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Officialksolo:
Good day to gurus on this loop,  @lekkiboboe
@olasubomy @otunbaTee @frankrobbn1

I would love to hear your opinion on my application process, I applied on the 1st of December 2020 (study visa) (No upfront medical) but during the process of applying I didn't upload any documents on optional documents. So same day a friend of mine says I should raise a webform which I did.

I used the webform to send my landed property, business registration document, statement of purpose and the institution school fees receipt... after three weeks IRCC sent me a mail that those documents has been received and it has been sent down to my visa processing center which is Nairobi Kenya and am expecting IRCC to update it on my account which they didn't do.

Ever since then I haven't received any feedback from them although my application just reached 2 months and 1 week plus

Please I need your opinion...
Thanks.

Hi Officialksolo,

You are not seeing any update on your GC account ( optional section) of your submitted application reason being that the medium of submission of the additional documents was via webform and not your GC key account since you would not have been able to submit via your GC account portal once the application is submitted except IRCC sends a mail requesting for these additional documents. The way forward was to send these via a web form which you have rightly done.

There is no cause for alarm since IRCC has sent you a confirmation e-mail that the documents have been sent to the visa processing center in Nairobi Kenya. You just have to be patient and wait for the next update from IRCC.

You can plan to do an upfront medical as a means to speed up your application or you await and hope to receive a medical request from IRCC. This is solely at your own discretion.

I hope this clarifies.

It would end in praise.

bidemialade43:
Yes dear, please can anyone help me to list of universities (MSc)or even colleges (Garduate Diploma)that offers Professional communication or Mass communication related courses..
Help a sister...

See what i was able to dig out - Credit to cheeketo and Lekiboboe. I hope it helps.

See links for
- School offering Masters in Mass Comm. related program

https://www.universitystudy.ca/search-programs/?k=Mass+Communication&program_level_merged=Master%27s+degree&program_language=ENGLISH

- Schools offering Masters in International Relations Related Program

https://www.universitystudy.ca/search-programs/?k=International+relations&program_level_merged=Master%27s+degree&program_language=ENGLISH

https://www.nairaland.com/5818588/canadian-student-visa-thread-part/145

PotentialNurse:
Find another school whose deadline for admission hasn’t passed, send in your application

Hi Bidemi, in addition to Potential Nurse advice, try to do your next application to your desired school on your own, some of these agents do not really know much about this process. I am sure you will do it much better if you handle this on your own.

All the best

Tony1900:
My major concern is the amount left on the account immediately after printing the statement. So what are my chances and what am I suppose to do now in response to the letter from IRCC without complicating issues any further, please?

My understanding of your question is that you are concerned of your present account balance especially after generating mybankstatement.

If my understanding of your question is correct, I don't think you should bother about the balance in your account and even if there is a charge, won't be that material. The visa officer already has some knowledge of your account balance, what they are reviewing now is the integrity of the account you have presented.

You are not going to be complicating any issue, just follow strictly the instruction of IRCC as stated in their letter. I suggested you liaise with your bank to support in sending the mybankstatement certificate on your behalf to the embassy because it involved an alleged case of fraud which comes with a risk of a 5-year ban so It would be nice if you can get the bank to send the mybankstatement on your behalf. They may just require you to write an instruction letter to that effect which should not be a problem.

You can then do a further e-mail based on my earlier explanation once the bank gives you confirmation they have sent it to the embassy.

I know this would give you some anxiety and some panic but just try to be as calm as possible and don't be too hard on yourself. Approach your branch and try to get the audience of a senior officer if you cant get your account officer quickly and let them know the urgency of the letter since you just have 7 days.

It would end in praise by God's grace.

Tony1900:
I just saw this IRCC and I am in dire need of help please.

Hi Tony, you have nothing to worry about if you are innocent of their allegations.

I would suggest you visit your branch immediately and speak with your account officer or a senior official of the branch.

Appeal to them to send my bank statement` certificate on your behalf ( with one-year banking history) to the embassy and to the e-mail address they have instructed in their letter quoting your UCI and application number. The IRCC would have some comfort if this comes from an official of the bank directly.

You can also on your own part get a reference letter from the bank and respond to IRCC with a copy of the mybankstatement certificate and the reference letter and then write a concise response e-mail that you are writing in response to the IRCC letter dated XXXX and attaching a copy of the mybankstatement and reference letter for their attention in accordance to the IRCCrequest and also inform them that a copy has also been sent to IRCC officially by your bank and also state the date.

