orgx:


The fast track program which is 2 years requires a university transcript, sir. For the 3years diploma which requires only waec, I was thinking wouldn't the immigration office negatively consider my age, degree, and the fact that it's a post-secondary diploma which is also lower than my degree. I'm still confused sir

Your age and previous degree would not be a challenge except if you fail to do justice with your SOP. Someone over 40 yrs was approved in the thread before this.

Explain on your SOP the reasons why you chose the course, let the course be related to your previous study or current working experience and you will be fine.
Remember that the longer your program duration, the more POF you will need, so choose wisely.

Okudi23:
heard Abuja is the fastest and all.

Yea apparently.
I was not ready to pay for the DHL service and additional transmission fee to Abuja so I left it to VFS

Deejom07:
Congratulations once again bro,

Go and succeed.

thanks a lot

ChiPromise:

Did u request Vfs Abuja to send it to their office in Lagos?

I sent my ppt to VFSLagos cos that's where I did my biometrics, VFS Lagos sent it to Abuja by themselves. I no send dem message

orgx:
Hello Guys. Please please I need advice.
I am 33 years female with a second class lower degree in mechanical engineering. I want to apply for an engineering advance diploma fast track which is 2years from Centennial college but due to transcript delay I'm wondering if I should use waec and apply for the 3years advance diploma or just wait? Please is the pathway even the right path?

@johnstan @hayoBams etc

Please also a question for people who went through Centennial college
Did you pay more than the 2000+ initial deposit before traveling? How much in total did you pay to centennial college

If the fast track program and the 3 yrs program are both undergraduate diploma programs then your waec transcript (original certificate) should suffice.
If any of them is a graduate diploma then you will need your university transcript.

Both programs are fine and would avail you PGWP of at least 2 yrs

Teeebabyyy:
All Glory to God! This feeling is surreal!

I just recieved my passport now phew!
The stress of this canada journey is unending.

So I sent my passport through DHL on the 21st of November and it arrived VFS Lagos(where I did my biometrics) on the 22nd.

However, DHL said they do not carry out 2way courier service anymore as that was a new instruction from Vfs so I paid for the 1way return fee directly to Vfs.

I got an acknowledgement email from Vfs that day and i was getting subsequent email update from vfs on the whereabouts of my passport.

I got a message on the 30th of November that my passport had been couriered from Abuja and will be sent to me via their courier partner. My LOI and Counterfoil was yet to drop on my portal so I sent 2 webforms to IRCC and it dropped the next day 1st of December

I couldn't track my passport so I was in the dark until today I contacted vfs and they gave me my AWB number and told me to track on UPS website which I did and found out it had arrived in my city but they said they had issues with my address. So I walked into their office to retrieve it.

In everything you do, put God first cause he made all this possible at his own timing.

Congratulations lol

Thomsyne:


Similar case as me guys. It was processed at RROC, not Nairobi so pls fire mails and webforms everywhere.
You never know where it might land.

Also bro, have you finally gotten your LOI?

My guy!!!

Congratulations your own don finish with IRCC.
I still dey wait for my LOI.
For some weird reasons the guy that attended to us at VFS Lagos just dey squeez face dey vex, as early as past 7am o imagine. I only went with my *VFS ppt ready for collection email* and didn't go with a print out of my ppt bio data page, e remain small ein for beat me. I sha went to print it out and returned before I was able to retrieve the ppt.

jilenwere:

Congratulations Bro.
Do you have the emails for the beijing ircc office?

Thank you.
Here, beijing-immigration@international.gc.ca

Jaykeh:


Have you received LOI?

Not yet, I've sent IRCC webforms so I'm waiting.

Jaykeh:


Congratulations bro. Hoping to get a feedback on mine soon.

I'm sure you will

RelaxingEnd:


Nice! How long did it take?

Took 15days

2pretty4u:


Congratulations

Thank you once again.

Picked my ppt today guys and the feeling is still amazing.
Apparently it was processed in Beijing and not Nairobi so anyone could also send webforms/emails to Beijing for feedback regarding their application.

Don't give up y'all, it's worth it at the end.

RelaxingEnd:
I'm at a DHL office now and wanted to send my passport to Abuja through 2-way courier and they said they no longer do 2-way, only just sending. What do you advise guys?

Choose which ever you're comfortable with.
You could also use UPS, FedEx or any other courier service.
I used one way to send and picked it up in person at vfs Lagos.

gaeul:
I will def quote… Pls peeps any affordable flight for January??

