₦airaland Forum

ekanDamie:
Thanks pegzzyg. I tot as much until I saw one must be for 3yrs.
They are both 2yrs programme. I have GCe+Waec 2sitting.
Sorry pls to bother you. Does how can 1 contact WES to get their address for transcripts and certs?

ekanDamie:
Pls I am a newbie and need your advice here.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/crs-tool.asp
1. Is this the correct CRS too for calculating point
2.in the pucs below which category does an HND graduate fall?
3. With a score of 440 with no spouse is EE still possible or one should just go through PNP
4. There is a part in the CRS calculator that asks for No of canadian
work experience Can I put my Nigerian Experience since I don't have canny?
Pls I would appreciate any down to earth response from anyone I know the question is beneath your league. Biko

drcynthia:
Got the golden mail today o...
My timeline:

IELTS JuLY 28.
ITA 22nd August.
AOR 26th September.
MEP 25th October.
BIOMETRICS 29th October.
IP2: 29th Oct
ADR (New Passports request) 15th Nov.
Submitted ADR 15th Nov.
PPR: 20th Nov date on it.
Family of 5

For everyone who is still waiting at diff stages....of this Canada movement ....I wish u all God's Grace and favor .
I thank God again for His Grace.

TEECANN:
I WOKE UP TO THE GOLDEN MAIL TODAY (20th NOVEMBER, 2018)!!! GOD BE PRAISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSED!!!!

NOTE: THIS IS MORE THAN A LONG POST- IT IS AN E-HANDOUT FOR YOUR READING PLEASURE
If you are not a friend of “PAGE 1”, don’t bother, just side-step it and waka pass- Just kidding
Kindly don't quote the full post as we want to reduce the speed at which Part 6 is throttling!

IMMIGRATION JOURNEY HIGHLIGHT[/b]CONGRATULATIONS..... I tap into favours from you

PHASE 1- IELTS (BC)- LRSW- 7.5, 8, 7.5, 7 (Sept. 30, 2017)- It ended in praise!

PHASE 2- WES ECA- Master’s degree equivalency (Nov 2017)- It ended in praise!

PHASE 3- IELTS (BC)- LRSW- 8, 8.5, 7, 7 (May 4, 2018)- It ended in praise!

PHASE 4- IELTS (IDP)- LRSW- 8, 8, 7, 6.5 (May 25, 2018)- It ended in praise! (Though I never used the result)

PHASE 5- ITA (FSW)- CRS 441 (May 23, 2018) (Draw cutoff was 440)- It ended in praise!

PHASE 6- AOR- (July 25, 2018) It ended in praise!

PHASE 7- IP 1/MEDICALS PASSED (August 15, 2018) It ended in praise!

PHASE 8- IP 2 (Oct 3, 2018) It ended in praise!

PHASE 9- PPR (Nov 20, 2018) It ended in praise!

[b]VISA OFFICE: CPC-OTTAWA

ADR: NONE

FAMILY SIZE - 5



I want to first of all THANK GOD, for this journey thus far as He has given me and my family many praise endings on this journey!!

It all started late 2016 during my annual leave. The leave afforded me the time to think deeply about my life and future and that of my young family in this country and I concluded I have to move if for nothing but for the sake of my kids.

I started out with the Canadian Study route (whilst I thought [at the time] that the Express Entry route was a long thing and difficult to achieve) God bless friends that I spoke with who encouraged me to give Federal Skilled Workers Class [FWS] a try.
(In retrospect, to imagine that the 3 schools that I applied to rejected my applications...Don't even let me talk about what I have spent hustling that route....God would have been looking at me and be like "yinmu" at me)

I and wifey wrote our first IELTS with almost similar scores...but we couldn’t use the score to climb into the 440s CRS range)- I got bad advice that I shouldn't waste money re-writing IELTS, that I should just pack into a PNP and coast to nomination for an eventual sure ITA- I did and till tomorrow, I didn’t know what made me take that advice (Don’t even let me talk of how much I have spent [and obviously wasted] on this PNP hustle talk less of bad advice that I recieved to cut some corners that would have marred my Canadian dreams ultimately by now). Thank God I didn’t heed the advice and faced re-taking my IELTS.

In Oct, 2017, I submitted an application to SINP. As at Dec 2017, I hadn’t received provincial nomination, little did I know that I was setting myself up for frustration and delay...unending test of patience for months...(You guys here on FSW can never understand what folks on the PNP route go through just to get the same ITA that we celebrate here on a regular) Here, many are even yet to understand the acronym- MEP- and before you say Jack Robi...., its PPR for them!
Frustration and lack of movement on my PNP application made me resit the IELTS and God did it enough for us to climb to 441!! (I can never forget friends here who advised against procuring an EOR for that IELTS as I had proposed to do so as to have a higher CRS than 441, they said that the score will drop and that I should wait it out…days after their advises, it did drop and I clinched an ITA on May 23, 2018)
I promptly withdrew my SINP application and bid the provincial program farewell for good. They acknowledged my intention to withdraw with a formal letter of withdrawal.

