Rido007:



Baba we dey the same level i submitted around nov 16th,we can only be worried after February or march

Madukachase:
Shey you wan skip line abi. If you dont have a us or canadian visa in the past, start getting worried after june. Lol. There are still August applicants waiting for response.

Eaglestsr:
What other ways can I get to know the status of my application?


I submitted an application on the June 27, 2023 through an agent. The agent has been paid his money in full and ever since then he has refused to either let me have access to the application or inform me about its current status. To make the matter worse, he created a track account for the application using my UCI and I neither have access to the track nor application. Please I need some help.

linconab:
I made the biometrics enquiries for someone then...
I thought 12k CAD which shows that i am financially capable, please how much should i input incase of next time?

And for the hotel reservation, please how can i go about it, probably any pay at the property website I can use
For the intenaries, can you please provide a guide. And also how can I go about the family ties...I actually input my parents details Thanks

MrALIVE:
Please for someone going for vacation in Canada..what's the minimum cash immigration expects you to show at the point of entry?

Eaglestsr:
What other ways can I get to know the status of my application?


I submitted an application on the June 27, 2023 through an agent. The agent has been paid his money in full and ever since then he has refused to either let me have access to the application or inform me about its current status. To make the matter worse, he created a track account for the application using my UCI and I neither have access to the track nor application. Please fellow Nairalanders, I need your help.

Eriokanmi:
Hello. Don't entertain any form of worry. Why were you refused? Work on that.

Again, to those uploading all their towns master plans, lol. All you need do is , just follow the simple procedure. Their requirements are precise on their website. If they need more information, they'd contact you. You don't have to pay for any hotel in advance my broda. Hotel and flight booking aren't realistic nowadays too. I booked a hotel for Hungary last September and they were asking me to pay in 24 hours. I cancelled it. I now booked another one and kept it. On arrival early October, the rate wasn't the same anymore and i wasn't informed beforehand.

I booked a flight for a North American trip last week on travelwings, they called me the following day to pay. travelstart does that too. If you don't pay within 24-48hrs, it will be cancelled so, flight or hotel booking in advance is old-fashioned. Visa Processing time is pretty long now and IRCC knows that. Unlike when we used to get a decision within 2 weeks back then. If you go to booking.com, book and keep your details, by the time you're ready to fly after approving your visa, rates won't be the same again because you may have held it for too long due to the ridiculously
long processing time for Nigerian applicants.

Next time, do the following:

Just state you're spending 10 or 12 days and put like 4000CAD (I've always stated this figure right from my first visa approval) and upload an itinerary( places you'd like to visit as a tourist), book some fun parks and upload the bookings, watch before you book, so you don't book expensive ones and overshoot your 4000cad budget. As a tourist, an invite isn't necessary. Under that column on the IRCC website where you're asked to upload your invitation letter just upload the bookings made on those fun parks. Most of them don't ask for payment when booking.

The below is an example of your itinerary...

16th January, arrival in BC
17th visit to XYZ Park and take a short ride
18th visit to XYZ and repeat the visit on 19th and 20th.
21st, travel to XYZ Town and have a feel of the Niagra falls. It takes an xyz hours to get there so I'd rest on arrival. I hope to spend 3 days there(22nd 23rd and 24th), etc.
On Sunday, I'd go to church located at XYZ for service and if you're a Muslim, on Friday, state the nearest mosque where you'd like to visit and pray...though not compulsory,

Just precise itinerary and locations wouid suffice.

Your bank balance was good. Maybe because I've been traveling before, I don't bother myself with the above stories, I only did in my first time of applying. It may be necessary for first time applicants. Even during my first time applying, I didn't have a house or property document so, I didn't submit one. My visa was approved. The IRCC only wants to know that you'd come back to Nigeria after your visit and you've shown proofs that you had a company from what I read on what you stated that you submitted. If you're a member of any professional body or association, you may upload certificates under documents on the portal not your academic certificates except you're applying to study. Also, highlight your leave period in your introduction letter and upload . Your company can sponsor your vacation. It's allowed and don't forget to state that also

There are people who have houses and have sold them. They uploaded proofs, got to Canada but never came back. The VOs are psychologists too, mind you. That 12k is much. Having 100m in your account isn't a criterion for a visa approval. They'd look at your inflows and outflows for the period requested, not just a lump sum deposit. Please take note of this next time. Even if you don't have travel history, it doesn't matter, just be precise, honest and plan well ahead, though travel history helps boost your application, especially to the US. They hardly reckon with visits to UK from experience. My cousin had been to UK 2 times and his visa was still refused until he got USA visa and reapplied with a fresh visa and same documents he uploaded in the previous application. He got 5 years on a 5-year validity passport. I still don't know why usa visa ( valid or expired) is a plus till now. Maybe because they're neighbours.

Try next time, Tell them the 4000cad doesn't include your flight ticket but only for your stay. They'd do the maths with the credit balance and your account performance ( esp the in flows)with the bank statement you uploaded on a rough estimate of your flight ticket . I hope you got my points.

