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JustMellow:
Put in your application with the old PP, you can always renew your PP and extend your SP in Canada.

Thanks.

My passport expires 10th November and I have already applied for a renewal.

Can I put in my reapplication for study permit with current passport as I await the renewed one or do I have to wait till new passport is out before putting the application in?

School resumes sep 3rd.

Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.

Bracha:
OK. Send me an email, I'll look through it as soon as I can.

Thank you Bracha.

Just sent you a PM, I hope it delivered. When you respond, I ll send you the attachment.

Appreciate.

Hello house.

Success to all TRV hopefuls.

I will be putting in my application again next week without much help from my gcms notes as it was blank.

I hope to have adequately tackled reasons for refusal on grounds of purpose of visit, home ties & travel history.

@Frankrobbn1 I'll appreciate if you can take a look at what I have put togethet (LOE) to see if its good enough or any other guru in the house availabe @Qudkom @Bracha ... I understand everybody is busy.

Thanks and God bless everyone selflessly helping to increase the success story out here.

One love!

josmba59:
You may want to check again o.... I remember when I got my gcms note. It was about 44pages. You might want to make sure of that... However, if that is all that there is with your gcms note, then apparently this CIC people aren't being diligent with the processes.

I have checked properly, no information at all.

Really confusing.

My gcms notes just arrived, I have looked through very carefully and it has no detail concerning the rejection. Chai after all the wait.

It's 27 pages and I have checked several times, nowhere did I find any useful info. Is this normal?

At this point I have to go ahead and apply with the generic reasons I was rejected for in the hopes that I have tackled the VO's concerns.

Reasons for rejection:

1 purpose of visit
2 Family ties within Canada & Ccountry of Residence
3 Travel history.

Documents I submitted in my initial application.

All CIC forms
SOP
Employment letter
Introduction letter from employer (acknowledging study intention)
Pay stubs
Admission letter & Confirmation letter
Letter of sponsorship-Mum
Deed Gift ( N6M) from sponsor (Mum) held up in treasury bill, invested for over a year maturity June 13 2019.
Statement of acct of sponsor (less than 1M)
Landed property doc of sponsor
House doc of sponsor
Resume
B.Tech Cert (Geophysics)
Transcript
NECO
Nysc
Birth cert
Intl passport (sponsor & I)
Police clearance report
Receipt of initial tuition deposit 1750cad
Provisional Accomodation letter (someone in Canada (non relative) taking up housing burden off me): I hope this didnt backfire.
Course of study Diploma Petroleum Engineering Technology.

Without any useful informatio from the notes, please what can I do differently to increase my chances.

I have written a detailed LOE to tackle these reasons and have as additional document gift deed for a property worth 45M from my Dad to strengthen tie.

I have only visited Egypt as int'l destination out of Nigeria.

All suggestions welcome.

Special thanks to @Frankrobbn1 & @Qudkom for initial contribution to my application.

All suggestions welcome.

Thanks.

BarristerAlarig:
What ever happened to doing your own research and asking specific questions here


Well, lemme just put you through. Firstly, you need to fast and pray for forty days,then visit a River close to you at 00.00am. Do ensure to tie a white wrapper around your waist before entering the River.

On your way home, take a route that goes through any 4 junction.

At the junction, shout "How to apply for an undergraduate program in Canada " 150times. Finally, walk home with your back turn to your direction. Your ancestors/gods of the land would have the answer(s) waiting for you at home.

No nau, he indicated he is new here. Come on!

I see a lot of annoying questions here though but a lot of these new guys dont understand the purpose of this forum, it's not an avenue to dump personal responsibility on another person out of laziness, but still they have to be educated and not ridiculed.

I am sure he got the message that he has to do some research but in a way that might give him/her a bad first impression.

Las las be nice.

Cheers!

Frankrobbn1:
A father has the right to transfer his property to any of his dependents. The deed can be backdated and explanation from the applicant should suffice that the said property has been gifted to him/her in consideration of the love and affection the father has for him/her.

