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Seriously, this thing you just said crossed my mind o when Prof said he will slide in... I was like, cool, and they're both single... XOXO.

Chai!!! Canadian PPR Nairaland babies The story will be sweet.

"Mummy, daddy, how did you both meet?"

Prof: "It was in the aftermath of announcing our PPR on nairaland that fateful year that I decided to connect with your mother..."
...
Let me comman be going

swaga007:
Inaddition to the above statements Prof.... you guys are single, you may consider making the first move advantage to ifeoma in canada. That's going to be beautiful in our eyes , lool. 
I really appreciate you guys contributions , congrats and God bless you both. Cheers alot @ifeoma77 !

Topsmamen:
Oh ladymarshall

The venue is here nau. Oya send am I forgot to mention afterparty, please see @joo2018 for the celebration orgy he is organising

boco2126:
@Ladymarshall, no venue? Please let's not play this type of play on a Friday when people are already in the wind-down mode . The bolded is my order. Let me send my office/house address for delivery

I wonder o. What manner of national discrimination is this? Anyways its celebration mood. We pass. Congrats to lucky fast fingers who grabbed the code.

Topsmamen:
Awww. Good one bro. Ifeoma's PPR has brought freebies too.

Wait....what happens to those of us in the abroad using AT&T and Verizon?

I'm late to the party!!! But African time still dey

On the way to the office this morning, I got a message from my dear friend "Ifeoma has gotten PPR o", I said wawu but was too distracted to come here at that time.

Congratulations Ifeoma, our Express Entry MAMA!!!! Super happy for you. Goodness will follow you in Cannyland and always for all the goodness you have shown us on this thread. That our sister na real prophetess. Few days after her prophecy, golden mail!!! Ma @Adunee are you related to one of the V.Os. Please let me be your friend

Meanwhile, my caterer is on the way. Item 7 coming soon.

Appetizer: Puff puff and fried meat
Main course: jollof rice, turkey, amala, ewedu, eba, ofe nsala, pounded yam and egusi
Dessert: Asun, Nkwobi, abacha, grilled fish
Drinks: Soft drinks, beer, wine, vodka, palm wine

The parry has just begun. No need for IV. Just come. Celebration for all. Where that DJ dey sef?

For those of you who have naira, dollars and euros to spray on the celebrant, @Ifeoma77, Pm me.

This killed me!!! Chai!!

Ifeoma77:
They blew away in the aftermath of Thanos' snap?


In your place, I'd take my chances with Canada. Who knows, they might appreciate the honesty and approve you.

Finally!!! Happy for you

johnnybravo1990:
URGENT!

If I have all the money I need for POF in my dollar account, do I still need to get bank statement of my naira or salary account (no money in the naira/salary account).

And by the way, I have finally gotten my POF! Yippee!

There are cash salary certificates. Check these links

https://www.wisdomjobs.com/careeredge/cash-salary-certificate-format-2798

https://www.askmefast.com/Sub_cash_salary_certificate_i_give_salary_to_my_all_employees_in_cash_one_of_my_employee_wants_salary_certificate_i_know_about_format_of_salary_sl-qna8890792.html

Or draft the salary certificate in one of the formats.

You can also send me a pm, and I'll send the format of mine to you.

NameUserNo:
Hello, good day.

Please my ex employer is saying pay slip or salary certificate is only issued in places where salary was paid into a bank account. Meaning I have no other proof of payment unless the reference letter. What do I do?

"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours."
Mark 11:24 Sis has received on your behalf already. @Ifeoma77 please book your flight

Ifeoma77:
This prophecy is strong,
Amen and thank you in advance

Lmao!

joo2018:


The ways of IRCC are not the ways of applicants.

Congratulations Ma'am!!!! The dream has finally come true. All the best to you and your family.

