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You’re probably better off paying for & doing another biometric as Visa wil be issued either by length of biometric validity/length of passport expiration whichever is less.
So even though u have brand new 10 years passport but with 3 years biometric validity left from
Previous application. You’d only get 3 years visa.
But if u do new biometrics you’d very likely get 10 years Visa. Reason am

Kelvinarsenal:
I applied for visit visa in 2018 and I did biometrics which is valid for 10years ...after 6years I'm now reapplying again for visit visa which means my biometrics is still valid...Now after I paid visa fee my biometrics dint come up after some days ..wats the way forward..hope this is clear enough!

He can’t just work as a mechanic in Canada,
@larrixauto2017 You’ll need a formal trade schooling from an institute of technology in your target province and a trade/journeyman certificate before he will be allowed to touch any vehicle. For example in Edmonton, he will have to attend automotive service technician course among others at NAIT then start his journeyman with an auto repair shop to gain hands-on experience.
His previous experience and certificate from Nigeria may help easily get journeyman spot perhaps but definitely not qualify him to just start touching people’s vehicles in Canada.
In fact he needs the certificate and experience before he can register an auto repair business!!!
Cheers

njambert:
Come work as a mechanic for some time, understand the system then open your business.

IMO,

It doesn’t hurt to send the documents again & a compassionate msg in seperate webforms to CIO/Accra/Nairobi. Not just asking for update.
You can even go one further and send a compassionate email to RROC(ircc.in-rroc-corr-ri.ircc@cic.gc.ca) stating how the delay has been affecting you (emotional&mental health) & how you look forward to reuniting with your wife and new born.
RROC has been known in the past to help follow up on Citizens/PRs pending family reunification applications.
Some folks even send webforms every week to their visa office until their visa is approved!!!
Cheers

lga23:
Hello house, I have a sponsorship application for my wife ongoing. we had a baby in September and we sent a webform immediately to let the IRCC know….

I sent another one to the Accra office on Friday and the response was we got from them was "Regarding your daughter, you were advised to contact CIO to add her to the application.". This has been done since November.

I am really confused as to what is going on, and if we sent the files to the appropriate office. what can I do please?

Until you are married, he/she can’t add you.
After ‘partner’ gets invited & submits a complete application, you’d have to be legally married 1st before she can add you. Some folks do just court wedding first to collect certificate and add their spouse, then plan naija big wedding later.

JapaPrince:
Hello house,
I need a little guidance regarding the PR application; my partner is about to enter the PR pool soon while we are planning our wedding later this year; how best should we approach this since we are not married yet? Should I be included in the application from the beginning or be attached after my partner gets an invitation to apply?
Thanks.

All the best in your IELTS.
WES for only MSc.(highest degree)

Since you have experience in tech, you may have slightly higher chance IF IRCC continue their dedicated tech/STEM category invitations this year as the CRS score is lower, make sure the NOC you choose is one of the listed though.

Are you a single male/female? You could explore starting a SERIOUS relationship with one of the people you know in Canada if they are single too & PR/Citizen😁, let time & the ‘heart’ do the rest before you know it you’d be so in love he/she will rush to Nigeria to marry you. Canada can be lonely for single folks & most Nigerian will rather avoid western marital dramas. Just kidding but it’s an option😉😊
All the best

Pearlypinky:
Guys please I need help

I have an msc degree, I'm 31, I don't have blood relative in canada but I know people in canada, I work in tech (I'm a Cloud DevOps Engineer AWS and AZURE), I have over 3 years work experience in Nigeria and I'm planning to write IELTS General soon.

Kindly advice with the best Canada PR route I should take. Also, when it comes to WES evaluation for me to get into the PR pool, will I do WES for my undergraduate degree? Or WES for my masters degree? Or both?

Uncle K, a potential visitor/tourist is not an immigrant? An immigrant is a permanent resident & a visitor/tourist is simply a visitor as the visa category says. You should probably take some time to carefully read about how LMiA works and the visa category change policy you alluded to.

I remember last year when this whole VV getting LMIA was a hot topic, some folks here took their time to explain how it works and how difficult it is. But they were called several derogatory names for providing intending travelers with the truth.
Most of the people that travelled last year couldn’t get a job within 6 months, if anyone successfully got one pls correct me with proof.
A lot of them claimed asylum, taking advantage of a system designed for countries currently experiencing war or severe natural disaster.
While I understand that Nigeria is probably somewhere no one wants to be currently with the harsh economic realities and terrible government policies, it’s always better to japa legitimately.

