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RELAN2446:
OMO PPR JUST DROP EXACTLY FOUR MONTHS , THANK YOU JESUS
FIRST TIME APPLICANT
Applied March 7
Biometric - March 12
IELTS request letter - March 12 R5.5,L6,S6.5,W6
Eligibility started - June11
Medical Request - June 17
Medical done and upload - June 19
Medical pass - June 27
BVL - July 6
PPR - July 7
Series of ghost updates during those dates

Doc submitted for client information
Statement of Purpose 3 pages.
Bsc. Certificate.
Bsc. Transcript.
NYSC Certificate.
NYSC Posting Letter.
WAEC Certificate.
Birth Certificate.
Sponsor Birth Certificate.
Local Government Certificate.
Police Clearance Certificate.
Resume.
Academic Reference.
NAPSS Certificate.
TACSFON Certificate.
International Passport.
Mother International Passport.
Elder Brother International Passport.
Sister International Passport.
Junior Brother International Passport.
Sponsor Permanent Resident Card.
My picture with Sponsor picture (2013).
Family Picture (Elder Brother wedding).

Prove of fund/Sponsor Doc
My mbs Account is 2million naira.
Family CAC doc which I am also one of the directors.
First semester school fee receipt.
Gift deed of landed property gifted to me by my mum.
Submitted the land survey.
Sponsor letter by my elder brother.
Affidavit of support by my Elder brother.
Elder brother's job ID card is a medical doctor in the UK and also a permanent resident of canada.
Elder brother HSBC statement of account of 6months of about 30,000pounds, as pound as more value than CAD.
Elder brother Zenith bank account of 6months of about 5million.
Two months pay slip from his job from two different hospital,
His CAC document of his business here in Nigeria (Truck transportation).
7 truck vehicle particulars reg in Lagos submitted.
His land survey here in Nigeria.
His UK house documents.

Other Documents
IMM1294
IMM5645
IMM5257
DIGITAL PHOTO
PASSPORT

Congrats baba. The land will favour you in Jesus name.

OlanikeOba:
Yes. What about you?

Yes... Since last year... we have a group though. But mostly Indians. But they are those starting in Sept. Most of them will defer to January too.

AdoChel:
So CBSA is the cheapest option?

Nope. I meant cbsa note from gcmsbuddy.

AdoChel:
Okay
Please how much will this cost?

Gcms buddy is $13 . Other companies are expensive for CBSA.

OlanikeOba:
Anyone going to Langara college in January 2022?

Here... Gotten offer letter?

mrnatural:
Currently I’m a businessman. But before I started importation business, I was IT web design and programming. Been long I left that field and I feel I’m lagging behind.

What I intend doing is to carry on with my application with university of Manitoba which I already started regardless of the outcome which looks like I have little chance cos of the age and study gap. I also want to enroll my wife for a master degree study in another school immediately. So we might as well run this process simultaneously.

Which school is best to apply for a master program?

If you have the money. Going through immigration lawyer is your best bet..... About 3,000CAD. You might even add your wife at once.

Happy New Month.


It's our month of ppr in Jesus name.

olabisi6438:
Can I open a new gckey for a new application. The former was denied.

Guys please ok answer me abeg

If your old gckey is still active. You don't need a new one for easier application. Just apply using the old one.

DeeShares:
Hello everyone.

I got a request letter last week Monday for me to provide additional documents (specifically an updated study place and proof of income and funds of my sponsor in the past 6 months). I have been given 30 days to submit but i have gathered the documents now. The request letter specifically stated that I should upload the documents on the IRCC portal not via webform or email which makes sense cos I'm including my sponsor's financial documents. The issue is that there is no link for me to upload additional documents in the portal. I sent a webform requesting for a method for me to send the documents and I also reported it as a technical issue on the portal but i still have not heard anything and Im beginning to worry.

Has anyone ever had this experience and does anyone have any advice on how i can proceed. Thank you in advance for you help.

