Iffylove:
Greetings to all everyone in this group.
Please I need clarifications concerning my SOP, Am almost at the completion stage, I plan going first for my doctoral study and my spouse and child to later join me.
So my questions are:
* Should I state this in my SOP that my family will be joining me or I should not mention anything about them joining me?
* Also, should they apply for theirs immediately I receive my visa (by God's grace) or after 3 months when I get to Canada?
Thank you.

1. Please, do not mention anything about your family joining you in your SOP, instead state categorically that they will be in Nigeria, they're the best hometie you have right now.
2. I don't know much about this question, my guess is when you arrive Canada you can apply for your family to join you.

Just my opinion.

Goodluck!

Aquanitavit:
hello dear ,congrats about your English proficiency exception letter,where you able to get it or did you apply without it

Yeah, I applied with my English Proficiency Letter.

Nwannediutor:


Congrats in advance. When did your eligibility review start?

I checked yesterday afternoon, it hasn't started, but its ongoing now. I don't know when exactly it started, and background check has not started yet.

I wasn't expcting this, I applied on 05 July 2020, received biometric request letter on 06 July 2020. I received Medical Examination Instruction letter today, 24 July 2020. When I saw the mail this morning, I thought I have been denied, I avoided my account till I couldn't hold it anymore I had to check. I just applied 19 days ago, and my admission is for Winter 2021, I am hoping and praying this ends well.

Goodluck everyone!!

Thermodynamics:
Hello all, I have a B.eng in Mechanical/production engineering, I want to do my masters in Canada, but I want to optimize and get more value for my money by studying a course that is in high demand in terms of job after graduation in Canada. Please anyone in Canada who knows how the system works should make suggestions for me. Thanks.

It's better for you to do a course that is in line with your bachelors discipline or your work experience. You can always switch to your preferred program when you get to Canada. Mechanical Engineering is very broad, I am somewhat sure the job prospects is high in Canada for the program, especially when you have other computer aided design skills, with some programming and numerical analysis.

First thing to do is to check the schools requirements and see if your grade meets their cutoff, tuition fees, masters or PGD or PGC (depends on your CGPA), then you apply.

I'm not in Canada oh, just my 2cents, so take it or leave it.

Goodluck.

itwillendinprai:



God bless you so much for this explanation, It's enough for me and am grateful. Truth is, the response I got the first time I enquired about the possibility of getting admission with my G.P, automatically zeroed my mind on Universities, hence I started reading up on colleges that offer my course, and was considering Conestoga before my brother came up with that idea. All I needed was an assurance that am on the right track, only for that guy to show up with his mockery-infested-ITK attitude. Whatever that means
Once again thank you so much, I appreciate.

You're welcome.
Goodluck!

itwillendinprai:


You and I know the message behind that your question, but it's fine. We move forward.

For the records, I've been reading up since the past few weeks and was about applying for PGD/PGC in some canadian colleges, but fortunately/unfortunately the discussion I had with my brother this night changed the whole arrangement. He's of the opinion that being the same organisation(WES), though in different countries, i should be able to get 3.0/4 and above with my G.P which qualifies me for Masters programme. By the way, I've also read in other threads that WES evaluation tends to take G.P higher, their standard is expected to be the same all over the world regardless of school procedures. I just want to be clarified on whether school judges one with their CGPA before WES evaluation or after the evaluation, that's all biko.

Is the WES course by course ICAP evaluation a requirement by your university of interest? If no, then you submitting it won't matter in your application. Admission requirements for US and Canadian schools are very different, I applied to University of Regina with my WES 3.4/4.0 GPA and was rejected, mind you WES was and still is among their requirements.
If the school you want is requesting for a WES evaluated Transcript and your WES Transcript is within their cutoff, mostly 3.0/4.0, go ahead and apply. But if they are not, and you apply with the WES Transcript hoping to get an advantage, you just wasted your money.

This is based on my personal experience and I might be wrong.

Goodluck.

Lekiboboe:

Merge all the 30 pages docs. together using
https://www.ilovepdf.com/merge_pdf

and compress it using
https://www.ilovepdf.com/compress_pdf

If that doesn't show a reasonable size reduction

Go to Page 120,
U will see my post there on
Trick to Compressing our document using PRIMO PDF (Courtesy Nnonso)

30 pages! I don't think PRIMO can work this time or it won't be clear at all, blurred letters. 30 pages! That's all my client information docs already in one document. I couldn't even use PRIMO for some 1 page documents due to the quality. He should give a try and see how it looks. I used only the survey plan on my land property due to the pages.

