Foladimejiw:
Being on nairaland is never a regret. Special thanks to Almighty Allah and all our special VO on Canada student thread.

My son application was submitted on the 25th of April with the MBS only. He wrote IELTS in May and submitted through webform. Upfront medical passed in May too. Then the long silence. I sent a mail to nairobi and copied the minister yesterday after seeing Doctoracs post

We got gcms notes in July ending with nothing. Eligibility didn't start till approval.
He is 17 years, we got a custodian for him in Ontario since that's where the school is, and his elder sister doing her masters too.
I thank frankrobbin for answering my questions through mail and my humble anon123 for SOP review. Rxotunba how's Windsor? Your little boy will join you soon

Application submitted 25th April
Biometrics 28th April
Medical passed 24th May
IELTS band 8 submitted through webform
BVL and PPR 8th September

Documents submitted
Admission letter from school
Neco Result
My CAC documents
My bank statement
Birth certificates and international passport with stamped pages
Family international passports
His sisters study Permit
His sisters school ID
Custodian form duly notarized(Canada and Nigeria)
Land receipt and deed of assignment
One year Tuition receipt (webform)
SOP


My nairaland sisters @Stephblues you're wonderful, a blessed woman. Safe trip
Also @Yinkaxo, you're a real mother.
Safe trip to all successful fall applicants.
To my honourable expecting applicants, good news soonest
Success stories awaits

#April 25th DIY

Congratulations Foladimeji!

Leyemoshood:
Johnson & Johnson vaccine now in Nigeria. It's a single dose vaccine, this will help people traveling soon.

Do you have a list of the centers issuing this particular vaccine?

OGRukky:
Congratulations May Canada Favour you

Amen, OGRukky!

May God favor us all

Teenie19:
Congratulations Frank!

Thanks Teeeeeeennnieeee!!! I really really appreciate!

Testimonytime:


Congratulations.

Thanks, TestimonyTime!

Just like your name, you would see news this week!

Thaiy:


Congratulations

Thanks Thaiy!

FKipepeo:
Congratulations!! It has ended in praise.

Thanks, Boss! I really appreciate!

More PPRs are going to come out before the end of the week

Hubmon360:
Congratulations, it's to start making travel arrangements asap. Wishing you the best on your canada journey

Thanks, Hubmon!
Yeah, no time.

Your Testimony too is neigh!

OCT202020:


Eventually it has ended in mega praise.
Congratulations sir

Thank you, Boss!

PPR Dropped today! I can't Breathe!
It's been a long wait and plenty ghost updates, mentally drained but it paid off. First time applicant, normal Route and no Agent.

Profile;
Age - 23/24 years old
Highest level of Study - Microbiology Bsc.(2019 graduate)
Preferred Course of Study - Computer Systems Technology (2 years + 1 year co-op)
DLI - Sheridan College, Ontario

My Timeline;
Feb 24th - Application submitted
Feb 25th - Request for Biometrics
Feb 26th - Biometrics done and Updated
March 1st - Background Check started
May 1st - GCMS notes ordered
June 29th - Eligibility started
July 18th - GCMS notes dropped (eligibility section and P.A.N still blank)
July 25th - First ghost update
July 27th - Second ghost update
July 27th - Upfront Medicals submitted
July 28th - Medicals being reviewed
July 31st - Medicals passed
Aug 10th - Third ghost update
Aug 11th - Fourth ghost update
Aug 26th - Fifth ghost update
Sept 3rd - Sixth ghost update
Sept 7th - PPR Dropped (My classes start today sef)

All Documents Submitted;
1) Application of study permit made outside Canada (imm1294e)
2) Letter of Acceptance
3) Scanned Copy of Passport Info Page
4) Proof of Funds (which includes Letter of Explanation of Funding Support, Letter of Financial Support and Affidavit from Sponsor, Scanned Copy of Sponsors ID, Sponsors 6-Months Bank Statement and Reference Letter from Bank, My First year full tuition payment Receipt)
5) My Digital Photo
6) Upfront E-Medical Information Sheet
7) Family Information (imm5645e)
Evidence of Work Requirement in Study
9) Application for a TRV made outside Canada (imm5257b)
10) Client Information (which includes Letter of Explanation, Letter of Employment which was my NYSC year which ended this March, Police Clearance Certificate, Proof of English Proficiency, Online Certificates related to my preferred course of study)

GOD IS GREAT! I couldn't have done it without His grace over me throughout the journey even when I lost hope on the application. I remember finding this thread 3 days after submitting my application, and I felt bad because I made alot of mistakes and didn't include alot of documents in my application, I wanted to withdraw the whole application, but after reading through the thread, I got an insight that all applications are different, any application can be approved or declined, even the ones you least expect, so I became calm and waited. Your Testimony too is neigh, just be calm.

