₦airaland Forum

bamangar:
Thanks man, I'm already doing it with CES..

Please how much does it cost to evaluate credential with CES?
can someone pay same single fee if you are evaluating more than one certificate?
Do you have an idea how long it takes to get the evaluation feedback from them?

Thanks in advance for your response

Frankrobbn1:
If you're using WES, it's a mandatory requirement that you will evaluate both your WAEC and Degree certificate at same time. You can try ICES or IQAS these organizations don't require your high school diploma (WAEC) prior to evaluation.

Hi Frank, between these two which is faster and cheaper?

Frankrobbn1:
MY PEOPLE OF NAIRALAND WASTE NO TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New Brunswick is looking for Professionals – This is your Chance to Immigrate to Canada

Great news to those people who are aspiring to come here in Canada and immigrate. The Atlantic province of New Brunswick in Canada just posted on their website livinginnb.ca that the are looking for professionals with experience on the following occupations:

For further information, you need to register on the website and wait to be invited. - https://livinginnb.ca/survey/28-09-19/destination-new-brunswick-montreal-canada-september-28-2019

Best of luck.
Frankrobben1

Frank, I think this program is meant for Canadian citizens and permanent residents or foreigners with valid work permit or study permit residing in Canada because the shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend the program/interview physically at the selected venue.

Draybaba0103:
New Brunswick is looking for Professionals – This is your Chance to Immigrate to Canada

Great news to those people who are aspiring to come here in Canada and immigrate. The Atlantic province of New Brunswick in Canada just posted on their website livinginnb.ca that the are looking for professionals with experience on the following occupations:

NOC 1221 – Administrative officers

NOC 2282 – User support technicians

For further information, you need to register on the website and wait to be invited. - https://livinginnb.ca/survey/28-09-19/destination-new-brunswick-montreal-canada-september-28-2019

Best of luck.


Frankrobben1





Hello Frank, please can you assist me in choosing from the two noc's above;
I have HND in Computer Science and I've worked 7 years as the second in command to the Administrative officer and coupled as the officer in charge of the command's ICT/computer operator.
Do you think I have a chance in New Brunswick?
NB; I'm a paramilitary officer but my job duties are the two above.
Thanks.

Your best bet will be user support technician since you had academic qualification in computer science with ur experience in ICT/Computer operation.

connectgt:
The requirements are not the same. The proof of fund is higher than AIPP by far o. Cic updated their site with the requirements some days ago. In fact POF is one of the reasons some of us are exploring this AIPP route.

Make God help us.

Yes oo, its higher by far, but my major concern is if someone can still use the funds to continue running his business after printing the back statement, or does it have to be there throughout the duration of the AIPP visa application?

Frankrobbn1:
Yes I'm a single applicant but I decided to show funds in excess as against the required 3,167CAD by IRCC.

Hi Frank, is the applicant suppose to leave this money in the account for the whole duration of the visa application process? Can one use part of it to continue running his business instead of just leaving it lying there in the account.

Mr. Frank, please I sent you a message, please check your email. Thanks

Frankrobbn1:
Yes boss! Your employer wouldn't have to pay for the compliance fee of $230 if you're going for direct PR. All your employer needs is to sign, fill and date the OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT TO A FOREIGN NATIONAL 5650E FORM as well as the applicant's signature so as to be able to apply for PR. Without this form, you can't be eligible to apply for a PR under the AIPP stream. The compliance fee is refundable only on the account that the applicant Application for Work Permit was rejected.

Does it mean that if the applicant goes through PR application, his employer won't have to pay the compliance fee of C$230 for an employee ID card?

Frankrobbn1:
Once you've successfully secured a job offer it's the responsibility of the employer to decide either of two (PR and WP) for the applicant. Assuming the employer needs the applicant urgently in their organization, then they might opt for work permit. As I said earlier, my employer disapprove recruiting Nigerian applicants via work permit route because it takes longer to be finalized and most cases end up in a refusal. So, the decision is dependent upon your employer. Bear in mind for you to be eligible for a work permit, your employer must pay a compliance of 230$CAD for an employee ID which you will be required to fill this number in your work permit application form.

