Stephblues: Landing gist!!! Canada sweet nor be small.
I got to to the airport at about 4:45pm on the 10th of September. I tipped the security at the entrance to allow my husband and cousin in, the guy was just forming activity. When I got in, I was directed to NDLEA to check for drugs, that one too asked for tip. After there, the agricultural people sighted me and asked me to head to their counter because I had one bag of food. What I noticed is that if I wasn’t carrying a Ghana must go back, he wouldn’t have approached me. I paid 2k for the bag.
Then I moved on to the check in queue, mehn see crowd. British airways was fully booked. People traveling to the Uk for school as well were there on that day, I wished I had taken another airline. I stood for 4hrs before it got to my turn. Weighed my bags, everything was under the required weight though I had an extra bag which I paid $210 for. Note; please arrive early on the day of travel, else you stand a chance of missing your flight.
I was asked to show my Covid test, ArriveCAN, enrolment letter, passenger locator form(for BA passengers). Then I waited to get approval from Canada before I was allowed to fly. Approval came about 20mins later. I parted ways with my family, it was so hard leaving them behind especially the girls. Premium tears flowed but this is for the greater good.
Got to immigration and I was asked to go on the fast track because I gave the guy 1k. Went on to board my flight and we took off like 30 mins later. I slept most of the time as it was a night flight. Food wasn’t good at all, biko which one is over cooked garden egg and cheese? Landed in Heathrow, waited for another 8hrs before leaving for Toronto. This time, the food was better, it was rice and chicken something something(forgot the name, hunger dey catch me).
We landed after 7hrs 55mins. We weren’t allowed to get down because the crowd at the airport was much. Long story short, because of the queue, they took all our passports from us and printed our permits without questions.
No tests, nothing for me. Fully vaccinated. Just finished my second class for today. May the land of Canada favour me.
I wish everyone awaiting PPR all the best, you shall all experience this joy. You can reach out to me if you have any questions.
P.S I am chilling in my apartment, so much food from friends and family. Chai, this life sweet.
I have a bsc in geography and environmental mgt... and currently doing an advanced diploma in fashion business mgt... The key is a strong SOP... I had been running my own fashion business for years, so I made the VO understand I needed business training in the field of fashion to help the lapses I was experiencing in my business... So, the key is in your SOP... Let it be REALY CONVINCING
I already have a bsc in microbiology from 2013. After my nysc I worked for about two years as an IT intern and there after I opened a photography and graphic design company which has been my source of income till date.
I have been accepted into a 3 year advanced diploma in Computer systems Technology for May 2022. I would like to switch careers hence my choice. I have also paid the tuition deposit. I choose this program for it’s Co-op work experience options which is very important in IT to gain experience while working as well as to get more understanding of IT since it was not my initial study field.
How do I convince a visa officer that studying an advanced diploma is a good idea since I already have a bachelors in another field.
Can I do this with my statement of purpose?
Should I ask for a refund and find a graduate program in IT. Bear in mind my degree is a 3rd class and this might be hard to find a graduate program.
I have completed a certification in Cybersecurity from IBM and have a CompTia A+ certification. I really want to work in Cybersecurity.
I’m lost and don’t know where to go from here.
I need to apply for my study permit soon but I’m worried.
You can do your upfront medicals before or after putting in your application... I did mine same day I submitted my app. Your biometrics letter comes I think 24hours after you submit your application...
Kidsister13: Please a quick question, I see people talk of upfront medicals please at what point am I expected for go for medicals and biometrics? I just got my offer letter from centennial college and yet to pay for acceptance
Somekay: It’s my time!! It’s my turn!! What God cannot do does not exist!! I have come to return all the glory to God almighty.
Application submitted- May 12th Upfront Medical updated to passed- 5th July Biometric- still valid from 2018 Eligibility started- 7th September PPR- 9th September
He has turned my night of sorrow into a morning of joy. This journey I must say is not for the faint hearted. I prayed! and became weak. Filled with fear and anxiety, I sort help.
