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shupy:
.1. All school activities are still basically done online so I see no reason you should defer. Reach out to the school authorities explaining the situation and estimated time of arrival to Canada.

2. I think you'd have to send passport to Nigeria through courier. I'm not sure.

3. You're in the best position to answer this but try as much as possible to resume for the may intake.
Congratulations

Thank you. This is really helpful.

Hello house, I'm happy it ended in praise!!!!

JUST GOT PASSPORT REQUEST NOW!!! BUT...

1. My resumption date was May 10, but got approval on 27th. Should I apply to defer my resumption till Fall?

2. As the study permit approval was long belayed, I had decided to take an opportunity in the US. Now, I'm in a school in the US. What do you suggest I do? Also, can I have my passport stamped in the US instead of posting to Nigeria?

3. Deferring my resumption till Fall will mean I will be losing the funding I got, which was to start this May. Does it worth it to proceed?

Some of my questions may be best answered by me but your contributions may enlighten me.

Thanks

Slim4Rehani:
Bro please I want to ask you one more question, in my Ds-160 Lagos is the location on it but I book interview in Abuja. Hope this won't affect

It should not be a problem. It's ok.

abdullahi45:
Congratulations Boss. And thanks for sharing. In your experience would you say the interview process is less intense at Abuja compared to Lagos?

Thank you.

In all fairness, I can say the mode of questioning the Abuja VO gave was more reasonable than that I got in Lagos. All his questions were sensible to the letter. So, that endears me to the consulate. Notwithstanding, we must know that I only had encounter with one person from each station. So, to make a judgement about the two consulate will be premature. But if you let me, I'll say, Abuja is bae!

Student visa applicants were not even many judging by the first 3 pages of attendees I saw today. I think I could see one F1 category in each page. That's really small amount.

Slim4Rehani:
Please did you fill another DS-160 form for the second interview

Yes, I did.
1. I needed to change program start date
2. Change contact person in my school
3. Show I had been denied visa before, and why.

samueldj1:
Congrat. Can you help us with the reason for your first denial.
Were you denied with this assistantship?
Thank you.

Good question. Here's the transcript of my first interview at Lagos consulate sometime in Nov., 2020.
I can only guess because I couldn't prove my current employment. And yes, I had this assistantship then.

VO: Good morning, I'll like you to place your right hand four fingers on the scanner.
Me: Good morning (placed my fingers)
VO: pass me your passport and i20 (I passed her everything)
VO: Where are you going?
Me: Missouri uni of sci and tech.
VO: for what purpose?
Me: for a doctorate program in Mechanical engr.
VO: Ok. How did you hear about this school?
Me: I read a publication by Prof XY and was fascinated by it, and I contacted him indicating my interest to join his research. After series of zoom meetings, he asked me to apply to the school for admission.
VO: Did you apply only to this school?
Me: No
VO: Which other schools did you apply to? (I called all the schools)
VO: Ok. But to what purpose do you need a PhD degree?
Me: I currently hold a faculty position in a Polytechnic and my goal is to become a Professor in my career. And for that, a PhD degree will be necessary.
VO: Ok. Are you married?
Me: Yes
VO: how many children?
Me: I have a child; a daughter.
VO: And your wife and child stay here in Nigeria?
Me: Yes
VO: (After a long typing moment) You have some funding, who is sponsoring the rest?
Me: My have full funding, my assistantship is xxxUSD and that's in excess of about 4,000usd to my overall expenses.
Vo: Ok.
VO: Where did you say you work?
Me: (Named my place of work)
VO: And you just have a master's
Me: Yes
VO: Can you show me a proof of your current employment?
Me: ermm... I don't have that here with me.
VO: You seem to have some more documents there, is there anything to prove your employment?
Me: No
VO: What are the other documents?
Me: My marriage cert., My daughter's birth cert and letter of offer of assistantship. (Let me have that, referring to the offer letter. She glanced through the two pages and returned it, looked again at my i20 and typed at length)
VO: Thank you for your interest in blah blah blah, I'm sorry you do not currently meet the requirements for an F1 visa. This paper will explain why, and she handed back my documents.

I hope this helps.

Hello guys. Got my visa approved today at the Abuja consulate.
2nd time attempt. Again, first to be interviewed.

Here's my my transcript:

VO: Good morning (I replied)
VO: have you ever been to the US before?
Me: No. Not to the US.
VO: OK. How about any other country?
Me: Yes.
VO: Where?
Me: China. (He didn't hear, and I had to repeat that)
VO: for how long were you there?
Me: 2 years (he said oh, cool)
VO: what did you go for?
Me: I went there for my Master's program.
VO: Ok.
*The conversation above took place under the first one minute or so, even before taking my biometrics*

VO: ok, please place your fingers for capturing. (I did)
VO: pass me your passport and documents. (He perused my i20 and typed at length. At a point he nodded his head as though in agreement with something. That sent a relaxing feel across my mind. I was like, this man is getting convinced I'm worthy o. lol

