OmoBendel24:


Letters are better addressed to their office in your place of residence/submission. You don’t know for certainty which of their offices will treat your application, it could go to Pretoria, Istanbul or even Dubai as it used to happen just a few years ago. The “Anifowose” address wins it IMO....

goldosa:
GOOD EVENING ALL, PLEASE SOMEONE SHOULD HELP ME WITH THIS URGENTLY. THANKS

kennyliza:


Hello @Ozzz, @marykay101 am back again . My final decision is out and it is a refusal, after 4months and 23 days. See attached below reason quoted. What do they mean my documents lack authenticity? I can boldly say all the documents submitted are valid and none are falsified. Remember my husband’s visa has been denied since Nov 19th stating their usual generic reason and we applied together. I am quite confused about this but I Am going to request for my gmc notes to understand their reasons.I am more than determined to reapply and overturned this decision as I have never submitted a falsified document to apply for visa in any country

omopapa:
Good day house, please I want to make an enquiry for my elder brother. He got 2 years Canadian Visitors Visa but because he’s a first time traveller people have advised that he goes with group of tourist to make his journey stress free especially at the point of entry. Do we have group of tourists travelling anytime soon on here please

Newmum0615:
Hi everyone,

My dad's application was approved today. Applied on the 15th of October, Biometrics done 23rd October. Biometrics Validity letter update 19th of Dec (don't understand the purpose of this letter), Passport request letter received 20th Dec. I thank God. It was silence all through, and they stuck to the 64 days timeline. E be like say dem remain say Christmas na next week and they rushed it out.

So, for those that have used VFS Lagos, I know that someone can submit the passport for him, but can someone collect on his behalf. He is not in Lagos and I don't want him spending flight money to go and collect the passport. The VFS site states that someone can collect for him but I have heard from people that they don't allow it. Can someone with experience confirm please? Also, where can I download the VFS Consent form? I can't find it anywhere on their site.

Thanks.

susej:
Good day All,

I intend to have a vacation of 10 days in Canada next year June.

I am applying online and my supporting documents are ready although
I need insight into the following :

1) How do I address my letters to the Canadian embassy/high commission?

2) I understand I can't purchase the flight ticket now. How do I get a provisional airline booking to be submitted? Which site can I be advised to use?

3) Same as (2) above, for my accommodation.

Thanks in anticipation for a good guidance.

Regards to all.

geotherm:
Please I want to inquire on behalf of my sister what should and what must be the content of an introduction letter from company. Samples are welcomed.

Aisha90:
Hello people! I would like to apply for a visiting visa.I am married but will be applying alone.My son was given birth to in the US,so he wont need a visa.Do i use nija as his nationality or US.He is 20months btw.Thank you

Liispa:


Based on my experience, it took about 2-3 weeks.

Guest2017:
Please does anyone have anyone's contact at unilorin. WES has sent my results to unilorin for verification since Nove 4, 2019 and I'm yet to get any response from them. Can someone help with a contact to help fastrakj this

YesLadyN:


I know what my spouse’s temporary residence status means relative to us and my application. @jj17cv ‘s input has addressed my key concerns. Thanks.

dtush:


Hello Ozzz, thanks for the response. I already my PR, got it since last year and moving finally next year Feb/Mar, so the only thg i can add is my PR card. Since i have not established residency yet (just went for soft landing last year), i dont have utility bills and other to add, although i did file my tax last year. and no travel history at all

She doesnt have landed property or anythg like dat. But i will work the event to add in Nigeria bit.

dtush:
Good day house,

Please i need advise on the best course of action

I am single mum (PR holder of Canada), i will be leaving Nigeria for Canada finally in Feb 2020 God willing. I am thinking of applying for a visiting visa for my sister to go along with us(me and my child) and spend about a month or so, just to ease the stress of settling down

She currently works and earns about 170k monthly and has been with her current firm for about her year. She has her own personal savings of about 1.5m, but since its my preposition to travel with us, i intend to cover all the cost associated with her visa and travel

Our parents are late and our last born is schooling in Canada at the moment, so basically she will have no economic ties to Nigeria except her job

Is it worth it to apply for a visa? and no, she has no intention to over stay her visa if granted, cos she is writing ielts in Jan and will start her own PR application.

