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Eilenora:
Dameelee U don port here too?

Hello everybody
I’m a student currently in Canada and my program ends in August. I’m getting married this year. What are the chances of my spouse getting SOWP approval during my one year post graduate work permit?
Is it better to apply for SOWP during my study period?

Hello
Please I want to find out about spousal work permit.
I’m a student currently in Canada and my program ends in august. My wedding is in August and I intend on applying for a spousal work permit for my husband after the wedding.
Considering the fact that my program would end at that time, will this be a problem in the application?

Hello everyone.
Is there any link to spousal open work permit group?

All this hailing for only me...lol
My head is swelling o

NairaLuck:
FINALLY MY LANDING GIST !!!

we departed lagos on Sunday 27th December 2020 with EGYPT AIR.

before my flight
so i woke up at about 3:10AM on sunday, bags packed then it dawned on me me that i was finally leaving Nigeria. i had mixed feelings at first as i was heading to a new country i kept refleting o the journey so far from when i joined this thread in March 2020 how helpful its been cause i didn't use any agent, the long wait with unertainties from IRCC VFS and the likes. when the day broke i was filled with joy as my sister kept hyping me, so went to church to praie and thank God for everything before Leaving for the Airport.

LAGOS AIRPORT
So i got to the airport at about 11AM thinking i would just walk in as i had cheked in online the previous day, but no o, na so them diret enter queue . the checked all necessary documents, it was intact, i didnt need to settle anybody a dime. i saw one beautiful babe but didn't know it was Dameelee since i wasn't sure she was the one so i sent her a message through Nairaland DM she idn't reply so i said nor be she.
naso plane come o, looking very very scary, wasn't sure if i shuld board but when you look nigeria, you nor go thing twice run enter plane.
ADVICE- Bring everything you need cause services at the airport is expensive (Biro N100, Photocopy N300, Mask N500, Withdraw Cash N500 for N3,000 etc)
so the plane left, and time for food naso them give us bread and bread and bread mixed with chicken and cheese, my pain with the food esp the bread i that they were all very cold. for me the food is ZERO, so after 5 hours we got to Egypt, went straight to the immigration section, then i realised i didn't travel with my Tuition Reciept but thank God it was nott noticed. Then i confirmed this beautiful lady i saw in Nigeria was Dameelee and we connected she was nice, we waited for 4hours and now it wa time to board Cairo to Toronto. the plane was so beautiful and sharp.

tho i never enter plane before but the flight was loooooooooooooooooooooooong

after about 12hours we got to Toronto, OMOOOOOOOOOR!!!! Na me be this? from Warri to Toronto? i wan happy die but base on who we be we just package like say na normal life for us but if you see my MIIIIIND!!! i don throw backy tire. was still looking out for Dameelee hoping she nor miss for air cause she also got window seat
Fist time i saw Snow Live through the window i just dey smile inside my mind but outwardly we package ourself

fast forward, we got to immigration and my tuition reciept became an issue, i was delayed for some minutes cause they had to verify if truely iwas a student of CONESTOGA COLLEGE, finally baba gave me my Study Permit. OMOOOOOOOOR!!! i saw angels rolling re carpet for me to enter, naso me and Dameelee dey call family telling them we don finally land and cross POE

The HON RALFUDOH contacted me to pick me at the airport, when i stepped out of the aiport, MY PEOPLE OOOOOO the cold wen slap me eh infact the cold when HIT me, two seonds i reverse enter airport again before person turn okporoko finally HON RALFUDOH CAME jamming Naija gbedu songs in his car, was so warm inside.. As we dey drive, naso i dey talk OMOOOOOOOR!!! na me dey canada llike this Na me dey see Snow like this.
HON RALFUDOH was so nice that the gave me served me RICE and Confirm Pepper Stew, the food enter wella for the cold.
story still dey o but make QUARANTINE FINISH FIRST before them find me come house.

i kept saying when i sleep and wake up and i am still here then i am in Canada as i wake up open window see snow dey fall then YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! i am in Canada

i want to sincerely thank everyone in this platform foryour constant help by dishing out valueable information as i did everything from scratch till i landed. GOD BLESS Y'ALL

special thanks to HON JEPHEPHE and HON RALFUDOH for helping me settle down without stress.

to everyone still in this journey, keep faith alive as 2021 is yours to conquer.

today is Day 7 of my Quarantine and honestly i am lovely it here canada is sweet with friendly people and i am loving the cold now.
Hon ralfudoh has been helpful since i landed with anything i need. thank you so much

LANDING GIST!!!

I left Lagos, Nigeria on 27th with Egypt air and arrived Toronto on the 28th.
Lagos airport
Got to the airport by 10:40am for my 2:30pm flight, I had already checked in online but trust me, that didn't change a thing. I joined the queue, and was asked for my passport, ticket, admission letter and arriveCan receipt. I was asked to re-do the arriveCan stuff because I filled it too early (1 week before my trip). They weighed my luggage, one of which weighed a bit more than the 23kg but I was lucky they overlooked it.
I went on to immigration and to my surprise nobody asked me for a dime (naija sef don dey get sense).