Sure it helped a lot, thank you Frank and I wish you a successful outcome on your PR application.

Frankrobbn1:
Breakdown of the cost of AIPP PROGRAM -

ECA - N110,000
IELTS - N75,000
PR APPLICATION $550 AND RPRF $490 (Right of Permanent Residence fee) - $1040 which is equivalent to = N292,240
BIOMETRICS - $85 which is equivalent to N23,885
MEDICALS @IOM - N41,500


Total = N542,625

It's now a requirement for all provinces in the Altantic that Applicants must submit ECA and IELTS as at the time of Application for a provincial endorsement. This rule was recently effected. It was not in place when I started my process. However, during the processing of my endorsement the immigration officer requested for proof of my highest level of education and a copy of my resume.

Permanent Residence is a visa/status granted to a foreigner who is not a Canadian citizen and bestowed the right to live and work in Canada without any time limit on their stay. Whereas, work permit is a temporary resident visa that allows you to work for a specific period of time for an employer. The work permit was originally created for companies/employers that are anxiously/urgently seeking for a foreign employee to come over to Canada and fill up the labour shortage in their organization and subsequently apply for their PR within Canada.

The company complained that they have had issues with Nigerian applicants applying for Work permit to Canada. They further explained to me that applicants from Nigeria are been invited for an interview at the canadian consulate (embassy) at Lagos. During the interview, the visa offficer at the embassy will begin to run a background check on the applicants work experience letter (reference letters) as well as start contacting/calling each and every of the referees on the applicant's resume, the employer in Nigeria, and also the applicant's family members in order to ascertain that the applicants really had the job experience in the corresponding NOC stated on the job offer from the employer in Canada. Furthermore, they complained that Work permit application takes forever like 8-12 months before a response is communicated to the applicant, which all end up as a REFUSAL. So he advised that Permanent Residence is the best option for Nigerian applicants seeking to migrate through the AIPP program and the PR process takes at least 6 months or less in most cases.


I hope this helps.

Hello Frank,
Please am really interested on knowing the financial implications from ECA, IELTS, PR application fee, etc. From your experience so far.
Also I have seen in one of the province which i think its Newfoundland that said applicants must submit their ECA and IELTS alongside their application for endorsement, I guess the rule doesn't apply to all.
Is there any difference between the requirements for PR and Work permit under the AIPP?
Did the company tell you from their experience the reason for high rate of Work permit refusal and the reason to apply for PR instead?

Frankrobbn1:
Assuming your spouse eventually was the lucky one to secure a job offer under the AIPP program from a designated employer he/she will be the Principal Applicant. The accompanying spouse doesnt need to write an IELTS and ECA. With that being said, If your spouse PR Application turns out successful, you automatically become a PR without stress . Please be well informed that AIPP is quite different from Express Entry where both parties (husband and wife) needs to sit and crack their brains for IELTS 8777 and attain at least a master's degree before being considered for an ITA.

Frankrobbn1:
While reading through the internet, I stumbled on this thread. Happy to be here with you guys!

Below is the comprehensive breakdown of my AIPP Permanent Residence timeline -

*Province*: Newfoundland and Labrador

NOC 6315 - *(High Skilled)*.....

*Job offer* - January 9th, 2019

*Settlement Plan* : January 21st, 2019

*AOR Endorsement* - February 28th, 2019

*Endorsement Approval* - March 26th, 2019

*ECA approval* - April 12th, 2019

*IELTS* - Sat for exam in April 27th, 2019

Received my *IELTS* results in May 10th, 2019



*PR DETAILED TIMELINE UNDER AIPP STREAM*

*PR Application* :

Received/AOR: June 3rd, 2019

*BIL* : June 26th, 2019

*Medical Passed* : June 26th, 2019

*BIL SUBMITTED AT VAC* : June 27th, 2019

I wish everyone success in their respective applications.

Congratulations Frank, am happy for you

Jay35:
Still accepting interested persons.... you can drop your number or send a WhatsApp message

0-81-two-six-9-eight-8-zero-00
Am interested

Thanks,
I guess with all these they maybe probably more expensive than the others.

