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ladymarshall:
There is nothing unfair about this case. @bold is a serious offence, could be misrepresentation, she was lucky she was not banned. This is why it is encouraged to cross-check and re-check documents pre and post-AOR, raise CSEs if necessary and order GCMS early.

Generally, the CIC process is quite transparent as against Australia or US and other countries.

Expresso17:
It's my turn for a testimony- PPR!

Will be back with full details please, I owe this forum

AOR: Feb 13

PPR: July 25
Thank you all
All Glory to the God of my journeys

PwityMiwa:
Please family help me with correct NOC, am thinking of NOC 6235. Thanks

· Timely Settlement of all required process on Visa and POS transactions.

Tina26:
their website says her course was a professional degree wes said it was BSC. she went with CIC. during completeness check they should have detected and thrown it back. but they checked 6 months gone. she learnt the hard way

ladymarshall:
IDP is 46k for remark

iphenon:
This thread is now getting messed up newbies quoting very long PPR posts and consistently asking questions that have been treated over and over again.

ladymarshall:
Oh I get you now, that's sad to hear.

There's a moniker here some pages back that claimed he tweeted CIC and they told him to claim professional degree for law when WES evaluated it as BSc. I hope he reads this.

Azeemazeemah:
Hello good morning, I'm asking on behalf of my wife as she's willing to start her evaluation soon. The questions are.
1. Is there any lawyers forum or watsap group she could join to get information on how to go about her law school certificate for evaluation.
2. Is it feasible to complete her evaluation B4 January next year? We would be grateful if we could see someone who has passed through the process to guide us or drop his/her contact, the person could chat 08099448881 for more clarification
Thanks

jjohndoe83:
Is there any particular reason why you got MEP after 7 months? Can you share? I've never seen medicals take this long.

fruitybranch007:
One of my dependents had a health condition a few days after birth, so they wanted a letter from a specialist indicating that the condition was resolved. We provided the letter within a few days and then we heard nothing from them in that regard for months.

tolfa:
For question one, be calm and don't stress yourself because it's likely a system glitch. It will change back to "submitted" after a while.
Question 2, that error its likely from your end when you are computing your details post ITA...maybe a CSE or direct call to them can resolve that. Others can give their thoughts too

Sam07045:
Thank you so much. But i filled in the right name post ITA. My AOR and Biometrics letters contain the right name. Its just that Applicant information part on my profile that has the wrong spelling.

tolfa:
Personally, since your letters have the correct information I think that's the main thing sha because the golden mail too wont have spelling error obviously too. You can possibly try to see if you can edit your profile name by clicking on a mini Dropbox at the top right corner of your profile page(am sure of making corrections through this post ITA/preAOR)

magastefan:
Hello everyone any one with NOC for Human resource recruitment officers, please were u asked to submit an international recognized certificate?
Or u just submitted employment details as usual...
Kindly help don't want to spend so much taking a professional exam that is not required..

Toconline16:
Even though its annoying, be generous to keep helping the new ones. If we knew better, we won't be asking.

Nnakomkom:
Congrats.Please for the reference letter from your employer ,is there a particular format and who is it addressed to?

Hey Fam,

Since I am still basking in the euphoria of my PPR, let me shed more light on how it came through.

Decision to Migrate: I have always been a huge fan of the Nigerian dream (If there is any) so I never really considered trying to relocate to the aborad. In view of this, when I finished from the prestigious department of Economics, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife in January 2013, my desire was to build a successful career in Nigeria and contribute to Nation Building. Lol.

However, I was privy of this Canada Express Entry stuff in 2016 when I was running my Masters of Science Degree in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management in University of Lagos (Maulag) when a friend of mine hinted me about the process. I wasn’t really interested then so I didn’t move an inch about it. I was hell bent on finishing my program and so that I can start a 9 to 5 job in Nigeria but I got to know about Fiverr on nairaland (Dec 2016) so I started freelancing which gave me the opportunity to work from home and earn some dollars.

