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My spouse as the sponsor showed pof..

Fredba:
Okay. And you showed pof when you submitted your application because I did?

Secondary or primary office?

Thomsyne:
Ottawa

I got something like this too when I ordered for gcms.
No proof of income and savings..I just sent them a fixed deposit certificate via webform..I invested in fixed deposit ..so you may want to convert your crypto

Fredba:
Still under processing

He can..he can send whatever via webform

Olayinkaji:
Once you submit, you have to wait for a decision. Not sure you can make changes regarding the finances again.

Hello,

I think you need to mail schools in your province of choice..and ask if he/she can be added to their waitlist

Kids should apply for visitors visa if I am not mistaken..

Pls ask this on the Canada Studeht thread for more and sure responses

skentelelady:
Please @creativebelle, how can I secure a school for my 11 years? We will be applying for SP very soon

Thank you

Anyone travelling on the 25th Dec..Air France ?

Let's ride

Thanks

Lolaflair:
Not at all

Thank you

Joedave25:
@Creativebelle,

If you are flying Ethiopian Airlines, you only need to present your Student Visa and enrollment letter (if available/ready )

I hope this helps

Just send a mail..appealing that you should be reconsidered..this can only work if you think you deserve fair hearing,if you think you did all that needed to be done on your application..

Afolakemitee:
Pls how do I go about this reconsideration.

Please is naija airport still asking for covid test before departure..pls what do they require for travellers at the airport?

Thank you

Pls how did you register to Humber.. a friend of mine have been trying and she keeps getting error while trying to pay

danherb:
Good day great people, I just got admission at Niagara college. Pls, is there any review about the college? I also applied for Fanshewe and Humber colleges though waiting for their decisions.

Yes..I know someone that got approval after sending reconsideration mail.. she got approval after 5 days..

Welsh2np:
Please after one gets a refusal, is there anything like “reconsideration”


Thanks

Pls are travellers still required to do covid test before departure ..are they still asking at the Nigerian airport?

kweje:
Dear Daffy, you no longer need ArriveCan. Just keep your LOA, proof of payment if any, proof of enrollment if any handy. If not registered for classes yet, they will ask who is sponsoring or MAY ask for SOA.
I know who people travelled recently without ArriveCan.

All the best.

The Americans don't need to apply to travel to Canada.they can go ahead and apply for naija passprt cos of naija immigration tho

Dollarsolution:
Dear Gurus in the house.
Please i have a question. my sister got admission and about to apply for visa. She has two kids. both american citizen (by birth though all in Nigeria presently). The last born does not have a Nigerian passport yet but done and she was told it might take some time before she gets the babys Nigerian passport. She is press in time and want to apply ASAP .
Question is can she apply for the study permit with the united state passport for them or what other option is available. though i was also thinking since usa citizen can go into canada for 6mth without visa probably she can just do hers and when she gets to canada and also whe she has gotten their passport she can then apply for student permit for them in canada. Please any guidance will be appreciated.
Thanks

Hello all,

Pls who has application code for Conestoga College?

Thank you

Cbsa is faster now..gcms now takes time

Ladyj143:
Thank you,
Should I order for GCMS OR CBSA?

Congratulations..pls drop transcript(documents submitted) the thread needs more information for undergraduate application..thank you

Teeebabyyy:
Here's my timeline;
Undergraduate Application.
Application submitted: September 6th 2022
Biometrics updated: September 6th 2022(Already done for a visitor's visa application)
Upfront medicals: 13th September 2022
Sent series of webforms and emails with my e-medical slip attached.
Medicals updated to pass: 7th October
Ircc ghosted me, no updates, no replies, nothing
Contacted an MP from my province and she contacted an IRCC rep on my behalf. They gave her update on my application on 2nd of November; criminality and eligibility passed but it wasn't updated on my portal.

I kept sending emails and webforms but IRCC said "aired"
Eligibility review started: 17th November 2022
PPR: 18th November 2022

All I can say is God did it!

Congratulations..see documents..we dey submit sha..e no get as application no go reach 100 years oooo

Thomsyne:
Once again, its PPRRRRR - Loooooonnnnggggg post alert!!

First off, I’d like to thank God and many members of this platform for helping and keeping things running on here.

My profile in summary: 25y/o single male, parent sponsored, Computer Engineering BSc, graduated with second class upper, going for MSc, Computational Sciences. Graduated in 2020, worked as a Software Engineer ever since then.