As you suggested that the applicant should claim they have been managing the property, which is also acceptable. Though in this case, a written letter from the family's solicitors should be submitted to support the claims that applicant has long been performing this duties and will not abscond to Canada after studies.

Thanks again @Frankrobbn1, I am opting for the deed which would be back dated. I am just trying to avoid any document that would take to long to be processed and think the deed is a pretty straight forward one.

@Qudkom I am not the only child deserving of my fathers property as you rightly mentioned, he has properties in other states which my other sisters got. It was a verbal pronouncement though and I am just trying to get a document as I forsee it making my application pull through. Thanks also for your response I appreciate your contribution.

Like I earlier mentioned, I hurried my application as a result of a deadline from my school i was trying to meet, which is the reason I omitted that vital information.

However, I have to wait for the gcms notes to seek further advice, for now let me get that document (deed) ready.

Cheers!

Frankrobbn1:
Father should transfer the property and term it a * GIFT DEED* in consideration of the love and affection he has for you and that the gift is irrevocable and have no claim whatsoever on the said gifted property. This document must be certified, signed by witnesses from both parties and must bear an official signature, seal and address of the solicitor that prepared the deed.

Please kindly a minute of your time to read through my previous post, you will find where I discussed HOW YOU CAN CONVINCE THE VISA OFFICER THAT YOU'RE A BONAFIDE APPLICANT with genuine intent to study and depart Canada after authorized visit.

Best of luck

This is very helpful.

Thanks much appreciation.

Hello house greetings to all.

Big ups to all the kind hearted peeps helping to increase the success story.

I need advise on how I can tie my dad's property to me as per home tie to Nigeria. It's a 5bedroom duplex with BQ serving as a rental property.

What document(s) do I have to add to the existing house document to make a strong case.

I was thinking transfer of ownership, then I was thinking maybe I should just say I manage the property for him as his only son.

Let me add I got rejected on the grounds of purpose of visit, home ties to Canada and country of residence and travel history. Looking back my sop was weak seeing all the information out here.

I have already put in for the gcms notes and expecting it by 14th, just preparing the needed document to tackle reason for rejection, which is why I have asked.

Also I have put together a detailed LOE which I will edit guided by the gcms note when it arrives and won't mind if the guru's here can help look at what I have already put together.

@frankrobbn1 @makana @Qudkom anyone available ?

All suggestions welcome.

For those helping out, may God bless you.

Cheers!

Kez911:
No you can not. You need to fill on your system, save, sign with a blue biro, scan back and den u can proceed with the request. But you must have a designated representative as Frank has explained. If not, not sure u can do much of anything

Thanks. I found a way around it, appreciate.

Frankrobbn1:
1. Designated Representative information is for the person in Canada.

2. Applicants information is your information...

You're expected to fill the two sections listed above electronically using your system/desktop, print, sign with a blue pen, scan and send it back to the person to append his/her signature.

Can the consent form be hand filled? I am having problems filling on my system as it doesnot let me save: when I hit the save button a blank pop-up displays making me unable to go beyond that stage and it doesnt save.

So I am thinking, would it be ok to print and fill with a pen instead and then scan to upload.

Thanks.

Bracha:
I think you're supposed to send an email to the email address written on the slip, if you don't find the refusal mail in your email account.

Alright, thanks

I ll do that.

Hello guys

I earlier mentioned I was called to pick up my processed passport while I had not been called for medicals so to me I assumed it was a refusal.

I was at the centre to pick up my passport and on opening the envelope I saw a slip that said an important mail was sent to my email address and that I should check the spam incase its not in my inbox proper.

Meanwhile the only email I received was the one I mentioned already about notifying me to pick up my processed passport.

No rejection letter and profile on CIC has not been updated as a refusal either.

Anybody with similar experience should help me with next line of action please.

Thanks!

sillysassysally:
Nairaland Fam!
Thank you all for the congratulatory messages
The past couple of weeks has been an emotional rollercoaster! But knowing that we were all on a similar journey - each one at a different stage - was some sort of comfort.

