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amoese:
Hi, I live in Abuja not too far from their office. I can help you go to their office send me an email with your details and POP, zabizashengum@gmail.com[s][/s]

Thank you so much , I'm sending email right away.

Kyaggy:
Thank you so much Glitteringstar, very detailed explanation. Thank you.

Good day house,
Please I need advice and help now, I finally got my cousin who banks with GTB to help me pay online which she did, sent screenshots which I mailed to British Council. But BC didn't reply me after 48hrs and I resent the proof of payment to them again with explanation that I have payed and still waiting for their confirmation, immediately I sent this second mail, I got an automated mail saying " they are attending to too many people, I should not send another mail that they will attend to all." Just midnight I got a mail from them saying the exam I booked has been cancelled because I didn't pay. I'm confused and angry now. Have tried to call their customer service line since they ain't replying mails but it's not connecting from where I am. And the person that paid on my behalf is a banker who can not leave her bank to another bank during weekdays, please what do I do?
I just tired of this whole thing.

esosa4real:
I nor vex o na only cic i fit vex for.......166 days no ppr, maybe dey are preparing my papers for citizenship!!

Soon, very soon bro.
I can only imagine the tention...but it will surely end in praise.

esosa4real:
Am not like dat joor....I really did send it...I ve jux been busy ehn to resend!

Check now i simply forwarded the previous message again, i did not send u pm, i simply responded to former email you sent.
Shey ur name is Chika? Dats the email I sent to.

All the best, when u join group, i will get ur number.

Was kidding bro, no vex. but I don't understand how you sent it. Can you explain better? Or someone that understood should help me understand.

boldinc:
Getting very cheap tickets is totally different from booking a ticket for 2 weeks... That was your question right?

Esosa4real I'm still waiting for the link. There was no sign you tried to PM me at all.
I have tried countless times to PM you too. Please help me send the WhatsApp link ejor.

XX01:
I used my cousin's account to pay then sent notification of payment to their email address. After some days, I got a call from them, verified the transaction and was good to go.

Thanks a lot, I'm already making the payment through someone back home. Will do exactly as you did.
Thank you

eyoiba:
I used UBA too. The BC stated on their website that online payment should not be used. What I did was to purchase Bank Draft of 68k at UBA then used courier to send it to BC from my base. Get someone in Lagos that can purchase the Bank draft early tomorrow from any UBA branch and the person will take it personally to BC tomorrow. You should be fine.

Thanks a lot.

bbaby84:
Yes. That's what I did.

Thank you sis, I'm grateful.

elfmann:
Yes or send someone the cash to raise drafts and submit to British council's office. U can even courier it.

Thank you very much.
Deeply appreciate.

GlitteringStar:
Hello Kyaggy,

1. I don't think you can make the transfer from UBA as the instruction says either FIRST BANK , GTBANK OR ZENITH BANK.

2. To formulate the account number, you have to follow the instruction that British Council stated. i.e the number you get is dependent on the location you choose, the month you want to write your exams and the last two digits of your international passport.

3. For the bank transfer, it is better to make the payment using your name because you might need to send your evidence of payment to British Council. (I paid using GTBank internet banking and had to send my evidence of payment to British Council). On the other hand, you can send someone that you trust to raise a bank draft in favour of British Council. You will send the cash to the person and also give your details to the person . The person will take it to any nearest British Council office.

Best regards.

Thank you so much Glitteringstar, very detailed explanation. Thank you.

Canadianfly:
Please read and understand it carefully. You are muddling it up. This is your first IELTS testing oh

If you are paying FROM Zenith, GTB and First Bank, do bank transfer TO Standard Chartered Bank to the account name, British Council, then your own 99---- number as account number, with your reference number.
Since you have UBA, the answer is NO. You can't do bank transfer. It has to be cash deposit.

Ok now I understand, it's actually my 4th time...yes you read right 4th. None taken in Nigeria hence the confusion on the mode of payment. Thanks for explaining.

esosa4real:
@kyaggy did you get the Saudi group link I sent in email?

