₦airaland Forum

My application was a new application.

wealthmiq:
Is it a first application that took 25days or a reapplication?

Amen.

Bracha:
Hey sillysassysally congratulations on your visa once again, and thanks for the mention. May God help us to continue to be of help here.
I didn't know AAO7 was female, it's really good to know.

Us women are fewer than the men here, so we need to help each other out as much as we can.

May the Lord give us good success in the careers we've chosen to pursue. Amen!

Cheers.

Yes, University of British Columbia (UBC) waives application fee for Nigerians.

prehill23:
Pls is there schools in canada that dont requre application fees

Please how did you tackle item 5, lump sum with proof?

sillysassysally:
Nairaland Fam!
Thank you all for the congratulatory messages
The past couple of weeks has been an emotional rollercoaster! But knowing that we were all on a similar journey - each one at a different stage - was some sort of comfort.

My Timeline
Applied with upfront medicals – April 14th
Medical Request – May 6th (I was surprised when I got this medical request because I did upfront medicals, so I was wondering why they were still telling me to do medicals). I sent a web form with my e-medical slip attached and I also sent emails to Lagos, London, and Kenya. On May 7th (the day after receiving medical request), I went to the hospital to see the doctor who attended to me and doctor told me that he sent IRCC a message to link my upfront medical ID to my medical request ID.
Medicals passed – May 8th
Correspondence letter and Passport request – May 9th
Overall, my study permit took less than a month to be approved! Specifically, it took 25 days!

Things I believe that worked in my favour
1. The Grace of God that covered all my errors and colored all my efforts.
2. My resumption date (June 17th). I sort of feel that they give priority to people with nearer resumption dates. If you look at the timeline we have, you’d all notice that people resuming closer tend to get their decisions quickly – this does not mean that you should intentionally delay your application. At the end of the day, no one really knows the minds of these VO’s.
3. I have a strong international travel history (USA, UK, Brazil, South Africa, etc)
4. I made my submissions as organized as possible. Infact, I did a table of content for each pdf I merged so that whoever was working on my application would easily understand it.
5. I explained all lump sums with proof… (Sometimes, I see people saying things like “they’ll increase the money in their account from 5 million to 10 million” and I feel this raises eyebrows as it would question whether those funds are really available to the applicant.
6. I wrote a banging SOP… details below
7. I was truthful in my application. I have like 5 half-siblings (one living in the US and one living in the UK). I mentioned all of them in my family information form even though I was scared that it could potentially weaken my home ties.

Things I believe were the weak points of my application and how I addressed them
1. This was what I perceived to be the main weakness of my application. I was using student loans as proof of funds for my tuition. Mind you, these loans were from a reputable and internationally recognized company called Prodigy Finance. I addressed this perceived weakness by using a sponsor who was financially capable of paying off all my loans (even though most of her asset were illiquid (land and truck). Also, I believe I was able to show a strong academic and professional track record that indicated that I was financially capable of personally paying off the loans on an installment basis.
2. The name of my sponsor across all her documents was not consistent because she is a divorcee. I addressed this by submitting an affidavit of change of name with a newspaper publication

My advice to prospective PO’s
The truth is that you have to do the hard work yourself... Even though you can easily get guidance here, you still have a lot of homework to do yourself... Understand your profile – its weakness and its strengths and address them.

Documents I submitted
CAQ (Mandatory for students schooling in Quebec)
CIC Forms
Digital Photo
My passport showing all previous visas and stamps
Proof of upfront medical exam
Evidence of work requirement in study (my program comes with co-op)
Letter of Acceptance (Unconditional – though I sent the conditional one via a web form. I also begged them to process my application speedily considering my close resumption. However, my web form was never acknowledged). The other documents I merged with my Letter of Acceptance includes; acceptance deposit receipt, academic qualification documents (such as my certificate, transcript, WAEC certificate and TOEFL results), professional qualification documents (such as my CFA level 1 badge, letter of introduction from current employer, my bio page on my company’s website, work ID, and letters of employment from internships I had done in the past), then other documents (such as my NYSC certificate and my birth certificate).
Proof of financial support – Prodigy Finance loan of about CAD 36k (30K for school fees and 6k for living expenses), Paid acceptance deposit of CAD 5K, Scholarship of CAD 8.5K, Dorm account statement with living expenses of CAD 11K… These were the funds that were budgeted for my studies. Apart from the aforementioned, I had about NGN 1m in stocks, NGN 100k naira in T-bills, NGN 250k in RSA, and NGN 70K in my salary account – all of which I showed. In addition, my sponsor (who was my mother) also had NGN 1.9m in her account, NGN 5m in T-bills and NGN 4 m in RSA. I also showed my sponsors illiquid assets such as landed property with valuation worth NGN 40m and sponsors business asset ownership (trucks) worth NGN 20m. The essence of all of these other funds and documents was just to show that my sponsor could actually pay off my loan. Someone (an Indian) told me that if I was using loans as proof of funds, it was important to use a sponsor whose financial situation showed that they could handle the loan.
Finally, under client information, I included the birth certificates of my siblings, as well as the international passport data page of my sponsor (mother). I also included a letter and affidavit of sponsorship, Sponsors business certificate of incorporation and memorandum of association, and sponsors affidavit of change of name with newspaper publication. Finally, my “banging” SOP was in this section.

