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Good day everyone,

I am new here and very hopeful to get great support.

I just got my SP approved earlier this month ( due to travel in September) and would like to apply for my spouse SOWP and SP for one of my children as soon as possible. Two of my children are citizens so i guess i can automatically apply for them. I should also state that my husband currently has an active EE profile? Will this have an impact on the SOWP decision?

Please can i get any advice on how to go about it, thank you

He can easily switch, but my unsolicited advice is:::

If the admission is not fully funded, maybe he should focus on working for sometime until you guys get a PR in canada then he can study cheaper. It may be stressful for both of you to be in school at thesame time and only working 20hrs each.

Congratulations to your family. Which province are you in? I and my spouse are in Vancouver,BC

atoke2021:
PPR Alert- after 38 WEEKS
PPR Date: June 22nd
PS: I wrote this in faith in the middle of June
Submitted September 29th 2021
Review started: June 21st
This journey has been stressful and depressing but I’m glad it ended beautifully.
I started my PhD in September 2020 but did online till May 2021 (so I moved in May of 2021).
I got married to my husband in august 2021 because I wanted to bring him to Canada immediately.
We immediately started putting our documents together.
Keep in mind he has no travel history and just got his passport in august of 2021

DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED
Applicant Job offer letter for employer
Applicant job Promotion letter
Certificate from COREN and NSE
Transcripts
Applicant Bank account of 10,000 USD
Student funding letter of 35000 CAD yearly guaranteed for 4 years
Student scholarship of 15000 CAD
Student onetime scholarship of 2000 CAD
Student bank acct with 10,000 USD
Student investment portfolio of over 10,000 USD
Student transcripts and verification of enrollment.


Proof of relationship documents
Pictures of us dating
Pictures of our court wedding (we did the wedding in our house and not in ikoyi)
Marriage certificate
Tenancy agreement with me and my husband name. An apartment we rented since 2019.
Proof of back and forth flights from US to Nigeria since I started dating my husband (I lived in the US for 8 years before moving back to Nigeria in 2020 due to covid).
Airbnb receipts for places we rented together whenever I was in Nigeria

APPLICANT proof of home ties
Landed properties in my husbands name
CAC documents of my husbands company
CAC documents of his parents company where he is a director
Letter explaining why he does not have travel history.

While waiting for his SOWP file, we applied for visitor visa in December 2021 and it was rejected.

I am soo happy because this means we can start planning for the future.

Please I have a question. My husband has gotten admission for a masters in Canada for January 2023. Has anyone switched from a work permit to a study permit when they enter Canada? Did they encounter any issues?
Thank you.

I really hope everyone gets an approval soon and can be reunited with their families.

skull4eva:


VFS is better becos DHL is just picking up they are not concerned whether it is stamped or not

Thank you. I was at DHL today and the lady insisted that she has sent family packages in that manner without stress. I was unable to gain access to Vfs, but i sent them a mail which has been acknowledged. I am waiting for their response. Fingers crossed�

Please what is flagpole,how can I go about it.I submitted sowp since April 2 but have not gotten any response yet.or medical request.can I go ahead and do the medical instead of waiting for ircc medical
Request ?
This is my situation,my wife just graduated and have also applied for pgwp(she is also waiting for ircc response).I came in as a visitor to visit for 6 mth so I was not issued visitors record at the border.can any one advice on what step we can take.
Your suggestions are welcome.
Thank you

Thank you. Actually he has been waiting for 4 years to do his masters and has been posting it because of me.
We want to both do our education together since we can pay for the masters and his is just a year and a half and I have 4 more years in my program.
We are also in British Columbia- Victoria.

ditha:
He can easily switch, but my unsolicited advice is:::

If the admission is not fully funded, maybe he should focus on working for sometime until you guys get a PR in canada then he can study cheaper. It may be stressful for both of you to be in school at thesame time and only working 20hrs each.

Congratulations to your family. Which province are you in? I and my spouse are in Vancouver,BC

First make sure to apply for visitor record if you are already close to your 6 month mark. You can easily flagpole for your work permit. Your wife should flagpole her PGWP first cause you need her job offer letter and paystubs for your own application. Look up the borders that let you go for that and the time they allow that. All you need is to carry all your documents and pay the fees at the border and you will be issued a work permit. I will try to find a post that was made on an Indian Facebook group on how they flagpoled.

