fratermathy:
No religious person has the right to criticize them. All religions evolved by virtue of historical necessities. This, too, follows that paradigm.

Ayokaq:
My first refusal was base on
1. financial and personal asset
2. Family ties in Canada and in home country
I order for GCMS note and I was able to tackle the issue by LOE and supporting documents.
My second refusal was base only on

Purpose of visit
Have ordered for GCMS note early non this recent application in order to know status of my application. I pray the reason for this new refusal should be included in GCMS request.

Lekiboboe:
Good Morning Honorables,

Apology to derail the thread partially, cos this involves PGWP to PR & moving to another province after getting PR

A quick one

Is it possible to leave a Province where an Applicant got a PR via their PNP?

E.g
a guy schooled in Alberta, did his one year PGWP in Saskatchewan, got PR via SINP (Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program) but he eventually had a lucrative job offer in another Province (Manitoba) and want to relocate, is this possible?

If yes, is there a period (months/years) the applicant needs to stay in that province before relocating to another province

If No, what's the way forward?

Am asking this question so the applicant won't have his PR revoke by IRCC or SINP and also an opportunity for us to learn

Thanks

hope4brym:
I can see the link between electrical and agriculture, but with the limited information you've provided it may be difficult for the VO to see the relationship outsider of the SOP. I wonder if your work experience is related to your program of study.

We'll need other forum members to analyse this situation and provide perspective.

OtunbaTee:


This was exactly what the VO gave me in my 1st application that got denied.

My only advice is to write a very convincing LOE ...also have sufficient money that would pay your first year school fees and living expenses. Then ultimately add God. Cos personally i didnt add my statement of account, or any new documents...some gurus can help you with LOE

ditha:
Hi,

My case is a unique one.
I got a fully funded scholarship so when my visa was refused in September everyone was shocked even my scholarship foundation and my research supervisor.

I was refused based on family ties, finance and purpose of visit.

I didn't submit any new document in my new application,
I just added few pictures from my wedding and a letter of explanation.

Also for the NSE documents, when I told my scholarship sponsors, they told me not to write IELTS ,they just provided a letter of explanation for me to upload.
P.s: I have already completed one term online in Nigeria because I resumed on 8th September 2020 and opted for an online study

ditha:
Hi,

My case is a unique one.
I got a fully funded scholarship so when my visa was refused in September everyone was shocked even my scholarship foundation and my research supervisor.

I was refused based on family ties, finance and purpose of visit.

I didn't submit any new document in my new application,
I just added few pictures from my wedding and a letter of explanation.

Also for the NSE documents, when I told my scholarship sponsors, they told me not to write IELTS ,they just provided a letter of explanation for me to upload.
P.s: I have already completed one term online in Nigeria because I resumed on 8th September 2020 and opted for an online study

Elizdee:



Well... I didn’t do any amendment on my second application. I felt the visa officer that handled the first was not God sent . I submitted the same SOP and other documents like that and backed it up with prayers and fasting. If you see me now, I am now slim ontop fasting. But God is good.

I keep saying my case is different.. God broke all protocols and procedures for my sake. He made a miraculous way for me

What God cannot do does not exist!

ditha:
Haaaaaa!

I just woke up to my original PPR!

God is amazing!!!!

Submitted application on 26th December
Medicals passed on 31st December
NSE request letter: Jan 4th
NSE requirements submitted on 7th Jan
BVL and PPR on 15th January

2nd Application

Thank u Frank for always picking your phone and answering my questions.

It ended in praise!!

Elizdee:


So
Sorry about this. Let me give you little hope because I have not had time to share my timeline or probably it’s not time to share because my testimony isn’t complete yet.

Submitted application- 11th September,2020
No need for biometrics
Refused- 17th of September,2020( I was dazed)
I had faith and reapplied 28th of September
NSE request for only IELTS came in13th of November
Submitted NSE on 2nd of December ( meanwhile I submitted my old ielts result with 5.5 in my reading) I submitted with faith tho.

