Myfavourite:
I just cry for my unborn children

You better plan for them, rather than crying for them.

Haircombb:
Good morning guys, I got an adr to renew my passport and submit by 3rd of march. I registered last week friday and was given 9th of march as appointment date for data capture which is way past the deadline. I am confused on how to proceed from here.

Please do you know which VO the request came from?

Is your file in Winnipeg or Accra?

Are you FSW or PNP?

Ovywils:
Is Accra now awake?
I say a post on Facebook where someone got PPR from Accra VO this morning.

One PPR is not an indication. I saw the post too. We all hope they do.

"Timeline:
ITA: Nov. 2018
1st AOR: January 6, 2019
Class: FSW
Denied: may 17, 2019
Saskatchewan EOI: Sept 26, 2019
Nomination: December 31, 2019
Accepted on EE profile: January 6, 2020
AOR : January 16, 2020
ADR : June 18, 2020
Remeds: June 1, 2021
PPR : January 21, 2020.
Country: Nigeria
VO: Accra
God be praised!!!!!!"

boco2126:
Hello everyone, it's been a looooong while. Thanks everyone for keeping the hope alive.

We just got our PPR! It's unreal to be honest, perhaps due to the long wait. We've been on this journey (officially) since July 2019. God is faithful. Our story is long and I will come back with more details.

Congratulations.

What's your AOR and VO?

Hennyhorlah2:
May 2021 here and still waiting , Accra will test your patient level.

Is your file also in Accra? How did you know?

Is there any WhatsApp group for AVO?

Exot:


Cheer up because your case is different.

Amen. Thank you.

I just discovered my file has been moved to Accra Visa Office from CIO Sydney through a response from Webform I raised about two weeks ago.

I don't know if I should be crying or laughing because of AVO's reputation. I have been on Twitter reading the negative comments about them.

Anyone here with an update on AVO?

Why are they not processing application?

When are they likely to start treating their backlog?

I'm April 2021 AOR.

This endless wait is tiring.

onyexx:
It’s PPR guys!!

ITA: Jan 2020
AOR: 11th March 2020
Stream: FSW
1st medical: sept 2019 (in anticipation of ITA)
Remedical: 26 sept 2020
2nd remed: 26 nov 2021
Med done/passed: 13th dec/21st dec 2021
PPR: 6th jan 2021, 9:30pm
VO: Ottawa

I pray for everyone waiting that you will receive your good news this month in Jesus name, amen!

Wow. Congratulations. Finally, the waiting is over. Almost 2 years!

God that did your own will do ours too. AOR 28th April 2021 and still waiting....

JESU Iwo Oba mi
Iwo ni mo gbekele
L’aiye yi nko l’enikan
Lehin Re ‘Wo Oba mi
Torina gbe mi leke (IRCC)
Gbe mi bori ota mi (Wicked VOs)
Ki nlayo ki nni segun
L’ojo aiye mi gbogbo.

gbemmyusuf:
PPR DON SHOW OO

AOR 9 JAN 2021

BIOMETRIC 12 FEB 2021

REMEDICAL 8 NOV 2021

PPR 8 DEC 2021

Full gist loading soon

What's you NOC please and your nominating province?

GraciousWords:

My interpretation of the item in bold is that the prohibition is on where you are travelling from NOT your nationality. A Nigerian COPR holder who has not been in any of these countries in the 14 days preceding their arrival in Canada should not have a problem. A potential solution is for a COPR holder currently in Nigeria to go find a country (not on the banned list) to quarantine in for 2 or 3 weeks prior to landing in Canny. A potential complication is that no one knows if, when and which countries will be added. Wahala if a country that you are quarantining in joins the list a few days after your "quarantine" there starts.

This is not misrepresentation or circumventing of the rules, in my opinion, it means you are taking the required health precautions while attempting to land before COPR expiry.

Choose your third country quarantine wisely.

#PersonalOpinion

I totally agree with your interpretation and I think restriction was meant to achieve that and it was done on purpose. It's better to outsource the risk to another nation than bring it to their doorstep.

I think current COPR holders should try and explore this option so we can see the validity or otherwise of it.

Thank you for sharing this.

GraciousWords:


PPRs don dey drop small small..hang in there.....

Justwise abeg make we open part 11....fresh start.....opening the doorway for PPR gist. I volunteer to do page 1.

Someone in my WhatsApp group with AOR in June 2021 got PPR yesterday. COR is the US though.

I know it's difficult to believe but it's real. We found it difficult to believe too but it's true.

icehot:


Congrats, it will change to "Passed", I guess.

Are you a PNP candidate?

Yes, I'm PNP. It has changed to Passed. Thank you.

So I got BIL yesterday after a long wait .....

but my medicals is still showing: "You do not need a medical exam. We will send you a message if this changes."

Please is this normal?

AOR: April 28th 2021.

I think there is a General (FSW) today. Someone on a thread in Kubeir with CRS 477 reported a message (to check his portal) from IRCC but then the portal is down and the person cannot log in to check the message.

