Enajegbe:


Hello Jennypharb1,

I’m a Nigerian trained lawyer who hasn’t been in active practice although I plan to practice in Canada by the grace of God.

I would really appreciate it if you can put me through the process of joining the Canadian Bar Association.

My immigration application is ongoing and I hope to be in Manitoba before the end of this year.


If it’s possible, kindly provide a means to reach you directly. If not, please help me drop the necessary info on here. Or reach me via email on: enajegbeeghe@yahoo.com

Thank you.

I saw your pm and replied, we can communicate through email

bekayy:
Jenny for ECA, I know we use IQAS. Is it just the BL you submitted or Law School transcript and i also want to find out if you did a course by course evaluation for say licensure? if yes for the course by course, what evaluating body did you use. Thank You .

I used my LLM with WES so I didn't need to make use of my BL or LLB. However, I remember you only need to send your LLB to IQAS back then to be evaluated as a professional degree, I do not know if that has changed. For the licensing, you don't need a course by course evaluation, you'll just send the LLB and BL transcript along with a letter of good standing from your NBA branch and the NCA will do their own evaluation by themselves

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Just send a pm we can take it from there

Hey guys, how is everyone doing? Can't believe I'm already on my 6th month in Canada and it's not been easy but I don't regret the move one bit. Learning so much, currently working, also preparing to take some qualification exams in May. Anyone looking to learn about the process of practicing as a lawyer in Canada, you can hit me up. Anyone in the GTA and Durham region looking to take advantage of the drop in mortgage rates as well hit me up.

buchito1:
BTW, Jennypharb1 how are you ma'am?

Been a while.. Did you block your WhatsApp line? Hope you're good?

Been off for a while...!

I'm okay, been a while. I just changed location, send me a dm.

@Ladymarshall I see your good work. Well done and big congratulations on your PPR the story sweet. Canada awaits you

Vicolak:
Congrats once again

Thank you

Sarang:
Hi guys people who were paid in cash
How do they proof their employment aside letter

If you go through page one you'll find links to other parts where people have used work experience where they were paid in cash. Especially parts 3 and 4, it worked so just package your application accordingly. Employment letter, ID cards, posting letter, promotion letter, letter from a supervisor stating you were paid in cash etc. Just look out specifically one page one of those threads. If I find it I'll also paste the link here for you

Edited: here you go
https://www.nairaland.com/5031893/canadian-express-entry-federal-skilled/17#75926654

mikkyshow:
Good day!!!
Please, for those who have used Gift Deed as POF, kindly help me with genuine response.
I have someone ready to help me with money for my POF and its Gift Deed that I want to use. How long should the money be left in my account after printing out the bank statement?

Please make sure that the someone is a family member to avoid stories that touch

Skmoda360:

That thread is long for me to comprehend.......it will take me a week to finish that thread....

OK

Skmoda360:
Please wanna ask this question....if someone goes through a genuine agent, is he going to write IELTS with the agent company or personally or not at all?.....I applied for Express entry but I'm just curious and new to this.......I wanna know more and I have read alot on this page about people who have traveled and still processing it....
My qualifications are Professional certificate (NIS) and B.sc in Geology and Mineral Sciences.
What are my chances?

You need to go on this thread
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https://www.nairaland.com/5187408/canadian-express-entry-federal-skilled[/url]

johnnybravo1990:


Congrats. Stories like this help people like us who are 5 months post-AOR calm our nerves. Las las, everybody go get PPR.

That's the spirit brother, everyone go dey alright Las Las. I pray that yours comes speedily.

yemblaze:
A very massive CONGRATULATIONS to you...finally the wait is over. So happy for you. I pray you find favour in your new home.

Amen, thanks a lot dear

Ussyberry:
Please if you are using NYSC as one of your work experience, what job role should one use?

i ask because the workplace did now specify a job role but more than one referenced NYSC

Is YOUTH CORPER a suitable job title

What did you do during youth service? It also has to correspond with the NOC code you have chosen

ladymarshall:
Congratulations again. Thank you so much for sharing. Your diary post-AOR is so helpful. When my mind plays mindgames on me again, I'll re-read it to know I wasn't alone

You score 10/10 for a great script and your service to this thread

I wish you the very best in Canada and hope to meet you someday.

