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Hello,

Please regarding your message below, what is a "paid mail". I'm not very familiar with the UK application process. But we submitted my sister's application first week in November, and exactly 3 weeks later, she received an email that "her application a bit complicated" so might delay a bit.

Please what does it mean and what can she do?

PS;: anyone who can help can please respond.

Thank you all

Royalsmaryam:
I am too tired to even type Visa Alert but let me sha do it for update sake.. honestly just pray your application isn’t routed through them Dubai or India or south east or Asia generally..

This is my story!
Biometrics September 23rd.(Priority service TLS V.I Lagos)
NSF mail September 27
Another NSF mail October 5th
I sent paid mail that same October 5th
My case was escalated October 6th.
Decision was made October 8th
Collection mail October 12
Pick up October 13.

To cut the long story short, please if your application has started exceeding the time frame, send paid mail and always call them. It was after escalating they started reasoning my matter. I thank God for my own and I wish everyone all the very best

Good day all,

Hearty congratulations to all who have gotten their approvals! May the land favor you.

To those still waiting, your approval is on the way

And for those refused as for now, just see it as a temporary delay, that will pass soonest.

Please, has anyone traveled with One Way Ticket for Minors with Visitors Visa? Note, the accompanying adult will be on Return Ticket

I'd really appreciate any heads up

Thank you!

Hi @einsteino, is there a group like this for Finance Professionals?

einsteino:
Hello Guys, it has been a while. Anyways, just to let landed Engineers know, there is a Nigerian Engineers in Canada whatsapp group. If you would like to be among peers, you may shoot me a pm.

Hi @Frankrobbn, please I sent you a Pm. Someone, needs your services. Kindly respond to me please. Thank you,

Frankrobbn1:
Please proceed with your questions here, so others can learn from the advices given.


It will end in praise

Thanks a lot. Please when did you apply?

Harbay30:
I created a new profile (mine profile had no provision for that, study permit) and used my older sons name for the family representative part. I am yet to get a decision so I wouldn't know if I am right or wrong

Hello dear friends, please I really need help with this. How do I go about the legal issues surrounding applying for only minors? Do I go through my profile or do I create a separate profile fro them?

MyRace:
Good day all, please I need an urgent help.

I am applying for my children who are all minors. So, for the family representative information form, whose details should be there? Mine or the oldest of the children under whose the name the application is being done currently?

Also, in answering the checklist questions, what should be my response to the attached question?

Please my people, I would appreciate any urgent response. Thank you

Good day all, please I need an urgent help.

I am applying for my children who are all minors. So, for the family representative information form, whose details should be there? Mine or the oldest of the children under whose the name the application is being done currently?

Also, in answering the checklist questions, what should be my response to the attached question?

Please my people, I would appreciate any urgent response. Thank you

Still not working for new profiles

lawfree638:
Try this morning.

It's has been fine.

I think I will agree with this position. Mr portal opens just fine, but trying to create a new profile for my spouse has not been possible for over 5 days now. It doesn't go beyond the GCKey sign-in page.

lawfree638:
Same here.

I think this portal thing is a deliberate effort to slow down applications or something.

I don't understand.

Thanks a lot, this was helpful. One more question, how long did it take for their Visas to be approved? I would love for them to go with me actually,

Congratulations on the successful completion of your studies.

ILoveDLord:
Good day,

When I applied for my spouse, I applied after I received my stamped passport back from IRCC . And I applied by creating a new profile for my spouse in my spouse's name with all her details. Then I applied for my child(ren) through my spouse's account.

I wrote the statement of purpose in the form of a letter of sponsorship and authorization for my spouse to apply to come to Canada. Giving reasons why she needs to come and join in Canada while I was studying.

Then I attached proof of funds, her credentials, other relevant documents, etc.

I was the one doing the application, but the profile was hers, there was no direct connection between my profile and her profile.
I did all if these before I left Nigeria, once my study visa was approved

While it was still being processed, when I arrived Canada, I quickly attached to her profile my study permit, student enrollment letter, student ID, tuition fee payments, social insurance number document, and all other relevant documents I received in Canada, by submitting a web form.


Hope this helps.

Wish you the best.

PS: I am really enjoying living in Canada, after I completed my MSC. Citizenship is the goal now.

