₦airaland Forum

11elleo:
PPR request just now, thank God.

Congratulations!!!

Any update with your OPW? You submitted in August bah
Cos I submitted in September and there’s no peep so far

Makibarbie:
Totally unfair. You can send webforms and mails If your application has passed the processing time.

Does this apply if biometrics was done in Lagos too?

Emmafe:
Put all the documents below in an envelope and send to:

Abuja vfs address
Visa Application Centre
Sterling Bank Plaza, 3rd Floor Plot No 1083, Mohammadu Buhari Way,Central Business District Abuja Nigeria
https://www.vfsglobal.com/Malaysia/Nigeria/pdf/SMS-Request.pdf

Is this what you guys call BVL?

MrALIVE:
Please guys any insight on what the message below means ..
"Final decision - May 23, 2023:Your application is in progress. We will send you a message once the final decision has been made"

Hello everyone, My TRV is about to be approved(got the final decision email) but I just got a new international passport.
Old passport expires in January 2024
I’m worried raising a web form will delay the application again…
Has anyone had this experience??
Confused on what to do.

Hello! Is this updated now?? I’m considering upfront for my spouse since he’s travelling out of Naija soon..

Baheerah:
Good evening everyone

I did my upfront medical on the 20th of march, Up till now It has not been updated. Someone told me I was supposed to be given a slip by IOM but I was not given. Can anyone put me through what I am supposed to do next?

Thank you guys for the responses
Last question for now,
Did you guys fill the national identification part?
Just asking because my NIN slip doesn’t have issue/expiry date
Any need to upload the NIN slip/letter of explanation for it??
Thanks again!!!

Hi guys, has anyone provided supplementary documents to their birth certificate (because it was not issued at the time of birth)? And what was the document?
Abi e no matter….

Hello guys!
Pls is it possible to do medicals upfront for this our application? Either before submitting or before AOR….
Thank you!

Understood! It’s just a desperate attempt to find the fastest route!!

ednut1:
Makes no sense, the spouse will likely qualify for grants towards the education and/or pay lesser rate that international students when they get the PR. So it makes no sense.

Hello ppl, it’s great to have this support system.
Just starting the application process, hoping for speedy processing. Quick question!
My spouse had a visitor visa denial before the wedding
A) Will I use the same UCI he had before for this spousal application?
B) does it make sense to pursue study route alongside spousal sponsorship??

Thanks in anticipation

adveert002:
Goodevening fam. Passport update

Congrats! Finally at the finish line

Are you in AB?? @Blurpy
Where are AB prospective Pharmacists moving to?
(in the light of the recent ACP policy)

Blurpy:
I . I would have been done with internship by then

Has anyone verified this outlet??

deanantony:
Shop 12, LG Plaza, Adepele Street, Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria

Tantolu:
You landed last October, and you got both student loan and grant...Interesting...Master show us the way !

co-asking!!

It's a she oo
Yaay....i passed!

yemblaze:
Congratulations bro...I rejoice with you. Thanks for sharing your story. Your score is 9/10. As for the dancing angels..that is a sure thing

PPR is hereeeeeeee!!!!
I give all the glory to God, who has done a great thing yet again. It's going to be a long story, I started writing from AOR day...I beg you, do not quote the entire msg!!

TIMELINE summary
ECA- February 2019
IELTS1-March 23, 2019 (LRSW-9 8.5 7.5 6.5)
IELTS 2- June 1, 2019 (LRSW-8.5 8.5 7.5 7)
ITA- July 10, 2019
AOR- August 9, 2019
MEP/BIL- August 29, 2019
Fake GHOST update- August 30, 2019
****ABSOLUTE SILENCE****
Ojuju update- Dec 16,2019
PPR- December 17, 2019
Family of Onety one

BACKGROUND
You know how many people say that they wanted to believe in the Nigerian dream and build their lives in her, I was not part of that school of thought for I always knew that I will eventually leave this country at one point. I didn't exactly know when or to where, but I just knew it was coming. So the first time I heard about Express entry was from my dad (shocking right?), he told me about it way before I started my internship in 2015. I thought it was a cumbersome process, so I did not even bother to check it up, besides, I did not know anyone that had gone through that process. And then I thought going the academics way was going to be easier. So I started searching for schools (I did that for 2 years believe it or not) but thing is that I never realised how difficult getting an admission could be, there were so many hindering factors. The first was getting transcripts from school and having it delivered before the deadline for admission and there's also the reference letter thing and some professors can disappoint you when you need them, so after applying to a couple of schools I decided that academics route was proving tough and there was so much uncertainty associated with that path. What's the probability of getting a study visa after getting the admission? As for me, I had zero intention of returning to naija. By the end of my internship in 2016, I had gotten nowhere and then by the middle of my service year(2017) a couple of friends got admissions and they were like “schools in USA are easier to get into and they offer a lot of scholarships”, so I decided to try it out. Yet, it’s one disappointment after another; ETX of blessed memory is just a big scam and I was scammed, my transcripts never got to the school before the deadline. Also, I wrote GRE and I had a really good score but there was just so many factors conflicting with going to school, it was one thing or another. I wrote IELTS academics module by early 2018 and it was a resounding success but despite all of these, there was no headway so I gave up on the whole school dream by the middle of 2018. Then, my friend and namesake Oluwadamilola (God bless you!) introduced me to a blog “diary of a Nigerian pharmacist in Canada”, there I learnt everything about the Canadian Express entry and I was thinking “ this thing is so freaking easy, why haven't I tried it?” And that was my wake up call.