In March 2018, I started nursing the ambition of leaving Nigeria after seeing that majority of the haves (awon scammer)in Nigeria have either a second passport from theirselves and their children. I took my destiny into my own hands and joined a GRE group of students planning to study in the United States. After much deliberation, I registered for the exam with BY Mafit(#45,000) and took a 6 weeks tutorial. Truth be told, the quantitative and verbal aspect of the exam looked like arabic to me (lol) so I started to wonder what prompted me to register for the exam (who send me).

On April 14, 2018 I ran into a childhood friend of mine at a family friend’s wedding. His mom left for the UK about 10 years ago so he followed suit few years later. He told me that I should give immigration a shot and that he would recommend Canada because of the seamless immigration process. He took me to his sister who asked about my work experience, age and academic qualification. I obliged by giving her a low down of my profile and she encouraged me to try this Canny package.

On hearing about the perks of moving to Canada, I quickly jettisoned the United States plan (the fear of Trump). Moreso, with the way the Visa shit be these days, e no go make sense to focus solely on God’s own country(lol.) Also, I will have to take a student loan to go to the US, hustle for H1B Visa, and start the laborious task of getting a green card( E de take over 10 years). E no just make sense to me. I just dashed the institute the 45,000 jare. Till today I never write the exam.(lazy boy). All was set for the tupsy-turvy Canada journey.

IELTS - Hehe. First test of my resilience. In May 2018, I started following this Canny thread with consistent regularity. I quickly registered for the June 30, 2018 BC exam with the believe that I will ace it once. The crowd I saw in the 2 halls on that day blew me away. People wan japa oo. When the result was released, I thought I had passed because of the general idea that a M.SC will increase your points. Naxo, I relax begin de chill oo. Mehn, when I spoke with the elders on here, they calculated my points and told me that I will need to rewrite the exam. I came short again in the second BC IELTS exam (August 18, 2018). I thought I should have passed this exam. Furthermore, I quickly followed the school of thought that it is good write the exam almost immediately. Naxo, I gebe my body go do Sep 8, MOD exam ooo. My performance dropped.

First IELTS BC June 30, 2018 – LRSW (6.5,6.5,7,6)
Second IELTS BC August 18, 2018 – LRSW (8,6.5,7,6.5)
Third IELTS MOD September 8, 2018 – LRSW (7.5,6.5,8,6.5)

After my consistent struggles, I started to think that maybe this Canny dream won’t come to fruition but when I see the shambles going on in this clime I gave myself sense that it is too early to give up. If this is what I can do for my future generation, so be it. I did a self-assessment to identify my weaknesses. For listening, I struggle with map, the last passage in reading (28-40) wears me out easily. Once I hear 5 or 10 minutes to go, I lose concentration. Fam, naxo I take 3 months break ooo. I can’t dash these people my hard earned money again. I practiced everyday till Novemeber before I registered for the Decemebr 1, 2018 MOD exam. Ladies and gentlemen, inside the exam hall, I had the feeling that one of my legs was already in Canada. It looked like it was over. When the results was released, it was as if I won a jackpot.

Fourth IELTS MOD December 1, 2018 – LRSW (8.5,7,7.5,7)
CRS – 450
ITA - Jan 10, 2019

ECA – I contacted some people on here who studied at Unilag on how to go about it. They came through for me by telling me to apply online and follow up at the Senate. I paid about #22,000 to Unilag to send my transcript to WES. Also, my Dad’s friend works as a Senior Staff so he helped to fast track the process. A friend of mine used his Paypal to pay for my WES fee and I paid for his him in naira via my Union bank account. On September, 25, 2018, I received by ECA report after several back and forth from WES and Unilag.

Reference Letter – My only 9-5 experience after finishing my Mandatory Nysc was a 3-month stint as a Human Resources Assistant at a Company on the Island so I could not use it to claim points. As a fresh graduate with no huge responsibility (smh), I got tired of the environment and resigned abruptly. Fortunately, Glitteringstar was still very active on this platform then so she encouraged me to use my Nysc experience but I knew it will be difficult to get the letter considering the laid back attitude of employees of government establishments. After much pleading, I got it after a month in August 2018. I knew something was not right about the reference letter ever since then. I pleaded with them to change my Job title from Corper to the my NOC title but they forcefully refused. Many thanks to Ifeoma77 for coming through. She said I should use the Corper title and shed more light on it in my LOE.

