CharitoJames:
Good
morning All...
So here is a list of food items you can comfortably take to Canada.

Cray fish (blend it to avoid poking)

Stock fish

Smoked fish

Powdered maggi (chicken flavor isn’t allowed but you can repack in a ziplock and name it spice... no shaa forget say na maggi when you wan use am)

Palm oil ( Freeze it for about a week before you travel, let it turn to stone so it won’t defrost easily)

Blended dry pepper ( Red ones or even Cameroon pepper)

Egusi, Osu, Okpei, Achi

Beans, Bean powder

Ogbono ( blend too, we want everything neatly packed and don’t forget to put names on them)

Dry Iru

Spices ( friedrice spice oh, jollof spice oh etc)
Pepper soup spice.( trust me, you will need pepper soup alot, cold no be here)

Suya spice/Yaji ( If you grill chicken with yaji eh! You go chop finger, walahi)

Garri (packed in ziplock oh! Domestic carry sack like Mr Okoro)

Ground nut and Peanuts ( our Nigerian groundnut is on another level, you can’t get same taste in Canada... in plastic bottle oh)

Your favorite snacks that are not in Canada, pack them too. Na you go pay for extra luggage size.

Medication (Very important... there are no mosquitoes there but you fit still carry malaria drugs.. getting drugs over there isn’t as easy as walking into a pharmacy here..Get your paracetamol, flagyl, ibuprofen, vitamin C, your supplements etc

Aboniki balm ( Very important please, you won’t get hot balm over there and aboniki is sooo expensive there, get a pack or 2 if possible.

Ogi/ Akamu/ Pap (If you are a pap lover like me, mbok carry am go especially ginger pap..you can put in a ziplock and freeze to stone or NOT! Pap no dey quick spoil).

Ukpaka/ Ugba/ Oil bean ( If you still want your roasted plantain and yam feel over there, carry this along, you can just refrigerate and put in your bag the day you are traveling )

Vegetables ,Ugu/ Ewedu/ Bitter leaf ( Wash your bitter leaf to the point you want the bitter taste,put in a ziplock and freeze, slice your ugu after washing... allow to dry again like water never touched it and put inna ziplock.. pick your ewedu too and do like the ugu)

For the stubborn ones that must carry yam... slice it up, peel and cut in sizes then put in ziplock and leave in the fridge before you travel... yam can last up to 3 weeks even when stored this way, it will still be fresh any day you want to use it.

Okpa flour/Bambara nut ( I already said flour so don’t forget to grind it and name it)

Abacha

For my ladies, Don’t forget...

Relaxer

Pads ( Some of us have a particular one we are used to and don’t react to...so pack some with you before you get another one that will replace it over there... you wouldn’t want to start searching for a suitable pad the moment you get there.

Milk isn’t allowed but people take it in. Just repack in a ziplock and name it a different thing like bean flour, bambara powder, yam flour, rice flour/tuwo etc.. Just any powder that look like milk and please when they pick interest in your milk particularly, stand your ground without shaking and tell them it’s what you named it and not milk, go ahead and ask them to taste it if they want and ask them why you would want to take milk in when it’s not allowed... Like who gets this far and ends up wasting time because of milk. But if you will start shaking, kuku no carry milk.

NB: Every packed food item must be in Ziplock or transparent bag so it can be visible enough.

There are other food items but these are the most common ones. From this list, you can have an idea of other things you can carry.

I don’t think seeds are allowed because they think you will plant them.
No poultry products like chicken maggi and the rest, anything with chicken on it is a No even benny and mivina used to season chicken.. so pour content in a ziplock and name Spice M and Spice B.

Then your personal things shaa.
Go with a Universal Adaptor oh, very important because their sockets isn’t same as ours so you don’t get stock incase your chargers don’t fit in.

Guys, don’t bother going with your Nigerian clipper, it can’t be used there or so i heard.

Thanks

Samxx:
is it possible to do biometrics ahead ? I plan to submit my application from Nigeria soon but I will be traveling for about 6 months by may , is there a way I can do my biometrics while I go ahead with gathering the rest of my documents ?

MightyRance:


HELLO GUYS

IS THERE ANY SEPTEMBER INTAKE THAT HAS GOTTEN APPROVAL?

IS THE CURRENT APPROVALS FOR MAY INTAKE?

Jessica50:
[/b]LANDING GIST!!!

