New norm from BC was effected in March 2019. Hold your TRF until your score changes.

Debsify:
That's not the norm o, TRF should be with them during the EOR process. Did you pay for EOR? They might chop the money for nothing.

Those finding it difficult to write with pencil, you should buy ( NATARAJ NEON HB ) Pencil. You can only get it in a good bookstore is around 200 naira for 1. God will help us in this race

People of God, is there any February 20 AOR here? IOM precisely, I want to know if you’ve been called for biometrics. I will also like to join the WhatsApp group. Thanks.

Thanks for your response. I placed a call across this morning and the customer service representative (BC) i spoke to informed me that it is the new policy.

Debsify:
That's not the norm o, TRF should be with them during the EOR process. Did you pay for EOR? They might chop the money for nothing.

Debsify:
That's not the norm o, TRF should be with them during the EOR process. Did you pay for EOR? They might chop the money for nothing.

The new practice is that they dont need to collect the trf anymore while processing ur EOR. That was what they told me when I called BC, this week

mohioma:
Guys,

Can I scan my statement of results to wes to generate reference number, since am travelling to school next week for the original certificate. Won't it affect anything, since I won't av the statement of result again after obtaining the original certificate

Please I need advice.

WES would accept your statement of result for Evaluation. Once you Fax it to them, I'm not sure there will be any need for it again, so even if you exchange your Statement of result for your Original certificate, there wouldn't be any problem in future.

Search for WES fax number on the thread and sign up with www.hellofax.com to fax to them.

Remember to Pay on WES website first to generate your Reference number which you'll need when sending your Statement of result.

please who has materials from ieltsbuddy? heard its really good in achieving a high ielts score

Dear house.....has anyone been able to access the Unilag payment portal for transcript and statement of results. It's been down for sometime now.

dadicvila:
please who has materials from ieltsbuddy? heard its really good in achieving a high ielts score

Ieltsbuddy is a website, so log on to the site and you'll see materials you need.

You still have time na. Keep practicing.

ENGRAGHA2:
April 27th

Xyzee:
My people,

I would be writing my first ever IELTS tomorrow and have been practicing a lot lately, Kindly assist to critique one of my essays below so I could avoid making these mistakes in real exams condition.

below essay is my thought on early and late marriages.


In recent times in Nigeria, there has been an upsurge in the debate about early and late marriages. While a particular school of thought has come out to support the former there have been very tacit backing for the latter by traditional family societies. I believe the merits of an early marriage far outweighs a late marriage.

Besides, stigmatization of late marriages in our society is one hurdle that you would have successfully crossed because we are in a growing African society that despises late marriages and supports the maxim that women generally age faster than the men.
Furthermore, an early marriage supports the idea of early procreation. A family is able to decide on the number of children they want and set out to accomplish this. This would ultimately support the fact that we have to grow with our children thereby making them our friends.

In-as-much as the task of raising children is a daunting responsibility, financial planning is very necessary in both marriage types therefore, I would prefer that the bills of my children are picked up in my entire working life. Using one’s pension and savings to take care of kids is often encouraged by late marriages and I do not support this.

Also, the argument in support of late marriages that it allows ample time for intending couple to plan might be plausible. However, an early marriage would allow intending couples to weather the storms of life together, learning from their pitfalls and brazing themselves up to the top.

Two good heads they say, are better than one and even best if they come together earlier in life

please someone should help me assess my writing. I need to know areas I am to improve on. my test is tomorrow.

When you were away from the thread for a few days and are now trying to catch up.

Hello e-fam,

In the spirit of giving back to this beautiful fam....anyone who needs help with processing of transcript and verification from Lagos State University should PM muah...(only LASU ooo)

You are just a clown!

joo2018:
When you were away from the thread for a few days and are now trying to catch up.

Bavu11:

You can make remita payment on the remita website and select unilorin as the biller. I'll advise you do all that in the campus, as you will still have to stamp the payment printout receipt in the bursary unit. The mfb is also in the campus. Then you submit the receipt and the deposit slip at PG school, where it will be stapled with your verification letter. Mine got to WES after a week, though I hurried them to send asap. It's unfortunate that they don't respond to verification through email

Thank you

kingspaco:

WES would accept your statement of result for Evaluation. Once you Fax it to them, I'm not sure there will be any need for it again, so even if you exchange your Statement of result for your Original certificate, there wouldn't be any problem in future.