I connected myself to the prophecies of Fr Ebube Muonso; endless fasting and prayers (fasting is still ongoing as I write lol). I begged our mother Mary to intercede on my behalf to her son (our Lord Jesus Christ). PLEASE pardon my church thingy, I’m very emotional right now.
To all PPR hopefuls, those that were delayed and those still applying, God will do it for everyone.
To everyone on this platform who has assisted in one way or the other to help ppl, God bless you all. @Lianna tnx for ur advices(u foresaw my PPR yesterday lol) @Ebonieblack tnx for ur encouragement and @Rolly A, tnx for your responses. I do appreciate y’all.
So, I’m a first time applicant.. Applied May 14th BVL and PPR today.. The wait was frustratingly long.. First time applying for any visa oh... only been to Dubai twice and some African countries.
Please it’s important to note that I used an ircc consultant (KSA), and I found Nairaland after I had applied. It was after I got here and started reading up I discovered I made a terrible mistake... a week before we submitted my app, my husband liquidated his dollar IBTC investment into his Gtbank account and we submitted the MBS of that account as part of POF.... and we did not explain it.. I didn’t even tell my consultant... it was later when he did an Instagram live I realized... and I asked him what we should do, he said not to worry that we where packaged well... He insisted from the beginning that we do a gic of 20kcad... and we submitted that via web form like a week after I submitted my app... Let me also State that I never saw what my application profile looked like Becos he did not release my password to me... when I read here about releasing password and all, I checked within me, I had peace so, I left it.
Occasionally he would take a snap and send to me... I didn’t also get any NSE request as I submitted everything for that too including ielts with a band 7 score
When I was getting frustrated I insisted he orders my gcms notes in July... and it came back in august completely empty... no comments... even my medicals was not passed (lol)... I almost gave up... infact let me be frank... I gave up... after all my tapping... I remember tapping into Liannas profile then...(I just joined then)... I tapped into almost every PPR.. I got depressed one time and stopped coming for awhile.. later I started again... My friends that did Uk had traveled... it was easy.:. Yesterday I went to church and held hands with someone else and prayed an agreement prayer that my PPR must come today, as I had already resumed school online yesterday... Na so.... GOD ANSWERED...
I want to say big thanks to everyone here.... you guys are joy givers... I wondered what it would be like to also testify... now I have experienced it... if you are waiting be rest assured your testimony is just around the next hour in Jesus Name.
Course is fashion business mgt (advanced diploma) Seneca college Documents submitted
All the necessary forms Children’s birth cert My birth cert Hubby’s previous employment letter Hubby’s recent employment letter Mbs for dollar acc (hubby’s) MBs for naira acc (hubby’s) His banks introduction letters Stanbic IBTC pension statement with a letter stating that funds are readily available Stanbic IBTC naira investment statement with a letter stating exact amount of investment and that funds are readily available My company cac document My company MBS with less than 50k balance (lol) Our car purchase papers Our house documents 2 land documents (notarized) I snapped just the agreement pages A statement of net worth (notarized) An excel sheet stating my fees, living expenses,family monthly living expenses and all our funds including funds in my children’s acc.( this was to show the vo how much I needed, and how much we had available even with monthly expenses for my family back home)
Hmmmmm what else... Detailed SOP, my consultant corrected tire soteyyy when I read am finish I was like, the VO that will read this and not give me visa get witchcraft...
He also submitted his own detailed explanation... like an argument a lawyer will make for a client stating reasons why I needed the visa... he explained a lot.(I was impressed) Marriage cert Affidavit of sponsorship Police certificate Letter of sponsorship
I also screen grabbed my Instagram handle... for my fashion line and my fashion school... showing a lot of my work...
I think that’s it oh...
IT HAS ENDED IN PRAISE.... and IT WILL END IN PRAISE FOR EVERYONE WAITING... IN JESUS NAME.... AMEN
This is wickedness in its rawest form... It would be good to start calling these pages out on social media... so others wnt fall victim... such a wicked man...
