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Bankole1790:
Thank you,but trust me I have read everything. I only want to ask how I will go about the assessment of my Credentials.As an accountant which assessing body will be suitable to assess my result? And should I present both Ond and Bsc For assessment?Do I need my certificate or just the result statement and the transcript?Pls explain to me.

cochtrane has responded to you. His post is concise enough to see you through. Check page 79, post made at 7:36am

Abol4luv:
Hello people, finally saw my result but the listening is d least (6.5) which is d most important. The good news is that I registered for two ielts which would be next week Saturday.
Plz does anyone has ielts study materials? I need it seriously as the test is nxt wk. Also, what is the least score expected from a spouse?

Long post alert.

For spouse, LRSW 8,7,7,7 gives maximum point but 7.5,7,7,7 is fairly good too, you'd only lose 2 points.

To the main gist. In addition to what ddu sends you, please pm yetunde84, she has made several calls on those needing help/study materials to pm her. You can explore her materials too.

That said, let me throw in some suggestions you might find helpful.

First of all, while you are practicing, you have to be sincere with yourself during and after the practice. By during I mean, be sure not to hit the pause or rewind button. You might miss an answer or you actually heard the answer but not clearly, do not be tempted to rewind the tape. For the after, you should mark your script to detail, if the answer is in plural form and you wrote the singular form, please mark yourself wrong. You also have to mark yourself wrong if you missed the spelling or even just an alphabet/figure in the instances where the word or numbers are spelt out. Essence of this is to pick your weak spot. If you don’t mark these cases wrong, you won’t know you have a weakness there, you might see it as just a number or alphabet wrong in midst of 7 or 8 numbers/alphabets but the truth is, if you make such mistake during the actual test, you will be marked wrong. It’s best you pick where you have weakness and work on same before the actual test.

Secondly, Practice as much as you can. I found that it worked for me not to note the correct answers in questions I got wrong. Just mark and move on, do several other test with same strategy. Then maybe a day or two after, come back to take the test again, chances are high that you’d almost get the same answers you got the previous time. After the second trial, preferably the third, try analyze the questions you got wrong. Advantage of this is that you’d be able to pick the type of questions that gives you problem. Once you pick the type(s), finds ways to improve yourself in that particular area. For me, I found that the multiple choice questions where you have options of say A – G and you are to pick three answers (in no particular order) for three questions gives me problems. Subsequently, once I came across that type of question, I would eliminate or tick as the tape rolls by. In most cases, by the end of the questions, I would have ticks 2 answers, eliminated about three then left with 2 options – more often than not, one of the two will have a half mark sign while the other is left blank or I’d have marked the two half. If I have one half sign, I go with that but if I have two half signs, I leave both then return at the end of that session to analyze both. What I do initially was to listen out to the whole talk then pick answers afterwards. That way, some options will be staring at you like they are right.

Thirdly, be sure to pay attention to instruction, do not write more than the required number of words.

Fourthly, it’s advised you write your answers in capital letters – more so if you feel your writing is not legible.

Lastly, you need maximum attention. You should consider keeping your eyes on two questions at a time, that way, you’d know you’ve missed an answer than you waiting to hear the answer when another answer has been mentioned.

I have only enumerated what I found helpful, not like these are gospel truth.

I wish you success in your next attempt.

Abol4luv:
Hello house, trying to view August 19 ielts results online but it's not showing. How do I view results online? Thank you

Test dates are sometimes added on the 12th day but you won't be able to view your result till the 13th day. Today makes the 12th day, wait till tomorrow. You should be able to view from say 7am. It might be earlier though.

Hope you'd have a restful night . The anxiety is sunthin else.

MzWalls:
I have a reference number.

Apologies. Explore Feygbe's option, you might be favoured as well.

yokus:
Sir can you put the 5% in your spouse's account and use her SOA. Congrats @Abby2017

Thanks yokus, it was actually ken2sure's case we were touchlighting.

elfmann:
Bro, abt faxing to WES one's certificate with hellofax.com, how do they do it? It is not mine but how do they know it is u? Is it in order to write reference number on the faxed page which the scanbed copy if one's cert or in a separate page? Making it two pages! I used NIPOST when I did mine.

What I did was to tear a small piece of paper and wrote "WES Reference No.: *******", placed the paper at the top right corner of the certificate and scanned (used Adope on phone). I did three certificates this way - two for me and one for my wife. Length of the paper was fairly less than half length of A4, just long enough to contain what I wrote and width was small just about the size of the biggest character.

