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Webforms & mails to Nairobi, I'd say you bombard them with it, every other week or more, if they don't respond asap or time keeps going.

Celoexpress:
Thank you.

How do I upload the mybankcertificate on my profile please? Is there a special way or I need to send to IRCC Kenya Webform?

Please help with answers for those that have done it before.

Ahh .. already paid for the two-way delivery thingy oh, his colleague explained the process to him. it was really confusing tbh, I didn't understand the diff roles VFS and Embassy would be playing in picking up & sending the passport. I think you just made it clearer. Also, I sent to Abj not Lagos, to avoid delay stories. Hopefully, they'd return it within a week.

Anon123:
Tell the guy you are submitting your passport and other documents to vfs office in lagos. Please pay for first delivery to vfs, then when your passports gets back from the embassy to vfs, vfs will tell u to pay for the second delivery from vfs to your house.

FYI, write the correct address of vfs... if you noticed i didnt advocate for the 2way to avoid stories like we didnt get the fee for the second delivery..

this is best done one step at a time.

Oh wow.. Tbh I don't know if CIC will want to collect an alternative to it.
But then, since there's no risk in trying, I'd suggest you send the MBS document and then an explanation saying that you don't have the IELTS requirements, and probably out your waec result just to show you have English competency.

It's a long shot, but there's no risk in trying, and from what I feel, I don't really think ielts is such an huge deal breaker for a decision.
I might be wrong tho, hopefully our senior guys weigh in on this.

Celoexpress:
Please I want to do NSE but I do not have IELTS.....what should the explanation letter in place of it contain?

Also how do I get my bank certificate?

Please advise.

Please oh.. Who can help me urgently with explaining how the 2 way courier thing works.

I'm at DHL Admiralty way right now and the guy is acting brand-new like I'm the first person submitting passport here. He says he doesn't know how exactly the 2 way courier works..so abeg, if anyone can just provide their contact so I can have understand how it really works.
I've never used DHL before, so I don't get how a 2way courier works. And I'm skeptical that he might do the wrong thing.

Short story: if you've done 2way courier from Lagos to Abuja.. Please help me with your contact.

P.s: I have done and gotten what the Abj Vfs thread says..The dhl office guy just needs to know what to do with the documents.

Yes oh, got two consecutive DoNotReply mails saying I had a message on my application. They were spaced like 2 minutes apart.

OtunbaTee:
Wow wow wow..congrats,
Did u get any email before checking your account

I didn't get the NSE email, but during that period people were getting, I submitted IELTS AND MBS because I had them available.
Submitted them multiple times through webforms &mails, it was never acknowledged though.

Omanda:
Congratulations dear. Please, did you submit the NSE request..

Amen Ohh...the rain will continue on and on

TeeMade:
Wow!!! The rain of PPR has begun, Lord I receive!!! Big congratulations to you, go and prosper. We"re coming right behind you.

It will end in praise for us all...

Oh okay, thanks a lot

MadeMan01:
The one given to you the date you Did biometric capture

Please urgent question here.
The biometric slip I have with me is blue on color o.. Is that the one we're meant to submit to Vfs or it must be a Yellow one?

Thanks a lot boss .

lentomac:
Congratulations to you

To your question, do refer to the post in the link below

How to Send your Passport and Other Documents to Abuja VFS
https://www.nairaland.com/5818588/canadian-student-visa-thread-part/634#96691131

Guyyysssss!!!
First of all. I need to say: WHAT GOD CAN NOT DO DOES NOT EXIST!!!

'Cos omo, the story long, from getting admission in October to today, omo.. been a lot of miracles.
I'd definitely give a break down once I sort things out.

Meanwhile, please anyone with the link on the best way to send passport to ABJ.
Thanks a lot in advance.

Thanks a lot. It worked seamlessly, hoping to submit the consent-form tomorrow.

Salientjoe:
The basic will suffice—3k. I didn't add in the previous post that they offer probably the cheapest you can get out there.

How many of us haven't logged into CIC since last year? Good good, keep it up.

Thank you so much, please I noticed 4 different (3k, 7.2k, 7.6k & 11k prices) options on the site, please, what's the best one to choose?

Salientjoe:
You can use thegcmsonline-dort-corm

I've used their service and I can attest that its faster comparably to caipsgcms. They will file your ATIP request the day you submit the consent form and send you a tracking number to that effect. Lastly, you get your note immediately they get it for you--this last point is crucial as I had to request my note from caipsgcms after almost exceeding 35days before they sent it to me and gave a flimsy excuse of just getting it that hour.

