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KOLAPO3:
We humbly ask gurus in the house to help decipher the best way to approach this visa application My wife and I have extensive travel experience, currently holding valid UK, US, and Schengen visas that have been actively used in the past year. However, our recent attempts to travel to Canada have been complex.
In 2018, we obtained Canadian visitor visas valid until 2022. Due to work commitments, we were unable to visit from 2018 to 2020. At the time of visa issuance, we had limited connections in Canada. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we discovered we were expecting a baby and decided to give birth in Canada, where both my wife's sister and my sister's family had relocated. This choice was made due to the stronger family support system in Canada instead of the US.
While my wife faced no issues entering Canada, I was flagged and stopped during my connecting flight in Berlin to Toronto. I was questioned over the phone
- [ ] What will you be doing in Canada ? Visit my sister and family
- [ ] How long will you stay? 3 weeks
- [ ] Are you employed ? Yes , with will be working for home while in Canada
- [ ] Do you own your home in Nigeria ? Yes
- [ ] Is your spouse in Canada ? Yes visiting her sister too
- [ ] Is your spouse accessing health care in Canada ? Yes
- [ ] Are you expecting a baby ? Yes
Then he said please give the phone back to the attendant then she told me to contact immigration services as they haven’t cleared me to join the flight because I had a US visa so I changed my flight to connect the US and the plan was to go to enter through the land border in New York at least that will be a face to face conversation with the visa officers. On landing US my baby had already arrived and i called IRCC but the kept telling me they have not issues on case while left me confused . I just lost will power and came back home

This are the big questions?
- [ ] Was I stopped because they believed we will not come back ?
- [ ] Was it covid restriction becos this happened at the semi peak of covid ?
- [ ] Was it because we didn’t declare our intentions clearly on arrival ?


Fast forward to today by baby and wife are in 9ja and ALL bills paid with receipts, she didn’t overstay , we have more family in Canada ,I have 2 siblings and family (9 people ) my wife has 2 sibling (2 people ) in Canada. ,
we are preparing a comprehensive application pack, including:
- [ ] LOE with plenty of information
- [ ] Visa stamps 2022-23 UAE, UK,france ,US, ZAMBIA, SA, GHANA, RWANDA,Mexico , Spain etc
- [ ] Me salary account balance 2m (no lump sum)
- [ ] Wife salary account 1.4m (no lump sum)
- [ ] Saving account and investing accounts ( 20m) (no lump sum)
- [ ] Wife Saving account and investing accounts ( 15m) (no lump sum)
- [ ] Employment letter (promotion , salary increase and offer of employment )
- [ ] Landed property documents
- [ ] Travel insurance covering our annual vacation
- [ ] leave letter ( for both of us)
- [ ] payslip 6 months ( for both of us)
- [ ] company ID card ( for both of us)
- [ ] marriage certificate

Once again will appreciate advise and sorry for the long post

dafeoroyo:
Go ahead and re apply no issues at all,put all cleared receipts as you claimed,then pls remember to add you were.refuse entry via Berlin,and tell them you do t know the reasons why,this key,pls dont hide this info,am sure your visa will be renewed

Milito:
How many months bank statement please?

oliverjiad:
:#5.650m

kaysy:
Example of how to calculate the Import Duty of your vehicle, let’s say Toyota Highlander 2015.
SOLUTION:

The CIF Value of a used Toyota Highlander 2015 is usually around $9,333 based on the e-Valuation system. Please NOTE that you have to complete your vehicle's VREG through your preferred clearing agent before the Trade Portal can pull out the duty payable for your vehicle, the value given to a similar vehicle can also be used to determine yours. Also NOTE that any agency you used for the VREG will have to be the same agency that will punch and assess the work for duty payment.

The exchange rate the Nigerian Custom Service (NCS) uses at the moment is N408.77. The Rate of Duty for Vehicles is currently 20% of CIF Value.