@bolded I can relate. My spirit currently sits at the business class lobby, Toronto Airport. I am no longer whole. I patiently await my existential reunion

Claire18:
Its PPPPPPPPPPRRRRRR!!!!!!!
All Glory to God on High!!!!!
LONG POST ALERT!!!!
For those that can’t read long texts…..
Timeline
IELTS by BC -8777. 7th July 2018
ECA by WES - 4th Sept 2018
ITA - 4th Sept 2018
MED/PPC—18th Sept 2018
AOR-5th Oct 2018
BIL -2nd Nov 2018
Biometrics-5th Nov 2018
Expected PPR--- 5th Dec 2018
PPR---- 12th March 2019, dated 11th
Visa Office—Still unknown
Family of 2!!!!
155 days!!!


That was when I had the Canadian dream. If you caught me day dreaming, I was somewhere in Vancouver, or Toronto …In fact I created a note book which I called “my Canada book”. I took notes and dreamed big.
All Glory to God, who has been faithful to us….
Every Case is Different. Do the right thing and avoid shortcuts.
See you in Canada before the Winter!!!!

Bolded parts...to encourage the 440+ candidates disappointed with the previous 2 draws of 450+. Scores will drop once the top scorers have left the pool. Keep the hope alive

JesusBabyyy:
MY PPR STORY

First of all I am so grateful to the Almighty God! It was not an easy one.. I am not a woman of many words but I’l like to give back to the thread by sharing my journey.

By the time WES report came on Nov 16th, 2017, I had missed the draw of November 15th, 2017 with cut off 439 …... My crs was 441 and the draws never came down to 441 till April 25th, 2018 ….I remember how disappointed I was whenever there was a draw but I was hopeful and it finally came down in April. Infact, I celebrated as if I received PPR on that day cos it took almost 5months waiting for ITA.

I have sir

dasizzling:
wow! congrats Prof. Favor in your new home! This was quite a read you should get 11/10 but I know bad belle people plenty for here . @ladymarshall, I hope you have started your graduate trainee with prof already, and it was just yday you were offering your help o

Lmao!

Josefuadjr:
Congratulations Prof Snape. May Canada favour you.
You finish work for this your tori, I rate you 7.5/10 as you were not using contracted forms like can't and won't as an informal story and you didn't tell us the colour of your shirt when you got the PPR mail.

Wow!!!! So happy for you Prof. Congrats!!! Congrats!!! Thanks for your very detailed story. I wish you success in Canada and your other endeavours.

Actually, you deserve 9.9/10 but you used Roman numerals instead of Latin numerals. Your exclamation sign was too much, you should have used dots instead. Also you did not provide proper referencing and documentation to support your story. So I will score you 8.99/10. If you want remark, provide ADRs. EOR is free

raphrulz:
Guysssss!!!!


THE EAGLE HAS LANDED!!!!!


ISSA GOLDEN MAIL THINGS!!!

Here is my “brief story”… read at your own risk:


PS: Please, rate your Prof well oooooooo!!!

Congratulations!!! All the best in your new country

JesusBabyyy:
MY PPR STORY

First of all I am so grateful to the Almighty God! It was not an easy one.. I am not a woman of many words but I’l like to give back to the thread by sharing my journey.

PRE EXPRESS ENTRY
I heard about express entry from a colleague at work sometime in 2016, she told me how her brother and his wife migrated through the EE route to Canada, this immediately piqued my interest.
I discussed with my sister who lives in the US about Express Entry and she encouraged me to do some research on it, na so I enter google o! lol. While doing my findings I came across this awesome thread and started reading from part 1. The wealth of information I got made me more and more interested in EE. I had wanted to start the process then but one thing held me back— (My then Boyfriend, Now Hubby) Anyways, I was not ready to embark on the journey on my own and I wasn’t sure I could survive staying so far away from my man. So I hinted him about EE and he was really supportive of the idea but said he was not ready to leave the country yet! HMM.. he encouraged me to start the process, but I knew I didn’t want to go alone.. so I stalled and didn’t do anything about EE; giving oga time to rethink his decision. Meanwhile, I kept on following the thread and seeing more and more people get PPR got me more determined to do this.
Fast forward to 2017… I decided to start the process with the mindset that “what will be, will be”
TIMELINE:
IELTS – 10/11/17
ECA - 16/11/17
AOR- 22/6/18
MEP- 6/7/18
IP2 -- late July
Got married in August
ADR to add spouse-- 15/8/18
Submitted spouse docs -- 13/9/18
spouse UCI -- 14/9/18
1st Ghost Update - 26/10/18
ADR 2--- 10/1/19
2nd Ghost Update -- 7/3/19
PPR -- 8/3/19

