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Hi everyone, been in toronto for almost 5 months, yet to do my landing gist tho, its not been easy settling down during covid. I don't mind connecting with people in toronto/ newbiz like me that also just landed, would be nice to have to some reasonable nigerian friend's. Don't know if there's a whatsapp group or dm me if you wanna connect.

2aify2017:
Hello guys, please can anyone introduce me to any Naija what's app group in Ontario. I am interested in identifying myself with all the available groups. Thanks.

Same here, is there a whatsapp group for Ontario or toronto people?

Palaexpress:
People have used various methods sir/ma, including the method I recommended. I have got 3 friends with PPR. This was what they did. It doesn't mean you are wrong!

All the best

I guess i was just learning about the fix word for the first time lol, so pple fix money ok na, anything that works then

Ibelieveinme:
Did you refund the money after submitting your application or you had it till you got PPR or landed

Still have it till now

Palaexpress:
Yes!
1. Get the money into your account
2. Get a gift deed from the giver (family member)
3. Fix the money for 6months and obtain the certificate.
4. Get a bank reference letter from your bank
5. Get your bank statement showing the sender of the money

Your POF is ready!!!

This is what you do
1. Get money in your account
2. Get deed of gift, doesn't hv to be from the giver, just ensure giver signs it. I prepared my deed myself nd gave my mum and the other parties i used as witness to sign nd i notarised it. (I'm a lawyer)
3. My mom gave me her transfer slip of the money from her account to mine
4. My bank statement
5. Bank ref letter, this is required by cic for pof
Thats all, you can decide to attach other things
If you want, i did an affidavit which i got my mum to sign (not necessary) just anything to prove funds without being to extra. Don't be too extra!

Palaexpress:
No. You get the certificate immediately. Fixing for 6 months just shows that you have control over the money. You can fix tomorrow, get your certificate immediately and submit your PR application nextweek�

Hmmmmm fix ke. You pple should not complicate things for yourself na. I got ppr, didn't fix anything, don't even know what fix is. Just tell whoever family member to send you the money in your account, do your deed of gift, and submit your application with your relevant docs. At least thats what i did. You pple don't do adequate research thats the cause of all these.

kingkhalil:
PPR GIST (LONG POST ALERT!!!!!)

Timeline:

NOC: 4112 (Lawyers and Quebec Notaries)
ECA:
P:A- WES (January 2019). Later Cancelled
IQAS: (Paid January 2019, Completed June 2019)
Wifey: ICES (Paid March 2019, Completed July 2019)
IELTS (3 Attempts)
BC: L 8.5, R 6.5, W 6.0, S 7:5
BC (Computer Based): L 8.5, R 8.0, W 6.5, S 8.0
MOD: L 9.0, R 8.0, W 7.0, S 7.5
Wifey’s IELTS: L 8.0, R 9.0, W 6.5, S, 7.5
CRS Score: 467
ITA: September 4, 2018
AOR: October 16, 2019
Medical Passed/BIL: November 1, 2019
CSE Raised December 2019 to know Visa Office
RPRF Request: January 16, 2020 (Paid same day)
GU: January 22, 2020
PPR: January 24, 2020
Passport Submitted: January 29, 2020
COPR: February 19, 2020
Passports collected: February 26, 2020
Visa Office: Ottawa
Days: About 100 days
Mood: Ecstatic



See y’all in Canada. If you are coming to Edmonton or are in Edmonton already, holla at your boy!..

Ahhh same submission nd copr date. Meaning my passport is also ready for pickup.
I'm a lawyer too but going to toronto.

kingkhalil:
Mine got approved last Wednesday. called VFS (Lagos) this morning, nothing yet. Said to call back by Tomorrow

Same here. Please update how it goes tomorrow

Leepar:
Got PPR on the 3rd of February

Submitted passport at VFS Lagos office on the 5th of February..



just one to know if im still on track.. seniors who have experienced this before please help.

not gotten any update that my passport has even been received although this might be a VFS tracking problem

Submitted mine on the 29th of January, nothing yet but I'm sha going there on wednesday as its just a stroll from my office plus on thursday my cic profile got updated to approved and the counterfoil thing was there. So I'm going to vfs, text or no text

Please someone should help with the process of obtaining law school transcripts. Plus if anyone has a contact at the abuja law school that could help speed up the process. Please help!

