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Konook:
Hi Dontee 07,

Please iv sent couple of pms for the uniport transcript Contact.

Kindly pm me with details.

Thanks

Canny19:
Will getting married to an older woman and jumping into the pool few days after marriage raise eyebrows?

Nitrobenzene:
Please who is preparing for BCS here. I want to Register but only see one centre in Jos. Does that mean no other place to write the exams in Nigeria.

What about those preparing to writing CIMA?

Denerystormborn:
The Center in jos is their only accredited training provider in nigeria. U can call them,check their number online.

majamisile:
The Marshall of this our beautiful thread herself, I really am very grateful. Thank you so much for your help thus far. You are flexing in your country of residence o, we no see time to go on fun trips for this our Buhari yard. Hope the trip was refreshing? I am glad you at least took a breather from this EE wait as it could be exhausting. I pray everyday and know that your wait for the golden ticket won't be long. Trust me to still be in your pm to reconfirm my full name . God bless you ma'am.

Canny19:
Will getting married to an older woman and jumping into the pool few days after marriage raise eyebrows?

Amica26:
I uploaded a letter of explanation when submitting my documents but i can't view it in submitted documents. is this normal?

jjohndoe83:
It was as though they were waiting for me to rant! The ECA came in just now. Dived straight into the pool. CRS sitting at 454! Spouse has not written IELTS and I'm hoping for a miracle! Another phase has started.

Joromi12:
why not. How many 9ja guys dey marry older woman

Distinct777:
To the glory of the Almighty God our Enabler and Lifter up of our heads, our PPR has arrived!!!!!!!!!!

Timeline

ECA (IQAS) – AOR 22nd June 2018
ECA completed – 23rd August 2018
IELTS BC – 21st Sept 2018
Requested for EOR – 28th Sept 2018
Acknowledgment of EOR by BC – 13th Oct 2018
EOR results upgraded – 29th Oct 2018
Created EE Profile – 31st Oct 2018
ITA – 28th Nov 2018
ADR for further med – 13th Dec 2018
AOR – 3rd Jan 2019
ADR for IMM5475 – 13th Feb 2019
BIL – 15th Feb 2019
MEP – 21st March 2019
PPR – 18th June 2019 (my birthday)
VO is Ottawa

ladymarshall:
No. Age is no barrier to marriage. Many here are married to older men, why should it be different for women? You can marry anytime before or after you join the pool.

ArabianRose:
I hope you know Hephgirl is a married woman with two kids?


@hephgirl, congrats mami!!

Nikyb:
Hello everyone. I am planning to use ICES for evaluation because of waec loooong thing and date of birth errors on waec certificate, I have HND and also PGD. Considering that ICES charge per certificate, I want to send just my HND and PGD without OND so that I will only pay for two certificates.

Would this pass for two or more certificates? Please help!
Is it compulsory that I evaluate OND?
I am trying to save money ni o my people

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Canny19:
Aaaaaaaaah!

Femmy2424:
I have just discovered how to boost CRS point with additional 34points through additional 2 years diploma in THREE MONTHS. The British Computer Society Certificate in Information Technology (CIT) is recognized by WES and Evaluated as an Equivalent of two years diploma in Canada. I know of someone who has used it. The pass mark is 40%. The CIT has only three courses which are introductory courses to Computer and Network. They have an approved training centre here in Nigeria, although is located in Jos, Plateau State, they have a very robust online training platform for distance learning students. I know of about 12 of us based in Lagos that are currently taking the training, they gave us all the recommended textbooks, training materials, pass questions and answers, there is a WhatsApp group where we all discuss and we have access to some of their instructors.

You can get their details on BSC website or you just type BCS approved training in Nigeria on google to get their details.


INFORMATION IS POWER

Narkoya:
Ladies and Gents... come ohhh!
Application has been approved.


Long story short, logged into my CIC account for my daily check and saw application updated, prayer again! A final decision has been made, double prayer!! APPLICATION APPROVED!!! Allahu Akbar. Took a screenshot and sent to hubby.

Started sending supplications to God to thank him. God bless y'all. You really helped to preserve my sanity. Looking forward to getting our passports back. Need to start packing and selling stuff off

muyiroro:
Good day my people, pls I want to confirm if CIC do accepts Small establishments like an enterprise . Where am working is an enterprise company of 10 - 15 staff. Am a little bit skeptical if CIC will accept my reference letter. The company is duly registered in CAC and have been in operation for over 2-5 years. Thanks

joo2018:
Welcome to Canadian Express Entry/Federal Skilled Workers Program Thread - Part 8



SISTER THREADS



cc: @justwise, @raphrulz, @ifeoma77. @Topsmamen, @ladymarshall

ladymarshall:
No. Age is no barrier to marriage. Many here are married to older men, why should it be different for women? You can marry anytime before or after you join the pool.

