No you do not need to get a reference letter from every place you've worked for the past 10 years. Just reference from the positions you are claiming points for.

talk2jt:
Hi guys,

I need to ask a question. When I was filling my EE profile, I only put the work experience I claimed points for. I was told post ITA, I will have to list all the places I have worked in the last 10years. Does this mean I have to get a reference letter from all of them? I haven't gotten ITA yet but I'm trying to put all my documents together. Thanks a lot guys.

Why are most Nigerian Universities ripoff? Who would think that University of Port Harcourt Graduate School would charge 25,000 Naira for transcript request and 13,500 Naira as courier fees, and another 37,500 Naira would be charged by the school for WES transcript verification! What the heck is wrong with the managers of our educational institutions? This is not fair. The educational institutions in Nigeria, especially Uniport need a complete overhauling, but who would revamp it? Clearance alone is a story for another day. It's annoying to see how Nigeria, Federal government owned high institution is turning into a profit making organization. I wish to escalate or cascade these debacle to the right authorities to nip it in the bud!

Pls i'm interested

Twinks20:
Hello, I'm interested pls

Greetings good people, abeg has anyone assessed a diploma cert from a university (eg diploma in law) as its 2 years, can it be used as a second degree in two or more certs?

Sista Glitts abeg if u can hook me up to links if available I no mind

MummyJaygirls:
Greetings good people, abeg has anyone assessed a diploma cert from a university (eg diploma in law) as its 2 years, can it be used as a second degree in two or more certs?

Sista Glitts abeg if u can hook me up to links if available I no mind

Representation is in full swing.

Jesunferanmi:
Hi, Please I seriously need help with my transcript application at Unilag. Can you please inbox me to discuss better? Thank you. Much appreciated!

why not share your question here,

besides there are far more experienced people than myself here, you can never tell who will give you the exact info you need.

ItsYourFriend:
Why are most Nigerian Universities ripoff? Who would think that University of Port Harcourt Graduate School would charge 25,000 Naira for transcript request and 13,500 Naira as courier fees, and another 37,500 Naira would be charged by the school for WES transcript verification! What the heck is wrong with the managers of our educational institutions? This is not fair. The educational institutions in Nigeria, especially Uniport need a complete overhauling, but who would revamp it? Clearance alone is a story for another day. It's annoying to see how Nigeria, Federal government owned high institution is turning into a profit making organization. I wish to escalate or cascade these debacle to the right authorities to nip it in the bud!

Hmnnn my dear it is a sorry tale and why I chose iqas.I couldn't bring myself to pay them 100dollars for verification. imagine the nonsense. why are they even charging 37500 instead of 36k as exchange rate is 360.How person go carry that kin money dash person in the name of verification.Thank God other options dey sha.It is really disheartening and a big rip-off.

Thanks

Majesticniyi:
Bsc. I just finished mine.

Please I need information about UI PG school. Have applied for my transcript and paid for I but no information on the status of the transcript. I need a contact person.
Thank you

Technology for self reliance lol. Just apply for transcript on the portal. 10k I think. It will get there 2-3 weeks I believe.

wale006:
Hello my people,

I greet you all o, pls has anyone done ECA with FUTA (Akure)?

Any tip on how to speed up the transcript and school response?

Thanks.

MummyJaygirls:
Greetings good people, abeg has anyone assessed a diploma cert from a university (eg diploma in law) as its 2 years, can it be used as a second degree in two or more certs?

Sista Glitts abeg if u can hook me up to links if available I no mind

WES will evaluate the diploma certificate if the person earned it through formal academic training. The person can use it to claim points for "two or more certificates" if the assessment result is positive.


"WES only evaluates credentials earned through formal academic training. Applicants should not submit short-term professional development courses or other non-formal, non-academic training documents. These types of documents will not be evaluated or included in the WES evaluation report".

Good day house. So I got a mail in my cic account this evening(image attached) about how to get a job in canada. I'll like to know what this implies in relation to d application.
AOR was Oct 10 while Med passed was NOV 6.
Thanks.

Good evening,

Please, has anyone evaluated SSCE (Neco) result before? How can I apply for the transcript. WESS is insisting I should access it.

winter:

No you do not need to get a reference letter from every place you've worked for the past 10 years. Just reference from the positions you are claiming points for.

please can one leave gaps...must there be a consistency from graduation year? can one ignore past years/experiences & just fill in the JD to be used for points?

40manlappy:


If it's for their MBA, you can send me a PM.

cc: Hamiltondreamer

@40manlappy, thanks so much for the response. I have sent you a PM.

You can ignore it. It's absolutely unnecessary assessing secondary education

Toshine2:
Good evening,

Please, has anyone evaluated SSCE (Neco) result before? How can I apply for the transcript. WESS is insisting I should access it.

sleekchic:
Register it, How do you mean please, how much did you pay to send your certificate to WES using NIPOST? I sent mine since last month, it's over 20 working days and my profile still says 'awaiting documents' but I only paid 450naira so I can't really complain.

