Chiichii2010: @queen47,i sent u a mail.

solomonwis:

Yes,very well acceptable.

olabokey:

Hi Solomonwiz baba,

First of all I must commend your terrific work on this forum. You are simply sublime.

Have been your fan and I have been following you from "travelling to Canada", a visit and study permit forum here on Nairaland.
Your answers to the questions are succinct and your arguments are always based on fact, hence, convincing. Example is your argument on successful use of master DEBIT card to pay for tuition... . However, I need more clarification on the use of retirement pension saving such as IBTC pension as support funds because I have not seen this on CIC website. Although, stocks and traveler's cheques are mentioned. Could you please throw more light on? Do you mean the retirement pension saving that my company and I contribute to every month will fly? I don't wanna screw buddy.

Again, what is my chances of including adopted child in my application? I do hope this would not delay my application?

Domkollins,Ferdimako and all the rest of the house I salute una for the good work.

Thanks and God bless you.

ferdimako:
That package is not enuf...@seedgie gimme ur e-mail addy, I will push in d materials free of charge!

3rdHigh: @ the wiseman solomon,


Welldone for the good job of providing guideance, a quick one please?

1) From experience, what is the average processing time from the date of submissionm
2) Is ending of september late to submit
3) Is it a must for supporting applicant to provide Birth certificate
4) Is it compulsory to notarize documents? Is it a must
Thanks in advance as you provide answers to these questions

olabokey:

Hi Solomonwiz baba,

First of all I must commend your terrific work on this forum. You are simply sublime.

Have been your fan and I have been following you from "travelling to Canada", a visit and study permit forum here on Nairaland.
Your answers to the questions are succinct and your arguments are always based on fact, hence, convincing. Example is your argument on successful use of master DEBIT card to pay for tuition... . However, I need more clarification on the use of retirement pension saving such as IBTC pension as support funds because I have not seen this on CIC website. Although, stocks and traveler's cheques are mentioned. Could you please throw more light on? Do you mean the retirement pension saving that my company and I contribute to every month will fly? I don't wanna screw buddy.

Again, what is my chances of including adopted child in my application? I do hope this would not delay my application?

Domkollins,Ferdimako and all the rest of the house I salute una for the good work.

Thanks and God bless you.

damkollins:
[b]
1.Average processing period from date of submission as updated last from CIC website is 31months.....that's like 2.5 years .Personally i think it's btw 2 and 2.5 years.Currently,Accra is still rounding off FSW2011/2012 applications .

2.I always like to be positive minded regardless of how hopeless the situation is.September is not too late for submission ....but all still depend on your NOC been actively pursued by other country nationals.

3.Everybody in the application package needs to provide birth certificate and so not related only to the principal applicants alone.

4.You are only expected to notorize only your sets of documents or supporting document that are in your native language..I'm sure you are a full blooded Nigerian like myself and i believe mostly if not all of our document's are written in English by default..........which means I'm quite sure you don't need to notorize them.If however you have any document of yours written in your native language ,You will
A.Translate it
B.Certify the translated copy
C.Notorize the certified copy
You will include the certified/notorized original copy in your application and also include the photocopy of the original copy in your native language.
Cheers .
[/b]

ANBAKO:

Solo, I think there is a point of correction about translation process.
All that is required is as follows

Translate document from original language to ENGLISH or French
Translator should swear an affidavit that translation is correct
Certify a copy of the original document in the original language.

All 3 must be combined to make a perfect translation.

See excerpt from CIC website

Translation of documents

Any document that is not in English or French must be accompanied by:

the English or French translation; and
an affidavit from the person who completed the translation; and
a certified copy of the original document.

Note: An affidavit is a document on which the translator has sworn, in the presence of a commissioner authorized to administer oaths in the country in which the translator is living, that the contents of their translation are a true translation and representation of the contents of the original document. Translators who are certified members in good standing of one of the provincial or territorial organizations of translators and interpreters of Canada do not need to supply an affidavit.

Important information. Translations by family members are not acceptable.

Certified true copies

To have a photocopy of a document certified, an authorized person must compare the original document to the photocopy and must print the following on the photocopy:

“I certify that this is a true copy of the original document”,
the name of the original document,
the date of the certification,
his or her name,
his or her official position or title, and
his or her signature.
Who can certify copies?

