Newmum0615:
Can everyone take a seat please? It’s going to be quite a read.

It’s my turn.

PPR has come to the glory of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost.


It has been a lonnnnng but rewarding experience here on this thread and in this EE journey. I have learnt a lot through months of research and waiting. If you had told me anything about relocating from Nigeria before the second week of August 2017, I would have rolled my eyes at you in apparent indifference. I was never one for living abroad. I love visiting on vacations, buying plenty stuff and coming back home. However, one day at the end of the 2nd week of August 2017, I was in the car with my husband, on our way to work and I remember vividly how I stumbled on Testden while browsing through the internet that morning. I decided to read a little and I just became fascinated with the practice texts and solving the questions. A colleague of mine who moved to Australia last year had been harping on about migrating, but I had no such plans. Hubby and I are doing quite well here, and I am also so close to my parents that the thought of staying so far away from them kept me from taking the leap.

Initially, practicing the IELTS questions was just for fun but I had a light bulb moment one day while still recovering from a surgery that almost cost me my life in a Nigerian hospital. A supposedly ‘big’ hospital. Why not take the test and work towards getting outta here? I asked myself. Hubby didn't agree at first. He is a believer now.

So voila! My first connection to anything Canadian was the IELTS test discovery via Testden. During my recuperation period, I decided that I needed a better life not just for myself but also for my kids. I considered Australia, but there is a disconnect between my first degree and work experience so I didn’t stand a chance. Canada was next on my list. I went on to research on the internet; CIC site and Nairaland popped up first among others. I have always engaged Nairaland as my go-to place for 1st hand practical experience on just about anything. It really needs to be rated among the top internet search engines in the world. We are great like that!

So, lemme not bore you with my long story joor.

Here is my timeline:

Decision to immigrate: 2nd week of August 2017.

WES evaluation received: 15th November 2017

IELTS: L8.5 R9 S7.5 W7.5

Hubby: Did very well. Maxed out on scores.

EE profile created: 1st December 2017

ITA: 6th December 2017

AOR: 1st February 2018

NA1: 2nd February 2018

Medicals passed/IP1: 12th February 2018

NA2: 16th February 2018

IP2: 27th February 2018 (the mass movement)

1st GCMS notes (ordered via gcmsbuddy.com): April, 2018 Received in less than 2 weeks

2nd GCMS notes (ordered via gcmsbuddy.com): June, 2018 Received one month later

ADR: 2 days ago. Day 179. Height & Color info + Copies of passport biodata pages (as if I didn’t provide it before)

PPR Mail: 1st August 2018. Received around past noon today. I was actually speaking in faith this morning when I was teasing y'all about having correct news . I just had the feeling.

VO: Almighty London

AOR to PPR: A whooping 181 days!

Other details:

POF: I used 3 T-bills certificates, account statement and other sources of funds. Reference letter from bank and letter from hubby giving consent to use his own portion of the funds. Used affidavit and LOE to explain huge inflows from hubby cos they were quite significant (upfront allowance from his employer). I had almost 3 times the amount needed for a family of three, so I had to exclude other sources of funds so that I don’t complicate things with a bulky upload and overwhelm the VO.

Whew! It was a battle getting that file to compress. After a 6-hour battle on submission day, I was finally able to compress it to 3.7mb. Made a mistake on the LOE in calculating total amount, was about to upload the whole file in the POF placeholder when I got a call from hubby that he had observed a mistake from his review. Had to abort mission ( ), correct it, rescan before remerging and uploading.

Employment: Got letter from my previous employer (didn’t use it in the end cos I couldn’t decide on the right NOC for it), added role in personal history. Used the one from my current employer, LOE explaining NOC change, work mails, Tax card, Staff ID card, my call card and that of my line manager. No payslips or SOA. Although I got maximum score for my previous role with current employer, I also declared my one and half year current role, same employer under my work history cos both roles showed on the same reference letter anyway, and so I had to upload the same doc again for this current role (Thanks happytbaby for calling my mind to this one. I might have missed it). Hmm, was so scared throughout the process cos I had used a different job title and NOC before ITA, but apparently, it wasn’t a biggie (thanks to @cochtrane, @einsteino, @happytbaby & @Blackbuddy for allaying my fears on this).

Education: IELTS TRF, ECA report, Degree certificates. ECA process was pretty straightforward, Naija Uni represented well. UK school, of course didn’t disappoint.

Hubby’s Education: No ECA done for either degree.

Medicals: Done at Q-Life a day before I submitted (I no dey plan travel soon, so had to shift it as far away as possible). Very seamless process.

Photos: Studio 24. The hard copies we did have expired in the wake of this delay. We have to retake them.

Legal document for name change: Submitted one & the same person affidavit for hubby.

LOE: Submitted Schedule A, old UK Visa refusal notes for hubby and 1, Travel History form, affidavit for one & the same person for hubby and his birth certificate (for different names on his docs).