Affordable might be gone with the wind at the moment but you can still get a reasonable price with cheap airlines like Ethiopia airlines, Kenya airlines. Please ensure to check that you don't book a flight with stopover in US or any Schengen country cos you will need a visa to pass through. Also avoid flights with terminal or airport change except you're disciplined enough not to miss your flight.

Qatar, British Egypt airlines are expensive but you can still check to see if they have any cheap flights.

Good luck

GTXPRESGOLD:
Please I need advice�

I just got LOA to Conestoga college for fall 2023

Deposit deadline 31st December 2022

Deposit amount $1500

Tution balance deadline June 13th

(1year) 3 term program

Tution $21k

My challenge is
1 have just 3m, no sponsor. I intend to put application for memorial University as tution is low.
How do I go about this??
If I apply for memorial University and wait for the application results I will miss deadline for tuition deposit for the LOA already gotten will expire.
Please I need urgent assistance. This is the first time since 2014 I got accepted.

All advice will be appreciated �

Congratulations to all the successful candidates here.
I de read una testimony de cry. Have been on this since 2014 no success. Agents don chop my moni before I started DIY, no I got accepted I have the biggest barrier to break through �

As much as I understand you wish to relocate through the study route, however, you can't get this by luck.
POF of N3m would not be enough to pay your fees and show proof of living expenses covered.

If you can get a sponsor, loan etc whatever it is to add to your POF that would be fantastic.

Good luck.

Gabiru95:
Hello fam...please, can I use my personal email to send IRCC messages since the email used in processing my application is not with me ??. ( the agent created another email and he said he doesn't like disturbing ircc)

This is the funniest thing I've read today lol.

You can send webforms and emails, however, IRCC would only respond with feedback (if they please) to the email registered with the application.

geotherm:
A friend was denied for the following reasons:

I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay as required by
paragraph R216(1)(b) of the IRPR (https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/sor-2002-227/
section-216.html). I am refusing your application because you have not established that you will
leave Canada, based on the following factors:

Please house what do you advise in such situation as this?

So sorry for the outcome.
From what you stated it's obvious she had good POF and hometies, however, having good POF and hometies doesn't automatically qualify the applicant if you know what I mean.
The sop can make or break the application. I can see you stated that the applicant is an MSc holder in science while HR is a completely different field talk less of the fact that it's a PGD program.

Now here's my take for your next sop/loe, don't start and end at explaining why the course is relevant to her current position. First start with what she did that made HR an option to consider, is this an interesting role for her, has she handled any HR role prior to her current Job role but couldn't focus on that for any reason.
Now explain how she has managed in her current role without the HR qualification she's applying for, what challenges has she faced in her current role without the HR qualification that became the decision point, what are the potentials of having the qualification and lastly what she intends to achieve with the extra qualification.
I hope you understand, make the transition eye catching to read and difficult to think otherwise.

Repackage and refire

Good luck

amila20042001:
Just read that the program is only a total of 15 credit hours and can be completed in 2 semesters of full time study.

Don't you think 15 credit hours is small to be eligible for PGWP.

Note a traditional semester work for full-time study is 15 credit hours and 30 credit hours for one year

Alright, i feel you already have a clear idea and have a decision made already. Just follow your instincts and you will be fine.

Cheebu:


The bottom line is that contacting VFS won't be of any use. They'll either tell you the passport isn't ready or you should contact the embassy. @jilenwere your best bet is to write IRCC.

VFS is still responsible for this in my opinion. They may have routed the passports to the wrong embassy & realised later on. There's a lot of mix-up. Especially for those who submitted late October - early November. They're the ones experiencing this delay.

Write to Nairobi, Lagos & Abuja. You may include London, Accra & Shanghai but they're not necessary. One VFS agent told me last Wednesday when I went to their office, that the passports are stamped in Kenya. So you may want to focus on Nairobi.

All the best.

I think you quoted the wrong person. I don't have a challenge with ppt retrieval.
Please check and respond to the right person as it seems you have a better understanding of how to resolve the challenge. Cheers

amila20042001:
I have actually sent some mails to the admissions and international enquiries and they didn't come out straight with their responses.

They only referred me to the PGWP page of IRCC for further reading. Meanwhile, the DLI website didn't specify any program of Memorial University of Newfoundland as non PGWP eligible.

Correct me if I'm wrong, if certain programs in a DLI institution are not eligible for PGWP, it will be specified in the website, there's always a"details" to click on the website to see more information about programs that are not eligible for PGWP.

Ok, if the program is not specified as ineligible then you're fine.
Most ineligible programs are programs less than 2 semesters - 8 months, while some use credit loads to judge. These are mostly certificate programs if I'm not mistaken.

Ojb555666:
Please who has booked flight with kiss and fly angency? How genuine are they?