If so, can someone please point out the requirements for visa application .

Thanks

YesLadyN:
Hello Gurus in the house,

I’ve been reading through this thread and I find it very insightful.

Congratulations to all those who have received their approval and to those whose approval is on the way.

Please and please I need your help.

I applied online for spousal open work permit since mid September and up till this moment my application hasn’t progressed beyond the initial background checks. I sent ircc a CSE a while back and they responded yesterday that they will treat my application within the shortest possible time frame.

But sincerely, the wait is tiring and I am sad to admit that I’m losing faith in the application. And so I would like to explore other options in case of a negative eventuality.

I would like to know if I can process a visitor visa while my SOWP application is still running.

I work here and my husband works in Canada with a PGWP. We just got married and we didn’t even have our honeymoon before he returned.

What are the possibilities? What would you guys advice we do?

Please help @ozzz

Thank you

Angie32:
Hey Ozzz thank you so much! Lol ! My visa office was at Trafalgar Square London. I was given till the expiry of my passport...
Documents submitted

Letter of invitation
Employment letters
A record of Chats between husband and I
Hotel reservation
Flight itinerary
Daily itinerary for length of stay
Husbands bank statement
Degree certificate from university
Wedding pictures
Wedding certificate
Cover letter


No introduction letter ( I actually forgot about that lol)

Ruben225571:


Good morning Ozzz, I went through the link and is interesting but is Nigeria among the 36 countries? Because I couldn’t see the list! Please highlight some more light! God bless.

PhDAdmission19:


Google is your friend
https://www.google.com/search?q=canadian+graduation+invitation+letter+2019&tbm=isch&chips=q:canadian+graduation+invitation+letter+2019,online_chips:visitor+visa&client=ms-android-samsung&prmd=insv&hl=en-GB&ved=2ahUKEwjSq_OIzqrmAhUI7xoKHebTCuwQ4lYoAnoECAEQGA&biw=412&bih=652


I want to invite both of my parents. Can anyone send me sample of an invitation letter? I will also appreciate any advice cos I am doing this for the first time.

emeify1:
Wanted to ask with respect to deposits in one's account beyond salary amount. How far back should those deposits be before u dont have to explain them? For example, applying towards end of decenber but have an unexplained deposit on October 10th. Though there have been deposit and withdrawal transactions of that amount in d account before.

As the deposit is in October, more than 2 months to visa application, does it still need to be explained? If yes, if it is explained as repayment of a loan offered to a friend (there is evidence of transfer to the friend 2 months earlier), what will be acceptable evidence of this repayment? A letter of agreement between them? Especially if there is no trail from the friends bank account as deposit was from Applicants own account in a different bank not being submitted for the application. Money was actually from sis in law which could be explained as a gift deed but I was wondering how a gift deed would look for a fully employed person earning a good salary. Kindly advise.

Angie32:
Guys Approval Alert!!!!!!! I wanted to get my passport in hand before I give my testimony!
Okay so I applied to honeymoon with my husband who is a permanent resident. Before I applied, I read numerous stories of how people who applied to visit their spouses get rejected due to the visa officer perceiving they would not return.. so many cases like that and I was shaken but I prayed to God and asked him to go before me as it was not my intention to remain there...I braced up and applied anyway. BVL came after passport request and I was surprised lol ... this just goes to say the procedure is not set in stone as anything can happen before anything.. please see timeline below
Date of Submission -Oct 8th
AOR - Oct 8th
Biometrics Instruction Letter- Oct 9th
Biometrics done- Oct 9th
Eligibility review- noticed on the 6th of November(Not sure when it started)
Passport Request - November 25th
BVL- November 26th (lol)
Passport Submission- November 25th
Passport Collected- December 9th
I am so elated !
Thank you guys for your help!

Olaniiks:
Please what is BVL?

Ruben225571:
Good day house!! Ozzz and the rest gurus!
Please what could be wrong with my application or the eligibility haven’t started ? I submit my application on the 15-11-019 and i did biometric on the 29-11-019–later at night the same day I didn’t biometric, i got a notification that my Visa application, tracking ID No. xxxxxxxxx has been received at the Lagos OC VAC on 2019-11-29 09:01:51 PM GMT Standard Time and is on transit to the IRCC Office in Lagos OC ,for processing. Please note this is an auto generated e.mail. Please do NOT reply to this email.