CSE: I noticed that I had mistakenly swapped documents in the wrong placeholders. Raised CSE and notified them of the error.

GCMS Notes: 1st & 2nd were fine. No issues.

So, as I drop my pen, abi fingers (), let me acknowledge and thank everyone for the great job we are all doing here. You guys are amaaaaazing! Agents and consultants are seriously learning compared to us.

As I say thank you to each and every one, lemme send a special shout out to people who were and have been consistent in making this thread a success: @40manlappy (you no answer some of my PMs in the early days of my membership here sha, I still dey beef you-smiley), @Kontagious, @happytbaby (God bless you plenty), @Glitteringstar, our able landlady and data analyst, @cochtrane, @einsteino, @Blackbuddy, @mcstan18 (you snuck up on us and became a formidable “elder” smiley), @Hephgirl (I miss you in our midst.), @Elfmannisback (thank you for being our police here), @ysteph, @Ethelia, @luffyhaki, @Tojued, @ArabianRose @TEECANN, @Threemg, @vcole @smslive2 @agates @ jholarharde and many many others I can’t name here. Una too plenty ooooo. Thank you for all the love and support. You guys made the wait easy to bear.

I kept trusting God and believing that my turn will come one day. Months back, I wrote my goods-to-follow list, made a list of all that we were going to sell off. I even decided on the school my son will go to if we were ever able to get a house within the boundary of the school board. I have researched and researched, now it feels like I already live in Canada (except for the cold. ). I appreciate the Planning for Canada session I was privileged to attend. It’s a pity that the opportunity may end soon. It really helped with my planning.

I appreciate you all for all the times you wished that this day would come sooner. Every time I saw a post praying for my PPR, I would pray and ask God to answer the prayer. May God Almighty, the One who is able to do exceedingly, abundantly, above all that we can ever think, ask or even imagine make our ways prosperous and grant us all fulfilled lives in Canada.

We shall meet in Canada one day. One day soon.

Excuse my dramatic post. I wasn’t going to type all these, but you guys have waited for this day, so I didn’t want to fall hand. It has been one hell of a wait. I was expecting serious excitement the day this PPR would come, but I am not as excited as I thought I would be. It’s even surprising to me. I think I am even a little afraid, but God has got me. We will all flourish in Canada. It's a must!

PS: To all our newbies, please take time out to read and understand this process. When you take offense at people who ask you to read more, it gives the impression that people that did exactly that are foolish. Imagine that no one took out time to study the process, who would you have confidence to ask for guidance? Please read, read and read. It can be overwhelming, I know, but the benefits surmount every stress you might encounter in figuring where and how to start. To access even the most basic of services in our Maple Leaf country, you would need to read and understand your rights and entitlements as a PR, T&Cs of certain services and all. Why not start now and imbibe that behavior?

…Off to continue dancing! See you guys lerra.

Keeping up with the thread has been difficult as time difference no gree me do my bit. Just had a nodge to check today(1st August 2018) at 1st I saw @balogunsam’s post and the next thing that came to mind was @newmum0615 and sincerely i am super excited for you. Congratulations!congratulations!congratulations!

Randomsue:
Hello Everyone,

I would like to start this week by dropping my timeline and state that I'm grateful for God's mercies. My application was processed in less than 40 days...never hespered it!

CRS: 450
ITA: April 25
AOR: May 30
MEP: June 12
IP2: July 6
PPR: July 7 (no ghost update)

Passport submitted: July 9

Congratulations, you will be favoured in Canada.

ken2sure:
Long post alert!!!

My PPR Story........

ITA: 22/09/17
CRS score was 433, ITA CRS Cut off-433
Knew from that point that God was favourably disposed towards us!

Med Exam: Children's practice, Ikoyi
The tension high small ooo, as plenty thoughts dey cross my mind that day( no be wetin u dey think sha)

AOR: October 10
Gathered all my documents a week after ITA.
Couldn't get ref letter in CIC format from employer, especially d JD part( my supervisor wrote and signed one for me though). Used only TB certificates as POF( said a prayer before pressing d submit key after filling and uploading all docs)

Med passed: Oct 22.....was as if I won lottery(lol)

Requested GCMS on January 23 and received feb 22....( could deduce file was transfered to LVO on 22nd Nov). A11.2 eligibility was passed already and both notes from program assistant and case processing agents were all positive( heaved a great sigh of relief cos i was worried about d NOC i chose but all panned out great). Knew at that point that it was just a matter of time( kept praying and fasting sha o for the VO to just accept d agent's recommendations without query)

Ip2: Feb 27... d mass movt day
started checking my account and refreshing my mail every single day from that day( u can imagine), hoping for PPR.

April 10...exactly 6 months post AIR, I sent a status update to LVO and got the reply that my file was awaiting review( was heart broken...haba, so my file just dey hibernate for close to 5months at LVO without activity). I ordered another set of notes same day and received on 6th May.........same old story, no update since file moved to LVO( At that point, I just wished I could appear at LVO and rant d whole place down, especially when latter AOR dates were getting PPR).

