Hello. Please I have a question.
I am currently in Canada as a student but I want to apply for permanent residence from now.

This is the situation, the CV I added to my application has all the jobs I have ever worked at for the past 10 years. It's 6 jobs in total. I have recently updated my CV to just reflect 4 jobs with no gap years at all. This means I consolidated job A under job B for example.

In my EE profile, can I state that I worked at job B For 3 years, even if it was for 2 years? Or do I stick to the original CV job outline and years I used during my study application.

Chechem:


Owerri, I have gotten the awb. Mine is on the way...

Did they send it via email or you had to chat with them?

Chechem:
Please house,
Who has gone through the passport submission and collection by a courier service. Does it take time before the passport gets to one? I was sent a mail on the 22nd of June, that my passport has been sent out but I wasn't sent any tracking ID nor have the courier service contacted me.

I chatted with vfs today and they maintained the passport has been sent out but the Abuja team hasn't sent tracking ID to them to forward to me. Does it mean they sent it without a tracking ID and why haven't it gotten to me after 8 days...?

Please whoever knows how to process works should please help me explain. Thanks

Where are you located. I am still waiting for my passport as well. This is extremely stressful

Erwinjstoff:


Same situation, no tracking ID from the courier service and yet VFS sent me a mail notifying me about its transit to my chosen location.

Are you in Lagos. Are they supposed to deliver to Lagos?

Erwinjstoff:


When does your orientation start? Whats the best time to leave for Ontario for September intake I’m trying to book flight but confused on what date to leave .

I leave in July, I work remotely and want to gain some momentum on the mundane things like house-hunting, before classes start. I am also going for the September intake.

Hey everyone, I will be in London ontario by July, I'm attending school in Fanshawe. I'm looking to connect and make new friends with ladies living there. Please email me at -

daisywelle1 at Gmail dot com

Ps: I'm a lady as well.

ShowYoung:


Good. At least you know where your passport is now.

Those guys can be difficult at times. Without the chat feature, you would have got one response a day which is so tiring and frustrating.

I was almost going insane, it was until I called DHL this morning that they responded that the Johnson Akogun who signed for the passport at VFS Abuja was the right person and that he is always the person who signs for it.

After 1 million tries, the chat with VFS went through and they said that they have received the passport but it has not been processed, but at least inform us so we can know that you got it. Very frustrating!

ShowYoung:


While something may have gone wrong on your part too, I believe you can get hold of them quickly using the following methods;

1. Log on to VFS website and use the chat feature to get quick responses.

2. Also, send emails continuously-- 10 times daily-- to Customerfeedback@vfsglobal.com and Canadang@vfshelpline.com

3. Ensure you fill the customer feedback survey by clicking on "contact us", then click on "Submit a complaint" on their website and give a bad rating and write your complaint in the box provided. They must get back to you, although they are slow in responding.

4. Call their customer care line on 2348150199900.

The first option is the best and you will get result faster.

@showyoung tried all the options and via chat, I got told that I should expect reference number from VFS 2-4 days after they receive the passport. That there is a huge volume of passports submitted. Thank you

Ikay3502:
Hey @Daisy, I sent you a msg on your email pls accept let's connect.. am about to send my passport too to Abuja and I did my biometrics in Lagos too..

Heyy, I don't have access to the email I used to open this account. Please email - daisywelle1 at Gmail dot Com

Ikay3502:
Hey @Daisy, I sent you a msg on your email pls accept let's connect.. am about to send my passport too to Abuja and I did my biometrics in Lagos too..

Heyy, I don't have access to the email I used to open this account. Please email - daisywelle1 at Gmail. Com

ShowYoung:


While something may have gone wrong on your part too, I believe you can get hold of them quickly using the following methods;

1. Log on to VFS website and use the chat feature to get quick responses.

2. Also, send emails continuously-- 10 times daily-- to Customerfeedback@vfsglobal.com and Canadang@vfshelpline.com

3. Ensure you fill the customer feedback survey by clicking on "contact us", then click on "Submit a complaint" on their website and give a bad rating and write your complaint in the box provided. They must get back to you, although they are slow in responding.

4. Call their customer care line on 2348150199900.

The first option is the best and you will get result faster.

Thank you. I did not make any mistake and I am quite surprised at the delay. I put everything in one envelope as told and sent it to their Abuja address.
How long do they usually take before responding. I used DHL to send it

Hello Gurus, please I sent to passport to VFS Abuja since Monday. It got delivered on Tuesday at 10am.

But I am yet to get any email from them on whether or not they received it.

I paid transmission fee, 1-way courier and SMS fee and I attached all these receipts inside the envelope alongside the passport. I am in Lagos, actually did my biometrics in vfs Lagos. How long before I know whether VFS received my passport.

@showyoung
@zubizaretta

I have sent emails more than 3 times to Canadang@vfshelpline.com but no reply or response.

Please who has submitted to them, when will I get reference number?

PPR ALERT!!

My PPR came in today at 7am.