Regards,

VFS Global


Since then I haven’t gotten any notifications from them again!!
Has anyone experienced this before? Please if yes-highlight a little light � please.

geotherm:
I am not sure but i believe that Canada has exhausted the visit visa quota for Nigerians. Especially for this year because these delays make no sense.

I think they go searching for reasons instead of approval. I advised my sister to wait and reapply next year.

Please I need a guideline or a sample of travel itenery to at least tackle the purpose of visit. Her GCMS claimed that her purpose of visit was poorly structured.

Also that there is no proof of salary. But she included 3 months pay slip. Does she need a letter from her office showing clearly her current Salary?

uchetobi:


Thanks dear. You are right. Wasn’t planning to go with my kids hence I dint even think of that.

My circumstances has changed via residency in another country and I will be able to enter Canada freely next year which was why I was considering withdrawing my application but left it since I dint expect them to deny me

Okestra01:
Submitted my application on 1st of Nov and did biometric same day.I just received a mail that my passport is ready for collectionSeems very fast.Its either I go there tomorrow or Monday unfailingly. I'll be right here by then to update the outcome.

ty01:
Hello All,

Just as I promised, I am here to provide feedback on my Canada visa application.

Summary is that I was refused with just one singular claim that they are not sure I will leave Canada after my visit. This decision is ridiculous and baseless and I think this Canada visit visa thing is fast becoming a gamble and a game of luck.

Please I apologise if I sound pompous and proud, it is never my intention, I just want to say some things to help others and bring home my point.
Documents submitted:
1. Employment letter and promotion letters over many years
2. Very strong travel history: been to over 20 countries (US, UK, Singapore, Belgium, France, Germany, Portugal, Netherlands, South Africa, etc. Some of these are family vacation.
3. Letter of introduction from my employer stating that my leave days and that I’ll be paid while I’m away.
4. 6 months Pay slips.
5. 6 months bank statement with millions as bank balance.
7. 4 months BOA account statement.
8. Itinerary for 10 days.
9. Hotel and flight bookings.
10. US and Nigeria passport of my son + Receipts of all hospital bills.
11. Two family pictures.
12. Budget showing amount available for the trip, expenses for the trip and the estimated balance after the trip which was in millions as well.
13. Birth certificates for the kids..
14. Two CofO
15. Police character certificate
16. A very compelling cover letter.
17. Etc.

I have a brother and sister in law who are permanent residents in Canada which I was upfront with. I stated this in my cover letter and told the VO I won’t be seeing them because the trip is strictly a family vacation and the logistics of moving ourselves from Ontario to Calgary may be too demanding. Perhaps that’s why the VO didn’t raise my tie to Canada as a problem.

In my opinion I believe I have put up a good application, but perhaps I was wrong. This is the first ever VISA refusal I have got in my life and it’s just hilarious to think I’ll decide to leave my good job for that cold; I might appeal this decision. For now, I will just jejely carry my family to Dubai for the Christmas break and think of next steps later..

Thanks to @ozzz, @jj17cv and a host of others for their contributions and insights. God bless you all.

frifun:
Good morning great people.

I applied for TRV and I got a refusal letter stating that: " I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay.

I don't know why.

Documents submitted were:

Very good travel history.

Sweden Twice
Switzerland Twice
France once
Netherlands Twice

CAC
Shares certificate
Tax card
Hotel
Ticket
Detailed itinerary
I forgot to include marriage certificate and birth certificate for my kids. I also forgot to include Propeerty documents.

Emtek:


Hello everyone I need help please.
Its been a week now since passport got to VAC Lagos. I sent via DHL and tracked on their site. VAC never sent any acknowledgment. Please what do I do? How long does it take for passport to be stamped? How do I contact VAC Lagos? Can anyone help with their email address?
I paid for the passport to be sent back to PH (paid to VFS and they confirmed payment)
(This application is actually for my mum. I applied online on her behalf. Need her with me as per omugwo things)

Need advice peeps.

Ruben225571:


Please Ozzz— I need advice on this please.
The email I use on my visa application is different from the email I use on my biometric form. I Hope they won’t be any issue or do i have to write letter of explanation? am so worried!! Please highlight me a little!