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AdetonaDami:
Pm me or drop your no, oga wassey will add you

Please add me to the IELTS whatsapp group
07033two94three99
Thanks

Congrats to you all. I can't go a day without being on this thread, it has become everyday job. Reading PPR stories gives me joy. Am yet to start the process as NOUN has been fucking me up since 2017 to add my name to graduation list. The dream of getting my masters is just on hold. Hubby sef dey pity me cos na me carry this Canada for head. Last last our efforts won't be in vain

VFS Update

https://www.nairaland.com/4472519/canadian-express-entry-federal-skilled/149#67773658
https://www.nairaland.com/4472519/canadian-express-entry-federal-skilled/199#67972027
https://www.nairaland.com/4472519/canadian-express-entry-federal-skilled/165#67830320
https://www.nairaland.com/4657743/canadian-express-entry-federal-skilled/23#70076407

The above links constitute the body of knowledge about passport submission at VFS. Based on my experience today, I want to provide an update.

Documents remain the same:
a. PPR mail
b. Filled height and colour charts (from the PPR mail)
c. International passport for each person
d. 2 photocopies each of passport
e. 2 photos with CIC specifications
f. Signed VFS consent form (from Vfs Nigeria website)
g. Filled IMM0008 (if there was any change in your family configuration)
i. Cash. N17,790 per person plus N680 per person for sms. You can choose to pay for onmly one sms. Ensure you bring the exact amount as no change will be given.

VFS Ikeja (Canada Visa Application Centre, Lagos Manor Hall, Plot 110, Admiral Ayinla Way, ... Third Roundabout, Lekki Phase I)
1. Show your passport at the entrance and enter.
2. Climb the stairs to the 2nd floor by your right. Enter the Canada application room by your left.
3. Tell the security by the entrance you are for passport submission, he will give you a slip.
4. Sit on the chairs in front of Counters 1 and 2.
5. When your slip is called, meet the attendant and give him/her your documents. He will arrange and put them in a bag.
6. The security will then give you another slip.
7. Go and sit front of Counters 6 and 7. This is the bank section.
8. When you number is called, go and pay.
9. Go and sit front of Counters 8, 9 and 19.
10. When you number is called, go and submit.
12. Collect your receipt with tracking number
13. Go and continue your travel preparations.

ECA (Masters) with ICES just completed at exactly 11weeks today. Can't wait to receive the report and dive into the pool. Happy mood.

@Joo2018,a beautiful soul indeed,congrats bro,may your new country favour you.
@Obiconte,congrats too dear,all the best to you guys.

Please can someone help with ICES current process urgently?

adeptonlin:
ECA (Masters) with ICES just completed at exactly 11weeks today. Can't wait to receive the report and dive into the pool. Happy mood.

Hello Seniors, Please can you help with ICES current process

Has it changed from this? I've been away for some time

*Copied*

Type ICES ECA evaluation and detailed process pops out.However,click on *apply now*, fill in your details,your reference number with A000.....,will be displayed,take note of that then after filling it,scan and upload original B.sc or whatever degree you have in coloured as well as your international passport.There is a placeholder for each document.Of you are married,upload your marriage certificate in the placeholder for*others* this is important to prove the reason for discrepancy for the names in your certificate and international passport.

Go ahead to make payment with debit card as it is accepted notwithstanding their website specifically said only credit card is accepted.Courier fee for Canadian address is $26 while international address is$75.

Then for official transcript,your school *must* send it to ICES through the school's official email address or they can courier it to ICES.Official school email address should not be yahoo or gmail.

I would suggest you follow up with your school so that once the transcript is ready,you can create an ICES acccount,submit then send the reference no to your school to submit the next day or so.

They only send acknowledgement of documents,and completion of ECA to your email or you can log in to your account to see it too.

Once your school sends your transcript to ICES,send them a mail to confirm receipt and you will get response within 48 hrs.Goodluck guys.

The whole process was 5weeks.