But try to get your bank to send the mybankstatement certificate to the embassy first.

It will end in praise.

awys:
Thank you ma'am yes I was but my IELTS was not high enough so I pulled it out!!!

Congratulations awys on your approval and thanks for sharing your inspiring story. I can imagine the inner joy in you now.

Wish you success in Canada.

ToluDstar:
Guys please help me on this one.

Sincerely, no one will be able to give you a time frame as it depends on the VO and the nature of the application

You just do your best to put together a strong application and submit those documents IRCC normally request for the Nigerian Student Express ( IELTS and my bank statement) with your application and believe that yours will come fast with approval.

It will end in praise.

slimy205:
Hello house, good afternoon. I recently got the NSE request to provide mybankstatement. Please house how do I upload this to my profile.

The instruction to upload this document would have been explained in the NSE request letter.

Login to your GCkey account > scroll up to check for "submitted application or upload documents" exactly as circled on the screenshot below > click on it > a new window appears > then you scroll down> you would see the field created for you by IRCC to upload> upload and submit.

Elizdee:
Goodmorning all..

Please will there be any notification on my gckey account to know if my passport will be returned soon??

You will receive notification by SMS from VFS Global when your passport has been returned back to VFS by IRCC and ready for pickup.

You can also track the progress of your passport online through the webpage of the courier you used to send the passport to VFS. What you would only notice on your GC Key is a counterfoil which indicates that your passport has been stamped.

Congrats.

Andrewtee122:
Good morning I'm a silent reader and I applied in November, I got this request letter from IRCC this morning don't know what it means I'm confused

Take a deep breath and relax, try to think of all the documents you uploaded on your client information. I can see they are flagging your client information, perhaps a document you uploaded.

Do you have an idea what " the Crown" relates to as they have referenced in their letter?

I would allow Frankrobbn1, Lekkiboe,Otunbatee, Justmellow and other gurus to give their guidance on this.

ToluDstar:
Guys please help here.

Yes, you would need to state when filling the application form that you have been denied before if you have ever been denied a visa.

They would still find out when they run their background check on your application so yes you need to state it to avoid being accused of misrepresentation.

All the best.

Testimonytime:
Thanks so much, for the detailed advice. Iv tried my best on my study plan and I had to include all the cooking/ baking certificate I acquired overtime.
The snag is my school resume April and I may not have the time to start building the acct, hubby has written sponsorship letter, paid first semester deposit and has more than enough funds to cover my first year.

Also, I thought of the evaluation but it’s to late now as the surveyors said it might take weeks, unfortunately, if I defer, I will have to wait till next year April again since my programmer does not run in the fall.

I will take my chances, I have done my due diligence and will leave the rest to God. I believe He’s got my back.
Thanks so much for the guide.

Great! All the best, it would end in praise. Well done!

Testimonytime:
Hello house.
Pls, I am about to submit my application, my husband is my sponsor, I am going for a pgd in culinary management in Selkirk college, I am a matured student, iv worked as a lawyer for 12 years and changed career in 2019, I now work as a head cook/ baker. My concern is should I submit my bank statement on only 400k balance and inflow of 9million in 12 months statement? My husband is my sponsor, I have no landed document in my name but we have several in husbands name. Will my 400k balance give red light? If I do not submit, how do I proof my employment since I don’t get payslip? But only bank deposits.

Pls guru in the house should help. I have the statement already but don’t know wether to submit it.

Good afternoon,

Pending input from other gurus, 400,000 naira is quite low because the visa officer would do the conversion to Canadian dollars so if you have some time, you can hold on to the submission and build it up a little more maybe up to 1 million on the dot or slightly below I million (avoid lumpsum deposits ) but I would say sometimes the VO may not really be concerned about the huge cash balances in your bank statement but the integrity and consistency of inflow of funds in your statement so they check to see that there is consistency in inflows coming into your account every month ( in form of salaries, allowances etc) and as long as the statement is not falsified nor any unexplained huge lump sum deposits.

Also, If the bank deposit being paid into your account by your company reads salary on your bank statement, you can attach that being your salary account. If your company deducts and remits pension, you can also attach your pension statement as further proof of your employment status.

Additionally, since you have your husband as your main sponsor, he should have the amount in his account to cover your tuition and living expenses for at least your first year in the programme or more if possible then you can also attach your salary account statement to support his.

