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Daycare isn't free in Canada.

Ranges from $5 to $25 a day usually.

Experience4u:
Please I have a question??
Do dependents (less than 5 years old,) of a student access free education ( daycare ) in Canada??

Did you eventually get to Montreal??

My best advice is Airbnb or Kijiji. (I've lived in Montreal).

tempzi:
l.

Canadian "Embassy" (Canada has a High Commission in Nigeria, not an Embassy) will send you a TEXT, not an EMAIL??

They've scammed you.

Please, go to https://www.canada.ca/en/services/immigration-citizenship.html for all things Canadian Immigration.

Corner corner no dey work for there. And if it works the first time, them go catch you when you try to renew.

Skale007:
Hello everyone,

Please I will appreciate an assistance with a matter that I have been pondering on all day.

I am still here in Nigeria tho and there is this agent who a friend introduced me to. My friend happens to know someone in the UK who he chatted with that he is interested in relocating and she shared a contact with him. She told my friend that she got to the UK through the same agent. She said he doesn’t process UK for now tho that he can help with Canadian Sponsorship Visa and all he has to do is get a form from him first and then follow the steps.

Since I have my passport ready, I decided to reach out to the agent too. I paid for my form and did a lot which includes a statement of account for funds confirmation.

Now since everything was accepted, a text was sent to me from Canada Emb on an appointment date at Abuja which will be in about 2 weeks time from now.

I was scheduled so I decided to ask the agent for things I am meant to bring along with and he then immediately, he sent a text to me. I will paste it here so maybe someone with more experience can help me out because I have not done this before and I don’t know how true it is.

For better explanation, I will paste the message I got from the agent after I received a text from Canada Emb.

I have my doubts tho but please how real is this NON APPEARANCE thing?

“Good morning, I will advise you do non apperance, For non apperance you will not be interview before your visa will be issue, I can direct you to our office in Lagos if you prefer or you can visit our office in Abuja. You will do your biometric and then submit your international passport and your Sponsorship visa will be issue without interview.
Then with DHL, we will send it to you
NON APPEARANCE fee is fifty thousand naira only.

Thanks.”

I got this and I have been thinking how real it is to travel without going to the Embassy.

Someone should please help me here with an opinion.

Thanks in anticipation.

Lol.

A native Canadian can be bad too.

Now that I'm PR, I may sue a native Canadian lawyer.

bepositive11:
Is the lawyer a native Canadian? This thing shock me. How can someone be so wicked?

Some of these immigration lawyers think that international students are stacked with cash because of the amount we spend on fees. They don't realize that some students are spending their whole life savings to fund their studies.

There is a thriving Nigerian community at MUN.

I hope you study well (there is a party culture in a way) and score good grades.

It is possible to fund the remainder of your studies there. If you don't need to, might be better off focusing on campus life.

If you need more info on NL, holla.

Dsam4life:
Good Afternoon All,
I’ve been a silent reader for the past two and half months.
Join me to Thank God, I got my PPR this Afternoon.

MY BREAKDOWN
Application Submission = 29th June 2022
Biometric at Vfs = 2nd June 2022
Upfront medicals = 15th June 2022

No update until this morning 17th September 2022.
Both BVL and PPR came.

I applied through an agent so I didn’t have access to my account to know when eligibility started or when anything was passed.

DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED
1. All IRCC mandatory documents I.e IMM
2. 2 MBS and one printed bank statement from my parents
3. Admission letter to MUN
4. IELTS 7.5 Academic
5. Cover Letter less than a page from sponsor(they just signed, no notary)
6. WAEC Certificate
7. University Certificate and Transcript
8. Professional certification from Coursera
9. LOI, just a page
10. Police Certificate
11. US travel history 2ce
12. School fees receipt CAD7,500

This is all I can remember now but I know I did not submit any house property at all, nothing was notarized. No avidavit. No gift deed. I used both parents as sponsors so I only used their bank statement and not mine.

I pray that for those who are waiting, they get their own ver soon too. Amen.
I already differed my admission to January so I’ll just be here till then.

Btw my friend who applied on July 8th and did his biometric in about a week from that and also did his upfront medicals same week also got this morning with me, same timeframe.

Please how do I submit my passport to Vfs for stamping thanks? I did my biometrics at Lagos Vfs office.

Thank you once again

Lufthansa didn't board my sister in 2018 because of transit visa.

Also add Royal Air Maroc.

Solidprof:
Pls, just to confirm again that booking any of these listed Airlines below to CANADA do not require one getting a TRANSIT VISA...

Lufthansa / Air Canada
KLM
Ethiopian Airline
Air France
Qatar
Egypt Air

My sister went to UOttawa. I almost went to UOttawa.

