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sakieja:
Thank you for the response,after filling the payers form.whenever press the next button it shows enter valid name.and I don't understand it.

What's your challenge?

sakieja:
Somebody who have used qlife before should assist me on how to book the appointment.pleaseeeeeeee

If he applied using your email, the confirmation email you get for the submission would have "sign in to your account" link in the body of the mail. Click on the link and it'll take you to the portal that was used.

skyion:
Pls an agent filled my application. How can I know whether he use old or new website

Congrats chief.

Hoelujohn:
It's PPR. To God be the glory. I am not so good at typing epistles. Make una pardon me.
Summary.
2 years Diploma course. In my very late 30's and father is the sponsor.
Special thanks to Zubizareta. If I am to rate his level of integrity and professionalism, I will score him 9.99/10.

Before I forget, eligibility has not started, tracker didn't even recognize me.

No. The biometric is valid for 10 years from the time you did it.

CRUISEBABE:
Please after you were denied visa the 1st time, did you do another biometrics??

Congrats

Bejewelled:
This is a long read, but I am being as detailed as possible, because I know how helpful it was, reading other detailed accounts, here.
We are a family of 6, but only 4 members of the family were on the application, as the other 2 are American citizens.
4 Members of family on application
Me – Study permit for a Master's degree
Husband – SOWP
1st Child – Study permit for an Undergraduate degree
2nd Child – Study permit for High School

Application Timeline
Upfront Medical – April 5th 2024
Submission – May 16th 2024
Biometrics for Me and First Child - May 20th 2024. Updated on portal, same day.
Second Child was exempted from giving biometric information.
My husband’s BIL was not sent same time as ours. I also noticed that he had no UCI. I sent a webform about both issues, on the morning of May 29th and he received his BIL that same night. His profile also got assigned a UCI.
Biometrics for Husband – May 30th. Updated on portal same day.
Medical updated to passed for everyone: June 15th
Applications denied - June 15th.
Reason: Your assets and financial situation are insufficient to support the stated purpose of travel for yourself (and any accompanying family member(s), if applicable.
I applied for GCMS notes minutes after I got the email, but I suspected that the reason for the denial was because my school fees were not paid. I figured that the lack of significant commitment to the school could have been the reason, as there was more than enough money, with clear sources, to cover everyone on the application. I was happy that the reason for the denial was only financial, so I figured that doing more to show financial commitment would help. So, I made some adjustments to our applications and reapplied on June 25th, without receiving the GCMS notes.
The notes finally came on July 23rd and I saw that there wasn’t confidence that, despite the robust finances, my school fees and our living expenses would be sorted. So, my guess, about the reason for refusal, was accurate.
Application Timeline
Submission – June 25th 2024 with Biometrics updated immediately for Me and First Child.
Husband’s UCI and Biometrics updated – July 3rd 2024
PPR for everyone – July 25th 2024


Letters of Explanation
My LOE explained the educational and career progressions that led me to the particular Master’s degree. It also explained why I wanted to be with my family during that journey. I mentioned that the 2 Americans would also be travelling with me, so POF was for 6 people. Documents were attached to show that claims of education and profession were accurate. WES verifications and IELTS results were included in these. I also mentioned an extensive travel history and haven never defaulted on any visas.

My husband’s Reason for Travel, detailed his career and qualifications and explained that he does not have any immediate plans to resign his job and move to Canada, for the duration of my studies. The application for the SOWP was to take advantage of any solid opportunities, for work, that may come up for him, in Canada, while I am there, as this would enable us all be together. His extensive travel history was mentioned, as well as non default on any previous visas.
In his LOE, documents were attached that proved the accuracy of the claims on his Reason for Travel. WES verifications and IELTS results were included in these.

My first child’s LOE explained that studying in Canada was so she could get the kind of education that would make her secondary goals easier to attain. She got into a competitive course, in one of Canada’s highly ranked schools and it is a precursor to her intended second degree and subsequent career. The LOE delved into that.

As the principal applicant in a Master’s degree, I did not require a PAL, so I answered “no” to that question. As a result, there was no special place to attach my daughter’s. To make sure it was not missed, I merged it with her offer letter and uploaded together. I also did the same with her LOE before uploading. So, her PAL was uploaded as a part of two separate attachments.
She is a minor, but did not require the Custodian Declaration form, as I would be there with her. We would be attending the same school in September, as well, albeit different faculties.

I did not include any LOE for my 2nd child. I only filled his forms, including the optional one that applied for a TRV.