Timeline and Events
New Portal
First-time applicant
Applied by myself. Learnt all from Google, Youtube, and Nairaland

July 4: Upfront medicals
July 8: Application on New Portal
July 8: Biometrics Request
July 13: Gave biometrics and received on portal
** Somewhere in between I’d uploaded my medical sheet from IOM via webform. Can’t remember when.
August 4 (2AM): Sent mail to Lagos, Nairobi, London and attached my medical sheet.
August 4 (Around 1pm): Biometrics and Medicals updated to pass.
** Long wait, ordered notes, CBSA and GCMS, nothing tangible.
October 11: Sent mail to MP
October 13: MP got back literally saying the same thing on portal.
** Around this period, started firing several versions of mails and webforms.
Nov 16: MP reached out to them again – Preassessment done, eligibility not started.
Nov 17 (Around midnight): Sent mails to Beijing, London, Lagos, Abuja, Nairobi.
Nov 17 (Around 12pm): Eligibility review started on portal
Nov 17 (Around 9pm): BVL and PPR

Little story, for POF which is usually a concern, I had like 5.5M in my account, $2k USD in dorm account. 5M was gift deed from my Dad, he had 25M in fixed deposit since July 2021. As at the time I applied, the money was fixed. There were several opinions about this, but I kept it that way even though I was scared sh*tless. The closing balance of that account was 77k in fact.

Around November 9 ish, I sent updated statement showing liquidated funds and my Dad transferred the balance of like 8M to me since I’d enrolled in courses. My savings in Naira and USD had grown, I also got salary raise at work so I packaged all these and sent severally via webforms – both old and new. Oh yeah, I’ve ordered like 3 notes and I still have 4 pending lol.

I’m adding all of these because I’m not sure what did the trick. It’s pretty much a combination of all.

Docs submitted:

Consent Personal Information

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE (3 pages or so)
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
INTRODUCTION LETTER FROM EMPLOYER
PROMOTION AND SALARY REVIEW LETTER
RECENT EMPLOYMENT MAIL FROM ANOTHER EMLOYER
WORK ID-CARD
PREVIOUS LETTERS OF EMPLOYMENTS
RESUME OF APPLICANT
CERTIFICATIONS
POLICE CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE
BACHELOR’S DEGREE (B.Sc.) CERTIFICATE
WES REPORT
WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL (WAEC) CERTIFICATE
PROOF OF MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
FAMILY PICTURES
BIRTH CERTIFICATES OF FAMILY MEMBERS
PENSION FUND ACCOUNT STATEMENT
FAMILY BUSINESS DOCUMENTS (CAC Expired though)

Proof of Funds

PROOF OF FUNDS (APPLICANT’S SECTION)
PAYSLIPS FOR THE PAST 4 MONTHS FROM CURRENT NIGERIAN EMPLOYER
INVOICES FROM FOREIGN EMPLOYER
PERSONAL MBS DOCUMENT FOR PAST 6 MONTHS FROM BANK
(MyBankStatement)
MYBANK STATEMENT FOR USD BANK (CURRENT ACCOUNT)
TUTION DEPOSIT PAYMENT RECEIPT FROM FLYWIRE
STUDENT DEPOSIT STATEMENT FROM UNIVERSITY
PAYONEER LETTER OF GOOD STANDING
PAYONEER ACCOUNT STATEMENT FOR THE PAST 6 MONTHS

PROOF OF FUNDS (SPONSOR SECTION)
SIGNED SPONSORSHIP LETTER
NOTARIZED GIFT DEED FROM SPONSOR ₦5,000,000 (15,000 CAD)
TRANSATION RECEIPT OF GIFT DEED FROM SPONSOR
MYBANKSTATEMENT OF ORIGINATING BANK (SPONSOR’S BANK)
INVESTMENT CERTIFICATE WHERE LIVING EXPENSES OF ₦5,000,000.00k (15,000 CAD) WAS INVESTED
INTRODUCTION LETTER FROM BANK WHERE ₦25,000,000.00k (78,592.58 CAD) IS INVESTED
FIXED DEPOSIT INVESTMENT CERTIFICATE WITH BANK (I added all 6 or so of them, for every period the FD matured and was re-invested)
BANK STATEMENT FROM BANK SHOWING RETURNS ON FIXED DEPOSIT, RE-INVESTMENT AND EVENTUAL TRANSFER
INTRODUCTION LETTER FROM SPONSOR’S CURRENT EMPLOYER
CURRENT ENGAGEMENT LETTER FROM SPONSOR’S EMPLOYER
MYBANK STATEMENT FOR SPONSOR’S ADDITIONAL ACCOUNT
LAND PURCHASE AGREEMENT OF STUDENT HOSTEL FOR RENT (LANDED PROPERTY
PROOF OF OWNERSHIP FOR CARS (Sponsor’s)

