Hello Everyone,
I received a medical request for my son, his last medical is over a year. For those that got medical request in the past, did you see a place to upload the medical result or is it the one sent from IOM to IRCC that IRCC will look at and update your application status?

Thanks

Anon123:


When you log into the child's visa account, click on view submitted docs, You will see a slot mad available to upload the doc.

Yes I know. When I tried doing this I noticed that this type of request was made last year with-out my knowledge, because no email notification was sent. The uploading window timeframe now elapsed. Now I am want to upload the document for this new request, but the previous request is not allowing me. Well I have sent webforms and emailed the email addresses. Just wanted to know if there is something more I can do.

Congratulations!

pearlies100:
Very Long Post Alert!!

I got admission December 2020 for Fall 2021 in University of New Brunswick but could not apply immediately because I was due to give birth in January 2021. I planned to submit my application in March but thanks to our immigration service, it took over 3 months before I could get passport for my baby despite paying through my nose for expedited processing. I ended up submitting our application on the 9th of June 2021 due to this delay. I was advised to put in mine while waiting for the passport but going without my children was not an option. We applied as a family, Myself, husband and 3 children. My husband applied for SOWP and visiting visa for my children because they're not up to school age.

Aside from the wahala of having to convince the VO and the fact that we are close to our mid 40s, two things stood against us. We had applied to visit Canada in 2019, but were denied, reason given was that we will not come back and false information in my husband's application, he didn't disclose his denial for US visa. We had applied for US visa a month earlier but the consular officer decided to give myself and my son but refused my husband. When we asked for the reason, she said she had none but was making a split decision. It was an oversight on my part because I filled our forms, I did mine first and just edited same form for my Husband and son. I forgot to change that part.
The second issue was my husband had a health condition and no information on how it was handled by IRCC. He didn't want to apply with us because he was scared he would ruin our chances but it was a no no for me. How will I manage with 3 small boys while studying.
We decided to use agents to help with our application but when I heard the price, I ran away quickly, not in this Buhari's economy.

I used same SoP I used to get my admission because I had no time to start afresh, I just edited it and in addition explained why I was doing a second masters (I have an MBA, same with my husband), how it would be beneficial in Nigeria and course not available in my country. I also addressed the issue of the denial in 2019 stating we never planned to break any visa rule and pointed them to our travel history to show that we have never overstayed in the countries we have visited. I also had to explain the false information in my husband's SoP stating it was an oversight. Reason given for going with my children is that they were too young to be left behind and I need my husband to take care of them. He runs his business and will take time off to support me in my career advancement. Reason given for him applying for work permit is that he wants work part time to gain experience that he would apply to his business back home and also support his family while in Canada.

Application was submitted 9th of June and the wait started, UNB gave us ultimatum of 13th of September to get our study permit or defer. We would not be allowed to even start online without it. I had no choice but to defer to September 2022. I wrote to IRCC but got generic responses. I got Nairobi email address from this forum and sent several mails. At some point, they stopped responding. I decided to fast and pray first week in February, a friend gave me Abuja email address, I sent a mail to them on the 7th and got a response on the 9th to go for medicals. I was so excited that finally, we have made progress. My husband and I did ours first. We had to disclose his condition and he was asked to go for further test, the tension of waiting was not easy especially on his part, mine was updated on the 19th while his was updated on the 22nd. We finally crossed that hurdle. Then our kids were asked to go for theirs a month later. Theirs was updated on the 23rd of March. I was asked to submit an updated application letter from the school and I also had to send a new passport because of the expiry date on the one I submitted. My hope was that within a month we should be done with this whole process. Then another wait started. I started writing to IRCC every other week from April but they didn't respond to any of my mails. I saw a format on nairaland 3 weeks ago to use to send email reminders but still no response. I decided to chill until the one year anniversary of our submission. At this point I was tensed because so many things were hanging, cost of ticket was rising, I needed to give enough notice to my boss to get my replacement before leaving. I entered another fasting and prayer last week, I had no other option. On the 10th of June, that's last Friday, someone posted the email address of different Visa Offices. I started sending mails to all of them. I also sent message to IRCC's twitter account and was about to send to London VO when I saw 7 donotreply emails. I first of all panicked and was afraid to open the mail. It was like a miracle, finally after one year of waiting, this came through. I also pray for those waiting patiently to get yours quickly in Jesus name, Amen!