P.S- I modified my answer when I saw that your wife was on implied PGWP status

Lydylonge:
Please what is flagpole,how can I go about it.I submitted sowp since April 2 but have not gotten any response yet.or medical request.can I go ahead and do the medical instead of waiting for ircc medical
Request ?
This is my situation,my wife just graduated and have also applied for pgwp(she is also waiting for ircc response).I came in as a visitor to visit for 6 mth so I was not issued visitors record at the border.can any one advice on what step we can take.
Your suggestions are welcome.
Thank you

atoke2021:

We are also in British Columbia- Victoria.

Hello, please which school in Victoria are you, Royal Roads or Uvic?
I'm going to Uvic next month for my Master

Congratulations. I have been expecting your update since you posted that your review has started. I have also been waiting for my wife's application since October 2nd 2021. Did you send any webform to remind them and how often?

atoke2021:
PPR Alert- after 38 WEEKS
PPR Date: June 22nd
PS: I wrote this in faith in the middle of June
Submitted September 29th 2021
Review started: June 21st
This journey has been stressful and depressing but I’m glad it ended beautifully.
I started my PhD in September 2020 but did online till May 2021 (so I moved in May of 2021).
I got married to my husband in august 2021 because I wanted to bring him to Canada immediately.
We immediately started putting our documents together.
Keep in mind he has no travel history and just got his passport in august of 2021

DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED
Applicant Job offer letter for employer
Applicant job Promotion letter
Certificate from COREN and NSE
Transcripts
Applicant Bank account of 10,000 USD
Student funding letter of 35000 CAD yearly guaranteed for 4 years
Student scholarship of 15000 CAD
Student onetime scholarship of 2000 CAD
Student bank acct with 10,000 USD
Student investment portfolio of over 10,000 USD
Student transcripts and verification of enrollment.


Proof of relationship documents
Pictures of us dating
Pictures of our court wedding (we did the wedding in our house and not in ikoyi)
Marriage certificate
Tenancy agreement with me and my husband name. An apartment we rented since 2019.
Proof of back and forth flights from US to Nigeria since I started dating my husband (I lived in the US for 8 years before moving back to Nigeria in 2020 due to covid).
Airbnb receipts for places we rented together whenever I was in Nigeria

APPLICANT proof of home ties
Landed properties in my husbands name
CAC documents of my husbands company
CAC documents of his parents company where he is a director
Letter explaining why he does not have travel history.

While waiting for his SOWP file, we applied for visitor visa in December 2021 and it was rejected.

I am soo happy because this means we can start planning for the future.

Please I have a question. My husband has gotten admission for a masters in Canada for January 2023. Has anyone switched from a work permit to a study permit when they enter Canada? Did they encounter any issues?
Thank you.

I really hope everyone gets an approval soon and can be reunited with their families.

Iffylove:
Same thing here, the passport was delivered to vfs on Monday. I was expecting them to send updates through mail as usual, but we have not seen any. Only the update from dhl that the passport was delivered to them.
So I mail them through info.cannig@vfshelpline.com and they responded the next day with a tracking ID.
So it's the ID I have been using to follow up on it.

Hello Iffylove,
I got a response with the tracking ID, but I'm surprised it's just showing under processing since Monday it got to them... Please, is that the same with yours?
Actually thought Abuja is faster!

I used to send a lot of web forms and emails to Nairobi (like every couple of days) but I gave up on it in April. Then I came on to nairaland last week and I saw people saying they replied that email where Nairobi asked them to send updated documents depending on their situation. I remembered that Nairobi sent us that email in March but I did not reply it cause I had already given them all the updated documents via webform. I then went to reply that email on Friday last week. To be honest I don’t know if it helped but I just thought to do it.

amr12:
Congratulations. I have been expecting your update since you posted that your review has started. I have also been waiting for my wife's application since October 2nd 2021. Did you send any webform to remind them and how often?

Congratulations. I’m at UVIC

Toceen2022:

Hello, please which school in Victoria are you, Royal Roads or Uvic?
I'm going to Uvic next month for my Master

Hi lydylonge. I did not find the post in flagpoling when I went to look for it but I asked my schools international student advisor and she said it is completely legal and the spouse of a student can definitely do it. But as I said before make sure you have your spouse PGWP. This is why I suggested for your wife to go get her PGWP at the border if you guys are anxious.