Please someone should help with the process of obtaining law school transcripts. Plus if anyone has a contact at the abuja law school that could help speed up the process. Please help.

pointmarshal:
Hello House,

When uploading the Nigeria Police Certificate, do you upload only the pink page or all the pages with finger prints etc....

Someone just shared that an application got rejected because they provided incomplete police certificate

I submitted only the pink part and got ppr. I don't think thats the reason why applications get rejection for pcc o

Please question for the lawyers in the house. I want to start this NCA thing but I'm confused on the transcript part. Is it bot uni and law sch transcript I'm to send to NCA people or just law school transcript?

Bogini:
It's our 3rd week here in Canada. It's been beautiful thus far.
Just thought to encourage someone here who's waiting for IELTS, waiting for ITA, PPR..... It's just a matter of time, and your wait will be worth it.

Just hang in there!

Hows the cold, plus hows apartment search. Planning to travel next month

eryosa0:
My people ppr just droooooooped. Mehn this feeling is something else, i can finally breathe.
I'll be back for the full and very long long story which i started writing last year

So I'm a story teller so here's my ppr gist/story.

Decision to travel
I've always wanted to travel to canada right from when i was a kid ( plus am a bini girl, abroad is in our blood), anyway i would see canada flyers as a child and hide it, telling myself i would go someday.
So you see in March 2018, the guy i was with for years travelled for his masters and he just left without even stating what was going to happen to us, only for months after he got there and he said he couldn't do long distance. 2018 was basically a tough year for me trying to move on. But that brought the strong urge to put my dreams to action, cause i felt if i relocated it could help me get back with my ex, anyway along the line in the pr journey i was like screw him! I'm going to do this for me. We still talk, I'm just trying to be mature about the whole remaining friends nonesense. Anyway so i began. I always wanted to travel through school, but not knowing were the funds would come from discouraged me and by 2018, my parents were planning on sending my brother for his masters in 2019 so who was i to even talk about my plans. But i kept on having faith and by december 2018, i told my mom of my plans and she agreed to sponsor me lowkey while my sister(who's also abroad) and my dad take care of my brother. My dad still doesn't know till now. Shhhhhhhhh.

And so the journey started

ECA
Being a lawyer i opted for iqas preparing my mind for the 6 months timeline. I did my international passport in december, submitted my application with iqas and then waited for uniben to send my transcripts. Uniben sha fraustrated me and being in lagos and working, there was nothing i could do. My mom sha had to go to the school for me and they finally sent my transcript by April 2019. Uniben i hail una. And so the 6months wait with iqas began. Iqas thought me patience.

IELTS
While waiting for my eca, i began ielts. This one ehn really taught me faith. You see that 2 week waiting for results was what i hated the most, with the whole anxiety it brought. Reading was my major struggle, i would see people with 8 and 9 in reading and be asking how lol. I sha took the exam 3 times. Here's my ielts results.
1st exam 9th February- 8.0, 6.0, 6.5, 6.5 - LRWS
2nd exam, one date in march can't remember - 8.0, 6.5, 7.0, 7.5- LRWS i cried ehn, was on my way back from court with my head of dept when i checked. I asked him if i could go home and he refused, i sha was just crying in his car, he even accused me of blackmailing him with tears. Seriously! mtcheeeeew
3rd exam 27 April- 8.0, 8.0, 7.5, 8.0 -LRWS
I sha aced it.

Eca continues...
Waited for iqas ehn. Report was finally ready by September 16th.

Dived into the pool with a score of 475 and got ITA in the September 18th draw.

Pcc
This was scary for me but God rescued me. I went to the wrong office and had the wrong people do it for me even paid 7k. But on my way out i met an inspector who worked in the finger print dept and he really helped. Even later met the inspector moshood. That inspector that helped now later started asking me out lol like seriously. Uploaded only the pink page. That finger print page was wahala abeg.

