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Yes I think so, it's paining me that I even paid transmission fees, I for pocket my 7k use am chop chinese and send to Lagos vfs. sent mine last thursday. still waiting.

sleekcheek:
It's like VFS Abuja is becoming slow, my passport was delivered on Tuesday, and till now no message from them. Is there anyone that sent their passport to VFS Abuja this week that has gotten an update from them?

Benquip:
It is with great optimism that we all PPR hopefuls would receive our PPRs this month.
October, November, December, January and February applicants

Yes yes!!!!!

Amen!

Benquip:
It is with great optimism that we all PPR hopefuls would receive our PPRs this month.
October, November, December, January and February applicants

oyibo4real:
I felt this might scatter the write-ups, anyways let me give a trial.

Thanks alot

Just do the following, check your eligibility and see what was written there. Then, write out the pre assessment and then go to the last or 2nd to last page to see the VO's comment, if He/She has reviewed your application. Please when did you apply for your study permit? When did your eligibility start? And when did you apply for gcms notes?

Heroulo:
Same here, submitted my application with the full NSE requirement, my medicals hasnt been updated. I think there’s a backlog

When did you do the medical and which clinic?

peruxie:
When did you do the medical and which clinic?

Did on the 24th of February at IOM
Submitted application on the 4th of March, yet medical is still pending.

Heroulo:
Did on the 24th of February at IOM
Submitted application on the 4th of March, yet medical is still pending.

Ok...but hope you uploaded your medical e-sheet to them (IRCC)

Heroulo:
Did on the 24th of February at IOM
Submitted application on the 4th of March, yet medical is still pending.

But your eligibility has started?

peruxie:
Ok...but hope you uploaded your medical e-sheet to them (IRCC)

Yeah, I submitted it along with my application. For the questionnaire I picked that I have done a test, so there was a place to upload the sheet

Mobi22:
But your eligibility has started?

Yes o, only thing keeping me at peace that the application is on. Background and eligibility started few days after submission.

Gotten about 3 ghost updates

Heroulo:
Yes o, only thing keeping me at peace that the application is on. Background and eligibility started few days after submission.

Gotten about 3 ghost updates

i heard that ghost updates are good signs

jizzle01:
Medicals done: 24th March
Medicals Passed and updated : 26th March

Thanks for your response we have very similar timelines
My medical request was on the 23rd of February tho and I did it on the 22nd of March at Qlife( that was the earliest date available) medical changed to pass yesterday so I’m just really hoping for the best now.

skull4eva:
@awys please what kind of card shud i request for? I already opened a dorm account but no card yet

Tell them you want to apply for your Dollar card it can either be a MasterCard/ Visa dollar card.

@Oyibo4real, I am anticipating to see what your gcms notes entails. I already applied for around March 17th. I would also love to know when your eligibility review started. Thanks for anticipated response.

Hey guys.. I have a question.. is it advisable for a working class man who works and earn money here in Nigeria to tender his personal statement of account to Canada embassy for student visa.

And also with balance of 3.7m without any sponsor but a grant letter of 4.2m from my working place....

A working class man with sufficient funds can always tender his financial statements in support of his student visa application.

The sum of the two amounts you posted is not enough tho. Last i checked, the required amount is about 30,000 CAD which is about 9M+

ogunleyesijibomi:
Hey guys.. I have a question.. is it advisable for a working class man who works and earn money here in Nigeria to tender his personal statement of account to Canada embassy for student visa.

And also with balance of 3.7m without any sponsor but a grant letter of 4.2m from my working place....

kelvine95:
Happy new month bro! We will get that goodnews from IRCC this new month.

Amen bro
We day the same umbrella ?

marcelonwa:
Amen bro
We day the same umbrella ?

Hhmm.. My eligibility review started since Feb 17th, have had 4 ghost updates and still no update yet. I applied for my gcms notes March 17th and I am hoping I get goodnews when I see it.

Mobi22:
But your eligibility has started?

Mine hasn’t started

jizzle01:
PPR dropped today!!!

Here’s my timeline...

Submitted SP Application : January 31st 2021
BIL : February, 1st 2021
Biometrics done & updated: February, 2nd 2021
NSE Request & Submission : February, 18 2021
Medical Request: March, 10th 2021
Medicals done: March 24th 2021
Medicals passed & updated: March 26th 2021
BVL & Original Passport Request: March, 31st 2021
Submitted passport via DHL to VFS, Abuja: March 31st 2021

To those waiting on their PPR, keep your hope alive - it will drop!