ECA—I chose WES to do my ECA and it took forever for me to get my transcript from IMSU.. my cousin who stays in owerri had to go back and forth my uni before they sent to WES. (God bless her for me), it took about 3months in total to complete the process. Eca Report was ready on November 16, 2017

IELTS – while ECA was on-going, I registered and started preparing for ielts.. I concentrated more on writing and listening (especially map), materials I used were Ielts Liz, ielts mini and ielts advantage. Also watched a lot of youtube videos. IELTS result came out on November 10, 2017 -- LRWS –8.5,8,7.5,7.5

By the time WES report came on Nov 16th, 2017, I had missed the draw of November 15th, 2017 with cut off 439 …... My crs was 441 and the draws never came down to 441 till April 25th, 2018 ….I remember how disappointed I was whenever there was a draw but I was hopeful and it finally came down in April. Infact, I celebrated as if I received PPR on that day cos it took almost 5months waiting for ITA.

PCC – I did my PCC for 5k at alagbon with Inspector Moshood.

MEDICALS – I did my medicals at children’s practice, it was a horrible experience as the place was very rowdy with only 1 person attending to all the people there that day. I regretted using them and when it was time for hubby to do his, We chose Q-Life for him, he had a better experience than I did.

WORK REFERENCE - This was easy to get as my HR didn’t have any issues giving me a letter in CIC format.

POF – 70% of Pof was in fixed deposit with 30% balance as gift deed from my Dad, so I submitted investment letter from bank, Bank letter in CIC format, notarized gift deed, statement of account and 6months payslips.

After submitting my Application then the wait began, constant checking of my profile and hoping I’d have a speedy timeline, little did I know I was in for a long wait.
Anyways, My babe and I got married in August, I notified CIC the next week, no response from them, I had to send them reminders and raised CSEs till they finally responded giving us 30days to submit a list of forms, marriage cert, pcc,proof of relationship pics, questionnaires etc.
We put all the documents together as quickly as we could, provided lots of old pictures from when we started dating to trips we had taken together with family and friends to show our marriage wasn’t arrangee (babe and I have been together for 7years hence we had lots of proof. We submitted in September and then MORE silence.

On 10th the of October 2018, We ordered GCMS notes, we got a ghost update on the 26th of October and I started getting excited thinking PPR was close, for where! People were getting PPR left, right and center but it didn’t come near us o, hmm .. GCMS notes refused to come and we were in the dark not knowing what was going on with our application, then in November we decided to call CIC, it was hard getting to speak with any agent, we kept trying until it went through and I was given the shocker I had been dreading….. Our file was transferred to ACCRA VO and they didn’t have access to our file.. I was so sad after that call, knowing how Accra can be slow, I was moody for daysss guys, It was that bad, Hubby was quite confident that all was well.
By December we had completed 6months, hmm na so I begin bombard them with mails and CSEs, all we got were generic replies! It was so frustrating, all this while GCMS we ordered since October hadn’t arrived, followed up with GCMSbuddy and they kept responding that our notes had been marked as priority blablabla.. I was so upset at this time cos we couldn’t make any proper plans and everything was on hold.

