₦airaland Forum

zsuby:
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.

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.

dejilale:
Please are we to submit the original passport together with the documents at the vfs office lagos?

IbikunleBukky:
also the current waiting period is 9 weeks and you are just barely 4 weeks. if its getting to close for comfort you should be considering deferment of your admission.

kcosam:
You need to request for your Gcms asap to get all the details, meanwhile, what did you study in you BSc? Also when did you applied to Uni Regina? Am equally waiting for admission offer from them.

EkpeEkpe:
Do you know anybody there I can talk with before arriving in Lagos. I want to come in get it same day and possibly go back same day. Thanks a lot. You can private message me. Thanks a lot!

olaola17:
I have a bsc in sociology and i applied to study public administration dec 2018 and got my admission in feb 2019.

Qudkom:
There isn't any thing like cheap college. Prices are competitive and mostly government owned. Just make sure whatever you choose is a DLI institute.

On the contrary what would you like to study?

kcosam:
OK, I applied for same course in March this year, though my status still reads "pending dept/faculty selection" I don't knw if that is the last stage of processing. Please can I PM you since we have this in common?

chibertha:
You don't need to know or talk to anybody there, just get there "na them go dey rush you" just like immigration/passport things
I did that for my previous application, I took 8.30am flight from PHC, finished and by 5 pm I was in my house in PHC.

chibertha:
You can also write a later (not email hard copy)to the registrar copying the VC, NUC, the VC, all members of the Senate and governing council of the university attaching a copy of your degree certificate and Statement of result or success letter as the case maybe to it.

I remember this was the advice given to my course mate when were in school by our course adviser when he wanted to rectify a mistake on his transcript.
it might work in this case too.


quote author=kniru post=78267199]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 ?

1stdami:
Can I DM you please

EkpeEkpe:
Beautiful! Alagbon police, right? Please how much was it?

gatsbym4:
LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE FIELD - ADMISSION LETTER - RECEIPT OF DEPOSIT PAYMENT 


 CLIENT INFORMATION FIELD - ALL CIC DOCUMENTS - SOP - BIRTH CERTIFICATE - POLICE CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE - WAEC CERTIFICATE - BSC CERTIFICATE - NYSC CERTIFICATE - LETTER OF LEAVE OF STUDY - RECOMMENDATION LETTER ( OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR) - PASSPORT PHOTO - LETTER OF INTRODUCTION - TRANSCRIPT - INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT - RESUME - EMPLOYMENT LETTER - ID CARD - PAY SLIP - GIFT OF LAND BY DAD 


 PROOF OF MEANS OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FIELD - LETTER OF SPONSORSHIP - AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT 


Good evening I'm about applying for a study permit and all above are my documents... 

Ps: studied political science and international relations as undergraduate and have 1 year working experience at a company as an administrative officer and currently at another company as an administrative officer this one going to 2 years, I applied for a PGC at NBCC....course: Administrative professional: Executive. School fees is 9100 for the duration of the course and it's 1 year and 6 months. 

My uncle is my sponsor, am I on the right path, what else do I need, my uncle has a wife and a kid in naija here, how much can or should be in his account..thank you.


And pls I've constructed my SOP to the best of my knowledge, pls who can take a look at it and correct if it needs. Ese gan

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.

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!

AgroNACT:
Since when please? i never saw it on their website. Wanted to apply for thesis based MSc though.

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!

Talanf:
Hello guys, please I need help, I was asked to go for medicals, and I found out that I need to book an appointment and it seems far and I might be busy but I am free now. Is there anywhere I can do the medicals by walking in without booking an appointment? This is for study visa

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

abelorode:
Hello house!

Is there any downside to writing a SOP of 3 and half pages? If no, is there any downside as well using computer terminologies to show understanding of your chosen discipline?

I tried making it as concise as possible but new information keep popping up.

Justmellow? Qudkom? Anyone??


Thanks.

Kez911:
All schools require application fee

Bracha:
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.