Why not fax it to them free? Use hellofax.com

ken2sure:
Good day house. So I got a mail in my cic account this evening(image attached) about how to get a job in canada. I'll like to know what this implies in relation to d application.
AOR was Oct 10 while Med passed was NOV 6.
Thanks.

It’s a letter we all should get but not all of us get.

gracelevel:

please can one leave gaps...must there be a consistency from graduation year? can one ignore past years/experiences & just fill in the JD to be used for points?

There must be no gaps. All activities in the last 10 years or from 18th birthday, must be stated.

ken2sure:
Good day house. So I got a mail in my cic account this evening(image attached) about how to get a job in canada. I'll like to know what this implies in relation to d application.
AOR was Oct 10 while Med passed was NOV 6.
Thanks.

Do you know your VO yet ? Someone, a few pages back, propounded that LVO sends such letters as an 'intro' say your file de their hand . Oh well, I'd like to think that your file is being worked on, favourably if i might add.

It'll definitely end in praise.

Thank you.

winter:

No you do not need to get a reference letter from every place you've worked for the past 10 years. Just reference from the positions you are claiming points for.

Good morning everyone. I am indeed pleased to be part of this thread. Thanks to all contributors here.

Okay . . . I have read a lot of pages at the beginning of the thread, but I have few enquiries for which I haven't seen answers to in the thread yet:

1. PCC: Since I and my family have not traveled out of the country yet, we would be getting Police Clearance Certificates from Nigeria here. I'd just like to know if IRCC also verifies the PCCs from whatever police station that issues it.


2. Proof of Funds: I understand that IRCC will require a 6months bank account statement showing funds availability. What if my funds are in a Fixed Deposit Account which was just opened this November when I started preparing for this process. As such, by the time ITA comes out, the statement will still be less than 6months . . . Although the Bank can issue a Fixed Deposit Advice/Certificate.


3. ECA Validation: In sending my transcripts for validation, can I process the transcript at my school and personally courier (DHL) the documents to the ECA body from a location different from the school's location? While sending it, I will make sure I specify that the documents are being sent by a staff of the school. The school is in Owerri but I am in Lagos, but they are cool with handing the documents to me for onward dispatch. I really don't trust that school in sending sensitive documents before my transcripts will land in Thailand.

The question is will the ECA have an issue with the fact that the school is in Owerri, but the documents were dispatched from Lagos?


Finally . . .

4. My wife has over 4years work experience. She's a Nutritionist too. She taught in a Secondary school for 3years (2011 - 2014), 1year housemanship in a hospital (2014 - 2015), Masters in Nutrition (2015 - 2017) and currently working in a food processing company (Feb 2017 till Date).

Since she hasn't garnered much work experience in her field of Nutrition, we are considering using her teaching experience for EE/FSW purposes. The challenge is the secondary school is mid-sized, they dont have a website and not a popular school, but they have a physical location and its fully incorporated. Our fears is that during verification of her employment, will IRCC have issues that she's using her teaching work experience and are we sure they will not try to google the school to find out if it truly exists? Yes, the school will issue work reference letters.

By the way, my wife is the primary applicant.


Sorry about my plenty write-up, but I really need the advice of gurus in the house, so I and my family will have a sense of what to work with.

Thanks

I have my spouse in Canada already and our 3 sons, she is on work permit and our sons on Visitor record, I am in Nigeria and just got my Passport request, Do I ask her to send their passport to Nigeria or what? Please help a confused person. I am the principal applicant

bestdiddy:
Good morning everyone. I am indeed pleased to be part of this thread. Thanks to all contributors here.

Okay . . . I have read a lot of pages at the beginning of the thread, but I have few enquiries for which I haven't seen answers to in the thread yet:

1. PCC: Since I and my family have not traveled out of the country yet, we would be getting Police Clearance Certificates from Nigeria here. I'd just like to know if IRCC also verifies the PCCs from whatever police station that issues it.


2. Proof of Funds: I understand that IRCC will require a 6months bank account statement showing funds availability. What if my funds are in a Fixed Deposit Account which was just opened this November when I started preparing for this process. As such, by the time ITA comes out, the statement will still be less than 6months . . . Although the Bank can issue a Fixed Deposit Advice/Certificate.


3. ECA Validation: In sending my transcripts for validation, can I process the transcript at my school and personally courier (DHL) the documents to the ECA body from a location different from the school's location? While sending it, I will make sure I specify that the documents are being sent by a staff of the school. The school is in Owerri but I am in Lagos, but they are cool with handing the documents to me for onward dispatch. I really don't trust that school in sending sensitive documents before my transcripts will land in Thailand.

The question is will the ECA have an issue with the fact that the school is in Owerri, but the documents were dispatched from Lagos?


Finally . . .

4. My wife has over 4years work experience. She's a Nutritionist too. She taught in a Secondary school for 3years (2011 - 2014), 1year housemanship in a hospital (2014 - 2015), Masters in Nutrition (2015 - 2017) and currently working in a food processing company (Feb 2017 till Date).

Since she hasn't garnered much work experience in her field of Nutrition, we are considering using her teaching experience for EE/FSW purposes. The challenge is the secondary school is mid-sized, they dont have a website and not a popular school, but they have a physical location and its fully incorporated. Our fears is that during verification of her employment, will IRCC have issues that she's using her teaching work experience and are we sure they will not try to google the school to find out if it truly exists? Yes, the school will issue work reference letters.

