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TravelRe: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by Kurukuru: 5:57pm On May 18, 2022
Has the eligibility review started on your file?
dekate1:
Hi, any idea how long it takes for PPR to come after medical passed?
My upfront medical was submitted on 4th April n passed on 15th.
Till date, no update after that.
TravelRe: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by Kurukuru: 2:32pm On May 18, 2022
I feel sorry for you on your present predicament. If seems you got married to me after he travelled to Canada. Or did he use you as home tie in form of common-law-partner?
I suspect the guy might have been told some negative things about your faithfulness when he came last time. On your question, there is no way you can go ahead with the application since the sponsor ( your enstraged husband) has cancelled the application. His sponsorship is the pillar of that application. Look for family members to settle your matter with him, and if not successful, move on with your life.
Life does not end there
babybless44:
Good day House,

Please what helpful advice can you render?

I got married to my husband who is currently a student in Saskatchewan early last year.

On the 16/4/2021 I submitted my spouse open work permit and on the 21/4/2021, I did biometrics. I haven’t gotten a medical request from the Embassy yet. My husband refused to allow me access to the account he used in filing this application for me as he only has the password to the account he created and only him can access it. I can only receive mails although I know my application number, IRCC number and other relevant info but he said he has canceled the application and I am yet to be notified of the cancellation via mail.

My husband traveled back shortly after our wedding and since then, he has completely abandoned me here in Nigeria. He informed me that he has canceled my application for no reason and he said he is about to get married to another lady while his marriage with me is still valid.

I haven’t heard from him since last year and I do not know my fate concerning my pending application.

Is there any way you can help me check the status of my application if I provide the relevant info and what are the steps I can take concerning my predicament.
TravelRe: Canada Visit/tourist Visa Discussion. by Kurukuru: 1:24am On May 17, 2022
Amen o
Iffylove:
Goodnews for everyone
TravelRe: Canada Visit/tourist Visa Discussion. by Kurukuru: 6:05pm On May 16, 2022
Amen
BVL received on May 11, but still waiting for their decision
Iffylove:
April 11 here, God will remember us all
TravelRe: Canada Visit/tourist Visa Discussion. by Kurukuru: 4:17pm On May 16, 2022
Yes, April 8
Iffylove:
Hi everyone,
Is there anyone who submitted an application in March/April and still waiting for approval?
TravelRe: Canada Visit/tourist Visa Discussion. by Kurukuru: 6:34pm On May 14, 2022
We can't see anything. You did not attach the gems notes
kennyliza:
Hello People, I just received my GCMS Note, please can someone assist in breaking it down for me or is there a way I can break it down myself..I applied since on the new portal on March 9th,2022 but application is still progress as of now, thank you
TravelRe: Canada Visit/tourist Visa Discussion. by Kurukuru: 12:14pm On May 12, 2022
I am also in your shoe. I made a re-application for Visitor visa to visit a spouse in Canada on April 9. On May 5, I requested to withdraw my two kids application since we have a SOWP and study permits for the kids under processing. I told them that only myself will do the visit now. On May 10, I got BVL without PPR and is still the same till now. Eligibility has not started , but I got a BVL.
May79:
Submitted June 2020/ old portal
Submitted November 2021/old portal
Submitted May 1 2022/new portal
But BVL was sent to my application for November 2021 which was the old portal.we applied to visit my undergraduate son.still expecting PPR.
TravelRe: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by Kurukuru: 3:16pm On May 09, 2022
Do we need a Police Clearance Certificate for Spousal Open Work Permit?
TravelRe: Canada Visit/tourist Visa Discussion. by Kurukuru: 7:01pm On May 06, 2022
They are accepting applications from tourists too
phyla:
I am equally waiting on response in this regard too.I had an invitation from a friend who is a citizen although i submitted April 11th 2022
TravelRe: Canada Visit/tourist Visa Discussion. by Kurukuru: 10:23am On May 05, 2022
TravelRe: Canada Visit/tourist Visa Discussion. by Kurukuru: 8:55am On May 05, 2022
Although the Visa Officers are not predictable, but you risk Personal Asset and Financial Status concern
adelejane:
Hi ,

I'm back again with my questions. I'm travelling with my kids (2) to visit two siblings with PR. I have lived in the UK as a student and visited UK with kids too.