Good morning all,

Please for those who applied for their children and/or spouses after you got your visa, how did you go about it? Did you create a new profile or you used your own profile? It's a bit confusing with the questionnaire one has to respond to to get document checklist. Any help will be greatly appreciated. @Justmellow, @Frankrobbn ....

Study Permits are normally issued at the border. You don't need to "convince" the immigration officer of anything if you have been transparent in all your dealings

blackedwin:
I salute everyone,my wife was asked to send her passport 2weeks ago we just received a letter saying Visa would be issued on arrival. Pls house what happens on arrival and what documents would she have to go with to convince the immigration officer at the POE.

Check your Visa, what's the date by which you need to be in Canada? I think you just need to send them the new admission letter through webform, so you don't run into problems at the border. But your Visa should be good to go by the time you are ready to travel in 2 months time.

Your study permit itself is issued at the airport when you get in

kelvine95:
Please anyone with similar situation should kindly advise me on what to do.

Thanks.

VERY VERY LONG POST ALERT!
However, I thought to write this long so that different people can pick a thing or two......
Do read along....................

Hello everyone, thank you for your kind words and congrats to all who have gotten their PPR thus far. As promised, I'll try to share my story with you guys, even though it's incomplete as of yet.


Family of 5
Study permit for me and 3 children, visitor's visa for hubby
Submitted June 10, 2020.
Biometrics request June 11
Biometrics done August 24 (a day after VFS reopened)
GCMS requested August 28
Refusal September 24
GCMS came back Sept 28

Now, from the GCMS notes, I noticed the following:
1. The decision to refuse was taken as at July 11! Guys try to order your GCMS as early as 6 weeks into your application.
2. There was an error in reaching one of the reasons for my refusal. I had done an MBA in Nigeria, going for a Masters of Finance, but the VO interpreted it that I had done an MFin previously and so there's no career progression.

Immediately i received the GCMS, I torn between reapplying and seeking a Judicial Review (JR). The reason I considered the JR in the first place was because I felt the refusal simply unfair and baseless. Yes, a visa is not my right, however, as long as an individual meets the guidelines set in place, it is only fair that they receive a positive outcome.

Another reason I considered it is because, it's an opportunity people rarely use and this has given VOs the leeway to keep refusing people on a whim. If more people contest their refusal and win, it will likely lead to an overhaul of the current system going on in Nairobi.

October 2, I contacted an Immigration Consultant on Instagram about the possibility of reapplying. After reviewing all my documents, he insisted I go for JR, but hubby was not convinced. 1 because he didn't want to "fight" the Canadian immigration system and 2, he wasn't sure if the outcome would be successful especially considering the cost difference between paying a lawyer and reapplying.
Well, Consultant introduces us to an Immigration Lawyer. He reviews my documents again and said that I had a "Perfect" application, and so there's no reason for a refusal. Then he went ahead and offered to go ahead without a DIME being paid! If he loses, he goes away empty handed, but if he succeeds, then we pay a certain amount above the initial base amount. Hubby was more confortable with this arrangement.

October 29th after many back and forth, we submitted our application for JR. We were meant to get a response exactly 30 days which was to lapse on November 29th.

November 29th, Lawyer receives an email from the IRCC lawyers asking for additional 3 days to file their response.

And then silence, no further communication or even the expected response.

December 19th, I received an email saying there was a notification on my GCKey.

I logged on, and saw that the portion that usually shows "refused" had changed to "submitted". Every other member of my family's own still remained "refused". We called lawyer, he said he hasn't heard from them. Now, "success" with regards to our agreement with the Lawyer is when IRCC asks for "settlement". So at this point, it seemed like my application had been reopened without any agreement between my Lawyer and that of IRCC.

The wait was unimaginable!

January 12 I ordered GCMS and it came back February 12, and in it, it was stated that my application has been reopened because of a JR and my Lawyer has accepted the terms of the settlement!

Immediately, we sent the GCMS to him, still he maintained he hadn't heard anything from them. February finished, nothing!

March 3rd, Lawyer receives a letter requesting for a settlement on the case and the terms of the settlement. This was the exact same letter in my GCMS notes posted to my portal AS AT DECEMBER 2020! Anyway, we felt at least things are moving small small.