Persons authorized to certify copies include the following:

In Canada:

a commissioner of oaths (authority to certify varies by province and territory)
a notary public
a justice of the peace

Outside Canada:

a judge
a magistrate
a notary public
an officer of a court of justice
a commissioner authorized to administer oaths in the country in which the person is living
Family members may not certify copies of your documents

solomonwis:


Retirement savings account (RSA) are acceptable as proof of settlement fund (and people have used it in time past successfully) - I must warn here that this is acceptable to obtain/secure PER at the CIO level. You might however be asked to show proof that this money is readily available to you prior to the conclusion of the processing of your application at a later stage at the VO level. The onus lies on the applicant therefore that this money is readily available/transferable.

As long as you have documentation to show you have legal custody of the adopted child,you have nothing to worry about. Just include documentation of your legal authority to have the adopted child in your custody.

damkollins:
[b]Further to the advice already given by solomomwise ,I will advice you to carefully thread on cautious water on this retirement pension as proof of fund.I will personally prefer that you use the voluntary pension rather than the usual retirement pension.Reason been that your compulsory retirement pension is not totally unencumbered as you will only get certain percentage after retirement and not the whole sum.This also means that if you want to leave Nigeria and relocate to Canada,I'm sure you won't get any amount since there is no justification for it.
Voluntary pension is however different as it's considered totally unencumbered.You will be charged certain percentage to withdraw it totally if your contribution is less than 5 years while you will not be charged any amount if you have contributed it for five years and above.
I would not advise you to cheat but I'll prefer you to raise cash from your trusted friends when you are ready to submit.Go to your bank and request for bank certificate which will not show your previous history of transactions before the date printed.
A bank certificate will show your name,account details,account name and the amount in your account as at sent it is been printed out.This will be okay for application stage as i would shy away from advising you to use retirement savings pension.
Once you submit.....return the cash to the respective owners and realistically start a monthly contribution in your account towards your family size POF because Accra office WILL SURELY ASK YOU FOR SIX MONTH UPDATE OF YOUR POF.....and I believe that you will be able to raise the cash into your account before Accra will ask for an update...........please.......this is purely a personal advice.
On your adopted child ,it will not slow your application down provided you make sure all legal papers detailing the release is in your custody dn provided in your application .If the adoption is legal,I'm sure you have some documents in your custody that shows it.
If the child is from your friend or family ,there is a form that the parents are meant to fill and sign that they are releasing the child into your custody.
Cheers.[/b]

queen47:

My dear eh, no be small calculating very well. That's actually part of the reasons I am delaying registering for another IELTS as I am waiting to hear from wes and see what my certificate was evaluated as.

Meanwhile, see what I calculated. Help me cross check and see if its possible for this to earn me the required points

English lang -24 (assuming I write again and hit the 24points)
Age- 12 less than 35
Work experience -45months
Education- 19-21 ( really don't know what my qualifications will be evaluated as)

solomonwis:

The issue of RSA being used as proof of settlement fund is highly subjective depending on how knowledgeable the applicant is. Like I mentioned,the onus is on the applicant to prove that this money is readily available. Again,some people have used it in time past (and this doesn't preclude the fact that it may be subjected to further scrutiny by CIC).

I know for a fact that 25% of your total RSA contribution can be made available[b] immediately[/b] by your PFAs if you meet certain stipulated conditions (one of which you can meet with your intention to move to Canada - There's more to this anyways). This is the reason I mentioned the fact that you have to prove that this money will be accessible and transferable should the need arise.

ferdimako:
1.24
2.12
3.13
4.19
Total =68
If Education is 21, it is 70! So nobody has assessed RN and Midwifery cert @ WES? What do u have on ur IELTS now?

ferdimako:
1.24
2.12
3.13
4.19
Total =68
If Education is 21, it is 70! So nobody has assessed RN and Midwifery cert @ WES? What do u have on ur IELTS now?

damkollins:
Yes boss ....now you understood me well .
Prooving it may be difficult for most applicant as the procedure and processes to follow ay be obscure to them.
Cheers.

ferdimako:
I'm not a moderator. I was thinking u knew me at a particular education thread. I mainly contribute at national open university thread... the rest are one on d road.

queen47:


Wish education would be upto 21.

As for IELTS, here's the result R-6, W-6.5,S-7.5,L-6 (that's about 19points from what I gathered, right?)

Haven't come across anyone that accessed RN and RM cert, that would have given me an idea of what to expect

damkollins:
[b]
1.Average processing period from date of submission as updated last from CIC website is 31months.....that's like 2.5 years .Personally i think it's btw 2 and 2.5 years.Currently,Accra is still rounding off FSW2011/2012 applications .