Distinct777:
To the glory of the Almighty God our Enabler and Lifter up of our heads, our PPR has arrived!!!!!!!!!!

Timeline

ECA (IQAS) – AOR 22nd June 2018
ECA completed – 23rd August 2018
IELTS BC – 21st Sept 2018
Requested for EOR – 28th Sept 2018
Acknowledgment of EOR by BC – 13th Oct 2018
EOR results upgraded – 29th Oct 2018
Created EE Profile – 31st Oct 2018
ITA – 28th Nov 2018
ADR for further med – 13th Dec 2018
AOR – 3rd Jan 2019
ADR for IMM5475 – 13th Feb 2019
BIL – 15th Feb 2019
MEP – 21st March 2019
PPR – 18th June 2019 (my birthday)
VO is Ottawa

Distinct777:
To the glory of the Almighty God our Enabler and Lifter up of our heads, our PPR has arrived!!!!!!!!!!

Timeline

ECA (IQAS) – AOR 22nd June 2018
ECA completed – 23rd August 2018
IELTS BC – 21st Sept 2018
Requested for EOR – 28th Sept 2018
Acknowledgment of EOR by BC – 13th Oct 2018
EOR results upgraded – 29th Oct 2018
Created EE Profile – 31st Oct 2018
ITA – 28th Nov 2018
ADR for further med – 13th Dec 2018
AOR – 3rd Jan 2019
ADR for IMM5475 – 13th Feb 2019
BIL – 15th Feb 2019
MEP – 21st March 2019
PPR – 18th June 2019 (my birthday)
VO is Ottawa

Background

My hubby’s brother relocated to Canada to be with his wife in 2012 and shortly after that started advising hubby to explore the option as well. My darling did not take it serious at all! I also mounted some pressure on him because I liked the idea of leaving Nigeria but my oga did not budge. He would always say later…so I dropped the idea and we continued the stressful Lagos life. Over the years, his other siblings would tell me to push him but oga still refused to budge and as I had little or no knowledge about the whole process myself, I thought since he was the one with a sibling in Canada, he was the only one who could apply.

Early in 2018, hubby had a change of mindset and said let’s try this Canada thing. I needed no more prompting! I swung into action and started digging and researching. A lady also joined my organization around this period and we got close, she started prompting me but I didn’t understand all the terms she was using – ECA, IELTS, WES etc. It all seemed so confusing! She introduced this thread to me and it all started getting clearer! God bless the originators of this thread.

ECA - IQAS

As we were managing funds and none of us even had international passports, we decided to take things a step at a time. I was to be the PA due to age and my qualification as a lawyer so I applied for passport first. Got it in May 2018 and applied for my ECA with IQAS. Got a contact from a friend and my transcript from OAU was available within 5 days. My transcript was delivered to IQAS on 22nd May 2018 and I got AOR for it on 22nd June 2018. ECA was ready on 23rd August 2018 and by that time, there were more funds available so we applied for my kids’ and hubby’s passports.

IELTS

IELTS was on 8th September 2018 and oh boy! I studied for it. I prayed and told God I didn’t want to write it more than once cos like I said, we were managing resources. But I studied and practiced well cos the Bible says faith without works is dead. I used Jay and Liz’s free tutorials and IELTS Advantage. Chris Pells’ IELTS advantage really helped with my writing as the lessons broke it down completely. I memorized the formats he prescribed and felt more confident with my writing. Results were released on 21st Sept 2018 and it was LSRW – 8.5,7.5, 9, 6.5. To say I was devastated with the writing score is an understatement but I was confident that I wrote the letter and essay well. Hubby and I decided to apply for a remark on 28th September 2018 and to the glory of God alone, it came back positive on 29th October 2018. Writing was upgraded to 7!!

Profile Created

Sharperly, we created a profile and jumped into the pool on 31st October 2018 with CRS score of 446. We didn’t know we could have created a profile earlier but God took control and we scored above the cut off. ITA was received on 28th Nov 2018 (cut off was 445) and we were overjoyed!

