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Please guys I'm new her, I need advise please, my uncle and his black american wife in the US want to invite me this Xmas. This is my first time of traveling abroad. I'm currently enrolled in a University. He asked me to make inquiries on what he should send with the invitation letter. and please what are my chances of getting the visa this is my first time pls. thanks

bigfido:
Wow.. So sorry to hear.. Have you travelled out before? Run a list of documents submitted let's see

No I haven't traveled out before.

1. Complete and signed application form, family form, representative form.
2. Photocopy of my national passport.
3.Statement of purpose..
4.Statement of sponsorship from my aunt.
5.National I'd of my aunt and her statement of account for 4 months (2.4 million)
6. Letter of identification from my dean of students stating the year of my graduation, which will be in 2017.
7. Invitation letter from conference organizers.
8.Registration receipt of conference.
9.Proof of current enrollment in school ( admission letter, school fees payment receipts, semester results with grades, photocopy of school id card)
10.Round flight itinerary and hotel bookings.
11. 2 passport photographs.

They denied my visa. Reasons ; travel history, purpose of visit and personal assets.

jayfierce:
Ladies and Gentlemen of the house.
I, Jayfierce, just received an original passport request.
@shadeebee78, OmoBendel24, bigfido, irebami16, WESTERNCR

Congrats

jayfierce:
E be like say you nor dey town this one you wan go tomorrow.
Great uncle Awele for me.

lol

At last, CIC just sent me a pick up message! Exactly 7 weeks since my application. Going to get it tomorrow.

CIC should send me pick up message na, this is my 7th week

awelekiti:
You're entitled to your opinion. As you know, I don't care about your criticisms. This isn't your first time and all I've been doing all along is ignore you but at this time, I think it's important I react. If I was an agent, I wouldn't be offering assistance for free, with detailed explanations. This is what I enjoy doing, at my leisure...to assist here. I don't need anybody's favour ok? I'm comfortable the way I am and I bless God for that. If you lack knowledge, why not ask instead of attacking? It's your business whatever your opinion is. You're only attacking blindly. For the info I got...UK doesn't stamp passports anymore, same with canada. Go and ask anybody who had been rejected CIC and UK visa in recent times if in doubt. In December 2015, I know of a neighbour who applied to US and came back with his passport stamped. That was what I based my opinion on. If you're not comfortable with my contribution here, you can always keep quiet. I won't bother respond to your subsequent rants.

LMAO!!!!! laff has killed me oh!!!

awelekiti:
Nothing to panic about. You'll get your passport back in 2 weeks' time, hopefully. I've done my own survey on NL fellas, who had applied via paper route in-here. The applicant with the longest processing time got his/her passport back in the 8th week. Concerning virgin passport, it doesn't really matter. I got my first US visa in 2004 on a virgin passport. My cousin, also got his TRV on a virgin passport recently. He applied to attend an education fair. If your documents are in line with CIC requirements and genuine...and you can prove your ties to CIC beyond doubts (with your documents), you'll get your visa. Please buttress it with prayers too, I'm sorry for being religious here but it's always worked for me.

. okay thanks a lot

awelekiti:
Amen and same here!

. Awele my paper application is 6 weeks old today, I'm supposed to attend a conference in Toronto from 14-16 October. could the delay be because I applied with a virgin passport? i don't have any travel history

3Div:
applied in July.
Paper route.

wow, so I'm guessing u have waited for almost 8 weeks abi?

3Div:
Just received pick up message. Would be going Friday as I'm out of town.

The tough part is now.

. did you apply via paper route? and what date please?

today makes it exactly 5 weeks since I submitted my paper application, you all should wish me success

RoboNG:
Visa processing time now 115day

when did you apply?

jayfierce:
I applied via Online.

why did u make that kind of mistake? online takes forever oh! thank God I applied via paper route.

bigfido:
No I didn't o.. I have an express entry profile thou

did you guys apply via paper or online route?

my paper application is now one month old....

OMG Blood of Jesus! 105 days? just to stamp a passport? today makes it 15 days since I applied for mine via paper route! God pls see me through! facilitate mine for me.

