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The gurus in the house should help pls

kanzjude:
Hello guys. I have been a silent ready and I must commend all the gurus in the forum for their selfless services.

I have HND in Engineering. I have been working for over seven years as a logistics officer. Being a logistics Officer, I manage trucks that load products from our depot and discharge at various destinations across the country. Part of the problems we encounter are incessant truck breakdowns, delays by mechanics, sometimes we end up in the hands of wrong mechanics. Sometimes these drivers align with the mechanics to defraud the company using terminologies that we do not understand. This made me to actually want to also have the knowledge of truck repairs and transportation. I set out to search a program that I can do on truck repairs and I saw a program that is offered by NBCC in Canada called Trucks and Transport Technician Program. I enrolled and just got my admission letter. I want to prepared and apply for the study visa and I need your a guidance on the entire process. But for know, I want to know if I stand a chance in getting a study visa for this one year program and how best to approach the visa application so that everything goes smoothly.
Thanks in anticipation and God bless.

Frankrobbn1:
Qudkom....... One of the few wonderful guys on this platform. My two hands are raised above my head. You're deep-rooted and very committed to the process. I respect your persistency in assisting others on this platform and the relevant information you share here.

JustMellow, you're also not an exception, keep up the good work Bro. More power to your elbow.

Bracha, I greet you as well. Thanks your time and support here.

Makano, I am patiently waiting for the good news bro. Your kind gesture would never go unrewarded. Your testimony is not far from now.

It shall end in praises

Thanks bro. Your contribution to this forum is absolutely remarkable.

Congratulations Sally I am so happy for you.
God bless you always

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

Go to IOM office at Ikeja tell the security men, you have appointment with the doctor simple. They will ask you where is the appointment letter? tell them your appointment was actually march 21st (that was actually my supposed date but later did it on the march 20th) but something happen that kept you out of town for so long. Check for this name Louis on that March 21.

Frank274:
Please I’m so mad now how can I do it... I want to pay tuition fees and the school emailed me that I can’t make a payment until I select and register my courses, and before I do that, I have to select an adviser who I will contact either my call, email or Skype to book a date that I will select the courses. Now I have selected an adviser and she gave me date which is on 6th next month, school is September now and I have less than 3 months now. Please gurus in the house advise me on what to do now I cant sleep again my heart is heavy. I’m thinking of submitting the visa app next week without tuition payment

What I would advice is that you can still apply, you just need to state it on your Sop, do a print out of the email that was sent to you and attach it to your application and ensure to make reference to it on your SOP and when you finally make payment for your tuition you can scan the receipt and send via web form.

I hope this helps

sillysassysally:
Hi Dear,

I'm not sure what you mean by temporary residence form. The three forms i filled includes;
1. Application for Study Permit Made Outside of Canada (IMM1294)
2. Family Information (IMM5645)
3. Schedule 1 - Application for a Temporary Resident Visa Made Outside Canada (IMM 5257)

Thanks, this is what I'm talking about. I filled just the two, but someone told me I have to fill this one also.

Congratulations ma'am.

Please can u shed more light on the students loan?

Thanks in advance

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!

Good Evening All,
My Study Permit application was refused yesterday with three reasons 1) Travel history 2) Purpose of your Visit 3) Personal assets and Financial status, after getting a biometrics validity letter previous day.

My Timeline,

Correspondence Letter May 9, 2019
Correspondence Letter May 8, 2019
Biometrics Collection Letter April 10, 2019
Submission Confirmation April 9, 2019
Confirmation of Online Application Transmission April 8, 2019

I have BSc in Elect/Elect Engineering and I was offered full time MASc admission by Memorial University of Newfoundland to study Energy Systems Engineering and to resume Sept 2019.

I'm presently reading comments on this thread but I need a guide because I'm presently self-employed in a business that is not engineering related but not stated in my LOE.

Please these are the documents I submitted under each section. Please, my good people, help me peruse to see where I goofed and what I need to add or do better in my next application.

Letter of Acceptance-Admission Letter, Minimum Expense Form(Showing Tuition and other fees), Proof of payment of Tuition Deposit of $2,000CAD, Program of Study(showing the name of the course, degree to be awarded and that it is fulltime) and Email correspondence between myself and the School.
Proof of Means of Financial Support -SOA(N12.1M, Joint Account of myself and my wife), SOA(N23M, Sponsor, my Uncle, personal savings account, Cocoa merchant, no registered company), LOS addressed to the School, Affidavit for Sponsorship/Relationship (Maternal Uncle), Letter from my wife's place of work (Proof of her employment), Proof of ownership of a building of two flats-Survey plan, picture and approved plan(Joint ownership with my wife).

Client Info - LOE,TOEFL Result,BSc cert,Membership notification letter from Nigerian Society of Engineers,PCC,Marriage cert, professional course certificate, RSA statement (5M), Proof of Joint ownership of a bus with my wife, No picture), Proof of personal ownership of two plots of land-survey plan and receipt), Proof of personal ownership of one Honda saloon car, No picture), Three letters of previous employments (Two companies with another one for NYSC), Letter of recent promotion, My son birth cert & passport and my wife passport.

Three CIC docs were attached to their various sections.