[b] At Murtala Mohammed Airport
I carried myself to the airport on 13th April 2022 at 9am my flight was by 2pm with Egyptair, I thought I was late guess what I got to Egyptair side and met just 5 people waiting for Egyptair to check our bags. I started taking pictures . finally they started weighing luggages it reached my turn , one was 22kg the other was 26kg , the guy was just looking at me and said "take your time and balance your luggage" he then gave me space to sort my luggage, I balance till it was 24k each, I was fainting in my mind, the guy weighing it said "let me just leave it", afterwards I went to wrap my luggage. I moved to show my documents, this was were I started shouting , I was asked for my Arrive can, covid vaccination card the stupid girl was saying "there is no sign down here" I told her to scan it which she did and it showed completed ,she was still saying something is missing I got angry and told her "if it's money she wants she won't get it from me" she got shocked and gave me my vaccination card and cleared me . Next was one guy asking for enrollment letter and admission letter, that guy made my anger increase ,he started saying he is not seeing where my program begins and ends, I told him to wear my glasses maybe he will see better, he started snapping my documents and said he will report it, I told him to go ahead, he started asking colleague what should he do, his collegue asked him is there a reason to report, he then cleared me, I just took my papers and sighed, people on Egyptair queue were just laughing and said I have scattered table and chairs . Next was to get my flight ticket they scanned my hand luggages and they made up 14kg, I knew that if I said a word now this people will just vex for me, I just gave the girl 1k before she says anything and told her to give me better seat, she gave me window seat for both flight. Immigration was smooth no crowd at all, I remove shoe and scanned my body next thing they seized my perfume, thank God the woman left me with one perfume and said I should do what others are doing , I gladly gave her the sweet money. Then we went to board.
On the flight ,there was leg room, the flight was smooth,I watch film, them the food was delicious, some people were even going to take extra .

KellyKk:
God !!!! I’m just lamenting today ooooo
Medical request at last !!!!

Armah22:
Please who is going to Memorial university for fall? Please how did you pay your fees

Armah22:
Please who is going to Memorial university for fall? Please how did you pay your fees

DestinationCann:
Thanks Nikky.

Yes ooo, I remember sending you a PM, I was so angry and decided to stop commenting on anything Canada visa

Scott99tish:
Counterfoil just landed with Portal updated !!!

DestinationCann:
Hi guys, it's PPR for me and medical request for my toddler (I don't know why they have requested for a fresh Medicals for her but we go do am)


2nd time applicant

1st application July 2021
Refusal cake in on 6th October 2021 after waiting. I had to defer my admission. I had already started classes oo. The bad news came in in the middle of a particular class and I want blank for 10 minutes, exited the zoom class and cried to my satisfaction. I ordered GCMS Notes same day through a friend in Canada who was following up with me on my application.

GCMS came after 1 month and I realized IRCC messed up my application.

They mentioned sponsor when I didn't have any.
They said I had lump sum when I showed certificate of fixed deposit and told them the date it liquidated.
They didn't even acknowledge the 45% upfront school fees I paid (I think they already made a decision before I sent in the payment receipt)


I had to contact of a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant after my GCMS came in because I wasn't ready for the emotional stress of opening and refreshing IRCC portal and my email for update, he scheduled a zoom meeting with me and after reading through my GCMS Notes and listening to me, he said he'll have recommended a JR because the refusal grounds were baseless however, to save me time, money and stress, he recommended a reapplication.

I lost interest in online classes so I kuku deferred my admission.
I don move out funds buy market from fixed deposit sef so I kuku defer.

I started working on my POF immediately. I ensured large sums entered my personal account from everywhere and moved out and targeted March for submission of a fresh Application.



2nd Application Timeline

Application submitted 16th March 2022
Biometric confirmation 16th March 2022
Correspondence Letter 4th April 2022
PPR 4TH April 2022


Documents submitted:
Full tuition school fees payment evidence from school (32k CAD)
School admission letter
Person Account MyBankStatement showing 5.9M
Police clearance certificate
IELTS general result
WAEC result
Student copy of transcript
Digital passport
Letter of introduction by employer
Letter from employer showing amount and date my salaries were paid in the last 4 months.
Leave authorization from employer
International passport (mine and my toddler)



Home ties document submitted

Company account MyBankStatement showing closing balance of 28M and 6 months transaction of over 170M
CAC documents of Business
Company tax clearance certificate
Personal tax clearance certificate
Marriage certificate
Other children's birthday certificate
Husband's international passport
COF of landed property


The Registered Canada Immigration Consultant asked me questions like he was a Visa officer, I got tired sef. We exchanged lots of mails.

I'm grateful to God for this success. In deed, God has done this and I am in awe. Who could have imagined that my application would take 19 days and 13 working days?

I had already started Sweden application to schools sef. I had planned to apply to UK schools in October but transcript wahala didn't help matters so I left it.

I pray the God who did mine would do yours too. Do not give up.