LOL, @mindgames. I sincerely pray your PPR comes speedily. Thanks a bunch and we will definitely meet on the other side.

Jbaby09:
Good day house

PLEASE CAN WE PAY BOTH processing fee and permanent residency fee all at once ?

Yes you can, the option will be available at the point of payment

TemiGee:
Congratulations@Jennypharb1, what a wait! I was praying for your PPR O, along with Lady Marshall. Lol. I pray that Canada will be good to you. Congratulations once again... Cheers

Thank you and Amen.

I apologize for the long story, I sort of started keeping a diary in my PPR story to clear my head during the wait.

Timeline
IELTS 12th May 2018 – L 8.5 R 8.0 W 7.5 S 8.0
ECA 24th August 2018 – Master’s Degree equivalent (WES)
Work experience - Less than 3years
ITA – 5th September 2018
CRS – 456
eAPR – 8th October 2018
AOR – 8th October 2018
MEP – 7th November 2018
BIL – 7th November 2018 (Biometrics enrolled 8th November)
IP1 - I dunno
IP2 – 26th July 2019
Remedicals - 1st August 2019
Amaka dissapoint me PPR - March 6 2019 (Got a Ghost update that neither brought me PPR nor moved me to ip2.
Ghost update that did not do the forerunner work is that one legit ghost update?
Actual PPR - 8th August 2019 (10 months post AOR)

I learnt about the Express Entry process in 2015 but I felt lawyers were not included in any of the categories. I had also just returned from the UK after my masters with that 'I can do anything I put my mind to’ ginger. I had plans of starting a business, I had had it with horrible bosses and I didn't want to work for anybody again. I had also applied for a PhD in Canada as plan B so I felt I had everything figured out. Fast forward few months later, no admission, no job, no business, account red, parents asking the ‘what next’ question everyday, frustration was just lounging in my life that year. Nigeria don show me shege since sha, who patriotism epp.
Anyway in September of 2017 my sister told me about her friend, a doctor who was relocating with her husband on Express Entry. When it got to evaluating degrees I lost hope again because every time I thought of the process of applying for transcripts from my Uni, I just couldn't be bothered to go through the stress. I felt I would have to apply for all my degrees to be evaluated and that would mean evaluating undergraduate, law school and masters degrees. I started dragging my feet about the process. Then in March 2018 after my sister’s friend had relocated, my sister was also concluding her plans to relocate to the UK, lots of medical doctors were getting jobs in the UK anyhow, my body was doing me as if I'm not part of this country again. She started asking about my plans and how far I had gone. I told her about the bottlenecks with obtaining transcripts and she clarified from her friend that it was only my masters degree I had to evaluate. A little research would have helped me with this one.

IELTS
I booked an IELTS exam with British Council for the earliest date which was in May 2018, so from March I had about 2months to prepare. I started preparing earnestly in April. My sister gave me her Official Cambridge guide to IELTS and other materials she used for hers. I focused on the official guide because it was easy for me to understand. My friend and I booked the exams together and wrote on the same day. I had asked if there was a pass/fail score for the exams and he told me he thought we just had to get 6 on all the modules and we would be okay, lol. I was like for English exam what is 6, shebi I have written academic version of this test before. I was pretty confident I would pass the exams, in fact with 6 as the pass mark it was one of the smoothest exams I have written, I came out feeling fly. The speaking test had gone well, the examiner asked me the exact question I had practiced with on the Cambridge guide for the long talk. I couldn't contain my joy. After the LRW test, I called my sister and told her how every section was a breeze. It was after the exams I found this thread and saw the 8777 combination and my chest started doing me somehow. Results came out and my friend didn't pass, my own was not yet ready, I became uneasy wondering where I would find extra 75k to book another test. Finally saw the result, thank God I made it on the first attempt.
I was kinda happy I didn't see the 8777 combo before writing because I would have been under pressure.

