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beautyuche:
Hi mama, Did you use same hospital for all the births?

yes i did, Methodist however one was in Arlington and the other(triplets) were in Mansfield

leopardinatree:
its PPR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
COME AND SEE WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It has been a long journey and i am grateful that it has finally come to an end. I apologize in advance if its a long read. It all began with Wes application in the December of 2022 and my IELTS just about a week after WES application. It took WES the standard 6 weeks processing plus 2 weeks to get my transcripts sent to WES, totaling 2 months.

On the 1st Feb i was ready to create my EE profile and so i did.
My IELTS was an overall band 7 and WES was a 3 year bachelor degree, putting me at roughly 320 something CRS especially being that my age was not working to my advantage. With this in mind i quickly sought to increase my scores; french was the only option along with redoing my IELTS to max it the second time around, which i knew i was capable of doing (don't come for me my village people, i know my english language skills ). The reason i didn't do well enough the first time around is because of various factors (but that's a story for another day).

In my state of desperation, i ventured into the idea of going via the study route but i knew carrying my many kids would have been too costly and i think my brain has expired so pulling it off would have proved taxing on my mental health and my pocket. I resolved to abandon that idea after speaking to a friend of a friend in Canada who proved to be pivotal in my journey. She shared with me an email from IRCC promoting the plan to target francophones in the upcoming immigration strategies. I read the email and realized that french was going to be my strategy, not only to increase points but to get the upper hand. By this time, i am already in the pool and looking for a french tutor to reawaken my french language skill as it had been about 10 years since i last took french language courses at Alliance Francaise. I managed to ask around and got a very good french teacher who agreed to do personalized classes/private tutoring to make sure i meet my goal in the short time i had given myself. Soon my teacher was confident in my abilities and encouraged me to make my first attempt. Which i did and didnt do as well as i should have, bringing me back to the drawing board to restrategize; giving emphasis on my weakest points. I fully immersed myself in the language, listening to podcasts, watching movies, listening to french music, (i recommend Lara Fabian and ofcourse Celine Dion). I was once again ready to make an attempt at TEF. I did and the new scores allowed me get a well needed raise to the ranks of CRS 380s. The cutoff at the time was somewhere in the upper 400s and the only thing i could think to do was to redo my IELTS. It was now around October of 2023. I considered the IT course mentioned here a number of times but decided to start with the IELTS retake.

Long story short as i was getting ready to retake my IELTS in Jan 2024, when lo alas, I received an NOI form OINP for the French skilled priority draws. I knew i had to fork out an extra 1500CAD and so i began to amass it. Just as I was working on that, I then received an ITA from the federal french CBD draw thus beginning my journey to PPR. In a nutshell, allow me to share my timeline:

EE profile creation: 1 Feb 2023
OINP ITA : 18 Jan 2024 ( idid not go through with it)
ITA: 1 Feb 2024 (just hours before the expiry of my profile... na God oo)
AOR: 26 Mar 2024
BIL/MIL : 1 May 2024
BIL linked: 15 May 2024
MEP: 22 May 2024
ADR: 31 May 2024
2nd MIL: 31 May 2024
2nd MEP: 8 Jun 2024
FD: 10 Jun 2024
PPR: 12 Jun 2024

I can only say thank you to everyone on this platform, all questions answered, all the wealth of information, all well wishers, all prayers, all the friends i made, everything and everyone. May everyone be awarded their PPR at the soonest. Special thanks to @honeysweetest, @ednut, @jasperonyx, @graciouswords. To everyone who posts advice on the platform, some questions i did not need to ask as they were already answered in other people's requests for information, thank you for your time and your selflessness. We can't do it without you.
In conclusion: Glory be to God, Most High, with Whom all things are possible. He says and He does. Great is His faithfulness and love.

