CentennialGuy:
LONG POST ALERT!

As a young guy growing up, the Nigerian dream in my Family then was to Japa. Those were the days of US Visa lottery. The moment I turned 18, my brothers initiated me into the Japa mind set. All my working years after graduation were used to chase Japa until 2014 when Canada's refusal then became the last straw that broke the Camel's back.

2014 wasn't a great year for me. I received several Ls and breakfast from different directions. A week before Canada served me breakfast, my girlfriend of 3 years dumped me because I really didn't look like someone who wants to settle down. All I was chasing was Japa. Then I lost my Job, lost a substantial amount of money to an investment, and then a subcontractor ran away with a large sum of money for a project I was handling. By the time it was middle of 2014, I didn't have the energy to reapply for Visa again.

I told my Brothers that I was not doing again. So I got another job. A great job. Got married, had a daughter and started building my life here in Naija with no penchant for Japa again. Then last year, my wife started pushing me to try again. I reluctantly agreed. I was in a better life status now. So I applied and here we are!

Below is my profile and the document submitted for my application.

A. Profile
- Married with a Daughter
- BSc and MSc Architecture in Nigeria
- Going to Centennial College for PGC in Construction Project Management
- Self Sponsored
- Resuming in Fall

B. Documents Submitted
1. IMM forms
- IMM 1294e
- IMM 5645e

2. Letter of Acceptance

3. Passport Data Page (No travel history)

4. Digital Photo

5. Proof of Funds
- 4 months SOA (22m closing balance. Lump sum of around 6 to 7m in and out every other month but not strange to the account. I didn't bother to explain)
- First semester Tuition fee receipt
- Letter of employment / Confirmation Letter/Promotion letter.
- Pay slip
- Work ID

6. Client information
- Letter of explanation (6 pages)
- CV

- Home tie documents
- Marriage certificate
- Wife's Birth Cert
- Wife's Change of surname docs
- Wife's Passport Data page
- Daughter's Birth Certificate
- Wedding pictures and pictures over the years of Marriage.

- Property Documents
- Land receipt
- Deed of Assignment
- Registered Survey Plan
- ongoing Construction docs and pics

- Academic Documents
- BSc and MSc certs
- NYSC Cert
- IELTS Cert - I added this since I have it and especially since I answered Yes to the question of whether I did an English Language test in the Study permit form
- Other Certs that showed interest in Project Management

- Police Character Certificate

I pray that the Lord will answer all the prayers of everyone waiting for their PPR and for those delayed, don't give up. It will end in praise in Jesus name.

Finally, Do IT Yourself. I did it all by myself in 2014, got denied. I did it by myself in 2022, got approved. Do IT Yourself. Just read wide. Read this thread and Read the IRCC website. Between this thread and the IRCC website, you have all the information you need for a successful application.

Thanks everyone!

For2ne:
I have been admitted to the university of Alabama and kent state university phd computer science programs for fall 2022 but none of them have offered me funding. Please can anyone advise me on how to go about securing funding from these schools?

Your assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Christabeliciou:
Hello gurus,

Pls assist me, it's possible this question has been asked and answered, pls pardon if it has Biko.

With the current Incessant ASUU strike, my son gained admission last year to UNN Chemical engineering, his Waec is very much good.
I want him to look for University he can apply to for scholarship either fully funded or half or none.

I made an enquiry to the proprietor of the lesson he was attending before he gained admission if they have any particular plan in place for such undergraduate that are at home as a result of the Strike, he said no. But
he suggested foreign Exams like SAT.
To study in the US or Canada.
Please advise me on which of these listed he should write ( (SAT is 65k, IELTS is 80k , TOEFL is 120k)

Thanking you very much

eyinola:
not at all

eyinola:
plz is it okay to switch from management to IT? I am a Business Administration graduate but IT really intrest me now ,video game developer to be precise

DeUltimate7:
well, my sister over there actually consider this undergraduate program due financial circumstances,the PGD tuition fee dey high according to her, we are two she just made the part payment for to secure the admission,me and my elder sibling, she believe this college is cheap and the application process is easy and less stressed, moreover my chosen diploma certificate program "tourism" is well in line with my professional field, I have other diploma certs and olevel aside bsc cert to match college standard for my application.

lilangel20:
My funding was 16,500cad. I got a tuition waiver in which i am to pay just 5,030cad. Meaning I would be left with 11,000cad

amila20042001:


Show young you sound very enlightened about the subject.

If one does 1year course at a college in a province and another 1year course at another college in another province. Based on 1+1, will he/she be qualified for 2 or 3 years PGWP irrespective of studying in different provinces provinces

ami213:
Yes, you can!
An invitation letter and other documents required by IRCC for TRV.

