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ThePath:
Will there be a draw today?

CanPR:
Unfortunately NO!

WarriBrandChic:
Good morning everyone.... Biko this question is for NOC gurus. Just for confirmation, what is the best NOC for a Laboratory Analyst in chemistry field? NOC 2211?

Topsmamen:
Congrats sis. Your hard work has paid off. NOC 4011 is good.

ThePath:
Aww. Thanks for your response. Any idea when next?

godG:
Boss, don't you think 4021 makes more sense for her husband? Just a random thought.

Bubblefairy:
So, WES decided to burst my bubble and fall my hand, faxing my ND and HND Statement of Result to WES was the first thing I did after payment. My status was updated 'we received your documents bla bla bla', numerous emails and two months of inactivity later, I got an update that WES has ACCEPTED my documents save for my statement of Result which has not been RECEIVED. so status was put on hold oh.

Okay, no problem, sent another fax immediately and after about 24hours, my timeline was updated as 'we received your documents bla bla bla' again. Fast forward to 35 days of back and forth emails I got another update that all documents has been accepted except my ND and HND Statement of Result which has not been received.
I don't understand again ohh, please someone should help me out.
I personally faxed Hubby's certificate to WES myself and we are waiting for verification from his school, I don't understand what is going wrong. This matter Don tire me ohh.

Whiteshirtsonly:
Hi all.. It's my turn to say � IT'S PPR
Promised my self I'd share my journey through the process.

[b]Time line:
Decision to jump boat, August 2017 (I just couldn't understand and cope with the way we treat ourselves in this country).

WES - Oct. 2019

1st IELTS Oct. 2017 - Fell short in Listening by 0.5
2nd IELTS Feb. 2018 - Fell short in Reading by 0.5
3rd IELTS Apr. 2018 - Fell short in Writing by 0.5 (remark came back unchanged).
4th IELTS July 2018 - Fell short in Writing by 0.5 (almost lost faith in God, but something made me stay trusting)
5th IELTS Sept. 2018 LRWS // 8.5, 8, 7, 7.5
ITA - Oct. 3, 2018
Medicals - third week in October
AOR - Nov. 19, 2018
Biometrics - Dec. 27, 2018
MEP - Dec. 27/28, 2018 (didn't notice any ghost updates)
SILENCE / WORRY (I became skinny)
ADR (FAMOUS 5) - Apr. 15, 2019
ADR Submission through CSE (as directed in the letter) - Apr. 23, 2019
ADR Submission though profile upload (God directed me to just check my already submitted documents in my profile and saw i needed to upload... did so same day) - May 8, 2019
IP2 - May 15, 2019
PPR - May 30, 2019 (request letter though profile dated May 29, 2019)
Passport submitted May 31, 2019.[/b]

I thank God for the opportunity to go thru the process and seeing it to completion.
As a ghost reader, y'all are great. When it's said to have patience and be prayerful, that's all that's needed through this process... Guidance and direction will surely come.

- WES was a breeze... A sign of good things to come.
- Wrote the IELTS exam 5 times. The first time would have done it but "shebi I can speak English"... I did one or two sample tests and did very well, I did not know about the whole 8777 thing. God taught me a lesson to be thorough in all and above all, to trust in Him.
- ITA was expected with a score of 456.
- Quickly had my Medicals done at Children's Practice and PCC at Alagbon, Ikoyi.
- POF was gift deed from parent.
- Reference Letters only, from past and present places of employment.
- Submitted and paid all fees on Nov. 19, 2018... Got AOR same day.
- Request for Biometrics letter came in on Dec. 24, 2018 and then went to have it taken on Dec. 27, 2018 after the Christmas holiday.

