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Anon123:
Please make the payment on your own. DO NOT PAY THE 235CAD THROUGH THE SAME PERSON O!!!!!!

Spectro:
Congratulations! It has ended in praise.

Please rejoice ooo, because it is not easy.

The long wait has been rewarded.


I got a refusal though, for home ties both in Canada and Nigeria. Apparently, my ties in Canada are way more than those in Nigeria. I will order GCMS note. I may reapply or opt for the US. But US is priority right now.

I wish you all a delightful outcome in your applications. We learn every day, and some experiences are worthwhile, even though they are a bit sad. But we move!

I applied on March 11 by the way.

March folks will be getting decisions. Stay blessed.

ToluDstar:
It’s PPR baby! Let me go and digest this thing first lmao . I’ll be back to share my timeline with everyone!

Cherukei2015:
Before sharing my timeline and journey let me first start by saying a big THANK YOU to everyone on this platform. I am indeed grateful to you all for creating and maintaining a platform like this because it really gave me hope through out my waiting period.

NOTE: This is my 3rd application (First 2 was denied last year)
APPLICATION TIMELINE: MAY 2021 INTAKE
Application Date – 31st January 2021 (Submitted with Upfront medical).
Medical Passed – 8th February
Received NSE Request – 26th February
Ignored NSE Request – Unable to meet deadline for IELT
Sent LOE to IRCC – 27th March (Explaining Reasons for not submitting NSE).
Received response from IRCC – 15th April (Confirming they have received my LOE)
Eligibility review started – 20th April
Sent email to IRCC – 21st May (Requesting for status of my application)
Received response from Nairobi – 25th May (Application is under active review).
Requested for GMCS Notes – 27th May
Woke up this morning and after all the Nollywood suspense
BVL – 1st June
PPR – 1st June
My message all those still waiting, please never give up, like I mentioned earlier this is my 3rd application after 2 refusals.
And Ohh! Did I forget to mention that I am 40?
What GOD cannot do does not exist.

happachris:
Good morning house. My name is tolu. Thank you for your work from everyone. I got a reply from the embassy of a refusal. I applied on October 30 and got a reply on may 31 2021. I have started classes and I have done exam on Saturday sef.

It state like this;

I am refusing your application on the following grounds:
• I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay, as stipulated in
subsection 216(1) of the IRPR, based on your personal assets and financial status.

Please what do I do as I prepare to reapply soon.

Thank you in anticipation of your response.

iampaulsmith:
Guyssss BVL & PPR has dropped!!!
Surely what God cannot do does not exist. He never fails!
After waiting for almost 8 months. October applicant. I will drop full timeline later.

Lianna2020:
PPR just dropped



Jesus ooo

Prisscindy:
Thank you.

Applied: 30th Nov, 2020
Biometric: 3rd Dec, 2020
Upfront medical passed: 5th Dec, 2020 not sure of the exact date
NSE Request: 21st Dec, 2020 (Ignored)
Long wait
Lectures started online: January 2021 (winter intake), registered as a part time student.
1st trimester ended: End of April 2021
Result: 1st week of May
Webform sent: 10th May, 2021 showing the 1st trimester transcript and new trimester registration including that on-campus lectures begin soon
Generic reply: 15th May, 2021
PPR: 2am this morning

Note: There was no update at all on the timeline apart from medical passed. Eligibility and the rest were waiting until PPR

Gracehayford1:
It’s going to one month since I applied and my eligibility review has not started. But I’m seeing people that eligibility review started for them after 2-3 weeks of applying. Should I be worried?

buckyfof:
Hello guys,

I JUST LOST MY DAD TODAY.

The pain is soooo unbearable.....

Spectro:
My candid advice to all those waiting for IRCC Visa application decision.

I have observed that they are reviewing older applications such as those from October all the way to January, while also reviewing some February applications.

I suspect there's backlog.

Seems like decision time may be longer than we all thought... (I mean for March, April, and May applicants).

Hence, it is advisable that you completely take your mind off it and do something productive.

