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bLacKGoLd3:
PLEASE if you are yet to start this process or just recently applied, I would implore you to buy dollars with half of your POF. If your POF is invested in Tbills or MMF and you don't have a good buffer in Naira to make up for any shortfall, be wise - liquidate half and buy dollars.

i thought the POF is locked the day you submit your application
hence, future uncertainties in the exchange rates doesnt matter.

hello wonderful people,
the funds i was able to gather for POF can best be described as borderline.
Pls, who knows what the current exchange rate is? cos aboki and oanda are saying different things.
As a single applicant, i inputted 12,700 cad in my application.

That's the normal thing. It's just a couple of questions. Fill it again and it takes you straight to the application.
I was confused too at first.

Ij1000:
Hi guys please I need your help. So my inlaw just got his ITA. Issue is on the profile page that says continue application post ITA, when he clicks on it, it takes him back to the eligibility assessment form. He has cleared his cache and no headway has anyone experienced this before. Please help urgent. I have attached the screenshot So you can view

Good evening guys,
Congrats to all PPR clichers!!
Ppl that highlight their salaries in d account statement attached to work reference letter.
How do u do it plz...?
My statements are hard copies to be scanned. Can it be done with a pen?

Thanks Topsy!
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Please my people, this address history, is it necessary to include the hostel address one stayed in during university days?
Also when filling Personal history, I put "not applicable" for my title and name of company during my unemployed periods. I hope that's okay.
TIA!!!

Obviously some months are not accounted for, I can even see the ones missing.
Carefully go through everything again and you shouldn't be sharing sensitive screenshots...
All the best!

kennykentipsy:
Also i have difficulties validating this field I says list 10years activities since my 18th birthday which I did but when ever I click on the check for completeness it give me the error bellow. These are my activities in the last 10 years since I was 18 years old

Do u have to call him, like a week before going to Alagbon? Abi he'd be d one to give you a date?

bankyh1905:
How I wish every stage of the EE Process is as easy-peasy as obtaining a PCC : In and out of Alagbon within one-hour with my PCC, via Inspector Moshood. #MovingOn

I believe studio 24 does it for 2k, based on what I've read here

chukwuemeka275:
Good day people, I'm just wondering... For the digital passport, where can I do them with out wahala and pay a fair price that won't burst my pocket too? Or do I just meet up with any photographer around.
Thanks

About 4 months, I believe
That's the duration my ECA took anyway

BloodOrange:
Good evening. Any idea how on average PEBC is taking to complete ECA these days?

Yes, I am. I was a bit confused, thanks for the clarification. I thought each work place had to be at least a year.

Pharmola:
Your internship and service will count as 2 full work years provided you can obtain reference letters for them.
Guessing you are a pharmacist. You already have more than 3 years cumulative work experience, and you should be fine

Wow!!! I didn't know that
Thank u! God bless u!

Stencil:
Why does it matter that it isn't up to a year? Only one of your experience has to be at least a year and then rest can be any duration. You just have to combine them. You have enough for 3 years from what you've posted.

Good luck.

NB: They also do not have to be in the same NOC. You can combine NOCs. _{(for those this pertains to).}

Happy Sunday, amazing NLanders.
I need help. I have a peculiar work history

Internship Aug 15-july 16
Service Jan 17-Dec 17
First job Feb 18-Sep18
Current job Sep18-Date

If I enter these into the EE profile, score shows its evaluated as 3 years of experience

However, if I remove my first job since its not up to a year, the score changes to reflect 2 years of experience

With the recent cut offs, I can certainly do with 3 years of experience. Can I add my first job to improve my chances even though it's not up to a year.
N.B. all the jobs have the same NOC...
Looking forward to your responses.

I never knew it could take that long. I tot the processing time is 6 months. Did u have a lot of ADRs and have u ordered gcms notes...?
I know it will end in praise! All the best dear!

