₦airaland Forum

Foreverhopeful:
PLEASE HELP.

CanadianBae:
Tie breaking rule affected me My score is 478 but I submitted on the 9th of Dec

Tina26:
Eagle landed over night. Wishing everyone awaiting ppr, ita, ielts, eca etc all the best.

NeneSisi:
Hello Fellow Nairalanders,

I am glad to say it's PPR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am super thankful, especially as this journey tested both faith and resilience.


It has ended in Praise for me and may it end in praise for you all.

aremso:
Jesu! Many thanks, Is any one coming up in January?

boco2126:
Good evening good people. Been a long while...l was busy being pregnant and birthing my baby girl. Now she has arrived safely, thanks be to God.

We informed IRCC about our new addition and we've been directed to do her medicals. Qlife's next available date is sometime in January which would be past the 30 days given to revert to IRCC, l haven't been able to get in touch with IOM. Sent mails and placed phone calls but no response.

Looks like we might have to gatecrash any of the two clinic since it is for one infant (less than a month old). Please what's your advice?

Chyka3:
Thanks be unto God who has made all things beautiful for me in his time. IELTS finally done after four attempts. Thanks to my wonderful tutors who really helped and guided me. God bless everyone who also shared their IELTS success story, it equally helped in motivating me.

I just want to use this opportunity to encourage those still struggling with IELTS, give it your best and you’ll certainly ace it.

Enonymous:
Interview Proper


For all those in AVO, I saw activity. Things will move for you very soon, Be encouraged.

Extras!

During my waiting time, I decided to start exploring income opportunities in Canada. I created a junk youtube channel which i will fully utilize when i’m ready. For now, it’s just gathering views so as to pass monetization.

I also researched on driving in canada and started a blog on it. At the moment, it seems like the blog can generate enough monthly income for my phone bills in canada. I am confident that by next year’s ending, the blog should be able to pay our monthly rent.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/10652171_screenshot20191130at00_35_57_pnge5ea84a30afdb3fc659c7118aa572501

I’m adding this here to help us understand that the wait time can be invested into something profitable. Don’t just sulk.

The End!

LecturerIFE:
It's PPR 2.0!!!

PPR 1.0 here

Timeline
AOR Feb 18
1st PPR - August 15
August 2 - Notified CIC of upcoming marriage (dem no even send)
August 8 - Notified CIC again of change in marital status, but this time I attached marriage certificate. I also sent an email to OVO and AVO with the marriage certificate attached
August 15 - Got a response that my marriage certificate has been forwarded to AVO and that I should write to them. I did as instructed, no response.
August 21 - Request letter to add spouse. I shared the letter here
August 25 - Submitted the ADRs.
September 3 - ADR to pay spouse biometrics and spouse UCI updated. Paid within an hour and attached the receipt through a web form. Got BIL hours later.
September 4 - Raised CSE to change spouse's name on file and passport number. Changes effected and a revised BIL with new name sent within an hour.
September 6 - Completed biometrics. Application updated with biometrics number.
September 9 - MEP updated.
September 26 - Got ADR to fill schedule A for both PA and spouse. I submitted this same day.

Then a long silence filled with anxieties and frustrations... no thanks to AVO. While waiting, I ordered a note and raised several CSEs.

November 19 - PPR 2.0.

It has ended in praise.

pejuhazel:
My PPR finally landed!!!
I cannot write as much as is expected but I'll try to put every relevant information here. I typed my testimony since April but I abandoned it when I heard nothing.
IELTS:
first attempt Sept 2018 8.5,8,9,6 LSRW
2nd attempt Oct 2018 8.5,8,9,8 LSRW
ECA:
I used WES since it was foreign degree and it was very straightforward, took about 17 days.
ITA: November 15 2018
Police Report: UK and Nigeria, also straightforward.
POF: 60% was gift from my dad so he did a gift deed while the rest came from my husband who wrote a letter that I had unrestricted access to it as I am the PA. We put the money in a fixed deposit and submitted the letter from the bank.
ADR: I got the Accra famous 5 on the 25th of April, submitted on the 27th and was waiting for PPR to drop in 2 weeks cos that was the trend then, well It didn't.
The Wait
This was horrendous and painful especially when people who submitted same time or after I did started landing in Canada. I started following this thread in Part 2, submitted in Part 6 and was hoping and praying that my wait won't be this long but here I am in Part 9 sharing my testimony. So if you're like me and the wait is getting to you, don't be sad it'll come.
Thank you @ladymarshal, @pyruvateluv, @Canadahome and everybody else who has taken time to answer my questions or ask about me. May God bless and answer all your prayers.
After 10 months and 7 days, Accra finally answered.
Timeline:
ITA: Nov 15th
AOR: Dec 31st
ADR: April 25th
PPR: Nov 7th

G4lady:
GUYS, IT’S MY TURN TO JUBILATE

IELTS Feb 14, 2019 LRWS 8.5, 8.5, 7, 8 (1st attempt) PA
LRWS 6, 5, 6, 7.5 (1st attempt) Spouse
EE Profile created March 3, 2019 (CRS 458)
ITA March 6, 2019 (Cut-off 454)
NOC 1111 (Fin. Accountant & Auditors)
Medicals April 12, 2019 Q-Life (Family of four)
AOR April 26, 2019
MEP/BIL June 6, 2019
Biometrics completed June 11, 2019
PPR Oct 26th, 2019
VO Ottawa


To all awaiting, my candid advise, it is hard anticipating a thing as PPR but WAIT, the good news is it will surely come as far as your application is void of lies/misrepresentation. God bless and favour us all…. Amen

Tina26:
pained indeed. My file is not even in accra. Your would be there whenever you get ita . See you in canada in year 2022.

