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Chai. Congratulations @pyruvateluv, i can imagine the joy you feel. May the rest of the journey be swift and easy for you.

Your babe is the real MVP!

Congrats once again.

pyruvateluv:
Hmmm...my people I really don't know how to start this gist�. It's not PR neither is it ITA. It is victory over IELTS

To everyone still battling with this process, NEVER GIVE UP

I need to reserve ink for PPR script (pen dropped

Adunnee:
Wow...your fiancee is bae. I love her already. I hope she is on this journey too.


Congratulations on smashing IELTS.

Wow! That babe. That's how you know a wife. God bless her

Topsmamen:
Lol. Bro, how far?

am good



two months post AOR.
Don't forget to give us landing gist oooooooooo

A huge congratulations to you.

pyruvateluv:
Hmmm...my people I really don't know how to start this gist�. It's not PR neither is it ITA. It is victory over IELTS

I never believed in my life that I will attempt an English exam more than once because I was an English guru then in high school� until I met this entity called IELTS�‍♂. First attempt- I didn't prepare much just memorized structures for writing from ieltsadvantage, did one or two reading test; had great scores, did one speaking with a friend(she finished me that night�) and practiced listening a lot because it was interesting.

On the day of the exam, I dressed up with my shoulders high because I go kill this exam today(this was my thought). The exam did go well and voom!!!!! Reading was 6.5. No shaking, registered another one immediately with BC CBT, studied for reading with Road to Ielts and did the exam. Hmmm another failure knocked on the door: this time it was the almighty Writing�(although it was my fault as I didn't answer the question sufficiently). At this point, I sourced for reviewers, which were Johnybravo(I call him the King of Grammar because you will forever write error-free sentences when you come in contact with him. We did midnight review via Whatsapp call and it was indeed thorough)and Wasseynewest(my Oga, I will forever be grateful to you. He is the Lord of Structures . After their several reviews, they both gave me the go ahead for registration which I did and I registered for BC CBT April 24th.I wrote the exam, called both of them that it is finished as I DESTROYED it completely. Finished writing within 45 minutes, reviewed continuously for the next 15 min and gave myself an 8 .

Result date show, no result available (abi I don over blast) followed up with calls and email, no response. I sent my fiancee to check for me on Friday; BC told her nobody sat for exam that day (like seriously, are you kidding me) my babe nor get chill o, she tell them make dem go find am, she go wait for them. The search began and result was found. However, it was bad news as Writing was 6 . I just weak. She raised a draft immediately for a remark and i sent a mail to all BC email addresses i laid my hands on explaining my plight as this score is unbelievable, but no reply yet .

Remark took 7 weeks and a mail was sent for collection and there was no attachment(meaning there was a change). My concern now was which one changed speaking or writing or writing upgraded to 6.5 instead of 7? Finally got there this morning around 7:50am . Writing upgraded from 6.0 to 7 and speaking from 7 to 7.5....

I am sincerely grateful to God for this miracle, Johnybravo who always checked up on me and encouraged me that it will positive, Wasseynewest, indeed you have the heart of gold, you even offered to give me money for next registration as you were confident BC victimized me. I say a big thank you . Thanks to my E-sister @ytp she can encourage for African, she made sure I didn't register for another exam till we see the result.
To everyone still battling with this process, NEVER GIVE UP

I need to reserve ink for PPR script (pen dropped

Congratulations

cntabs:
Praise God my people, it's PPR.

Please bear with me as this is really long.

