Your question isn't very clear. Do you have a new passport yet or not?

If you have a new passport, yes you can travel with both. You present both at the airport. This is normal and happens all the time i.e visa in previous passport.
If you don't have a new passport, you may be able to travel with the one expiring in May 2024. You'll need to call the airline you wish to travel with to confirm if they'll allow you travel with a passport that has less than 6months validity. They should, since you have an immigrant visa and most likely a one way ticket.

However, I'll suggest you get a new passport before leaving Nigeria. It'll be much cheaper than having to get it in Canada. Passport fee is higher and there's also the cost of travel to Ottawa.

May06:
Hello everyone,

I would like to find out whether anyone has done their PR landing with a renewed passport. My passport will expire in April 2024. I am travelling this December. Is it advisable to renew my Passport in Nigeria before travelling to Canada?I will travel with both the old and new passport but I would like to know whether anyone (a) has done this, (b) if yes, please dkd you face any challenges because of this?

Thanks.

oh this sounds very interesting!! alone?!

Why did you do it so quickly though? I'm thinking going slower will give you more time to enjoy the sights

Afolavid:
About 2 months ago, I embarked on the longest road trip in my life, it was a Solo trip (Alone!). I drove from Eastern Canada to the West Coast via the Trans Canada Highway. This trip is over 5000km and it's 3days if you drive nonstop (takes a week with normal driving), this is about the distance from Nigeria to U.K, the amazing part.? I did it in 3 days - fastest ever possible!!!

On one of those days, I drove for over 15hours in the 24hours I had to myself. The Mind-blowing part is, I was physically present in 4 provinces in a single day (Manitoba > Saskatchewan > Alberta > British Columbia) and I changed timezones three times on that day while driving. I learnt a lot on this trip, I saw the vastness of this amazing country and I realized I'm actually tougher than I used to think.

I had an encounter with a Black bear on the 3rd day. Too many gist, too many videos, too many pics, It's overwhelming! The trip is daring and dangerous especially for a lone driver and it feels endless. Would I do it again? Most likely!

#gbam! Finally I found someone.

Just wanted to know if to redirect my efforts in this job search. Thank you, I'll continue my applications.
Merci

AyabaS:


Don’t let anyone discourage you please. I am a PR, I I haven’t been in Canada for up to 3 years and I’ve been working with the FG for over 2 years. When it was time for security clearance, I didn’t have to do anything other than fill a form. It took about 2 months for my clearance to be issued, it wasn’t a big deal at all.

No interviews, I have only been applying.

I know it takes quite some time for these kind of jobs, but I just want to be sure I'm not wasting time and energy.

Thank you. I guess I'll continue *phew

MayorOfEdmonton:
Hi,

A question for you- So is it that you’re planning to apply to FG jobs or u have interview pending already.

I have a friend that works with Federal government(CRA) & some friends working with provincial government (Finance Division). They didn’t need to do any elaborate security checks from Nigeria I think.
I imagine the CBSA security checks during PR processing should be enough. They only needed to do criminal background check from RCMP, & it’s not only government jobs that require this.

Another angle- PRs can now join Canadian Armed Forces if qualified. There’s no condition of ‘pending security clearance from home country in the requirements’ before they can be employed. I imagine CAF should have stricter security concerns. Just saying.

Cheers

Thank you. I had thought all of these roles require the security clearance. I'll look through more closely.

olalekan9320:


Apart from CCIS, you can get any FG job. Security clearance depends on the role though especially those that has to do with some information and some of them require 5 years stay in Canada but it's often in the job description so if it isn't there, apply!

Hello everyone,

Please does anyone know of a Nigerian here who works with the Canadian Federal Government as a Permanent resident?

I ask because I know that to work with the FG as a non-citizen of Canada, a security clearance is required from your home country. And I recently learnt that the Nigerian govt never responds to the security clearance request. Someone I know says he was turned down at the interview stage when they learnt he's Nigerian and they gave him the reason "it's very difficult getting security clearance done for Nigerians" but this was many years ago.

I've tried to ask around and haven't been able to find anyone who knows a Nigerian who's successfully done it recently. Those I found had become Canadian citizens before getting into the FG jobs.