Tina26:
the kind of Nigerians you should avoid abroad . She is in ottawa group illegally to observe . Yet sees the traction there. April aor are being released ( given pr). While accra no show. And she thinks its normal.

PLSHELEP:
I cringed at your earlier response and I'm shocked @Bold.

Why not wait for plan B,C,D, Since you're so logical and don't think pressure is necessary, why would you pray?

I feel your earlier response was inconsiderate and unsympathetic towards other people's plight.

In as much i would like to respond enough has been said, no need to derail any further.
we will all get there in due time, AMEN.

Tina26:
my file is not even there. But that won't make me ignore their plight . This is from an ottawa nigerian group i belong. No accra group can boast of 3 ppr this month alone. May your file land there

ladymarshall:
Na our naija style you just describe so o Oyibo people don't act like that. Especially Canadians, they're very fair. Your application is legal and [b]they're legally binded to give you PPR within processing time if your application is authentic. [/b]They are extremely patient and will keep apologizing or sending the 'queue for review' email until they finish working on your file. [b]They themselves know they have failed in their promise once your application exceeds 6 months. [/b]Don't fear. Sign that petition joor.

@bold God forbid. We will meet in Canny this December or early next year

Tina26:
the minister one is about delay by accra office. The application was on for over 18 months. I pray your file goes to that office, in a week the ppr came. So you have no point. . Lets see how you will react.

ladymarshall:
Hmm! Sis, from what you have typed, I guess you are still pre-AOR or fresh post-AOR. If you have experienced the long tortorous wait, you won't talk like this @bold. This application is one of the most life-changing application one can ever go through, you can't move forward or backward, you can't buy new car, rent/buy new house, change house appliances to your taste, go on vacation anyhow, change kids schools as you would like, organise dream wedding, to pay children school fees will be paining you etc because you just can't touch that pof anyhow, [b]you keep managing, more like self-induced poverty [/b]in case PPR comes anytime soon, God forbid you're robbed or financial emergency befall you in the middle of the wait. Or if you're frustrated with your current job and don't want to go through the stress of changing jobs since you'll repeat the same job search process for Canny but what do I know? The constant mental decision-based dilemma you through daily because you don't know the outcome of VO's decision or when the decision will get to you is one that can't be explained, only experienced firsthand. I hope the wait is easy on you.
And applicants have a right to express their concerns via CSE or any other means, albeit in a respectful tone. I can't start saying all the cases, but I have seen where applicants write heartfelt legitimate plea and get ghost update the next couple of days, then PPR.

Johnnyjaid:
I'm in the US at the moment(Not a legal permanent resident) and I will like to migrate to Canada from here. Any suggestions on how to go about it?

Tina26:
clearly you have not submitted yet. People have mailed the immigration minister and the ppr came out a week later. You had better change this mindset. We have seen people who have gotten refused unjustly and they fought it till it was reopened . The very moment you request for a letter in most companies you are as good as gone, some say you should resign. Some don't consider you for promotion anymore. Canada needs economic migrant more than we need them.

Tina26:
clearly you have not submitted yet. People have mailed the immigration minister and the ppr came out a week later. You had better change this mindset. We have seen people who have gotten refused unjustly and they fought it till it was reopened . The very moment you request for a letter in most companies you are as good as gone, some say you should resign. Some don't consider you for promotion anymore. Canada needs economic migrant more than we need them.

Luceecarter:
Hello guys, please I need help

I have maxed out my ielts with a band 8, 25 years old with a masters degree but my CRS score sits at 453 because I only have one year work experience.

Please what do I do.
I’m getting sick with worry.

Luceecarter:
Good afternoon guys and happy Sunday.

Please does part time work experience while in the university qualify under the express entry program? Thanks and God bless

ifevictor:
The recent agitation regarding the unexplained delays experienced by applicants whose files ended up in Accra VO is in order in my own opinion. While some restraints is expected in the choice of words when expressing one's frustration at the pace of process, expressing such constraint is well within the right of the applicants.

Firstly, Canada Express entry is an immigration opportunity that is symbiotic in nature. Economic immigrants after expending a fortune on their education and acquisition of skills relevant to the Canadian economy are offering these skills in exchange for an enabling environment available in Canada. I think Canada needs economic immigrants as much as the immigrants need her and economic immigrant aren't refugees with minimal rights. I know the present poor economic situation of third world countries like Nigeria is placing us at their mercy but that doesn't mean that we don't have right to ask questions when we feel we aren't being treated fairly.

