₦airaland Forum

I am so so happy for you. It was worth it!!!

Now you can breathe! It was a pleasure to be of assistance and great that you used a multi method approach.

Congratulations!!!!

All the best to you in the rest of the process.

Laurelgem:
Here's my IELTS story.

I wrote my 1st IELTS on Jan 19, LRWS - 8,7.5,6.5,7.
Then @wasseynewest gave me Liz's paid videos and tutored me. After listening to them, I wrote again, 2nd attempt- Feb 14 and made LRWS- 7.5, 8, 7, 7.5 (unfortunately, I had too many map questions that resulted in my Listening score dropping).

I immediately registered for another exam. 3rd attempt -Mar 23, made 8.5, 7, 6.5, 7.5. I was devastated and wondered what I did wrong.

Then I started asking for help on Nairaland and found @ladymarshall. She agreed to review my essays despite her busy schedule. She reviewed my essays and made so many corrections after which she confirmed that I was good to go.

But determined to leave no stone unturned, I found a link here to join @fidelism writing class. I immediately joined using the link. I followed diligently despite my tight schedule. He reviewed my essays in bits, line by line, paragraph by paragraph according to essay types. Breaking it down from introduction to conclusion. He even called me occasionally, to explain the parts I was not getting right. Making sure I got it.

During my exam, I made sure I got my paragraph structure right like my Tutors taught me, then I paid attention to my grammar and linking words. The writing material he shared on the group was also a huge help.

For the other modules, I practiced a lot even though I had practiced all the Cambridge materials during previous tests, I used ieltsonline tests.

I even prayed the St Joseph of Cupertino novena.
Above all God showed up for me, my IELTS journey which I started since Jan 2019 ends here. I maxed out, fam!

LRWS - 9,9, 7.5,7.5.


@wasseynewest ,@ladymarshall, @Fidelism.

Mucho Gracias(hope I got that right)

Congrats!!! All the best to you in the process

Gnomic5:
Good morning everyone, i just got my ielts result (first attempt) may 23
LRWS 87.577.5

This feels like getting ready for PPR. ......I am a silent reader here.....the journey wassnt smooth but God came through. .....I had had stories of people not passing in thier first attempt and knowing how I had phobia for falling exams, I became very scared ......I booked my exams April thanks to my brother because I didn't even have 1 naira. ....he gave me the condition that if I pass he wouldn't collect his money back (jokinly).......imagine being a lecturer where you set very hard questions for students and here I am in the position of my students....

Sorry to hear BC https://www.britishcouncil.de/en/exam/ielts/results

IDP https://idpielts.me/results/request-a-re-mark/

Elcid1:
My ielts came in today L 8 R7.5 S 7 w 6.5 how can i request fot remark. Not happy

It just occured to me, LadyStencil. But the imagery of a man was still stuck in my head. My apologies

Topsmamen:
For more info, please see this and this. Lmao!

cc @pascal2016

akintunde63:
I'm sorry about ur frustration. ICES does not need WAEC & U can pay with your debit card, not necessarily credit card as stated on their website. u can use GTB naira master card. I'm 100% sure

*edited*

Tell me what o?

Na. She's right. You're a workaholic, I'm chill

Topsmamen:
@Stencil, should we tell @ladymarshall about the bolded? Or we just let it go?

Workaholic? Who? How? When? For what? Biko, I am the definition of chill.

None yet. Please start one and add me who knows whether I will get my PPR with you people after all my AOR mates have left me and go. CIC and their zigzag ways

Scandinavian02:
Abeg, Any June AOR WhatsApp group in the house? Add me Abi we should begin one?

Your dictionary is 1800 edition

johnnybravo1990:
Anuptaphobic—why can’t I find it in my dictionary? Where did this word come from?

olabellruk:
For wia.

Na we be ancestor o. And we no talk so. If u know' u know

Lmao! You better don't try that I will mark yours as PPR gift. Your marking will be special

Richness1104:
Really?? That means I don’t have to worry anymore on how to write my PPR

Are you a lawyer? If not, why would you ever in your wildest dreams use IQAS? If yes, will your CRS score still be high if your law degree was evaluated below professional? Then use WES or ICES. ICES takes longer than WES tho.

