LANDING GIST
My ticket was booked for 29th August
Got to the airport with my family at about 7:09am. The security at the entrance allowed only three people to enter with us. My husband sha went back outside later to bring my mum and mum-in- law in.
Our bags were scanned at the entrance and we were directed to some people by the side of the scanner. Those ones were like ehnn we have liquid in our bags and plenty story started..( money things). We proceeded to Agricultural bla bla stand( those ones collected 5k) I don't know who would travel without food in their bags.
From there we joined the queue and we're waiting for Ethiopian airlines to open their stand for checking. That took almost 45 mins. All our bags were below 23kg ( my husband closely monitored the packing). He didn't want to pay extra for excess luggage so we weighed less than 23kg from home believing the scale at the airport would not give correct weight( naija things)..well we were surprised cos our luggages no reach 23kg..e pain me sha cos I left some personal items back home. After clearing our bags and showing necessary docs, we took pics with our parents and left for departure ( it was an emotional moment). After that na immigration checking our traveling docs and asking questions. You go come back? Who dey go for study? Who carry who dey go?
We sha boarded around 12:30 pm and took off around 1:30pm. Flight to Addis Ababa was smooth, my son slept most of the time and food was okay.
We got to Addis Ababa in the night( not sure about the time) and joined another Ethiopian airline flight going to Toronto.
We had a 1hr refueling layover in Dublin but didn't disembark. Then we took off for Toronto. The journey from Addis to Toronto seem like forever. It was longgg and tiring. When we got to Toronto, students with family were directed to a separate room where we did self declaration and also registered the identify of those accompanying us. We then proceeded to the desk of the immigration officer. Mine was a woman and she asked for our passport, introduction letter and a receipt of tuition payment. I didn't make any payment because my school didn't require a deposit and I told her just that. She literally looked me in the face and said' I find it difficult granting you access if you can't show any commitments to your school'. I quickly explained the challenges of paying with Form A to her o and told her I had cash with me to do the payment. She asked me how much I had and how much my tuition for a year is. I gave answers to both questions and she said 'fair enough' then she stood up and printed our permits. From there we went to get our bags because Ethiopian airlines dropped them all at Toronto airport. We had to start searching for our bags and trolley to carry them. We checked them( bags)in again for our flight to St John's. At this point, I was just tired and couldn't wait for the trip to be over. We landed in St John's airport around 4pm on 30th August. The stress and journey was all worth it. I also noticed that everything here is a process and in stages. If you have a guide here, be thankful to God.
For those who would be traveling with toddler(s)..may God give you plenty doses of patience. My son showed me pepper. At some point he wanted to carry equal bags as myself and my husband , other times he would just refuse to move his tiny legs, and we had like 5 bags with us( 3 carry ons and two extra) we would beg him in English and threaten him in Yoruba. The boy no send us o. This same human would be calm in the plane o and keep other people engaged and entertained.
I Pray the Land of Canada favour us all. To all PPR hopefuls, the Lord will answer all your heartfelt prayers and you shall testify.

[quote author=flower1019078 post=115986278]
GUYS OOO!!! YOU CAN SEE ME WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE FOR ME OOO!!!
IT IS PPR!!!
FILE LODGE; 9TH MAY 2022
MEDICALS: 25TH APRIL 2022( UPDATED ON 27TH JUINE)
BIOMETRICS: 16TH MAY 2022( UPDATED ON 21ST JULY)
REVIEW OF ELIGIBILITY STARTED: YESTERDAY ON THE 22 OF AUGUST( RIGHT AFTER MY SCHOOL MOVE IN DAY)
PPR: TODAY!! ON THE 23RD OF AUGUST
I APPLIED THROUGH THE NEW PORTAL
GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA

YESTERDAY I CALLED US AND CANADA IRRC LINES AND LAID COMPLAINTS AND SENT EMAILS TO THE AMERICAN EMAILS BOTH NEWYORK AND LOSANGELES
I WAS USING AN AGENT SO WHEN I GET MY INFO FROM THEM I WILL POST MY FILE SUBMITTED
I PRAY FOR YOU ALL TOO!!!