Search for WES fax number on the thread and sign up with www.hellofax.com to fax to them.

Remember to Pay on WES website first to generate your Reference number which you'll need when sending your Statement of result.

Thanks

Topsmamen:


Hi. Yes, 0601 and 0621 fit. But 0621 seems to fit more into your JD. I have looked at your JD and highlighted above (in red) the NOC 0621 duties that seem to correlate.

1. Plan, direct and evaluate the operations of establishments engaged in wholesale and retail sales or of departments in such establishments
2. Manage staff and assign duties
3. Study market research and trends to determine consumer demand, potential sales volumes and effect of competitors' operations on sales
4. Determine merchandise and services to be sold, and implement price and credit policies
5. Source and negotiate with vendors when necessary to procure merchandise for resale
6. Develop and implement marketing strategies
7. Plan budgets, authorize expenditures, and monitor revenues
8. Evaluate and improve customer service and respond to customer requests and issues
9. Address staffing requirements, including the hiring, development and retention of staff

Thanks boss

ans123:
Dear house.....has anyone been able to access the Unilag payment portal for transcript and statement of results. It's been down for sometime now.

the site has been down since Monday

msmodi:

We are indeed grateful to the Lord that rules in the affairs of men. And that is why when the world say "No" we declare that we have a "Yahweh" who is a specialist in impossibility.

Timeline:
IELTS: First Ielts Oct 2017 LRWS- 7.5/7/6.5/7
Second Ielts 20 Jan 2018 LRWS - 8/7.5/7.5/7.5/7.5
Spouse Ielts: 4th April 2018 LRWS- 5.5/6/6.5/7
ECA: May 3 2018 – WES / Spouse ECA –May 20 2018
ITA: 23 May 2018
AOR: 27 July 2018
MEP/IP1: 19 Aug 2018
Job mail: 4th Sept 2018
Received Gcms note – Feb 2018
From the Notes, file transferred to AVO – 4th Sept 2018 – workload redistribution
ADR: 21 Feb 2019 – Famous 5 ( payslips, bank statement highlighting salary deposits, family information form and schedule A).
ADR submitted: 27th February 2019
IP 2- 3rd April 2019
PPR: 4 April 2019
VO: Accra
Family of 2



PPR:
Randomly I checked my profile as usual and suddenly on 3rd April and noticed status has changed to "Profile updated", then moved to Ip2. At around 11am the next day, 4th April, I saw a mail and Lo and behold it was the Golden PPR mail after 8 months and 8 days. Finally It ended in Praise.

I am indeed grateful to this thread and everyone for the contribution and advice. This thread supplied me with all the information i used.

Congratssss

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.

I
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

.

Another win for Canny

Adeyemmy24:
Ladies and gentlemen! It's PPR!!

Sorry, this is coming a bit late
Hmmm, where do I start,  My God is gracious!
Prepare for long gist ooo
Time line

ITA- OCT 3
AOR- OCT 12
MEP and BIL- Nov 9
Gave Biometrics- Nov 9 (No dulling)
Dec 28:
Got to know that file has been transferred to Etobicoke and criminality passed
Dec-March18: Complete silence, no movement at all after criminally passed.
March 19- Eligibility recommended passed
March 28- Ghost update, called and got to know Eligibility passed, security passed, awaiting final decision.

April 4- PPR
VO -Etobicoke


Let me go and continue monitoring passport return tracker closely

 

Yessss Glory to God

Babs9:
It’s PPR!!!
Silent Reader

AOR: Sept 6, 2018
VO: Ottawa
BIL/MEP: September 28
IP1: Oct 23
IP2: Nov 23
Then silence....mailed Ralph, raised CSEs and called after 6 months mark
Ghost update 1: March 15
Ghost update 2: March 22
PPR: April 01

Will be back with the full gist..it was typed on the laptop but batt is down

Please question guys, is it a must to submit passport with the IMM 008? I submitted passport to VFS without IMM 008 since I’m single and family information didn’t change.

