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Jasmine17:
You guys have come with all this friend nonsense here. As a good friend that you are, show your friend this thread and let your friend ask his/her questions. It will help your friend learn morej.

Some friends don't like to research

DonTee07:
If you have spare funds, do both. Remark and put in for the next available exams.

Best of Luck.

But note that for plab, they require your latest IELTS results. So if you apply for a remark and book for another, if the remark comes out better than the latest attempt, you wont be able to use the remark. So think about it well. Either you wait for the remark and write another or write another and forget about the remark

Ifeoma77:
Congratulations @Stonebreaker01
I like your hubby's style came with his IELTS and ECA ready, that's called 'wheel alignment'

Enjoy your new country and wish you safe delivery in Canada.

A match made in heaven

mcstan18:
10+80=90.
Where's the remaining 10%? In fact, I don't think this is the ideal place for you to market this. I doubt anyone here would be interested

He wants to scam people of their hard earned pof

Nazor83:
IT'S PPR Guys.

Below is our timeline.

Family of 5
CSR - 456
ITA - June 25
AOR - Sept 12
MEP/BIL - Oct 9
Biometrics Done - Oct 16
PPR - Nove 9



I don't know where to start but I will thank God first for today. All praise belong to him.
I will thank all the guys here especially those who make out time to share information on the platform. I learnt a lot here. I was encouraged by other people's struggles and stories. I also got the link that helped with our major breakthrough in the journey here. I will not say am a silent reader but when I applied to be an elder Newmum0615, Macstan, Tojued and co did not consider me. How can Newmum0615 who is my junior in Engineering faculty in UNIZIK be an elder and I will not be an elder....lol. Thanks a lot guys. The company I enjoyed here throughout the journey has been superb.

Around April last year when we thought of this journey, I was not sure we will get enough points to get ITA so we wanted to go through the study route. It was at that point that I joined Nairaland study group. I convinced my wife to take IELTS which she did and did well and we applied to a school in Nova Scotia and got admission but later my brother who lives in Canada got his PR and the prospect of getting extra 15 points shifted our attention to EE again. We took IELTS (General) together and my wife cleared the thing. She has B.A in English sha. Along the line I also confirmed from the contact I got in NTI Kaduna that people have successfully validated their PGDE with WES and that finally changed the story.

For POF we used a joint account. We also had my PFA account statement but to avoid stories that touch the heart, the money we had in the joint account covered the basic POF needed. The PFA account was just added as extra.

The major challenge we had was hussle for 2 or more certificates. That is where I will always be grateful to Nairaland. I came here and asked if anybody had evaluated the PGDE from NTI. The first time nobody responded but when I asked again, a good friend here gave me a contact tin NTI, Kaduna. Prior to that, we went to their office in the city we live and applied for the transcript but the man there did not look like somebody that knows what he is doing. We applied in December, 2017 and till about February, 2018 the request had not been sent and there was no guarantee it will be pushed. This necessitated my question here for clue which finally paid off.

For those that are still in the journey, my advise is that you should persevere. We had our moments of doubt. We spent money to get things done but at the end success makes you forget what you went through.

ALWAYS FOCUS ON THE GOAL. FORGET ALL DISTRACTIONS AND DON'T BE DISCOURAGED.

Congratulations! Did your spouse submit letter of reference from employer?

Rapture07:
IELTS WHAT IS IT AGAIN NOW

L-8.0 R-9.0,W-6.5, S7.5

Think i have to go for remark

Don't even think twice. Especially if it is BC

Congratulations @aworldcitizen. I am so happy for you. Canada will favour you

Tojued:
Until she's 18 or so NPC will issue or modify birth certificate.

I was issued a birth certificate when I was 9 or so. Got another one when I was 14 or 15.

I'm not saying it's right just exemplifying that there's no wahala involved. Just do the right thing by taking the old one so they can substitute the records rather than fresh registration. Otherwise your one daughter will be registered as two births...

Thanks

ysteph:
You can get a new Birth Certificate from the NPC.
However, it will be marked as RE-ISSUE.
I did for my son because the one i did at birth got stained with a drink.
It was marked re - issued. I just stapled the two together.
He turned three last month.

Thank you. I will go there tomorrow

joo2018:
They should. Had a similar issue. The explanation was that they can't modify the old one. Mind you (for any other person reading this), this was for an infant.

Oh! My daughter will be 3 next month. I guess an affidavit will suffice of the NPC waka fails

joo2018:
I concur. That's option 2, actually.
Go to NPC office anywhere with the old one, explain that you have not done change of name and you need all your documents to align. You should be issued a new one for your child.
cc: @voguemum

Can they really issue a new one

voguemum:
Congratulations to all PPR recipient, we are right behind you. I am here once again with my question (s). I'm trying to prepare all documents and cross check that everything is in place for this journey. Then a thought crossed my mind about my baby's birth certificate because i recall very well the day i filled the form and the lady who issued it told me to change the name I filled in to my husband's surname rather than using my maiden name where mother's name was requested so she changedbtge form for me. So my question is
1. Being that all my credentials has my maiden name and I do not plan to do a change of name will a there be a red flag if my child's birth certificate has my first name but last name is my husband's?

2. Should I process another birth certificate for mh baby and maintain my maiden name?

3. Process a change of name certificate for myself to clarify the two surnames?

Wow!!! Seniors in the house, kudos to you guys. This process is not easy ooo. Compiling documents and making sure there are no lose ends is not an easy something. May the Almighty see us through.