Yet again, another hiccup; My first EE profile of October 20th, 2017 became ineligible on the April 30, 2018, I missed ITA of May 9, 2018 though I had enough CRS points but because of the tie breaking rule pegged at Dec 2017, I couldn't clinch one then (as my new profile of May 1, 2018 didn't qualify- it was painful)

We did medicals in Qlife and it went smoothly. No issues. We passed medicals 3 weeks post-AOR.

We uploaded Schedule A form as part of our e-APR documents. CIC didn’t ask for it but because myself and wifey had some UK tourist visa refusals between us, we thought to note it in a Schedule A instead of being distracted with an ADR that may come later.


THINGS TO NOTE FROM OUR GCMS NOTE:

1. POF: I submitted GTbank letter in CIC format capturing my current and savings accounts balances and the fixed deposit that I have with the bank.
I also submitted the Fixed Deposit Investment letter from GTbank and letter from Stanbic IBTC pensions with my Pensions Statement of Account with a LOE stating that I have 25% available to me 4 months post resignation.

Case Officer noted all that I submitted including the 25% of pensions balance and converted naira to CAD and recommended POF criterion MET.
NOTE: 25% of my pension total sum was about about 60% of our POF, it was not a POF buffer in our case, it was a large chunk of our POF and it was passed.

2. CHANGE OF WIFE’S SURNAME POST-AOR: We got another passport for wifey though her maiden name passport was still very much beyond 6 months validity but we wanted her CoPR and PR Card to have a uniform surname as the rest of the crew. So after AOR, we applied for a new passport for change of name at Ikoyi, the passport came out after 4 weeks later and I raised a CSE for it. The name change reflected 48 hours later in my profile and the changed surname also reflected in our GCMS note.


I thank God because it was a generally smooth and issues-free application that took a total of 117 days post AOR.

I came here, I saw, I learnt and I made friends…too many friends to start mentioning you one by one, those that I have met one on one, those that I have built affinities with here and even those that don’t know me but are generally men and women of goodwill who always wish me and my family well...I thank you all for your encouragement, support and faith keeping.

Permit to specially recognize MAY 23RD ITA CLINCHERS (whatever time you submitted)…you guys made the wait fun, this is not the time to loose hope, infact everything is still on course and the eagle is getting nearer home with the golden mail; we shall all celebrate your PPRs before Christmas BGG!

** My heart goes out to those who are yet to clinch the ITA especially those on the border line of 435-439, and those awaiting PPRs, you know how we do na- keep the faith up, do all you have to do to improve the CRS legitimately because one thing is certain, iyanu ma sele soon and it will definitely end in praise IJN!


All that end well is that that ends in praises!

DBJay:
A not so silent reader here (Had to get a new moniker to avoid the village people in my office)

MY PPR STORY

Started the journey in may 2018 when a friend told me to give it a shot.

Registered immediately for IELTS & WES Evaluation, then went straight to page 1 of part 4 to digest all the info relevant to this journey.

June 2 IELTS
July 27 ECA
August 8 ITA
August 23 AOR
September 20 MEP/BIL
November 14th PPR (Didn't see it until yesterday 'cos my phone was bad)

I've been amazed at the ease of my application & I owe a debt of gratitude to everyone who has walked this journey before me and were thoughtful enough to share their experiences on this thread. May God bless & reward you all.

This journey has been a breeze and the only hiccup I almost had was when I woke up late on the day of my tests (story for another day).

The last two years of my life have been traumatizing on a personal and professional level and I see this as God's way of giving me a new beginning and a fresh start which I'm grabbing with both hands.

For everyone here going through stuff you can't talk about, your testimony is just around the corner. Don't give up! It will end in praise.

And in the words of one of my favorite monikers here (una plenty o)...

Je m'appelle PPR!!!

Richness1104:
Hello you, how far with ielts now?

Baden18:
Hi All,

I took the IELTS exam on Oct 27th for the first time and below are my results:

Listening: 9.0
Reading: 9.0
Speaking: 9.0
Writing: 7.5

I spent less than 5 hours in total preparing for this exam and I focused only on speaking & writing as I was told those were the difficult sections.

I only watched YouTube videos and recommend the IELTS videos by Jay for writing & IELTS videos by Liz for speaking.

Also for writing make sure to use FANBOYS (For/As/Nor/But/Or/Yet/So) in addition to the complex words Jay will give you.

Good Luck!!!