I have been waiting for your testimony and I am happy it is here. I hope you remember me, I also applied on the 9th of May. A big congratulations to you. May the Land of Canada favour us all. Amen

[quote author=gaeul post=115237288]Please can someone shed more light on Use of Representative form (IMM5476) cos I plan applying for my spouse and kids on same GCKey account

Secondly how do one explain or justify lump sum from sales of Land. Which documents should one submit?

Thanks thanks
So I submitted a Family application too. The Use of representative form simply means that whomever you have included in your application has given you the authority to stand as their representative before IRCC. IRCC will contact you whenever there is a message as regards their application and you also have the right to send any doc regarding their application to IRCC.

As regards lump sum from Land sale, I think you should just explain it in your SOP and that the certain amount is your own share from it( if it's a family land) and that you purposely set it aside for your studies.
If you have the evidence of payment ( like cheque or your bank statement showing the narration of the payment..I believe that should suffice.
All the best.

[quote author=flower1019078 post=115022748]MAY 9TH APPLICANT HERE

I KNOW IT IS HARD GUYS TO WAIT FOR SO LONG. THERE IS NOTHING MORE PAINFUL THAN SEEING YOUR FRIEDS GOING OFF TO SCHOOL BECAUSE OF YOUR STUDENT VISA IS NOT YET OUT. I REALLY DO NOT WANT TO MISS ORIENTATION AT ALL. I WANT TO GO STUDY AND EXPERIENCE EVERYTHING BECAUSE ORIENTATION IS A ONE TIME THING AND I WANT ALL MY FIRST. ALL THOSE WHO HAVE WAIT FOR MORE THAN 4MONTHS AND EVEN APRIL.YOU GUYS ARE STRONG. I DONT LIKE THE FACT THAT NAIROBI KENYA IS THE ONE REVIEWING OUR FILES BECAUSE PEOPLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES ARE GETTING FILES. I KNOW IT IS HARD BECAUSE WHEN I GO ONLINE I SEE PEOPLE WHO LODGED SAME DAY AS ME HAVE GOTTEN PPR AND EVEN THOSE AFTER ME AND I AM GETTING IMPATIENT. YOU GUYS ARE STRONG AND I PRAISE YOU. WHEN I SAY ANYTHING BAD WILL HAPPEN, DEVIL GO CARRY AM SHARP SHARP PUT FOR MAIL BOX BUT NOW I HAVE BEEN PROCLAIMING GRACE SINCE HE DON PUT BREAD FOR HIS EARS.

FOR THOSE GOING 2023 INTAKE, NO VEX BUT I WAN SAY MAKE UNA PRAY FOR US NOT ONLY YOURSELF OO BECAUSE NA SEPTEMBER WE DEY GO. I HAVE BEEN ON THIS THREAD FOR A LONG TIME AND YOU CANT TELL ME ONLY FEW PEOPLE DEY RECEIVE PPR BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF FAMILAR USERNAMES BUT NA SO THEY WANT AM. I WAN BEG SAY THAT MAKE UNA POST PPR AND LANDING GIST, NO COM COLLECT ALL THE INFORMATION AND FLY AWAY OOO. GINGER US SMALL NA SO WE KNOW SAY IRCC DEY WORK.


IFUKWA!!! THIS 25TH OF JULY I PROCLAIM PPR IN JESUS NAME!!! NO NAIROBI OR LONDON OFFICER GO SLEEP WELL UNTIL HE/SHE GIVE US THAT PPR. DEY GO SEE LION FOR THEIR DREAM SHEY THEY NO WAN WORK. GOD ALMIGHTY I PRAY FOR ALL THE NAIRALANDER USERS BOTH MALE FEMALE CHRISTIAN MUSLIM ANYONE. MAY NEXT WEEK BE OUR WEEK IN JESUS

