Hello house, please for those who furthered their education at UofC, did you send your transcript from Nigeria again or did you do an upgrade and send through WES? Pls help. Thanks in advance

hayor2014:
when are you coming please

you can pm me

Oluwaseunbd:
Good day all...pls anybody in Annapolis valley nova scotia?please I need an apartment for a family of 4...any help pls...thanks in advance

I will be coming in less than two weeks and to Calgary too. you can pm me

joo2018:
LONG VERSION

BEFORE 2018 - BACKGROUND
I was your average, not-very-passionate, but quietly loyal Nigerian. All I wanted to do was make it here and go for holidays abroad. As my friends were jetting out one by one, I watched with a weird mixture of envy and disdain.

As time went by, however, my career stalled. Without professional growth, how will I be able to take care of my growing family? I work in a company in a specialized manufacturing industry. After ten years of work experience, I could no longer grow in the company and in a small, specialized industry I could not go to another company.

I really tried to transfer to another industry. I did an MBA, became a PMP, and registered with several professional bodies. Filled my CV. Applied, applied and applied for jobs. No dice. I still felt I could wing it though.

October 2017, while chatting with a childhood friend based Japan, he asked if I wasn't interested in traveling out. I told him not really. He then said Canada was the place to be and he would send me the process. I said ok, just to humor him. He forwarded a mail explaining Canada Express Entry and listed in it all the steps I was to take. I opened the mail, scanned the contents, smiled to myself, closed it and forgot about it.

JANUARY – MARCH 2018: DECISION TO EMMIGRATE
Fast forward to January 2018, my job came under threat. With a bleak prospects everywhere, I realized I had to make a radical decision and start my career all over again. And then came the still, small voice, if I was starting all over again, why don’t I start all over again in another country?
I remembered my friend’s email and started research. Had a discussion with Mrs Joo and so the decision was made.

All the research I did showed that in 2017, ITA draw points were low and I could get ITA with 420s. With my MBA and IELTS alone, I could get that range, so it was decided that I would be the PA and only assess myself.

As NASU was still on strike, ECA was out of it. Registered for FutureLearn IELTS course (free option). Tried booking for IELTS only to realize that I needed a valid passport. Mine having expired. This was when passports were taking months to get. Found out that I could get one day passport at Ado-Ekiti. Took time off, traveled and got it. Booking for IELTS was tough as people were booking fast as the exam fee was increasing from 65k to 75k in May. I could only get April 4 test day at Port Harcourt. I booked it fast.

APRIL - AUGUST 2018: GOING SPOUSE UNACCOMPANIED
BC changed my exams days 3x within one week to the exam. The last one was a day to the exam. This was also a time when work situation was dire. There was no way to get leave and to go AWOL was to basically forfeit the job. So I gave up the exam. Rebooked for May 24.

When NASU resumed, I started the ECA with WES. I used my statement of result.
With extra time to prepare for IELTS, I used IELTS Ryan materials on youtube a lot. Downloaded and used a lot of IELTS practices apps on android (I don’t remember which. Uninstalled them after the exam). I also completed the Road to IELTS materials provided. Results came ok.

IELTS: May 24, 2018 L8 R9 S7.5 W7

While reading more, I found out that draws were consistently high in 2018 and there was no way I was getting an ITA with my projected score. Having gone far in the process, the options were to wait and encourage my spouse to start the process or to forge ahead and let my spouse find her way later. I felt so pressured and chose the latter. Told Mrs Joo the new reality. That she needed to do IELTS and ECA, but she could do them later. Start EE by 2019 as a PA. I was going on ahead. No delay.

It was at this period of confusion, I came across this thread online. Asked my first question and got an answer from @Ethelia. It didn’t help though as I asked the wrong question. Started reading through the different parts.

I was expectant. My ECA was due on August 21 and there was to be draw, draw #97 – August 22, 2018.

AUGUST – NOVEMBER 2018: GOING SPOUSE ACCOMPANIED
However, by August 18, I changed my mind. I had come to realize that I had made the wrong decision. I needed my family with me. With a new baby on the way, I couldn't leave Mrs Joo alone. It also helped that the threat at work had reduced.