Original Passport Request came in 13th of January with no medical request . No upfront medical..

demure178:
I got rejected based on the reasons below,
Have order my gsmc note, what do you think i did wrong? They all have same with i wont leave canada? What to apply again

maestro09:


What if the land belongs to your parent, and you explain that the land will be inherited by yourself and siblings.

Chocs:
ConradAce1

It will still not be considered as POF. POF must be readily available money. For instance, you cannot attach a property worth 50 million Naira and not attach a bank statement with adequate money to cover your tuition and LE. You’ll still be rejected.

Cheers

lentomac:
Hello Guys,

I noticed members who had travelled in this forum do mention Yellow Card

What does YELLOW CARD means?

Thanks

Chocs:
Mobi22

He needs a doc that shows that he is the owner of the company (the company name on the CAC) doc. So they know that he owns the company. After that, he can use his personal account. There’s no rule that says one must use company accounts.

Ps: There is a document from CAC that lists out the owners of a company (I can’t remember the name). I know this because I submitted my sponsor’s own when I did my application. You can attach that, the company’s CAC doc and his personal bank statement.

Cheers

Anamekele:
Please join me to praise and thank God for his kindness , faithfulness and grace upon me. He removed shame from me and clothed me with grace..

I may not have strength to write because it's too lengthy after 3 denials from new Zealand and 5 denials from IRCC bvl andppr dropped today. I got a lawyer who charged me for judicial review and won the case on july 9th 2020. Reapplied on 31 August
Medical request on 29th October
BVL and PPR Today by 3.30pm.
Frank I thank for your encouragement. You are the only one that knows the story to the glory.
It finally end in praise. To God be the glory.

Honney85:
Happy new year nairalanders!

So so good to catch up with everyone. I have bn following this thread since part 17 and I must say, I have gained alot of information from everyone even though I hardly post or comment. Thank you all very much, God bless u and grant visas to every hopeful.

I am in canada now(since on the 25th of December)and will share my landing gist shortly

Tre20:
From what I understand attaching landed property is a way a showing home ties

Blavkmaann:
Men just Dey travel comot this country, hey God ooo!

Make una no go take all the space before we come o!
Ok
Fratermathy, I see the Good job you’re doing for people in Montreal! Very good! I’m coming in April, my school is Concordia, please I’ve told u all I need.
I’ve reduced my slaves from 70 to 69. 1 be like who go get Covid-19......

So erm, I need my palace in place!

YOU GUYS ARE DOING WELL, tha Montréal guy that want to pay back Fratermathy Favour, no fear, people plenty, we dey road, you go hep tire!

Please let some people stay back and arrange this country, if all of una go, who go protest, who Sars Go shoot? Who Buhari wan Dey lead! Make una reason am!


I Dey with my Heineken abeg!
Please can I go with my special Cow to Montreal! I no Dey too carry foodstuffs like that. Jus one cow and some chickens.......

oladapo2020:


You mind sharing your timeline. dapomyself@yahoo.com

Akannitommy:
LONG POST ALERT!!!

olasubomy:


Thanks a lot for the update but just to enquire further, would it be possible you post the source of this info so one can read more details. I am not really clear about the update.

YinksXO:
Long post alert!

This process was for my 15 year old daughter to go for a High school program in Nova Scotia, process is very similar to a college application so I relied on information received from nairaland.

Documents submitted:
All IMME forms
Secondary school transcript - JS 3 to SS 2
Applicant's recent passport data page and stamped pages of old passport
Sister's birth certificate
Parents passport data page
SOP 4 pages
Custodian Letter (she's a minor)
Letter of admission

POF
School fees and accommodation receipt - CAD 19,050
Bank statement of me and my husband's coy account - USD 17,000 & USD 10,000 respectively (printed statement before paying fees from one of the accounts), mine was 5.5 months and husband's was 6months old
Bank reference letters for the 2 coys ( my own stated I was the sole signatory but my husband's own didn't state that)
Board resolution letters from both companies, confirming financial support for our daughter
Business registration documents for both companies incl co2&co7, TCC, MEMAT, one invoice & PO
Notarized sponsorship letter by us as parents confirming our financial support to our daughter
Survey plan for 2 different lands, one in our joint name the other in my name