March 11, I received a request for additional documents. Really, what was important were new LOA and Financial statements.

March 24 uploaded the requested documents.

April 10 did up-front medical

April 29 Up-front medical passed

May 3, review for uploaded documents started.

June 16, Correspondence letter and PPR, 2 minutes apart.

Hubby and the children's applications were not reopened, we're currently in a dilemma as to whether to reapply for them or right a letter to IRCC. Your kind suggestions would be highly appreciated.

A few things to note from my personal experience:

1. The VOs are not as smart or as efficient as we tend to give them credit for.

2. Most times, approvals and refusals are given based more on feelings than clear evidence before them.

3. While I understand that JR is an expensive route, it would be nice if more people do it as it will highlight a lot of the rubbish they do at the embassy.

4. Lastly, let's be considerate to other people about how we boast after getting PPR. Trust me, the things you boast about: perfect SOP, Prayers, Documents etc, there are people who did all that and more and still got refused.

In the course of this journey, I also started to pursue a student visa in tbe UK before things started looking up, and believe me, the system with the British is far more transparent than that of Canada. Once you meet the requirements at submission, you are over 80% sure you'll be awarded the visa. But there's a lot of bias and subjectivity with the Canadian embassy.

I want to thank every single contributor to this Agile forum for the work you do! I submitted a "Perfect Application" ( according to my Lawyer) thanks to the stuff I got from here.

Also, I want to thank @frankrobben for his patience and selflessness here. People drag him all the time, but he never relents in being helpful. I remember the day I wrote about the JR option and his contribution and how he was dragged and insulted. Yet, he and I have never had any direct encounter and the Consultant and Lawyer did not come from him. Well done!
I pray everyone gets their prayers answered as well

Good day all,

It feels good to be posting here, having just received a Study Visa. I am trying my best to read through the thread as there is so much information to garner. However, I would like to ask a few location specific questions since I would be going to Halifax, Nova Scotia.

1. What is the best location to stay with family?

2. Which region within Halifax has the best Elementary and Middle school, as that will likely determine where we'll stay.

3, Are there specific Elementary and Middle schools that can be recommended?

4. Is there a Whatsapp or Telegram f=group I can join?

Thank you all so much as I await your kind responses

Lianna2020:
VFS Consent form (PDF , 68KB)
https://www.nairaland.com/5818588/canadian-student-visa-thread-part/475#95633153

Download the above form and fill only the 2nd Page

Thanks a lot for your swift response @Lianna2020.

There's no form attached to this page. Also, any idea of what I can do of I can't find the Yellow Biometrics Slip?

Good afternoon all,

PPR just dropped after 1 year and 6 days (June 10 2020 to June 16 2021) there's a long story coming, just be patient,

Please can someone advise me on what to do if I can't find my Yellow Biometric Slip?


Also, where do I get the consent forms from?

I'd appreciate your responses.

Thank you all

Good morning all, and compliments of the season.

Please, has anyone here canceled a previously booked test with IOM? Do they accept to cancel and refund?

I would really appreciate any help regarding this.

Thank you @JustMellow.

Working on it already

JustMellow:
Hello MyRace,

The first step is to identify the mistakes and then work with the concerns stated in the notes to rework your letter(s). I think with the two point refusal reasons and with the help from the notes, you should be able to build insights on addressing the raised concerns accordingly. For the home ties, support your social ties with economic ties also.

If the error came from the VO, point this out too. I think you will do just fine, just focus.

All the best

Good evening all,

My GCMS notes finally came out (unfortunately I can't post here because of personal details intertwined in the final paragraph). I was refused for:

Purpose of visit

Family ties (I applied with family, but hubby won't be staying with us)

However, from the notes, I noticed that an error was made regarding my previous studies, which now made my proposed study not to make sense. I indicated that I have an MBA from school A, the VO noted that I had an MSc Finance from school B, whereas my proposed study was MSc Finance, therefore it wouldn't make sense to be pursuing the same course again.

Also, following from above, they felt the amount of money I plan to spend on my family (again using the erroneous previous study) was too much investment to add value to me and may not yield enough to offset the costs in the future.

Please, dear experts, how do I address this?

