FIRST OF ALL, I GIVE GOD ALMIGHTY ALL THE GLORY!
Permit me to share my story to inspire or boost someone’s hope.
So, this is my story?

• I started this journey mid-2019, so I applied in Dec 2019
• 22nd of Jan 2020, I was refused [Reason—Purpose of visit]
• Remark: In my application, I made a blunder of wrongly applied for a wrong course [Ordinary diploma]
• Then I changed my school and course [Post graduate program]
• Re-applied in March 2020 [ Then covid19 lockdown activated and the waiting period started……]
• 14th August did upfront medical and passed 10th September
• 20th September got AIP
• Then, no update again [Webform enquires and emails activated]
• 10th December BVL dropped [Then no update again, another session of emails activated]
• 13th Jan, Boom! PPR dropped [Abuja Embassy]
• 18th Jan, LOI and passport stamped.
• 21st Jan passport delivered
• 31sts Jan, Landed in Maple Canny.

Additional timeline:
• Sponsor – Self
• Good travel history
• Study gap - 16yrs
• Age – 40+
• Application type - Paper based
• Both applications were handled 100% by me (No agent)�

I encourage every one of you to never give up, even if not for anything but for your children’s future.

Please join me to thank God Almighty.

Please, who has idea how much Ethiopian Airline charges for excess loadd beyond 23kg. Maybe extra $/kg

meemeeibrahim22:

No, I last heard from them September 26, when it said my medical had been updated and that’s all

. Paper application?

meemeeibrahim22:
���IRCC please it’s been since March 2020 ����

Have you gotten your BVL?

Please, who has contact of someone in Lagos or Abuja VFS office. It's urgent!

awys:
Nah wah ooo so the last PPR we had was on Friday yesterday and today silence again issorite maybe they have gone on Covid break again nah sit down look I dey now.It is well!!!

Were you able to login to your gckey account?

meemeeibrahim22:

Yo!!! This is the most draining process have had to go through! It is well I’m just gradually taking my mind off and focusing on work.

I don't know any Canadian office that operates in this matter than Nairobi.... The best approach is to comment about this on their Twitter account. IRCC don read trend on Nairaland oooo

OtunbaTee:
I am still surprised at how IRCC works though...there's no definite pattern. I think the aim is to find myself in that office and cause a change. You shouldn't keep someone that applied in March 2020 and answer July, or June for February n vis-a-vis...this waiting is soul draining...

Guys, we can make things to happen by commenting on their Twitter account. This is what the Indians guys used to do

Salientjoe:


Hi Summe,
I answered the first question on the Living in Canada thread. Regarding the second question, it took less than 10days despite the Christmas and boxing holidays. IRCC workload concerning passport processing seems to be at the low and I observed processing at their office takes 3 working days or less currently. If your courier guys and vfs do well, you may even get it in 7days

Which vfs did you use?

TheShaman:
Hello All,
I have been a silent reader of this thread for months now; reading and learning from everyone here. It would be amiss if I don’t share my timeline with the house now that the journey has come to fruition:

First Application Timeline
Application: Sept 1, 2020
Refusal: Sept 15, 2020
Biometrics: Sept 16, 2020
Refusal Reason: Purpose of Visit and Personal Finances/Assets

After the refusal, I decided against ordering my GCMS notes because I felt that I could recognize where I made mistakes and where I could improve upon them. I read GCMS notes of profiles similar to mine and learned from there and proceeded to craft my next application within 15 days. I also chose to continue with my online studies as I had already started on Sept 8th, 2020.

Second Application Timeline
Application Date: Oct 1, 2020
NSE Request: Nov 18, 2020
NSE Requirements Submission: Dec 15, 2020
Medical Request (MER): Dec 15, 2020
Medicals: Dec 29, 2020, at IOM Ikeja
MER Passed: Jan 3, 2021
BVL and PPR: Jan 5, 2021 (Final Decision updated to Approved also)

For the NSE, I felt I would not adequately prepare for the IELTS to the best of my ability and chose to only submit the myBankcertificate instead. I planned to write the IELTS Exams in January 2021 and send the results via webform. I only submitted the myBank certificates just as @Popoolam did.

