₦airaland Forum

olaintel:
Bro, you don't have to be rude. it will be very difficult for you to prosper in life with that attitude.

MrsBee:
Good Day All,

We would be going to Ontario in March for short-landing. Please can you advise on how much we can achieve in 10 days. Apart from landing formalities, SIN, bank account opening, possibly write the DL test.
VERY POSSIBLE
I had a crazy idea of looking for a volunteer or job shadow opportunity for a week, but i think i am being overambitious.
Madam abeg enjoy the weather for a week na!

We are also considering going across the border to Niagara falls/Bufallo NY during the weekend while we are there but my worry is how to return into Canada without a PR card.
I heard people have achieved this when crossing in a PRIVATE vehicle, with your COPR. Personally, i do not think its worth the risk, but HECK "insert Ontario's Slogan"

Landed seniors , please help with your advise/suggestions.

justwise:
You registered few minutes ago just to say this?

Inception12:
Otherwise, any one here staying in Windsor ON. Am still doing research on the best places to stay once my PPR comes through and am trying to decide between alberta, ottawa and windsor. Any advice will be appreciated.

czaratwork:
If you applied for letter from FRSC through Adeballer, he says it is ready. Please check your mailbox for it.

Thanks

damidamsel:
Thank you everyone for the congratulatory messages. Ire a kari ooo....

So i am back to tell my story after thanking God in church

Sorry it's gonna be a long read.......

Began journey in 2014....sent in package late from US and it arrived Canada last day of FSW in December so it was returned untouched .
Put in application in 2015 but got no ITA till it expired a year later.
Like play like play, my friend and i decided to give it a try again and got serious with it.
Had to retake IELTS in Jan 2017 as the previous one had expired. Had a CLB 9
ITA sometime in March but FBI PCC no gree me submit till May 21
Application went thus....
- Used old reference letters from 2014 in addition to one i got for my last job that ended in 2015
- Current work is a self-employed job so I included intro letter with company letterhead, invoices for jobs done, letter from client attesting to work done, tax receipt and clearance, TIN number, company's 6 months bank statement and bank letter
- Hubby transferred 100% of the POF to my personal account and did a deed of gift. I included the 6months statement and letter from bank (No statement from hubby)
- My husband had had more than one US visa refusal and we both have 2 UK refusals among others but i stated only one each out of ignorance and did not fill Schedule A but included copies of refusal letters i could find and didn't bother about the ones i could not find
- I uploaded 2 of my reference letters in the wrong placeholder
- I forgot to include letters of non- indebtedness from banks
.
.
Amongst others...

Med passed on June 29 and application Document review changed to "We do not need Additional Documents"
IP1 on June 30

Requested first gcms note one month after AOR where i saw on the notes that REVIEW REQUIRED based on statutory questions answered....this was where i realized that the canada visa refusal i stated for hubby was not his first and thus his file showed he had once applied before that
- I raised a CSE to state that i had forgotten about the first application
- I later raised another CSE to upload letters of non-indebtedness and to state corrections about letters uploaded in the wrong placeholder
- I raised another CSE explaining that I did not know I had to state all visa refusals even if they were from the same country. I then listed them out one after the other

I requested another gcms note a month later where i saw the note stating that i had mixed up my IELTS scores
- I quickly recalculated my CRS score using the correct mix and saw that I still had the same CRS score
- I raised a CSE stating the error, correcting it and resubmitted a copy of my IELTS result

File was transferred to LVO on Aug 15
Requested another gcms note in October only to find out my file was never touched since FTD
Emailed LVO on Nov 15 and was told my application was awaiting review

Emailed again on Nov 20 that my application was 6months (though less 1 day). Got response that it was in process
Emailed again on 22nd and CC'd Ottawa.
Emailed Ottawa on 23rd and checked my CIC account one hour later only to see i had moved to IP2 after 5months ( Skipped NA)
GOT PPR ONE HOUR LATER

In all, no single ADR....

Baba God did it!!!

Please can one stopover in USA before heading to Canada?

Faaz09:
Good evening seniors,I have been a silent reader who has benefited immensely from this thread but I am confused at the moment.

Ielts-LRWS-8,8.5,6.5,7
Writing is in no way my weakness. Should I ask for a remark of my writing and speaking or book another test?