So I'm starting to believe the guys who say it may be a worthless venture applying to those roles as a PR with Nigerian citizenship. *phew

Hello everyone. Is there a whatsapp group for Ottawa? Can anyone connect me to it please? I’m post PPR, looking for settlement info and accommodation advice

So maybe IRCC made an error and didn’t list updated POF. But please include it all the same. They’ll most likely ask for it later on and that will delay your PPR

dabyem:
Hello Good morning,

Please at what point will ircc request for an updated pof for a family of 2?.

A little context; so I recently notified ircc of my marriage and they sent an email listing all the documents we have to submit. However, in the email, nowhere does it state we have to submit updated pof.

Will they request for it at a later date or is it just assumed that we should attach it?


Meanwhile what is happening to the exchange rate 🤕🤕

oh waoh.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!

mcstan18:
After nearly six years on this journey, with several expired profiles, IELTS results, and ECAs in-between, the curtains have now been drawn on my quest. It’s CoPR people and below is my timeline:



YOU are next!

Maybe do ND and BTech would be better. It would give you points for two or more certificates. (ND and HND may give you two or more certificates also, but not sure about the HND)

dvdami:
I have read the recent discussions on this thread about WES evaluation.

I would like to ask for your best advise on which of my academic certificates to evaluate.

I have ND, HND and B.Tech.

ND - 2004 to 2006
HND - 2007 - 2009
B.Tech (HND to B.Tech conversion through Jamb DE) - 2017 - 2019

The B.Tech was for 2 calendar years but 3 academic years were done within that period (300L to 500L)


Considering the timeline of the certificates, which combination should I evaluate with WES that will give me the highest CRS score possible for me?

For this trip you should have four stamps:
exiting Nigeria
entering Benin
exiting Benin
entering Nigeria
If you don’t have at least one of these stamps, there is no proof at all that you went into another country, so leave it out. If you have any, then you can include it and write the LOR

Heineken007:
Good day, I went on a road trip with friends to cotonou this year. I showed my national ID card at seme border. The police just smiled at us and told us to proceed. Post ITA I have to scan all passport pages because of travel history. Should I attach LOE to my application, stating I used my national identity card? Or just leave it like that since I didn't use my passport.

oh waoh, congrats

You deserve this speedy processing, after all the trouble with ITA and take out spouse or not.
All the best

saskatoonguy:
It's PPR, RFV, guys!!!! 🕺🕺🕺🕺

Timeline 🕊🕊

ITA date: March 23, 2023
Medical:   April 20, 2023
AOR date:  May 3, 2023
BIL:        May 11, 2023
MEP:     May 11,  2023
Biometric Done : May 16, 2023
Biometrics linked: May 16, 2023
GU 1: May 11, 2023
GU 2: June 3, 2023
No ADR
All parameters completed/COPR details :  June 6, 2023

RFV:   June 6, 2023

VO: CPC- Ottawa

Family of 3

To the only wise God be glory forever & ever, AMEN. Godspeed to you all !

Saskatoon Yaaaaaaa🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

Chai, see anxiety *phew
Please just try to relax. You’re not yet at the stage where it seems something is wrong.
Hopefully it will be positive.

Timmypaul:
Hello house, is it normal to get ghost update before medical passed and biometrics request, everyone with my AOR date may 17 has gotten medical passed and biometric request. I got a ghost update yesterday I went into my accounts nothing Changed. Will the outcome be positive or negative thanks

Please hire a Canadian immigration lawyer.
It’s always risky providing information that wasn’t asked of you so giving details of why he included you as married in his application may actually cause you more problems. I’m not sure the EE application asks anything about who you applied with. All they ask is that you declare any refusals.

Plus, it’s not your name on that application. He wrote your first name and his surname e.g Ravissante Femme, but your own name is Ravissante Partenaire. They are not the same person.
And he could have been married to another woman at the time he applied to America. will you be worried about not disclosing that?

A lawyer is additional cost, but it’ll save you plenty of worry.

But if na me, I’ll do as you originally thought to do: Apply single, get married after AOR and then add him as a dependant.

Let him answer questions truthfully
Q- were you ever refused a visa
A- YES
Q- provide details
A- I was refused a US study visa in 2021 and 2022. No detail or explanation was given for the refusal
(America no dey give reasons on why they refuse you)

Finish.
Risky yeah, but my mind carry am.
For you, please get professional help

Ravissante:
Good day everyone, please i need advice on the issue below:

I have received ITA, passed Medicals and also done biometrics. My fiancee and I have our court wedding scheduled for sometime in June 2023 after which, i am to update/inform IRCC of the change in my marital status and then include him as an accompanying spouse.