Folaf:
Long post Alert⚠️
PPR Timeline – 1st time Applicant (No Agent, No Travel History, GCKEY)
University of Windsor (Materials Chemistry and Engineering; 2years (16 months) May 2022)

Jan 11th Submission
Jan 13th Biometrics Completed
Feb 3rd Upfront Medical
Feb 23th Medical updated
Mar 16th Eligibility Review
Mar 25th PPR
Mar 26th Passport sent to VFS, Abuja through DHL
Mar 31st Passport picked by DHL from VFS, Abuja
April 1st Letter of Introduction dropped on CIC portal and Stamped Passport Received (PPR date to Study end date + additional 3 months)

N.B - Stamped passport was returned with all the documents I submitted with it.

Sponsor: Husband but all the money was in my account; used as family account but it's my husband that sends money to it most times (Husband Acct Closing balance was 2M+)

Documents Submitted: I created Table of Content and page numbers for each sections (Not Clickable)
Proof of Means of Financial Support
1. Tuition Deposit Receipts of $4,000 CAD (paid twice $3990.66 and $20; exchange rate effect, so 2 receipts submitted)
2. MyBank Statement Certificate (Savings Account); Closing balance of ₦18M (Approximately $55K CAD)
3. MyBank Statement Certificate (Salary Account); Closing balance of ₦1M (Approximately $3K CAD)
4. Cooperative Savings Letter as proof of my savings
5. Reference Letter from my Previous Employer
6. My Current Employment Letter
7. My Confirmation Letter
8. My Promotion Letter
9. My Work ID Card
10. My Pay Slips (6 months)
11. My Retirement Savings Account with a closing Balance of ------NGN as of January 2022
12. Spouse’s Affidavit of Sponsorship
13. Spouse’s Letter of Sponsorship
14. Spouse’s MyBank Statement Certificate
15. Spouse’s Pay Slips (6 months)
16. Spouse’s Retirement Savings Account with a closing Balance of ------ NGN as of December 2021
17. Spouse’s Work ID Card
18. Spouse’s Employment Letter
19. Spouse’s Promotion Letters
20. 1 Property Valuation Report and Land Survey Plan documents in spouse's name (Valued at 41M; Approximately $125,000 CAD)
21. Spouse’s Money Appreciation and Children Educational Policy Insurance Plans
Client Information
1. Letter of Explanation
2. My Curriculum Vitae
3. West African Examinations Council
4. Bachelor of Science Degree in Biochemistry Certificate
5. Bachelor of Science Degree in Biochemistry Transcript
6. Master of Business Administration (Executive) Statement of Results
7. Undergraduate Scholarship
8. Institute of Public Analyst of Nigeria (IPAN) Membership Certificate
9. Institute of Public Analyst of Nigeria (IPAN) 2021 MCPD Workshop Certificate
10. PECB Certified ISO 17025/IEC Lead Assessor Certificate
11. Police Character Certificate
12. My Birth Certificate
13. Declaration of Names
14. Marriage Certificate
15. Change of Name News Paper Publication
16. My National Identity Slip (NIN Slip)
17. National Youth Service Corps Certificate
18. Volunteering – Community Letter of Commendation
19. Volunteering – National Youth Service Letter of Commendation
20. Volunteering – Millenium Development Goal Advocacy Program
21. Spouse’s International Passport Bio-data page
22. Children's International Passport Bio-data pages
23. Spouse’s Birth Certificate
24. Children's Birth Certificates
25. Parent’s National Identity Slips
26. Siblings IDs (1 is a PR holder)
27. My Mother’s Affidavit of support for Children’s Care

Facts about my SOP (7 pages)
• I called it Letter of Explanation (That is what I saw on the IRCC portal).
• It was written by me within 3 weeks, with the help of the Almighty God. Contributions were made by my husband, 2 student already in Canada, I also got a contact from Nairaland, already in canada whom I sent it to for review and he shared an SOP (an extract) with me. I added somethings from the extract to my SOP.
• I used this format: Introduction, Academic background and Work Experience (BSc. Biochemistry; completed 2008, MBA; completed November, 2021 and 10years work experience), Why I decided to study the course, Career aspiration and Volunteering experience (I added my volunteer experience because I read that it is appreciated), why school of choice, Why Canada, Proof of Means of Financial support (I created 2 tables, one showed expense and the second table showed amount available; Rella; OJC group also affirm this format when I shared with her). I had 2 lump sums: 7.5M from my co-operative savings which was transferred to my account on 04.01.2022 and my husband transferred 5M to me; a day before I submitted my application (I contacted @TheGabby; OJC group who advised that my husband should transfer it and not leave it in his account)
• Home ties: Family ties and Economic ties - My husband and Children, my professional membership and responsibility, aged parent (my mum will take care of the children to enable me focus on my studies and not be distracted), prospect of the course I’m going for and increased earning power when I return, Impact on Africa Continental free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

