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Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 10:57am On Jan 03, 2023
NGOZIGLORI:
@Jonhstan pls at the Nigeria airport here what documents did they ask for?

Do they ransack the luggages at any of the airport?

And pls the yellow card how can one obtain it. And at what cost?

Am meant to understand that at Toronto, it's basically the introduction letter and passport that they usually ask for?
Did they ask for POF at the Toronto airport?

Thank you.


Nope your luggage will not be ransacked at any time. Once your main luggage are checked in you will be left with only your carry-on till you arrive at Toronto airport.

The yellow card is given to you by immigration to fill your details. It's not purchased.

Please go along with all the necessary documents, what others were asked for may not be what you will be asked.
*Letter of introduction
*Passport/visa
*Letter of acceptance
*POF
*Evidence of the accommodation you plan to stay
*Any school fees payment receipts
*Valid E-medical sheet.

Cheers

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Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 1:21am On Jan 03, 2023
nowornever9:
in regards to upkeep with form A, please how do you plan to receive it while abroad? i assumed its only cash they give out for it.



Once I open an account here after the pub holiday, funds will be wired via form A to the account. It's different from PTA/BTA and school fees payment. One can only apply once a yr now due to FX issues.

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Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 1:17am On Jan 03, 2023
Winnerpoks:
What's the website sir?





Aii, just google Airbnb and check out the website or download their app from playstore.

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Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 8:03pm On Jan 02, 2023
Oldfashioned145:
Ok guys so the continuation....

After I landed at Doha. It was a pretty cool airport where everyone was taking pictures with Messi on a small billboard in the airport.

I had a layover for 6 hours and before I could board the plane I was told to check in my carry on because the airplane was too small ( I foolishly did and herein lied my first mistake).
Me thinking at least I won't be struggling with bag from plane to plane took the relief and boarded the plane only for me to land in Toronto and here a big problem started.

I landed in Toronto on the 24th and was told my flight had been cancelled that I should go make a reservation upstairs.

Easy peasy right.... Well it wasn't because I needed to telephone their agents and there was quite a queue.

Eventually I got on the telephone, was placed on hold for 2 hours by then the queue was becoming more and more longer and then to my frustrations the only thing I got from the agent was that my bags had already been checked in and before she could reschedule I needed to go check out my bags at the airport desk then re phone them again.

Which meant I had to Requeue.

After checking out my bags I had to get something to eat and woooah Toronto tax was pretty not pocket Friendly.

I had to Requeue which meant I spent my night on the queue because the line was very long like filling station fuel scarcity long and then add the extra 2 hour hold on every call made.

I managed to get on the phone Christmas morning and boom my flight was rescheduled to 29th and it wasn't a direct flight anymore it was a connecting flight to Calgary

Anyways lemme cut the long story Short.

I fell sick at the airport, like vomiting blood that kinda sick and also air pressure was trapped in my ear because of the plane descent and all my drugs were in my checked in bags. I was also really cold at the airport like freezing cold i had to be washing my hands with hot water every 30.min

But shey you dey whine divine health ni?

Had to find an airbnb. AirBnB was really cool.

Landed in Calgary on the 29th by 12 midnight. Slept in the airport because my connecting flight to Regina was 30th by 9am.

Finally got to Regina... woooah and its been great so far.

I'm Greatful to God for divine strength because my journey wasnt like the others but I sailed through.

PS. CBSA didn't really ask me anything they just printed my study permit and the officer asked me what was my school and program. That's all although there was one man officer that was really tackling students baba was even asking indian students what was their favorite dish.

AND MY PEOPLE AS I SIT HERE TYPING THIS I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY OF MY BAGS yet BUT AIR CANADA MATTER DON TIRE ME anytime they're ready so am I apparently my bags were still in Toronto when I landed at Regina but.....


To God be the glory



That's quite a journey. congrats once again
The cold is crazy and i can attest to that.
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 7:38pm On Jan 02, 2023
Winnerpoks:

Thanks so much my bro, I really appreciate all Your responses. May The maple land favour you.



Can you tell me one or 2 sites go look at for Airbnb



You're welcome.
Airbnb is a site on its own. You could also use the mobile app as well.

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Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 6:54pm On Jan 02, 2023
Enddystar:
Please if I defer my admission due to delay from IRCC, do I have to upload the new offer letter online or through any other means?

If your new LOA is 150days later than your prior LOA, you're to notify IRCC via webform/email

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Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 6:52pm On Jan 02, 2023
Winnerpoks:
Did you change your currency to dollars from Nigeria? Or what will you advise about currency?

