Francieuche:
[quite author=MrBnet post=129836062]Timeline:
Applied for EE - October 17
ITA - December 8 - Stem Draw
AOR - February 5
Biometrics and Medicals - March 12
Medicals Passed - April 4
RFV Email - April 25


Sent my passport to Kenya:
Congratulations
Pls how much did it cost you can you assist with a contact

Dhl send and return 165k
Transmission 48k

Timeline:
Applied for EE - October 17
ITA - December 8 - Stem Draw
AOR - February 5
Biometrics and Medicals - March 12
Medicals Passed - April 4
RFV Email - April 25


Sent my passport to Kenya:

Document sent - April, 26
Received at VAC - April, 29
Dispatched to IRCC - April, 29
Received at IRCC - April, 30
Sent back to VAC - May 1
Collected by DHL - May 2
Visa in hand - May 6

@braine can you share the contact you used with me, my email is boluok20 @ gmail.com

braine:


To send your passport to Kenya, here are the steps I followed.


1. Passport request letter
2. 2x Photo Passport
3. International passport
4. CVAC form
5. Receipt of transmission fee payment.
6. DHL Return label
7. Eye and height chart
8.(optional) two photocopies of passport data page with email address and phone number.


You need the 7 documents above

Step 1: print out PPR letter, consent form (CVAC) and eye & height chart.

Step 2: make a passport according to the specifications (it’s on your PPR letter, also try to look fresh, I heard that picture will be used everywhere for a long time)

Step 3: Pay and get Kenya VFS transmission receipt. (It costs 32k now, but dollar rate might say otherwise). You can reach out for the contact i used, as I cannot just put the contact here.

Step 4: Have a DHL 'to and return' waybill documents (it costs 78k normally, it might cost more currently). You can reach out for the contact i used as well.

Step 5: put all documents asides the DHL Lagos-Nairobi waybill inside an envelope

Step 6: go submit the documents at any official DHL office close to you. ( they’ll ask for the DHL waybill document (Lagos-Kenya)

Step 7: buy coke and 3 puff puff, you deserve to spoil yourself.

Please where can i find information on how to submit you passport via kenya heard it is faster.

Hello Gurus,

I hope everyone's doing great. I need your advice on a situation I'm facing. So, I submitted my Express Entry application yesterday and got my AOR not long after. But, for the past week, the exchange rate has been all over the place. I had 12M saved up and planned to submit on the 1st of Feb when the rate was 16,442 according to Oanda. I couldn't submit that day, and to my surprise, the next day the rate had dropped to 13,474.1. Omo, I was shocked! I had to add an extra 1M to make it 13M and submitted yesterday with the rate at 14,636.4 at the time of submission.

Then this morning, I wake up to see that the same 13M is now valued at 13,669.4, which is below the required rate. And at this point, predicting the rate for when my application is reviewed is just impossible. So, I'm considering converting all my funds to dollars and putting it in a domiciliary account, then raising a CSE to inform them that due to the exchange rate fluctuations, I had to convert all my funds to dollars and would like to submit the dollar account as the new proof of funds.

Can anyone confirm if this approach will be acceptable, especially since I'm already Post-AOR?

Thanks a lot for your help!

mercifull:


@mrBnet why don't you sell the shares, leave the balance in your bamboo and request an account statement from bamboo? The money will be there in dollars and you won't have to worry about exchange rates.

Not sure if Bamboo will be recognised by the IRCC. Do you know if they recognise fintech applications?

Piuscharity:


Hello, if you don’t mind me asking, what was your CRS score?

It was 493

Hello Gurus,

I received an ITA in the last STEM draw, just a month after submitting my application.

Here's my dilemma: my Naira account, where I've been receiving my salary for the past six months, doesn't have enough to cover the POF. I'm considering liquidating my stocks in Bamboo and transferring the amount to my account. Alongside, I plan to attach a Letter of Explanation (LOE) to account for this large deposit.

However, my agent is advising against this move, suggesting instead that I open an investment account and deposit the funds there. This approach is quite new to me.

I would greatly appreciate any insights or advice on this matter. Has anyone had a similar experience or suggestions?