Additional Documents

HEALTH INSURANCE ID CARD
NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS (NYSC) ID CARD AND SKILLS ACQUISITION ID CARD
ONE YEAR NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICE (10/21 – PRESENT)
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN
TAX PAYMENTS TO LAGOS INLAND REVENUE SERVICE
NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (NIN) DOCUMENT
INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT
SPONSOR’S CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR CURRENT ADDRESS
LETTER OF CONSENT FROM PARENTS
SAMPLE RECEIPTS AND DOCUMENTATION OF LANDED PROPERTY (STUDENT HOSTEL FOR RENT)
SAMPLE RECEIPTS FOR HOSTEL RENT FROM 2020 TO PRESENT
SPONSOR’S CURICCULUM VITAE

Special shoutout to makano, olokings, 7colours, bepositive, Isyma, gcmswriters, gilb231, demmy10, Iremide2019, Sanicesanice123, olutoyiin, charitojames, johnstan and many other amazing people I interacted with on here.

If I have the time, I’ll try to redact a lot of the documents and mails I used and upload them to a Google drive link – hopefully people can find them useful.

Shalom, God bless and I wish everyone all the very best.

She's a lady...yall assume everyone is a guy esp those of you that constantly use "bro" for everyone here..lol

jaydave:
According to the docs u submitted , Baba u get money , u get good business income , man no allow Canada make u unhappy , go chill and have fun jare .. Your type sef na holiday una suppose go dey do for Canada come back

You mean hubby and three kids applied with 13m .if yes..13m is small

tanimofe:
I applied 27th of October , Bio - 4th of Nov ,

hubby's personal acct - 9.8m
company's account - 3m
His company's documents were also added
my documents were add
property document landed document.

so I don't know where we got it wrong

my hubby and 3kids

Yes ooo...most can't just wake up and leave everything behind..so much back home..also little freedom here and there isn't bad..lol

jasperonyx:
you strong oo,loll!, I always need my husband around. I will always tell him that anywhere he goes,I go, I won't be left to handle kids alone. I really trust God to work things out for us.

Go to page one of this thread and also previous thread and read from Start

You need not be in a hurry..these things takes time if you really want to get it right..

Acclimatize yourself with reading from start to finish then shoot!

So many people have dropped their timeline..you will be surprised to see one that matches your profile

All you need is in page one,previous thread.take your time to navigate Nairaland so you can operate it seamlessly.

Clean4sureme:
Pls and pls help a sister in need, I can't explain how I have been feeling since I received this refusal, the agent that packaged the application did not do a good work at all, she did not not request for asset documents,wrong calculation of the required amount in account etc. I got to know about the error when I joined this platform, my application had passed the review stage when I discovered.

Pls I want to do it myself this time, pls help me with the documents I need to apply for my husband and 3kids.

Pls let God use you to help me overcome. mary.ngozi@yahoo.com

As long as your husband has approval...he can come and go as he wants or stays back eventually..better than not having visa at all..
In my case,I will be going alone with the kids ..if I need help best believe he will be taking the next avail flight down..Sending SOS ASAP...lol
Like you said,you know your strengths and weakness..its best you do as you wish..

jasperonyx:
I know life happens,but I have decided that by the grace of God, I will not embark on any journey without my husband and kids,adding my husband to this application, brought down my point,but I hold on to God.
I know my strength and my weakness. I rather abandon this than leave any of them behind. God will grant my heart desires

Yea,on this journey everyone's circumstances, background etc is different.

For the daycare, most people already have their child on waitlist from Nigeria cos majority submitted it for their child's application.

PEOPLE coming in should be prepared financially at least for the first few months..

Leaving a two year old may be hard for some people..Well everyone knows their strengths and weaknesses..

throwaway123:
You don't get child care benefits until you have lived for 18months if you are an international student.

All other things apply. But i honestly do not know how you intend to combine studies, payment of fees, child care for the 2 year old while you are in school especially when you are the only one here. Maybe for the 5 year old i can understand. But the 2 year old? Hmm. Guess you would have funds coming in from Naija.

