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galibat:
Yay.......Joined this group in part 6....ITA and Aor in part 8 and I claim ppr in this part.....In Shaa Allah

Alhamdulillah!!!!!!!!!!!!

it's PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IELTS- 8,7.5,7.5,7 (LSRW) first and only attempt
Spouse ielts - gave me more than enough point
Siblings point too
CRS- 484
NOC - 4011
WES - February 2019 - June 6 2019
WES spouse - March 2019 -August 2019
Dived into pool June 11
ITA- July 24 2019
AOR- August 28 2019
MEP/BIL- Sept 11 2019
BIOMETRICS DONE- Sept 20 2019
1st Ghost update : Sept 12
2nd Ghost update: 7th January 2020
PPR- 7th January 2020
VO- Ottawa
Family of me and my 2 GUYS

Decision to travel
I have always been a patriotic Nigerian and never believed in travelling out for greener pastures. however, le boo has always been the abroad person but after several visa denials to US and Canada for students visa, we just gave up. my father had always wanted me to go abroad for master but no money. I even tried this jonathan scholarship for masters (i don forget the name of the programme) , i didnt meet cut-off. Every year since 2016, he would plan for relocation, but me i will just yimu that i am not interested. Towards the end of 2018, almost everyone around me started to relocate, i was begining to get out of the shell. Viola my husband mentioned it again 2019 january, and i felt it was time for me to give my son and his siblings a better life.


PRE-ITA


ECA
when there was still waec wahala, with MSC and B.SC from different schools. i created proile march 17th and it was ready june 2019.


IELTS
this is my ielts journey. https://www.nairaland.com/5187408/canadian-express-entry-federal-skilled/124#79037184
when my ECA and IELTS result was out, i sharply dived into the pool pending spouse ECA and Ielts.

POST ITA

Medicals
i booked medials with Q-life after ITA because it was cheaper and within the days of submission. We left osogbo a day before and stayed with a family friend. our medicals was during the construction of the road , we got there quite early 6.45 to pick number 3. Unfortunately, our passport was not standard enough so we had to take another one for myself and sonthe same day. last last we left around 12.

PCC
Inspector Funke to the rescue, 7k for myself and hubstar.

POF
This was the major hurdle. before i started anything on this journey, i already sat my parents down to discuss every single details and they promised that when i was ready they would help. finally, when Ita landed, pilee trsanfered the 100 percent of POF to me. i didnt invest the money at all, i couldnt get bank reference in cic format. I submitted LOE to explain the breakdown the summary of pof (GIFT DEED AND PENSION) ,Notarized giFT DEED, DAD'S INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT, bank reference letter (not in cic format) , letter of non-indebtedness, 6 month online signed bank statement highlighting the gift deed inflow, screenshot of the exchange rate for that day on xe.com, pension refrence letter and pension statement.

Work Experience
this was quite easy. please and please always check and recheck your documents before submission. i almost submitted a reference letter with the wrong annual salary figure from what is on my employment letter. i discovered a day to submission and had to request for another. I submitted

siblings points
proof of relationship: i submitted our birth certificates, our international passport becuse i changed my name when i got married, our parents marraige certificate because i changed name before marraige, change of name affidavit too.
proof of sibling pr: copr, front and back of pr card
proof of residence: utility bill, lease agreement, pr card:
proof of status: front and back of pr card.
I didn't submit schedule A upfront despite my spouse visa refusal.

POST AOR

AFTER checking and cross-checking, we finally submitted around 11.45pm on AUGUST 28. we got BILMEP on sept 12 but didn't go for biometrics until Sept 20.
Raised CSE to find out about my visa office on October 4th and got a generic response
Raised another one on the 25th of October. Visa office was OTTAWA. WHEN I GOT THE REPLY, I jumped up in excitement as if i got PPR. MY Collegue was looking at me like whats wrong with this one. i told her she cant understand.

