You can marry any day, and you can enter the pool any day. They are independent events.

Arosam:
Congrats to all the ITA clinchers

Can someone get married today and then dive into the pool the following day?

Asking for a Friend.

That's the spirit. A spirit of gratitude.
Next draw will not pass you by. Congrats in advance.

Vee2209:
I'm so excited, though I didn't get an ITA today but very hopeful. My CRS score is 472, submitted my application in April I could have gotten one today but the tie breaking rule affected it.

I'm firstly grateful to God that the score dropped by 3 from the last draw 475 and I pray it continues to drop. I will definitely come to testify next draw by God's grace....... Amen

Congratulations to everyone who got an ITA today.

Oh, I'm just seeing it has been discussed here.

Thanks.

geotherm:
Contact:

Pastor & Mrs. Johnson George

Cell: 586-Bleep-xxxx
Email: george@cpbc-inc.org
Office Hours: 9:am - 1:00pm (Tuesday - Friday)


https://cpbc-inc.org/INT/pastor.html

Be warned and beware of a church named Canada Pentecostal Bible church. This church is not in existence in Canada. Someone has been using that name and most likely a fake website to swindle many Nigerian pastors. Giving them offer letters

Immediately I saw the offer letter from a friend I knew it was fake. I had to investigate. That cell number on the website belongs to a pastor who lives in the USA. He is worried that some unscrupulous individuals are using his number and a fake name to swindle pastors from Nigeria.

Please spread the message and be warned. A friend fail for it and spent a lot of money. He did phone call interview, got offer letter and signed contract. All fake.

Please beware don't let desperation cloud your judgment. Anyone demanding money for job is not genuine. To be forewarned is to be forearmed.

.

Dear All,

Please if you get a job email from Canada Pentecostal Bible Church, please ignore. No such church exists in Inuvik. They are scammers. They will make you part with some money.
You can inform your friends and colleagues.

Okay. I'll check

aremso:


pls i sent you a pm

Merry Christmas everyone. Been a while I posted on this platform.
I had wanted to post this before now but kept delaying.

I want to encourage everyone who awaits PPR, especially those in AVO. Last year (2018) was horrible for us as it seemed all our doors were closed. When we first heard about the EE thing we embraced it with joy. Everything went on smoothly: IELTS (one touch for me and spouse), ECA (for both of us was out within 6 weeks), medicals was a breeze. Then, we hit a brick wall when our application was sent to Accra visa office. We waited for 7 months before it was eventually approved.

Last Christmas was very depressing. New year's day this year was horrible. All we kept asking was 'How long, before we see Your righteous hand, how long before our mourning turns to shouts of joy?' (It's actually the lyrics of a song). The AVO seniors told us that shop would open between January and April or May. We kept praying and hoping. Truly, from around January they started giving PPRs. Ours came in April. Some AVOs with AOR of February even got PPR by April/May. (I'm sure this is encouraging to someone).

Now, we are in Canada. Last night, I had to sneak as Santa to drop Christmas gifts for my kids, and their joy this morning is heart-warming. Things are not perfect here, but I can say we are much happier here. I can say that the Lord led us here. It doesn't mean that our happiness depends on our location, though.

This is to everyone (not only AVO people) who feels discouraged about something (it may not even be the Express Entry stuff). Yours may be that you are looking for an admission, for a job, for a life-partner, for a child or for something that you can't share with us. Don't worry much (it's understandable if you worry); do the best you can do and trust the Lord to guide you. Keep trusting him. Hold on. Don't give up. Help is on the way.

May this Christmas give you more peace that is beyond human understanding. Cheers.

today na today

Review Required

Anikulapu:
URGENT PLEASE

Good morning house.

Please what does RR mean on statutory question

And what should one do when seen on GCMS notes . Thank you

No need. Trade it and buy another one.

padix:
Hello guys, I just got my application approved as a PR and I am thinking of shipping my two TV sets, LG Oled and Sony to Toronto. Is it advisable?
or I should just trade them and buy another one when I land.

Thanks.

Congratulations!!!
Thank God oh...... By the way, that time you told us it was a friend of yours, now you haf confessed.
Anyway, what matters is that you got all your credentials back.

