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Onetwo77:
You fill the education section twice. You would add your bachelor's degree and the one year certificate in the field.

I hope that helps

DeltaSigma:
Hello brother, what certificates did you supply to WES, PGD and BSc or is it only BSc?

roblance:
Bro is your Bachelor's degree a five years course?

Ifeoma77:
Use what's on your ECA report - one year program

Xyzee:
Dear All,

Please, for those who have done the Computer-Based Listening Test; Is there anytime allowed to type your answers from your notes?


I noticed there is a whole 10minutes allowed for the PBT.

Topsmamen:
1. Yes. You can send a PM to @Avidreader748 and discuss with him on WAEC processing.
2. See this link.
3. You pay the Application Fee before you submit your application. The Right of Permanent Residence Fee (RPRF) can be paid before you submit your application or you can choose to pay after. It's up to you to decide.

Ifeoma77:
Wow!!!!!!!!! Congratulations again and again and again!!!
It has ended in praise

Xyzee:
Dear All,

Please, for those who have done the Computer-Based Listening Test; Is there anytime allowed to type your answers from your notes?


I noticed there is a whole 10minutes allowed for the PBT.

Mstomie:
You are expected to answer as you go. Thereis only 2 minutes I believe to go through the listening test after each section.

amoskitto:
Hello all,
I have a few questions as I prepare for ITA, which hopefully I should get sometime in May. My wife and I are applying (with her as the PA). We were just informed by our respective contacts in our schools that they have sent our verification back to WES. So hopefully our WES ECA reports should be out sometime around middle of May. We have also scaled through IELTS and our CRS stands at 458. So my question is how early can we begin to put together our requirements?

How long does it take on the average to schedule a medical test and get the report out? Is it okay for the date on the medical report to precede ITA?

Is it acceptable for the date on the employment reference letter to precede ITA? If so, boy how many weeks? In other words, can we start processing job reference letter in April even though we may not apply till May ending?

Are there any requirements that I can only start processing after ITA? Or can I just start collating everything now?

Anikulapu:
Oh you have written twice , I said myself and my wife wrote 9 times so who be the customer here. I once had an accident on my way for the speaking test and they allowed me even when I was late just because they recognized my face so well. Bro I also wrote on my birthday too, they sang for me. But all ended in praise.

Jennypharb1:
Congratulations, God knows how to come through sha, you'll just be left wondering. Go forth and prosper

Crookesmore:
Hello house,

For those that used ICES, how long does it take to receive the completed ECA with a canadian address?

Liz019:
Thank you sis!! You know!!! Amen!!!

Crookesmore:
Hello house,

For those that used ICES, how long does it take to receive the completed ECA with a canadian address?

Anikulapu:
Oh you have written twice , I said myself and my wife wrote 9 times so who be the customer here. I once had an accident on my way for the speaking test and they allowed me even when I was late just because they recognized my face so well. Bro I also wrote on my birthday too, they sang for me. But all ended in praise.

venorite:
I wrote the first one January and the second one March, I feel the gap affected my performance and I didn’t want that to happen. I know the dynamics of this exam, just that I don’t know where I am wrong

Stephanie09:
I will say 3 days. For me I got an email on Friday from Ups that I have a package on its way, the report was delivered on Monday.

Crookesmore:
Hello house,

For those that used ICES, how long does it take to receive the completed ECA with a canadian address?

Livy2018:
LONG POST ALERT

In short, I heard about Express entry for the 1st time in March 2018 and I saw that we were eligible.

IELTS:
With the CRS tool, we realized that hubby did not need to take the test. So I registered in April for the May 12th exam MOD IDP. I was still on maternity leave, so I had time to prepare, about 6 weeks

Anikulapu:
Oh you have written twice , I said myself and my wife wrote 9 times so who be the customer here. I once had an accident on my way for the speaking test and they allowed me even when I was late just because they recognized my face so well. Bro I also wrote on my birthday too, they sang for me. But all ended in praise.

