Wifefo88:


Congratulations..did eligibility or review started before approval?

Eligibility started the same day she got BVL and the next day she got PPR

My mother in-law TRV just got approved
application made: February 7, 2022
BVL : October 31, 2022
PPR : November 1, 2022

[quote author=ladylco post=82826595]Pls those of you that did online application did you pay any money when you went for passport submission?
Please my dad is at vfs office right now for passport request submission and his been asked to pay #14200 pls what is this payment for. I've already made payment for the application online.

The payment is compulsory, it a VFS fee, it has nothing to do with your Application Fee. It the fee you pay to VFS to transport your passport for stamping. It not a courier fee.

TOPEADE1:


I should expect mine soon because I applied on the 24th June for study Visa, however, please confirm from him because 23rd is a Sunday and they don't attend to people on Sunday I think.

Oh my mistake he applied on June 26,in Lagos, it was a tourist visa

Yanka22:
Applied since June for tourist visa. Has anyone who applied in June received theirs? The long wait is starting to bother me �

My friend applied June 23, they both of us are travelling together. He just got his approve visa today and it was Issued yesterday. Remember I mention Access bank Headquarter called him to confirm if he submitted his statement to SA embassy, it was then I knew they have started processing his application.

babae2009:
When did you apply? I'm sorry for my questions.I applied on june 17 and i've not heard any response.I also want to know if they called you on phone before your visa was issued.Congratulations once again

A friend of mine applied on the 23 June in lagos, and yesterday she got a call from Access bank headquarter Lagos, asking her did she submit her bank statement to the south African embassy for Visa, she said yes, they said OK and ended the call. I think they are currently working on her application.

Sage7:


How did it go??

Was positive, I got it

Applied on 24th May for a Tourist Visa in Lagos and just got email for collection today 11th June. with the concluded public holidays, it means it only took 9 working days to finalize my application. This will be my second visit to south Africa, have visited in 2016.

[quote author=Dedzstar789 post=78772324]That is why I said I give up.

It actually makes no sense. It’s 3 weeks now. Someone was telling me they held on to her husband’s passport for 7 weeks after an original passport request. I don’t know again. I’m jut tired. And the fact that they don’t respond to my emails. I’m very tempted to go to the embassy tomorrow because at this point it’s kidnap of passport (lol).

which embassy email did you send your email to?was it lagosimmigration@international.gc.ca; am surprise they are not replying. you do not need to go to the embassy because you wont be attended to, only people with appointment are attended to

Dedzstar789:
I submitted May 3rd! Still nothing. I go to VFS everyday, I’ve sent emails to the embassy with NO RESPONSE! I’m TIRED!

But i sent email to the embassy today and got this reply,

Good day,



Your email enquiry refers.

Kindly be advised that your application has been finalised.

The VAC office will be contacting you in order for you to pick up your passport.



Regards,



Lagos Immigration

[quote author=Metroman123 post=78751121]@easyxtan,

Can you confirm if you have you passport.

Thanks.

I went to VFS last Friday and I was told the passport is still with the embassy, if I track it on VFS site , it shows me no record, I will send Lagos immigration an email today asking them why the delay, last Friday made it 2 weeks since i submitted the passport.


@ Metroman123

I sent them an email this morning and this was there reply
Good day,



Your email enquiry refers.

Kindly be advised that your application has been finalised.

The VAC office will be contacting you in order for you to pick up your passport.



Regards,



Lagos Immigration

So I will be waiting for VFS to contact me

Dedzstar789:
Congrats!

I also submitted my passport after an original passport request on the 3rd of May.

Still awaiting my passport. It’s taking so so long

It really long, passport wait and application processing wait are really taking long this day, They should just put the visa sticker and return the passport, just dont understand , just to put ordinary sticker for passport, it hard for them, something that takes 3 working days before now it taking weeks, or was the passport request sent by mistake, they should just sit up in that Lagos office and work.

I will be going there on Friday to check if my daughter passport is ready because i submitted 10th of May.

Izu2016:
Pls did u apply for your daughter via paper route?

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Online Route

lehinme:
I reported on the Tuesday that I picked up my passport with a 4 year multiple visa. One or two people have asked questions as to how I went about it, travel history etc. Like I said i applied using the paper route on the 13th of March. It was a TRV to attend my brother in laws wedding. I applied with my wife and mother in law. I included the wedding invitation, copy of my brother in laws Canadian passport as well as his fiances. My personal bank statements, company statements as I'm a business owner, company profile and registration documents, wedding certificates and birth certificates of my kids. I have extensive travel history and have had US and British multiple visas over the last 15 years although both have expired. Also visited Italy, Greece, South Africa, China, Turkey and Dubai. My wife has also been to US, UK and Dubai several times. In fact she only just got back from US/UK a week before we put in our applications.