2.I always like to be positive minded regardless of how hopeless the situation is.September is not too late for submission ....but all still depend on your NOC been actively pursued by other country nationals.

3.Everybody in the application package needs to provide birth certificate and so not related only to the principal applicants alone.

4.You are only expected to notorize only your sets of documents or supporting document that are in your native language..I'm sure you are a full blooded Nigerian like myself and i believe mostly if not all of our document's are written in English by default..........which means I'm quite sure you don't need to notorize them.If however you have any document of yours written in your native language ,You will
A.Translate it
B.Certify the translated copy
C.Notorize the certified copy
You will include the certified/notorized original copy in your application and also include the photocopy of the original copy in your native language.
Cheers .
[/b]

damkollins:
[b]You are right.....guess my explanation of it is ambiguous.
Even though I've not have any translation done,I believe it is expected that a translator have affidavit to support his or her business .If it is also a legalized translator by the government ,he or she will surely have a firm backing to support his claim in terms of affidavit.......if he doesn't have,an applicant can insist on his doing affidavit to make it legal.
Also,caution needs to be exercised in interpreting the third point you stressed as the way you put may mean the original native document needs to be included after certifying it.This is the reason why it seems my initial explanation is ambiguous too.
I'm sure you know that you are not expected to send any original of your document to CIC except IELTS,ECA and possibly PCC.
Now if you are translating any document......a photocopy of the original document in native language needs to be made and certified........this is called certified true copy which carry the same weight of importance as the original document.Instead of sending your certified original native document,you will send the certified true copy of it which is what CIC itself explained for "certified through copy".
There is no reason to certify an original document in its original state again.
I hope I'm able to explain further the ambiguity in my earlier comment .
Like I said.........I do not believe Nigerians have need to translate......certify or notorize their documents.......I didn't do any of these and i was okay.
Cheers[/b].

ferdimako:
Yea, it's 19!
They should...you sent d certs and council sent their transcripts, right. I know a woman that will soon start this process but she has B.SNc from National Open University of Nigeria. That is 21 for sure. She called me today...I told her Australian's is harder with visa cash, no points from work when u studied, their IELTS' point allocation and license.


I hope u r only required to get licensed when in Canada...d issue for her is getting cash that reflects her family of 6. OZ's subclass 189 does not require showing cash availability.

ANBAKO:

DamKollins,

Thanks for your input.
Per the third step in my post, I stated "Certify a copy of the original document in the original language".
I think that is clear enough to understand.

Lastly, it will be so naive (with due respect) for you to think Nigerians have no need to translate....etc. We have different conditions. As I said on this forum I have 6 document to translate and I know at least 4 applicants, Nigerians, that need to translate 1 or 2 document. This whole thing is not one-cap-fit-all thing. Everyone has his own condition. Someone with a birth certificate in CHINESE, Someone with BSc in Ukrainian, Someone with police certificate in Portuguese etc.....

Thanks for your input and good luck.

.....Maybe I over-assumed.May be my context of Nigerians only refers to an average Nigerian like myself whose entire education was in Nigeria.I just felt an average Nigerian who lived in Nigeria will have almost all documents in English.I never thought of your own side of the story.
Cheers.

queen47:


Yea. School sent transcripts, then I sent certs and licence. They sent a mail to say they have forwarded the certs to NMC for verification and I think they should be rounding up with all of that by now cos it's really taken a long time.

I guess all I'll need to practise in canada is to get registered with their own board which is usually not such a big issue. For Us you write their board exams and in Uk, you just for a 3-6month over seas nursing program plus write the academic version of IELTS and score a minimum of 7 in all the parts. I'm sure canada's won't be so different.

How does australian own really work?

ferdimako:
U need to do d licensing & registration right from here. I don't have the details.

So how did u deal with NMC, cost etc?

So how did u pay WES?

queen47:


Yea. I know I can start the registration process from here that's why I am planning to write both the academic and general version of IELTS, I can then move to the next step after that.

I paid for wes online with a GT master card.

As for NMC, I called and they said their charge is N8,750. They said they will contact me with details of how to make the payment and I am yet to hear from them.

But then, my wes status changed from waiting for verification from institution to review in progress so I don't know if they have used somne other means to do the verification without contacting me.

I emailed wes about 2-3days ago, got an automated response and another donotreply response. Waiting for a response that addressed the issues I raised in my mail.