SOP
Unfortunately, I cannot share my SOP on this forum because I don’t want a case of copy and paste. My SOP also contains personal information… Nonetheless, I can share the structure.
- I started out with an Intro about myself, as well as my academic and professional trajectory.
- Then I moved to another paragraph I called “my purpose” where I spoke about my motivation for the course I wanted to do
- Then I moved to another paragraph I called “Why I chose McGill University” where I spoke about why I decided to opt for Mcgill as opposed to other options in Nigeria and in other countries.
- Then I moved to another paragraph called “Justifying the cost of my program”. This was important for me to do because – as I mentioned earlier, I was using student loans to finance my education and my school fees is freaking expensive (CAD $ 47,500) so it was important for me to “justify” the cost of my studies to the VO.
- Then I moved to another paragraph called “Family & Economic ties to Nigeria” where I spoke about my home ties being all my family in Nigeria. I also explained things that would make me return to my home country such as the amazing career I had started in Nigeria (evidenced by all the documents I submitted in my Letter of acceptance). I also spoke about specific things I wanted to use the Msc to achieve in Nigeria.
- Then I moved to another paragraph called “Funds available” where I showed a table of funds I had available.
- Finally, I finished with a section called “My responsibilities as a student” where I explained that I fully understood my responsibilities as an international student in Canada – bounded by the conditions of my student visa and by McGill University. I also wholeheartedly committed to abiding by all the rules and responsibilities that would apply to me as an International student in Canada and at McGill University.
- Then I ended SOP by telling them that their support is very essential to my dreams. I also humbly requested for the issuance of a study permit that was effective on or before the 1st of June 2019, as I wanted to travel to Canada by the 10th of June 2019 to acclimatize and get ready for my schools’ orientation on the 17th of June.

I have gotten so many emails today alone and I’m afraid that I may not be able to reply all in due time, but I would encourage us to share the questions here. There are so many amazing people on this forum that are committed to helping people! Special shout out to all the people doing this! Cc JustMellow, Bracha, etc. I can’t mention you all, but it gives me great joy when I see how selfless you all are to helping out willingly! Only God can reward you all!
On this note, I want to especially thank Frankrobbn1 - this guy is so amazing! He was so interested and committed to helping me that I started to think he was working for IRCC as a spy… I want to also specially thank AAO7 – amazing person! First time I sent her an email, we moved to WhatsApp and chatted all through the night to about 1 am. It was nice having someone to gist with and to both share all the frustrations we faced with the entire process.

Finally, I want to say a word of prayer to all TRV hopefuls…
Dear God,
You are in control of every situation of our lives and you know every one of our needs, as well as the dear desires of our heart.
I pray that in your grace, mercy, favour, and love, you would allow the application of the hopefuls of this thread to be approved quickly and without delay.
Thank You because you are a God who hears and answers the prayers of your children when we come to You with open hands and a humble heart.
I pray in Jesus name, Amen.

IT SHALL END IN PRAISE!

sillysassysally:
Nairaland Fam!
Thank you all for the congratulatory messages
The past couple of weeks has been an emotional rollercoaster! But knowing that we were all on a similar journey - each one at a different stage - was some sort of comfort.

My Timeline
Applied with upfront medicals – April 14th
Medical Request – May 6th (I was surprised when I got this medical request because I did upfront medicals, so I was wondering why they were still telling me to do medicals). I sent a web form with my e-medical slip attached and I also sent emails to Lagos, London, and Kenya. On May 7th (the day after receiving medical request), I went to the hospital to see the doctor who attended to me and doctor told me that he sent IRCC a message to link my upfront medical ID to my medical request ID.
Medicals passed – May 8th
Correspondence letter and Passport request – May 9th
Overall, my study permit took less than a month to be approved! Specifically, it took 25 days!

Things I believe that worked in my favour
1. The Grace of God that covered all my errors and colored all my efforts.
2. My resumption date (June 17th). I sort of feel that they give priority to people with nearer resumption dates. If you look at the timeline we have, you’d all notice that people resuming closer tend to get their decisions quickly – this does not mean that you should intentionally delay your application. At the end of the day, no one really knows the minds of these VO’s.
3. I have a strong international travel history (USA, UK, Brazil, South Africa, etc)
4. I made my submissions as organized as possible. Infact, I did a table of content for each pdf I merged so that whoever was working on my application would easily understand it.
5. I explained all lump sums with proof… (Sometimes, I see people saying things like “they’ll increase the money in their account from 5 million to 10 million” and I feel this raises eyebrows as it would question whether those funds are really available to the applicant.
6. I wrote a banging SOP… details below
7. I was truthful in my application. I have like 5 half-siblings (one living in the US and one living in the UK). I mentioned all of them in my family information form even though I was scared that it could potentially weaken my home ties.