My Timeline
Applied with upfront medicals – April 14th
Medical Request – May 6th (I was surprised when I got this medical request because I did upfront medicals, so I was wondering why they were still telling me to do medicals). I sent a web form with my e-medical slip attached and I also sent emails to Lagos, London, and Kenya. On May 7th (the day after receiving upfront medicals), I went to the hospital to see the doctor who attended to me and doctor told me that he sent IRCC a message to link my upfront medical ID to my medical request ID.
Medicals passed – May 8th
Correspondence letter and Passport request – May 9th
Overall, my study permit took less than a month to be approved! Specifically, it took 25 days!

Things I believe that worked in my favour
1. The Grace of God that covered all my errors and colored all my efforts.
2. My resumption date (June 17th). I sort of feel that they give priority to people with nearer resumption dates. If you look at the timeline we have, you’d all notice that people resuming closer tend to get their decisions quickly – this does not mean that you should intentionally delay your application. At the end of the day, no one really knows the minds of these VO’s.
3. I have a strong international travel history (USA, UK, Brazil, South Africa, etc)
4. I made my submissions as organized as possible. Infact, I did a table of content for each pdf I merged so that whoever was working on my application would easily understand it.
5. I explained all lump sums with proof… (Sometimes, I see people saying things like “they’ll increase the money in their account from 5 million to 10 million” and I feel this raises eyebrows as it would question whether those funds are really available to the applicant.
6. I wrote a banging SOP… details below
7. I was truthful in my application. I have like 5 half-siblings (one living in the US and one living in the UK). I mentioned all of them in my family information form even though I was scared that it could potentially weaken my home ties.

Things I believe were the weak points of my application and how I addressed them
1. This was what I perceived to be the main weakness of my application. I was using student loans as proof of funds for my tuition. Mind you, these loans were from a reputable and internationally recognized company called Prodigy Finance. I addressed this perceived weakness by using a sponsor who was financially capable of paying off all my loans (even though most of her asset were illiquid (land and truck). Also, I believe I was able to show a strong academic and professional track record that indicated that I was financially capable of personally paying off the loans on an installment basis.
2. The name of my sponsor across all her documents was not consistent because she is a divorcee. I addressed this by submitting an affidavit of change of name with a newspaper publication

My advice to prospective PO’s
The truth is that you have to do the hard work yourself... Even though you can easily get guidance here, you still have a lot of homework to do yourself... Understand your profile – its weakness and its strengths and address them.

Documents I submitted
CAQ (Mandatory for students schooling in Quebec)
CIC Forms
Digital Photo
My passport showing all previous visas and stamps
Proof of upfront medical exam
Evidence of work requirement in study (my program comes with co-op)
Letter of Acceptance (Unconditional – though I sent the conditional one via a web form. I also begged them to process my application speedily considering my close resumption. However, my web form was never acknowledged). The other documents I merged with my Letter of Acceptance includes; acceptance deposit receipt, academic qualification documents (such as my certificate, transcript, WAEC certificate and TOEFL results), professional qualification documents (such as my CFA level 1 badge, letter of introduction from current employer, my bio page on my company’s website, work ID, and letters of employment from internships I had done in the past), then other documents (such as my NYSC certificate and my birth certificate).
Proof of financial support – Prodigy Finance loan of about CAD 36k (30K for school fees and 6k for living expenses), Paid acceptance deposit of CAD 5K, Scholarship of CAD 8.5K, Dorm account statement with living expenses of CAD 11K… These were the funds that were budgeted for my studies. Apart from the aforementioned, I had about NGN 1m in stocks, NGN 100k naira in T-bills, NGN 250k in RSA, and NGN 70K in my salary account – all of which I showed. In addition, my sponsor (who was my mother) also had NGN 1.9m in her account, NGN 5m in T-bills and NGN 4 m in RSA. I also showed my sponsors illiquid assets such as landed property with valuation worth NGN 40m and sponsors business asset ownership (trucks) worth NGN 20m. The essence of all of these other funds and documents was just to show that my sponsor could actually pay off my loan. Someone (an Indian) told me that if I was using loans as proof of funds, it was important to use a sponsor whose financial situation showed that they could handle the loan.
Finally, under client information, I included the birth certificates of my siblings, as well as the international passport data page of my sponsor (mother). I also included a letter and affidavit of sponsorship, Sponsors business certificate of incorporation and memorandum of association, and sponsors affidavit of change of name with newspaper publication. Finally, my “banging” SOP was in this section.