WES ECA started: May 7th 2018
IELTS: June 2nd 2018, (BC) - LRWS - 8,9,7,8
Medicals (IOM) - November 22nd 2018
WES ECA completed: December 18th 2018
EE Profile created: December 18th 2018
ITA: December 19th 2018
AOR: January 30th 2019
BIL/MEP: March 13th 2019
Called CIC: April 30th 2019. VO was ottawa. Eligibility met. Others not started
Ordered GCMS Notes: May 10 2019
GCMS Notes Arrived: June 14 2019 (Eligibility passed, Security and Criminality not started)
Ghost Update: June 19 2019
PPR: June 20 2019

Single Applicant
Ottawa Visa Office


Background
So my eldest brother got his PR at the end of 2017 and advised me to begin the process. I used the CRS calculator and my points weren't looking very good as I only had a few months of post NYSC work experience. I had just started a new job after some months of unemployment. He alongside my mum continued to persuade me to begin the process referencing my pre NYSC and NYSC experience. I researched the Australian immigration process and it looked bleak for me. I later joined this thread and researched a bit on the work experience issue and confirmed that my NYSC experience could be used. After some more research from the cic website and canadavisa.com, I also confirmed that the pre NYSC experience was also valid for the process. Though I was skeptical of the possibility of getting the work references, I decided to start the process.

ECA - WES
I paid for my WES evaluation at the beginning of may 2018 (Used WES because my brother used same).
Sent my statement of result to WES using hellofax and paid for the transcript from my school. Lots of challenges here. After over two months my transcript hadn't been acknowledged by WES. While searching for solutions I got someone's number here and decided to give him trial. Needless to say he was God sent. Within a month my transcript had gotten to WES. They then sent the verification letter which became the next battle. Contacted him again for the verification. This time the story was different however. Different stories came up from the school and almost 3 months went by. Cutting the long story short, my school eventually verified the results to WES early in December and it turned out to be in my favour as my months of experience were increasing. The ECA proceeded and I got my evaluation on the 18th of December 2018.

IELTS - BC
After paying for WES, the next step was IELTS. I booked on the mainland with British Council (Didn't know about MOD till much later) for June 2nd 2018. Had about 3 weeks to prepare. Traffic was really pervasive at the time and work didn't give much room either. I got tips from a friend on the general overview of the exam. I prepared for listening with a random site I found as well as the main British Council Ielts website. I studied speaking with ieltsliz.com, also practiced answering the questions with my mom as the examiner . For writing, I used the training on the British Council ielts site. Finally for reading, I watched a video my friend gave me where the lady advised not to read the passages but to go straight to the questions and try picking out the answers. In all honesty, the preparation was quite shabby. Whenever my brother saw me playing video games he would sound a warning of how people prepare hard for IELTS and how people write IELTS multiple times to get the right score. At some point, I accepted I wouldn't pass as the time was too short so I just zeroed my mind on another exam, even blamed him in my mind for making me book early as I planned to book for July.
Eventually the date of speaking came on the Saturday prior to the main exam. The examiner was really nice and her voice cast away all my tension. Luckily for me the first question she asked was the very question IeltsLiz treated in the tutorial she gave ("Do you live in a house or an apartment?" and my fictional answer was on point. The rest of the test was fine. The second leg of the exam was scheduled for June 2nd. My brother travelled to CA that day so unfortunately I couldn't see him off to the airport. During the listening I lost concentration and missed one of the questions . I also started the first section of my writing with pencil then wrote with the pen once i was ok with it. Unfortunately this took a lot of my time and I was still writing with pen when I heard 20 minutes left. Quickly jumped to the second second and barely finished it. I went home praying and hoping for the best whilst also prepared for another test. I was up playing video games in the early morning of Saturday the 16th of June 2018 when I decided to check the IELTS website for the result. God was really merciful to me. Results were LRWS: 8,9,7,8. I immediately chatted my brother up to give him the good news.

Documents Preparation
After the IELTS result was ready and the ECA was in progress I started sourcing for my documents.
Employment
This was the next biggest challenge. I started working immediately I finished school as I did my IT with the company and also worked part time with them in my final year. I then worked with them from when I finished school till i was done with my NYSC. After this I worked with an American company remotely for some months before I joined my new employer.
The current place wouldn't be a problem however the foreign company as well as the first were sources of concern for me. Without going into too much stories, God was merciful again and I'm grateful to all the companies as they were very nice and helpful. All provided me the reference letters in CIC format.