January 10th I got a mail to check my account and it was ADR for spouse PCC and updated Schedule forms for both of us, I was happy, at least someone had picked up our file. Dear hubbs had to go to alagbon to re-do his PCC as the one we submitted earlier in September had exceeded 3months, we didn’t want to take chances.. we submitted ADR on the 13th of January and then silence again. Finally our GCMS notes came on the 25th of January since October.. I was sha relieved everything looked good.

Also in January, while waiting for PPR to come I decided to change my passport from maiden to my marital name so that my PR card won’t have different surname from hubby’s (personal decision tho), so I did passport change of name at Ikoyi for 45k, sent new passport to ACCRA with affidavit for change of name and they updated my profile to my marital name .

Lots of delayed June applications started getting cleared in February and when the thing nor reach me, I followed up with mails and CSEs again oo yet nothing, So I sent ACCRA a short emotional mail on the 6th of march, finally got visited by another ghost update on the 7th!! I was so sure PPR was around the corner and then Finally on the 8th of march, by 5:24pm I got an email to check my account.. I hurriedly Logged on and there it was sitting pretty!! The Golden mail!! I was ecstatic!
It Ended in Praise!!! Special thanks to the Almighty God for making my dream a reality!

Thank You to all you amazing people who take out your time to keep the thread alive! Thanks to the 2 amazing ladies who always responded to my mails @Glitteringstar and @Newmum0625 God bless You Guys!!

Passports were submitted today 11/3/19 at VFS.
I wish everyone waiting at any stage of your application a speedy timeline in Jesus name! Amen!

True

Dekembabe:
This page has been PR-dry for a couple of days sha. been refreshing severally for Pr news ☹️

I think it is a good idea to put in a couple of them so the examiner see that you know it. There are bigger issues to worry about though. Tone for instance, when you write a sentence like "I have really missed you and our chitchat", that is very informal even without the contractions. Another is issue-relevant vocabulary. The kind of language you use in describing your new house or new town is different from that of a movie or an insurance issue or flight issue etc

See this page

https://www.ieltsadvantage.com/2015/06/08/how-to-write-an-informal-ielts-letter/

If I were you, I would worry more about losing marks in Task 2 because it is about (or more than) 60% of your writing score. Remember the 80/20 principle. Task 2 is always formal and sometimes task 1 can be formal, semi-formal or informal. There are greater chances of you writing formal than informal in IELTS writing.

jerich:
nice essay. please house, will one loose marks or get a low score if one does not use contractions like i'm , I've etc.For informal essay like the Above ?

@Toyinana Ma'am no need for sos, lol, I am seeing your messages and replied. Send me the essays when ready. I struggled with pm thingy too

And at @Zutlin own too. Maybe he is still busy cutting the script.

Meanwhile, I can be your assistant marker until we mark your own

raphrulz:
But what's happening ooo...

This is PPR drought mhen!

I hope we get the PPR rain from tomorrow to Friday oooo.

@JesusBabyyy..... we still await your PPR script oooo

Bless**

Terrible news indeed! So sad!!! Condolences to their families!

Replied ma'am

toyinana:
Ma'am I tried sending you mails from this forum but am sorry that am really not technology compliant except for regular mails & WhatsApp. I just want to k ow if you got those regular silly messages by me. Am sorry if its annoying though, it's not intentional just finding my way around it.

Thanks

Thank you ma'am. Time is my enemy, due to work and research, so I cannot do much. But I can critic one essay (preferably task 2). You can send a pm.

toyinana:
Kudos madam, please would you be willing to help critic my essays. If yes please do help me with your email address.

Wasseynewest is doing a tremendous job but he is busy with other things so might not have extra time for my personal essays except for the group assignments.

Thank you for a positive anticipated response ��

Oh I see. But in that IRCC letter posted by that person, they also requested for account statements in addition to payslips.

19CannyMum:
IRCC only requests for reference letter and payslips (if available). This ranks payslips higher than all other forms of proof and makes them relevant for everyone regardless of how you received your salary.