SOP
Unfortunately, I cannot share my SOP on this forum because I don’t want a case of copy and paste. My SOP also contains personal information… Nonetheless, I can share the structure.
- I started out with an Intro about myself, as well as my academic and professional trajectory.
- Then I moved to another paragraph I called “my purpose” where I spoke about my motivation for the course I wanted to do
- Then I moved to another paragraph I called “Why I chose McGill University” where I spoke about why I decided to opt for Mcgill as opposed to other options in Nigeria and in other countries.
- Then I moved to another paragraph called “Justifying the cost of my program”. This was important for me to do because – as I mentioned earlier, I was using student loans to finance my education and my school fees is freaking expensive (CAD $ 47,500) so it was important for me to “justify” the cost of my studies to the VO.
- Then I moved to another paragraph called “Family & Economic ties to Nigeria” where I spoke about my home ties being all my family in Nigeria. I also explained things that would make me return to my home country such as the amazing career I had started in Nigeria (evidenced by all the documents I submitted in my Letter of acceptance. I also spoke about specific things I wanted to use the Msc to achieve in Nigeria.
- Then I moved to another paragraph called “Funds available” where I showed a table of funds I had available.
- Finally, I finished with a section called “My responsibilities as a student” where I explained that I fully understood my responsibilities as an international student in Canada – bounded by the conditions of my student visa and by McGill University. I also wholeheartedly committed to abiding by all the rules and responsibilities that would apply to me as an International student in Canada and at McGill University.
- Then I ended SOP by telling them that their support is very essential to my dreams. I also humbly requested for the issuance of a study permit that was effective on or before the 1st of June 2019, as I wanted to travel to Canada by the 10th of June 2019 to acclimatize and get ready for my schools’ orientation on the 17th of June.

I have gotten so many emails today alone and I’m afraid that I may not be able to reply all in due time, but I would encourage us to share the questions here. There are so many amazing people on this forum that are committed to helping people! Special shout out to all the people doing this! Cc JustMellow, Bracha, etc. I can’t mention you all, but it gives me great joy when I see how selfless you all are to helping out willingly! Only God can reward you all!
On this note, I want to especially thank Frankrobbn1 - this guy is so amazing! He was so interested and committed to helping me that I started to think he was working for IRCC as a spy… I want to also specially thank AAO7 – amazing person! First time I sent her an email, we moved to WhatsApp and chatted all through the night to about 1 am. It was nice having someone to gist with and to both share all the frustrations we faced with the entire process.

Finally, I want to say a word of prayer to all TRV hopefuls…
Dear God,
You are in control of every situation of our lives and you know every one of our needs, as well as the dear desires of our heart.
I pray that in your grace, mercy, favour, and love, you would allow the application of the hopefuls of this thread to be approved quickly and without delay.
Thank You because you are a God who hears and answers the prayers of your children when we come to You with open hands and a humble heart.
I pray in Jesus name, Amen.

IT SHALL END IN PRAISE!

You are a very smart individual.

This is brilliant.

You put your heart into this, so impressive.

Congrats again !!!

WOW.

Ishaq96:
Please when did you submit your passport initially? I thought submission of passport is after medicals? Kindly enlighten me.

When I put in the application I submitted all supporting documents along side my Int'l passport.

I think its different for online application, mine was paper route.

Thanks guys for the quick responses.

I ll be there to find out.

The journey continues till its a success...

Hello guys!

I received a mail to come pick up my processed passport. I am surprised because I am yet to do medicals.

Is this a rejection?

wow !!

Applied paper route 1st March 2019.

Naijaforeigner:
Your visa can still be approved without the New LOA.

Please I beg you, don't withdraw your application. I read reasons why you want to withdraw. If it is the same UK I once lived and studied, I know for sure that you can get visa approval within 15 days (if you have the money, you will get visa within 5 days or same day) and you can get admission to most schools in UK within 5 days. Infact, their admission and visa process is not stressful because they want your money.

