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Sezbaby:
Just to say a big thank you to everyone that contributed to this forum. My family (Husband, wife and child) started this journey in September 2016, and the forum was very instrumental to our success.

To everyone that has just started or is planning to start, please don't waste your money on consultants. Read, Read and again read. All the information you need is here. Join the various whats app groups and in no time, you'll be an expert.

Lastly, to encourage people, see our timeline below

IELTS: September 2016
IQAS: September 2016
EE Profile Created: November 2016, with Husband as Principal Applicant and CRS 418
ITA: April 9th 2017 (5 months After)
Medicals: June 19th 2017
Application Submitted: July 9th 2017
Medicals Passed: July 21st, 2017

July to December 2017 : roughly 6 months (absolutely nothing happened. As in nothing. We just dey siddon look everyday)


January 4, 2018: ADR for POF (responded immediately) Changed to IP2
January 5, 2018: PPR (finally, just about 4 days to 6 months)

Passports delivered to Accra January 10th and approved, January 19th.
Awaiting pick up letter.

Been a long journey, but worth the wait.

If you're with the London visa office, i recommend you lift up your eyes to the hills, and just wait upon the Lord or whatever your faith trusts in (lol). Spend the time reading up on what you need to do post PPR, cos trust me, there is a lot to do if you want to land and integrate easily with minimal disruption to your livelihood and standard of living. Its not about your qualifications or anything but just basic stuff that make things like finding a job easier.

Will update when the pick up letter arrives.

FAQS:
1. We changed our passports during the process, i.e. different passports for EE and PR application. Wifey even changed her name from maiden to married. We explained in LOE and no issues.

2. I changed NOCS between EE and PR application (after ITA). Again, no issues, just explain with LOE and you should be fine.

3. We paid all Application and COPR fees upfront as recommended. (not compulsory though)

4. We uploaded all IQAS and IELTS (did not want stories that touch)

5. POF was savings account

6. We have had visa rejections before, so no issues there

7. We used our childs US passport. Visa will not be issued on approval but child will get COPR

Will update if i think of any other thing


Thanks and peace out

Congratulations!!! Out of curiosity, did you get ADR for Height and Eye Colour?

theconsortium:
I plan to enter the express entry pool by February but I want to know if we should apply as three since my wife is pregnant or we should just apply as two and upgrade to three after baby delivery?

Apply as only two. You cannot add your unborn child.

RuggedArab:
Thank you for your advise.

Can he claim more than 3years experience after completion of his M.Sc?

Claiming 3 years work experience has absolutely nothing to do with his MSc completion. He can claim it now if he has indeed worked for 3 years.

RuggedArab:
Hello Pros/Experienced,

A brother has more than 3years working experience with 1st degree and is expecting his 2nd degree (M.Sc) latest June, 2018. He is looking forward to enter Express Entry coming year. Now he needs clarification and help.

Can he claim more than 3years with his 2nd degree next year when entering the pool? Because he wants to evaluate his M.Sc so as to boost his score.

NB: With his 1degree his crs score is not more than 430 and looking at the recent cut-off for ITA's.

My advise is that your brother should write IELTS and then evaluate his BSc degree so he can enter the pool ASAP. Who knows, draws might fall below 430 before June 2018, especially with this new tie-breaker rule.

If the scores don’t drop post completion of his MSc, he can thereafter evaluate his Masters degree and update his EE profile accordingly.

Cheers

Congratulations to all the ITA recipients. For those who didn’t make it this time, hang in there!!! It will surely end in Praise!

Congrats @Deebay and @Kissoflife

Quick question folks. Is it possible for one to be refused at IP2? Would appreciate your thoughts on this.

Thanks.

Newmum0615:
@Hephgirl show yourself or...

Or......bwahahahahahahaha

[quote author=Omonjoe post=63
317512]How did u know your visa office?[/quote]By sending an email in the format below to: CPC-CTD-Ottawa@cic.gc.ca

Subject: EE Profile No - Visa Office



Dear Officer,


Greetings,


I would like to inquire about the status and the visa office that is handling my application.

Application details are as follows:

Given Name :

Surname :

Email Address:

Date of Birth (YYYY-MM-DD) :

Unique Client Identifier (UCI) Number :

Application Number :

Category of Immigration : Federal Skilled Worker

Number of Applicants :

Thank you.


Yours sincerely,


XXXXXXX XXXXXXX

crazyinlove:
Nice! Congrats!

Thank you.

Update!!!

Just moved to IP2 - PNP London Visa Office

AOR: Sept 16
MEP: Oct 13
NA2: Oct 13
IP2: Dec 15
PPR: ?

London Visa Office seems to be waking up now even for PNP applicants.

Newmum0615:
-------------I-----------------------T--------------------A---------------
So the mail came in 8.21pm tonight. Thanks be to God.
All of you waiting will receive yours soon.

Congratulations to you. All the best from here on.

Signing in...Part Très

MummyJaygirls:
Make una no vex o, what did I miss? I see a lot of deleted posts, Someone should gist me na

Plus me oh!

So I just found out that I’m the latest member of the renowned London Gang!

It will end in praise for us all.

#StayingPositive

GlitteringStar:
At last! I created my profile today. Now in the pool.


It will surely end in praise for us all!

Cc: Kontagious, Cochtrane and 40manlappy

Although you didn’t CC me, I’d still congratulate you cos I believe you’re a special one. ITA fall on you in the next draw!

PS: Can’t wait to read about Cochtrane’s timeline and his ‘long post’ about how he found love on his Canadian PR journey.

Stay tuned guys. It would be an epic read.

GlitteringStar:
Searching.................

Looking for microphone..................

