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shuddyy:
I owe you immense debt of gratitude for finding time to honour me with a response. God bless you.

One more enquiry pls.

I have accessed the 25% of my RSA which is usually the case after exiting a job without a new one four months after. However I still have well over N4Million balance in my RSA (the statutory savings/deductions while on the job not voluntary savings). Can this in any way contribute to my POF?

Many thanks.

femisek:
I have 9 years experience and my job role falls under category A,my wife has 4 years experience too as an IT personnel and she falls under category A,we both have bsc,and she is a year younger ,Does 9 year of experience gain more points than 4 years, we are yet to decide who will be the principal.Seniors kindly put me through .Ielts booked already for both of us and ECa ongoing .should we pick experience over age even if we perform well in IELTS?

First of all, can I just say here boldly that if you have two different job roles (e.g accountant and engineer) as long as it falls under O, A, B (within the last 10 years) then you are eligible for FSW program.

The work experience mustn't be the same job title or function. At the time I first asked this question on this thread, I was so confused. It is not now that the issue has been trashed severally and laid to rest. Then, when I spoke out, it was a lone voice (coachtrain) who responded to me and pointed me in the direction of some few individuals that had successfully done that. That response would end up being one of the most soothing for me on this thread. It led me to explore posts from individuals like Merrymum who had successfully done same. In my case, this was the difference between a CRS score of 420 and 445.

My time line:

IELTS- December 2017 L8, S8.5, R8 W7 (first attempt)
ECA- February 2018
ITA – April 11th 2018
AOR – May 19th 2018
RPRF- June 15th 2018
IP2 – Not really sure. First noticed September 17th 2018
PPR – Received the email September 18th 2018 although letter dated the previous day

Decision to migrate was made at the beginning of 2017 when an event made me realize I was better off starting afresh in a new land. Prior to that time, I had a friend who relocated to Canada via the old paper based system. This dear friend (bless her heart) would always reach out to me at least once every 2 months and ask, Stonecold, why don’t you take this Canadian thing seriously? It works. Try it.
At that point, I’d just returned from my masters abroad and for some strange reason, I didn’t believe I stood a chance. I didn’t take out time to even understand the system properly. Coming from a system where getting PR visa was hectic, I didn’t believe I could simply obtain Canadian one like that. Who dash me? Basically, I never gave it serious consideration.

Besides I’d just left one foreign country for home and I felt it was misplaced priority to start trying to jump all over again. I decided to focus all my energy on building a life in Nigeria or so I thought Yinmu! But when water pass garri in early 2017, this dear friend (as always) reached out to me again and this time, I ate a large chunk of the humble pie and begged her to send all the relevant information to me again. LOL. Since she left a while back, her information was not so current and that got me exploring online and I discovered NAIRALAND had a thread for it. I joined the thread in part 3 but began reading from part 2.

My case was far from perfect but God remained perfect through it all. I had a combination of a little over 3 years’ experience in two different jobs. One was from company X (11 months and 27 days) and the other in Nigeria (2 years and some months)

I was worried about 2 things. Could i combine 2 different job titles and what was my NOC from company x?

The job from company X was not quite straight forward in my eye. It was pretty hard to pinpoint an NOC for it.

I’d been following the thread as a baby and I knew one name was synonymous with NOC matching-Newmum. I reached out to (via email) and she was the first person that pointed out a completely new NOC which I’d never considered before then. God will forever bless her for this for if not for her impute, I would have gone with something else I believed was my NOC. Queen of NOC she will forever be!

Then like issues could not get more complicated, company x refused to give me a reference letter containing the job description. I followed what people had said here when such happens but my case was slightly different. I had been out of that job for over 5 years. The company had a high turnover rate and lots of people had moved on including my supervisor.

Most people I knew were former students like myself who had long returned home after their study visa ran out. The rest people I knew had moved on from the company. I tried to reach out to some current employees via linkedin but it didn’t go anywhere because they didn’t know me ke. I reached out to a previous manager but that one jejely blank my side. Oh linkedin can be such a cold cold place. LOL

So I decided to use an ex-colleague like myself to help write my JD. I was worried as I’d never seen an example like this on Nairaland. It was mostly previous boss or current work colleague but I trusted each case will be judged on its own merit. Now I think of it, someone had simply written their job description on a piece of paper and notarized it. I should have done this but I didn’t realize this option was available to me then.