THE WAIT AFTER THAT IS NOT OF THIS WORLD
I began scouring the internet for similar long waits and following NL. It was "bittersweet" seeing PPR stories coming thru. Your stories and pleas for everyone waiting for one thing or another in whichever stage kept hope alive... I was tempted to request for GCMS notes or submit CSE, but stayed trusting God as I kept seeing "It will end in praise". I was expecting my PPR in Feb. 2019. Nothing, so I decided to quit checking my profile 20 times a day till April when I got a Profile Updated email. Thinking it was PPR, I logged in calmly only to see ADR. It was pretty easy to compile and send through the CSE.
On May 8, 2019, I was to drop off a married couple, friends of mine, at the airport who were also shifting to Canada. Woke up that morning and went straight to my profile only to see I had to upload the same documents. I went to drop them off at the airport and proceeded to upload the same documents.

On the May 15, I logged into my profile (In the ADR letter, it said a decision would be made 30 days from the day of the letter) and saw the IP2. I thanked God and went about my life. Fastforward 15 days later, I didn't receive the PPR mail directly in my email as I read people received theirs. Received a mail that my profile had been updated, so my heart was doing #gbasgbos as I hurriedly logged in, thinking it might be another ADR.
I pinched myself several times to see I wasn't dream (a week before that I dreamed I received my PPR in a box, but somehow I knew I was dreaming, but that gave me hope when I woke up). Called my bro to read the letter... in case I was seeing double lol THE HAPPINESS WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD. Thanked God for his faithfulness, guidance and direction. I'm not very spiritual, but this PR success has changed me
I called family and friends to tell them the good news.

When I got to VFS Lekki on Friday, the crowd... "Jesus! Everyone is freaking jumping ship" I thought. I got there at 10am, left at 3pm.

In other slightly unrelated news... God is the greatest, but satan been on his sh!t.... My phone fell and screen shattered, it also wouldn't stay on. Went to Saka Tinubu thinking "fix the screen and nudge the battery into place".. We know what happens with those boys, instead of spending 10k, I'm spending 30k lol I was calm... You won't see me to exploit soon. A good reminder why I decided to JUMP SHIP.

I'm leaving no later than the middle of July.

To all those, at whichever stage you're at, trust in God, have patience and it will surely end in praise. I've been waiting to say that.
I would try and give advises and lend a helping hand to people asking for direction on this thread, as I have learned a great deal from you all.

Peace!

Gnomic5:
Good morning everyone, i just got my ielts result (first attempt) may 23
LRWS 87.577.5

That was when I got @Johnnybravvo1990 contact here....initially I was skeptical but the thought of failing pushed me......he was very nice Nd too good....he asked me to practise with pencil and the exams answers sheet because it would help me know how to be in check with words counts....he really tried oh because days when I don't send in essays, he would ask why....he took his time to tutor me and thought be the basics....God bless you sir .....he was

I cried when I saw my results because God did great through the odds....I was elated even my husband is now encouraged to write the exams

I pray for breakthrough for everyone at one stage or the other on thier journey.......

Laurelgem:
Here's my IELTS story.

LRWS - 9,9, 7.5,7.5.


@wasseynewest ,@ladymarshall, @Fidelism.

Mucho Gracias(hope I got that right)

Haysamo:
It has to be sent by your school if it has grades on it, else it will not be accepted. It happened to me.

Elcid1:
My ielts came in today L 8 R7.5 S 7 w 6.5 how can i request fot remark. Not happy

Elcid1:
My ielts came in today L 8 R7.5 S 7 w 6.5 how can i request fot remark. Not happy

johnnybravo1990:
Elcid, how come? I’m surprised o. You should get an upgrade. I’m confident of that. As my student, you seemed okay, to me, to get a 7. Some of my students who I feel you are better than have fared well, getting at least a 7. Please don’t be discouraged. Go for the remark. I’m so sorry for your result. It’s as if I myself failed.

Gnomic5:
Good morning everyone, i just got my ielts result (first attempt) may 23
LRWS 87.577.5

This feels like getting ready for PPR. ......I am a silent reader here.....the journey wassnt smooth but God came through. .....I had had stories of people not passing in thier first attempt and knowing how I had phobia for falling exams, I became very scared ......I booked my exams April thanks to my brother because I didn't even have 1 naira. ....he gave me the condition that if I pass he wouldn't collect his money back (jokinly).......imagine being a lecturer where you set very hard questions for students and here I am in the position of my students....

bryancole:
Thank you for your prompt response. Please which school did you attend. My brothers' is UNIZIK

Laurelgem:
Here's my IELTS story.