Medicals

Medicals was with Qlife on 30th Nov. An angel @jobsinit on this platform graciously gifted me her slot for a family of 4 on 30th November 2018. I don’t know if they still allow date swaps but all we did then was she sent an email to them stating that she had no more need of the date and asked that it be given to me. They acknowledged and approved the swap and that was it! We went for the tests and unknowingly neglected to inform the physician that hubby had TB about 20 years ago! His X-ray showed the scar on his chest and on 13th December 2018, we were sent an ADR for further medicals. He had to do Hepatitis B and Sputum test which cost about N67,500! It was a trying time as I was not sure of what the outcome would be. But hubby was confident his health is excellent. He told me he was completely diligent with his treatment routine at that 20 years ago. But he prayed that his result should not be swapped or any error occurred in the laboratory. We prayed that all will be positive. We then had to wait for 3 whole months for the sputum test result! To the glory of God, it came out negative and hubby was cleared!

PCC

PCC was with Inspector Moshood. It was easy and straightforward. He charged us 5k each. I wanted to argue and negotiate but hubby calmed me down. We paid 9k and left.

POF

POF was a challenge but as usual, God showed up! An uncle and hubby’s brother (who has become a Canadian citizen by the way) helped with most of the money, we added our savings and used pension as a buffer. Money was used to purchase TBills. At maturity, we switched to MMF and that’s where the funds are till present. We raised a CSE to inform IRCC about this.

ADR

On 13th February 2018, we received another ADR for IMM 5475 – Authorization for Personal Information. We did not know we should have submitted that with the application, we sha filled and submitted it on the same 13th Feb 2018.

BIL &MEP

BIL was received on 14th Feb 2019 and we completed it on 15th February 2019. However, because of hobby’s sputum test result was not yet ready, we did not receive MEP when others with the same timeline received and to say this was scary is an understatement, we kept faith and trusted God that all will be well and indeed it was. The test result was ready early and we got Medicals Passed on 21st March.

After that LONG SILENCE!

Until 7th June 2019 when we got a ghost update. Hubby woke me up with the news and we rejoiced as though PPR had arrived. On 10th June, we saw another ghost update and we kept vigil that night hoping to receive the PPR mail but it didn’t come. Between that Monday and Thursday was a harrowing wait for me. Sleeping and hoping to wake up to the PPR mail… the disappointment was great! We called IRCC on 12th June and the agent said eligibility and security had not started, we disregarded the news with a wave of hand and prayed for the mail to drop. On Thursday 13th June in the Jan AOR group, about 3 people got PPR and I cried to God on that day to remove everything delaying our PPR. On Friday 14th June, we saw an update in our account and the “additional documents under review” turned to “not applicable”.

My birthday is 18th June. We firmly trusted God to release our PPR as a birthday gift for me. In the wee hours of my birthday, and to the glory of God, shortly after I slept (I prayed till some minutes after 12am) hubby woke me up in the middle of the night, barely containing his screams (he’s more expressive than I…lol) and[b] it’s PPR![/b]

The journey was long with a roller coaster of emotions but all through it, God remained faithful! After our AOR, I relaxed and tried to take my mind off it but hubby would not. He was constantly checking for updates and worrying that it was taking too long. This is a man that we cajoled for years to come and relocate o…lol. I kept my calm but I won’t lie, the wait started getting to me too after about 3months and hearing other people’s testimonies. It was worse when we got the ghost updates and PPR refused to show at first. I became the anxious one and he the calm spouse…lol. But I always knew that it will end in praise last last!

JAN AOR WhatsApp Group

Yes, we deserve a special mention here!

I am grateful to all members of the January AOR group. I created the WhatsApp January AOR Group and made all the “founding members” admin cos I knew I would not have time and I’m not the overly chatty type. Shout out to you guys! I am sure the group will win the award for the group with the highest number of admins. There is never a dull moment and I’m grateful for the wealth of information provided daily (from the topics allotted for individuals to research and talk about, to info on the type of travel boxes to buy, to all the jokes and advice given). You guys rock and we will all meet in Canny one day – physically or virtually…lol
All Glory to GOD

I am grateful to God for opening this great door for my family, particularly my kids as the situation in our motherland got me worried a lot about what the future would hold for them here. In all, I’m grateful to God for his unwavering mercies and provisions. Thank you to everyone tirelessly answering questions and providing guidance on this thread. The Lord will enlarge your coast.

May all our dreams come through!

And may Nigeria be great again!!