Proof Of Funds for 6
- First year fees were fully paid for 1st child’s undergraduate degree. Receipts of a little over 35k CAD, from the school, were submitted for both applications.
- For the first application, I submitted only the receipt for my acceptance deposit. The school did not require that I pay more than that and because the money was in an investment account, I did not want to pull it out. For the second application, my Master’s degree was fully paid for, with funds from another account, not submitted. The receipt of a little over 65k CAD, from the school, was submitted, which detailed both payments.
- I submitted the Investment Advice letter received from CIBC, for a GIC of 50k CAD, in my name. I did this only during the second application.
- A USD investment account, co-owned by me and my husband, with funds that can be moved within 48 hours. This was the most significant POF, so the statement of account was from inception of the account and ran for over 4 years, to make it clear that the funds had been available for a long time and that there were no sudden deposits that inflated the figures. All the deposits, into the account, within the last year, were quite significant. So, I made sure to explain them, with proof of sources of fund. A reference letter was attached from the investment house, to back up the SOA. At the time of the second application, the money was less, as the money for the GIC came from this account. I explained that it took just 48 hours to conclude that transaction and that there was no fear about a subsequent withdrawal not being as fast. This account had almost 65k USD left in it, after the GIC payment.
- Statement of account for my husband’s USD account, in a Nigerian bank, for a period of over a year. There had been no transactions in that account for five months, hence the need to show something more comprehensive.
- My husband’s pension fund statement of account, that showed that he could access 25% of the funds, if unemployed for 4 months. That 25% was a significant amount, hence my reason to attach this SOA.
- For the first application, I did not include any of my personal accounts, as fees had been paid from there, so there were a lot of transactions on them that I didn’t want to bother with explaining. For the second application, I included a six-month account statement of my Bank of America account and explained sources of funds in that account.
*** I also mentioned that I would be selling a car, in my name, as soon as the visa came out, in order to buy another in Canada. I included the documents of that car and gave an estimate of the expected sale value. However, I did not include this value while providing a total for the POF.
*** Since the first year of my child’s fees had been fully paid and all of mine were fully paid, the funds in all the accounts and the GIC covered:
- Required POF for 6, for a year, as seen on IRCC website.
- Funds for return tickets. I attached screenshots of one-way ticket prices for the six of us, from KLM, for our intended travel date and simply multiplied it by 2.
- Second year fees for 1st child’s undergraduate degree.
- More than the required funds for a second year of required POF for a family of 6.

Home Ties
- Our home, with recent valuation documents, in both our names, included.
- I mentioned my aged mum and told a story around her current circumstances.
- Car documents (not the one I had mentioned that would be sold) Whether, that was important or not, I have no clue.
- My husband’s job role is very significant and his LOA stated that he had no intention of resigning from that. He stated that if searched and he didn’t get a job similar to what he currently had, he wouldn’t be moving to Canada.

Because I was applying for the SOWP, I was able to use the IRCC Secure Account (GCKey) to apply and was able to upload documents up to 4MB.
I used the website ilovepdf to merge and sometimes, compress my merged documents.

I would say that the most significant part of this experience for me, was knowing that this was what God wanted for us, so I was willing to do my part in bringing that to life. So, besides dotting all your i's and crossing all your t’s, commit it all to God and at the right time, it would happen, if He wills it.
However you can, show significant financial commitment to the process.
No matter what stories you tell in your Letters of Explanation, provide verifiable documents to back them up.
God’s grace to all those still waiting. May Canada be good to us all, in Jesus Name, Amen.

Yes. But it should be related to your current career.

Sidmond:
Hi everyone, is it okay to apply for a different course besides what I studied in my first and second degree (education)?
I'm in ICT courses

If you're a visa officer and you see that someone hasn't paid any tuition deposit, and they applied for a study visa, won't you have the feeling that the person has no intention to study?
Why do you think you can get a Canadian study visa without paying a tuition deposit. How do you even intend to convince the visa officer that you'll be in school, the money in your account is yours, and you'll return back to your country? You sef reason am.

Gman08:
Please, I want to ask if anyone knows any school or college in Canada where one can apply for a Project Management Masters of Advance Diploma for a study visa without paying any acceptance/school fees before applying for the visa. I will be grateful if anyone has an idea. Thanks

Funny enough, I used Kuda Bank for mine, but I used Paystack to make the debit from my Kuda card. My Depends on what feature of payment she used.

chrisifeanyi:
You shouldn't have use kuda for such an important transaction

Are you talking about visa application or college application?

hilariouscandy:
Good morning guys. Pls my sister applied to Okanagan college and they have denied her application and I will like to confirm if she can reapply while using the first payment for the new application ? Or she should ask for a refund before reapplying? I don’t mind if anyone can be of help to guide us through pls.

