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Congratulations!! @ifeoma77, to God alone be all Glory! May Canada favor you sis.

happytbaby:
Congratulations @Dumsydsassy1

Sis! Longtime no hear.. Thank you so much, truly appreciate

Thank you my wonderful brethren for all your heartwarming messages.. God will come through for us all, it’ll end in praise..Be expectant!
@dumprep see you soon sis
@newmum I see you sis.
@tojued - I wanna sassy die..lol thank you
@ifeoma77- God bless you sis, you’re in my prayers, we’ll celebrate you soonest.
@eraytee- I didn’t forget you bro, you’re in my prayers
@smslive@gozyna@bharbhyie@selzky@fmsimple@fatiah@talkingboy@wealthiest1@adebee16@boundlessjoy@bronze25@arcugo@solatunde@Engr2000@joo2018@LOTRISH45@Zinggi@Eyesontheprize@mosky47
Prof Snape!- shun sir! I appreciate you
@mrnimbs- Thank you for having my back all through this journey.. we will celebrate you next.

What God has done for others, He now does for me and more.. Florence Scovel Shin

These were the words i said to myself, once every hour for the past 7 months. (I set a reminder on my phone)

Its PPR People!!! I cannot even type..still overwhelmed and I feel numb. I don't think i have ever desired anything this much in my life like this.. chai! now i'm crying again... Izz this same cry since morning that did not allow me type this testimony since.. But i will push through the tears and type as e dey do me, as @dumprep has hyped it.

TIMELINE

AOR: June 2nd, 2018
MEP: June 26th, 2018
IP1: June 14th, 2018
IP2: October 15th, 2018
Ghost update: October 17th, 2018
Application approved: October 17th, 2018 ( confirmed through Ralph Goodale, Call center agents and eventually GCMS notes)
PPR: January 7th, 2019

DECISION TO TRAVEL

So the decision to leave Naija has always been something we had on our minds, hubby and I but we didn't know how to go about it. we officially made up our minds in 2014 just before Express Entry started. A family friend of ours who left that year introduced us to his lawyer, a Nigerian lady and we took it up from there..We however abandoned ship after paying this lawyer twice and we didn't see what she had done for us. Come 2015, we decided to try EE ourselves but neither of us were ready to do the work work of digging and getting info, I tried oh but it all seemed complicated.. so yet again, we abandoned ship.
April 2016, My husband had the opportunity to travel to the US, this was his first time ever outside Naija..two days into the trip he called me and said "Baby, if not for you and the kids, i'll never set foot on Naija soil again". My heart was super happy because i knew this was it...no more abandoning ship. When he came back he was like we need to do something fast! that his auntie had hooked him up with someone to do arrangee marriage but his mind cannot carry it.. So Canada came up again.. I ran to google and came across this thread - Part 1 page 550 to be exact.. i started reading..I opened another page and started from Page 0 while i kept up with the conversation on another page. Before the week ran out I knew what to do, where to start.. i knew everything

ECA
I am the Principal applicant : I evaluated my MBA from Lautech..( I waited for 4 months ) because that whole year they were on strike, then one extra month because EMS airplane packed up in Amsterdam ( I blame myself as i was doing cheaposki).
Hubby: Evaluated his MBA too from LAUTECH but opted to use DHL.
We both used IQAS and that took another 12 weeks.. In the end, ECA was ready December 2016 and we entered into the pool.

IELTS
This one was a breeze for me, my first degree was English Language- LRWS (9,9,8.5, --> kindly click my moniker to read my posts for my own ielts tips(sorry i don't know how to do that thing smslive and them GS them do ) kudos guys.
My Hubby wrote ielts once and his scores put us at 446..December 2016-- ITA eluded us twice this month due to tie breaker.
By January 2, I had my birthday and we lost 5 points putting us at 441. That's how CRS refused to go down again..we waited till March and decided he should write again and he did better this time bumping us up to 443, we finally got ITA April 25th, 2018--> I also told the story on my journey to ITA in one of my posts.

POST-ITA

MEDICALS: This one wasn't a walk in the park as my Husband was diagnosed with hereditary HBP, CIC requested for further medicals and God came through for us, everything was fine. I also have the story on that one in my Posts, kindly click on my moniker if interested.