Merge all documents together into single PDF. Please put table of contents this time around. Cheers

Jerryjack022:
Creator of the Universe
What can’t You do
What can’t You do Jesus
Name above every other name
What can’t You change
What can’t You change Jesus

You are able
Great and mighty God
You are able Jesus

There is nothing
Nothing You cannot do
Nothing You cannot change
Nothing You cannot
Turn around
You are able
Great and mighty God
I put my trust in You
You are able Jesus

My PPR landed this morning guys... It’s the Lord doing and marvelous in my sight!
March 17 applicant normal route. God will show up for those that are waiting for PPR.
Coming back with my full episode!

Congrats baba... The land will favour you.

Lianna2020:
Soft landing gist
I booked Ethiopian airline for 1:40pm.
I said my final goodbyes and moved to the airport. I got there by 9:30 thinking I’m late because of the story I read here as per queue but there wasn’t any.
They didn’t allow my husband to enter and I had to tip them 500.
We proceeded to where they were suppose to check my bag but the woman asked for money n we moved to declare agricultural product, I had just one bag and I paid 2,000.


Next was to get my boarding pass. My bag was 43kg and so didn’t need to pay but paid 1000 to wrap my Ghana must go that had my foodstuffs.

I was asked for my passport , enrollment letter , arrive can , hotel for quarantine and COVID-19test result.(everything was printed out so was easy to find).

Everything was so smooth until the man said my covid 19 go soon expire by the time I reach .
Na that time I wan cry , pe village people u must show yourself o.
I waited for 30 minutes plus, the sneakers self pain me join , I come Dey frown face, the old man slow join, come Dey read bible abi wetin to show my covid go expire. I sha pretended and maintained my calm.

After series of back and forth, I was allowed to move to where we have the computer so I can scan my pp.

Then I was issued my yellow card where I have to fill my form and my boarding pass . That’s how one man said let me help you fill your form , olodo me allowed him, when he wrote my first name then nairaland tip hit pe, this man wants money like this o. I told him, don’t worry o, I go fill am, I filled it myself and when I was about to return his biro, he said find joy for your brother now, chai I said to myself , upon say I don read landing gist here back to back , I still looseguard. I sha gave him 500 naira.



I moved to eat and told my hubby to take all naira as e don finish , pe no more tipping then moved to final e boarding gate where we have the immigration officers.
First officer checked and asked for tip.by that time no more naira as I wouldn’t have thought , uniform people go want tip .I gave him 1 dollar and he said just one ? I said sorry o.
I was now directed to the second person where he checked and asked my my Canadian address and Nigerian address, I gave my Airbnb addrsss and number and did my fingerprint and he asked for tip too before stamping my pp. I gave him 1 dollar n apologized that I didn’t think I’d need to pay in here hmmm.
Then final final checks again, by that time I don tire , they checked my handbag and saw dried meat wey I wan Dey munch small small, the woman said I don see exhibit , settle your girl, for my mind, u no see shishi but I go sha giv u because na Poe Dey my mind like this.

Luckily I saw 1,000, I gave her and was seated for my flight .
We boarded 13:00and moved around 2:00 against 1:40.

I thought WiFi was free but na only WhatsApp he work for so had to buy WiFi so I can watch my Korean film but WiFi was limited too so ended up watching nothing but was thankful I could chat, maybe it was the WiFi package I took. Their food was terrible sha but I had to eat , dried beef came to my rescue.

We landed Addis Ababa 20:49pm , thank God I had someone directing me as I no sabi where to where .
After all checks ,I was asked for my pp, covid 19 test result, and booked hotel and I was allowed in .

We left for Dublin from Addis around 11:pm and it was a smooth ride, when I read in-house music, I had thought it will be a cool jam coming from one of those vent up there but no it was one boring set of songs you have to listen to(sad).