I was so scared this employee reference letter issue would mar my application and for quite a while I kept stalling hoping CRS scores will crash like 2017 and I’ll enter with my 2 years’ experience only. I knew I wouldn’t suffer any sort of employee letter hassle at my current employment – that was a given and so I began to wait for CRS scores to fall. LOL. I wait nor be small. I wait tire.

Then one morning by 4am, I sat up and spoke to myself. I looked at the CRS trend and saw what was happening. That morning I borrowed myself sense. What harm will it cause me to be bold and use a former colleague to write my JD? Why was I so worried? How can I just throw away a year’s worth of experience because of fear? If CIC declines, at least I can say I tried and it didn’t work. If I fail, I can put in again the following year when I clock 3 years at my current job. I felt calm in my heart and I decided I would go with my 3 years and get an ex colleague to write my JD! My decision was final.

This former colleague also gave me his old employment letters to use as proof that he was employed by company X at the same time with me. I notarized his letters. I also included the email where company x HR stated they don’t include job description then I tied it all up with an LOE.
Even then, I was worried. This was the only snag in the application. But God gave me calm.

Today my story is different. I want to encourage everyone here at one stage or the other – hold on- keep at it, victory is at the end. Victory is sure. Don’t tell lies in your application. Don’t rush it and do a shoddy job. Same date of ITA does not mean you must submit same time. Each to his own. Use your time to prepare a perfect application or at least one that wouldn't make you lose sleep.

Make page 1 your friend. Read testimonies of those that have gone ahead of you. You may see something therein which resonates with your own story (I practically read all the PPR testimonies since part 1) plus it’s so uplifting.

I was once here. I once asked silly questions too. I sat in the valley of confusion and brooded over things I didn’t need to worry myself with. I sat down worrying if I had indeed chosen the right NOC. I rejected about 2 ITA’S because I was waiting to clock over 2 years in my current job since I had 11 months 27 days in company X. At the end of the day, from my GCMS notes, CIC calculated company X time as over a year. I’m still not sure how they came to that decision but that made me realize that sometimes our headache is not their own sef. Try not to worry too much.

No matter the stage you are in, try to be positive and rejoice with others who have gone ahead of you or hit a milestone. I rejoiced with those who rejoiced and I knew one day, my turn will come. One day, your turn will come too.

I wish to thank everyone who ever responded to my queries. I particularly thank Coachtrane (thank you for speaking up then), Newmum0615 (NOC queen), Glitteringstar (ever helpful, compiling the most impossible and hard list to make life easy for us all) Ethelia (for the legal angle you throw in every now and then) ysteph, happytbaby, dtush (for your encouragement) Kmgb (toh sure!) Nozzle (for helping with my reference letter question) Osaze007 (for the plenty laughs brought on by worrying from Dubai) Mcstan18 (for selflessly carrying on with all your hard work to keep this thread alive. It has not gone unnoticed. We shall be back to celebrate with you on that day) smslive (for the plenty links you post to guide people; hilarious as they may be sometimes) Ifeoma, Tojued, and SO many selfless people who have given their time on this thread. I can’t mention all names. This thread is a goldmine – do not take it for granted. Mine it very well.

God bless you. God bless your journey and may all our heart desire be met in the country of our dream. God bless Nigeria. God bless Canada our new home.

See you in Canada! Probably having barbeque on a sunny day or sipping on some creamy coffee from Tim Hortons! Highly doubt. I’m simply too shy.

joesgirl:
Hello future Canadians!!

It's PPR

IELTS Nov 2 2017
LRWS 9,7.5,7.5,7
WES March 21, 2018 (NASU strike caused Delay)
Submitted Profile March 21
ITA March 26
CRS 470
No LOE
POF: 100% Treasury Bills; After bills matured, re-invested in Mutual Funds; then raised CSE
AOR May 11, 2018
IP1/MEP May 23,2018
IP2 August 10, 2018
PPR September 10,2018

A big thank You to everyone that has contributed on this platform.. It's so rich and robust, I'm sure other countries come here too for guidance.