There's a link on hellofax where you can sign in from your gmail account. So, I sent the three certificates from my gmail and the three certificates were accepted by WES. No cover page or letter added. I guess the reference numbers were enough to distinguish which profile regardless of who sent.

MzWalls:
Good Evening Everyone,

Please, my transcript was sent to wes usa in error. But, i haven't made payment yet. Can they evaluate for eca from there? Or do i need to send another transcript to wes canada.

I'm afraidto make payment so i dont waste money. Has anyone made this mistake? What do i do please?

Awaiting your responses

Thank you.

My concern is how you sent your transcript without having your reference number. Even if the transcript was sent to WES Canada, wouldn't it be disregarded considering it has no reference number or were you able to get a reference number without paying?

As you've been advised, discontinue your application on WES USA, make payment on the right page, then have your transcript sent there. Please make your reference number quoted to avoid waste of time.

perks:
He can add his pension statement to cover the balance.

40manlappy:
Exactly what I was thinking considering a difference of 5%. I would rather go with that option than take a risk with the statement.

Excellent!!! You guys are awesome.

cc: ken2sure

Jurisdy17:
I choose the credit card option to pay for WES ECA but the next page is requesting for credit card details with Canadian address
Pls I need help.
Is it possible to create a new account all together

Go back to the page where you have your address, check to see if you've not chosen Canada as your country.

40manlappy:
I agree with @ugoiyke79e that you should upload only your 6 months Tbills as your POF. This should not even require a bank reference letter which would be necessary if you submit a SOA.

Are we for getting there's a 5% that hasn't been accounted for... We all know you can't ignore even 1%.

How does he cover the 5% without SOA or bank letter?

cc:ken2sure

kissoflife:
CC: 40manlappy

Please, how Do i add NYSC to personal history, should I add it under government, military or employment?

Employment it is. Run away from military as far as you can go if you are not in the military.

40manlappy:
Bros, let him raise a CSE for POF if that will give him peace of mind. Besides, VOs interpret matters differently. See the underlined part of the screenshot below.

Take note of "you must prove...."

Bros, understandably there's been an extensive debate on this POF matter but then a critical look at the underlined to me seems more like POF in spouse name is actually tenable but must be supported with a proof.

Oreoluwa08:
Hello , please can my school send softcopy of my transcript to WES or it has to be hard copy?

Your question looks simple but the definite answer I do not know. I can only advice you request hard copy be sent.

Ehrnie:
Hi - how long does it take WES to update the online status of an applicant with the documents they've received from an institution? My university claim they have sent verification to WES, but my WES online portal still states "verification pending". It's been 12 days since the Uni responded. Can anyone help clarify this...

Thanks!

Usually, it takes three business days to update once document is received.

I'd however advice you return to your school and if possible, make them respond again to the verification in your presence.

Alternatively, you can request the response be typed, and sent via courier. This I think is what some members did to cross your hurdle after much back and forth between WES and their alma mater. 12 days is way too long for your status not to have changed.

jummolami:
Please great people I need help on the following:

2. Hubby applied online for his lasu transcript 2 weeks ago. But don't know even understand how to track the transcript processing in lasu. Does he need to visit LASU in person. .

Please any one with idea. Please help me oo

Thank you.

As mentioned by Tee248490, LASU is quite efficient processing transcripts.

I applied for my wife’s transcript from LASU. WES updated her account exactly three weeks after the request. Considering it takes WES three business days to update account, it’s thus safe to say the transcript got to WES in 2 weeks and 2 days. Minus time in transit from that, means transcript left LASU at about the 2nd week. So, I guess your Husband’s transcript should be about leaving the school that's if it hasn't left.

There’s however a catch. I didn’t know payment was required for verification. I just sat down waiting for LASU to do the needful but when I realized it was taking too long, I did a stop in school then got to know that the mail for verification had gotten to LASU 20 days before I went! On getting the verification mail from WES, LASU promptly sent a pay advice to WES stating she had to make a payment. I made 10k payment that day and in less than a week, her profile status changed to verification gotten.

Like a week or so after we got the status update (I can’t really recollect the sequence of event), I received a letter from WES – It was a letter informing her that a payment is required for the verification. Apparently, the delay was caused as I had chosen regular delivery to my post office box. Maybe I would have gotten the letter much earlier had I chosen courier. Regardless of that delay, I knew for sure I will receive the ECA hard copy safe in box about a month from completion date. Choice of regular delivery was money well spent for me.