Obi1conte:
So for those who would someday find their app in AVO here’s the theory and it seems true:
AVO works with/within a window, some say it’s from DECEMBER TO MARCH, other says JANUARY TO APRIL which ever one it is if your file gets to them after this window, well you just need to take a chill pill, you MIGHT not get your PPR till the following year. This year they must have opened the window late because we didn’t get the deluge of PPRs till April when we all thought it was going to be MARCH. May, June and JULY 2018 AOR still waiting for PPR, for those that have been released we can’t thank God enough, it has ended in praise.
With other VO you wake up to see the golden mail, but with AVO you spend the whole day checking and waiting for the mail to drop. I was at my mechanic when I checked to see the golden mail staring back at me and as I made calls to my wife and then my mum I became a baby again without a care in the world who was watching……it is/was a good feeling….trust me.

Congratulations to you and yours! May Canada favor you

joo2018:
VFS Update

https://www.nairaland.com/4472519/canadian-express-entry-federal-skilled/149#67773658
https://www.nairaland.com/4472519/canadian-express-entry-federal-skilled/199#67972027
https://www.nairaland.com/4472519/canadian-express-entry-federal-skilled/165#67830320
https://www.nairaland.com/4657743/canadian-express-entry-federal-skilled/23#70076407

The above links constitute the body of knowledge about passport submission at VFS. Based on my experience today, I want to provide an update.

Documents remain the same:
a. PPR mail
b. Filled height and colour charts (from the PPR mail)
c. International passport for each person
d. 2 photocopies each of passport
e. 2 photos with CIC specifications
f. Signed VFS consent form (from Vfs Nigeria website)
g. Filled IMM0008 (if there was any change in your family configuration)
i. Cash. N17,790 per person plus N680 per person for sms. You can choose to pay for only one sms.

VFS Ikeja (Canada Visa Application Centre, Lagos Manor Hall, Plot 110, Admiral Ayinla Way, ... Third Roundabout, Lekki Phase I)
1. Show your passport at the entrance and enter.
2. Climb the stairs to the 2nd floor by your right. Enter the Canada application room by your left.
3. Tell the security by the entrance you are for passport submission, he will give you a slip.
4. Sit on the chairs in front of Counters 1 and 2.
5. When your slip is called, meet the attendant and give him/her you documents. He will arrange and put them in a bag.
6. The security will then give you another slip.
7. Go and sit front of Counters 6 and 7. This is the bank section.
8. When you number is called, go and pay.
9. Go and sit front of Counters 8, 9 and 19.
10. When you number is called, go and submit.
12. Collect your receipt with tracking number
13. Go and continue your travel preparations.

Thank you for this. Page 1 please

ainatutu:
Good evening guys, please is there any whatsapp group created for say April 2019 Aor on this platform or a whatsapp group i can join.
Thanks as always ...

Yes. Send a PM

Please is there any January AOR group?
I’d like to join one. Thank you

joo2018:
LONG VERSION


I have a dream that all of our hopes and dreams about Canada will come true.

Congratulations! God bless you and yours

joo2018:
LONG VERSION

BEFORE 2018 - BACKGROUND
I was your average, not-very-passionate, but quietly loyal Nigerian. All I wanted to do was make it here and go for holidays abroad. As my friends were jetting out one by one, I watched with a weird mixture of envy and disdain.

As time went by, however, my career stalled. Without professional growth, how will I be able to take care of my growing family? I work in a company in a specialized manufacturing industry. After ten years of work experience, I could no longer grow in the company and in a small, specialized industry I could not go to another company.

I really tried to transfer to another industry. I did an MBA, became a PMP, and registered with several professional bodies. Filled my CV. Applied, applied and applied for jobs. No dice. I still felt I could wing it though.

October 2017, while chatting with a childhood friend based Japan, he asked if I wasn't interested in traveling out. I told him not really. He then said Canada was the place to be and he would send me the process. I said ok, just to humor him. He forwarded a mail explaining Canada Express Entry and listed in it all the steps I was to take. I opened the mail, scanned the contents, smiled to myself, closed it and forgot about it.

JANUARY – MARCH 2018: DECISION TO EMMIGRATE
Fast forward to January 2018, my job came under threat. With a bleak prospects everywhere, I realized I had to make a radical decision and start my career all over again. And then came the still, small voice, if I was starting all over again, why don’t I start all over again in another country?
I remembered my friend’s email and started research. Had a discussion with Mrs Joo and so the decision was made.

All the research I did showed that in 2017, ITA draw points were low and I could get ITA with 420s. With my MBA and IELTS alone, I could get that range, so it was decided that I would be the PA and only assess myself.