OdabiP: Good evening Nairalanders, this is quite long but bear with me. Earlier this year (2021) I was referred to a page on IG that handles Canada study visa called “ Wokostravelofficial” . They apparently were into securing admissions for interested people at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada and I secured their services. After making all payments to one Kinsley Onuchukwu GTB 0568656274 (handler of the Wokos page) and successfully securing the admission, we moved on to the visa application stage and this is where things started going sideways.
While waiting on this, I also applied to another Canadian institution (Niagara College, Canada) and was offered an acceptance to the Broadcasting program with a co-op work permit attached to it but decided to use the Manitoba admission for my study visa since it came before the other Niagara own and I had already began the study visa process but I planned to switch when i eventually got the study visa.
After providing all the required documents needed for visa application ( international passport, my sponsors bank statement of 12M Naira and sponsorship letter, CAC documents, filling my family information form) to “ Wokos”, my application was submitted in early February 2021 and a week later I was invited to do biometrics screening which I did at the VFS center in Lekki.
Months passed and no feedback from the embassy and every time I messaged this guy he always give me different excuses ( COVID, this , that) so I lockup. He refused to give me the details to my IRCC login claiming he is handling many applications and cannot give the login details to everyone so any messages or requests from IRCC that I receive on my email I would have to ask him before he even tells me what was going on and which documents they were requesting for ( NSE documents like IELTS and Mybankstatement)
Eventually after a 5 months wait, he eventually sent me the rejection mail on the 24th of June claiming my application was unsuccessful . I was devastated and asked him if I could immediately request for my GCMS note to know the real reason my application was rejected but he insisted that I would have to wait for at least two months before even applying for GCMS. I doubted it but I waited, a month later in late July, I asked again about applying for GCMS note but he still dismissed it so I took the incentive and made some research on how to apply myself and I did.
After a month and some days later, I received the GCMS today (3rd of September 2021) and I am shocked to find out that they used duplicated documents for my study visa applications that had already been used in several other applications and I was being accused of fraudulent documentation and misrepresentation and being hit with a 5 years ban from all Canada visa applications .
The annoying part alongside this is that this agent was given some time ( June to July) to inform me on the misrepresentation allegations and to challenge it if need be but he did not and if I had not applied for the GCMS note myself I wouldn’t even know that I had been banned for 5 years. Also because Canada, US and Australia share information and data base I have also been told that the chances of me getting a visa in those 3 countries are now slim to none.
I would appreciate any information and ideas on the important next steps I would need to take to possibly appeal this ban. 5 years no be joke ��♂️. Please help a brother out ��
So I need help. Anyone able to deposit funds in GIC with CIBC? I am having issues doing this and payment instructions generated will expire on Tuesday. Can someone who has done it help with info how he/she did it? Thank you
So, in May, I applied for my hubby’s niece. I did everything myself just like I did my own application.
My hubby (her paternal uncle) sponsored her.
Application: May 14 Background check: May 14 Upfront Medicals: May 19 (updated to pass May 26, same day I submitted the e-slip). Biometrics: May 26 Applied for GCMS Notes: July 7 Received GCMS Notes: Aug 5 Eligibility started: Aug 5 BVL/PPR: Sept 2
Documents submitted:
PROOF OF FUNDS: *1 Full Year Tuition receipt *Sponsor’s company’s CAC certificate *Sponsor’s company’s Tax certificate *Sponsor’s MYBANKSTATEMENT Ticket and Password *Sponsor’s Bank Reference Letter *Sponsor’s Int’l Passport *Sponsor’s Letter of Sponsorship *Sponsor’s court sworn Affidavit of Sponsorship
MAIN DOCUMENTS * Immigration Forms *Letter of Acceptance *Letter of Co-op requirement *Birth Certificate *Int’l Passport Data Page
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS *Statement of purpose *WAEC Certificate and Result Printout *Travel Stamps on Int’l Passport
HOME TIES *Affidavit of Return signed by her parents *Parents and siblings birth certificates *Family Pictures with family & sponsor’s children
Economic Ties (personal and financial assets) *Her Father’s property deed of assignment (I indicated in her SOP that as her father’s first child, she is set to inherit the property, so would definitely return home). *I didn’t include her bank statement because it’s quite new and she’s underage. Based on that I wrote in her letter of sponsorship that her uncle would pay her living expenses into a GIC account that would be opened for her after her visa has been approved. Also, I included in her sponsorship letter that in addition to sponsoring her education and taking care of her living expenses that her uncle(sponsor) is committed to hiring her in his company after graduation, which is one of the reasons he’s sponsoring her. NOTE: her proposed program is in line with what his company does.