It has ended in praise!!!

Congratulations oo! I applied on the 1st of February! E don dey reach my turn ooo

Good afternoon everyone. I recently opened a domiciliary account but it can't accept deposit only transfer and before I can get my card I need someone to transfer to me. Please if anyone that is interested in getting naira transferred to there account and I'd get dollar in my domiciliary account. Pls pm me.

Please check your mail, I sent my sop.

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Uzomachukwu:
1. You can send the SOP to me at delphianconsulting@gmail.com. I should be able to give some useful thoughts on it.

2. The expression 'just got busy' is very vague in terms of explaining your financial situation. But if you mean that there had been no serious funds in it until recently, and that what is there is not yet enough for your tuition, travel and living expenses, then my advise would be this: wait till June when you'll get that funding letter from your PI. It will add a whole lot of weight to your study permit/visa application. Time, as they say, will be against you by then. That's true, but you can buy time by preparing your mind to start your PhD online for the Fall term and then travel when your visa comes out, or you can defer to winter term if at all this is possible in your case (depending on your funding arrangement with your department and PI/supervisor, you could be allowed to defer by a term or for a full session — the former is always preferable if your funding arrangement allows it).

3. Applying via NSE is well advised. You could use the waiting time to obtain a satisfactory score in your IELTS. A PhD student, I believe, should be able to score 9.9, if not the full 10 points, in IELTS. LOL... What a joke! (It would have been true if only IELTS were a respecter of one's academic level. I read with pleasure the story of the white Australian born English PhD candidate and star student who couldn't score up to, was it, 7.0 in IELTS. Ah! This English-language-oil-refinery which the UK and Australia mischievously set up just to milk the so-called global south dry).

Benquip:
It is with great optimism that we all PPR hopefuls would receive our PPRs this month.
October, November, December, January and February applicants

Amen o���

peruxie:
Mine hasn’t started

Mine hasn’t started too when did you submit?

CONGRATULATIONS to you, it surly end in praise,

yes i totally agreed with you to all those you gave credits to, frank, lekan ,justmellow, are doing selfless work here. GOD bless them all,

i pray mine PPR also drop soon.

Pee2Jay9:
Patience isn't one of my virtues so I struggled with this process but I thank God it worked out eventually.

1st Application: Visit visa refused in 2018
Study permit application - 10th July 2020
GCMS notes - 21st September, stating absolute rubbish that didn't tally with my submissions, I'm self sponsored but they said I'll deplete family savings plus other crap they wrote. I started sending plenty webforms and emails, requesting that my application be reviewed as the assessment on the notes were very wrong, all to no avail
Official refusal - October 2nd 2020. Reasons stated for me - family ties, personal assets, purpose of visit including travel history, lolz.

2nd Application - 16th October 2020
Upfront medical - 30th November 2020

NSE request for only ielts - 1st December. I replied next day telling them that I can't write cos I'm unavailable. Then I merged my LOE as to why I can't write + my medical sheet + tuition receipt of $2,500 to UoR and submitted in the column provided for NSE. I first used UoM LOA to apply but later adviced them to continue processing with UoR LOA since the previous admission was valid for only the winter term, no deferral. I haven't read of anyone doing this for an ongoing application and was strongly advised against doing it but I sent it anyway.

Medicals passed - 16th of December 2020.
17th March 2021 - IRCC finally replied one of my several emails (that processing has exceeded standard time) asking for ielts again. I had to promised them that I'll go and write it and send the upper week.
IELTS exam - 27th March 2021 but then, I didn't know that
BVL & PPR had dropped on 26th of March 2021
UPS 2-way courier to Abuja - 29th March 2021
Passport returned to me - April 2021

Documents submitted for both applications:
All IMM forms
In the Admission section, i uploaded:
Admission letter, Correspondence with school and application receipts
BEng certificate and transcript
Certifications - COREN, NSE, IPMP, NYSC

In the passport section, i uploaded:
International passport with visas to Singapore, UAE and Ghana
Birth Certificate and LGA certificate
Biometrics documents

Proof of funds section, I uploaded:
myBank statement ticket, amount to tally with a table I created to show all funds required for the duration of my study
My several Investments and pension accounts showing that the funds for my studies is only a percentage of my networth, all to prove assets and economic ties.
Employer's Letter of introduction
Payslips
Tax Certificates
Business agreements and Investment Certificates - I think some of these were unnecessary especially the FX investments.