After the normal delays on verification, WES ECA came out ok. Masters or Professional degree on August 21, 2018.

EE profile created: August 22, 2018.

Work on spouse ECA and IELTS began.

Spouse ECA was also with WES. They added the WAEC requirement just as I was about to begin the process. ECA came out October 10.

Little Joo in the womb wasn't easy on his mother and so my wife struggled to prepare for IELTS. But thank God, the exam came (September 29) and she added enough points to make our CRS score 447. The TRF arrived on October 15. I was about to update our profile with the TRF against a draw on Wednesday 17th, when I checked online and saw that there was a surprise Monday draw. Missed.

We met draw #103 on October 29th. ITA finally arrived on October 31st late at night. Saw it on the morning of November 1st. Since all the documents were ready. Filled the application, uploaded the supporting documents and submitted.

AOR: November 1, 2018

Other details:

Following @glitteringstar(2)'s steps, I opened folders for all the possible placeholders, so I could be ready for the big day. I placed the documents there as I was getting them.

Folders: Biographical datapage of passports, Birth certificates, Client Information (LOE), Digital photos, Marital status documents, Medical examination confirmation, Other Name (for spouse's change of name), Police certificates, Proof of funds, Proof of studies and Proof of work experience

POF: Settlement funds was 77% TBills, 25% savings account. 11% was Pension Fund but was there to act as a buffer. I had support from my Dad so I had a gift deed done. I didn’t submit it, but it was there as an insurance in case I got an ADR to prove the provenance of my finds. I actually namd the folder I put it: in case I got an ADR.
I forecasted I would be moving money around after AOR and so included 3 other accounts to the application. They were mostly empty, but I didn’t want to be caught surprised in case I got a request for updated POF and the money was in an account I had not presented before. I got the inspiration from @vcole who include all of her own bank accounts. Got reference letter in CIC format from Stanbic. For the other banks, I used the introductory letters and letters of non-indebtedness provided.

Employment: I have worked in the same company since graduation in different roles under the similar NOC. The JD the company provided was a bit generic and it was basically the same for all the roles. I worked on it to reflect the actual duties I did. @Newmum0615 (God bless you!) proof-read it and did some fine-tuning. I presented to HR and gbam it was rejected. World people.
The HR Director noted that it was not in the company’s format and asked the HR Manager to rework it. It stayed with that dude for a month. He always said he was busy. I tried to reason with him without tipping my hand. For where. At the end, he reverted to the old format. Did minor tweaking for all roles I’ve had at the company. It was so disheartening. I was able to convince him to include a line under each role highlighting the different staff I supervised in each role (officers, supervisors and production staff). That differentiated it a bit and showed progression.

3 of the roles were NOC 0. 2 were NOC A. In my EE profile, I had filled the 3 NOC 0 roles for my work experience. I chose the longest role (6 years) as my primary NOC. The reference letter covered 4 of the roles. One was discarded as I was told they don't give reference letter for NYSC. The reference letter was 5 pages long. I submitted the single reference letter in each of the 3 placeholders for work history. In my personal history, I included ALL of the 5 roles I have served in the company.

Education: ECA report, Degree certificates, IELTS TRF. I uploaded statement of result for my MBA as the certificate was not ready and Uniben was demanding for another 2yrs school fees (after convocation and no fault of mine) in order to issue the certificate. It gave me concern, but I relaxed when I re-checked Canada.ca and only saw “proof of studies” with certificates only as an example.
Spouse’s Education: ECA report, Degree certificates, IELTS TRF. Also statement of result for her M.Sc.

Spouse Work Experience: We worked at the same company, so I collected a reference letter for her at the same time. I didn’t remove her work history. I submitted it since I already had it.

Medicals: Done at Q-Life. Very seamless process.

Police certificate: I printed out the form before the day. We did our fingerprints and filled our forms. On the day, met ASP Moshood and gave him the filled forms. Went smoothly.