Crux is you don't really need a followup on the transcript but you might need to stop in school to make a payment for the verification.

I hope this helps.

cc: billy

Canadianfly:
Quick question to WES users. So these folks changed my name on my online account to bear my maiden name. I created the account with my married name. Even after sending them marriage cert and change of name publication. Is this their style? To change the name to the name on your transcript and degree certificate?

I created my wife's account with her new surname just like you did. I noticed a couple of times that her account interchanged between her maiden and new surname but the ECA came with both names in format of;
maiden name (new surname) first name middle name. The report was received 2 weeks back.

You need not worry about name on your profile.

PS. The transcript and certificate were in her maiden name. I only sent her certificate to WES, no other document - I didn't send marriage certificate nor change of name publication.

40manlappy:
Well done bro but please note that according to the tweet, POF may be in the PA's name or a joint account. I don't think it should be in the accompanying spouse account.

Thanks for the correction, I guess I know where the misconception came from. I intend using a joint account. When the tweet came in confirming joint account can be used, my brain just ticked yes for joint account (as well as spouse account) as the debate then was on usability of both classes of account.

Thanks for helping unlearn and relearn.

Baisy:
Hi people,

Wifey and I were in the pool and we had agreed that she'll be the primary applicant so all the funds were kept in her account. Unfortunately, her IELTS wasn't good enough when the result came so I was given ITA instead.

Please I need the following clarifications and assistance on a family application:

1. I want to apply and use the funds in her account as it is without moving them to mine. Please does anyone have a sample letter for Proof of Funds that we can use?

2. The funds are not in the same bank (fixed deposits in 3 different financial institutions). Is there a particular format the Bank should follow to report the cash for CIC purposes?


I will appreciate your prompt response(s).

Hi,

A tweet was recently shared by 40manlappy (I think) that confirms POF can be in spouse name, so you need not move the funds. To your questions. Answer 2 kinda answers question 1.

So for Q2). Since the POF is in fixed deposit, simply ask the banks to give you the fix deposit certificate for the transactions. The certificate will contain the amount fixed, tenor, rate, start date, maturity date among other information. That one page certificate is sufficient as POF. So simply walk into the three banks and ask for your fix deposit certificates.

For clarity on Q1). The certificate is the format you require since you're using funds in fixed account.

Cheers.

Modified.

If the fix deposits are less than six months, please support the certificates with your wife's six month statement of account. If however, all are more than six months, then the certificates will do as POF.

40manlappy:
Welcome bro. That's what my wife used because she works in FT unit too. Got the clue from a post in an earlier thread. Cheers

Bros,

Thought you were the PA. If not, then I know answer to my question but if true, are spouses required to still choose a NOC even if their work experience is captured under Personal History? Please help clarify.

philip3:
2. Also in filling out relatives,what is the most one can fill? especially for my kids, I don't see the point in filling uncles and grand parents for them when I intend to fill in my parents and siblings.

kindly help clarify.

I believe filling your parents and siblings in your section already makes them captured in your application. Hence, no need filling same info for the kids as they've already been captured.

cc: Seniors

Appreciation to everyone in here. So so much information being shared... You read and understand at your discretion!

Folar2:
WES course by course evalution ( for Education only and not Canada Immigration) is 7 busines days after receipt, review and approval of all documents

WES ECA for Canada immigration is still 20 business days ( as at today 26th Aug 2017) after receipt, review and approval of all documents.

Hope you get the diff now

My bad. Thanks for clarifying.

cc: SegunWamiri, Codebrew85

Saintp:
When are they going on strike? Is it confirmed? Wahala dey ooo but God no go gree them.

It's not confirmed, outcome of their referendum will decide if they will join the strike or not. Please read at link attached.

cc: Hephgirl

https://www.google.com.ng/amp/www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/241536-nigerian-universities-crises-ssanu-nasu-naat-declare-readiness-commence-strike-next-week.html/amp

sleekysilk:
Hey guys, its been a while we heard from our PM @Justin Trudeau. Any info on if and how he was able to resolve his IELTS ish? #bringbackourPM

True, our PM has been MIA for a while, though it takes 2 weeks for results held for QA/QC to be released.

Your post also brings to memory @optionese - he suspended his PR pursuit almost two months ago. If you read this optionese, our thoughts are with you as you try getting your concerns sorted.

codebrew85:
My preference wasn't based on any long standing name or prestige that WES might have other than the fact that WES and schools 'in the abroad' roll well together. As in , there won't be any delay in verification by the school as cochtrane pointed out. Also, they tend to process ECA within 21 working days.