I had three seats to myself as no one was there so I was able to stretched n lie down well.
By all means download movies and music, iPhone do me strong thing o, not even Netflix . I was now waiting for WiFi atleast let me chat now , that’s how the hostess said no WiFi (cries). Boredom pro max .
Had to manage the dry songs n watch few interesting movies.

Then I was given declaration form , I kuku didn’t understand most of what they wanted but I sha filled something . The most confusing thing for me was the time difference, my time kept changing as weather chai.

We were served rice with chicken , Na so I no fit chop am because hmmm, I like eba and afang and so everything was strange. I told them to give me the dry bread n butter n water.


We got to Dublin around 6:35 am and some passengers dropped and we waited for 45 mins still seated for refilling n all that. We got to Toronto around 8:am(again time difference).

I filled my covid form on the system provided n was given a slip, proceeded to immigration, I was asked for passport , loa and school fees receipt, then he gave my study permit to me and went further by telling me about the 20hrs allowed for work .

I was there waiting for more question but none , I also waited for welcome to Canada , rather he said enjoy your stay and that was it.

Moved to take my connecting flight to Vancouver, that’s how they told me I must quarantine in Toronto, told them my mandatory hotel stay was booked in Vancouver and my flight would soon move , them no hear , had to cancel my booking and rebook in Toronto .

Please no matter where you going in Canada , as far as you stopping at Toronto, reserve your hotel in Toronto, that’s the only way they will allow you move further.

Did my covid test and was given a test kit to retest a week after and then we were taken to our hotel . Currently quarantining at Toronto before moving to my final destination.

For all PPR hopeful , I wish everyone nothing but good news.
Amen.

Congrats ma'am

CaddyT:
Can this help send money to an account in US directly from my account without having to buy USD from black market?

Not quite sure. But black market rate is cheaper than the card.

Omankem8:
Huge Huge Congratulations to all the PPRs recievers, This thread really started with so many answered prayers and so will it continue...

To all our Bosses, lekkibobo,anon123,Frankrobbin, infact to everyone who brings out time to respond to a question or enquiry, God bless you all, i know its not easy at all.

It will end in praise, let's keep up the good work. God bless us all.

I cannot wait to come and drop my timeline.

Madam, are you whining us?. You that is already established berekete for USA. Selling ferrari, range and other exotics. Wetin uwan use Canada do aunty reneestar . Your profile go done pass study permit nah.

RollyA:
My eligibility started 2 weeks after I applied. My portal has been showing we are reviewing whether you meet eligibility requirements for about 9 weeks now is what I meant.

That’s why I requested for my notes on the 6th week

Wow. That's serious.

RollyA:
Finally got my notes, nothing in there, pre-assessment notes blank, eligibility blank. Medicals and background passed only. Really disappointing, even after my eligibility has been on review on my portal since like 2 weeks after applying. what can I do? We continue praying

Hi RollyA , You meant your eligibility started before you applied for notes or your eligibility started 2 weeks after you applied for note?.

Piecoco:
PPR, PPR.

After 4 rejection, God came for through for me in 5th application.

What God can not do, does not exist.


Thanks to my brother @frank.

Congrats baba. The land will favour you...

OBANLABAMIDELE2:
Hello everyone please as my study permit Visa application is pending can I apply for a visit visa to Canada

You can't process two trv simultaneously.

NNjes:
Hi all

My husband and I need to do re-medical within 30 days but we couldn’t secure a date before July 20th.

Is there anyone with upfront medical appointment that will like to swap with us please?

Any date before July 20th please.

Go with proves to the medical centre and beg them. Show them evidence/documents detailing the medical examination deadline.

Anyanwu2003:
Gurus in the house please help. Applied 24th April. Ordered GCMS from CSBA. Came back a week later.

So fast, which gcms service/company did you use?. Like, who applied for you.

LadyBlaq:
Words have failed me. Who am I that he is so mindful of me? A wretched sinner like me? With all my baggages, Grace has found me...


Will be back ooo

Congrats ladyblaq . Canada will favour you...