If I were you, I will wait (even if it means me waiting till January next year to study in UK, God forbid, if the Canada visa does not come through) to see what happens with this Canada application. You have waited for 10 months, please see it through. I am positive you will get it.

Is it the same UK that students are looking for ways to run from?
Personally, I will not advise anyone to study in UK, if the plan is to stay back after studies. Staying for 1 year to study in Canada is worth it, yes Canadian visa is worth the wait.

However, if your plan is to study and come back to Naija , then withdraw your application and go to UK. Masters is even 1 year or 16 months in UK.

P.S UK visa is the probably the easiest student visa in the world, you are 90% guaranteed getting it. You can go there anytime.

The decision is yours. God bless.

Good Advice.

Valprincx:
Approval alert!!!

Paper route Feb 15
Biometric Feb 15
Upfront medicals
Biometric correspondence mail. April 18
Approved. April 24.
Classes begins: May 13th. MUN

I am so so grateful to God, don't even know where to start from. My approval is a miracle o. I never knew about this forum until 3 weeks after applying, whoops!! And when I started reading posts here I was so scared that I messed up my application, because I felt my documents I submitted wasn't complete, like affidavits of sponsor, certificates, and what made me scared the most was my sponsor..I used a third party sponsor, I don't even know the person, he just allowed me to use his SOA (but he was a kind man tho. I approached him that day and gave Me his SOA the next day) and my parent weren't financially buoyant at all.. I just used what I saw on Google and CIC website to apply o.
So when I started reading post here about the nairobi guys, home ties, third party sponsor...I was so damn scared , I lot hope already, I was just waiting for a refusal sef so I can reapply better and in peace, because the tension ehh no be here o.
A big thank you to @ Qudkom @ makano for your advice. @Dmerciful my personal VO ,i worried him as if he was the VO handling my application o..lol, he advised me to send another SOA (mine and my elder brother)via web form and mail to them even after getting biometric correspondence mail. thanks for your support and prayers only God can repay you.
Above all i thank God almighty for his favour and grace. I fasted and prayed earnestly, and God almighty manifested .
Thanks to everyone on this platform and to all the hopefuls, God will show his favour on your application. Amen.
You are next to testify.

Documents submitted

Passport
CIC form
SOP
Notification of result
Admission letter
Employment letter
Birth certificate
Mothers birth certificate
Third party sponsor SOA. Inflow 65m outflow 64m, balance was less than 100k.

Wanted to say you are lucky but I think the right word is BLESSED!

WOW !!

Congratulations to you.

sillysassysally:
Hi Nairaland fam,

Happy Easter!!!

TRV UPDATE 21/04/2019

Nothing much has changed since the last update... We have a sample of 47 hopefuls but i still want to encourage those that have not shared their timeline to please do. Let us contribute to this wonderful thread as we have benefited from it. This is the only way the thread can grow. For those that have submitted their timeline but haven't shared all the information we need, please help in sharing the full details (especially school resumption month and whether or not your application is new). In particular, we still need information on school resumption date and application type (new or re) from the following people; Dedecoder, Godatwork23, Oni2019, docsaj, Cutieflaky, Klem28, Udomas, Ancy 26, Omarzx, umulobi, and Iykedpetes.

Also, if anyone has received an update (i.e. medical requests, eligibility, etc), please share.

Also, if you guys have any ideas on how we can present this information better or what else we can add to it or remove from it, I am always open any adjustment that'll make this better.

Let me add to this.

New application
Paper route
School resumption Sept. 2019
Application submitted 1 March 19
Biometrics done 1 March 19
Medicals Pending
Status is on background check/eligibility review

In God I trust.

mulikky:
Approval/passport request alert. Thank God and wish other hopefuls best of luck
I owe @qudkom a lot of gratitude for his prompt support and attention. It seems you are a
VO in our midst.
Reapplied _22nd Feb 2019 (online)
Resumption _ May 2019
Biometric _N/A
Medical upfront _ updated 23 March 2019 (I was not notified but I just just saw it in my CIC a/c)
Approval _18th April 2019(after sending mail and filling web form to request for an update because the resumption is in 3 weeks and I uploaded the schedule of the courses I had registered for)
Prayers work in many ways. Keep knocking brethren, the door will soon open

Always excited to see this type of update.