God bless you all

stonecoldcafe:
Hold on. If you dont like long testimony, here is the abridged version

IELTS- December 2017 L8, S8.5, R8 W7 (first attempt)
ECA- February 2018
ITA – April 11th 2018
AOR – May 19th 2018
RPRF- June 15th 2018
IP2 – Not really sure. First noticed September 17th 2018
PPR – Received the email September 18th 2018 although letter dated the previous day

stonecoldcafe:
Hold on. If you dont like long testimony, here is the abridged version

IELTS- December 2017 L8, S8.5, R8 W7 (first attempt)
ECA- February 2018
ITA – April 11th 2018
AOR – May 19th 2018
RPRF- June 15th 2018
IP2 – Not really sure. First noticed September 17th 2018
PPR – Received the email September 18th 2018 although letter dated the previous day

clock89:
Congratulations! All the best!
The gap between RPFF and PPR though... you must have been wondering WTH it took so long

joesgirl:
Hello future Canadians!!

It's PPR

IELTS Nov 2 2017
LRWS 9,7.5,7.5,7
WES March 21, 2018 (NASU strike caused Delay)
Submitted Profile March 21
ITA March 26
CRS 470
No LOE
POF: 100% Treasury Bills; After bills matured, re-invested in Mutual Funds; then raised CSE
AOR May 11, 2018
IP1/MEP May 23,2018
IP2 August 10, 2018
PPR September 10,2018

A big thank You to everyone that has contributed on this platform.. It's so rich and robust, I'm sure other countries come here too for guidance.

God bless you all

joesgirl:
Hello future Canadians!!

It's PPR

IELTS Nov 2 2017
LRWS 9,7.5,7.5,7
WES March 21, 2018 (NASU strike caused Delay)
Submitted Profile March 21
ITA March 26
CRS 470
No LOE
POF: 100% Treasury Bills; After bills matured, re-invested in Mutual Funds; then raised CSE
AOR May 11, 2018
IP1/MEP May 23,2018
IP2 August 10, 2018
PPR September 10,2018

A big thank You to everyone that has contributed on this platform.. It's so rich and robust, I'm sure other countries come here too for guidance.

God bless you all

stonecoldcafe:
Hold on. If you dont like long testimony, here is the abridged version
ECA- February 2018
ITA – April 11th 2018
AOR – May 19th 2018
RPRF- June 15th 2018
IP2 – Not really sure. First noticed September 17th 2018
PPR – Received the email September 18th 2018 although letter dated the previous day

Femiposh360:
Hello everyone! I am an Extremely silent reader and I mist say from reading from the beginning of Part 1 through 3or 4, I was able to get my creds evaluated, studied and passed my IELTS in my first sitting , created EE profile and submitted application in July. My score was 437 and so, I'm one of those of us praying and waiting for draw scores to drop to 430s.
I would like to ask a couple of questions though:
1. Will evaluating a second Master's degree and updating on my profile increase my scores?
2. My IELTS scores were L8.5,R8.5, W8 and S8 and my Band score is 8.5. However, I've been feeling my overall band score should be higher, shouldn't it? I guess if it's higher I could get more points too, right?

Please all the gurus in the house ( I know say una plenty) abeg help me. Thanks!

CanadianNaija:
AOR August 24

MEP Sept 20th- 1am.

I have passed medicals o.

It’s to go and sharply do biometric abeg. Please those that have done theirs, is it an all day affair? Is it something I can quickly go and do from work?

@ Smslive2, time have reach to get permanent site o. Your prophesy worked, I'm coming back for more prophesies once I submit my biometric.

VFUSION:
ITS PPR MAKE UNA HELP ME THANK GOD.
Canada ITA - DEC 20TH
AOR - MARCH 17TH
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PPR - SEPTEMBER 19TH

Favoured2505:
I did mine in Abuja. I was told to bring it along when I come for passport submission.

stonecoldcafe:
Hold on. If you dont like long testimony, here is the abridged version

IELTS- December 2017 L8, S8.5, R8 W7 (first attempt)
ECA- February 2018
ITA – April 11th 2018
AOR – May 19th 2018
RPRF- June 15th 2018
IP2 – Not really sure. First noticed September 17th 2018
PPR – Received the email September 18th 2018 although letter dated the previous day

bests:
Give it a shot, someone once told me he used 100% value of his pension.