Any one coming to Red River College or Winnipeg, Manitoba wants to share a 3 Bed 2 bath apartment ($620)? Please message.

And or a 2Bed,2Bath apartment Rent ($805)

mexxy1:


Depending on the dimension of the room, these are the possible quantities.

In A, the room width is 10ft (3.5m) whereas in B, the 10ft ends at the edges of the 0.40m.

So, confirm the room size and the way you measured and one of these will be your total.

Hope this helped?

Thank you. A is the correct dimension. Why is this baba now claiming it's 16sqm. Please, do you know the going rate for this "half pop" per sqm?

Good evening,

Can someone please help me confirm how many square meter for this half pop job. Artisan wants to do 40cm pop across the edges of the room as shown in the image below.

Living room dimensions:
Length: 17.5ft
Breadth: 10ft

His calculation: 16.5sqm
My calculation: 6.4sqm

Artisan said it’s 16.5sqm in total, but I think this would be correct only if he’s doing the full POP design, but since he’s just doing half POP of 40cm across the edges and only screeding the center, he’s wrong.

Please advise.

LMay:
23kg max not 25kg if Turkish Airlines. That is, 23kg each in two places. That's for your main luggage.

8kg max for your cabin luggage.

Total of 54kg!

UKMigrant has touched on food items to bring on. Let me help with luggage packing tips, you might need them.

Tips

You're not allowed to put food or sharp objects (cutlery, blade, pocket knife etc) in your cabin luggage or carry on (hand bag/laptop bag), so pack smartly.

Tightly pack all your clothes, shoes, books, or weaves (if female) into your cabin luggage. Instead of folding clothes passively or mindlessly like we do when arranging our closet, roll each tightly into a bunch.This will squeeze out air & give you more space in the box to squeeze more clothes into. You can watch YouTube videos to learn this technique.

Now you're left with food items, sharp objects, and any cream/perfume exceeding 50ml (Only liquid of less than 50ml per bottle is allowed in the cabin luggage). Now arrange all these carefully into your main luggage.

For food items, put into ziploc bags or transparent polythene bag like pure water bags. Put different food items into each and label appropriately...e.g Melon, Ogbono, Ugwu vegetable etc.

For ladies carrying weaves, discard the packs to make your luggage relatively lighter.

Palm oil is not allowed. Don't even bother!

You don't necessarily need an industrial scale to weigh your luggage. Buy a regular domestic scale. You know the ones "Check your weight" guys carry around? Yes, that one. It's less than 2k.

To weigh, first stand on it and check your weight. Write it down or memorise it. Now put your luggage on your head and check your combined weight. Subtracting your own weight from the combined weight will give you the weight of your luggage.

Your allowance per main luggage is 23kg but aim for 21kg or max 22kg at home. Why? The scale at Murtala Mohammed Int'l Airport is forward by about 2kg. You don't want to stress yourself with reshuffling at the airport or trashing stuffs you bought with your hard-earned money. Pack smartly from home!

Airport staffs are not smiling again. Before they allow you pass/check-in a 23.9kg bag, you'll beg tire. Anything above that, they'll tell you to go obtain a ticket of $150 per overweight bag upstairs! You don't need that wahala in your life.

What else?

Remember I asked you to stuff all your clothes & books plus shoes into your cabin luggage? Trust me, it would have exceeded 8kg by now. You know the box itself will add to the weight as well.

Let me give you orijo.

1. Your laptop bag is not weighed. That's an extra space to put clothes, books, laptop (of course), charger etc.

2. Your hand bag isn't weighed either. If you're a lady, that's a plus. You can carry a laptop bag + your handbag alongside the cabin bag.

3. If you're eleru town council like me & you've utilised all available spaces yet you're still not within allocated kg limits, fear not. There's still a way.

Leave your original cabin luggage with somebody (eg family/friend who followed you to the airport). Let them act like they own the bag while they simply stand by it.

Check in your laptop bag as your Cabin Luggage. They'll tag it and return it to you while the two main bags are passed to cargo. Now remove the tag and stickers on your laptop bag and place it on your original Cabin Luggage you kept with your escort. You're done!

With these tips, you'll have a smooth sail luggage wise.


Extras....

Depending on how light or fancy you want to travel, those silly Echolac boxes are not your friend. 1) They'll add to the overall weight 2) They're not durable. Most would be damaged (broken handles, broken wheels, torn surface areas, etc) before you arrive your destination. How would you even lift a damaged box? You'll place it on your head maybe

Invest in a quality box. Might be pricey but it will last for years and save you from embarrassing situations. I don't know if/where those are sold in Nigeria. I bought mine in the abroad. This is my 5th year of usage and I travel very frequently. It's still intact.