Things I believe were the weak points of my application and how I addressed them
1. This was what I perceived to be the main weakness of my application. I was using student loans as proof of funds for my tuition. Mind you, these loans were from a reputable and internationally recognized company called Prodigy Finance. I addressed this perceived weakness by using a sponsor who was financially capable of paying off all my loans (even though most of her asset were illiquid (land and truck). Also, I believe I was able to show a strong academic and professional track record that indicated that I was financially capable of personally paying off the loans on an installment basis.
2. The name of my sponsor across all her documents was not consistent because she is a divorcee. I addressed this by submitting an affidavit of change of name with a newspaper publication

My advice to prospective PO’s
The truth is that you have to do the hard work yourself... Even though you can easily get guidance here, you still have a lot of homework to do yourself... Understand your profile – its weakness and its strengths and address them.

Documents I submitted
CAQ (Mandatory for students schooling in Quebec)
CIC Forms
Digital Photo
My passport showing all previous visas and stamps
Proof of upfront medical exam
Evidence of work requirement in study (my program comes with co-op)
Letter of Acceptance (Unconditional – though I sent the conditional one via a web form. I also begged them to process my application speedily considering my close resumption. However, my web form was never acknowledged). The other documents I merged with my Letter of Acceptance includes; acceptance deposit receipt, academic qualification documents (such as my certificate, transcript, WAEC certificate and TOEFL results), professional qualification documents (such as my CFA level 1 badge, letter of introduction from current employer, my bio page on my company’s website, work ID, and letters of employment from internships I had done in the past), then other documents (such as my NYSC certificate and my birth certificate).
Proof of financial support – Prodigy Finance loan of about CAD 36k (30K for school fees and 6k for living expenses), Paid acceptance deposit of CAD 5K, Scholarship of CAD 8.5K, Dorm account statement with living expenses of CAD 11K… These were the funds that were budgeted for my studies. Apart from the aforementioned, I had about NGN 1m in stocks, NGN 100k naira in T-bills, NGN 250k in RSA, and NGN 70K in my salary account – all of which I showed. In addition, my sponsor (who was my mother) also had NGN 1.9m in her account, NGN 5m in T-bills and NGN 4 m in RSA. I also showed my sponsors illiquid assets such as landed property with valuation worth NGN 40m and sponsors business asset ownership (trucks) worth NGN 20m. The essence of all of these other funds and documents was just to show that my sponsor could actually pay off my loan. Someone (an Indian) told me that if I was using loans as proof of funds, it was important to use a sponsor whose financial situation showed that they could handle the loan.
Finally, under client information, I included the birth certificates of my siblings, as well as the international passport data page of my sponsor (mother). I also included a letter and affidavit of sponsorship, Sponsors business certificate of incorporation and memorandum of association, and sponsors affidavit of change of name with newspaper publication. Finally, my “banging” SOP was in this section.

SOP
Unfortunately, I cannot share my SOP on this forum because I don’t want a case of copy and paste. My SOP also contains personal information… Nonetheless, I can share the structure.
- I started out with an Intro about myself, as well as my academic and professional trajectory.
- Then I moved to another paragraph I called “my purpose” where I spoke about my motivation for the course I wanted to do
- Then I moved to another paragraph I called “Why I chose McGill University” where I spoke about why I decided to opt for Mcgill as opposed to other options in Nigeria and in other countries.
- Then I moved to another paragraph called “Justifying the cost of my program”. This was important for me to do because – as I mentioned earlier, I was using student loans to finance my education and my school fees is freaking expensive (CAD $ 47,500) so it was important for me to “justify” the cost of my studies to the VO.
- Then I moved to another paragraph called “Family & Economic ties to Nigeria” where I spoke about my home ties being all my family in Nigeria. I also explained things that would make me return to my home country such as the amazing career I had started in Nigeria (evidenced by all the documents I submitted in my Letter of acceptance). I also spoke about specific things I wanted to use the Msc to achieve in Nigeria.
- Then I moved to another paragraph called “Funds available” where I showed a table of funds I had available.
- Finally, I finished with a section called “My responsibilities as a student” where I explained that I fully understood my responsibilities as an international student in Canada – bounded by the conditions of my student visa and by McGill University. I also wholeheartedly committed to abiding by all the rules and responsibilities that would apply to me as an International student in Canada and at McGill University.
- Then I ended SOP by telling them that their support is very essential to my dreams. I also humbly requested for the issuance of a study permit that was effective on or before the 1st of June 2019, as I wanted to travel to Canada by the 10th of June 2019 to acclimatize and get ready for my schools’ orientation on the 17th of June.