Note: If the official website is saying something different from what we tell you here, please believe the OFFICIAL website. That is the most AUTHORITATIVE source. We give advice here based on their official information. He cannot explain more because he doesn't work with ICES. Trust the website more please. Also trust your guts, if you feel CES Toronto is better for you after reading the application process on their website, then use it.

Read the ECA section of page 1 to make up your mind on which ECA body to use under FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, the third point, https://www.nairaland.com/5187408/canadian-express-entry-federal-skilled#78386492

Pascal2016:
Pls you mean ICES is this good, please I need your help. You can't imagine what happened to me. I sent my application since December 2018, till now I have not got my verification from IQAS, I have been calling and sending mails to them and they keep telling me that they are still handling December Application that I should be patient. I got to know from one Canadian discussion forum that those whose submitted January have started receiving AOR and I called to ask them, guess what they told me? They said my transcript got to them but it was not in a sealed envelope so they rejected it. Can you imagine after waiting for six months and they told me this story without even informing me, gossh! If I send another transcript to IQAS now, that should be another six months which will be December. My CRS is over 470, its only this ECA that is holding me.

I was trying to use CES (Toronto) but changed my mind after seeing your post because when I went through ICES site they were saying something else. Pls can you explain more because their site is saying WAEC is needed and payment is strictly by credit card and its about 14weeks or so.

Pls help me I want to cancel my application in IQAS, as I need to entered the pool ASAP.
Thank you so much in anticipation bro.

PPR is already here. Starting writing your script.

Thanks for offering to help. House take note.

Torkwase1:
Good evening house. Been away for a looooong time after getting AOR, December 11. Waiting for updates was tortuous, and following Nairaland appeared to be a bigger torment for my impatient mind. I decided to switch off everything concerning Canada and face my work.
Anyway, I still havent received PPR, but somehow my mind is at ease now.
Please contact me if you need any help with your IELTS, especially in writing and speaking. Let me be useful to the house!

They don't

mobenjackson:
@Scandinavian02 ... Pls do you have any idea about how ICES evaluates HND/ND? Do they evaluate as 2 or more certificates?

When did you do this evaluation? Last year?

Currently ICES takes 14 weeks normal processing which starts counting from when they recieve it, not when you apply and for applicants from Africa, it might take longer. https://www.bcit.ca/ices/processingtime.shtml

WES is still the fastest 35 days after receipt and verification https://www.wes.org/ca/evaluations-and-fees/eca/

ICES is more favorable without SSCE but the wait is longer than WES

Scandinavian02:
Why are you using WES to evaluate your Unilag M.Sc? I used ICES and the whole process was softcopy. No request for SSCE and completed the whole process in 9weeks.

Your question has been repeatedly asked in previous pages. Read about it here https://www.nairaland.com/search?q=maiden+name+express+entry&search=Search

Mamabigboy:
Good evening all. I trust we are doing fine.
My hubby and I got married traditionally 5years ago, and we are also planing to legalise the union at a registry next month. We are expecting our eca and about to sit for ielts. My questions go thus:
As I still bear my maiden name as at the time of wes and ielts, will this not affect the whole process?
At what point will my change of name doc be required?
Thank you.

WES accepts Statement of Result

Bonab:
Good Day house, please i need your counsel, i just applied for ECA evaluation and i'm asked to send a copy of my masters certificate but presently i don't have that because i recently completed my masters program in unilag, is there something i can substitute for this wes requirement, and if you finished from unilag please how did you go about requesting for your transcript with the wes request form?

It depends on her CRS score. ECA is for EE. If evaluating IDPM with HND will give her 2 or more certificates and boost her CRS score, why not? (I don't know IDPM and if WES evaluates that favorably).

Evaluating your certificate (if your profession demands) for work in Canada is a different matter that we don't discuss in this thread. Ask in the sister thread https://www.nairaland.com/4933819/living-canada-life-canadian-immigrant.

samspella:
My wife had IDPM certificate just two weeks after getting her HND assessed by WES, does she need to do ECA of the IDPM or she will be allowed to use to work in Canada?