I think it won't be an issue for you. Account statements are the best as POP. Payslips and salary certificates are alternatives for people who were paid in cash for the period of employment, in addition to LOE, since they cannot manufacture bank statements.

I think that person did not provide any proof of payment at all, only reference letters, hence the request.

angelnenye:
I served in a state ministry which I'm using as work experience. I only submitted the ref letter in cic format and account statement showing salary payment. I wasn't given any payslip. Hope this won't be an issue cos I'm seeing some payslip request from applicants by cic

The responsibility for tax deduction as a full employee lies with your employer, not you. You would not be penalised if your employer does not make the necessary deductions. The issue with taxes in this process occurs mostly with self-employed individuals or freelancers who are required to file taxes themselves with the tax office. At least that is how their system works here (which the VO might bear in mind).

Also the issues I have seen with respect to taxes are those of inlanders because IRCC have access to their tax information, on request. They do not have the legal right to request yours as a foreigner to begin to investigate.

You do not need to worry. But if it will give you peace of mind, you can write an LOE (although it is not necessary in my opinion. Explaining this makes you look guilty and makes them focus attention on something they might not even have thought of).

nelronaldo:
Hello house.
My ex employer gave me pay slips for an employment that I was paid cash. However, there is no deduction on the pay slip as my ex employer didn't deduct anything from my earnings (not even tax). I recall him telling a tax official that I was an intern then, so they didn't bother about my tax payment.

I just want to be sure this won't count against me if IRCC asks for pay slips

Don't be upset. Corrections make you better and more aware of your flaws. Better that you know now than after exams.

Chai! Oga, na work you wan giv me o Ok sure. Do it and send privately. Send me task 2. If you ace them, task 1 is a walkover.

jjohndoe83:
Do you mind helping out with reviews? Your review blew me out of the water and I'm so upset right now, I almost can't sleep. I'm writing in exactly four weeks.

I might not be able to put the essays here, I'm writing on paper. I could take clear photos and send privately for reviews. Can this work? I can start from Wednesday after I must have revised my methods and done some more practice, that way you get a more refined draft. Thanks in advance.

Lmao!!!!!! Very funny

Topsmamen:
All hail @ladymarshall, the English Marshal.

Wow! Big Congrats! Your perseverance paid off!!!

Ask your employer to issue you a salary certificate. Also ensure your reference letter in CIC format clearly states that you were paid in cash.

NameUserNo:
I just want to thank everyone who encouraged me after my emotional outburst last year, in part 6, about being frustrated after writing ielts unsuccessfully and was stuck in 6.5 writing after six times in nine months. I was encouraged to give it a break, practice well and take the exam again, which I did (someone even volunteered to contribute to my registration fee). Thankfully, I passed this time around! L:8.5, R:8.5, S:8.0 W:7.0.

I am so grateful to this wonderful family, it wouldn't have been possible without you guys!


That said, please I want to ask, how can someone claim points for an employment he was paid cash? I worked in a small company where I was paid cash. The employer didn't issue any pay slip and I don't have any proof on my end other than my employment letter. How do I go about it? Because this job is crucial to my eligibility in terms of continuous work experience.

Once again, thanks every one!

Thought I was the only one who noticed

Amandacanny:
Guy calm down nah, and why did u change to "nobody "I hope you are not planning to go incognito as soon as ur "thing" drops

In addition to previous advice, see further corrections below:

Beware of contractions (I'm, you're etc). You over-used them. Try not to get used to them. I understand they are ok for informal letters, but many times, it is not easy to make the conscious switch from contractions to writing them in full when you have to write formal. Stick to non-contracted verb forms and it will work well for you in both formal and informal. The way you used them here would give the impression that you do not know how to use verbs in non-contracted forms.

How is the new job? (remove "coming along" )

"Platform" is incorrect here, I think you mean "location" (maybe "branch" could also work)

Write MOD/IDP in full. If you are to use abbreviations, the first mention of it should be written in full. Subsequent mentions can be abbreviated.