No bro, I didn't get it OOO.
Can you resend?

Canadianfly:
Please read and understand it carefully. You are muddling it up. This is your first IELTS testing oh

If you are paying FROM Zenith, GTB and First Bank, do bank transfer TO Standard Chartered Bank to the account name, British Council, then your own 99---- number as account number, with your reference number.
Since you have UBA, the answer is NO. You can't do bank transfer. It has to be cash deposit.

Invariably, I can make the bank transfer from someone else's account that uses either of those banks. Am I right?

balogunsam:
Hi Kyaggy, its been a while but i can give a rough idea. First is to visit the British council website to register where you will be given FULL instructions to make the payment. If you run internet banking, you can do the entire thing even while abroad. Upon successful registration you will receive instructions on a very long document.

Good thing is i saved mine as PDF then so i just cropped out the payment part so you can get an idea and to help others.
I
Cheers!

Thanks boss. I have actually done the online registration. My challenge is that, I bank with UBA. The question is...
1. Can I do an online transfer from UBA to the British Council account or, does it have to be either or First, GTB and Zenith?
2. What's that stuff with reference number? Is it same reference number for all abi do I get another reference number?
3. Should I send someone to any of those banks or can I just look for someone that banks with the any of the mentioned banks?

Shukran

Feygbe:
Are you coming in solely to write IELTS?

Lol no OOO
Coming for my vacation

Hello guys.
Can someone please, explain the details of IELTS payment to British council.
I am confused about the bank transfer process.
I do not stay in Nigeria, but will be coming in sometime next week
Deadline for payment is on Tuesday.
Biko help a sister out, ASAP.

bigfido:
For the dude that passed the ielts that is complaining bitterly, please be thankful to God.

I have written ielts 7 times. My journey started since 2015. My Wes has been ready since then, but because of age and ielts, I have been falling short. I wrote ielts and got moderate score. I didn't know what was required then, since then, it has been a battle for me. My last 3 scores were 8,7.5,7,6... 7.5,7.5,7.5,7... 7.5,8,7,7..after the 6th one in June, I swore I was done with this dream. I had sunk so much money into this. I have gone to dubai to write celpip, went to dubai again for new brunswick info session, spent money 2ice on SINP and all to no avail. I was frustrated and devastated. July, I told my spouse to let me try ielts one more time. Even thou she didn't want to see me hurt again, she let me have my way. As for her she was done. She wanted the dream closed and buried. I don't blame her. So I paid and decided to change venue, this time I went to Ibadan, meaning I was spending more again. Then something changed. I prayed a lot about it. For catholics amongst us, please pray the prayers for exams to St Joseph of Cupertino. I went into the hall, did my best and left. I couldn't even beat my chest about my performance. I have been humbled by Ielts. But I kept on praying. I am not going to fail the 7th time. In between that time, a stranger in Lere2017 on this platform came into my life. She needed something from me. I actually wasn't in the mood to talk to her (reply her pm) but I did. We got talking and I told her my story. She was touched and she also truly prayed for me seriously. She will send me messages almost everyday telling me how much I was in her prayers and letting me know all is well. Yesterday midnight was the most awkward time of my life.. From 12 am till 7 am this morning, I was refreshing ielts website to check my result. The fear and panic was too intense. When I didn't see anything, I decided to go to their office to pick up my result.. That drive was filled with swallowing stone like saliva. On the bridge, I decided to refresh it again.. My result was there. My soul left my body and my eyes became blurry. I didn't know what I was reading but I knew I was reading.. L-9, R-8,S-8,W-7

I felt water swell up in my eyes. I understood what it is to look for something within your grasp and yet not have it. I am still basking in this euphoria so I can't real explain my ordeals. So please if you have it on a platter of gold, don't come here to rub it in on people that are going through a lot of even have a slice of what you have. For me the journey starts soon. I now have 450 points. I pray we all get to the promise land. Thank you @lere2017 I appreciate you. That's the beauty of this thread. Goodluck to everyone. I apologise for the long post and misspellings

Thanks for sharing sir, this is exactly what we needed to read. Will show it to my husband because it bears a ray of hope. Hopefully soon, just very soon I will share our story. Thank you again.

