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Uzomachukwu:
Dude, why are you dishing out this misleading info so fervently like this? All the applicant needs to do is to submit a webform with a letter of explanation and a new IMM 1294e. There's definitely no need to withdraw the application.

RELAN2446:
As in, i just dey laugh as e dey dish the garbage out with confidence. God will help those who need help o. Everybody na immigration officer for here.

ajikaz2003:
###### LONG POST ALERT ######


It’s Testimony Time

Guys, I wish to share my success story in order to encourage others who have been delayed. First of all, I thank Mr. Frankrobbn1, Mr. JustMellow, Mr. Lekiboboe, and other contributors for their selfless services here. I also appreciate some people who have been trying to answer questions in the absence of the gurus, but most times your answers are wrong and misleading.

Secondly, I like to thank Mr. Frankrobbn1 again because he made efforts to ensure I get approved this time, after 2 previous attempts. He is truly a guru. From the choice of course, to choosing the University, including review of LOE & IMM forms, with covering all possible refusal technicalities in my LOE. I appreciate your help, Mr. Frankrobbn1, Almighty Allah will bless you.


1st Application - Online (Did it myself)

- Course: Post-Bachelor Certificate in Accounting.
- School: University of Lethbridge, Alberta
- Sponsorship: Self
- Application submitted – October 9, 2019
- Application refused – November 6, 2019
- Refusal reasons: Family ties and Employment situation


2nd Application - Online (Done by a Canadian Immigration Lawyer)

- Course: Post-Bachelor Certificate in Accounting.
- School: University of Lethbridge, Alberta
- Sponsorship: Self
- Application submitted – November 29, 2019
- Application refused – January 28, 2020
- Refusal reasons: Family ties and Purpose of visit
- GCMS Notes: No evidence on file of PA’s acceptance to Master of Accounting as stated (VO made a mistake here and we pointed it out in the new LOE), and the Applicant’s plans of study appear vague and poorly documented.


3rd (Approved) Application - Online (With all NSE documents)

- Course changed to: Master of Management – International Accounting & Finance
- School changed to: University of Windsor, Ontario
- Sponsorship: Self
- Intake: September 2021, but was changed to May 2021 while my application was in progress
- Application submitted – February 10, 2021
- Submission confirmation – February 10, 2021
- Upfront medical approved – February 16, 2021
- Eligibility review started – February 17, 2021
- Ghost update 1 – February 24, 2021
- Ghost update 2 – February 26, 2021
- Ghost update 3 – March 3, 2021 (GCMS shows that LOA was confirmed this date)
- New LOA for May 2021 – March 19, 2021, sent via IRCC & Kenya Webforms March 20
- Follow-up emails – Started March 22, 2021, twice a week to Kenya, later to London, and Beijing.
- Email acknowledgement – Received once only from Kenya on March 22 with application still in process. I realized there are 2 types of acknowledgements: (1) Active review: if you receive this, then your application is not almost finalized yet, (2) In process: this means your application is in advanced stage.
- Ordered GCMS notes (through a colleague in Canada, I think it’s faster this way) – March 31, 2021
- PPR & BVL Received – April 12, 2021
- Passport received by VFS Abuja – April 15, 2021
- Passport stamped and Counterfoil received – April 15, 2021
- UPS picked up passport – April 15, 2021
- LOI received – April 16, 2021
- UPS delivered passport – April 19, 2021
- GCMS received – April 19, 2021
- Application Visa Office: Nairobi Primary & Windsor Secondary, but application was finalized by Lagos. PPR & LOI came from Lagos.


Lessons learnt:
(1) Career progression is very important,
(2) Significance of fund and its accessibility cannot be over emphasized,
(3) Home ties carry heavy weight, especially family/economic/volunteering, etc
(4) Travel history is an added advantage for matured students like me (40+), Lagos VO acknowledged this in the GCMS notes.