Timeline
Upfront medical - 15th May 2020
Application submitted - 24th May 2020
Medical passed - 17th June 2020
(No notification for medical passed, checked sometime in July and saw it while eligibility and background check was in progress)
Webform sent - 30th July 2020
(I stated that application process was 8weeks as at time of submission and intended high school was going to start on the 8th of September and needed information on status)
CIC response - 4th August 2020
(Generic response received stating delay is being caused by covid-19 and we should hang on)
1st stage visa approval - 6th of August 2020
(Approval in principle)
Biometrics enrollment - 24/08/2020 ( booked appointment online 20/08/2020, account updated within an hour of completing it)

BVL - 25th Nov 2020
Sent web form about 2-3 weeks prior to receiving BVL asking for update as application has gone beyond standard processing time, got no acknowledgement or response initially, wasn't surprised as the province had not started allowing Int'l students at secondary school level.

I later received a response from my 1st webform to Guanzu, it didn't say anything just FYA of a forwarded mail to TR enquiries. I sent another set of webforms and mails saying that I've received BVL but no final decision yet, sent this once a week for 2 weeks.

PPR - 15th Dec 2020

15th Dec 2020 - sent PP to VFS via DHL 2-way courier
16th Dec 2020 - 1st mail from VFS saying PP has been sent to IRCC from Lagos VAC
21st Dec 2020 - 2nd email from VFS saying decision envelope has been received from IRCC 1.01pm and will be dispatched to visa application centre
21st Dec 2020 - 3rd email from VFS saying application has been received at visa application centre, Abuja 1.03pm
21st Dec 2020 - 4th email from VFS saying application has been received and under processing at IRCC 2.28pm
23rd Dec 2020 - 5th email saying decision envelope has been received from IRCC 12.22pm at VAC Abuja and is ready for collection
23rd Dec 2020 - 6th email saying decision envelope has been received from IRCC 1.04pm and will be dispatched to VAC where application was done
23rd Dec 2020 - 7th email saying decision envelope has been received from IRCC 1.18pm and has been dispatched to VAC Abuja
23rd Dec 2020 - GC key shows application was approved 23/12/20, no email received. VFS tracking says processed passport has been dispatched from visa office to VAC
24th Dec 2020 - IRCC mail, counterfoil received
24th Dec 2020 - IRCC mail, LOI received
29th Dec 2020 - 8th email saying decision envelope has been received from IRCC at 10.32am at VAC, Lagos and is ready for collection
29th Dec 2020 - 9th mail saying decision envelope has been collected from VAC at 11.11am
VFS tracking says decision envelope has been couriered from VAC, on vide courier partner
30th Dec 2020 - passport delivered by DHL at about 1pm

I know VFS Lagos has gotten a lot of bad reviews but I swear I didn't have to call to follow up or send emails, I had even put my mind to receiving it in February but lo and behold, it's here!

Special thank you to everyone that takes time out to respond to enquiries, God bless you and may everyone looking for a favourable response, get it shortly.

Happy new year, folks!

Meeny123:
I cannot thank you guys enough. Especially for the Abuja VFS heads up.

Timeline for my cousin, who got her passport today.

1)Applied on August 6
2)Medical request on November 23
3)Medical done at IOM Lagos on December 7.
4)Medical passed on December 12
5)Passport request December 16
6)Two-way courier was sent through DHL on December 18 (a Friday)
7)Application was received on Monday, December 21 and sent to IRCC on the same day
Decision envelope was dispatched from IRCC on Wednesday, December 23
9)Decision envelope was received by VFS Abuja on Thursday, December 24.
10)Contacted DHL to know if they are picking up packages from VFS Abuja, they said yes.
11)Shipment was put on hold because of the holidays. But it was shipped into Lagos on Saturday.
12)Today, Tuesday December 29, DHL delivered around 1pm.
13)She leaves for Canada next week.