ECA
I started my ECA journey in 18th July 2018, I used PEBC being a pharmacist. The first thing I did was to make all the necessary payments ($1,040). This was the only way to make sure that I will see the process through because I have a record of dumping things that become “too stressful” for me(even jobs...lol). I took a week leave from work to sort out my transcript from UNIBEN and also to collect my certificate. The same week, I sent out my application (application form, notarized copies of passport, certificate etc) by Nipost to PEBC. By 29th of August, they had received my transcript and application documents. Only one document was left; but PCN could not send my letter of good standing because the person in charge was on leave. I was so angry, after paying 51k for the thing, so the man is somewhere having picnic while my evaluation was on hold. After plenty back and forth with PCN, PEBC finally received it November 20, 2018 and that was when they started working on my file.After the stipulated 8 Weeks I sent them a mail, they said I shld give them 10 business days more due to the volume of applications they received. I mailed again after 2 weeks, and they confirmed the ECA has been sent by regular mail on 22nd January, 2019.
Unlike most evaluating bodies, PEBC doesn't send soft copies of ECA and sends the result only by snail mail (it takes btwn 4days to 4 weeks to get it). However, they sent the tracking number to me, so I was able to monitor where the letter was at every point and it finally arrived at Abeokuta post office on 11th of February,2019. I begged my sister to pick it up as I was already back to work in Lagos.
IELTS
It was after collecting my letter that I realized that I still had to pass IELTS. (I had not found nairaland by then, so I wasn't very organized in my planning). I tot it would be a walkover since I passed academic module without breaking too much sweat. So I started preparing, I used only free materials: ieltsliz, Jay videos, ielts advantage, and a whole lot of Cambridge questions to practise. There was also this YouTube channel that released listening questions everyday( I really enjoyed doing listening). I wanted to beat it once and for all, after spending so much on PEBC evaluation, I didn't have cash to be throwing around to BC.
When I saw the result, I was shook (Kileleyi??) can't they just remove 0.5 band from reading and add to my writing?? Someone advised I re-mark, so I paid BC 15k to do the right thing and upgrade me. For where?? After 5 days, I received the reply that nothing has changed. Why so fast though, did they even check it at all? It confirmed my suspicion; I don't think I wrote up to 250 words in task 2. I remember what I wrote was just 2 lines longer than my task 1 sheet. I wanted to cry! I didn't take that failure well because, I didn't have the courage to start studying again until after a month. So I started practicing again, and towards the end of May, I checked and saw June 1 was still open, so I booked to sit the exam. This time, I barely practised listening or reading, I focused all my energy on writing and also used IELTS-UP correction service 8.99 USD per essay(I still had not discovered nairaland). I submitted 3 essays and got feedbacks that helped point out some common errors. This time also, I only used IELTS-UP resources. Na God dey help person o, I actually enjoyed the exam from reading to listening up until the writing part. I was already drained when I started the writing part, and I started with task 1. Before I realized it, I had spent 30mins on task 1, I just shouted Jesus in my mind… what is happening again ooo? I refuse to acknowledge village ppl on this matter. I rounded up in 5 more minutes and jumped into task 2 (25mins more). I don't know where the speed came from o,my people, my hand was even faster than my brain (I shock). I started my conclusion 3 minutes to the end of the exam. It goes without saying that I did not proofread my writing section. At least I exhausted my sheet this time, so nobody will tell me I wrote less than 250words. But I knew that there was nothing more I could do but to go to God concerning this matter. The day my result came out, I held a vigil before I could even check it, asking God to help my doubtful heart and help build my faith. When I finally checked, Chaiiiii!!! I knew it could only have been God. I'm still grateful for that fateful day
**IT WAS AT THIS POINT I DISCOVERED NAIRALAND**
ITA
I erroneously thought that I had to spend at least 1 year in all the jobs I was claiming points for, so I was going to wait till September to enter the pool with 3 years experience. Thank God for @Topsmamen, he said only one year had to be continuous, others can be combined. I hurriedly requested for a reference letter from an employer of 7 months, while creating my express entry profile. With a score of 478, I got ITA on the next draw 10th July (2 days to my birthday).
MEDICAL
I had booked Q-life Pre-ITA for 24th July, while I focused on getting my reference letters. Don't even think that you can rush in and rush back to work oo, I spent the whole day at Q-life 8am-5pm,the number of people japa-ing ehnnn, it's scary. (who go remain?). If not for the crowd, it is actually a simple and straight forward process. I thought I'd be able to do PCC the same day but Alagbon had closed by then.
I uploaded the e-medical form.
PCC
PCC took about an hour, we had to wait for inspector Moshood's, he was on parade. I gave his guy 4k. I just took my intl passport and a photocopy and a passport photograph. I uploaded the two documents they gave me.
POF
My dad gave me the funds, and he did a gift Affidavit in court, (there was no gift deed), I put it in treasury bills(6 months). So I uploaded the certificate, transfer receipts (2 transfers), 6 month bank statement and a generic bank reference letter that didn't include average 6 months balance. I used a combo of the face value (3.5mill) and the profit (about 195k) to make up my POF to 3.695mill. I explained this in the letter of explanation.
post-AOR
Eventually submitted on the 9th of August 2019 and got AOR some minutes after paying. I was expecting my MEP/BIL like a month after submission but to my greatest surprise, I got it after 20 days I was so grateful. I submitted my biometrics at Vfs on 3rd of Sept,2019. but it was then I realized that the WAIT had just began. So I came up with a couple of rules, I will not check my profile till after 90 days. I just soaked myself in work and studying for my licensing exam and I checked nairaland everyday, sometimes, I would check rentfaster.ca to see apartments and prices and to just not be clueless when PPR finally showed. I left the Indian AOR grp after a while. Mehn those ppl can worry and it's just annoying sometimes. One day, a guy said he wanted to raise CSE. Why? we asked. He said he had increased in height by 2 inches, so he wants to update the height he submitted. I didn't even know how to react, I just stopped reading their posts. The number of times I checked my profile was just pathetic, I wld wish for even a ghost update or ADR. It was a dead silence up until 17th December. I didn't go to work because I had flu, I checked OVO grp as per usual and I noticed a new guy (aor 12 Aug) got a ghost update. So I just decided to check again and lo and behold, I almost missed the Ojuju. I just started singing and dancing and praising. My phone went off in the course of the night and when I checked the next morning my CPC mail was sitting pretty; the feeling is indescribable, I am so happy and grateful to God Almighty and I pray for everyone on this journey especially those in Accra VO, that God will move in your favour and they will be a speedy release of that which you expect.
I wanna appreciate my support system during thIs period, my offline friends too numerous to mention, my Aug/Sept/Oct AOR group, OVO group, you guys are amazing, and nairaland family; can't wait to celebrate with you all.
Here I drop my golden pen….
Oya @yemblaze send on the dancing angels??