My timeline:

Application Submitted: 9th of June 2021
Medical Request for me and my spouse: 9th February, 2022
Medical Passed: 19th and 22nd February 2022
Medical Request for my children: 9th March 2022
Medical Passed: 23rd March 2022
BVL: 10th June 2022
PPR: 10th June 2022

Documents submitted:
Myself:
IELTS Result
Police Clearance Certificate
Resume
Marriage Certificate
BSC and Masters Certificate
Proof of Current Employment
Travel History
Land Documents
Proof of Fund: Joint Account (had to explain the source of a lump sum), Dorm Account, Children's individual account, savings from office cooperative and RSA account (I stated this was for back up).

Spouse:
Police Clearance Certificate
Company Registration
Land Documents
Travel History

Children:
Birth Certificate

Good day everyone
After sending a couple of webforms and emails, I received a message from IRCC after a year concerning my child’s TRV application. They want A Non Traveling Parent Authorization To Travel to be uploaded in my child’s application page. Upon checking where I am to upload this document I observed that this same document was requested last year and the deadline to upload it had expired. I didn’t get any notification email concerning that request. Now I can’t upload the document for this latest request.

So far, I have submitted the document via webforms and emails. Is there anything else I can do to remedy this situation?

Thanks

technix:
I can't think of any other thing to do. It's fine, the authorization should be received via webform.

Thanks

Good day everyone
After sending a couple of webforms and emails, I received a message from IRCC after a year concerning my child’s TRV application. They want A Non Traveling Parent Authorization To Travel to be uploaded in my child’s application page. Upon checking where I am to upload this document I observed that this same document was requested last year and the deadline to upload it had expired. I didn’t get any notification email concerning that request. Now I can’t upload the document for this latest request.

So far, I have submitted the document via webforms and emails. Is there anything else I can do to remedy this situation?

Thanks

Oduskid:
can i help u?

No need. Thanks.

TheManOfTheYear:
I submitted that US startup interview task today (which was the deadline). I really hope to get a call back to move to the next stage because I love their product.

Oh did I mention that I was finally able to do the OAuth login stuff. I had to set up a proxy server and use it to request for an access token from GitHub, which would grant the user access to the app.

I had to do a lot of documentation reading and stackoverflowing to figure it out. Sometimes it's not just about code, you have to learn the skill of reading documentations

It's a fintech company specialising in cryptocurrency trades, decentralised finance and some fiat stuffs too.

One of the joy and perks of working in tech as I've noticed, is the fact that you can get a chance to work on exciting products which millions of people around the world would be using. It's insane. It's one of the things that drives me in this journey.

To many of us, tech gave us hope. Especially in this country that basically has nothing to offer the youths.

Back to my laptop.

Hello,
Nice info!
I wanted to know; during the interviews, did question about your age come up? Or is your age in your linkedin profile?

Frankrobbn1:



The best will be when she is in Canada, you can through her influence in Canada apply to visit her. The application will be prioritised rather than applying as a tourist which takes a longer processing times.


It will end in praise

Ok. Thanks

…emi omo naija! Mo le fi eyin shi pepsi!

This guy was too much. The country failed him.

Continue to Rest In Peace Dagrin.

DestinationCann:
Sorry to hear this. I cannot imagine how this has affected your family negatively.

I suggest your wife writes an emotional mail to the MP of her province stating how the toddler has missed motherly care at such a tender age because IRCC have not approved her visa to travel with mother.

I pray this week comes with a positive response from IRCC for your child and others here still available a final decision from IRCC.

Amen! My wife is still in Nigeria though, to resume in September. I will write the letter.

Thanks

Iffylove:
write out a consent letter giving out your consent that you allow your child to travel with your spouse and send it to them by mail or webform.
You should receive a response to this. or else reapply for the child on the new application portal.