Congratulations

wasseynewest:
Finally, It's PPR my people!!!!! �����
Family size: 4
ECA: May 2018
IELTS: Oct. 27th 2018
ITA: Dec.19th '18
AOR: Dec.27th '18
MEP/BIL: Feb.7th '19
ADR: Feb.26th '19
PPR: April9th '19

Full gist coming soon. Madam is in charge of that one

Oga Mi Sir wasseynewest - The eagle has landed finally.

CongratuPPR to all

Je m'appelle CanadaWINS

Please is it possible to submit statement of result and/or transcript to CIC? i already confirmed statement of result is accepted by WES but the next phase where all documents are to be submitted including that gotten from WES (i think, as i havent started the process yet, just gathering info first). My reason for asking is because i plan on using my Msc (from UNIBEN) to apply but my original certificate wouldnt be ready till next year, tho i have both statement of result and transcript.

honeycandy:
Good morning everyone. Does WES accept attestation of result? I sent result attestation for my Unilag masters degree, but my status for masters degree is showing not yet received. My certificate is not yet ready.

Tell Unilag to send the Attestation together with your transcript. WES will accept it.

Troysam2017:
Thanks for your response. I placed a call across this morning and the customer service representative (BC) i spoke to informed me that it is the new policy.

What of people who live far away from their offices?

The question you have written about is not detailed enough for one to know if your essay should be written as an opinion essay, a discussion essay or an opinion/discussion essay. This will determine the body of the essay. Kindly write out the question the way it was asked.
Your introduction paragraph looks good but there are quite a number of red flags in the body paragraphs mostly in terms of the structure. So like I said earlier, let's get the exact question so we know if u are to discuss the question or give your opinion or do both.

Xyzee:
My people,

I would be writing my first ever IELTS tomorrow and have been practicing a lot lately, Kindly assist to critique one of my essays below so I could avoid making these mistakes in real exams condition.

below essay is my thought on early and late marriages.


In recent times in Nigeria, there has been an upsurge in the debate about early and late marriages. While a particular school of thought has come out to support the former there have been very tacit backing for the latter by traditional family societies. I believe the merits of an early marriage far outweighs a late marriage.

Besides, stigmatization of late marriages in our society is one hurdle that you would have successfully crossed because we are in a growing African society that despises late marriages and supports the maxim that women generally age faster than the men.
Furthermore, an early marriage supports the idea of early procreation. A family is able to decide on the number of children they want and set out to accomplish this. This would ultimately support the fact that we have to grow with our children thereby making them our friends.

In-as-much as the task of raising children is a daunting responsibility, financial planning is very necessary in both marriage types therefore, I would prefer that the bills of my children are picked up in my entire working life. Using one’s pension and savings to take care of kids is often encouraged by late marriages and I do not support this.

Also, the argument in support of late marriages that it allows ample time for intending couple to plan might be plausible. However, an early marriage would allow intending couples to weather the storms of life together, learning from their pitfalls and brazing themselves up to the top.

Two good heads they say, are better than one and even best if they come together earlier in life

You can download the application form from BC website, fill and send it along with bank draft either via proxy or through courier.
You have 6 weeks from the test date to apply, so you can arrange it well.

DrMrsCK:



What of people who live far away from their offices?

joo2018:
When you were away from the thread for a few days and are now trying to catch up.

As innnnn

Xyzee:
My people,

I would be writing my first ever IELTS tomorrow and have been practicing a lot lately, Kindly assist to critique one of my essays below so I could avoid making these mistakes in real exams condition.

below essay is my thought on early and late marriages.


In recent times in Nigeria, there has been an upsurge in the debate about early and late marriages. While a particular school of thought has come out to support the former there have has been very tacit backing for the latter by traditional family societies. I believe the merits of an early marriage far outweighs outweigh a late marriage.

Besides, stigmatization of late marriages in our society is one hurdle that you would have successfully crossed because we are in a growing African society that despises late marriages and supports the maxim that women generally age faster than the men.
Furthermore, an early marriage supports the idea of early procreation. A family is able to decide on the number of children they it want wants and set sets out to accomplish this. This would ultimately support the fact that we have to grow with our children thereby making them our friends.