I wrote my 1st IELTS on Jan 19, LRWS - 8,7.5,6.5,7.
Then @wasseynewest gave me Liz's paid videos and tutored me. After listening to them, I wrote again, 2nd attempt- Feb 14 and made LRWS- 7.5, 8, 7, 7.5 (unfortunately, I had too many map questions that resulted in my Listening score dropping).

I immediately registered for another exam. 3rd attempt -Mar 23, made 8.5, 7, 6.5, 7.5. I was devastated and wondered what I did wrong.

Then I started asking for help on Nairaland and found @ladymarshall. She agreed to review my essays despite her busy schedule. She reviewed my essays and made so many corrections after which she confirmed that I was good to go.

But determined to leave no stone unturned, I found a link here to join @fidelism writing class. I immediately joined using the link. I followed diligently despite my tight schedule. He reviewed my essays in bits, line by line, paragraph by paragraph according to essay types. Breaking it down from introduction to conclusion. He even called me occasionally, to explain the parts I was not getting right. Making sure I got it.

During my exam, I made sure I got my paragraph structure right like my Tutors taught me, then I paid attention to my grammar and linking words. The writing material he shared on the group was also a huge help.

For the other modules, I practiced a lot even though I had practiced all the Cambridge materials during previous tests, I used ieltsonline tests.

I even prayed the St Joseph of Cupertino novena.
Above all God showed up for me, my IELTS journey which I started since Jan 2019 ends here. I maxed out, fam!

LRWS - 9,9, 7.5,7.5.


@wasseynewest ,@ladymarshall, @Fidelism.

Mucho Gracias(hope I got that right)

Daybour1:
I would be the most ungrateful being if I didn't share my story here. This is not PPR (at least not yet), but I just conquered IELTS on the 10th attempt, still awaiting result of the 11th and a remark of my 9th. First of all, my ultimate gratitude goes to God Almighty for giving me the resilience to fight though these trying times.

My first IELTS test was April 21 2018, and I wrote back to back on a monthly basis until 23rd May 2019 (the game changer). Months I didn't write, I was hoping for a positive EOR, none ever came back changed. Allow me to state that, the 6.5 in writing was my major hurdle. I have sought help tirelessly on this thread but it was the same story. I eventually stopped practicing for other components again because I knew all the questions and answers in my head already, I mean, after studying almost every day of your life for over 12 months, there was nothing new to learn.

To be brief, my last resort was to contact @JohnnyBravo just 3 days to the test of 23rd May. I ensured I unlearned everything I had learnt about writing and strictly followed his teachings. I'm sincerely grateful to you for your attention and professionalism, God bless you endlessly. For all who are still stuck with writing, please let him guide you. Thank you again bro.

In conclusion, (sorry o but after taking the writing test for over 12 months, my writing has been structured into 4 BPs) while it is not easy, I'd like to encourage anyone struggling with any aspect of this journey not to give up. There's joy in knowing you eventually conquered. I'm positioned for an ITA in the coming draws and may The Good Lord make the rest of the journey smooth for us. Amen.

careerwoman:
Silent reader, been here since 2016.
Glory to God!!
Wrote ielts on 23rd May (1st attempt).
Thank you Jesus

etrange:
Hhmm.... brother, I do not know your relationship with the family but except you were there when the wife was telling him not help this particular cousin, I'd say this post of yours is way too conclusive. While I appreciate the influence of women on their husbands, it's really egregious the way ladies are called out when their husbands misbehave as if these men are babies who can't take decisions on their own. We usually find it easier to accuse the external persons (wives) when our brothers, cousins or uncles are not giving us as much attention or resources as we deserve and this has put many ladies in extremely unfair positions in most families. It's always the woman's doing regardless of the situation.