Good points for using "feverishly" appropriately. Continue in that manner. Do not keep it simple. Use big grammar, but use it well. Show the examiner that you can write comfortably using uncommon words.

"writing", W should not be in caps (or "Writing Module", so we know you are referring to a proper noun)

Your 3rd sentence, paragraph 2 is great. That is complex sentence (mixed with a question). Please write more sentences like this one.

I am assuming you meant "halt" not "hilt", but remove "to a halt", it sounds colloquial, just write "you're busy"

Technically, "targeting" is correct. But it just does not sound nice when it is written. It sounds better when speaking (Mind you, you must be careful not to write exactly how you speak, some words/sentences sound great when you speak but less desirable when you write them). Maybe it is just me overthinking it. Personally, I would write "I strongly desire a 7.5 score"

paper-based (with an hypen)

handwritten (in one word)/hand-written (Be careful of words like this)

"it's", not "its" (the apostrophe makes all the difference in both words, again, avoid contractions if you can)

I think what you mean is "electronic devices", as against pen and paper. Keep in mind equal comparisons/weightings in comparative sentences.

Avoid simple sentences as much as you can. The last bolded parts could be rewritten as "I hope you understand but I would make my handwriting as legible as possible, although it would take a great deal of effort on my part. I am really counting on you to assist me because this exam is a make or break test for me, especially since passing it would make my dreams of migrating to Canada come through." (flesh up your sentences so you can make them complex)

Your last sentence has a weird construction and is not good. You can rewrite it as "I woud like to send you my practice tests on Whatsapp, however, if you consider it too personal or inconvenient, I can send it via email or other messaging platforms suggested by you" (Note I ended the sentence with a passive noun clause). Combining different types of sentences proves to the reader that you have a good grasp of the language. Using transitional words transforms your sentences from basic to complex which would score you points.

This link has a great repertoire of transitional words which I still consult when I write in my job http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/trans1.html

"Thanks a bunch" is too colloquial even for spoken English. Just write "Thanks in advance" or "Thanks very much" or "Thank you".

Also, do not take punctuations for granted. There should be a comma in front of "Dear friend" and "Best wishes".

I got an 8 in writing, so this advice is not the best you can get. Perhaps there are those who got 8.5/9 in writing that can give superior advice. Also, when practicing, target scoring 9 in all the modules and practice hard for those scores (lol, I used the word "target" ). Usually, we tend to score lower than what our targeted scores. If you practice hard for a 9, you might end up getting an 8.5 or 8 in writing. In addition, please spend more time, thought and mental energy practicing task 2 and write impeccably even during your practice tests.

jjohndoe83:
Dear Friend

I trust that you're keeping well. How's the new job coming along ? I hear you've been posted to the offshore platform of your company just off the coast of Alberta? Good luck on that one.

I'm challenging the IELTS exam on 6th April 2019. I registered with MOD/IDP in Lagos and I've been practicing feverishly for about a month. I'm currently preparing for my W riting module and even though I know you're busy to a hilt , would you be kind enough to review my essays for me? I'll really appreciate it. I'm targeting a 7.5 score and I need all the help I can get.

Note though that I'm writing the paper based test, so I'll have to send you photographs of my hand written essays and letters. I know its a little clumsy but I'm trying to practice under exam conditions and I'm not really used to writing with a pen because I type mostly on a computer device. I hope you understand. I'll make my handwriting as legible as possible.

I'm really counting on you for this one. It's a make or break test for me. If you don't want to get personal like on WhatsApp, we can talk via email or any other way you suggest. Thanks a bunch.


Best wishes
Jjohndoe83.

Don't cut out anything. Some of us live on the PPR stories on this thread. Who no like anonymous amebo

Zutlin:
Yes o! My journey has been a long and challenging one. I was determined not to give up. In my head, I'm still trying to cut out certain parts of my PPR write-up so I don't give the longest PPR story ever told.