CHIKACIC:
Please, how did you order your GCMS notes?

Use gcmsonline or justforcanada . Add dot com to both and follow the instruction.

CHIKACIC:
I think most study visa applications from Nigeria are handled by the Nairobi office.
I would suggest you send an email enquiry to all the visa offices (Accra, Abuja, Lagos, Nairobi, Beijing, London, etc). The relevant office will hopefully reply back.

That was what I did. I got acknowledgment mail from Lagos and London. Accra forwarded my email to Nairobi from where I got the “my application under active review in their office” response.

Hope this helps.

Don't be angry please, I am not saying this to make you sad, just for you to take actions.


Active review nowadays is a generic response, I have been getting active review response since April, I have ordered 2 gcms notes with blank eligibility review in May and this June. I kept on sending webforms pointing to the fact I found on my gcms notes. Eligibility just truly started a week ago for March 19 application. You can check your gcms note if there's something on your eligibility, then you are good to go.

Uzomachukwuu:
Long Post Alert:

Talk about being happy, today is one of the happiest days of my past one year.

A year and six days after my first visa application (AOR June 16, 2020), I finally got PPR on my second application (AOR: Feb 26).

This has been a very tiresome journey. Initially, I thought that applying for PhD admission would be the most challenging part of it all, but I never knew that that was the easiest part really. Between Feb and March 2020, I got admission and funding offers from U of Manitoba, Western, and USask. Opted for USask. Submitted my first visa application on June 16, 2020, when I knew almost nothing about the Canadian visa application process. I hadn't even discovered Nairaland then. I committed one error, that of submitting only my funding offer letter as proof of fund, without submitting a bank statement. Sadly, that first application was refused based on personal assets and financial status.

Visa refusal: January 4, 2021

Guided by all the information I got from the good folks here on Nairaland, I reapplied on February 26.

AOR: Feb 26
NSE Request: Feb 28
I sent them my Mybankstatement and IELTS waiver request letter less than 20 minutes after the NSE request came in

Ideologically opposed to taking IELTS, I had preemptively written and armed myself with an IELTS Waiver Request Letter, in which I argued against the logicality of asking an English PhD student to submit IELTS test scores. Silly me though, that letter sounded as if I was beefing with IRCC — and, yes, I was really mad at them due to my initial visa refusal.

You see, one of the things that made me very angry about that first visa refusal was that in the GCMS notes I obtained weeks after the painful hit, the visa officer remarked twice that they had asked me over three months earlier to send my bank statement or that of a sponsor, which I failed to do. Dianyi, I didn't receive any email from them requesting for any such thing. And there was no request letter sent via GCKey either. So I just couldn't understand their wahala. My guess is that probably due to a glitch in their system, the email they generated ended up not getting sent to me, even though it was showing in the 'Outgoing' section of the GCMS notes. So my blood was hot as I was writing the IELTS waiver request, which they never actually honoured, as I learnt.

Program of Study: PhD in English
Age: 27
Marital status: Single
MA (2019)
NYSC (2016-17)
BA (2015)
Travel experience: None
Work experience: 3
Current employment: Freelance writing


Documents submitted

1. My personal bankstatement: Containing just ₦1.5m
2. Funding offer from USask: Dean's Scholarship of 22k + Tuition waiver
3. Letter of support from popsy (I didn't submit his bank statement)
4. MA transcript (GPA 5.0)
5. MA statement of result
6. BA transcript (CGPA: 4.17)
7. BA certificate
8. WAEC
9. FSLC (Lol)
10. Birth Certificate
11. My land survey document
12. Statement of Purpose (5)
13. Letter Explaining How I intend to fund my studies (4 pages)
14. Curriculum Vitae
15. International Passport
16. e-Medical Slip
17. Digital photo

18. Admission Letter from USask
19. Confirmation of Enrolment

21. PhD Supervisor’s Letter, advocating for me to be issued a visa

22. Attestation Letter from a senior lecturer (my mentor) in UNN, highlighting my academic merits and good conducts

23. Notification of a FUTURE Job Offer from the Head of my Department in my former University, stating that the department will be happy to offer me a job after my PhD in Canada (Lol)