Its with a grateful heart, i sign out.

please can you share your border questions after landing

tshtsh:
As candidates in the pool await today's draws I'll like to encourage everyone that has been waiting for days, weeks, months and years to become a permanent resident of Canada. I was also anxiously waiting for my application to be processed all through the period Canada's border was closed in 2021. One evening on February 9, 2022 I walked up to unplug my phone from its charging spot and got an update email from IRCC. I logged into my GcKey account to look up the update and I saw that it was a request for a re-medical examination. I booked an appointment with IOM ikeja and had my medicals done the following week. Encountered some delays getting IOM to upload my results over a week after I underwent the medicals but less than two hours after I received the "result upload" SMS I got another update email from IRCC. I initially thought it was a "medical passed" notification but to my surprise it came along with a passport request email.

I was very excited but somehow became hesitant with the idea of sending my passport to Accra or Cairo. Got more information about the process days after and accepted that it was a norm to send/post travel documents to Accra, Cairo and even London in some cases. I submitted my passport at the DHL lekki 1 and paid the necessary fees. It took one month to get my passport back and I received my processed passport on March 24, 2022. The COPR issued had a validity till February 2023 thus I began to work towards saving more money and moving to Canada in October 2022. Kept my passport + COPR in the box and continued living my life like normal.

However, something happened at my place of work one day. I overheard my boss speaking to someone on the phone without knowing that I was present. He was so angry and said so many negative things about me to my surprise using very bitter words. I could not match his kind words to me with what I heard. He came up with the work from home policy to reduce staff attrition among the software engineers and was later speaking so bitterly about me for working from home two days a week. I was disappointed and spent that evening looking up CV formats for Canadian software engineers. It wasn't too different from what I had and I applied for 10 software engineering jobs in Ontario via linkedin. I also bought a virtual number which I used on my CV as well as my friend's address who is based in Canada. I made sure I applied for 10 jobs every single day till I was no longer able to cope with the interview requests. I was receiving phone calls from recruiters frequently telling me about one role or the other. One particular hiring manager constantly assured me that he very much wanted me on his team in Ottawa. By week 5 (second week of april). I received my first job offer. I was offered more than I asked for. I negotiated with the firm to allow me resume after one month as they wanted me to resume in two weeks. My friend advised me against negotiating a late resumption but what he didnt know was that I was dealing with the reality of having to make another move leaving behind elderly parents. My mum turned 60 in February and retired. By week 7 I got a second offer which I turned down. The organization told me they had another orientation session for the week starting may 23rd 2022 but for their US office hence if I miss the orientation session for the Toronto office I'll have to attend the orientation session at their Detroit office. Luckily I had a B1/B2 US visa and I accepted to have my orientation at the Detroit office.

By May 10th it occurred to me that I had only 14 days to resume at a new job and leave my family/friends. I bought a ticket on travelstart (abuja - paris - detroit - toronto - paris - abuja). The ticket was cheaper flying from Abuja as opposed to flying from Lagos. The night before I left I was in the office till 10pm handing over my projects to a junior colleague. I woke up at 3am on that faithful day, removed the battery of my car and covered the car before packing my belongings in two suitcases. I headed for Abuja in the morning and flew out to Detroit later that day. The ride to the airport from my apartment was a sad and lonely one. I did not wake my sister up to say goodbye because I was sad to be moving away from a life I was so used to. Arrived Detroit the following day and began to meet some of my new colleagues virtually and physically. At the end of the program I flew to toronto on Endeavour air. Flight time was 35 minutes. My old neighbor picked me up from the airport and took me to his house where I stayed for about three weeks. My very close friend who normally stays with me each time he visited lagos disappointed me by asking me to pay him $1000 monthly to stay in his house when I was only looking for a place to stay for three weeks. Glad an old neighbor came to my aid.