I think it is a great location. Maybe things have changed.

I would advise you, your husband or/and your daughter to use the opportunity to learn french.


Wishing you success!!

Teeedeee:
My Testimony is full, the Lord has settled me and my family.

Family application for three: Study Permit for me, Open Work Permit for my husband and Vistors Visa for my daughter.

Here is our Timeline:

Upfront Medicals 24th March, 2022.
Application submitted 29th May, 2022.
Biometrics completed and updated 2nd June, 2022.
Medicals passed for my husband and I 3rd June, 2022.
Eligibility started for me 3rd June, 2022.
Medicals passed for my daughter 27th July, 2022.
Ordered GCMS notes 19th July, 2022.
Recieved GCMS notes 23rd August, 2022.
Eligibility for my husband and daughter started on the 25th of August, 2022.

PPR for my daughter - 6/9/2022.
BVL for me - 6/9/2022.
PPR for me - 10/9/2022.
BVL and PPR for my husband -12/9/2022

In total we had seven (7) ghost updates.

After about a month of submitting our application, I realized that I uploaded IMM1294 in place of IMM5645. I printed the form and sent it as an email and webform. I later saw this information in my GCMS notes.

To everyone waiting for PPR, keep up the faith. Your PPR will come and Canada will favour us all.

University of Ottawa is my destination. Is there any group for uOttawa students?

I know someone that they refused after 3 days.

Basically saying they don't think they plan on doing what they said they would do.

CharitoJames:
I’m so sorry… BVL 5 days after application? Did they even look at your application or you mean you applied June ?

Is Work PErmit a better option for you? OR even PR direct?

Virocrix:
To the glory of God,

I just got a refusal letter from IRCC.

Applied on July 13th
Bvl July 18th
Medical passed on August 15th
Refusal September 15th

Reasons:

Normal general refusal statement. Not convinced that I would leave Canada after my studies and also insufficient financial reasons.

It's well.

https://secure.cic.gc.ca/enquiries-renseignements/canada-case-cas-eng.aspx


Use the webform

sambless2013:
PLEASE ooo I HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT LETTER FROM MY SCHOOL TO IRCC, HOW DO I NOTIFY THEM AND SEND THE PDF LETTER TO THEM.....


HELP ME O

Not much you can do for now.

Request GCMS notes.

Use this opportunity to review the documents you submitted. If you need to add anything, do so. Be careful and thorough but do not contradict previous statements...only clarify.

An expensive option is to get someone to go over your application as well. The trick is finding someone who won't charge an arm and a leg...and who knows what they are doing.

zacolas:
Dear All,

I am new on the platform, I submitted my first study permit application on April 30th 2022 and got a refusal on June 10th 2022 which was based on insufficient assets and finance and it has been addressed in my second application which i submitted on June 24th 2022.

Meanwhile, I had my biometric on May 13th 2022 as well as upfront medical on June 27th 2022 and was updated to pass on the August 6th 2022 since then no update on my IRCC portal account but on September 11th 2022 at around 6:00 PM while checking my IRCC portal account I noticed that my name and my 3 accompanying children were not displayed in the applicant's name section and this lasted for than 7 hours before it displayed again, within this time, I kept on checking my account every 30 minutes. The second thing I noticed was that my son's profile was third on the list was first on the list while my daughter's profile which happened to be the first on the list came third and after these long hours passed, our profiles were back to how they were before and update in our application status.

below are our application details still changes despite that my school had resumed on September 6th 2022.
Please I need the gurus in the house to assist with their experience.

Review of eligibility
Your application is in progress. We will send you a message when we start reviewing your eligibility.

Review of medical results
August 6, 2022 You passed the medical exam.

Review of additional documents
We do not need additional documents.

Interview
You do not need an interview. We will send you a message if this changes.

Biometrics
We do not need your fingerprints. We will send you a message if this changes.

Background check
We are processing your background check. We will send you a message if we need more information.

Final decision
Your application is in progress. We will send you a message once the final decision has been made.

What I found out is the IRCC will deduct the time you overworked. So if you did an 18 month course, instead of giving you an 18 month PGWP, they'll give you 6 months.

We should all work in a desired field. So that way, you get PR immediately.

bepositive11:
Since I've seen some comments here about working illegally, I just thought that I should share this.

Sometimes, IRCC won't inform the student that they know about a violation. They will wait until the student applies for PGWP before denying them and telling them that they know about the violation. I've seen cases where people got denied of a PGWP for working over 20 hours one time. Just be careful.

Some students resort to cash payments to not get caught, but if someone reports you, you're in trouble. Why take the risk?