As NASU was still on strike, ECA was out of it. Registered for FutureLearn IELTS course (free option). Tried booking for IELTS only to realize that I needed a valid passport. Mine having expired. This was when passports were taking months to get. Found out that I could get one day passport at Ado-Ekiti. Took time off, traveled and got it. Booking for IELTS was tough as people were booking fast as the exam fee was increasing from 65k to 75k in May. I could only get April 4 test day at Port Harcourt. I booked it fast.

APRIL - AUGUST 2018: GOING SPOUSE UNACCOMPANIED
BC changed my exams days 3x within one week to the exam. The last one was a day to the exam. This was also a time when work situation was dire. There was no way to get leave and to go AWOL was to basically forfeit the job. So I gave up the exam. Rebooked for May 24.

When NASU resumed, I started the ECA with WES. I used my statement of result.
With extra time to prepare for IELTS, I used IELTS Ryan materials on youtube a lot. Downloaded and used a lot of IELTS practices apps on android (I don’t remember which. Uninstalled them after the exam). I also completed the Road to IELTS materials provided. Results came ok.

IELTS: May 24, 2018 L8 R9 S7.5 W7

While reading more, I found out that draws were consistently high in 2018 and there was no way I was getting an ITA with my projected score. Having gone far in the process, the options were to wait and encourage my spouse to start the process or to forge ahead and let my spouse find her way later. I felt so pressured and chose the latter. Told Mrs Joo the new reality. That she needed to do IELTS and ECA, but she could do them later. Start EE by 2019 as a PA. I was going on ahead. No delay.

It was at this period of confusion, I came across this thread online. Asked my first question and got an answer from @Ethelia. It didn’t help though as I asked the wrong question. Started reading through the different parts.

I was expectant. My ECA was due on August 21 and there was to be draw, draw #97 – August 22, 2018.

AUGUST – NOVEMBER 2018: GOING SPOUSE ACCOMPANIED
However, by August 18, I changed my mind. I had come to realize that I had made the wrong decision. I needed my family with me. With a new baby on the way, I couldn't leave Mrs Joo alone. It also helped that the threat at work had reduced.

After the normal delays on verification, WES ECA came out ok. Masters or Professional degree on August 21, 2018.

EE profile created: August 22, 2018.

Work on spouse ECA and IELTS began.

Spouse ECA was also with WES. They added the WAEC requirement just as I was about to begin the process. ECA came out October 10.

Little Joo in the womb wasn't easy on his mother and so my wife struggled to prepare for IELTS. But thank God, the exam came (September 29) and she added enough points to make our CRS score 447. The TRF arrived on October 15. I was about to update our profile with the TRF against a draw on Wednesday 17th, when I checked online and saw that there was a surprise Monday draw. Missed.

We met draw #103 on October 29th. ITA finally arrived on October 31st late at night. Saw it on the morning of November 1st. Since all the documents were ready. Filled the application, uploaded the supporting documents and submitted.

AOR: November 1, 2018

Other details:

Following @glitteringstar(2)'s steps, I opened folders for all the possible placeholders, so I could be ready for the big day. I placed the documents there as I was getting them.

Folders: Biographical datapage of passports, Birth certificates, Client Information (LOE), Digital photos, Marital status documents, Medical examination confirmation, Other Name (for spouse's change of name), Police certificates, Proof of funds, Proof of studies and Proof of work experience

POF: Settlement funds was 77% TBills, 25% savings account. 11% was Pension Fund but was there to act as a buffer. I had support from my Dad so I had a gift deed done. I didn’t submit it, but it was there as an insurance in case I got an ADR to prove the provenance of my finds. I actually namd the folder I put it: in case I got an ADR.
I forecasted I would be moving money around after AOR and so included 3 other accounts to the application. They were mostly empty, but I didn’t want to be caught surprised in case I got a request for updated POF and the money was in an account I had not presented before. I got the inspiration from @vcole who include all of her own bank accounts. Got reference letter in CIC format from Stanbic. For the other banks, I used the introductory letters and letters of non-indebtedness provided.