NairaLuck:

Means my debit card would work?

I paid my deposit with GT Bank Naira Mastercard via CIBC. My deposit was even $CAD4,000. Came up to around approx. N1,100,000 or so. This was in March, I had a deadline to meetup and the FormA was suspended by the Central Bank during that period.

Confirm with your bank on your daily limit. What I don't know is the exact charge for the transaction. But if I had the option of FormA as you do now, I would have used it.

Ijeanwuli:
Good morning all

Thank you for sharing freely

Please I am a little confused.

I have received my admission from University of Saskatchewan. Though I have deferred to Jan 2021. As a result of this the school said my admission letter will be issued late July or sometime in August.

Now, the confusion is that i know a few people that applied for visas for programs that have online alternative or are starting online till schools decide on their next steps and their visas were refused for this reason.( Or so they say)

I was initially planning to apply in August but now I think I want to wait till October.

Is this a wise decision ?

I can defer my admission for personal reasons too. People are going through alot this period and rejecting Visa due to the reason you stated above is really bad. I deferred my admission till January 2021 and I applied a few days ago.

Que sera sera.

Lekiboboe:


-There is no signature section on IMM 5257B form, u only need to VALIDATE it, then SAVE

- For the IMM 1294e form, u are not to leave the signature column blank, u have to write ur full name ,validate, then save....

And make sure ur IMM 1294e has some Barcode rectangular sign, scroll down to see them

Thank you. I have completed all my documents now.

Lekiboboe:

U can also check my post on Page 29,
U gonna see some Step-By-Step Video Guides on filling of ur IMM forms etc., it will answer questions that might likely arise during the process of filling ur IMM forms etc.

But if u still eventually have things u are not clear of while filling the IMM forms, do ask.

All da best!

Hello Lekiboboe,

In my IMM1294E and IMM5257B, I typed my full name in the section for signature, I just checked and saw that I was supposed to leave it blank. Should I refill the forms or can I upload like this?

Sanovsky007:
so I think I am ready for submission

so far I have the following

Mandatory Forms
IMM 1294e
IMM5247
IMM5645
Digital Passport
Passport Data Page
Letter of Acceptance


SPONSOR DOCUMENTS (DAD)

Sponsor Letter
Affidavit of Support
Bank Statement with 32million naira
Employment Letter
Pay Slips for the Past 4months
ID card
4 Land Surveys Plan
Tuition Deposit Receipt
Age Declaration Affidavit
Resume

CLIENT INFORMATION

3 page SOP
Degree Certificate
Transcript
Birth Certificate
NYSC
Employment Letter
CV
IELTS result
Police Certificate
Online MOOCs certificate


am I missing anything?

Which form is the IMM5247? or is that an error?

koonleh:
Please house, I am in the process of applying for admission, and dnt want to use any agent. I got to the part of sending documents, WES has done course to courses evaluation, and can send electronically to the sch I chose. The question is when I get to the part of uploading the documents , what do I do, since everything is with WES and they will send it to them.

Which school are you applying to? Is WES ICAP course by course evaluation a requirement?
Which document is WES requesting you to upload? You can mail them to clarify this for you. To the best of my knowledge, once they have evaluated for you before, they will request for the recipient's details, not to upload another document.
Your best bet is to contact WES and ask them.

dommakavelli:
Numer 1. You should check your admission letter for the finance breakdown. They usually put the price range for rent there. Some schools would write a yearly estimate. But If their estimate is per month, multiply it by 12. For other columns, check your admission letter for an estimate of other things like books, transport, etc. and put the total. Anyways, everything is usually around 10-15k. depending on the city.
Also, available funds. You should put the total of 38,800CAD and $43,558CAD okay?

Number 2. I think you should add it to the sponsor document under the proof of source of funds. Your dad's property is not yours, so it can't be a home tie. But if you show that your parents are doing well, VO's might see it as a tie too. No one knows what those mo'fuckers want. But yeah, include all your parent's property under sponsor docs.
Number 3. Yes, say approximately xxxxxx
Number 4. Yes, she can state an estimate of each of her assets in her sponsor letter. Just like number 3.

Please, in my own case, how do I fill the imm 1294e form
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Jermaineayo:
I think the one for Client section is to show travel history.

Yeah, you're right but he already has a 'proof of travel history' document in the same Client Info. Section, that's why I asked to confirm.