VO: What's your highest qualification?
Me: Master's degree
VO: In what?
Me: Mechanical Engineering.
VO: what's your specific area in mechanical engineering during your MS?
Me: Electrochemical Corrosion (At this point, I was uneasy because my PhD research will not be exactly in this area any longer, and I will have to explain why it so. I wasn't really happy at this point. Thanks I have my nose mask on, cos my smile went away momentarily. lol)

VO: Ok, I see you have assistantship. How much of your tuition does it cover?
Me: My tuition is around 33k but my overall expenses is $52,741 and that's even below my assistantship. And I have about 4k in surplus.
VO: Yeah, that's right.
VO: Are you single or married?
Me: I'm married. (He briefly glanced at my ring finger, it was empty.
VO: So, will your family go with you to the US?
Me: No they won't. (He waited for more explanation) I continued to say, "but I plan to pay scheduled visit to Nigeria at least once in an academic session". A beautiful expression came on his face when he heard "scheduled visit" I really could perceive it. And he continued to type at length.

VO: What does your wife do?
Me: She's into sales of clothing materials, shoes and bags.
VO: Ok. He puts my newest passport in a box beside him leaving the old one behind at his front. At this moment, I knew it's a YES!
He handed me the white paper and said "It will take about a week before your visa will be ready and you will need that paper to claim it"
Me: Oh, ok.
VO: You can go.
Me: Wow. Thank you very much. God bless you.
VO: you're welcome.

I'm the happiest man today!!!

My SP application is 10 weeks old. Yet, eligibility review hasn't started! I submitted my application on the 13th of January.
I have sent emails and I raised webform days ago about my application status but there's no difference yet.

I wish to request for gcms note right now. Do you know of anyone who can assist me request for it, as it requires someone who stays in Canada. Thanks

Lekiboboe:
After you Medical , they should give you Sheet like slip called E-medical Sheet, after getting it, scan it and do this

Sending Webform of E-Medical Sheet (Upfront Medicals) & Sending the same E-medical sheet via E-mail to Nairobi office (see template of the message body for the Webfrom & Email)
https://www.nairaland.com/5818588/canadian-student-visa-thread-part/260#93174797

E-mail Address of other IRCC offices you should send your E-medical sheet to
https://www.nairaland.com/6321900/canadian-student-visa-thread-part/82#97848700

I'm having a problem raising webform since yesterday. The error occurs when I click yes to upload a document.

slimy205:
Thank you sir, I did upfront medicals today. Should i use this route to upload the document they gave me at IOM

Kindly respond to my email request. Thanks

Btw, were you able to raise webform yesterday? The page brought error at the point of uploading document when I tried it. Also did upfront medical at IOM yesterday.

OtunbaTee:
You're right, even with the new mybankstatement method, they now use ticket ID and password to check your account details online...they're also evolving.. just be careful, any money you want to put there, let it stay till when u get response from them, apply ONLY when you're FULLY Ready...

I asked my bank to generate the mybankstatement for a period and you can see I was charged accordingly (14pages). Are you saying an updated statement will be provided by ones bank beyond the period it was generated for?

Hello good people.

I submitted my application on 13th and had biometrics on 15th. I'll like to know when I can start to make use of the little money I provided in my personal acc statement (about 2m). I have needs to attend to, I don't know if I'm safe to start to use the money. How safe is that?

deommanuel:
To enable IRCC process your application faster(around 20 days), you'll be asked to submit an IELTS result with at least a 6.0 score in each section. You can choose to write the paper based or computer based test(if you've not written before). The latter allows you get your result in 3-5 days.

The second document is a "mybankstatement" certificate from your bank. You can Google "mybankstatement" to get more information about that, but basically, your bank generates an ID and password which is sent to the embassy. You're required to have at least 30kCAD in this bank account.

I'm sure someone will post the link to a thread where all these were explained better.

Goodluck!

IT WILL END IN PRAISES IN THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME.

Thank you for your explanation. Does it mean it's a must to have IELTS score? Because my destination school exempted Nigerian applicants from needing one and I explained this in my LOE. Also, I added a letter of English proficiency from my previous schools of study with my application.

About mybankstatement, I'm presenting a scholarship letter as proof of funding with a little fund in my personal account. Do you think I'll still need the bank stuff?

Thanks for your support

deommanuel:
PREPARE NSE DOCUMENTS, WAIT AND PRAY.

YOU CAN DO UPFRONT MEDICALS TOO.

Please, could you explain further on NSE documents. What are those?

slimy205:
I also submitted. Please what is the next step I do?

We should be expecting invitation for biometrics in few hours. Meanwhile, considering upfront medical won't be a bad idea. I have booked an appointment for Feb 4 with IOM.

Hello beautiful people. I submitted my online application today after much delays from making all supporting documents ready. Program resumption is by May 10, I strongly pray that IRCC consider me favourably and grant me my study permit by God's grace.

I will also like to opt for upfront medicals (I'll search the thread after this post to learn how to best do that). I've also booked appointment for biometrics in 2 days time.

I look forward for the best this year. Amen.

RukayatAkanji:
Hi guys, pls anyone here that I've made use of FedEx for shipment. I made the payment for the shipment on Friday lastweek, through UEMS eshipmentglobal.com. I've been checking the site since then, still the same information I'm seeing on it, info like: not yet shipped, your university has been notified. I wonder if the document have been received from the university at all. Anyone that have used them or know how they work should say something pls.