I have gotten so many emails today alone and I’m afraid that I may not be able to reply all in due time, but I would encourage us to share the questions here. There are so many amazing people on this forum that are committed to helping people! Special shout out to all the people doing this! Cc JustMellow, Bracha, etc. I can’t mention you all, but it gives me great joy when I see how selfless you all are to helping out willingly! Only God can reward you all!
On this note, I want to especially thank Frankrobbn1 - this guy is so amazing! He was so interested and committed to helping me that I started to think he was working for IRCC as a spy… I want to also specially thank AAO7 – amazing person! First time I sent her an email, we moved to WhatsApp and chatted all through the night to about 1 am. It was nice having someone to gist with and to both share all the frustrations we faced with the entire process.

Finally, I want to say a word of prayer to all TRV hopefuls…
Dear God,
You are in control of every situation of our lives and you know every one of our needs, as well as the dear desires of our heart.
I pray that in your grace, mercy, favour, and love, you would allow the application of the hopefuls of this thread to be approved quickly and without delay.
Thank You because you are a God who hears and answers the prayers of your children when we come to You with open hands and a humble heart.
I pray in Jesus name, Amen.

IT SHALL END IN PRAISE!

Amen to your prayer and congratulations again. You did a great job here, well done dear.

TrustAllah:
I MAY BE CORRECTED O. IT SEEMS MOST PEOPLE WHO GOT BIOMETRIC VALIDITY LETTER BEFORE MEDICAL GOT REFUSED WHILE THOSE WHO DID NOT GET IT UNTIL MEDICAL CALL WERE APPROVED.
THAT IS MY OWN OBSERVATION

Very true, please kindly help, the same applied to me this morning i was refused because that they are not sure i will be returning to my home country based on the following ground. 1) Travel history 2) purpose of visit 3)personal asset and financial status. Please what do i do? Do i request for a gcms note for better clarity?

olaola17:
Very true, please kindly help, the same applied to me this morning i was refused because that they are not sure i will be returning to my home country based on the following ground. 1) Travel history 2) purpose of visit 3)personal asset and financial status. Please what do i do? Do i request for a gcms note for better clarity?

Yes, order for your gcms note ASAP to get details on why the VO denied you TRV.

The lumpsum i had was from the liquidation of investments so all i did was to show proof of investment before liquidation...

Stonecoldsteve:
Please how did you tackle item 5, lump sum with proof?

Yes, I am. I thought everyone knew lol

sillysassysally:
Hey Bracha are you also a female??

Hanty, after I directed you here from the US Student thread when you asked questions about studying in Canada, you've now come here to ask questions about studying in the US. Please make up your mind.

Thank you.

prety247:
prety247:
Good day all thanks for vast knowledge shared here to help us.
Pls am 32 yrs old female would love to study in USA. Sorry.
Married wit kids but don't intend traveling wit my family.
Pls I want to know if I have any chances of being admitted for a degree? As I HV non wrote my waec since 2004.
Been doing agricbusiness ND due to marriage had children too.
Or is it safer to seek for a diploma ?
Which schools would you advice I apply to I would love to study agriculture, agricbusiness or Information technology (Networking, hardware or alike cos I love working with you my hands)?
pls help

yemilasko:
hello house..here i am in canada.����...i will like to share my poe cuz i was abit concernd abt that before leavg nigeria..and cuz my cousin was once denied at d POE..my journey was smooth.the distance frm casablanca to montreal was jst tiring cuz i went with my daughtr...but thank God,i Got to montreal airport lately ,was asked to go to immigratn 1...and our conversatiom goes thus.....

cbsa........hi
me...........hello
cbsa........passport pls
me...........i handed it over
cbsa.........can u gv me 5min to print ur study permit pls
me...........yea..and i dropped my passport and decided to v a seat
Aftr 5min he called me bck and handed it over to me,he asked if my daughtr was on studnt visa too ,i answerd No and he said welcome to canada ,you can go fr ur baggage pls...
i was surprised nothg was asked,no questn..nothg
meanwile i saw other pple with thorough checking ,some were directed to immigration 2,i met some sitting down and left them still sitting ...
I return all the glory to the Almighty God and i want us to alwys put evrythg befr God...my prayer point was alwys (GOD I DNT WANT ANY DELAY AT THE POE ,DEY SHLD JUST HAND OVER MY STUDY PERMIT AND SAY WELCOME TO CANADA) i actually got it d way i wanted...atyms wen im prayg i usually say is it possible but now i knw my God is awesome....i pray fr every1 waitg for response fr visa shall have a positive response IJN.

Welcome to Montreal! POE at Montreal is usually very smooth, Toronto is more strict. All the best in your studies! If you need any information, I would be happy to help.

sillysassysally:
Hey Bracha are you also a female??

you didn't know this since

Prehill23, If you're looking for a school that waives application fees, I'm assuming you don't have enough money - I could be wrong about this - but if limited funds is your reason for this, then University of British Columbia isn't the school for you, because there fees can be pretty high. Unless you have a very strong transcript that would get you a full scholarship.

That being said, Google is your friend. Check for those types of schools there.

Good luck.

