Gereal:



You can tweet them. That speeds things up. @wescanada. Once my verification was done the evaluation took less than 5 days. If your school has sent the verification, please go to twitter and disturb them.

Thanks @Gereal...Its IQAS oooo. Nothing moves d jokers.

Happylassy:
Had similar situation, meds passed May 18. They dont test for Hep B, but they will ask if you have it. We answered yes! but it is not an issue as its negative antigen (that means you cant pass it on) and if the viral load is less than 2 million so you are a healthy human being.

All the best.

NB we did test at IOM Ikeja

@temas

Hello my great canny pple, congrats to all those uh recently passed ielts,got ITA.AOR and PPR by the grace of God we all wld also get ours. please i have a question; I have a US visa i got recently precisely june 2017 but i do not want to travel yet cos i would rather use the ticket money and other expenses for POF. please wld it be an issue (ie. getting a visa and not using it, tho its 2years i wld still use it later) when applying for canny EE?

mzjennypher:
Hello my great canny pple, congrats to all those uh recently passed ielts,got ITA.AOR and PPR by the grace of God we all wld also get ours. please i have a question; I have a US visa i got recently precisely june 2017 but i do not want to travel yet cos i would rather use the ticket money and other expenses for POF. please wld it be an issue (ie. getting a visa and not using it, tho its 2years i wld still use it later) when applying for canny EE?

Of course not....it is not an issue. The issue is if the USA visa expires and you haven't used it at all....and that's issue with your subsequent USA visas and not CAN visas.

Ehrnie:


Of course not....it is not an issue. The issue is if the USA visa expires and you haven't used it at all....and that's issue with your subsequent USA visas and not CAN visas.

@Ehrnie thank you.

Mine is at CIO too!
Got to know this morning.
So what's the average duration from NA2 to IP2 at Sydney?Also at NA2 since 25th July.
Hmmmm It is well.

Yooku:


Are the applications supposed to move from CIO? I just got to know yesterday also that my application is being "processed" at CIO and i'm in NA2 since 25 July as well.

Yooku:


@temas

thanks boss!

Dammiehar:


It is very sad indeed. It was my Masters degree that saved me from those people. When I was trying to secure admission for that Masters years ago I saw hell, I kept bribing and bribing before they sent transcripts. My brother-in-law paid 50k for that transcript early this year, I think around February and after collecting the money, they told him he has outstanding courses that he has to sit for. Can you believe that? Someone that graduated years ago, has his certificate that was issued by OOU and went for NYSC. I still don't get it till now.

Are you my sister-inlaw? cos this actually happened to me as well with OOU. i paid over 80k and they told me I failed one course oh. It took about 6 months to sort the mess they created.

nkigirl:
Even if there are stamps on his passport, are you required to scan every single page of your passport. All 32/64 pages?

Please this is really important. We are not trying to be fraudulent. But if we can omit this info, it's better.

Are you seriously asking me this question? You are being fraudulent and you keep saying you're not. I might not understand fully the requirements to obtain pcc for that country but I've found out CIC takes time to point you in the right direction.
However if you decide to omit this info and your background check reveals the information you have concealed just say goodbye to Canada for a while. If I were you, I would be asking people who have done how they did it.
Just do the right thing.

Good morning all. I must commend you all for the job you are doing here. I was almost going to register with David Cohen until I came across this utmost useful thread. I have since then become a silent follower, evaluated my credentials successfully and done my IELTS and passed ok due to all the useful tips gotten here.

My challenge now is two fold. I got an ITA in the draws done Aug 2nd. As at the day I got the ITA, I did not have sufficient proof of funds. I am now sourcing for the funds and know I will get it before the end of August. However, I have heard that the funds should be there for 6 months. Can I go ahead and apply knowing fully well that I did not have the money in my account for 6 months? I will appreciate feedback from the people that have done this.

The second part is that in order to increase my CRS, I added a trade certification gotten from USA to make it two degrees and this increased my scores significantly. My dilemma now is I am not sure it will be accepted and without the certificate now, my reduced CRS will be sufficient to get an ITA with the draws done yesterday.

Do I reject the ITA, get back in the pool and remove the certificate and hope for ITAs with reduces scores (My CRS will be 433 up till September when I have my birthday) to be on the safe side?

Gurus and seniors in the house, kindly help.

nkigirl:
Let me ask. Can you afford not to submit PCC? If you went to some middle east, African or Asian country for work for your company for 6 months and you are unable to get PCC no matter how you try. can't you just omit that from your travel history and not show PCC? Your company will definitely give you reference letter covering that you worked with them for so so years so no one would know if you were in Nigeria or not.