Pls Pardon my long story. I felt you needed help and this would help. Still read widely on this thread. The information garnered would also help you.

Good luck next time.


Canada are more concern with your Us visa and Australia, not Uk,if you have been to US or Australia Before ,you have a greater chances, an immigration lawyer told me this

Kennyg290:

Although the new processing time line for VV is 121 days but the last approval took 5 months,so let's prepare our mind towards that to prevent unnecessary worries.

nodetest:
Hello

Please I need help. I just submitted visa application for a family of four today. 3 members got their UCI immediately while my spouse got the Biometrics letter later. I am the principal applicant and I do not have the UCI and biometrics letter. Is there a way I can go about this?

Canadahome:


Hello bro, Abeg when your parents apply? We are still waiting for our parents visa as well. biometric was completed November 1st.

Ashirioluwa:


Log in back to your account and check again.

Levels1:



Is your email used?

Do you have access to your portal?

Do you have your UCI number and the likes?

June is a very long period and certainly you might have been contacted since.

Eaglestsr:

No, my email wasn't used. He created a new one and never revealed any to me.
Yes, I have my UCI number.

Eaglestsr:

No, my email wasn't used. He created a new one and never revealed any to me.
Yes, I have my UCI number.

Levels1:



Unfortunately you still need your email and the password details to login.

Since you have completed is fees, I will suggest you go back to him and request for the email and password but if after he refused, maybe you involves the police my opinion anyways... Because without that details can't access anything but you can only apply for a fresh one, forget about the saying that you need to know the details he filled for you talk.

mojisolani:





I don't get you, are you telling him that what the agent filled matter less? He need those details because he may be refused for misinterpretation or not be truthful with questions asked. Pls go and meet the agent and get your details even if you want to reapply. If he stated you are married with kids and you submit another application and clam that you are single,does that not matter?. Abeg go and get your details from the evil agent .

nodetest:


Done that. Same thing. No UCI, No Biometrics letter.

Anyone else experience this?

Levels1:



Exactly what I'm telling him.


See, someone very close to me have same issues and today he's in Canada.

He was actually scared when we started the application based on what people have been saying about knowing what the agent submitted on is behave but we ignore the past completely expect the biometric


Wait let me try and post it if it will be posted as have been trying to post pictures since but not uploading.


Please I still can't upload it, I will like to show you both the passport stamped and the date of the biometric and the year, before The new application.. so all this you need to know what your previous agent submitted na scam to me as I was fully involved in the reapplying as we used new email since we can't get the previous from the agent

mojisolani:





Hmmmm

Eriokanmi:
You, Nickelodeon93 and a host of other naive applicants were the reason I posted that long epistle yesterday, out of my very tight schedule. There are useful tips on this thread, right from the beginning, if only you guys could exercise enough patience and read back to back and internalise them, you'd not need any fuckingg agent to help you in filing your application.

Annoyingly, the majority of them don't know jack, when it comes to visa application handling. The few of them too come here to learn, secretly and they suddenly become visa pro. Imagine, he used a wrong state of origin for you..that alone is implicating and a clear proof that, most of them are as good as agberos and touts you see on the street shouting owo mi da. You're much more knowledgeable than they are but because you don't have that patience to read, you always fall prey each time.

Is it the possibility of wasting the money you spent that one would be worried about , or the panick modes they would put you into, or the anxiety...this alone can be killing, especially when others are receiving good news about their application while agent is turning his back at you, after putting you on a long wait. Or is it the risk of being banned by the country you're applying to by submitting fraudulent documents? Sadly, you'd not even detect all these fraudulent activities because the majority of them would deny you access to your profile.

No agent has ever taught me how to go about anything. I read widely. Before NL came up with such a useful thread as this, I had exposed myself to Indian threads, quora, etc on useful visa and travel tips and they've really helped me.

STOP PATRONISING AGENTS,. Its for your own good. Always DIY!

Nickelodeon93:
so now what else?

Levels1:



Exactly what I'm telling him.


See, someone very close to me have same issues and today he's in Canada.

He was actually scared when we started the application based on what people have been saying about knowing what the agent submitted on is behave but we ignore the past completely expect the biometric


Wait let me try and post it if it will be posted as have been trying to post pictures since but not uploading.


Please I still can't upload it, I will like to show you both the passport stamped and the date of the biometric and the year, before The new application.. so all this you need to know what your previous agent submitted na scam to me as I was fully involved in the reapplying as we used new email since we can't get the previous from the agent

nodetest:


Done that. Same thing. No UCI, No Biometrics letter.

Anyone else experience this?

Kennyg290:

Although the new processing time line for VV is 121 days but the last approval took 5 months,so let's prepare our mind towards that to prevent unnecessary worries.

oluayebenz:


Are you an agent?
Reason why I asked is that, you always sound as if you are the only one that knows majority of people that applied for Canada visa, if not your friends, it will be someone close to you.
Na all your relatives wan Japa go Canada ni?

Meanwhile.... what you said up there is very misleading and could lead to a long time ban.
How could you said what was filled in the previous application does not matter?