Congratulations!!!

I am happy because, having been there, I know what it means to do this by yourself.

The thinking, rethinking and overthinking of the documents added. The systematic way of justifying every statement in a letter with a proof doc.

I know you will go far in Canada.

Cheers.
Finish with BEST grades my man. That will serve you better in the medium term.

Femioye337:
It has finally ended in praise
Second time applicant

First application was 15th May 2021 and on the 10th of September them serve me breakfast which came with premium tears.

Second application
Submission- 13th December 2021

I ordered for my notes to know the main reason for my refusal in other to know how to tackle them appropriately.

The refusal reason was that dy don’t think the bank statement I presented wasn’t going to take care of my tuition and accommodation so I was refused

What I did was to get two sponsors. The first sponsor is my dads younger brother. I got an employment letter from him cus he owns a law firm. So basically it made sense to say he was going to sponsor me to acquire knowledge and help foster the growth of his business. Co-sponsor is my mothers younger brother who is a Canadian citizen. He wrote a letter stating he was ready to take care of my accommodation as my school is just 15 mins away from his place sha as well as my feeding.

Documents

I divided my documents into four different sections
1 client information section
2 acceptance section
3 international passport section
4 proof of funds

1 acceptance section
Unconditional admission offer
Waec certificate
Degree certificate
Academic transcript
Nysc certificate
Cv

2client information section
Statement of purpose
Family tree
Family pictures
Family birth certificate
Parents marriage certificate
Mums death certificate
Family stamped passport to Uk
Sponsors declaration of age
Pictures with sponsor
Birth certificate of co sponsor
Pictures with co-sponsor
Photography certificate
Project presentation
Project hustle
Paintball proposal
Letter of recommendation from mail matters
Appointment letter
Salary account
Payslip
Work Id
Pictures at work
Leave certificate
Police clearance certificate
Ielts
Affidavit of return
Fathers consent letter

3. International passport section
Data page of my passport
Previous stamped visa to uk

4. Proof of fund section
Letter of explanation
Tuition fee receipt
Sponsorship letter
Sponsors affidavit of financial support
Sponsors CAC documents
Sponsors bank Statements and all investment certificate
Sponsors international passport
Email conversation with cosponsor( uncle in Canada I plan on staying with)
Co sponsor supporting documents (support letter, employment verification utility bills properties... etc.......)

So I made my table of content clickable to make it easy for the VO

Like i said application took almost 9 months... on the 7th of June I was requested to send an updated LOA That same month emailed an MP. She was ready to help but the info she got back from ircc wasn’t really helpful has it was just basically a summary of my application.

Mehnn I really gained a lot of knowledge on this platform... thanks to all the gurus in the house..... God bless

LOOL

Canada is the most straightforward country. It is difficult to play with them and not get caught.

1. You can't work that semester.
2. Your next applications (study permit extension, work permit, PR) will be heavily scrutinized.
3. If a non-insignificant number of Nigerians do what you do, ALL Nigerian applications will get even more scrutiny.

Thisuserwanjapa:
Good day everyone, please I need your advice.
When my application gets approved I'll be traveling by January and school is resuming by January 6th.
Is it possible for me to defer my admission to a later date like September 2023 after getting into Canada, for me to hustle for my tution fee before starting the semester.
I'd really appreciate if I can get any advice on this.

Eventually, you will have to defend that time frame.

Even if you defer, I strongly suggest doing a 6 month to 1 year program in the meantime. A program that is in high demand. Or even doing FT french language learning.

CharitoJames:
How sure are you about this? I have alot of people who deferred after they got into Canada…i think It’s between you and your school not IRCC… Let’s wait for others

1. If the admission was only just withdrawn, she may still be granted a study permit at the Port of Entry.

2. You may need to get an "emergency" admission. Places like HErzing College are good for that.

3. Don't try to be "oversmart". You will eventually have to justify your previous entry when you apply for a study permit extension, a work permit, even a PR.

I would suggest:
- contatcing the school confirming that your application has been approved and requesting a reinstatement of the admission
- trying to defer the admission to another date (even if it is a year later)
- trying to find out if there is something she can study that is in high demand, leads to a for sure CSQ, PNP or PR. May even need to reconsider location.

Good luck, reach out for more specific help.

Segzylonely:
Good Day people,

I need your advice!

IRCC just approved my wife application

Applied 27th April 2022
Upfront Medical 23rd March 2022
Medical Passed 11th May 2022
Biometrics Collection 4th August 2022
Correspondence Letter and PPR 14th September 2022

Her admission was withdrawn by NBCC and its for a 2 year program.