How long did it take you to pick up passport after you submitted your passport? I applied for my daughter on April 11, and passport request on May 9, submitted her passport May 10, which I always track and it still showing Passport still in process.

[quote author=Adagody post=51738405]Hi everyone, I stumbled on this forum 2 days ago when I tracked my application and on cic website, it said 'final decision not started' but vfs said my passport was ready for collection. I was confused and scared and started checking online to see if that was normal. Thank God today I collected and my sowp was approved.

Timeline
1/11/16: submitted paper route
18/11/16: medical mail
24/11/16: medical done at consultant practice
1/12/16: medical passed update on cic
6/12/16: tracked via and said ready to pick
8/12/17: collected my visa at vfs lagos


Congrats on your application.Did you summit your CV and educational qualification ? or is it not important in SOWP?

I think there is nothing like first come first serve in Canada visa application, getting scared while looking at the processing time because i want to apply for my husband and one year old daughter in January, i think i will go with the paper route, i believe it will be better than online.

Ruth222:
Sigh! But what is cause of the delay. It wasn't like this last year. I was delayed last year and it took just 2 months and 2weeks to get a response. But now it's over 7months

@Ruth222 what was Your delay reason, can you share?

Gymme:
Basically, the most important document is your spouse permit in Canada (Study permit or Post Graduate Work Permit). As in PGWP, they require your spouse to have a job in NOC Level O, A or B to qualify.

Other required documents are your international passport, photograph and IMM form.

You would need to provide a LOE where you could include your spouse issued permit (Study or Work), your marriage certificate, wedding pictures etc to prove your relationship.

What about bank statement , is it not part of the requirement? if it is, where do you include it? Also is the applicant education qualification also a factor to determine SOWP approval?

Ruth222:
Hi everyone. I am one of the applicants for work permit. I did my biometrics on July 8 with upfront Medicals but no response yet. Mine is not sowp tho but just open work permit. Please anyone here who has this Same experience,? Is there anyone else that has gotten his or her work permit visa this year? Please share your stories here. Thanks a lot

You said yours is not SOWP but Open work permit, I have a question, are you a spouse of a foreign worker or international student? under what category is your work permit?

miie:
he wanted to go and study M.Sc ACCOUNTING...... Reasons given is simply because of Nigeria s economic recession and that they dont wnt to accept anybody from Nigeria for now

Skiiiwalker:

my application was basic. my dad stands as my sponsor, i included my bsc certs and all the cert., i'e got few travel history too. i am suspecting my previous US refusal years back that i forgot to indicate... but then the insufficient fund part is what i don't understsnd.

@Skiiiwalker i do not think it because of your previous US refusal...I also was refuse a USA visa which i did not declare, because i applied with my daughter and she was refused visa while i was approved, My daughter Gcms note now review that i have been refused a USA visa twice and i did not declare it, CIC even quote the month and year i was refused , But i was lucky because it did not affect my application because CIC stated that they find me as genuine student because i was an MBA student....so the reason the delayed my daughter is because CIC say i never travel and come back before,say my ties for Nigeria no too strong. They also delayed my daughter for purpose of visit which the Gcms also state that my purpose was to study not my sucking daughter to accompany me and that her ties is stronger in Canada than Nigeria. I tell my husband please bring my child to canada oh, unless i no go travel again, My TRV dey for inside cupboard since one month now dey chill my husband will now apply with my daughter for a visiting visa because he has good travel history

bjmme:
thesoj,let me summarise it for you,perfect all your application,but know that the one that will perfect your app is God.Briefly,let me share story of a cousin that went for an interview at US embassy,she was facing the woman that will interview her,as the woman was asking her questions,one of the visa officers pass by and look into the VO system and the VO passing by told the one conducting the interview that he knows much about my cousin family in US,and that was all.So do your best,and leave everything for God,if you dont get it in the first time it doesnt mean you wont get it if you re-apply.