Lydylonge:
Please what is flagpole,how can I go about it.I submitted sowp since April 2 but have not gotten any response yet.or medical request.can I go ahead and do the medical instead of waiting for ircc medical
Request ?
This is my situation,my wife just graduated and have also applied for pgwp(she is also waiting for ircc response).I came in as a visitor to visit for 6 mth so I was not issued visitors record at the border.can any one advice on what step we can take.
Your suggestions are welcome.
Thank you

Hello. I want to send the passport for stamping.
I’m a bit confused about the transmission fee. If I am sending the passport of the Lagos office (we did biometrics in Lagos) should we still pay the transmission fee?

Thank you

atoke2021:
Hello. I want to send the passport for stamping.
I’m a bit confused about the transmission fee. If I am sending the passport of the Lagos office (we did biometrics in Lagos) should we still pay the transmission fee?

Thank you

No if you're sending to Lagos but yes 9410 if you're sending to Abj

atoke2021:
Congratulations. I’m at UVIC

Thank you.
In fact, since I've applied last year I've been asking who's studying or going to Uvic. I'm meeting someone for the first time... Please, I'll like to get some first hand information about accommodation and living in the City generally. Can I send you a mail?

atoke2021:
Hello. I want to send the passport for stamping.
I’m a bit confused about the transmission fee. If I am sending the passport of the Lagos office (we did biometrics in Lagos) should we still pay the transmission fee?

Thank you

You don't need any transmission fee if you're sending to where you did the biometric... But make sure you add the biometric slip with other documents!

That clarifies things. Thank you

shams040:


No if you're sending to Lagos but yes 9410 if you're sending to Abj

Yeah sure. Anyway I can help. I will tell you now that accommodation No be for here but we can definitely brainstorm and I can check anything you need me to

Toceen2022:

Thank you.
In fact, since I've applied last year I've been asking who's studying or going to Uvic. I'm meeting someone for the first time... Please, I'll like to get some first hand information about accommodation and living in the City generally. Can I send you a mail?

atoke2021:
Yeah sure. Anyway I can help. I will tell you now that accommodation No be for here but we can definitely brainstorm and I can check anything you need me to

Thank you very much!
Yeah, I can imagine! With findings and videos, I've seen that Victoria is really expensive and accommodation is a tug of war. To the point students are booking airbnb for a whole session, I've known that I'm in for a looonnng thing.
I've sent an email request. I know it's late overthere... So, anytime convenient, I'm good!
Thank you once again.

Could you please share the Nairobi email address you were using. Thanks

atoke2021:
I used to send a lot of web forms and emails to Nairobi (like every couple of days) but I gave up on it in April. Then I came on to nairaland last week and I saw people saying they replied that email where Nairobi asked them to send updated documents depending on their situation. I remembered that Nairobi sent us that email in March but I did not reply it cause I had already given them all the updated documents via webform. I then went to reply that email on Friday last week. To be honest I don’t know if it helped but I just thought to do it.

I used these two that I got from nairaland:

nrobi-im-enquiry@international.gc.ca

nrobi-immigration@international.gc.ca

SoteriaMo:
Could you please share the Nairobi email address you were using. Thanks

Thank you

atoke2021:
I used these two that I got from nairaland:

nrobi-im-enquiry@international.gc.ca

nrobi-immigration@international.gc.ca

Same experience, but early this morning here, around 2:00pm Nigeria time, I checked with the ID, so its now ready for collection. I logged into my spouse's account and the counterfoil was right there.
So don't be worried.

Toceen2022:

Hello Iffylove,
I got a response with the tracking ID, but I'm surprised it's just showing under processing since Monday it got to them... Please, is that the same with yours?
Actually thought Abuja is faster!

Iffylove:
Same experience, but early this morning here, around 2:00pm Nigeria time, I checked with the ID, so its now ready for collection. I logged into my spouse's account and the counterfoil was right there.
So don't be worried.