Dimple10:
Almost 1year since receiving ITA and 10months post AOR, this journey teaches patience.

Hoping for the best.

I think we need to find a coping mechanism as we don't know how long this would last. It's 5 months Post AOR for us and we found one.

My wife and I, both in the ICT industry, have decided to start learning new skills in preparation for the Canadian job market. So we see this waiting period as a time to upskill and reskill. And I'm also looking at the possibility of changing to a new job since that has no impact on my PR processing. I won't pause my life because of Canada.

I know it's hard but we just need to find a way to live our lives to the fullest whilst keeping a tab on updates.

icehot:


People pay for these applications, they definitely owe people explanations as to why there is a delay in their service. Can't you see that this is all wrong ? Stop accepting mediocrity! People have their lives on hold, CRS points dropping left, right and center and you want people to be calming down?

If a fellow Nigerian is offering such bad service, would you say people should calm down, that it's their service? Won't you shout and give them a bad rating? Are you used to such bad service or it's just inferiority complex?

They owe each one of us a proper explanation why they put our lives on hold and I do not mean the Covid excuse, people have moved on from covid, vaccines are out.

Exactly my response to someone defending the indefensible on a post-AOR WhatsApp group yesterday.

"I guess you are used to taking sh*tty behavior. This is a symptom of an inferiority complex. They owe us an explanation despite the pandemic. What is wrong with some of us? Can't you see this is all wrong? Some of us are rendering services and we go beyond and above to make our clients happy. We plan for exigencies and even when we rarely can't meet deadlines we give feedbacks."

"I can't deal with my wife constantly checking for updates on our application. She wakes up every morning wearing that look of "God when". It's 5 months post-AOR and no update, no message, no nothing ... That is after going through OINP for close to 5 months. It's putting a strain on my marriage. We can't do a long time planning and someones think I should applaud them and also give them excuses. Sorry to say, that is dumb."

"You can say that again. We are not refugees. I have a good career here. IRCC needs to do better. The earlier we all agree and call this what it is, the better."

I later have to apologize for my choice of words in the first two comments. But then it's high time we stopped defending this gross ineptitude. They surely can do better than this.

Denerystormborn:
My people,I trust we are all well. May God see us through this journey. Please,I have a question. I submitted my documents and received AOR on the 8th August. I still haven't received BIL. Please,is this the new trend?should I be worried?

Welcome to the waiting queue. I submitted 28th of April 2021, and haven't received too. That is the new trend oooo.

oyd213:



You maintained a consistent band in writing. Can you share the materials you used in preparing for writing?

Thanks

Just read regularly for pleasure. Read blogs; follow posts of excellent writers on Social Media; read books and take notes of new words and their usage; download documentaries (DW is my favorite) on Youtube and watch.

Jay and Liz's videos are on Youtube for free and if you can afford their premium content go for it. You also need to practice writing. Write as much as you can. Join the IELTS Mooc group on Facebook and post your writings for people to help you review. It will help!

Print out the writing booklet used by IELTS and practice writing with it. That way you know the number of words without counting.

overlord77:


Make we no dey pray for basic things we can prepare for and get done. God gave us life then lets us push ourselves to achieve. Prayers no dey change IELTS scores o, but ample preparation does .

I know am going to get bashed for this but hey! e be things, lol

Prayer can indeed help you ace your IELTS. Let me share my experience with you.

My first IELTS was in Nov. 2019 and the result was a disaster. I had Listening:7 Reading:6 Writing:7.5 Speaking:8. I was very disappointed in the Listening and Reading as I felt I put in all my best in the preparation. In retrospect, I think I focused majorly on Writing.

Our CRS score was 375 or so and we were pursuing PNPs. When the PNP-Saskatchewan route fell apart due to COVID, our relative lost his job, we then resolved I should retake the IELTS.

I did the paper-based version of the exam in June 2020. So this time around I prepared for Listening and Reading with a different approach. I solved all the Cambridge IELTS Past Questions that I could lay my hands on. I remembered watching one of Liz's videos on Youtube and she said: "The Listening test is a test of plurals". You have to learn to listen for plurals if you want a band 8 and above. That statement stuck with me all through my preparation. I observed that it's very difficult for me to get a pluralized word whilst listening. So I constantly check the context of the word and try to add the 's'. That strategy didn't work all the time during the preparation as I missed some questions by adding 's'.

On the day of the exam, I kept revising all the strategies I had written down whilst preparing but this 'plural' strategy was something I knew is not 100% certain. I kept praying that God should guide me through making the right decision because I knew the "test of plural" will surely come out. My wife and little children were also praying back at home. She kept telling me to revise my Listening as if they will repeat questions. .

So after the Listening test, there was a question I wasn't sure either to append 's' on the compound word or not. I thought about it but was not convinced. So while doing the Reading, a phrase jumped at me with exactly the same construction as the Listening question I was doubting, and 's' was added to the word. Meanwhile, you are not supposed to flip to the Listening section answer sheet (they use the same answer sheet for both Listening and Reading) once you have started the Reading. And now that I'm sure I needed to add 's', what should I do? I ascertained no invigilator was watching me and I affixed the 's' to the word and continued my Reading section.