Once again, it has ended in Praise for my family!!!
POINTS TO NOTE: I went against the norm but God answered me still. *College application (she just turned 18yrs). *Uncle sponsorship *No personal bank statement
What might have worked in her favour *Uncle (Sponsor) paid one full year tuition *Bears same surname with Uncle *Uncle (Sponsor) indicated in his sponsorship letter that she’s his favorite niece who’s like a daughter to him. He also mentioned how bright and intelligent she is, and that he’ll do anything to see her fulfill her dreams and succeed in life. Also, he pointed out he had only two children aged 12 and 13, and that sponsoring his niece wouldn’t have any effect on his finances or resources because he has enough to cater for all. We backed up this claims with evidence.
For her SOP, I wrote how much she loves her chosen course and why she picked her DLI among a pool of other possible schools. I also mentioned why Nigeria wasn’t an option because of the combination of courses she’ll be studying, plus the interaction with students from various parts of the world which will in turn enrich her studying experience above what is obtainable here in Nigeria. Also that her studying in Canada Will give her an edge over her peers in the same industry, and equip her to be the best in her job in her uncle’s (sponsor) company on her return.
I believe all of the above plus fervent prayers sealed her approval. She even fasted at some point and sowed a seed of faith/thanksgiving.
God is indeed awesome.
It is JOYOUS CELEBRATION in my family right now��� WHAT THIS GOD CANNOT DO DOES NOT EXIST!
TO EVERYONE STILL AWAITING PPR, GOD WILL SURELY PERFECT IT JUST LIKE HE DID FOR MY FAMILY. HOLD ON TO HIM AND DON’T LET GO.
App submitted: May 14 Upfront medicals: May 14 Eligibility blank
Awaiting my goodnews
ManLikeMace: In the past we used to make a list of people who were waiting for PPR. Let’s do it again. Reply with the date you applied and if you did your medicals already and also your resumption month.
LadyMerciee: PPR ALERT!!! Good morning everyone!! May 4th applicant here!!! I’ve been a hopeful applicant and a silent reader on this platform and God gave me my ppr this morning. Timeline: May 4th: application submission May 7th: biometrics done July 8th: biometrics updated August 12th: upfront medical done August 16th: medical updated August 25th: Correspondence letter received September 1st: Passport request
I don’t know oh... I didn’t meet up with my first request to make payment too cos I needed to open and fund a dollar account and it took longer than I expected.. but once that was done, I filled the form again and got new transaction details... I was debited same day. 24 hrs later they responded
Enjay316: y my own kom tey?.mayb cos I cancelled my 1st application
Enjay316: from onset.just calculate not less than 2 weeks that's if u have ur funds already in ur Domiciliary account oo.after submission payment, budget 7-8 working days.they will tell u 4-5 days but its 7-8 working days.also make sure u follow all their payment instructions or else it cud take more than that.
Esom16: Omo....PPR just dropped for me this morning ooo. Ahh God!!!! I don't know how to feel but I am just so so so happy that I've cried, screamed...I don't know. Omo... please despite the refusals I'm seeing this morning, use my own and have hope abeg. God is still God and he makes the unqualified qualified. I'll still come back with my full time line and all. God is faithful!!!!... Ahhh I'm still screaming o.
Travel › Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 20 by fejiromich: 8:47am On Sep 24, 2021