ALAS!!!!!The Eagle Landed at 10.48am this morning(U can imagine d drama that ensued in my office when I read d mail)

No ADR throughout d process.

So much more to say but make I end am here for now!

Indeed, He makes all things beautiful in his own time!

Thank u all for d contributions and information received during this wait time.

I pray your testimonies too will be complete IJN.


congratulations

theconsortium:
Hello house, I am considering using an immigration agent by the name Iwajayi, u want to know if anyone here has used their services before and how genuine are they..honest reply please

fairfora:
Oh Nigerian youths. Please think,think again before you leave for that canada whether it's really worth it or not. The opportunity you are looking for is right here, but which millions of Nigerians are too blind to see. Abuse me if you like but you won't say I didn't tell you. If I were Nigerian youths, especially the professionals, I would research into what makes a chinese guy or an indian man come to our own country with a shirt and a pair of trousers but by the time he's going back, he's a rich man. He still uses your brain to make his millions, amazing lol. Please ejowo, bikonu, du alah, think twice

ecclesiaok:
Please house how legit is this: canadavisa.com by Campbell Cohen, has anybody used their services?
How effective is their services? Thanks for your anticipated responses

ecclesiaok:
Please house how legit is this: canadavisa.com by Campbell Cohen, has anybody used their services?
How effective is their services? Thanks for your anticipated responses

verygoodones1:
Bump

Pikipiki:
Good evening E-family. Please I need help from Pharmacists who have completed their ECA from PEBC.
A friend forgot to send her ECA Request Form to PBEC while sending other documents for Evaluation. She is to submit her ECA request form now with a $100CAD processing fee in the form of a Canadian Certified cheque, money order or Bank draft made out to PEBC.


Does anyone have an idea how can she make this payment since she is not in Canada and Card payment is not acceptable for this particular situation?

Please if you have been in a similar situation, kindly let me know you resolved it. Thank you

redocean:
Dear e-family...........

With God all things are possible. I got the golden mail today.

Timeline -

Sept. 20 – ITA
Oct. 14 – AOR
Oct. 26 – Med passed
Oct. 26 – ADR ( travel history)
Oct 29- ADR submitted
Nov. 2 – NA 2
Nov. 29 – job mail
Nov. 30 – File transferred to London
Feb 27 – IP2 and ADNR changed to NA
April 25 – Ghost update
May 2 – PPR

This journey started Feb 1, 2017 with WES registration. God on our side, Spouse and I wrote IELTS in May and got the required score in the first sitting. Joined the pool in June and got the ITA in September. The rest you already know.

The information we have on this platform is immeasurable and on top of that, it is free. Let's keep supporting each other and when we scold people for not reading up from page 0, let's do it moderately.

On this journey, put your trust in God, stay focused, be resilient and very very very patient....

It will end in praise for us all.

One luv

Congratulations

ItsYourFriend:
Thank you. Will the card be issued immediately?

MoCare:


I don’t think you need it for UK PCC. It’s just for Nigeria I read somewhere we have to include the fingerprints form. Although, I don’t know why. Just wanted to know if we will have to certify it here in the UK before uploading

Yahwehgbemi:
Did anybody come across an agent based in Abeokuta inviting people to come and apply for EE, promising them that he has many slots in Manitoba PNP? They even went as far as promising people that they will pay the flight, accommodation, visa fees and other associated fees because they are a Canadian Visa Agent. The beneficiary will only pay back when he/she gets to Manitoba. Could this be real house? I intentionally held back their name and a snapshot of their flyer to avoid being banned here in the name of advertisement.

Benny247:

You can't see or touch me so you can't flog me.... �... Lol. Thanks a lot... I appreciate your response. I wan move this year by God's grace before my rent go expire.

Ehiobe:
No ADR , long travel history... I pray I get it soon. Tired of the long wait. Seems they are working on Nov files now. Seen some other nov aor with updated profiles too.

CTOBY:
Congrats to all ITA and PPR reciepients,

Pharmacist in the house!! Please how do I get to apply for licensing statement. I know its through PCN but who do I contact. Thanks.

exceedinglory:
Congratulations @ ugoiyke79e....Wishing you God's very best!

Gensta:
Hello Pharm. Please have you gone passed the PEBC stage. I need some answers from any pharmacists that have gone passed this stage. First, which is better to use to certify documents from your own experience : the notary public, commissioner of oaths or a lawyer? Secondly, how long did it take after you sent in all your documents to get the eca report.

Newmum0615:

When they have refused to release us nkor?

ArabianRose:
Special shout out to @Emmasonic4me and the other kind fellow whose moniker I unfortunately cannot remember for now, may God bless you back to back .
I got N10,598.96 from WES just now as refund for Tax charged