For those who intend to send passport to London VFS, this is the reply someone got from London VFS.

The timeline has increased.

[s]so how did the officer deduce the cousinship? Biko don't let the person overcomplicate issue. somewhere somehow, there was a mention of cousin for the officer to pick up on it and that falls under misrepresentation aka lying. Ignorance is really not an excuse and the person cannort claim the form was not filled by them because they agreed to the declaration.[/s] Just explain in an LOE the truth as it is and hope for the best. I saw @graciouswords response to you and cancelled some of mine

aizebe:

I had done some research, and noticed sister inlaw is considered ans close relative for MPNP purpose.

Familial relationships

To be considered a close relative, a Manitoba Supporter must be related to the applicant (or the applicant’s spouse) in one of the following ways:

sister or brother
niece or nephew (ex: child of your sister or brother)
aunt or uncle (ex: brother or sister of your mother or father)
first cousin (ex: child of your aunt or uncle)
mother or father
grandmother or grandfather

misrepresentation, when you give information which isnt correct to gain undue chances. In her case, I am not totally sure, but will have to check more. In anycase she is still quatify using sister, even if there was honest mistake where for some reason drop down menu says cousin.

Moreso, when I went through her EOI-SW. There was a declaration
I understand that my Expression of Interest EOI is not considered an application to the MPNP-SW, the information I
provided in my Expression of Interest is for reference only, no nomination decision will be made based on these answers
and that only those candidates who receive a Letter of Advice to Apply to the MPNP-SW will be able to submit a full
application to the MPNP-SW for consideration as Provincial Nominees.

thanks mama...

GraciousWords:




Black bold portion of the declaration (that the information in the EOI is for reference only and not used in a MPNP application) is subjugate to the portion of the same declaration in red, which says the person submitting an EOI confirms that the information is true, correct and complete. They probably do this to make us think twice before we submit, to go over the responses again and again.

Italics: If your friend chose sister in law but MPNP has cousin on their records whether because your friend made an honest drop down selection error or MPNP made an admin error then best bet is to write them to say so (which is what Dimples suggested in the first place: a good LOE), there really is no other fix. She could include the required documents for proving her sister in law is a close relative and connection to the province.

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As an aside, don't take the reference to misrepresentation personally....with this immigration waka one must be very careful.....see what Manitoba and IRCC define it as. I'm not sure it matters whether it was to procure an advantage, so long as it is an untruth, it is considered misrepresentation....even if you will be in a worse-of situation by misrepresentating.

https://www.canada.ca/en/services/immigration-citizenship/helpcentre/glossary.html#m
Misrepresentation: When a person makes false statements, submits false information, submits false or altered documents, or withholds information relevant to their application to IRCC.

https://immigratemanitoba.com/immigrate-to-manitoba/general-mpnp-policies/sw-eoi-ranking/
Anyone interested in applying to the MPNP must submit an EOI. All candidates must answer all EOI questions accurately and completely. If your situation changes, you must update your profile. If you provide false or misleading information in your EOI, it may be considered misrepresentation and you may be subject to a ban which would prevent you from submitting another EOI for two years.

All the best to your friend!

slydog:


I got this from vfs but no update on my profile:

The decision envelope for your application, tracking has been received from the IRCC Office on Thu Mar 31 2022 and will be dispatched to the Canada Visa Application Centre where you applied or at the courier address provided by you at the time of submission of your application. Please note this is an auto generated e-mail. Please do not reply to this email.

Your decision envelope will be returned to you via the courier service offered by the VAC. Collection of decision envelopes in-person at the VAC is not permitted until further notice. Please refer to the 'Buy Services' page of the VAC website for further information on courier services offered by the VAC
Regards,

VFS Global

I also got this 2 mails today. I am waiting to see if passport will be delivered to me tomorrow.
So could it be that they stamped your passport and didn't update your profile
Maybe you can confirm from the DHL office you used if indeed they have been contacted to come pick up

bekayy:
Tell him to send it to your parent and do gift deed from your parent.

Hi @bekayy, Thanks for your response, however, I do not quite understand. what should I request he sends to me ? Birth certificate?

1cor2v9:


I also got this 2 mails today. I am waiting to see if passport will be delivered to me tomorrow.
So could it be that they stamped your passport and didn't update your profile
Maybe you can confirm from the DHL office you used if indeed they have been contacted to come pick up

How long ago did you submit? And to what VFS?

Chimzy4real:
Please how do I boost a crs score from 413.... I just have one degree and I noticed when I changed it to two or more degree it skyrocketed to 474. I don't have that time to start enrolling for M.Sc. now. Please help as I would like to start this journey now.

