Hello Guys,
Please my bro eventually got RFV after waiting for over 2.5years. AOR December 2020.
He submitted his passport to VFS Abuja since 2weeks ago but he has not heard a word from them.

Is this normal?

AOR date: May 2, 2023

MEP: May 10, 2023

COPR for me and spouse - June 9

FSW

YES. you can include BVL instead.

My wife was told a return envelope is no longer necessary while she was about to send her passport. She was told VFS will contact when they are ready to send the passport back to her . Is this true?

She paid for it and included it in the package anyways.....

silvamania:
Hello guys ,

I was going through documents to be submitted for passport stamping and my wife didn’t get any yellow biometric slip rather a sticker on her coloured passport data page print out with the biometric details .

Is this appropriate?

Thank you

May 19

Truth106:


Congratulations,

Please do you know the exact day your eligibility review started.
Thanks

My wife just got PPR for her SOWP today. Applied in January 18.
Who has submitted passport recently? How did the proces go?

Hello All,
is there a group for March to May AOR? Telegram or whatsapp? if theres none - t. me/ AprilMayAOR

85$ for one person bio.
paid 170$ for two even if i had paid 85$ for just one person before.
Make dem dey deal with am.

GraciousWords:


another wise option that I didn't consider!
What is $170 in the grand scheme of things. And this route totally avoids plenty webforms explaining plus lawyer wahala if the VO is a rookie.

Good call!

#Perspective

Yes here.
Applied May 2nd
Medical passed may 10.
Bio updated May 10
Request for Biometrics Payment for spouse even when she had done bio in the past May 11 (Paid 85$)
Request for Bio payment for myself with refusal threat May 25 (Paid 170$)

I studied in Canada, I have a work permit so the request for Biometrics payment is a bit confusing but I have obliged.
Bio for wife has also been updated in profile.

Timmypaul:
Hello house anyone with may AOR that has got medical passed and biometric letter.

They are still valid o. My profile has the bio info sef. I have made the payment they requested o. The ADR came with a threat of refusal if I dont comply LOL.

I am just asking if any new applicant has experienced the same thing.

GraciousWords:



Use this link to check if your biometrics are still valid

https://onlineservices-servicesenligne.cic.gc.ca/extapp/bioStatusQuery


If they are, then scan a printout of the output from that page, printout of your profile showing the biometrics number and an LOE to explain what you have written above (i.e. biometrics from a previous application). In your LOE also ask if you need to go for biometrics again or make payment for it again, given your explanation. Upload as a single doc in the placeholder, if any and don't forget to transmit. Then send all these again by webform and call IRCC (details on how to call on page 1 post 6).

It could be that the person reviewing your file has incorrectly assumed the biometrics is recent and is querying why there was no payment without realising it is old bio from a previous application or that your bio is no longer valid.

#MyGuess

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2023/05/canada-is-reuniting-loved-ones-through-new-immigration-measures-new-measures-also-address-labour-shortages-in-canada.html

best time to apply for SOWP

Comgratulations.

Please I will appreciate if anyone can provide clarifications to my confusion.

My spouse and I are getting ADR to make payments for biometrics when we have clearly done biometrics in the past for previous study and visit visa application within the last 10years.

Our Bio information have also been updated on the PR profile.

Is this a new norm for PR applications??


Please advise anyone.

vizioo:
I wanted to share an update on timelines.

Single applicant.

ITA - Nov 2022
AOR - Jan 4, 2023
Medicals updated - Jan 16
Biometrics linked (from denied student visa application) - Jan 16
RFV - Feb 20

Logged in pretty frequently and signed up for the new application status tracker, but no new updates since Jan 16. The new tracker said eligibility had not started right up until RFV email - it has since been updated to show all components passed.

Noticed a ghost update a day before RFV.

We used a notarized gift deed (multiple transactions) as proof of funds.

He took an online diploma at a Canadian university and used that (along with his Nigerian BSc) as 2 or more degrees. We only intended to get points for 2 or more degrees, but he also got points for Canadian education thanks to a slight change in IRCC regulations due to COVID-19.