I am a very busy man with multiple projects and personal businesses. Canada is not my God. Do not make it your God. If God wants it to pull through, it will, and there is nothing the devil can do about it. And if it's not God's will, then search for God's will.

Don't make life unnecessarily hard for yourself. Focus on doing the will of God and be productive.

Canada is just another country... It's not Heaven.

May God's will be done.

TOMSY:
Lol. Nice GCMS advert. Panadol and Amalar advert no pass this one o.

RodeDindu:
ToluDstar, is it compulsory that one must order and use GCMS notes on this Study Work Permit visa journey.?

I am seriously worried about it's complexities cos I have been watching some videos on youtube- Noel Abingwa from Cameroon and others, they haven't mentioned anything about these GCM notes.

Just thinking about it, what's your advice please.

ToluDstar:
Guys which service provider offers the fastest service for getting GCMS notes amongst the following?
Justforcanada
Gcmsonline
Getgcms
Anyone please?

phummy1821:
Congratulations to you and your family![q1uote author=gugu40 post=101571624]Hello everyone. I have come to give thanks to God ooo!!!!! He deserves all the praise.

Just got the family ppr and visa (SOWP and 2 Study permit for the kids)

Special Thanks to all those that still keep this thread alive, A big thanks to @Frankrobbn1, @Justmellow, @justwise and @Akannitommy for the advice for my wife’s study visa application and my family’s visa application.

My wife got her study permit approved in November 2020 but she is still studying online here, waiting for the family to get our visa.

Na God ooooo, I want to use this platform take encourage people ooo. Age no be criteria to get study permit or SOWP because I and my wife don old ooo. We are over 40 and this na her third masters ooo.(She had done two Masters before). God can do it for anybody. Thanks.

Here’s my wife’s timeline :

Application: July 22
Biometrics request – July 23
Biometrics done – July 29
Medical Request: July 23
Medicals done – July 31
Medical Passed: August 1
BVL / Passport request: October 21
Passport submission: October 25 (Sent by Post)
Passport posted back: 1st November

Family timeline 1

First Application(SOWP and 2 Study permit for 5 and 10 years old):

Application: November 15
Biometrics request for spouse – November 18
Biometrics done for spouse– November 25
Refusal for family– January 11

Refusal reasons:

1. based on travel history
2. based on my immigration status here
3. based on my family ties in Canada and in my country of residence.

I tried to get the GCMS notes from one of the online agents so as to get a better understanding on why we were refused but as fate would have it the agent sent me a mail that my order was delayed that IRCC sought an extension of 90 days beyond the statutory time limit of 30 days to process the request. This means it will take a total of 120 days.

I have a feeling that my refusal was based on my visa here; because it was to expire in one month on the day I saw the refusal email. So I waited for my office to renew my visa and with faith in God, I reapplied.

Second Application (SOWP and 2 Study permit for 5 and 10 years old):

Timeline for Family 2

Application: March 18
Medical Request for family: April 7
Medicals done for family – April 12
Medical Passed for children: April 12
Medical Passed for spouse: April 26
BVL / Passport request for family: April 29
Passport submission: April 30 (Sent by Post)
Passport posted back: May 11 (Sent by Post)

Special Thanks again to @Frankrobbn1, @Justmellow, @justwise and @Akannitommy and other GURU’s for the advice they give on this platform God go bless una. Thanks.
It ended in Praise.

onomss:
Good morning house..

Please I have been having issues paying my 235cad application fee.. I’ve use three different cards.. GtB, zenith and Uba all declined. Please how can I handle this

Admin9:
PPR just landed!

Second time applicant, applied january 27th. Thanks all for your support. Make i go celebrate small first, i dey come

Thaiy:
I aw filling the 3 rd imm form for family information. For siblings whose both certificates is not available, should I still include their details, or should I only work with the available ones.

Please gurus and those who have experienced this should help out.

NwanyiOkpa:
It has finally ended in praise for me. God bless Frankrobbn, Justmellow, and the many others that have been giving me hope and answering all my plenty of questions. Note that I used an agent or my application because i was too busy with work to continually study the tips on this thread and apply them. I am a second-time applicant.