Deeone747:
CES seems to be the best in terms of processing, verification and, requirements.

Good morning good people in the house, please I want to ask from the experience ones, which of the credential evaluation provider approved by Canada immigration is faster with processing and relatively affordable?

Thanks for your anticipated response.

Congratulations dear

ca12:
Hurray,
Finally passport pickup request dropped after 3 months of waiting and 1 month after medicals
Thanks to everyone for there encouragement
I shall drop documents submitted soon.

Hello Dear,
Please there is no need replying to every response to your post because such constant forth and back argument will only derail this beautiful thread as different monikers hold different views, understanding, and opinions regarding certain issues. The clarification you gave with examples is nothing but the honest truth of the reality of certain events over there irrespective of whether it is the right thing to do or not base the immigration laws, still people do it and get away with it.
However, I believed that the concerns of some monikers and mine as well is the implications of posting such on an open platform such as this where anyone including undercover immigration officers may be active members carrying out investigation and can use such revelation to tighten the rate of visa approvals for Nigerians.
During my study in UK, I personally know a good number of students who did the same thing to survive in UK including Asians, Europeans, and African students, the Government is aware of these things and they tackle the ones they chose to at any particular time.
I would rather suggest you give such advice in private rather than on a public forum such as this because you don't know who is reading. I fully understand your good intentions but doing so privately will save us all from a lot of visa hurdles.God willing, our visa applications shall returned with speedy approvals in Jesus name.
LET PEACE REIGN.......

Obehi44:
I never said it was right.
But please don't ask such person to throw away their visa. because if he doesn't have the money to pay now, who knows even if he stay here for another one year he may still not get the money. Or will you help him pay? All fingers are not equal you know.

lasisig5:
Thank you for your message bro, I have make a mistake before by contacting one agent to help me with the admission process before a friend tell me about this forum, so it’s the agent that apply for global business management now he’s demanding for additional 900k after paying him 300k got admission processing only that’s why I made up my mind to proceed with the study permit application myself please I need someone to put me through.

My dear, in addition to the advice given by @Justmelow which by the way if you ask me I would suggest you go with the option of starting the admission process all over by yourself, especially if your work experience doesn't have any direct relationship with Global business management, which brings me to the bold statements above. The implication of those statements are;

1. That the Global business management was not your choice of course since you said "it's the Agent that applied" for the admission. If this is the case, why then do you want to go ahead to embark on academic program that is not related to your previous study and career and then risk a possibility of visa refusal base on "Purpose of Visit"?

2. If you paid this agent "300k" to secure admission for you probably in a microbiology related program and the agent returned to you with an admission offer in Global business management, how certain are you that the admission letter is genuine? Has the school contacted you directly or have you made any effort to contact the school so as to verify the authenticity of the admission letter? Are you aware that submitting a fake admission letter is punishable by 5yrs visa ban whether you are aware of the fake document or not if a representative form was not submitted?

Please verify the authenticity of the admission letter if the school have not contacted you directly.

Congratulations! This is a positive month for us and our special August visitor will definitely visit us all with favourable testimonies. Amen.

4evaco:
Come and join me sing Alleluia,
Jehovah Jireh has done me well (2ce)

O Mama carry us dey go (2ce)
Wherever better dey carry us dey go(2ce)

Approval Alert

Stay tuned for details.

Congratulations! God will surely delivered our testimonies this month. Amen

Regina3:
Hi guys, been a silent reader here following all your advice, been a big source of encouragement & reference for me.
I got my approval yesterday.

First Application.
Applied online : June 22, 2019
Biometrics: June 26, 2019
Medical: July 17, 2019
Passed: July 20, 2019
Approval/Correspondence :August 1, 2019

Just want to say, I was really worried as all the documents I submitted for proof of financial ability were much and after managing to compress to 3.9MB, the documents didn't look to sharp, I thought that it would be an issue but I thank God, for favour. I will suggest if you are having same challenges as I did, you can use CamScanner on Android play store, I found out about it after submitting mine with poor resolutions.
Thanks.

Congratulations dear

AgroNACT:
LONG POST ALERT! All to the Glory of My Lord Jesus Christ!


