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Sorry guys for not updating the thread earlier. I've been really busy with work. So, fast-forward to one week after I submitted my documents, still no call. Well, I wasn't bothered because even if I got a call, work wouldn't let me go. In the second week, still nothing, this week made it the third week and luckily I was on break from work, so I decided to pay them a visit at immigration office. Immediately i saw the officer with my documents, he recognised and called me by name..lol. It seems my file had been with him too that long that the name stuck in his head. Without wasting anytime he directed me to a lady who reviewed my file and asked me some questions. The lady also tried to convince me to pay some more cash with the excuse that they run the office with diesel and all, and that they don't rely on what the FG allocates to run the place. She also said paying would make me collect it earlier than the official collection date, but I told her I wasn't in a haste, so they could take their time. After the interview, I was taken to the data capturing room where I did my biometrics and the page that was printed said my collection date is on the 18th (next friday). I believe if I had gone the next week without invitation, i would have still done my biometrics and would have gotten it by now.
Apparently, the story of submitting your documents before being called for the interview was false because people who paid cash there (about 25k) had their biometrics taken same day. The officer probably wanted to frustrate me for applying online, but he got the wrong guy. I came very early on the day I submitted my documents that's why I was able to buy that story because the office wasn't busy yet. If I noticed people paying and taking their biometrics same day, I would have challenged them openly.

From this experience i think the problem with most Nigerians is impatience and that's why people don't want to follow due process and these officials take advantage of this. My friend said he did his own at the same office at 24k and got it the next day, even though he didn't need it urgently.

I will update y'all when I collect it hopefully next week. I'm not sure if work will give me the opportunity on that day though, but as soon as I get it you will know.

Thanks for listening

TheBae:
Hi Guys,
Here is my travel experience...
It was pretty normal. I flew United, Lagos-Houston-Toronto-Halifax. It was pretty okay, nothing spectacular. They mice milk -_-. But the flights were pretty smooth except that my Houston-Toronto flight got delayed for an hour which affected my other flight to Halifax.

Immigration:
Officer: Hi, How long are you staying for?
Me: 2yrs, I'm here for school
Officer: do you have any foodstuff in your baggage?
Me: yes, I have garri and beans
Officer: how much do you have with you?
Me: $*
Officer: go this way and then that way to for inspection.

POE experience:
Nothing much happened here, the conversation went thus:
Officer: hello there
Me: hi
Officer: *typing and staring at his monitor* so you're going to MSVU?
Me: yes
Officer: *after 2 mins* here's your study permit, this let's you work off-campus. Make sure your get your SIN whenever you're free.

After that, I went for inspection and had to fill a form where I had to declare money. Formed convo with him so there was no actual inspection

**they never searched my luggages

Highlight of the trip:
Running to the gate of my last flight after checking in again while they kept announcing my name for the whole world to hear. (I was the last person to get on the plane, this was 10mins to take-off) quite dramatic

Halifax is great, everyone has been smiling since I got here, it's so weird. @ettti and other Halifax people, get in here quick
Goodnight NLders

congratulations. Thank God you didn't miss your flight...lol. All the best!

I won't blame Anderson for choosing Kumi. That was his decision to make, and guy code or not, he had a reason to make it. I just blame the Pfame ogas-at-the-top for allowing Ada vote twice. It absolutely made no sense at all. People can come on social media and shout all they want, but if they had voted Chike, he wouldn't have been in that situation. Put your money where your mouth is rather than ranting on all social media. With Chike's popularity, i'm really surprised at how Jeff made it to the top 4 viewers choice over him tho...oh, well!

These guys are retards! How on earth will the deal breaker be someone who's voted already. Who else did they expect Ada to vote after the first vote? I'm really disappointed with MTN. There's no contingency plan in the event that such things happen. They just act on impulse. It's really pathetic. Project Fame is officially now a big joke.

sholay2011:
Landed in Winnipeg tonight. Quite tired now. All glory to God for journey mercies. Our best is yet to come.

Thanks @iyaEjima for accommodation run.

Congrats Shola, will be joining you soon bro. Have a good rest.

CoCoLav:
Reporting live from Ottawa!
Thanks guys!
It won't have been possible without you all.

You guys coming in should pray for favour. The guy that attended to me was sooo nice. He didn't even allow my bags to be checked. He issued me my study permit and led me to an exit saying he trusts me while others were still queuing to have their bags checked. He even still came out to the airport entrance to ensure someone was there to pick me up.

Its only God.

Congrats sister! I can just imagine the feeling

Jhennyaiko:
Praise the Lord, King of Kings..
Guyssssss,
Paper route... U of L, UG- Neuroscience
Application & Biometrics- July 31st
1st Medical mail- August 17th (No Medical Form, sent back when I went to IOM)
2nd Medical Mail- August 21st
Medical done at IOM- August 25th
Approval mail- September 1st

This is my story... God has made it so.. When he says yes, no one can say no. I already postponed my resumption to winter start date.
I have been reading part 8 for weeks, the downfalls and the lows.. The medical mails and the subsequent denials.
Been praying for a while and consistently checking my mail. Promised myself to leave this forum (just 3 hours ago) until I got my approval mail cos of the constant heart attacks I kept on getting. I decided to clear all those facebook emails before my hiatus so I logged on and saw two messages from cic saying my application has been approved.. Message was sent since yesterday at 4:43pm.