If you're low on cash, buy those very strong bagco ghana must go bags as main luggage. Not the usual ones. This one is a bit recent & it comes in one color - grey! More like a grainy white mixed with black. It costs about N1,500 per bag. Nothing to be ashamed of. You wont even see it until your final destination after you check it in at MMIA, so you can still form posh in transit with your cabin luggage. Regular travellers use it a lot. It's very light and durable. For your information, they sell it in the abroad too. So what? In fact, its a life saver for people whose boxes get damaged at the airport. Just that they'll pay a few extra thousands more to procure it at the airport.

No use am as cabin baggage oooo. You'll look like Osuofia in London. Hehehe. Joking. Use a correct small sized box as cabin/hand luggage.

Third option is to source for lightweight boxes (rare) or lightweight travelling bags with wheels (looks like a piece of cloth with wheels attached when empty. The box-shaped compact ones are heavy).


Wishing you a safe flight!

Salute!

freshStarz:


Pls is PGD the same as a masters degree program

No. PGD = Post Graduate Diploma. It's different from Masters. Masters is usually higher than PGD.

Habdejlee:



Okay thanks….so you think the main reason is because I don’t have up to 23m or is it because I don’t have a good explanation for the source of funds

Obviously, both are mandatory. If you are self sponsored, you need to show you have tuition and living expenses for the two years study duration. Plus flight fee. Have enough funds in your account, explain the source clearly so they know the money is not for demonstration purposes.

Habdejlee:



Yes deposit of $cad 2500

Top up POF amount to at least 23M. Provide sources of money. If you have monies in different accounts, don't transfer them to the POF account, instead submit separate MBS for each bank statement with 350K+.

Habdejlee:


Two years course Trent university….yes self sponsored and $cad 22,000 tuition fee 😞

22KCAD per year for tuition? That's 44KCAD total tuition. Have you made any deposit?

44K Total Tuition
20K Living expenses
5K Misc

Total 69KCAD = ~23.8M. That's the min POF required.

Habdejlee:
Please someone should tell me what I did wrong 😞 I have 20m in my personal account as proof of fund I submit my land property my car documents yet still got refused please someone should tell me what I’m missing no lump sum

How many years course? Are you self sponsored? Tuition cost for total duration of study?

obawale:
Good evening my people, please I am a bit worried about something. My wife got a passport request last week Tueasday and we sent the passport through DHL to VFS Abuja office on wednesday, after two days the DHL tracking was showing delivered and till today we have to heard or read any information reagrding the passport. Please I want to be enlightened on the process.
Thank you all

Just chill. You get email if you have followed all instructions and submitted all required documents. Alternatively, you may use the Chat menu on the VFS Contact website.

zubizareta:


Can someone who had been in similar situation answer me. I am to submit my passport for the second time. What happens now I no more have the biometric slip as I submitted it during my first passport submission request?? Or will I be expected to pay the 9k plus for not having biometric slip??

I might be wrong, but the only detail that was on the biometric slip I had was the Biometric ID number written with biro. Login to your IRCC portal, the biometric ID number is there, print it OR write it out yourself on the copy of your passport, and add with the other documents.

Engr2016:
Hello house. Please what is the procedure for submission of passport at the Canada VFS office in Lekki, Lagos? I have booked their appointment yesterday. Does it require booking for DHL, UPS etc separately for the movement of the passport or do I have to come back to the VFS office to pick it up physically after it has been stamped? I will appreciate feedback especially from anyone that have done it before. Thanks and regards.

It may be faster if you visit UPS and pay for a two-way postage to the Abuja IRCC office. Should cost about 22K total plus transmission fees (If you did Biometric in Lagos) - Total around ~32-33K

Emma549:
Good evening house,
For Canada study permit application with Upfront medicals.
People that got refused,
Do they get medicals passed and still get refused after medicals passed.?

Yes. In cases of upfront medicals, I think medical is passed first, before eligibility review.

kobobay:
It is PPR folks
Going to Manitoba

Welcome

Ukata007:
Hello guys, I have admission for a 1 year program at Georgian College in Ontario and I have paid the Initial deposit of 2500kCAD and I’ve received an unconditional offer and receipt.

So my question is, what are my chances of getting approved visa if I go ahead to apply with a bank statement of 30m of my own funds to cover for my living cost and remaining tuition.

Is it okay to apply haven’t just paid only 2500kCAD out of the total school fees?

