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Homguy:
aaahhhhhh!!!.
A lawyer was about charging me 35,000 naira at Akure. Thanks "bigly".

It's 1k in Ikeja

ijoseda:
People of God, help me o! Let me summarise my long post.

For PoF, I am expecting some money for work done and it'll cover the PoF required. However, I intend to print bank statement for October -December (the fund will be in my account for just 6-8weeks). Is there a problem with this? Should I wait for the fund to be 'breathing' in my account for 3 months before printing out statement of account?

Thank you!

All you need is to prove the inflow is legitimately yours and not borrowed.

Perhaps you do a 6-month bank statement and show previous large inflows.
May convert the funds to TB. Best wishes.

ysteph:
I'm no doctor but I'll advise you invest some money in cerelec and feed your little one before you visit the paediatrician. Since she's active I doubt there's any underlying medical issue. Just stay positive. all will be well.

No need for Cerelac please.
One week of super nutrition wont increase the BMI.

Temas:
Hello house.. I know God want to make this testimony a sweet one. well we had our medical with qlife on Monday. daughter was flagged for being underweight ( 3rd percentile) whatever that means. we were told CIC might return our case for further test. we received a call today that CIC did return our case that daughter should see a paediatrician and further report is needed( qlife is charging 30k). Anything we should be worry about against daughter's health and our application. we are yet to get an appointment with the paediatrician.

I can relate to your anxiety. But all will be well. The further check is to evaluate there is no chronic ailment involved. Perhaps she's not eating well or has low appetite. Best wishes.

prex29:
Hi to everyone with good news and those still on it, it will surely happen for you IJN. Just keep at it.

I have a quick question:

I am currently filling the PR application online (got ITA!, we thank God), under the educational history do I need to include my undergraduate degree details since I only claimed points (with ECA) for my masters degree ?

Yes you should.
By the way, you need an undergraduate degree to qualify for Master's in the first instance.

jneo:
Hello guys, I just discovered this thread this evening. We just received our ITA yesterday, my wife is the primary applicant. We have started filling the application form online. So, we inquired and got to know that the hospitals for the test were Children practice and Q life hospitals in lagos. Now, our issue is that the first hospital said they weren't attending to Canada testings for now while the second hospital said the next available date for testing is in December. Guys, are those the only hospitals for the test? And if they are, what do we now do?

Go to one of the hospitals, arrive as early as possible. Explain your situation. Some appointments are usually open or unused and may be reassigned to you. Best wishes.

sinie:
please oh, Someone please advise me what to do.

I really want to be in the pool by next draw because with my 444 i'm very nervous the Cut of will soon go out of my reach. My Only problem is the soft copy of my ECA had been mailed to me since Sept 10th and uptil now I haven't received it. ( PEBC does not upload ECA RESULT online you have to wait for the soft copy to get to you.) Can I use my PEBC ID no for the ECA report no and quote September 10th as the date?

Please anyone that has experienced something like this should help me out.

Takes about 3 weeks to get to Naija.
Apply for another ECA copy and use a proxy or friend's address in Toronto. That should take 3-4 days to deliver.

Some of the important things you should get done as a newcomer in your first week after landing

David S. Lesperance

Step 1: Make a list of your personal effects which you will a) be flying with; b) be shipping by container. For immigration (deals with the person) purposes you are an individual who is accepting Canada’s offer to permanently reside in Canada. For customs (deals with goods) purposes, you are a new resident of Canada. Since it is your intention to reside in Canada for more than 12 months, you will be entitled to bring in personal effects free of duty. To speed up the process, I would highly recommend that you pre-fill B4E form.

Step 2: Book and board a flight to Canada

Step 3: On arrival at the Customs hall, you will stand in the Visitor line. Like everyone on the plane you will fill in E-311 form. When you get to the front of the line, you will then meet a human official of Canada Border Services who is working at the Primary Inspection Line. Hand the officer your Canadian permanent residence paperwork, passport and E-311 Form. Indicate to the officer that you are moving to Canada for the first time and that you have some personal effects in your luggage and some that will be shipped later. The official will first refer you to the Secondary Immigration Inspection Area. They will do this by making an annotation on your E-311.

After you walk away from this first officer, a second officer will look at your E-311, note the annotation and direct you to Immigration Secondary. There you will line up to meet an initial officer, who will read your E-311 and ask for your passport and permanent residence paperwork. If secondary is busy you will be asked to sit and wait for someone to call your name. Once you meet with the processing officer in immigration secondary, they will “land” you, which is the administrative process of becoming a permanent resident. They will also take your photo for the Permanent Resident Card which will be created later. This card will be mailed to you in about 6 weeks. If you do not have a Canadian mailing address at the time of landing, you will need to provide one online later. They will then release you to retrieve your baggage.
After you recover your luggage but before you leave the secured area, another officer will look at your E-311 form and refer you to Customs Secondary. At secondary, they will review your pre-filled B4E form. They may or may not also check your luggage to determine if a) any contraband or b) confirm the items listed on your B4E as accompanying.
Once you are finished with secondary, you will then be directed out of the secured area and into the airport proper. IOW: Canada!