ECA
I started my application for evaluation the same time I paid for my IELTS. Unfortunately, I hadn’t found this page yet and picked the first nice sounding evaluation body to use. I found ICAS on the CIC website and decided to use them. I paid about 87k for the evaluation and a copy of my transcript and degree certificate. 3months into my application I had not heard anything from them except that they had received my transcript, that’s when I started really looking for reviews and found they were horrible with processing times. Someone said he waited for almost a year. I finally decided to pay for WES in June and started afresh with transcript application at my Uni. I spent about 76k this time. WES came with their own wahala, they didn’t see a stamp across the flap on the envelope used by my school to send the transcript. Luckily transcript was about 2500 from my school, I reapplied for another one. Finally received my ECA on the 24th of August 2018. ECA took from March to August for a UK masters degree because I didn't research. Again, please do your research, it'll save you time and money.

Reference letter
This one weak me, I wrote the department responsible for drafting these letters asking them to write one for me. I told them what I needed in the letter, the man in charge said they don't issue reference letters for permanent resident visas and they gave me a generic visa letter stating I was going for a vacation and even adding a return date based on my leave period. Msctheww, I had to get my colleague to write a letter for me on a plain sheet in CIC format, attached her ID card and notarised it. I also attached my appointment letter, posting letter, payslips, bank statements showing my salary deposits for about 6months, wrote an LOE stating why I couldn't get the letter in CIC format and listing all I had attached to prove my work experience.

ITA
I created my profile the weekend I received my evaluation and received ITA on the 5th of September. I had previously been arranging other documents in a folder so I didn't have much to do except wait for POF then submit my application

Medicals
We only have IOM here in Abuja, I paid about 41,400 for this one. Got there around 8am, my friend told me to drink plenty water before going so that getting a urine sample would be easy. This was a Big mistake, as I wasn't the first person attended to. My bladder was full, AC was pumping and I was actually considering going to ease myself and remain small, but we know it's better I don't start at all than to start and stop. It finally got to my turn and I was done by 12:30/1.

PCC
I got PCC from UK and Nigeria. Nigerian PCC was 10k in Abuja and pretty straightforward, my sister gave me the number of the officer in charge of processing PCCs at Force CID in Garki. I filled the forms, it had to be sent to Lagos and it was ready in two days. UK PCC was about 22k and also straightforward, until I didn't receive my certificate. I contacted them and they said they had sent it out about a week or two after I had applied so it was probably lost in transit. I applied for a copy to be delivered to a UK address for free and I got my friend to scan it to me.

POF
I hadn’t been able to save any substantial amount since I started working in 2016. Apart from investment in side hustles, my salary would never have been enough to meet my needs much less make up POF, except I had been fasting for 3years and living under the bridge. When I started the EE process I had to spend virtually all my salary from March on the things I needed at each stage. I got a gift deed for the POF from my mum and invested in fixed deposit. I attached the fixed deposit certificate, gift deed, bank statements showing two deposits of POF, screenshot of XE conversion rate for the date of submission and LOE stating breakdown of all I had attached. POF for the day was around 3.4m ish, but I used 3.6m incase of fluctuations

E-APR
I completed my application after I got POF and submitted on the 8th of October. Paid about 318k total for E-APR, biometrics and RPRF, also received AOR same day.

From the records I kept I spent about 685k, for a single applicant with two ECA reports and two medical reports, minus other minor miscellaneous expenses


POST AOR
I got Med passed update about a month later, also got the biometrics request letter and did it on the 8th of November, then the wait started. Everyone probably hopes their application gets processed sharply, even if you don't intend to leave immediately, just to be able to plan your life. I hoped and prayed for this, so when I got an update on 21st November, logged into my account and saw the ‘How to find a job in Canada’ mail, I was like chai I finally landed in London. I was a little busy with side hustle this period so it kept me occupied till around January. I started checking my account more often, by February it was every day.
I didn't want to order GCMS notes at all, I didn't even want to check visa office, I just wanted my application to be approved and my PPR to come without too much back and forth. I finally raised a CSE on the 20th of February to enquire about visa office and the status of my application. The reply came the next day, my application was being processed at CPC Ottawa and currently being verified for eligibility. On the 6th of March, I logged into my account, and saw a ghost update. I didn't get the PPR mail, but I felt it meant somebody was touching my application. On the 12th of March, I called IRCC and the agent confirmed eligibility had been met, remaining security and criminality.