Okay. Seen!


#Picks Mic

Hello Everyone,

Good news! Good news!! Good news!!!

On 5th August 2017, someone assisted the newbies by summarizing the first part of this thread.

He read the whole thread, summarized it and posted FAQs to assist the Newbies.

He is one of the most helpful guys on this thread. He assisted many people even before he dived into the pool.

To cut the long story short, he submitted his application few weeks ago.

I'm very happy to announce that this helpful fellow received his Golden Mail today

Congratulations to the ever outstanding data analyst of this thread.

Congratulations, my dear friend.


I'm so happy for you


To all other PPR hopefuls, I wish you all speedy processing time and favour.

More of such good news on this thread.


#TeamDoitYourself


#Drops Mic

Big congrats to ‘The Cochtranes’. Glitteringstar, no need to dive into the pool again, rather stroll to Ikoyi registry with your boo.

Errrmmmm...one last job for you Prof Cochtrane, please research if one can add spouse after PPR but before COPR. Asking for some newlyweds!!! Lmao


***runs away****

Scard:
Hello Ljay17, please I just PM'd you. I'd appreciate if you respond. I need more information on On PNP

Replied your PM

GlitteringStar:
Wow! Wow!! Wow!!!!!!! I'm not an ambulance. I'm just ecstatic. My EOR is back!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations to you. You’ve been amazing on this thread. The way you attend to questions thrown on the ‘floor’, I was thinking you were waiting for COPR.

Wish you all the best from here on.

1kingwriter:
Good day.
You made mention earlier that 6000 applications was earmarked for Ontario and about 3000 taken by June.
Do you know if it's capped now?

No idea bro/sis...but I highly doubt that their quota has been exhausted cos they recently reopened the Human Capital Priorities Stream on Nov 2.

nikkycool:
Hello @Ljay17,kindly give a breakdown on the process of this particular program as it seems faster than other PNP.Am really interested in it and have tried to read it up but wants to hear from the horses mouth.Thank you.

Hello nikkycool,

The requirements for OINP is quite similar to that of the FSWP apart from the mandatory Statement of Intent to reside in Ontario. You would need work reference letters, ECA, Settlement funds, Payslips, Bank statements etc.

I would suggest you download the Ontario Human Capital Priorities Stream application guide from their website to get the full details.

Please ensure you select Ontario as one of the Provinces you’d like to immigrate to while creating your EE profile. You should get an NOI if your CRS is above 400. Although, they lowered their CRS Cut-Off to below 400 when they targeted some specific NOCs in IT sector a few months ago.

All the best to you.

ogirl1:
Hello. Just sent you a PM. I have some questions about Ontario pnp. Pls respond. Thanks

Responded already but I’m in a different time zone.

For some reason, I’m unable to post the link to the Ontario application guide on here. Only part of the link is appearing. You may google

http://www.ontarioimmigration.ca/prodconsum/groups/csc/@oipp/documents/document/oi_en_hcps_010517.pdf

cochtrane:
Quoting long posts does nothing to increase the length of the thread. What increases the length of the thread is asking questions for which answers have already been suggested to death or are in Page 0-1.
Just thought to put this out there, cos someone said the same thing sometime ago and it's actually not correct assumption.

Okay Prof Cochtrane, thanks for clearing that. We live and we learn!!!

[quote author=Kmgb post=62279473][/quote]My CRS was 408 before Nomination and 1008 Post Nomination.

Other conditions to be met are similar to the FSW program requirements - POF, Work Experience reference letters, Statement of intent to reside in Ontario etc. Kindly check the application guide via the link below for the full information.

http://www.ontarioimmigration.ca/prodconsum/groups/csc/@oipp/documents/document/oi_en_hcps_010517.pdf

Whew...finally caught up with thread.

Big congrats to all the PPR and ITA recipients.

The thread is moving quite fast I must admit. I noticed a lot people quoting long posts. This practice contributed greatly to the speed of the thread. I urge us to refrain from doing this.

May I also add my voice to those of us requesting for a separate thread for PNP route. Many people with low CRS would benefit from such dedicated thread. Being a PNP candidate myself, I can attest to the fact that not much PNP info/experience sharing is available on this particular thread.

For people considering the PNP route, ON is a very good option if you can afford the CAD 1,500. Got my nomination within 16 days of submitting my application to their Human Capital Priorities Stream.

In conclusion however, I urge every person embarking on this life changing journey to be ready to put in the work! Don’t expect anyone to spoon feed you with information that you can learn by doing your own thorough research (not limited to Nairaland). May God bless everyone taking out time to answer questions and helping people out on this thread.

Journey so far:

PNP - ON
AOR: 16th Sep
Medicals Passed: 12th Oct
Ip1: 12th Oct
NA2: 13th Oct
IP2: ?
PPR:

I’m available to answer any related questions or enquiries. Cheers guys

Dunni1113:
I noticed that we have few applicants going though the pnp route, so we have to source for a lot of info ourselves... However, Manitoba did a draw on 26th of September with a lil over 380 applicants.. still waiting for saskatchewan to be opened and Ontario to start issuing NOI hopefully this month or next. So let's all be watchful and hopeful. May God help us all...

I was trying to see if there's any post AOR PNP applicant with updates. The stream seems to be moving slower than a snail.

Any PNP applicants with updates?

Holler!!!!

Congrats to all those who aced their IELTS. To those who fell short, don't let this be the end of your Canadian dream. Dust yourselves off and try again! This time around prepare hard and practice more than ever before.

Any September AORs - PNP stream on here?

Finally caught up with thread. Wheeewwww!!!!!
Congrats to all the ITA recipients.

#TeamSeptemberAOR #PNP