IFUKWA DIS CANADA I DON DEY THERE ALREADY AUG 20TH I DON DEY FLY



PEOPLE EVEN IF NA REFUSAL WEY YOU GET POST AM NO ONE GO CHOP YOU. WE ALL BE FAMILY WE GO HELP UNA. POST IT AND YOUR REASON OF REFUSAL SO MAKE OTHER NEW APPLICANT KNOW SO WE CAN RECTIFY OUR APPLICATION. NO BE THE ONE AFTER YOU DON APPLY 19 TIMES YOU GO COME SAY '' WHAT GOD CANNOT DO DOES NOT EXIST OOO!! IT IS PPR TIMELINE I AM A 3 TIME REFUSAL APPLICANT'' TELL US WHEN AND WHY YOU WERE REFUSED



MAY GOD BE WITH YOU ALL ( AND YOUR APPLICATION) I PROCLAIM WONDERS IN JESUS NAME!!! GOODNIGHT

To all PPR hopefuls, this is your week of congratulations. Amen

[quote author=tamsam19 post=114993932]Thanks for this very detailed post. It's encouraging.

Please what was the range of POF submitted?


13M in my acct and 4M in hubby's account.
I made sure I had enough funds for the family as the principal applicant. Hubby's own was just additional. ( Support for family upkeep)

[quote author=llionaire post=114520251][b]Please guys, am i supposed to fill two copies of consent forms to vfs for passport stamping? or just one consent form?
Also, who has used any DHL around ikeja for passport submission, does it necessarily has to be isolo?

Hello llionaire..I sent you a mail. Kindly respond as I would like to know how you eventually went about submitting your passports. Thanks

Good morning Fam. Please I need more insight on submitting our passports for stamping.
1. The consent form I am to include in the envelope, how many would it be since I'm submitting three passports( myself, spouse and son(2years+).
2. Please avail me the link on where to download the consent form.
3. The plain sheet for name, address e.t.c, would it be just my name( being the principal applicant) or for three of us.
4. We had our biometrics in Lagos and intend sending the passports back there. Do we need to pay for transmission fee(for three people)

Also, do I necessarily have to get a two way ticket for my son( he has a visiting visa).

Katehasty:
My people God has done …it’s ppr …pls have faith and be hopeful

Faithful God... congratulations to you

Thank you all for the congratulatory messages and Amen to all your prayers. I'll rejoice with you all soonest. Amen

[quote author=flower1019078 post=114914980]CONGRATULATIONS!!! I AM NEXT IN JESUS NAME
ALSO A MAY 9TH APPLICANT
WHICH PORTAL DID YOU USE?
Gckey

So this is my timeline. The docs I submitted are as follows:
Application submitted on 9th of May
Biometrics done on 13th, updated same day
Upfront Medicals 19th of May
Medical request for spouse and son on June 17th. It was later passed on July 1st and mine on the 12th of July
Eligibility still ongoing
Background check still ongoing
BVL and PPR for us all 20th July

APPLICANT
ALL IMM FORMS ( 1294, 5713, 5645, 5257)
EDUCATION DOC
1.Bsc cert
2.Transcript
3.Nysc cert
4. Waec cert

EMPLOYENT
1. Reference letter from work
2. Offer letter
3. Confirmation letter
4. Letter of promotion
5. Payslips( Latest 4 months)
6. Work ID
7. CV

PERSONAL DOC
1. Change of name( newspaper publication)
2. Sworn affidavit for change of name
3. Family pics..myself and hubby during our court and church wedding ( just 3 pics cos of space)
4. NIN
5. Police character

HOME TIES DOC
1. Parents and siblings birt cert and sworn affidavit
2. Docs of Landed property of hubby n myself (just deed n receipts)
3. Pics of ongoing building construction.
4. Docs of parents property that I'm managing ( just deed, survey and pics of building)
5. Pics of myself with parents and siblings at different occasions
Note: I had to use all I had that could be regarded as home tie as I was including my spouse and son in my application.