Ghost update excitement has sha put me on 'is coming’.
I have looked forward to a fresh start so much that it feels like a life I have not even started is on hold. Every plan I've made since March of 2018 has been with this journey in mind.

12:30am Monday 18th March, 12 days post ghost update, excitement is waning. I pray PPR comes this week.
5:54pm Tuesday 19th March, every email that is not from CIC is obviously taunting me. Definitely going straight to thrash.
4:22pm Wednesday 27th March, I'm checking my account less now. If once in two days is considered less anyway. Raised a CSE on the 25th, haven't gotten a reply yet, I shouldn't have stopped learning French last year.
5:42pm So Matthew Agent or is it Agent Matthew responded to my CSE. Application is in process blah blah, generic bobo.
1:51am Tuesday 2nd April talk about boring, imagine my account balance without POF.
12.17pm Wednesday 3rd April, I should write less about waiting, doesn't make the wait easier. Back to learning French on Duolingo.
6:35pm Saturday 6th April, the only thing I am sure of is that the wait will end one day and everyday draws me closer to the end of my waiting... Osheyyy I yaff turn to philosopher
2:42pm Friday 12th April, raised another CSE two days ago. This wait has got me thinking about crimes I may have committed in another life, maybe a namesake/lookalike on the terrorist list. I dunno why security/criminality will be taking so long.
6:49pm Friday 26th April, no more updates. I'm tired.
5:39pm Thursday 9th May, yesterday my application clocked 7months post AOR. God forgive my ignorance, I remember before I submitted, specifically praying not to be sent to Accra. Lookat me now, Accra is on a roll and I'm here crying myself to sleep. Is this depression or frustration? May I not use my mouth to cause wahala for myself. Wait oh, if this is a lesson in patience does my crying mean I am impatient? Because the PPR dinor come after the cry sha and I'm still waiting. I can bet my POF that God has a sense of humour.
Ahh, this thing called Patience, I thought I had a lot of it but this journey has tested every single unit and I'm pretty sure I have been found seriously wanting.
10:08pm Tuesday 21st May, today was especially frustrating. Called IRCC, was on hold for over 50mins, only to get connected with an agent who put me on hold again to check the status of my application and didn't come back until my credit on the freecall app got exhausted.
8.14pm Monday 3rd June, In five days my application will be 8months post AOR. I've resumed work. My leave seemed so short, even though I wasn't doing much at home time just kept flying. I thought/prayed I would be coming back to submit my passport for PR and put in my one month notice, so I could leave this job by the end of the month. I guess I'm done with my rants, PPR will come when it will come. Until then…
2:42pm Tuesday 11th June, lmao who am I kidding. This is like holding my breath in a pool, counting to 10, but this time I don't have a definite countdown, I can't wait to finally breathe. Oh PPR where art thou?
11:44am 26th June, Called IRCC on the 12th of June, the agent said everything looked in order and she would make a note to the case processing officer working on my file. I got a generic email the next day stating my file was in queue for review blah blah.. I saw that the note she sent stated something about a BF(bring forward)due date for my file as 5th of June, which is about two months after April 8th, which marked the end of my six month average processing time. I guess they're still not done with security and background checks.
8th July, 9months since I submitted my application. Called them again, nothing has happened since the last ghost update. Eligibility met, security and criminality not yet started. What can I say, I cannot describe what I have been feeling. Especially because I do not have the slightest control over what is going on. I constantly imagine case officers sitting about and gisting like staff in a typical ministry in Naija. Ha, let it not be so
3:30am Friday 26th July, I woke up to ip2 and re-medicals request this morning. Ordered GCMS last week, sent a message to Ralph and Hussen, they haven't replied yet, sent an email to my visa office on Wednesday the 24th, no response yet. I began my novena this week, visited the blessed sacrament with my petition. All I know is I'm thankful to God. This torture is finally coming to an end
11:05pm Thursday 8th August, CPCO final request. Today my wait has ended, I don't know how to describe how I feel at the moment.
Friday 9th August, passport submitted at VFS. Spent less than an hour.