Photos: Studio 24, Ikeja. Turned out to be a waste of money as we did it early. The photos expired before PPR. We could have used normal digital photos and edited them.

Legal document for name change: Submitted one & the same person affidavit for spouse.

LOE: None

In preparing for the application, I downloaded forms IMM008 Generic, IMM5669e Schedule A and IMM5406e Additional Family Information as these are the forms in the eAPR.

NOVEMBER 2018 – APRIL 2019
I'm the kind of guy who watches CNN for 8hrs even though it is the same news being repeated every 15mins, so I made a decision to check my email and profile only once a day in the morning from Tuesday to Saturday.

Almost 2 weeks after submission I realized that after all the preparation, I did not include anything “Organization” in our personal history i.e. I didn’t include any organization we had belong to. To cover all bases, I drafted a LOE listing the organizations I and my wife had belonged to over the past ten years, signed it and scanned. Raised a CSE on Nov 13, 2018 and attached it.

MEP/BIL was on November 30. Got a ghost email for UCI numbers on December 1. Did biometrics on December 7 and it was completed a few hours later.

The background check changed to IP1 on December 14. Raised a CSE to know VO on December 22nd. Got a reply on 24th.

Raised another CSE for status on February 4, 2019 and got a generic reply. Ordered GCMS notes on February 4. It arrived on April 13, 2019 (took 69 days).

The wait ehn. It is only when you submit your application that you can understand. Then everyone around you starts getting here and there and you wonder what is wrong with your application. You apply for GCMS notes, it doesn't arrive even as people around you are getting theirs after 2 weeks. You start wondering what message God could be trying to pass along.

Then you get your notes and find out that eligibility has been passed since December 13. Waristhis!!!!!!!!

Little Joo came in February. I took the chap and his mama to NIS for passport within a week. There was complaint about unavailability of booklet, but God used a lady at the office to help out. Passport came out within a week. When I made a slip about the baby and passport on the thread, @mummychichi reached out. Thanks for that. Booked and did medicals with IOM (Qlife was telling me to wait till May).

Raised CSE to add newborn little Joo on March 19, 2019. A reply came on March 21 that I should mail Ottawa directly. Did so promptly.

Got an ADR upload little Joo's documents on March 22, 2019. Submitted documents on March 23. ADR profile changed to Not Applicable on March 25. Got a ghost email on March 26, 2019. Found out it was for UCI no the baby. His medicals passed on March 27.

Another period of waiting.

Sunday morning, April 14, I had an unusual urge to check my profile. I had not checked it on Sunday before. Checked and voila, it is IP2.

Ready for Visa / Prêt pour Visa landed gently at 2:13 AM, April 16, 2019 (it was dated April 15).

Thanks to all of you in the thread for keeping me sane. Answering your questions does me a world of good. It satisfies my need to poke my nose into other people's business, spend hours searching for information online and render (un)solicited advice.Thanks to @Tojued and @Ifeoma77 for the banter. @dumprep, I miss your posts. Thanks to @raphrulz for reaching out and the friendship. A special thanks to the November AOR whatsapp group @ramj, @jholarharde and all you lovely people whose NL monikers I don't know.

I have a dream that all of our hopes and dreams about Canada will come true.

On behalf of Nov AOR group,We celebrate with you sir. Let us waka together o

Ramj:
Abeg Permit me to be a whistle blower today

I didnt mention anyone's name ooo

@joo2018

Je m'appelle PPR

congratulations our Nov Head of Class. go and flourish

happy palm Sunday wonderful people, pls is there anyone in the food processing industry in Alberta here. I will like to connect. pls quote this post. thanks

congratulations @zutlin, ottawasenator and other PPR clinchers. may favor follow you

Ifeoma77:

Yes o!!! We're now official here. Time to start using the information here to make decisions
Thank prof

we global now congratulations babes

Ifeoma77:
Woke up to THE mail today
It's PPR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

o my duurrlling, a very big congratulations to. I'm super happy for you after all the long wait. thank God today is friday, if to say na work day we would have declared public holiday. go and prosper honey

congratulations @claire and Jesusbaby. may your journey be smoother from hence

raphrulz:
Hahahahaaa... who be Amaka mbok

Thanks for the wishes.