I will be sponsoring the entire trip to Canada, but the flight ticket is quite high for myself and my kids. I can afford to pay without any issues but the reality is that the amount i stated we will be spending on the trip after putting all expense together on our visa form is like half of the money in my savings account. ........balance in my account is 3.9 million if converted to Naira . . i don't know if this can affect my application . Imy business account has constant in flow which has a balance of 4.5 million Naira, i will add both personal and business account to this application.

My parents will also be travelling as its a family holiday to reunite with my siblings we haven't seen them since 2019.

question: Can my father sponsor part of the trip with a letter stating he will purchase our flight ticket ? or my sister in Canada should be the one sponsor part of the trip? or i just sponsor the trip as i already planned to do?

I feel I'm old enough to support myself but will it be a problem if half of my savings is spent on the trip as per what i filled in the visa form. I'm yet to submit so really thinking of the best way to present this to a visa officer without issues . please help a sister , need urgent response .
TravelRe: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by Kurukuru: 12:15pm On May 04, 2022
There is no clear cut procedure they use. The decision is always based on individual VO's frame of mind. Somebody wrote that she invited her sister and the sister did not submit a bank statement and got approved with virtually no travel history. Whereas I have seen somebody with travel history to UK and Germany who was invited by a Canadian citizen brother, but got refused.

shams040:
This IRCC are very discriminatory, I just saw on FB now that they approved an Indian that the spouse has even completed the program. I just wonder why they can't just come out bold that we don't want blacks and we all know where to put our energy.

It's just painful that our govts are making us go through all these. If they have utilized our resources well all these things won't happen. But what can we do in light of this current reality? just pained and frustrated.
TravelRe: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by Kurukuru: 9:26pm On Apr 24, 2022
Challenge this refusal in court.
That is the best thing to do
shams040:
I got my GCMS for the first one but still waiting for the second.

So for the first application we had a total of 10k cad from all sources in our account with me as the sponsor.

For the second app, we got 16k in our account with me as the major sponsor. We show employment letter as a quality control scientist in a bottling company.

I attached our rejection and GCMS:

1st pics-first rejection Dec 07
2nd pic -GCMS to the first rejection. I did a rebutter for this in addition to the SOP from both of us. I argued that traveling is based on necessity and my spouse never need to travel since we are young graduates and she couldn't join . Also, in the rebbuter I argued that we are young and don't have property aside from the land we inherited from her mom as the firstborn (Name not changed yet).The last one I changed the duration to 10days to help with my PhD qualifying exam.

3rd pics- 2nd rejection April 20th.
TravelRe: Canada Visit/tourist Visa Discussion. by Kurukuru: 8:44am On Apr 21, 2022
If you look it, most tourist application on the old portal with very long waiting time do get approved because the officer will look at it from the beginning. But on the new portal, the refusal rate is high. This is because Chinnok will process your application, and if you do not have good travel history, Chinnok will recommend you a refusal. And this is what the IRCC will send to you. Chinnok operation is highly discriminatory.
olasubomy:
You cannot predict when it comes to IRCC. Some applications get processed quickly, while others take a bit longer.
Another option you have is to re-apply on the new portal if the initial application was submitted on the old portal. The new portal seems faster with visit visa applications than the old portal lately, but you will pay another application fee.

But if your purpose of travelling is not super urgent and just for the tourist, I would advise you to be patient more.
You can raise webform and send an email to Lagos, Abuja and Nairobi, but don’t send multiple emails if the purpose of the visit is not timebound or urgent.