24. Letter of Recommendation from my Master’s Supervisor

26. Certificate of Merit from my NYSC PPA (2016-17)

27. I didn't submit any letter of recommendation or introduction letter from my most recent former employer (make them hold their wahala, abeg)

28. Certificate of Service as a Cadet-Member of the NYSC Road Safety Club

29. Birth Certificates and Passport of my Siblings


Eligibility review started on April 22, that's two days after I contacted the office of the MP representing USask to make enquiries on my behalf regarding the lag in updating my application.

Medical was updated on May 18.

Oh, boy! Na then wey the real anxiety come start. Coming here to Nairaland everyday to read other people's testimonies became like a full time job for me, just as my fingers got automatically configured to opening my GCKey account more than 20 times a day: almost as a first thing anytime I bring up my phone to press.

At a point I almost fell into huge depression. Put off my phone line, got off WhatsApp, deactivated my Nairaland account (that's why you'll see that this current moniker I'm using is newly created, just one alphabet different from 'Uzomachukwu' which was the account I had previously been using here).

Last week when Omalinze (whose visa application I prepared and submitted the same period I was working on my second application) called to tell me that his visa has been approved, I was happy and, yet, cried. Mine was an ambiguous mix of happiness and sadness. He too understood, and kept reassuring me that I was going to get my PPR soon. But you see, one of my 'positive' personal failings, if at all it should be so-called, is that I'm a man who is very much taken to the hermeneutics of suspicion, a young man who has been trained by life to believe in working from the point of pessimism (suspicion) towards the middle point of reality (concrete experience), before arriving at the point of optimism. So it's usually difficult for me to let myself be persuaded to move from pessimism to optimism without first beholding, almost like a Thomas (well, in Nigeria, suspicion has its many uses).

PPR: June 21, 2021.

All I can say about this journey is: All glory be to Jehovah, the father of tender mercies, alone.


And to all the persons here doing the fine work of elucidating the many riddles of IRCC, and helping others through their application, I say: May what you desire locate you. Thanks to you all.

Congrats baba. Jesus did it for you at last. Halleluyah. Soo happy for you.

Queenmama03:
Indeed what my God cannot do does not exist!
PPR received just now.
I still feel like I'm dreaming.
April 22nd applicant
@FrankRobbn1 you are the real MVP.

Congrats.

AOJoy:
Hello Gurus,

I applied since 27 Feb and upfront medicals. Till this moment, IRCC is still yet start my eligibility review or respond. I requested for GCMS notes which was printed in May ending (3 months) and it did not show any comment from visa officers. I have been sending two reminder mails and web forms to them daily and till this moment, no response to both mails and web forms.

I have been wondering if they have been not seeing my messages.

Please guru, I need advice on how I can send the mail or web form and they will see it. What do I do my people? Please help...

You will have to keep on sending webforms. I applied March 19, yesterday made it 3 months that I had submitted. Eligibility started last week Wednesday.


Keep on sending webforms tell them to their faces that this is not about covid-19 issue as April applicants are getting decisions from your country. Be polite, but make your dissatisfaction known.

atiteb4:
have you gotten your visa boss

By God's grace.


March applicant, we dey on God's hands.

Kenechim:
Yes. My first GCMS (in April) came back empty. Second one (received first week of June) has Review Required, but there's no reason given for the Review Required. I ordered a third one late last night.

To avoid delay of anything incase or you need to counter VO concerns. Just do like me.

I order every 20days.

Luckymama:
Update and Landing gist. Sorry this will be long but I wanted to update the house on some issues that were coming up when I was active on the thread (Part 17).

[/b]Background[b]. I applied for the study visa in 2020 during COVID. Deferred my admission till May 2021. I am female, married with children. I didn’t apply with my husband or children, but they all had existing U.S and Canadian Visas. The plan was to travel with the family, then apply for my husband’s work permit within Canada.