Jessica50:
please where can I do the PCR test

Lizabeth36:
Application submitted: oct 18th
Medical passed: march 25th
Eligibility review: February 16th
2nd ghost update: march 29th
Awaiting PPR this week

Tarama:
PPR Alert!

Second application.
Old Portal.
Deferred admission to Fall (September)

Application submitted: December 31, 2021
Raised webform: February 21, 2022
GCMS requested: February 23, 2022
No update on application till...
Response to webform: March 21, 2022
Eligibility started: March 21, 2022
Ghost updates: March 23, 2022
Medical updated to pass: March 25, 2022
BVL: March 29, 2022
PPR: March 30, 2022

Thanks to everyone that responded to my questions when I got the previous denial. I sent multiple emails to JustMellow and he was so helpful and very responsive, gave detailed analysis to the doubts I had, I'm super grateful.

So, I did my biometrics in Lagos, how do I go about sending my passport?

Also, I just realized that my current passport expires in January 2023 and I plan to send that for stamping. But I dont know if that will be a problem seeing that my classes start in September. Since I have a few months before resumption, can I renew my passport here in Nigeria? The renewed passport will not have the stamp, so I'm confused on what to do.

How do I handle this situation so I won't need to request for a new visa when I enter canada?
Please advise.

Scott99tish:
Kindly ignore any grammatical error as I cannot proofread anything with this joy in me… Lol

See below timeline of my application:
First Application
Submitted April 30th, 2021
I found Nairaland first week of August then I got to know about Upfront medical

Upfront medical August 4th, 2021
Delay came on August 16, 2021
Reason: Personal Assets and Financial Status.

I paid Half tuition fee with 10million in my account as Self-Sponsored. I was wondering HOW and WHY refusal again…
But after dropping my delay on nairaland, I got some responses then I knew where my problem was even before I got GCMS note. So I started tackling and typing…
Lump sum.
I never stated anything finance in my SOP, talk-less of mentioning the lump sum I had 4 days before submission. Well, a lesson.

I ordered GCMS note and the result was actually correct. Lump sum.
What I did different;
1. I paid Full tuition fee
2. I explained all the lump sum I had in my LOE, even when they won’t be in my new statement of account because I had to wait till December for submission to avoid stories again.
3. I gave sources of all lump sum I had then with documents to back them up. Some equipment I owned, I brought up their receipts and their rental agreement which gave me lump sums.

Secret: Don’t rush any submission. Try to get it right.

I ensured I don’t have ANY new lump at allll.
I wrote my beautiful LOE and SOP, to me beautiful, lol.

Thank God I asked Makano to review for me.
Then He blasted me ehn. I was like, It took me 14days to come up with all this and this guy was just putting lines lines lines.
Well, I relaxed because He knows better.
We kept going back and forth but He para that I don’t want to learn that He charge for what he’s doing for me free, Sorry I had to say all this Makano, it’s just funny to talk about them now.

I pleaded with him that I will pay what ever fee, because I like how he’s getting angry at me because I needed to get it right.
I sha paid the discount He gave me because He saw how dedicated I was.

Finally We got something meaningful that I confirmed my initial beautiful LOE/SOP was rubbish.

He’s good… He like a brother, always checking Up on me via mail… General Makano

Re-applied 7th of December, 2021… Action movie started.
7th of Feb, 2022 being my birthday, Eligibility started.
29th of March, 2022 Original Passport Request.


Thank you guys for all and I will remain here to pass more knowledge acquired here.
@Makano, Teemenzo, KellyKk, Osemigho, Technix, Buchito1, Ketima, Jollytravels that will and must travel… Many more that I cannot remember for now…
You guys have been awesome…

See attached list of Documents submitted

emmalextemtop:
Hello, to those that got this email (picture attached) from vfs Lagos for the first time, concerning passport stamping, how many days did you got your passport stamped later?

What is the days in between...

Joedave25:
MUN in Fall

littlekaos:
Hi everyone,
Is anyone going to MUN Newfoundland in fall ? Or is there anyone already there.

tolupe1:
Please is it possible for someone to get PPR without it showing that eligibility has started in your application portal? I am super curious. Like do they bypass that and get give you PPL? Thanks

Stburnish2:
PPR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! � � � �
✅ ✅ ✅

Good morn beautiful pple.
I just came across this page yesterday and was able to read through. As a tradition I saw on the group, lemme join by sharing my timeline


First time applicant

Portal type: Old portal

Application submitted - 11 Feb 22

Biometric done and updated- 17 Feb

Medical Request - 4 March

Medicals - 17 March

Medicals Passed - 22 March

BVL————- 24 March ✔️
PPR ————-24 March ✔️

For all those waiting,,, It shall end in praise

Please, I’m ready to share any more info that might be needed from me

emmalextemtop:
Hello, i wanted to ship my passport for stamping, are we paying money for the service.