Jennypharb1:
My dear I'm still waiting, I thought they wanted to surprise me on my birthday in March when I saw a ghost update but ehn, the thing do me like film. Will clock 9months in a few days, my Edd is around the corner. But we don't gat no choice in the matter, Na them hold the knife and yam this time. God willing, it'll be right on time

Eeyahh...
Just prepare for the next one jare. Assurance dey!

chicyclass:
Tie Breaking will not allow me shine.

cntabs:
Praise God my people, it's PPR.

Please bear with me as this is really long.

WES ECA started: May 7th 2018
IELTS: June 2nd 2018, (BC) - LRWS - 8,9,7,8
Medicals (IOM) - November 22nd 2018
WES ECA completed: December 18th 2018
EE Profile created: December 18th 2018
ITA: December 19th 2018
AOR: January 30th 2019
BIL/MEP: March 13th 2019
Called CIC: April 30th 2019. VO was ottawa. Eligibility met. Others not started
Ordered GCMS Notes: May 10 2019
GCMS Notes Arrived: June 14 2019 (Eligibility passed, Security and Criminality not started)
Ghost Update: June 19 2019
PPR: June 20 2019

Single Applicant
Ottawa Visa Office

congratulations dear, may God favour you in Canada.
and your experiences were so detailed, i literally got a lot of jottings from it. thank you so much, God bless you!!!!
could you please send me the skeleton of the gift deed you notarized??
dipsycarez@gmail.com
I'd be deeply grateful.

Distinct777:
To the glory of the Almighty God our Enabler and Lifter up of our heads, our PPR has arrived!!!!!!!!!!

Timeline

ECA (IQAS) – AOR 22nd June 2018
ECA completed – 23rd August 2018
IELTS BC – 21st Sept 2018
Requested for EOR – 28th Sept 2018
Acknowledgment of EOR by BC – 13th Oct 2018
EOR results upgraded – 29th Oct 2018
Created EE Profile – 31st Oct 2018
ITA – 28th Nov 2018
ADR for further med – 13th Dec 2018
AOR – 3rd Jan 2019
ADR for IMM5475 – 13th Feb 2019
BIL – 15th Feb 2019
MEP – 21st March 2019
PPR – 18th June 2019 (my birthday)
VO is Ottawa

Congratulations and happy belated birthday. May your new settlement favour you

Deepsea14:
Good morning family.
I noticed that my nysc discharge certificate carried January 24 to December 24, which is just 11 months.

a) Can I use the same dates for my reference letter? Or it has to be 12 months exactly?
b) I was in stream 2, so d actual dates I was in service was very different (March 24 to February 24)

What shall I do?
Thanks in anticipation!

Somebody help!

Good morning family.
I noticed that my nysc discharge certificate carried January 24 to December 24, which is just 11 months.

a) Can I use the same dates for my reference letter? Or it has to be 12 months exactly?
b) I was in stream 2, so d actual dates I was in service was very different (March 24 to February 24)

What shall I do?
Thanks in anticipation!

Woow! God is ever faithful, thanks for sharing your story
May God favour you in your new home. Start packing for real this time!

beeodun:


GRACE!!!!
Mic check…check! Ink check…Check!... Audience check…check! Gist check…CHECK!
The BIG Mail is here Fam…PPR is a banger. All Glory be to God. HE is God all by himself!
Ok, so if you aren’t into long stories, kindly scroll down to the very bottom for the abridged version in bullet points BUT ermm, if you’re like me -gist lover of life- please gather round, adjust glasses, cross legs, just do all you must to get comfy and enjoy my TESTIMONY!