I struggled with the food for the first few days but I must say that looking back now I believe I made the best decision moving to Canada at this phase of my life. I believe and pray that I will make good use of my time here and learn as much as I can. I earned my first salary 8 days after landing here and luckily my employer asked for the flight receipts for my orientation trip to Detroit. I submitted my entire itinerary because I bought all legs of flight in one booking from travelstart. They told me they were expecting a Toronto to Detroit to Toronto ticket but I told them I was in Nigeria when the job offer came and the "people and culture" personnel said it was fine. I was refunded the full cost of my ticket as they had no way of separating the flight legs and determining how much each leg would have cost. Proof of funds became irrelevant as I earned my salary in day 8 and have been earning every two weeks since then. My biggest worry was getting a job and having enough money to fund my early months which I'm glad I have been able to cope with.

On the downside I have not been able to rent an apartment since arriving here in May 2022. Relying on long term air bnb bookings due to lack of credit history, low credit score (696) and the race factor. I am still building my credit score and positive that one of my rental applications will be accepted before the end of September. In addition IRCC is still yet to ship my PR card hence I am unable to travel out of Canada and return without the PR card. I have been calling IRCC just like candidates awaiting their PR and visa applications to be processed.

In all I believe my wins are more than my losses and I continue to push for more wins . Great things can indeed happen when we step out of our comfort zones. In addition I hope and pray that everyone out here will have their applications processed with a reasonable timeframe.

Thank you all and wish you a happy ITA and PPR

pls how can i get the canada number from nigeria

folla:
Hi Nixymax

You may get in touch with the POSSAP Support Team using their whatsApp: +234 903 444 5959.

The Support Team is very helpful and responsive.

Cheers.

God bless you.

AHHH saved me going back to Yaba. as i got a blank report the first time.

KemsyDA:
I hope this helps......

The last sentence on my PCC reads "This Certificate is issued to the holder for the purpose of Travelling to United States of America and it is valid for 3 months from the date of issuance." I believe I applied for travelling....

please can i get a PCC from Nigeria? i need one urgently

beautyuche:
Hi mama, Did you use same hospital for all the births?

Same Doctor
the same Hospital(Methodist) but different location.
the first born - a boy was at Arlington
while the triplets were at Mansfield cos the Doctor thought i would need NICU

tobounty:
For somebody that paid for Flexi Appointment and booked for next Thursday(3/08) but later got chance on Monday 31/07. Can the person go for biometric on Monday even when he's having Thursday reflecting on his bio page? I try amending it to Monday but seems it's not going back? Can I go to the TLS centre on Monday since I paid 44k for the Flexi appointment??

you should have paid for walk-in not flexi.

flexi has a date and not time; while walk-in does not have a date or time

luvhenry:
Hi..thanks for your response. Reason I really want to know about the balance on day 1 was just to avoid a situation where they feel I started building my account. Even though I have a sponsor. Does the pattern of transactions in the account matter if I eventually have up to 2.5m but being sponsored by someone

am not so sure what they are checking ooo.

my funds even came in a week to the day i printed

luvhenry:
Happy for you. Pls can you confirm if you had to submit a 6 months statement with a host. How much was.their on day 0 and how much was there on month 6. I'm trying to gauge the consistency of balance

Thank you.

Yes i submitted my 6month statement.Didnot look at day 0 for the last day it was almost 2M.

Datakey:
Good day house.. I just paid for my Visa.
Please what's the next thing to do?

You are meant get an appointment center, time and required services such as assisted document upload, priority service, flexi appointments etc

All the best

Visa alert 🚨

for training Applied 29th June
Biometrics on the 7th July
Transferred to DMC 7th (priority)
Got a mail from uk on the 10th (undergoing consideration)
Got 2 mails From VAC for collection on the 12th after 3pm.

Documents:
1) invitation letter from both the Host & my employer
2) my passport
3) POF & Assests
4) Family documents


Collected my visa on the 13th stamped in my passport. What GOD cannot do , does not exist.
Exactly 5 days I submitted.