Lagos to Cairo flight
The plane for this flight looked a bit scary, looked shaky and old, I sha prayed and boarded with faith. There was in-flight entertainment. We were served bread upon bread upon bread, bread sef tire me, I liked the bread so I couldn't complain much. After about 5hrs, we arrived Cairo and had to wait for 4 hrs for the connecting flight to Toronto where I met Nairaluck. At the Cairo airport, we were asked to provide ArriveCan receipt, enrollment letter, proof of tuition payment and admission letter. The service was a bit too slow, probably because only one guy was attending to everyone.

Cairo to Toronto.
The 12hrs plus flight to toronto was the longest flight of my entire life. The plane for this flight was wayyyyy better than the previous one.
There was in-flight entertainment with more movies. We were served a lot of pastries as per usual. they also served this pasta that tasted really shitty.
I slept almost all through the flight but still the flight no gree end.
At exactly 7:04am Toronto time, we landed. The airport was so dry, I guess my flight was the first to land that day and no flight was leaving due to the lockdown in the province. They were very few officials at the airport to direct us and tells us what to do, so we were just there looking and sitting cluelessly. After minutes of clueless waiting, we were eventually directed to the immigration where we were made to join a queue.
It finally got to my turn and I met with an immigration officer, she only asked for my arriveCan receipt and my admission letter, thereafter she issued my study permit and said WELCOME TO CANADA. I smiled and left there to pick my bags and wait for my school to pick me up.

Now I am in quarantine day 5 and looking forward to an amazing new life in canada. Trust me Canada is a fine country, I haven't even seen much of the city but from what I have seen, I love it.
If you are thinking of giving up abeg DON'T, pick up from where you stopped, do more research, try again, pray (trust me, God answers) and believe that it will happen. (I'm feeling like a motivational speaker now sha, lol)
Happy New Year.

My guy....the quarantine no be here o

NairaLuck:
Finally we're in Canada, I and Dameelee arrived Toronto yesterday.
Thank God for a safe flight

Day 2 isolation

Was picked up at the airport by ralfudoh, one of our seniors and a
Conestoga student also here in nairaland

Good morning,
Please people that traveled recently (Egypt air maybe) were you asked any present any special thing at the airport.
I’ll also be traveling with some drugs (declofenac) I hope this is fine

Please I’m filling my arriveCan form and I don’t know what this part means,
I’ll be staying at a 3 bedroom Airbnb with other people most likely, that means it’s a group living environment right?

Make sure to call both dhl and vfs, I had the same issue and it wasn't resolved till after over 24hours. Bombard them with calls

adeenzo:
I tracked my passport and got the following update: The decision envelope for your application, tracking ID No. XXXXXXX has been collected from the Canada Visa Application Centre, Abuja on 2020/12/16. Does this mean that my passport is now with DHL? cos I did a 2-way courier service with DHL and I tried tracking the return WAYBILL NO, on DHL's website but it's not showing the package has been received.
Do I get in touch with DHL or Abuja VFS?

The eagle has finally landed.....
my joy knows no bound.
To everybody that contributed to this success (the whole nairaland members on this group) thank you so much. The information i got on this group helped my journey.
thank you, ese pupo.

I was beginning to get worried
Called DHL multiple times today and they said they haven’t picked up anything from them.

StringerX:
Yes! I got the same mail yesterday and I haven't heard from DHL.

Please I want to go to the bank this morning, Do I need to tell them to print statement of account from months back or just this month is fine. Or can I just request a letter from them showing my account balance?
Please this is URGENT!!

Please I want to go to the bank this morning, Do I need to tell them to print statement of account from months back or just this month is fine. Or can I just request a letter from them showing my account balance?
Please this is URGENT!!

LOI- Letter of Introduction
BVL - Biometric Validity Letter

Babyboy2020:
whats LOI AND BVL CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN PLS

Got PPR on the 20th of November,
Counterfoil- 7th
LOI - 8th
Keep in mind that people that sent to Abuja at the same time as me got theirs earlier

adeenzo:
Thanks for the heads up.
What was the time frame between your PPR and LOI/COUNTERFOIL?
I got my PPR 3rd of December, still awaiting LOI and Counterfoil.

I got LOI on the 8th of Dec, it came from IRCC into my GCkey portal.
You should constantly check your GCkey portal to see if your Counterfoil has dropped because you won't get any notification for this, LOI usually drops a day or 2 after counterfoil.

adeenzo:
At what time did you receive LOI? who sends it? is it IRCC via your GCkey portal or from your VFS via an email?

I just got off the phone with one of them after almost 150 attempts, the guy I spoke with said DHL(if you used dhl 2 way courier) will pick up every available passports before CoB today and begin dispatch tomorrow. If you live in Lagos, you should get it tomorrow, but if you live outside Lagos, you should receive it by Wednesday, that was what the guy told me. You don't have to pay anything again.
I then followed up with DHL to let them know I have something waiting for me at VFS which they promised to pick up today.
Still keeping fingers crossed.

