Creativebelle:
Hello Everyone,

I applied for visit visa for my spouse but it’s taking longer than expected.

Can I go ahead and apply for SOWP without canceling the visit visa?

Thank you

Yes you can.

Good morning everyone and Happy New year to you all

Please, I need your advice

My Spouse traveled to Canada in September on a study permit (Diploma) and I am trying to apply for SOWP together with my 4 kids (14, 11, 7, and 2 )

What are my chances? and what visa can I apply for them (study or visiting)?

Thank you for your response

bayoadeday:
Good morning everyone and Happy New year to you all

Please, I need your advice

My Spouse traveled to Canada in September on a study permit (Diploma) and I am trying to apply for SOWP together with my 4 kids (14, 11, 7, and 2 )

What are my chances? and what visa can I apply for them (study or visiting)?

Thank you for your response

where is the cash?

aestake:

where is the cash?

cash is coming...Pls help me ooooo

bayoadeday:


cash is coming...Pls help me ooooo

If you have all the required cash to cover the family size, yeah. What is the duration of her study and is it PGWP-enabled?

aestake:

If you have all the required cash to cover the family size, yeah.

What is the duration of her study and is it PGWP-enabled?

Thank you for your response

What is the duration of her study (2yrs Diploma)

I believe PGWP means Post Graduate?

bayoadeday:


Thank you for your response

What is the duration of her study (2yrs Diploma)

I believe PGWP means Post Graduate?

Good! Package your app and reflect well on items bordering cash and home ties, even though we know...webena!

aestake:

Good! Package your app and reflect well on items bordering cash and home ties, even though we know...webena!

Thank you so much for your time I appreciate

Please, anyone with additional info on this can let me know pls. Help your sister

Congratulations, I hope UK responds to us soon. I key into this testimony

hazzaman:

So here is the full gist as promised.

Spouse left for Canada April 2021 for a 2 years PG Diploma.
Weighed my options during that period and figured that visit was quite faster than SOWP so went for visit.
1st Visit visa application was submitted June 6, 2021. Then the long wait started. Explored the Travel Authorisation to expedite the processing but they didn’t see my reason as good enough. Then they new portal thing came up for those that applied before sept 7th. So I applied for the 2nd visit visa using the new portal in October,2021. Refusal for the 2nd application came in November,2021 with 2 reasons… travel history and insufficient funds. At that time, I was already processing a student visa to UK as naija don tire me. So I just focused on the Uk application.

Resumed studies in Uk in January 2022 and applied for gcms notes. Gcms notes came in April only for me to find out that the insufficient fund was because the officer could not access the mybank statement portal. I was like they could have asked me to present another statement na…

So in June 2022, I had already gathered documents and was weighing options again. At that time, visit visa processing from Uk was 8 days while work permit was 10 weeks. So I opted for visit visa. And the wait began… processing time started increasing till it got to around 145 days… after the 145 days I started sending webforms and email but to no avail. I started giving up and was already working on getting a skilled work visa in uk and settle here. Then spouse said we should try the SOWP. I was very reluctant. Started the application since 29th October but didn’t submit till 9th of December.

Submitted 9th December
Biometrics updated 10th December
PPR and BVL 15th December
Submitted passport 16th December
Passport returned to VFS 20th December
Passport delivered 21st December


It can only be God. Don't lose hope!

Thanks to everyone that have contributed here. It has been a very long journey…

My dear no reason am o... Applications from London office has been terribly slow, infact currently timeline from Nairobi has been faster. Some people are still waiting for PPR from London after 8months meanwhile they applied when processing time was 8weeks..

Uzomachukwuu:
Congratulations to you guys. This timeline dịkwa very mind-blowing. This is how fast IRCC should be in application processing. But unfortunately they only reserve such speed to applications made in certain countries. Well, I guess our poor institutional verification systems in Nigeria contribute too to the delay.

Are you saying that a UK citizen is waiting 8 months for the London office to process their Work/Study Permit?

khosen:
My dear no reason am o... Applications from London office has been terribly slow, infact currently timeline from Nairobi has been faster. Some people are still waiting for PPR from London after 8months meanwhile they applied when processing time was 8weeks..

Please house, in order to apply for SOWP, what are the necessary documents I need to change to reflect to my Husband’s name for my Visa application

Do I need newspaper publication, change of name on my NIN, on my passport? Please I’ll appreciate a speedy reply

Marriage certificate, Newspaper publication and wedding pictures should do.

Amazingamb:
Please house, in order to apply for SOWP, what are the necessary documents I need to change to reflect to my Husband’s name for my Visa application

About the photos, I will suggest you add more than just wedding photos. Add as many family photos as you can, including any surviving photos of you two together during your dating life and after the wedding. The aim is to convince them that you guys have a long existing relationship beyond the wedding. There have been many reports of IRCC refusing applications and claiming that the wedding pictures do not sufficiently proof the existence of a romantic relationship between the applicant and their sponsor.

These IRCC agents, very eccentric set of people! Those who are out to scam them are doing so freely, whereas the innocent ones end up receiving their bitter whip!

Restricted:
Marriage certificate, Newspaper publication and wedding pictures should do.