SILENCE

Around December, August Aor with Ottawa STARTED GETTING PPR And i was like, wow. that early. Naso me sef anticipate PPR Till i made my 1st call on 2oth of December, the agent said eligibility and criminality is passed. While waiting, a friend of mine adviced me to enroll for the CFA free investment course because I was going to change career when we get to the maple land. After that call, i check my profile like a billion times daily till i caught OJUJU around 4am yesterday. And VIOLA, 11pm, Za eagle landed in my mail. i just called hubstar and said Babes, we have made it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After i found out about my visa officer, I joined the best group OVO , the baddest. That group na real group. the happening group .....from orisirisi we get am there. they are family already because it made the wait worthwhile.
I dedicate this to God and everyone. I pray for those waiting for a positive response at every point in this journey, that your good news is here and will happen. this year will open doors of opportunities for us

i want to specially thank everyone on OVO group, you guys are awesome. all my paddy from @chicyclass , my babes aisah, fawzy, my guy trick, shardarck, bhaloosky, aunty jolie, akin, duke of alberta, adetayo, gerrard, hoppy, DH, ada baby, june, mama hephzibah, oyinlola, obinna.- you guys are awesome...God bless you...i pray for `those expecting PPR, we go parte after parte.

To my darling Brother and his wife, thank you for everything.....

To hubstar, you know i got you baby even though i had to force you to write ielts when you were extremely busy, thank you for not letting my stubborn self say no to relocation last year.

May canada favour us.

Let me drop my 2 cent here about agents in this journey.....well there might be good ones though and there are some who will claim to help you at a very small price but will rip off you slowly and gently....the later is the category of the one I used


Around February before I got to know so much about nairaland, my bro in law introduced me to one of his friend who is an agent....he was initially planning canada with her till he change his mind for another country.....at first when my husband mentioned agent, i declined and said i will DIY.......I ASKED HIM what her payment plan is like then he said, she was going to collect max 100k after we get our PPR... Juicy and a woof deal abi ( nasso I grab am)......I had no idea why it takes to use agent neither did I know we won't have access to information. .....as at then I didn't know what it takes to get ITA, all I knew was evaluation and Ielts.......

So she told me we would use wes for evaluation. ....I do not live in lagos.....initially I thought I would evaluate just my msc...so she said she would do the registration for waec and wes.... I paid a total of 105,500 naira ,20k for waec and 85500 for wes ( equivalent of 220 plus 85 can dollar standard delivery ) because she insisted we use the express delivery. .....I didn't argue..... .I did all things necessary for waec wahala ( photocopy of wear result , affidavit for waec result....

Fast forward to March, i decide to use my leave period to see my folks in lagos and drop my documents for her to sort waec...I wanted to drop 2 passport but she said it's just one passport.....I was already getting familiar with nairaland so I told her I saw 2 passport, she said I should stop believing what I see on nairaland , that it's and ll fake..... went to u.I to sort msc transcript too.....only for her to tell me I had too also send my bsc, I told her there was no need but I didn't argue. ......my husband also paid her 85500 for his wes evaluation Nd she said he would also evaluate all his degrees ( Ond, bsc and Msc) ond from ibadan poly and others from lautech.....we all know how lautech can be with transcipr6.....

Then i wasn't getting comfortable with her using a different email for us because there was a day she said she can't remember the email she used to log in with our wes details, I should send her the email she uses to send any wes correspondence. ...I started having doubts and I told her going frward she should use our mail...she said no p

Around April, i decided to register for ielts myself because I noticed she send mail to us maybe after three or 4 days she recieves it,....I didn't want her to joke with my ielts...then my brother got PPR and he said he didn't use any agent.....naso my brain reset say. Because he abused me that as educated as me and my husband are, we dey use agent.....I tell oga say me I no do again,,,,but oga talk say make we collect wes report.....

Fast forward to june , I passed ielts , and my wes report was ready, and she also claimed my husband verification has been sent from all schools , so his report will be released by june ending latest..then i told her it's time to be in the pool because of tie breaking.....she talk say no, na till my husband wes report land, before we enter pool.......I was already boiling then she now did something teruble. .....she said oops she mis informed us about verification oh....that it hasn't been sent.....I ko give myself sense say she na like this she go dey use our life play.....she dey hold us to ransome....

I made up my mind that I was no longer interested in her services , she talk say make we pay 25k then she go release our information. ....I paid the following week , only for her to give us wrong email addy but she later corrected it,.....unfortunately for her, my husband wes report wasn't ready,....one evening I was just checking my husband account. ...I just noticed she paid 227canadian dollars.....Ewo 220 and 7 as against 85....a difference of 68 can dollar equivalent to 19800 each from us.....

Mog be. ...this one na confirm 419.....I called her severally and messaged....she blocked me and till date she hasn't responded....would I mentioned her name but I won't because she works with a travel agency but doing this as a side hustle......my people shine your eyes well......ask questions. ....agent will not do medicals for you, get reference letter or run around for pof.......by the way we are still waiting for verification .....I am sure we would get ITA before that verification is sent.....

