Lol i know right. As i speak, i have not spent a dime. A friend is helping me to bring my dollars this week. I havent opened a bank account

Summe:
This is very detailed. A mix of experiences indeed! Congratulations once again. I can't wait to join you in Newfoundland.

How did you go about getting Canadian dollars of your own? Did you open a bank account at the airport? Just in case I don't meet a nice white woman that would give me 20 dollars for food. �

I was too cautious so i didt take nothing apart from egusi and ground pepper. No one checked my luggage, so i ll just make arrangements with someone coming to NFL soonest

evergold:


Mhen Congratulations. I really enjoyed this. Did you take foodstuffs? Did you declare it?

Hi guys, sorry it took this long.

Did not do covid test. No one checked my luggage in Lagos. Just went to the Ethiopian airlines stand, gave them enrolment letter, admission letter, arrive can receipt photocopy and I checked in my luggage. Begged the checker to put me by the window for all flights up to Newfoundland, he did and i just tipped his something. Went to have breakfast and then dashed towards the boarding gate. As expected, na only pilot no tax me. Plane left around 2. We got to Addis Ababa around 9.
Getting out of the plane, we rushed to the boarding gate to get set for Dublin. Plane left around 11 and we got to Dublin about 8 hrs later I think. This was so so long. There was quite a delay at Dublin I think because of logistics but from Dublin to Toronto it took us about 7 hrs. The journey was long for me as my max before now used to be around 5 hrs.

We got to Toronto, waited for about 30 minutes in the plane, went straight to border services, filled a few forms, showed our arrive can, boarding pass and passport and then we were directed towards immigration. The guy just came to us, asked us for passport, tuition receipt/enrolment verification, declaration form and admission letter. 10 minutes later, he called me, gave me back my documents and issued my study permit and gave me a paper to direct me on how to get my social insurance number, then that was all.

Checked in my luggage going to Newfoundland. It was still past 11 and my flight was for 9:30 pm so i just followed my Nigerian friends going to Vancouver to their boarding gate, gisted and saw them off at past 2. Then it was only me. This was draining. I then began to tour the airport and met a South Sudanese woman with whom I discussed the state of our countries and neo-colonialism. She's a Canadian citizen so she enlightened me a whole lot and when she realized i didnt have cash cause I was complaining on phone that i was hungry, she gave me 20 U.S dollars but the mumu me went to Italian to buy ham, bacon and coke. I forcefully finished it o.


Went to my boarding gate 2 hrs prior and saw a white guy. Moved closer to him and started a conversation. He was speaking fast so my accent also had to change. We discussed Trump, liberalism, Canada's plan towards development and economic expansion, American and Chinese trade wars and the beauty of data analytics in Insurance. A few minutes to board, we parted and he got to the plane first as per him seat be like first class.


I later got on the plane but when the plane paced around the runway, i think it began to have issues so the captain said we'd return to the gate and do a system refresh on the plane. It delayed for two hours. I sha know say after like five minutes wey plane move up, i don sleep. Before I know, e don remain 8 minutes to land. Landing was thrilling cause the journey from Lagos was long. I got to the NFL border, took my luggage, approached the border official, submitted my passport, travel declaration form and my GT atm card for indentification. She spoke her English and then freed me. I met my greeter and he put me in the cab but failed to tell the porter i was coming cause he was attending to two others.


The cabman dropped me and I knocked and knocked but nobody came through. I was just on a shirt. I languished in the cold, shouted for help but no one came through. I saw a car pass by and slowly approached the car and an Asian lady listened to me, asked me to wait and she called her supervisor. I ran across the road for like five minutes to limit the effect of the cold and then she drove towards me and gave me a number to call but that was when the other two guys came and the porter came around. I went in, called the greeter, fuckling blast him and he apologized. I was then shown my room and I checked in for isolation. I am in quarantine.
A mix of experiences you see?

MadeMan01:


Congratulations.
Rest and give us proper report from Nigeria to destination in Canada. Also, is the quarantine location to be at final destination point or first point of entry in Canada

Yeah automatically. 20hrs per week max

Salientjoe:


Hi Kimkalash,
It sounded like you had a great journey and It's exciting to know there wasn't any hassle. Did the study permit come with a work permit?