Thank you

The letter does not say liquidation won't be easy, erosion of principal is the issue which might put doubts in the VO's mind of your POF being up to CIC amount. If you read the previous pages in this part, we have discussed this and its resolved. Some VOs would not mind, if your VO considers this a problem, you will get an ADR to prove access to funds. Then you liquidate immediately, and provide your latest bank statement with an LOE that you decided to liquidate instead.

omidan21:
Hello house.who has recently used GTB treasury bills and gotten PPR. This their supposed clause in the last paragraph daunts me. This letter is implying that the funds may not be easily liquidated. Please who has better insight or experience with GTB treasury.i know there ve been success stories wjth it last year. But what of recently

Pm me

bling01:
Please guys i need to join the May AOR WhatsApp group if any. Kindly assist

It won't, it's a personal choice. No problems. But if after AOR, you decide to change back to accompanying perhaps due to change of mind or circumstances, your scores would be recalculated, if it is lower than your CRS draw score where you got ITA, your application would not be accepted and no refund.

osaretoma:
Hello everyone. Please I need to know if I will get ITA for choosing the option of my partner not accompanying me to CA. Will it affect d whole process.
NB: not divorced or separated. Thanks

No. Only WES evaluates professional certs like BCS, CIMA, ACCA as two or more

Uzorm:
Please, does ICES evaluate BCS certification as two or more certificates?

WES

Scandinavian02:
I really don't know if ICES also evaluates OND and HND as two or more certificates but I know there is an evaluating body here that does it.

Seniors please assist with the body tha evaluates HND & OND as two or more certs.

Thanks

*Edited*
Lmao! Did you just talk about Stencil with the pencil rhyme? Don't do her like that. She's one of our celebs here o

Yeah Topsmamen is a workaholic, but not me, I am so chilled.

Aww!!! Love your post and love that you adequately researched to keep up. Don't worry, trust in God to provide and bless your efforts. Take each step gradually and you'll come here to testify. All the best

Jaybye:
Hello to everyone in the house. I've been a silent reader all the while just because I had to scroll through all the threads from Part 1 to the current thread. This is to avoid asking questions you gurus have taken time to address in the past.

I really appreciate you all. I heard about this CAN PR thing last year. I simulated my score at the time and it wasn't encouraging. And after I checked how much the POF for a family of four would be, coupled with the facts that age was really no more on my side and more so, I was yet to know of the existence of a goldmine in these threads, I gave up (that last year)!

Not quite long, my interest was rekindled by a friend (and his wife of course) who got PPR and advised I give it a serious try. I have been researching (on here) ever since. Eventhough I still think of/worry about the huge money involved now but have rather concluded I'll have to bid my time and take things a step after the other in this long, tasking and draining journey.

Thanks to the men and women in here who, out of their kind hearts/benevolence, have continually shown others the way forward. Quite a few monikers have stuck to memory in the course of my reading; Zandora, 40manlappy, Newmum, Joo, Cochtrane, Nobody, Ifeoma77, Stencil (always sounding like pencil), Workaholics Ladymarshall and Topsmamen, and so on... And yes, there's this moniker too, he helps in putting others through IELTS Writing (How on earth did I forget that 'name'?). Once corrected someone who was revelling on how he finally made IELTS (writing had been his weak point until after two attempts or so) but failed to acknowledge his (the trainer) input.

Lol you can't have all three

kiari:
Funny enough i have all 3 phobias

I learnt from the best mama

Ifeoma77:
I've missed you more I swear!
I'm reading, trying to catch up, I see the work you're doing, laying the truth on them like jam on bread,
Marking scripts like prof Umbridge

Lmao! You became skinny while waiting. For some of us skinny by default, we will turn to bones and skeletons then while waiting

Congratulations!!! Happy for you. You'll be our first ghost reader btw, the others are silent but in flesh

Journey mercies for your trip and all the best in Canada.

Whiteshirtsonly:
Hi all.. It's my turn to say � IT'S PPR
Promised my self I'd share my journey through the process.

[b]Time line:
SILENCE / WORRY (I became skinny)

As a ghost reader, y'all are great. When it's said to have patience and be prayerful, that's all that's needed through this process... Guidance and direction will surely come.

