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LIST OF TRV HOPEFULS (FALL 2016)
1. Snoop4dem; April 11th, Uni of Victoria, masters, paper route,Medical Passed Approved June 24th Congrats
2. CassetteBoy: April 11th. UofT. Masters. Online route. Medical Request, Medical Passed, APPROVED 22nd July. Congrats
3. wayaa007: April 19, Georgian college, PGC, paper route
4. Deda3103: April 26th MSc, Uni of Saskatchewan, online route. Medical Request, Medical Passed. Approved 22nd July. Congrats
5. Ajibade105: April 27 M.Sc. Online
University of Saskatchewan.
6. qwertyasdf May 03, University of
Saskatchewan, PhD, Paper route, upfront medicals. Medical passed Approved 20th July Congrats
7. Aguns2k may 7 paper route, Conestoga college
8. abestine: May 12, MSc, Umanitoba, paper route, upfront medicals, Medical passed
9. greatlifeis89:May 24, Seneca, PGC, Paper route. Upfront Medicals, Medical Passed
10. Ayoadeoyatokun: May 25, Seneca, PGC,Paper route
11. tangled: May 26 Umanitoba MBA, Online route, Upfront medicals Approved 21st July Congrats
12. Datkoded, Seneca College, advance dip May 26, paper route
13. Team16: May 26, University of New Brunswick, PhD, Paper route,Medical Passed Approved August 2nd Congrats
14. Matthew2120: June 1st, Masters, Paper route, Centennial college ,
15. moe0164 . Saskatchewan poly June 1st.. Paper route, awaiting medicals
16. emma4eva: June 3 MEng, Online. Ryerson University, Medical Request
17. Ikcbn: June 10th Niagara college, paper route. Medical (Passed)
18. abmendozer: June 13, Masters, Paper route, Geogian College, Medical Passed
19. Ymc007: June 14, masters, paper route, Dalhousie University, Medical Passed, APPROVED Aug. 19th. Congrats
20. Akol07: June 16th, Concordia Uni, Montreal paper route,Meng,Medical passed. Approved Aug. 19th. Congrats
21. Arcayo: June 19th PGC, Conestoga online route, upfront medicals, Medical Passed
22. Olubee22: June 24th, St Mary Uni, UG, online
23. Faroukfahima: June 28th, Adv Dip, Conestoga College,Paper Route

[size=14pt]***IMPORTANT LINKS***[/size]

CLICK HERE TO FIND A UNIVERSITY IN CANADA

LIST OF MOST POST-SECONDARY AND PGD PROGRAMS IN CANADIAN COLLEGES
Ontario Colleges programs search

TIPS ON WRITING AN SOP FOR THE VISA OFFICER Thanks @yemdogg

CLICK HERE TO FIND A SOP SAMPLE FOR THE VISA OFFICER

CLICK HERE TO FIND A LETTER OF SPONSORSHIP SAMPLE

TIPS ON FINDING A RESEARCH SUPERVISOR FOR RESEARCH OR THESIS-BASED MSC OR PHD

STEPS TO CANADA ONLINE VISA APPLICATION

CLICK HERE FOR A SAMPLE OF LIST OF DOCUMENTS TO SUBMIT FOR YOUR STUDY VISA

HOW TO TACKLE COMMON REASONS FOR DENIAL

HOW TO FIND ANY INFORMATION ON THIS THREAD, NO MATTER WHEN IT WAS POSTED

THE POPULAR TRV CHOPPING DOCUMENTS COMPILATION

MORE POPULAR TRV CHOPPING DOCUMENTS

HOW TO SHRINK FILES FOR YOUR ONLINE VISA APPLICATION

CLICK TO SEE COMMON REASONS FOR DENIAL

SAMPLE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION FROM YOUR WORK PLACE

CIC E-MAIL FOR INQUIRIES

MEDICAL EXAMINATION LOCATIONS IN NIGERIA

HOW MANY YEARS WORK PERMIT IF I STUDY FOR 1 OR 2 YEARS, CLICK HERE

CLICK HERE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WORK PERMIT AFTER GRADUATION

IS IT HARDER OR EASIER TO GET A TRV WITH PGC/PGD ADMISSION VS. MASTERS? Thanks @yemdogg

-Purpose of Visit-Travel History-Home ties-Personal asset-Length of proposed stay ETC

A VERY IMPORTANT CLUE WHEN DRAFTING YOUR SOP

IF YOUR APP IS MORE THAN THE AVERAGE PROCESSING TIME, CLICK HERE TO SEND A CASE SPECIFIC ENQUIRY TO CIC

HOW TO CARRY MONEY TO CANADA FROM NIGERIA AFTER TRV APPROVAL

CHANGING INSTITUTION AFTER TRV & LANDING IN CANADA

TRAVELLING TIPS #1
TRAVELLING TIPS #2

LIFE IN CANADA Tips

thanks to @richcasey
***UPDATED***

Canadian student visa thread part 11 is here as we have come to the end of part 10.