Timeline:
January 20th: Medical done
January 27th: Application submitted with all NSE requirements- Sponsor's 1-year Mybankstatement of about 11million, IELTS result with 7.5 band, and Medical result.
February 20th
February 26th: Second ghost update
March 4th: Third ghost update
March 9th: Fourth ghost update
May 4th: PPR and correspondence letter


Reason for the first refusal: They said that my finance wasn't sufficient even after i submitted an account statement of 12million and paid my first-semester tuition.

How i tackled the refusal: I paid the full tuition for the first year, provided the sponsor's account statement of 11million and i also made a notarised affidavit of sponsorship signed by my sponsor. I did not use a notarised affidavit of sponsorship in my first application but i used an affidavit from the high court. A friend advised me to use a notary lawyer for my affidavit and so far, everyone that i know that used a notary lawyer was approved. Notarised documents are recognized worldwide.


Documents submitted:
All IMM forms
Tuition payment receipt CAD$21,000
notarised affidavit of sponsorship
notarised affidavit of good behavior
police report
IELTS result
medical slip
letter of explanation
passport photograph
data page of passport
sponsor's birth certificate (sponsor is my brother)
CAC document for my business
Employment letter
Recommendation letter

NOTE: I used an agent for my application. There are a few agents that knows what they are doing. My agent did not hold back my login details like other complained about.

I got admitted into about 7 schools in the USA also but I decided to go to Canada for reasons best known to me.

God wey do am for me go do am for una.

I am so excited. As i dey type sef, my fingers dey shake. Immediately i logged in and saw that my application has been updated i was like; "these people with their ghost updates again" before i clicked on the application and saw my correspondence letter and PPR. I immediately ran and woke my dad from sleep to break the good news to him. He has always been supportive.

Ysakaws1:
PPR JUST DROPPED!

My application journey is quite interesting, and I promised to share here if I get a PPR. So firstly, I applied using an agent. As a matter of fact, I got admission using one agent, and got the visa using another agent. My application made me come to the conclusion that using an agent is truly not worth it. Imagine that I paid 300k just to get a PGD admission in University of Winnipeg. Bygone, anyways - lucky agent. After my admission, I switched to another agent because my Dad, who previously didn’t show interest, decided to be involved. The second agent came through my dad (he paid the agent 250k or so) - he was recommended by my uncle. I gave him the LOA I paid 300k for, and he requested me to write my LOE. I was able to write a good LOE with the help of Google, and of course, Nairaland. I am sure you are wondering what exactly this agent was paid to do, if both LOA and LOE came from me. Me sef dey wonder lol.

APPLIED - DECEMBER 7
BIOMETRICS - DECEMBER 8

Na where wahala start be this. The whole journey was mentally exhausting. This agent fit make person crase with obvious lies and pretense. Want to make this as short as possible, so let me just drop one example. The agent was supposed to have applied long before the time he did. So we pressured him till he lied and made a fake medical request letter. In his own letter, the medical has to be done in 90 days, instead of the usual 30 days. Note that biometrics had not been done then oh. He also gave us fake biometrics appointment letter one time, and when the day came, he said IRCC has technical issues, and he would have to book another date. Basically, my whole journey with this agent was filled with altercations and mistrust. It got to a point, all we wanted was access to the portal, but this agent was giving stories like he didn’t know the password offhand, and he would find it. Moving on...

ORDERED GCMS - MARCH 27

Fast forward to April ending, I hadn’t heard anything from this agent. Was checking this thread regularly and seeing even January applicants receive PPR. I decided to message this agent to remind him. This was when the agent logged into my portal and saw that I got medical request 8 days before.

MEDICAL REQUEST - APRIL 14

Finally, he was confident about the application, and dropped the login details even without asking him.

MEDICALS DATE - APRIL 27

I was eager to get the PPR, and was checking my portal like every hour after I did the medicals. On the morning of April 29, I opened my portal, GUESS WHAT I SAW? Booooom! Procedural Fairness Letter - I wanted to faint even before opening the PFL.

PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS - April 29

I opened the PFL, and what I saw was that the VO has concerns that my Dad’s statement of account is not genuine. I am to prove that it is genuine in 15 days, or I get 5 years ban. I was destabilized and scared to the bone. A lot ran through my mind in milliseconds.“ Could it be that this guy used a fake SOA, instead of the one we gave him?” “Could it be that he altered some transactions?” Picked up the phone to call this agent, and for like 2 hours, his number was switched off. I started feeling like he already saw the PFL, and was on the run.

Finally, we reached him, and he assured us that he used the SOA we gave him. He told us to go to the bank for MBS, and give IRCC a SOA that shows transactions till the date of the PFL. We did that immediately, but how could I trust someone who once gave us fake medical request and biometrics appointment letter?

I became restless since that minute I saw the PFL, and even after submitting MBS, I couldn’t still sleep or do anything. I was literally checking my portal uncountable times in a day.

MEDICAL PASSED - MAY 1

This should have been an update that would have made me rest assured of finally leaving this Nigeria, but I remained unhappy and restless because of the PFL.

GCMS NOTE RECEIVED - MAY 3

Finally, GCMS note came in yesterday night before I slept. Saw that everything has been passed. I also saw that instructions have been given that I get a study permit till 2023. Lastly, it was in the GCMS note that IRCC had messaged my Dad’s bank to confirm if the SOA is genuine, and they got response from the bank that it is genuine. This happened since the beginning of April.

THEN WHY ON EARTH DID IRCC GIVE ME PFL ON APRIL 29 Shaey IRCC dey whyne me ni

The more I thought about the whole issue, the more it becomes obscure. I search Google tire to see if anybody don face the same issue before, but I no see anything.

To God be the glory sha, I opened my portal 12pm today, and I saw ORIGINAL PASSPORT REQUEST! Booomshakalaka!!!!

Till now, I can’t explain what happened concerning that PFL thing, but I just thank God. I no even wan understand again sef lol. Thanks to everyone doing a good job here. You all will be forever appreciated.

CORRESPONDENCE LETTER & PPR - MAY 4

buzzme:
A’lass, it has ENDED IN PRAISES!! 
It has really been a long journey but finally, the Love Letters arrived in my GC Key earlier today. My application timeline. 
 
Applied: 29 October 2020. For Winter (Jan 2021)
Confirmation: 29 October 2020.
BCL: 30 October 2020. 
Biometrics done and updated that same day: 8 December 2020. 
Upfront medicals: 14 December 2020. 
Eligibility Review: 15 December 2020. 
Medical updated: 23 December 2020. 
Ordered 1st GCMS Notes: 7th January 2021.
Deferred Admission to Spring: 12th January 2021.
GCMS Notes arrived: 8th February 2021. Recommend Interview.
Procedural Fairness Letter: 15 February 2021. Because i totally forgot to say i have been denied a visa to the States 2016.
Responded to PFL: 1 March 2021. Via immigration lawyers in Canada.. didnt wanna take my chances biko.
Ordered 2nd GCMS Notes: 26th March. Recommend Interview again...
GCMS notes arrived early this morning: 30th April 2021.
BVL and PPR: 30th April 2021. (My new birthday date �)

“PS: I didn’t apply with nor get the NSE request”

Course: 2nd Masters (MBA) University Canada West
Semester ... Summer (July 2021).. Had to defer from January to April and i just deferred last night to Summer and my PPR came out today.. Do the gurus, please think, i should send my newly updated LOA on my GCKey or i should wait till a certain time??
 
 
DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED:
 
So, I literally categorized all my documents in titles and sub-titles and a TOC for easy identification. (I no won too stress my fine visa officer hahahah)
 
ALL THREE (3) FORMS.
 
Passport Photograph.
 
Passport: I created a TOC here and uploaded my most passport, travel history (Stamps, expired passports and expired visas). I applied from Ireland.
 