Employment: I have worked in the same company since graduation in different roles under the similar NOC. The JD the company provided was a bit generic and it was basically the same for all the roles. I worked on it to reflect the actual duties I did. @Newmum0615 (God bless you!) proof-read it and did some fine-tuning. I presented to HR and gbam it was rejected. World people.
The HR Director noted that it was not in the company’s format and asked the HR Manager to rework it. It stayed with that dude for a month. He always said he was busy. I tried to reason with him without tipping my hand. For where. At the end, he reverted to the old format. Did minor tweaking for all roles I’ve had at the company. It was so disheartening. I was able to convince him to include a line under each role highlighting the different staff I supervised in each role (officers, supervisors and production staff). That differentiated it a bit and showed progression.

3 of the roles were NOC 0. 2 were NOC A. In my EE profile, I had filled the 3 NOC 0 roles for my work experience. I chose the longest role (6 years) as my primary NOC. The reference letter covered 4 of the roles. One was discarded as I was told they don't give reference letter for NYSC. The reference letter was 5 pages long. I submitted the single reference letter in each of the 3 placeholders for work history. In my personal history, I included ALL of the 5 roles I have served in the company.

Education: ECA report, Degree certificates, IELTS TRF. I uploaded statement of result for my MBA as the certificate was not ready and Uniben was demanding for another 2yrs school fees (after convocation and no fault of mine) in order to issue the certificate. It gave me concern, but I relaxed when I re-checked Canada.ca and only saw “proof of studies” with certificates only as an example.
Spouse’s Education: ECA report, Degree certificates, IELTS TRF. Also statement of result for her M.Sc.

Spouse Work Experience: We worked at the same company, so I collected a reference letter for her at the same time. I didn’t remove her work history. I submitted it since I already had it.

Medicals: Done at Q-Life. Very seamless process.

Police certificate: I printed out the form before the day. We did our fingerprints and filled our forms. On the day, met ASP Moshood and gave him the filled forms. Went smoothly.

Photos: Studio 24, Ikeja. Turned out to be a waste of money as we did it early. The photos expired before PPR. We could have used normal digital photos and edited them.

Legal document for name change: Submitted one & the same person affidavit for spouse.

LOE: None

In preparing for the application, I downloaded forms IMM008 Generic, IMM5669e Schedule A and IMM5406e Additional Family Information as these are the forms in the eAPR.

NOVEMBER 2018 – APRIL 2019
I'm the kind of guy who watches CNN for 8hrs even though it is the same news being repeated every 15mins, so I made a decision to check my email and profile only once a day in the morning from Tuesday to Saturday.

Almost 2 weeks after submission I realized that after all the preparation, I did not include anything “Organization” in our personal history i.e. I didn’t include any organization we had belong to. To cover all bases, I drafted a LOE listing the organizations I and my wife had belonged to over the past ten years, signed it and scanned. Raised a CSE on Nov 13, 2018 and attached it.

MEP/BIL was on November 30. Got a ghost email for UCI numbers on December 1. Did biometrics on December 7 and it was completed a few hours later.

The background check changed to IP1 on December 14. Raised a CSE to know VO on December 22nd. Got a reply on 24th.

Raised another CSE for status on February 4, 2019 and got a generic reply. Ordered GCMS notes on February 4. It arrived on April 13, 2019 (took 69 days).

The wait ehn. It is only when you submit your application that you can understand. Then everyone around you starts getting here and there and you wonder what is wrong with your application. You apply for GCMS notes, it doesn't arrive even as people around you are getting theirs after 2 weeks. You start wondering what message God could be trying to pass along.

Then you get your notes and find out that eligibility has been passed since December 13. Waristhis!!!!!!!!

Little Joo came in February. I took the chap and his mama to NIS for passport within a week. There was complaint about unavailability of booklet, but God used a lady at the office to help out. Passport came out within a week. When I made a slip about the baby and passport on the thread, @mummychichi reached out. Thanks for that. Booked and did medicals with IOM (Qlife was telling me to wait till May).

Raised CSE to add newborn little Joo on March 19, 2019. A reply came on March 21 that I should mail Ottawa directly. Did so promptly.

Got an ADR upload little Joo's documents on March 22, 2019. Submitted documents on March 23. ADR profile changed to Not Applicable on March 25. Got a ghost email on March 26, 2019. Found out it was for UCI no the baby. His medicals passed on March 27.