Chrisophad:
Halleluya! Halleluya! Halleluya! Halleluya! Halleluya! Halleluya! Halleluya!
E don land o
To God be all the Glory...
Y'all remember in part 7 where I said we sent original documents alongside our passport and wasn't sure if they would be returned.. To God be the Glory, they returned everything, including the "confirming confirmento".
And it wasn't the work of an agent like people thought, na overskill bn do us
Glory to God

mbhs139:


First and foremost, why were you that careless that your employer get to know before PPR. This kind thing, na after PPR person dey let the dog out of the bag, when you already know say CoPR don sure. Anyway, nothing do you. Just maintain your champion. You no need to IRCC anything. Are they monitoring your life ni?
My one cent opinion

At the bolded, that is not supposed to be the fault of the applicant. And it's not about carelessness, in my opinion. Very many people I know tell their employer before they write, so if the employer chose to react that way, it is not the applicant's fault. Don't forget that CIC calls the employer to verify the reference letter. If they show surprise to CIC when the call comes, that could lead to a refusal of application, which is a worse error.

For me, the employer is acting wrongly, but the applicant did the right thing.

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110k, but negotiable.

Rakiticbarca:
how much for the cycle ergometer?

This bed will fit your baby, zero to 4 years old.

Contact me if you want it. The price is awesome.

Location is Port Harcourt.

A deep freezer, a refrigerator and a microwave. You can but them either together, or separately.
Price: Negotiable.
Location: Port Harcourt.
Contact: Slide into my inbox.

Contact me if you need this.
As good as new.
Location: PH

Nice.
Congrats!!!

GozyNA:
As earlier promised,

Landing Gist!!!



I will probably put up interesting pictures as they come and as I see fit. Also if there is a whatsapp group for Calgary, please I would like to be added to it.

Forgot to add earlier that I had to explain the Express Entry process in summary twice to different officials at the airport.

I pray this land favors us all. Amen!!!

Friends of the forum, while eating eba this hot afternoon, COPR Letter and the stamped passports arrived to my house by courier.

Summarized Timeline

ITA: 25th July 2018
AOR: 11th September 2018
PPR: 23rd April 2019
COPR: 16th May 2019
Arrived today.

My PPR announcement and PPR story was in the previous thread, but I'll like to add a few things.

Because our application was processed in Accra, we were a little discouraged and didn't prepare for PPR. When PPR eventually came, it could be predicted so the excitement was numbed. Many people have their PPR requirements (including the height and eye color forms) filled and kept in an envelope, but we had to go and take passport photographs the next day at Studio 24, and then submitted via courier.

Now, if you don't live in close proximity to Lagos or Abuja, and you are not in a hurry to leave, using a courier service (DHL or UPS) is a very good option. So, we sent our Studio 24 passports (with address and stamp at the back), a consent form allowing UPS to transmit our passports back to us, and we paid for transmission of passports to and fro.

I'm posting this because I had to inbox many people about this, we weren't sure because no one we knew had done like us. I'm sure this will help someone. One of our kids is an American citizen, and although we didn't pay the passport transmission fee, we weren't sure if we should also pay for the courier fee back to us. We made a copy of the data page of the American passport and attached. Other people we knew went to VFS to pick up the passports and so didn't have this info. Even the people at UPS head office in my city had no idea; all they knew was to collect your documents and bring them back to you. Maybe we should have called vfs or emailed, but we decided to risk the extra 10k afterall we had spent over 1.5 million on this project (IELTS, ECA (X2), FBI PCC, NPF PCC, Medicals, eAPR fee, RPRF fee, Transport to Abuja for Biometrics (x2) and all the passport photographs), so wetin be 10k?. Better safe than sorry.

When it got to VFS (after 2 working days), we got a call saying they noticed we paid for courier for 4 passports, but they were seeing 3. I explained and the man said I shouldn't have paid for it and they can't refund. I said no wahala.