In a similar situation. The name on my passport is a compound name but mother's name on my daughter's birth certificate is just my husband's name. I think I will just swear an affidavit to that effect.

buggi102kruse:
Please house I need info concerning my nephew's status. He's 26 yrs, has BSC in French and 3yrs post NYSC wrk experience as french teacher. With ielts pt of lsrw 8777, can he hit 440 cut off pt?

He will be at 429 but since he studied french, he can write TEF too to boost his score

Nuges11:
Good day to all the gurus in the house and to everyone. I've had serious goosebumps reading through this thread with people's stories and PPR testimonies, as I'm typing now sef my hand dey shake....lol. A friend recently mentioned this Canadian EE to me and I've been doing a lot of research on it and that's what led me here. I'll be taking IELTS in December and will start the application process fully in January, when I have my results. I also hope to share my PPR testimony soonest. Abeg tips and guidance will be greatly appreciated. Thank you all

You can also start your ECA is funds permit you

veleta:
Let me chip in a piece of advice for doctors planning to migrate to Canada,Canada is not your best choice if you really want to continue practising.UK is better as you have the opportunity of practising both in Canada and Australia if you do residency training in Family Medicine in UK.

All you need to do is write PLAB and within 6 to 9 months,you should be done with it then you can apply for Trust Grade jobs which are readily available.Once you start working,you can sit for residency exams in Family Medicine and if you pass,you can start your training.If you are lucky,you can even get a bursary of £12.5k after tax for training in some areas.While training,you can apply for Express Entry and this gives you the opportunity of practising in Canada as a Family Physician or moving to Australia and practising as a GP too.Right now,Australia seems to have more perks in terms of pay and weather compared to Canada.

All the best in your pursuit but always look at the long term when making these decisions.

I believe all the doctors in this race must have done a thorough research before embarking on this journey

veleta:
@Joo18,all the best to your folks.I will advise they try to network properly,there are watsapp groups for that.I know there are ' notes' you need to read and they repeat questions that's for PLAB 1 then for PLAB 2,there are courses you need to attend in UK too that increases ones chances of passing.Its all aboutinformation.God luck to them.

I am sure they know all that. I think what @joo18 is trying to say is that the UK route too isn't easy as well

Distinct777:
Really?

So it's just Qlife and IOM now?

Na true o!

Finalfantasy:
Hi guys.


My score has been 415 since f3bruary..I've also applied for PNP from Saskatchewan and Prince Edward island. No response yet. I feel like there's something I'm not doing ok. Any pointers?

You say it like your score is supposed to increase over time. What is your IELTS score, qualifications, etc?

Minister for IRCC is committed to increasing immigrant francophone communities outside Quebec. People wet Sabi french, Una don chop luck. Let me remain faithful to my Duolingo. May pay off some day

kakashi12:
I need some clarifications..Can being overweight affect your PR application? I did my medical and my BMI is slightly above 25?

I don't understand. Like people who are overweight are not allowed in Canada?

drcynthia:
no I don't plan to complete it....I have made peace with that already....

So you are just going to leave? I salute your courage

drcynthia:
exactly, CMACs name and email is also on mine....but I tot gov hospitals usually have stamps? Better still....if u know of anyone who has gotten LOR from the hospital ask if it was stamped. I got from UBTH and twas stamped.

I guess stamping documents isn't their strongest suit. My offer of employment isn't stamped either. All those medical reports we used to prepare for patients in those days only carried signatures. No stamp


Lol...even their confirmation of complete of housejob. No stamp. I give up

drcynthia:
mine was stamped....but I think I read somewhere on this thread that is isn't important if it's stamped they laid emphasis on letter head and contact no/email of the person's signing the letter.......but pls confirm.....

Yes. Mine is on a letter head with the number and email of the CMAC who signed the letter

Thanks Dr. Cynthia. You are ever helpful

Is it compulsory for the letter of reference to be stamped?

Please where in Yaba? I don't live in Lagos but will like to do my shopping there. My husband said something about Mandillas(don't know if that is the spelling) in Lagos Island.

drcynthia:
All you need is letter of reference from both places....HJ and NYSC. No need for payslip and others...the letter of reference should just have the necessary details, job description, job duration, salary per annum. Basically....u can PM so I send us a sample .

Thank you. I already have both reference letters. I was just wondering what I will do if I am asked for additional documents to back the nysc up. Thank you.

I have 2years working experience. One year housemanship and 1 year nysc. Now, I know there is not difference between 1 and 2 years on the express entry program. For my housemanship, I have letter of experience, appointment letter, pay slip but for the nysc, I only have letter of reference. Apart from the allawee, I was being paid by my ppa. It was partly cash and partly cheque and the pay was quite irregular. This means that I don't have payslips to support my reference letter.
So my question is: can I just use only my housemanship to claim points and put the nysc in personal history?
I would want everything to be clear and straightforward.
Thanks for your response.

[quote author=Fiona111 post=72561315]I don't think it is because that's how mine was and I just got PPR without any ADR[/quote


Congratulations!!!]

Fiona111:
I don't think it is because that's how mine was and I just got PPR without any ADR

Thank you. These people are telling me to cut out some duties and jam-pack the rest on one page. I am not ready to compromise on that.

My duties will enter a new page in my letter of reference. Is it a problem if the 2nd page is not letter headed

drcynthia:
3112 it's your duties that matter.

Thank you

They are telling me at my former place of work- a teaching hospital-that I need to pay 25k in order to get a letter of reference. I want to faint...