Kennyg290:
You have spoken well. I have said it before that Canada was the cause of asylum seekers with VV because their policy of seeking employment on VV gave room for multitude without any proactive measures to cushion the effects on immigrants.

What’s required is just return ticket and passports. Even travel insurance is optional except for SuperVisa. No more arriveCAN nor Covid test.
CBSA will ask your parent(s) for your address when they land & pass thru immigrations.
Cheers

Johndooe009:
Passport submitted (LAG): Jan 20th
Passport ready for pickup: Jan 24th

Pls i have a question. Apart from the Round trip ticket, Passport/visa stamp and Travel medical insurance. Is there anything else required? like Covid vaccination, ArriveCan and so on...are those still required?

Send individual compassionate mail (copy and paste is allowed) to these emails:

nrobi-immigration@international.gc.ca
nairobi@international.gc.ca
lagos.immigration@international.gc.ca
abuja@international.gc.ca

To raise webform:
https://secure.cic.gc.ca/enquiries-renseignements/case-cas-eng.aspx?mission=

All the best!!

Jossy43:
Thank you for your reply, unfortunately is not not an Authorized rep in my application and pls can you help with the web forms / emails of Lagos, abuja and Nairobi centers. I’ll be glad if i get a prompt response from you. Thanks and God bless

She has nothing to lose if she calls especially if she’s an Authorized Representative in your application(I imagine she is). The IRCC call center people can’t provide good enough updates on applications processed outside Canada though.
Better still your wife should send a compassionate email/webform to Lagos, Abuja and Nairobi. Explaining how the distance and separation from you negatively impacts her mental health, how settling in Canada without her spouse has been difficult blah blah.
She can go a mile further & even reach out to the MP of the ridding where she lives. They can help make inquiries on behalf of a PR’s spouse.
P.S: I personally know 3 PRs that did this and approval came within a week for their spouses.
I did same for my MIL and PPR dropped the following week after 3 month delay. All the best!

Jossy43:
Hello house , i submitted my VV application nov5 biometrics 14th and was updated 15th, i havent heard anything since then. I heard i could put a call across to them, my wife is in canada PR, can she call them on my behalf as i have not heard from then since after biometrics. Thanks

Gbogbo èleyi owà necessary na😔😔🥶

ednut1:
Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta people with minus 45 degrees how is it going. 🙃

Just curious, why pictures and chat🤔, when both of their birth certificates legitimately proves sibling relationship?
The brother in Canada will have to provide a scan of his PR card as proof of residency too.

Levels1:
Brother still the same. Make sure you include pictures,chats along..... It will certainly end with praise

20 days is quite a some time in my opinion.
Perhaps she should reach out to VFS to find out a possible reason for the delay.
VFS has chat box/email/number on their website

Joytitilayo:
Thanks!

Pls, what is the window time for Biometrics to update, is been 20days now they didn't update her Biometrics

Congratulations Sis🍾🥂🥂

larrybam:
Thank you very much, we got an email from them to submit my daughter's birth certificate and we sent it. We got another email from them yesterday which is procedural fairness stating that I refused to declare my us refusal and I have the opportunity to explain, my husband sent an email explaining and we attached the refusal letter. To God be the glory, woke up this morning to the ppr for my daughter and I.

1. Yes (Even if husband is applying for both of them)

2. I’d suggest he apply for both of them, the invitation letter from his family should be for him and his Brother/Sister’s Niece/nephew(your child).

3. The family member can pay from Canada and he can send the naira equivalent to him/her.

4. In addition to the invitation letter, his Sister/brother can send her/his Canadian statement of account if he/she is cool with it stating she will co-sponsor.

5. Reach out to vfs via chat/email/call for accurate information

Cheers Ma

Zirconia16:
PLS DON'T SCROLL PAST!!!

Hello house! 👋🏾

I'm back with a few questions.

1. I want to apply for visa for my child (less than a year). Am I to fill the representative form?

2. My spouse also wants to reapply (we applied same time last year but he was denied, I was granted) is it better for him to be the applicant for our child, or me seeing as I already have the visa. Bear in mind it is his financial documents that will be used as the proof of funds (just as it was the last time we applied), and he's the one that has family inviting us too.

3. Pls how can one make payments as I'm seeing from a few posts back that naira cards are no longer going through?

4. What additional documents will be beneficial to submit asides the regulars?

5. Also saw a few posts back that transmission fee is required for those already with biometrics if this is not going to be their first submission. How true is this? And if true, pls how do we go about it?

Will greatly appreciate anyone with appropriate information. Thanks a lot.

Like the Terminator, I will be back 😁 (with more questions after submission)!