Let him do an affidavit of support that he is sponsoring you for the duration of your programme( i am assuming you are applying alone and leaving him back home as a home tie). You also mentioned your husband has several landed properties. Try to do an evaluation of your property in one single document, the evaluation report can include pictures of these landed properties (The estate valuer should know what to do). This can be an additional home tie.

Finally, work very well on your Statement of purpose. Don't be in a haste to submit your application. review your SOP further to be sure you have addressed the area of career progression, study plan, the reason for the switch from practicing as a lawyer to a head cook/baker and how your intended programme would add value to you when you come back home after your studies.

I wish you success.

Teeprecious:
Hello house,please if I am requesting a reference letter stating all my duties and remuneration from my office,where and to whom will it be addressed?

Also,must I pay my confirmation deposit from my POF,like it must appear on my statement for the VO to see I made the payment from the account.

Thank you all.

The reference letter can be addressed to; The Deputy High Commission of Canada,
4, Anifowoshe Street,
Victoria Island,
Lagos, Nigeria.

The visa officer would be interested in seeing a third party documentary evidence of payment of your tuition which is a tuition receipt issued by your school( designated learning institution). Though not a must if you have other means to pay the deposit payment otherwise, you can offset the payment for the deposit from your account or that of your sponsor if you are not self-sponsored. You can then point this out to the visa officer under the PROOF OF FUNDS section in your statement of purpose referencing the transaction date payment was made as a means to strengthen your application.

I wish you success.[/font]

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silvamania:
A great news to start the month

I got my stamped passport from IRCC today

Super excited

Al the best guys !!!

Congrats bro, when are you travelling?

papijulah:
Good morning family! What's the best method to convey one's passport to the VAC after PPR?

By courier dispatch. That's the only acceptable medium for now.

Wifefo88:
Thanks a lot...but how many copies do I print for each and which has to be in colored or black and white

And my biometric appointment is for 10:20am kindly advice when I should be there?

One copy for each is okay. Either coloured or blank and white is fine. You can print out the letter sent to you from IRCC in colured ( they are going to scan the barcode at the bottom of the letter, i guess to validate that the letter is authentic) but the VFS appoitment letter can go in black and white copy.

You can target to be there 1 to 2 hrs before time.

All the best.

Wifefo88:
Hey guys..j just applied for my study permit online and I plan to go for my biometric on February 2...I want to confirm if this is the appointment letter and also the list of the list of documents for biometric...Thanks

Yes thats the letter and also please see highligted on yellow below what you are to take along with you to VFS but for clarity, i have listed them below:

1. A copy of your Biometric Collection Lettter ( The letter IRCC sent to you to go for biometrics).

2. A copy of your VFS appointment confirmation letter.

3. Your International Passport.

4. Your Biro ( very important, you would need it)

N.B: You would meet some touts there telling you to snap passport or make photocopies etc PLEASE IGNORE THEM, YOU ARE GOOD TO GO WITH THESE DOCUMENTS.

Finally, when you complete your biometrics, you will be given a long slim biometrics slip, please keep this very well, you would need it when the IRCC request for your passport when your application is approved.

All the best.

Yteem:
Please i want to ask a question that seems stupid. Kindly please oblige me.

Does requesting for GCMS notes affect one’s application negatively in any way if the decision has not been communicated?

I mentioned to someone that I wanted to apply to know the state of my application and the person discouraged me from doing that.

Kindly help clarify please. Thank you.

Thank you.

Actually, it is not a stupid question, you have asked a very good question which is a valid concern. The answer is NO. Ordering GCMS notes has no negative effect on your application.

I had the same concern when my application was still running and based on my research the department that works on processing appications are diffierent from the ones that deliver these GCMS notes. They are two different teams.

It would end in praise.

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silvamania:
Bro please tell her to submit her passport and get it stamped . That’s the most important thing

There’s a place where they will write the exact day she must enter Canada now . All other concerns can be treated with a web form

When are you traveling or you don move

All the best

My brother, i am still in Lagos oooh.

I am still much around till around March, when are you planning to move?

Time2soar1:
There are people who deferred their admission to summer and fall before getting approval and submitted their passport to IRCC without notifying them of the deferment. Let her go ahead and submit her passport for stamping

ok well noted

Time2soar1:
Thank you. Mybankstatement has about N6m with outflow of N23m and inflow of N28M for one year and the mutual fund of N15m. No lump sum. I have an incorporated company as the source of fund

So sorry about this sir, these guys are funny, very funny refusing you on financial assest despite what you submitted. It is well. I will chat you up.