Step 4: Ship your goods: Assuming that you will send a container with some personal effects, then you will need to deal with this customs documentation. Depending on your port of arrival and where you are shipping the goods, you will need to ‘clear these goods’ on arrival by following the instructions given either by your shipper or the Customs Secondary Officer.

Step 5. After arrival secure basic new Canadian documentation: It varies from province to province but I will give you the example of the province of Ontario.

a) Social Insurance Number: This is the basic Federal taxpayer identification number and can be obtained on-line or at an office. Note: When Canadians talk about a “SIN card”, they are referring to this document, not a scorecard of spiritual transgressions.

b) Provincial health insurance: You are entitled to national health coverage, which is administered by each province. Here is the process for Ontario Health Insurance (OHIP). Note that there is a 3 month waiting period for new residents of Ontario before coverage starts so make sure you continue your current insurance or obtain travel insurance to cover this three month period;

c) Driver’s Licence: This is a bit more complicated depending on whether you are coming from one of the countries which has automatic transfer rights with Ontario. Read this information carefully and secure the proper records before leaving for Canada;

d) Bank Accounts and Credit Cards: As a new resident of Canada, you will have no banking history or credit rating. Therefore I would highly recommend that you open an account with HSBC and obtain a credit card from them. You will then have a) a debit and credit card that you can use in Canada without incurring heavy wire transfer fees; and b) an opening for a relationship with a Canadian Bank that will make it easier for you to open a Canadian bank account and credit card as HSBC Canada will work with HSBC . You can later choose another Canadian bank, but this is a great starting point.

Swtibogirl88:
Hello house...
Please I am having a little problem. I am filling my application form. When I click on "save and add" , appendGrid ....not Initialised shows up...
Please I need help

Refresh your browser. Log out and re-login.
Occasionally it's due to CIC system downtime.

pointednose:
Hello everyone,

I just joined this thread and I have read up a lot. God bless you all. Please I have some questions and clarifications and will be glad if you can help me answer them.

I had once evaluated my bachelor's degree through Wes USA (not immigration). Do I still need to send my transcript from my school to Wes again, or they can just transfer to Wes Canada since they have the transcript in their archive? Do I need to pay new application fee? Do WES a mail, I bet your answers are better obtained from them. However, ECA for immigration is different from those for educationation and other purposes.

Also, my husband has ICAN qualification and a diploma in IFRS. Do any of these qualifications count? Which of the evaluating bodies accept and give points for them? No idea. Wait for comments from others.

I have a bachelor's and doctorate in physiotherapy. Physiotherapy is a profession in the medical sciences even though it was not listed in the CIC website as a professional degree. I got my doctorate as a transitional/bridging program after my bachelors degree. The duration was for one year. How should I get this evaluated. Can my doctorate be equivalent to masters/professional degree? Do I have to submit both my bachelor's and the doctorate degree transcripts, putting in mind that I only did the doctorate program for one year because I already have a bachelor's, or do I have a chance of two certificates. A one-year doctorate degree may not fly. Minimum duration for such degree is 3 years FT. And I suppose Physiotherapy isn't recognized as a professional program in Canada. Perhaps you could get a 2 certificates ECA.

Please my beautiful people, help me on top of this matter.

Thank you.

Response in bold.

Eskunyet87:
Good evening House, I have some questions:
1. Using bank account as POF, should the statement be 6months prior to application for pr or 6months prior to submission of profile.
2. My wife's certificates and passport bears her maiden, should we stick to this in the whole process of application, or use the new name (My name).

Thanks.

6-month to application for PR.
By "my name", I assume you meant your "surname". That's preferable. Your marriage certificate will cover the use of her married name.

Ndkings1:
Please, why do people keep using WES instead ofICES despite the verification and waec wahala? Why not just use ices to make your life easier. I understand that ices charge for each document evaluated unlike Wes but if you look at the time, stress and money you'll spend on verification and waec for Wes, you will know ices is the best way to go. In my opinion though.

You have spoken well. WES is the most popular but not the most effective in term of cost per time.

bheejay25:
Good morning wonderful people, please i have a question. What health insurance scheme can someone who wants relocate to canada apply for and how can it be done? Anyone with experience should kindly share.

Health insurance in Nigeria or Canada? And just to mention that health insurance is not a requirement for express entry.

aworldcitizen:
Currently in my 9th month post AOR! It is well oh. Please am I the only one yet to get PPR from December / January / February peeps?

