₦airaland Forum

BK23:
There’s a VV group on telegram.
For some reasons I can’t put up the link on here, but there’s the name of the group �

Lilyebi:
She should relax. As long as she did the right things, she would definitely hear from them. I actually applied in October to be precise. They issued mine today.

Oluwanishore:
So this is my timeline. The docs I submitted are as follows:
Application submitted on 9th of May
Biometrics done on 13th, updated same day
Upfront Medicals 19th of May
Medical request for spouse and son on June 17th. It was later passed on July 1st and mine on the 12th of July
Eligibility still ongoing
Background check still ongoing
BVL and PPR for us all 20th July

APPLICANT
ALL IMM FORMS ( 1294, 5713, 5645, 5257)
EDUCATION DOC
1.Bsc cert
2.Transcript
3.Nysc cert
4. Waec cert

EMPLOYENT
1. Reference letter from work
2. Offer letter
3. Confirmation letter
4. Letter of promotion
5. Payslips( Latest 4 months)
6. Work ID
7. CV

PERSONAL DOC
1. Change of name( newspaper publication)
2. Sworn affidavit for change of name
3. Family pics..myself and hubby during our court and church wedding ( just 3 pics cos of space)
4. NIN
5. Police character

HOME TIES DOC
1. Parents and siblings birt cert and sworn affidavit
2. Docs of Landed property of hubby n myself (just deed n receipts)
3. Pics of ongoing building construction.
4. Docs of parents property that I'm managing ( just deed, survey and pics of building)
5. Pics of myself with parents and siblings at different occasions
Note: I had to use all I had that could be regarded as home tie as I was including my spouse and son in my application.

FOR MY SPOUSE
All IMM FORMS ( 1295, 5645, 5257)

EDUCATION
Same as mine

EMPLOYMENT DOCS
Leave of absence letter from his office
Work ID
CV
Offer letter
Confirmation letter
Bonus on pay letter
Pay slips ( 4 months too)

PERSONAL DOC
Birth cert
Marriage cert
Police character
Pics with his parents and siblings
His parents property doc( he is the overseer)
His parents and siblings birth cert
Drivers license ( because we filled the number on it as additional means of ID on one of the IMM Form)
His statement of account ( I mentioned in my SOP and his own Purpose of travel letter that he also has some money of his own exclusive of mine)

MY SON'S DOCS
ALL IMM FORMS( 5257, 5257 schedule 1)

Birth cert
NIN
His creche receipts
Plenty pics of him and us.

I am really grateful to God for His graciousness over me and my family because this can only be God. The journey to travel to Canada started with my hubby in 2020/2021 but he couldn't secure an admission. He also tried a UK sch but nothing positive. We both decided to switch the applicant and apply to Canada again and several UK schs. I became the Principal applicant for Canada and we both did several UK schs. I was given admission less than 2 weeks after I submitted my application and we both had 7 admissions all together from UK schs. We decided to stick with Canada as travelling to UK now is not beans. It was really a tough decision for us when we wanted to apply for Visa. We read of how it was best for one person to go first before others joining but the thought of leaving my husband and son behind scared me oo so we decided to put our faith in God and submit as a family. We praise the name of the Lord because it has ended in praise.

I'd like to say a big thank you to all our support system in this application for admission and Visa journey. God bless you all and to Nairaland family..you guys ehnn you too much. God bless you all including our gurus( Frank, Anon and several others. Your selfless service will never go unrewarded by the Almighty.
And to all PPR hopefuls you are next in Jesus name. Amen

Sorry for the long post, I just had to be explicit enough for others who want to apply as a family.

Wales55:
The Lord has done it
My application has been approved
First application was submitted in January (Wife is a student and pregnant) and rejected in February (new portal)
Second application was submitted on the 7th of March(old portal as adviced by the consultant we are working with)
No update, many emails was sent,webform was sent and Mp was contacted but still no update
25th of May- second application was refused which was a sad one as my wife was in labour that same day. Thankfully she had a safe delivery
An appeal for reconsideration was submitted with the evidence of delivery and within 24 hrs,an update was made on the application
June 3rd- Approval (PPR Letter)
(PS: I don't know how the appealing for reconsideration was done as it wasn't done by us but if you feel you need to and you know how to,please don't hesitate to appeal)
Indeed my family has seen the goodness of the Lord

rheene009:
PPR finally arrived

Applied December 2021
Refused February 2022

Reapplied May 14th 2022
PPR May 26th 2022

Big big Shoutout to @justmellow and @gcmswriters best service i can think of right now.

ami213:
You can’t file reconsideration for a visitor visa. Only on rare cases does a VO reconsider VV when a decision has been made but you can opt for a judicial review if you feel the basis for refusal was unjust. JR could be very expensive.