Okoriekwe:
Yes, University of British Columbia (UBC) waives application fee for Nigerians.

prehill23:
Pls is there schools in canada that dont requre application fees

I think you should check University of British Columbia(UBC). I think also their fees is also considerate for certain courses, and a nice province to reside too. The institution waives application fees for international students from third world countries.

What’s your details ?
What day did you apply and what date did you get biometrics correspondence letter ?

olaola17:
Very true, please kindly help, the same applied to me this morning i was refused because that they are not sure i will be returning to my home country based on the following ground. 1) Travel history 2) purpose of visit 3)personal asset and financial status. Please what do i do? Do i request for a gcms note for better clarity?

olaola17:
Very true, please kindly help, the same applied to me this morning i was refused because that they are not sure i will be returning to my home country based on the following ground. 1) Travel history 2) purpose of visit 3)personal asset and financial status. Please what do i do? Do i request for a gcms note for better clarity?

olaola17:
Very true, please kindly help, the same applied to me this morning i was refused because that they are not sure i will be returning to my home country based on the following ground. 1) Travel history 2) purpose of visit 3)personal asset and financial status. Please what do i do? Do i request for a gcms note for better clarity?

I guess you must have seen emphasis rendered to some already refused applications with similar reasons as yours. There wouldn't be need deliberating over it all again, as the reasons are generic but circumstances of the refusal might varies.

Do well to request for your gcms notes, and the knowledgeable people here could help you with guidelines.

Best of luck!

Good morning All.

Please help! Below is the mail i received regarding my study permit last last night.

Thank you for your interest in visiting Canada. After careful review of your temporary resident
visa application and supporting documentation, I have determined that your application does not
meet the requirements of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and Immigration
and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR). I am refusing your application on the following
grounds:
• I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay, as stipulated in
subsection 216(1) of the IRPR, based on your travel history.
• I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay, as stipulated in
subsection 216(1) of the IRPR, based on the purpose of your visit.
• I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay, as stipulated in
subsection 216(1) of the IRPR, based on your personal assets and financial status.

You are welcome to reapply if you feel that you can respond to these concerns and can
demonstrate that your situation meets the requirements. All new applications must be
accompanied by a new processing fee

Do i first request a GCMS note for further clarity and what else can i do because i am willing to re-apply. School resumes September 3rd. I currently work as an administrator in my current employment and i got admitted to study public administration at the University of Regina, earlier i had a conditional admission stating until i send my official transcript before i can register for courses, but now i have fulfilled that and i have received a non-conditional admission letter.

I also used a guardian as my sponsor who had about cnd 46,000+ equivalent in his account. My tuition is about cnd 20,000+.
Please i need help so i can address their concerns in a right way.
Thank you all and congratulations to all that have gotten their approval.

JustMellow:
I guess you must have seen emphasis rendered to some already refused applications with similar reasons as yours. There wouldn't be need deliberating over it all again, as the reasons are generic but circumstances of the refusal might varies.

Do well to request for your gcms notes, and the knowledgeable people here could help you with guidelines.

Best of luck!

Thank you so much i just saw this. I will as advised.

What date did you apply?
What date did you get biometrics correspondence mail?
And what day were you refused ?

And the funds in your sponsors account is too low considering the fact that he has other dependents

olaola17:
Good morning All.

Please help! Below is the mail i received regarding my study permit last last night.

Thank you for your interest in visiting Canada. After careful review of your temporary resident
visa application and supporting documentation, I have determined that your application does not
meet the requirements of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and Immigration
and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR). I am refusing your application on the following
grounds:
• I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay, as stipulated in
subsection 216(1) of the IRPR, based on your travel history.
• I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay, as stipulated in
subsection 216(1) of the IRPR, based on the purpose of your visit.
• I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay, as stipulated in
subsection 216(1) of the IRPR, based on your personal assets and financial status.

You are welcome to reapply if you feel that you can respond to these concerns and can
demonstrate that your situation meets the requirements. All new applications must be
accompanied by a new processing fee

Do i first request a GCMS note for further clarity and what else can i do because i am willing to re-apply. School resumes September 3rd. I currently work as an administrator in my current employment and i got admitted to study public administration at the University of Regina, earlier i had a conditional admission stating until i send my official transcript before i can register for courses, but now i have fulfilled that and i have received a non-conditional admission letter.

I also used a guardian as my sponsor who had about cnd 46,000+ equivalent in his account. My tuition is about cnd 20,000+.
Please i need help so i can address their concerns in a right way.
Thank you all and congratulations to all that have gotten their approval.

Good day everyone, I need your advice.
I applied sometime last year and was refused based on financial status. Someone later advised me that using a third party sponsor, that I should've ensured the sponsor makes some deposit towards my school fees before applying, which my sponsor would've done comfortably if I had told him.

My problem now is that he has not been in the country for a while now and I have tried reaching him but unsuccessful. So, my brother decided to sponsor me.