PRELUDE GIST
Me ehnnn, is like I was not born for this Naija; even my folks do say it’s like dem no suppose born me for here-LOL but I thank God o. Sometime in mid ‘2017, I came across someone that came into our office that day and one thing led to one thing and he mentioned he could help with Masters in Canada...my ears shot up straight (BG: I refused to do Masters when my parents were begging me then because I wanted it done in the abroad-Shebi if I had done it then, it would have saved me a LOT; emphasis on LOT but oh well….) He pitched the M.Sc Research route that could save me tuition and all. Fast forward, paid him some money while I packaged my SOPs and all. Infact, I started to kinda pack in my head as I had a timeframe to leave Naija…Chaiii I don try o because lest I forget, back in 2011, I won Visa Lottery and PopMan even took me to do passport sharpaly like mheen I was on my way out or so I thought until we learnt they scrapped it that same year! Hmmmmmm…the word “over-painfullest” doesn’t suffice (Excuse my Linguistic License at play). Anyways, story story, couldn’t get a supervisor to sponsor me and up till today, I sha don’t know where in Canada (or elsewhere) that Uncle is. Good thing though, he at a time mentioned we could also try this EE route (that was my first time hearing it but just didn’t appeal to me the way he briefly explained it). So, when it became obvious that I couldn’t reach him anymore to even know how far (he just went sick “permanently’), I remembered that EE thingy that involves IELTS (we had to just get band 7 as he so put it & Evaluation). I ‘woke’ hubby up and enrolled for May 2018. Prior to this, the guy sef don too hype me say na simple test and he knows I will easily get band 7 which was all we needed so imagine my confidence into the exam; I only read/showed hubby the links BC sent after registering and IELTS Liz for Speaking (which the guy told me to google) and results came as LRWS: 7,7,7,7.5 . It was after the exam and trying to get onboard with paying WES that I understood from NL (about late Part 3/Part 4) that the result wasn’t sufficient moreso Hubby’s was 6.0. I just got weak and ranted here; got epic responses from @stonecoldface, @Fresty and @Teecan and that opened my eyes to read the thread and then I UNDERSTOOD. Summary- I wrote 4 times in total and hubby thrice.
I never remarked as I didn’t know earlier and when I did, I felt the points won’t have sufficed.

IELTS NUGGETS
Hard to explain in detail all I did in each section but my 2kobo is, it’s best to first get comfortable- really comfortable with the English Language in all forms. I say this because the test is basically about your knowledge of English in diverse forms; synonyms, paraphrasing, creativity, great sentence structures and the likes. I mean how else can you “show off” (albeit appropriately) this knowledge of their Language without these? LOL. I found Jay via youtube search and He na my man for IELTS any day. It’s also important that you understand what works for you. I for one did not “practice” Writing. What I did was to watch and really digest Jay’s videos, specifically, the one that has to do with “Getting above 7” or so and that helped changed my W from 7.5 to 8 on the last 2 attempts. Some howeer know that what makes them better is writing, identifying the mistakes and getting corrected. Just be honest with yourself and maintain the path that helps you achieve the desired result. L was a challenge because I too like story joh so I was usually listening to the gist rather than listen for answers. I had to really work on concentration and MAPS; this was Hubby’s strong point and his tutoring on those helped a lot. More importantly, I believe in God; hence I never joked with committing my efforts to His hands. It paid off las las.

MIRACLE ‘MINI-PPR’
After maxing out IELTS, scores were still at 437 and hubby vehemently refused to write again after the 3rd attempt (infact, the other attempts he made sef were by diverse physical, mental and spiritual techniques-- Trust me when I say it was one heck of an emotional rollercoaster! He felt it was scam on one hand, and he ‘wasting’ cash on the other. I truly understood as I was the one that paid for all 7 exams due to the because his business was in the lows this period). So end of 2018, he decided enough is enough, I should just go as “spouse unaccompanying” with CRS 441 and we’ll go the Spousal Route when I land but God knows I DIDN’T want that. He maxing out would have meant the same 441/443. January 2019, we also got the ‘profile ineligible’ message and the little hope I clung to as tie-breaker just went crashing so I grudgingly accepted and created new profile as non-accompanying and the following week or so I got NOI from Ontario! Kai, I had mixed feelings ooo but I knew what had to be done. I brainstormed with my personal peeps @Ramj & @Mcstan18 and in the end, we went with hubby and Mcstan’s angle: just submit for OINP rather than chilling for CRS to come down (guess what: it never did/hasn’t- at least to that figure) and even though I nursed a little fear, arising from past comments of OINP taking like 3 months, I believed and asked for miraculous approval on the last day of the HALLELUYAH CHALLENGE and yeah that evening, I received my OINP nomination…in 24days! Chaiii, the way we praised God that day ehnnn, this was our Golden Mail Part 1 abeg. While all these was going on, I kept disturbing my personal peeps as well as Oga Joo on whether to change profile before OINP submission or after nomination; it was so disturbing and even after getting replies to my mails from Ontario, the answer wasn’t still clear so eventually just left it like that till after nomination, I then changed profile to spouse accompanying before “accepting” the nomination! After that time, they just paused issuance of NOIs till late May or so. It would have really altered plans so for that I bless God.

