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Dofrenzy:
Thank God for the safe landing. So was it in Toronto they gave you your study permit?

Yes, that was my port of entry

Hello everybody, I just landed in Canada, the SP journey has been a hectic one, but grateful to have gotten here.

Landing gist,
Arrived MMA by 9 for my 1:45pm flight with Ethiopian airlines, the airport was basically empty, so I tipped the baggage security people 1k cos they already hailing me boss and said I can’t give them 5H, then I continued to agriculture declaration venue, I didn’t declare any agricultural products (though I had a bag full of food items) I just told them it’s clothes and books and since it was in a box, they let me go. Went ahead to check in, my bags weighed 20kg and 22kg, at check in; I showed Arrivecan, Covid test, admission letter/enrollment letter and Passport.
I got my boarding passes and proceeded to customs and immigration, I didn’t tip anybody, the airport was empty and nobody had my time, so it was quick. In 5mins I was done with immigration and my passport was stamped. Proceeded to board and we left for Addis Ababa, arrived at Addis Ababa, proceeded to my Gate and boarded my flight to Toronto. The flight stopped in Dublin for refuel and then proceeded to Toronto. Got to Toronto, didn’t declare anything at Customs, showed them I’m fully vaccinated and I was given the green sticker which meant I was exempted from quarantine and proceeded to immigration.

At immigration, my village people wanted to try nonsense because my passport and visa information was not coming up on the Immigration officer’s system, he kept scanning and typing. Finally it came on and we were both relieved. He asked about my school, fees and acceptance letter and proceeded to print out my study permit. By the time I finished at immigration, I had missed my flight to British Columbia which is my final destination. Went to the Air Canada counter and told them that I missed my flight because of the immigration officers and the woman rescheduled the flight for me without any extra fees (apparently I think if immigration makes you miss your flight, the airlines are not supposed to charge you, that’s what the immigration officer told me when I was trying to tell her I’ll miss my flight).

When my flight was rescheduled to 8pm…and I had 12hours in Toronto, I called a friend who came and took me to downtown Toronto and other places, ate a lot of food and walked a whole a lot. Came back to the airport and boarded my flight to BC (Toronto to BC is like Lagos to London)

Just arrived BC, and I’m waiting for a cab to go to my apartment.

I pray everybody on this journey will give their own landing gist soon! Amen!

All the best guys!

EmeeNaka:
My application is Refused. Based on Family tie in Canada and home country, Purpose of Visit blah blah blah.
I doubt I will Reapply. I don't know if I will like to go through this kind of waiting again, I will still give it a thought anyway.
I don't know why but I feel relieved.
Thank you all for your prayers and support.
I wish Everyone, best of lucks.

Hey Man,
I’m so sorry, this must really hurt! But it’s not the end of the road, take some time to grief and clear your head, order your GCMS and apply again! We don’t give up! Let’s keep the dream alive. I’m always going to be your fan bro! And we will welcome you to Canada.

EmeeNaka:
Just got my correspondence letter

we are just patiently waiting for the PPR make we throw party!!!!

lobinche101:
URGENT HELP
pls how does UBA MY BANK STATEMENT LOOKS LIKE.. I'm sure this branch does not even have an idea of how to go about it... I'm fly frustrated

hi, all the mybankstatement look the same, irrespective of the bank.

Kindly find attached

Kudiratu28:
Good day,
Please how does one show economic establishment and social ties in their home country

hi, you can show home ties with the following:
a. Evidence of having close family members in Nigeria and intent to return to them.
b. Evidence of employment in Nigeria and intent to return home to the job
c. Evidence of high employment prospect in Nigeria after studies in Canada
d. Evidence of ownership of landed properties valuable to the applicant and intent to return home to them
e. Reason of Study relates back to home country e.g if you are going for a research that centers on Nigeria and intent to return back to utilise the knowledge in Nigeria

Hope this helps.

dollymon:
Please can someone help me with this...thanks

Hi, all you and your brother need to do is
a. Provide all the CAC documents showing he is the owner of the company including the Certificate of incorporation, MEMART, Particulars of directors and shareholders etc.
b. Provide all the Statements of Account of the company you wish to include
C. Provide documents proving company’s ownership of properties (this is optional but it will solidify financial capacity)
d. Provide a letter (and maybe an affidavit) of support stating he will sponsor your education
E. Provide proof of relationship (that both of you are siblings) e.g certificate of births, age declarations etc.
F. Provide a letter from the company stating you are a staff and you are taking a study leave and when you return you will be reinstated (this helps a lot with home ties)
G. Provide Your bank statement to show financial asset and proof of employment.