Client info section, I uploaded: Table of content for documents , followed by LOE
Age declaration documents for parents
Birth certificates for siblings
An inauguration brochure for my dad as ICAN chairman, that had pictures of my family members as professionals in different fields
My personal land deed, survey and receipts
Proof of car ownership, explained as assets
Updated CV, Work ID card
Congratulatory emails and awards from work, some had pictures from expatriate supervisors, an award from global Manager
Employment history - all my promotion documents and offers from past and present

In summary, what I did differently was to only subtly rebut the previous reasons with same documents used for the first time (even the myBank statement was the old one I reused with no money in my UBA account sef, but I got a letter from Stanbic asset managers attesting my finances, and submitted SOA from 2016). I also paid $2,500 as part of my tuition, just to show commitment of some sort.

The Letter I wrote for the second application was termed LETTER OF RECONSIDERATION, telling the VO to refer to their error in the previous application and that I meet their requirements. I showed my POF budgeted as $50k (a % of my total) to cover the entire 2 years of my study - $15k tuition, $25k for living expenses & $10k flights and miscellaneous, as I'll be self sponsored.
Home ties were parents, siblings and friends, Stanbic asset management Investment letter, UK-DION investment certificate to be receiving monthly ROI to cater for unseen events while studying (all to show that I'm not going there to work), Pension, Landed property & Car.
I studied Chemical Eng. and going for MSc. in Industrial as a progression in my career.

The gist:
When the GCMS notes came in that first time, I feel into depression cos I couldn't fathom how poorly my application was assessed but I found strength, after many hard days, to maintain my faith, holding unto the fact that God won't leave me half-way. I reached out to plenty lawyers to just go straight to JR cos up till now, I don't understand what went wrong with that first application, considering that I had studied this thread from part 13 and know what was obtainable. I wrote my LOE using every refusal reason as subheadings and addressing each as it applies to me, but then... I learned some lessons - so much is outside my control, God is faithful so I should depend solely on Him than trust my own understanding, In such cases, sound more sympathetic than professional.

Upon seeking JR approach, one lawyer just advised me to reapply first and we'll take it up after the second time. Now, God perfected it. To all hopefuls, God doesn't put to shame those that put their trust in Him. I literally gave up plenty times and even stopped going to church, but His mercy and reckless love won't just give up on me. I even prefer traveling now than that December I had wanted, God's time is really the best and I thank Him for how it turned out.

Thanks to everyone that replied my enquiries and emails, I really appreciate y'all. I've made great friends from this forum, It's really overwhelming and I'm grateful to y'all.
Congrats and shout out to Lekiboboe (my amazing and selfless paddy that have always been just a chat away) and NairaLuck (my first application set-mate that it happened for before me, I'm happy it ended in praise for us all), IRCC made me weak to even type here again. Thanks to Frank (u literally had to stand by for my unending emails) and Dommakaveli - this 2 argued one time on one enquiry I raised, lolz, all follow o. Shout out to my UoR crew. I thank u all so much for believing in my application and wishing me success. God will always show you favor. Ehem, Brace up, landing gist to follow�

kelvine95:
I applied jan25th
Hhmm.. My eligibility review started since Feb 17th, have had 4 ghost updates and still no update yet. I applied for my gcms notes March 17th and I am hoping I get goodnews when I see it.

My eligibility review started same day as yours
I don’t know what is ghost update.
I did upfront medicals yesterday first
I should get my GCMS any moment from now
I applied March 5th

Rootiab:
Good afternoon everyone. I recently opened a domiciliary account but it can't accept deposit only transfer and before I can get my card I need someone to transfer to me. Please if anyone that is interested in getting naira transferred to there account and I'd get dollar in my domiciliary account. Pls pm me.

Strange, what bank?

marcelonwa:
My eligibility review started same day as yours
I don’t know what is ghost update.
I did upfront medicals yesterday first
I should get my GCMS any moment from now
I applied March 5th

Nice nice.

how do you see/ know ghost update

SonofEguasa:
So i am not alone... I also got a ghost update yesterday

yeankux:
how do you see/ know ghost update

Pls what’s ghost update ?
And how Una day see am

Heroulo:
Strange, what bank?

Ecobank

Happy new month guys!

I need ur quick advice!

Is Turkish airline a good flight to Canada

Yes or no?

Sharp answers, I Dey go pay like this?