Wura27:
Thanks to all you lovely people for the congratulatory messages, I know we will all testify soonest whether it's awaiting IELTS, awaiting AOR or PPR.

To all those worried about their submitted application or anything, don't worry and just leave all to God. I thought my application was messy and I scaled through with no ADR, nothing!

1. A bulk of my money entered my account after I got my ITA but I did not do gift deed or write any letter explaining the source of funds (timeline btw my ITA and AOR was about 3 weeks)
2. I only put the first page of each of my 6 month statement leaving all other pages behind (I did not quickly realize I could reduce it)
3. I did not write any LOE, did not attach any additional document or justify anything at all
4. My name is sometimes scattered. Like I'm known by d 2nd name in my passport so some of my documents only had my 2nd name and surname without the first name on my passport (I was advised to get an affidavit justifying this but I never did)
5. Although I had a valid US visa as at the time I applied, I was rejected about 7 years ago and I forgot to state it in my application.
6. I was in UK on vacation when I did and got my UK PC, I was later told that I should have done it after leaving the country and to urgently raise CSE which I never did
7. Plenty other things I thought were issues but can't state all now.

This is for those that have submitted and are worried about one thing or the other.

If you haven't submitted, PLEASE DON'T BE LIKE ME! I don't know why I was so stubborn, it wud save you a whole lot of worry knowing your application is detailed when it's in progress!

In my excitement I forgot to write my timeline.

Type of Applicant: Single Applicant
ITA: May 4
AOR: May 26
Medicals passed: July 1
IP1: July 1
NA2: July 5
IP2: August 2
PPR: August 5

Congrats to all my PPRpeople, passport stamped peeps and a big future congrats to all my peeps waiting to testify- WE SHALL ALL TESTIFY!

Wow!
What a jagajaga application...
Grace got your back jor.
Congrats!!

cochtrane:
You welcome
Trying to compile responses from Pg101 - Pg200 now. But distracted sha

You are simply amazing...
God bless you real good.

esosa4real:
Eyah, na so we see am.....me self, am in the south and travelled there. Just know the steps, know the addresses, have someone/a place to stay (or hotel), get a good taxi man (preferably indian/pakistani) and do your waka, you can finish all same day!

I will send you a whatsapp group for Saudi based applicants, they will help you well there!!

@Esosa4real, I'm still waiting for the WhatsApp group link. Hope to hear from you soon.


Esosa4real I have been waiting for almost eternity. Please am still waiting..

0b100100111:
Hello House,

Can a CRS score of 442 get ITA?

Sure, last draw was 440.

[quote author=0b100100111 post=58933198]Hello House,

Can a CRS score of 442 get ITA?[/quote

Sure, last draw was 440]

[quote author=esosa4real post=58853857]Sorry Bro! I didn't get which?

If it's about my timeline, my case is complicated...lol
Make I get ppr b4 I even reason the dates properly!
I sha got ita Feb 8
Aor was March 2
Added spouse April 13th or so
Got two additional document requests
Medical status: we are reviewing the status of ur medicals
BG: NA
As at 2months ago: my file was still at CIO NOva scotia (slow pokes)[/quo




Now I know it's bro. Lol
Please can we talk more on pm?
Since we are both in KSA pursuing same thing..
For easy access. Fi mushikila?

esosa4real:
Eyah, na so we see am.....me self, am in the south and travelled there. Just know the steps, know the addresses, have someone/a place to stay (or hotel), get a good taxi man (preferably indian/pakistani) and do your waka, you can finish all same day!

I will send you a whatsapp group for Saudi based applicants, they will help you well there!!

Thanks a lot,
Will really appreciate that.
Do send it to me biko.
Eerrmm, do I call you bro or sis��

MummyJaygirls:
Drumroll pleeeeaaaassssseeeee!!!!