I understand the anxiety; try to distract yourself with some other stuff. A decision would come, don’t worry. You can also give It another three weeks, then order your GCMS notes again to compare with the previous if there is any progress in your file.
TravelRe: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by Kurukuru: 8:35am On Apr 21, 2022
This refusal reason is nothing but a deliberate arbitrariness of the VO. You can remind them of this Federal Court decision:

In the case of Carlson TACHOT MEnkem Afuah versus the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, 2021 FC 596). Besides, the decision of the officer to refuse my family the visa based on their tie to me in Canada is at variance with the Federal Court decision in Girn v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 FC 1222 at paragraph 32; Tavakoli Dinani v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 1063 at paragraph 27; Demyati, above, at paragraph 11), where the court ruled that ‘’ the Officer should not have drawn negative inferences from the Applicant’s family ties in Canada. If anything, the Officer should have considered the financial support the Applicant’s family provides as a positive factor. At the very least, the Officer should have justified his/her reasoning: it is unreasonable to infer that Applicant will remain in the country illegally simply because he has strong family ties in Canada.

SweetJJ:
Please how did you solve this. My family's visa was refused last month based on this. After a whooping one month wait for GCms notes it came out with : client has a strong ties in Canada, like seriously, I have already told you my wife is in Canada and I want to visit her. It was so annoying. How did you solve that? We had submitted all the hometies to Nigeria we can think of.

Can I come inbox please?
TravelRe: Canada Visit/tourist Visa Discussion. by Kurukuru: 1:51pm On Apr 07, 2022
Somebody's application was refused by a Visa Officer handling your case. The person wrote a protest letter to the Minister, the minister order a reconsideration for that file, and at the same looked into your own file too which was awaiting a final endorsement by the same VO. The Case Manager then found a merit in your application and changed it to an approval.
Pls don't ask me for the source, this is a classified info
OloriOfMontreal:
The Eagle has finally landed! PPR letter arrived yesterday morning.

Timeline:

Second application: December 6th 2021
Refusal without refusal letter: February 15th
Reconsideration (Approval without PPR): March 24th
PPR letter: April 4th

All the best to everyone waiting on IRCC for approval.
May God meet everyone at the point of their needs and may your expectations never be cut short!
TravelRe: Canada Visit/tourist Visa Discussion. by Kurukuru: 1:49pm On Apr 07, 2022
jogojogo:
Am yet to recieve mail notification of the refusal. May be I will just write them a mail today
PoliticsRe: 2023: SWAGA Kicks Against Consensus Presidential Candidacy In APC by Kurukuru: 11:54am On Mar 28, 2022
Buhari is not 100% for APC, he is only interested in advancing the Fulani agenda. But Tinubu is so foolish to turn his back against Yoruba interest for his failed selfish agenda. If APC explodes, Buhari doesn't care, provided it would give way to a Fulani man e.g Atiku to emerge.
yanabasee:
Lol ..... They have seen the signs already....



If APC refuses Tinubu this opportunity.... Then the party is going to break apart.....


Know this and know peace ....

APC voting power will reduce and that will give PDP a return ticket....
Foreign AffairsRe: Thanks To Russia, The Ukrainian Army Has More Tanks Now Than When The War Began by Kurukuru: 1:30pm On Mar 25, 2022
The same goes for others. Even USA cannot wistand most countries in Guerilla fight without the use of missiles and aerial bombardment.
Classickj:
Aside from missile, Russia have nothing
Foreign AffairsRe: Thanks To Russia, The Ukrainian Army Has More Tanks Now Than When The War Began by Kurukuru: 1:24pm On Mar 25, 2022
I don't when most Nigerians will get sense, Oyinbo and Oyinbo dey fight , you are jumping up and down. Since Fulani terrorists have been killing you in Nigeria, has any Oyinbo man or organisation looked at your side? Even Israel you dey do attache to does not look at your side. With the glaring evidence of the Nigerian government complicity in all the atrocities of these Fulani terrorists, your beloved USA still went ahead to sell Tucano fighter jet to Buhari. The same Buhari donated your tax payer money to the Taliban in Afghanistan, the so called Oyinbos have not seen anything wrong in that.
Instead of focussing on our own Putin here in Nigeria, you dey put head for a fight between two brothers.
TravelRe: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by Kurukuru: 12:48pm On Mar 25, 2022
This is what the Canadian House Committee on Citizenship and Immigration just discussed. Differential in outcome of the IRCC decisions. They even make reference to the high refusal rate in Africa, citing Nigeria as an example