Applications are never the same. What worked for A may not work for B. Do your best and leave the rest to God. These entry officers no dey check everything. I think they just apply discretion.

Never give up. IT WILL END IN PRIASE.

whizqueen:
The gods will not be pleased with me if I don't post an update.
STUDY PERMIT APPROVAL TIMELINE AND APPLICATION DETAILS

TL SUMMARY
First-time applicant for Fall 2020, undergraduate (17 yr old at application date), the program is Bachelors of Comm, Institution is MUN.
School admission applied - Dec 20th, 2019
Admission letter received - Feb 10th, 2020
Applications Submitted - May 22th
Biometrics Request - May 23rd
Upfront medicals at IOM Lagos - May 26th
Medicals passed - June 16
AIP - Aug 6th
Registered for online courses - Aug 15th
Biometrics completed - Aug 25th
Started classes online in Nigeria - Sept 9th
Ordered GCMS - Sept 9th
Delivered - Oct 9th
BVL - Nov 2nd
PPR - Nov 3rd
Passport sent thru VFS Lagos - Nov 4th
Passport delivered - Dec 16th
Counterfoil and LOI - Dec 18th
Applicant traveled Dec 21st (LOS - YYZ) arrived Dec 22nd.
Study permit & co-op work permit issued Dec 22nd

DETAILED TIMELINE **Warning Super long post ahead**

After arriving in Canada as a PR in Sept 2019, I remember promising my kid sister at the airport on my departure not to worry that she would join me in a year. It was my 2020 mission to secure a study permit for her. Thankfully it happened.

I applied for admissions to 3 schools in Ontario (UOttawa, Carleton, and Uwindsor), my mistake at this point was not confirming the tuition fees first before applying. Applied on Oct 7th, 2019 on OUAC to all 3 schools and paid 323.25 CAD. About 2 weeks later we got an admission letter from UOttawa, she didn't get the french Immersion program which means she would have to pay full tuition as an international student. Tuition was over 18k per term whaaaaaaaat!!!! Who's gonna pay that? Defintely not me Windsor sent admission and Tuition per term was equally high. Never heard from Carleton and didn't follow up either.

Mission two was to find a more affordable institution. Research started and landed on Memorial University. I connected with a friend schooling there and he assured me it was a good institution. I later found that the school was subsidized by their provincial govt hence the cheap tuition. About 12k per year which was fine by me. The admission requirements were IELTS, WAEC transcript, and identification docs. We sent an email stating she was a Nigerian student and the medium of instruction was English requesting to waive the English assessment requirement. We were offered two options, write the test now and get admission or push the test to your first year in school and do an English prerequisite course. We chose the former. So she registered for IELTS academic Nov 23rd, results came out 11 days later and uploaded to the MUN admissions portal. Went to WAEC office where my bro was nicely scammed 20k by touts outside the building , this was cos it was almost Christmas of 2019 and all the offices were about to be closed. We waited till 2020 and paid again to get the confirmation of results sent to MUN in January. Gained admission for B-comm a 5 yr program Feb 10th, 2020.

I wanted a University and not a college for two reasons. 1. She was a teenager, never had a post-secondary education at the time (she eventually got admitted to unilorin tho) 2. I wanted a professional course, she sole aim wasn't just to Japa. Also ensured to find a program with co-op so that she can get work experience while schooling.

She was still in that dead school (unilorin) even tho I'm an alumnae of that institution, the fact that they joined ASUU makes it dead to me. So we couldn't apply for her Visa as she needed to be home for biometrics.

Shortly after she returned home for inter-semester break we applied. The number one of frustration was getting my bank to do their freaaaaking job SMH . I wanted to pay tuition from my Nigerian bank and was to send the funds using Form A. Emailed my account officer severally, no response. I finally got in touch with a friend from the bank who told me in all honesty that form A may never work. So I had to pay the tuition from Canada. Also sent 2M to applicants bank as proof of living expenses.