ECA THINGS
ECA with WES went very well between July-August 1, 2018 without WAEC hassles and got contact from I think, @Distinct77 to help with hubby’s. Thanks again dear.

MEDICALS
This was one area I was so worried about PRE-ITA. I read a moniker having issues during medicals about weight of LO and I was in panic mode seeing as I had preeclampsia before delivery resulting in my MIRACLE BABY with weight of way less than 1kg at birth (another testimony for off-thread); I’m sure you can imagine my worry. I booked Medicals with IOM, they wanted to pull one on me but I sent a firmly worded mail to them and got my retained date of March 6, 2019. Medicals went well and despite my fears on having her weight and my past pose issues, it didn’t. We just got in and she was all shades of friendly and chatty, I explained all to the Doctor while chatting and that was it.

OTHER DOCS
POF: LOE showing breakdown of funds + Notarized Gift Deed from Dad’s company + Transfer Evidence of Gift + Screenshot of XE.com & Oanda.com conversion of funds+ Letter from Bank in CIC Format. Just my Savings Account (No TB or the likes).
WORK: Reference letter in CIC Format (Boss was very helpful) + ID Card + Most recent Payslips (3 months). Claimed 1 job with duration of 4 years

SILVER MAIL
Same day, we went to Studio 24 for the required photographs and then to Alagbon for PCC with the Lady Funke for 7k for hubby and I. Thanks @ilekz
Later that evening, we received the Silver Mail we had been waiting on for MONTHS! ITA came through.
Just had to fine-tune some documents and sent application on March 11, 2019. I had earlier, as learnt from here, categorized each document and renamed accordingly. The amount of screenshots I have from this thread ehnnn. LOL. It really helped peeps.

POST-AOR
Nothing so eventful asides the usual waiting and anxiety that comes with the package. Just when I resolve not to check account/mail for like a week, hubby will just be on my case: how far?! If me sef be IRCC Agent, I for don ask am: Oga how far you sef, calm down na. OL. Yeah lest I forget, had to raise 1 CSE the very next day. In the excitement to submit amidst activities at work that day, I didn’t submit the LOE I had prepared. I could have skipped it as I did a short cover page of few sentences for each category but unfortunately, the POF part that was the main to me wasn’t there and I needed them to understand that the Gift from my Dad was from his Company account (not personal). Also, one day at work (April 4, 2019), I was just going through my “Canny Book” and was just directed to see that my Personal History on OINP and EE Applications didn’t match. I wanted to leave it but for peace of mind, raised CSE and explained it as an oversight. I was so angry with myself thinking I had my application neatly and well arranged for hope of speedy processing (unto simple application na). I just tried to commot mind and hope for the best regardless. It was until after BIL that I started getting anxious moreso, Parents just have this subtle yet worrying way of asking “how far”. Anyways, Popsy practically “forced” me to call IRCC when I was at their place on June 5, 2019 and was told ALL was completed except 1 aspect of BG check. Well, that was refreshing to hear and for some reason, I felt so strongly that PPR will come in next day (don’t ask how lol). Ok, let me tell you, I had a dream that night and when I woke up, the only thing I remembered or was in my head was JUNE 6 & JUNE 11. Didn’t know what those dates meant but in hindsight, I do as 2 significant things happened; one of which you now know. I went to camp this past Friday and ohhh, I Praised God like I had all I wanted. He is Faithful.
COMING THROUGH…Golden Message
Oh, never have I seen such a beautiful electronic message. So many signs whispered/screamed at me immediately I woke up this morning and I resolved to wait till exactly 2pm our time to check mail. I dey office dey watch 9th Assembly/Drama proceedings and didn’t know when 2pm waka reach like 10mins. Immediately I saw the time, I jumped up, opened mailbox and there IT was…smiling sexily, beckoning with eyes so alluring; “come read me Babe, I’ve been here for like 20minutes now na”. Ehnn who am I to ignore? Sharpaly, I moved closely, opened, READ, READ and READ again. Brethren, I just SMILED. Kaii, smile so brooooaddd. I read my personal PPR mail. Congratulations Babe, God be Praised!!!!!!!!!! It still feels so surreal; like I’m just gentle and humble all of a sudden.