Please note: I was laid off from my last place of work in October 2018. Presently managing my family business but not stated in my LOE because it is not related to engineering. Also I did not add SOP (Statement of Purpose, I guess?)
I'm about requesting for GCMS notes and I want to reapply ASAP. Please help. Attached is my letter of explanation for the house perusal and assistance/guide.

Cc: Frankrobbn1, JustMellow, Bacha, kcosam

kcosam:
Since your application was processed in Nairobi, then it should be Nairobi. for the comment section, I honestly don't have idea because I have never filled one before, but u can go to the page 440 I referred you to and chat the person that did his own already or perhaps the good people in the house can also guide you on what to fill in there.

Thanks kcosam. I appreciate.

Please guys I want to order for my gcms note my application is two months old, my question is this: the CONSENT FOR AN ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PERSONAL INFORMATION REQUEST should be filled by me or the person requesting for the gcms note( he is a pr in canada)
Secondly the form should it be printed out and signed or filled online and follow the signature style for online application

shantelleasante:
Please guys in addition to the study permit and family forms, can one also submit the temporary resident permit form?

Yes you can.

hardeholar1:
Please guys I want to order for my gcms note my application is two months old, my question is this: the CONSENT FOR AN ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PERSONAL INFORMATION REQUEST should be filled by me or the person requesting for the gcms note( he is a pr in canada)
Secondly the form should it be printed out and signed or filled online and follow the signature style for online application

1. Designated Representative information is for the person in Canada.

2. Applicants information is your information...

You're expected to fill the two sections listed above electronically using your system/desktop, print, sign with a blue pen, scan and send it back to the person to append his/her signature.

Thanks Frank for the response
What about section2.1, 2.2 and 2, 3

Frankrobbn1:
1. Designated Representative information is for the person in Canada.

2. Applicants information is your information...

You're expected to fill the two sections listed above electronically using your system/desktop, print, sign with a blue pen, scan and send it back to the person to append his/her signature.

Am new here and I have been reading all through your various thrend which is really amazing.
Please I need support on how to go ahead with my Canadian visa application.
I have gotten admission to study mechantronics engineering at masters level in Waterloo.
Please I need support or ideals on what to do next because am to resume in September.

Thanks bro.
Please I really need an assistant on how to start my Canadian visa application ,I just got admission on April 2. To study mechantronics engineering as masters on Waterloo. Please I really do need assistance because is my first.
Documents needed and how to go about them. Thanks


Thanks bro. Your contribution to this forum is absolutely remarkable.[/quote]

Frankrobbn1:
1. Designated Representative information is for the person in Canada.

2. Applicants information is your information...

You're expected to fill the two sections listed above electronically using your system/desktop, print, sign with a blue pen, scan and send it back to the person to append his/her signature.

Can the consent form be hand filled? I am having problems filling on my system as it doesnot let me save: when I hit the save button a blank pop-up displays making me unable to go beyond that stage and it doesnt save.

So I am thinking, would it be ok to print and fill with a pen instead and then scan to upload.

Thanks.

Please house I need your advice.
I just got a new admission letter this is my resumption date was on the 6th may and no news from CIC apart from BCM.
So I requested for deferment but was turned down I then applied for a new admission and God made that one happen sooner than expected.
My question is can I upload this new admission letter to my application since my province is Quebec and am yet to get another CAQ.
Also how can I upload it
Or should I wait until the outcome of my visa application
Please Qudkum, makano Frank and Sally your candid advice is highly solicited.
Thanks

Frankrobbn1:
Yes you can.

.. Is it a must submit document?

In Nijia ke !
It is the same thing that is done in my school but the record is usually together with that of your other classmates.that is where it is extracted from to give you your 4 pages.

Eg if you graduated from Franch in 2002
Which means you mat. No./ reg. No 98.......

They would just go to the booklet containing all 2003 sets records


So her school saying they can not find it hum
Imagine from yr1 -5 no record of her

Bracha:
Then you attended a good school. In my school it was typed on four sheets of A4 paper, and it included the registrar's stamp where required. Daz all.

Morning
Pls courses that have co-op are we applying differently or just the same way we apply 4 SP

wealthmiq:
Hello Everyone. Please I intend to do a birth certificate for my Mom because i want to use her age as home ties. But the problem is i don't know which last name to use. Her Father's name or My surname (which is in the other sponsoring documents). If i use her father's name it will not correspond with mine and her other documents I will be submitting, And if i use my surname (which is in her SOA) It will not correspond with the Fathers name colon. Please advice me

Someone should help me please.

Martbills:
Am new here and I have been reading all through your various thrend which is really amazing.
Please I need support on how to go ahead with my Canadian visa application.
I have gotten admission to study mechantronics engineering at masters level in Waterloo.
Please I need support or ideals on what to do next because am to resume in September.

Congratulations on your admission...if you’d have read through the thread, you have the ideas already and the next thing is to make use of it.
Goodluck

Kez911:
Is she your step mum...?

No. My Mom

The same way.

Thaiwohuthy:
Morning
Pls courses that have co-op are we applying differently or just the same way we apply 4 SP

You are a funny person
Does it mean when and if you have a daughter you would know in advance who she would marry and use his surname.

You check am naaa

To answer your question it should be in her maiden name except you use her maiden name too as your last name.

wealthmiq:
Someone should help me please.