₦airaland Forum

Ontarioo:
Congrats, Kevoh🎉

vinexe:
Greetings To Everyone And Trust We're All Doing Great , I Have Something That Has Been Bothering Me For Sometime Now And This Is So Important To Me So I Decided To Bring It On Here For My Nairaland Family To Advice And Maybe Give Me Guildline On How To Get It Done To Work For Me .



Now age is not on my side. I am 38 years by August this year..2025

Please 🙏 make Una help me were should i start my journey ? For japa

This is the document I have at hands

Payslip of 200k..
Tax.. certificate..
Trade test certificate 1'2,3 general fittings.
Pension certificate about 1.3m in it.

Payslip for 3 years..
Promotion letter ✉️..

vinexe:
thank U so much for this.. because of this my education background.. I make sure I married a graduate.. my wife is a bscn a nurse..
Currently working in one of the government hospital.. and she age too is not on her side..

vinexe:
thank U so much for this.. because of this my education background.. I make sure I married a graduate.. my wife is a bscn a nurse..
Currently working in one of the government hospital.. and she age too is not on her side..

kronos1:
Good day. Please I'll be most grateful if you could also assist me with the CELPIP study materials. email address: lakostaconsult@icloud.com

Ibbydav:
Hello Ibironnie. Please share with me materials and tips for Celpip Test. Thank you.

malakiMal:
Hey guys,

I’m in a very tricky situation and I need some advice from people here from different walks of life before I make my decision.

1. Foreign Work Experience:
I have 7 months of valid work experience in Tech in Nigeria, but that’s the problem… it’s just 7 months and I need a full year. But I also did NYSC and have access to a person at my PPA that can give me reference letter, and have all documents I need to support my NYSC experience. But I wasn’t paid for the NYSC except the government pay of 33k. My lawyer said NYSC can’t be used to claim foreign experience but I’ve heard stories of people using theirs. So I wanted to ask if anyone here has successfully used NYSC **Recently** to get PR. This would bring my points to a respectable 526….
Thank you!

malakiMal:
Hey guys,

I’m in a very tricky situation and I need some advice from people here from different walks of life before I make my decision.

I’m currently in Canada 26 years of age, and in a serious dilemma.

I’m currently trying to get PR and it seems I have a couple of options with its own uncertainty pros and cons, and I need advice from you guys after getting advice from a lawyer.

My base CRS points is 476

And I have a few things I can do to circumvent this low score:

1. Foreign Work Experience:
I have 7 months of valid work experience in Tech in Nigeria, but that’s the problem… it’s just 7 months and I need a full year. But I also did NYSC and have access to a person at my PPA that can give me reference letter, and have all documents I need to support my NYSC experience. But I wasn’t paid for the NYSC except the government pay of 33k. My lawyer said NYSC can’t be used to claim foreign experience but I’ve heard stories of people using theirs. So I wanted to ask if anyone here has successfully used NYSC **Recently** to get PR. This would bring my points to a respectable 526.

2. Marriage
This I really don’t want to do, but I have a child coming (Canadian citizen) with a woman here. The pregnancy was a mistake but she wants a child so she kept it and I also agreed to help out. I don’t like her enough to marry her, but seeing my circumstances I might be forced to. She really likes me and I think I can convince her to a marriage, but this is not something I would like to do ATALL. Lawyer said it’s my best chance since we already have a kid together, it’s almost a slam shut case I would get it with this route. But the girl is very bipolar, she can switch up at any moment and lawyer warned me that her switching up could also hurt my chances as much as it can help my chances.

3. Refugee
This is the worst option, as I went to undergrad school in the UK, did nysc, worked in Nigeria and moved to Canada. It will be very hard to argue that I had issues, but mehn I need anything at this point.

4. Go back home & get the remaining 5 months experience
We all know how Nigeria is, this is a death choice, I’m basically giving up with this option. But I have 7 months of foreign experience right now, I can go back to Nigeria and find work for the remaining 5 months (gods willing) and then apply with my points at 536, and I will have to wait for ITA in Nigeria. This is most likely the safest option but the most mentally devastating one.

Please folks I NEED your advice as I only have 8-9 months left in Canada, time is running out and I need something to use an option and stick to it, but I’m not sure which route to go.