You know your circumstances, so you are a better judge of your situation. I would rather drop the 2 year old till much later maybe after 3 months when you have settled in well. Except you have a family friend you would be staying with here that would help you with the burden in the first few months. You should also check around your school to see what facilities they offer for mothers. Also start looking for child care centers around the school area and start sending emails and enquiries . Not impossible to do but it would be hell of an effort if you pulled this off.

Really! How old are the kids?

Profgordons:
When I discussed with my spouse on she leaving for her studies alone without the kids, the conversation didn’t go well. It did come with many nights of crying, but today she is glad she didn’t travel with them. She for hear am and our pockets too. Also it is not so much of an advantage as long as the kids have their visas approved. My advice would be that you leave them if you have a trusted family member then return to pick them when things are settled. Kids do just fine without you!

Got friends who's kids are 2,4,5 range

throwaway123:
The lord is your strength. How old are these kids?

Wow wow..this is an eye opener..thanks for this..Housing tho..God will help us ooo lol..
Some mothers are going alone with the kids..God will see everyone through.. thank you

throwaway123:
All these bring iru bring garri no be the koko.

Would share some bit of not personal and personal experience.

1. Budget well for housing. Houses are fucking expensive for families. As a single person you can pair up and share bunks and pay $800 but with a family? You need a proper house. A single 1 bedroom goes for at least $1800 CAD in Ontario and British Columbia.

You might be lucky to get something cheaper in Alberta or Winnipeg but even there you would have to budget at least $1300 per month. Also note that Landlords won't just rent you anything anyhow. If you are a family of four. Minimum you can take is a 2 bedroom. Also if the kids are teenagers of different sexes please note you might be required to get individual rooms for them .so factor all these in your budget . Housing is one of the biggest headache. With what the Landlords went through during the pandemic. A lot are asking for minimum 4 months or even 6months rent. It can be worse if you landed and have no job or credit history with kids. Omoh. You go hear am. More reason sometimes it is better for one of the primary applicant land first and see what's happening before you bundle the battalions down. You don't want to spending your Nigerian earned naira
money here. I can guarantee you, two months and your mutli year savings from Nigeria is gone.


2. For parents with kids who are much younger and need a minder, nanny, daycare or what not. Getting placement in daycares is a fucking nightmare. Some daycares have waiting list of 100 families. Heck even oyinbo people here start joining the wait list for daycares once they are pregnant. So they can get ahead and get a placement immediately they give birth and start daycare once they are ready to return back to work. Same applies to to elementary schools . You have to apply for placement.

Fees for daycare is like $35 per day in most provinces. Your province might provide subsidies if both parents are working.

When you land. To cut your spendings and not pay for daycare at least for a start or pending when you find a placement. Parents might need to alternate their working hours. Maybe wife works nights, husband mornings so someone is always home. Or for those guys wey no sabi look after kids(sorry is your case) . You might need to take up two jobs because sadly a single income cannot cater for the needs of most families here after dem knack you taxes , EI, CPP.

3. Government offers child care grants per child. You might receive as much as $700 monthly per child depending on Province. You need to file this immediately you land and have all the documents required. Takes about 6weeks for the Canadian Revenue Agency to get back to you with a cheque. The amount would reduce depending on your income the next time they compute your yearly taxes.


4. Toddler foods can be a problem. All those Nutribon, Golden Moore no dey here and kids might really not like the substitutes around. Also buying from African stores is expensive. N1600 Golden moore 800g goes for like $24. That's about 12k and would advise you pack plenty of these when coming if you have toddlers.

5.. There are always parks and playgrounds around most areas but need adult supervision. Kids do well with the cold, but I would advise you pack along drugs for kids. Heck there is a crises were Tylenol for kids (paracetamol) and Advil(pain relief, cold, catarrh drugs) are almost not on any shelves in Canada. There's scarcity. So pack Cough syrup, kids paracetamol plenty. Infact if you can pack 5carton.. carry am.