Uzomachukwuu:
About the photos, I will suggest you add more than just wedding photos. Add as many family photos as you can, including any surviving photos of you two together during your dating life and after the wedding. The aim is to convince them that you guys have a long existing relationship beyond the wedding. There have been many reports of IRCC refusing applications and claiming that the wedding pictures do not sufficiently proof the existence of a romantic relationship between the applicant and their sponsor.

These IRCC agents, very eccentric set of people! Those who are out to scam them are doing so freely, whereas the innocent ones end up receiving their bitter whip!

No idea how you came up with such assumptions, you can be honest but if your application is poorly presented, it will end up being refused. For our application we had very few pictures, yet it was approved.

You better go about your business and leave my post alone I wasn't responding to you; so kindly pass. I don't even have time for your ITK-ish argument this Saturday.

Peace!

Profgordons:


No idea how you came up with such assumptions, you can be honest but if your application is poorly presented, it will end up being refused. For our application we had very few pictures, yet it was approved.

Uzomachukwuu:
You better go about your business and leave my post alone I wasn't responding to you; so kindly pass. I don't even have time for your ITK-ish argument this Saturday.

Peace!

We are here to help each other, none of us works for IRCC, my emphasis was on a well prepared application.

IRCC has come through for them .

aestake:

They need to know what else to do to elongate their stay if they would like to. Coming in and going back after few months may not worth it, if you ask me.

Dear friends ,
Please I need an advice , my wife got a study person to study in Canada . When I can apply as a dependant my son . We are just a family of 3
Can I apply before she leave for Canada or I should let her get there before I apply ??

khosen:
My dear no reason am o... Applications from London office has been terribly slow, infact currently timeline from Nairobi has been faster. Some people are still waiting for PPR from London after 8months meanwhile they applied when processing time was 8weeks..

Don’t deter in your web forms and emails…

hazzaman:
IRCC has come through for them .

Ok. Enjoy.

You can apply now or later. If you are applying now, don't forget to attach her enrolment letter and study permit when she gets to Canada.

OLAstone6727311:
Dear friends ,
Please I need an advice , my wife got a study person to study in Canada . When I can apply as a dependant my son . We are just a family of 3
Can I apply before she leave for Canada or I should let her get there before I apply ??

Thank you, we have sufficient pictures to go along with it, does my passport need to have my husband name? Especially that I want to do a new fresh one

Uzomachukwuu:
About the photos, I will suggest you add more than just wedding photos. Add as many family photos as you can, including any surviving photos of you two together during your dating life and after the wedding. The aim is to convince them that you guys have a long existing relationship beyond the wedding. There have been many reports of IRCC refusing applications and claiming that the wedding pictures do not sufficiently proof the existence of a romantic relationship between the applicant and their sponsor.

These IRCC agents, very eccentric set of people! Those who are out to scam them are doing so freely, whereas the innocent ones end up receiving their bitter whip!

There’s no one way to market, I appreciate all the advice. I just need a good guideline to have a strong application. Please, what were the supporting documents that were submitted.

Profgordons:


No idea how you came up with such assumptions, you can be honest but if your application is poorly presented, it will end up being refused. For our application we had very few pictures, yet it was approved.

Hello everyone. My husband is my sponsor, can he apply for a n open work permit?

If you changed your name after your wedding, the name on your passport needs to synchronize with the current name—which might mean getting a new passport. But if you didn't have a change of name, there wouldn't be a need to get a new passport.

What I don't know though, is whether you can use your old passport bearing your maiden name for your application and then change it later when you get a new one bearing your current name. This might be possible, but I'm not certain.

Amazingamb:

Thank you, we have sufficient pictures to go along with it, does my passport need to have my husband name? Especially that I want to do a new fresh one

Amazingamb:

Thank you, we have sufficient pictures to go along with it, does my passport need to have my husband name? Especially that I want to do a new fresh one

While this is possible with rich countries, from a country like Nigeria, I’ll advice you do a passport that carries his name or surname as the case may be. I and my spouse had a firsthand experience with US embassy on this and the lady denied us on this ground. So just play safe

Veraikhianose:
Hello everyone. My husband is my sponsor, can he apply for a n open work permit?

Yes if he has the funds to show and explain why he needs to accompany her. Most reason will be that he can work remotely or has a career break from work with believable evidence.

Hello everyone,
Please how many Bank statements can I submit?
My sponsor wants to submit 2 and I also want to submit 2 making it a total of 4.Is this too much
Thank you for your response

Uzomachukwuu:
If you changed your name after your wedding, the name on your passport needs to synchronize with the current name—which might mean getting a new passport. But if you didn't have a change of name, there wouldn't be a need to get a new passport.

What I don't know though, is whether you can use your old passport bearing your maiden name for your application and then change it later when you get a new one bearing your current name. This might be possible, but I'm not certain.

Don't go changing names because of immigration. It is a personal thingy. The worst is when you start with the current passport that has the maiden name and renew with husband name or last name. Nothing is set on stone with regards to name change. My wife adopted my middle name and she is cool with that. She could have left her maiden name and no problem.

Hi everyone,
Apart from getting GCMS notes, asking an MP to enquire on one's behalf, sending mails and webforms, what else can be done to make IRCC Kenya attend to one's application? This is really getting depressing. I need to see my family!