Congratulations to abyejecks and get family, may Canada favour you

ans123:
DISCLAIMER: THIS PPR STORY IS FOR ABYEJECKS

My Ppr Timeline
PPR : December 4th
ITA: June 26th
Aor: July 5
Adr(schedule A): July 31
Mep/Bil: August 6(wedding anniversary)
Bil completed: Aug 9
.

LecturerIFE:
It's PPR 2.0!!!

PPR 1.0 here

Timeline
AOR Feb 18
1st PPR - July 15
August 2 - Notified CIC of upcoming marriage (dem no even send)

November 19 - PPR 2.0.

It has ended in praise.

Congratulations once more bro on your marriage and PPR 2.0...
Did the gcms notes from PPR 1.0 arrive? Anything noteworthy on the POF

iaatmguy:
her moniker has been banned

Ahh, please bring back our babe oo
We need that story...

iaatmguy:
Someone is about to announce PPR
#sweettohave if you know you know.

Oya!!! We are still waiting...

Omo!! This your storyline na comedy oo, ppl Don do look me with one kain eye...
God bless sisto oo, she really try for your life
Congrats ooo

hayoakins:
Jehova El-PR has done me well.

My preparation for the listening was a total disaster, when I googled listening module, all I saw was section A audio (usually a conversation between a prospective client and a representative), that was all I saw and thought Listening was all about. I was like, only this conversation? IELTS, you do die for my hand. Only to enter the hall and see multiple option questions, Ori Iya mi o, temi bami o.[\b]
[b] I called Sistos (she was emotionless this time), Ayobami; go and re-register for IELTS. I was like, Sistos, I can’t go through that stress of spending a whole test at a test centre, I don’t mind paying for Ontario PNP. She was like “So wa alright? (Are you normal?)” common go and re-write jo. Sistos had spoken.
It got so bad that I had to call the woman hiding my number and forming accent that I was calling from Canada and saying “Ayobami may loss this opportunity if we do not get the transcript asap”. I am off to the other room "Living in Canada"

Loool @bolded
Congrats dear! May your oil not run dry in Canada!