Is there a group for april/Mar AOR express entry appplicants?

Apply for Judicial Review. Because it seemed the VO goofed by mentioning he assessed your file under a different program, there is every likelihood you will get a settlement offer for the judicial review and an eventual reopening and approval of your application.

the journey could be long and a little expensive but its a surer means than just reapplying.

if you reapply you will go through the processing time again anyways.

Dzees:


Yes i did submit all the mentioned documents. IRCC response came as a shock. I tell you.

Hello All, Please my brother applied for PR December 2020, sometime in February 2022 he was asked tor additional documents (medicals, payment of RRPF and payslips) which he submitted......Fast forward 2023 January there has not been any movement on his application.

What can be done at this point??

One week

Fendy34:


Hello, please how long did it take for them to return your file after you found out that vfs didn’t sign the package so that you could re- attach the payment and did you pay for 2 way courier initially?

Many thanks

yes
my passport has been sent back to lagos.
it did nt matter....I only included the BVL letter.

Mystique01:



Hello, have you been able to resend ? does it matter if one did biometrics in lagos and sends Passport to Abuja?

abuja stamps the passport.

with the speed with which passport gets stamped you cant think otherwise.

Sundjata:


IRCC website indicates that of the four Government of Canada offices in Nigeria (Abuja, Lagos, Lagos, and Port Harcourt), Abuja is the only one that performs passport services. So every passport sent to Abuja and Lagos are stamped in Abuja, which is to say that Abuja does the stamping on behalf of the processing office in Nairobi.

Everything is sorted now. VFS says IRCC office in abuja is processing the passport,

folla:
@hayqinsbFX

I would suggest that you call or visit the office of "Canada Collection" to whom the transmission fee payment was made, to confirm that they actually received payment of your transmission fee. It is possible your payment did not drop with them.

Payment of SMS charge is optional and cannot be the reason for return of your passport unstamped. Inclusion of a return envelope or lack of it cannot also be a reason for the return. Practically, IRCC don't even use an applicant’s return envelope. They always use theirs.

Good luck.

it is well
but I think guys should take note and probably pay the 990 anyways...

skull4eva:


Thats because of your biometrics slip i guess. Because we dont normally pay for sms aside the transmission fee

Apparently it's the sms charge that wasn't included in the envelope and the return envelope.

Apparently it's the sms charge I didn't add and the return envelope
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I did not pay any 990 ooo HA

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I did include the evidence of payment.
Well could it be that I printed the evidence in black and white

megastu:
did you do your biometrics in Abuja or Lagos? If not in Abuja you need to pay 9410 and include evidence of such payment.

What documents did you include?

It's for me o.

skull4eva:


Okay then since you know what you missed then readd that. It the passport for ur kids or your spouse?

I included
PPR request letter
BVL letter (did my biometrics in 2016 in Lagos so I dnt have a white or yellow slip)
Vfs consent form signed second page
Receipt of payment of 9410

But I didn't include a return envelope

This is what I think I'm missing

megastu:
did you do your biometrics in Abuja or Lagos? If not in Abuja you need to pay 9410 and include evidence of such payment.

What documents did you include?

Thanks
Everything is complete but I think I didn't have the return envelope.

I didn't see it in the instruction you sent earlier.

skull4eva:


That document was not complete and vsf refused to accept it. So you need to check what was not in it and add it. Please shed more light is the passport for you kids or ur spouse?

i paid 9410 NGN
And pls do I need to put like a return envelope?

Bobomaigida:


Confirm how much you paid for the transmission, most times it is because the amount paid is incomplete.

Help o
Passport was sent to vfs Abuja and DHL tracking says consigned refused to accept the document.

Pls who has experienced this before!?

Help o
Passport was sent to vfs Abuja and DHL tracking says consigned refused to accept the document.

Pls who has experienced this before!?

Good Morning All,
pls based on current trend what is the timeline from passport submission to collection from the lagos and abuja vfs respectively.

I can't get the slip again oo...lol

i found the consent form and signed just the second page

skull4eva:


White or yellow slip is the one u got when u did biometrics.
Google vsf consent forms u will get it