Sorry for my long post....

That's a screens hot someone sent here.....I hope this will help....I thought I responded

venorite:
Pls can I get the mail for iom? I want to do my medicals next month

Ok I will tommorow again

Natalie27:
Well like i said, it depends on who picks your call. You can try again tomorrow or just send a mail, you will be surprised.

Naso....congratulationsin advance. ....

chicyclass:


Na next day things.

Na to open July AOR group in advance

I called Qlife today, the person said i can only book an appointmrnt if have my ITA letter and bio data page of my int passport....I should send a mail attaching the 2 before I can get a response on how to book

While IOM responded by mail with details of available dates and payment plan.....

Natalie27:
i think you should just call.. With Qlife i beleive the person you speak with determines the response, i was able to send a mail and book before ITA
and even reschedule with favourable dates and this is very recent.

Please how much does Qlife charges for adult and children below 5

bankyh1905:
From my experience, not anymore. I once tried to book before I got ITA and I was told I can't until I have ITA. Immediately I got ITA, I was able to book by sending my Invitation letter which they used to fix an appointment on a favorable date.

I believe they used to allow people book before ITA which meant that sometimes, people with ITA (who are in immediate need of medicals) don't get the opportunity. Based on that, I quite agree with this new method of booking for only people with ITA.

Wow.......have you gotten it already

Elenagilbert:
Good evening good people, please can anyone swap medical dates with me? I checked Qlife and it's full till October, but I want to do medicals latest next week. The other ones are pretty expensive. Please help a sister thanks.

I understand his condition because I am also in his shoe's,......I am presently on 460 with siblings point without hubby's ECA.... the initial plan was for only me to write prior to the 470 draw......I was even thinking his ECA would be ready by then......now that ECA ISN'T ready, I have been begging hubby to just write even if he won't study....but na war......I just pray he has a change of mind asap.......

Scandinavian02:
Bro, if I were in your shoes, I'd want my wife to write IELTS and contribute at least 10 points to this score. With your CRS, you might be looking at the next 3-4 draws to get ITA. Also, don't you think with all these unpalatable news about the recent opinion polls, October Elections, Conservative's position to revamp EE, it would be in your best interest to get ITA as fast as possible?
Just a subtle advice.

Good morning everyone, please i have a seriius question oh
My brother just landed in canada may ending.. can i claim points for siblings in canada?


And if no, how long should i wait to claim siblings point?

Ok sir..... we would wait

yemblaze:
Hubby has strong faith that ITA will surely come before then...please save the cash.

Thank you

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Good morning everyone. Congratulations to all the ITA clinchers ......May ITA find the rest of us in the next draw...
Please I want to ask the following questions ....I haven't gotten ITA yet but pry to get soon....I AM GATHERING documents ahead of ITA...FAMILY OF 3

1. I am going to be the PA for this application , already in the pool with 460 ...Must the Pof be in my salary account or can I use another account that I don't use for any transaction at all?....p.s I can get statement of accountfor the second one faster than my salary account. ...

2. 50 percent of our pof will be from my dad ...while the rest will come from my pension, savings and hubby's savings.. Would it raise any flag if my husband sends a huge amount if money to my account at once?

3. Can i book medicals now because we are awaiting my husbands evaluation results?

I can relate.....we missed ITA because my husbandsaid he won't write ielts till July ending and that's final....without his ECA and ielts we are presently on 460.......I am still begging him to write this month

Amandacanny:
So long as spouse max out ielts which most times is difficult. You don't want to know the drama of pushing an unwilling spouse to study.

Good morning everyone, i just got my ielts result (first attempt) may 23
LRWS 87.577.5

This feels like getting ready for PPR. ......I am a silent reader here.....the journey wassnt smooth but God came through. .....I had had stories of people not passing in thier first attempt and knowing how I had phobia for falling exams, I became very scared ......I booked my exams April thanks to my brother because I didn't even have 1 naira. ....he gave me the condition that if I pass he wouldn't collect his money back (jokinly).......imagine being a lecturer where you set very hard questions for students and here I am in the position of my students....


.in between all this I got admission for phd in April with compulsory lecture attendance everyday.....it wasn't easy at all.....I was worried because my husband works in another state.....I go to school as early as 6am , drop my son then come back around 2pm, head to work till 6pm when I pick my son up....I can't read till he sleeps around 10pm....just 1hr or 2....I was just practicing reading and listening, all Cambridge 14 to 9 and www.ieltsonline.com....I watched all liz and jays video on writing but I still didn't start practisin writing until 2weeks to exams...I sent in an essay to one of my friend who had PHD in english and she was dissapointed, she asked when I was writing and she said only God can help you get 6.0 in writing..