My Tips (From my Experience);
1) Apply for your study VISA at least 6 months before your School's resumption date.
2) When your Application has exceeded 3/4 months without any update, I suggest you send them mails or webforms 3 weekdays in a week between 5am-7am till you get your VISA decision (Your tone in the E-mails should be extremely polite).
3) When your Application has exceeded 3/4 months, you can try sending a mail to an MP (Member of Parliament) of where your school is located in Canada to help you out. Although not all would be willing to help (Mine wasn't).
4) After your Application, only send documents through Webforms when it is very necessary or sent for by your V.O because most times, these documents lead to major delays in your VISA decision.

I hope this helps alot of people.

Coleadeyemi:
Good morning all I've been a silent reader but I'm glad to share my goodnews today, I got my PPR this morning. March 13 applicant. I used an agent and he is from this platform.
Timeline
Application Date: 13th March 2021
Biometrics req: 14th March 2021
Biometrics done: 15th March 2021
Medical request: 14th July 2021
Medical passed: 26th July 2021
Bvl & PPR :13th Aug 2021 it was sent yesterday night but I saw it this morning
Thanks to everyone on this platform cos I learnt one way or the other, thanks to bollybeejay the agent I used

Congrats!

Awas:
March 9th applicant . Jesus did it!

Age 41
Diploma
Changed career path

Silent follower .
Biometrics submitted upfront.
Medicals submitted June 14 after receiving medical request .

No update after medicals and medicals was not updated

PPR request August 10th.
I will give more details later

Congratulations!

Bunmijab:
Please has anyone recently gone for medicals at IOM

How is the queue like let me prepare myself and please what do I need to go with?

Thank you

The crowd there is much, looks like a refugee center, although it's mostly UK applicants. Canada/Australia/US applicants are normally small.
Go with your printed proof of payment and the page showing your appointment date and time i.e if you applied on their site. I'd advise you to come earlier probably around 7am/8am because they don't normally follow the time of appointment to avoid crowd.
If you've not applied on their site, you can still go there to register manually after which they'd give you a date to come for your Medicals, it's sometimes 3 weeks from the date you registered.

Hope this helps

fav2deep:
Is it normal for eligibility review to have started about two months ago and yet no response? Raised a thousand webform with just the generic response. Gcms notes ordered and nothing much just... This...


I dont know why the wait has to be this much and my application is since February 25

Have you done your medicals?

Good morning all,

For those that did their Upfront Medicals after their applications have already begun processing.
Did you send the 'E-Medical' information sheet to IRCC yourself via Webform or was everything handled by the Clinic without you sending anything?

Thanks.

Teenie19:
Dear Nairaland family,

It has finally dropped ooooo! Glory be to God Almighty!!!!

Sister's application
AOR: Feb 11 2021
Program: Practical nursing May 2021 (Sheridan college)- clearly can't go for May 2021 anymore due to delay, will go for Jan 2022 session!
Upfront medical : April 28, 2021 ( we said let's do medical to see if it will speed things up, lol jokes)
Medical passed: June 14, 2021 (just see how long it took them to update medical!)
Eligibility started: July 23, 2021
PPR and correspondence letter: this morning July 27th @ 4:34am!

What a wait! Basically this application took 5 months and 16 days. I remember I considered withdrawing the application at some point, but you all encouraged me to hold on! During this waiting period, 3 gcms notes were ordered and the fourth one has been ordered as well. All the gcms notes received didn't have much info as eligibility was blank. Each time I got the gcms notes, I was always disappointed that eligibility was blank. Now that I think of it, I guess it's not a bad thing...

I just want to use this medium to thank everyone for their support through out this journey! This is a wonderful platform and we all draw strength and hope from one another! One thing that helped me during the long wait was seeing other people's approval postings. I was always encouraged by those success stories. I remember telling myself that my testimony was near when DD097 and demure got approved as we all applied around the same time and faced this delay..

In short, this is a wonderful platform and I hope more people get to know about the wonderful support we have here! Thanks to all the gurus and everyone that tries to assist others with their questions! If you have any questions for me , please feel free to ask here so others can learn from it ! I'm rooting for all my co- February applicants and any one with a delayed application and of course everyone on here , that you will all get a favourable response soon in Jesus name!