So let’s convert the CIF Value to Naira, $9,333 X 408.77 = N3,815,050.41

Let’s get the 20% of N3,815,050.41. Which is N3,815,050.41 X 0.20 = N763,010.082

Now N763,010.082 is your Import duty which is called the surface value. This surface value is no longer negotiable since the introduction of the e-Valuation, whatever you get is what you pay. After the surface value is known, the next is to add these other charges to get the total amount you will pay as Custom duty. Click Here to see surface values for other vehicles

(LEVY is 15% of CIF) (SUR is 7% of Surface Value) (ETL is 0.5% of CIF)

VAT is 7.5% of (CIF + Surface Value + LEVY + SUR + ETL)

Instead of all these long calculations above, you can simply multiply our surface value with a constant value of 2.36

That will give us N763,010.082 X 2.36 = N1,800,703. This is your total import duty. We will keep coming up with new constant values as the variables changes with time.

Other Charges Includes: These are estimated values based on experience

Shipping company & Terminal Charges - Budget N120,000 (Excluding Demurrage and Non-starter Charges)

Agency Fee is N100,000 (This also covers for VREG, Punching & Signing, CRFFN and Others)

Visit our office address on this website or meet us at Tincan Island with a copy of your Bill of Lading / Telex Release let’s start the process and clear your vehicle today.

Call / WhatsApp us on 08024102554

We'll strongly recommend u visit our office in person or send someone to come and see exactly how everything is being done here, once the car has been cleared and released from terminal, we hand it over to you. We also assist non Lagos resident clients to clear and keep their vehicles till they are available for pick-up

Source: https://www.theclearingagent.com/2020/05/how-to-calculate-total-cost-of-clearing.html

Visit our website at https://www.theclearingagent.com/ for more

oliverjiad:
I asked for the shipping line

Jaid

oliverjiad:
I asked for the shipping line

Jaid

oliverjiad:
okay sir will update you

Jaid

Ummhuda:
Hello everyone, I am pregnant and due in 1st week of March, I have a valid Canadian visit Visa and wish to teavel and give birth in Canada. Please I need advice. I have 4 kids but all born in Nigeria. This is the 1st and probably the last baby I want to try birthing abroad. Kindly help out with information on whether it is better to use an agency or do it by myself. I have 2 bothers studying in Canada. 1 in York and the other one in Manitoba. I will appreciate advice from people that have experience. Also I don’t have much so I am looking out for the cheapest available option. Thanks

damsel143:
I need a stabilizer for a big fridge.

Location - Lekki, Lagos.

If you've please let me know.

KOLAPO3:
PLEASE HOW DO I GO ABOUT SCHEDULING AN APPOINTMENT.

prettysussie:
Good day house,

I am trying to schedule an appointment on VFS website for submission of my France Visa application. The site is saying 'there are no open seats available for selected center (Lagos)'.

Please how do i go about scheduling an appointment.

Thanks.

KOLAPO3:
Hello House,

Please i need your kind advise

I am not a fan of travel agents and I have never used them, but a lot of friends have been nudging me to engage them .

I chose THE BEST AGENTS IN THE WORLD "NAIRALAND"

I intend traveling to a Schengen country France with my wife for 2days in august on a round trip
we have valid UK,US and CANADA visas.

what is the best time to apply, i don't believe landed documents

My profile n documents are:
1. Travel history:UAE, UK ,US, ZAMBIA, SA, GHANA, RWANDA
2. Employment documents
3. Account bal. 2.m
4. MONEY MARKET INVESTMENT WORTH 400K

MY WIFE PROFILE N DOCUMENTS
1. Travel history: ISREAL,SENEGAL,GAMBIA,UAE, UK ,US, GHANA,IVORY COAST
2. Employment documents
3. Account bal. 1.8m
4

Documents wanna submit are
1 Visa form
2 employment letter( for both of us)
3 leave letter ( for both of us)
5 payslip ( for both of us)
6 insurance ( for both of us)
7 flight ticket (already paid )
8 cover letter and LOI
10 company ID card ( for both of us)
12 marriage certificate

I await your response.
Thank you

Dolapo123456789:
Good night my people

teeowl:
how many KVA is your generator?

teeowl:
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