Stages of Anxiety
• Medical Update: Feb 3rd IOM, but was not updated until Feb 23rd. This took long compared to the timelines I’ve being seeing (I did not receive mail from IOM after medical, so I contacted them and they sent my result and informed me that it has been forwarded to IRCC).
N.B: NO Webform was sent until it was updated.
• Passport sent to Abuja: When my passport was delivered by DHL to VFS for stamping on the 28th March, 2022, there was no acknowledgement email, I had to mail them before they sent my tracking number (4 mails was then received within few minutes intervals). Whenever I track it on the VFS site, the same message (application is under process at the IRCC office) is what was displayed for 4days. On the 4th day (31st March, 2022), I sent a mail to VFS Abuja to let me know the true status of the passport sent to them for stamping. Few minutes later, I received a mail from them stating that decision envelope has been dispatched (different message from what is shown when I track it on VFS Portal). About 3 hours later, I received 2 emails that the decision envelope has been received from VFS, Abuja at CVAC, Abuja and has been collected from CVAC, Abuja. (I checked my IRCC portal and Counterfoil just updated; No email received from CIC)
• Passport picked by DHL from VFS Abuja on the same day; 31st March, 2022

How I coped with the anxiety
• I prayed to God (I’m a Christian)
• I surf nairaland for any info, a lot of screenshots to read over and over again
• OJC group chats

Note: I decided to do it myself because of the experience I had with a college admission gotten through a popular person/company on Instagram offering a free admission processing (but high exchange rate for application fee). When I got access to the application, he used an unknown person as my next of kin and included unknown number as my next of kin contact. I changed it on the portal and when I complained, he said it doesn’t matter. I was shocked and right there, I made up my mind to secure another admission (University) and apply for the student visa myself which I did with the help of the Almighty God.

It has indeed ended in praises.

To all PPR hopefuls, I wish you all the best and to those keeping all the do-it-yourself platform active, thank you so much.

hamouston91:
Just carried out this little research. With the bad state of

Nigeria today, just imagine if every Nigeria was given a US

citizenship according to your region in Nigeria. For example

Northeastern Nigerian must live in Northeastern US
Southwestern Nigeria - Southwestern US

This list start with the Nigerian Region according to their Sizes (landmass)

1 North East :
Consisting of Adamawa , Bauchi, Borno , Gombe,
Taraba , and Yobe States.
( North East : Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont).

2 North Central :
Consisting of Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa,
Niger , and Plateau States, as well as the Federal
Capital Territory.
( East north central and West north central :Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin).

3 North West :
Consisting of Jigawa , Kaduna , Kano , Katsina ,
Kebbi , Sokoto , and Zamfara States.
( Pacific Northwest: Oregon, Washington, Idaho,)


4 South West :
Consisting of Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo , Osun , and
Oyo States.
(South West :Arizona, New Mexico, California, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Oklahoma, Texas).

5 South South (also known as Niger Delta region)
Consisting of Akwa Ibom , Bayelsa , Cross River ,
Delta , Edo, and Rivers States
( Southern US : Missouri, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland Delaware).

6 South East :
Consisting of Abia, Anambra , Ebonyi , Enugu , and
Imo States.
(Alabama ,
Florida , Georgia , Mississippi, North
Carolina , South Carolina , Tennessee , Virginia , and West
Virginia).

How do you guys find the list, are you OK with were you find yourself. would you like such basis for a US citizenship?

SmartPolician:
This guy knew his ways are not pure and he was still showing off.


When the gods want to kill a man, they make him lose his senses.

eniola1010:


Thanks david.
You have been helpful.
In respect to the last paragraph. Since the vo's dont check or monitor a bank statement after submission. Why then do people still have issues of insufficient funds or inadequate pof.

Why cant people just simply borrow money even if it means paying interest, print the statement, submit. And return the money back the moment statement has been printed.

tonnymexx:
Good morning gurus,

Am a store keeper officer at my dad business store. Please gurus what PGC program should I apply for that will increase my chancing of having Visa?

eniola1010:
Hello my friends.

I want to ask something aa regards the issue of proof of funds.

What exactly do the vo look at. Is it available balance, opening balance or closing balance.

All the above.

Are they more concerned about how much has been leaving and entering the account or are they more concerned about how much is sitting in the account as at the time you printed the statement.

All the above.



Look at this two scenario.

Scenario1. Millions has been entering and leaving but it is like 500k that is left as at the time you printed ur statement and submitted.
Scenario2. A few thousands has been entering and going but you have 8million sitting in the account as at the time you printed ur statement.
Which of the scenario is better?