With Covid restrictions, I couldn’t travel with my family when school started so I started online. Someone advised me to send an email requesting exemption for my family members to travel with me, which I did. I first applied for the children attaching their birth certificates, my student visa and their birth certificates. After receiving theirs, I applied for my husband. Attached our wedding certificate, his proof of funds and his visit visa. He was also granted leave to travel.

We landed at Vancouver, and while filling the passport update form, stated that my family was going to be with me for the duration of my studies. There’s a separate section where students and new immigrants are processed. We were directed to that section. The lady processing me asked what documentation we will need and I said I needed a Spouse Open Work Permit for my husband and landing record for my children. She asked if I had applied for it before leaving my country and I said no, but I would like to have it. After conferring with one of her colleagues, she asked if I travelled through the U.S and I said no. Apparently if you transit through the U.S, it’s easier to get your Work permit at the border. Anyway after some hesitation she gave us the required permits.

IMPORTANT POINTS:
1. For those that are able to, it’s easier to get documentation from within Canada. If for instance your children are American citizens or your husband already has a Canadian visiting visa, it’s better to wait until you are all within Canada to ask for documents. A Spouse open work permit can take more than 6 months to process from Nigeria

2. Always ask for what you want. Initially I was afraid to ask for the work and permit at the boarder, because it is clearly stated on the website that if you know your family is going to stay with you during your studies, then you must apply at the same time. I was worried that they will question me on why I didn’t apply for my spouses work permit when I applied for my student visa. But I sha summoned up
Courage and asked. The worst that can happen is they will say no.

Thank you to all who have been giving selflessly on this thread. Every step of this journey, from my first US visa and Canadian visa, to the entire process of getting the study visa would not have been possible without the advice I got from this thread and other threads on the travel section. May all who are on this journey also get successful results. It is, and will continue to end in praise.

Welcome back madam.



You left cos of counter with some people then?.


Where are they now?. No where to be found.

No komot again o.

Esmeob:
God has done it ooo!!!!

It has finally ended iin praise!!!!

PPR Alert!!!!

March 17 applicant.
This God is tooooo much.

Will be back later today to share timeline.

Congratulations. It's our ppr season

owee:
Hello Guys,

I got an email this morning. Thinking it was BVL (liver failed me as I was expecting two emails in quick succession as people normally get here). behold it was a medical request. Note that I had submitted upfront medical (expires in August) while applying in April (also got NSE request in late April). Not sure what to do atm. Should I resend the medical form via web form and emails or request for a new medical at Qlife?

Your advise pls.

Cc: @Lekkiboboe, Justmellow, Frankrobbin and all comrades pls

If it will expire in August, you will still have to do another one before you enter Canada. Please don't delay your application cos of 40k. Kindly go ahead with the new medicals and get your love letter. Okay?

Tiara97:
God has done it oooooo. My PPR is here!!! I can’t keep calm. I’ll share my timeline shortly.

Congratulations. The Lord has done great things for you. Halleluyah

Shenaniganzzz:
Hello good day everyone. Im new here. I’m perplexed and I don’t know what to do. When I was about starting my application, I researched for the ircc site. I got the site and read up on it. It indicated that I had to complete my registration by May 15th to get a decision by August 6th. I continued scrolling and I saw a link “to start application” ie to start my study permit application. Ircc indicated that that’s the new way of applying, that they had modified their site. I clicked on it and that’s how my application was started. I successfully submitted my application on May 14th.
Now the problem is that I can’t log in to the portal (same link I started with) I have tried severally but I can’t log in. Note that it’s not an issue of forgotten password or email
I really don’t know what to do.
This is the link https://portal-portail.apps.cic.gc.ca/signin?lang=en

Please am I the only one in this dilemma? I’m very scared rn

You may send webform, explaining yourself or check ircc on Twitter.