I sincerely appreciate

your village people are working in your favour, NL has been logging me out since I read your script but village pass village so here I am. I noticed you didn't read the instruction before you started writing. The instruction says use only black pen, but you went ahead to use blue. For this reason, I hereby declare your script inconclusive . congratulations bro. God makes all things beautiful in his time. go and do exploit

Topsmamen:




The highlighted text in bold.

@Tojued, @Ifeoma77, everyone..... should we tell Ramj?

nooo, its not our place to tell. let Casper tell him . congrats @ramj my class captain. favor fall on you as you proceed.

congratulations @tojued my darling. I just checked my mail and has been dancing since and here ayam to congratulate you. you deserve some accolades sis. I'm super happy for you. Grace of ease from here on. make we waka togeda

adebee16:
https://www.fpsc-ctac.com/careers-for-new-canadians/how-to-apply/

thanks a lot.

gogedda:
Good day Seniors and all. I am happy to have gone through the last thread and this new one. You are indeed doing a great job. I can gladly say I am part of this thread now. I submitted my application since October 2019, glory to God, I got my PPR Jan 15, 2019 and my application has been approved too. I will be picking up my Passport from VFS this week. I intend to land in Calgary in MAY, 2019. Below are my profile and questions

- Single Applicant (Age: 33)

- Education (Bsc Geology, Msc. Petroleum Geology)

- Certification:
- Advanced Food Safety management training (A pre-arrival program sponsored by the Canadian government)
- CCNA & CCNP (Expired since 2012)
- Several Oil & Gas training courses

- Work experience.
- Current: Realtor/Real Estate agent (3 yrs)
- Previous: (Water Borehole Geologist (3 yrs)

(1) I understand I will need the APEGA licence to work and also that the oil & Gas sector of Alberta is quite down now, I would have loved to work in this sector. Has anyone gotten a job on landing as a Geologist without the licence?

(2) I also understand that I need a licence to practice in the Real Estate sector too. Has anyone gotten a job as a Realtor or Real Estate Agent with monthly pay (plus commission) in Calgary, If yes, how viable & financially rewarding is it? I wouldn't mind doing a short course for this if I can truly get a job quick in the sector. I also don't mind referrals

(3) I did the Pre-arrival Advanced food safety management training course (it is a 21- certificates course). Do we have anyone here working in the food processing industry, can I get a job on landing with this certificates.

(3) Lastly, I am open to new opportunities and don't mind changing career path as long as I can get a good job. If I am to do this. Which other paths and sectors can I explore that will be financially rewarding in the long run, which will also lead me to the managerial position someday. Pls note, I am ready to go back to school and do diploma course for this. I already checked out some courses in SAIT, but I need to know which one is really viable with huge job prospect.

- I am sorry for my long post, I would like inputs from our seniors living in Calgary. cc Salford1, Einsteino etc. Thanks

- Can someone Pls add me to the calagary whatsapp group. Thanks

Hi, please can you share the name or link of the pre-arrival service that you were able to get the food safety certifications. Thanks

justwise:
@All

Its time for part 7 and i want you people to nominate a frequent contributor here to start part 7


Thank you

Hanty Ify

captainhoo:
Seniors in the house, please assist

The address on my bank account( carrying my POF) details is different from my current address ( my current address does not have electricity bill to tender at the bank when I opened the account), can this be seen as inconsistent information during submission of my profile?

mine is different too. just writing an LOE stating why there was discrepancy and attach it to your POF and you're good. all the best

Newmum0615:
He is less than 5 and we didn't use a car seat. They insisted we use the seat belt for him though. So far, only one Uber guy refused carrying us without a car seat. The rest have always just asked that we use the seat belt. We have gotten him a car seat sha.

Thanks sweetheart. wish you safe delivery and smooth sail hence

Newmum0615:
Oga number 13, I am sorry.