Femmy2424:
I have just discovered how to boost CRS point with additional 34points through additional 2 years diploma in THREE MONTHS. The British Computer Society Certificate in Information Technology (CIT) is recognized by WES and Evaluated as an Equivalent of two years diploma in Canada. I know of someone who has used it. The pass mark is 40%. The CIT has only three courses which are introductory courses to Computer and Network. They have an approved training centre here in Nigeria, although is located in Jos, Plateau State, they have a very robust online training platform for distance learning students. I know of about 12 of us based in Lagos that are currently taking the training, they gave us all the recommended textbooks, training materials, pass questions and answers, there is a WhatsApp group where we all discuss and we have access to some of their instructors.

You can get their details on BSC website or you just type BCS approved training in Nigeria on google to get their details.


INFORMATION IS POWER

Jennypharb1:
Apart from the fact that your IELTS results are too poor, you have not given us much information to help you brother. How old, how many years work experience, what industry, highest level of education etc

Why did you use ICAS? They take up to 6months from the date they get your docs to give you your ECA

You really need to visit page 1 of this thread

Canny19:
Hello guys, I need your opinion on this. My wife added me to her EE application after our marriage in February. Just yesterday we got a mail from IRCC to send the updated proof of fund. Now the problem is that all the updated funds are in my wife's account while there's nothing in mine. My wife is suggesting that I should add my statement of account to it so that they could see that I have been transferring money to her account for a while. Meanwhile, I collected a loan from the bank which I'm still servicing. Is it compulsory I send my own SOA to them?
The shaded area in the image bears my name. That's why my wife is insisting that I send my SOA too which is a lil less than a hundred thousand. Please gurus advise me.

Distinct777:
To the glory of the Almighty God our Enabler and Lifter up of our heads, our PPR has arrived!!!!!!!!!!

Timeline

ECA (IQAS) – AOR 22nd June 2018
ECA completed – 23rd August 2018
IELTS BC – 21st Sept 2018
Requested for EOR – 28th Sept 2018
Acknowledgment of EOR by BC – 13th Oct 2018
EOR results upgraded – 29th Oct 2018
Created EE Profile – 31st Oct 2018
ITA – 28th Nov 2018
ADR for further med – 13th Dec 2018
AOR – 3rd Jan 2019
ADR for IMM5475 – 13th Feb 2019
BIL – 15th Feb 2019
MEP – 21st March 2019
PPR – 18th June 2019 (my birthday)
VO is Ottawa

Delvisfrank:
+ I am 31yrs old. I will be 32 by November.
+ I have more than 4yrs work experience
+ My highest level of education is HND in Computer Science, I am also a member of Nigerian Institute of Management which is included for the assessment
+ I am currently self employed; managing a laundry and dry cleaning business since December 2016
+ I don't have work experience in Computer Science apart from 1yr SIWES and I want to do my masters in applied computer science in Canada

Please how can I visit page 1 of the thread?

Adunnee:
_{I will announce their wedding date.}

Congratulations!!!

Super happy for you and your family. God heard your cries and turned it to laughter with wide shiny teeth

Thanks for sharing. You score 8.3/10

Amen to your prayers. All the best in Canada

Distinct777:
To the glory of the Almighty God our Enabler and Lifter up of our heads, our PPR has arrived!!!!!!!!!!

Timeline

ECA (IQAS) – AOR 22nd June 2018
ECA completed – 23rd August 2018
IELTS BC – 21st Sept 2018
Requested for EOR – 28th Sept 2018
Acknowledgment of EOR by BC – 13th Oct 2018
EOR results upgraded – 29th Oct 2018
Created EE Profile – 31st Oct 2018
ITA – 28th Nov 2018
ADR for further med – 13th Dec 2018
AOR – 3rd Jan 2019
ADR for IMM5475 – 13th Feb 2019
BIL – 15th Feb 2019
MEP – 21st March 2019
PPR – 18th June 2019 (my birthday)
VO is Ottawa

I am grateful to God for opening this great door for my family, particularly my kids as the situation in our motherland got me worried a lot about what the future would hold for them here. In all, I’m grateful to God for his unwavering mercies and provisions. Thank you to everyone tirelessly answering questions and providing guidance on this thread. The Lord will enlarge your coast.

May all our dreams come through!
And may Nigeria be great again!!

ojsamuel:
No, it's not. I evaluated only my spouse's HND and it came out as 4-year advanced diploma.

Anyi3:
It's possible. Choose pay through bank transfer, they'd generate a number for you.