JustMellow:
Your responses to people's issue always make me fall in love with you ( no homo). You are such a great person!
Hello agroNACT,

The new development in securing more funding is a welcoming improvement especially towards your financial status to acquire a much focused attention to actually study without thinking to work or panicking to see through your Canadian studies.

The area of your financial status "towards your Canadian/International studies" has been settled amicably but what you now have to focus on is your financial status "towards your family composition" esp if you married. If you ain't married, please ignore this advise of setting of a savings account or that of your spouse will suffice to deposit/save/transfer funds for the well-being or welfare of your family, it doesn't have to be huge maybe 2m - above. This could likewise be explained as an emergency or backup funds for the family to support the earnings of your spouse in your absence as she is gainfully employed.

In justifying your financial status towards your family composition, you can do this:

1. Attach your spouse's employment letter, payslips, CAC(if self employed). No need to include her bank statement to show the emergency funds transferred/saved but you can sound it convincing in your SOP

2. At least you can pay for 3 terms school fees for your kids(if any) then append the receipt to your application.

3. If reside in a lease, show rent payment receipt made/extended, if possible draw out a contract extension lease signed by your land owner and you.

4. If you do business, show evidence or draw a link of your spouse been in charge in your absence.

5. Get your spouse to write a letter of approval/support for your international studies and the provisions made/set aside by you that would cater for their needs and miscellaneous expenses in your absence. Herein, your spouse can then garnish from point 1-4 for you which should also correlate with your SOP.

Also, you done well to include a cosponsor, not that you won't be able to secure your SP as a self sponsored but its a right move getting a cosponsor whether a third party or not BUT I will advise you to change the title to a Sponsor because you is still self sponsored with a closing balance of 1.2m esp if you have a spouse, let the sponsor alleviate that burden.

The sponsor now don't need to pay or transfer a dim for your application purpose, what should be done is to state the responsibility to pay for your flight itinerary and other miscellaneous expenses upon your arrival to help you settle comfortably in the LOS. You might want to consider this:

1. In the LOS, your sponsor should intuitively construct points by points expatiating why the sponsorship and how come you, and what's the share from the benefits of such sponsorship.

2. He should avoid presumptuous/unsure/indirect words like "would/could/might" and rather replace them with "will/can."

3. Your sponsor should rather make a promissory commitment like: immediately your SP is approved or prior to the approval of your SP, that he will take responsibility of your flight and travel itineraries.

4. etc

The requited document for the sponsorship are:

a. Employment letter or CAC certification if self employed

b. Bank statement and other investment certificate(if applicable)

c. Payslips, reference letter, ID

d. Affidavit of sponsorship

e. etc

d. The sponsorship letter likewise your SOP should reflect your funding/scholarship and its sufficiency for your 1st semester tuition fees and living expenses. The funding should be given in the breakdown of how it was awarded, it would make more sense that just summing it up.

In terms of home ties, if you have no or don't have previous connection or work history with the company, don't do ask for an employment letter rather strengthen your home ties to your spouse and landed property, member of a social organization etc except you can improvise a tricky method to show a previous work history with the company.

It will also be advised to construct a LOE to address your refusal reasons to support your SOP.

Any family budget made to cover them in your absence should be a year except if you is capable to stretch it to 2yrs. Also, given that you won't be applying immediately as you awaiting for your gcms notes, try to keep the account you intend to apply with very active and the closing balance shouldn't stay the same - at least top it a little up. If you were to be reapplying immediately then it wouldn't have matter.

BTW don't change any previously stated information but you can rather add to it or reduce or include certain relevant documents.

Try to avoid including too many documents but given its a reapplication, you might also want to include any relevant documents that can buttress you application especially to make it convincing and satiating to the VO.

Good luck!

bukonlami:
If you mean police Clearance certificate,I got mine for 7500 and got it same day.if you want I can give you a number to call.

AgroNACT:
Since when please? i never saw it on their website. Wanted to apply for thesis based MSc though.