Ifeoma77:

You see that your electronic ECA? The hard copy is simply a print out. Nothing different. It's not even printed on any special paper, the very same A4 you use.
So by the time you receive the hard copy and then scan it for upload, you are back to square one.
If you want to use a hardcopy so bad, print your soft copy out in colour, then scan it back to soft copy

Badtt guy... The bolded got me

cutiep:
Abeg when is the next EE draw, it's over 17 days since the last one on Oct 29th. Currently at CSR 442, Sunday is my birthday...Oluwa, I need this ITA b4 my birthday....Pls who knows why the delay.

God will show up for you. You will testify. Get ready to pop champagne With ITA for your buffdai

cocococo:
Must everybody go to Canada? The craze is becoming too much. Canada, Canada, Canada! Some people will be writing IELTS up to 10 times all in the name of I must leave this country! The ones that manage to pass will run here and be saying, ‘Thank God I finally made it!’. While those that finally get the PPR will not let us hear word, be quoting different dates of the stages, like I care!
You guys are the ones making these developed countries look down on us! IELTS is making the standard of exam more difficult day be day, WES is adding WAEC for ECA, IRCC is increasing minimum POF and cost of application fee! But we are still patronizing them, pumping the money into their economy! By the time you reach there with all the funds you are taking into Canada, you have pumped so much money into a foreign country, money that you cannot generate and send back into your own country Nigeria from where the funds came out from, thus depleting our country of resources.

You just broke this table that has been shaking...and thanks for adding 50km/h to the speed the thread is going by.
And, we have noticed you Cocococo.

Ramj:



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It worked Ramj is a great teacher

@ebony9ja, at what point did you include the Canadian address to which your wife's PEBC ECA report was sent?

I will announce my success stories in this part of the thread. ECA, IELTS, ITA, PPR....it's possible. I'm next in line to testify.

wasseynewest:
Mail me pls

I've sent you a mail. Thanks

wasseynewest:
Pls don't buy any. You can contact me on wasiusanni2002@gmail.com

Please, I hope I can benefit from you in this aspect. Can I pm you?

Newmum0615:
Your eldership was conferred on you from heaven. Wetin you dey find again?

Our mama, I hope you landed well and the cancelled strike didn't affect. Enjoy your new home

Thank you. I will adopt this method.

wasseynewest:
[On some issues dt has called for debate btw IDP MOD Vs BC, Personally, i feel both are very similar but one must admit the pressure is not much at MOD centres compared to BC.

On whether Nigerians are deliberately marked down especially in WRITING, I believe so because in Nigeria, u just cannot trust anybody. Common! this examiners are paid from these exams & if they passed every1 easily, these might affect their pay too. Or, are we saying Indians that has the highest number of Immigrants are better than us in English? Surprisingly, we have seen testimonies from people that sat for IELTS in foreign countries and had better result compared to when they had it here in Naija.

Finally, let no one feel he/she cannot pass IELTS, i feel the difference btw those who axed it once & we that passed after multiple attempts is d time dedication to practice & background. With constant practice, we will become familiar with all question types and best approach to tackle them. Especially Writing, u have to write at least an essay(after careful study) per day to develop d writing skills "as required by IELTS". Same goes for Listening and Reading. These I personally discovered to be d secret to my success in IELTS. I began to write 2 letters a day, 3 Listening practice on YouTube with max concentration & a Reading test each day. This really helped me in the exam cos there is hardly a question type I have nvr practiced, thus saving me huge amount of time to crosscheck my R,W & L. Above all, PRAYER IS THE MASTER KEY

joo2018:
Yes o! I also vote for impeachment!
The bombastic antics and rambunctious shennigans of @raphrulz and @dumprep is becoming too voraciously odoriferous and malignant to the progressive sanctitude of this thread.

Hmmmm..... Who banged my head with all these Grammer. Ielts acers, come interpret biko

Congrats to you. Now you can forge ahead.

I don't get this. You are the second person today with a remark with BC coming out negative and aced all with MOD. why is BC like this? And to think I'm about writing my first with BC (it's the only one available in my city). Na God get power. I will prepare harder Kenan!

Masekid:
Praise be to the ALMIGHTY GOD.

Silent reader here!

People I have passed IELTS at last.

1st attempt BC (Aug18): LRWS 8,7,6.5,7.5 Remark came back negative.
2nd attempt BC(SEPT27): LRWS 8.5,7,6.5,7.5 Remark came back negative today o.
3rd attempt MOD (OCT29): LRWS 9,7.5,7,8

Crs score @ 460.