96 days? does this mean my passport will not be stamped before the date of the conference I'm supposed to attend? which is 14th October

diamondsare4eva:
Is it directly from the airline or website. Because most airline will cancel after 48hrs

I think he paid small fee for reservation

diamondsare4eva:
@Johnpoko, Please how did you go about the flight itinerary? which website did you use or airline. Won't it expire before the visa is issued

My uncle in US booked it for me oh, it shows the date I'll leave and when I'll arrive Canada and also when I'll return... try a travel agent, they'll do it for u

awelekiti:
Interesting! It doesn't matter if you have travel history or not. What matters is the genuiness of your mission. With all you've stated, I think you're in order. After all, I got my very first visa years ago on a virgin passport, same with my friend. I wish you the best and pls, have faith in God.

Thanks

So I'm headed to the VAC now...applying for a visit visa to attend an educational conference. Using paper route. here is what is included in my application packet.
1. Complete and signed application form, family form, representative form.
2. Photocophy of my national passport.
3.Statement of purpose..
4.Statement of sponsorship from my aunt.
5.National I'd of my aunt and her statement of account for 4 months (2.4 million)
6. Letter of identification from my dean of students stating the year of my graduation, which will be in 2017.
7. Invitation letter from conference organizers.
8.Registration receipt of conference.
9.Proof of current enrollment in school ( admission letter, school fees payment receipts, semester results with grades, photocopy of school id card)
10.Round flight itinerary and hotel bookings.
11. 2 passport photographs.


you all should pray for me pls coz I'm using a virgin passport, no flight history. thanks y'all.

awelekiti:
The amount to be indicated on the form doesn't usually include your flight details. It's the amount you intend to spend while in canada which includes the aforementioned, except the amount for your flight ticket . Have your sister do a separate letter, where she'll state clearly state that she's the one who will sponsor you and that air fare will be taken care of, by her the moment your visa is approved and the airfare doesn't include the amount you'd take along to Canada either as PTA or BTA (if you're travelling for business). On the application form, you may state 2,500USD or 3,000CAD or whichever you prefer. This should suffice for 5 days. Please go to booking.com to get a very cheap hotel rate (less than 100USD)within the venue of the conference. Also on the flight reservation, make sure no amount is indicated. I always advise people to visit a travel agent to get flight reservation because it will not show any amount. It will only contain your flight itinerary to and from destination. The embassy recognises this a lot. It's free of charge. Finally, apply via a paper route as online application could take forever to process. Good luck!

thanks a lot bro. God bless.

good day pals, please one last question before I round up my application. so I wanna apply for a visit visa, my aim of going to Canada is for an educational conference. its a 3 days conference and I'm gonna spend four nights in the hotel and return a day after the conference. CIC is asking me on the application form how much I wanna spend for the my trip ( this includes hotel accommodation, round flight and feeding) for my 5 days in Canada. my aunty is my sponsor and she has about 4 million in her statement of account, but they want to know how much I have budgeted for the trip, what should I say?

good day pals, please one last question before I round up my application. so I wanna apply for a visit visa, my aim of going to Canada is for an educational conference. its a 3 days conference and I'm gonna spend four nights in the hotel and return a day after the conference. CIC is asking me on the application form how much I wanna spend for the my trip ( this includes hotel accommodation, round flight and feeding) for my 5 days in Canada. my aunty is my sponsor and she has about 4 million in her statement of account, but they want to know how much I have budgeted for the trip, what should I say?

Please gurus should I feel the representation form? I wanna fill the form and add my brother who lives in Lagos as my representative, so that if my visa is stamped, he will help me collect it. is that possible?

Good day gurus, please someone should assist me. I need a site for flight booking and hotel reservation. I need it for my visa application. please I need a book now pay later site. thanks

awelekiti:
Does the educational conference coincide with your school's semester break? This is very important because you cannot travel for a conference whilst your school is still in session. On travel history, this does not really count . I got my first USA Visa on a virgin passport in 2004, contrary to what my friends told me then, that I must visit Ghana, south africa, kenya , etc to prove to the VO that I had travel experience to boost my chance of getting a visa. Funny enough, I had not been to ordinary cotonou before that time. I got the visitor visa on my very first passport. What you need is a TRV(Temporary Resident Visa). Please look up the requirements in previous comments on this thread to see the list of documents you might need for your visa application. You my also visit the canadian embassy's website for details. It's not even compulsory that you pay for the conference in advance, an invitation letter and the registration details would have been enough, since you have not been granted the visa. I hope this heklps. Good luck

. yes the conference coincides with the semester break, and thanks a lot