The second scenario is better if you are to self sponsor, but try to increase the inflow and outflow.













Also, i want to ask. For someone like me who do bitcoij business. Money comes in and out. How do i explain to them what i do, because i dont want to tell them i do bitcoin business. Is it possible i say i do microfinance business like pos services in a very well populated student environment. At least that can tell why i have such inflow and immediate outflow.

Do you have CAC for the POS business?.
Can you show the pics of the POS stand?.
Can the stand convince the VO that the large inflow and outflow are genuine?.
If all of the above are affirmative, then go ahead.






Furthermore, lets assume i have 10million in my balance and i have printed my statement and submitted it. Can i go ahead and withdraw the 10m or part of it. Or do i have to leave it untouched till i get to canada. Cus i feel since the statement with 10m has been submitted. They have no reason to still be keeping track of my statement balance. Or do these VO's steadily keep track of one's statement to see if u dont spend the money u have in ur bank before u enter canada

Munando:


Hello, I was offered admission for Jan-2023 for a 2 year MSc program and my passport will expire by June-2025.
I hope this will not negatively affect my 3 year PGWP?

Lotathebaby:



1. There are no full scholarships in Canada. Not for undergraduate at least. I have never heard of any sha.

2. This result may not give you scholarship but you may be lucky to get an admission

3. You may be lucky to get admission into your desired program with this result. Just do research on schools that are lenient

4. Again, no full tuition scholarships o. None.

5. About 4k CAD per annu


These are the answers to your question, but it seems like you really want the scholarship. I’ll advise you take the SATs and place your focus in the US. There is always a chance that you will get a scholarship there.
Goodluck

seyifrenzy:
Thank you for your input.

My story is a long one.

Firstly, the US refused me cos I'm being filed for.

The UK refused me cos I was naive 6 years ago.

Canada ,recently, refused cos I had too much money in my account, and I couldn't explain how they got their. I was given actually but I didn't say so.

Overall, it has been one silly mistake or the other mostly from agents.

MightyRance:
Hello Gurus in the house.

Can i submit Co- sponsor bank statement and affidavit, after i have submitted my application?.

My first sponsor was my brother. and the co sponsor will still be my brother.

Can i add co-sponsor after submission?


PLEASE, I NEED AN ANSWER. THANKS

MadamVanessa:




[b]Is there anyone both male and female that doesn't have a reckless past? [/b]personally, if I love , I love, I don't believe in the philosophy of digging one's past before settling down with the person; because to be very candid, there's nobody past that's is palatable.

Na sex she had no be say she kill person, or no be say she give you disease. Na knack she knack, u been de knack too before u even meet am. The abortion she committed, even house wives of today , commit abortion too. It's an old story.

Meeting you , means starting afresh with a new chapter. people with trust issue have the time of going back to dig at one's past and if look closely their past too may even be worse.




Look for more justifiable reason to jappa after knacking the poor girl, don't come up with this childish excuse.

Cashio:
..never. Architecture students design every minute of their school life. As a student then, there were times we would go 2 days without bathing, cooking etc. Going out is completely out of it. girlfriends? Whose time will you sacrifice.
You can count how many days in a session you get up to 5 hours sleep at a stretch.
During the last one month before defence, our beds will hang on one side of the wall because we can't afford to sleep. You only sleep when your head starts aching and yet you can't sleep more than 3 hours in 24 hours.
You sit and draw from morning till night and from night, you still sit on your drawing table watching the day break.
Funny thing, you will never still meet up with the deadline before defence. You will just do as much as you can.
Only those who had Architecture students as friends, lodgemates or roommates can relate.

Donkunxex:


So this is my timeline

Applied Nov 25th
Biometrics completed: Dec 1st
Eligibility review : Don’t know when it started.
Medicals Request : Feb 25th
Medical Passed March 14th.
ppr: March 24th

Self sponsored and first time applying.

Documents I submitted :
Ircc documents
School fee receipt ( paid 50% of the tuition )
University & waec result
Awards
My 6 months Bank statement. ( with a good inflow and outflow).
Cac document.
Survey and deed for landed property.
Sop
For proof of source of funds, I submitted my 6 months trading history for my Binance and ftx futures derivative account and also trading profits.

Didn’t submit a lot of document, only submitted what I had at that moment.

emmalextemtop:
Hello ooooO!

Àrá ìlé èbàmí yóóóÓ, i just got my PPR!

See me this time yesterday dEy ask about and complain about emails..., uhm nawah oO.

Canada mehhhn.

I dEy come abEg!

Hyphy:


What's up with the capitalization? I'm worried


Looks good though

seunmsg:


Still doesn’t change the fact that FFK bleeped the hell out of Bianca’s body. Ado feku ni Femi do.