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Good Morning All.
I need help in deciding what to do.
I have a 15Y study gap. Graduated in 2006; but I have been working since I finished my NYSC in 2008; total of 14 years. I am 36YO. I want to apply to study in Canada; I tried doing an MSc but it is expensive and most of the schools I have seen are requesting for GRE or GMAT.
I read through Centennial College and Humber College's Entry Requirements and can't see Academic IELTS. Is this correct?
I am also looking at New Brunswick Community College.
Is it advisable to go for a PG Certificate or an outright Msc because of the Study Gap and Experience?
I do not want to pay $75CAD twice.

Nitand2:
I sent the mail with an email address different from the one I used in my application

If you need information regarding your application , then you need to log into your IRCC account using your gckey and ask your question via webform. In that case they would be able to confirm that it is you and reply to your questions accordingly.

Ok noted
Thank you

mrprolifik:
If you need information regarding your application , then you need to log into your IRCC account using your gckey and ask your question via webform. In that case they would be able to confirm that it is you and reply to your questions accordingly.

Josh3322:
I'M LITERALLY SHAKING NOW!!

JUST GOT PPR!!!!!!

Congratulations Josh3322
Omo e reach to shake, since November.

MsLane:
Good Morning All.
I need help in deciding what to do.
I have a 15Y study gap. Graduated in 2006; but I have been working since I finished my NYSC in 2008; total of 14 years. I am 36YO. I want to apply to study in Canada; I tried doing an MSc but it is expensive and most of the schools I have seen are requesting for GRE or GMAT.
I read through Centennial College and Humber College's Entry Requirements and can't see Academic IELTS. Is this correct?
I am also looking at New Brunswick Community College.
Is it advisable to go for a PG Certificate or an outright Msc because of the Study Gap and Experience?
I do not want to pay $75CAD twice.

PG Cert is good for you due to the study gap. Most schools will likely not offer you admission for Master degree because of the study gap.

Quite a good number of schools don't request IELTS from Nigerians.

Be careful of NBCC and others that delight in eating application fee by throwing you into a waitlist.

Guys, I did my biometrics last Friday and till date, it has not been updated to completed, the portal is still saying they need my biometrics. The biometrics enrollment number is already at the top of my profile.

[quote author=Paxhavard post=112984010]Guys it's PPR Alert oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Just got my PPR request now.

God is indeed the Almighty. Trust him and never give up.

First-time Applicant (Self-sponsored), No agent. I did it myself.

I did not submit any landed documents to establish home ties. I established home ties with my family and my job in Nigeria. No single property title was submitted.


Congratulations, I'm next in line

Is it possible to go for a PGD in the middle of a second Bsc?
This is the backstory. A mutual is doing a second Bsc in Germany and wants to take a Leave of absence to go and do a 1year diploma. He has his leave of absence approval and has his family in Germany. Can it fly?

Good morning guys. I can't seem to find my biometric confirmation slip. Please is it compulsory for passport submission?

TomisinFemi:
Is it possible to go for a PGD in the middle of a second Bsc?
This is the backstory. A mutual is doing a second Bsc in Germany and wants to take a Leave of absence to go and do a 1year diploma. He has his leave of absence approval and has his family in Germany. Can it fly?

What is the intention behind the leave of absence? Are you residing in Germany on study permit?

makano:
Hello sayd

You didnt give full details as regards your program duration and full tuition..

If your course is a year course, then you can be a self sponsor..

So you do not need a 3rd party sponsor that can lead to a refusal if your application isn't well package as regards sponsorship..

You have a high chance of approval being a self sponsor applicant than using a 3rd party sponsor..

Peace

Hello, thanks for the response. The course is for a year and please which type of documents do I need to provide to boost my chances of getting a visa ?

Thanks

Josh3322:
Good morning guys. I can't seem to find my biometric confirmation slip. Please is it compulsory for passport submission?

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No it is not.

Congrats. May the land of Canada favour u. Mine is next in Jesus name

Paxhavard:
Guys it's PPR Alert oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Just got my PPR request now.

God is indeed the Almighty. Trust him and never give up.