FOR MY SPOUSE
All IMM FORMS ( 1295, 5645, 5257)

EDUCATION
Same as mine

EMPLOYMENT DOCS
Leave of absence letter from his office
Work ID
CV
Offer letter
Confirmation letter
Bonus on pay letter
Pay slips ( 4 months too)

PERSONAL DOC
Birth cert
Marriage cert
Police character
Pics with his parents and siblings
His parents property doc( he is the overseer)
His parents and siblings birth cert
Drivers license ( because we filled the number on it as additional means of ID on one of the IMM Form)
His statement of account ( I mentioned in my SOP and his own Purpose of travel letter that he also has some money of his own exclusive of mine)

MY SON'S DOCS
ALL IMM FORMS( 5257, 5257 schedule 1)

Birth cert
NIN
His creche receipts
Plenty pics of him and us.

I am really grateful to God for His graciousness over me and my family because this can only be God. The journey to travel to Canada started with my hubby in 2020/2021 but he couldn't secure an admission. He also tried a UK sch but nothing positive. We both decided to switch the applicant and apply to Canada again and several UK schs. I became the Principal applicant for Canada and we both did several UK schs. I was given admission less than 2 weeks after I submitted my application and we both had 7 admissions all together from UK schs. We decided to stick with Canada as travelling to UK now is not beans. It was really a tough decision for us when we wanted to apply for Visa. We read of how it was best for one person to go first before others joining but the thought of leaving my husband and son behind scared me oo so we decided to put our faith in God and submit as a family. We praise the name of the Lord because it has ended in praise.

I'd like to say a big thank you to all our support system in this application for admission and Visa journey. God bless you all and to Nairaland family..you guys ehnn you too much. God bless you all including our gurus( Frank, Anon and several others. Your selfless service will never go unrewarded by the Almighty.
And to all PPR hopefuls you are next in Jesus name. Amen

Sorry for the long post, I just had to be explicit enough for others who want to apply as a family.

SEE WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY!!
It's PPR for me, my spouse and son... Hallelujah. Please praise God with me.
MAY 9th applicant.
God you are great!!!!
Will send in my timeline soonest.
God will do yours too. Just as I am shedding tears of joy and jumping for joy..so shall you jump for joy too. Amen

7COLOURS:




Many thanks to God Almighty it has ended in praise, go and prosper dear.

Mr Frank, I hail ooo, the Visa Officer himself lol.

Makano, Lekkiboboe, Ketima, Anon and many others doing great jobs here, God bless you all.

To all PPR hopefuls, AWA LOKAN OOOO

Amin oooo

[quote author=jeezybuck post=114849119] Finally Papapa1234 congrats. Charitojames, Teemenzo, Treasure1234 and everyone else waiting God will answer your prayers. You wont wait too long Insha Allah

Amen...and me too ooo. Amen

A big congratulations to all PPR recepients. May your joy know no end and may the Land of Canada favour you all. Amen.

This week I and my family shall testify to receiving our approvals. Amen.
So shall it be for every PPR hopeful. Amen.

[quote author=flower1019078 post=114641659] I AM SO SCARED SCARED MINE HASNT STARTED AND MY BIOMETRICS HAS NOT YET BEEN UPDATED. CHAI GOD HELP ME
Don't be..just be positive and keep praying. I'm sure work is going on underground. God go do am. The anxiety no be here. I just try to distract myself with other things. Have your medical been passed?

flower1019078:
HAS YOUR ELIGLIBILITY/ REVIEW STARTED?

Yes...don't know when but I noticed it on the 3rd of July

flower1019078:

AMEN OO!! MINE SHALL DROP OO
MAY 9TH APPLICANT

I submitted on the 9th too. It will end in praise. Amen

Rheality:
Hello House,

Any May applicant yet to get PPR? This week shall not pass us in Jesus Name. I receive my love letter this week. Amen

Amen o. I receive mine too.

Congratulations to all recepients of PPR. May the Land of Canada favour you all. Amen

Lord please remember my family and I too. Let me come bearing good news of PPR before the end of this week. Amen

Nasachuky:
Please how do I link my upfront medicals to IRCC. I got a medical request even after my upfront medical has been sent to IRCC several times by IOM Lagos . My profile still reads “action is required”.