That was when I got @Johnnybravvo1990 contact here....initially I was skeptical but the thought of failing pushed me......he was very nice Nd too good....he asked me to practise with pencil and the exams answers sheet because it would help me know how to be in check with words counts....he really tried oh because days when I don't send in essays, he would ask why....he took his time to tutor me and thought be the basics....God bless you sir .....he was

This is where the big blow came, my son fell ill on sunday....I couldnt read nor sleep because my exams was on Thursday while speaking test was on Wednesday. ..I travelled to ibadan on Monday with my son....he was still feeling feverish after taking him to the hospital with sleepless nights and medications, Thank God for my in laws. ......then on Wednesday, my son had fiberal convotion(doctors will understand ) we had to rush to the hospital but he was observed for 2hrs and I went for my speaking test..... i was just praying to God to grant my son good health because I couldn't concentrate well for my speaking test.....test day came, he was recuperating. ......I didn't even read because of him.....I just prayed to God to make this effort worth it and He did......I feel like a burden is lifted.....

I cried when I saw my results because God did great through the odds....I was elated even my husband is now encouraged to write the exams

I pray for breakthrough for everyone at one stage or the other on thier journey.......

Please I need your help....my NOC IS 4011 because I am a university lecturer but my husnand js a polythecnic lecturer, Can he also claim the same NOC. .....wes hasn't sent our evaluation yet, so I would wait because scores with siblings point and without hubby's ielts is 470.....

Congratulations. ...May AlmightyGod perfect all that concerns you....you really tried amidst the downturns......God will open doors of opportunities for you. .........Go forth and prosper.....At least they will let you rest on top this husband matter

deboks:
Its PPR!!!!!!!!!
I can't wipe the smile of my face!!!
Its been a long long long Journey... But as we say and as it has been true and trusted..." It shall end in praise!!"

Long post Alert!!

So... I heard about this process through my best friend. Her husband was the PA and he live in a different town from her. I also didn't live in the same town with either of them. She only knew when it was time for Medicals that her husband had commenced the process. She didn't know much about the whole process

Anyways, when i was a kid i went to an american
boarding primary school made for white missionary kids. As their parents where in the vainyard their children needed a school they could go to which they could then proceed to high school another american school in Nigeria or go to America. So from the age of 5 i was introduced " the american life". We were only 5 Nigerians in my class. The other Nigerians were from rich families. Mind you my Dad was a pastor with ECWA ...on Very little pay. A church member told my dad he was lead to put me in that school. There was no way my parents could afford it. I was sponsored from grade 1 to grade 6. By the time i was ready for secondary school my scholarship was over. I proceeded to the best Nigerian school my parents could provide. It was different, i was made fun off cause of my accent. I still had hopes that one day i will see that America that i had learned so much of and sang the anthem so well. After secondary school i was one of them students everyone thought i was going abroad. I wrote SAT and TOFEL and i did well but not enough to get full scholarship. One day my dad ( now late) called me and told me " Adadaddy, you know my salary and you know i don't have anyone that will help with this desire. God has not laid it in my heart to ask any church member. " By the way my dad was an orphan from the age of 11 and he does not have a brother or sister, just him alone till he married my mom and had his own family. My mother is the first child in her family and all her siblings at one time or the other were living with us and my dad paid for their school fees, So they to were also just starting off in life.
After my dad told me this i broke down and made any dream of living abroad Die. die die die die. Tops i will do all the best i can finish with a 1st class of least 2-1 in law school so i can get a good job and one day go abroad for vacation and come back. I will make it in this country i told myself. yea secondary school peeps laughed at me... But yeah i kept my promise to my self i went to Dubai and India for vacation while working. Was proud of my self... But that living abroad...i told myself it was not for me.

Fast forward to when my friend told me about the FSW. I Couldn't believe i had almost everything required to apply. Can i resurrect this desire i had buriesdso many years ago?

Because my best friend's husband was is in a different state and he was a banker he couldn't hold my hand through the process as much as i knew they would have wanted to help.