I had started arranging my documents mentally for a reapplication cos I had none of the major documents people were submitting and I felt I had no chance. Although, I didn't know about this forum before applying but through the fears and heartbreak, this place has been my comfort... I read everything.. Absorb, wish it was me, smile at people's testimony and thank God. My application was full of imperfections but God favored me.. For those who may have been denied or still waiting on God. He has amazing plans for you, He's just waiting for your time.
My docs: can't remember them all but
Birth certificate
Passport(expired and recently renewed)
SOA of sponsor(4 mil)
Shares certificate (around 2 mil)
Land agreement
Landed property
Building property with survey/valuation report
SOA of sponsor's company(4 Mil balance)
Company documents (Certificate of incorporation, memorandum, board resolution)
Letter of sponsorship and introduction
Acceptance letter
TOEFL
Certificate of good moral character from school
BSc transcript
Certificate of graduation
Cic forms
Fasting and prayer
National bureau of immigration clearance from country where I did my BSc in Asia
Waec certificate
Sponsor's Tax clearance certificates for 3 years


@Team 12..you gave me hope, tnuola, hayqinsbfx, onyeomma3, chrisviral, richcasey, GboyegaD, IvyLane and so many more of us here who have contributed in different ways to the life of people on this forum. You guys are all irreplaceable.
Note: going for 2nd degree

Big Congrats. This is the beginning of greater things to come for you.

rolandy22:
Hello house, I receive a mail from VO yesterday that I should provide my full admission letter within 10working days because I applied with a conditional admission letter. I'm so confused now, if I have to send the conditional requirement it will take time before it gets there and before I will get the full admission letter. Please help a brother, what can I do now.

@sholay2011, did you apply with a conditional acceptance letter?

darefestus:
Just randomly checked myCIC and found my application has been closed and approved.

All Glory to the Ancient of Days.

Awaiting the dispatch and POE letter.

Thanks y'all.

Congrats bro. All the best.

lol.. I'm sure by 2019, APC would deny that PMB was president. Propaganda and lies like i've never seen before! Chaii!

abbyyzino:
I submitted an application to university of Manitoba about 2 months ago for winter of 2016, my application is still under review. Hope university of Manitoba doesn't have something like that. Thanks for your contribution bro

University of Manitoba doesn't require you to pay upfront. In fact, the deadline for payment of fees is usually few days into resumption.

lol..no one saw that coming. Well, congrats to Anderson. Inasmuch as i agree he left too early, it doesn't still change the fact it's a competition. Shiitt happen in life. The judges should have thought well of the repercussion before putting everyone on probation. The funny thing is that they still repeated the same thing again this week. I just hope they now have a system in place for avoiding the repetition of that. I hope Anderson makes good use of this opportunity because this won much more fans to him. Lastly, MTN should put the integrity of this show above making profits, because putting everyone on probation 2 consecutive times is beginning to make the show look childish. Last night, there were contestants that really stood out from the others and it wasn't fair on them after all the effort to put everyone on probation once again. MTN should watch it!

doubled123:
My People,
Please help me. I have applied to The UofM and I hve not heard from them for 3weeks+ now. How long doe it take before they reply if I got the admission or not.

Also, I graduated from the University of Lagos with a 2'1. But I am confused as to whether Canadian schools use the CGPA or GPA of the last 2 semesters or sessions
I had GPAs of individual semesters since my 300L higher than 4.0 but my CGPA after final exams is 3.68
Please GURUS help shed more light to this...
Thanks

Hi, you need to check the departmental page on the school website to find out if your course requires you to get a supervisor before you're considered. My application was under review in department for about 4 weeks until i got a supervisor who recommended me for admission. However, if your course doesn't require you getting a supervisor first, then you should mail the department asking when decision would be made concerning your application.

warriorprincess:
well what then is the last criteria cause as far as I am concern he killed the song and deserves to still be in the academy cause he is sweet polite etc so he doesn't deserve this

Anderson is a cool guy, but i don't think Nigerians will generally welcome him to the show biz industry. There's this swag and charisma you just have to possess to make it in naija, but unfortunately Anderson doesn't possess that, probably because of his stature.

Let's face it. Quite agreed, Anderson has an exceptional voice, but this competition is not all about that. He really flopped his Tuface's song last week and this week was just a little better. If all contestants weren't on probation last week, definitely Anderson and Deinde deserved to be on probation based on their performance and going by their re-performance of the same songs today, I think the judges were right to choose Kumi and the faculty, Jeff. Let's take away sentiments from this matter. It's a competition. MTN is looking for an artiste marketable to Naija and West Africa. The fact that Anderson couldn't pull off the Tuface hit just says a lot. At the end of the day, MTN and Nigerians need the winner to be someone who's vocally sound, a great performer and has an outstanding social profile. Sadly, Anderson doesn't meet the last criteria- no wonder the was among the least voted for. He could have won on some other platform but definitely not project fame. Wish him all the best.