I understand that some PCC must be declared.
Example if you used your UK masters for ECA, you must show PCC
Or you had kids in America, and stayed for 6 months and you are uploading their birth cert, you have to show PCC. And generally, America keeps records so Canada can always ask them questions.


I am the PA. My husband is my dependent and worked for a company that sent him for a year as a commuter in Congo. He is no longer with the company BTW but he has tried to get PCC but no way and he doesn't want to get a visa to got to that country and start hustling for PCC. He can't even speak the language.
Anway, his company gave a ref letter to cover all his time as an employee but we want to totally omit the travel history to Congo. No scans, no nada. We will just say he was in Nigeria working

Is this possible?

But there are stamps for these trips on ur passport Yer!

And from what I've read u will need to send pictures of ur passport pages...
So have a rethink

Welcome to the sydney club.. Lol... Been on NA2 since 24th of july too... Praying and hoping for a miracle...

Noviolence:
Mine is at CIO too!
Got to know this morning.
So what's the average duration from NA2 to IP2 at Sydney?Also at NA2 since 25th July.
Hmmmm It is well.

Seer247:
Pls for those that have done their ECA with WES or IQAS is it compulsory that school must attach the downloaded form to the transcript before sending it to the evaluating body or is it just the number that's necessary? Thanks.

Not necessarily, with WES I it was just the reference number and Wes address I gave to my school. No attached form

Raconteur14:
Good morning all. I must commend you all for the job you are doing here. I was almost going to register with David Cohen until I came across this utmost useful thread. I have since then become a silent follower, evaluated my credentials successfully and done my IELTS and passed ok due to all the useful tips gotten here.

My challenge now is two fold. I got an ITA in the draws done Aug 2nd. As at the day I got the ITA, I did not have sufficient proof of funds. I am now sourcing for the funds and know I will get it before the end of August. However, I have heard that the funds should be there for 6 months. Can I go ahead and apply knowing fully well that I did not have the money in my account for 6 months? I will appreciate feedback from the people that have done this.

The second part is that in order to increase my CRS, I added a trade certification gotten from USA to make it two degrees and this increased my scores significantly. My dilemma now is I am not sure it will be accepted and without the certificate now, my reduced CRS will be sufficient to get an ITA with the draws done yesterday.


Do I reject the ITA, get back in the pool and remove the certificate and hope for ITAs with reduces scores (My CRS will be 433 up till September when I have my birthday) to be on the safe side?
Gurus and seniors in the house, kindly help.

Just because of the bolded, please reject your ITA as it may result to misrepresentation. delete and restart with a new profile, your ITA will be coming soonest.

MRSDA:


Ok thank you. Does that affect anything? Even my self employment?

Not it doesn't affect anything. Like most people have advised move all your work, self-employment experience to personal history

Noviolence:
Mine is at CIO too!
Got to know this morning.
So what's the average duration from NA2 to IP2 at Sydney?Also at NA2 since 25th July.
Hmmmm It is well.

Mine is at CIO too. I wonder how long it will be there for. NA2 since 26th.

deeore:

Welcome to the sydney club.. Lol... Been on NA2 since 24th of july too... Praying and hoping for a miracle...

We Sydney club members are many then. Hahahaha.

deeore:
Omo ppr rain for a couple of people in july aor whatsapp group... @Lordsebastian @ITABABE and co if your awake abeg check your mail o... You might be among the lucky ones... Lol.. Make i go sleep and dream of my reaction when my ppr go show face

I'm also expectant o. July 5 Aor...but still on Na2. How do I join the whatsapp group sef?

yimiton:
Thanks for taking your time to give us such detailed advice. I am taking it to heart.

I'm filling my form already and I didn't assess my first degree. Should I include it in the place provided for personal history or for study history, being that I don't have an ECA for it?

Thanks again!

Only provide the degree for your highest qualification which you evaluate. The rest I believe will appear in your personal history because you can't lie to CIC and you have to give every detail of your adult life from when you are 18. It should also appear in your study history but you will select that you did not evaluate the degree. This shouldn't be a problem

Hello people...

Please any PEBC applicant in the house? What's or was your time line like? Was it up to or more than their stipulated processing of 8 weeks?.
. Thanks

Raconteur14:
Good morning all. I must commend you all for the job you are doing here. I was almost going to register with David Cohen until I came across this utmost useful thread. I have since then become a silent follower, evaluated my credentials successfully and done my IELTS and passed ok due to all the useful tips gotten here.

My challenge now is two fold. I got an ITA in the draws done Aug 2nd. As at the day I got the ITA, I did not have sufficient proof of funds. I am now sourcing for the funds and know I will get it before the end of August. However, I have heard that the funds should be there for 6 months. Can I go ahead and apply knowing fully well that I did not have the money in my account for 6 months? I will appreciate feedback from the people that have done this.