Good evening Frankrobbn1, Chocs, Lekiboboe and other gurus in the house.

Please i have a question and need your thought and experience on how to approach this.

I have a friend who has gotten original passport request from IRCC on the 14 Janaury, 2021 so the 30 days grace given to submit the passport would elaspse February 13, 2021.

My concern is she has deferred her admission from Janauary 2021 to mid year before the approval came on her application.

Now my question is should she raise a webform to notify IRCC of this change before submitting her passport for stamping? or should she submit her passport first , have it stamped and notify IRCC afterwards? Having in mind that the 30 days grace to get her passport to IRCC is just about 14days from now.

What do you guys think is the best approach to handle this?

Eraychel:
Good evening everyone.
Please I need advice on how to proceed.
I did my medicals in December last year and submitted my application on the 13 of this month. However I just discovered through preemployment medicals that I am Hepatitis B +ve. I don't know how to proceed. Do I find a way to notify IRCC? Or wait for them to let me know if I passed medicals. I'm confused on what to do as I don't want it to be seen as misrepresentation or something since I answered no for all the medical conditions asked at the medical venue in December.
Kindly advice on the best possible action to take.
Thank you.

Your query is a valid concern but hopefully there wont be any problem and your medicals would be updated to passed. From my little experience, the medical center(Panel of Physician) would have alerted you to come do the medical exam again if they found something fundamental that would aversely affect your application or chances.

I guess by now your result would have been submitted to the embassy given the date you did the medical exam. In my candid opinion, i dont think you should expose yourself by telling that to IRCC. Who knows your medical result might be favourable.

Lets be hopeful your medical result would be updated to passed, try and relax and dont be hard on yourself about it.

Thats my thought except Frank and other gurus have a different view.

Good evening,

Hope you are all doing great.

Please i need clarification on the IRCC addreess to send a Letter of Introduction for Permanent Residency applicaton. The province picked is Toronto, Ontario. My HR Manager needs this from me for them to finalize the letter.

Thanks in anticipation of your response.

Phunmieyy:
Hello,

Please I got this email from VFS global this morning. I would appreciate response on what to do next, thank you !!!!!!!!

Received PPR and BVL January 15,2021
Sent passport via UPS to VAC Lagos office January 18,2021(paid for 2 way courier )

VFS Global

Dear

The decision envelope for your application, tracking ID No. 2.............has been received from the IRCC Office on 1/27/2021 10:49:23 AM at the Canada Visa Application Centre, Abuja CVO and is ready for collection. For details on the location and hours of operation of our VAC, please refer to our website at: https://www.vfsglobal.ca/canada/Nigeria. Please note this is an auto generated e-mail. Please do not reply to this email.

Your decision envelope will be returned to you via the courier service offered by the VAC. Collection of decision envelopes in-person at the VAC is not permitted until further notice. Please refer to the 'Buy Services' page of the VAC website for further information on courier services offered by the VAC
Regards,

VFS Global

The message means your stamped passport has been returned back to VFS by IRCC so i think you should chase UPS to follow up with VFS Abuja to collect your passport.

But if you are not in a hurry, you can be patient for the courier to do the needful.

Congrats.

IboBoyNuel:
No, I'm just curious. I don't even understand CIC. The last "donotreply" mail I got from them was the NSE request letter. Since then I haven't gotten any mail. Even when my medical was being reviewed and passed, i still didn't get a mail. I just have to keep checking my profile every minute.

Based on my own personal experience, donotreply mail drops when you have a correspondence letter from IRCC needing your immediate attention like Biometric information letter, Nigerian Student Express request letter, Letter requesting for addtional information from IRCC, Biometric Validation letter, Original Passport Request etc. Sometimes they also send a donotreply mail when they want to acknowledge to the applicant that they have received the NSE document submitted.

They rarely send donotreply mail for status update on review of medical examination, review of eligibility, review of background checks etc. Instead what you notice is a ghost update with this remark on your GC account (Application Profile/updated).

This was based on my own experience and hope this information helps.

I wish you success in your application.