It left for Accra the next day. No anxious moments, I didn't even bother checking. On Thursday, 16th May, all the IP1 oh, IP2 oh.... everything changed to 'A final decision has been made'; meanwhile they were still 'reviewing if I met eligibility' when my passports had reached them....lol.
Finally, my profile changed to APPROVED.... what a feeling.
I got notified when it left Accra, when it reached VFS Lagos, and when it was given to the courier service. Eventually, it got to me while I was eating eba.

This is our story. God has been faithful to me and my family. Infact, he has been more than faithful. We have spent the last year or two facing one discouraging news or the other, but from April, we started getting good news, not just this PPR. He showed us that He had us in His mind all the while. Special thanks to my wife too, who made this happen.... in the other thread, I had shared about her anxiety. Now, she is so calm. She is a proud owner of a PPR, a COPR and a passport stamped with an Immigrant Visa.

Finally, thanks to all who have guided in one way or the other on this platform. Time to finally move other to the other thread. One love!!

Me too, vcole

vcole:
Sure

This is the most detailed post I've seen of late, and very good for newbies.
Please this should make first page if it hasn't already.

Congrats Barack!!

ObamaInCanada:
My PRE-ITA to COPR story…..the eagle just landed

ITA: 29 October, 2018
AOR: 30 October, 2018
MED/BIL: 29 November, 2018
Biometrics: 29 November, 2018
Ghost update: 12 April, 2019
PPR: 13 April, 2019 (dated 12 April) (162 days post AOR)
COPR: 7 May, 2019
Single Applicant
VO: Ottawa
No ADR

INDEED IT HAS ENDED IN PRAISE.

Thanks

ladymarshall:
Congratulations on your PPR. The "anco" part killed me, lmao

Finally it has ended in praise. Thanks for sharing.

All the best to you and the family

Hahaha..... you are two days behind schedule.

I'm sure you didn't see the 'more details later'

raphrulz:
Congratulations oo.

But what is with you guys and short PPR scripts?

I am sure that you guys would have appreciated those that gave well worded PPR scripts.

Why are we like this? enjoy taking but finding it hard to give back. Technically, at the point when we are to word our PPR scripts, that's when we will remember that we are people of few words.

Nawa oo.

I will rate this PPR script 1/10... pls word it some more to get a revised score.

God bless you and yours.

Go and shine.

Thanks

Mimi1999:
[walahi, this is the funniest gist i have read. Thank you for making me laugh so much and Congratulations to you and yours.
Regards to wifey]

You are the real MVP.
Congrats!!!

waynetemi:
My timeline just to encourage someone:

Single applicant
VO: London to Kyiv

IELTS: 8.5/8.5/7.5/8 done first trial

ITA: 17 Nov 2017

AOR: 5 Dec 2017
.
.
.
SILENCE
.
.
REQUEST FOR RE-MED: 28 Feb 2019

PPR: 8 Apr 2019
COPR: 24 Apr 2019

After waiting for 1 year and 4 months i really don't have the energy to tell any story because the truth is that there is none sef. Nothing interesting to mention. I discovered this forum after AOR while searching for info on processing times.

Gathering and submission of docs was hitch free. While waiting there were No ADR, no ghost update, nothing. Just silence. Emails and GCSM notes didn't help. i didnt get any updates after medicals passed in Dec 2017 till i was asked to redo my Medicals in 2019. I just had to wait till IRCC had my time.

What did i learn on this journey: PATIENCE

Wish all those waiting all the best. It will surely come, though it may tarry.

mosky47:

People it's PPR.

Singing 'there is nothing, there is no one, who compares with you; I take pleasure in worshipping you Lord'.

Timeline:
AOR: September 11th 2018
MEP/BIL: October 5th, 2018
Biometrics done: October 10th, 2018
Reverted to the so-called IP1: October 23rd, 2018
Silence.........until ADR: March 9th 2019 (AVO Famous 5)
IP2 (I can't tell if it's so-called again....lol): April 18th
PPR: April 23rd (after 7 months and 12 days)

To God be the glory. Thank you all for all the invaluable information shared here.

More details later

YOU ASKED FOR IT:

FULL GIST

We are exceedingly grateful to God. I have tasted and known that He makes all things beautiful in His time.