Medicals
Once my school verified my results with WES, I decided to book for medicals. At that time Qlife was booked till march and I was scared that IOM would follow suit. I went for the medicals at IOM ikeja. Got there early and I was done at about 11 am.

ITA
My ECA was ready on the 18th of December 2018 and I immediately created my Express entry profile. A draw was held the next day (439) and I got the ITA. CRS was 450.

POF
My mom came to the rescue here. She transferred the POF and signed the gift deed as well. I notarized the deed at Igbosere court, Obalende for 1500.

PCC
I did this with Inspector Moshood for 3000. Also had a bad experience as the gear of my car refused to enter into reverse . Luckily people around helped me push the car towards the road .

After all these, the last item was the work reference letter from my current employer. I was advised to wait till the new year to get it. Shortly after my one year anniversary I approached my boss for it and he gave me without any problems, also gave me lots of valuable advice.

Application
I created a OneDrive folder called cic. Inside this folder, I created a folder for all the components of the application. Employment, education, passport, pof, sibling proof etc. Inside each folder I created a folder called parts which contained the individual scanned documents. I used pdfmerge to merge the documents together. After each category's document was ready I uploaded it into it's folder (e.g employment). This way at every point in time and even after I submitted I could find out exactly what I had submitted.

Education : Submitted scanned wes eca, statement of result, and ielts result.
Employment : submitted reference letter for each company, offer letter for each company, last 3 months account statement for each company highlighting salary payments, payslips and confirmation letter where available.
Medicals : the medical print out provided by IOM
POF : used a fixed deposit for 60 days. Submitted the FD certificate, account statement of my other investment with the bank, account statement showing the transfers of the gift deed, account statement of my mum showing the debits of the gift deed and finally the notarized gift deed.
PCC : all pages of the police clearance certificate
Proof of sibling : my brother's PR card, utility bill, childhood picture circling him and myself, our international passports, our birth certificates and a newspaper clipping showing my dad's change of name
LOE : I explained what I submitted for employment . Explained why some of the payments were larger than expected. Also explained the composition of the POF .

I submitted my application on Wednesday Jan 30 2019. At this point I joined a number of whatsapp groups and couldn't keep up with both the groups and nairaland so I concentrated on the groups. After about a month and half I got the MEP/BIL request. Then there was silence. Decided to call them in April. I loaded skype airtime €5. I was able to reach them on the 30th of April. A nice middle aged lady said eligibility was met while others hadn't started. I took this with a grain of salt for some reason. In May I decided to order GCMS notes. Tension was getting much so I called on the 13th of June. Another nice lady said everything looked good without giving any further details . The GCMS Notes came on the 16th of June.
Eligibility was met on the 24th of April as the nice lady had suggested. The due date was 10th of June so I was quite happy as I believed my file was being worked on. On the 19th of June, there were lots of PPR announcement in the group and I decided to check my profile. I was quite elated to find a ghost update and quickly added cic.gc.ca to my allowed filters on gmail. I woke up the next morning to find the PPR mail sitting in my mailbox.

All glory to God for this great journey. I pray every one of us will get to Canada in Jesus name. Amen

Hello Everyone

Please has anyone tried to evaluate pre degree? If yes, Please was it recognized?

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iaatmguy:
thank God am not a fan of him









I am is self acclaimed BROTHER.
we are "brathers"

hello guys , something has been bothering me, i am a doctor, with over 3 yrs working experience (which i have reference for) , but i stopped practicing last year to focus on forex trading. i have gotten ita, i want to know if the fact that i am not currently practicing would affect my pr application? would they raise any question why i am not practicing?

Adunnee:
How come everyone is wearing red?

because red is part of our country's colour

@newmum0615
I sent a pm pls. I need help with my NOC. Job description is giving me the "0" trend. Will appreciate your assistance in reviewing it.

I was of the opinion that I could not take a long break from this thread for anything, that even after landing, I will still contribute.