Will the new semi Canadian please stand up

All ye Nigerians gather round

PPR has landed

Thank you all for your support, as usual PPR will fall on all of us.

Timeline:

MAY 13 AOR
June 30 med passed
July 1 IP1
July 10 NA2
July 18 IP2
July 25 PPR

If I no respond sharp sharp no vex o, make I first forward my passport for stamping. No time!!!

We go pop champagne soon. Cheers!!!

I am super excited for you Mummyjaygirls, Always looking forward to your funny jokes and responses.
Congratulations!!
I can't wait to shout like you all...

esosa4real:
For Nigerian PCC, I got it while I was in vacation, But after submitting, I realised that some Indians have been refused for this. Though yet to see any Nigerian refused for this cause, some did same and had no issues.

However, to be on a safe side, when I returned to Saudi, I requested for another one and uploaded to CIC via cse and email.
I just contacted the same police man, I didn't tell him I was outside the country so he wouldn't bill me, I had the forms, I thumb printed them myself and scanned to him. He printed, did the PCC and scanned everything to me which I uploaded.

I didn't take to Nigerian embassy here though it's advised. This is because I know it's not really compulsory. But if you wanna attest with them, then it should be sent by courier to you from Nigeria and not scanned so it stays original.


For Saudi PCC, you need a PCC request letter from Canadian embassy in Riyadh. Simply email them and say you will pick up letter at their gate. They will reply and tell you when to visit the embassy at gate.

So you travel to riyadh to get this PCC request letter from the embassy gate and go to MOFA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) to attest it. Opposite MOFA building, there is a place to pay for it before going into MOFA itself.

After attestation, you take this letter to the CIA police headquarters in Batik and do ur PCC. It's free. After 2 - 4days you pick it up.

It's in Arabic, so you translate it at a certified translators office.

That's all!!

It looks like a longthing.......but with PPR in demand, all things are possible




quote author=esosa4real post=58600523]

Where exactly are you? Like which country in the middl e east.

Whatttttttt??
Serious long thing OOO.
We are in the North and to think of this traveling to Riyadh is really disturbing, but we don't have another option shaa. Thanks a bunch for this detailed explanation. Grateful!

mukhtar4u:
Okay, I am guessing you are currently outside Nigeria.

How did mine.... The finger print form was sent to me through a friend and I did the finger printing by myself, then scanned it very clearly back to him after which he took it to alagbon inclusive of my passport copy and photograph to collect the PCC.

He sent the hardcopy to me and I took it to Nigeria embassy where I am for further authentication.

I can get the number of the police officer for you but you will definitely need to send a friend there to collect the PCC for you.

Note that according to IRCC, you have to collect Nigeria's PCC at a time you are not in Nigeria if you are currently living outside Nigeria, so going home to collect it may not be a good option.

Thanks a lot, please send me the contact of the police officer, will need it. Will look for a friend to send.
Thanks

mukhtar4u:
@Kyaggy, I just bumped back in to this forum after sometime off, may I know which PCC you are in need of now, Saudi or Nigeria? may be I can show some guidance.

Nigeria please...
Thanks a million for trying to help out.

Kyaggy:
Hello bro/sis,
Saudi Arabia precisely. Please how did you get your PCC?
Thanks again!

Esosa4real am still waiting to hear from you...
Please answer inugo?����

esosa4real:
Where exactly are you? Like which country in the middle east.

Hello bro/sis,
Saudi Arabia precisely. Please how did you get your PCC?
Thanks again!

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Hello bro/ sis,
We in Saudi Arabia. Please how did you get your PCC?
Is it ok if we get it on vacation?




quote author=esosa4real post=58600523]

Where exactly are you? Like which country in the middl e east.[/quote]

You may have to ignore please..1,500 cad is a whole lot. Score will definitely drop. Unless you don't mind the time and money.

kemkem30:
Yeah Ontario. My current score is 431.