Wishing you the best over there

Good afternoon guys. I arrived Canada a few hours ago and still waiting for my connecting flight to Newfoundland.

The flight was lllloooonnngggg. Ethiopian airlines is so cheap and underrated. Please try it if you have time for the stopovers.

I know you can't generalize but the border officials and immigration personnels were super nice. The guy even came to the queue, took our documents (LOA, Tuition receipt, passport and the Declaration card we filled on the plane )and issued our permits without stress. When I went to check in my luggage, the attendants were so humble and attentive.

My guys don limme go Vancouver sha. Arriving St John's after midnight.

Still so speechless I don't know what else to say

Hi, please keep calling them and tell UPS to bring it over to Ibadan. This nonsense has happened to someone here who has had to postpone her exam because of their unprofessionalism

Phatkayconcept:
Hi guys, I'm having a very difficult time with VFS and UPS. On Friday, VFS said that they have shipped my passport through their in-house UPS to my address in Ibadan.

Since Friday , I have been waiting for UPS to arrive. Yesterday, they called me from their Ogunlana drive UPS office and asked if I have received my passport and I said no that I am waiting for them all day long. They said I will get it, yesterday passed, I didn't get it. Later in the evening, their tracking website said technical issue, that my package will be delayed.

Today, I got a message from a man from their office and he said they have shipped my package to badagry, when I wrote clearly that my address is Ibadan.

Guys, does anybody have any ups contact that can connect me with Ogunlana Drive or any UPS number in Lagos. Or anyway I can help myself in this situation.

Both VFS and UPS number that called me are not going through. This VFS are filled with useless and unprofessional people.

Send at 11 a.m tomorrow

Akannitommy:
Delivery has failed to these recipients or groups:

feedback.cannig@vfshelpline.com
The recipient's mailbox is full and can't accept messages now. Please try resending your message later, or contact the recipient directly.

Call UPS and ask them to give you the rider's number then you re set

Lekiboboe:

Lolz,

Bee lose Maje

By the way,

I got this mail an our ago from VFS Lagos after reminding them via mail to know how far my Passport if it has been attended to cos I av done the needful (filled the form & paid the #11,310)


Dear Sir/Madam,


Thank you for writing to VFS Global Canada, Nigeria.


Please be informed that your passport has been dispatched to your provided address on the 11/12/2020 via UPS Courier Awb No. Xxxxxxxx. 

Please kindly be informed that courier delivery takes an average of 2-3 working days.

ADDRESS : 2 Sorosoke Street, Abule Patoranking Avenue, Oma Lay, Ocho Rios, Lagos

 

Best regards,

Team Feedback

Canada Visa Application Centre, Nigeria

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VFS GLOBAL




Is this a sign the eagle is on the verge of landing or I should keep disturbing them until the eagle land?

Thanks

So after 40 days and 40 nights, UPS and VFS decided to land my eagle today.

Disturbed them totally like an olodo asking for answers from an efiko in an exam of multivariable calculus.

Delivery guy finally came and after all the formalities, he humbly requested to roger him.

Na im i carry am go beer parlour beg d woman say make dem knack am correct nkwobi and heineken. Baba still dey roll for floor as i dey speak right now.

I no fit shout walahi but laslas na God go punish VFS and IRCC for d delay o.

Abeg who dey comot with Ethiopian Airline for Friday make we gather oooo

You have no business with the bank but with the airline or agency. Just say u re going to study

BCkeys:
Hi. Please how did you get travel funds. My bank is saying I need to have a two way ticket.

Link up

Mmesomamichael:

Present

Lagos

Gunbi:
Abuja or Lagos?

It hasn't. Will check at 12. Yes you may

jdoe28015:
Hey, has the ups tracking number worked from your end ?
Also, can I connect with you? I am traveling on Wednesday tho, not Friday .

It has not o. Will check at 12. Sure you may

jdoe28015:
Hey, has the ups tracking number worked from your end ?
Also, can I connect with you? I am traveling on Wednesday tho, not Friday .