Just saying though.....

OYASALOF:
PPR

Oyibiri yibiri yibiri kan mi o/3x
Oore Oluwa yi kan mi o

LOGAN TI O DE!!!!!

Decision to travel 2017, my husband (PA) wrote IELTS in 2017 and had 6.5 in listening didn't really know much about express entry then he got a job

I'm dedicating this PPR to God and our friend who was also on this journey but lost his life in a ghastly motor accident. He died on the spot, the day his IELTS result was released (October 12) and he was yet to check the result.

Thank God for his sufficient grace. We're moving to Edmonton, Alberta.

GBSS:
Weldone nairalanders. First attempt IELTS...
joining pool things

OYASALOF:
PPR

Oyibiri yibiri yibiri kan mi o/3x
Oore Oluwa yi kan mi o

LOGAN TI O DE!!!!!

Decision to travel 2017, my husband (PA) wrote IELTS in 2017 and had 6.5 in listening didn't really know much about express entry then he got a job in the UK and we exed Canada and focused on UK. UK now came with their wahala and increased the salary scale for sponsorship and the company couldn't afford the new salary scale, so we exed the whole process and continued with our lives.

CONGRATS MA. I NEED TO KNOW IF MY WIFE NEEDS TO DO WES AND IELTS B4 I ENTER EXPRESS ENTRY POOL OR I SHOLUD JUST BE D ONLY ONE TO DO DAT

Later in the year, I told my husband to let's continue with this our Canada runs o, then I found this thread and started reading from part 1 and registered in part 3. Then in 2018, IELTS struggle began. He wrote IELTS 6 times and even missed an exam because we applied for UK visa and passport wasn't ready before the exam. We called and mailed British Council, but they were not able to help. Chai 68k just like that.

ECA: this was pretty straightforward for us because we evaluated our UK masters degree with WES and it was ready within one month

IELTS: My husband wrote the exam 6 times. We remarked some (BC and Mod) and it came back unchanged. Even though I didn't write, my husband practised with different videos on YouTube and some materials on British Council website few days to the exam.

POF: hmmmm, all I can say is that God showed up. POF was fixed deposit certificate only from first bank. We supported it with screenshot of the exchange rate using XE and we added a summary table of our pof.
No letter in CIC format, no statement of account, no letter of indebtedness, just the fixed deposit certificate.
I was also worried because our fixed deposit was for one year(November) and our medicals expires October 2019 and there was a huge discussion regarding this, but God came through. This pof Ehn, almost every time I want to make payment, mall or delivery, I mostly say pof instead of pos

WORK REFERENCE:this was also straightforward. Reference letter(to whom) in CIC format, ID, 6months payslip
NB: my husband resigned December 2018, so we raised CSE. He resumed with another company in April but we didn't notify cic.

BIOMETRICS: biometrics was after 32days and we completed it January 3. The server was down and we spent almost 3 hours. Only for me to check our profile and realised that my name was misspelt (village people), so I raised CSE and it was corrected after 3wks or so

PCC: my husbands colleague linked us with one inspector like that (a lady). I told my husband that we should use inspector Moshood o, he didn't answer. OK, ask for the price at least we'll know how much to budget before we get there, Oga no answer and I kept quiet. Na so this inspector bill us 15k(7500 each) after we finished. She sha collected 14k. I was so pained.

Our UK PCC was very straightforward. My husband schooled in Scotland, we used same UK PCC for Scotland placeholder.

MEDICALS: we used children practice, everything went well. God bless the guy that swapped dates with me. God bless you real good. (was scared because I felt my blood sample was darker than others ). This journey can make you think plenty things.

We were trusting and praying that our PPR comes in 60days (January) because we didn't want to pay rent in March, pof will reduce but will still be above the required amount. But God's time is always the best. We moved our pof from first bank to arm (no cse raised) because interest made more sense and we can always withdraw the interest at will.