My questions are:
What are my options knowing fully well she isn't resuming
Can she enter Canada now

I will appreciate your response and suggestions

Regards

What did you study?
What do you want to study?
What academic level do oyou want to study?
Do you speak french? (It will take about 1 year of near full time practise to get from Level 0 to LEvel 4/5 CEFR h in french)
What were the reasons for rejection?
Do you have funds?
Do you have a sponsor? What is your relationship with/to the sponsor?

Answering questions like these will help to shape your process.

maridrug:
I respect everyone in house.
This is my 3rd denial for USA student visa.
Please I am interested in giving Canada a trial. 3.17/5.0 CGPA.
Can I be put through on the nitty-gritty?
My children must not go through this emotional trauma.
Thank you.

May she rest in peace.

No way to justify murder.

A lot of marriages in Nigeria are like this.

I personally know 1.

Sometimes, it's after a pregnancy that they marry.

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Service Canada helps everyone. That is the point. This is not NIS.

Not everyone is computer savvy or can find information by themselves easily (and be sure of the information).

I now tend to advise people to go to these services. Sometimes, there are free programs to help people (francisation, free immigration consulting, free tax work.

Benefit from the good services of the new country.

maziude:
So, what are we saying here?

There are many service Canada outlets. The fact that one showed your friend what to do, does not mean others would.

Op should submit a webform or contact their MP.

Moreover, all the information OP needs is on IRCC website.

Were you searched?

I think if you bring above a certain worth (should be less than $40), you may be asked to pay duty.

starrez:
Really? Didn’t know this. I brought my Dano powdered milk when I landed

Service Canada helps people, and is efficient.

Someone I know was shown how to re-request a new PR card when they went to Service Canada.

maziude:
Service Canada do not issue PR cards, only IRCC does.

He already applied, he should send a webform or contact his MP to see if they can reach out to IRCC

They tend to always allow spices.

They also usually allow properly dried fish, especially if stored in ziploc or vacuum sealed bags.

Powdered milk is banned. Canada is very strict with her dairy industry.

I haven't travelled during covid so I don't know the process. However, previously, it was random chance.

llionaire:
Hi guys, this is urgent please. I'm going with dried fish, powdered milk, some food spices and ingredients. What should my answers be?

Oh.

You need a visa to visit Nigeria, even with a British passport.

So, quickly go and renew your Nigerian passport. Alternatively, you could apply for a visa...

weaseloo:
Doesn’t the travel certificate apply to someone who is entering Nigeria? With respect to entering Nigeria, I understand that that is not a problem - we can enter with an expired passport.

UK citizens don't need a visa to visit Canada, however, they won't be able to work.

maziude:
Which passport was your visa issued with?

I reckon if you are a PR already, you already have your PR card, so no issues here.

However, if you aren’t a PR and your visa is not issued on the British passport—— Na to Dey your Dey.

I don’t know if Canada has any special arrangements for UK passport holders, you probably need to find that out.

If you have a British passport, you don't even need a visa to come to Canada so...

If you have a visa via the Nigerian passport, I don't see how it matters.

It's a good idea to travel with expired passports anyways.

weaseloo:
Has anyone experienced travel to Canada with a valid British passport but an expired Nigerian passport?

I could not renew my passport in time for my trip due to NIN issues. It is either I travel or cancel the whole thing.

You should apply for a new PR card.

Go to Service Canada in person.

lga23:
Hi guys, please anyone with an idea how to go about getting PRTD. I want to go to Nigeria early October and I don’t have my pr card yet. Lost as to what to do. Thanks

Also, please note that study permits are issued at the port of entry.

Your admission letter should be enough to pass through (please ask around about this). However, if the office somehow finds out that the admission was cancelled, they won't issue the study permit and will likely cancel the visa as well, while asking you to use your return ticket to return.

Dame24:
Hello,
A friend got ppr today, her seat for fall got cancelled and she applied for a January program(no decision yet)
Now she wants to apply for her husband and kids so that they can go together in January (meanwhile, her SOP stated that she’ll be going alone) but because there’s still time she’s considering applying for the whole family. Please what does she need to do to package the application?
Thanks in anticipation

There are some schools that offer pretty much emergency admission. Especially colleges.

I would suggest she looks into that.

She should also use whatever local/provincial services exist that will help/prepare her to choose a good subject, set her up with PR pathways, etc.

Dame24:
Hello,
A friend got ppr today, her seat for fall got cancelled and she applied for a January program(no decision yet)
Now she wants to apply for her husband and kids so that they can go together in January (meanwhile, her SOP stated that she’ll be going alone) but because there’s still time she’s considering applying for the whole family. Please what does she need to do to package the application?
Thanks in anticipation

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