Cheers to more success stories !

CONGRATULATIONS!

shupy:
Omo!!!

You people said it and it happened o!!!

I don't know what some of you saw in the last couple of days but e don finally drop o.

More details later.

Congratulations!

Hello Everyone,
For those who did their Medicals at IOM Lagos.

Is it a must to pay physically through a Standard Chartered Bank Branch for the Medical Appointment or would a Mobile Bank transfer suffice?

There's currently no Standard Chartered Bank Branch close-by and I would be entering Lag on a weekend against my appointment on a Monday.

gracedson:
I am sure, I did mine at IOM and I saw people without appointment entered too, it may be costly though.

Is it a must to pay physically through a standard chartered bank branch or would a bank transfer suffice?
There's currently no Standard Bank Branch close-by and I would entering Lag on a weekend against my Monday appointment

lawfree638:


NO WAY!!! Not a red flag

Thank you very much!

Bhooomie:
Almighty God has done it for me!!! It's PPR!!!

Second time applicant. Applied May 31st and got PPR 30th June.

To think I was smiling all through yesterday while reading people's PPR testimonies not knowing mine already dropped.

Thank you Jesus. I will be back with full details.

Congratulations!
I pray a greater percentage of us would get ours before months end

Good afternoon all,

I have a question troubling me. Is "having Ulcer" a red flag for Medicals?

childgodly:


Can someone help please

In my opinion, I'd tell you to send to Nairobi, then give it 3-4 business days and send thesame to Lagos, if you didn't get any reply.

Lamideyy:


Who applied for the gcms for you

I applied myself using "applyGCMS"

Good evening and a happy weekend to you all!

I have a question, I applied for my study permit since the 24th of February, and till now I haven't gotten the "eligibility review" update. I applied for GCMS notes 40days ago, and till now still nothing on that one. I've sent countless messages to IRCC, I only get their generic reply. What do you suggest I do? I am really tired of the whole thing.

Timeline
Feb 24th: Application
Feb 26th: Biometrics updated
May 1st: GCMS notes application
--- no NSE request at all

God save us all

hoodboy:


Form A is way cheaper

Do you know if "Form A" still works, after this CBN rigmarole that's been happening?
If so, How do I make tuition fee payment with "Form A"?

Teenie19:
Hey! I replied your email already.

Yeah, saw it a while ago. Thank you

Teenie19:
Oops You are right! I meant to say suspend! I will adjust my post asap! thanks.

Teenie19
Can I get your Email, I have a question I'd like to ask you?

Help, please

Frankalvinz:
Good afternoon all, I've been a silent reader on this platform, and would like to thank the gurus for all they are doing so far.
I have a question; what are my chances of getting my visa application approved?

I applied since February 24th, did my biometrics on February 26th and I haven't gotten any other update apart from "background check" and my "biometrics validation" for over a month now.

I am 23 years old, just finished my NYSC this March. I am a Microbiology Bsc holder and also served in a hospital. I applied for a Software Development and Network Engineering advanced diploma in a Canadian college for Fall 2021 intake and got in. My Sponsor is my Dad (a businessman), he had an approximate of N12m as his final balance in his account when I sent my MBS although he has transacted a little over N250m within the 6 months of the MBS.

I would like to know my chances, please. Thanks ��

kelvine95:



Do you have any experience in this area you applying to? And I think advanced diploma is lesser than a BSc, so you might be having issue with progression. Let other gurus in the house drop their comments

I only took online classes and some practicals and got a certificate for each of the classes, but I didn't include the certificates on my SOP, because at the time, I had felt it wasn't necessary. Which I'm kinda regretting now. Thanks

Good afternoon all, I've been a silent reader on this platform, and would like to thank the gurus for all they are doing so far.
I have a question; what are my chances of getting my visa application approved?

I applied since February 24th, did my biometrics on February 26th and I haven't gotten any other update apart from "background check" and my "biometrics validation" for over a month now.

I am 23 years old, just finished my NYSC this March. I am a Microbiology Bsc holder and also served in a hospital. I applied for a Software Development and Network Engineering advanced diploma in a Canadian college for Fall 2021 intake and got in. My Sponsor is my Dad (a businessman), he had an approximate of N12m as his final balance in his account when I sent my MBS although he has transacted a little over N250m within the 6 months of the MBS.

I would like to know my chances, please. Thanks ��