MichaelAdebo:
Hello Wonderful people,
Please i need your help on Canada student permit visa.I have applied twice...Firstly i was refused based on family tier and purpose of visit.....I repplied then got another refusal letter on Jan 18,2021 based on purpose of visit....My admission has been deferred to May,2021 but planning to reapply....I met my Lawyer on the second refusal and he advice we should appeal before the reapplication
Please i need suggestion of guru on this platform
Does Canadian embassy allow applicant to appeal based on any ground
How can you help out on my third reapplication

I would advise you apply for your GCMS notes and wait for the notes to arrive before attempting a re-application. That should be the first step. Do not be in a rush to re-apply.

Also, you can take sometime to read from Part 16 of this thread to get some knowledge on how to tackle your application and you would be surprised at the wealth of knowledge you will be exposed to. This might give you some inisght on certain aspect of your application you need to improve on. When you read the previous threads to this preseent one, you can then ask your questions here on areas not clear and the gurus and elders in the house will guide you accordingly.

The GCMS notes is a document on file with IRCC that contains specific comments of the visa officer on the application of an applicant. So your GCMS notes will give an insight as you would be able to see the comment of the visa officer on the reason for the refusal.

Just search GCMS notes on Google and you will see options to choose from.

I wish you success.

fratermathy:
I congratulate those who got their PPRs before the medical requests, but that is an exception to the norm and not how IRCC actually operates. There are lots of reasons why that could have happened, and one of them is that the VO in charge of those applications made a mistake. Whether we ascribe that mistake to supernatural causes is a personal thing, but just as VOs make mistakes in rejecting qualified applicants, so too do they make mistakes in matters of procedure.

Everyone wishes for such exceptions, but let's treat them as exceptions so that we don't set a new rule of expectation. Typically, VOs assess eligibility, and once an applicant is determined eligible, they move on to admissibility. Even though many applications fail at the point of eligibility, admissibility is a serious issue too. Applicants with criminal records, falsified documents, incorrect or misrepresented facts about self and application in general, bad immigration records, serious health complications, or who pose threats to public health are deemed inadmissible, even when they have successfully passed eligibility. A PPR that comes before the MER can become useless if the recipient is deemed ineligible at any point. (I'm sorry if this sounds negative but the good thing is that Nigerians seldom fail eligibility)

Personally, I wouldn't want to get a PPR before MER because that can be quite a tricky position to be in. It's better than nothing, but it's very open-ended. I was among the AIP people, and I can't totally explain how it felt to wait for admissibility conditions to be passed when you already passed eligibility.

If you're religious, your prayer should be for your application to be finalized as quickly as possible and with recourse to all due processes. If you're not religious, just hope that VOs don't use your application to experiment with "new procedures". Those who sailed through the AIP trauma can easily be found in the previous thread. You really don't want to be in that zone.

Good luck to all TRV hopefuls.

Very well said.

Zabee0076:
Good evening house, I have been a silent reader on the platform for sometime now, my study visa was denied today and I need to know if I should just forget about it or take a chance at reapplying. Mine is a serious case, so please I urge you to read to the end.

1. In 2018, my student visa to the US was not only denied, I was banned on the grounds of material misrepresentation. ( I competed this application by myself). Statement of account ish.

2. In 2019, my study visa to Canada was refused based on ‘Purpose of visit, travel history, Personal asset and financial status, limited employment prospects, documentations that lacks authenticity and lastly failure to declare previous refusal and enforcement action. (This application was completed by an agent and in all honesty I explained the past history to him in details, but apparently he did not provide enough details )

3. In 2020, a friend (in Canada) encouraged me to reapply, that he has handled such cases before bla bla bla and all. He suggested that I apply to a college “cos that was what he also did” and it would be easier for me to pay complete tuition . In short, I was denied based on ‘ purpose and of visit, personal asset and financial status, that I have truthfully answered all questions asked, and proposed study not reasonable.

Documents submitted for the Dec 2020 application

Full tuition payment Receipt 17k cad
My bank statement of 10M with inflow of 25m over 6months (personal account)
CAC document
Survey copy
Work ID card
Car ownership cert
LOE addressing previous concerns.

I already ordered Gcms for this and the previous application.
So please guys, let me know your thoughts.

Sorry about the refusals, i would suggest you wait for your GCMS note to arrive before re-applying again.

Apparently, you had not tackled all the concerns of the VO very well in your re-application and it is a good thing you have ordered for the GCMS notes of the previous applications. Please share with the house once this drops so the gurus in the house can guide you accordingly.

it would end in praise.