Prompt whichever office that handles Visa documents in your school. I did exactly that on 29th Sept, and I got my I20 through UPS last week Thursday.

Jamaticulus:
The first question that came to my mind was "why not apply from China". The visa application abroad is usually pretty straightforward, especially as a funded student. I had to read your post again and I felt you are back in the country already. Congrats on your award to USask and Miss. S&T . Like @Fratermathy said, keep the application simple and indicate clearly that you are fully funded. You would be perfectly fine. Goodluck

Thank you for the encouragement. I will try and keep my application as simple as necessary.

I'm surprised you know more about me. lol

fratermathy:
Hi Gbadeolu1,

Congratulations on your admission and your funding offer. Your funding offer is strong enough to get you through the study permit application process. With regard to your questions, I will try to answer them from my perspective.

1. If you are applying from Nigeria, you may have to actually deposit the balance from your scholarship in your Naira account and attach the letter in order to show the VO the source of the money. The VO wouldn't question it because you already have funding and that answers most questions concerning your proof of finance.

2. If your wife has a business (even without a CAC), simply say so and then possibly upload her SoA to prove that she can take care of herself and your child in your absence. You can consolidate this by also indicating your desire to send her a monthly stipend from your funding money. Try to be specific with this amount. IRCC requires you to show proof of C$10,000 for living expenses but you have C$14,000. You can commit $2000 per year to support your family, in addition to what your wife makes. This would make sense.

3. A survey plan and perhaps deed of transfer or sales receipt. Basically, you have strong home ties with your family. The landed property only consolidates this and makes your claim stronger.

4. Please, do not use any third party sponsor. You are a PhD study permit applicant. You are also sponsoring yourself with the funding money you received. Don't complicate your application with too many documents and seemingly "desperate" maneuvers.

All the best!

@Fratermathy! You're such an amazing person. Thanks for giving careful attention to my questions. Everything you said is on point. I will send you a dm.

Thanks and God bless.

Greetings gurus and angels in the house. Please, help me with suggestions that can make my application good.

Issue 1:
I'm to embark on PhD program, and I got CAD 21k scholarship (my tuition is 7k, so i have 14k for expenses), but my naira account has almost nothing because within 2018 to August 2020, I was in China for my MSc. However, I received a scholarship there in USD and had some cash savings to the tone of #2 million naira.

QUESTION: Will it be a good idea to lodge this N2m into my naira account and explain how the money came about in a LOE, backing it up with my MSc scholarship award letter? I discussed this with a friend before who said since I'm no longer on that scholarship, I should not upload the award letter. How then do I explain where a sudden 2 million came from?

Issue 2:
I am married (for 5 years) and now have a 6-month old child. My wife is self employed (does sales) but with no CAC registration.

QUESTION: How can I show that my wife can support the family at my absence?

Issue 3: Is just a survey plan enough for a landed property that's been developed/built to a level?

Issue 4: Is it possible to use a non-relation as a 3rd-party sponsor? Say a family friend, a politician or public office holder?

I will be glad to hear your informed suggestions. Thank you.

Btw, my SOP is written and I will be glad if can get someone to vet it for me. God bless!

fratermathy:
With the exception of full tuition waivers, all fully funded PhD students are expected to pay tuition from their funding. The calculation of $1750 pm doesn't apply to you. Remove your tuition of $7000 from the funding and calculate the rest as your living expenses. This would amount to $14,000. That amount is still within the expected range.

As for actually paying your tuition, most schools have the option of "deferring tuition" for award recipients. It works seamlessly and you'll be able to pay once the money is lodged in your student account by the department.

For study permit application, simply attach your proof of funding and your personal statement of account (don't worry too much if you don't have a lot of money in it). You'll be just fine.

Wow. Thank you for giving me this insight. I will act accordingly. Thank you.

Hello gurus in the house. I’m new here but I’ve taken time to read through the thread to get informed on helpful tips. But I need some personal enlightenment.

I got PhD admission and departmental scholarship of $21,000 CAD to be paid @1,750 CAD per month (1750 * 12 = 21k) at University of Saskatchewan starting May, 2021 semester. Tuition= CAD 7000.

I would like to know if without providing a proof of tuition fee payment it will be safe to proceed with study permit application. I currently do not have 7k CAD to settle the tuition, but will like to hear your suggestions.

Looking forward to your informed responses. Thanks.

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Please does anyone know the deadline for this MSc application?

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princechrming:
8. Impeach - In Nigeria, you'd hear statements like this- "The president must be impeached whether he likes it or not!". And what they mean is that the president should be removed from office.
Politically, "impeach" means "to charge a public official with an offence committed in office" It doesn't ultimately mean removing the official from office, just as being charge to court for an alleged offence doesn't guarantee the defendant would be jailed as a result.

You still have to review this word in outright details. As you will agree with me, a single word does not necessarily have a single meaning. That's the case here. Impeach, as explained here is only one of more than one meanings it has. It can as well mean to remove from office having found one guilty of offense, and that's exactly what you wrote against.

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