Finally, I believe the guys in the house are now getting a taste of their own bitter pill. They started it, but you know what they say about karma. We shall see how things turn out in the coming weeks.

eetti:
Study Application Info
Application approved 28/8/2015
Passport Sent to me by Prepaid Courier Service 28/8/2015

Online Application - July 1
Biometrics - July 1
Medicals -August 13
Medicals approved-August 19
Original PP req. -August 22
Application Approved- August 28
Passport Dispatched - August 28

Docs Submitted
Student Application Form, Family form, Nysc Certificate, Waec Certificate, Notorized Affidavit of support, Pay slips from Sponsor, Letter of Employment, Transcript, Degree Certificate, Virgin Passport (Scanned all pages), Landed property documents, Statement of account with N 3.0million balance. Tax certificate, Form A Payment receipt

Background Info
Program applied for: M.Sc Computing and Data Analytics Saint Mary's University, Nova Scotia. ($32k)
B.sc Software Enineering 2013. AUN, Yola.

No employment history except from NYSC posting. I'am Self Employed I didn't know how to explain that so I left it out
No Sop
No Police Certificate
Plenty prayers.

Just received my letter of introduction from CIC...

_Maple Land ...

Time to look for cheap ticket.

It has bin fun here

Wow...congrats. Was the 3m SOA the only account you submitted from your sponsor? If yes? Did you pay your school fees upfront?

This shall be the thread of our testimony. Amen.

@jessicajessa, big congrats to you! I tap into your testimony by fire

Prince047:
Yes bro, Jan 2016 (Winter)

wow! 11 days? How did you do it?

yh..very true. I noticed this when i was taking a physics tutorial class some time last year. I was really shocked. But i guess it's the pirated copies.

PMB and APC should stop chasing shadows and focus on the task ahead of them.

hahaha...i said it! I knew chike would win people's votes and oluchi would be saved by the judges. Though i hadn't watched the show when i made this statement i could tell from their level of preparedness from what i saw during the daily show. Richie's eviction was already obvious. I thought the contestants would save ruby tho... Chike choosing deinde was really surprising. Well, let's see as the remaining weeks turn out.

Nice one...i see couple of my guys in the pic. Keep repping! #proudlyUnilag

otokx:
keep us updated on the concluding part of the drama.

sure i will.

incredu:
Viewers likely to vote Deinde. The guy get 'activity' for body. Keeps us entertained.

Oluchi to be saved by Judges.

Contestants have to choose between Chike n Tejiri. Male vs female votes again.

Ruby is confusing us with her twin. Richie don taya for the show sef. Ruby and Richie are definitely going home. No hard feelings.

hmmn...Deinde 'overactivity' don dey provoke some people. I agree he has fans, but he equally has haters. Chike on the other hand is loved by most people i've got to relate with.

Just go with z30. Asides the camera i personally find Lumia and windows 8 phones boring. z30 is what you'll need trust me. Plus u can get to install android apps on it.

lol..it will only take the grace of God for Anderson to pull off that 2face's song. I see Chike being saved by viewers votes this weekend tho. Richie, time to go home. Judges and faculty likely to save Tejiri/Oluchi. Contestants...who would they pick between Deinde and Ruby?

The annoying thing is that Nigerians know the due procedure, but go ahead to just pay and later we complain about corruption, when we play a part in encouraging it. I decided that at the worst, I would get in touch with their Abuja office, because i knew he clearly wanted to rip me off. Nigerians must play a part in the fight against corruption. This is not just a fight for PMB. He can't curb corruption to the grassroot because gone are the days of the military's 'War Against Indiscipline'. It's almost going to be impossible without the help of Nigerians playing their part.

What's it with this country and corruption? It's just really pathetic. I made an application to get a Nigerian passport and paid N17,000 online. According to the directive on the site, i was to proceed to the NIS passport office today in Calabar for my interview with some documents. I made arrangements and went with all required document this morning. I met an immigration officer there on uniform who said i wasn't supposed to submit the documents on the same day of my interview. He said i was meant to submit the documents earlier, then it would be reviewed before an interview date would be fixed for me. I told him the information i got on the website was to proceed to the passport office with my documents on the day of the interview which is today and i have friends that followed the same procedure to get theirs. What really got my upset was when he mentioned that i'll have to pay N5,000 for 'administrative fee'. I told him i wouldn't pay that as it wasn't mentioned on their website when i applied. When I insisted on seeing his boss to ask him about the fee, he just changed the topic and said it wasn't necessary. He collected my documents and filed it, and said i'll be invited for the interview. I later got to know from their security guard that they fix particular days to invite people to capture their data but he refused to comment on the said 'administrative fee'.

May God help this country

TheBae:
You don't have a problem because the VO will look out for the steady inflow and outflow so that will work in your favour. He can use his business account as long as he submits proof of ownership showing that he is the sole proprietor of the company. That's what I did but I had a co-sponsor so as @thesoj said, a co-sponsor will do you good and keep you on the safer side

Thank you.