My tuition for my program (MEng) is about 5.2M. If he gives me 6.2M now, 3.2M for tuition deposit and 3M for living expenses in the first year, while the balance will be paid subsequently as he makes enough annually to cover the rest. Also, I'll use my mom as co-sponsor with 4M she kept separately in a savings account not his salary account, in case my brother experiences any difficulty in paying the remaining tuition fee.
What are my chances and what do you think especially about changing sponsor?

Also, both my brother and my mom have no dependants to care for and there are other non liquid assets I plan on attaching as source of finance like lands and so on.

olaola17:
Very true, please kindly help, the same applied to me this morning i was refused because that they are not sure i will be returning to my home country based on the following ground. 1) Travel history 2) purpose of visit 3)personal asset and financial status. Please what do i do? Do i request for a gcms note for better clarity?

Not true, My friend applied online, did biometric and did medical when notification alert came, wait for final decision. And He got it

It's worrying that 5 applicants I know got rejected based on the same reasons. Even the ones with funds and travel history.

●travel history
●Personal funds and asset
● Purpose of Visit

Something isn't right about this. To think they all got their biometric validity correspondence the same day is also confusing.

Or can someone explain how a mature applicant that recently travelled to usa with his family got refused for the reasons I stated above travel history included

Or how another that traveled to Canada earlier this year on vacation got refused on travel history! !!! And the other two reasons I stated. This is a Man with a fledging career travels for fun and they even ticked personal asset and finance.

Thanks for the response.
We have disturbed the registrar and they keep saying they don’t know what to do, is there any governing body we can escalate this to ?

chibertha:
She better go there and domicile with them and help look for it until it is found.

sillysassysally:
Nairaland Fam!
Thank you all for the congratulatory messages
The past couple of weeks has been an emotional rollercoaster! But knowing that we were all on a similar journey - each one at a different stage - was some sort of comfort.

My Timeline
Applied with upfront medicals – April 14th
Medical Request – May 6th (I was surprised when I got this medical request because I did upfront medicals, so I was wondering why they were still telling me to do medicals). I sent a web form with my e-medical slip attached and I also sent emails to Lagos, London, and Kenya. On May 7th (the day after receiving medical request), I went to the hospital to see the doctor who attended to me and doctor told me that he sent IRCC a message to link my upfront medical ID to my medical request ID.
Medicals passed – May 8th
Correspondence letter and Passport request – May 9th
Overall, my study permit took less than a month to be approved! Specifically, it took 25 days!

Things I believe that worked in my favour
1. The Grace of God that covered all my errors and colored all my efforts.
2. My resumption date (June 17th). I sort of feel that they give priority to people with nearer resumption dates. If you look at the timeline we have, you’d all notice that people resuming closer tend to get their decisions quickly – this does not mean that you should intentionally delay your application. At the end of the day, no one really knows the minds of these VO’s.
3. I have a strong international travel history (USA, UK, Brazil, South Africa, etc)
4. I made my submissions as organized as possible. Infact, I did a table of content for each pdf I merged so that whoever was working on my application would easily understand it.
5. I explained all lump sums with proof… (Sometimes, I see people saying things like “they’ll increase the money in their account from 5 million to 10 million” and I feel this raises eyebrows as it would question whether those funds are really available to the applicant.
6. I wrote a banging SOP… details below
7. I was truthful in my application. I have like 5 half-siblings (one living in the US and one living in the UK). I mentioned all of them in my family information form even though I was scared that it could potentially weaken my home ties.

Things I believe were the weak points of my application and how I addressed them
1. This was what I perceived to be the main weakness of my application. I was using student loans as proof of funds for my tuition. Mind you, these loans were from a reputable and internationally recognized company called Prodigy Finance. I addressed this perceived weakness by using a sponsor who was financially capable of paying off all my loans (even though most of her asset were illiquid (land and truck). Also, I believe I was able to show a strong academic and professional track record that indicated that I was financially capable of personally paying off the loans on an installment basis.
2. The name of my sponsor across all her documents was not consistent because she is a divorcee. I addressed this by submitting an affidavit of change of name with a newspaper publication

My advice to prospective PO’s
The truth is that you have to do the hard work yourself... Even though you can easily get guidance here, you still have a lot of homework to do yourself... Understand your profile – its weakness and its strengths and address them.