Thanks a lot boss, I'm grateful

oladapo2020:
getgcms.com I have used it twice and they deliver within or before 30 days

Thanks a lot, I am grateful

oladapo2020:
getgcms.com I have used it twice and they deliver within or before 30 days

Thanks a lot

oladapo2020:
getgcms.com I have used it twice and they deliver within or before 30 days

Please can anyone help with a reliable site for ordering GCMS? Thank you

Hi, Please how are you able to know the office processing your application?

Qcanvs38mimi:
Hi, what office is processing your application

My eligibility review started 3rd Dec, I was never asked for NSE, most likely 'cos I submitted the NSE docs before hand about 3 weeks after application submission, meanwhile basically everyone that submitted after me already got the NSE request. Meanwhile, they're yet to acknowledge receiving the NSE docs

Dbankx1:
Eligibility review don start o
Anyone gotten their ppr exactly as advertised by ircc for nse? “20 days”? Or it could take longer...

Omoo!! Congrats to you and your sis, this was really detailed and nice to read, thanks for sharing.

whizqueen:
The gods will not be pleased with me if I don't post an update.
STUDY PERMIT APPROVAL TIMELINE AND APPLICATION DETAILS

TL SUMMARY
First-time applicant for Fall 2020, undergraduate (17 yr old at application date), the program is Bachelors of Comm, Institution is MUN.
School admission applied - Dec 20th, 2019
Admission letter received - Feb 10th, 2020
Applications Submitted - May 22th
Biometrics Request - May 23rd
Upfront medicals at IOM Lagos - May 26th
Medicals passed - June 16
AIP - Aug 6th
Registered for online courses - Aug 15th
Biometrics completed - Aug 25th
Started classes online in Nigeria - Sept 9th
Ordered GCMS - Sept 9th
Delivered - Oct 9th
BVL - Nov 2nd
PPR - Nov 3rd
Passport sent thru VFS Lagos - Nov 4th
Passport delivered - Dec 16th
Counterfoil and LOI - Dec 18th
Applicant traveled Dec 21st (LOS - YYZ) arrived Dec 22nd.
Study permit & co-op work permit issued Dec 22nd

DETAILED TIMELINE **Warning Super long post ahead**

After arriving in Canada as a PR in Sept 2019, I remember promising my kid sister at the airport on my departure not to worry that she would join me in a year. It was my 2020 mission to secure a study permit for her. Thankfully it happened.

I applied for admissions to 3 schools in Ontario (UOttawa, Carleton, and Uwindsor), my mistake at this point was not confirming the tuition fees first before applying. Applied on Oct 7th, 2019 on OUAC to all 3 schools and paid 323.25 CAD. About 2 weeks later we got an admission letter from UOttawa, she didn't get the french Immersion program which means she would have to pay full tuition as an international student. Tuition was over 18k per term whaaaaaaaat!!!! Who's gonna pay that? Defintely not me Windsor sent admission and Tuition per term was equally high. Never heard from Carleton and didn't follow up either.

Mission two was to find a more affordable institution. Research started and landed on Memorial University. I connected with a friend schooling there and he assured me it was a good institution. I later found that the school was subsidized by their provincial govt hence the cheap tuition. About 12k per year which was fine by me. The admission requirements were IELTS, WAEC transcript, and identification docs. We sent an email stating she was a Nigerian student and the medium of instruction was English requesting to waive the English assessment requirement. We were offered two options, write the test now and get admission or push the test to your first year in school and do an English prerequisite course. We chose the former. So she registered for IELTS academic Nov 23rd, results came out 11 days later and uploaded to the MUN admissions portal. Went to WAEC office where my bro was nicely scammed 20k by touts outside the building , this was cos it was almost Christmas of 2019 and all the offices were about to be closed. We waited till 2020 and paid again to get the confirmation of results sent to MUN in January. Gained admission for B-comm a 5 yr program Feb 10th, 2020.

I wanted a University and not a college for two reasons. 1. She was a teenager, never had a post-secondary education at the time (she eventually got admitted to unilorin tho) 2. I wanted a professional course, she sole aim wasn't just to Japa. Also ensured to find a program with co-op so that she can get work experience while schooling.