ACCOLADES
I really must appreciate every “asker” and “answerer” on this thread; they have in one way or the other helped me on this journey. My darling Fresty- just rose from this thread to be a fine sis carrying my matter all those times I was feeling down PRE-ITA at various stages of rants and worries. Shey you see those wonderful contacts you gave me at different times ehn, those two guys were soooooooo helpful at different stages. Na dem be MEN. My special Sir M and Sir T, (don’t think they are here or I don’t know their monikers) I truly appreciate you and pray sincerely that y’all will never lack help when you need it. In a bit, we’ll joyfully “meet” in our new country. God bless your kind hearts. Personal accolades to my Je m’appelle Ramj and Joo2018; you guys (though it took my reading Joo’s PPR story to convince myself he’s a HE-Lol) were very patient with me. From NOC to Gift Deed to OINP add spouse sagas et al. God bless you guys real good. @Stonecoldface and @Teecan, your responses to me when I just joined this thread remain fresh in my mind; thanks for the “straight talks”. To my no-Arts friend @Mcstan18, God bless you for all you do and in ways you won’t be able to explain, your PR will fall on you sharpaly. @Barryston, Padi since “06 and counting, see you in a bit dear. So grateful this thread ‘reunited’ us o. Thanks for all the help. @02, thanks for your guidance when I wanted to try out for Manitoba then. @ilekz, my almost ONIP brother, good banters we had POST AOR, see you in Canny soon dear; so rooting for you. @ladymarshall, thanks personally for all our NOC permutations POST-AOR and links for a better life off NL and yeah, for your invaluable works here as well; oya catch ya Golden Mail.

For all the times y’ALL here made me giggle, go emotional, think, shocked, LAUGH, inspired, and wonder at your selflessness (you know yourselves), I say a Humongous Thank You! Some monikers are just stuck in my head for life mheen.

SIGNING OUT
I hope with these lengthy yet not so verbose stories, I hope I’ve been able to encourage, inform and even maybe entertain you on my journey enroute Canada (my & our new country). Sorry if on the contrary I bored you with many words; oh well, just take it as PPR story. See y’all soon in Canny because it’s as sure as today is June 11th that you’ll be in Canada soon.

Deuces!!!

ABRIDGED TIMELINE
WES: August 1, 2018
IELTS A: 05/24/18- 7,7,7,7.5 (LRWS)
IELTS B: 06/30/18- 7.5, 8, 7, 8.5
IELTS C: 08/18/18- 8.5, 7.5, 8, 8.5
IELTS D: 09/29/18- 8.5, 9, 8, 8.5
NOI: 01/14/19
Submitted: 01/31/19 and AOR next day
OINP: 01/25/19
ITA: March 6, 2019
AOR: March 11, 2019
MED/BIL: April 24, 2019
1st Ghost Update: May 31, 2019
2nd Ghost Update: June 10, 2019
PPR: June 11, 2019
COPR: June --, 2019
NOC: 1123
Work Reference: 1 job (4 years)
Family Composition: 3
No Travel History
VO: CIO Sydney


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Thank you so much

ladymarshall:
Yes, keep rolling over. If the VO requests ADR for it, then you can liquidate

Biko, this proof of fund thing...
Can one use a treasury bill certificate, without having to liquidate the money till after receiving PR?

know:
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