iom is no longer helping students travel anylonger except ure on a scholarship frm a govt body or something and with proof. wt kind of nonsense is ds one now. said it ended Lastweek.

MaxiDj:


Well, I didn't fill the visa form. PFL did everything. I just went there and took my documents to teleperformance. He asked me verbally and I said yes. Then he was like, it doesn't matter.

i ws denied a canadian visa in 2014 bt i doubt if it was put there when d pfl ppl.fillled d form cs i wasnt there wen dey filled it n dey never even asked me any question abt if iv bn denied before.

Pless who is going to Brisbane on the 18th via iom? travel buddy needed sadface

iriferi:
1. International passport 2. Flight receipt (iom I guess) 3. optional - Yellow card, if you've got one 3. Visa grant letter ( print it out) for Naija immigration.

thank u iriferi

2posh:
IN OTHER NEWS...

Guess who is travelling today

As you probably already know, I got my visa since October 2015 but I deliberately had to wait until now to travel, for several reasons.

So, anyone traveling with Emirates tonight (Lagos>Dubai>Brisbane) ...holler!

wt school r u going

hi. pls wt document does one need to hold at hand as were travelling please. thanks

thank.u everybodyyy!!! thanks soooo much
if not for my sop and GOD mayb il b singn a diffrnt song today.

eyinna r u d one that chose 17th? or its iom dt piked dt date for you cs i also want to tell dem 17th tooo dnt want to travel alone

godsclan wtsup r u goin to brisbane too? i replied ur pm

good afternoon people! my visa just got granted this afternoon 9th of febuary. i applied on the 11th december it got to pretoria 15th december and granted today.

i studied a course entirely different from my work experience and entirely different from my intended course of study.. i told God i will testify on this thread.

2posh thank You soooo much for those tips in writing my sop cos of not for that i would have jumbled up some rubbish or got stuck i calld my sister nd we were on the fone for almost 2hrs taking each point 2posh wrote down for me some examples i lied about *lol* God forgive me bt others were actually true. This is for those that think they cannot change their line of study becos of denial, I thank God all the same!!!

going to Brisbane....@eyinnna pls wen dd u say u will be traveling i need a travel partner i mailed iom lastweek before my visa ws out and dey asked for d week i will like to leave..

those that receivd calls from pretoria please what kind of number dd dey call u with?? hope its not (no number) o

erictack203:
I responded, check your spam.

You then posted that Futuredon should help you revised it. So I thought you got mine and wanted him to review.

I ddnt see any response cos u sd u will get back by weekend never saw anything

Hi eric. Is it thT u ddnt get my sop or why ddnt u respond after i sent for u to help check? I dont undersrand nd it ws very urgent

nurseafrica:
On my form 157 A, i forgot to fill on page 26 number 110 the payment details initially because i was not sure of the excert and my agent asked that i fill it when i get to teleperformance to avoid filling the wrong figure, this happened because i was not sure of the amount and when i paid at teleperformance it did not occur to me to fill it. I have submitted to teleperformance Abuja? Will this have any effect
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After bio metrics declaration, on page 26 of form 157A, number 112 is the last question tagged 113 captioned Declaration i also discovered that i did not sign this, ever since i have beed so scared, hardly eat or concentrate on anything, i was almost knocked down by a vehicle when i was in deep taught.
What can i do? Have google DIBP and Pretoria but no info on this. Gurus will this affect my Application and what can i do.? i was at teleperformance on 8/12/2015 and did medicals on 9/12/2015 in abuja. Have not gotten any mail from DIBP acknowledging my application has been lodged.
So worried

u did yiur medicals after submitting?

please who can help me critisise my sop urgently, futur don please whats your email let me send u my sop abeg

hello erik, i pmd you can you respond so i can send it to you

erictack203:
U have to pm asap b4 u submit.

Thank.you .. Im writing now as soon as im done will pm you

2posh:




Ahn ahn, what then did you take away from the long epistle answer I gave you?

I gave you ideas on how to find a way to LINK your involvement in the 3 fields. Emphasis on 'LINK'

It's not about proving that they are related, 'cos they ain't. It's about explaining how you arrived where you
are now and where you are going.

Lol ohhh okayyy my mind was going to " related" kkk thank youuu. Will get to work right away

2posh:



You've not looked at the application form before worrying about writing SOP?

Go download it and look at No.33 - that's how SoP comes into the picture - the 5points are there.

Kk thanks

The problem tho is that the 3 fields r not related. I studied botany wrked as a sales executive nd nw goin for health service mgt.
Reason why i might find it difficult .... What do u think?

2posh:


Hi mPop,

the guidelines you seek are actually those 5 points the SOP requires you to answer.

Your SOP has to address each and everyone of them enough to satisfy your Case Officer.

That's what makes the skeleton of your essay.



As for the 3 different fields matter; it depends on the peculiarity of your situation.

Get thinking and find a way to link the 3 fields.

What course did you study and what influenced the decision to study it? Was it a good decision at the time? What changed?

What field is your job experience in and how have you used it to make an impact, no matter how small?

What influenced you to pursue a career in a field different from what you studied? What have you learnt from the experience? How have you used it? Was it a good decision to also go into this field at the time? What changed?

What other experiences do you have? What other extra-curricular activities are you involved in or have been involved in, in the past?

How has life in Nigeria and the experiences you have from work and other activities prepared you for the new course you're going for?

What influenced your choice of the new field you're now intending to go into? Is it a lack of self-actualization/fulfillment that makes you want to change fields again? What makes you believe you'll achieve what you seek in this new field? Is it a passion you've picked up? Is it something you always had in you but never really explored?

How will the new course be beneficial to you in future - career-wise and in developing Nigeria? Are there statistics to support the necessity/demand for people in this field in Nigeria?

et cetera, et cetera.