Yes, I did that in the webform I filled.

DestinationCann:
So sorry to hear.
Did they ask for anything for her?

Nothing was asked. I wrote and submitted a consent letter for my child via webform.

Johnchan2:
Are there any MAY or JUNE or JULY 2021 applicant here still waiting?....

Feels like I'm the only one from that category that's waiting this long.....
And it's really frustrating

#May 11th, 2021 applicant

My spouse and child applied in may 2021. My spouse got her study permit but my child’s TRV is not out yet. We are praying to God for a positive outcome. I have filled a webform though.

makano:
Hello Electroweb

Members of parliament (MP) can be liken to senators/ House of reps member in the Nigerian context..

Just that they are not after the money but after the welfare of the residents in their provinces/ constituencies.. And some of them who are nice enough even give attention to prospective residents(outside of Canada) coming into their provinces, that is why some of them communicates with IRCC on behalf of the Study permit applicants coming to their provinces who are yet to get a final decision as regards their delayed application..


Peace

Ok. Thanks

Treasure134:
Please if you don't mind, can I know how you compose your email message to the MP?, I need to start sending mails to the MP cuz my sch will resume in MAY.. and is it just one MP you sent email to?... Please help me out

Though my application is just the 6weeks

And if you want to send it to my email then I can leave my email here I don't mind

Who is an MP?

freshdude:
Guys please i need your suggestions. should i liquidate my mutual funds and apply with MBS. stating where the funds came from on my SOP. or Use the Mutual funds statement and cover letter from the financial institution. The money in the mutual funds account are savings from salary ( I usually transfer my salary monthly from my bank account into my mutual funds account ) and proceeds from sale of personal asset and some side business ( sold my car Dec last year)

Please i need your input, i have asked this question before with no response.

You can collect a cover letter for your mutual funds, then liquidate your mutual funds, collect a statement of account from your mutual fund manager. In your SOP, you now explain how the lump sum in your bank account is as a result of movement from your mutual funds account to your bank account. You will link the cover letter (stating that the money is yours), the date the money left your mutual funds with mutual funds statement and the date it entered your bank account with your bank account statement.

Chai! This woman done wash hand comot. It is well o

Since you know how much you spend in a month prior to the tenant moving in, just minus this amount from what you spend now that you have someone sharing meter with you. This amount is what he is consuming. Pass this amount to him to bear.

On my own matter, getting a prepaid meter. Sighs. Getting a prepaid meter is now like getting a tourist visa to US, Canada, UK even with all your money. What a country!

MrCodeKnight:
The choice is yours, you can decide to apply for his study permit here or wait until you get to the POE.
With a US passport, your child can enter a lot of countries without visa, and Canada is one of such countries. Yes, his US passport is sufficient to board a plane. The document compression was the hardest part for me, I initially started the application with the new portal, which is 2MB limit, before I found out I was using the wrong portal. SOWP can only be applied for via the old portal. I use a mac, which made it slightly easier to work with pdf documents, however, the sites below helped quite a bit. If you have a lot of documents, I would suggest you use the old portal.

Sites you can try:
https://smallpdf.com/
https://www.pdf2go.com/

Ok. Thanks for the pointers

MrCodeKnight:
PPR Alert! (11 days)

I applied on behalf of my wife for Study Permit and SOWP for myself. Although, we will be travelling with our child, we didn't apply for her since she's a US citizen (we plan to do it at POE). However, we made it clear that she will accompany my wife, hence, the need for me to also go with them.

Upfront Medical at Qlife: March 3, 2022

Timeline (it's the same for both of us, PPR was like 10 minutes apart, wife's PPR came first)
Application Submission: March 24, 2022
Biometrics Collection Letter: March 25, 2022
Medical Passed: March 29, 2022
Biometrics Done at VFS: March 30, 2022
Biometrics Uploaded: March 30, 2022
Correspondence Letter: April 4, 2022
Original Passport Request: April 4, 2022

I said 11 days because I submitted the evening of the 24th, thus, I started counting from the 25th.


Full Details

First time applicant, we have never applied for any Canadian visa prior to this application. But good travel history.