POF: My Father is my main sponsor and supported me with his bank accounts in Nigeria. I also used myself as co-sponsor to add the small small change I have managed to raise for the past year. I totalled the sum and broke it down bit by bit in my study plan. I created a TOC too.
* Letter of sponsorship.
* Affidavit of sponsorship.
* Letter of consent to travel.
* Tuition fee deposit.
* Sponsor personal bank account statement (6 months).
* Sponsor personal bank confirmation of signature. (Just an official letter from the bank)
* Sponsor personal bank letter of reference.
* Sponsor Company bank statement (6 months).
* Sponsor company bank confirmation of signature.
* Sponsor company bank letter of reference.
* Applicant personal account statement (4 months)
* Applicant saving statement of account (3 months)
* Sponsor e-passport.
* Sponsor retirement letter.
* Sponsor pension fund.
 
Client Information.
OTHERS.
* Study Plan. (My SP was very detailed. I am a lawyer so writing and designing and using big big grammar is my specialty. I tried to convince them why I needed an MBA when I just rounded up a Masters in Ireland and why I am not interested in PH.D).
* Resume.
* Police certificate in Ireland, Nigeria and United Kingdom (I did my Undergraduate in Cambridge and spent more than six months).
* Birth Certificate.
 
EDUCATION.
* Offer Letter.
* Reference Letter from Professor and Supervisor from Ireland.
* My transcripts and certificates LL.b and MS.c.
* WAEC.
 
EMPLOYMENT.
* Employment letter.
* Reference letter from Company. (M&S)
* 3 Months Payslips.
 
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES.
* Nigerian Bar Certificate.
* Legal Practice Course in UK.
* Certificate in Arbitration.
* Legal Paralegals Cert in UK.
 
FAMILY/HOME TIES.
* Applicant Right of occupancy.
* Sponsor Memo and Art of Associations and Certificate of Incorporation of two (2) companies.
* Siblings birth certificate.
* Applicant share certificates in the two companies as a Director.
* Picture of Applicant and Sponsor.

Please, I am a ghost reader and won’t be able to respond immediately but i promise to any question mostly from people applying from Europe (UK/Ireland) and Lawyers looking to SWITCH TO BUSINESS PATH with bit of experience and/or certificates.

Shout out to the realest G i met here... @FrankRob.. Your persistence and assurance on tackling my PFL was just amazing. I owe you my gratitudes.. @Lekibobo.. respect all the way Honorable.. @KimKlash... you suppose don dey Canada already..respect brother... @blackman... i don set oo o show brother!! Where levels go align!!

It will end well soonest for each and every one of us still anticipating the good news.. Please halla if you going UCW for Summer.. Let us rendezvous abeg.

It has surely ended in Praises.

madamg:
Please can pregnancy in anyway affect my chances of getting study permit?

KejiA:
Hello everyone,
I have been a silent reader.
I just got my ppr today.
My application was a very funny one, I submitted in January this year and I had no request letter neither did my eligibility review change until I got my passport request today. I was worried and had so much anxiety everytime that I had to stop coming on here because it felt overwhelming for me.
My timeline goes like this:
Submitted - January 27th
Confirmation- January 28th
Biometrics- January 28th
Upfront medicals- March 9th
Medicals updated to pass- March 15th
Bvl and passport request - April 27th
Ps : Today makes it exactly 3 months I submitted my application.
To everyone still hoping for a good news and waiting for ppr I pray you receive your miracle.
Shout out to Ircc cause they have thought me patience on this experience.

tobi12345:
Dear people of God , I applied for study since November 16. , 2021 and I sent several mails . Recently got this feedback from with response below.
On Thursday, April 22, 2021, 6:16 AM, nrobi-immigration@international.gc.ca wrote:

Good day,

In response to your email enquiry below, kindly note that this application is still under active review by our office. At the moment, we are not in a position to give a clear indication of when we anticipate finalizing this application.

However, we wish to inform you that our office is doing the necessary to ensure that this application is processed and finalised within the shortest timeframe possible.

We trust that this information suffices in responding to your enquiry.

Regards,

What does this mean people ?
Should I withdraw my application or give them time . My school resume next month May 2021.