Documents I submitted
CAQ (Mandatory for students schooling in Quebec)
CIC Forms
Digital Photo
My passport showing all previous visas and stamps
Proof of upfront medical exam
Evidence of work requirement in study (my program comes with co-op)
Letter of Acceptance (Unconditional – though I sent the conditional one via a web form. I also begged them to process my application speedily considering my close resumption. However, my web form was never acknowledged). The other documents I merged with my Letter of Acceptance includes; acceptance deposit receipt, academic qualification documents (such as my certificate, transcript, WAEC certificate and TOEFL results), professional qualification documents (such as my CFA level 1 badge, letter of introduction from current employer, my bio page on my company’s website, work ID, and letters of employment from internships I had done in the past), then other documents (such as my NYSC certificate and my birth certificate).
Proof of financial support – Prodigy Finance loan of about CAD 36k (30K for school fees and 6k for living expenses), Paid acceptance deposit of CAD 5K, Scholarship of CAD 8.5K, Dorm account statement with living expenses of CAD 11K… These were the funds that were budgeted for my studies. Apart from the aforementioned, I had about NGN 1m in stocks, NGN 100k naira in T-bills, NGN 250k in RSA, and NGN 70K in my salary account – all of which I showed. In addition, my sponsor (who was my mother) also had NGN 1.9m in her account, NGN 5m in T-bills and NGN 4 m in RSA. I also showed my sponsors illiquid assets such as landed property with valuation worth NGN 40m and sponsors business asset ownership (trucks) worth NGN 20m. The essence of all of these other funds and documents was just to show that my sponsor could actually pay off my loan. Someone (an Indian) told me that if I was using loans as proof of funds, it was important to use a sponsor whose financial situation showed that they could handle the loan.
Finally, under client information, I included the birth certificates of my siblings, as well as the international passport data page of my sponsor (mother). I also included a letter and affidavit of sponsorship, Sponsors business certificate of incorporation and memorandum of association, and sponsors affidavit of change of name with newspaper publication. Finally, my “banging” SOP was in this section.

SOP
Unfortunately, I cannot share my SOP on this forum because I don’t want a case of copy and paste. My SOP also contains personal information… Nonetheless, I can share the structure.
- I started out with an Intro about myself, as well as my academic and professional trajectory.
- Then I moved to another paragraph I called “my purpose” where I spoke about my motivation for the course I wanted to do
- Then I moved to another paragraph I called “Why I chose McGill University” where I spoke about why I decided to opt for Mcgill as opposed to other options in Nigeria and in other countries.
- Then I moved to another paragraph called “Justifying the cost of my program”. This was important for me to do because – as I mentioned earlier, I was using student loans to finance my education and my school fees is freaking expensive (CAD $ 47,500) so it was important for me to “justify” the cost of my studies to the VO.
- Then I moved to another paragraph called “Family & Economic ties to Nigeria” where I spoke about my home ties being all my family in Nigeria. I also explained things that would make me return to my home country such as the amazing career I had started in Nigeria (evidenced by all the documents I submitted in my Letter of acceptance). I also spoke about specific things I wanted to use the Msc to achieve in Nigeria.
- Then I moved to another paragraph called “Funds available” where I showed a table of funds I had available.
- Finally, I finished with a section called “My responsibilities as a student” where I explained that I fully understood my responsibilities as an international student in Canada – bounded by the conditions of my student visa and by McGill University. I also wholeheartedly committed to abiding by all the rules and responsibilities that would apply to me as an International student in Canada and at McGill University.
- Then I ended SOP by telling them that their support is very essential to my dreams. I also humbly requested for the issuance of a study permit that was effective on or before the 1st of June 2019, as I wanted to travel to Canada by the 10th of June 2019 to acclimatize and get ready for my schools’ orientation on the 17th of June.

I have gotten so many emails today alone and I’m afraid that I may not be able to reply all in due time, but I would encourage us to share the questions here. There are so many amazing people on this forum that are committed to helping people! Special shout out to all the people doing this! Cc JustMellow, Bracha, etc. I can’t mention you all, but it gives me great joy when I see how selfless you all are to helping out willingly! Only God can reward you all!
On this note, I want to especially thank Frankrobbn1 - this guy is so amazing! He was so interested and committed to helping me that I started to think he was working for IRCC as a spy… I want to also specially thank AAO7 – amazing person! First time I sent her an email, we moved to WhatsApp and chatted all through the night to about 1 am. It was nice having someone to gist with and to both share all the frustrations we faced with the entire process.

Finally, I want to say a word of prayer to all TRV hopefuls…
Dear God,
You are in control of every situation of our lives and you know every one of our needs, as well as the dear desires of our heart.
I pray that in your grace, mercy, favour, and love, you would allow the application of the hopefuls of this thread to be approved quickly and without delay.
Thank You because you are a God who hears and answers the prayers of your children when we come to You with open hands and a humble heart.
I pray in Jesus name, Amen.

IT SHALL END IN PRAISE!

Wow! This is very impressive Sally. The express study permit is well-deserved. I'm now more motivated to package an exceptional application like yours. Thanks for all the tips and prayer.

Please would you have chance to help me take a look at my SOP? I understand you will be busy with your travel preparations, but please even if it is to quickly scan through it to see if I'm on track, I will sincerely appreciate. Thank you.

kniru:
Thanks for the response.
We have disturbed the registrar and they keep saying they don’t know what to do, is there any governing body we can escalate this to ?

Send them a email and copy NUC

The said candidates should give us a comprehensive summary of their profile. Its not all about having money and travel history...

Qudkom:
It's worrying that 5 applicants I know got rejected based on the same reasons. Even the ones with funds and travel history.

●travel history
●Personal funds and asset
● Purpose of Visit

Something isn't right about this. To think they all got their biometric validity correspondence the same day is also confusing.