Jennypharb1:
I hope it's okay to laugh now since you have passed the exams gan. Do you mean 9times each or 9times between the two of you

My Sweet Jenny Happy Sunday

Stephanie09:
Congratulations sis, May Canada favor you

Liz019:
My Express Entry Journey - (Formerly known as AmeComplique)

The following events take place in the city of Lagos and a far away dreadful land called the ACCRA VISA OFFICE.

It has been said by victorious warriors before me that once you survive a journey through the Accra visa office evil forest, you can kill a lion with your bare hands.

Starring:
Two study abroad agents, One Canadian Immigration agent, The men and women of the Accra visa office, Big Daddy Ralph and my humble self formerly known as AmeComplique.

Now the Story Begins.....

NB: I did the first draft of this post in November 2018, but Alas brethren God had other plans for me.

TIMELINE
Decision to relocate: Since i realised I was born in Nigeria.
IELTS First Attempt (September 2017) BC: LRSW 8.5, 7, 7.5, 6.5
Second Attempt (May 2018) BC: 9, 9, 7.5, 7.5
ECA (WES ): Masters
Work Experience m: Cumulative of 3years and 7months at the time I applied (NOC 1241& 1243)
Travel history: UAE (gist below)
ITA: June 25th 2018(a day to my birthday��) and first ever Monday draw (I believe)
AOR: July 10th 2018
MEP/IP1: July 27th 2018
ADR (Accra famous five): February 25th
IP2: April 2nd 2019
PPR: April 3rd 2019
Visa Office: The great Accra

The Beginning....
It all started when I got a job with a paramilitary agency sometime in 2016 right after my masters, I knew immediately that I was going to hate the job (i despise redundancy and i felt i was too young to be wasting away just like that). After my first month, I told myself I wasn't going to spend more than two years on the job (even though I exceeded the time frame, praise God I'm finally leaving). My dad hated the job even more than I did and successfully talked me into starting a PhD program.

I reluctantly started the program in one unnecessarily expensive private university. The only thing that kept me in was the thought of having 'Dr.' in front of my name by 26 (man proposes abi. LOL). After my first semester, i knew I wasn't going to use the 'Dr' in front of my name to live the kind of life i wanted, then the search for a better life began...

I stumbled upon a "study in Germany" agency sometime in February/March 2017, and decided to give migrating yet another shot. The plan was to start my PhD all over again or even go for another masters. I just wanted to leave. I really carried myself to the agency one Saturday afternoon after work. Long story short, they didn't see or hear from me after that day.

Not long after that, a friend at the office mentioned another agency, this time I decided to give applying for a Masters or PhD in Canada a shot. While i was still toying around with the idea, someone randomly mentioned Express entry in May 2017. When i realised how much was invloved and the fact that I had to "write a test" I completely forgot about it until I realised the PhD in Canada dream wasn't going to come to pass at the time.

Looking back, I think the idea of having to write IELTS was what deterred me from starting sooner. But you know what they say about God's time.


The Beginning of the Actual Journey....

ECA (WES)
After the PhD in Canada dream crashed, I decided to start the Express entry journey. Asked around, did very very little research (I wish i had read more) and figured evaluating my degree was going to be the first hurdle.

Started in July 2017, finally got my report in November 2017.

First IELTS :
September 30th, 2017.
So I had this "it's just English" mindset going in for the first test, boy was I in for a massive surprise. This thoroughly and completely discouraged me!! I gave up on the whole journey all over again!

Re-trying the Study route:
Seeing as IELTS didn't favour me on the first try (sour loser like me), I decided to retry my luck with the study route. I attended a study in Canada fair at Eko Hotel, then went ahead to start boosting my travel history (��) hence the UAE trip (all because the representative from the Canadian high commission at the fair said they mostly give student visas to individuals with extensive travel histories (a UAE my waka end sha, na where money reach).

I decided to apply to two universities for Masters and Accelerated Nursing in October/November 2017. Thanks to the NASU strike then, i couldn't get my transcripts early enough. I would later come to learn that both my applications were unsuccessful.

Getting an agent:
See ehn ignorance is not good! I was too lazy to read extensively about the process, so I took everything I heard about it to be true. I mean! I remember one guy telling me that when you get your PR Visa, you would have to travel with your POF in cash, and that the Immigration officer will count it in your presence and if its less by even 1 dollar, they'll put you on the next flight back to Nigeria. LMAOOOOO.