Well, I couldn't fight life. Relocating especially with a sizable family is a full time job. Settling in a new country especially in an area you don't know anybody is a full time job. Something has to give

I'm still finding my feet. Will still contribute if and when chanced.

Well done to everyone keeping the thread active.

My mailbox is full. To everyone waiting for a reply from me. Apologies. Will revert back as soon as possible.

FaskRolce:
Congrats to the PPR clinchers.. So happy for you. May your journey be victorious. Go and possess the land.


Ps: where is Joo.2018? Been a long while. I miss him

I miss you too.

yemblaze:
Yeah...where are you bro. I remembered him when I saw that our Hall of Fame needs to be updated

BTW can't he hire an assistant....

Actually, it is @raphrulz who updates the hall of fame and since it is his post, only he can modify it.

He will soon update it. Work and relocation can be overwhelming.

ladymarshall:
I was about asking too o. I miss him too. He just got PPR and disappeared

Maybe he's landed and job hunting. That takes so much time.

Our chief researcher and analyst @joo2018 please come out of hiding and say hello to your fans

I miss you too.

yemblaze:
Is like we will transfer them to the sister thread oooo...Make @joo2018 and @ifeoma77 give gi ahead...

Very soon. I'm still getting my bearing.

iaatmguy:
because red is part of our country's colour

Oh! Not green?


_{Lemme run before they slap me}

Kdamnhot:
hello guys , something has been bothering me, i am a doctor, with over 3 yrs working experience (which i have reference for) , but i stopped practicing last year to focus on forex trading. i have gotten ita, i want to know if the fact that i am not currently practicing would affect my pr application? would they raise any question why i am not practicing?

No, it won't. Ensure you add your forex trading activity to Personal History section.

Deyonsesi:
Hi,

I sent you a PM for addition to the June AOR group.

Kindly respond.

Cheers!

Dealt!

Good day everyone,
Please I will need your candid advice on what I'm about to write.
I've been reading the thread for months now and I noticed no one ever mentioned about Paramilitary personnel as their work experience.
I checked the noc 4423 (skill level C).
Is that the correct noc to pick for a paramilitary personnel (FRSC precisely) and considering skill level/type C, what is the right place to be; EE or PNP etc.
Mainwhile, I have OND and HND in computer science and 8 years working experience as a paramilitary personnel.
I have equally working in different departments from being Admin and Human resources assistant, computer operator, and also as leading team for patrols simultaneously.
Please my people, kindly help me review and show me the path to follow.
Thank you all.

Unfortunately, no! Because it's pre-degree not a degree, which is the requirement.

favouritedami:
Hello Everyone

Please has anyone tried to evaluate pre degree? If yes, Please was it recognized?

For your Express Entry profile (pre ITA), just mention that work experience that you have a reference for. As long as it was paid, full time, and within the last ten years.

Post ITA, you should mention the forex trading in your personal history.

It won't affect your application as long as things are disclosed correctly.

Kdamnhot:
hello guys , something has been bothering me, i am a doctor, with over 3 yrs working experience (which i have reference for) , but i stopped practicing last year to focus on forex trading. i have gotten ita, i want to know if the fact that i am not currently practicing would affect my pr application? would they raise any question why i am not practicing?

Post the job description so people can help with the NOC.

Draybaba0103:
Good day everyone,
Please I will need your candid advice on what I'm about to write.
I've been reading the thread for months now and I noticed no one ever mentioned about Paramilitary personnel as their work experience.
I checked the noc 4423 (skill level C).
Is that the correct noc to pick for a paramilitary personnel (FRSC precisely) and considering skill level/type C, what is the right place to be; EE or PNP etc.
Mainwhile, I have OND and HND in computer science and 8 years working experience as a paramilitary personnel.
I have equally working in different departments from being Admin and Human resources assistant, computer operator, and also as leading team for patrols simultaneously.
Please my people, kindly help me review and show me the path to follow.
Thank you all.

Please and please and please.

For the newbies quoting posts, you can actually make your quote SHORTER than quoting the whole piece. It deprives us of content and get the pages full of quotes alone.