Thank you for your anticipated responses

I would like to say something about this Judicial Review issue. And I'm not making the comment because I might consider it or might not, but because, it is important we analyze issues objectively. This is more so as most of here going to do Post Graduate programs, would need a lot of critical analysis skilss in a lot of different areas of our lives.

I agree absolutely, that the cost of a JR is high, infact too high, but to call those who may want to follow that path "irresponsible", shows an "absolute" take on issues rather than being open-minded.

It might interest you to note that the cost of a 2-year MBA fees and expenses will cover the POF for more than 2 families under 32 with Masters using the Express Entry program. Therefore, a person who goes to Canada through EE can also say everyone trying to go as students are "irresponsible" considering the cost differential.

There are people here whose school fees are less than 10k, while some cost over 40k. Everyone is free to analyse their costs how they deem fit.

People generally make their financial decisions based on where they are and their perspectives, which may have little to do with affordability. If I decide to do the JR, it will not be on the basis of "recouping it soon" but on the basis of "it's part of the expenses of schooling in Canada.

A visa is never a right, but a privilege, but there's a reason the JR is put in place! It is for "Procedural Fairness". I have seen profiles that were refused here, and I have sincerely wondered if due procedural fairness was followed.

Have a good evening everyone!

Thank you very much for your response. I'm waiting for the GCMS notes as I expect it will throw more light on the issues.

However, my hubby is not coming with us, with a decent job here. Doesn't that count as enough family ties or do they think he will leave his job to go and hibernate illegally in Canada?

Also, I gave a very detailed plan of what I intend to come and do back in Nigeria.

Someone had privately advised me to do Judicial Review, only to come here and see @Frankrobbn1 talk about it. At this rate, the High Commission in Lagos should be given power to conduct interviews and issue visas here rather than throwing us to Nairobi.

Also, @Frankrobbn1 and anyone who know something, can you shed more light on the Judicial Review process?

Luckymama:
You most likely can’t know the real reason for the denial until you get the GCMS. But if one were to guess from the generic reasons, your kids going with you seem to be a reason. You can address it head on in your letter of explanation: you initially wanted to take your children with you but upon further consideration you realized caring for your kids may have a bigger impact on your concentration on your studies and have instead decided to make alternative arrangements to enable you concentrate. I have heard of someone getting a letter from a grandma undertaking to take care of the kids or you get a nanny/house keeper.

If your SOP is well crafted then wait for your GCMS notes to see where the issue lies. Did you address what you intend to do with the new degree when you come back I.e how it will increase your earning power in Nigeria or how it will further your career?

Hello Luckymama,
Congratulations on your successful outcome.
Please I would need your help with regards to how you put together your second application.

1. Did you rewrite your SOP or it you used the old one.

2. What else did you do differently with the second one.

I'd appreciate your response. Also, I sent you a PM, if you don't mind





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quote author=Luckymama post=94313882]

Sorry house. I fully intended to update the house. Received my GCMS notes and it showed that Eligibility was passed. It went on to undergo secondary review in China. Then it was sent to Edmonton. Sha basically it appears the AIP was a positive sign. But I have already deferred admission to next year before I got the AIP.[/quote]

Hello Vibrant99

Thanks for your response. Yes, my SOP contains what I plan to come back and do.

vibrant99:
Sorry for your Rejection....

It is Typically a Migrant application, SIMPLE AND SHORT

Trust me , it works for some and some fall behind too,

You have the funds too, which is also a good one for you.

The Tight SOP did it also contain the reason you will return to Nigeria?

You can apply with the very same application that was rejected even with the kids and still get the VISA.

It is not always a Problem when you receive a Rejection. Just reapply when you can, WITH THE KIDS.

Good after all,

Congratulations first and foremost to everyone who has received positive feedback. I pray everyone will get theirs!

So I got a refusal for my SP last week and the reasons were:

1. Purpose of visit
2. Family ties.

I'm female and I applied with my children. Hubby was meant to remain here.
Interestingly, after so many web notes with them telling me they were working on my profile, I had been rejected since June 30 (I applied June 10). It was after the refusal that my eligibility review was updated and showed June 30.

I have requested for my GCMS notes in order to know what they are actually worried about.