The writing module almost made me go crazy, after going through almost all sites you can think of.

I wanna say a special thank you to @ArcUgo for the writing material he posted. It made a difference.

I wish everyone the very best in this PR journey. It shall all end in praise.

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


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

Congrats Nazor83. Mine is also a family of 5 and I pray for a smooth sail too. Go and prosper

jelmusboy:
If people cannot get slot for medicals till January 2019, just wondering about the thousands of people trying to leave this country.

Las las, na Buhari and Oshiomole go remain here.

Congrats to all PPR and ITA clinchers

Na only them O. Make them full ground for hia

aworldcitizen:
Praise to the Lord the Almighty the king of creation!
Gather round people, it's PPR!

Below is my timeline
Decision to travel August 2017.
Family of 5
Visa office: initially London, moved to kyiv in August.
IELTS: September 2017.
My IELTS was written once and was perfect 9,8,8,8.
Spouse IELTS 7.5,7.5,7,7
ECA: Masters Nov 2017
Entered the pool Dec.
ITA January
AOR January 17th 2018
Medical Passed Feb 11th 2018
IP1 Feb 12th 2018
IP2 Feb 27th 2018
Then silence. Not even a single ADR.
Ordered 1st GCMS notes April 2018 everything looked perfect.
Then complete silence.
Ordered 2nd GCMS notes July 2018, this never arrived
Wrote Raplh who confirmed Eligibility and Security not yet started.
More silence, not even a ghost update
October 3rd 2018 ordered 3rd set of GCMS notes. Arrived Nov. 1st. Still same as April notes. My file had not been touched since March 2018. Eligibility and Security not yet started.
Wrote a 3rd mail to Ralph on Nov 4th who was gracious enough to respond (Ralph responds only once). He confirmed that my eligibility and security was not yet started and my application cannot be expedited.
Nov 8th, like a dream ! my PPR!

Checked email and profile this morning and saw nothing.

By 2pm during my lunch break, I saw a mail notification, I wanted to ignore but decided to check.

I saw a mail from donotreply@cic.gc.ca that I have an update on my profile. I was excited, that finally I am getting a ghost update / adr.

I logged into my cic acct and saw my profile was updated. I was so excited,thinking it was just a ghost update and that finally my file was receiving attention. I wanted to log out but I felt the nudge to proceed and click on view complete application which I did.

Nothing seemed to have changed, my background check was still in process, I was about to log out again, when I felt that urge to scroll further down to the mail section.

I saw I had a new mail, titled request letter. I already concluded that it was an ADR for fresh bank statement. Love and behold, it was the almighty PPR.

I wasn't expecting it to come without an ADR for updated POF since my application had been pending for almost 10months. I lost appetite immediately, and was was just screaming. I couldn't share the news with my colleagues, so I just lied to them that my husband got a new job!�.

I am immensely grateful to God Almighty who did not put me to shame. Delay is not denial. Though it tarries, it must surely come.

Thank you all for all the love and support.

Off to take my pictures and submit tomorrow.

This year has been so challenging. hubby and I lost our jobs, all our money tied at POF, we were feeding from Hand to mouth and struggled to pay school fees. Infact this September, we had to change their schools to a very cheap school.

God bless you all.

Congrats aworldcitizen. Go and flourish. Dancing as onto for you

Congrats dumprep. Happy for you. God and prosper

dumprep:
Hello fam

Yay! COPR in the bag hand!!

Timeline
Passport Submitted at VFS Lekki: October 18
Visa Approved: October 31
Pick Up Mail (PUM): November 5
Received Passport with COPR: November 7
Landing: December 9

#Thankful#Overjoyed

Congrats. God did it. I'm encouraged

amdman:
Its PPR!!!! What sweet relief on a day I got to work totally upset! Thanks to God that made all the crooked paths straight and to this great family of helpers. We should host a get-together in Canny soon.

So here’s my timeline:

IELTS: L S R W – 8.5, 8, 9, 7 - March 25, 2017. I did this test when I learnt of EE via the earlier versions of this thread.
ECA: February 16, 2018 IQAS (evaluated only LL.B). This was actually paid for in May 2017, but I was no longer eager about immigrating. Eventually sent docs to IQAS in January 2018 when I asked myself whether na so we go dey dey?!.
ITA: April 11 – chose the unaccompanying spouse option to boost CRS scores as wifey was not in a position to evaluate her degrees and write IELTS at the time. Will be going the spouse sponsorship route in the days ahead so watch out for more info on that.
AOR: July 9
IP1/MEP: July 26 – Na there I dey o….. until I open my mail this morning and saw READY FOR VISA…
PPR: Nov 5

Visa office – Unknown
Work History – No employer reference letter. Instead, I used reference letter from ex-colleague stating duties (not notarized) with company ID attached, appointment letter, promotion letter, salary review letters, resignation letter, payslips for last six months
POF: Stanbic IBTC Mutual Funds Letter only! No bank reference or statement included. A few days ago (Oct 30), I liquidated the investment and moved the funds to a Bank as FD. On Nov 2, I raised CSE and submitted FD Certificate and LOE explaining the liquidation (no bank statement or reference included)

God did the rest.