wasseynewest:
Alas!SUCCESS!!!
My people, like play like play,myself & wifey began this journey. We started with WES and IELTS simultaneously. Of course knowing fully well we needed to score d 8,777.
MAY IELTS(BC) : LRWS: 7,6,6,7 AND 7,5.5,6,7
JUNE IELTS(BC): LRWS: 7,6,6,7 AND 7.5,7,6,7
JULY IELTS(BC): LRWS: 7.5, 6.5,6,7.5 AND 8,7.5,6.5,7.5.
Around this time, d outcome of our WES came out & surprisingly, my Evaluation was 2 or more certs(HND), while wifey's B.sc was d normal B.sc. That was how we see say am more suitable as PA with anticipated CRS of 441-450 depending on IELTS. Although, I wasn't too serious with d IELTS thing initially as I knew even 6,6,6,6 would be enough for me as Sec.Applicant then.
To play it safe, I enrolled myself and wifey for a 4th IELTS(with BC) in August, our scores this time were LRWS: 8,7,6,Abs. & 8,7.5,6.5,7
I decided to call for remark for my wifeys' writing of both July & Aug hoping to at least be at 400+ if successful and jejely await nomination. Unfortunately, both EOR came out without increase. At this point, I have spent almost 1M combined, including our WES and Hotel bookings during exams.
A friend of mine introduced me to IDP MOD & I decided to register with MOD. This time i registered alone for Sept29th test. Result came out LRWS: 8,6,7,7. I was terribly downhrted cos I can't remember when last I have studied that much. I bet u there is no material I nvr used(with 85% concentration on LIZ), funnily, the reading module was my favourite cos in d practice tests I did prior to the exam I have been scoring 36&37 conveniently, even the reading module was the simplest for me during d exam & was expecting minimum of 8.5. These made me request for EOR(46K) and at the same time registered again with MOD Oct 27th exam. The EOR came out after 11days with d result unchanged. This time I have already sat for Oct27th awaiting the result. Trust me in btw there are times I felt completely drained and exhausted, I fasted & prayed and in all sincerity I cried at times.
Low & behold!! Result is out o!! LRWS: 8.5,7,7,7. Now at 444(CRS), I don siddon berekete for pool like landlord against Mon/Tuesday draw.
To all those thinking abt giving up? Abeg iffa hear?? We die there mehn!!! Cos Truth is, if my Oct 27th hadn't been fruitful, I would have enrolled for Nov10th again.
& did I hear u say "start gathering documents"(in Ifeoma's tone)?, I bet they are all almost ready.....lol

Rutthy:
Hi,
Please,is it compulsory to go to WAEC
Head office before I can send my transcript to WES or can I do that from any WAEC state office?secondly we are being asked to get an affidavit for the waec result.Is it apllicable to only those who's result dose not carry their picture or every body.Thanks alot

CanadianNaija:
Chai! When will my own PPR news come?

I try to be patient but I'm tired abeg, ah ah.

They should answer me abeg, it's getting harder to concentrate at work.

Ahmed4002:
Check on the Nigeria consulate website in Germany.
The payment is fixed via online and book an appointment. But it should be in Berlin, then plan your trip and everything accordingly.

You should have done this before leaving Nigeria, instead of all this stress.

truthsayer009:
I just checked out ICES & found out that it is much slower in process. But the issue is I have already sent my Degree certificate to WES as at 4th OCT 2018 before I heard that WAEC was needed last week.

dumprep:
Hi. Yes, that's correct.

ontarioissauga:
OK. Events and demands give people ideas and wiggle room to improve.

ontarioissauga:
I didn't get statement of result or anything else when I was there. If they do give now, I'm happy for the guys. Anything else outside certificate is OK with WES.

ontarioissauga:
Solely on me? You didn't get a supervisor who wanted you to be going to Ikorodu every two weeks or later abandoned you. Anyway, the best case scenario he finishes in May or June 2019, certificate is available in January 2020, if his name makes the graduation list. Unless he gets some sort of a completion document, he waits. Am I right on this one? I don't want people's minds to be fixed on some unrealistic timelines. It is not one year for PGD or masters if you consider the project and graduate times.

ontarioissauga:
Say the truth oh. Shey project time no be something?

Odedenshi1:
Can't say much about the Project timeline for now, though I have submitted my topics waiting for approval so I can go ahead. All things being equal, I don't see the PGD taking longer than 1 year for me. Anyone who has experience with NOUN calendar can shed more light. I read about NOUN in part 4 when I was almost on the verge of quitting this journey, the reason I am also recommending it to as many as possible to keep their hope alive. If I had most the information I have now by merely reading people's post on the Express Entry thread, I would have been in Canny a long time ago. Winners never quit...

It would surely end in Praise.

omofola93:
The program is requesting for either WES or ECE.. But I've been hearing that ECE reduces cgpa irrationally

omofola93:
Hello everyone, I'm trying to get my transcript evaluated towards application for fall 2019, but this waec Wahala that Wes just started is complicating stuffs as I would have to travel down to Lagos for it, Now my prospective school accepts ECE, and I would like to know how good and fast their services are or make I just chill and do Wes jeje.. Application for my program ends by December 15 too.

thirdpage:
LOL, UD is fine. Yeah, I was busy settling down and fixing things. But I am back now.

thirdpage:
@abimbolar @MyAmericandream

I know of Ohio State University, University of Delaware, University of Rochester, Southern Methodist University and Clark University as examples. I got HND and currently having my masters in US. I have the WES evaluation but none of these schools requested for it, even when I told them I got it, they said they don't need it. They are research level institutions that have dedicated staff for these evaluation.

I don't understand what you meant by the bolded part.

Fabcol:
If the doc is plenty you can beat it to #150 self

IAmPhiL:
max #200 per notary
don't be moved cos they'd say 1k or 1k5, fret not and hold your ground on #200
lol

IAmPhiL:
bitte schön

make sure you beat the fee down from those that notarize, esp if its at ikeja