😁😁😂

aestake:
I was managing his expectations. You know our people, before I am tagged an enemy of progress.

Hi,
Just curious, why do you feel a need to explain money she transferred from herself to herself after you have applied?
Say I’m the processing visa officer, I’d ask myself that too when I see the webform & perhaps I’d more meticulously review the application.


Should you decide to go ahead, explaining the lump sum from the other account won’t be enough, how the lump sum was saved up over months(statement of account) for the other account should also be provided if your ultimate goal is to explain source of money clearly.
Keep the explaination simple and clear with documents to back it up if you must.
#MyOneCent

Joytitilayo:
Hello everyone

Pls is it late to add /upload a letter/document on applications that is on processing

how can my sis upload a letter explain lump sum deposit from her my other savings account to the account she Submit, both account are on her name and show her monthly salary from her company account.. But she transfer 2.6M from her other savings account two months ago and we didn't explain it because is from her other savings account and it clearly show her name...

Pls any advice will help thanks

Visitor visa is not an ‘immigant’, you’re a visitor. spend the next ‘few weeks’ to research on provinces/cities with jobs in ur current experience/career and cities that you can afford. Filter the jobs to see which offer LMIA. When you get to Canada you’d have to do a lot of self-research to get by, you might as well start already.

Wanaman:
Hello, I'm moving to Canada in a few weeks, can anyone help with useful tips on how to easily get accomodation, LMIA approved jobs and best place to reside as a new immigant

But baba shey you know say LMIA visa is employer specific AKA Closed Work Permit, so the only way he will likely find if the work conditions are unfavourable is back to Nigeria.
That’s why minimum wage LMIA offers is not advisable cos the person will likely be stuck at min wage for years before you can get enough experience to transition to PR if the work experience n education will even qualify the person for EE. #JustSaying

aestake:
Come first if it is not real or not favorable, you find your way. There are frauds here, people! There is slavery too!

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

Llaye:
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

Did you find out what the accommodation plan/arrangement is?
Cos rent is pretty expensive in Ontario and a company paying $17/hr in addition to payin ur high rent seems unreal.
Make sure u see a lease agreement in ur name before u leave Nigeria pls.

My personal experience: after I got PR some years ago, I got a really good supervisory job in Toronto while still in Nigeria. Job offer was signed & sent with promise to sort out my accommodation for few months after Landing. Company has condos they said.
Two weeks after landing, company couldn’t find accommodation. I tried to find accommodation myself too but was too expensive for suitable accommodation(+2,000$). I told the company I won’t resume without accommodation sorted out. Thankfully during the wait I got a better offer in Edmonton and within 2 days I sorted accommodation myself in Edmonton. Na so I take become Mayor for Edmonton 😁
Sent mail to the company that for family reasons we decided to leave Toronto, hence I can’t resume the job- No love lost!

Lesson Learned: with hindsight , why should any company pay my rent even as a supervisor talk less an expensive rent.
Make sure any verbal agreement is written down & signed.

Cheers

Yomzy08:
Hello guys, I just got a job with LMIA in Canada at 17Cad per hour with accommodation for the first 3 months, please is 17Cad enough to get an average life in Canada?

You can actually have two invitation letters from both brothers.
There’s a question when applying ‘has someone else invited you’ click yes. One can state he will be the major sponsor while the other co-sponsor.
In my opinion, having two siblings that are citizen invite him gives him higher chance of approval.

Funky123:
Thank you, should we get invitation from his brothers and Aunty or just one person

Also, is 4m enough since they will add their own payslip as his sponsor in Canada or we should take it to 6m

Thanks

Oh okay.
A question, has your husband met his baby ‘in flesh’ yet? If NO, then I’d suggest you (1)add an emotional appeal LOA with your application stating family re-unification, emotional and mental support from your spouse who is yet to meet his newborn as reasons. And (2) Husband should send letter of invitation for the baby also appealing that he can’t wait to see his daughter/son and be reunited with you his wife as that will help his settlement in Canada and his studies.
Other documents you’ll need will appear in the upload section.
You will also need to attach ur SOWP and husband’s Study visa. I strongly believe the processing will be faster.
Feel free to ask for help here at any stage of your application, I’m sure others will kindly help with accurate informations too.
Congratulations on the baby and all the best Ma🙏🙏

AlphaLady:
Errm. My husband is already there. I just had the baby. So I’m looking to start the baby’s application as soon as the passport is ready.

So in the interim, I’m looking at what documents to gather and how to go about a visitor’s visa.