Best wishes to all of us that are still in various stages. Na only time e go take… if you persist, you will get to the Promised Land.

Congrats. You were favored. Go and prosper in Cannyland

Chicituababe:
PPR guys!!!....
I'v been a silent reader kinda n have waited sooooooo long to do this!!!!
I'v been on d canada dream for so long...... as in so long i cant write it all but ill just drop my current time line.

25th April, 2018: ITA
12th May: AOR
24th May: IP1/ ADR (To upload the right ECA from IQAS). Contacted IQAS severally and finally on 25th of june, found out assessment done for me was Educational not immigration. So i was directed to re apply to IQAS for re assessment and make fresh payment . Did same on the same date ( Iqas informed me it will take them 12 to 13 weeks to release new ECA) so the wait started and CIC kept sending me letters to submit or app will be rejected.
17th October: received ECA from IQAS n forwarded to CIC immediately.
1st November: MEP
2nd November: IP2
6th November: PPR

Expectantbee:


Thanks for your response. Someone just sent this to me

This country don tire me!

ontarioissauga:

Do you wanna repurchase it?

If you provide me with your pof, I will gladly do
You are so hilarious. Been following your responses for ages. Why did you change your former moniker sef? That one fit you berra�����

adeleks:
Unilorin guys that want to send transcript. I was there today..... Doing mine with ICES. Requested for softcopy.
Will update you. They said it will take 3 weeks to process.

Note, I'm evaluating my masters only so I went to the Pg school. 1st degree will go through alumni office

Thanks. I will be following you back to back. My hubby also wants to evaluate his PhD from Unilorin with ices. You will be my resource person pls

wasseynewest:
Pls u can't just give up at this stage. With prayer &
perseverance, victory is surely urs. I strongly advise u study with ielts Liz for that writing. Contact me on wasiusanni2002@gmail.com to send u some Liz writing materials I purchased online.

Please can you send the purchased materials to me at chloefatigun@gmail.com. Thank you so much

joo2018:
Yes, Yes, Yessssssssssssssss.
My hope was not cut short today!!!!!!!!

Congrats boss

bankyh1905:
Please can you explain where you found the address because I can't see anything here.

The billing address refers to the address you filled while opening the account from which you are making payment. Your bank account

Thank you so so much. I was just reading through the the thread when I saw this. I've been trying to pay for my evaluation since last week but I thought it didn't go through coz I was using Hotspot from my phone. As I read this, I tried again using the address I registered at the bank and... Bingo! Didn't even think that could be a problem. Thanks again. God bless you

ArcUgo:
Make sure the address you input when paying with your card is the exact address on your account if not it won't go. You can confirm your address by logging into your internet banking and check your account statement; the address should be by the upper left corner.

AdesegunSanni89:
It depends on whether you did coursework during your PhD program. In my case I did coursework in Unilag and my PhD transcript was sent for verification. If transcript isn't available, your institution may send a 'letter of award'.

Thanks a million. Didn't do coursework. I guess the letter of award will suffice.

Please people, is there a transcript for PhD? Or what will be sent to ICES? The certificate?

joo2018:
Notarization: Lawyer, big money.
Affidavit: Court, commissioner of oaths, cheap.
Both accepted for Canada EE.

Thanks #hugs#

Thanks for this. So simplified

fmsimple:
Abridged step-by-step procedure for Canada express entry

Step 1: Take IELTS and attain CLB 9 (viz: band score of 8777 in LRWS)
CLB 9 gives candidates additional language points boost of 50–60 points. If you are able to reach the score of 440+ without CLB 9, that is fine too.
Cost - Approx 70k every time you take IELTS.

Step 2: Get your ECA done (approx 6–8 weeks, could be more)
ECA is Education Credential Assessment. It is done by multiple organisations (WES one of them) and provides you the Canadian equivalent degree assessment of your native country education.
Cost - Depends on the assessor organization.