Documents Submitted

(1) Client Information (with a table of content)
- Letter of Explanations (7 pages)
- Education certificates & transcripts
- CV
- Employment documents (past & present), including awards & pay stubs for present job
- Statements for liquidated Investments to back up 2 huge lump sums (this is very important)
- My wife’s letter of introduction & support, Marriage certificate, kids’ birth certificates, wife & kids’ NIN documents, wife & kids’ passports & visas, Family & wedding pictures
- Investment document in my wife’s name to show money will be available for the welfare of my family when I am away
- CAC documents for my businesses
- Professional certificates, including copies of Financial Statements I have signed before
- Documents to support volunteering activities, both religion & sports
- My Car document
- Travel history documents, old passports with visa & stamps
- NSE documents


(2) Proof of Fund (with a table of content)
- $4 CAD tuition fee deposit
- 1 year MyBank Statement Certificate
- 1 year regular Bank statement with fund more than my entire tuition fee + LE + Miscellaneous
- Pension RSA Statement with reasonable balance
- Investment letter in my wife’s name
- Documents for Residential Properties with Valuation reports and proof of rental Income

(3) All the 3 IRCC Forms (Well reviewed by Mr. Frank)


Parting notes
(1) Prospective applicants must be patient
(2) Do not disturb IRCC office if your application has not exceeded processing time or your resumption date is not approaching or your tuition payment deadline is not due soon
(3) It seems Airlines from India & Pakistan aren’t allowed to enter Canada now, so IRCC may shift attention to the Applications from Nigeria, please get set for your good news
(4) Endeavour to go the way of NSE
(5) I feel sad when I read negative comments about Nigeria here, please let’s stop it. It will come to haunt you or other Nigerians. Every country has her challenges, please let’s speak well of our country

BEST OF LUCK TO EVERYONE AWAITING GOOD NEWS

Ade2303:
Hello everyone

I just realized one should also mention previous refusal in other countries in one’s new application,
Although, I mentioned the refusal I had in Canada but didn’t know I should mention the one I had in US in my new application too,

1. is there a way I can address this mistake to IRCC?
2. Do I need to wait for their response first before addressing it to them?
3. How severe can this mistake affect my application?

I re-applied in early March without NSE documents and no upfront medical, no update yet though�

Iberisamuel90:
Good morning house pls I nee an urgent advice, I took mybankStatment request form to first bank here in delta. D manager said that I need to make payment of 1000k from "PayDirect" or quicktellar online to get my reciept number and reference number.
Pls who has used first bank as their MBS of recent, how did u get ur reference number and receipt number on d request form u filled ?

Pls I have limited time to submit my NSE request

Mobi22:
There ought to be another way.

iampaulsmith:
Please when did you get the LOA request?

demure178:
Update on my procedural fairness,
I submitted the reply from my procedural fairness I got on the 20th of April yesterday, and after I submitted I checked this morning, I saw ghost update also.. now it’s 5050, heart beating fast, make them no ban person, cuz 2 million plus for a lawyer to fight the case Na hell.. But am
Positive though

Application submitted with MBS- Feb 14
Eligibility review started - March 20th
Upfront medical updated to pass- March 22
Procedural fairness letter- April 20th
Replied the letter with my lawyer and documents proof- April 22th
Ghost update- April 23th

Now

Waitinggggg.

Cflow10:
Hello House,

Please I wanna round up my study permit application today. Is it wrong to include my sibling’s passports that have already expired in my application. Cause I’m thinking of using that instead of birth certificates ?

MsJanez01:
Wow... never knew u were still waiting oh. God will come through for us all. Dec is a long wait

It will end in praise

Annettevoke:
GCMS

House, pls has anyone experienced this?

Eligibility: Recommend interview

ajikaz2003:
###### LONG POST ALERT ######


It’s Testimony Time

Guys, I wish to share my success story in order to encourage others who have been delayed. First of all, I thank Mr. Frankrobbn1, Mr. JustMellow, Mr. Lekiboboe, and other contributors for their selfless services here. I also appreciate some people who have been trying to answer questions in the absence of the gurus, but most times your answers are wrong and misleading.