When quoting, just reduce the words in the brackets abeg, it is so tiring reading only long quotes,

Thank you.

Please who has a contact for Uniben Transcript? It's urgent, am doing this on behalf of a brother

Congratulations
May Canada favour you and your family.

Hephgirl:
BRACE YOURSELF IT'S A LONG READ

ITA 15TH NOVEMBER
AOR Jan 10
Mep and BIL Feb 22
Bio complete Feb 26 ( had to travel)
Ghost update: June 8
Ghost update : June 10th
Called on d 14th : eligibility not started... I literally went bunkers...
Ghost update : June 15th
PPR: 18th dated 17th June
Vo : Ottawa
Family of 4

Hi guys. I have paid for ielts computer based for like a week now, sent the proof to their email but haven't gotten a confirmation. Does it usually take this long or is there a problem?

If it's BC and you can get to their office in Lagos, that's effective. They can be very slow at responding to e-mails.

OkunrinMeta:
Hi guys. I have paid for ielts computer based for like a week now, sent the proof to their email but haven't gotten a confirmation. Does it usually take this long or is there a problem?

OkunrinMeta:
Hi guys. I have paid for ielts computer based for like a week now, sent the proof to their email but haven't gotten a confirmation. Does it usually take this long or is there a problem?

Bros, call BC ooo cos if I tell tou dey fight wey I fight with them before them confirm by IELTS CDT ehn. We even reach twitter sef. Them finally allow me write sha. Call them abeg.

OkunrinMeta:
Hi guys. I have paid for ielts computer based for like a week now, sent the proof to their email but haven't gotten a confirmation. Does it usually take this long or is there a problem?

Please call them or visit them at their office

pyruvateluv:
Hmmm...my people I really don't know how to start this gist�. It's not PR neither is it ITA. It is victory over IELTS


To everyone still battling with this process, NEVER GIVE UP

I need to reserve ink for PPR script (pen dropped

Congrats bro

Awwww congratulations! May the rest of this journey go smoothly for you

pyruvateluv:
Hmmm...my people I really don't know how to start this gist�. It's not PR neither is it ITA. It is victory over IELTS

Magnifico2000:
But someone on this thread told me Wes don't evaluate statement of result. Only certificates that are ready.

That is not not true. We are accepted my notification or result for my masters. My convocation is in December but my ECA will be complete 1st week in july. At this point I would advice you to use this weekend to read. You need to read not only page one, also read up previous pages because every question you are asking as been answered previously already.

Congrats on ielts smashing @pyruvateluv...Ur babe is spontaneous.All d best bro.

Please house help, a mistake was made on DOB on my waec certificate (year of birth) but I didn't bother sinve it didn't affect anything back then. The issue now is I want to apply for wes and I am scared it could be an obstacle to me.
I went to waec and I am told it will take at least 6 months to rectify it. 6 months is too long a wait.
What do I do?

Congratulations!
May Canada favour you and your family.

aderibs:
MY TIMELINE

CAN'T REMEMBER ECA OR IELTS DATES
SCORE FOR IELTS LRWS 1ST ATTEMPT 9,7,6.5,7.5 ; SECOND ATTEMPT 8.5, 9,6.5,7.5
SPOUSE (PA) 1ST ATTEMPT CAN'T REMEMBER, 2ND ATTEMPT [/b]8,8,7,8

[b]ITA DEC 19TH, 2018
AOR JAN 15H, 2019
MEP FEB 28, 2019
BIL MAR 05 2019
ADR NONE
1ST GHOST UPDATE JUN 7TH, 2019
2ND GHOST UPDATE JUN 14TH 2019
PPR JUN 17TH, 2019

Good People,

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I need more perspectives on this:

I had an inguinal hernia (a.k.a. sports hernia) surgery 5 years ago. No complications. I started my involvement in sports a month after the surgery.

Do you think I should answer "Yes" to the question asking about "serious diseases or physical or mental disorders" under statutory questions?

Again, thanks in anticipation of your responses.