Step 3: Create EE profile on CIC website with your attained IELTS score and ECA
Making a profile enters you in the pool of candidates waiting for the ITA (Invitation to Apply). Make sure all the information mentioned in the profile is accurate as you will be asked to provide proof of all that information once you are selected.
Cost - 0

Step 4: Wait for the draw to reach your score and receive ITA afterwards
The ROI (Rounds of Invidation) happens every 3–4 weeks. The Canadian govt declares the min cut off score of the EE profile and all the candidates having that score or score more than it will get ITA. The score varies and is tweaked to meet a certain number of applicants quota per ROI.
Cost - 0

Step 5: Post ITA, you get 60 days to submit your documents
After candidate's receive ITA, they are suppose to provide documents and proofs of all the information mentioned in their profile along with few others. The documents/information needed from the candidates are:
Travel Document (Passport) of all applicants
Digital Photograph of all applicants
Proof of Employment of primary applicant
Proof of Funds of primary applicant
Proof of Medical of all applicants
Proof of Education & IELTS of all applicants
Police Clearance Certificate (From all countries where you have resided for 6 months or more) of Pry applicant (and accompanying spouse)
Cost varies as Medical cost, PCC fees, Notarization fees etc varies on location.

Step 6: Submit documents, pay Immigration Fee and wait for the PPR (PassPort Request - For stamping)
After submitting the documents and paying the Immigration fees, the Canadian Immigration officers verifies the documents and information provided. This generally takes 3–6 months (sometimes even more!) depending on the application type, countries a person has resided in and most importantly, the immigration visa office where the application has been sent for processing and how much application backlog is there.
Cost - 300k per adult / 43k CAD per child

Step 7: PPR received. Submit Passport and get Canada CoPR (Confirmation of PR)
Once the documents are verified, candidates are intimated about the result of their application via mail. On successful processing, candidates are required to submit the passports of all the applicants for the Visa Stamping and CoPR. Passport is being sent by VFS Global and the stamped passport are returned to the designated address within 2 weeks along with 2 copies of CoPR.

Step 8: Reach Canada on CoPR and apply for PR card
Applicants are suppose to travel to Canada within the tenure mentioned on the passport. The tenure is generally till the time passport is valid or till medical proof is valid, whichever is earlier. In any case, visa will not be for more than 1 year.
Applicants are suppose to plan their travel, temporary or permanent migration, to Canada within the Visa timelines and submit one copy of CoPR at the time of landing. The other copy is stamped and returned.
Submitting CoPR means that Candidates have successfully landed in Canada and this in turn initiates the PR card application for each applicant.

Step 9: Receive PR card (2–3 months)
Official PR Card processing time is 62–65 days and the PR card will be couriered to the address given by the applicants at the time of their landing. The address has to be a Canadian address.
PR Card will be delivered to the address within 50–80 days. In case you have performed soft landing (temporary migration) just to fulfill the landing formalities before the Visa expires, you can request any friend coming to your Naija to bring along your PR card.
PR cards are not couriered outside Canada and have to be delivered in person in such scenarios.

Step 10: You are Canadian PR. Enjoy!
Once you have your PR card, you are officially a Canadian PR. Have fun!
PR card is provided with validity of 5 years. A person is suppose to live in Canada for 730 days in consecutive 5 years to continue his/her PR card for next 5 years after the expiry.
If a person has stayed in Canada for more than 1095 days in consecutive 5 years, he/she is eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship.


Some Acronyms Frequently Used in this post & during Visa Processing:
CLB - Canadian Language Benchmark
ECA - Education Credential Assessment
EE - Express Entry
ROI - Round of Invitations
ITA - Invitation to Apply
CoPR - Confirmation of Permanent Residency
PPR - Passport Request
PR - Permanent Resident (Residency)

Ifeoma77:

Typing the letter on your laptop = free
Printing = #50
Signing (pen) = #50
Transport to nearest high court = #50 - #1000
Notarizing in high court = #1500 - #2500
Transport back home = #50 - #1000
Scanning = #0 - #200

You're welcome

Must it be notarized? What of stamp and signature of commissioner of oaths? Or the latter is not accepted?

joo2018:
It is really your choice to or not to do.
1. You can buy the TBill and submit. To clear the case officer's mind, you can add the SOA, LOE and the deed gift. Tbill seems to me to be an extra sign of proof that the money is yours.
2. Wait till after AOR to buy the Tbill. Submit bank reference letter + LOE + Deed gift

thank you for your input always.

thanks. I thought there will be a letter from him affirm the gift and justify it. i get it now

Pacowo:


Hi

Don't understand what you mean by reason. No his statement was not included. Gift deed prepared and signed by commissioner for oaths (at high court)