Ran into my car to open the envelope. I give God alone the Glory

Ezinnescarlet4:
Just collected mine today
TLS Ikeja

congrats

thelma76:
Yes, I think I’d advise anyone to always make a digital copy of their visa pages once’s it’s granted, and the exit and entry stamps. I always do this and I can’t imagine a world where I can’t reference a visa I’ve gotten before because my passport is unavailable. Nah.

Thanks for this; I would also include the exist and entry stamps now

Sweetjam:
Ok thanks,I have a copy of the expired us visa but it has a cancelled without prejudice stamp on it.It was stamped when I tried to renew my visa .

Oh i copy them before renewal, maybe you can just download your US trvael history as adviced

beautyuche:
Hi, I just had a conversation with one of my manager who was denied her visa a second time two weeks ago. I told her something is definitely wrong somewhere. After I cross examined her I knew definitely why she was denied A SECOND time. A case similar to yours so let me help break this down so you don't have to go through what she is going through. for the records she has visited the USA more than 8 times before she had a child in the USA and after that she has been unable to renew her visa.

please Ma, can your help me review my case.

All my pregnancies(resulting to 4 children) were declared at VISA Pt and POE. i have been denied twice now

i need help

.

Sweetjam:
Good day everyone,I’m planning to apply for a uk tourist visa this month and a friend suggested that I apply for a Morocco sticker visa before applying for the uk visa cause it’s a virgin passport..I unfortunately lost my previous passports with several stamps of Dubai visa,an expired US visa which I used 3 times, expired South African visa .Will the uk visa officer see it as a desperate attempt to get the visa cause I don’t intend going to Morocco before I visit the Uk or should I apply for the Morocco visa n state it in my cover letter for uk that I will be going to Morocco after my holiday in the uk.
Note- I have limited funds.Pls advise

you can include the visa, not the passport, if you have copies of the visa

nonoonye:
When did you do your biometrics, mine was on June 13, haven't gotten a response yet.

Has anyone who did biometrics on from June 13th gotten a response?

27th June, 2023

Good Day House,

please i want to aks has anyone received feedback before 15working days, as i submitted standard visa and my training is the 15 working exact days

please what can i do?

i need advice, can i pay for priority after biometric submission?

[quote author=Stalon99 post=103798690]Date: 15/07/2021
Location: Abuja
Time: 8am
Status: Delayed

VO: Good morning sir
Me: Good morning

VO: I can see you are going to Bowie state University for your masters degree in computer science is that right?
Me: Yes, I'm actually going to continue my program, I did the Spring semester online.

VO: Ok this is your first time going to resume in-person?
Me: Yes

VO: where do you work
Me: I work as a web developer in xyz Company where we build and deploy tech solutions to business individuals and NGOs, we are basically into web development, mobile app development both android and IOS, software development.. ( VO cuts in)

VO: are you going to come and work with them after graduation
Me: I will come back and continue as a senior web developer.

Everything was going fine until the VO saw that my school is located in the same city where my sponsor lives��‍♂️��‍♂️��‍♂️
That has been the red flag in my profile but I ve been praying for miracle. I didn't have the information on time.

VO: Who is sponsoring you
Me: My brother Dr xyz will be sponsoring me. ( VO already saw his address in my DS-160 I guess)

VO: where does ur brother live
Me: I now knew I'm in trouble. He lives in xyz, He is a US citizen.

That was where she lost interest I guessed. She typed for about 15 seconds and denied me. No further question.
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Gurus in the house please what do I do now. Do I change school to another state? Pls I need advice[/


its in your record now, so you would need more proof that you are coming back

Bamdaniels:
Good morning guys,please I need clarification on this matter.My class start date on I-20 states August 30th meanwhile the appointment date I was able to schedule is August 31st.Is it okay I go for the interview with my previous I-20 or do I need to request another one or an extension letter would do?

Go for your interview with God. plan to travel immediately you get your passport back

The U.S. Embassy in Abuja has reduced public operations effective Friday, July 16 through next week as a security precaution. The U.S. Embassy has strongly encouraged U.S. staff to limit non-essential personal travel in the Federal Capital Territory and private U.S. citizens are advised to do the same.