DIGITAL PHOTO:
We went to studio 24 in Wuse 2, paid for the hard copy and then resized with a scanner before i submitted( Thank you @Glitteringstar2).

EMPLOYMENT RECORD:
I submitted my reference letter(in CIC format) on a plain sheet of paper and got my supervisor to sign. I work with a government parastatal and didn't just want any wahala in case CIC had to verify. I also submitted a copy of my supervisor's ID card, his official complimentary card and his passport photograph in case CIC wants to compare faces on the ID. I notarized the Reference letter too since it was on plain sheet.
- I added my payslips for the last 6 months
- My salary Bank statement, highlighting my salary for 6 months
- I added my employment letter
-I added a copy of my Work ID card..

Overkill right...lol - I didn't want any VO doubting my employment biko.

PROOF OF EDUCATION:
IQAS ECA Certificates of my spouse and I.
IELTS results of my spouse and I.
MBA certificate of my spouse.
Statement of result( because I haven't still collected my Certificate).

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE:
I submitted the one I received when I wedded in court, so on my application I filled in January 10, 2009 but my white wedding was in April of the same year.

POLICE CERTIFICATE:
We did this at Force CID in Area 11 Abuja at 10k each...we did it in Feb of 2018, in anticipation of ITA.

PROOF OF FUNDS:
40% of our POF was my spouse's Pension funds.
60% was in FD.
We also had like $2000 in my USD account
We submitted bank reference letter in CIC format from Standard Chartered Bank..
This POF almost gave me heart attack, when i ordered for gcms the first time, the program analyst flagged it, izz like he didn't understand the pension something.. I reached out to newmum who assured me that all was good and all i needed to do was wait, because i was ready to make up the funds the pension covered and raise a CSE.

Note: my husband transferred all the monies to me and wrote a letter stating i had access to it and that it was all for our immigration movement.


POST - AOR

So after we submitted we started praying and fasting and believing for a fast processing..little did we know..lol

GCMS Notes

After 60days i ordered the first GCMS notes, everything seemed ok except that the program assistant flagged my settlement funds, A11.2 was however met..
After another 30 days i ordered the second one, came back exactly same as the first, meaning no one had touched it since June 26th..so i decided to just chill and ignore CIC small..
I ordered the last notes in November and saw that my file was approved just like Uncle Ralph said.

In between the second and third order for the gcms notes i was calling the call center and all they kept saying was wait..like say e de easy..



OCTOBER 15TH, 2018
My fellow NLander turned friend turned sister @dumprep, kept pressuring me too check my account because she had recently just moved to IP2, lo and behold there was some movement- after four and half months of stagnation.. i just started crying..lol( i'm super sensitive)
Two days later, ghost update..couldn't believe how fast it was happening.. I was so sure PPR will come before the week ran out.. I had even planned to surprise my husband with stamped passports and copr, because i had kept him in the dark all the while about the progress of our application; but after we crossed six months i gave up and abandoned that ship... because I was beginning to get worried even after I knew our application was approved.

FAST FORWARD DEC 21, 2018

On June AOR CanadaVisa forum, a couple of our Indian brethren who were also in the same situation as us(approved but no PPR) were getting ppr simply by sending an email to NDVO.. I asked my darling dumprep if i should do same and she said never..since I wasn't Indian, I also asked my hubby and he concurred with her.. But shebi I am the PA, and izz my email that CIC know.. I didn't answer them and went ahead to send the email.. after a few days nothing happened.. then i saw PPR announcements of @fatiah and @codebrews on Canadavisa forum and we all sent that email on the same 21st.. am like wharrrt?? abi village people nor want make i progress ni..
I decided to do a reminder on the same day 31st December..

FAST FORWARD Jan 2. 2018 another Birthday..I didn't ask God for PPR, I mean..I'm sure He was even tired, all i did was simply reflect on the journey so far..I mean so many things could have gone wrong but as it is, my journey was a smooth one, and i thanked God immensely, I danced like never before, I was excited like i had the PPR already..I praised God because I have 3 friends, we all submitted on June 2 but their applications landed in ACCRA, till today they have only MEP.. I had every reason to be thankful.. After that prophetic dance i called hubby that I believe the time had come to start selling off our things..I mean what better way to express our Faith..
So we wrote everything we had on paper, costed it and shared to my brothers, who displayed on their whatsapp status..Brethren, presently all, I mean every single thing in our house is sold..as we were selling we told them pickup is Feb ending..So in less than one week we sold everything we had, even the car..lol