Another period of waiting.

Sunday morning, April 14, I had an unusual urge to check my profile. I had not checked it on Sunday before. Checked and voila, it is IP2.

Ready for Visa / Prêt pour Visa landed gently at 2:13 AM, April 16, 2019 (it was dated April 15).

Thanks to all of you in the thread for keeping me sane. Answering your questions does me a world of good. It satisfies my need to poke my nose into other people's business, spend hours searching for information online and render (un)solicited advice.Thanks to @Tojued and @Ifeoma77 for the banter. @dumprep, I miss your posts. Thanks to @raphrulz for reaching out and the friendship. A special thanks to the November AOR whatsapp group @ramj, @jholarharde and all you lovely people whose NL monikers I don't know.

I have a dream that all of our hopes and dreams about Canada will come true.

On behalf of Nov AOR group,We celebrate with you sir. Let us waka together o

Please @joo2018, am confused at your number 3 as i thought its good to gather all your documents even as your entering the pool. could you throw more light abeg...

joo2018:
1. Start now and apply as a family.

2. It can take 3-6 months or more to get your IELTS and ECA.

3. After ITA, wait close to the 2 months submission deadline before doing your medicals and then submit.

4. PPR can take another 2-8 months. Before you know it, 1yr is gone.

5. Do a soft landing close to the expiration of your medicals. Medicals are valid for 1yr.

6. At landing you become a PR. Spend a few weeks to enjoy your new home. You might change your mind.

7. If you still decide to come back to Nigeria, you can. Your family can remain in Canada.

8. You must stay in Canada for 2 out of 5yrs to retain your PR status. See here. Meaning you can stay in Nigeria for another 2-3yrs.

9. You can change your mind and stay permanently in Canada at any time.

AdetonaDami:
Please pass me that Bread biko, I have butter here to "butter the bread"

Abeg join me jare, also take a cold bottle of star to be dipping your bread
Wetin concern agbero with overload?

Baba joo... Congrats

joo2018:
Abridged Version

Decision to immigrate: January 2018

PPR: April 16, 2019 (dated April 15)

AOR to PPR: 5 months and 16 days or 167 days

VO: CPC-Ottawa
Family of 5


Full gist later in the day.

Adunnee:
The patiencemycin is working o. I think I will need dreamitin. Please I prefer tablets this time.

Nurse Francine to the rescue
Dosage; four capsules daily, to be taken at nighttime

Stencil:
LMAO! Ifeoma you need baptism

_{Runs away}

Obi1conte:
When life throws you a curve ball you swing for the fences

Let me start by saying I have been on this thread long enough to see same questions and answers repeated a thousand times over. Please my people, especially those just stumbling on the thread, page one (1) is a gold mine of information, reading and researching yourself cannot be over emphasized. Page 1 and most especially the IRCC webpage should be your trusted source of info as NO TWO applications are same. I commend those who take out their time to populate page 1…..kudos

With other VO you wake up to see the golden mail, but with AVO you spend the whole day checking and waiting for the mail to drop. I was at my mechanic when I checked to see the golden mail staring back at me and as I made calls to my wife and then my mum I became a baby again without a care in the world who was watching……it is/was a good feeling….trust me.

So many challenges on the road but who's laughing now? It has ended is sweet praise!!
Big congratulations again

joo2018:
LONG VERSION

[b]
Ready for Visa / Prêt pour Visa landed gently at 2:13 AM, April 16, 2019 (it was dated April 15).

Thanks to all of you in the thread for keeping me sane. Answering your questions does me a world of good. It satisfies my need to poke my nose into other people's business, spend hours searching for information online and render (un)solicited advice.

I have a dream that all of our hopes and dreams about Canada will come true.

Wow!!! That was a journey indeed. Funny how things have a way of working out in the end. The MBA turned out useful after all and the Job threat activated the EE ginger. The long ECA timeline allowed for time to rethink and add Madam while the arrival of little Joo triggered the dusting of the file that had been parked since December.
Congratulations again and again Joo, I am so so happy for you and your family. Canada awaits!