Thank you very much, in fact LOI just dropped now too. And tracking shows it has been sent back to vfs for dispatch to destination

Do one need to do Covid test before traveling?
Traveling next month with Turkish airline

That's good

Toceen2022:

Thank you very much, in fact LOI just dropped now too. And tracking shows it has been sent back to vfs for dispatch to destination

yungbilli:
Wow back to back congratulations for 2022 applicants.

It also seems unfair to 2020/2021 applicants, i believe it's a tactic to make 2020/2021 applicant withdraw their application and reapply. I notice there have been changes with Indian applicants who were in this situation. They began calling IRCC out, and sending webforms for how bias they are and it work for some.

Silently reading nairaland i can tell only 10% MPs are helpful to applicants, 80% only check for updates, the other 10% won't respond. I understand the Visa is a privilege but we need to start calling them out legally so this can stop. I know of someone on here who's application is still pending since 2020.

Same with mine

Alhamdulillah, Verily there is surely light at the end of the tunnel.

After praising and thanking the LORD of the Universe, the creator of man from a clot of blood, I pray that everyone waiting would get a positive response soon.

My Story is so long but I would leave that for another day.

SOWP Submitted Oct 11th 2021
Biometric Oct 14th 2021
Medical upfont pass Oct 25th
Applied for VV on Nov. 23rd, 2021, and it was rejected on Dec 7th, 2021. Beginning of my depression
Applied for another VV on Feb 20th, 2022 and it was rejected 24th April 2022. Depression got deeper and I stopped going to the Lab (working from home but with low productivity). Finished my winter semester and my graduate coordinator, advisors and everyone around me felt so sad for me and I also felt sad for myself. At this point, I was already like I'm leaving Canada and I literarily got no positive view of Canada.
I went to my MPs office and they are literarily doing nothing and just saying I need to wait till the processing time elapse.
Eligibility Started June 14th. Then I started to fire email, and webform everyday.
Yesterday I sent an email to all of the offices from my own email telling them how depressing I am. Here I attached my transcript enrolment letter, updated finance, and landed document to Abuja, Lagos, London, and Nairobi.
I couldn't sleep overnight so one of my good brothers here that I pray that Allah grant his wife the PPR (today Bihitnillah) called me and we spoke and pray that we hear from IRCC soon. After some minutes I received an email from Abuja that I need to send a webform and I immediately responded to their email by saying I have done that 1000000 times. Well, after like 1 hr I stood up to see what webform they even asked me to send. As I sat on my chair like this I just saw the Golden email from on my wife's email (I have access to my wife's email) and it was at that time that I went on sujud (prostration) to Glory the Lord that created the earth and peg it with the rocks.
BVL and PPR June 23rd 2021.

Alhamdulillah.

shams040:
Alhamdulillah, Verily there is surely light at the end of the tunnel.

After praising and thanking the LORD of the Universe, the creator of man from a clot of blood, I pray that everyone waiting would get a positive response soon.

My Story is so long but I would leave that for another day.

SOWP Submitted Oct 11th 2021
Biometric Oct 14th 2021
Medical upfont pass Oct 25th
Applied for VV on Nov. 23rd, 2021, and it was rejected on Dec 7th, 2021. Beginning of my depression
Applied for another VV on Feb 20th, 2022 and it was rejected 24th April 2022. Depression got deeper and I stopped going to the Lab (working from home but with low productivity). Finished my winter semester and my graduate coordinator, advisors and everyone around me felt so sad for me and I also felt sad for myself. At this point, I was already like I'm leaving Canada and I literarily got no positive view of Canada.
I went to my MPs office and they are literarily doing nothing and just saying I need to wait till the processing time elapse.
Eligibility Started June 14th. Then I started to fire email, and webform everyday.
Yesterday I sent an email to all of the offices from my own email telling them how depressing I am. Here I attached my transcript enrolment letter, updated finance, and landed document to Abuja, Lagos, London, and Nairobi.
I couldn't sleep overnight so one of my good brothers here that I pray that Allah grant his wife the PPR (today Bihitnillah) called me and we spoke and pray that we hear from IRCC soon. After some minutes I received an email from Abuja that I need to send a webform and I immediately responded to their email by saying I have done that 1000000 times. Well, after like 1 hr I stood up to see what webform they even asked me to send. As I sat on my chair like this I just saw the Golden email from on my wife's email (I have access to my wife's email) and it was at that time that I went on sujud (prostration) to Glory the Lord that created the earth and peg it with the rocks.
BVL and PPR June 23rd 2021.