Congratulations !!!

Oluwaseunbd:
U can show them a clear photocopy of your intl passport.. it is accepted,that's if u have been requested to do medicals.if it's an upfront,pls call them to clarify this

Thanks for this.

Noted!

sillysassysally:
Hey,

I did an upfront medical examination. Hence, I did the medicals before even submitting my study permit application.
In the case where you've submitted your application and a medicals was requested, I want to assume that they'd give you a certain form that you'd take to the hospital that wouldn't require your physical passport to be shown. However, If you have submitted your application via paper and haven't yet been called for medicals, I don't know how that would be done without a passport. Maybe send IOM/Q-life an email to get more perspective on this?

Thanks for the clarification.

Henkubert:
AFTER 11 MONTHS.....Passport request drop
MEDICAL REQUEST WAS IN AUGUST 2018
PASSPORT REQUEST DROP APRIL 17 2018

I SAY BIG THANKS TO Austacus for your assistance.
Big thanks to you all.

Wow! Congratulations !!

sillysassysally:
Hi,

I didn't take any form with me for the upfront medical. I only went with the documents they asked me to come with (international passport, proof of payment and passport photograph).

Is there a substitute for Int'l passport?

When passport is submitted along with SP application, how can you retrieve it for medicals?

I am a medical hopeful and curious on seeing your post.

Thanks

Qudkom:
IOM in ikeja charge- The amount payable is 41,400 for adults 15 yrs and above, 32,700 for applicants 11 to less than 15 yrs, 28,900for applicants 5 to  less than 11 yrs, 27,000 for applicants 0 to less than 5 yrs. All values are in Nigerian Naira.

Qlife- 35,000(Adults)

I did mine at Qlife family clinic. They request for your passport photograph and medical request for those that got it. After that you are called according to how you got there to pay and after that they give 3 tallies that come with different colours:
Tally A- blood test(HIV and syphilis)
Tally B- X-ray(You will enter a room and hug anxray machine to get your chest xray)
Tally C- body vitals; bp, eye sight (bring your glasses if you use one), check your height and weight.

Lastly, you will provide urine sample and see a doctor that will check your eyes, tongue and abdomen. The doctor will also ask about your medicsl history. It is advisable to get there early enough the process takes 3-5hrs. Hope this helps.

Very helpful.

Answers my question perfectly.

Thank you!

042viber12:
Quick one.... pls I initially booked for upfront medicals at Qlife, but now I have gotten official medical request...can I call to tell them I want to do it this coming week cos the initial date I was given was May 16th, I no won wait as e dy hot now ...

To enable me plan ahead, I 'll like to know how much this cost?

Congrats once again!

makano:
MEDICAL PASSED... I know this does not guarantee an Approval tho, but its the first update I have gotten since August 2018 after my Eligibility Review started, so its something.. Hopeful for the almighty Passport Request.. Peace

Congratulations in advance.

hardeholar1:
To the bolder I keep seeing biometric correspondence letter
Please I am confused I did online application
After I submitted my application I received a letter to go for my biometrics and since then I have gotten any letter regarding biometrics
Is it the letter you take to the vfs office that is called biometric correspondence letter or you will be given another one after completing your biometrics
Also on my profile my biometric information have been updated
Please someone put me through

__________________________________________________________
The correspondence letter referes to the letter updated to your application stating validity of the biometrics: 10 years, also emphasizing you wont have to repeat the process within the 10years validity period if you have to re-apply for a visa to Canada.

Great place I must say.

Happy to be here to get/give helpful tips, well-done guys.

You all are amazing.

I also applied for study permit on 1 march: paper route, biometric done same day. Biometric correspondence letter updated on 5th April.

Application currently on elegibility review & background check.

Na God hand I dey like this.

Congrats to all that just received their invites, wish u success.