jogojogo:
What thing I have come to observe about Canadian Visa application is the level of unpredictability. I tell you, two applications with same condition of request submitted will get different outcome.
TravelRe: Canada Visit/tourist Visa Discussion. by Kurukuru: 8:46am On Mar 17, 2022
Abuja and Lagos are now processing some visit visa applications
jogojogo:
I think is Nairobi in Kenya
TravelRe: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by Kurukuru: 12:40pm On Mar 15, 2022
Have you ordered for your gcms notes? You did not tell us the reason for the refusal
Olamiikunle:
Good Morning House.
I am getting married this week, but i got a refusal letter for study permit this morning.
My wife currently has a canada post study work permit.
Please, what are the procedures and current time frame for Spousal Open Work Permit.
I checked Page 1, but could not find list of documents and procedures.
Thank You
TravelRe: Canada Visit/tourist Visa Discussion. by Kurukuru: 2:00pm On Mar 11, 2022
Good,
Document those interactions, photos, conversations, WhatsApp, etc. They will ask for those.
gbems90:
Thank you.
To clarify, he’s a Nigerian, and we’ve been dating for 3 years. Yes he has been in Nigeria a couple of times since he relocated
TravelRe: Canada Visit/tourist Visa Discussion. by Kurukuru: 12:13pm On Mar 11, 2022
Is your fiancee white? How did you come across your fiancee? For how long have you been dating? Has she visited you before?
Spousal sponsorship by a Canadian citizen is not that simple as you think. The above questions may come up during your eligibility review. With the training manual I saw for the Visa Officers processing sponsoring applications, a lot of issues need to be cleared to ascertain the genuiness of your relationship. They just want to prevent a marriage fraud to get papers
gbems90:
Hello house

My fiancé is a Canadian citizen and we are getting married in few weeks. The plan is to start processing my relocation immediately after the wedding. Spousal sponsorship for PR takes 12 months minimum, so we want to try the temporary visa route. I have the following questions

1. How soon after the wedding is it okay to apply for a visitors visa? And can we apply for both spousal sponsorship and temporary visa at the same time?
2. What documents do I need to put together to ensure a successful temporary visa application?

Please help. Thank you
TravelRe: Canada Visit/tourist Visa Discussion. by Kurukuru: 8:39pm On Mar 08, 2022
You can arrive at anytime in as much as the visa is valid. Mind you, if it is a tourist visa, you need to make some adjustments to travel plans vis a vis hotel booking, places of tourist attractions etc
thejokist:
Hi

Please is it possible to arrive Canada before the “expected travel date” stated on your visa application form? For instance, if in the form, you said your travel period is June 25th to Aug, is it possible to arrive, maybe, June 10th?

Urgent please!

Thanks
TravelRe: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by Kurukuru:
This is an example of the consequence of an hasty SOWP after the husband arrives in Canada. The VOs these days do go through your study permit SOP to see the commitment you put there as home tie that eventually led to the SP approval. The way we rush things may give the VOs the opportunity to doubt our bonafide as far as SP and SOWP are concerned. Another mistake people make which I have mentioned it before is that we thought SOWP is meant to keep families together. NO, capital No
SOWP is meant to help Canada with her local labour shortage. Instead of tailoring our SOWP letter of explanation (SOP) towards how we can help the Canadian community socially and economically, we focus on "I want to be with my husband/wife, my spouse will be lonely, I just got pregnancy, bla bla). All these stories don't fly unless the VO sees something in your application dossier that he/she feels will help the Canadian community. For the fact that somebody applied for SOWP before the accompanying hubby got to Canada and got approved does not mean you will be automatically approved if you do the same. You do not know the skill and experience that person got that attracted the VO.
Then back to your case, get your hubby's study permit SOP and go through it to look at how he used you as a guarantor to return back to Nigeria. Give a valid economic reason why you change your mind. Then tailor your reason for going to Canada on what you can do to help the Canadian community. If you mention that you want to assist your hubby, try to connect how the assistance you want to give your hubby will help the Canadian community. Lastly, look for a solid social or economic tie to Nigeria that can bring you back to Nigeria
Let me share what I recommend to somebody that had a similar refusal like yours that worked. Although it requires a financial sacrifice from your hubby and you.
The person has two children, after the refusal, she applied for visitor visa alone to visit her husband using the children as ties to Nigeria. She cited hubby's busy academic work in Canada as reason why the husband was unable to visit them and she was missing him. She was given the visa and travelled to Canada, spending one month and returned back to Nigeria. She then applied for the SOWP again and was approved in within one and half months.
Ayomidesss:
Good morning all.