Obi1conte:
EE PROFILE CREATED: 6TH APRIL 2018 with CRS 439
ITA: October 3rd 2018 with CRS 454
AOR: 16TH October 2018
IP2 (now known as IP0 came with AOR)
MED/BIL 14TH November 2018
IP1 19TH NOVEMBER 2018
IP2 9TH APRIL 2019
PPR 12TH APRIL 2019
VO: ACCRA
FAMILY OF 4

Plenty congrats Chief Obi.

Please can this be used to claim one year job experience, Seeing that the duties were only stated from official employment date......and not training date. Will appreciate your response
@ifeoma77
@Topsmamen

Elders in the hose please help

Ifeoma77:
Nurse Francine to the rescue
Dosage; four capsules daily, to be taken at nighttime

Yaaaay! Nurse Francine of life. I owe you...don't worry, when I receive pension

Should I take it with hot water or cold water?

joo2018:
LONG VERSION

AOR: November 1, 2018

The wait ehn. It is only when you submit your application that you can understand. Then everyone around you starts getting here and there and you wonder what is wrong with your application. You apply for GCMS notes, it doesn't arrive even as people around you are getting theirs after 2 weeks. You start wondering what message God could be trying to pass along.

Then you get your notes and find out that eligibility has been passed since December 13. Waristhis!!!!!!!!

Sunday morning, April 14, I had an unusual urge to check my profile. I had not checked it on Sunday before. Checked and voila, it is IP2.

Ready for Visa / Prêt pour Visa landed gently at 2:13 AM, April 16, 2019 (it was dated April 15).

Thanks to all of you in the thread for keeping me sane. Answering your questions does me a world of good. It satisfies my need to poke my nose into other people's business, spend hours searching for information online and render (un)solicited advice.Thanks to @Tojued and @Ifeoma77 for the banter. @dumprep, I miss your posts. Thanks to @raphrulz for reaching out and the friendship. A special thanks to the November AOR whatsapp group @ramj, @jholarharde and all you lovely people whose NL monikers I don't know.

I have a dream that all of our hopes and dreams about Canada will come true.

Sweet! Congrats again bro. Wish you and your family a prosperous life in Canada.

Congratulations @joo2018 and everyone who got PPR. God continue to bless you all immensely.

Teqla:
Please can this be used to claim one year job experience, Seeing that the duties were only stated from official employment date......and not training date. Will appreciate your response
@ifeo.ma77
@Tops.mamen

Elders in the hose please help

Were you paid during the training period? If yes, you might consider writing LOE and adding SoA showing salary deposits.
Only then can you claim one year

Adunnee:
Yaaaay! Nurse Francine of life. I owe you...don't worry, when I receive pension

Should I take it with hot water or cold water?

No water!!
Chew it and swallow



_{Runs away!}

Teqla:
Please can this be used to claim one year job experience, Seeing that the duties were only stated from official employment date......and not training date. Will appreciate your response
@ifeoma77
@Topsmamen

Elders in the hose please help

The "trainee" shouldn't be a problem as long as you were paid during your employment period. I see they stated your salary for the ET position only, so you need to let IRCC know that you were also paid as a trainee. You will need to provide payslips and/or a bank statement for the period worked (July 2012-August 2013). If there's a chance you can get your employer to state your trainee salary in the reference letter, then go right ahead. Otherwise, the bank statement will do just fine.

Also, what NOC did you choose?

Thanks Ifeoma77 for the response.....yes there was payment for the period. Please is it possible to help with sample LOE??

Ifeoma77:
Were you paid during the training period? If yes, you might consider writing LOE and adding SoA showing salary deposits.
Only then can you claim one year

Hi,

It was an advice tailored to the OP's situation. He had reason to delay his application.

gobby:
Please @joo2018, am confused at your number 3 as i thought its good to gather all your documents even as your entering the pool. could you throw more light abeg...

[quote author=Oluwayeminikans post=77575715][/quote]1. You can't name your younger brother as dependent (He is dependent on your parents), except you want to lie that he is your son.
2. Once you've got your IELTS and WES ECA, you can file your expression of interest. I'd advice filing with an IELTS of Listening >= 8, Reading >= 7, Writing >= 7 and Speaking >= 7[i][/i]
3. I think the Npower would suffice, but I don't know much about the Npower arrangement. There is a format for how proof of employment needs to be provided per CIC.
4. Just browse (Search Google) for IOM or Q-Life and email or call them.