Those kinda professional certifications wont add nada to your CRS scores. Academic certificates of one year and above can do the trick.

But i do believe that no matter how high CRS wants to go this year, it must surely comedown to your 447 range.

IF no time to wait cos of birthdays, then confirm if you have maxed IELTS?

daRealest:
Hello house, my CRS is 447, been waiting for ITA.
I want to ask the possibility of using a certification like PMP or any of the Microsoft certifications (MCP) to boost my CRS score.
Has anybody tried that before? Kindly advise.

Thanks plenty

ottawasenators:
PPR mail received today, will be back with full details.

Full story below

Decision to Travel: November 2017, after proper analysis of the inherent benefits.

Family composition: 2

POF composition: 25 % from pension fund and 75% fixed deposit

Post AOR:

- Provided reference letter of PA in desired IRCC formats.(no payslip provided)
- Thought it wise to provide reference letter for supporting applicant since majority of funds came from supporting applicant, just for 2 previous jobs though. Reference letter for current job was not included. Also no payslips. Wanted to keep application as simple and straight forward as possible.

A wise woman once told us that there is always something that needs an explanation, hence we included LOE to explain change of name, travel history and police certificate.

A separate LOE was included in the POF placeholder to properly explain composition of funds.


Timelines

Ielts Dec 2 2017- LRWS 8777
ECA - Feb 13 2018 (Spouse)
ECA - August 21 2018
Ielts 1 (Feb 1 2018) - LRWS 8.5 6 6.5 7.5 (Spouse)
Ielts 2 (May 12 2018) - LRWS 8 6.5 7 7.5(Spouse)
Ielts 3 (June 30 2018) - LRWS 8.5 7.5 6.5 8 (EOR Unchanged)(Spouse)
Ielts 4 (July 28 2018) - LRWS 7.5 8.5 6.5 7.5 (Spouse)
Ielts 5 (September 30 2018) - LRWS 8 9 7.5 8(Spouse)
CRS - 440
Spouse - PA
ITA - December 19, 2018
Medicals - January 10, 2019
AOR - January 11, 2019
Biometrics - February 25, 2019
PPR - March 27 (dated march 26th)

After submission, we followed up with prayers and basically went to rest. That's it!!!

Thanks to each and everyone for the wealth of knowledge gained from this thread.

officially welcome myself as a bonafide member of this thread as PPR mail came in today

PPR mail received today, will be back with full details.

Contact below below, they are Nigerians and can help sort accommodation for Toronto and GTA.
Website: www.mysoftlandingcanada.ca
Mail: info@mysoftlandingcanada.ca
I wish there was something similar for Mississauga. I was up all night trying to sort out Airbnb booking. I aready made a booking but I think I made a hasty decision so I'll be cancelling. I really wish there was someone to help with getting rented accomodation and the likes. [/quote]

You know sometimes when reality sets in, a lot of people just suddenly realize it aint just easy to close shop and relocate almost immediately

Influential101:
You were surprised that someone hasn't landed since September but you are proposing December now

Congrats and best wishes

Ifeoma77:
God is too good

...Long post alert...

This implies the document is in PDF format.

Therefore, inform your friend to download and install a pdf reader on that system to view the document.

cmaamaa:


Please my friend has accepted it o. The sent her a document attached to d acknowledgement. When she tries to open it she gets this message "this form requires Adobr Acrobat for Mac or Windows "

Help please.

Prof Raph, congrats on your well deserved PPR.

Will declare marking on your PPR script inconclusive as the various examiners have refused to come to a common consensus

raphrulz:



Thanks so much... I sincerely appreciate.

I am very much here.. and ain't going nowhere. Y'all are family mhen.

Besides, I have a new colleague... @Ladymarshall, the English marshal.... so we gonna be working on it together

Are you serious about the BIL... how long does it take now??

If you can get the reference letter in the desired format. that should not be a problem
However, for peace of mind it can be included in the letter that payment was made by cash.

thomyladey:
Hey Guys! I need advice...The employer I intend to use ( A secondary school) as proof of work experience paid by hand (cash). As a result, I dont have payslips so all I can get is a reference letter. Will this be a problem?

Just play around with the CRS tool to determine your scores. But you should be the PA since you are younger. For sure there is hope

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/crs-tool.asp

patriciai:
Good day everyone am new here and I just want to ask my elders here what our chances are.

