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Ok cool. I will try

Olayemudia:
Once your application is linked online, send them an email with your medical doc

I am reporting live from VFS. I can confirm that booking is still ongoing and has come to stay. By next month booking is going online.

I have a bit of challenge, I had to abandon my medical because children practice hospital is having system downtime since yday and I am running out of time for fall resumption. I believe maybe today or tomorrow the system issue will be resolve.

How can I update my medical after paper submittion?

This is more like a million dollar advice not 5 cents. I am using this as a guideline to reapply.

jnyuwa02:
You are absolutely right, it is vague. Much will depend on how you repackage your application, especially your Sop. Sometimes faced with so many applications and little time to make a decisions, the VOs have generic already prepared statements like this on their computers that just begin to draw from and slap on applicants. If I tell you how many GCMS notes of people I have read with almost the same wordings as yours, you will be amazed. The crux of the matter from what I can tell from the GCMS, is convincing the VO that you will return to Nigeria. Don't do the mistake many applicants make when reapplying, making similar statements like they did before in the previous application. If you have been refused before, when reapplying, your SOP should be a rebuttal of the statements that the VO outlined as reasons for refusal of previous application . After you have done that foremost, then you can go ahead and tackle other things that the Vo didn't mention. Leave no stone untouched.

You can show the VO your bonafides as genuine student by emphasizing your academic strength on your transcript and pointing to other places in the record that compels the belief that you will attend school and not merely using a student permit as a way of facilitating entry to Canada.

You can show that you will return to Nigeria by presenting strong family ties. It is not enough to submit a marriage certificate and birth certificate of your children. You must talk about the close knit and loving family you have and how going to Canada would be hard on the family. Anyone can have a family, but it takes a person of character to take family seriously.

You can also show other ties that bind you to your home. Property and investment and job prospects. Take an extra step if you have property, to follow through with the valuation of the land by a registered quantity surveyor, including a detailed plan of the property. Don't just present the property documents. Talk about how you stand to be a beneficiary of the property or investment if its not in your name. Include pay slips and show that your job prospects back to Nigeria are great by what you would study if you don't have a job yet.

Give details of your planned program and how it would translate back to Nigeria on return. Talk about why you decided to study abroad and not Nigeria. Reasons like a foreign education is highly respected in Nigeria in themselves, hardly pass. Show how such respect for a foreign degree in Nigeria applies personally to you and what you intend to do for Nigeria.

Admitting weakness or showing remorse is very powerful in a SOP. It makes you credible before a VO.

Keep everything concise, straight and to the point. Don't start giving away answers or voluntarily revealing information that was never asked from you. Your evidence assembled should do a majority of the talking for you. Good luck reapplying again. One denial is never fatal to an application if the right steps are followed in tackling previous refusal.


My five cents.

Congrats, I thank God for u.

Please share more details of ur profile and what u did differently this time around. People like me re-applying need success story like yours to burst out moral.

jummolami:
Good morning All.

God is awesome. "Behold I will do a new thing, now shall it spring forth!!!. I will make a way in the wilderness" saith the Lord!!!!!

Visa approved this morning @ exactly 3 months of application.

Applied: 16th April,
Medical request: July 3rd
Medical passed: July 11th
Approval/Passpport Request: July 16th

This came after a refusal last year. But God has done it.

University of manitoba -
IGSES Award
paid tuition balance


Thank God.

I really appreciate u all

@phocujosh/sogima/mcobex

Please i need your guys to assist to review my SOP. I will be send you guys a PM. kindly acknowledge.

Exactly, under 3 weeks.

Lagos2canna:
They are very fast with application

University of Waterloo. Course is not applied Science, applied sciences are the ones that are 2 yrs.

yerilistik:
Which university did you apply? Master of science courses are usually 2 years

So, what's up with Kenya guys?

Lagos2canna:
It's written on your delay letter

Yes, how can u tell?

Lagos2canna:
Was your application treated in Kenya?

Thanks phucosjosh. I have mark you down to review my SOP.

My profile

10 yrs work experience for 2 international renowned companies (no gaps)
Self sponsor (refused application 8.6M, present closing balance 12.5 M)
Landed document of ongoing building plan approval
UG: University of Ibadan
Course: computer science
grade: 2.1, 2.9/4.0
grad course: management science (Masters)
Course duration: 1 yrs
Age:37
Married: Yes
kids: 2 (both below 5)
Pension stmt: 9M

Phocusjosh:
It's not vague, just that you could not convince the VO enough the need to study your intended course of study at University of Waterloo. Why do you wish to study in Canada in the program for which you have been accepted?, What is your overall educational goal and overall career goal?, What have you been doing (by way of employment/professional development) since the completion of your undergraduate studies and now?, How will this program enhance your employment opportunities in your country of residence/citizenship? (i.e. how will your skill be valuable to the Nigerian market?), i.e. briefly explain the impact of your course on your future career and your home country
6. Why are you not pursuing a similar program in your country of residence?