Someone from work introduced me to an agent who was going to charge about 3,000 US dollars or so and said my first IELTS scores would be sufficient. According to him, he was going to assist with applying through the PNP route. He sounded very promising, so I paid the first instalment (1k US dollars). He requested for some documents, but baba no do anything o. Baba didn't even encourage me to take the test again to boost CRS score or anything. When i decided to free the guy was when he said he would see what he could do on or before December 2018, that by then he would have found the right immigration program for me apply through (Lmaooo OVOKO). This was just around February 2018 o, me that was already seeing myself eating snow by December? You lie sir.

That was the moment i started considering retaking the test.

Second IELTS :
I talked to God about retaking the test and got my go ahead. I apllied about 2 months ahead and began studying. Thank God for IELTS Liz, that site changed everything for me mehn. Finally took the test in May. I still remember how I rolled on the floor thanking God when I got my result (Thank God i was at home that day. Lol).

Going back to the Agent:
I really didn't want my money to go down the drain just like that, so i informed the agent of the new scores. Next thing, baba asked for another 1000 US dollars to fill my express entry profile, and i was to pay the last 1000 US dollars after ITA. LMAOOOOOOOO. You say wetin?

Pre ITA:
I carry my two legs enter pool by myself, start to swim immediately!!! To be honest I still didn't read up as much as I should have and made a lot of mistakes when filling out my profile. For example, i was utterly confused about my correct NOC code. Seeing as i was in the paramilitary, i didn't know if i was to go with the code for my specific duties in my unit, my department or general duties as a paramilitary officer. I had sleepless nights!

Finally went with one that covered my duties in my Department, I still wasn't comfortable with it. So even after i submitted my profile, i kept searching.

ITA :
Got my ITA shortly after entering the pool, I had already started gathering my documents as soon as I got my results. The only delay was with the medicals, I would have been able to submit my application the following day sef ��.

POST ITA
Now back to the NOC issue, i ended up changing the code to one that reflected my duties in my unit in my e-APR, after i go my reference letter (I didn't explain in my LOE). To be honest, i didn't know the one i picked previously would still reflect, i only found out after i had already submitted my application (more sleepless nights).

PROOF OF FUNDS:
Na God do this one!!! This was one of my major fears before i started this journey, but somehow even in death, God used my Mum to come through for me. Unexpected entitlements started dropping from different corners few months before i retook my test.

I still remember the day i got ITA and realised i had to pay another 300k. I started crying! I didn't want my dad to know about the process until it was almost done (he doesn't want to hear anything about relocating), so that was a no go area. My man (A complete blessing in human form) had already brought out all he had and more. We prayed that evening and started hoping. Even tabled it during the Hallelujah challenge that night.

The next day (my birthday), i got a call from my mum's office to pick up a cheque they had stalled for over 6 months. I was expecting about a hundred thousand from there. I already started looking for things to sell to make up the remainder. I got to the office to pick up the cheque. I burst out in tears when I saw the amount. Lo and behold it was almost double the amount i needed. TALK ABOUT A WONDER WORKING GOD!!!!

Post AOR:
Found this thread and many others on Canada Visa, Quora, and facebook after i had submitted my application and I started poking holes in every thing i submitted. All of a sudden, my scans were no longer clear enough, my reference letters started to look too similar. That Mark Holte man gave me the biggest nightmares fa!. Ahhhh I had sleepless nights thinking about what i could have done differently. An example was the NOC issue.

One major concern came from the fact that since I work for the federal government; (a paramilitary agency for that matter), it would draw unnecessary attention to my application, i remember the agent pointed this out then. The devil started drawing me to experiences of other military and paramilitary applicants. Shook that one off like after a week or more (It came back when i got the ADR).

Found out my application was sent to the Accra visa office when I raised a CSE, see wahala. I joined a couple of WhatsApp groups so I could track other applications. Then I found out applicants from 2017 were still in queue. I told myself my case would definitely be different. I told God I wanted to testify to his name on this matter. I realized later that the WhatsApp groups only made me worry more, so I left all of them and stuck to this thread and the Life in Canada sister thread in faith.

