

The whole six months thing evolved from CIC's requirements that the letter you obtain from your financial institution should show your account with, among other things, "the average balance for the past six months". Nothing however says the average balance for these past six months should be greater than the mandated POF amount.

walechicago:
Is it compulsory that I have the $12,300 CAD before I can apply. Please I need explanation on the statement of account.

Not compulsory before you enter the pool. But compulsory before you submit your application. In fact, you'll have a placeholder for it and will need to put some doc there.

GlitteringStar:
Wow! Wow!! Wow!!!!!!! I'm not an ambulance. I'm just ecstatic. My EOR is back!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats!

This is mostly what happens doing Medicals at Children's Practice, Ikoyi.
Of course, this will vary from person to person and could change completely in the future.

-You walk in to the Visa Medicals section. Instruction is to get there before 10am.

-Inform the person at the desk you want to do upfront medicals for Canadian PR (Express Entry)

-You'll submit a passport photo and a copy of your international passport. You'll also show your original international passport. So you need to go with 1 passport photo, a copy of your international passport & your original international passport.

-You'll be given a GTB bank teller and instructed to go pay 28050naira at GTB. A GTBank is some walking distance from the hospital. If you didn't drive there, you'll find some hangers-on taximen around the hospital for maybe 500naira (see attachment for how far GTBank is from the hospital; it's some 10mins walk).

-You return to the hospital and hand the teller to the person at desk, confirming that you've paid.

-You will be given two tags (a red & a green tag) with numbers on it. You will also be given a paper with instructions (some sort of legal agreement) that you need to sign. I guess this is to absolve Children's Practice from any fallout following your medicals. It also gives them the right to disclose your medical situation to a third party.

-You sit in the waiting room and wait to be called on. Your number on the tags will be called out.

-Usually red tag is called out first. With the red tag they do blood work on you. You walk into a small room where they take your height, weight and siphon some of your precious blood into a syringe. You will also be handed a small container here to "pee-pee" in. All of this could take about 10mins. You might want to drink enough water before going so "pee-pee"-ing is easier for you.

-You go back out to wait with your green tag. Sooner they'll call out the number on your green tag. With the green tag, you do X-ray in another room.

-You'll have to pull your shirt/top off in order to do the X-ray. Don't know why they go this length. I have been to other clinics where I didn't have to practically UnCloth to have X-ray done. But what do I know! I'm no doctor.

-Once done with the X-ray, you go to a second building where the next stages continue.

-You sit in a waiting room and wait your turn to be called.

-Firstly, you are called into another smaller room (there seems to be no shortage of small rooms in this place). Here, you sit facing someone on a computer. They collect your passport and enter your details into a computer system apparently connected to the Canadian portal. They ask you questions, collect information from you and at the end print you a nice white paper which is your medical form to be uploaded onto your EE placeholder. This is basically what you came for.

-After this, you go back into the waiting room to resume watching long faces who are all also waiting.

-You wait your turn to see a doctor. At the doctor's (another small room, evidently), you get to do the eye test and physical examination, have a chat with the doctor and answer basic questions. This is where talk about medical history & previous surgeries could come up. Doctor also enters info into a portal apparently connected to the Canadian EE system.

-At the end of this, you say goodbye to the doc and return to the original building where you started out from. Here, you hand the white medical form you got from Block B to the X-ray specialist in Block A who collects some info from it and then return it to you.

-Once you get your medical form back, you are ready to leave. That's the end of your medicals.

-All of these could take between 1 hour to 4 hours depending on the number of people visiting.

upgrade:
Please can anyone help me ? Thank you.

I'd suggest you follow the advice you were provided earlier in the thread.
https://www.nairaland.com/2624318/canadian-express-entry-federal-skilled/653#58600542


You'd see this person was actually going through the same process
https://www.nairaland.com/3999848/canadian-express-entry-federal-skilled/320#61662029

You can also consult this site. Looks like they can help you http://www.qatarliving.com/services/other-services/advert/police-clearance-certificate-pcc-good-standing-certificate