SKEPTA:


cc @frankrobbn @justmellow @dommakaveli
@Everyone!!!
please help

Why did you include your passport data page in your Client Information? I uploaded mine in the passport document section or am I missing something here?

Hello all,

Please, I am about to submit my application and I need your input in my application documents, what do you think? Is there any info you think I am missing that can make my profile strong?
Background - I have a BEng in Civil Engineering (2011), I have been working in my field (Civil Engineering/Structural Engineering/Construction) since after service year in 2012 until now. I got admitted into the University of Windsor, MEng Civil Engineering - deferred to Winter 2021. I am not married and I am sponsoring myself.

My documents:
Acceptance Letter-
1. Windsor Acceptance Letter - Conditional ( Windsor gives only one letter, no unconditional, at least to the best of my knowledge)
2. Receipt for my Transcript processing and posting from my Undergrad University (This is to show that I am fulfilling the conditions in my offer letter)

Proof of Funds-
1. Reference Letter from my bank with a closing balance of N15million
2. My 1-year Statement of Account from the same bank above
3. Payslips from my previous employer
4. Oanda.com exchange rate website photo, showing the date and the Naira - CAD rate.
5. Salary Account Statement of Feb - Dec 2019,( just to show salary payment and I mentioned this in my SOP)
6. Windsor Tuition Deposit Receipt for $CAD4000

Client Information-
0. Statement of Purpose
1. Education docs. - SSCE, Bachelors, Transcript, NYSC, English proficiency letter from my Undergrad school.
2. Employment docs - Reference Letters from all previous and current employer, current employment is part-time and unpaid so no payslips. ID's, Awards and Certificates from employment or online programs
3. Mother and brother IDs
4. Pension Manager Introduction Letter and Statement of Account with N6Million (stated in SOP as home-tie)
5. Land Property Survey Plan
6. Photo of me and my family, and a photo of me and my colleagues at work.
7. Admission letter from a UK university, (I used this to state the reason I chose Windsor, Canada for this program in my SOP),

I am filling my IMM forms now before submission, please, If you think I am missing any doc let me know.

It shall end with praise!

Iffylove:
Please house
Does anyone knows someone who has been admitted into Mcmaster university especially the phd program, Its stated that its mandatory that all applicants should not get a supervisor before applying but will be given one after evaluation of their application if the applicant gets admitted. Please I will like to have more info with respect to anyone's experience with the school. Thanks

In my experience with admission application especially for thesis programs, even when it is not compulsory to get a supervisor prior to application or admission, I won't apply to that program If I don't get a positive response from a supervisor. Remember, this is just my opinion. All the thesis programs I applied to with no positive response from a potential supervisor, even when the school website states categorically that it is not mandatory, I received a rejection mail.

You can try your luck, If you have a strong profile with research experience, that is published research in journals. OR maybe I am wrong and the school is making it mandatory for potential students not to get a supervisor for a PhD program. All the best.

Lekiboboe:

Check my post on Page 116, it addresses ur above query

Thanks for this insight, very helpful post on pg 116.
I think he was asking for how to hyperlink the table of content such that, when clicked, directs the user to the document page within the merged documents. I have been looking for how to do that too, because the table of contents is doc but the documents is pdf and I think you can't hyperlink in a pdf document.

Please, correct me if I'm wrong Jermaineayo.

Do you have any way to do this?

Pee2Jay9:


I'm not hell bent o, I just want us to be certain of points we call valid and discretionary.

The post from part 15 proved that merged documents can be uploaded in the family section which is infact my point. I'm wondering why we can merge documents, upload it in that section and it will go through and yet, we say it's wrong to do so.. I'm neither a VO nor a Guru but just want absolute truth rather than personal opinion.

In my opinion, what you posted from part 15 and what you want to do are different. In the application portal, it was mentioned that you can merge your family info IMM form with extra 'IMM form page' if your family information couldn't be contained in the given IMM form. It didn't mention that you can merge your additional family document (which is not an IMM form) to the family IMM form for upload.

Disclaimer: I am just clarifying what I read, I don't know if it can be done or not i.e. to merge IMM form with another document.

JustMellow:


Hello Insanity,

The reference letter as per validity is of two months expiry. However, if you have your employment/appointment letter, the reference letter can be included as optional. There have been applicants who'd successfully applied without a reference letter.