ITA – After seeing my IELTS result on December 14, 2018, I was so confident of getting ITA that I did not create profile immediately. Also, I didn’t know where I would get the POF from so I just relaxed(I no fit try am again ooo). ITA na like diamond). Eventually, I created my profile on December 24, 2018 and I got the you are not eligible mail like so many other people on January 1, 2019. I was terribly saddened that all manner of thoughts struggled to gain the first position in my mind. I followed a compassionate person’s advise on here by increasing my POF to create a new profile. On Jan 10, 2019 (the first draw of the year, 449) I got my ITA with my 450 score.

Medical – I sent Qlife my ITA in January and I was scheduled for a Medical on February 12, 2019. I arrived early, submitted my passport and chilled before I was told to go and urinate inside a small plastic. Did my blood test, saw the Radiographer and the Doctor. Very courteous Medical practitioners work there. The Nurse just de smile.

PCC – I walked into alagbon and saw a man that took me to a woman. She wanted to charge me #8,000. Mehn, we had a heated argument about the price that it took the intervention of her boss and some of her colleagues to calm us down. I politely told her that I had #4000 on me( Omo boy don get OT for here naa). I guess she wanted to take advantage of my boyish look. I no greeeeee oooooo. Las las, na them settle am for us. I collected it, paid my #4000 and left. She said she won’t give me her card. Who card epp?

POF – I had some substantial amount of money in my account so that I won’t look like an unserious person to anyone that was willing to help(No be you wan go Canny nii). Some of the people that promised to assist later reneged on their promises (abeg no put all your eggs in one basket oo). In fact, some denied ever promising me. Naxoo, I weak ooo. I already thinking of rejecting ITA but alas my brother came through by helping me with a POF that was more than the required amount. I quickly contacted my account officers to help me use it for treasury bill (6 months), did a gift deed, notarized it and got the receipt showing the transfer from my brother’s account to my account.

N.B I only uploaded GTbank TB certificate (6 months), gift deed and transaction receipt.

AOR – I started the processing of uploading my documents on February 17, 2019. Mehn, it was not easy to answer all the questions oo. I scanned all my documents in separate folders and uploaded. I also asked some of my ogas on how to answer some complex questions. I eventually submitted after 48 hours, paid for RRPF, biometrics and other fees with the help of a kind lady on wasseynewes’s whatsapp group (God bless you sir). Sterling bank things, hehe.

Post AOR- I woke up on February 20, 2019 with the feeling that I didn’t upload all the required documents. Naxo I remember say I no upload my TB certificate oo. Can you imagine? I sharparly receive sense, raise cse ooo. I even followed up with a call to confirm if it was received. Then the long wait for MEP/BIL started. I asked my colleagues that we submitted at about the same time about theirs to determine how soon I will be contacted. Then news filtered in that some people got rejected as a result of the fact that they didn’t upload the right document in the right place. I started worrying again. Where I wan start from?

Thankfully, I got MEP/BIL on April 8, 2019. I ran to VFS, filled a form, picked a number, sat for some hours before I was attended to. I saw the email and notification in my account later in the day. Then the wait continued. I couldn’t stop worrying about my application. I started hearing people that got rejected because of wrong NOC (Nawaooo). I checked by reference letter again and I decided to contact my supervisor to help me alter the responsibilities. It just did not align with my NOC. I printed out my NOC (NOC 1254 and wrote him a passionate letter about this canny stuff). Thank God, oga change am oo after much bureaucracy. I raised cse on May 2, 2019 and it was acknowledged on May, 9, 2019.
At this point, everyone was trying to know their VO, as an oga in cse matters, I raised another one and got notified that my file is at Ottawa. Well, Ottawa peeps get PPR around the 5 to 6 months mark so no need to raise unnecessary GCMS. During this period, I tried getting a volunteer/intern role in the kind of job I intend doing in Canny but I was not successful (getting a job is a job).When people started getting ADR’s for that funny clause on their GTB TB certificate, I started getting nervous but I later relaxed jare. Las las na ADR.