With regards to your 3rd question, You can pay your tuition for a year but this is not a guarantee you will be issued visa, however it demonstrates intent to study and capacity. But the requirement is to have 1year tuition and living expenses of atleast 10k CAD and travel expenses of atleast 2k CAD. The money must not necessarily be in your account. It could be in your sponsor’s account, however to prove easy access to the funds most people transfer the funds from the Sponsor’s account to the applicant’s account

Hope this helps.

Enjay316:
sorry ooo.make una no vex 4 this warri boy oo.I too dey ask question. abeg 3 questions
1. Can I use my MBS that was printed a week ago to apply or I should ask for a more current one mayb tomorrow monday?

2. How compulsory or relevant is Police report?

3. the Documents I have is much ooo.should I go to Business center and scan them all or I can use an iPhone with good camera quality to snap and edith.

thanks for always coming to my rescue Naira land.

Hello, you can use the MBS, account statements obtained a month before application or the month of application is valid.

On the issue of Police report, my agent didn’t obtain any police report for me and my application was approved.

On the issue of using your iPhone to scan, please see the tip below
How to scan with an iPhone,
Go to your notes app
Click on new notes
Click on the camera icon and you will see the option to scan, once you scan a document, you can resize it and save. The phone automatically saves it as PDF and you can email it to yourself or forward it via WhatsApp or any other app.

Hope this helps.

MEDOLAB:
hello,

My school has an option for CIBC Card payment in naira. It is possible to use naira debit card to make payment of above 1M in naira with the card?

hi, this will not work cos CBN has barred transfers above 100 dollars to foreign accounts. You need to use Form A Or have the funds in a Domiciliary account and use the dollar card for that account.

Ayindesegun10:
Good evening everyone, my sponsor has a gradual deposit of funds, like $2k-$3k every month, sometimes up to $5k, and a at a month not deposits at all(to his savings account from his Salary account) the savings account is used for my application. He doesn't hold funds in his salary account. He has provided me both statement and transactions. Is it a red flag?

Hi, no it is not a red flag, kindly submit both accounts and other proofs of employment of sponsor e.g. employment letter, promotion letter etc. The first account will show proof of income, second account will show availability of funds.

All the best!

AdoChel:
My passport got to me two days ago and it still hasn't come. Sigh

maybe you should send a webform reminding them.

Mubarakaudu:
Dear Team, I submitted my Canadian school visa application on the 10-06-2021 and I did my biometric fingerprint on the 18-06-2021 and my school will resume on the 07-09-2021 but I haven't received any message for medical am really worried about it. kindly assist on what next to do. Best regards

you are advised to go for Upfront medicals.

Kriptune:
Hello everyone, I just did my medicals. Please how can I upload my e medical sheet.

Secondly, where can I get the COVID vaccine close to Ajah ?

Hello, kindly raise a webform and submit it and also send by email.

As regards COVID-19 vaccination, check Badore Primary Health Centre.

jogojogo:
Good afternoon blessed people.

At point of entery will I be requested to provide proof of funds? I have paid my school fees.
I was told it is no longer requested at POE, how true is this please?

Also how many account statement should I go with? During the application I submitted my husbands statement but the "mybankstatement" was my account. Should I carry the both or only mine or only his?

Hello, it is solely at the discretion of the immigration officer. Some officers request to see POF and others do not. So we cannot be ascertain if you will be requested to show POF. Carry all the POFs submitted.

Cherukei2015:
Hello Everyone,
I just found this information below (see bold) on IRCC website. Please what do they mean by non-essential reasons?