Portal: Old Portal (GCKey)
Program: MBA, 16 months program - September 2022
Tuition: About CAD 90k

Wife's Documents

Under Additional document:
SOP (7 pages)
Marriage Cert. (Notarized)
Daughter’s Birth Cert.
LOA
Scholarship letter (CAD 25k)
Undergrad Degree
ICAN Membership Cert.
Letter of reference/Introduction from previous employers, which includes salary she earned before she resigned (this is to proof how she was able to save up for tuition)
COI & CAC 1.1 of her company
My CAC documents (3 companies)
Our Landed properties (both our names are on the documents)
Pictures of ongoing construction on one of our new business venture
IETS
Police Clearance

POF
Letter from bank that handles her mutual funds, which included the statement of account, about N20M.
Sponsorship letter from me, about 7M in savings account which would cover the first year, then how I planned to support her in the second year with my FUTURE earnings.
MBS statement for my savings
Wife's MBS statement for current account, low balance, about 500k
Tuition Deposit Receipt (CAD 5k)
Wife's MBS statements for her business accounts (2 accounts)
Pension statement
Proof of my investment in my startup business, which shows the valuation
Repeated the landed property documents we used in additional documents here again
MBS from one of my companies (to show business activities)
30 pages Statement of account from another financial provider to show more business activities (MBS wasn't available)

Travel Document
Copies of all stamped pages, Visas and data pages of current & expired passports (2)

Upfront Medical
Upfront Medical Reference


Husband's(my) Documents

Purpose of Travel document:
SOP (7 pages)
Marriage Cert. (Notarized)
Daughter’s Birth Cert.
LOA
Scholarship letter (CAD 25k)
Undergrad Degree
Master’s Degree
Transcript for Masters
Last paid employment job offer
COI & CAC 7 documents (4 companies)
Landed documents (receipts, Letter of land allocations, Deed of assignment)
Proof of my investment in my startup business, which shows the valuation
Copies of some contracts (didn't show naira value), just the first, second and signature pages
Parents CAC document to show ties
Police Certificate

POF
Same as wife's

Travel Document
Copies of all stamped pages, Visas and data pages of current & expired passports (5)

Upfront Medical
Upfront Medical Reference

One critical thing I would like to mention is that the cash available was only sufficient for the first year, hence I had to explain how I plan to pay for the second year being a co-sponsor.


Thanks to all contributing members of the platform as the information shared was extremely helpful.

For everyone waiting, it will end in praise!!!!!

Congratulations on your successful application. I intend to apply for me and my kids. One of my kids is a US citizen. Applying for him was confusing for me. Is it the procedure to apply for a child who is a US citizen at the point of entry into Canada. If yes, is his US passport sufficient to board a plane from Nigeria to Canada? How were you able to compress your documents? As for me, the time I spent compressing, deleting, re-compressing my documents was more than filling the pdf forms.

Thanks

DestinationCann:
Visitor. Toddler na baby less than 2 years old.

I used the services of a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant, he did everything on his immigration account.

When I asked him if he used old or new portal, he said they don't have such that he used his portal.

Ok. Thanks.

DestinationCann:
Hi guys, it's PPR for me and medical request for my toddler (I don't know why they have requested for a fresh Medicals for her but we go do am)


2nd time applicant

1st application July 2021
Refusal cake in on 6th October 2021 after waiting. I had to defer my admission. I had already started classes oo. The bad news came in in the middle of a particular class and I want blank for 10 minutes, exited the zoom class and cried to my satisfaction. I ordered GCMS Notes same day through a friend in Canada who was following up with me on my application.

GCMS came after 1 month and I realized IRCC messed up my application.

They mentioned sponsor when I didn't have any.
They said I had lump sum when I showed certificate of fixed deposit and told them the date it liquidated.
They didn't even acknowledge the 45% upfront school fees I paid (I think they already made a decision before I sent in the payment receipt)


I had to contact of a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant after my GCMS came in because I wasn't ready for the emotional stress of opening and refreshing IRCC portal and my email for update, he scheduled a zoom meeting with me and after reading through my GCMS Notes and listening to me, he said he'll have recommended a JR because the refusal grounds were baseless however, to save me time, money and stress, he recommended a reapplication.