I am female, 36years, married with two children
My IELTS is 7band overall scores
Worked for 5yrs in d past but stopped working 4yrs ago
I have a master's degree

My husband is 38yrs has about 15yrs working experience in the banking sector, has his master's too but yet to write his IELTS .

Pls my elders what are our chances and the best option for us

Very detailed points here i must say.

Now for someone like myself(Techno-Functional consultant) in the ERP implementation space (SAP, oracle) , any advice that will be of help to me, considering i'm heading to ottawa. I have researched and confirmed availability of jobs in my specialty in Ottawa.

canadaman18:


Sauga is definitely a solid location for Software related jobs and youre close to Toronto so good pick

Depends what your background is and what your area of interest is. Software development is pretty broad and I personally think its much better to become a master of one specific area and some knowledge of others than just knowing a bit of everything with no expertise in one(other developers will argue with me on this i'm sure).

In general there is Back End Development which usually involves very strong knowledge of C++, Python or Java.

And there is Front End development which nowadays involves knowledge of Frameworks such as Angular / React / Vue / Rails

There is also Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning but this is fairly advanced and while it doesnt hurt to pick up as a side interest, most jobs only hire very experienced AI engineers or PHD holders. (ofcourse there are exceptions)

There is also the dev ops / build tools route which usually involves a lot of scripting in Bash or PErl. I personally find this boring but some love it.

There is also the Database route although with noSQL technologies becoming more dominant and a lot of scaling and balancing all done automatically and cloud storage , this route I believe is a dying one.

Finally there is Full Stack Development which involves a bit of everything.

Note : the questions asked in interviews at top software companies and the ones youll see in the material I mentioned are usually language independent. Theyll focus more on complex problem solving using any language of your choice although most places from what I hear frown at using JavaScript

To finally answer your question I dont know any bridging programs per say but my advice is once you have an area of interest , use udemy or udacity to learn more about the tool stack for that area, and then work n a personal project which will look good on your resume and get you more comfortable with development. Do this alongside leetcode for optimal result .

Copy that link into a notepad and just replace (dot) with .

Dekembabe:
pls I want to join too but the link is not matched with a WhatsApp group

link below to January AOR

https://chat(dot)whatsapp(dot)com/I25H3LPd9L23EYca8SOKsl

Just replace (dot) with .

regards

Niyi101:
Hello Guys,

Please who knows any whatsapp group I can join for people expecting PPR and got AOR like last month (January) for updates

Thank you ��

same here too. Never heard of it before

salford1:



I had to google Deer Lake.

MOD usually conduct thier speaking test at Ikeja, if you select Mainland

nelronaldo:
Please who knows the venue of MOD ielts speaking test? I know people that choose to write on the island do their speaking test at Lekki. Is it the same venue for those who choose to write on the mainland? I want to choose the mainland for my writing test but I work on the island, so it will be more convenient to get to the speaking venue from work if it's on the island.

So sorry about your IELTS result. As per your credentials evaluation, if speed is important to you, then go for WES (meaning you can quickly sort out your waec and transcript), but if speed is not important then you can use ICES.

georgeehis:
Hello all i finally took the ielt exam oooo. Here are the scores....speaking 7.5 reading 9.0 listening 8.5 then the foolish writing 6.5. I really felt bad..... calculated crs score presently is 393 but if writing is upgraded to 7 my score will be 439.(imagine the difference 0.5 can make) Peeps advised me to go get a remark. I opted for it and still waiting for the outcome.... do you think i have a chance?...and while waiting would u advice me to start up my evaluation(ECA).....because of the stress of waec and all for WES can i use ICES instead? Your tots pplllsssssss

Speaking generally based on my experience, if you have a good relationship with the account officer you can get it in 5 mins.

I will suggest you go along with a sample of the letter to make processing faster. Page 1 of this thread have samples

regards

FirstTImeUser:
Good afternoon
Please does anyone know how long it takes to get a bank reference letter from Gtb?
Anyone please?
Thanks

Some deep Analytical musings here. Though there seems to be some element of truth based on current trends.

Wishing us all a speedy PPR,COPR processing.

joo2018:
Some more musings.

When I started this Canada PR journey, I heard a lot about applications of married PAs with children getting PPRs faster than single applicants. I remember @Osazee007 then always complaining about it. I also remember noticing in the PPR timelines that single applicants in Ottawa don't get it before 3 months.