I rememeber reading Kwado's PPR post in November and going through the bible passages he had in it and just then something said "start writing out your PPR post"; which I did, not long after my spirit fell again thanks to news of Accra not tending to applications till "early 2019".

In the later part of November 2018, I started thinking about cancelling my application! The big question was still, what if it landed back in Accra

Another major cause for concern I had was when I heard gist that the Admin officer that signed my reference letter had "japa-ed" to the UK. Na there high blood pressure start again o.

ADR
I remember getting the mail for ADR on a Monday morning (February 25th) just after parade. I ran to my car to open my profile thinking it was either going to be PPR or interview invite, i was shaking sha (ended up locking my keys in my car that morning). Looll. Anyway sha that one was practice.

Another cause for concern with the ADR was the fact that I didn't have payslips or salary statement of account for the first employment I claimed points for. The only proof of payments I had were for two payments made for what i was owed after i had left the company. I submitted the statement like that.

Second concern was that I had fixed POF like 2 weeks before the ADR came and i had even done like 4 fixed deposits between AOR and the last fixed deposit. So, terminated the fixed deposit, then i got the fixed deposit documents for all the months i fixed for scanned it in addition to my statement of account.

Wrote a letter of explanation to cover the two concerns I had.

Mail to Big Daddy Ralph
My friend told me to reach out to Ralph's office about my application, I sent the mail in the very early hours of 2nd April. I got word that evening (while standing beside my car that had just packed up at iyana ipaja bus stop) that Eligibility, Security and Criminality had been passed earlier that day. I was busy smiling while my colleagues and concerned citizens were trying to help out.

Checked my profile that evening and saw Application updated; I was in IP2 (Background check in progress)

PPR!!!!!!!!
The golden mail came on the 3rd of April 2019, 8months and 26days from AOR inside Idumota. Told my dad that evening and he was ecstatic, my siblings were too excited. Oga was over the moon. Me sha didn't sleep that night, i was feeling too giddy.

Submitted Passport and all the orishi rishi they asked for at VFS on the following day. That day was a very hectic one sha, had to borrow a laptop to fill out the form IMM008 as mine had issues, their printer wasn't working in the first studio 24 (Ikeja city mall) i went to, had to go to Allen. Ended up getting to VFS at 2:30pm, better late than never abi?

Now the planning and research contines intensively...

Word of Advice....
For anyone on this journey losing hope for one reason or the other, I urge you to please keep the faith. God works wonders. Imagine if i had given up after the first test (me wey hate failure pass as i hate satan). LOL.

Also, read, research and ask questions, who dey ask question nor dey miss road.

Again, i know we all want to keep everything hush hush until it's all done, but you don't know who can/will have one beneficial information or the other (but try spot whether na bad belle first biko)...

I just remembered the leather jackets i bought from Katangoa late 2017, told my sister i was buying them in faith .

I am so so grateful to God Almighty for this sha. It is more than a dream come through, I just wish my mum was here to see this, but I know she definitely has a fat as* smile on her face up there .

P.S: I had to leave out a very very crucial detail from this post for privacy reasons, I'll definitely update it once I can. Promise.

Pardon any typos biko. The story long small.

Debsify:
My spouse's report was delivered the next day after getting a notification from both BCIT and UPS. For sure it's via courier not standard mail

Mariesio:
So which is better : Computer or Paper based ?

Topsmamen:
1. Yes. You can send a PM to @Avidreader748 and discuss with him on WAEC processing.
2. See this link.
3. You pay the Application Fee before you submit your application. The Right of Permanent Residence Fee (RPRF) can be paid before you submit your application or you can choose to pay after. It's up to you to decide.

magd:
You can apply for transcript and statement of result online, my convocation is on Thursday too but my transcript has been processed just waiting for statement of result

raspberry88:
Congratulations to our PPR clinchers..

Please what is the content of job mail?
I am getting worried if I have received Post-AOR without knowing.