Application Documents:
1. All IMM Forms
2. Conditional LOA and subsequent confirmation mails by the school that I had met the requirements.
3. Letter of Explanation for my application detailing all I had done to address the refusal reasons from the previous application.
4. SOP of 7 Pages with different subheadings. My SOP had a well-detailed study plan showing how my BSc in Geology and work experience had prepared me for the course and Its potential benefits to me personally and Nigeria. I devoted other sections to why I chose the school, the city, and the province, and finally Canada. A section was devoted to Home ties which were majorly social and family ties and a section was devoted to explaining my study gap (I graduated in 2017).
5. All Academic Credentials (BSc Certificate and Transcript, WAEC Result, and a certification from the Technical University of Denmark relating to my proposed MSc course).
6. NYSC Discharge Certificate
7. Internship Contract and Full-Time Employment Contract for my current place of employment
8. Confirmation of Employment Letter from the office.
9. Birth Certificates of my mother and brother
10. Police Character Certificate
11. Resume/CV with a section devoted to my academic publications.
12. Letter of Support from my Research Supervisor to the Graduate Admissions Committee of the University recommending my admission (this also included a paragraph stating how my current job has prepared me for the course).
13. Family tree showing the relationship between my sponsor and I (he is the younger brother of my mother) along with family photos with both of us.
14. Evidence of financial support from my sponsor over the last 7 years (all bank credit alerts via email).
15. Pension Statement, Enrollment Letter and a funding letter I received mid-semester were submitted via web forms after I had submitted my application.

Financials
1. Letter of Financial Support from my Sponsor (my uncle) with 3 pages detailing why he was supporting my education.
2. Affidavit of Sponsorship
3. Data page of his passport
4. Tuition Payment Receipt from the school and Western Union ($3556 CAD)
5. Two Personal SOA with 4M and 6M as their balance, and one SOA of a company account (along with a bank reference/sole signatory letter) with a balance of 25M (all from my sponsor, I did not submit my own SOA or any payslip).
6. Company Documents (CAC Certificates and TCC).

NSE Documents:
1. Two myBank certificates of two company accounts
2. Bank Reference Letters for the two accounts.
3. Company Documents
4. Contract Award Letters from 2019 and 2020

Personal Profile: Male, 24 years this year, a graduate of Geology (4.0/5.00 GPA from the University of Benin).

I encourage everyone to do as much research as they can and read the previous threads as every information I used for my second application was found here. Please also pray and have faith. I sent only one of the NSE requirements while I saw others dash to write the IELTS exams with the faith that it would work out for my good. I thank all the gurus in the house for their wise words – I learned from every post on this thread and previous ones.

Praise be to God Almighty.
As the common saying here goes, delay is not denial. I wish you all the best.

Congratulations. Did you get an email correspondence for this or they just update your gckey account?

owolabia:
Hi everyone. Any paper application still waiting for approval?

I'm seeing myself alone in Kenya office

You are not alone. We are many self. God will see us through.

Please between UPS and DHL which is better in terms of service to send passport to VFS?

ralfudoh:
Anyone headed to conestoga, feel free to hit me up, i can assist with airport pickup and drop off at your quarantine location, and some groceries. Just a way of giving back to this wonderful platform. Cheers

for free?

evergold:


Yeah. I have my dollar ATM that I have been using for transactions and you can use it to withdraw up to 10k USD per day according to Zenith Bank

10k USD? Can you check this your information well.

OtunbaTee:
Seems they're working at the background o..I can't login and its bouncing me back to the english n French page...God good news is all we want oo...amen!

. Clear your cookies and check again �

But you have gotten aip right?

owolabia:


Me 25th February still waiting o

Any March applicant still awaiting PPR?

Pretoria-im-enquiry@international.gc.ca
newyork-im-enquiry@international.gc.ca
delhi-immigration@international.gc.ca
nrobi-im-enquiry@international.gc.ca
nrobi-immigration@international.gc.ca
nairobi@international.gc.ca
Abuja@international.go.ca
lagos@international.gc.ca
lagos.immigration@international.gc.ca
accra.immigration@international.gc.ca

deommanuel:


I think this is the list of emails.
Goodluck

Abuja

Rootiab:
Good morning everyone, for those in Abuja. Where did u do your medicals?

Between Abuja or Lagos VAC office, which is better to send passport to and get it stamped fast?

Please, which of these courier services [DHL or UPS] is better to be used to send the passport to VFS?

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