If your uni/college resumption time is pretty close, you can attach an LOE explaining the obvious urgency+Evidence of nearness of resumption. That could help fast track the processing.
Cheers

AlphaLady:
Hi everyone,

Please how do I go about applying for a visitor’s visa for a baby less than 2 months.

Both parents already have SOWP and study permit. Plus what’s the average timeline for it to get approved?

Thank you

Just curious, what's the basis of a Nigerian seeking asylum?
Deliberately abusing a system/program designed to help refugees from war-torn lands is 'good news'?
I honestly just want to some insights no vex
#Peace✌️

Vinny102:
As ur plan is to put fear in people by showing them the ugly part which we know to be true due to lack of accommodations at the moment, please also share with them the good news of the ones taken by Red Cross with accommodations and payment of more than 700 CAD monthly. Don't just be a prophet of doom always happy and ready to escalate bad news. Try to share good news too!

Theres always stopover(s) depending on the flights(Air France/Paris, KLM/Amsterdam, EA/Dublin/Ethiopia Egypt Air/Cairo Lufthansa/Frankfurt etc). If the stopover is in US, you'd need a US visa.
The general trend is the farther the flight date is the cheaper the air ticket potentially. I usually just play around the dates for fun🙈🙈

Enculer2:
Hello All,

How do you guys travel to Nigeria on direct flights? What airlines do you use and how far away did you have to book?

Regards.

I appreciate the way you take your precious time to answer people's enquiries patiently& accurately. Even providing links....especially as a simple Google search could easily answer most questions posted here. Tuàle🙌

Na God go bless you🙏

Ashirioluwa:
You are not going to be charged if your biometric was done in Lagos.

You need to book an appointment because you can’t do walk in without appointment.

Click on the link below then scroll down, you will see how to book appointment for passport submission.

https://visa.vfsglobal.com/nga/en/can/book-an-appointment

Joseph...😴😴😴😴

Kaykkay:
Hello guys,plz help me with Canada companies that employs and provide visa for skilled foreign workers

Truth delivered nude!!!😂😂

Maria96:
of course you can apply at POF, after one year your frivolous claims thrown out of the window

😀😀😀

ednut1:
ask in the express entry thread. In this post you have bsc the one in EE thread you have hnd. 😒 Are you using nairaland to learn agent work?

I'd suggest you correct both errors, all the information filled for all visa category is logged. Say you want to apply for PR/Study/Work permit in the future it'd be expected your family number/son's name stays same/you'd have to provide proof of change of name/proof of addition to family(New born). If at any point ur son is traveling with you, will your son's international passport has your brother's name?

If you selected 'YES' someone is accompanying you, you'd have to apply for a visa for the person too. There's a chance the application will be rejected as incomplete at the Eligibility stage.
#MyOneCent

Levels1:
I just discovered that there was a mistakes in the application i submitted, as such the name of my brother was inputted as my son's name but is other details are correct.

Secondly, where it was ask if any of the listed name's will be accompanying me, it was tick as Yes instead of No.

This are the only mistakes on the application and I don't know what can be done to correct it hence trying to seek for your input.


And can't this leads to refuser?

Thanks

Driving and cooking are really nice skills to have, but if we are being objective, I'd ask myself does these skills set me apart from the deluge of unemployed people with valid work visa and valid Canadian driver's license?

While having a business shows I'm enterprising, do I have a Business Analysis degree(s)+Certificates recognized in Canada?
Even having those doesn't guarantee employment.

Guys we have to be strategic!!! I hearsay dun turn Otunba for Nigeria to who dey sleep for street in Canada.
I hope your hardwork get blessed with success& you'd share your success story for all to learn from 🙏🙏

iykewright:
My dear, I think it's beyond skills. I personally have some skills that should probably helpe me transit quickly. I can drive, cook, I own a registered business in Nigeria that is into painting and paint production with over 15yrs of experience. Lmia job is not easy to get

È Sir,

Do you know for a certainty that an unpaid volunteering role is eligible for work permit?
If yes kindly post the link from Canadian government's website.
It's always better to post accurate information IMO as sadly some people base their uninformed choices on what they read on threads/social media. I've meet folks that got scammed/ran out of funds in Canada because of inaccurate information.

I honestly hope those with VV in Canada already find LMIA work however difficult it is. But try to not overstay your Visa, go back and re strategize with all the first-hand experience you'd have acquired.

Ìré oooo

gbengz101:
You have a first aid certyfrom Canadian red Cross and you are looking for LMIA, is looking for LMIA the next step with what is in your hand or you get a volunteering position with Canadian Red Cross and flagpole to get work permit without LMIA first?