I first heard about Express Entry in the 2nd week of April 2018, and decided to give it a try. After simulating scores with all possible IELTS score, I registered for IELTS. Although I’m not 47 as my moniker might suggest, I recently discovered I’m not getting any younger.
IELTS May 12th: LRWS 9,7,7,7.5
Spouse IELTS: LRWS 7,8,7,8
ECA processing for spouse and myself started just before my IELTS. Within 2 months, everything was out.
CRS- 444
ITA- 25th July (cut-off was 441)

At this point, I must state that there’s an unwritten rule that people who find it easy pre-ITA have a difficult ride afterwards. But we said 'it’s not our portion.' It was amazing that within 3 months and a few days of hearing about EE, we had gotten ITA. IELTS one-touch for both of us. ECA also was fast. My spouse got hers out within one month, mine was slightly delayed but still came out within 6 weeks.

Medicals, PCC, Reference were smooth too. In fact for our PR application photo, we all wore the same fabric, thinking that the VOs will be happy and will give us PPR quickly because we were a happy family…..lol. For where?
POF was via (notarized) gift deed.

AOR: 9/11 (September 11th).

BIL/MEP came October 5th and we captured in Abuja on the 10th. So smooth too. Everything was done within 30 mins or so (I shared it in an earlier thread). We live outside Abuja and had to fly to Abuja and return same day. We had ample time in between as the biometrics finished far earlier than we anticipated, so we just moved to the movie theatre on another floor of the same building and saw one dry movie- the real Yoruba demons.

Then the wait began. Now, I must let you know that you have never seen someone who worries and is as anxious as my spouse, I can bet . We saw @Kwadoo testify within 3 weeks (the fastest we had seen at that time); also @mepconsultant and how he was accused of fabricating his story. We tapped into his testimony that our miracle will be such that people would doubt its validity.

Me oh, I just knew that it would come within 6 months, and since I was not ready to travel until after mid-2019, I wasn’t worried at all. It was argued here that the job mail was for those who were sent to London and everybody was praying against London VO. Every 10 mins (an exaggeration), my wife would ask if I had gotten that mail. I said ‘na wah oh’. Until October 23rd, true true that mail came and our status changed to IP1. (That was exactly 6 months to our PPR). I was scared to tell her. Well, after telling her we did a little research and made some calls and found that the mail was not only for London. We heard Accra people got it too, and someone whose VO was Ottawa also said he got it, so we debunked the relevance of the mail. Then the prayer point changed to let it not be Accra. I said I thought it was London we were praying against. She said the problem with London is that they stayed up to the full 6 months, but Accra may not get for like 1 year. What? That means we were praying wrongly all along.

To cut the long story short, after one of those long calls to CIC, we found out that we were in Accra visa office. Depression set in. The mood in the house changed for days to weeks, and alternated with some episodes of normal mood. I ordered for GCMS notes exactly a month to our completed 6 months. My thought was that nothing had been done on our application. I knew it had not been touched, and there was nothing the GCMS note would tell us. I wanted to do it close to the 6 months mark, so when preparing the note, the VO will see that everything is okay and possibly send us a PPR.

Well, the note arrived on March 9th, and while we just finished going through the notes, we saw from the AVO group that people were getting ADRs. About 2 hours later, our ADR arrived. We were overjoyed. Submitted them on the 12th of March. More ups and downs until we saw many people in AVO getting PPRs. We were so happy. Later the mood changed, when we saw November AORs getting PPR from AVO while many August and September were untouched. ‘They have forgotten us. We may have to wait till January-April 2020’…..lol.

I emailed Ralph about a week after the 6 months mark, and he responded that Eligibility Pass was recommended. It seemed like a breakthrough.

When we moved to IP2 on the 18th of April, that was when we celebrated the PPR, because Accra is pretty predictable at this stage. IP2 today and PPR tomorrow. The IP2 took away the PPR excitement when it finally came. So unfortunately for us, Friday and Monday were public holidays and so we had to wait till Tuesday. Lo and behold, before 9am Nigerian time, I saw an email of donotreply and knew it was PPR.
Behold, PPR: April 23rd (yesterday)

I am exceedingly grateful to God for this. I dedicate this PPR to the God I serve. My second dedication goes to my wife, who is now a proud owner of PPR…lol. At a time she was worried that I was not worried, but all her efforts especially her contacts and information were vital and invaluable. She can push anybody to succeed. And to everyone who has contributed here, and those who make this group lively.