Peace be still.
Your PPR story is loading.
We will celebrate with you very soon.

IRCC accepts document by document ECA.

Omonoba1981:
But I already made payment for WES and the UI verification part has been completed. Just wanted to be sure if the RN certificate will add any advantage to my Express Entry.

I also change the document by document to course by course instead. The reason is I might be using it for Nursing society in Canada.

simplyalero:
Hello everyone, kudos for the great job thus far. please i have a question as regarding POF. i helped transact a deal regarding a landed property and i was paid a commission on the same in cash (precisely in dollars). i'm planning on paying this into my dorm account and using it as part of my POF. but being a lump sum, it might raise a red flag and i don't know how to explain it. I'm not a real estate agent as i have my own job as a civil servant. but the nature of my job allows me the opportunity to deal in this kind of transactions every once in a while being that I'm in the ministry of lands.

PM.

Lucky you. Wait for other WES verification testimonies with school palaver

chigrad:
Not really the case, mine took total of 5weeks for all to be completed

He's ok evaluating his MBBS/MBChB degree. Not sure the postgraduate fellowship is accepted as a diploma by MCC.

https://mcc.ca/services/repository/educational-credential-assessment/

Miemiecious:
Thanks for the response.
He is a specialized doctor in consultant gynecologist(FMCOG)

Miemiecious:
Good Day,
Please what ECA does doctors(specialists) do?
I mean doctors with a higher qualification than ordinary degree?
Please a specialist doctor or anyone who has information on this should pls guide me.
Thank you

What's the name of that higher qualification of (specialist) doctors than ordinary (MBBS/BDS) degree?
In the meantime you may want to search for ECA for physicians on this thread.

Debzyworld:
Hi guys, a quick question. For proof of funds (gift deed) do I need to print out a 6montgs statement of account or just the transaction in question? Thanks for your speedy response

Attach your 6-month SoA.

Letter of Explanation (Sample)
Under some circumstances, candidates may need to add an Letter of Explanation (LoE) to their application. This can result from a missing document that could not be provided, an incoherence that might jump to the attention of the immigration officer reviewing your case, etc.

The LoE is also your way of communicating to immigration officers any supplementary information that is not on the documents uploaded and that you deem important for them to know.

Where to add the Letter of Explanation (LoE) ?
​As there are multiple sections for uploading documents (Passport, Education, Proof of Work Experience, Medical Exam, etc.), you are only given the choice of uploading one PDF document (under 4MB) per section. This means that you need to write a LoE for each section (if needed of course), and add it to the rest of the documents relating to said section.

For example, if you are missing your Diploma because it has been lost, write a LoE explaining what happened and why you could not provide the Diploma, add it to the rest of the documents (WES report, transcripts, etc.) to form one PDF file. Then upload the PDF file in the Proof of Studies section.

We strongly advise you to put the LoE at the beginning of the PDF file. This ensures that the immigration officer reads the LoE first, and then goes on to the other documents attached to the LoE (if there are any).

If you cannot provide the documents per IRCC's requirements, we recommend that you add any other document that you can think of that would make the immigration officer believe that you are acting in good faith. To come back to the missing Diploma example, you can add a police report and/or a school receipt attesting that you have asked for a duplicate.

Source: JustforCanada

sleekchic:
People of God!!! LONG TIME NO SEEEEE. I have come to testify o. To the Glory of God the dependent has gotten the transcript finally. It was released from OOU a couple of days ago after about 11months. We have sent it to WES and we await a SPEEDY evaluation. I wish everyone that is somewhat stuck or being delayed on any level of the process a quick release IJN. Please lets keep pushing, we will get there if we keep moving. No matter how long it seems to take WE WILL GET THERE....

Congrats. Your tenacity paid off at last.

shegzee43:
Hello guys,

I have an issue with how to calculate my weekly work duration on the reference letter. I work on a 21/14 rotation, I.e twelve hours daily for twenty-one days, before proceeding on a fourteen days time off.

I want to know if should state all of these details on my reference letter, and won't it be outrageous if I state that I work 84 days in a week period?

There are a total of about 261 working days in a year.
A full-time working day is 8 hours.
Typical 40h/week = 2080h/yr (or CIC 30h/week = 1560h/yr).
And as applicable to certain professions (e.g. nurses or doctors on night shift), your working hr is not really 84h per week but approx 50h per week (252h per 5 weeks) as you can't discount your work free days off your calculations.
I suppose you're good with an explanation.

Soft copies available on request, I think its N1,500.

Kods1900:
Hello House,

Please I need an advice.

When taking family pictures with Studio 24, Do I request for soft copies also or would a scan of the hard copies suffice?

smslive2:
This WES 4 weeks na scam ooo... It will take WES about 2-3 weeks to review your documents and after that, they start 4 weeks count

Verification of your credentials can easily take up to 8 weeks. Only after that can you move on to 4 weeks countdown.