What people are trying to tell you is that you won't get a visa due to the school that admitted you. It's not a DLI(Designated Learning Institution) institution and you won't be given a PAL(Provincial Attestation Letter) for your study visa application process. You also can't get a Post Graduate Work Permit. What you should do now is to ask the school to refund your deposit. Go on Google, search for DLI institutions in Canada. Click on any of the websites you see in the search result, and apply to any of the schools you see on that list. When you get admitted to any of those schools on the DLI list, you can come back here and ask questions on how to be guided in your study visa application.

mpfreaks:
I claimed it ooo. I need guidelines pls.


How much is proof of fund i need to submit for a 6months course.

Tuition fee is 9000cad

Yes. They'll send you a Standard Charted bank account number.

regionalbb24:
Please can I make bank transfer for IOM?

If you're in Lagos, just send an email to their Lagos email address (iomlagosmedicalbooking@iom.int) to book an appointment. I had an issue when I tried to book with them till I called their support team and I was told to send a mail to that address telling them you want to book for an appointment. They replied in less than 24 hours.

Yemires007:
Good afternoon! I'm having issues with the IOM website. I'm trying to book an appointment, but the 'Select Appointment' button isn't working. I'm using Google Chrome. Could you please help me with this?

Check previous posts. I think someone said they have gotten their visa and they applied during the first week of June.

Chapecoense:
Any applicants from June received any decision yet? Submitted June 5th, no decision yet, school resumes in Sept 4th, is it advisable to send webform at this point?

Mark Millar was quoted saying it's not required for temporary residents in May. There are people on Nairaland that have gotten their study visa and police clearance isn't part of the documents they submitted. It's better to let IRCC personally request for it from you during your application than to waste your money on it.

ibcircuit:
But where do people see that one must get the police clearance if not needed ?


I think for immigration purpose one may have to get it.

Keep your 30-40k in your pocket and don't waste it on a corrupt police force, you don't need it for your Canadian visa application. It's not a requirement.

Yemires007:
Good evening..pls where can I get police clearance certificate in Ibadan

Boss, no one is trying to scare you. Good things don't come easy in life. Do you want to give your kids a better life? Do you want to live in an environment where your rights would be respected? Are you tired of being looked down because of a Nigerian passport?
Most people who japa suffer in their first year or two, but after they don't remember the suffering phase.
The job and housing crisis is a phase because Canada didn't really prepare for mass migration and this is the effect of it. If you're a skilled worker, I'm certain you won't be unemployed for a year. I'm not trying to discourage, but please come with enough money. I mean your own money or money you have access to and not money that you got from POF subscription.

chrisifeanyi:
Imagine stayinf for one year without job. That means Nigeria is better naa. No how person no go fit see job for naija even if na small pay. What is the heck about travelling to Canada then? Is there any thing to be happy about? If I come with enough money, is there hope of job eventually or should we all boycot travelling to Canada? So I fit still come with wifey under SOWP she no go still see job? How we go take take care of kids naa? If I finish my money in six months or 1 year how do we cope naa? Is there anything to be cheerful about Canada? Everything I dey hear from you guys dey scary I swear. Wetin be the solution? Do we now have to come with money for the two years study and expenses and forget about job in Canada? Is it as bad as this? Haaa

People are staying 1 year in Canada without jobs. I mean permanent residents. I have friends, ex-colleagues who are permanent residents in Canada and they have all complained. Bros, if you don't have money for the Proof of funds, please don't go there. The cost of living is very high. That was why Canada increased the POF to 20k. Of course, it's better place than Nigeria, but prepare yourself mentally to face a completely different system with no jobs and high cost of living. To japa good, but to japa with a plan and enough money is the best. I had to mentally prepare myself before I decided to enter this study visa route.

chrisifeanyi:
What of someone with SOWP? Is there job? Can the person stay for four months without job?

No. You can't use a Naira master card. Either you use a dollar card or virtual dollar card platform that you can fund with Naira and purchase USD. There are no additional charges.

fadebayo19:
Please, I need everyone’s help. I want to submit my application and I want to know

1.if I can use my Naira Mastercard to pay for the application fee. I use Gtbank.

2. Is there any charges apart from $235 Cad in my account while paying for the application fee?

Your prompt response will be highly appreciated.

