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@galala123

Yes that's the email. Also copy Canadian Embassy kenya, London.

I wish you the best of success

@NothingDoMe

No reason was given for the request for medical. Our only worry was that it was sent to only me. But we just assumed it was a recent trip I made to Beirut without hubby.

I was upfront with the fact that I'm pregnant so I wasn't so worried about that

At IOM, you are asked directly to state whether you are pregnant or not. They claim is so that you sign an indemnity form before doing the x-ray. I don't know if they share the pregnancy info with the embassy

@susej, you just go online to the airline website and start a flight booking. When you are done with the booking and it takes you to payment options, just select bik on hold.

The itinerary will be sent to your email. That is what you use for the application. The whole point of an itinerary is to give the VO a clear picture of your intended movement. You so not need to pay for the flight

Let me share my experience.

Our plan was to travel to Canada December 23

Paper application submitted with my husband on September 12, 2019 with the following documents:
All our passports
Letter from office
Pay slip
Bank details
Invitation from cousin in canada
Flight itinerary
Cover letter
Property documents
My son's US passport data page
NOTE that hubby and I submitted on our own individual merit. The only thing we shared was property documents
We also gave our biometrics

September 29 request for medical sent to only me, nothing sent to hubby.

October 22, Medicals done at IOM.

No word after that.

December 4, which is 80 days after submission, I send an email to Canada DHC in Lagos and follow up with a letter through DHL asking for status of application as my travel date is approaching. No response.

December 18, I get email on Validity of Biometrics.

December 19, I get response to my December 4 email from Canada DHC that my processed passport has been sent to the VAC.

Today December 20, after waiting 97 days (3 months and 7 days) hubby goes to VAC and retrieves our passports. We were granted multiple entry visas for the validity of our passports. Mine is 2024. Hubby is 2021. Glory to God.

Guess what? VAC I.e VFS has not sent us email or text till this moment to come and collect our passports. These VFS people ehn.

Anyway, hope this helps someone. Cheers!