G4lady:
GUYS, IT’S MY TURN TO JUBILATE

IELTS Feb 14, 2019 LRWS 8.5, 8.5, 7, 8 (1st attempt) PA
LRWS 6, 5, 6, 7.5 (1st attempt) Spouse
EE Profile created March 3, 2019 (CRS 458)
ITA March 6, 2019 (Cut-off 454)
NOC 1111 (Fin. Accountant & Auditors)
Medicals April 12, 2019 Q-Life (Family of four)
AOR April 26, 2019
MEP/BIL June 6, 2019
Biometrics completed June 11, 2019
PPR Oct 26th, 2019
VO Ottawa
Just when you begin to feel you have Oil on you head, this process will make you doubt if it’s GROUNDNUT OIL, PALM OIL or CRUDE OIL.

To all awaiting, my candid advise, it is hard anticipating a thing as PPR but WAIT, the good news is it will surely come as far as your application is void of lies/misrepresentation. God bless and favour us all…. Amen

bankyh1905:
Congratulations on this life changing achievement! Your wait has ended in praise. For the little you've shared, you score 3.5/10. Go forth and prosper in your new country.

Oga ooo, this marker is stingy oo:
Which marking script are u using??

Richness1104:
To God be the glory, great things he hath done. I don't know how to thank Him enough but I have come to give Him all the praise and worship for this lovely thing He has done for me and my family.

Timeline:
Heard about the EE process in May 2018.
WES - June 2018, completed Nov 2018.
WES- Spouse - June 2018
1st IELTS - Sept 2018. LRWS - 7.5,7,6.5,7.5
1st IELTS - SPOUSE- Sept 2018. LRWS- 8.5,9,7.5,8
2nd IELTS- Nov 2018. LRWS - 8.5, 7.5,6.5,7.5. BC, remark came back unchanged.
3rd IELTS- Jan 2019. LRWS- 7.5, 7,6.5,7.5
BC
4th IELTS- game changer- March 2019. LRWS- 8.5, 7.5,7,7.5 (proudly MOD)
CRS- 466
ITA- May 1st
AOR- May 11th
NOC 1212
Raised CSE to explain years of experience- May 20th
Medical passed June 19th
Biometric request - June 20th
Biometric completed- June 24th
THE WAIT............
Ghost update- July 20th
Raised CSE for VO- August 24th
Response- August 29th - Ottawa
GCMS request - August 29th
ADR- September 16th (7 days deadline)
Submitted September 22nd
Ghost update - September 26th
PPR mail - September 27th 11:23pm
GCMS response - September 29th.

A very interesting read, and it was super fast too (barely 5 months) I hope CPC-O continues this trend o.
Curiosity: Why didnt they consider ur 25% pension funds and FBN TB tho
Congratulations to you and your family! May Canada favour you!

Sannisege:
RR= Review required. Nothing serious about it. I also saw it in my GCMS notes but I got PPR already. Just relax and pray for speedy assessment.

Congrats oo, may God favour you therein.
Share your timeline and let us peep first....

Wish you the very best bro
You will be highly favoured!

gretop:
I have done all what the experts recommended. Trusting God for a positive response.

dumije01:
Hello people,
I need opinions on how to deal with this. The case analyst's recommendation on my application is "Review required: Cannot verify employer". I used my NYSC work experience to apply but the school where I served is in a very remote part of the country and has no online presence and it appears that's why the case analyst has been unable to verify it. It's now almost one year since I submitted my application and my application has been stuck in eligibility assessment due to the issue.

did the letter have a phone number or a functional email? and are you sure the phone number is still active?
it seem they havent been able to contact anyone to verify your employment claim.
and the whole verification is taking too long,
if you have any other documents that can convince the officer of your employment, you should upload them, if you havent already.
like payment account statements, posting letter, etc.
others plz help!!!!

**standing ovation***
Although I think it's because no one was expecting the draw!

Topsmamen:
Lmao! It has been 4 hours past the draw. I think we can confirm that the default question is no more

That was a long and hard road, but thank God it's over.
May Canada favour you and yours

snoop4dem:
Hey Guys,

My application has been approved and here is my timeline; My story doesn't do justice to it cos after waiting for a while, I got tired and de-motivated:

TIMELINE:

[[b]b]CELPIP: 05th July 2018 LRWS 10/12/8/9
IELTS: 30 Jun 2018 LRWS-8.0/6.5/7.5/7.5
ITA: July

dont worry about it, your PPR mail is closer than you think
although, i think i once read on the website that not paying rprf upfront can cause a delay in the application process.
all the best sis!!!

kkmny81:
Yeah one year of agonizing wait. I had started to forget about the whole application thing at a time.

I paid yesterday and uploaded the receipt immediately.

Amen to that PPR prayer!