Congratulations sis. I have being waiting for your gist. it was a very informative read. I wonder if your kid is less than five, and if the taxi you used from the airport provided a car seat for him/her

I officially welcome myself to this thread as I have being a peeping tom all these while. Thanks to everyone who has been helpful on this thread. Pls I will like to be added to the calgary/Alberta WhatsApp group. I will be landing with my family in may, and will really appreciate any community support we can get. @einsteino you be boss. God bless you. your posts are really enlightening

raphrulz:


Jholarharde... you tooooo

I admit to being badly influenced by topsmamen and ifeoma , but I kind of laikit

Topsmamen:


My sister, it's a day of joyous celebration. We need those tambourine dancers in here, we won't mind hula hoop dancers too. Unclad sounds better, don't you think?

I think I like them unclad too.



congrats @bukzie. go n flourish

what beautiful news to behold this sunny afternoon. congratulations @ fyorgyn, barryston, Dane 15, chibuiked, enemyofprogress( this your moniker dey weak person self ), bobo IV. go and flourish guys.

@ topsmamen why are you asking for naked minstrels

congratulation @sir dane15. what a test of patience. all the best in your new home

congrats @dear dumprep

jhoci:
I'll tell her. Thanks!

congratulations darling. God sure makes everything beautiful in his time. oya go and start something fresh as momcy suggested. . all the best

Shyee:
@raphrulz @Ifeoma77 @Chrisophad @joo2018 @Youtook @Kmgb1 @Debsify @Josefuadjr @Dannyko
Amen to the Prayers Thanks for your wishes Amen to your prayers too.

congrats to you and yours, go and flourish

flyboi1:


lool. i know right!. its kuku one of the reasons she fell in love with me

congrats bro, so happy for you. go and flourish

raphrulz:
Lmao!!!

So she cried and did not include it...

I may as well reduce her marks for omission and misrepresentation of PPR script. Lol

CC: Jholarharde

Oga Ralph why are you laidis na, see me feeling like genius and you want to reduce the small mark again. @mcstan, likes falling my hand. I can't wait to celebrate with you. BTW who will mark your script sef? We need to create a marking board for you .

congratulations to all ITA recipients, I pray your journey to PPR be speedy and smooth

thanks a lot @ Matilda, tosaned, intercedetee, efeklvn, hephgirl, cmoney,Jbelieve, zinggi, olumisil, fmsimple, ttemitope, nomad26, flyboi, beeodun, lastruct, bronze25, hernyhola, first time user, may this journey be easy for us all. @ ramj, I sight you seriously. @omoaloyonimilo thanks and congrats to us again may the land favor us. @ogechi thanks bar.@temas thanks my ielts tutor.@smslive you are the real deal sir. @joo thanks a lot chief consultant. @mcstan you will be in your office and be embarrassing sombori upandan, must you mention the crying, well done you hear. thanks buddy you are a sweetheart. @ ify I love them belly dancers oo. thanks babes. I eagerly wait ur testimony. @newmum we sure must host each other. may the land favor us. @ topsmaman, if you know you know, as Justin's niece wey I be na.
God bless you all.

Omoalayonimi10:
Good morning guys, it's PPR!!!

*silent reader coming through*

IELTS- Feb 10, 2018 LSRW(8,8,8.5,7)
CRS- 466
ITA- June 25, 2018
AOR- August 20, 2018. 
Medical Passed/BIL- September 15, 2018
ADR (IMM5406) - December 15, 2018
Ghost Update - January 22
PPR - January 22

Family of 3
PA - Moi
CPC Ottawa


When we got IMM5406 ADR, I was so sure the PR mail was going to Land within a few days based on the TL of people with similar requests, but mbanu

After the ghost update, I just started celebrating

Lo and Behold, I woke up this morning 3.00a.m to see the golden mail. Hubby and I were even doubting because we thought we'd get the generic "New message in your account" mail. Thank God for an Egbon in another Canada group that confirmed it. We for don delete the email

Thank you to @ifeoma77 and @tojued. I learnt a lot from both of you about celebrating with others.
I pray you get your passport request emails soonest!


God did it.

congratulations, favor in our new home