Osemigho:


Congrats. I am happy for you, us, everyone. Come and chop their scholarship. if you have first class GPA in your last 2 years of study, Target the CGS-M that is due by December 1. May God continue to help us.

Nazor83:
@ gistwivkome: I want to request for a remark only for now. I can afford to retake but I strongly believe I deserve something better because I finished the writing (letter & Essay), counted my words and made sure they were up to 150 & 250 for WT1 & WT2. I applied all needed techniques so am just curious why a 6.

Osemigho:


Just seeing this. School has been tough. So long your payment deadline hasn’t pass, your tuition will reduce once you get PR. Got mine in November. So I had to pay fall semester as international student but winter as domestic. By the way, your landing document is sufficient evidence that you are PR. No need to wait for PR card before notifying your school.

Another reason to work on your PR is attached below. After I changed status, I was able to qualify for it and I applied. The rest is history. Thanking God for everything.

Adiahabasi:

A part of my work history was self-employed. For this, I included CAC registration, 6 months bank statement, a reference letter written by the company administrator, and a similar reference letter written by a client (regular payments from the client showed on the account statement). Got no ADR on employment.

eaglemaniac:
My application clocked 6months on the 27th of November but my application status was still Na2. This got me worried so I sent a mail to London but did not get any reply. I then sent another mail but this time around they replied stating that my application was awaiting final review by an officer. Before long, on the 30th of November I check my application status and discovered that I was in ip2 (we are processing your background check)

dtaminator:

My ECA took 1 year to process all because I wanted to have my Unilag Diploma 1 certificate accessed to meet the then very high cut offs. The program was defunct and there was no trace of any records. Finally, records office generated the result from my statement and sent in December 2016, only for WES to totally ignore it.......

We used a gift deed and only a small part of my bank statement as the six month printout was too large to upload.

threadstone:

POF: A little high for a single applicant (Gift deed, Personal Income and Pension, about 94% came in the week before AOR sha)

EngrKen8:

Guys it’s been God all the way because my application wasn’t perfect in any way. I had to wait almost 3 months for POF after ITA. Ended up using a gift deed (100% of the funds).

boldinc:
...POF was just a simple letter from co-operative society from my wife's company, I didn't need to do ECA. I added my daughter from another woman and I got an ADR for a consent letter which her mum did willingly without issues.....

kissoflife:

• I used two accounts (savings and domicilliary).
• Two Gift deeds covering 85% of the funds

Deebay:

... *used 25%pension of spouse to complete pof.

dfanz:
.....My work experience spanned 4 NOCs and over 10years. The NOC I based my application on did not have a good match with the employment letter I submitted hence the refusal. I raised a CSE appealing for reconsideration and my application was reopened. However, I believe that my work experience in it's entirety was considered in reopening my application (not just the nominated NOC).......

Lordnath:
....
* I submitted my application on deadline day
* 100% POF was gifted and it was transferred by my brother a day before submission
* I submitted 5 LOEs to explain everything that wasn't straight
* I was interviewed in London and moved to IP2 afterwards....

KayVann:
.....I used a fixed deposit and I applied as a business owner (partnership to be precise). I had to show proof of business with proof of work done, receipts, pictures and written notes from clients, I turned in our company account bank statement as well. The Adr was for me to provide tax clearance certificates for the companies. This is just to say, self employed have no issues with express entry as long as you can prove the legitimacy of your business.....

Euanb:
....POF- Submitted reference letter in CIC format, FD certificate and gift deed for 25% of the POF. POF was really high for single applicant. The gift was from a friend and I was really worried because all the gift deeds I had seen on different forums were from family members but as the gift was genuine, my friend simply wrote a letter explaining why he gave it which I attached to my application. For those interested, GTBank does reference in CIC format for savings account but could take a week or so depending on your account officer and if the people at the branch know what they are doing.....

Sezbaby:
.....We changed our passports during the process, i.e. different passports for EE and PR application. Wifey even changed her name from maiden to married. We explained in LOE and no issues. I changed NOCS between EE and PR application (after ITA). Again, no issues, just explain with LOE and you should be fine....

bigfido:
...For the ADR I got, I was asked for additional proof of employment for myself employed work. The requested for contract documents, photos, tax returns etc. I was also asked to provide detailed explanation why a certain company was always depositing money into my account....

ladyAy:
....I'm a self employed pharmacist and am the primary applicant so it wasn't a smooth sail at all as there were many grey areas regarding proof of employment and funds. For proof of employment We submitted CAC documents, all my annual licenses( both personal and for my pharmacy for the last 4years) PAYE tax receipts for my employees and myself, no letter of explanation (wasn't a good idea at all)..........The officer that reviewed my application in the CIO stated that I had not met eligibility requirements because of my NOC..., that i didnt give evidence of documentation from 3rd party individuals indicating nature of work done ..blah blah blah.

Honestly I don't know where and how I got the strength cos at this point was tired. Anyways we put all we could together I.e receipts from some suppliers, snap shots of emails, snapshots of our social media pages and websites, the contract from my security company etc. Then I wrote a comprehensive LOE......

Lucious477:

...1. My POF = T-Bills(3months) + Generic Bank Ref Letter + 6months SOA + Gift of deed (100% amount from direct family). My total POF is in the T-Bills, explained this in my LOE.......
5. My spouse hasn't officially changed her name so I submitted our application with her maiden name. Our marriage certificate was enough proof I guess.....