These are the kind of questions I asked myself when writing mine. Answer them truthfully(or as very close to the truth as you possibly can). We all know this is mostly a means to an end(PR) but some elements of truth have to be included to make it authentic, before you embellish it if you must.

The bits and pieces of answers you give yourself will start to come together to fill out the body of the essay.

Include some personal details. You can talk about things that concern your family or friends or the immediate society. The personal touch always sells #MyOpinion. Eg - if you're going for nursing, maybe you lost a family member because the nurses didn't do their job or were not well trained and you want to be part of the change to correct that, by getting a good nursing education. Maybe you were involved in or witnessed a ghastly accident and now want to be helping people needing medical care. Maybe you're the first child and grew up taking care of your younger ones and now feel the need to keep taking care of other people in the society. Stuff like that...

Put on your thinking cap and good luck.

When done, you can ask the house gurus to help you review.


#HopeThisHelps


cc Babahafusaa

You are very brilliant!! Thanks a lot for this
For d 5points i dont know d 5points u r reffering to

Good.morning', please 2posh future don erik and others can u give me guidelines in writing my sop for visa. For someone with bsc different frm work experience and diferent frm intended course of study. 2posh i think this was ur case right? Kindly advise with guidelines thanks

ayinsyd:
U will get a referral from fatayi to go for the xray at Nicholas. I believe the result is sent to fatayi and he compiles and forwards to Pretoria.
Hope this helps.

Yes yea thank you so much. It's at d fatayi hospitaal Il pay d 38k ryt. ND I pay for xray at st nicholas

Hello guys. Please just to confirm, do I do the medicals with fatayi and do my xray with st Nicholas . Both hospitals send the results seperately or how does it work please tell me. Thanks

Demi10:
@Mpop yeah. Hap is different from the forms. There are two of them. the Madical n xray. so u have 3 things to print.

thanks. i have just 2 print outs . one with myy name nd details nd hap id nd d other for medical history. am i the one suppose to fill the name of clinic i use in dt space dt says 501 medical examination status required the space for clinic is blank

and how much doea dr fatayi charge is itat d hospital i pay

Demi10:
@Mpop yeaa print ur form wt ur HAP No, print the medical test form also and fill them or u take it wt u and fill ir or take it and fill ib the peeaence of d Dr.

are they 2 different forms? the hap id and the medical form?

hello, please for medicals do i just print my hap id and go there, and what and what precisely do i take with me. thanks

2posh:


I suggest you contact both IOM Australia and IOM Nigeria offices(separately) then decide which way to go based on the outcomes.

Their email addresses are below -

Australia - IOMAustralia@iom.int
Nigeria - iomlagosops@iom.int

which did u use eventuallu?

bhanjjie:
I shared the post ni. I'm interested in the response(s) that would follow.

ook it was NNBB i was asking then

bhanjjie:

what?

good evening .please who has experienced a declined form A transaction before. wht does it mean

chi50:


my timeline is this:
submitted to teleperformance on 28th Sept, got to Pretoria on 1st Oct, got d visa today 15th Oct.
No, I didn't include any bank statement or financial declaration, But in my sop, I used style to say that I have access to funds ( while secretly praying they don't ask me 4 any evidence oh).
on the form I put my annual salary because I have work experience.
I also wasn't called 4 any interview luckily.
I can say that a lot is based on having a convincing sop and God's grace ofcourse.

were u working as at d time u applied for visa?

standupguy:



I share your frsutration it gets insulting by the day.
I was sponsored by my blood sibling who is an asistant bank manager who had already sponsered my older brother to canada and another who is a succesrul business owner whom I work with, I initially paid 7000 for my first semester tution but I was refused a Canadian visa for insufficient funds, in my confusion I reapplied again with more documents to prove finance but was refused the second time for insufficient funds and personal assets, then I released they wanted to see my own financial input.
So i applied with me bank accounts, fixed deopists and stock portfolio inclusive.
Unfortunately my school didn't have my program for Sept so i applied to another school for the same program then paid of my tuition of $27500. Only to be refused last month for purpose of visit and length of stay.
People are now telling me the cause was because the program was termed graduate certificate in the initial school i used for application but called fast track advanced diploma in the second school.
So the V.O considered advanced diploma lower than my b.eng. so my application was refused on the bases of academic progression.......imagine that?

Both program had Bsc as there admission requirement and considered a post graduate program on the schools website respectively.
At the moment bringing back my $27500 would see me loose 600,000 is FX.
It is quite insulting, the fund is there, the intention to study is there but people still get refused for flimsy excuses.
This is the first time I am reading about a refusal on this Australia thread. I am about applying to Australia and U.S at the same time so I sincerely hope I am not about to through my money away again.

Oga Eric I understand the quest to secure the future especially for the kids, me never get one sha.
I really don't know what to tell you obviously I am discomobulated myself but e go better.

they usually refuse pple going for diploma or advanced diploma if u already have bsc. its on the thread frm wayback

erictack203:
My fellow brothers and sisters in the house, pretoria was happy to reject me Visa today. Reason was that Employer was not verified and that no Letter of Future Employment, subclass-573,(SVP) paid AuS13,700 and has saved about AuS7,450 for complete 1yrs fees. Total: AuS21,000. I added my landed property docs, marriage certificates, house plan, children birth certs, employment histories, first aid certificates, IELTS and PTE blast them over.

So guys tell me, what else does pretoria needs? My MD of my Company was mad at this, they didn't call any1 or even me, he even wanted to use his lawyers to write them, I told him not to bother, every1 must not travel, some are meant to help others to succeed here and do stuffs. Australia should understand that we are not Hungry in Nigeria. I will keep up with my business and clap for people who gets their grants. Happy New Month.

jesus christ how come