Secondly, I like to thank Mr. Frankrobbn1 again because he made efforts to ensure I get approved this time, after 2 previous attempts. He is truly a guru. From the choice of course, to choosing the University, including review of LOE & IMM forms, with covering all possible refusal technicalities in my LOE. I appreciate your help, Mr. Frankrobbn1, Almighty Allah will bless you.


1st Application - Online (Did it myself)

- Course: Post-Bachelor Certificate in Accounting.
- School: University of Lethbridge, Alberta
- Sponsorship: Self
- Application submitted – October 9, 2019
- Application refused – November 6, 2019
- Refusal reasons: Family ties and Employment situation


2nd Application - Online (Done by a Canadian Immigration Lawyer)

- Course: Post-Bachelor Certificate in Accounting.
- School: University of Lethbridge, Alberta
- Sponsorship: Self
- Application submitted – November 29, 2019
- Application refused – January 28, 2020
- Refusal reasons: Family ties and Purpose of visit
- GCMS Notes: No evidence on file of PA’s acceptance to Master of Accounting as stated (VO made a mistake here and we pointed it out in the new LOE), and the Applicant’s plans of study appear vague and poorly documented.


3rd (Approved) Application - Online (With all NSE documents)

- Course changed to: Master of Management – International Accounting & Finance
- School changed to: University of Windsor, Ontario
- Sponsorship: Self
- Intake: September 2021, but was changed to May 2021 while my application was in progress
- Application submitted – February 10, 2021
- Submission confirmation – February 10, 2021
- Upfront medical approved – February 16, 2021
- Eligibility review started – February 17, 2021
- Ghost update 1 – February 24, 2021
- Ghost update 2 – February 26, 2021
- Ghost update 3 – March 3, 2021 (GCMS shows that LOA was confirmed this date)
- New LOA for May 2021 – March 19, 2021, sent via IRCC & Kenya Webforms March 20
- Follow-up emails – Started March 22, 2021, twice a week to Kenya, later to London, and Beijing.
- Email acknowledgement – Received once only from Kenya on March 22 with application still in process. I realized there are 2 types of acknowledgements: (1) Active review: if you receive this, then your application is not almost finalized yet, (2) In process: this means your application is in advanced stage.
- Ordered GCMS notes (through a colleague in Canada, I think it’s faster this way) – March 31, 2021
- PPR & BVL Received – April 12, 2021
- Passport received by VFS Abuja – April 15, 2021
- Passport stamped and Counterfoil received – April 15, 2021
- UPS picked up passport – April 15, 2021
- LOI received – April 16, 2021
- UPS delivered passport – April 19, 2021
- GCMS received – April 19, 2021
- Application Visa Office: Nairobi Primary & Windsor Secondary, but application was finalized by Lagos. PPR & LOI came from Lagos.


Lessons learnt:
(1) Career progression is very important,
(2) Significance of fund and its accessibility cannot be over emphasized,
(3) Home ties carry heavy weight, especially family/economic/volunteering, etc
(4) Travel history is an added advantage for matured students like me (40+), Lagos VO acknowledged this in the GCMS notes.


Documents Submitted

(1) Client Information (with a table of content)
- Letter of Explanations (7 pages)
- Education certificates & transcripts
- CV
- Employment documents (past & present), including awards & pay stubs for present job
- Statements for liquidated Investments to back up 2 huge lump sums (this is very important)
- My wife’s letter of introduction & support, Marriage certificate, kids’ birth certificates, wife & kids’ NIN documents, wife & kids’ passports & visas, Family & wedding pictures
- Investment document in my wife’s name to show money will be available for the welfare of my family when I am away
- CAC documents for my businesses
- Professional certificates, including copies of Financial Statements I have signed before
- Documents to support volunteering activities, both religion & sports
- My Car document
- Travel history documents, old passports with visa & stamps
- NSE documents


(2) Proof of Fund (with a table of content)
- $4 CAD tuition fee deposit
- 1 year MyBank Statement Certificate
- 1 year regular Bank statement with fund more than my entire tuition fee + LE + Miscellaneous
- Pension RSA Statement with reasonable balance
- Investment letter in my wife’s name
- Documents for Residential Properties with Valuation reports and proof of rental Income