Send your e-medical sheet to IRCC via webform. Send as many times as possible. You can also send mail messages to Nairobi. Use the search engine on this platform to get the email addresses.

Please how did you know your medical results has been transmitted from Qlife to IRCC. Did you communicate with them(Qlife) via mail?

See what the Lord has done!!!!!!

I just logged onto to my portal, just to check as usual and there's an update - Medical Passed. This is a huge miracle for me because of an underlying health condition, but God has proved Himself again. I was super worried because I had to do additional medical tests and the medical report I submitted was quite disturbing to me, as this was a requirement for QLife to uphold my report. I can't wait to update this post with PPR requests for myself and my daughter.

Timeline
Application Submitted: May 14th
Upfront Medical: May 14th
Biometrics Done: May 23rd
Biometric Update: May 24th
Medical Report Submitted, and the result transmitted from QLife to IRCC: June 8th (It took UCH almost a month to issue me a medical report even with active follow-up.
Submitted Webform: June 21st - uploaded the E-medical forms because I saw a lot of comments that upfront medical form should be sent via webform and only got an automated response. I only provided the numbers when I submitted my application on May 14th. I have been super scared but kept confessing positive things concerning this journey, especially since i'm for Fall 2022 and any request for addition medical tests would be tough with how the spaces keep getting filled up.
Medical Passed: July 2nd

I logged up to my portal now, and that Medical Passed can only be God. My daughter's medicals is yet to be updated but not worried because she's got a clean bill of health. The last email i got from IRCC was on May 14th for Biometrics so I always check into my portal every other day. My faith is strengthened that our PPRs are dropping soon.






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[quote author=hugapex post=113999105]

Thank you so much.

Can I delete the application and start all over on the GCKey old portal?

If you haven't submitted your own application you can start afresh on the Gckey portal so that you can include your hubby in your application. However, if you have submitted your application you may have to withdraw it depending on how long you have since submitted it.

Let the gurus advice you further on what next to do if you have submitted your application on the new portal.

All the best

[quote author=hugapex post=113995624]Guys please I need help with family application.
Who has applied recently on the new portal?
I want to apply for a VV for my spouse and not SOWP.

To apply for my spouse, I added a new application by clicking the plus sign on the application main page.
Please, Is that the right way?

To my surprise, there's no option of I want to accompany my spouse.
The one closer to my answer is I want to visit my spouse who is an international student. Pls is this right too?

Then, it goes on to ask for the address of the spouse who is an international student. I am also just applying and I have no address in Canada yet. Should I just use my Institution address?

Lastly, where it asks for national Identity, document number, and date of issue, can I use voters card or international passport instead of NIN because the NIN does not have a date of issue.

Thank you in advance for your help.


The New portal cannot allow you do that. You would have to use the old portal( Gckey) for your family application.

Hello everyone. Trust we are all doing great. Please your assistance is needed on this issue. I submitted a family application (myself,spouse and son) and we did upfront medicals after submission and have since uploaded our e-medical sheets via webform n emails. However, this morning I received a mail requiring my spouse and son to do a medical examination while my own status says medical exams received and being processed. I have immediately resent their(spouse and son) medical sheets via webform again and sent via mail as well to Nairobi and I copied London, Lagos and abuja. Please am I on the right track or is there something else I need to do asides all that?. Bikko help me out. Thanks in advance.