What were the documents asked at the POE Canada?

Do you know anybody (FEMAle) going to centennial college or how did you book your Air BNB?



I changed part to usd and funded my dom account so i could use my usd card. I did not want to carry cash and be worried about change. I plan on apply for Form A - upkeep maintenance so i can use bank rate for the rest (upkeep maintenance is now once a year).

At POE i was asked for only my letter of introduction and visa.

Nah, i dont know any one schooling at centennial. I booked an airbnb online before my departure. (book early so you can get it cheap).

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Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 4:33pm On Jan 02, 2023
TheHamzy:
Congratulations @johnstan. I wish you success in your studies.

Thank you
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 3:03pm On Jan 02, 2023
Adexchelsea19:
Good day guys, can I get into a Canada university with a 2.65 cgpa? The person I contacted here for that said he can’t do it unless I go for a post graduate diploma course. Please I need your help in this regard. Thank you

You will need at least a 2'1 to get admission for masters in most universities/colleges. I'm sure that's why you were advised to go for a PGD
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 11:12am On Jan 02, 2023
NGOZIGLORI:
May the land of Canada favor you.
From your write ups here I know u are a good person. Favor and grace of God will always be with you.



Thank you. This yr shall be great for you I know it.
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 11:11am On Jan 02, 2023
Ayomikun2820:
Have a question for the house,

Has anyone here used the NSE (Nigerian Student Express) visa application method? It’s a lot faster and apparently only extra document you need is IELTS.

I still see a lot of students going through the regular visa application method. Is there a reason for this or has the NSE been discontinued?

This is because the NSE was suspended during the COVID outbreak. Not sure if it's back.

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Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 11:10am On Jan 02, 2023
AwealthDRL:
Please how do you go about this new portal it's asking me for invitation code before I can sign up and start my application. It's frustrating abi na me no sabi the real portal ni


I honestly can't remember how I was able to go past that. I recall that I was prompted to try the new portal when I wanted to use the old Portal so I followed the prompt.

Try following the steps and see
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 8:58am On Jan 02, 2023
Ynxxxxxx:



Congratulations… please did they ask for covid vaccination card at naija airport or Canada airport.

Nope.
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 8:27am On Jan 02, 2023
mizchoco:
Alright. Thanks for your response.

Pls on the new portal are there columns where you specifically give detailed informations of all siblings or family members?

And columns for pictures and birth certificates as well? where exactly did u add them?

@johnstan

Yes. there are columns to fill each member's information.
There's another separate column to upload documents.

Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 8:24am On Jan 02, 2023
bullstriker:
I wish you success in your endeavour

Thanks bro. This shall be a great year for you as well.

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Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 8:22am On Jan 02, 2023
chisun89:
Congratulations bro, this is good news.
Please how many months account statement did you summit as proof of fund, I need clarification about this pof issue

Thanks


Thank you chisun89.
I submitted 6 months account statement. The minimum should be 4 months.
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 11:14pm On Jan 01, 2023
mizchoco:
Congratulations once again!
Happy new year!

Pls I would like to ask..

1. Were you asked any question at the POF?

2. When did you submit ur application?

3. How long did you wait for ur decision to be out?

4. Did you use the GC Key portal or the New Portal?

5. Is it a must to include siblings birth certificates and pictures on the GC key portal?

6. Will they reach out to my siblings via phone call or email to confirm if I'm there sibling? Even if none of them is my sponsor?


*At immigrations in Canada I was only asked if I brought meat. I said no and I was handed my study permit.
* I applied in July, was approved in Nov.
* Used the new portal cos I did not want to fill those Pdf forms on the old Portal.
* Non accompanying siblings/fam members are good home ties, ensure you upload anything linking you to them. (Pictures, birth certificates etc)
* I can't tell if they will be contacted or not.

Cheers.

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Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 10:36pm On Jan 01, 2023
Landing gist....

Everything from my admission to my arrival in Canada was my first attempt and I thank God for his grace.