(3) All the 3 IRCC Forms (Well reviewed by Mr. Frank)


Parting notes
(1) Prospective applicants must be patient
(2) Do not disturb IRCC office if your application has not exceeded processing time or your resumption date is not approaching or your tuition payment deadline is not due soon
(3) It seems Airlines from India & Pakistan aren’t allowed to enter Canada now, so IRCC may shift attention to the Applications from Nigeria, please get set for your good news
(4) Endeavour to go the way of NSE
(5) I feel sad when I read negative comments about Nigeria here, please let’s stop it. It will come to haunt you or other Nigerians. Every country has her challenges, please let’s speak well of our country

BEST OF LUCK TO EVERYONE AWAITING GOOD NEWS

Ade2303:
Hello everyone

I just realized one should also mention previous refusal in other countries in one’s new application,
Although, I mentioned the refusal I had in Canada but didn’t know I should mention the one I had in US in my new application too,

1. is there a way I can address this mistake to IRCC?
2. Do I need to wait for their response first before addressing it to them?
3. How severe can this mistake affect my application?

I re-applied in early March without NSE documents and no upfront medical, no update yet though�

Esmeob:
Anyone going to University of Lethbridge in fall 2021?

Annettevoke:
Big congrats

WE have same VO, Windsor and Nairobi.

My note also shows LOA was confirmed by Windsor.

Did you have Recommend interview on ur note?

olasubomy:
Please see below how Pinkey2021's was able to address a similar issue.

https://www.nairaland.com/pinkey2021/posts - Credit to Pinkey2021

You can do a letter of explanation and refill that imm form. Merge both documents ( both letter of explanation and IMM form) then submit via webform.
That should settle it as long as you are the one bringing it to their notice and submitting the correct information as a replacement to the initial one submitted before they detect it themselves.

All the best.

Ibukun2000:
Truly there's always light at the end of a tunnel

After the long wait... Waited for 14months

Mercy Showed up( Anu nimorigba)

God is just too Faithful to Fail

My Study Permit has been Approved
Delay is not denial oooo my people

Applied initially 2019 and i was refused(Denied)
Reapplied Feb 24,2020.. It get mails from IRCC till mid last year i was asked to reapply again cos my application has lapsed one year

Medical request - Feb 8 2021
Medical Examination- March 24
Medical Passed-March 26
Biometrics Validation- April 15
Approval- April 22
WHAT GOD CANNOT DOES NOT EXIST AND IT WILL NEVER EXIST.. It Can ONLY be GOD..���
Join Me to Thank JEHOVAH OVERDO�‍♀️�‍♀️�‍♀️ as HE has done it for me HE will do it for you...�

ajikaz2003:
No, it shows approved. It seems my GCMS note was prepared after I have been approved. I got approved April 12, and the note was prepared April 15.

Ibukun2000:
Truly there's always light at the end of a tunnel

After the long wait... Waited for 14months

Mercy Showed up( Anu nimorigba)

God is just too Faithful to Fail

My Study Permit has been Approved
Delay is not denial oooo my people

Applied initially 2019 and i was refused(Denied)
Reapplied Feb 24,2020.. It get mails from IRCC till mid last year i was asked to reapply again cos my application has lapsed one year

Medical request - Feb 8 2021
Medical Examination- March 24
Medical Passed-March 26
Biometrics Validation- April 15
Approval- April 22
WHAT GOD CANNOT DOES NOT EXIST AND IT WILL NEVER EXIST.. It Can ONLY be GOD..���
Join Me to Thank JEHOVAH OVERDO�‍♀️�‍♀️�‍♀️ as HE has done it for me HE will do it for you...�

Ibukun2000:
Truly there's always light at the end of a tunnel

After the long wait... Waited for 14months

Mercy Showed up( Anu nimorigba)