For those who are still waiting for theirs or are at different stages, don’t worry, it will be fine. Trust me.

Finally, I no dey worry, I no dey worry but every morning for the past 6 months, I woke up with a voice telling me that ‘today’ was my day….. . Nothing dey happen for Accra, nothing dey happen for Accra, but I checked my profile a minimum of 5 times per day all these months, thinking my case would be different and I didn’t want to hear that PPR was sent to my spam 10 days ago without me knowing. I checked as often as possible; call it being meticulous, call it being anxious, but yesterday PPR came…… Signs out.

That's the truth. The excitement wanes. Nevertheless, I'm compiling my story.

ChyG:


AVO has a way of quenching the excitement with her Special Snail-speed Delay Treat. In other news, my PPR showed on April 12. 10 months, 3 days post AOR. I remain eternally grateful to God for his kindness.

People it's PPR.

Singing 'there is nothing, there is no one, who compares with you; I take pleasure in worshipping you Lord'.

Timeline:
AOR: September 11th 2018
MEP/BIL: October 5th, 2018
Biometrics done: October 10th, 2018
Reverted to the so-called IP1: October 23rd, 2018
Silence.........until ADR: March 9th 2019 (AVO Famous 5)
IP2 (I can't tell if it's so-called again....lol): April 18th
PPR: April 23rd (after 7 months and 12 days)

To God be the glory. Thank you all for all the invaluable information shared here.

More details later

Amen.. looking forward to next week. Thanks

nnetayo:


Absolutely! I can't wait for the good news. I told you next week right? Wait for it!

Congrats, Nnetayo!
You have become a sister and unseen friend to me. We are so happy for you.

Indeed, our God is faithful. We too shall testify.

nnetayo:
*Looonnnggg post alert*

��He's done so much for me, I cannot tell it all, na ra ekele mu o, if I had 10,000 tongues, it still don't be enough, na ra ekele mu o...what shall I render to Jehovah for He has done so very much for me...��




Ladies and gentlemen, this morning, God confirmed His word! The email has landed and the feeling is indescribable�������. I'm overwhelmed right now, I don't know how to explain it but I know enough to know that we serve a mighty God, the one who breaks protocols for our sake. The one opens a door and no man can shut it.

I can't thank Him enough for taking me through the University of Patience. I've come out a better person. I'm thankful for the time I've spent waiting because it has helped me prepare to an extent for where I'm going (my best friend in Canada says I'm even more knowledgeable than herself who lives there�)

It is my prayer that the one who did it for me would do it for each and every one of you looking up to him for their own testimony.

Now the real panic attack has set in...I leave at the end of June and there's so much to be done� but I trust the one who has brought me this far to hand hold me through every planning process till I get on that flight with my family and settle in at the other end of the world!

I had to come back to my first PPR journey family to share this and to use the opportunity to thank the amazing, selfless human that is NewMum. Even after completing the journey and through the process of settling down in Canada she still finds time to check up on me and my application. She never stopped prophesying good news even until last week and now see what God did �

Summary of timeline:
ITA- June 25th 2018
AOR- August 17th 2018
1st ADR- September 14th 2018
2nd ADR- September 17th 2018
MEP- September 17th 2018
BIL- September 24th 2018
3rd ADR- March 8th 2019
PPR- Today �������

Chai! This feeling is sweet...✈✈✈������

Amen!

princesschuks:



May God bless you.
It was already on allow cookies so i cleared cache.
I have logged in successfully.
Thanks a million.

Change your browser settings to allow 'Cookies'.

If that doesn't work, clear cookies and cache from your browser data history, sign out and retry.

The first option is very likely to work, sha

princesschuks:
I can't login to my express entry profile for 3 days now.
The thing is just doing merry go round.