Employment.
I've worked in 2 places for 3 yrs. In the first i was paid in cash. Got a reference letter, signed and with the NBA seal. For my current employment it wasn't easy as oga that was to sign was hardly around. Was sha able to get him to sign. I added my Nysc posting letter, Nysc Acceptance letter from my office, Discharge certificate and employment letter together with the reference letter.

Passport.
I used my phone o lol. Just stood on my office wall as it is painted white. Snapped, cropped it and sent. I was scared about this sha.

Pof
My mom came through for me. It was difficult as it was at that week my brother got his visa for masters and she had to get him ready to travel. But she came through anyway. 100% pof from my mom. I prepared the deed of gift and sworn affidavit as a lawyer [sub][/sub] Also attached the transfer receipt, bank 6 months statement ( highlighting the transfer, salary payment at my current work), i attached a bank letter, my birth certificate showing my mom's name there as my mother and also a loe explaining any thing that looked unclear.

Medicals.
Iom, had to beg for september 30th date

Aor/post Aor
Submitted 2nd October, paid rprf upfront.
Med/Bil october 15th
Bil done October 18, vfs lagos is a stroll from my office
Raised 1st cse to include salary certificate of my 1st employer as i was paid in cash. @Ladymarshall i copied your format. Also submitted another reference letter from my current employer as the first had errors in it.
Then the real wait began.
Raised 2nd cse to know visa office and if anything has been passed. They sha didn't tell me my visa office, only that criminality is in progress mtcheeeeew. Like its visa office i was more interested in knowing.

Called in december, got to know that medicals amd criminality was passed, nothing else started.

By 26th of December, i got a job, deep down i knew it was not really what i wanted but i accepted it telling the employer of my application. When he sent me a message 2 wks ago that i was still employed, i cried ehn like which kin job be this sef lol ( when i really needed a job it didn't come, see now) it was soo confusing but i kept praying.

Called ircc again last monday just to see how far plus if it could help me decide whether or not I'll still take the job, the person that answered was just annoying kept telling me to wait till the 6 months that eligibility and security was still in progress and everything looked good that i should be patient (mumu person)

I sha concluded i wasnt going to take the job.

On the 28th of January i woke up by past 1am, checked my profile and saw a ghost update mehn my heart start to beat.

Fastfoward to the next night i couldn't sleep, sha woke up by past 2am and saw the ppr mail sitting in my email since 1:27 am ahhhh the joy ehn, it felt like all my burdens had been lifted and i could finally breathe. This process is not easy o

Advise
Pray hard, pray everyday. Don't be anxious it hard not to, but just try. Have faith and patience, it helped me.( everyday as i pass by vfs officeon my way to and fro from work i would always pray and remind God of my application)
Also, don't lie in your application so you can sleep well at night.
Snap your application before submitting so that on days you are not sure of something you can check to ease your mind. I didn't do that and i regretted it cause it made me worry all through like what if i made a mistake somehere.
Also if you're in a group chat especially with those indian people, sha don't let them make you anxious or give you high bp.

Ps. I prepared part of this in November by faith as i had a feeling that the excitement of ppr won't make me type a proper story. I hope you all enjoyed it.

Can't wait to break the news to my dad���

Summary

Aor: 2nd oct
Mep/bil: 15th Oct
Bil submitted: 18th oct
Gu: 28th january
Ppr: 29th jan dated 28th jan
Visa office: ottawa
Noc: 4112 ( lawyers and qubec notaries)
Crs: 478

Signing off now, thanks everyone, this group kept me sane.

My people ppr just droooooooped. Mehn this feeling is something else, i can finally breathe.
I'll be back for the full and very long long story which i started writing last year

ednut1:
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Ok thanks

Question please for those who have done biometrics. Do i need to carry a coloured version of the biometics letter to vfs for the biometrics or will a black and white copy suffice

Quick question please. Where i served for nysc i got retained there and i got a reference letter saying I've worked there from july 2017- till date. (This is inclusive of my time as a corper and full time staff) so I'm not really claiming nysc. My question is that do i state nysc in my personal history. I don't know if i couched this question well but your thoughts would really help.

Please add me to the september Aor group too