78k at Q-Life. 144k at IOM. Depends on your pocket and location.

flamessy:
Pls how much do I have to pay for the medicals

I hope you know that the study visa you got is attached to only Conestoga College. If you want to change schools, you need to reapply for a new study visa? Also, I think you can't get a full refund from Conestoga if you decide to withdraw from the program voluntarily. You can only get a full refund if you get a visa refusal(confirm from refund policy). Why don't you just go to Canada and work your way into EE, and then bring your spouse when you get the PR?

abbeybiodun:
Please I want a clarification about this, I am a student of Conestega college to resume by September 3rd and I have been given Visa. But since college student can’t bring their spouse. I am thinking of changing my school to a university which will allow me bring my spouse.
But the issue is, I have already paid first semester tuition fee at Conestoga which is about 10k cad.
Now, my question is if I eventually get an admision with a university. Will Conestoga refund my money?
And secondly, Do I need to inform IRCC of the change of school even after entering Canada?
Thanks

I was told Q-Life would send it to ircc and it's ircc that would do the work. Did you apply using G-ckey?

olusola2bello:
Good morning....please I submitted my application last week. But I did upfront medical on Friday and biometrics today. Regarding the medical, so I wait for qlife to update the medical to my portal or am I to upload the worksheet myself?

For those going for biometrics.....
Original passport
2 photocopy of data page
Biometrics letter
Appointment letter

Don't mind those touts saying it must be colored. If you also need to make copies make it inside the building.....it's 400naira. Those touts will charge u 1k for photocopy.

Not true. I thought this was so before I tried it earlier this year. I have a UBA dom account and I was able to send USD directly from my Payoneer account to my UBA dom account without even using Swift code and beneficiary account number UBA gives. Only my UBA Dom account number was used for it. Also you can send money directly from Revolut to a Dom account. I have received money from Revolut like 4-5 times but you need to use Swift code and beneficiary account number the bank gives. The company I work for pay us using Deel and I tried direct transfer from Deel to my Dom account last week. It notified me that the transfer would take 5 working days, I'm still waiting for it to hit my Dom account. There many digital banks that can send money to your Dom account and you'll receive it as USD.

ide2012:
Tell your friend to send you the money to your domiciliary account - How can my friend send it. we don't receive usd anymore in niaja?

I was there two weeks ago, and everyone walked into the building with a bag. I also had a bag on me.

Emmanuelto867:
If you want to do extra photocopy inside the building, you 'd pay with your card not cash
If you take a bag there, to safe keep it, you 'd pay with your card and you must safekeep it because they don't allow bag in the building

Thanks.

Bobomaigida:
It does not work like, your results will be sent to IRCC, who will review it and then update your portal. No one knows how quick or fast they will review it, just be patient and hopeful.

I used the new portal. I submitted my id number for the medical.

Hoelujohn:
Have you submitted the information sheet?

Please, I did upfront medicals a week before I submitted my application and I was told it'll be sent to ircc in 10 working days. Yesterday was the 10th day and I just checked the portal, but there's no status update on my medical on it. Please how should I go about this?

How much was your previous GIC?

ide2012:
Question 1) Has anyone ever purchased another GIC after having a previous one that’s still in term and have not been used?

2) are there other forms of investment I can use to demonstrate I have the financials at my disposal apart from CIBC gic ?

Only your passport data page needs 2 copies, because they'll collect one copy from you, while the second copy is the one you must bring along with you for passport submission. Other documents requires just one copy.

chrisifeanyi:
How many copies of the documents that will be needed? 2 each? And what documents?

Very important to do your photocopy and printing before you get there because it is 1k per page for photocopy. I have my own personal printer and printed all my documents getting there. But I photocopied my passport data page in B&W instead of colored. That's how a tout lied to me that they only accept colored print outs. I photocopied the two required copies of my data page for 2k. Only to enter inside VFS office and see they collected black and white print outs from other people. Don't let anyone lie to you that colored print out is the only document requirement.

adezeih:
The bus stop is Ikate (Round About). I will also suggest you do all necessary photocopies and printings before coming. You may end up paying 1k to 2k for printing per page

Initially I tried booking with Q-Life, I canceled it because I couldn't pick my own appointment date and it was for 78k. I tried booking with IOM, I could pick my own appointment date but it costs 144k. Eventually, I used Q-Life. It depends on how deep your pocket is. IOM is closer to where I live, but I chose the distance to save me some money.

Chinaza93:
Please have anyone booked for medicals recently. Please how much was it

I submitted last week at 1AM. Exactly 4 hours later at 5AM, I got biometrics request. Booked my biometrics for the following day.

Wonder1844:
Good day all.
Please has anyone recently submitted application and got biometric instructions within 24 hours? I'm asking because I heard of delay as at last month. Thanks