We were to use two sponsors. A parent and sister.

POF documents included sponsor bank statement, fully paid proof of Tuition, applicant proof of living expenses, Sponsor biz account statement, Biz registration docs, Sponsor Money market fund statement, co-sponsor salary bank statement, co-sponsor PFA, and letter of sponsorship from both. All documents were merged for FINANCIAL DOC

Statement of purpose took almost 3 weeks to complete (2 pages). I got about 5 people to review with me via google docs **yeah, I'm extra like that** Note we never mentioned she was enrolled in a school in Naija. Please ensure you take your SOP very seriously. TBH If everything else about your application is perfect, if your SOP is crappy you may get a refusal. I wonder how people even consider submitting a visa application without SOP sef.

CLIENT INFO included - SOP, Birth cert, Int'l PP, WAEC result, applicant bank statement, IELTS results (not needed but since we had it, why not), NIN slip. All docs compressed and merged.

My number one fear was ties to Canada. In the family info, we had mentioned myself as a PR living in Canada, I was concerned about providing bank and biz docs for Nigeria whilst living in Canada. Also paid Tuition from there so my bank statement never reflected an outflow of Tuition payment. But none of that mattered I guess or maybe we got lucky. I didn't add my PR card as proof of relationship for this reason. I used my Passport instead. No further ADR was requested so I guess that was okay.

The application was submitted May 23rd and medicals done May 26th. Bio requested (next day after application was submitted) but due to lockdown could not go for Bio till Aug 25th, Biometrics was completed on profile same date.

Another wait started. I just had a strong conviction that she was gonna get approved so I encouraged online school against Sept. So we registered for the fall 2020 courses. Got AIP Aug 4th.

I requested GCMS even tho we had received AIP, I just needed assurance I guess GCMS was delivered Oct 9th (exactly a month later) No much details on the notes except "Elig Passed. Pending Biometics".

No further updates on the application whole of Sept and oct but online school was going just fine. In fact we registered for Jan 2021 winter courses without approval yet. Lo and Behold... Nov 2nd, got donotreply email... BVL . Nov 3rd got PPR. Finaallly!!! We sent passport the next day to VFS Lagos thru DHL. Included return label (which they never used, they claimed they couldn't find it)

Everything in Nigeria is somehow made to frustrate you for some reasons. Imagine how VFS Stressed us before we could get back the passport. It took over 6 weeks. Even tho we called and did several follow ups. To connect to that their useless phone line you may have to dial about 30 times. A lot of instances I had to wake up at midnight EST to connect to an agent. They didn't find the return label so we had to pay for UPS delivery which took another 3 days plus for them to confirm payment and an additional one week to send the passport after receiving payment. OMG!!! These guys have just one job and they never did it right.

We hoped she could come to Canada to do her exams due to power and internet situation in Nigeria but no thanks to VFS that never happened.

Eventually, she did the exams in Nigeria and managed all thru.

We had booked several flights and had to cancel hoping passport would come but it never did and we gave up traveling this yr. The passport was finally delivered Dec 16th . I saw how people had waited for several weeks for LOI so we took the bull by the horn and headed for Canada High commission Lagos, day after to request for LOI. Meanwhile, I had sent several emails 2 weeks even before passport came to no avail. LOI was sent same day we went to HC lagos, Dec 18th.

We booked one-way trip via Ethiopian airlines finally for Dec 21st *didn't have to cancel this time* Tho her school is in NL, she landed in Toronto. It was her first time traveling by air and also by herself. I told her to always ask questions if she ever got confused. Travel wasn't' so bad. The immigration checks was a breeze.

Docs asked the airport in Lagos were Passport, proof of tuition, admission letter. Immigration in Canada asked for Enrolment letter, Bank statement (POF), Passport and ArriveCAN code. Officer asked "your school is in NL, why are you here" she responded, "my sister lives here and has made provision for my Quarantine plans". He asked when she resumes for winter term and she responded. That was it.

I picked her up at the airport and finallyyyy, yeeeeeeyyyy I have a family in Canada Halleluyaaaaah!!!

