₦airaland Forum

GgovCa:
If you are submitting your passport in person, you do not need to book an appointment. You can walk into the VFS center in Lagos and submit your passport directly, especially if you have already completed your biometrics at that location.

If you also wish to pick up your passport in person, you will not need DHL services.

OllyM:
Happy Sunday everyone.

Please is it only int'l passport my sponsor can submit or he can use other means of Identification?
🙏🏽

Bobomaigida:
No o

All documents to show your relationship, birth certificate, pictures, other documents etc

Greyworld:
Hi, pls i need update regard passport submission. I dont live in lagos or Abuja. If you have any Idea kindly share. Booking an appointment in lagos is even out cos there is no slot available.
Thnks

bliss121:
Thank you so much for your response.I have a bachelor's degree in MICROBIOLOGY and not nursing.Should I still go for a diploma in practical nursing or PSW?Does it show career progression in this case? I'm so sorry for the numerous questions.Thanks alot.

MarksmanD:
PPR alert!!!
My BVL dropped 24 hours before my PPR came.
My application timeline was 13 weeks. There was no update on the New portal tracker and the tracker account I registered on. Even when my BVL dropped before the PPR. Nothing changed on the tracker.
IRCC will humble you, but trust in Jesus, he's forever faithful and merciful.

I'm a first time applicant and I did my application process myself. I used the New portal. My POF documents alone was almost 100 pages. SOP documents was like 30 pages and I compressed it to 1.8mb. I used almost a month to write my SOP, because I needed to sell myself, not just as a mere student, but as someone who will make valuable contributions to the Canadian economy with my professional skills.

A total of 45k CAD was my budget for this application.
Documents used:
1. GIC (20,650)

2. First semester tuition receipt (11k CAD)

3. Tuition balance in my domiciliary account(8k CAD)

4. Flight and ancillary expenses of 5k CAD.

5. 15 months payslips and invoices from previous employer to my current employer and side gigs. Bureau de Change deposit slips.

6. Housing deed of gift which was legalized by the court.

7. Promotion letters (I had like 3 promotions in a year and 5 payrise when I worked for some Nigerian companies). Reference letter as a volunteer for an NGO.

8. My sponsor notorized the sponsorship letter. He also sent the full money I needed to my account. He gave me a copy of his residency permit, passport data page, investment account statement, employment letter and work permit, payslips for a year and his most recent picture.

9. I used my parents as home ties. I hardly take pictures of myself and I had no recent picture with my family, so I used family pictures of when I was a teenager and I added a recent family picture which I wasn't in.
I have a registered business which has never been operational since it was registered almost 2 years ago. I explained the reason my course program would give me the required skill needed in running the business when I return to Nigeria (I didn't submit a tax clearance because the business has never operated. But I submitted the CAC and shareholder documents).

10. Previous study visa rejection letter from another country's embassy. The admission letter of the school that admitted me (Still the same study program as in Canada. My study program is on the list of the programs Canada wants and would give PGWP for). The full tuition receipt I paid and the tuition refund receipt.

11. I'm in tech and I have been in the same job role for almost a decade. (I have worked remotely for companies in the top 10 tech countries in the world list). As a remote worker in Nigeria, you need to have multiple receiving accounts because of different clients and employers would give you their best option to send your money. I had 4 different foreign receiving accounts. I explained each and every transactions I got in them (I had lump sum transfers) and why I had 4 different receiving accounts and their pros. Even when I realized that I didn't attach some lump sum receipts to my POF documents 2 months after my application, I sent it with Webform and explained it.

12. My SOP explanation letter alone was almost 10 pages. I was truthful with my application. Where I had an error, I stated it and I showed proof on how the error came about.

13. I did upfront medical at Q-life because it was cheaper than IOM a week before I submitted my application.


This whole Canada thing was orchestrated and led by God, and all the glory, honor, and thanks belongs to him.

I acknowledge the effort of and I thank @Zubizareta and @JMG (Just Move Global), they patiently answered my questions on Whatsapp for free when I started this journey. Special thanks to others who answered my questions on Nairaland.

To others waiting, it's just a matter of time for your own testimony too in Jesus name. At a time I got tired of waiting. My admission process took over 2 months. My visa application process took over 3 months.
Never stop praying and never stop trusting God. Please, be truthful in your application. If you are stuck and need help with your application, you can shoot me a mail and I'll try my best to reply to them.

Mrtoke:
Congratulations, how did you fund your GIC account? Transfer from a domiciliary account or you have someone in Canada pay for you? Please advise, thanks

bullstriker:
Most MScs require a degree in a related field. If you want me to help you apply to this program, send me a message.

International Business University
Master's Degree
Master of Business Administration - Information Systems Management
tuition fee
CAD 18,500 / Year

OllyM:
I meant his means of Identification cos he doesn't have a passport. Can I use his national ID card or voters card instead

Bentricks:
there are something i didn’t explain in my sop, can i reapply with my spouse?

Islabelle:
Good morning guys, I just woke up to a refusal letter today from IRCC. This is my first application. I have attached the reason for the refusal below.

I submitted the sponsor’s statement of account tuning to over 23m. School fees of 9k were paid already. Investment certificate was also included. There was also land and business documents as well which i included as my proof of home ties.

Please can anyone help me on what the next step will be? Please. My school resumes in January and I’m wondering whether to apply again or just defer my admission.

otunbadan:
No panic, You can reapply.

Let me address this in normal normal 9ja understanding ...

Now, lets assume you are a visa officer for a sec, for one I think the funds from your sponsor should be in your account, not with the sponsor, except maybe a parent or your age may not allow them entrust the funds to you, hence the sponsor holding it, otherwise that 23m, it should be with you.

also present your sponsor in such a way that that is not looking like 23m his last card. he needs to have sufficient funds to cover you and himself, that's why they read bank statements, so if they remove 23m from his financial activities shown in his statements, personal accounts oooo, but business account statements fit help, how does it look after that? Visa officer dey check am. Also, his statement-of-account has to be 6 months I think and it shouldn't be a new account. If its first semester only you paid, present the sponsor as having the financial capacity to pay next year and even a third year incase you fail a semester. I am trying to say present you sponsor as financially capable to handle your issues and still be living his or her life!

Finally, 23m in CAD (I am using 1300 naira to 1 CAD ... I don't know the going rate for today or the day you applied) is 17,69k CAD, required cost of living funds is 20k CAD, sum all this up, hence its "insufficient" to the visa officer looking at your profile.

Also, really really confirm the cost of you tuition and calculate it to the last kobo, you need to pay one year and show you have the capability to pay for subsequent years. I have seen one time when we thought the school fees was 10k per year, when in fact it was 10k per semester which translate to 20k a year. Visa officer kept on rejecting, it was the 3rd time someone pointed it out to us! So analyze well.

Wish you Goodluck in this!

Islabelle:
Good morning guys, I just woke up to a refusal letter today from IRCC. This is my first application. I have attached the reason for the refusal below.

I submitted the sponsor’s statement of account tuning to over 23m. School fees of 9k were paid already. Investment certificate was also included. There was also land and business documents as well which i included as my proof of home ties.

Please can anyone help me on what the next step will be? Please. My school resumes in January and I’m wondering whether to apply again or just defer my admission.

Bobomaigida:
Sorry about the refusal.

The first thing is to request for your GCMS notes to know the exact concerns of the VO. In addition to the general concerns about the funds you have, the VO also mentioned lack of ties outside Canada, this could be attributed to the SOP not being written well.

sternakin:
1. It seem you're not married yet
2. What's your relationship with your sponsor
3. What are the documents presented to show financial buoyancy of your sponsor
4. Your employment status