I am here now, telling me 8070k, to and fro will be 16k like that.

Please visit it like that, i thought having done my biometrics in lag, we don't need to pay any fee...

Canadaboy3:
It ended in praise

PPR........................................
second time applicant

application submitted September 30th
upfront medicals 7th December
ghost update 9th December
MEP 23RD December

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Long wait.....................

ghost update 1st of march
ghost update 7th of march
ghost update 12th of march
4 ghost update 19th of march
PPR 21st March
Application was almost 6 months

sent more than 300 emails....
web form was like 15
mailed Mp January,FEB , MARCH and i disturbed her life...We argued tire with mails..cos she was saying she had already contacted ircc on my behalf and i was like madam your contact no work o....since January till March...

THE ULTIMATE IS GOD. I PRAYED DAY AND MID NIGHT , BURNING INCENSE , FASTED DRY , WHITE, WENT TO BLESSED SACRAMENT ,I WAS ALWAYS THANKING GOD,WITH THE THANK YOU JESUS ROSARY....AT TIMES I SAY THANK YOU JESUS TEN THOUSAND TIMES A DAY ..

Old portal...

Documents submitted...Apart from the IME docs

LOA
First semester fees 10k CAD.PAID IN FULL
FIXED FINANCIAL INVESTMENT 19K CAD ( 6 MILLION NAIRA)
NOTARY STAMP OF GIFT OF DEEDS
SONSORSHIP DOCUMENTS
LOE just 1 page but very informative and comprehensive enough with points clearly laid down with references..
employment letter
employment id
CAC certificate
Degree certificate
birth certificate
mother passport page
brother birth cert
sister birth cert

All was well arranged....

GOD BE PRAISED... DEO GRACIAS..... MIND YOU I GAVE MY NAME BY FAITH.....I AM CANADABOY...

Pls dont give up...Do the needful and leave the rest to GOD...

kennyjoy:


Yes, use Skyscanner.

Jessica50:
it's PPR guys...... I am so happy, I have been shouting my mum is shouting more than me.
Incoming timeline

1st application - may 15th (refused for insufficient funds) we had to liquidate the fixed deposit and did MBS

SECOND APPLICATION - January 16th
Ordered GCMS notes -january 17th
Medical Passed - February 3rd
Ordered another GCMS notes - 9th February
Eligibility started - don't know the date
First GCMS notes- eligibility was with held
Ordered another GCMS notes - which will drop next week
2nd GCMS notes - recommend passed
BVL/PPR - today March 17th ( I did not bother checking time)

actually I submitted my application in November and it took ircc 2 months to send my submission confirmation message.

DOCUMENTS SENT : (I didn't submit much as I don't like bulky stuff)
1)Ircc documents
2) birth certificate/ nigerian passport
3) MBS, sponsor letter, supporting letter (to explain lump sum)
4) my sponsor retirement letter with benefit
5) parents and siblings NIN
6) my credentials from primary to bachelor degree
7) passport photograph
admission letter (didn't pay tuition deposit)

Thank you everyone that helped me. Nikky6 just bring yourself on my mail and shout with me. Its not easy it will end in praise for everyone waiting.

Jessica50:
guy my GCMS notes just landed, abeg someone should help me explain. The preassessment states that PA submitted mybankstatement and has sufficient funds.
PA has strong home ties with 4 siblings in Nigeria and work experience is relevant for the aspiring course.

Eligibility: Recommended Passed
Criminality: complete
Medicals: Passed
Info sharing: Complete

What I don't understand is which one is recommended passed

BellefilleOma:
Pls can someone send the email for sending medical slip to IRCC? How do I go abt sending medical slip via webform ? What does the medical slip look like?

Topmc:
Please can someone send me screenshot of Medical request from IRCC

Bambam4life:
I did my medicals in August 2021 too. @Teemenzo, does that I will have to do another medical even if IRCC sends PPR request before my medical expires? I'm resuming School September 2022.

Scott99tish:
My Re-application (2nd Applicant) will be 3 months tomorrow.

IRCC well done.
Thank God I’ve had some wonderful news this year with new mind-blowing job that took my mind off IRCC. If not…

In all your do IRCC, take all the time you need but gimme a positive news in Jesus name.
Amen.



@teemenzo, We will testify.

kennyjoy:


Omo!!! I no fit carry indomie be that ooo chai, Pls what about Maggi Chicken flavor, Beans flour, Dread Catfish?

Pls anyone that as travel recently should share the food items they travel with pls.