On June 21, 2019, I received a cse and sent a mail to Ottawa about the latest on my application. I received a mail from CIC(June 27, 2019) and Ottawa (July 3,2019) that my application is currently in queue for review and that my status is unclear. Omo boy just go back to him lowkey state.

PPR – I woke around 2.30 on July 13, 2019 (My parents weeding anniversary and a week to my birthday). As a daily ritual, I checked my mail and I saw a mail titled CPC0-Final request (June 12, 2019 at exactly 10.02pm). At first, I thought it was an ADR as my application was not perfect. Also, many people that submitted before me are still hanging in. I checked my profile and saw nothing. I called Wasseynewest e no answer. Naxoo, I chat baba up ooo. In his usual joyful mood, baba said the golden mail has landed. Tears of joy rolled down my cheek. I notified my younger sister and parents. Immediately and tears of joy was flowing everywhere.

Things I did while waiting:
- Networked with people in the Canny work environment on linkedin.
- Checked the prices of houses and cars in Canada occasionally.
- Followed developments in the political and economic space in Canny.
- Compared the different provinces.

Abeg, who sabi where Vfs Lagos office de?

Isn’t it funny that many of the great things that have happened in my life came as a result of the wealth of information on this platform. Fiverr freelancing and now Canada. Thanks Seun Osewa. Thanks my fellow Canny people.

Conclusively, permit me to step aside by telling everyone in the race to hang in. You’re a champion. I full ground for any assistance oo. God bless us,Canada and Nigeria.
Congrats Bros.For the reference letter from your employer does it have a particular format

ladymarshall:
Wow! What a long insightful script! Congratulations! Thank you for sharing so much details. Very helpful. You score 10/10

Go and prosper in Canada.

ibrotee0:
I am asking for a friend please

A post by a fellow group member made me raise my query as well. I am a B.A. LL.B (Hons.) graduate. I had pursued a 5 year integrated course after 12th. I got my degree evaluated from WES and received a dual bachelors degree (4 years) as my ECA report. I am retaining the services of a consultant to pursue my PR process. My consultant when creating my EE profile mentioned my qualification as Masters/Professional degree. Upon asking them they gave the same reason that since LLB is a licensed profession so they will mention the same on my EE profile.
I received my ITA on 1st May, 2019 and AOR on 26th June, 2019. My medicals got passed today on 26th July, 2019. I am supposed to submit my Biometrics on 2nd August, 2019.
Now since WES says dual bachelors degree and my EE profile mentions professional degree, will there be any consequences as regards the same? Can I take any amendment or retractive steps or let things go as they are..??

Any insightful suggestions will be highly appreciated.
TIA

WaleCanada:
Hello friends,

in scanning my Digital photo, i already snapped the pic from studio 24 and its in the dimension required by cic. but how do i scan it? and the pixel requirement thingy? i keep editing pixel and it gives me a size less than 60kb

PwityMiwa:
Please family help me with correct NOC, am thinking of NOC 6235. Thanks

· Timely Settlement of all required process on Visa and POS transactions.
· Ensuring customer transaction is posted into appropriate GL accounts i.e. card accounts.
· Balance incoming and outgoing files daily.
· Apply entries to relevant Expense or Revenue accounts daily.
· Responsibilities for ensuring all necessary files are dropped into the Data Store on a daily basis.
· Ensuring merchant transaction are posted into appropriate GL accounts.
· Responsibilities for Card settlement with Visa and MasterCard via Interswitch and UPSL.
· Responsibility for loading exchange rate for cross border card transactions on the system.
· Liaise with third party processor to resolve issue.
· Daily call-over of transactions posted.
· Daily review of entries posted into settlement accounts.
· Timely submission of the Monthly reports.

Scbhoviv:
Plz house good evening. I want to ask if there is a way an adopted dependent can be removed from an application . Will raising a cse suffice or is it impossible? Plz anyone with answers should please help out. Thanks

PwityMiwa:
Please family help me with correct NOC, am thinking of NOC 6235. Thanks