WES processing time is now 7 working days! With that, a UK degree will sure receive ECA in about 2 weeks well ahead of ICES 4 - 5 weeks.

cc: SegunWamiri

I dislike to be a party pooper but if you're at the stage of requesting transcript from your alma mater, you might want to do all within your reach to have it sorted ASAP as the three non-academic unions of universities (SSANU, NASU and NAT) might be joining ASUU's strike come next week Wednesday. Outcome of a referendum from the three bodies is expected to be submitted on Wednesday, that will decide their course of action.

bbaby84:
This should be for single applicants as the max you can get for married applicant is 128 perhaps if your spouse writes you'll get the extra 20 points. If not max with the above score is 128 points.

Yooku's point is valid, you get a 12 points addition with the increased band regardless if you're married or not though max for married applicant stays at 128 point.

Difference between LRSW of 8777 and 8.5,8,7.5,7.5 is 12 point regardless of your marital status.

@ Yooku, 8777 is usually encouraged as anything short of that technically renders the result useless, even by 0.5 in just one component takes off 50 - 60 points.

kissoflife:
WOW, i already have my ITA. that means I will have problems with the ref Number

There's absolutely no problem here, you can edit your reference number as well as the date the ECA was received post ITA. Please get done with the conversion and edit your account accordingly. You'd sure receive the new ECA well ahead of your 88 days deadline.

Whilst you're getting the ECA, start making arrangement for your POF. If you need to run your account for a couple of weeks, please do. Otherwise, get your transfer and gift deed sorted.

Homguy:
Hello friends, i used IQAS for qualifications assessment for i and my fiancee only to find out IQAS takes about 13 to 14 weeks( >3months) whereas WES takes 7 working days after reciept of docs to do finish an assessment from their website, this is really sad. Does anyone know what can be done to lower processing time? Does contacting them help for those who have used IQAS successfully.

Thanks

Contacting IQAS when your processing time has not elapsed will be discarded. Applicants whose processing time have exceeded the stated time are still in line waiting for their ECA, you can then imagine what the case will be for a beginning. You can however try to get in touch but be sure to receive a feedback telling you to wait out the processing period.

WES states 20 business days but took 15 business days for me after all documents were received.

Bambalee:
Good afternoon people, what is the perfection NOC for a person that has a bachelors degree in Banking and Finance and an MBA with over 10 years experience as a banker?

Your educational background has no correlation with your NOC but your work experience, job description to be precise. Now, 10 years experience as a banker is generic as a "marketer" has a different NOC to one who is a customer service representative.

What is your job title? You'd get answers when that is known.

kissoflife:
Guys,

I received my ITA yesterday , I am yet to get complete POF and my reference letter is still pending. Can I go on to apply for permanent residence or I have to get all documents first and apply altogether?

You need a perfect understanding of the whole process to have your application sail through seamlessly. Ask questions (like you did) where you feel you need assistance regardless of how silly you might think the question is... Participants of this thread have been trained to be tolerant of each other.

You should have all documents handy for you to submit, the documents I know are listed below;
Your medicals form
PCC for countries applicable
Work Reference letter(s)
ECA + IELTS TRF + Degree certificate for evuluated degree(s) - all in one document
Your Passport data page + stamped pages
Marriage Certificate + Proof of change of name
POF.

If you have dependents, for spouse;
Medical form
PCC
Passport data page + stamped pages
ECA + IELTS TRF + Degree certificate (if he did ECA or Ielts, whichever is applicable)

For child(ren)
Medical form
Birth certificate
Passport data page + stamped pages
PCC (for those above 18).

Then you have to pay the application fee (at the least) or plus RPRF to be able to submit. Once you are through completing the post ITA form, the system will generate your fee based on your family composition and your response to if you'd be paying RPRF upfront.

Please ehn, ask questionsssss cause this your question shows you need guidance, plenty. Many of participants here are more than willing to guide you.

Losami:
i factored in nysc and that was how i was able to get 2years of work experience. i graduated january 2016.

Hi, please be sure to put in the right variables when calculating your projected CRS... January 2016 (that you graduated) to date is not up to two years and I doubt you got posted same January, anything short of two years is deemed one year. Although, I think you get same point for 1 and 2 years work experience.

In all, be sure you are calculating the right thing.