Also, my 4 years old son is a US citizen, how do I get travel authorization for him to accompany me to Canada next month?
What are the processes and documents required?
Grateful to get feedback from the Gurus and anyone in the house.
Thanks in advance.




Fully vaccinated foreign nationals may be allowed to enter Canada for non-essential travel starting on specific dates:

August 9, 2021: American citizens and permanent residents of the United States, who currently reside in the U.S., and who meet specific criteria to qualify as fully vaccinated
August 9, 2021:French citizens who currently reside in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, and who meet specific criteria to qualify as fully vaccinated
September 7,2021 (tentative): All other foreign nationals who meet specific criteria to qualify as fully vaccinated
Warning: Until the specific dates, foreign nationals who come to Canada for non-essential reasons will be turned away at the border.

Hi, as a dependent, your child is eligible to enter Canada with you.

NewBrosJay:
Hello Wonderful People...
I must first commend the work you all are doing in here. I have been a silent reader for a while and I pray God will grant us our heart desires with the kind of effort you all have been putting in here.

I'm quite on the low side of experience when it comes to immigration matters, but I have chosen to study in Canada to start with.
I have some questions which I will like the experts here to advise me on.

I applied on April 24th, Biometrics on May 4th and upfront medicals passed May 20th.
I have my eligibility review started few days after my Biometrics and I have received 2 ghost updates.
I applied alongside an SOWP my wife. I have 10 years industrial experience in Engineering and plan to do Masters of Management Science in University of Waterloo. I so have the following travel history, US, UAE, Sudan, Russia, Ghana and Ivory Cost- all done by my employer for training/work purpose.

I ordered for GCMS notes because the wait is taking time. The notes came in this morning. Please see below the screenshots.
I noticed that my info sharing is still "in progress" as against the usual status I see with the notes posted here in the past.
I also noticed there is no VO review comments on my application. I only saw some communication between the VO and Windsor IRCC to confirm my LoA with the school which was validated in July. My account statement was also validated in the notes.
Apart from these two, no other comment is showing in the notes. Notes were Generated on 27th July as written in the document.
I plan to order for another GCMS notes this week.

so here are my questions
- what could cause the info sharing still pending: could it be the countries I have been to in the past
- Eligibility is showing "Recommend Interview", what does that mean?
- is it advisable for me to start my first term online while i wait for the PPR with faith? - class will start in September
- Does anyone have this kind of experience before?



I will really appreciate your response and advise.

Best Regards

I will appreciate

Hello, I am not one of the Gurus but I will attempt a response.
Info sharing means Canada is collecting data from other countries you have visited particularly USA, to confirm whether you outstayed your visa or whether you committed any offences during your stay. Once the countries give feedback IRCC will update it to passed.

Recommend interview - usually two V.Os review an application, the junior officer recommends interview when they find some inconsistencies which they do not really have capacity to make a decision on. So they recommend interview for the Senior V.O, but usually the Senior V.Os make decisions in Favour of the applicant in this scenario except in certain instances. So nothing for you to worry about.

Yes, you can start classes online while waiting for PPR and yes a lot of people have experienced the things and a lot of them still got PPR.

I am rooting for you, all the best.

Teenie19:
Hello everyone,

Please any recommendations for sites to buy affordable travel tickets? Thank you

you can check the different airline websites.

AdoChel:
Please is there anyone here who didn't get their Letter of Introduction immediately their passport was stamped?

it usually comes a day or two after the passport has been stamped. If your passport was stamped today, you will get it tomorrow or next.

desi10mi:
Please how did you get the email address of the MP

hi, it’s online, just google the MP of the location of the school and you will find it.

akoko123:
How can I get the email of MP of Centennial College Ontario?
Pls help... This wait is annoying

Hello, please google the Mp of the particular city your school is in Ontario. You will see the name of the person and contact details.

MJ1000:
Hello
Please what province?

British Columbia

theboyy:
Wow when was your application submitted?

April 22nd! NSE documents submitted on May 7th.