30M is more than enough, say if you print your bank statement for the past four months, what is your opening and closing balances?

koolnonie:
I explained that he has been working and attached one of his payslips with his bank statement.
For home ties I got study leave from my work place and I'm leaving my kids and husband .COR is Nigeria. Decision was gotten within 20days

Was the actual source of the funds explained in the SOP? If the fund is from his business or job, I guess his payslips/bank statement/business evidence/receipt should suffice. If it's from the sale of property, the document/receipt/contract agreement. Alternatively, keep the funds for four-six months to build the opening balance and give VO assurance.

For the home ties, a number of people here have addressed that, you can read through the threads. Which country of residence (COR) is the visa officer referring to? Nigeria? or are you based outside Nigeria like me?

Also, how long did it take you to get a decision if you don't mind? Thanks

What is your opening and closing balance? You mentioned you provided one payslip, will that be enough to convince the VO? You have to provide evidence of the true source of those funds. Basically, just throw at them all legal evidences that corroborate what you have written in your SOP.

How many years course is it? How much POF did you provide? They seem to have an issue with whether you'd have enough to cater for your living expenses for the number of years. You may consider getting a GIC.

Lhimeet:


Congratulations

You suppose use giveaway wash am

Agba!

portablesuzy:
good day house am trying to book for biometrics online its saying access denied. please kindly guide through. is it compulsory to be vaccinated before medicals. am vaccinated but hubby and son are not.

Go Incognito on Chrome (Ctrl + Shift + N) or Private Browser on Firefox (Ctrl + Shift + P)

Vaccination not required.

Eddy4400:
Hi e-fam, pls what's the current timeline like for getting biometric appointment at VFS? The agent helping my sister mentioned his contact at VFS said there are no available dates till July. Asking her to pay $1500 to secure a date sooner or wait till July.

Said I should confirm from people sending applications in now, before I start yelling.

Visit the VFS Global appointment website: https://www.vfsglobal.ca/IRCC-AppointmentWave1/

Register and see available dates yourself. It's not rocket science.

mfonox:


Thank you. Yes it’s a one year course. Please do I need to explain every single deposit? No matter how little? Or just the big ones?

Only the big ones.

How much is the highest amount wey dey enter your account steady, if it's in the range of 1M - 1.5M, you don't need to explain any inflows of 1M - 1.5M. If it's in the range of 100K - 500K, that enters the account regularly, then 1M+ will be a lump sum, so you explain dutifully.

mfonox:
Good day house,

Seeing someone presented 243 pages for POF just makes me feel like I’m not serious at all…..my 6 months Bank statement no fit reach 6 pages sef….wahala. Abi is POF not proof of funds? What will I do like this? I’m already overwhelmed as it is…

Another challenge I have is. My opening balance on Feb first is about 8m. Then on 1st Feb. I moved about 2m from my money market fund and my other savings account to my salary account where the 8m was. cos I wanted all the money to be in one place.(I can explain that by printing my money market fund account and my other savings account statement) but since then. Apart from small small money going into the account. 100k here, 70k there. Most bulk money entering my account is one time I loaned a friend 1m. He paid back after say 2 weeks. I loaned someone else 600k. She paid back after say a month. How do I explain those? Do I just show where I gave the money and then where they returned it in the bank statement or what do I do? And do I need to explain 70k, 100k deposits?

I don already dey fear and I never apply. Cos it just feels like I don’t have enough to show…I tire

Please guru’s help me with advice abeg.

Number of pages no matter o. I created a post showing the contents of the document submitted. Check it. Just explain the flow of funds and you won't have issues. Show when you borrowed the funds, and show when they returned it. If you have chats with date to back this up, add it. It's a one-year course?

joefit4gur:
Got PPR on the 19th after two refusals.

First application: Nov. 5, 2022; POF document (38 Pages)
Presented funds for only first year tuition / living expenses, explained I make enough to have the funds for the second year before school resumes in September. Came back refused Jan. 31st (Two reasons: Insufficient finance and assets / full tuition unpaid).

I listed source of funds as my B2B business and crypto. I gave mostly written statements about my income and not much or rather not enough evidence to back up these statements, hence the refusal.

Ordered GCMS, VO had concerns with:

Lump sums - Starting balance was 900K, sold digital assets within a month and topped up to 10.9M, VO was concerned about this, especially when they did not understand the source.

Source of funds - No payslips, no tax income slip, not enough evidence of work, salaries etc.

Tuition Payment: - VO suggested to make full first year tuition.


Second application: March 15th, 2023: POF document (44 Pages)

Before first refusal came, I had spent 70% of POF in December on iPhones to be sold, instead of the funds to just be in the account. (How naive of me to think my first application was perfect and no refusal in sight). I had to reluctantly sell more of my digital currencies . I also paid full first year tuition as suggested by VO.