In-as-much as the task of raising children is a daunting responsibility, financial planning is very necessary in both marriage types therefore, I would prefer that the bills of my children are picked up in my entire working life. Using one’s pension and savings to take care of kids is often encouraged by late marriages and I do not support this.

Also, the argument in support of late marriages that it allows ample time for intending couple to plan might be plausible. However, an early marriage would allow intending couples to weather the storms of life together, learning from their pitfalls and brazing bracing themselves up to the top.

Two good heads they say, are better than one and even best if they come together earlier in life

You should reproduce the question, so that we know how to assess your essay.

Even without seeing the question, I need to ask whether you have seen the IELTS requirements for getting a 7? They are: Task Achievement, Coherence & Cohesion, Lexical Resource & Grammatical Range and Accuracy. It may be good to understand these requirements before writing any essay.

It will be very helpful to plan what you're going to write and mentally travel through your points before putting pen to paper. I am not sure this was done before you wrote this essay, because I see a lot of ideas all over the place, which I'm not sure were fully developed.

Your points and presentation do not cohere with the theme you're addressing (by this I mean that there is no flow or progression to your write-up). I cannot read it once and grasp the point, I have to go over like twice to make meaning of what you're saying. For instance, the word 'Besides' in Paragraph 2 suggests to me that you have made a point earlier which is negatived/neutralized by the point that comes after 'Besides'. In my view, 'Besides' cannot begin a paragraph if you have not made a previous point.

I think you also chose what I consider a technical essay. I was praying not to meet this 'outweigh' essay because I think it requires some skill to write it impressively within the context of IELTS. Please start with the simple essays and grow into essays like this one.

If it is possible, I suggest that you reschedule the test. This will allow you time to fine-tune your approach to the essay and get valuable help and insight from folks like ladymarshall, wasseynewest or johnnybravo1990. I think you have come out too late to be able to make any concrete adjustments to your plans and have someone tutor you. The tutors on here are quite busy and it takes a while for them to review and revert on essays submitted to them.

Disclaimer:
I AM STILL AWAITING MY IELTS RESULTS, SO I HAVE NO SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE IN THIS MATTER, JUST MY THOUGHTS WHICH YOU ARE ENTITLED TO DISCARD.

All the best.

Xyzee:


please someone should help me assess my writing. I need to know areas I am to improve on. my test is tomorrow.

This essay is no where near Ielts standard.. Please pm wassey immediately u have a long way to go. This is not to scare you but you need some tips to score7

Anyone have the link to March 2019 AOR WhatsApp group, please? Thanks.

cc: @ladymarshall

Xplorezee:
** clears throat**
Sorry for the delay..... I need to add sauce to the gist ni jare.....

Guys!!!!! It's PPRRRRR!!!!!

Alhamdulillahx3ce, robil al'amin

Am so excited�����. You might be wondering who is this but it's your boy(wasseynewest) pppprrrrrrr......yeeeaaahh

LOOONNNNNGGGGG POST ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!

So i decided am going to be the one to announce our ppr, Yes i just feel like It, so to the main gist.

Idea to japaa January 2018, actually one of my hubby's former boss that has successfully relocated in 2017 told him about express entry in 2017, he told me about it and the otondo me that hasn't travelled out of naija before was like..... so oo. I really wasn't interested at first cause I know nothing about the whole express entry stuff. Fast forward to Jan 2018 after my birthday which was Jan 17, bobo said we are going to do our passport o, that he has asked his uncle about how to go about it and he already collected the number of a man that's actually going to help us out there.

PASSPORT PROCESSING....JAN 18. We went with our two boys and spent the day there, the man wasn't of much help actually after we paid he said his going out(that was how he japaa) and handed us over to another officer there,that one no even say make him even come look our face, as people that came after us self were being smuggled in by the people they know, we were waiting on queue ni o, and uncle number don switch off, not even knowing we were suppose to go somewhere else first, where they will ask me and hubby few question about our family and children. Thank God one of my boys run go that side and as we were trying to catch him na im we run into the lady that did some photocopies for us downstairs in fact that was where we paid to the man, and even she self was surprised say we still dey, in short she was the one that sha told us about the interview and where we go enter do am, the woman that was to interview us self was angry say she don dey call us since, we sha Do the interview and left there. To cut the short story long��, we were among the last batch they attended to and we left there, bobo(newest) was angry with the man anyways.