Also, my location on Facebook was UK, I had to edit it. My business page (justwigsng) on instagram can also be linked to my personal page, had to edit it because I didn't mention it (even though I wasn't the PA). Was just trying to be safe.

The waiting is really a test of patience, especially when you can do nothing about it. I checked our profile everyday
Raised CSE weekly when we hit 4 months.
There was even a time they responded that our file has been transferred to Nova Scotia. Called them the following day (9/4/2019) and was told it's still in Ottawa and criminality, background checks and eligibility in progress, security not started.

We raised another CSE and was told eligibility hasn't begun , same thing we were told when we called. CSE can confuse with their responses sha.

POST 6 MONTHS
Anyways sha, we decided to mail Ralph but we got an automated response. An idea struck and we decided to mail another MP, we mailed Ziad Aboultaif and Randy Boissonnault MPs for Edmonton (since we're settling there) and Ziad replied that our file is in for final review, while Randy replied that he'll contact ircc and get back to us. So, I think other MPs can also help with the status of our application, please let's wait till after 6months o.

We sha called them again after we got ghost update and we were told that criminality and eligibility passed while security is yet to start (I doubted it sha ). I was so excited because eligibility is one of the biggest hurdles of this process. The agent also told us if we don't get an update on or before June 15, he'll send a reminder mail to the case officer Abi analyst de ni . We got another ghost update yesterday evening and woke up to the mail this morning. I can't explain the feeling.

TIMELINE
ECA (WES): April 2018
IELTS (BC): September 2018 (6th attempt)
CRS: 443 (draw: 440)
NOC: 1225 (procurement Supervisor)
ITA: October 15, 2018 @ 440
MEDICALS: October 19, 2018(children practice)
SUBMITTED: November 19, 2018
AOR: November 20, 2018
MEP: December 21, 2018
BIOMETRICS: December 21, 2018
BIOMETRICS COMPLETED: January 3, 2019

S--I--L--E--N--C--E

No ADR, didn't fill schedule A

GCMS: May 7, 2019 (yet to receive it)
GHOST UPDATE 1: May 14, 2019
GHOST UPDATE 2: June 4, 2019
PPR: June 5, 2019
AOR - PPR: 197days
VO: Ottawa
Family of 3 (this waka Na family planning thing . More babies more money(pof, medicals, passport)

WHILE WAITING FOR PPR
1. We searched for flights (momomdo, travelstart, skyscanner, wakanow, jumia, Google flights, IOM). Google flights actually puts the fare on each day, so you'll get to know the cheapest day to fly/book.
2. Searched for apartments (Edmonton)
3. Searched bridging courses
4. Made list of foodstuffs to carry
5. Searched for jobs, updated our CV to Canadian standard
6. Decided on banks to use, phone network
7. Searched for daycare for our 2yr old
8. Searched for car to buy
9. Got familiar with Edmonton via Google maps, YouTube
10. Searched for hospitals
11. Asked different people about benefits we're entitled to in Edmonton

I'm dedicating this PPR to God and our friend who was also on this journey but lost his life in a ghastly motor accident. He died on the spot, the day his IELTS result was released (October 12) and he was yet to check the result.

Thank God for his sufficient grace. We're moving to Edmonton, Alberta.

Bubblefairy:
So, WES decided to burst my bubble and fall my hand, faxing my ND and HND Statement of Result to WES was the first thing I did after payment. My status was updated 'we received your documents bla bla bla', numerous emails and two months of inactivity later, I got an update that WES has ACCEPTED my documents save for my statement of Result which has not been RECEIVED. so status was put on hold oh.

Okay, no problem, sent another fax immediately and after about 24hours, my timeline was updated as 'we received your documents bla bla bla' again. Fast forward to 35 days of back and forth emails I got another update that all documents has been accepted except my ND and HND Statement of Result which has not been received.
I don't understand again ohh, please someone should help me out.
I personally faxed Hubby's certificate to WES myself and we are waiting for verification from his school, I don't understand what is going wrong. This matter Don tire me ohh.