She was still in that dead school (unilorin) even tho I'm an alumnae of that institution, the fact that they joined ASUU makes it dead to me. So we couldn't apply for her Visa as she needed to be home for biometrics.

Shortly after she returned home for inter-semester break we applied. The number one of frustration was getting my bank to do their freaaaaking job SMH . I wanted to pay tuition from my Nigerian bank and was to send the funds using Form A. Emailed my account officer severally, no response. I finally got in touch with a friend from the bank who told me in all honesty that form A may never work. So I had to pay the tuition from Canada. Also sent 2M to applicants bank as proof of living expenses.

We were to use two sponsors. A parent and sister.

POF documents included sponsor bank statement, fully paid proof of Tuition, applicant proof of living expenses, Sponsor biz account statement, Biz registration docs, Sponsor Money market fund statement, co-sponsor salary bank statement, co-sponsor PFA, and letter of sponsorship from both. All documents were merged for FINANCIAL DOC

Statement of purpose took almost 3 weeks to complete (2 pages). I got about 5 people to review with me via google docs **yeah, I'm extra like that** Note we never mentioned she was enrolled in a school in Naija. Please ensure you take your SOP very seriously. TBH If everything else about your application is perfect, if your SOP is crappy you may get a refusal. I wonder how people even consider submitting a visa application without SOP sef.

CLIENT INFO included - SOP, Birth cert, Int'l PP, WAEC result, applicant bank statement, IELTS results (not needed but since we had it, why not), NIN slip. All docs compressed and merged.

My number one fear was ties to Canada. In the family info, we had mentioned myself as a PR living in Canada, I was concerned about providing bank and biz docs for Nigeria whilst living in Canada. Also paid Tuition from there so my bank statement never reflected an outflow of Tuition payment. But none of that mattered I guess or maybe we got lucky. I didn't add my PR card as proof of relationship for this reason. I used my Passport instead. No further ADR was requested so I guess that was okay.

The application was submitted May 23rd and medicals done May 26th. Bio requested (next day after application was submitted) but due to lockdown could not go for Bio till Aug 25th, Biometrics was completed on profile same date.

Another wait started. I just had a strong conviction that she was gonna get approved so I encouraged online school against Sept. So we registered for the fall 2020 courses. Got AIP Aug 4th.

I requested GCMS even tho we had received AIP, I just needed assurance I guess GCMS was delivered Oct 9th (exactly a month later) No much details on the notes except "Elig Passed. Pending Biometics".

No further updates on the application whole of Sept and oct but online school was going just fine. In fact we registered for Jan 2021 winter courses without approval yet. Lo and Behold... Nov 2nd, got donotreply email... BVL . Nov 3rd got PPR. Finaallly!!! We sent passport the next day to VFS Lagos thru DHL. Included return label (which they never used, they claimed they couldn't find it)

Everything in Nigeria is somehow made to frustrate you for some reasons. Imagine how VFS Stressed us before we could get back the passport. It took over 6 weeks. Even tho we called and did several follow ups. To connect to that their useless phone line you may have to dial about 30 times. A lot of instances I had to wake up at midnight EST to connect to an agent. They didn't find the return label so we had to pay for UPS delivery which took another 3 days plus for them to confirm payment and an additional one week to send the passport after receiving payment. OMG!!! These guys have just one job and they never did it right.

We hoped she could come to Canada to do her exams due to power and internet situation in Nigeria but no thanks to VFS that never happened.

Eventually, she did the exams in Nigeria and managed all thru.

We had booked several flights and had to cancel hoping passport would come but it never did and we gave up traveling this yr. The passport was finally delivered Dec 16th . I saw how people had waited for several weeks for LOI so we took the bull by the horn and headed for Canada High commission Lagos, day after to request for LOI. Meanwhile, I had sent several emails 2 weeks even before passport came to no avail. LOI was sent same day we went to HC lagos, Dec 18th.

We booked one-way trip via Ethiopian airlines finally for Dec 21st *didn't have to cancel this time* Tho her school is in NL, she landed in Toronto. It was her first time traveling by air and also by herself. I told her to always ask questions if she ever got confused. Travel wasn't' so bad. The immigration checks was a breeze.

Docs asked the airport in Lagos were Passport, proof of tuition, admission letter. Immigration in Canada asked for Enrolment letter, Bank statement (POF), Passport and ArriveCAN code. Officer asked "your school is in NL, why are you here" she responded, "my sister lives here and has made provision for my Quarantine plans". He asked when she resumes for winter term and she responded. That was it.