SECOND APPLICATION TIMELINE
Second Application submitted online: 13th June
Background check started almost immediately.
Eligibility Review started: 12th July
Medical request: 12th July
Medical done (IOM): 18th July
Medical updated to pass: 23rd July
PPR/Approval/BVL: 1st August

Congratulations dear

Chinonye94:
APPROVAL ALERT!
Submitted paper application on the 24th of April 2019
Medical request: 13th June 2019
Eligibility review: 17th June 2019
Medicals done at QLife: 4th July 2019
Medicals passed: 15th July 2019
BVL: 26th July 2019
Approval: 29th July 2019

really funny joke indeed, well I believe that it will not be the same as 2018 because we are already seeing approvals from May 2019 applicants, so I guess its batch by batch and above all, we need faith, patience, and prayers for it will surely end in praise for everyone in Jesus name. Amen! for all the hopefuls.

ralfudoh:
I want to laugh before posting. All June applicants should pray oh. Hope we all remembered what happened to May/June/July 2018 applicants. Sleekysoft, Hunkerbert, litterbug, Austacus e.t.c. should I tell you guys? Pray. I repeat pray to whomever u worship. Because most of the apps lasted 8months+. Some 10, some 12months. Just a month and you all are ranting. Pray oh.or else, you guys are in for a long thing . Make una no vex. Na joke I the joke oh. My point is, you all should be patient. CIC? If you dont have a patient attitude, you can't deal with then. My app lasted 12months. I got my passport back after 13th months. So relax all June applicants. Your applications would be handled soon. Cheers!!! Peace

Hello Dear, the details on how it works is all spelt out on CIC website if you check under POST GRADUATE WORK PERMIT section; if your study is for 1yr you get 1yr PGWP, if your study is for 2yr or more you get 3yrs PGWP, if you do two different programs one after another amounting to 2yrs study in total you get 3yrs PGWP same as someone who did one straight single study of 2yrs or more.
With regards to funding your study in Canada, I believe each prospective student would have gotten a well thoughtful plan on how to go about that before embarking on Canada study adventure. However, Working in Canada to take care of your tuition and leaving expense is still possible like a moniker had posted here some few months back on how s/he achieved that but I would advice you make proper financial plan from home before boarding the plane.

sashaa:
I've always wondered how this works. I know going for a 2year program is the best but it also means double tuition

If someone has tuition for a 1year program? Is it possibleto save up for another year tuition from the 20hours per week job?

Anyone that has been successful in this may also throw more light so we can learn

You are one very lucky person to have gotten 2yrs study visa for a 1yr program, however, have you entered Canada already? If not, then there is a possibility that at POE you may be issued with the study permit that will be valid only for your study period (1year), but no cause for alarm if that is the case at the POE, you can always extend your study permit within Canada if you enroll into another 1yr program immediately after the 1st program (which will be easier if it is the same school) and that way you will be eligible for 3yrs PGWP.
Congratulations on your Visa approval.

Gbemms9:
Hello Guys,
Trust everyone’s doing well,
Please I have a question, I was given a 2-year student visa but my masters is a year program.
How many years work permit would I be given after ?

Wow! Congratulations dear, God will do it for us too. You can go to the VFS office on Monday for your passport, it will be ready for collection by then because you might not get a text message from them now, just go with the receipt and data page they gave you when you submitted your application.

Gamma007:
Alihamdulillah, Approval alert...
Msc chemical engineering university of Alberta

Paper Application
Date of application, May 6
Medical request June 14.
Medical passed June 28
Biometric correspondence mail July 22
Final approval July 26.

Documents submitted.
Transcript
Degree statement of result
Attestation letter from institution,showing certificate hasn't been issued
O'level result
IELTS result
Admission letter
Funding letter
SOA
Police clearance
Certificate of National population commission
SOP
Reference letter


I want to appreciate everyone on this group, for the spirit of togetherness,selflnesses and your invaluable words of guidance and encouragement.
I got everything I needed for my application from this forum.
And for the people that are always optimistic all the time, congratulating me in advance even when I write a post to express my discomfort and frustration in the application waiting time, your words are always very timely.Thank you once again.