Please be careful with agents and booking agencies.
Get to the airline directly and make enquiries/book.

My experience with wakanow and travelstart was beyond funny. They can help you with cheap flights that might ruin you.
It was from checking with the airlines directly I realised that Most of the cheap flights these agencies were advertising had several stopovers that would require transit visas or some sort of visa, the flight time could be over 30 hrs or they book flights that would require you to change airports, change Terminals etc, restrict your baggage options especially with the airport changing or terminal changing.

Be careful bro.

amila20042001:
More contributions are welcome. Thanks guys

If you wait for who has knowledge about certain programs/schools, you might wait a long time or end up with a wrong response from asking repeatedly.
Personally I sent mails to several schools when I was looking for admission and I was thankful I did when I got their responses, it saved me from applying to so many pgwp non eligible programs even when the school was a DLI.

Why not head to the school's page, navigate and obtain their international student's enquiry email and send them a couple of emails to obtain first hand information. You will be glad you did.

Ishola2002:
I don't know how to do that bro, I am even thinking of getting an agent cos I don't know how to go about that I mean compressing my documents to 2mb

Compressing docs is not an easy tasks especially for the new portal with 2mb max permission.

First ensure your POF statement isn't part of the documents you are attempting to shrink because it can cost you the application if the information on the statement are not legible to comprehend - use MBS.

To achieve this feat, you're to use several pdf compression apps or web pages - I used up to 7.
Add all the files to one file on adobe PDF and hit the compress option, once it's done, check that the documents are still readable.
Now Google pdf compression sites online and try to compress the already compressed document from Adobe. Some sites will give you the option to set the quality of what the outcome shud be. Do this repeatedly on several pages/sites, each time with the previously compressed file untill you hit 2mb.

[/b]ENSURE[b] you check each file before you further compress to ensure the documents contained are still readable. I forgot to do this when I uploaded mine only to realise that half of the documents were all faded out. Thankfully my SOP was still manageable and I used MBS for my POF.

jilenwere:


Well I’ve done that. The agent only says, your parcel isn’t ready for for pickup yet. You will be notified. And they keep saying that..

Aii, asking here after getting your feedback only creates more anxiety for you.
Chat them the next day, the day after and the day after, explain to every one of them that it's over month but don't be rude on the chat - you know as Nigerians dey behave sometimes.

Victodan:
Pls gurus in the house.l submitted my study visa app on 11th September and l have not been called for medicals. Is it normal.

Medical request is compulsory for student visa application whether at the processing phase or at immigration level. You can wait patiently to be advised or get an upfront medicals done.

opessi:
Hello House, can I pay for my application fee with my Nigeria debit Card(Master card).

A Naira card can't even pay netflix fees these days, you will need a USD card (physical or virtual)

Good luck.

jilenwere:


Hi Johnstan,

Please I sent a question regarding passport submitted on the 27th of October and not yet returned. As at 17th I got the message saying “your processed passport has been forwarded to the Canada visa office on the 17 Nov 2022. I am worried it hasn’t been returned. I’ve seen people complain about delays. What do you think?

My take on this,
No one here would know for sure the reason for the one month Delay except VFS themselves. The email correspondence you got came with a tracking ID, VFS live chat resumes 9am Mon - Fri, have your tracking ID handy, initiate a chat (it might take a few minutes to get routed to an agent but the earlier you initiate the chat the faster), ask for feedback regarding your ppt retrieval, paste your tracking ID on the chat and wait for the agents feedback.
The feedback might be generic but probe further to be given a timeline, have a life interaction with them and you will be glad you did.

Good luck.

Kingo99:
They didn’t give me the waybill number, check the picture in the first response i gave you.
Them not giving me the waybill number is where the problem is

You got an information advising you to use your tracking ID or your waybill number to track the PPT. You redacted the tracking ID so not everyone can view it.
While you wait for response regarding the waybill number, please contact ups first thing on Monday with the tracking ID, let ups be the ones to inform you that you have the wrong ID so you don't assume.

This is my opinion and my last response to your query.

Good luck.

Thomsyne:


I got application approved notification some days back then on 30th, I got Letter of Introduction on my portal. You??

My PP is with DHL, they said it’d be delivered on Monday

Nice. I got application approved the day my ppr dropped, I'm yet to get my LOI though.

Kingo99:
To contact UPS i need the waybill number

The feedback stated that you could use your tracking ID or the AWB (waybill number)
Have you used the tracking ID and ups could not track it?

Thelz:
Please oo @johnstan how do I contact an mp of my school ..my school starts 2nd January ooooo

This I don't know, I have never contacted one before.

I think you can get the info if your Google it