Hello DrAngie, Congratulations on the success of your application! How long did the issuance of your PPR Visa take - from passport submission to retrieval? Many thanks Abdul DrAngie:
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It’s PPR!!!
Very silent reader of this Canada Express Entry forum. My first ever post here was just a few days before I received the Ready for Visa mail.
I’ve always had it in mind to leave Nigeria one day for the abroad. While I was still in university, I had researched migration to various countries including Australia and Canada, however I preferred Canada, Australia to me is just too far. Lol
Fast forward to meeting my husband who also had the same notion of moving out of the country to Canada. We explored the education route but it didn’t seem to play out. In fact I got discouraged when one of my close friends was denied a student visa even after getting admission. Seemed to me that the process was quite tricky and had more risks of refusal than express entry.
Did a thorough research about express entry on CIC , Nairaland and Canadavisa websites.
Decided to give the IELTS an attempt in Jan 2017, L7.5, R9, W7, S7
Got our medical degrees source verified by MCC. Experienced some months of delay with mine because my school didn’t respond to MCC on time. There was one non academic strike during that period. I had to go there several times and ‘greased’ some hands before it was finally rectified! Got ECA report in July, 2018.
Created an account on CIC in September 2018, CRS was just 414, dropped by 5 points to 409 after my birthday that same month.
Attempted the IELTS for the second time in October 2018, L8.5, R8.5, W6, S7.5 (After reading some people’s posts online about remarking some modules, I was encouraged to apply for EOR, W6.5. Unfortunately this was not enough to improve my CRS score, however I was happy I got my 15k back. Lol.)
Waited in the pool for sometime, hoping I’d get ITA or EOI from Ontario, but it never came.
After some encouragement from an unlikely person, my immediate boss early this year, I wrote the IELTS for the third time in March 2019, L8.5, R7, W7, S7.5 (dreamt about this scores) Victory at last!
By this time I had almost 4years of work experience and my CRS became 463 (had a dream about this too)
Got ITA April 17, 2019
Got my work experience letters from 3 places where I worked( including housemanship and NYSC) stating all that CIC required. Excluded that of my current place of work and attached LOE. I had some payslips for only my housemanship so I submitted 6months bank statements highlighting payments for my NYSC and the 3rd work place.
POF was 100% gift deed from my parent. Money was transferred in May 2019, but I submitted 6months bank statement and highlighted the day of transfer. Got bank reference letter and letter of non indebtedness. Included Oanda page showing the conversion rate.
AOR June 10, 2019 (didn’t pay RPRF upfront, wanted to get the request so I’ll know there’s some progress)
MEP/BIL July 16, 2019
Had like 2 GUs around this period. Checked my profile almost every freaking day. Lol
Biometrics was done 22nd July and uploaded
ABSOLUTE SILENCE AFTER THAT
Tried calling CIC with those call apps, just kept on ringing and no one picked. Maybe I didn’t do something right�♀️
Wanted to raise CSE but got stuck where they asked for VO. I didn’t know mine, and I still don’t.
Saw a link for raising a CSE on Canadavisa which took me directly to where I needed without having to fill in VO.
Filled and submitted it on 30th November 2019. Basically asked for an update on my application and told them I was beginning to doubt my application would get a final decision within 6months.
Kept checking my account and then got a GU on the 3rd of December. Saw application/profile updated and the profile page had some slight changes like lastest update medical passed July 16 and percentage completion.
Got RPRF request letter the very next day, 4th December
My letter read admissibility review is still in progress and I was instructed to respond within 7days. Paid and uploaded the receipt that same day. Didn’t want to delay anything because the status was ‘action required’.
Checked my profile again the next day and ADR change from you need to provide additional documents to not applicable
I use my phone as a hot spot to browse on my iPad. I usually charge my phone overnight outside our bedroom. While I was reading on my iPad the night of that very same day(5th December), I heard my phone beep and I was just wondering who would send me a message at that odd hour. Something within me just prompted me to check my email on my iPad because I disabled automatic synchronization . Lo and behold my people, it was the Ready for visa mail!!! Came in at 11.03pm. It came just a few days shy from the 6th month mark.
I woke my husband up with the good news and we started praising God
This is the first ‘serious’ visa we would be applying for, the only travel history we have is Dubai.
This has been one of our major prayer points for a while now
It has indeed ended in praise 1 Like |
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