Dreams really come true, if you want something. Go for it, fight for it. Don't give up for whatever reasons. It never occurred to me that this whole thing took over a year till now. Some people advised me to just give up and have her focus on her school in Nigeria. Others asked me to not pressure myself to bring a sibling less than one yr after my arrival and focus on settling but I just wanted a better opportunity for my sis. One I never had. The thought that I have to pay so much in tuition yearly whilst getting still getting my shiitss together in this country, freaks me out sometimes. But I know in 5-10 yrs time, (God's willing) I will look back and be glad I made that decision.

End of story
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Legacyedition:
Profile and documents submitted.

Age: 28yrs
Course: PG diploma in Business administration
Resumption date: May 2021.

Academics:

LOA
University degree certificate (2016)
Academic transcript
NYSC certificate
Waec certificate
Testimonial

Proof of fund.

Fathers CAC cert
Tax clearance
Letter of sponsorship
Affidavit
Statement of account with more than $30kCAD
Evidence of first term tuition payment $6,000
Personal savings account statement close to 4m.

Proof of employment

My company CAC cert registered 6 years ago
Other CAC documents.
25 pages 6 months Company corporate bank statement of account showing 28million naira transaction during pandemic.
Business receipts
Executed contracts

Home ties.

Wedding cert
Wife's birth cert
2 siblings birth cert
Fathers passport
Personal SUV worth 3.7m ( This might not serve as ties but shows we no dey go Canada cos we are hungry. Lolz)


Others:

Police report ( That Alagbon certificate )
Duolingo English test .
6 pages SOP .
Mybankstatements


We can't know the VO concerns till we see GCMS note.


Being following this thread since April this year. Trust me, I actually submitted with the hope of knowing my application weakness then attach letter of explanation by next application. From that time till September, we mostly hear of ppr by second application. Someone here got it at his 4th application.


My SOP study plan might also be poorly documented, couldn't get someone to proof it for me then cos everyone was busy, I had to submit early October. Got admission since August.


Thanks for the mentions guys.

feclela:
Please how long does it take for Conestoga College to give or deny admission?

It's been a week since I submitted my application.

Also, how much is their initial deposit for PGC in HRM ?

Thanks

Philadelphia:


At the bolded, the company has agreed to pay the tuition for the second year. I spoke with the director and requested for the company’s account statement but he refused. He however said he can only issue me a letter to buttress that they’re going to pay my tuition for the second year.
This letter he said he will address to the embassy after I sign a bond an have it notarized that I’d work for the company for a minimum of 5 years after my studies when I return in order for them to recoup the investment.

I tire for the matter

MadeMan01:


Ok. Thanks for the info. I defer to you.
I wasn't aware. My initial application was on July 21and I got a BIL valid for 90 days. He can proceed with biometric if his BIL is still valid

MadeMan01:


To the best of my knowledge, BIL issued in July were valid for 90 days due to closure of VAC for COVID lockdown. It expired in October. Was it extended for you? If not, You have to apply afresh

fratermathy:


I really don't know if it's possible. She may try but I would advise only those with 4.00 and above to apply to research programs so that they'd be more competitive. Those with lower CGPAs but still in the 2:1 range should try Masters by coursework as admission is less competitive. They could also get some funding but it's rarely full funding. Your friend could also apply for a second Masters (by research) and increase his/her chances of admission. Canadian research programs are extremely competitive because the schools are fewer and there are many people aiming for the funding offers. In my department at McGill, over 100 people applied to a program that takes less than 5 students every year.

However, people do get lucky, so she could try less competitive schools like Memorial University, University of Manitoba, University of Winnipeg, etc. They also have some pretty decent funding in those schools but the competition would be reduced due to their ranking and location. If the person has research experience or publications, all the better and she can even raise the bar a little higher and look at Concordia University, University of Victoria, and University of Calgary.

Alternatively, the person could try US schools. The US has more schools and they don't really focus so much on high GPA like Canadian schools.