The results came out as Listening:8, Reading:7.5, Writing:7.5, Speaking:7.5. If I had not done what I did, I'd not have gotten 8 in Listening and that results would have been useless. And that'd have ended my Canadian dream. I know it's Prayer that did that for me.

Our CRS jumped to 446 immediately after that. Wife also did and had Listening:7, Reading:7, Writing:6.5, Speaking: 7. The CRS increased to 464 and we got picked up by Ontario in October last year and got the nomination in March this year. It's been a draining and stressful journey so far but at the centre of it for us is PRAYER. AOR: 28th April 2021. #prayerworks #foreverhoepful #Godisable

buckbuz:
Yes, Sydney, Nova Scotia is your Primary VO

Thank you. I hope it remains the same all through the process.

I dread Accra with all the things I have been hearing about their operation.

Lotusgoddess:
.... take the vaccine over there rather than here

Because the ones here are substandard right? We are our worst enemies. We deride and denigrate anything put up by our institutions as if the ones done by foreigners are always better. This same Canada cannot honor timelines and we still make excuses for them. AORs of 2019 are still languishing in pain. Imagine if it's a Nigeria institution.

FYI, the same vaccines that Canada imported, are the same we have here. We even have a barcode on the vaccination card that can be read on the go for ease of authentication.

I received this response after raising a Webform to submit my vaccination card. I want to know if my VO is Nova Scotia from this email.

My AOR is 28th April 2021.

Thank you.

Lahun:
Hello
Any update regarding your application?



quote author=joselekas post=102938972]Hello Seniors,

It's 54 days after AOR and my status is still submitted. I'm PNP-Outland.

Is this normal and is there anyone in a similar situation?

It's 69 days! We never see any movement oooo.

Are you also in the same boat?

musspuss:
You're not alone.. mine too should be almost that time and no update since submission. I think the processing of new applications has been put on hold till further notice, which is why they do not require upfront medicals. I'm just gutted that I had done my medicals shortly before they announced it's no longer required upfront. Let's hang in there and hope everything picks up again soon.

It seems better not to have done the medicals because of expiration. It could be a blessing in disguise. Let's hope things will turn in our favour.

ednut1:
https://www.cicnews.com/2021/06/approved-immigrants-coprs-can-travel-to-canada-as-of-june-21-0618431.html#gs.3vvd1k at last

You beat me to it. This is great news.

Breaking News.

Anyone with valid COPR, received after March 18th, is now allowed to come to Canada.

https://www.cicnews.com/2021/06/approved-immigrants-coprs-can-travel-to-canada-as-of-june-21-0618431.html#gs.3vyeia

MissMa01:

If you have done your biometrics and medicals passed then join us and wait...so yes, submitted is normal unless you want Casper to visit which is a possibility but not for everyone

I haven't done Biometrics. I've done medicals and I'm waiting for Medicals passed. It's used to be an average-a-month thing. This waiting is depressing. I don wait so teh, I don dey loose wait .....

What is Casper?

Hello Seniors,

It's 54 days after AOR and my status is still submitted. I'm PNP-Outland.

Is this normal and is there anyone in a similar situation?

Hello seniors.

I just bought a Nissan Teana 2008. A Nigerian used, bought as a brand new, car. Is there anything I should worry about.

I noticed it takes time to accelerate and the engine sound increases when the AC is one.

Thanks.

amaya21:
Hi, haven't been here much recently. Yes, I used the US route and was able to do my landing I needed to move fast as they only gave me till May 25th despite the fact that my medicals are valid till November 2021. (Yes, I wrote to them about the short time period but they basically told me I'm on my own).

So we went through the US to do the landing to avoid expiry of the COPR.

Hello Amaya. Congratulations.

Please can you give more details about this US route?

Thanks so much.

Please can someone here help with how I can send dollars through Western Union transfer. I need to pay a publication fee and I can't seem to figure out how to go about it.

I need to pay $200. First I was given an Ecobank Rwanda account but Ecobank Nigeria says they can't do a transfer to the account.

Next, they gave me a Western Union code to pay into but the banks I visited said they only receive Western Union transfers that they don't send out. I have the money in USD.

Please someone help before these people think I don't want to pay.

Thank you.

amaya21:
No need for birth certificate UNLESS you are using it to claim the additional 15 sibling / family points

We (I'm the principal) are claiming 15 points for my wife's sibling. We have submitted all the required documents - sibling's PR Card, Citizen Certificate, DOB, Mortgage statement - to support our claims. Does she need to also include her DOB?

And if yes, can she use the recent one from National Population Commission dated 2008 (meanwhile she was born in the 80s) or we can use the old one issued when she was born?

Please seniors help me clarify this. I am submitting it today.

Thank you all.