First-time Applicant (Self-sponsored), No agent. I did it myself.

I did not submit any landed documents to establish home ties. I established home ties with my family and my job in Nigeria. No single property title was submitted.

Time-line:

Application submitted - February 1 2022
Biometrics request - February 2 2022
Biometrics done and updated - February 3 2022
Medical request - March 23 2022
Medical done - April 19 2022
Medical updated to pass - May 5 2022

(PS: Avoid Q-life. They can delay for Africa. I recommend IOM)

PPR - May 19 2022

Documents submitted
Letter of Admission
Mum's letter of employment
Parents marriage Cert
My birth Cert and that of my siblings
Family pictures
Undergraduate Transcripts
Diploma and LLB Cert
Law school transcripts and Cert
Call to Bar Cert
NBA Practicing fee receipts
Sample of my NBA Stamp and Seal
CV
My Employment letter
Letter of Introduction/leave from my employers
Work ID
6 months payslip
Lagos State tax clearance certificate
Reference letter from the International Law Association
Reference letter from ARM and my pension and retirement account Statement
MPower loan offer - $40k
6 months Salary account statement with about $12k
IELTS
NYSC cert
Waec
Police character report.

I encourage everyone who is waiting not to give up hope. E go reach you soon.

Abeg who dey go Toronto make we link up for Fall 2022.

God, I'm so happy! Thank you Jesus.

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ShowYoung:
Those universities did not offer you admission PROBABLY because of the following reasons:

1. You applied to a highly competitive universities that require 80% or more GPA in the last two semesters or years. I don't see you have this judging by your CGPA of 3.84/5.

2. Most universities in Canada accept 77% or more of GPA in the last two semesters or years. You may have struggled to have this, perhaps your had attained good grades during your early years and semesters but did not maintain it during your final 2 two semesters or years which weakened your CGPA.

3. If you applied to University of Saskatchewan and/or University of Northern British Columbia UNBC and you were not offered admission, it is the corroboration of the above two points.

In light of this, you should try to find admission without looking for possible funding.

All in all, if you tried more times and failed to secure an offer of admission, I would advise you go for PGD which is typically 8 months to 2 years.

Please can I send you a mail. I need you to put me through �. I want to show you my cv, sop and transcript.

Makah00:
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Please can I send you a mail. I need you to put me through �. I want to show you my cv, sop and transcript.

I have replied your email.

Josh3322:
Good morning guys. I can't seem to find my biometric confirmation slip. Please is it compulsory for passport submission?

Just add your BVL as a replacement.

Please guys I need an urgent help on what to do now pleeeeeesssse!
It was an agent that did my application before I came across Nairaland … was a bit relieved yesterday when I noticed eligibility has started on my application
But please to my greatest surprise now I got a message from Ircc now stating I use a fraudulent account statement that I should attend to this within 15 days or else I get refusal

Please gurus in the house I need ur urgent help on this please for God sake

I just called vfs and I was told to pay about #9,400 and add the transfer receipt to my submission. So I can just use the BVL instead?

CentennialGuy:
Just add your BVL as a replacement.

Please, when is the right time to get started with my applications.
I like to study health related masters in Canada.
Any Advice Will De Good.

Josh3322:
Good morning guys. I can't seem to find my biometric confirmation slip. Please is it compulsory for passport submission?

Congrats josh !!
Submit your bvl if you can’t find your biometrics slip

Please gurus in the house I really need ur help on this please……am shaking right now……

Nitand2:
Please guys I need an urgent help on what to do now pleeeeeesssse!
It was an agent that did my application before I came across Nairaland … was a bit relieved yesterday when I noticed eligibility has started on my application
But please to my greatest surprise now I got a message from Ircc now stating I use a fraudulent account statement that I should attend to this within 15 days or else I get refusal

Please gurus in the house I need ur urgent help on this please for God sake

Josh3322:
I just called vfs and I was told to pay about #9,400 and add the transfer receipt to my submission. So I can just use the BVL instead?

Where did you do your Biometrics and where you sending the passport to? Abuja or Lagos?