I lost interest in online classes so I kuku deferred my admission.
I don move out funds buy market from fixed deposit sef so I kuku defer.

I started working on my POF immediately. I ensured large sums entered my personal account from everywhere and moved out and targeted March for submission of a fresh Application.



2nd Application Timeline

Application submitted 16th March 2022
Biometric confirmation 16th March 2022
Correspondence Letter 4th April 2022
PPR 4TH April 2022


Documents submitted:
Full tuition school fees payment evidence from school (32k CAD)
School admission letter
Person Account MyBankStatement showing 5.9M
Police clearance certificate
IELTS general result
WAEC result
Student copy of transcript
Digital passport
Letter of introduction by employer
Letter from employer showing amount and date my salaries were paid in the last 4 months.
Leave authorization from employer
International passport (mine and my toddler)



Home ties document submitted

Company account MyBankStatement showing closing balance of 28M and 6 months transaction of over 170M
CAC documents of Business
Company tax clearance certificate
Personal tax clearance certificate
Marriage certificate
Other children's birthday certificate
Husband's international passport
COF of landed property


The Registered Canada Immigration Consultant asked me questions like he was a Visa officer, I got tired sef. We exchanged lots of mails.

I'm grateful to God for this success. In deed, God has done this and I am in awe. Who could have imagined that my application would take 19 days and 13 working days?

I had already started Sweden application to schools sef. I had planned to apply to UK schools in October but transcript wahala didn't help matters so I left it.

I pray the God who did mine would do yours too. Do not give up.

Congratulations on your successful application. Please what type of application do you do for your toddler? Student permit, visitor visa…? I am hearing mention of new portal and all that. Did you use the new portal?
Thanks

Anon123:


I will advise your spouse sends mail to an MP of the province he/she is resident in explaining EMOTIONALLY how the delay is especially when a child is the subject here. You do this before disturbing IRCC.

The MP will help ginger the visa officer handling the app. Who in turn will most definitely send an update maybe requesting for a consent letter from the other spouse in Nigeria(a maybe).

Try this and see what will happen.

Thanks for your response. She is still in Nigeria, to start school in September 2022. What does MP stand for?

Niaralanders,
I need guidance.
My spouse applied for study permit in May 2021, with my child last year. She got her Study permit late last year but my son’s application is yet to get a decision. I filled a webform 2weeks ago concerning his application.
Now, we the rest of the family want to apply for our visitors visa. I don’t when is the appropriate time. Is it while she is still in Nigeria or when she gets to Canada?

H

Hello Everyone,
I am a new student in Lancashire but currently staying in a hotel. The Landlords here don’t want to rent their accommodation to me. Kindly advise on how I can overcome this challenge. I am looking for a 4bed flat to rent for my family.

Thanks

AlphaUno:




So sorry to hear this.
Try and get in touch your classmates if you share flats with anyone or check the school's accommodation to ease u a bit


This is part of what I was saying weeks back that some folks who got stranded financially have really dent others image with landlords, property owners, school authorities etc

UK is capital intensive, do your home work wella. By the way, 20 hr / week work as a student can not maintain you and pay the balance of your tuition o

Thanks for your input. Let me add that the accommodation I am looking for, is a flat for me and my family.

Nteogwuija:


That's sad. And there isn't a reason for not allowing you?

They said he wants to give someone that is working.

Hello Everyone,
I am a new student in Lancashire but currently staying in a hotel. The Landlords here don’t want to rent their accommodation to me. Kindly advise on how I can overcome this challenge.

Thanks

Hello everyone,
-Which bank is good for someone to open account with in the Uk as a student? For sending and receiving money from Nigeria and all that…
-What criteria is used in selecting school for the kids?

Thanks

Hello Everyone,
Considering the day 2 PCR test upon arrival at the UK. . How do I go about it. Do i go to test center or do they come to my hotel?
Kindly advise, its urgent.