The issue now is he had, in 2021 and 2022, applied to US for school and was refused VISA both times. Unfortunately, he had put in the second time(in 2022) that he was married to me and provided my name (i.e First name, second name and his surname) in a bid to show home ties.

I feel this may constitute an issue as i entered the pool in NOV 2022 as a single lady (rightly so as i was and am still unmarried) and this misrepresentation may be known to them when running their background check on previously visa denials.

Can anyone who has been in this situation or has an advice for this help with how this can be handled?

I’d advise against it. All the folks I know who tried to renew while holding a valid visa were rejected. Your circumstances may be different, but maybe just wait until it expires before getting a renewal

millyscent:
Hello guys
Can one renew a visa expiring in October in May if you plan on travelling later in the year ?

Six working days, that’s unlikely.

Popdes:
Good day house,
Please those of you that got your passport back recently from DHL office Lagos how long did it take to get your passport back after your dropped it off?
Which of the DHL office is faster?
My IW drop off appointment is on Monday May 22nd, and I need my passport back before May 30th for an emergency travel

The US guys mostly don’t look at your statement of account during interviews. But if they do, they’ll be looking at the inflows (money coming in) and the account balance.
If your parents are sponsoring your trip, then you shouldn’t write self. Self is for when you’ll be paying for the trip

LawyerBB:
Please I filled my ds -160 myself but going through people's interview story, I truly want to know what they mean by 'statement of account'?
Are they demanding to know if the account has been receiving millions since this year or they want to check the balance?
Secondly,I filled 'self' because it will be my parents that would sponsor, is there anything wrong with what I did?

Yes. We’re saying the same thing

aaidel:


they did not take any of my old passports at DHL i think its only when the expired visa is in a different passport that they take both

I had this confusion as well. But I discovered you can submit your passport at any DHL office listed on their website. In Lagos, it’s Surulere, VI or Isolo. Submission for IW dropbox is not at Walter Carrington.

However she must pickup at the DHL office she chose which is shown as Muri Okunola on your attachment

lorladeh:
hello everyone. My mom got an interview waiver for her US visa application, but on the appointment confirmation given to her, there were 2 details there. the first one says consular appointment details at Walter Carrington, while the second one says document delivery info at DHL Muri Okunola. We are now confused. If she has an interview waiver, does she still have to go to Walter Carrington or should she just drop her docs at DHL. Also, she was given a date of July 18. Does this mean that she needs to drop her docs at DHL before the 18th?

Thanks a lot

The quote you put up is just asking if you’ve lost any passport since you got your last US visa. If you have all your passports with you, then you answer Yes to the question.
Having a passport in between doesn’t disqualify you from using Dropbox.

My last visa was in an old passport and I only submitted that and my current passport. The DHL lady refused to accept my in-between passport since there was no US visa in it.

Jomonix:


The passport in-between doesn't exist. I guess that disqualify one from using the Dropbox. Thanks for the feedback

Hi, please how did it turn out? Did you get it? And were you able to change from Abuja to Lagos??

Agbeeke:
Good day all,
I submitted my passport yesterday to dhl and today I got an email saying that my document is ready for pick up. How’s that even possible? Does that mean I was denied?

💪💪💪
All the best in Calgary.

canadagal24:
Landing Gist

Hello everyone,
so like everyone i also enjoy reading landing gist, but i dont post that much however I promised myself ill share mine when the time comes.
So I decided to move to Canada in 2020 cos Lagos

I’m jet lagged and awake at 2am calgary time writting this post, I’m excited for this new chapter, scared that i moved by myself because people say its lonely without being married first but i guess i have coconut head. so if you are in Calgary lets hangout! if you know any eligible bachelor in calgary send them my way.

waoh. Different struggles on this PR journey sha *phew
Well done 💪.
Congratulations 👏 👏