Received a mail that my profile had been updated, so my heart was doing #gbasgbos as I hurriedly logged in, thinking it might be another ADR.
I pinched myself several times to see I wasn't dream (a week before that I dreamed I received my PPR in a box, but somehow I knew I was dreaming, but that gave me hope when I woke up). Called my bro to read the letter... in case I was seeing double lol THE HAPPINESS WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD. Thanked God for his faithfulness, guidance and direction. I'm not very spiritual, but this PR success has changed me
I called family and friends to tell them the good news.

In other slightly unrelated news... God is the greatest, but satan been on his sh!t.... My phone fell and screen shattered, it also wouldn't stay on. Went to Saka Tinubu thinking "fix the screen and nudge the battery into place".. We know what happens with those boys, instead of spending 10k, I'm spending 30k lol I was calm... You won't see me to exploit soon. A good reminder why I decided to JUMP SHIP.

Page 1 will answer your ECA questions

You can use your work experience but will have to provide LOE to explain the irregular payments in the "family affair"

Omotola222:
Hello house, please I would like to seek advise from the house. I have my BSc (Edu) and presently doing my Masters in Unilag but will be through toward the end of this year but God grace. Would like to know if I can start the application without my masters certificate at hand or wait till am through or just go ahead and use my BSc certificate alone to apply... please would appreciate very bit of advise...

Note: presently am not working and my previous job I had aside from the NYSC work experience was about 2years but salary was not paid frequently into my account because it’s a family affair. Please advise on how to go about this is also needed. Thanks in advance

My pleasure Our sister thread is a great resource https://www.nairaland.com/4933819/living-canada-life-canadian-immigrant#74340339

The planning for Canada session post MEP/BIL also open your eyes to these resources.

Also each province have targeted resources for newcomers too. When you make up your mind on the province, check out what they have to offer. These programs are alternative to jobs to get Canadian experience. Many have been lucky to get good jobs pre-arrival or within first 3 months of their arrival. Core job search sites like indeed, monster etc should be your first resort, these programs intermediate and survival jobs you very last resort when POF is almost crying.

Volunteering will be a more tailored search. Just do a google search typing your career field or associations/companies in your field. Co-ops are also a form of structured volunteering. In fact there are organisations that specifically have a section on their website for newcomer professionals seeking Canadian experience, some pay a stipend, others don't pay.

Phaytie:
Thank you very much for taking out time to give this detailed response. Its really enlightening.

Permit me to ask please,...how can one find/ join these co-op programs, mentorship network, internships you mentioned?
How do we get these links to volunteer in career fields, so as to build the Canadian experience, as you mentioned?

It depends. If he wants to go through the self-employed route as a co-owner, he will have to get recommendations from clients, not just tax proof. Since the company has not been awarded any contracts, getting clients recommendations could be a challenge.

I think its better he uses the employed route since he gets a salary. His supervisor will write the letter for him. It is only reasonable to expect that the other director supervise his work before paying him his money.

Does the letterhead show that he is a co-owner? if yes, he has to declare co-ownership as a director. If no, let him use his managerial portfolio only.

Queencyco:
Good evening seniors,
Please I have a question that needs urgent attention.

If one jointly owns a company that was registered in 2015. That is the person is one of the directors.
The said company has been pursuing government contracts but has not been awarded any.
Money has not passed through the official company account but this fellow has been working hard to make this happen.

The company has been paying tax.

The other director has been paying him some money for the hard work.

Can he use such a job to claim points for work experience if his job description fall under the right noc code?

If yes, who will sign this reference letter?
Is he supposed to declare that he is a director in the company doubling as a manager?

No you not need to. What matters is that your names are spelt correctly

BYACHEM:
Thank you for your feedback. It’s not actually for proof of siblings. But for consistency of my profile, should I just get an affidavit, since every other documents carries three names and it’s the only one with two name?

as per my specialty

Stencil:
!!! You were the first person I thought of when I saw this post! I was so hoping you would reply. Now I have something to read on my lunch break lol.

Lmao! Haven't you heard the latest decision by the ancestors of this thread. They said PPR graders would not have their scripts graded by anyone anymore. They get a free pass

olabellruk:
Hmmm..

Wehdone ma. All dese big big grammar. U did justice to the topic.

I wonder who will mark your PPR script when it comes. Na combination of markers o