Or can someone explain how a mature applicant that recently travelled to usa with his family got refused for the reasons I stated above travel history included

Or how another that traveled to Canada earlier this year on vacation got refused on travel history! !!! And the other two reasons I stated. This is a Man with a fledging career travels for fun and they even ticked personal asset and finance.

Was the biometric correspondence mail received as same day they received their denial decision

Qudkom:
It's worrying that 5 applicants I know got rejected based on the same reasons. Even the ones with funds and travel history.

●travel history
●Personal funds and asset
● Purpose of Visit

Something isn't right about this. To think they all got their biometric validity correspondence the same day is also confusing.

Or can someone explain how a mature applicant that recently travelled to usa with his family got refused for the reasons I stated above travel history included

Or how another that traveled to Canada earlier this year on vacation got refused on travel history! !!! And the other two reasons I stated. This is a Man with a fledging career travels for fun and they even ticked personal asset and finance.

Desmondola2020:
What date did you apply?
What date did you get biometrics correspondence mail?
And what day were you refused ?

And the funds in your sponsors account is too low considering the fact that he has other dependents

Thank you.

My sponsor is an elderly man who has his own business and his last born is married and lives in the US, he is a guardian and doesn't have plenty responsibilities in that sense as he just accumulates funds. So do i need a co-sponsor if that was what they are referring to and hope they are not referring to my personal financial status cos i do not have enough money in my own personal account?

I applied 8th April
Did biometrics 11th April
Got a correspondent letter that biometric is valid for 10 years on 9th May (early hours of the morning)
Got another correspondent letter showing refusal on 9th May (Late evening)

Kindly advice.

olaola17:
Thank you.

My sponsor is an elderly man who has his own business and his last born is married and lives in the US, he is a guardian and doesn't have plenty responsibilities in that sense as he just accumulates funds. So do i need a co-sponsor if that was what they are referring to and hope they are not referring to my personal financial status cos i do not have enough money in my own personal account?

I applied 8th April
Did biometrics 11th April
Got a correspondent letter that biometric is valid for 10 years on 9th May (early hours of the morning)
Got another correspondent letter showing refusal on 9th May (Late evening)

Kindly advice.

Kindly note i didn't include my own personal statement of account.

kniru:
Thanks for the response.
We have disturbed the registrar and they keep saying they don’t know what to do, is there any governing body we can escalate this to ?

I'll advise you to go back to the University and beg to see the VC. Also, the problem could also have risen from her department. Probably they didn't send it to exams and records. University administrators in Nigeria can be very clumsy when making filings. Who was her Part adviser when she was graduating? Has she participated in the convocation ceremony for her set? Can she print out a student copy of her transcript from her online portal? Has she been awarded her certificate? Answers to these questions could help to understand the situation better.

olaola17:
Thank you.

My sponsor is an elderly man who has his own business and his last born is married and lives in the US, he is a guardian and doesn't have plenty responsibilities in that sense as he just accumulates funds. So do i need a co-sponsor if that was what they are referring to and hope they are not referring to my personal financial status cos i do not have enough money in my own personal account?

I applied 8th April
Did biometrics 11th April
Got a correspondent letter that biometric is valid for 10 years on 9th May (early hours of the morning)
Got another correspondent letter showing refusal on 9th May (Late evening)

Kindly advice.

Sometimes one wonders if the VOs actually take time to peruse the applications. I think this is the main reason behind the inconsistencies in their decisions. Some of them may have prejudice for certain ethnic groups, or even the way you look on your digital passport. One can never tell, anyway.

Desmondola2020:
What’s your details ?
What day did you apply and what date did you get biometrics correspondence letter ?

Applied 8 of april
i got correspondent biometrics letter 9th of May
Got refused same day. 9th of May

Thank you for your interest in visiting Canada. After careful review of your temporary resident
visa application and supporting documentation, I have determined that your application does not
meet the requirements of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and Immigration
and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR). I am refusing your application on the following
grounds:
• I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay, as stipulated in
subsection 216(1) of the IRPR, based on your travel history.
• I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay, as stipulated in
subsection 216(1) of the IRPR, based on the purpose of your visit.
• I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay, as stipulated in
subsection 216(1) of the IRPR, based on your personal assets and financial status.

You are welcome to reapply if you feel that you can respond to these concerns and can
demonstrate that your situation meets the requirements. All new applications must be
accompanied by a new processing fee

How do i request note for further clarity and what else can i do because i am willing to re-apply. School resumes September 3rd. I currently work as an administrator in my current employment and i got admitted to study public administration at the University of Regina.

I also used a guardian as my sponsor who had about cnd 46,000+ equivalent in his account. My tuition is about cnd 20,000+. My guardian is an elderly man with not much responsibility, he has a growing business , his children are all grown up and married and most in the US. His wife is late and so he seem to just be putting money in his domiciliary account. Do i need a co-sponsor? could it be the financial status n personal asset is as a result of me not including my own statement in it as i do not have enough fund to show there.