An immigrant expending an average of $15,000 to $25,000 should have a right to know the progress of his/her application and shouldn't be kept in the dark for years while leaving his/her life in a balance. Most applicants can't make any quality decision regarding their future when the application is on. $15000 to $25000 is no small money in any economy even in Canada.

Although IRCC promised that 80% of application will be completed within 6 months, most applications in Accra has average between 8 and 14 months which is unacceptable in my own view. We are coming with our money and expertise to grow Canada and so we have to be respected too. Has anyone stand to think of it that 100,000 people coming into Canada with $20,000 each is a lot of money for their economy too?

I know our background in Nigeria has made a lot of us a little scared to voice our dissatisfaction because of usual intimidation we often suffer from our government, I think Canada is a more egalitarian society that accommodate the voices of everyone whether positive or negative. Therefore, we shouldn't be scared to express our concerns to the Canadian authorities in a civil and matured manner if we feel dissatisfied with the pace of the process. Time is life!!!

tey4tobyy8005:
It's PPRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

ITA: March 6
AOR: April 17
MEP: May 27
Biometric: May 30
VO: Ottawa
PPR: Oct 25th dated 24th
Country of Residence: UAE
Family of 2
NOC 4031

Gist coming soon....

iaatmguy:
ITA MARCH 20TH
AOR APRIL 8TH
MEP MAY 17TH
BIOMETRICS MAY 22ND
SILENCE for over 4 months
called IRCC twice, the agent said the application looks good
ghost update october 23rd
PPR october 23rd.

shygunXs:
Please let the foolproof one be done. Transfer to relative/mum/dad and have them trf to you; and even notarize it.

Always choose an option that won't give you possible future issues. It's for your own good.

rahman137:
Let the aunt transfer to your mum and let your mum Do the gift deed.

Ifemide123:
Please how do I increase my CRS score o
Maybe I didn't calculate it well
Data
Age; 24, Single
EDUCATION : BSC
IELTS: LRSW 8,8,8,7.5
I input my dad's cousin as a family
I have NYSC as a one year job experience
But I have a skilled job of 3years experience(dunno if this will count)

Bogini:
PPR GIST.
GOD IS FAITHFUL.
LONG POST, BUT HOPEFULLY, IT WILL INSPIRE SOMEONE THE WAY OTHERS INSPIRED ME.

I first heard about the express entry in 2016. A cousin of mine told me to apply(He too was considering it at that time), but I just ignored the thing. Anything that has so many processes and procedures to it usually puts me off.
He told me I stood a better chance than him because of my masters degree, but I didn’t even know what this meant.
I have good grades from school, and even a masters degree, but zero work experience. I’ve applied too many times, and no luck, so I was just focusing on my entrepreneurial business.

In 2018, that my cousin got his PPR and left in march with his wife. That’s when it dawned on me that there’s a possibility in this express entry thing.

I spoke to my babe about it, and asked that we try. She agreed to be the principal applicant, since she has genuine work experience.
She took the IELTS in july 2018, and she passed in one sitting (LRSW 8.5,7.0,8.0,8.0) to the glory of God.
Our money didn’t waste, and that gave us hope. There was so much fear before the exam, but we were happy with the results.
We then did our ECA with IQAS(experts said IQAS is better for people with Law degree). This took so so long, about 6 months.
Finally, we got assessed in February 2019, and Immediately, we entered the pool(we were using the long wait time to arrange ourselves and plan).
A few days after entering the pool, we got an ITA( we had a crs of 478).

We immediately began to fill everything. Her medicals was done at IOM, and PCC through a contact who said he knows someone at alagbon police station.
All the while, we were submitting documents for my babe alone, as she’s the principal applicant.
We got reference from her place of work.

We put the money in FD for 6 months.
Everything was explained in the LOE, and all the receipts, the bank letters, the FD certificate….
We locked in our application, and were asked to pay the RPRF which we did .
Got AOR almost immediately, March 9 2019.
Immediately, myself and babe did our introduction the same month( we had been dating for over 3 years) we also did our Registry. We got the marriage certificate, took plenty pictures, then sent everything to IRCC via webform, informing them of status change.
In some days, they responded, congratulating us, and telling us to send a mail to Ottawa via one email addresss, and to inform them. That was when we knew our VO was

IELTS – July 28, 2018 (L R S W 8.5, 7.0, 8.0, 8.0)
IELTS results – August 10, 2018
Profile created – Feb. 15, 2019
ITA – Feb. 20, 2019 (CRS 478, cut off – 457)
Medicals – Mar. 06
AOR – Mar 09
ADR(spouse kit) – April 24
BIL – April 24
Medicals (spouse) May 13
BIL (spouse) May 15
Spouse kit uploaded May 15
MEP May 17
Ghost update1 May 17
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Ghost update 2 – Oct. 15
Ghost update 3 – Oct. 16
PPR – 2:38am ,Oct. 17 (dated Oct. 16)
Total number of days – 221 ( 7 months and 8 days)