Thank you!

MayorOfEdmonton:
I think the 1 year NYSC experience is your best of the listed options. I know people that used NYSC without issues as it’s paid legitimate work and qualifies for what ircc requires IMO. what exactly did u do during NYSC?
One person I know last year explained(LOE) that she was paid by a ministry in the government when they requested for payslips, she’s in Canada now.
Can you get reference letter from ur exPPA without their mention of NYSC? Simply stating your roles in ircc format and gross salary of 33k X12months.
Then add the 7 months experience in tech too.
526 is an enviable score….no slack baba.
Your lawyer Layi probably dey dis same nairaland dey gather intel😀😀.
Who no go no know!

malakiMal:
Guys im in a serious pickle and scared at the moment.

So when i was 20 i applied for study permit. At the time i was doing nysc and working in tech (entry level) but in my SOP. I inly said that i was doing NYSC. I didnt mention that i worked as i didnt want them to know i was doing nysc and working because i was supposed to be working in my PPA but was running it as i needed tech experience.

In my work permit i also didnt declare this work experience as i had work lined up in canada so i just used that and didnt bother using anything else as i thought it didnt matter.

Now in my pr application i declared the experience i did in nigeria. I added reference letter, offer letter and a picture of me and my colleagues at work. Im now seeing that people are getting misrepresentation ban for what i did and i dont know what to do.

Im in canada and all my experience shows progress and i have the documents for them. I make a good living here now and have a son on the way. How could i make such a silly mistake that can ruin my life. Has anyone else gone through this successfully? Should I submit an LOE or just wait from word from IRCC?

Funny thing is I received my study permit at the work place. I have proof from VFS canada that my passport was sent to the work address im claiming for work experience. this all is just making me super paranoid.

CornOak:
What was the outcome of this PR application?

malakiMal:
Lawyer told me to withdraw and apply again since my application has not yet been seen by any visa officer, and try to apply again with the options I layed above

CornOak:
OMG! ITA wasted just like that? You could have taken your chances and prepare a solid explanation just in case of an eventual ADR.

In all, I wish you good luck.

Cubalugo:
Good morning

Please is there any teacher here who has gone through category based draw.

I have a Bsc, PGDE in Education, 10 years teaching experience and I want to start and will need some guidance 🙏

MzSheila:
Please I need advice. I and my husband are considering Canada PR. I am 33 years and will be the principal with a masters degree in biochemistry and I want to enter the pool using the healthcare category for medical technologist and other related professions. I have ordered for ECA evaluation and written IELTS ( reading 8.5, Listening 8, Speaking 8, writing 7). My issue is this, my husband is a medical doctor and 37yrs, the process of evaluating his credentials is too tasking and it’s not through WES, we are planning not to claim points for his education but can he write ielts and we claim points for that? I checked my score online with this variable and I had 428, which is very low. Please what can we do to increase our chances? I’ve tried learning French and it’s not easy o

AmiableMosquito:
You need to max out IELTS to begin with. Although, your present score is good but you will need
L-8.5, R-8.0, W-7.5 and S-7.5 to get all the possible points.

I'm 34 and currently on 469, also awaiting healthcare draws. Unfortunately, my IELTS will expire on 24th of this month. Just hoping for some miracle.

MzSheila:
Ah I don’t have money for IELTS again o. What took your profile to 469? Canadian Education and work experience? Or from your spouse?

malakiMal:
During my NYSC it was kind of a data analyst role, I just helped them keep the numbering system of corpers valid. It was in a local government secretariat. So it was government work. The exact same scenario as the person you mentioned. I can get them to help with the format, but the payment part I’m not too sure. Omo this lawyer wan charge me $10k for marriage or refugee claim application o. I shout enter Nairaland😂. I have done all my past visas my self, I’ve never used an agent. But this time na potentially the last time I’ll ever need to do visa application again and na the main one so I need to do it right. I’m scared.

Thanks for the motivating reply boss, may god show all of us the way

Nickisindigo:
Can someone use the one year nysc service to qualify for a category based draw

MayorOfEdmonton:
They asked for payslips and bank deposits in ADR, and she provided it. She dey Canada now.

MzSheila:
Ah I don’t have money for IELTS again o….