Any financial document issued by a financial house has an expiration of one month. If you intend to use any document for a specific purpose of substantiating a fact, do well to alert the attention of the VO and don't just dump.

You should consider using your Savings Account and support it with your payslips.

All the best

Thanks a lot for your help.

My first employer just gave me a reference letter for this application and I didn't receive any appointment letter from them when I worked with them 8 years ago. For the second employer, I have an employment letter and a reference letter that will soon expire. My current employment is part time and not paid, and I have only a reference letter from them.

I want to use the reference letters and the employment letter for my application. I hope not to get delayed due to employment situation.

For the pension statement, I mentioned it in my SOP under the home ties section that it was for that purpose.

I will remove the salary account and use only the savings with the pay slips.

Thanks a lot for your assistance.

Tonyodg:
All statements of account printed should be recent ones ... A statement of account only lasts 30 days after printing , so march statement has expired

If it’s possible to get a new reference letter its better
High regards

Thanks a lot for your help. I will update pension account statement before use.

I am preparing to submit my application, but I have a few questions to clarify:

1. The reference letter I received from my current employer is almost 2 months old. Can I still use it for my application after 2 months? I saw a checklist with a 2 month validity period, I was wondering if that's the requirement. I want to avoid requesting for a new one.

2. I want to include my pension statement of account in my application, not as proof of funds but as a home tie. I received the SOA around March, is the validity period for this also a month? Can I still use it now or do I need to get a new statement of account.

3. I have two bank accounts, a salary account and a savings account where I saved for my education. So when I receive my salary, I transfer my savings to the savings account. I want to upload only my savings account in my proof of funds section (that's where all the funds for my education is), and then include my salary account in my client information section as evidence of legit income with my pay slips, is this a good idea?

Ysakaws1:
Who has gotten admission for Masters Fall 2020 in University of Windsor yet?

I don’t know if I should relax because I am yet to a decision from the school and it is almost July.

Really? For which program? Have you checked your profile on the egas portal? Did you apply for a course based masters or a thesis masters? This might not be good for your application because enrollment for some courses for Fall 2020 has commenced, even co-op application is on already with deadline on July 10.

You need to contact them as soon as possible. Send a mail to: gradst@uwindsor.ca
AND
Go to this link: https://www.uwindsor.ca/registrar/540/contact-us
On the link, scroll down to Graduate and Professional Application Service Specialist section, you will see a list of Admission Officers' names and their contact details, your Admissions Officer is determined by your last name using the alphabetical listing there. Send an inquiry mail to your admission officer.

I received my offer letter since March for Fall 2020. I have even deferred to winter session and received the offer letter for Winter January 2021.

Goodluck!

Frankrobbn1:



A Bank statement is valid for a month (30 days). See the attachment with this post from IRCC website for visa instructions for study permit applications from Nigeria.


It will end in praise

Hello Frank,

On this bank statement issue, I have a Pension Account statement that I want to include in my application, just to show ties to home. Should I upload it among the Client Information documents? Does this one month validity period apply to Pension Account statements too?
I received my statement in March, I don't know if I can use it now or request for a new one.
Thanks for your assistance.

Miide2:


I got the same mail too
My EE profile was deemed ineligible since April but I got a mail that they were still working on my application.. My EE application not my SP

I don't think you should worry about that EE mail you received. I have not applied for SP or recieved ITA but I received that 'we are still working on your application ' EE mail too. I don't think it has anything to do with your SP application, in my opinion.

Faithyyyyy:
@justmellow.

Please what recognized online course can anyone do from 3-6 months that can be evaluated for 1 year by wes. My kid brother has a bachelor's and is looking to enter the pool. Thanks

Check BSC in IT and CIMA program. Both of these programs respectively will give you a certificate point in EE. Your kid brother need to go and read the Express Entry thread to get more info on this. Regards.

milo9:
Good morning great people, please is it compulsory for an applicant to submit the international passport data page of family members when applying for study visa or other means of identification like birth certificate or national I.D is OK?

Any form of official ID is okay such as Birth Certificate, Drivers Licence etc.. I'm using attestation of birth for my parent.

jpepper:


This does not make sense to me, Why would one need a visa to attend online classes? I believe the purpose of the visa is to allow entry into the country, if you will be studying online then i think it makes sense that proof of payment of fees should be sufficient for now until one needs to be physically present. It is like saying people who do online degrees need a visa? You might as well be taking an online degree at the school, does that mean one needs a visa to take online courses?