6. What else am I missing? RESP? That's too complex to talk about here. You would get an handle once you land and start earning. It's a targetted education savings plans towards your kids colleges. Elementary and high school is free in public institutions but colleges and universities are fucking expensive. So parents open interest free savings accounts for each kids and government might even match a certain level of amount towards paying for your kids university education. See below link for a summary.

https://www.sunlife.ca/en/offer/resp/?WT.mc_id=en-ca:sem:paid:Google:national:X%7cSLF_NAT%7cPGS%7cGNR%7cEX%7cEN%7cCA%7cX%7cAways-On%7cX%7cX%7cGeneric_Product_Investment:resp&WT.srch=1&ef_id=Cj0KCQiAgribBhDkARIsAASA5bsWKUMn8bfVlSOz8TFO4-LablBLb0oZhk-mkrxnZTgGI_c5_0u8jJUaAg_5EALw_wcB:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!13660!3!476093472664!e!!g!!resp&gclid=Cj0KCQiAgribBhDkARIsAASA5bsWKUMn8bfVlSOz8TFO4-LablBLb0oZhk-mkrxnZTgGI_c5_0u8jJUaAg_5EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds


7. Apply for as much benefits as you can get please. Don't bleed the society but if you are struggling. Ask for help. There are always government programs out there to help especially for families with kids.

8. Lastly don't paint Nigeria as a bad country to your kids. Let them learn the good values the country teaches. Small time i have spent in parks. The kids can swear for Africa and it is almost all of them. We get bad kids for naija, but for the posh area I stay . I expected better language and manners. Also social vices are very rife. Smoking , drugs, partying amongst teenagers and whatnot. Omoh the amount of cigarettes butts i saw in the span of 1 week i didn't see it in my 30 plus years staying in the most ghettoish parts of most Nigerian cities. So you need to wear that toga of an African parent and try as much as possible to be friends with your kids so they can tell you everything that goes on in their lives. Especially the teenagers.

Let them learn their local languages. Speak it with them. A lot of kids of immigrants lose their identities and end up depressed abi confused because they are caught up in two different worlds. One where the customs of their parents is different from where they now call home; whilst where they call home might not be as accepting of them as the "natural born" kids here. I see a lot and I am speaking from experience. The kids i have seen that are well adjusted are ones where their Nigerian roots seem a lot intact. Caveat not saying others aren't. But it's hsrd when a child tries to assimilate a culture that's different and can't draw inspiration from their closest loved ones but strangers.

The most traumatic time of my life was when we moved to a different region in Nigeria when i was in Primary 6. I was the only different kid who couldn't speak the local language well. I had a different accent. And it was hell making friends. The kids gave me names and i only had one or two friends. I dreaded going to school because i was just different. Now imagine the scales of differences here and the challenges your kid MIGHT likely face? They might be the only black kids in their entire class or even school if you move into more remote areas. So you need to be closer to them and support them. This is where fathers also need to play active roles. Takes a lot of parenting to support kids moving to a new society to settle in well. On the face value you might think they are settled but some deep structural issues don't crop up until later in life. So please be listening, engaging and support them.


I hope i tried a bit.. I don't have it all figured out yet. But we learn as we go.

Wow..thanks for this...

throwaway123:
You actually need it.. especially if you never buy car... I dey carry my power bank steady. You don't want a flat battery when google maps is your only way home.

I suffered the day my battery went dead. Had to go into a chinese cafe and beg the attendant to help charge for some few minutes to get details of my connecting buses and my way home

We know ..we need it for the journey cos we got kids..hyperactive kids that will probably drain our phone batteries..lol

megastu:
You dont need power bank in Canada

Keep trying its always like that sometimes.may be running maintenance or you use Incognito tab

Queenfunlola:
Please house, I need a reply to this. What should I do ?

Portal doesn't matter ,there is no fast or slow portal.
There was a time people thought the new portal was fast and everyone rushed it..now eyes don clear..yall stop trying to figure out IRCC.

Cde1:
It is bro most sites I have checked old portal are the one getting decisions in most cases also only few people use the new portal and almost all has been waiting for more than 4months. My cousin use the new portal since aug 2nd no decision. His friend going to same school who use the old portal submitted on August 24th has gotten ppr

Universal Charger because Canada have their own specification..our charger doesn't work with theirs..
Power bank..yes for Travel
Most airline allow 23kg per person..so if you are travelling with one child or more..its best to utilize your 23kg..especially since you are a Newcomer..you may want to save.
Also ,you can cargo your stuffs if you want to!

donbabchizy:
Thank you for this thread! So much appreciate!
If I may ask? What do we need power bank and universal charger for ? When there's 247 light in Canada? Or do u mean while in the plane?? Secondly how do we package all this food stuffs and others without being charged so much for luggages? Thank you so much and I await your swift response..