Getting your Educational Credential Assessment.

If your diploma or degree is not from Canada, you need to get an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA).
An Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) is used to check the Canadian equivalency of a foreign degree, diploma or certificate. For example an ECA will determine if an applicant’s foreign Master’s degree is of the same standard when compared to a Canadian Master’s degree. If your credential is awarded in Canada by an Canadian educational body, you do need to provide an ECA.

For the Federal Skilled Trades (FST) program and the Canadian Experience Class (CEC), you do not need a minimum education level to qualify for Express Entry. However, you can still get CRS points for any secondary education you've had outside Canada, if you get your ECA.
There are seven designated organizations for ECAs:
Comparative Education Service – University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, CES
International Credential Assessment Service of Canada
ICAS
World Education Services, WES
International Qualifications Assessment Service, IQAS
International Credential Evaluation Service, ICES
Medical Council of Canada (professional body for Doctors), MCC
Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (professional body for Pharmacists), PEBC

​Most applicants will be able to get their ECA done by selecting one of the first 5 designated organisations from the list above.

If you are a specialist physician (NOC 3111) or general practitioner/family physician (NOC 3112), the Medical Council of Canada (MCC) must do the ECA for your primary medical diploma.

If you are a pharmacist (NOC 3131) and need a license to practice (for example, providing patient care in a community pharmacy, hospital pharmacy, etc.), the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC) must do your ECA.

ECA validity period: valid for a period of 5 years from the date it is issued.

The processing time are approximative and begin once a complete application is received. Processing times can also depend on the volume of application received.

https://learn.utoronto.ca/international-professionals/comparative-education-service-ces
https://www.icascanada.ca/new/immigration-to-canada.aspx
https://www.wes.org/ca/about-wes-credential-evaluation/
https://www.alberta.ca/iqas-immigration.aspx
https://www.bcit.ca/ices/eca/
https://www.pebc.ca/index.php/ci_id/3114/la_id/1.htm
https://mcc.ca/

I hope this information is useful to someone.
Best wishes.

Ref: JustforCanada

phemmy26:
please i need your input my e-family...

If three individuals decided to process this waec transcript stuff for wes....after the collection of the transcript from waec...cant the three people put the the transcript in one envelope ( The three envelopes into one big envelope ) and then pay just the 10k instead of sending it individually......this canada journey hen......na real investment.

Very possible.
As long as the individual WAEC envelope is sealed and bears the respective WES Ref No.

4wearegreat:
How I battled with IELTS for a YEAR!!! - A long and boring story

1st attempt (29 July 2017) - LRWS - 7.5,9, 7.5, 8 (BC)
2nd attempt (Nov) - LRWS - 8.5, 8.5, 6.5, 7.5 (BC) – Requested for remark in writing (no upgrade)
3rd attempt (Jan) - LRWS - 6, 7.5, 7.5, 8.5 (MOD) – Back then speakers were used for listening test
4th attempt (Mar) – LRWS- 8.5, 8, 6.5, 7.5 (BC) - Requested for remark in writing (no upgrade)
5th attempt (April) - LRWS – 7.5, 8, 6.5, 7.5 (MOD)
6th attempt (Jun) - LRWS – 9, 8, 7, N/A (MOD) – I missed my speaking test
7th attempt (28 July 2018) – LRWS – 9, 9, 6.5, 8.5(MOD) - I almost wept because I expected 9, 9, 8, 8
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Congratulations.
Your tenacity paid off. Best wishes in the pool

Kmgb:
My people Finally finally it haff come,indeed its a beautiful thing,to some of us this ITA is the first golden mail,PPR will be the second.

The journey has been long,u know how it is your birthday and u start thinking of new things for the coming year. Canada crossed my mind and I came to nairaland for info,like I usually do. after about 2weeks of reading I felt it was such an easy peasy process especially because CRS then was in the 430s. I swung into action in October by requesting for transcripts, in my mind it will all be over by sept 2018,little did I know unilag and CIC had other ideas. This is is the last draw before I get the big chop(-5) in a few days,so u can imagine how anxious I have been this past few days.
Congrats to every one who got ITA today,may we all get speedy processing.

Congratulations

Hephgirl:
Let them reply it like that

Chinna54:
Please my people, sorry to bother you all my seniors. Am desperate and so confused. Please for those that know how this WES verification mail looks like, does it have grade points in the mail and do they send hard copy to the school also? My school is saying the soft copy isn't carrying my grade points that's why they can't proceed with the verification. I don't know what to do ohhhhhhhhhh

Usually WES sends a scanned copy of your complete transcripts and certificate back to the institution by email (and photocopy by post). If your school is missing something, ask WES to resend your documents.