SeriaBravo:
Hello guys,

Please is it too early to apply for Fall 2019 visa now.I have the admission letter and necessary documentation ready.

Is not too early, but I will suggest since you have alot of time, carefully do necessary research and package ur app well. No need to rush with so much time at hand. Once u feel u are 100% ready submit it.

That individual called me a liar when I never told one. He/she should be accountable for his/her actions too

123abcclown:


@seun, when are we going to be able to block people on NL?

Good day, please how can I cancel my visa application since the school has resumed and my admission has been terminated. I want to cancel my visa application so I don’t get denied. I have done my biometrics already and I hope that won’t affect anything. Thank you

Hello Nairalanders,

If you send an email to LAGOSIMMIGRATION@international.gc.ca and get a response does it mean that one's application is processed in Lagos?
I also sent to other locations, London and Accra but only Lagos office has responded.


Also what does '' your application is under active review'' mean?

goingforward.

MsChidi:
kpizzle, that individual called me a liar after I respectfully asked a question

Yes that is what one has to deal with here on an anonymous forum. Sometimes a mark of maturity is moving on and not addressing them. And by so doing you would have never further given juvenile taunts a day here. Congrats on your achievements.

goingforward:
Hello Nairalanders,

If you send an email to LAGOSIMMIGRATION@international.gc.ca and get a response does it mean that one's application is processed in Lagos?
I also sent to other locations, London and Accra but only Lagos office has responded.


Also what does '' your application is under active review'' mean?

goingforward.

Nope getting a response from Lagos doesn’t mean that your application is processed there. Any office you send mail to has the discretion to look into your file and respond.

jnyuwa02:


Nope getting a response from Lagos doesn’t mean that your application is processed there. Any office you send mail to has the discretion to look into your file and respond.

Okay thanks for your response @jnyuwa02 what does under active review mean?

goingforward.

goingforward:



Okay thanks for your response @jnyuwa02 what does under active review mean?

goingforward.

Active review means a decision is in the offings-imminent—about to happen!

jnyuwa02:


Active review means a decision is in the offings-imminent—about to happen!

Thanks @jnyuwa02
I have never really been a patient person. I guess God has taught me patience through this.
The icing on the cake would be my approval in Jesus name.

Amen.

goingforward.

goingforward:



Thanks @jnyuwa02
I have never really been a patient person. I guess God has taught me patience through this.
The icing on the cake would be my approval in Jesus name.

Amen.

goingforward.

Amen, may it be done to you according to your faith!

when did you do your biometrics though, cos i applied 13 july and havent heard anything since i did my biometrics 20th july till now im awaiting feedback and my school resumed 1st of september, was denied twice before first paper second online pgd IT (Lqambton college) now masters computer science applied (Dalhousie uni) online too, i dont know if i have to defer my admission till january.

reichwolf:
Thanks be to the Almighty God & you all on this forum for your help. I applied for the Canadian Student Permit on October 2017 for a PGD at Medicine Hat College & I was denied on November 2017.
After coming across this forum I reapplied this time with a different school Thompson Rivers University for Fall 2018 MBA program. This is my timeline:

Filled all IMM forms
Submitted passport data page and picture.
Statement of Purpose was 3 pages in which I detailed why I was going for an MBA after doing an MSc in Petroleum in Aberdeen(United Kingdom) and why I chosed Canada.
1 page for Dad’s funds use authorisation
22 pages including scans of tuition payment, countries visited(UK, France, Tunisia), undergraduate & postgraduate degrees, siblings birth certificates & mine, dad’s passport, my current & previous passport

Applied online: July 15th
Medical Call: August 6th
Did my medicals on: August 7th
Medicals got updated to passed on: August 15th
Passport request dropped on: August 31st

Right now I’m a little bit late for the school resumption so I don’t know wether the school will defer me or not. I’ve written to them. I’m hoping to start this September.

Thanks to everyone for the SOP reviews and advice along the way.

jnyuwa02:


Amen, may it be done to you according to your faith!

good day sir please I picked up my stamped passport last Thursday after approval but I am still waiting for my correspondence letter ...only for me to log Into my cic account to meet an update something about counterfoil and expiry date and documents valid etc ..please I don't know what it means

Hello house,
I’m a graduate of one of the federal university in Nigeria and I finished with 2.1. Studied computer science and want to go for Msc. Any reliable information will be welcome.

What’s the max that I will need to process everything plus Tution and all.

Thanks

Just passing by

orobs93:

good day sir please I picked up my stamped passport last Thursday after approval but I am still waiting for my correspondence letter ...only for me to log Into my cic account to meet an update something about counterfoil and expiry date and documents valid etc ..please I don't know what it means

The counterfoil is the visa itself stamped on your passport, usually required of all foreign nationals not exempted from visa requirements. The counterfoil indication simply means you are from such a nation. The document does not guarantee entry into Canada. It only means you meet to the requirements of a visa and have been granted permission to travel to Canada, final determination to be made by an officer at POE. The expiration you see is usually the validity period of your visa. I won’t worry if I were you. The correspondence letter will arrive or to expedite its arrival, you may want to send an email to the office that processed your visa. Mighty congrats!