@Jmme Let me come in, USA visa is where luck come in more than Canada Visa or UK visa....I have seen many people that Got USA visa on luck, where by such people do not have the necessary document to convince the Canada or UK visa officer. You can pick a shoe marker on the street , package him well with document and he can luckily by God grace get a USA visa , but you cant try that with Canada or UK. In conclusion if you give Canada what they needed, bet me, they will also give you what you need, yes we all know prayer works, but let take it out of visa application and apply right.

mzjennypher:


@easyxtan its N450k

Then you are good to go despite your account has stable and consistent payment from your employee. Also make a budget list of how you will spend the N450k and attached to your application.

mzjennypher:
hello house, please will an account statement of 620k be okay for 5 days SA visa application? please assist gurus in the house

How much is your total Budget for the trip?

olystic:



nobody wan grant my request. na beg i dey so

Go directly to the hotel website,book and make payment...The one i did,the hotel charged me 30 percent of the total fees that was remove instantly from my account

Please can anyone en-lighten me on this, I want to make flight reservation, can i just book south Africa airways without making payment and present it as flight reservation? am i good to go with that.

Youdee2016:
Good morning everyone. I am a silent observer on this thread. Keep it up people. All TRV hopefuls, wish you the best too. I am sure we will have better news this week from CIC.
Any one resuming at Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo this fall? Or anyone currently there now?

I will be in Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo for spring 2017, will be going in december

emma4eva:
@ easyxtan

Don't mind my silly question, how did u go abt ur admission letter, it doesn't show as a pdf file on my Western school acct. Did u print out the page and scanned. Am lost on this matter.

My admission letter was sent as a pdf file so i just attached it directly,But i think it can also be printed out,scanned and attached.

emma4eva:
You are right, my father is just concerned, what did your gcms file say on your refused application.

I ordered for my Gcms file after i was refused for insufficient funds for my MBA, so this was the VO summary why i was refused.

1,You claim your spouse and brother are both paying for balance of your tuition fee and living expenses but you did not provide evidence of relationship.

2,both sponsors claim they are business people but i did not see an evidence of business in there statement of accounts.

3,both sponsors balances are not sufficient enough to pay the balance of your tuition and living expenses as promised. Statement of account of my husband was(5.6 million) while my elder brother was(6.9 million). I have already deposited 10,000 Canadian dollars as tuition deposit, and have a balance of 23,000 dollars as balance because my tuition fee is 33,000.

I was refused in July 2015 after medical call up, so my husband have to work on his finances because he decided to act as the sole sponsorship without my brother as co sponsor.

So I applied in April, attached his international passport copy,white wedding pictures,traditional wedding pictures,court wedding pictures,church wedding certificate, court wedding certificate and hubby age declaration certificate as prove of relationship to sponsor.

I presented a statement account of 12.7 million with total cash inflow of 32 million. The account had good inflow and during the time of visa application he made a deposit of around 5 million within one week which was spread and the day he printed his statement of account a deposit of 1.2 million came in few minutes before the statement was printed out. But all the money that came into his account came directly from his business account to show evidence of business activities. I also attached his CAC document without Tax clearance certificate. he also presented his Domiciliary statement of account of $10,100 united state dollars

My husband wrote a well detailed sponsorship letter indicating how much will be made available for my study. Other document remain on charge, so that was how i tackle the problem of insufficient funds and got my TRV.

meekmk:
Hey Guys...

I recently got My Trv for a PGC protramm duration one year.. To follow with my masters for two years...
I applied with status married and my wife just gave borth to a baby girl this week.. I cant stay away from them for too long, and i would like to know how soon i can apply for Sowp for my wife. .. If i do, does it cover mt child too and how many hours would she be able to work while im studying.. Also whats the duration or validity period of the SOWP.

@ meekmk you like money oh, you are talking of your wife working, i was expecting you to talk how your wife will take care of her baby first before you talk of working, or do you want to go to school while your wife go to work and the little cute baby girl stay at home? Unless you are considering day care which is very expensive in Canada. You will have to apply for visiting visa for you cute baby girl while your wife apply for SOWP. The duration of the SOWP validity will be the same as your study permit.

emma4eva:
After my refusal early dis month, my father contacted an agent to facilitate my next application.. I was denied due to insufficient funds. I spoke with the agent that I needed only assistance with the visa application, the agent told me it's easier for them to get me visa using a pdg than with my masters admission..

Do not use agent to complicate issues for you. You have learnt enough here and why will you allow your dad get an agent that will charge you and still complicate application for you. Your case is very easy when denied for insufficient funds, all you have to do is to request for you Gcms file and know the true reason. I was denied for insufficient funds last year, requested for my Gcms file, got the reasons and work on it, now i have my TRV looking at me every morning.

Please run away from the ignorant agent and request your Gcms note.