The key reason for writing an SOP is to demonstrate to the embassy that your purpose of visiting Canada is genuine, and that you will come back to Nigeria after your studies. It has to be very persuasive and convincing. Btw, the VO knows that you might not come back to Naija... they are not idiots... what they need to be convinced about is that you would freely come back to Nigeria if you cannot legally stay in Canada anymore.

To convince the VO (visa officer):
1. you will need to be specific about what it is your Canada education would help you do once you come back to Naija. Just saying that you will come back home not convincing
2. you need to be specific about what it is about that program or its curriculum that would help you achieve your stated goals
3. you need to be specific about what it is you have done that makes you a credible applicant

Basically, you need to emphasize on what you have done and exactly what you will do when you return to Nigeria (be very clear and unambiguous about this).

Share your profile for other guru(s) to help out.

All the best in your next application.

Computer Science 2.1, 2.9/4.0, master in management science.

I am surprise VO are concern with one's grade. The school has done their due diligence and given the admission.

Ratawu:
What is your undergraduate grade? What is UG discipline and what are you going for?

Attached is the comment from my GCMS note

I think it is too generic and vague and it doesn't tell me anything.

My only thought is that maybe I need a better SOP/LOE.

Please house help to analyse

after 32 days of applying for my GCMS note nothing yet. I am tried of waiting for everything.

anyway @Lamia, @mcobex and @sogima make una dey do press-up ready. Once I get my GCMS note una go follow review my SOP.

mcobex:
Self sponsor is not the reason you were denied. Order for your GCMS note asap to know the real reasons behind the denial, before then share your profile let's see.

My GCMS note is now 3 weeks old. I hope I can get it in the next few days and I will share. But I am just saying that from all the profile of approvals that have been shared, sponsorship and scholarship has been a common factor.

I also Congratulate the recent approvals in the house.

I got refused early in June and I have already applied for my GCMS note but I observed a certain trend that most people who got approvals are people with either Scholarship or Sponsors.

1) is it that the VO don't trust people like me who are self sponsors because purpose of visit and funds was part of the reason i was refused

2) after 10 years of been gainfully employed and my spouse too is gainfully employed, it is that the VO still prefers one to have a sponsor or get a scholarship?

Please my brothers and sisters in the house help to clarify

Lemia:
Anyone here attending University of Waterloo this fall or am alone??

Just wait, let me refire again after my refusal. We shall sail to UW together.

However, I hope we have more people going to UW.

Congratulations!

I observed you didn't include SOP or LOE in the document you submitted, is that an omission? . Also, i got refused earlier this month and am planning to reapply after receiving my gcms note. Please i will like to contact my email is pearce32002@yahoo.com

ibeakema:
Another awesome testimony on TRV Approval

My TRV has been approved... God is still in the business of doing miracles!


My first online application was refused.

Second application 21st of May
Paper Route
Upfront medicals
TRV approval 12th of June

Documents submitted
All CIC forms
Birth certificate
Nysc
Police character certificate
Bsc transcript and degree certificate
2 personal land evaluations stating their worth, including deeds
CAC documents of my husband's company where I am a co director
My husband's company board resolution to support my masters degree
My husband's company SOA
personal SOA
Draft of 8,000 Canadian dollars
Scholarship of $20,000
Proof of tuition deposit

Above all, I prayed and fasted because most times even with billions in your account, these VOs can just refuse your application.

Hi,

I got admission to University of waterloo for MSc for fall 2018. I am presently putting together my documents so that I can apply for my visa first week in May.

@jnyuwa02: please also assist me to review my SOP. My email address is pearce32002@yahoo.com. Thanks for the support in advance.

Dears,

I was at one of the mortgage company today because I was informed by them that my application was successful.

I need to tell nigerians what to expect from the scheme from my little knowledge

1) the scheme is private sector driven (Mortgage company) in collaboration with NMRC and FGN
2) there is equity contribution from FGN and Mortgage company in Nigeria
3) They are presently not building new houses, they are selling the houses they have to winners.
4) The interest is 16% p.a (compound interest)
5) for example am qualified for a 6.7M, 3 bedroom
i will contribute 1.4M, it means my actually loaned amount is 5.3M
i then pay back 14M (interest accrued) for 20 years
6) Therefore am paying over 15M for a house valued at 6.7M

God Bless nigeria

am also invoved in a long distance relationsip for the past 6months.

I want to use this oppurtunity to thank MTN for free midnite calls, that has been so helpful.

You guys need to believe in yourselves and it would work.

all the best.

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Am a very religous person and I believe in divine purpose. Afterall, DDB is not the biggest and the best in their industry. Thanks to the global village we are living now, we know better than some "powerpoint" presentation. I will not allow anybody or company make me feel less about myself. I am the "king of the world".

My brother/sister, na so we see am o. Unfortunately, we are living in an employer's world here in Nigeria. DDB is not expected to perform better than other Nigeria company. Just look elsewhere for your own promiseland. pele(sorry).

note: I also wrote the test and was not invited for interview.