Francieuche:
To the Glory of God
After 3 unsuccessful attempts
After 1 successful ielts result that expired due to no Draws
that's 4 unsuccessful attempts (72+73+83+82= 319000 naira off the drain)
I had given up and said never Never in my life
some people encouraged me to carry on
Hmmm omo
In January i start to read again and study
I told myself no more paper IELTS
i started fasting and praying
I paid another 89500 naira this time computer based IELTS believing God that this is the last time and i said this is the last of last.....
My mom was admitted in hospital for days i was running here and there, studying at night too and also went to Exam hall from there sef
Joining NSPDD prayers and sowing seed of completion, praying and studying
I checked my IELTS this morning
4:26am
Listening 8.5
Reading 7.0
Writing 7.0
Speaking 7.5
My score is 490 sitting pretty
I came to testify here
God bless you all

Congratulations 👏. All the best in Canada

Miide2:
Hi guys

COPR Arrived today😭😭

ITA- November 9 2022
AOR- December 2 2022
Medicals Passed - 12 January 2023
Biometrics linked from previous study visa refusals - 12 January 2023
RFV/PPR - 6th March 2023
Submitted at London VAC - 13th March 2023
Passport received/ COPR via DHL- 20th March 2023.

I’m super thankful and I wish everyone waiting the very best

Finally the journey is over after multiple study permit refusals.

Ohk. Understood now.

Thanks.

Profgordons:
To bring a perspective to it, it was “morally wrong”. The New comer in that video is not the class of people food bank is meant for. If you have a Car and can legally drive, you have no business with a food bank. When relocating you are meant to have some settlement funds, let’s assume this wasn’t existent, it means you already lied about your finances and there could be a legal side to it if properly investigated.
Also, the recording was secretly carried out, none of the people in the video knew they were being recorded. It could be interpreted in various ways, legally or morally but you can be sure who would be at a disadvantage.

Ok thanks. I understand the recording without consent part. (even though in most countries, you don’t need permission to record or photograph people in public places, not sure what the law is in Canadian)

I’m really more interested in the food bank visit. Why is it wrong to use the food bank as newcomers to Canada?

ciwi:

It seems like the workers in the video were not aware that they were being recorded. If that is the case, this exposes them (the YouTubers) to possible legal action, like a lawsuit, because it’s an invasion of their privacy to not just make a video of them, but also upload it on YouTube without their consent. I, for one, will not like to be recorded at work or anywhere without my knowledge or consent. That’s my own observation

Please guys, I’m interested in understanding why that youtube video is wrong. This is a genuine question, can some just help explain. Is it legally wrong or socially wrong? I watched some parts of the video and they said there was nothing illegal about it and they had registered online. I’m asking so I can be educated.

I believe ednut is right. Keeping the scores high to achieve what?? Many people join the pool everyday and get high scores without French. There are people with job offers inside and outside Canada, people with Canadian education etc.

It’s obvious they’re trying to switch focus to PNP though. And they’ve made several announcements about that. I think we’ll see fewer FSW draws until they eventually begin implementing the Bill C-19.

Timmypaul:
Bro let be realistic, ircc are giving priority to bilingual, the bilingual are those with high scores together with those with Canadian experience. They are kinda forcing people with below 490 to provincial nomination. It’s as simple as that.

Tough, but I’ll say accept the ITA.

Of course your wife can go with your son, and then you begin the process for you to join them.

If you think you can afford to wait a bit longer for another draw, you can decline. Bear in mind the next draw (FSW) may not come for another month, or even later. Or never, if they switch to the occupations in demand draws in Spring like they announced earlier.

saskatoonguy:
We are Family of 3, we are on 488. I changed the profile to unaccompanied spouse and CRS is now 493. Hopefully we will get ITA today.

My wife is the Principal Applicant.

Can i go ahead and accept the ITA and afterwards, Can my son go with my Wife to Canada using this mode?.
We have stayed long in this Process, we cannot take any chance anymore.

What do you guys advices please?
Should i just go on with the unaccompanying profile or wait for CRS score i drop further?

finally IRCC *pheww. Like @nymphomaniac said “emilokan”.
We moveee

Heyy congrats 👏.

nymphomaniac:
Exactly one month from AOR, I have gotten RFV.

Na only God.

Will keep you guys updated.

Na wa oo. I’m surprised that people are oppressed by IELTS scores of others posted here.

@piekna3, you don’t need a remark. Because with a 7.5 score, you have the maximum points possible for that section. The CRS calculator groups 7.5 - 9 together for Writing. I hope this helps.

Piekna3:



Quite sad to see the hate from you both, I thought this thread was about being your brother’s keeper but apparently I’m wrong 🙃 it’s all good.