Those going through Ethiopian Air next week Friday, let's know ourselves please. I can't survive loneliness on such a long journey abeg

Sent my passport on the 3rd of November. I really pray you never get my kind of timeline. Since it's Abuja, expect a quicker pace

adeenzo:

Nice, when did you send your passport? I sent mine on Thursday 3rd of December and it reached Abuja on Friday 4th, and today I got the message that my passport is at Canada visa office (and someone on this platform said it meant my passport is in Nairobi) I used DHL 2 way courier service.
When do you think can be a feasible estimated time of the passport returning?
Thanks

Yeah early last week

adeenzo:

Have you received your letter info introduction @kimkalash

Lagos, Nigeria

Mmesomamichael:

Kimkalash where do you stay please?

I dont know o but i guess you d have to. This is a delicate document we re talking about

MadeMan01:


Does it mean if you fill consent form for courier and do two way, you don't need to pay 12,570?

I doubt that they reply mails. Call, call, call and call.
Honestly, i ll never believe anything they say until i get my stamped passport

Dee4Doyinsola:
The way VFS is working ehn only God understands. I have been sending emails to them since November 26th when I paid. I just hope I can receive this passport latest Tuesday. My flight is for Thursday next week.

Ah no i follow join d victims o. I paid 12570

Whispering:
Hello Kimkalash,

I believe you did a 2-way courier delivery with this your message.

Did you still fill the consent form sent by VFS for your passport delivery?

She's now in Toronto

Dampops:
@RebecaUsoro How’s the journey going? Hope all was well at the Lagos airport. Safe journey sis

I received that mail as a response an e-mail I sent when i paid and filled the courier request form in advance.

Dee4Doyinsola:
Please did you receive as a response to a mail? If yes, please post the email

I don't know if the number I replaced with asterisk was the tracking number. Maybe it ll start to work from tomorrow

Kakokako:


Good one bro. I have not received this yet, though I called them twice today and they promised my TRV will be dispatched by close of work tomorrow and that I'll only be able to get my tracking number on Monday when I call.

Did this email come with your tracking number?

Tomorrow hopefully

adeenzo:
I just got my tracking number ID and when I tracked my application it is said "visa application tracking number ID xxxxx is being processed at the Canada visa office. for more info log on to bla bla bla.
I heard this means my passport is in Nairobi, Kenya.
At what point do I get my letter of introduction?.
Ps. I haven't gotten any email from the VFS I had to call for hours before I got my tracking ID.

So there's something I ve realized. VFS has no pattern.

The email I posted here was a reply to the proof I sent on the 8th but the proof was requested on the 9th and if you remember, they say they don't work on mails that come before the payment instructions mail.


Also, the lady confirmed to me that the passport was received two days ago

All you can do is keep calling.

jdoe28015:
Congrats finally!! My friend is still going back and forth with them, they sent that email with courier request and he replied to it with everything they asked for . Later today, they sent a message saying his passport wasn’t in the office and we had to call severally to have them physically verify, till now they haven’t sent a confirmation email. I am just tired .

Na wa ooo. Nothing is sure until passport is received

jdoe28015:
Congrats finally!! My friend is still going back and forth with them, they sent that email with courier request and he replied to it with everything they asked for . Later today, they sent a message saying his passport wasn’t in the office and we had to call severally to have them physically verify, till now they haven’t sent a confirmation email. I am just tired .

So I just got this

"
Dear Sir/Madam,





Thank you for writing to VFS Global Canada, Nigeria.



Please be informed that your passport is to dispatched to your provided address on the 11/12/2020 via UPS Courier Awb No. ***********

Please kindly be informed that courier delivery takes an average of 2-3 working days."

Ask them to forward your call to the Canadian section

Lekiboboe:

Hi Hon. Kim,

the 8800 number responds to South Africa & Schegen Visa

How were you able relate the Canada VISA passport return scenerio to them?

Were you redirected or there is a method u used?

Thanks

I don't know if it's air raising number. I googled it and began to see terms in physics

Mmesomamichael:

What is air something something?

08150188800

Maflow360:
Interesting. What's the full line please. I don't have that or know where it is. Thanks.

Used the one ending with 8800. The one you mentioned states Lagos but I think it's an Abuja number

Maflow360:
Cool. Please, what number can they be reached at or how are you communicating with them. I have sent emails and called via the line ending with 9900 since Dec 1 when I made payment. My passport is still with VFS.