My flight departure time was 1:40pm, it was moved to 1:20pm and I didn't know till I arrived at the airport, thankfully I was there 4 hrs to the time. See crowd (people dey really comot naija o) the place be like island market, noisy, ridiculously small, hot and unorganized.
Got in with fam members who came to see me off and firstly the scanner did not work for several minutes. When it finally worked/scanned my bags, I headed to the airline saying excuse me up n down so I could pass the crowd.
Omo despite all my arrangements the bags were 30kg each instead of 23kg each, na there I begin bargain for the excess luggage and had to settle them before I was able to check-in the bags. From there to immigration and customs, they were very fast, I only submitted my passport/tickets and filled the yellow card.
We left Lagos 40mins late cos everybody wan board at the same time, dem just dey shout *queue up, single line* but e no work. We sha boarded and damn those Ethiopian airline crew ladies fine sha.
My first flight experience and first international flight, I just dey happy dey smile like cow. Food served was actually good just that dem wan use rice choke person. Lunch and dinner na rice every time throughout all the flights.
Flight was good, got to Addis Ababa and mehn come see airport na, large, organized and finally people come queue. We did the usual scanning and routine search and joined the next flight after 2hrs layover. The descending flight at Dublin was the worst, my head wan explode, my belle just dey turning on ein own. It was as though we were falling instead of descending. After an hour of refueling we flew to Toronto from there.
Flight to Toronto was good, we arrived and met the large beautiful airport. See crowd of first time students. I could count the blacks/Nigerians, the rest were Indians/Asians.
We queued, did self declaration (arrive-can was useless) and In a few minutes we were issued our student permits (it's usually the entire duration of the visa/length of program).
Got out of the airport to pick an Uber and it was as though I walked into a deep freezer lol, I immediately wore my winter jacket ontop of the sweater I was wearing, wore my hand gloves and I was fine.

Canada is large and beautiful. Tarred roads, the express had like 10 lanes each. I was debited for the Uber ride immediately I booked unlike naija where you are billed after your ride. The driver Even stopped to buy fuel (in my mind if na naija now u fit stop dey buy fuel when my trip dey read?)

If I could do this myself, I believe anyone can and I pray that everyone still praying and hoping on God will smile at the end.

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Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 5:46pm On Dec 30, 2022
Awesomegod2023:
It’s PPR guys It has finally ended in praise.. I was still nagging few hours ago.. this platform really helped me a lot.. dropping my timeline soon… let me go and praise my God.

Congratulations
Travel / Re: Living In Canada/Life As A Canadian Immigrant Part 2 by johnstan(m): 3:45pm On Dec 30, 2022
Hi,
Please is there a whatsapp group for people in kitchener - Waterloo.
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 11:20pm On Dec 29, 2022
Bamz555:

Please I need help applying to cape Breton University

Ok. Your response is quite broad.
What exactly do you need help with in relation to the application?
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 9:58pm On Dec 29, 2022
ChiPromise:

Pls which agency are you referring to and how can I contact them?
Lmao. Relax it's an airline
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 9:58pm On Dec 29, 2022
Tgb2:


Please who are these people and Do they have office in lagos or does online exchange

It's for an airline.
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 11:21am On Dec 29, 2022
gaeul:
Thanks, please do you know the rate, thanks

It will not be as exorbitant as mallam rate tho.
Official rate is roughly N454/$1, theirs may be over N500 depending on what their rate would be for the day you make your payment.
I think you should contact them on the date you want to make payment to know their rate for that day
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 11:04am On Dec 29, 2022
SimpleasABC:
Good Morning My NL
Please my NL if I'm using a Courier service for my passport submission which one is more faster to you UPS or DHL?

Any of them will deliver your ppt to VFS within 24 - 48 hrs max
The ish is the time VFS will use to process it. Hopefully they don't take time.
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 11:02am On Dec 29, 2022
hammed71:
Good morning guys please I got an email from vfs today that my processed passport has been received and is ready for collection that it will be sent through courier, Please do I need to pay courier fees.

If you paid for a 2 way service then the passport will be delivered to you FOC.
If you did not then visit their office and pick it up in person or pay VFS to send it to you with their courier service.
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 10:59am On Dec 29, 2022
gaeul:
Please any idea if Lufthansa accept official naira to dollar rate at their office as Airfrance office says Dollars only….Thanks

Except you're paying with a naira card that still has access to USD transactions, you will not be paying at bank rate.
Alternatively, you can visit their physical office and make a bank transfer to them from your mobile app. I did that with Ethiopia airline. (Naira equivalent of the amount) it would not be at bank rate tho
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 10:55am On Dec 29, 2022
gaeul:
Typing the list is shorter that all these gibberish.. The person is a teenager for Pete sake…. At 17 what could you do, Awon researcher…

You want him or her to research and help but you are refusing to help…

Lol Una like quarrel for this thread sha.
This issue escalated and he apologized, the person affected also acknowledged his apology.
Quoting his comment and resurrecting this ish is not necessary na.