Part 10 is here for references. https://www.nairaland.com/3024188/travelling-canada-part-10/392#48772456

A big thank you to all the contributors, really appreciate your contributions and good luck to all TRV hopefuls.


Read this link for documents http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/study-how-documents.asp

GCMS , here's the link to order for it http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/atip/requests-atip.asp


Thank you

umarwy:
Just tried to check in online
So I was right he couldn't have checked in since his flight is on the 5th

want2knowben:
.....if one get's the chance to graduate! If the school's sponsorship licence get's revoked during the course, affected students have 30 days to leave the country!

zoomzu:
Oga Justwise, I am an employee. My leave as a senior officer is 30 working days and I am permitted to extend it as we would have been winding down activities for the year. We normally shut down our activities by Dec 15 to 20. I work with an international organisation.

hybeenoni:
@ justwise you got it wrong.
Dropping my mail was the last option, I'd prefer if some1 guide me on how the material was searched online. Wouldn't mind if you could.

I don't expect to be spoon fed.

Jethrolite:
Yes, people can be lazy and I know Canada very well, once you're in Canada you can rest easy and stay away from crime. There are things that can't be shared publicly because Nigerians are masters of abusing favourable systems. Let those who can research do their findings.

zoomzu:
Hello Good People in the house, Myself, wife and kids got our visas last month, the trip was planned to have my wife and kids birthdays celebrated in the state on vacation but wife got mouth watering wedding cake contract that made us shift the trip. My question is this, I am planning to go alone in few months time as I don't like staying in Nigeria during my leave, last year was in UK for a month but planning to spend 2 months in the state if I go. Hope there won't be any question at POE why I did not come with my family and why I am spending 2 months. Will definitely go with my family next year during school vacation. My POE is JFK. Awaiting your kind advice. God bless.

Jethrolite:
I'm very calm right here, we are still turning round and coming to the same point. Op is passing a very critical message across to people especially those who getting a foreign degree is not the primary reason they find themselves in a foreign university but sharing his own experience and the way he is sharing it is like those who are already making a terrible mistake have hope in the future. We both know as we write there are people that are processing admission at various stages, have done visa application and there are some that have gotten visa and waiting to resume. Isn't it better those that have gained admission or applied for visa or even waiting to travel to the UK get a clear story that they are on the wrong path now, cut their losses and see if they can meet up with 2017 winter or spring session in Canada?

We should remember once again that the primary audience for this thread are not rich kids who simply want to study in the UK then return home but people whose intention is to kiss Nigeria and the hard life goodbye until further notice.

soulhighman:
What has been sent to me so far has been an e ticket. Though my seat numbers are not there but its still there when I checked their website the way I've selected it when I cliked 'view e tickets'.
So I think I will just leave it like that and print the e ticket from their website and take it to the airport.
I hope that would be fine.

hakeembee:
Please my people, henceforth let every question you want to ask me about Estonia admission and visa/TRP application be on this platform. I have had people from this platform connected with me on whatsapp instead of asking questions that is useful for them, they started asking about my biography. Abeg you wan write book about me? Ask necessary questions that will be useful to you, dont ask me questions like, where are you now? , How much are you paying as school fees, how beautiful is Estonia, etc. These questions are usually asked by people that has not even applied at all. All answers are on this platform already. I might have upto 15 people wanting to talk to me at the same time on whatsapp. I cant chat with more than 4 people on whatsapp at a time please. Thanks for your understanding.

fakmurphy:
@justwise and @askari Is it possible to travel before stated date on visa application? I'm going for conference in Oct in London in my application but I've something to do in Edinburgh before the conference date which was not stated in my application. Thnx for your usual help.

realshel:
Thanks to Everybody for d great work here , Got my family renewer visas today @VI
Submitted our application on 8th August
Received in Sheffield on 11th Aug
Decision making on 22 August
Received my p today 25th August!

umarwy:
Ok but I really doubt that you have checked in. I don't think it's possible to do so days before the flight date.

And moreover if you have checked in you would have been given a boarding pass (printed)

But if you want to be sure and without doubt, you can always call Emirates CC to inquire more about it and verify everything

Full scholarship is sweet oh.

Which body is sponsoring you?
Which school/course?? RF

Sanchase:
@ the bolded, the minimum number of years that gives you the opportunity for Permanent residency in the UK as a foreigner is 10 years and in some cases 20 years.

Where was it you saw 7 years ?

The new law is even more strict and the minimum duration could have gone up more by now.