Demmy10:
Hello guys,

I just got an email from the assistant of an MP. He asked me to send a copy of my ID few days ago, which I did.
So he apologized saying he meant an ID with an Ottawa address on it. I told him I don't have that, he said they can only assist constituents currently living in the riding.

Is there anything else I can do?

this is new! Cos I had emailed the MP of my school and the assistant responded in less than 10 mins asking for my details which I shared with him, he responded 20mins later telling me that he has sent an inquiry to IRCC and if I don’t get an email from him in 2days I should follow up. The next day I got my PPR, two days after I got a response from him saying that My study permit was approved since June 25th but I got PPR on July 16th. I think the email from the MP reminded IRCC to issue my PPR.

Lekiboboe:
Wow, interesting, How are you able to drink your Milo beverage without milk, or na the new levels be that so i go dey rehearse am , cos me I no mind

Oriental Indomie, nice one, would look for it.
Thanks for the tips of unwrapping Maggi & Blending.

They sell milk in Canada na. Besides you can buy Nigerian brands of milk at the African stores but the price na die!

MhaameAhenkan:
I have come to give God all the praise and encourage someone here who's reading.
We need to just believe, have patience and pray that all will end in praise.
I put in my application on 15th March, 2021. Did my biometrics on 19th March, 2021.
I wasn't hearing from them, no update ..nothing. I even had to defer my program because of the delay. I was sending emails and webforms everytime. The responses I was getting were APPLICATION STILL UNDER REVIEW. To God be the glory, I just received my PPR today, infact this morning. It will surely end in praise for all of US

I just want to share my application timeline to give someone hope.

Application Date: 15th March, 2021
Biometric request: 16th March,2021
Biometric done: 19th March,2021
Medical request: 15th July,2021
Medical passed: 23rd July, 2021
BVL: 7th August, 2021
PPR: 9th August, 2021

Our praise reports is coming.
Thank you.

Congratulations!

EmeeNaka:
My Brother, I stay in Surulere. My hope is that all of us will get an answer this week. We don't have much time. We need to celebrate together, possibly book flight together and Land in Canada together. I really hope our Decisions start coming tomorrow.

when you get your visa, after you, na me go be the second happiest person! Assistant PPR celebrant…rooting for you bro!

fluxyn:
Thank you for your reply. Its a rolling application. The deadline is June. I guess I have to wait till September then. Thanks a lot, bro. Are you in Canada?

okay, if it’s a rolling application then about 3months from date of application, you should get a response. So hopefully, by the end of this month or September.
Given that your file has been sent to the department, it means you have passed the general screening, it’s time for the department to make a decision with regards to admitting you, your supervisor, the amount of funding and any other factors or benefits. Now, to secure admission, a Professor must accept to supervise you, hopefully, the supervisor you emailed Fights for your acceptance.

Also, please read and digest all the information here on study permit, so once you are admitted you can apply immediately without delay. IRCC takes a long time to process visa these days and if you can, please go through NSE and submit everything upfront.

And No I’m not in Canada yet, traveling in a few days.

All the best bro, see you in Canada.

Abimbola15:
hello, her old dli admission has not been terminated but it expires this September. For a reapplication would she have to go through same exact process. Proof of funds and all that?

Hi, she can use the old admission to go to Canada, when she arrives Canada, she can change school and course and then update IRCC.

fluxyn:
Hello guy.
I sent a cold email to a professor who agreed that she wants me for a PhD at western university in a biology department. She said i should apply for winter (January). I applied in late May and I am yet to hear from the University. I read on the website that it takes a while before the admission committee replies. I got a mail that my application os completed and forwarded to the department.
Please does anyone have an idea of how long it takes to hear from the biology admission office?

Hi, it takes about 3months to 4 months from the date of application deadline to get admission decisions for masters and Ph.D. You will prolly hear from them at the end of August or September. When was the deadline for applications?

Prettymi20:
Hello everyone
Please if you are submitting 6 months bank statement, is it necessary to explain money in the account prior to the 6 month period? It's a savings account, thus accumulated fund but no lump sum in the past 6 months

No, but you have to show a source of income/ revenue

Shayee35:
Sure.

Please I have sent a couple of email access mails. Kindly respond.