The second part is that in order to increase my CRS, I added a trade certification gotten from USA to make it two degrees and this increased my scores significantly. My dilemma now is I am not sure it will be accepted and without the certificate now, my reduced CRS will be sufficient to get an ITA with the draws done yesterday.

Do I reject the ITA, get back in the pool and remove the certificate and hope for ITAs with reduces scores (My CRS will be 433 up till September when I have my birthday) to be on the safe side?

Gurus and seniors in the house, kindly help.

For Q1. Yes, you can submit even with the money not up to six months in your account. If the inflow you are expecting is huge, please do a gift deed to cover the inflow. You can read up on gift deed on this thread.

Q2. Evaluating bodies do not evaluate trade certificates, but you need to show an ECA for certificates you claimed points for, so your trade certificate is inadmissible here since you did not evaluate it. As you said, if you remove that certificate, you point drops below the draw CRS your got your ITA (I believe that to be 441), if this is the case, you have to decline your ITA and be back in the pool. Hopefully, another draw will happen before your birthday and will be in your favor. You won't be doing this to be on the safe side but to save yourself trauma of your application being rejected cause it will be rejected if your remove that certificate and go ahead submitting.

vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv:



I hope this helps

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7VzfcNbdQFvQl9RcERPcXVXNG8?usp=sharing

They contains practice questions.

I an writing mine this Saturday.

@temas

labelbybee:


Please i need clarifications here. I was born in UK, my parents returned to Nigeria after my 1st birthday. I have travelled to UK twice (within the last 4 years) on vacation spending 2 weeks at each visit. Do i need a PCC? I was thinking the PCC is needed for cummulative periods after 18years of age. cc: mummyjaygirls, boldinc, 40manlappy, feygbe

Technically you don't need a PCC unless you have spent cumulative of 6months in UK irrespective of how many times you visited after Ur 18th bday.

Ljay17:


Are you my sister-inlaw? cos this actually happened to me as well with OOU. i paid over 80k and they told me I failed one course oh. It took about 6 months to sort the mess they created.

LOL... . Maybe I was in a past life. You need to see the excitement when I just started this Canada journey and I realized I don't have to assess that BSc, I was over the moon. They are just a bunch of incompetent people, who feel they are something that they are not. And the bribe, that is on another level, EFCC needs to torchlight that school, especially Exams and Records.

ebho:
Hello Fam.

Timeline progressing

AOR - 21st July
MP - 1st August
NA/IP1 - 1st August
NA2 - 3rd August.
IP2. - 10th August.

God is Faithful.

God is indeed Faithful.... Are you a single applicant with no travel history? Cos your timeline is amazing and I tap into that grace and favour

@Ehrnie I need you assistance.

I want to convert my POF into treasury bills(3months) instead of it sitting idle in my account, i came across your post sometime back on this thread. I have my POF in my account, i am expecting my IELTS and WES results next week before i can get into the pool.

My question is can i use Treasury Bills alone as POF?, although i will also attach my SOA and bank letter along. How did you go about yours?

Omo see speed, 21days from AOR to IP2. I tap into this speed o.

Congrats dear.

ebho:
Hello Fam.

Timeline progressing

AOR - 21st July
MP - 1st August
NA/IP1 - 1st August
NA2 - 3rd August.
IP2. - 10th August.

God is Faithful.

careliz:


I am wondering how immigration managed to take a new born picture,was his/ her eyes closed,and how was d medicals for new born conducted.

Funny enough the immigration agents were very happy to attend to us because of the baby's age. We jumped a very long queue to do his capture. The agents that snapped him were quite experienced at capturing infants and they were women so they handled him very well.

Thats how wes sent a mail saying masters doc have been accepted but they've sent a mail requesting for verification for my BSc Transcript (I dont know who send dem message as I only requested to evaluate masters only.) Probably because my school sent both transcripts as both degrees came from there.

However after tweeting, calling, faxing and mailing their customer care all day yesterday saying they should focus on what i requested for, status changed to evaluation in progress in the evening . iss laik this people dont know we want to swim soon


@balogunsam, how far?

Feygbe:


Thank you Freeradical, very enlightening. FBI PCC is almost making CSE needed o. The processing time is something else. 90 days is almost over and no FBI report yet.

Of course if you can't meet up you will have to submit and raise the CSE. Nothing spoil since such is beyond Ur control

Thank you. We will start working on something. I just needed clarity.

we had no intention to be fraudulent or falsify anything. We just assumed we could omit if we could.

Hephgirl:

But there are stamps for these trips on ur passport Yer!

And from what I've read u will need to send pictures of ur passport pages...
So have a rethink