I am a first time applicant and I have had  a USA B1 visa refusal before.

BACKGROUND
My initial target was to go to the UK to school because everyone I spoke to said Canada was hard to get into. Last year I applied to about 5 schools, 2 in UK and 3 in Canada.

Fanshawe responded really quickly, I almost didn't take it as I wanted George Brown, they had a course a bit closer to what I currently do, but one mind was like, just take what you see first, so I accepted their offer and I paid 9k CAD using my GTBank USD card.  2-3 months later, none of the other schools I applied to accepted me, George brown I really wanted, said my study gap was more than 5 years as the last time I was in school was in 2011.

I then came on nairaland and I read as much as I could from here, I even asked questions and I got responses. In my case, I have a fulltime job and 2 different side gigs, that pay me monthly so I needed to know if this would not affect me as I am self-funded.

THE APPLICATION

I did not need to write IELTS or verify my documents via WES.
My application to Fanshawe was done via www.applyboard.com.
I wrote my SOP myself, ensuring that I use headlines to break it so that it doesn't become a long read. One key thing I did here was explain how as an accounting graduate, I pivoted into Marketing. I treated my SOP as a story, ensuring that I hit the high notes really quickly without boring or oversharing irrelevant information. The headlines and a brief synopsis for what each section contains can be found below:

YOUR NAME
The Visa Officer,
Deputy High Commission of Canada,
Lagos Nigeria.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

- Introduction: In this section, I gave my name, a bit of my educational background and the course I want to go and study in Canada. I ended this section with saying how this course will improve my career

ABOUT ME
In this section, I gave some info about my family, If you are married, state that, have kids, state it here

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
in this section, I gave more information about my education, I only have a BSC in accounting, so to set the ball rolling for why I want to take a different path in my studies, I stated why I am making the switch to a different course of study.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
in this section, I talked about my work experience, showing a clear progression of my career from after university to date.

REASONS FOR PURSUING (INSERT YOUR COURSE NAME HERE) COURSE IN CANADA
here I talked about why pursuing this course in Canada was important to me, in my case it was very important to get an additional degree in the field I currently work in, if I wanted to advance in my career.

WHY FANSHAWE COLLEGE IN CANADA?
ExIplain why you chose this school and not any other. It would be great to look through your school's website and find out what makes them standout and add it in this section.

SPONSORSHIP OF MY CANADA STUDY TRIP
Explain who is sponsoring the trip, if you are self sponsored like me, state how much you earn monthly, if you paid any part of your fees, state it here, state how much you have kept aside for upkeep. If you are sponsored by someone, tell the story about why this person will pay your fees, show a clear relationship and also state their monthly revenue or salary.

MY FUTURE PLAN
here I talked about what I will do with the Canadian degree when I return to Nigeria

Overall, Make sure you stick to the point, tell a clear story about your life. The general rule of thumb for font size/type on SOP is times new roman, size 12 with a line spacing of 1.5 (I don't know if this is important, but it does make your writeup look neater.

THE SUBMISSION
I submitted my application on March 30, these are documents I submitted
I used the GCKey portal to submit.
- All the IMM forms
- Letter of acceptance
- Passport
- Digital photo
- Medical e-sheet
- Proof of funds (MBS for my USD account as well as MBS for my Naira account, Payment receipt from Flywire to fanshawe)
- Client Information (see all the documents below)
- SOP
- Invoices I sent to clients for my side gig
- My Payoneer account print out (if you are a freelancer, you will know what this is)
- A picture of my car
- My car ownership papers
- My old scheghen visa
-My full time job contract showing clearly that I am still going to be working for them, I am not on leave. This was my home tie. I did not need a study leave letter because of this.
- Shares certificate I received from this fulltime job.

THE WAIT
This is the timeline after submission
- Upfront medical IOM - March 20
- Apllication was submitted - March 30
- Confirmation of application - March 31
- Biometrics letter - March 31
Biometrics done - April 5
Then silence...
I scheduled emails via my gmail to send to the IRCC emails, Newyork, beijing, nairobi at least once a day. I just scheduled the email for 10 days in like 1 hour and I just left it, same email no changes and my subject line was URGENT - STUDY PERMIT.
May 30 - Medical passed
June 8 - Correspondence letter (BVL)
Then silence again, it was unusual as BVL comes a few hours before PPR but mine didn't, so I started researching again. Then angie88 told me to create an account via https://ircc-tracker-suivi.apps.cic.gc.ca/en/login to check if I would see my visa document number. On June 9, I checked and my visa and study permit numbers were there under the Document status. I sent a couple of emails but I got a generic response.

THE FINAL APPROVAL.
During the weekend, I had scheduled like 42 emails to go out to all IRCC offices starting from 10am today, but at 7am, I got the PPR. I had to stop all the scheduled emails immediately
June 19 - PPR

TIMELINE
- Upfront medical IOM - March 20
- Application was submitted - March 30
- Confirmation of application - March 31
- Biometrics letter - March 31
- Biometrics done - April 5 (Updated on GCkey same day)
- May 30 - Medical passed
- June 8 - Correspondence letter (BVL)
- June 19 - PPR

daisy1:


I saw it oo
My study permit number as well as my visitor visa number!! I used the link below.