Approvalll:
I applied at 12:30 am this morning

please how did you apply, i need help

please i need help, i dont have a date as i cant change my passport number to even pick a date for school in August.

i need help anyone

Emmyjnr1:
Lagos what's happening ooooo...no mail after weeks of applying for emergency...

please how did you apply?

Lethhhgooo:
Visa Approved

Fri, Jan 15. 8:00 am

Me: Good Morning

VO: Can I have your I-20 and passport, please?

Me: (Hands over required documents)

VO: Why are you going to the US

Me: To pursue a Masters degree in Information science at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock

VO: (Takes a look at my I-20). I see you have an assistantship, what will you be doing during your assistantship?

Me: I will be working as a Software Developer under the dept, on a social media analytics tool as part of a project called COSMOS

VO: Is the funding for a semester or the entire program?

Me: It's full funding that covers my tuition and offers monthly stipends to the tune of Bleep amount(Me trying to play safe as the assistantship offer is renewed every semester based on performance. It can actually be terminated, just like a regular job offer, cos that's what it is)

VO: (Nods head in unison)Why are you taking this course?

Me: I'm taking this course from a problem-solving perspective, from my years of experience working as a Product Manager, I have spotted a data problem in diverse sectors in Nigeria, finance, governance etc. I intend to use the skills and knowledge gained from this course to build a solution around this(I probably mentioned some examples like credit rating and insurance but let's keep it short)

VO: Are you married?

Me: No

VO: Have you traveled outside of Nigeria?

Me: No


VO: You don't have any problems, I will be approving your VISA. Take your(inaudible)


Summary: It seemed like a good day at the Embassy, I'm not particularly sure if people got approved or denied as I wasn't paying too much attention. But the VO seemed nice, and from the tone I was hearing over the speakers, they all sounded friendly enough to approve VISAs.

Thanks to everyone that shared their transcripts, God bless you.

please can I email you

Debbieeeeeee:
I’m even trying to find date to renew. I hope drop box returns

i cant wait for Dropbox to come back, i hope it is being considered. can someone tweet BIDEN abeg

Dont Cry For Me America!!!!

Went for interview today,

Vo: Reason for visit; Vacation
Vo: Location Please? Maryland, Hyatsville
Vo Asked if I'd traveled outside America i said only to African countries,
Vo: do i have a family in the USA, i said a distance Aunty, who i met at a wedding in August when i was on vacation
Vo: What does your husband do? Media Consultant
Vo: Kids? Yes 4
Vo: Any of them born in America? Yes ALL of them
Vo: Wow, i had triplets
Vo: please give me the bills payment, just flips for a min
Vo: Types for a very long time oooo

Unfortunately you dont qualify for a visa right now, more information on the pink letter.

i noticed Business visas were approved and people with awesome travel history out of the states.

Please add more lessons so i can learn,
I learnt
1. Travel to other countries
2. Dont have all your kids in America, i cant help this anymore cant have more kids

So i hope this is not Bye to DisneyLand, plan to spend some money there

Thank you all

OmoBendel24:
Something sweet, wow! Congratulations to them.... The US addie stuff was up sometime last year I believe, and almost exhaustively discussed. Those on missionary journeys that are advised to read up when they ask questions can actually have that/such as added knowledge if they did as advised instead of getting worked up. This VO was quite liberal with info if one should attempt to gauge, commendations to him.... A key question I may want to ask is, what was the low birthing bill, and maybe the facility used too?

please where can i read up?

curiouslearner:
Anyone used Delta airlines? Please what was your experience and how is the POE (Atlanta) . Hubby thinks a direct flight will be better cos of the long hours

i have it was awesome, as long as you didnot hide your intention. you would be fine

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hi All,

can we share vital information for IIBA CBAP Certification.

i am planning to write the exam in April, 2019.

do you need a reading partner?

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