FAST FORWARD Jan 7, 2018-5:23am.. I woke up, prayed, picked up my phone to read my bible and i saw it ...sitting pretty in my inbox...PPR from NDVO


Brethren, join me and my family in thanking God, my Joy knows no bounds..I'm especially happy for my kids because this whole journey is 90% for them, i'm happy they will have a shot at living a normal straightforward life, one that you don't need to know anyone to succeed, one that you are sure that when you work hard, you'll reap the fruits of your labor.

Note: The journey to this PPR required a lot of sacrifice especially from me.. In order to encourage my Husband to see this journey to the end, I split the cost of the whole journey into two..IELTS, ECA, $2380cad (family of 4); I took up the cost of my own application and one of my kids while he took up his own cost and the other kid.. I did this so that Baba doesn't get overwhelmed and attempt to abandon ship..I sold my car, wiped up my business account( i also bake lovely cakes on the side), wiped out my savings account.. I have no regrets whatsoever, I did what I had to do to see this through.
I'm mentioning this because some of us might be waiting for one person to do everything..Please don't wait, For those who don't have all the monies available, just start..this month you pay for your transcript, next month you pay for ECA, next month IELTS etc. Before you know it we'll be celebrating your PPR

Special shout out to: @dumprep- words fail me on your matter, you are one of a kind..a special breed, wife material 100 yards..lol- I
love you babe.
@newmum0615- The blessings coming your way is still doing press ups..God bless you and prosper you beyond
your imaginations.
@Glitteringstar2- absolutely no words.. Thank you for everything, God bless you sis!
@Tojued- God bless you plenty. You are in my prayers.
@Talkingboy- I pray for you everyday bro, we will rejoice with you soon.
@everyone, it'll surely end in praise for us all..God Bless us all

Oga Ebu sorry @ralphruz..over to you.

Congratulations @aworldcitizen, I literally screamed seeing your announcement.. you have been in my prayers.. Jesus did it!

Congratulations my dearest @dumprep. We prayed and God answered. To Him alone be all ther glory. And to your bro, Brother like no other, God bless you richly, you will eat the fruit of your labor.

Congratulations to all the PPR recipients of today.. Canada will favor you!

Hang in there.. soon coming.

dumprep:
Hmmm. Today marks my 100th day post-AOR.

Hey, I have received a response from newmum already. Thank you.

hayor2014:
dumsydsassy1

You sent me a mail and i honestly can't view the mail attached to nairaland, reach me on the platform here or ayoboy06@yahoo.com, if you absolutely have to ....

Thank you.

Tojued:
Nope I'm still around. Just feeling important with all the mentions today plus sad I caused the issue that made our NOC queen leave us.

I dey this thread till all my family, friends and acquaintances get copr. Too much info here, na me dey rush the thread.

congratulations Sis on your successful landing... I pray for open doors and divine favors from above. Looking forward to more #newdawn testimonies. @Glitteringstar

Congratulations Baba!

Elfmannisback:
ITA ya zo! ITA est là!

Ok. Offering to share is causing others to ask. So look for how to fix it. I want to announce ppr on this thread.

DonTee07:
I offered to share with him cause he was asked how to boost his score and get perfect score.

Lets not forget those links are someone source of livelihood and displaying it on internet might not be a wise idea.

Web search of IELTS material often re-direct people to Nairaland

@DonTee07 Can you kindly share the links to the paid tutorial, since you have offered to one person am sure you can give all. This is so that people stop asking repeatedly thereby consuming valuable space on the thread. Thanks
*It can even be pinned on page 1 by our admins once you share.

Wise somebody

Ifeoma77:
This kinda reminds me of the story of the hungry man who bought a donut to quench his hunger, after eating it, he was still hungry so he buys another ... and another. Finally the 4th time, he decides to buy buns and after eating this, he feels full. He then starts wondering why he didn't just buy buns the first time and save himself the money he wasted on 3 donuts.

I'm not discounting the fact that the paid version must have been a lot more helpful than the free version of Liz's tips. I'm just saying, give your spouse some credit, perhaps she learnt from the experience of the first four exams. It's possible she practiced harder, studied like crazy, stopped taking the writing module for granted, improved her handwriting and writing speed, learnt to meet up with word count, brushed up her spellings and punctuations, etc.