For the sake of this analysis, lets say the effort involved in processing the PA and spouse is 1 unit each and children dependant is 0. In real terms, the effort to process a spouse should be like 2/3 or 3/4 unit while that of a child should be like 1/4 unit. But we will go with 1 and 0 for the sake of mathematical simplicity.

For a single PA, the effort is 1 unit and the return is 1 permanent resident. The efficiency is then 1.
For a family of 2 (PA and spouse), the effort is 2 units and the return is 2 permanent residents. The efficiency is then 1.
For a family of 3 (PA, spouse and 1 child), the effort is 2 units and the return is 3 permanent residents. The efficiency is then 3/2 = 1.5.
For a family of 4 (PA, spouse and 2 children), the effort is 2 units and the return is 4 permanent residents. The efficiency is then 4/2 = 2.
For a family of 5 (PA, spouse and 3 children), the effort is 2 units and the return is 5 permanent residents. The efficiency is then 5/2 = 2.5.

So from a logistic point of view, it makes sense for such a target driven organization to prioritize applications that will bring the best returns.

Your flight is to night i presume?

Wishing you a safe flight while expecting your detailed landing gist. Cheers!!

olajide21:
My Abuja, i leave you in the care of The Most High

So loooooooooooooog

yes you can, as long as you are sure of getting ITA in subsequent draws. But note that the medicals have a validity period of 1 year

Amica26:
Please can somebody do medicals before getting ITA?

see link below, pls join us

Remember to remove brackets

https://chat(.)whatsapp(.)com/I25H3LPd9L23EYca8SOKsl

Topsmamen:
AOR! Finally!

Where are my January AOR folks?

See speed sha!

GozyNA:
Guys a family of 4 with AOR of Nov 6 got PPR this morning.

The rain don start

You can pay for PR fees with any card details. it doesnt matter

ChinenyeT:
Pls can I use my debit card to pay someone else's application and proof of PR fees?
If yes, pls how do I go about wrt inputting details?
Thanks

Morning Fellow Nairalanders,

Any whatsapp Group for January AOR?

By the way when does someone gets notified for Biometrics? AOR January, 11th

zero nine zero nine two one five six zero seven nine

ogenel7:
Hi, please can you send me the number you called i booked via mail today but they gave me 31st January too far though and also requested for yellow fever vaccine, I don't know if this is now the new style .. unfortunately I am not based in Lagos to visit their office .

Thanks Ella99. Just placed a call through and it was confirmed our names are on their system against tomorrow.

Our schedule is up to date and we have 2moro all free for this activity.

But for real, do they actually keep to their timing of 7:30 am? I guess you were also able to schedule some other convenient date.

cheers!!

Ella99:
Please call to reconfirm your appointment. I went to their office in December to book mine and to my surprise, i was told yesterday that my name was not on the system.
Also, i heard you may spend the whole day....you're likely to leave around 3-7pm

Good Day fellow nairalanders,

While wishing every1 success in the various stages of this journey we find ourselves, and also best wishes to our prospective ITA clinchers today.

I will like to find out if there is any information that might come in handy, as we are heading for medicals @ iom tomorrow Thursday 10th January by 7:30 am.

A whooping 46,000 Nigerian Naira

Mstomie:
Hello, how much is the cost for IDP remark (EOR) ? I cannot seem to find the price on their website

Keeping on pushing through, there will surely be a way. The good thing is that which such determination, you are more likely to conquer POF hurdle way earlier that your set time/date. Miracles still happen and a just one breakthrough is all that will change your story. I'm pretty sure you will testify soonest.

MyCheta:
It's always wonderful coming here each day to read the testimonials and insights from others.

I'm hoping on starting mine by October/November this year after I have conquered proof of funds.

You see, Proof of funds has been my setback in many opportunities I have gotten for abroad. I'm from a family where no one is rich enough to give you anything. I'm determined to conquer this POF and gift myself, my wife and my unborn kids a better future.

Conquering POF is my new year resolution. I hope I come back to share my testimony when the deed is done.

Oh i see! When is urs scheduled 4?

Though i have not known that to be a requirement for this process.

queenieB:


I was sent a mail and the mail stated that. I just want to believe it was a mistake of some sort

lolzzz na joke o, i dont know o!

Sthill5:



Yayyyyyyyy..