The easiest and fastest route to get an additional degree is through a Pre-HND program from Kings Polytechnic, it cost about 250k altogether and would be ready within a month (according to them).

When I was in your shoes, I opted for BCS cert in IT because I have an IT background and I didn't want to spend that much, at the end of the day, I didn't pass BCS, as a matter of fact, none of all the people that I know personally and wrote with pass all the 3 papers at once. I lost interest in BCS and fell back on the PreHND.

To cut long story short, if you're ready to study well and wait a few months, opt in for BCS, CIMA and the likes. But If you're after a certificate that will be ready asap, try this route. Refer to the screenshot attached, visit their website and write to their official email to get started. Cheers!

icehot:


How long ago did you submit? And to what VFS?

Submitted to vfs lagos on 8th Feb.

Afolavid:


The easiest and fastest route to get an additional degree is through a Pre-HND program from Kings Polytechnic, it cost about 250k altogether and would be ready within a month (according to them).

When I was in your shoes, I opted for BCS cert in IT because I have an IT background and I didn't want to spend that much, at the end of the day, I didn't pass BCS, as a matter of fact, none of all the people that I know personally and wrote with pass all the 3 papers at once. I lost interest in BCS and fell back on the PreHND.

To cut long story short, if you're ready to study well and wait a few months, opt in for BCS, CIMA and the likes. But If you're after a certificate that will be ready asap, try this route. Refer to the screenshot attached, visit their website and write to their official email to get started. Cheers!

Una don dey basterdize this process, going to get a one month certificate. Na Nigeria go make Canada cancel this thing last last. As una make dem cancel Nigeria for DV loterry. Una wahala too much. Always trying to game the system.

ireneayeni:
Good evening everyone,

Please guru's in the house, How do i go about medicals. I have received ITA and trying to compile my docs.

Also how can I show proof of relationship. The relative I have is my Mother's Uncle, what documents asides his birth certificate can I use as he does not have access to it, but I can get his looo passport

Please i will appreciate your response on this

IOM and Qlife are two places you can do medicals, the appointments are usually booked for up to 5 weeks ahead so the earlier you book the better. Since you’ve gotten ITA you should book asap. You can book on their websites.

I’m not sure you’re allowed to claim points for FSW using your mom’s uncle, please read well on the topic b4 you proceed.

Hello good evening
So my husband got (FSW) AOR January 2021.. his medicals showed passed in February..we got married in March 2021, he added me to his application same March. We submitted everything required. And his medicals moved from passed to we are reviewing your medical s.. And the application has been on hold since then we have sent websform, mail.. No response. Nothing has moved or changed for over a year now. Even my medicals is over year. Nothing has been heard. My medicals was not acknowledged. No ghost update nothing.. Pls what means can we use again. It’s just tiring for over a year now

bekayy:
Tell him to send it to your parent and do gift deed from your parent.

He is not talking about gift deed.

ireneayeni:
Hi @bekayy, Thanks for your response, however, I do not quite understand. what should I request he sends to me ? Birth certificate?

I think he or she mixed up your question. Did you claim any point with your uncle at provincial level?

CountVersailles:

[s]Una don dey basterdize this process, going to get a one month certificate. Na Nigeria go make Canada cancel this thing last last. As una make dem cancel Nigeria for DV loterry. Una wahala too much. Always trying to game the system.[/s]

If you cry, na your business... Shift!

Afolavid:


If you cry, na your business... Shift!

You’re actually wrong to put that on a public forum like this. Proudly passing off a month course as a one year course. Even if we know sometimes some people have their ways around these things, it’s not to be mentioned in a public forum. Not a good outlook on us as Nigerians. It’d be nice if you take that down

Thanks alot for your comment. I will advice her do a strongh LOE and she got a number to someone at the office of NPC to help.

Hope it worked for her.

GraciousWords:




Black bold portion of the declaration (that the information in the EOI is for reference only and not used in a MPNP application) is subjugate to the portion of the same declaration in red, which says the person submitting an EOI confirms that the information is true, correct and complete. They probably do this to make us think twice before we submit, to go over the responses again and again.

Italics: If your friend chose sister in law but MPNP has cousin on their records whether because your friend made an honest drop down selection error or MPNP made an admin error then best bet is to write them to say so (which is what Dimples suggested in the first place: a good LOE), there really is no other fix. She could include the required documents for proving her sister in law is a close relative and connection to the province.