A14:
Guys it was a long wait but it finally came.
AOR: 21 April
MP: 20 June
IP1: 20 June
NA: 21 June
FTD: 03 August
IP2: 07 Nov
ADR: 07 Nov
PPR: 10 Nov
FSW

Thanks everyone for your contribution and thank you vcole, it was your ITA post last year October that gave me the ginger to start this process.
To those who want to start and are having financial difficulties, I pray God provides for y'all.
And to my London gang still waiting, just be patient it'll come.

elfmann:
So abstinence is not even helping now on.
Cc Canadianfly

temitope06:
Congrats Dr Esosa. My story is below, NB. It's a long ass Story.

Submitted - May 12, PPR - Oct 18, Approved - Nov 1

The End.

To all that answered a question or replied a mail, i say Grazie mille, may ur best days start from today.

esosa4real:
ALBUM TITLE: "CIC CHRONICLES"
ARTIST NAME: DR. XOSA aka "I must blow'�

Track 1- Collabo (aka IELTS jam ECA) ft vcole
Track 2 - Issa Draw feat IRCC
Track 3 - Police is your Friend feat Alagbon
Track 4 - Arab Money feat @kyaggy
Track 5 - The wait begins feat @ugoiyke
Track 6 - Canadian Love
Track 7 - Don't wanna wait in vain for ur Love
Track 8 - CIC, the more u look, less u see!
Track 9 - Speed kills feat @Speeddarlignton ���
Track 10 - CIC AWOOF
Track 11 - CIC WHY EVILS
Track 12 - CIC do Ojoro
Track 13 - Chill Pills feat @Mummyjaygirls
Track 14 - Norgo Scotia oh!
Track 15 - London Bridge: Falling down
Track 16- All bone na bone says d patient dog
Track 17 - Haba, I nor do again
Track 18 - No man knoweth the hour nor day
Track 19 - Hope feat @40manlappy
Track 20 - Hope remix feat @rashidat malcolm, soulbroda, uche, olu et al
Track 21 - Desperate Measures feat @adegirl & Lala
Track 22 - Aiye le ibosi o (To God be the Glory) feat Tope Alabi
Track 23 - HYPERTENSION feat London VO whatsapp
Track 24 - PPR FALL ON ME feat @DAVIDO

So as i promised months ago, this is my 24 - track album dedicated to cic and it's relatives (nairalanders and whatsappers) on this wonderful day of my PPR!!
Ppr mall yaff come...... i am I the music studio.....I yaff blow!! ����������

teeboy95:
Pls oo mk I ask.
For those that have received PPR do you also get an update in Mycic?... I.e does your profile change

Ballerz:
Guess who just got the word "Congratulations! You have met the Ministry's minimum requirements"
I just passed my G test.
Yippppe
All in all, From Nigeria Licence to G license in 4 weeks cost 500 Dollars.
So put that in the budget.
I dey go celebrate.
Na Baba God do am o

dammysanmi:
UPDATE

PPR : 15th Sept
Passports Submitted: 18th Sept
Accra Received: 20th Sep
CIC Application Approved: 11th Oct
PUM (and Courier Fees Paid) : 12th Oct

Yooku:
Lool...by the way what happened to your personal auditor who was on vacay in Naija away from the hubby?

XX01:
Back to more important things.

I received the golden mail this morning. It is PPR people! God has just been so faithful. Wrote to them yesterday evening Nigerian time and they responded that it was in Ottawa and hasn't been finalized yet. Only to wake up to the golden mail this morning. Don't know if they work over night in the Ottawa office.

19days from AOR to PPR. It can only be God. I put the barest minimum I could put (apart from the bank reference letters). Didn't provide a single bank statement. Didn't include payslips and appointment letters. Had plenty travel history for both my husband and I. I had nearly all my funds in my husband's account. God just covered over any mistakes as none were intentional.

AOR=11th sept.
MEDP= 21st sept.
IP1 = 22nd sept.
NA2 = 27th Sept
IP2 = 29th sept.
PPR = 30th sept.

Will send my passports once I return to my house next week.

Hephgirl:
Now now page 200....

Wura27:
Hello,

Why not call them on 012700908 to confirm the rates. Their contact centre is cool and their response time is quick.

The rate changes almost everyday. The contact centre would provide you with today's rate and also advise you on the best location to go based on where you stay.

codeworks:
What is the different between Academic IELTS and General Training IELTS?