I reckon this is because you need a study permit to start your studies, and you need your visa to get a study permit. On my offer letter, I have a deadline to show my study permit at the school before the commencement of my program.

Exactly. You stated as it is, we are our own problem.

ralfudoh:
So I spoke to a friend in Canada who knows much about immigration. He arrived at the following. Fake documents. An open source verification is done at times. These guys know what fake documents look like, and what original documents look like. If they decide to ban us, we will say they are mean so its just to allow us to keep applying. CIC came to Nigeria and agreed with the Nigerian government on verification process for documents like landed, shares, bank statements, CAC e.t c. You claim you own a business that is registered, yet no evidence of the business being operational, no tax clearance, no website, no staff payrolls, no receipts to show. U claim u earn 400k with pay slips, yet u dont submit the account the money is credited. U start an account with 500k and closing balance of 15mil+, if that account is checked back a little, like one year back, the total transaction is not up to 1million. They look at it and laff. 99% of Nigerians are guilty of fake docs.
I kinda agreed with him becos if u see pple that have genuine docs, they are getting visa like my friend. His brother is sponsor, company is active, u can see transactions with the company name on his account. He didnt need to fund his account for over a month before printing, yet he had the required balance. He had his tax clearance, tin number and all. Shows the company is legit and running.
My friend submitted his salary account with less than 500k. And he got medical invite.
I think CIC are now verifying docs, and thats what is leading to the massive refusals.
I have known a couple of pple who came out clean to me that they used fake transcripts to secure college admission yet denied visa, could it be that CIC found out? Fake bank statements. The corruption has eaten as deep as the banking system verifying fake bank statements for applicants. You think these guys dont know? The refusals will be for a reason. Trust me, we know that Nigerians are not honest.
In this difficult economy, you are a married woman, someone else is sponsoring u, who is not your husband, your father or father in-law, is he your sugar daddy? Insufficient funds. Arranged sponsor.
Someone will be shouting he paid one year tuition and was denied on insufficient funds, who told you paying of tuition is a requirement for visa? How much do you have in your personal account in the over 5yrs of working that you claim or you just boosted your account for visa purposes? These guys are trained to detect all these things. As much as there are human errors and mistakes in the process, the percentage is low. Let's be honest and candid with each other, in this Nigeria that we are now, with the difficult economy, how many non related persons will cough out excess of 10million to sponsor someone abroad for tuition and living expenses if not an arranged sponsor. You are earning less than $1000CAD which a part time student would earn and you think they won't tick insufficient funds for you? Tuition that after visa, same Nigerians request for refund and go to cheaper schools, someone whom applied with a sponsor who had over 30million balance will reach Canada and can't pay second semester fees, starts struggling and working more than 20hrs. Lets also not forget what other Nigerians in Canada are doing, how does it affect the chances of the millions back home? Cyber crime, drugs and all. Nigerians rank second in over stayed visa in USA and Canada. Refugee claims. Marrying of old women to get papers. They have all these records. And you expect them to be dishing out visas to us anyhow? Canada also filters the quality of people they allow into their country. They consider a lot of factors like age, economic importance, course of study and all. Like oma22 said, CIC owes no one visa, they didnt force you to apply, if you dont want them to keep eating your application money, stop applying and look for other countries, rather than being bitter and discouraging others. Visa is not a right, its a privilege. Besides not every qualified person will be issued a visa, Nigeria would have been empty by now.
Ask yourself, why dont CIC have a processing office in Nigeria since we make up for a large percentage of applicants in Africa. Because they dont trust us.
Like Frank always says, it will end in praise, if you have been denied, re-strategize, identify the loopholes and refire. Dont let anyone's bitterness discourage you. You knew you could stay in Nigeria and make millions, yet you applied to Canada, that same reason that made you apply should ginger you to take the necessary steps.

Thanks

Frankrobbn1:


A detailed job reference letter would work perfectly in your application. The letter should be in the company's official letter headed paper and should highlight the following -

1. Your job start date,
2. Your job responsibilities and duties with the said company,
3. The number of hours you work per week,
4. The letter should confirm the fact that the company is aware of your wish to acquire an advanced knowledge in the field of xxxxxx at xxxxxx school in Canada.
5. The letter should be written by the HR and duly signed.

Note - With this letter you don't require a job offer letter. You can include a study leave letter to further buttress the fact that you would be returning home after studies.

I hope this information helps.

It will end in praise.

Thanks a lot Frank. God bless you. It will end in praise!