[quote author=Spicy12345 post=113703150]Its PPR guys. Long Post alert

I have been a silent reader of Nairaland since the beginning of this year and everything that led to this point (obtaining our PPR), Nairaland contributed to it.
We started this journey in 2021. I started off with some countries which eventually did not work out. My husband had applied to a couple of schools and we either received rejections or no responses at all. Fast forward to January, my sister was leaving for Canada at the time and came visiting so I requested that she helped apply to a school. We followed up and received admission to Centennial College for a Postgraduate Certificate program in Cybersecurity. It is also worthy to note that we applied to several schools in the UK, I think about 6 or 7 of them and got admission to all.
Amidst all these, my husband insisted on Canada.
We applied for my husband's Study visa, my Spousal Open Work Permit and a Visiting Visa for my 19 months daughter on the 1st of April, 2022. This happened when everywhere I turned to for assistance on how to proceed with these applications kept giving warning signs for my husband to apply alone. My husband insisted that we all apply together and back it up with prayers and I agreed.
We gathered all our documents and applied with faith and the wait started. Sometimes, I would wake up in the middle of the night and say my prayers sometimes with tears. Sometimes, I and my husband would find it difficult to sleep at night. I would disturb my sister from time to time even during her busy schedule just to find out if there was anything to do to hasten the process. I am not a very patient person but my husband who has more patience among the both of us started to worry too on the 1st of June. We kept praying and hoping that God comes through.
I felt our application could be better but believed God will use the documents we had submitted to speak for us. We noticed that his passport was due to expire in October and then we decided to apply for that as quickly as possible.
On the 5th of June, my husband came back home worried which increased my worry as well but we kept telling each other that our application was more complex so it may take them a while to get to it.
On the 7th of June at around 7:30am, my husband called my attention and, in his words, "it is already happening o"
I ran to his phone and saw 3 emails with "do not reply", my heart skipped several beats and I remember saying to him, if we were rejected, we fire again.
I went straight for the laptop but was not fast enough as I kept shaking. My husband grabbed it and signed in.
At this point, I hissed and said aloud "Eligibility just started and its a ghost update", then he said hold on let me scroll down and there it was Original Passport Request. I screamed my lungs out.
Our timeline:
GCKey 1st time applicant
Application: 1st of April, 2022
Upfront medicals: 26t of March and updated to pass on the 21st of April, 2022
Biometrics: 14th of April, 2022
PPR for Study, SOWP, and VV on the 8th of June.

I would say it has been God and I am putting this out there to encourage people most especially families who are too afraid to apply together. Do it, research, make your application as tight as possible, and back it up with prayers. I reached out to only one person on this thread who happened to be going to the same school as my husband, @centennialguy, thank you for your help, I appreciate it.
I wish everyone the best and to all PPR hopefuls, your time is now.

It will end in praise

Congratulations to you and your family.
I key into your testimony that my family application shall also be granted approval this month as well. Amen. Congrats once again.

[quote author=Emilo post=113372029]Father Lord in heaven, have mercy on ur children and please grant us our PPR this week. In faith I call fort my family PPR.

Amen!!

I pray the same for myself and family too. Amen

[quote author=zmande post=113168928]


We have been checking her email and also logging into her portal every 30 minutes but nothing yet. Are you the applicant or the spouse?
I am the applicant. I hope you have received your information by now. If you haven't, then you need to seek help from the gurus here. Let them direct you on what next to do. Please do so quickly. All the best

zmande:
Hello guys,

So my wife applied for her visa over 48 hours ago now, my son and I plan accompanying her. She has received letter to go do her biometrics but they haven't sent me to do one which is delaying her from doing hers since we paid for family of 2 biometrics and neither have I been issued a UCI number. Is anyone here familiar with this and how do you think we can go about it?

Every advice will be appreciated.

I also applied alongside my family and my husband's UCI and biometric instruction letter came 24 hours after mine. You can tell your wife to sign-in to her portal and check if there's a new message for you. All the best

Gift212:
In his form he becomes the applicant. So fill it as though he's the one filling the form, with his own details/information

Thank you so much.

Hello everyone, please I need the help of the gurus @ frankrobnn1 and others on this forum to kindly explain something to me.
I am planning to submit my application for my study permit alongside my family( spouse( open work permit) and son( visitor visa). After filling the questionnaire, two IMM 5645 forms were generated under the doc checklist. One for me and the other for my spouse. Filling my own form is straight forward but I am confused on how to go about the one for my spouse. Should I replicate the info on my own 5645 form in his? Or choose him as the applicant and myself as the spouse with his parents and siblings info on his own form. Please help to shed more light on this as I do not want to make a mistake. Thanks in advance

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

MUN fall 2022
Graduate Dip Business Administration