Alhamdulillah.

Congratulations ooo. It will end it praise for we that applied early 2021 and still waiting. God will remember us for good and grant our PPR too. Once again congrats atleast depression go disappear now

shams040:
Alhamdulillah, Verily there is surely light at the end of the tunnel.

After praising and thanking the LORD of the Universe, the creator of man from a clot of blood, I pray that everyone waiting would get a positive response soon.

My Story is so long but I would leave that for another day.

SOWP Submitted Oct 11th 2021
Biometric Oct 14th 2021
Medical upfont pass Oct 25th
Applied for VV on Nov. 23rd, 2021, and it was rejected on Dec 7th, 2021. Beginning of my depression
Applied for another VV on Feb 20th, 2022 and it was rejected 24th April 2022. Depression got deeper and I stopped going to the Lab (working from home but with low productivity). Finished my winter semester and my graduate coordinator, advisors and everyone around me felt so sad for me and I also felt sad for myself. At this point, I was already like I'm leaving Canada and I literarily got no positive view of Canada.
I went to my MPs office and they are literarily doing nothing and just saying I need to wait till the processing time elapse.
Eligibility Started June 14th. Then I started to fire email, and webform everyday.
Yesterday I sent an email to all of the offices from my own email telling them how depressing I am. Here I attached my transcript enrolment letter, updated finance, and landed document to Abuja, Lagos, London, and Nairobi.
I couldn't sleep overnight so one of my good brothers here that I pray that Allah grant his wife the PPR (today Bihitnillah) called me and we spoke and pray that we hear from IRCC soon. After some minutes I received an email from Abuja that I need to send a webform and I immediately responded to their email by saying I have done that 1000000 times. Well, after like 1 hr I stood up to see what webform they even asked me to send. As I sat on my chair like this I just saw the Golden email from on my wife's email (I have access to my wife's email) and it was at that time that I went on sujud (prostration) to Glory the Lord that created the earth and peg it with the rocks.
BVL and PPR June 23rd 2021.

Alhamdulillah.

Alhamdulilah and Aameen to your prayers . There is indeed light at the end of the tunnel!

Congratulations bro. Happy for you. I quite remember how you did travelled to the US and later switched to your studies in Canada. It's worth the wait. Congrats

shams040:
Alhamdulillah, Verily there is surely light at the end of the tunnel.

After praising and thanking the LORD of the Universe, the creator of man from a clot of blood, I pray that everyone waiting would get a positive response soon.

My Story is so long but I would leave that for another day.

SOWP Submitted Oct 11th 2021
Biometric Oct 14th 2021
Medical upfont pass Oct 25th
Applied for VV on Nov. 23rd, 2021, and it was rejected on Dec 7th, 2021. Beginning of my depression
Applied for another VV on Feb 20th, 2022 and it was rejected 24th April 2022. Depression got deeper and I stopped going to the Lab (working from home but with low productivity). Finished my winter semester and my graduate coordinator, advisors and everyone around me felt so sad for me and I also felt sad for myself. At this point, I was already like I'm leaving Canada and I literarily got no positive view of Canada.
I went to my MPs office and they are literarily doing nothing and just saying I need to wait till the processing time elapse.
Eligibility Started June 14th. Then I started to fire email, and webform everyday.
Yesterday I sent an email to all of the offices from my own email telling them how depressing I am. Here I attached my transcript enrolment letter, updated finance, and landed document to Abuja, Lagos, London, and Nairobi.
I couldn't sleep overnight so one of my good brothers here that I pray that Allah grant his wife the PPR (today Bihitnillah) called me and we spoke and pray that we hear from IRCC soon. After some minutes I received an email from Abuja that I need to send a webform and I immediately responded to their email by saying I have done that 1000000 times. Well, after like 1 hr I stood up to see what webform they even asked me to send. As I sat on my chair like this I just saw the Golden email from on my wife's email (I have access to my wife's email) and it was at that time that I went on sujud (prostration) to Glory the Lord that created the earth and peg it with the rocks.
BVL and PPR June 23rd 2021.

Alhamdulillah.