---

As an aside, don't take the reference to misrepresentation personally....with this immigration waka one must be very careful.....see what Manitoba and IRCC define it as. I'm not sure it matters whether it was to procure an advantage, so long as it is an untruth, it is considered misrepresentation....even if you will be in a worse-of situation by misrepresentating.

https://www.canada.ca/en/services/immigration-citizenship/helpcentre/glossary.html#m
Misrepresentation: When a person makes false statements, submits false information, submits false or altered documents, or withholds information relevant to their application to IRCC.

https://immigratemanitoba.com/immigrate-to-manitoba/general-mpnp-policies/sw-eoi-ranking/
Anyone interested in applying to the MPNP must submit an EOI. All candidates must answer all EOI questions accurately and completely. If your situation changes, you must update your profile. If you provide false or misleading information in your EOI, it may be considered misrepresentation and you may be subject to a ban which would prevent you from submitting another EOI for two years.

All the best to your friend!

Thanks for all comments, they were all useful and hope to take this into consideration when she does the LOE.

I will update here the final result, if they accpet or reject her LOE.

Dimple10:
[s]so how did the officer deduce the cousinship? Biko don't let the person overcomplicate issue. somewhere somehow, there was a mention of cousin for the officer to pick up on it and that falls under misrepresentation aka lying. Ignorance is really not an excuse and the person cannort claim the form was not filled by them because they agreed to the declaration.[/s] Just explain in an LOE the truth as it is and hope for the best. I saw @graciouswords response to you and cancelled some of mine

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The easiest and fastest route to get an additional degree is through a Pre-HND program

Mola02:
Hello good evening
So my husband got (FSW) AOR January 2021.. his medicals showed passed in February..we got married in March 2021, he added me to his application same March. We submitted everything required. And his medicals moved from passed to we are reviewing your medical s.. And the application has been on hold since then we have sent websform, mail.. No response. Nothing has moved or changed for over a year now. Even my medicals is over year. Nothing has been heard. My medicals was not acknowledged. No ghost update nothing.. Pls what means can we use again. It’s just tiring for over a year now

This is sad, not even remed requests. You should try calling, if they pick they’re going to tell you what’s passed and what’s not. Also ordering gcms notes might help give you a clue.

Dennyjuff:

You’re actually wrong to put that on a public forum like this. Proudly passing off a month course as a one year course. Even if we know sometimes some people have their ways around these things, it’s not to be mentioned in a public forum. Not a good outlook on us as Nigerians. It’d be nice if you take that down

Sometimes, we Nigerians overdo things, even when we chicken, we chicken out amazingly, that explains why we rarely see JR from Nigerians even when we've submitted the near perfect applications.

Well, I was expecting comments like this but to set things straight... There's nothing wrong or worth hiding about the program, this is a legitimate program and it is a course waiver for onward progression, it has to do with waiving courses that has already been written in your previous degree (Bsc) in relation to the diploma being awarded (ND). If you meet all waiver requirements, you'll be issued the diploma for a progressive admission into the HND program, hence why is called preHND program. If you don't meet all waiver requirements, you'll be given list of courses you're to take, which you then decide to take or not to take. And the breakdown of the payment includes ND1, ND2 tuition fees, etc which you and every other student pays. So how is the program trying to game/bypass the system.?

I think y'all should read on course waivers, all educational institutions offer it one way or the other. When I wrote the school, got all the details and got to know the program is legit, I was surprised why most people don't know about it earlier, it's all because of comments like this, jumping into conclusions about things without making any research. I just shared a legit and vital information for free. It'll be very useful for some people and those that doesn't find it useful. Sorry ooh!

Afolavid:


Sometimes, we Nigerians overdo things, even when we chicken, we chicken out amazingly, that explains why we rarely see JR from Nigerians even when we've submitted the near perfect applications.

Well, I was expecting comments like this but to set things straight... There's nothing wrong or worth hiding about the program, this is a legitimate program and it is a course waiver for onward progression, it has to do with waiving courses that has already been written in your previous degree (Bsc) in relation to the diploma being awarded (ND). If you meet all waiver requirements, you'll be issued the diploma for a progressive admission into the HND program, hence why is called preHND program. If you don't meet all waiver requirements, you'll be given list of courses you're to take, which you then decide to take or not to take. And the breakdown of the payment includes ND1, ND2 tuition fees, etc which you and every other student pays. So how is the program trying to game/bypass the system.?

I think y'all should read on course waivers, all educational institutions offer it one way or the other. When I wrote the school, got all the details and got to know the program is legit, I was surprised why most people don't know about it earlier, it's all because of comments like this, jumping into conclusions about things without making any research. I just shared a legit and vital information for free. It'll be very useful for some people and those that doesn't find it useful. Sorry ooh!

In addition, the certificate gotten will be evaluated by WES or whatever. If they pass it as having met the requirements, who are we to assume otherwise? So there isn't any "gaming the system here".