I'm sure the buns helped but don't forget the donuts

Well said. It is well @mummychichi and jadel03 et al, it MUST end in praise.

jholarharde:
@mummychichi, jadel03 and others don't give up, that feeling of 0.5 doing you strong thing can't be properly put the into words. Set your eyes on the price. it will end well. congratulations to all those who aced IELTS, especially the first time writers. wish y'all the best

Elfmannisback:
Don't ask for any remark. Instead, use that strength and money to make her institutions to respond to WES... Go and cry!

This though! lol..

Atheist- the universe did it

Agnostic- errr since those ones don’t believe in anything or any supreme being then.. let’s say-themselves did it?

sunvick:
How about Atheist, and agnostic

This one #theuniversedidit

Elfmannisback:
Aethist nkọ?

Kaiii... it’s true o.

Toh from today #jesusdidit and #allahdidit

Choose ya own

Tojued:
What if one of them is a Muslim?

Congratulations! @Kwado87 @sunvick @ QuantumK

Jesus did it!

ayusco85:
You ve no idea hw many of those sites I have been reading. I ve been seeing different comments on the different evaluation bodies. Want to know which is best. Besides I don't want to spend more money on waec evaluation as it is nw with WES .

Since you know this, eliminate WES and choose from the remaining two.

Chaii

Elfmannisback:
.. Because u need to pay someone to read for u.

happytbaby:
The day we will be able to reach our full potential as test takers is the day we stop blaming examiners. My take is to banish all thoughts of examiner this or examiner that.

Understand the exams, master it. The brain is able to perform many complex tasks but it gets lazy when we are not giving it challenges to tackle. Make the exam your b...tch menh!

Apt!

Let us all be aware that in ielts writing there are several factors used to score a candidate. Depending only on “format” and “structure” to get a 7 and above will only be setting up oneself for scores like 6.5 and below.
The examiners score a candidate on:
**Lexical Resource( that is, using a wide range of vocabulary in a sophisticated manner)
**Grammatical range and accuracy ( one’s ability to use different types of sentence structures, Eg: simple sentences, complex sentences etc), all in one paragraph.
**Cohesion and Coherence ( one’s ability to “flow”, not just joining ideas here and there, but being able to use paragraphs very well; one paragraph, one idea.
Using Jay or Liz or whoever does not guarantee a 7 and above in writing. I know someone who wrote ielts July 7 using ONLY Jay’s “structure” and got an 8 in writing.
In my opinion, I think the best way to tackle ielts writing is to understand what the examiner is expecting from you and deliver.
@Sthill5 keep your head up, you will conquer ielts writing, victory is around the corner. I will keep you in my prayers.

Well done GS and mcstan18! May this new thread bring with it good news for everyone of us. Amen.

Congratulations @Elfmannisback on your Int’l PP, smooth sailing for you from here on.


Congratulations @balogunsam, Jesusdidit!

Congratulations @Newmum0615, super elated for this announcement. Our God is faithful, He makes everything beautiful in His time. It has ended in praise. Congratulations mama!

The only issue will be the long queues at vfs and then the fact that we have to make an additional payment for it.

ysteph:
I noticed the issue of biometrics have been discussed a couple of times here. Just wondering, is there an issue with giving biometrics?

Congratulations! @iamtrulyblessed
@Jesuba @Jesusbabie

IMO- Yes, if he is accompanying you. He should however do a letter stating the money as his contribution to the family’s immigration plan and that you have access and control over it too. If he is non accompanying he can simply state same or better still transfer the money to you whilst still stating the cash as financial support and an irrevocable gift.

Namae:
Hello all
Please I am the primary applicant in the application.

Can I also use my husband's Fixed deposit certificates and statement of accounts as well as mine as proof of funds.

Chaiii

Itissettled3:
Hahaha. Oya here it is; when you see oga eh, package well.....bend down and do as if you are looking for a needle that got missing 3 years ago. Let's know if you finally locate the needle

Congratulations @agates -> Jesusdidit

Congratulations @itissettled3 - my heart was literally pumping hard reading this. God is too faithful to fail. Thank God it ended in praise.