Electroweb:
Congratulations on your successful application. I intend to apply for me and my kids. One of my kids is a US citizen. Applying for him was confusing for me. Is it the procedure to apply for a child who is a US citizen at the point of entry into Canada. If yes, is his US passport sufficient to board a plane from Nigeria to Canada? How were you able to compress your documents? As for me, the time I spent compressing, deleting, re-compressing my documents was more than filling the pdf forms.

Thanks

Hi congratulations and I am very happy for you. I am currently on the same path, can you share me your SOP letter as I'd love to use it as a reference to prepare my own. I am supporting my wife going to Cape Brenton University.

Thanks in advance

MrCodeKnight:
PPR Alert! (11 days)

I applied on behalf of my wife for Study Permit and SOWP for myself. Although, we will be travelling with our child, we didn't apply for her since she's a US citizen (we plan to do it at POE). However, we made it clear that she will accompany my wife, hence, the need for me to also go with them.

Upfront Medical at Qlife: March 3, 2022

Timeline (it's the same for both of us, PPR was like 10 minutes apart, wife's PPR came first)
Application Submission: March 24, 2022
Biometrics Collection Letter: March 25, 2022
Medical Passed: March 29, 2022
Biometrics Done at VFS: March 30, 2022
Biometrics Uploaded: March 30, 2022
Correspondence Letter: April 4, 2022
Original Passport Request: April 4, 2022

I said 11 days because I submitted the evening of the 24th, thus, I started counting from the 25th.


Full Details

First time applicant, we have never applied for any Canadian visa prior to this application. But good travel history.

Portal: Old Portal (GCKey)
Program: MBA, 16 months program - September 2022
Tuition: About CAD 90k

Wife's Documents

Under Additional document:
SOP (7 pages)
Marriage Cert. (Notarized)
Daughter’s Birth Cert.
LOA
Scholarship letter (CAD 25k)
Undergrad Degree
ICAN Membership Cert.
Letter of reference/Introduction from previous employers, which includes salary she earned before she resigned (this is to proof how she was able to save up for tuition)
COI & CAC 1.1 of her company
My CAC documents (3 companies)
Our Landed properties (both our names are on the documents)
Pictures of ongoing construction on one of our new business venture
IETS
Police Clearance

POF
Letter from bank that handles her mutual funds, which included the statement of account, about N20M.
Sponsorship letter from me, about 7M in savings account which would cover the first year, then how I planned to support her in the second year with my FUTURE earnings.
MBS statement for my savings
Wife's MBS statement for current account, low balance, about 500k
Tuition Deposit Receipt (CAD 5k)
Wife's MBS statements for her business accounts (2 accounts)
Pension statement
Proof of my investment in my startup business, which shows the valuation
Repeated the landed property documents we used in additional documents here again
MBS from one of my companies (to show business activities)
30 pages Statement of account from another financial provider to show more business activities (MBS wasn't available)

Travel Document
Copies of all stamped pages, Visas and data pages of current & expired passports (2)

Upfront Medical
Upfront Medical Reference


Husband's(my) Documents

Purpose of Travel document:
SOP (7 pages)
Marriage Cert. (Notarized)
Daughter’s Birth Cert.
LOA
Scholarship letter (CAD 25k)
Undergrad Degree
Master’s Degree
Transcript for Masters
Last paid employment job offer
COI & CAC 7 documents (4 companies)
Landed documents (receipts, Letter of land allocations, Deed of assignment)
Proof of my investment in my startup business, which shows the valuation
Copies of some contracts (didn't show naira value), just the first, second and signature pages
Parents CAC document to show ties
Police Certificate

POF
Same as wife's

Travel Document
Copies of all stamped pages, Visas and data pages of current & expired passports (5)

Upfront Medical
Upfront Medical Reference

One critical thing I would like to mention is that the cash available was only sufficient for the first year, hence I had to explain how I plan to pay for the second year being a co-sponsor.


Thanks to all contributing members of the platform as the information shared was extremely helpful.

For everyone waiting, it will end in praise!!!!!

Hi congratulations and I am very happy for you. I am currently on the same path, can you share me your SOP letter as I'd love to use it as a reference to prepare my own. I am supporting my wife going to Cape Brenton University.