Thank you for the info. I suggest this be linked to the first page.

i'm just curious about this: NPC to help with what exactly?

aizebe:
Thanks alot for your comment. I will advice her do a strongh LOE and she got a number to someone at the office of NPC to help.

Hope it worked for her.

This happened to me. I got married march and added spouse in June 2021 and my own medicals changed from passed to processing as well. His was also never acknowledged till date despite numerous webforms and resending the e-medical sheet. Since mine (PA) has since expired in November, we decided to redo our medicals together so it'll get uploaded at once.. My opinion is that somehow nobody bothered to actually pass the medicals when spouse was added and dumped the file somewhere. Your VO is probably Accra as well.

My advise, book upfront medicals and redo together. Based on current trends, applications with valid medicals of at least 6months and above are getting picked up.

Sidenote: Did you guys order gcms notes at any point...You can email me lets compare situations if you like

Mola02:
Hello good evening
So my husband got (FSW) AOR January 2021.. his medicals showed passed in February..we got married in March 2021, he added me to his application same March. We submitted everything required. And his medicals moved from passed to we are reviewing your medicals.. And the application has been on hold since then we have sent websform, mail.. No response. Nothing has moved or changed for over a year now. Even my medicals is over year. Nothing has been heard. My medicals was not acknowledged. No ghost update nothing.. Pls what means can we use again. It’s just tiring for over a year now

ireneayeni:
Good evening everyone,

Please guru's in the house, How do i go about medicals. I have received ITA and trying to compile my docs.

Also how can I show proof of relationship. The relative I have is my Mother's Uncle, what documents asides his birth certificate can I use as he does not have access to it, but I can get his canadian passport

Please i will appreciate your response on this

Any relative other than your sibling or sibling of your spouse/common law partner, adds nothing to your CRS but it could add 5 points to your eligibility score:

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/eligibility/federal-skilled-workers/six-selection-factors-federal-skilled-workers.html

You, or your spouse or common-law partner, can benefit from eligibility points if the relative is:

*living in Canada
*18 years or older
*a Canadian citizen or permanent resident
*parent or
*grandparent or
*child or
*grandchild or
*your or your spouse’s sibling (child of your or your spouse’s parent) or
*your or your spouse’s aunt or uncle (by blood or marriage) or
*your or your spouse’s niece or nephew (grandchild of your or your spouse’s parent) or

If the relative is your uncle - you get 5 eligibility points, zero CRS points......provide docs to show you are indeed his relative and that he meets the conditions above, usually his passport (shows his age and citizenship) and birth certificates for you, your mum and your uncle to show the family link/line should suffice.

If the relative is your mother's uncle - there is nothing to provide as he is not an acceptable relative for IRCC's PR purposes. Unless you used this relative to get a nomination from a province e.g. Manitoba/Sask. If so, the the PNP would have stated clearly what documents to provide, which you must have provided which eventually got you a NOI and 600points towards your CRS for ITA. I wouldn't think you need to provide these documents as part of your Federal (IRCC) PR application.

Dimple10:
will update you if they send ours so you can check

Spoke to them today and they said it’s been sent. Also the medicals section on my application changed back to “we have requested a medical examination” . You can check with them if they’ve submitted yours too

Smithsonian12:
Hi Hi!

Tried calling today with fongo, got cut off when it was about 3 minutes to my turn, I'll give it a try again. Out of curiosity, do you know if the agents usually give details on status of security, eligibility? Or they'll just give the same update as we get when we log in to our profile?
Thanks

if your VO is based outside Canada, they will not be able to provide any information to you. If it's within Canada, they will provide details. With Fongo, patience should be your watchword. I've had the call hang up once the agent picks up. This happened multiple times before i got through on a random day.

Dimple10:
This happened to me. I got married march and added spouse in June 2021 and my own medicals changed from passed to processing as well. His was also never acknowledged till date despite numerous webforms and resending the e-medical sheet. Since mine (PA) has since expired in November, we decided to redo our medicals together so it'll get uploaded at once.. My opinion is that somehow nobody bothered to actually pass the medicals when spouse was added and dumped the file somewhere. Your VO is probably Accra as well.

My advise, book upfront medicals and redo together. Based on current trends, applications with valid medicals of at least 6months and above are getting picked up.

Sidenote: Did you guys order gcms notes at any point...You can email me lets compare situations if you like

Yes VO is Accra..we ordered gcms September.. there was nothing really there. Nothing has started .. I think we will do the upfront medicals as you advised. Please after your re medicals did they reply you..please what’s your email

1cor2v9:


Submitted to vfs lagos on 8th Feb.

Please did you receive an email when your package got to VFS Accra?