Jesus is wonderful!!

You can track your application status
https://ircc-tracker-suivi.apps.cic.gc.ca/en/login

I got this message from IRCC today. Really hoping to hear from them this week in Jesus name. Has anyone ever experienced this type of delay before?

Good day,

Thank you for your correspondence.

IRCC recognizes that applicants may face uncertainity with their travel plans as they wait to receive the passport request letters.

The passport request letter is in queue.

We are currently pacing the passport request letters being sent to a certain number daily. This is as a result of operational constraints beyond our control.

We are unfortunately unable to provide a specific date or actual time frame of when we may be sending out the letters. Unless otherwise, this passport request letter remains in queue.

We hope this information suffices.



Regards,

navidennis:

No not yet

Please share a screenshot

CindyByFine:
My own no gree oh....been trying for like forever

Use chrome browser, also try with your phone.
Make sure you create an account not trying to login with GCKey.

If you use VPN, it won't work

navidennis:

Eligibility shows completed, what does it mean

Check your document status. Do you have any visa numbers there.

angie88:
Thank God I was ur pain reliever dis night😂 the background check in progress will be completed when ur passport has been stamped

Thanks a lot. I really appreciate!

SLOVFO:


How do you use this tracker? Do you have to create a new account separate from your IRCC Gckey account?

yes, create an account, enter your UCI and a couple of other details and it will send OTP to your email and you create a password that must be 14 characters long.

then login

navidennis:

How long did it take for your medical to be updated from the day it was done?

Upfront Medical - March 20
Medical updated - May 30

angie88:
Use tracker to check if u will see ur visa document number. If it's there, be rest assured dat ur ppr will land

I saw it, Thanks a lot Angie. Both study permit and visitor visa numbers. They expire next year. The application status tracker is a whole lot better. My eligibility and background check was marked as completed, meanwhile the regular one is still showing in progress.

angie88:
Use tracker to check if u will see ur visa document number. If it's there, be rest assured dat ur ppr will land

I saw it oo
My study permit number as well as my visitor visa number!! I used the link below.

Jesus is wonderful!!

You can track your application status
https://ircc-tracker-suivi.apps.cic.gc.ca/en/login

Letusconnect:


Please, did they send you an email when they started eligibility review? And how long after biometrics did it start?

My eligibility started before my biometrics.
It started April 1 and I got an email.

But when my medical updated, I didn't receive any email. I logged in and I saw it

jaydave:

Just two days and it’s even weekend … calm down e go drop

😂😂😂 IRCC will make someone go crazy.

Has anyone seen where a person gets correspondence letter (BVL) but no PPR.

I got BVL June 8
Till today no PPR.

Do I keep sending emails and webforms?

Republic001:
Pls on visa Refusal letter, what does
New application would be accessed on its own merit and applicant should apply with a new or different information...pls I need more enlightenment

Did you get BVL (correspondence letter) before the refusal letter? and what is the gap between both?

To answer your question, it means that when you apply, IRCC will ensure that, the new application will be assessed on its own and not based on your refused application

I sent webforms to the main webform this morning not Nairobi and I just received Correspondence Letter (Which is BVL) I am praying to get PPR
Jesus take control!

daisy1:
My medical got updated on May 30
Application was done March 30
Biometrics April 5
Eligibility started April 1

Please how long after medical is passed before approval?

I am so tired of waiting. 😩😩

My medical got updated on May 30
Application was done March 30
Biometrics April 5
Eligibility started April 1

Please how long after medical is passed before approval?

I am so tired of waiting. 😩😩

I submitted since March 30
I did upfront medicals and I did my biometrics since April 5.
Are there other people like me who are yet to get feedback?

I have sent webforms and Email and I got a generic response of how applications take time. I am supposed to enrol for classes, deadline is August 4, I am just tired.

My eligibility started since April 2nd!

AVOID THE US if you don't have a valid US visa. Do not take flights with US stops. You have been warned!!

dbom:
hi guys
please i just booked my ticket with klm and in the final stages
it was telling me that i might need a visa to transit through us and the netherlands and i am flying to canada btw
please who has travelled to canada before and passed through US or amsterdam
please did you have any problems

kobobay:


Have you checked the tracker?

Yes I have checked the tracker. No update at all.

Please help. Do you think I should start emailing IRCC now?

daisy1:
I applied since March 30.
I have 14k USD as proof of funds and this is after paying for 9k CAD to Fanshawe. I am self funded and these funds were gotten from my side gigs. I attached my full time job 4 months payslips as well as the invoices to my clients from my side gigs. My home times is my full time job as I mentioned that I will continue to work with them at reduced hours even while schooling.
I got a USA B1 visa refusal about 3 years ago.
My biometrics was done April 5 but I am yet to see any update till now. Should I email IRCC?