Now, my questions are:
1. How do I address the "purpose of visit" ( mind you I made a very tight SOP addressing it)

2. If I decide to leave my children out of the second application, will it raise eyebrows?

A brief overview of my profile:

Chartered Accountant with and MBA
Going for a Masters in Finance
School fees fully paid
Enough money to cover all expenses, even if the children go with me.

Thanks for your responses

Good morning @FrankRobbn,

Ordinarily, I would have ignored and moved on, but I think it is important qe all get some facts straight.

We are all here to learn and share information with one another and sincerely you have done a lot to help people here.

However, there's an attitude which you and several others who because of the time you have spent here believe you are now gods, so nobody is allowed to either "think" or "have an opinion" without an attempt to short them down.

That I am new to Student Visa thread does not mean I lack the ability to think for myself in every area of my life including applying for study permit.

It is tiring that when people make posts all you guys do is look for holes to pick out. Sometimes, just chill and do ypur own findings or move on.

That notwithstanding, find attached the proof to the main position you criticized.

I am very happy for @ObaniDavid's testimony, and if I were him I won't share a screen shot of the letters, haters and doubters should all go and hug transformer.
I pray for his type of testimony to happen in my life as well.

Cheers,

Frankrobbn1:
The bolded statement is a false claim and misleading information. Biometrics have been in use for visa applications to Canada for more than five (5) years now since my existence and experiences on this process.

Since you claim everything you said is verifiable on IRCC website. Please provide me the link on this account.


Thank you!


It will end in praise

I maintain: IRCC said they will continue to PROCESS AND REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS, while waiting for applicants to provide them. The only thing is that no final decision will be made or anyone refused on the bases of incomplete documents.

A visa officer can process and complete an application with or without Biometrics. You have submitted enough documents to show who you are!
Canada only introduced Biometrics barely 2 years ago in 2018.

Besides, are you aware that they have given a waiver to Essential Temporary Workers who are unable to give Biometrics in their countries to get it done at their port of entries? What does thay tell you? Visa applications can be processed without Biometrics if IRCC chooses to authorize it.

Everything I have written here is verifiable on the CIC website.

Your current position is "pre-covid", right now, things are not as rigid as you're trying to make it look. As for your friend, every application is different.

Anon123:
How can a visa officer attend to an application without a finger print to know who he or she is or put a face to an application. Nothing is done in any application until you surrender your finger print and face. I have a friend that got biometrics since April.. they gave him 3months to get it done. His app still reads awaiting your biometrics.

I stand to be corrected though, but from IRCC communications, they will continue working on applications, requesting for documents as the need arises until people are able to provide all the documents.

What I can deduce is that people might even get medical requests if they find them eligible while waiting for Biometrics to be done.

However, no final decision will be made until all documents are complete including Biometrics.

Anon123:
Doesn't mean anything... as the gurus have explained. You haven't done biometrics which means your application is still at a baby stage.

Hello, please when did you apply? Also, did anything change in the Eligibility part of your application?

@Everyone, are there people who did upfront medicals, have medicals passed and still got rejected at the end of the day?

Or they got rejected without their up-front medicals being updated?

Thank you all for your responses.



quote author=Kinzeerichy post=91369289]Good Afternoon. My medicals have also been changed to pass despite that I have not done biometrics. Is there any meaning to this? I await your response, thank you.[/quote]

Hi, she was debited at 305.

Lekiboboe:
Would love to know,
How much was debited in ur SIS stanbic account?, is it around the region of #66 -68k

Cos am yet to receive an alert of the transaction made..

Thanks!!!

Hello @Lekiboboe,

I had the same issue the whole of yesterday using Gtbank (both savings and current) and FCMB without luck.

I eventually used my sister's stanbic (savings) and it worked once. All the cards used were Mastercard.

Maybe you need to try some other bank if you can or look for stanbic card

Lekiboboe:
Like seriously, 401× 235 that's #94,235

Even despite the availability of more than #94K in an account, its still declining and transaction not approved

But I am thinking the #401 is for USD

Canadian Dollar is still within the region of 287 CAD to 320 CAD

Thanks @JustMellow for your prompt response

quote author=JustMellow post=90489450]

Hello MyRace,

You can use same details of your school for him. You need to use a latest version of the Adobe Reader to fill it out.

All the best[/quote]