I picked her up at the airport and finallyyyy, yeeeeeeyyyy I have a family in Canada Halleluyaaaaah!!!

Dreams really come true, if you want something. Go for it, fight for it. Don't give up for whatever reasons. It never occurred to me that this whole thing took over a year till now. Some people advised me to just give up and have her focus on her school in Nigeria. Others asked me to not pressure myself to bring a sibling less than one yr after my arrival and focus on settling but I just wanted a better opportunity for my sis. One I never had. The thought that I have to pay so much in tuition yearly whilst getting still getting my shiitss together in this country, freaks me out sometimes. But I know in 5-10 yrs time, (God's willing) I will look back and be glad I made that decision.

End of story
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Omo.. I had a dream this morning that I was reading Nairaland and saw 3 approvals and 1 rejection testimony on the thread. I woke up with so much "alertness" cos it felt so real.

And that's only because this thing is the first and last thing on my mind day and night.

Can't wait for this to be all a testimony tbh�, cos abeg abeg, the anticipation is too much.
God has done it sha, it will end in praise.

Any NSE updates from any early November applicants abeg?

NO. Admission decisions are typically made by the "Academic unit" within the school you applied to. What that letter meant is that, the "Academic unit" did not recommend you for admission.

Chimzy4real:
Please was this decision influenced by the people i used for recommendations. Please so i know how to reapply again

Nov 3rd, but I submitted NSE docs like a week or two after, so I am guessing that's why I won't get an NSE request

yeankux:
[When did u apply ?quote author=davo99 post=97073001]oh ok.. Seems most Nov guys have been getting NSE request

oh ok.. Seems most Nov guys have been getting NSE request

Omanda:
I only got NSE Request

Hi guys, please has anyone that submitted in November gotten PPR yet?

I did too...exact same thing .lol

MzMisty:
Guys,

I’ve been having ghost updates (application/profile updated) since Sunday.

Sunday was the longest (3hrs)
Monday to date has been for approximately 18mins (every morning).

But when it eventually opens, there’s no change.

Anyone going through same?

Yaaayy.. Turn upppp.. Congrats Olasubomy. .. More wins to come.

olasubomy:
I dont even know how i feel right now but i must give thanks to God first and to the gurus in the house whose advise one way or the other helped me.

I just got PPR

Oct 4th Applicant.

May God almighty favour everyone expecting soonest.

When this happens, close the laptop/phone tab and clear your browser cache, this typically solves the problem. Only time this won't work is when IRCC is carrying out maintenance on their site, and they always notify the public via their Twitter account (https://twitter.com/CitImmCanada)

awys:
Good morning I submitted my application on October 12th but nothing has started,no eligibility review has started and I logged into my account this morning and saw Application/profile updated but can't read the Application status it keeps bringing up bad gateway error 502 is it that they have stated review or it's their normal system upgrade can't read the Application status ooo

Just do a normal application with all then required documents but make sure to add your IELTS (people are saying either General or Academic is accepted), then also get your bank statement @MyBankStatement (https://www.visa-mybankstatement.com/ confirm your bank offers the service with that link). I think that should put you in the NSE track automatically.
Or to better still submit a normal application then, while it's still on and you're waiting for biometrics and medicals, do the IELTS and MyBankStatement and upload them on a webform to update you application (I think this is better and faster)

Bawsse:
Thanks for your reply sir.... Really appreciate it.
How do I begin the NSE application

oh now I get, this was well explained. thanks for clarifying.

Insanity:
If you pass your eligibility review, you'll receive a Medical Request, MR. When you pass the medicals, you will receive a Biometric Validity Letter, BVL. This letter means that a decision has been made on your application (If you don't receive a Medical Request before you receive the BVL, its most likely your application has been denied). After MR and BVL, then PPR, Counterfoil and LOI.

To the best of my knowledge, no person has recieved AIP here after that date, so I believe the applications submitted after September 15 2020 are following the normal TRV processing which is the process I defined above.

Goodluck!

Wow....Thank you. So that means that after this "eligibility review" stage, it is straight to PPR and so on for say, an application submitted in November and or December.

Insanity:
AIP, Approved In Principle was introduced by IRCC as a two-stage process for Temporary Resident Visa Approval during the peak of COVID-19, mostly for Fall 2020 students to start online classes. It was discontinued on September 15 2020. Normal TRV Visa application process has resumed since then.