I will advise you request for your GCMS to know the detail refusal reasons and reapply.

This is noted, thanks

Lezy:
Did you apply through GC Key or New Portal?

I would advise you apply for GCM NOTE, address the cause of refusal and reapplying as soon as possible considering the time it takes to process it

ami213:
Long Post Alert!

My fellow Nairalanders! Please felicitate with me because my God is good and kind to me, to him alone be all the glory.
I just received my long awaited PPR. VV for the spouse of an international student. I learnt a lot from this forum and it is very imperative I give back.

My first application was submitted June 2021
Resubmitted a new application via the new portal January 9 2022.
Refusal letter February 9 2022 (Refused Based on Family ties)
I ordered GCMS notes same day.
Reapplied February 22 2022
PPR April 7 2022


A refusal letter hits differently, I was devastated because I thought I had a strong and convincing application. It took me about 2 weeks to get myself to write a new LOE and SOP.

A sweetheart on this platform @mzjanez01 reached out to me and advised I reapply without the notes. She was kind to share how her husband tackled his refusal reasons as well. Jane, you are far too kind oh! Thanks for all the prayers and kind words.

My GCMS notes arrived on the 12th of March, it seems to be the shortest GCMS notes have seen. The VO wrote that “ applicant has strong family ties in Canada”. To be honest, I was disappointed because I was expecting a more detailed notes. (I kuku report the VO to God)
Luckily for me the VO concern has been addressed in the new application.

What i did to Tackle the refusal reason based on family ties? I strengthened my HOME TIES. Having surfed through YouTube and Other forums, I realized that no one knows your story more than YOU when it comes to addressing Home/Family Ties.
I explained my responsibilities to my parent, I wrote extensively about how important my career in Nigeria is, my personal business and ongoing projects.

Aside being an employee of a reputable agency, I further explained my other commitments and responsibilities that will make me return back to Nigeria and I supported my explanations with valid documents. Although the commitments were briefly mentioned in the first application but this time it was detailed and I connected how my absence will affect each of them. I included more documents to support each claim unlike the first application. To be honest, it wasn’t by the documents but God was fully involved. I think Baba God was tired of me murmuring my application number every morning and night, hence the PPR. lol!

The wait for PPR isnt for the faint hearted especially when you see people who applied after you sharing their timelines (e go come be like say na only you waka come). God of NLP answers prayer, I prayed and fasted fervently for this PPR. Chail! IRCC messed with my mental health. The plan was to visit my spouse after his first academic year but I couldn’t because of the pandemic. As it is, the visa got approved just in time for convocation (graduation is this summer) although Graduation wasn’t stated for purpose of visit, it was plainly “family reunification “


May this kind of joy go round. To all PPR hopefuls, it is just a delay not a denial.

(PS: I typed this timeline on the 22nd of March 2022 during my leisure time)

Documents Submitted:
Statement of Purpose letter
LOE on FAMILY TIES.
Marriage Certificate
Notarized copy of Marriage Certificate.
Affidavit for change of maiden name.
Family Images.
Birth certificate
Letter of Introduction from my Employer.
Employment Letter.
Assumption of Duty Letter.
Confirmation of Employment Letter.
Last Promotion Letter.
Four months’ pay slips.
Bank Statements for Naira Account.
Bank Statements for US Dollar Account.
Bank reference letter
Reference letter from my pension fund administrator.
Pension account statements and certificate
Police Character Certificate.
Land deeds of agreement.
Some other property documents.
Passport information page.
Covid Vaccination card.
CAC documents
Article of association and memorandum
And some other business documents.

mikkyangel:
already contacted seller, he didnot reply