Thanks in advance

Okay, thanks!

Nikky6:
Congrats josh !!
Submit your bvl if you can’t find your biometrics slip

I did my biometrics in Lagos and I'm sending it to the visa office in Lagos also.

CentennialGuy:
Where did you do your Biometrics and where you sending the passport to? Abuja or Lagos?

Hello guys .

Please quick one.
I want to pay tuition and I have 5k USD(in US) , should I send it and change it to naira via black market rate at 595 2,975,000 and request for form A to pay to the school. At CBN rate 323 , I’ll be able to pay up to $8,000CAD in tuition with this money.

Or I should just ask the sender to pay directly to the school from US which would be 6,000 CAD .


The school dint give a deadline but I want to submit my application by next week.

I can upload it via webform .

But with the whole form A wahala , what if it doesn’t work ?
I don’t want to be stuck halfway and have to use fly wire at the end of the day thereby paying ridiculous rate .

Pls what do you guys advice .

Good morning everyone


Please how do I pay my tuition fee via form A using CIBC or Western Pay.

The school gave option to pay via CIBC OR WESTERN PAY
But I want to use form A cos of the rate.

Thank you in advance for your prompt responses.

Josh3322:
I did my biometrics in Lagos and I'm sending it to the visa office in Lagos also.

Okay. Perhaps you should do what they are asking you to do then.

In my case, I submitted the BVL as I don't have any slip because I did my Biometrics many years ago. VFS called me a few days later that I have to pay the N9,410 transmission fee. So maybe that's the new rule if one can't find the Biometric slip.

Alright, thanks

CentennialGuy:
Okay. Perhaps you should do what they are asking you to do then.

In my case, I submitted the BVL as I don't have any slip because I did my Biometrics many years ago. VFS called me a few days later that I have to pay the N9,410 transmission fee. So maybe that's the new rule if one can't find the Biometric slip.

Paxhavard:
Guys it's PPR Alert oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Just got my PPR request now.

God is indeed the Almighty. Trust him and never give up.

First-time Applicant (Self-sponsored), No agent. I did it myself.

I did not submit any landed documents to establish home ties. I established home ties with my family and my job in Nigeria. No single property title was submitted.

Time-line:

Application submitted - February 1 2022
Biometrics request - February 2 2022
Biometrics done and updated - February 3 2022
Medical request - March 23 2022
Medical done - April 19 2022
Medical updated to pass - May 5 2022

(PS: Avoid Q-life. They can delay for Africa. I recommend IOM)

PPR - May 19 2022

Documents submitted
Letter of Admission
Mum's letter of employment
Parents marriage Cert
My birth Cert and that of my siblings
Family pictures
Undergraduate Transcripts
Diploma and LLB Cert
Law school transcripts and Cert
Call to Bar Cert
NBA Practicing fee receipts
Sample of my NBA Stamp and Seal
CV
My Employment letter
Letter of Introduction/leave from my employers
Work ID
6 months payslip
Lagos State tax clearance certificate
Reference letter from the International Law Association
Reference letter from ARM and my pension and retirement account Statement
MPower loan offer - $40k
6 months Salary account statement with about $12k
IELTS
NYSC cert
Waec
Police character report.

I encourage everyone who is waiting not to give up hope. E go reach you soon.

Abeg who dey go Toronto make we link up for Fall 2022.

God, I'm so happy! Thank you Jesus.

Congratulations

Nitand2:
Please guys I need an urgent help on what to do now pleeeeeesssse!
It was an agent that did my application before I came across Nairaland … was a bit relieved yesterday when I noticed eligibility has started on my application
But please to my greatest surprise now I got a message from Ircc now stating I use a fraudulent account statement that I should attend to this within 15 days or else I get refusal

Please gurus in the house I need ur urgent help on this please for God sake

Hello Nitand2,

I want to ask you a simple question and I want you to be truthful. Did you use a fraudulent(doctored/forged) account statement?

Cos if you did, then there is nothing that can be done. And it won't be refusal unless the VO wants to be lenient. what you got is a procedural fairness letter (PFL) which precedes a ban for misrepresentation.