Adaeze003:
Does this mean you can't do work on the side while running your masters?

awelekiti:
Yea, but you can learn their language in 3 months. It's not difficult if you're serious with it. There are also a lot of universities there that run programmes taught in English. If I was given 2 options...to school either in the uk where I won't be guaranteed job after my programme, even if I stayed forever OR to school in Germany where I'd only spend 3 months of my time learning their language which isn't difficult at all... and allowed to stay forever with good job, even marry one of their beautiful tall girls, I think I'd prefer Germany. Amazingly, their tuition isn't as crazy as that of UK or elsewhere and they will allow you to work while schooling. I had my MBA in Frankfurt and if I had wanted to stay, I'd have done just that.

Jethrolite:
Please stop confusing interested people with worthless knowledge that seems to make sense at first glance. So you think going to the UK then returning to Nigeria before going to Canada is better than going straight to Canada? Canada does not discriminate in any way. People like you just come online and cause confusion when someone has some real sense to pass across to the public. When you have friends and family who are interested in leaving Nigeria for good, you should advice them to go to UK first to waste their hard earned money then return to Nigeria before applying to go to a country like Canada. It is this type of bad advise 2 of my friends received and went to the UK only to return to Nigeria. One even went as far as doing 2 masters in the UK, where are they today? They are both jobless in Nigeria trying to sort their lives out and just discovering they should have headed to Canada or Australia in the first place.

Again, keep this your advise for private use. Do not confuse people here. I am even surprised Justwise is supporting this your view that can ruin a person's destiny and destroy their family. Do you know some parents go as far as selling land and borrowing heavily just to send their kids abroad only for the kids to make the mistake of going to the UK and eventually being bounced back after their study.

shinarambo1:
But then again...a genuine student should research properly before leaving the shores of Nigeria. Its the number one skillset a student should have.

bikat:
sham marriage? Who said anything about sham marriage? Cant you fall in love and marry someone genuinely? As for me, I don't encourage the marriage route cos I got to find out that I LOVE THE BODY OF BLACK WOMEN. However, marriage is still an option if you fall in love for a white woman. there is nothing wrong with it.

I will agree with you that there is no need moaning about their immigration policy, nevertheless we can inform our people so that they know what they are getting into. Its just for information sake.

JW214:
It is not misleading, I am giving you a first hand information because it happened to my cousin.

We tried all we could to get her a job even after a paid BA certification and training, Masters degree and about 4 years work experience from Naija. Some employers or agencies will not even call you back once they hear you hold a visa expiring in some months even if you tick all the boxes for their job description

bikat:
Tell them o cos me I don tiya to argue. Na here I don de for some years so I know wetin I de talk

JW214:
I disagree with you. I have a cousin who studied in Aston University. The visa issued her was from January 2015 until June 30, 2016 and the course end date was May 2016.

As a student, getting a job or employer immediately after study that will sponsor your visa is like almost impossible, the reason is just because the salary required before your employer can sponsor your visa is higher than what most employer will pay a fresh graduate, especially one without a UK experience.

So the only strategy that a student coming here to stay may consider is getting married as soon as he or she lands in the UK. If you are thinking of getting a job that will sponsor your visa within the space of your end of program in the Uni and visa end date..... Well they say miracle happens but this is reality, it is almost 90% impossible.

JW214:
Unlike before, UKBA were generous to issue visa to cover your study period and at least about 3 months(some get up to 8 months depending on your program start time) to stay back to attend your graduation before proceeding to apply for the next available visa category, now the visa they issue will only cover your study period.

Many international students now return to their countries without attending their school elaborate graduation ceremony unlike before.

Aston University for example like many other universities had to organise an award giving ceremony in June so graduands with very short visa can wear the gown and take picture with their certificate and people before returning, some schools will advise you to return to your country to obtain a visit visa to attend your graduation because they can not afford to run multiple award giving ceremony within 1 year.

Little secret, some residents with definite leave to remain are looking for better countries to migrate to..... Go to any IELTS exam centre and see the number of Nigerians taking the exam with the hope of migrating to "may be" another greener pasture.

bikat:
Yes that's true, UK masters are well respected but you will be kicked out as soon as your done so why not go to places that will allow you to stay while also gaining a well respected degree from that country.

bikat:
I am 100% sure that Canadian Federal Express Entry immigration programme will give someone who has a masters from Nigeria, the same score they will give to another person with a UK masters. All they require is a degree that is equivalent to Canadian degree. If you use World Education Services or other company, you will discover that a Nigerian masters is equivalent with a UK masters. I am 100% sure of this.

dustydee:
Please does anyone know which money transfer sites still work for sending money to Nigeria? Western Union and Money gram rates are not too good.