@jnyuwa02 pls help me to respond to my request sir

jnyuwa02:


Amen, may it be done to you according to your faith!

jnyuwa02:


The counterfoil is the visa itself stamped on your passport, usually required of all foreign nationals not exempted from visa requirements. The counterfoil indication simply means you are from such a nation. The document does not guarantee entry into Canada. It only means you meet to the requirements of a visa and have been granted permission to travel to Canada, final determination to be made by an officer at POE. The expiration you see is usually the validity period of your visa. I won’t worry if I were you. The correspondence letter will arrive or to expedite its arrival, you may want to send an email to the office that processed your visa. Mighty congrats!

lol thank you sir...it takes a big heart for you to be doing what you are doing even when you are in the same predicament ...
hopefully and prayerfully your heart desire will be granted .

Frankrobbn1:


Exactly the same information I got from a friend over there. I wonder where the so called IDP came into place!

In Quebec, As a student you can drive with your valid Nigeria driver’s license for the duration of your studies. PR need an IDP and their license to drive.

When did you apply for visa

Yomicee:
Good day, please how can I cancel my visa application since the school has resumed and my admission has been terminated. I want to cancel my visa application so I don’t get denied. I have done my biometrics already and I hope that won’t affect anything. Thank you

When did you apply for your visa

emeka27:


Which University please?

University of Victoria

Smileyin:
when did you do your biometrics though, cos i applied 13 july and havent heard anything since i did my biometrics 20th july till now im awaiting feedback and my school resumed 1st of september, was denied twice before first paper second online pgd IT (Lqambton college) now masters computer science applied (Dalhousie uni) online too, i dont know if i have to defer my admission till january.

Sorry about your previous denials, I declare you get your TRV this third time IJN..... Please why did you apply for a pgd program, was it due to your undergraduate grade? And what made you qualify for a masters degree this time...? Please shed more light... Thanks.

Good evening everyone. Are there any August applicants here?

Good evening everyone...please I need your advice concerning my visa application. My admission was recently cancelled due to the fact my visa wasntly ready so I wanted to confirm what’s the next thing to do concerning my visa application. If there’s any idea in the house please share. Thank you and God bless

Bennycrown:

When did you apply for your visa

]i applied 5th of July 2018 and I keep getting this no updates yet on my mail. Do you think I need to cancel yet?

Yomicee:
Good evening everyone...please I need your advice concerning my visa application. My admission was recently cancelled due to the fact my visa wasntly ready so I wanted to confirm what’s the next thing to do concerning my visa application. If there’s any idea in the house please share. Thank you and God bless

You can stay silent and wait for them to decide your application. If they want to give you, they will request new admission letter. If they do that, you can contact the school and inform them that the high commission wants to give you a visa. When they hear that, they will reissue you new admission letter or tell you to reapply for admission again.

Yomicee:
]i applied 5th of July 2018 and I keep getting this no updates yet on my mail. Do you think I need to cancel yet?

How often do you keep getting the updates? Everyday? Every week?

ANaledi:
Good evening everyone. Are there any August applicants here?

I applied in August 2018 through paper submission. Last i checked the application is been processed in the visa office. Waiting patiently for positive news.

jnyuwa02:


How often do you keep getting the updates? Everyday? Every week?

every month the last 1 I got was yesterday.

Mine was online through an agent in Canada. Praying for a positive update soon too. Resumption is still a-ways to go; January 2019.

mightyokwy:

I applied in August 2018 through paper submission. Last i checked the application is been processed in the visa office. Waiting patiently for positive news.

ANaledi:

Mine was online through an agent in Canada. Praying for a positive update soon too. Resumption is still a-ways to go; January 2019.

Me too. January isn't that far. I applied here in Abuja office. The tension is very high

Cherryola:
@jnyuwa02 pls help me to respond to my request sir

This your persistence Na wa oh! If you are not married perhaps with kids, siblings are not very strong ties to CIC. Even parents are not considered very strong ties except you have a unique role to play in their lives. Perhaps they have properties or significant wealth and investment that you stand to inherit from them or you are the first child of your family and culturally occupy unique role in the family tied to place. All the people on scholarship been approved that are not married, it’s not siblings they are using as home ties. It’s their academic promise. CIC considers them the most likely to make a difference in their society and therefore the most likely to keep the rules of returning to their father’s land and helping to develop it. Plain and simple.

You stated you have property. Get it evaluated along with your new application. If the amount is hefty in the millions, CIC will consider it significant to induce your return. Explain better your circumstances to them in a SOP like you explained to me. Sometimes good writing and effective communication makes a big difference on how a VO responds to an application.

And like I already reiterated to you several times, your best chances as I see it given your denial based on the finding of not having strong ties and asset, is to concentrate on explaining your job prospect in Nigeria after graduation. If you think you have strong family ties and assets and perhaps they missed it, bring it up again. Best of luck and may God’s favor go your way!