Finally I got another letter on my portal yesterday, the correspondence letter to be shown upon landing in Canada with address of Lagos embassy, does it mean that I can go and pick up my passport now? because it was approved on Friday and I was thinking a text message will be sent.

To all the travel hopefuls we shall rejoice very soon my God's.

Congratulations dear

omoh1:
APPROVAL ALERT!!!
THANK YOU JESUS!
I've been a silent reader on this forum and I want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone contributing on this forum. This forum really gave me a feel of 'we are in this together' kind of feeling.
Timeline
Paper route
Submitted : 17th May 2019
Medical request : 20th June
Medical done at iom: 2nd July
Medical passed: 5th July
1st correspondence letter/Bvl: 22nd July
2nd Correspondence letter and updated to approval: yesterday or today but I just checked my mail this morning.
Going to pick up my passport on Monday
To all those waiting for approval, this coming week will not pass you by! Amen!

Yes on the following conditions;

1. That your sponsor is based in US with proof
2. That the sponsorship fund is coming from US
3. That your application route is online.
Then he/she can do the affidavit over there, then scan & email to you for onward upload during your online application

Or;
4.for paper application: the sponsor can do the affidavit over there and Currier the original hardcopy to you, that way you can still submit the original hardcopy with your paper application.

olalemii:
Someone should kindly help with this

litterbug:
Someone help me shout Hallelujah....My God has done it for me.....PPR for me and my dependants...

Congratulations dear, am happy for you, please kindly share your profile and documents submitted so others can learn from your experience.

It wouldn't look good on your application, every letter has to be addressed to a particular recipient and not to "Whom it may concern" because it's not a certificate or a declaration of sort. So if you are considering the cost of Currier to multiple schools, then try to find out from the school if they do accept a scanned copy for admission processing and when you get the offers you then chose the one you want and mail the reference letter addressed to them. Note that it has to be the exact replica of the scanned copy you sent for admission processing. And some schools may even ask that such scanned copy should come directly from the referee unofficial email (gmail, yahoomail, etc).

Better still, you should change the referee and get one that has an official email address, depending on your school but most schools will ask for at least one academic referee and others can come from career professionals who have known you for a while and they can use their official email address to send the reference letters.

NwanyiOkpa:
What about if i just address it to whom it may concern?

My dear you have to put in some level of effort and persistent to get it done.

This is how I did mine:
draft a sample of the reference letter yourself as if is the referee writing it to the school, take a soft copy to the referee to view it for any correction or suggestions, then get some copies of their letterhead papers to print out the corrected version on the letterhead paper as the hardcopy, then take it along with an envelop to the referee to sign the letter and also sign the across the sealed top of the envelop.
Note: if you intend to submit application to more than one school and want to use the same referees, then you need to do the same thing for all the schools with each letter addressed to a particular school, then get him to sign them all at the same time because most of them may not have time to draft the reference letter but if you take these steps, you would relieve them from the stress and they would take you more serious.
Beware that it's you that will still have to post the letters to the schools and pay for Currier services, its part of the sacrifice if your referee doesn't have an official email. Please make the move.

NwanyiOkpa:
Those referees that are forming BUSY.

It is not cheaper over there my dear, the $114 she mentioned as 15% tax means she got her laptop at about $760cad, when you convert it to naira it's about 200k depending on exchange rate. But the truth is that the quality of the laptops over there maybe higher than what's obtainable in Nigeria even for same brand, same model. In Canada they don't compromise with quality standard.

docsaj:
You're joking, thought it would be cheaper getting a laptop over there

NwanyiOkpa:
You mean i should mail the original hard copy? Will they give it back to me?

I believe it is academic/professional reference letter for admission purpose we are talking about here, yes?
Every reference letter is addressed to a particular individual or organization, correct?
If I may ask, what do you want to do with the original? Are you hoping to use a reference letter addressed to Mr. A for both Mr.Z? If you need a copy for yourself, then make photocopy.
My advice is; if your referee doesn't have an official email address through which to send the reference letter, the referee should print out hard copy & sign, then mail the original hardcopy to the school. You don't need it back because it's not coming back, if you need another copy the referee can simply give another copy.