I'm so thankful to God for the opportunity, extremely thankful to my sister for all the support. I don't know how far I would have gone without her. She practically started me on this process and lent me the money to start my first ECA and pay for IELTS. Thankful to this family right here, for all the JJC questions I had(like when I wanted to jump into the pool without ECA), all the clarification. Everything I learnt about submitting my application, I learnt from here. The process was like deja vu, I didn't even have to ask many questions during submission because of those who took out time to give detailed info here. Specially thankful to Newmum0615, Ifeoma77, Tojued, Cheekygirl, Topsmamen, smslive2, luffyhaki, joo2018, Ethelia, daks02, gbemlad, ontariossisauga aka elfmannisback aka whatevernameyougobynow, everyone who made this thread what it is today, providing information and encouraging each other on this journey. Hope to see you guys on the other side.
God bless everyone and grant our hearts desires speedily and if not, give us the patience to wait on Him.

Cc. ladymarshall

4Barr:


1. Get your credentials assessed by the NCA (LLB, BL, Letter of good standing from the NBA)
2. Write the exams assessed by the NCA - This is an average of five exams depending on your core LLB courses and can be completed within a year or less depending on your schedule and pocket(�).
3. Pass the exams and get a certificate of qualification from the NCA
4. Apply and register with a law society of the your choice province. Remember you will have to apply again to another province if you change your province.
5. Enroll in the Articling program for a year or apply for waiver (this is a long-shot but some people have tried it before based on their years of experience and got it reduced to six months). In Ontario you will also have to write the Bar exams separately but in Alberta they do CPLED during the Articling programme instead. There's also an alternative to Articling in Ontario which is done through a Law school.
6. Upon completion of your Articling programme, you get called to the Bar and you can start enjoying the fruit of your labour.

HI, the letter of good standing is it from the NBA or Supreme Court?

solablings:
Any informative help on how I can relocate to Canada from Nigeria here and where I would probably get work on time.

And the best place as a first timer.

God bless your reaponses

https://www.nairaland.com/5187408/canadian-express-entry-federal-skilled

All you need

ladymarshall:
Sis!!! I am so happy for you. Just as I was about to write congratulations that day, BOT banned me What a long wait. Super happy for you. Awaiting the full gist, and I reserve your bonus marks because you were one of the very helpful fellas on this thread when I joined. Wish you a stress-free landing prep.

Thanks dear, I'm even hesitant to post the gist as I started using it as a diary at some point. The thing is long gaan..

Please anyone here gotten police report from India? I need information on the process.

Canadagirl20:
IQAS takes the longest time. You can use CES or ICES. You do not waec. I’m currently using CES for my b.tech

Hello, please does your institution have to send the documents directly to CES or you can just send scanned copies by yourself? The website says you can so I'm just wondering if it is the right thing to do

Canny19:


What an analogy
Thanks

You're welcome

Canny19:
Who has an idea of now much a notary public will charge for a POF 's gift of deed. Someone told me it's 2.5 percent of the amount which is quite on the high side.

It depends on where you go to get it stamped. The price of rice in transcorp will always be higher than the price of rice in mama put no matter how sweet the latter is. Try the business centres around high courts in your area. It shouldn't cost that much.

jjohndoe83:

Hearty congratulations ma'am. A long walk to PPR indeed.

Thank you Sir

Topsmamen:


Awesome! The long wait has ended beautifully. Plenty congrats Jenny.

Thanks dear

bekayy:
Praise GOD, you helped me when i needed help. I thank GOD this has happened. Congratulations to you.

Thanks dear

Debsify:
Congrats.wow 10 months is a long time; you're really strong o

Thanks dear, I didn't have a choice

DanMisla:


Yay! We haven't seen many of these PPR announcements in a while, so big congratulations to you @Jennypharb1!
Do you know your VO?

Thank you, VO is Ottawa

nomad26:
10months!!! Madam, you're the real MVP..wow, major congratulations! Thank God it all all ended in celebration

Thank you, thank God o

chicyclass:
Congratulations!
May Canada favour you

Thank you, amen.