God is just too Faithful to Fail

My Study Permit has been Approved
Delay is not denial oooo my people

Applied initially 2019 and i was refused(Denied)
Reapplied Feb 24,2020.. It get mails from IRCC till mid last year i was asked to reapply again cos my application has lapsed one year

Medical request - Feb 8 2021
Medical Examination- March 24
Medical Passed-March 26
Biometrics Validation- April 15
Approval- April 22
WHAT GOD CANNOT DOES NOT EXIST AND IT WILL NEVER EXIST.. It Can ONLY be GOD..���
Join Me to Thank JEHOVAH OVERDO�‍♀️�‍♀️�‍♀️ as HE has done it for me HE will do it for you...�

afrischolars1:
Mr. @Uzomachukwu and Mr. @RELAN2446, we are very much aware of a very recent case where an applicant made this mistake, and their lawyer immediately contacted the Nairobi Visa Office to correct the mistake. They still sent a procedural fairness letter to the applicant and banned the applicant. It took an application to Federal Court in Canada to have the ban reversed. The cost was over $3k. There has been increasing attempt by the VO to use this mistake to ban applicants. So, you can go ahead with your insults and disparaging remarks. Nobody is obligated to take any suggestion here. But please learn to treat other views with some measure of respect.

Ade2303:
Please how do I submit via webform, how can I access the webform, do you mean the one I circled in yellow in the below image?

Ibukun2000:
Truly there's always light at the end of a tunnel

After the long wait... Waited for 14months

Mercy Showed up( Anu nimorigba)

God is just too Faithful to Fail

My Study Permit has been Approved
Delay is not denial oooo my people

Applied initially 2019 and i was refused(Denied)
Reapplied Feb 24,2020.. It get mails from IRCC till mid last year i was asked to reapply again cos my application has lapsed one year

Medical request - Feb 8 2021
Medical Examination- March 24
Medical Passed-March 26
Biometrics Validation- April 15
Approval- April 22
WHAT GOD CANNOT DOES NOT EXIST AND IT WILL NEVER EXIST.. It Can ONLY be GOD..���
Join Me to Thank JEHOVAH OVERDO�‍♀️�‍♀️�‍♀️ as HE has done it for me HE will do it for you...�

Uzomachukwu:
Who is insulting and disparaging who? That ain't my MO, man. Meanwhile, why use the inclusive "we" subject in your opening sentence here? Who are the "we" that are much aware of this incident you just mentioned? I am certain that am not included in your "we," as I do not know of the case you're citing, and will be glad if you could locate that applicant's post here on Nairaland and quote it for all of us to read again.

Moreover, even as you're mentioning it here for the first time now, you do not really know what went down in that application, nor do you know what the said immigration lawyer included or left out in their explanation to IRCC (unless you were the lawyer in question), just as you did not say at what point in time they had contacted IRCC (as soon as the mistake was discovered, less than three weeks after the application was submitted, or just very close to the finalizing of the application, in which case the procedural fairness letter must already have been underway before their webform clocked even a week and ready to be acknowledged by IRCC).

At the same time, do not think you have full information about the nature and depth of the error or number of errors the applicant you cited committed in their application. But as to the error of the nature being talked about here yesterday, I can definitely say that a very convincing explanation letter and a new IMM 1294e form sent through a webform earlier in time will be enough to take care of the problem. Yet, the outcome will partly depend too on how many other obvious "lies" the applicant told in their application (once = perhaps a mistake; twice = surely intentional).

Mobi22:
There ought to be another way.

Thaiy:
All you need do is send a letter of explanation via webform and to the necessary emails of the different countries.

That is the way, no need withdrawing your application.

All the best.

Cflow10:
Hello House,

Please I wanna round up my study permit application today. Is it wrong to include my sibling’s passports that have already expired in my application. Cause I’m thinking of using that instead of birth certificates ?

afrischolars1:
Yes. The other way is to wait for a s.40 procedural fairness letter from IRCC, followed by a 5yrs ban.

ajikaz2003:
No, it shows approved. It seems my GCMS note was prepared after I have been approved. I got approved April 12, and the note was prepared April 15.