Ambidextrause:
...At first, my application was refused.... after 134 days of agonizing wait!...Meanwhile, a spike in FOREX rates around early August 2017 had relegated my POF below the LICO by 330CAD....That night, I drafted another email - this time stating my utter displeasure and showing the unfairness in the refusal decision - and I sent it directly to the minister!.....The next day, I saw a notification, my application had been reopened. I was asked to pay the 490CAD RPRF..... ...3 days later, I got PPR!

GlitteringStar:

....I used my one-year NYSC work experience only... I submitted the work experience letter in CIC’s format and attached the bank statement of my salary account (when I was serving) to show the amount I was paid.....

Nozzle:

...Dec 6 got a letter of refusal for pof issue (shared my story on page 66)
Dec 7 wrote to cpc and raised a CSE
Dec 8 started new app
Dec 9 submitted new app CRS 459, waiting for ITA
Dec 10 sent another mail to CPC & raised another CSE on old app issue
Dec 14 got update on old app...refusal was reversed
Dec 15 rprf request
Dec 15 NA2
Dec 17 paid rprf
Dec 18 IP2
Dec 19 withdrew the new app.
Dec 22 PPR....

Tojued:


Mans are vexing o, I made payment yesterday night, I've requested refund this morning. @emmasonic4me thanks again for making this info public.

For anyone who needs the info, GT rate yesterday was 289.034756957804. Naira Mastercard.

cochtrane:


If you are confident you did a good job, you definitely should request a remark. From my experience, I wouldn't really trust their examiners to deliver a good assessment.

Nazor83:
Thanks Cochtrane. I will apply for the remark. Am confident I did a good job. My problem is that BC doesn't have enough information on how to apply for the remark and their contact numbers are not reachable. They don't have an office where I am. I just need to know how I can apply for the remark without going to their office. I can wait for the 12 weeks. I will retake later if I feel I need to do that.

Nazor83:
@ gistwivkome: I want to request for a remark only for now. I can afford to retake but I strongly believe I deserve something better because I finished the writing (letter & Essay), counted my words and made sure they were up to 150 & 250 for WT1 & WT2. I applied all needed techniques so am just curious why a 6.

cochtrane:
A collection of success cases on Nairaland

After doing the rejection cases, felt I should do the success cases. So, I went through the "PPR declarations" on this Part 3 thread. GlitteringStar has done a good job of compiling this already, so it was just a matter of clicking. Some of these "declarations" shared important details and some were downright inspirational. Thought to share some important summaries from these you might find useful. Details concern self-employment, contesting refusals, following up with CIC after much delay, gift deeds and other POF issues, NOC, etc. Note that these guys all got PPR already, so they must have done something right. At the same time, what works for A doesn't necessarily work for B, so just use this as cautiously as you can. You can go through the main posts themselves to get a clearer picture.

cochtrane:
A collection of success cases on Nairaland

After doing the rejection cases, felt I should do the success cases. So, I went through the "PPR declarations" on this Part 3 thread. GlitteringStar has done a good job of compiling this already, so it was just a matter of clicking. Some of these "declarations" shared important details and some were downright inspirational. Thought to share some important summaries from these you might find useful. Details concern self-employment, contesting refusals, following up with CIC after much delay, gift deeds and other POF issues, NOC, etc. Note that these guys all got PPR already, so they must have done something right. At the same time, what works for A doesn't necessarily work for B, so just use this as cautiously as you can. You can go through the main posts themselves to get a clearer picture.

caon:
pls how do I request for refund?

IamtrulyBlessed:
I made it at first attempt! All thanks to God Almighty and the wonderful people in this thread who shared extremely useful materials.

Overall: 8.0
L: 8.0
R: 8.5
W: 7.0
S: 7.5

adespecial:


Congratulations sister. I used you as a contact for everyone of us this morning that God will perfect everything that concerns our applications in any stage we are.

Osaze007:
Help me thank Jesus
I aced it
I got
LRWS - 9,8,7.5,8.5

I aced it after my 3rd time I’m so excited wow thank you Jesus

cochtrane:

You can have someone located in the same place as a British Council do it for you. I think a few people here did that.

GlitteringStar:




Nice one! Bookmarked on page 0.

GlitteringStar:



Yes. I received an email that my account has been updated. Your background check status's message will change from "We are processing your background check. We will send you a message if we need more information" to "Your background check was completed".

GlitteringStar:



Yes. I received an email that my account has been updated. Your background check status's message will change from "We are processing your background check. We will send you a message if we need more information" to "Your background check was completed".

nnysmuse:
Pls when filling the EE profile, there is a question where one is asked if they have applied to IRCC before?

My hubs was the PA in the defunct FSWP and the application was refused due to an unfortunate error.

Now for EE, I am the PA so I picked NO as my answer. Is it correct?

Aim4Dtop:
Please can someone help me with part one page 0 link,thank yoi

Osaze007:
Help me thank Jesus
I aced it
I got
LRWS - 9,8,7.5,8.5

I aced it after my 3rd time I’m so excited wow thank you Jesus

cochtrane:

Thanks

cochtrane:

Look at this help item on CIC's website. It should answer your question.

vascey:


Cochtrane please assist. I initially submitted an EE profile but with an error which lowered the CRS score.

I have been trying to update my profile but the submit button is not coming up.

I have raised technical issues but the response I was given did not resolve the issue.

Can I just delete or withdraw the submitted profile and fill a fresh one. Is there any downside to this?

coconuthead:
First attempt.
L= 8.5
R=7..5
W=7.0
S=8.5

Overall band =8

CRS score = 458.

Thank God

nnysmuse:
Thank you so much cochtrane. Please do you think it matters since I wasn't the PA in the previous one?

cochtrane:

Sure you can delete or withdraw your profile and submit a new one. Many have done this without consequence.