Presented funds for two years tuition / living expenses plus misc, provided detailed information about the digital currency and the trail of funds from blockchain to tradfi account. Did not provide much info regarding B2B offline business (Thought since majority of POF came from crypto, there wasn’t much use for info about my offline business). Application came back refused March 21st (One reason - Insufficient finance and assets). Ordered GCMS, it has not arrived till date.


Third application: April 4th, 2023; PPR April 19th. POF document (243 pages!) Mo fun won tan!

Was expecting to receive GCMS for second application on April 25th. But I couldn’t wait because of time constraints. I made two deductions from the refusal, either IRCC does not accept funds from crypto as POF or my application needs to be substantiated with a legal business profile.

I did a lot of tinkering here, did extensive research on if taxes were mandatory to get an application approved and confirmed that it only helps to prove that the company exists and makes enough money legally. I asked a tax consultant for my estimated tax (Omo! Wahala Wahala Wahala).

So I looked for ways to prove that my company exists and makes enough money legally. I provided payment dashboard from all payment processors showing how much company has received in payments since inception. Showed partner onboarding, funding payments, supplier details etc. Provided Skype support group screenshots, history of transactions, one year bank statement confirming the inflow from all payment processors, and lastly (na this one hard pass), I became an accountant LOL. Researched how to create a profit and loss statement, income statement etc. Used records in my book-keeping to create an income statement, showing the monthly earnings. Added an affidavit of return, juggled my SOP (More formal and maintained consistency), added a church recommendation / ambassadorship certificate.

Bumped up my living expenses from $10KCAD to $15KCAD

To be honest, the third application was to test and to know on time if taxes were mandatory to get an application approved, I knew for sure if the application came back refused, I would need to settle taxes and re-apply. Halleluyah! It came back with PPR. Stamped passport is on its way back to me via courier! LOI has dropped too. Winnipeg ya!

I thank bobomaigida, bullstriker, johnstan, olokings (proper ginger man), thesoj, halima for their inputs! Goodluck to everyone applying, it will end in praise!

Documents Submitted

Client Info (19 pages)
SOP (6 pages)
Headings:
Introduction
Academic Background
Why *Name of Course*?
Why *Name of School*?
Why Canada
Travel History: I had none, explained why I chose to travel at this time.
Work and Earnings
Home Ties
Concluding Notes
Signature

Work Pictures
Property pictures
Family pictures
Debit alert screenshots of payments sent to parents for upkeep
Certificate of Ambassadorship from church
NIN
Property documents
Car documents
Pictures of me and the car

LOA (15 Pages)
LOA
WES Assessment
BCS Results
IELTS result
University certificate
Resume
NYSC Certificate

POF (243 Pages) 12Months Moniepoint bank statement increased the number of pages.

Letter of Explanation
Financial Analysis
Tuition Deposit Receipt (CA$3,000)
Tuition Balance Receipt (CA$18,000)
Guaranty Trust Bank Reference Letter
GTBank Accounts Overview
Summary of Income and Expenditure - Company Name
GTBank Bank Statement - XXXXXXXX
Certificate of Registration of Business Name
CAC Document of Business Name Registration
TIN Certificate
GTBank Business Account Statement - Company Name
12-Months MoniePoint Account Statement - Company Name
PayStack All-Time Dashboard Overview - Company Name
Monnify All-Time Dashboard Overview - Company Name
Partners: XXXX Transactions History
Partners: XXXX Onboarding
Partners: Skype Support Groups
GTBank MBS - XXXXXXXXX
GTBank MBS - XXXXXXXXX
GTBank MBS - XXXXXXXXX
Stanbic Bank Statement
Kuda Bank Statement
Digital Currency Trading Tutorial Payment Receipt (2020)
Table 4: Binance Deposit History
Digital Currency USD Conversion / Withdrawal Receipts
Affidavit of Return

Goodluck again!

richard69:
35k for affidavit? Weyin happen? Please do your thing personally, forget plug or no plug.

35K for Police Clearance.

Got PPR on the 19th after two refusals.

First application: Nov. 5, 2022; POF document (38 Pages)
Presented funds for only first year tuition / living expenses, explained I make enough to have the funds for the second year before school resumes in September. Came back refused Jan. 31st (Two reasons: Insufficient finance and assets / full tuition unpaid).

I listed source of funds as my B2B business and crypto. I gave mostly written statements about my income and not much or rather not enough evidence to back up these statements, hence the refusal.

Ordered GCMS, VO had concerns with:

Lump sums - Starting balance was 900K, sold digital assets within a month and topped up to 10.9M, VO was concerned about this, especially when they did not understand the source.