My SOWP application was rejected last month...so sad after 6 month of waiting. I applied for GCMS notes and got this reply.


Gurus in the house, please assist. I'm missing my husband.

Thanks.
TravelRe: Canada Visit/tourist Visa Discussion. by Kurukuru: 7:16pm On Mar 07, 2022
The reason is that you cannot have two same applications running concurrently. One has to be withdrawn
Snowballl:
Good evening all..
Please I need clarification. I applied for SOWP and visit visas for my kids 8&6yrs since October last year. With no response, I subsequently applied for visit visas for all of us on the new portal. Early last month, I discovered that my kids' visit visa application that was done with my SOWP was withdrawn. What's the implication of this.
Regards..
TravelRe: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by Kurukuru: 7:02pm On Mar 06, 2022
Which province is she heading to?
Anntola:
Thank you so much for your response, I appreciate this so much.

It is advisable to just forget about the whole miscarriage scenario in her application, just submit a normal application with strong SOP and I should just mention she is pregnant?

Here is lil background,
She just wrote IELTS overall score 7band, she as a Registered company with good inflow & outflow in her acct, she as a little IT knowledge as she remotely with a law firm. Can this fly?

Thanks in anticipation.
TravelRe: Canada Spouse Open Work Permit (sowp)timeline by Kurukuru: 3:19pm On Mar 06, 2022
Well, no one can tell. Just put up a strong SOP and sufficient home ties for her. My interactions with some immigration lawyers have given me some clues on how the SOWP works. I want everybody to understand that SOWP is not meant to unite families as some people beieve. It is on the concept of International Mobility. International Mobility allows The International Mobility Program allows an employer to hire you  temporarily  without  a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA). This is to nake Canada fill the vacant job openings that cannot be filled due to LABOUR SHORTAGE.
Now this where the logic is. The instruction given to the Visa Officers in processing the Spousal Lpen Work Permit is based on the Canadian labour need. Your approval rate depends on the Province of destination. If you heading to Ontario, and your qualification and experience is not what is in demand in Ontario, your approval rate is low. But if you are going to Newfoundland or Quebec where they are currently facing a serious labour crisis, your chance of getting approval is high. In this situation, your wife is pregnant, she cannot work fully on arrival and the VO will see her previous natal challenges as a block to her immediate international mobility to Canada (that is, her immediate contribution to the Canada labour force). Try to put up a strong SOP for her emphasising her contributions to help the Canadian community. But if you based it on compassionate ground of her pregnancy, it may not fly

Anntola:
Good afternoon guys, I’m so happy to be here. I recently got my study permit approval and I will be traveling by ending of this month. I really need your guidance on how to apply for my wife SOWP coz I intend to submit her application asap once I settle down.

So here is the situation, my wife is 11weeks pregnant now after 2 recent miscarriage and I really want her to join me immediately. What are the docs I need to submit to support her application. All her medical file like previous 2 PT test, Scan(s), series of test results before those Mc and after Mc are intact. Does our GYN/OBS need to write letter to support her application, does our hospital need to write a letter too? Do I need to increase my Proof of fund?

What is her chance of getting SOWP before her EDD?

Please I really need you guys input, so I can get all docs before I travel.

Thanks in advance.
TravelRe: Canada Visit/tourist Visa Discussion. by Kurukuru: 12:14pm On Mar 06, 2022
When is your travel date? I learnt that they process the applications according to the travel date.
Lady2007:
Thank you. It took a day.
Time line:
Application date:21/12/2021
BVL: 2/3/2022
PPR: 3/3/2022
I pray your family get their own by tomorrow morning.
It will end in praise.

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