I first applied for IELTS January 2018. Thought results was OK didnt know 7.5 in listen was a NO No. Me believing in my american English wetin go dey there that i can't pass. Also i had never failed an exam before in my life... anyhow after results showed... I told myself it was cause i didnt read. I wrote again in March I read for this particular test but. At this time i saw 7.5 again in Listening... I kukuma tell myself it was a sign from God... This was not for me... Was angry... why God will let me know about this process just to limit me at the first stage.
Called by best friend cried out my eyes and she somehow encouraged me to write again i wrote again.. I focused on Listening... My weakness. This time i smashed dead. . got a 9 in listening.
Then i started ECA... No body tell me say na just Msc.. Na so i process my LLb, that one cost me money... From an easter university... Men that one cost big time. then Law school ... Law school can be slow for transcripts... Then Msc for uni jos. Na so i do cross country...East west north parts of Nigeria for transcripts... Verification from WES another hustle... Asking all these institutions if they have received WES mail... No be small thing.

She sha... The day ECA arrived i jump inside pool that same day i got ITA. August 8th... Na so i dey feel good... This time i believed God was on my side...i had all my documents... And waited to September to do medicals.
AOR September 15th 2018. I and my dad were very very close. He meant the world to me...he was my first best friend. Though he was a pastor you could tell him anything... Like i told him the when i first has sex...i need someone to hold me accountable cause i didn't want to do it again till i got married. My dad prayed with me and never said anything to mom. he said it was my secret and it was up to me to tell her. But it was best to tell her the day or a day before i was getting married. But i must tell my future husband to be when i knew the relationship was getting serious. Lols.

I went to my dad's grave and told him i was about to submit my application. i submitted... And went home.
I thought tops my application will be approved tops 3 months. I screen shot people PPR stories that were early... Sidelined the ones that took too long ...God just dey do me big Yimu!

Na so silence after MEP /BIO
Nothing... I am the oldest daughter my younger sister is married... The youngest is getting ready... Am the only singer senior female staff in my office... Things seems to be happening for others except me. ... Trust villagers extended relatives to make fun of me to my face and to my Mother... They would say" who go marry this one"... Very close Family friends would ask me what wanted them to pray for i told them i wanted PPR most were shocked as they expected me to say marriage. I told God i want PPR first... perhaps my husband dey wait for me for Canada... As i don dey naija all my life husband no show...na white man i go marry get Carmel babies. Lols.. Or black man but my babies will be Canadians.

Na so people i applied with were getting PPR after three months... In face most of them have landed... Ottawa no reply me. I called CIC every month yet nothing. Is settled my mind to Six months.. I told myself las las they go give me before 6month timeline go reach.

6 months do and pass...that's when depression the stare at me in the face...

I went to Ghana for a short vacation to get out of the circumstances of my life. i didn't want to go far just in case there was an ADR or PPR. am grateful for Ghana. It put things in perspective and i had reached that point that i was fine either way... Whether PPR came or not.
I came back May 8th 2019.

Friday, May 10th 2019 few days to 8 months post AOR i saw i got an update. I quickly checked... It was a ghost update. Na so they next saga started. I called CIC on Monday 13th May, the agent told me that i should expect a letter soon. I waited( thought 8 months was long... Na this was the longest wait) till Friday 17th May. I called CIC again. This time i was told congratulations by the agent that my application had been approved on 13th May 2019 and i should have received a letter from AVO. i said ah wetin AVO and me get in common as my application was in Ottawa all this while. He said they issued it to AVO to send it to me. I told him i was sure i didnt not receive any email. He them forwarded Accra's email address and said i should email them telling them i was aware that
IELTS:
February 2nd 2018 first attempt LSWR -7.5,8,7.5,7.5
March 26th (i think) second attempt LSWR -7.5,8,7.5,7
June 2nd 2018 third attempt LSWR -9,8,7,8.5

ECA
WES August 7th 2018

ITA
August 8th 2018

AOR
September 15th 2018

MEP/BIO
26th September & 11 October 2018

IP1
October 25th 2018

Ghost update : 10th May 2019

PPR
Told application by Call agent that it was approved 13th May 2019
Letter came in 27th May 2019 dated 27th May

As i said earlier not all of us will get PPR after 3 or 6 months... But God has got us. He will perfect that which he has begun in his time.
Who ever you are... At what ever stage...if you believe this is for you... Then go for it full blast... Though the silence may come, though the ADR's may come... We are will be victorious!! God has got us ...

Came to this thread in part 3 was active then but over the silence of the process i got drowned with emotions... But i am so so grateful to all of you.. The encouragement i got this morning was amazing and it came with the favor i needed. Thank you All!!