Hamilah11:
Hi guys. I just received a mail from vfs global now.

"The decision envelope for your application, tracking ID No. 20201127***** has been received from the IRCC Office on 12/14/2020 10:53:52 AM at the Canada Visa Application Centre, Canada Visa Application Centre, Lagos and is ready for collection."

To those that submitted to vfs lagos and used 2way, how long did it take to receive your passport back after receiving this mail? And do I need to call vfs global regarding the collection? Did you have to pay the vfs courier fee too? Kindly let me know what to do next. Thank you.

Thanks so much for this

Chocs:
Hello Dameelee,

You should fill it within 48 hours from your arrival time in Canada. The app will let you if you fill it in earlier than that, but you might have problems when you get into Canada. They pulled people who filled it in earlier than 48 hours before arrival and asked them to fill it in again. It would waste your time and stress you out. You can set a reminder on your phone to remind you to fill it in maybe 24 hours before your flight. Don’t forget to print your confirmation receipt after filling it in or have a screen shot of it.

Best wishes and have a safe flight.

Egypt

NairaLuck:
Which airline?

How soon can i fill the arriveCan form before traveling, I want to fill it now and I’m traveling on the 27th.

How soon can i fill the arriveCan form before traveling

Congratulations Rebecca,
Please what did you present as your POF?

rebecausoro:
Complete landing gist

I flew from Uyo to Lagos on Tuesday evening and I stayed with a family friend for the night. I arrived the airport around 10am for a flight of 1.40pm. I thought I was early until I saw the queue. Quick tip: even if your flight is for 6pm, get to the airport around 12pm and stay there till they are ready for you .

Ethiopian airlines usually do manual verifications of all students travelling to Canada. You really need to be there on time for this because the man doing it is slow and doesn't care about your time. He asked for proof of enrollment, admission letter, ArriveCAN slip, and visa page. Please make at least two copies of all of these too. After showing him, he'll snap and then send to someone via WhatsApp to verify. Once confirmed, your passport will be given a number and you'll then proceed to where it will be scanned again for secondary verification. After this stage, you will then go to where you can get a boarding pass.

The plane left Lagos around 2pm. I was seated at the back and had space to stretch legs . We got to Addis Ababa around 7pm (Nigeria time) and then we entered a long queue for onward movement. From Addis Ababa, we went to Dublin for refueling and then to Toronto. Upon arrival, we talk a long walk (very long o) and got to immigration people. The woman that attended to me asked for these (in the following order):
1. Declaration slip (will be given to you in the airplane)
2. Passport
3. LOI
4. Student Status letter (enrolment letter)
5. School fees/tuition receipt
6. ArriveCAN page (apparently, I didn't even fill my own well and was delayed for a while. Make sure you fill yours well)
7. POF
8. LOA

She asked me the following:
Which department were you admitted into?
Why did you choose MUN?
What is your name?

Then she took my finger prints and issued me a Study Permit for 3 years (my program is for 2 years but I don't know why it was issued in excess).

I went to wait board a St John's flight after a long wait at the airport. Got to St. John without qualms. Reach my apartment, checked in and slept off.


Exams start on Monday. Canada is beautiful and nice. I love the place. Good luck to all who are applying or will soon come.

It has ended in praises.

When is your flight? i'm going with Egypt air also

NairaLuck:
I will be flying with Egypt air, I don't intend to do Covid test, I hope you pull through, arrive safely dear

I wish you safe journey. Please give us landing gist when you arrive canada

rebecausoro:
Today's the day. Finally.

Just a quick check:
I have my LOI, stamped passport, proof of enrollment, LOA, Funding award letter (as POF), and ArriveCAN receipt.

Do I need any other thing?

I didn't do COVID-19 test and I'm flying with Ethiopia Airlines.

Please what did you use to show evidence of POF?

starkyniichan:
Resuming Jan 5th, landed Dec 3... And I was allowed so you shouldn't be bothered that much.

Thank you

Chocs:
Hello,

You can print out your statement of account with all pages stamped by the bank. It does not have to be a dom account. As long as you can access your money, you’re good to go.

Please what is the most suitable way to show POF? I already have CAD cash (2k) and I want to show my POF for cash in bank. What do you advice? is it possible to just print out my statement of account or I have to open a dom account?
People that travelled recently, how did you go about this?

Please what is the most suitable way to show POF? I already have CAD cash (2k) and I want to show my POF for cash in bank. What do you advice? is it possible to just print out my statement of account or I have to open a dom account?
People that travelled recently, how did you go about this?

Good morning everybody.
Please what are the emails you send your complaints to, i mean passport return complaints.
lekiboboe, rebecausoro, fratermathy

Canada Visa Office = IRCC right? They are even confusing me

fratermathy:
What they sent in the email doesn't tally with the tracking response. The email update was definitely sent in error. How VFS manages to send these wrong updates amazes me.