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Please is there anyone else like me whose passport has been stuck since this corona thing;
Submitted our passports to VFS since March 2020 for PR visa stamp and my IRCC profile had been updated with counterfoil since 10th March;

However VFS tracking has been stuck on "Your processed passport has been forwarded to the Canada Visa Office on 2020/03/04. To know more, please call VAC helpline number or visit VAC website" for over 3 months now.

Called and emailed VFS severally and no response (their office remains closed). Please who has any ideas on what we can do as the deadline for our travel is fast approaching (in 3 weeks).

Any Luck yet?

Ebugatti:
r processed passport has been forwarded to the Canada Visa Office on 2020/03/16. To know more, please call VAC helpline number or visit VAC website

That’s the message I received when I tried to track.

I’ve also tried the helpline but it’s not reachable. Also on VFS’ website, it says their offices are closed till further notice.

PPR Don Show ooooo

I've always wished for my turn to write this epistle... now its here!

Decision to Travel
Two of my sisters live in Canada (One is a citizen already sef); but here I was in naija forming local champion and eating fish and drinking beer every weekend at owambe's. In 2017, I took a step back to analyze what form of disservice I was doing to myself not exploring other options for making foreign income; then the "issulov" marriage came up and I knew there was no way I will raise my family here, it just wasn't sustainable - security, basic amenities, health care, etc.

Pre Planning
Quickly proposed and did a court wedding with my madam as at then so we can join forces and enter the pool as a family (we both only had BSc). We pooled together the money we could and raised the PoF inside one corner

IELTS
We both wrote BC IELTS in September 2018, using IELTS Liz and a host of other YouTube IELTS sessions. We had dedicated a whole month to preparation and both being entrepreneurs, it was easy to dedicate full 8 hours a day to the vision. Marking each other's mock exam sheets we gradually improved from 20s out of 40 to the 30s and 35+ range in reading and listening. We would also practice speaking and writing with each other using videos that people had uploaded on YouTube. The exam day came and I remember seeing over 5 of my ex-school mates; then I knew that "e don happen" for Naija.
My scores were - L/R/W/S 9 / 8.5 / 8 / 8.5
Wifey's scores - L/R/W/S 8.5 /8.5 / 7.5 / 8
It is possible to max out this thing... guys just dedicate time; and be purpose driven. It will surely end in praise

ECA
Ah... Unilag stressed me. ASUU strike, SSANU strike, leave of absence, incomplete result from department, plenty story upon story. In short, spent 5 months on my WES verification. (That was when they necessitated the WAEC certificate too). We sha thank God we started simultaneously with IELTS prep and it was finally completed in February, 2019.

ITA
I had delayed creation of my EE profile thinking since my CRS was so high at "456" ; I was good (Cut off for draws those times were like 438, 440 ish). Wifey and I went for a vacation in Canada and we decided to do upfront medicals (yes it's possible without ITA), We had done the initial part then they tested her urine for HCG levels before sending us for X-Ray; this was where madam realized she was pregnant. They won't do X-Ray for 1st trimester pregnancy so only I was able to finish with the medicals. She cajoled me to go ahead and create the profile with the 456 CRS; the next round came and cut off was 452, that's how we got ITA.
Do you know the cutoff never came down since then, if I had missed that round, I'd never have gotten an ITA afterwards... phew! listen to your women o. It took me almost 60 days to gather complete documentation. We had to raise extra money for PoF as we'd be three and not family of two anymore. We used a Canadian account for the proof of funds (believing it would speed things up); and madam did the medicals at QLife at the end of the second trimester. then the waiting began

Life Occurrences
We had our little baby girl in October, 2019 in Canada; she got her blue passport in 10 days
Something we are striving so hard for. I raised web form to add her to our profile but no ADR response to upload any documents for her (later found out it's because she already has a Canadian birth certificate and citizenship)

PPR
I kept opening and reopening my account, sending emails upon emails to check status. I at some point gave up that maybe it was not to be. 6 months had passed since AoR; nothing. Sometime in February, 2019 while i was in the USA, I got an email to submit an updated travel history (this was tedious as I travel a whole lot) and to re-do my medicals (9 months post AoR); It then started looking like God had smiled on us again. I quickly did it at a clinic in New York and exactly one week after the medicals, the much anticipated "Ready for Visa / Prêt pour Visa" from CPCO came through.

APPRECIATION
All the elders on this NL forum... y'all kept me sane during the 9 months endless wait. Lady Marshall... God bless you immensely o!

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Now here comes my question; wifey and I had a baby girl in October 2019 (She's Canadian); and I have raised 2 different CSE's since but no directive to update this in my profile; could it be because she's Canadian already?
Seniors in the house; please advise on how one updates family composition post PPR

MrShutterBoy:
I've come again o.
First off, there's good news this time.
Remember in Part 8 when I needed assistance with a date for re-medicals in QLife? I thank you guys for the support and advise that could have helped me get a good date.
Luckily for me, I was in New York last week and decided to do the medicals there; guess what I saw in the mail last night?

I've come again o.
First off, there's good news this time.
Remember in Part 8 when I needed assistance with a date for re-medicals in QLife? I thank you guys for the support and advise that could have helped me get a good date.
Luckily for me, I was in New York last week and decided to do the medicals there; guess what I saw in the mail last night?

Can anyone help please, I've been requested to re-do my medicals (it's been a year) and has to be submitted within 30 days; but QLife Lagos doesn't have open slots till March 20th... Does anyone have a more recent slot for a switch or to sell (covers face)... Within a couple of days/ a week

Nobody responded to me ... please help a clueless man ooo... please

MrShutterBoy:
Hello seniors,

Please we need your expert advice; my wife and I are waiting on PPR, our AOR was July 2nd 2019 (we narrowly got ITA by 1 point); but we just had a baby 3 weeks ago. The baby is Canadian as we travelled to give birth to her in Canada. How can we go about updating this new information on our application as the baby does not require any permanent residency since she's already a 1st generation Canadian with a valid passport? Does this affect our scores as at ITA? Do we also need to submit a new PoF that reflects enough money for the third family member?

***Her - baby is a girl

MrShutterBoy:
Hello seniors,

Please we need your expert advice; my wife and I are waiting on PPR, our AOR was July 2nd 2019 (we narrowly got ITA by 1 point); but we just had a baby 3 weeks ago. The baby is Canadian as we travelled to give birth to him in Canada. How can we go about updating this new information on our application as the baby does not require any permanent residency since she's already a 1st generation Canadian with a valid passport? Does this affect our scores as at ITA? Do we also need to submit a new PoF that reflects enough money for the third family member?

Hello seniors,

Please we need your expert advice; my wife and I are waiting on PPR, our AOR was July 2nd 2019 (we narrowly got ITA by 1 point); but we just had a baby 3 weeks ago. The baby is Canadian as we travelled to give birth to him in Canada. How can we go about updating this new information on our application as the baby does not require any permanent residency since she's already a 1st generation Canadian with a valid passport? Does this affect our scores as at ITA? Do we also need to submit a new PoF that reflects enough money for the third family member?

Good day to all the GURUs in the house, and thanks for the mentorship...
I'm in the waiting game now

IELTS: LRWS 8.5 8.5 8 8.5 (1st Time)
WES: 2 certs or more
Sibling in Canada
5 yrs work experience in software development
Spouse did IELTS & WES evaluation
CRS score: 486
ITA: Mid May
AOR - July 2nd

Is there a group (WhatsApp or ) for July 2019 AoR?
Include me in your prayers oooo.

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