Source of funds - No payslips, no tax income slip, not enough evidence of work, salaries etc.

Tuition Payment: - VO suggested to make full first year tuition.


Second application: March 15th, 2023: POF document (44 Pages)

Before first refusal came, I had spent 70% of POF in December on iPhones to be sold, instead of the funds to just be in the account. (How naive of me to think my first application was perfect and no refusal in sight). I had to reluctantly sell more of my digital currencies . I also paid full first year tuition as suggested by VO.

Presented funds for two years tuition / living expenses plus misc, provided detailed information about the digital currency and the trail of funds from blockchain to tradfi account. Did not provide much info regarding B2B offline business (Thought since majority of POF came from crypto, there wasn’t much use for info about my offline business). Application came back refused March 21st (One reason - Insufficient finance and assets). Ordered GCMS, it has not arrived till date.


Third application: April 4th, 2023; PPR April 19th. POF document (243 pages!) Mo fun won tan!

Was expecting to receive GCMS for second application on April 25th. But I couldn’t wait because of time constraints. I made two deductions from the refusal, either IRCC does not accept funds from crypto as POF or my application needs to be substantiated with a legal business profile.

I did a lot of tinkering here, did extensive research on if taxes were mandatory to get an application approved and confirmed that it only helps to prove that the company exists and makes enough money legally. I asked a tax consultant for my estimated tax (Omo! Wahala Wahala Wahala).

So I looked for ways to prove that my company exists and makes enough money legally. I provided payment dashboard from all payment processors showing how much company has received in payments since inception. Showed partner onboarding, funding payments, supplier details etc. Provided Skype support group screenshots, history of transactions, one year bank statement confirming the inflow from all payment processors, and lastly (na this one hard pass), I became an accountant LOL. Researched how to create a profit and loss statement, income statement etc. Used records in my book-keeping to create an income statement, showing the monthly earnings. Added an affidavit of return, juggled my SOP (More formal and maintained consistency), added a church recommendation / ambassadorship certificate.

Bumped up my living expenses from $10KCAD to $15KCAD

To be honest, the third application was to test and to know on time if taxes were mandatory to get an application approved, I knew for sure if the application came back refused, I would need to settle taxes and re-apply. Halleluyah! It came back with PPR. Stamped passport is on its way back to me via courier! LOI has dropped too. Winnipeg ya!

I thank bobomaigida, bullstriker, johnstan, olokings (proper ginger man), thesoj, halima for their inputs! Goodluck to everyone applying, it will end in praise!

Draybaba0103:
Please anyone with useful information about paymytuition.com?

You cannot use your Naira card to pay on paymytuition. You can use a dorm card, however, you will charged at black market rate. If you are looking to make payment for the initial deposit, best to use black market rate and a dollar card, then pay the balance using Form A.

Good luck!

RafiatD:
Dose Affidavit of Return important in an application.
Do I have to include it in my document to be submitted?

Just add it IMO.

jaydave:


Thanks boss … how much did you do only affidavit of return

3K, N3500. Can't remember.

GloriaBekee:
thank you joefit4gur
Please some areas in form 1294 didn’t upload well, like the space for city/town in school details,,, please what’s can I do

First tap on the drop down arrow to select Province.
Tap on the drop down arrow to Select City / Town in that Province.

mummyprincess:


Thanks a lot Brother.

Did you submit Document checklist form( IMM 5483)? Where exactly did you upload it please?

No, just three IMM forms. imm1294e, imm5257b_1 and imm5645e.

mummyprincess:
More help please, very urgent!

@ people that used 2 pages of family Information form ( IMM 5645).
If you uploaded the 1st one, how did you submit the second one please?
OR
Can both be uploaded after merging them with pdf portfolio.

This is a situation where an applicant has 5 children whereas 4 spaces are provided.

See attached image. Print only that page, add it to the Client Info. I don't see any validation signing on this form though but not sure whether to merge or not. Perhaps others can corroborate.

GloriaBekee:
Please oooo I need help about study permit made outside Canada ,, the form refused uploading saying I should provide a digital signature once the form is ready to transmit your completed application

And that I should validate an electronic version of the application form

Please zzzz I really need una help gurus

Check your imm1294e document. Ensure all required fields are filled. Then remember to validate, Validating adds some barcode signing to your document, I think this is what they check against during uploading. Remember to Ctrl + S

jaydave:

I checked online and discover that it was FG that increased the fee from 5k to 40k… yeah the pcc is optional but ppl that go thru agent always do it . I think that affidavit of return is what i would consider. Nevertheless, giv me the contact of the person that does it for 35k , maybe he knows how to bypass the new increased fee

Affidavit of Return and PCC
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