By the way, my wife is the primary applicant.



Thanks

1. PCC is issued only at Alagbon in Nigeria. Even if you make a request in Abuja, they've still got to do it at Alagbon and then mail it to you. CIC expects the PCC they get from Nigeria to be of a particular format, so if they get something else or something weird, it'll surely constitute grounds for suspicion. About verification, I'd say it's hard to verify every PCC they get. But VOs know what to look for in documents they see everyday. Just do your own part.

2. CIC actually doesn't specifically require a 6-month bank statement. Adding it is completely at your own discretion and is evidently to shed more favorable light on your financial situation. This means there are no specific requirements for a 6-month bank statement. What you've got is good enough, that is, your fixed deposit certificate. You could add whatever back statement you've got to it and it certainly doesn't matter that it's less than 6 months.

3. For WES, they allow you to send your transcripts directly to them as long as it meets their requirements of being sealed and stamped. It don't matter one bit if you send it from Potiskum. Credential evaluation bodies know what to look for when they receive a transcript. I would think they care much less about who sent the transcripts or from where exactly they come. Even if your school sends the transcripts and it doesn't meet the requirements (maybe the seal is broken?), they won't accept it. I think some people here have sent transcripts by themselves.
For other ECA bodies like IQAS, etc. I think this also follows. You might need to verify this though.

4. Without doubt, your wife can use her teaching experience to claim points. CIC definitely uses more than "Google" in their verification processes. They have access to several Nigerian databases, including information from previous applicants with similar histories. If they aren't too certain, they'll reach out to the contacts on her work reference letter. That's why they require that this carries phone numbers, email ad and person responsible.
They've got a whole lot of choices in verifying her employment history. That the school is not known should definitely not matter. They look for consistency; it's their job, it's what they are trained to do. They'd only entertain suspicion only if the stories don't stand the test of scrutiny (if they scrutinize).

Wow! Thank you so much

cheapphones:

Save yourself the wait and fax your certificate to Wes, see picture attached for their fax number. They'll get it almost immediately, use hellofax for free fax services.

Thank you very much

Feygbe:

Why not fax it to them free? Use hellofax.com

Raise a CSE. You will probably be told to send urs to Accra while they send theirs to the nearest VO

calalili2018:
I have my spouse in Canada already and our 3 sons, she is on work permit and our sons on Visitor record, I am in Nigeria and just got my Passport request, Do I ask her to send their passport to Nigeria or what? Please help a confused person. I am the principal applicant

Hello Gurus, please i have another question, my spouse did not get an ECA when filling my form post ITA, do i need to answer Yes to the fact that he has a post secondary school qualification, wont this mean they will require his ECA details. Thanks people

agates:
Hello Gurus, please i have another question, my spouse did not get an ECA when filling my form post ITA, do i need to answer Yes to the fact that he has a post secondary school qualification, wont this mean they will require his ECA details. Thanks people

After answering yes, there's another quest asking if he has done an Eca then you click no. As a result of clicking no, there's no further question.

And the PPR mail is here...

Big thanks to GOD!!!

My timeline below:

Ottawa VO

AOR: June 29

Medical passed & UCI assigned: July 18

IP1 (Your application is in progress. We will send you a message when we start your background check): July 18

NA2: Aug 01

Got married: Aug 03

Notified IRCC: Aug 04

ADR for Spouse medicals, PCC, marriage cert, proof of relationship, schedule A, travel history, additional family info, payment reciept for PR application & RPRF: Aug 08

Submitted ADR: Aug 14

Spouse added to application & assigned UCI: Aug 15

IP2 (We are processing your background check. We will send you a message if we need more information): Aug 16

NA3: Nov 20.

IP3 (We are processing your background check. We will send you a message if we need more information): Nov 21

After several calls and mails to IRCC & been told our eligibily wasn't passed yet, guess we just passed eligibily at this point.

PPR: Nov 22


Thanks also to everyone here who contributed to this journey, knowingly and unknowingly. Sincerely appreciate!
And may this kind of joy spread to each and everyone here. God bless!

IQAS was an option but they don't store verified copies of transcript or do they? Between, WES has a wider coverage. There's hardly any organization requesting for credential assessment that would not mention WES. My annoyance is with the school system in Nigeria. It beats me to see how cold hearted, they've become.

sistaj:

Hmnnn my dear it is a sorry tale and why I chose iqas.I couldn't bring myself to pay them 100dollars for verification. imagine the nonsense. why are they even charging 37500 instead of 36k as exchange rate is 360.How person go carry that kin money dash person in the name of verification.Thank God other options dey sha.It is really disheartening and a big rip-off.

I do not know my visa office yet. Just chilling for further updates.

blessings2017:


Do you know your VO yet ? Someone, a few pages back, propounded that LVO sends such letters as an 'intro' say your file de their hand . Oh well, I'd like to think that your file is being worked on, favourably if i might add.

It'll definitely end in praise.