ECA: this wasn't that stressful plus WES have not started asking for WAEC then, apart from the fact that hubbys schools both ojere and ibadan over charged him as per say him be politician for school and their faculty president for poly ibadan, they charge am small. As for me being a product of a better by far university(unilorin)�� it didn't cost me much, I spent like 11500 or so plus courier and all and I gave the lady in charge 1k out of my free Will, I didn't even go there myself, I sent someone....so
My ECA. August 7
Hubby. August ending sha can't remember the date.

IELTS.....omg... the toughest but God came through for us Alhamdulillah, hubby already shared that testimony here so wouldn't be writting much on it before una say I too like story.
Hubby IELTS 6th attempt
L 8.5, W7, R 7, S 7 he's the PA.
ME L8 W6.5 R7 S7.5. We battled with IELTS from May 12 to Oct before the breakthrough.

PCC Newest got inspector moshood's no on this thread, he's quiet a funny man. It was a smooth and fast process.

MEDICALS: we were lucky enough to get an already booked date easily, hubby also met the guy on this platform. He announced on the thread that if there's anyone interested on the date because he couldn't wait again and that he is going for the IOM option, so we accepted the date and went for medical before ITA, It was smooth too we were the first to get there and got the no 1 tag for all colours. We finished around after 10.

POF;Not that easy but we thank God. My hubby' s uncle in the US helped with part of the payment and we did gift deed, also sold off some stuff plus bobo's salary that he's been saving up. Mehn.....this journey require a lot fund oooo.

REFFERENCE LETTER:
Hubby got his ref letter from previous company. Oh....in his present company he was unable to get the letter from the HR department on a letter head paper although one of his senior colleague(supervisor) was able to get his within 5days and told him how to go about, but we never hear anything. He later asked his supervisor to write for him on a plain A4 papper and added all the necessary addables- I don't know if the word is correct oo....you sha understand what i mean rai, � I know you do�.We submitted our application o in the hope that when the letter headed ref come we will raise a CSE to upload it and explain why it was late-- bad idea right(yes), that was newest idea but I discouraged him(beauty with brain), but I couldn't pass IELTS writting with that brain�‍♀���. The ref letter arrived two o weeks ago, must have been stuck on third mainland bridge hold up....

Our Timeline
IELTS PA Oct 27
IELTS me. June 30
ECA PA...... Aug 28
ECA me... Aug 7
ITA. Dec 19
AOR. Dec 27
MEP/BIL. Feb 6
BIL completed. Feb 7
ADR. Feb 25
App approved. MARCH 7th
PPR. APRIL 9th

We give thanks to God Almighty that has made all things beautiful in its time. It has indeed ended in praise for us and yours too shall definitely end in praise and worship.

TO others that are long overdue to receive their ppr in one Avo or anoda, I pray that God shall touch the heart of that V.O. that is singing "mi o lewa ku" on top your file and make him release your ppr soonest so that you can dance ABLE GOD.

Congratulations, go and prosper

Hearty Congratulations!!! @Livy2018, @Msmodi, @Liz019, @Adeyemmy24, @ Wasseynewest@Bap9, @Popscicle and @Selzsky. Wishing you all the very best in Canada.

For the IELTS smashers, AOR'ers, PNP nominees may the rest of the process be smooth.

Good day house.
Please I need the help of our NOC gurus.
I want use NOC 2121 (Biologists and related Scientists) as my primary NOC and I want to be sure my job duties fit well.

Job title : Environmental Scientist

Duties:
Plan and participate in Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Studies;

Carry out environmental monitoring exercises;

Collect samples of flora, fauna, soil and water from designated sites for environmental studies;

Conduct baseline environmental studies of a project environment in order to predict its potential impacts;

Prepare Environmental and Social Impact Assessment reports;

Proffer mitigation measures for the management of environmental and social impacts of development projects;

Develop Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMP) for the management of the environment and people while carrying out development projects;

Any other duty assigned by the head.

Popscicle:

Congratulations once again