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Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 10:53am On Dec 29, 2022
iwale:
Helo guys trust we all good this festive period, pls i need your input on this,i have a visit visa application running presently and i want to withdrawal it b4 i Can put in for the student visa app,ofwhich i don't know how to go about it pls i need some to pls kindly put me through this.all i want is the procedure to withdrawal visit application thanks.

Application withdrawal is an option once you login to your portal.
Select the particular application you wish to withdraw and follow the prompt.
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 7:59am On Dec 29, 2022
chigozieevans:
Hello,
Can I travel by January if my classes are scheduled to start by September?

Yes you can. Only be ready to prove to immigration your reasons for early arrival.
Reasons like these will fly:
*You will be staying with family to get acclimatized with Canada before your classes resume.
*You have health insurance to cover you before classes resume. (The one covered by your school only kicks in when your classes resume)
*You have enough POF.

Good luck.
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 8:22pm On Dec 28, 2022
SimpleasABC:
Please can someone put me through how to submit my passport,I leave in Ibadan,can I use UPS and which address will I send it to please.

And btw my school is resuming Jan 9th but I have a outstanding pre-requisite course I have not taking I dont know If this will affect me at the point of entry if I'm going by January after Jan. 9th.
Please I need help

Here

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Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 22 by johnstan(m): 8:19pm On Dec 28, 2022
sos123:
PPR REQUEST..... FINALLY AFTER 26 WEEKS & 6 DAYS (6 MONTHS & 5 DAYS)

Application received: June 23, 2022
Passed the medical exam: August 5, 2022
Review of eligibility: September 24, 2022

DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED
INT'L PASSPORT

POLICE CLEARANCE

EVIDENCE OF PAYMENT FOR THE FIRST HALF OF TUITION
- STATEMENT INDICATING PAYMENT
- CAR SALE AGREEMENT (SOLD MY CAR TO PAY THE FIRST HALF OF THE FEES)
- CAR DOCUMENTS
- DRIVERS LICENSE

CERTIFICATES SUBMITTED
-WASSCE
-DEGREE RESULT
-NYSC CERT
-IELTS
-BANKING SCHOOL CERTIFICATE
-RESEARCH ETHICS CERTIFICATION

INTRODUCTION & REFERENCE LETTER FROM EMPLOYER
PAYSLIP FOR 3 MONTHS
STAFF ID CARD
INTRODUCTION & REFERENCE LETTER FROM PENSION ADMINISTRATOR

BIRTH CERTIFICATE
TAX CLEARANCE
FAMILY INFO & ID CARDS ( I SPOKE ABOUT THEM ON MY SOP)

AFFIDAVIT OF RETURN TO HOME COUNTRY AFTER SCHOOL
ATTESTATION OF GOOD CHARACTER FROM THE CHURCH

DEED OF GIFT FROM MY MOTHER (NOTARIZED BY THE HIGH COURT).
UPFRONT MEDICAL SHEET
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT FOR MY BANK ACCOUNT
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT FOR MY PENSIONS

MY SCHOOL FEES IS 27,000 CAD (I HAD A TOTAL OF 13M IN MY ACC)
SELF SPONSORED
NEW PORTAL

During my journey, this is what I noticed ---
Start and End with prayers, because only God can give you the strength for this process.

Do your own research, watch a lot of videos on youtube and read different forums.

We can all do this application ourselves, but please use an agent if you're not well-versed in the process. To avoid mistakes.

Don't pick an agent that doesn't have your time. Ask questions, and Pick his/her brain. From your little research of the process, you will be able to find out if the agent knows his onions.

Write your SOP yourself Please. Only you can tell your story. If you're using an agent tell him your story truthfully so that he can advise you. If you're not using an agent find someone on this platform to talk to and polish your SOP and Story. Agents don't usually write SOPs sef.

Form A access has been hard recently but please don't give out money to just anyone to help you fast-track the process. Always use a banker you can hold. Don't pay anyone money you meet online. The heart of Man is wicked.

My agent was wonderful, stayed and prayed with me throughout the process.

Now start to Exercise Patience! Build your shield.

PRAYYYYY!!!!

My experience was crazy ...... 27 weeks no be beans. I was sending web forms every day and the replies were generic. I sent mails to MP, PRIME MINISTER, MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION, and EVERYBODY FOR OVER 13 WEEKS BEFORE I RECEIVED PPR TODAY.

I left Nairaland for some time for my mental health but today I'm back with Joy. Thanks to everyone here, I made friends & family here.

Please anyone can reach out to me anytime for any form of guidance.

Peace


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