Congrats.

Gnomic5:



Alhamdulillah!!!!!!!!!!!!

it's PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IELTS- 8,7.5,7.5,7 (LSRW) first and only attempt
Spouse ielts - gave me more than enough point
Siblings point too
CRS- 484
NOC - 4011
WES - February 2019 - June 6 2019
WES spouse - March 2019 -August 2019
Dived into pool June 11
ITA- July 24 2019
AOR- August 28 2019
MEP/BIL- Sept 11 2019
BIOMETRICS DONE- Sept 20 2019
1st Ghost update : Sept 12
2nd Ghost update: 7th January 2020
PPR- 7th January 2020
VO- Ottawa
Family of me and my 2 GUYS

Gnomic5:



Alhamdulillah!!!!!!!!!!!!

it's PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IELTS- 8,7.5,7.5,7 (LSRW) first and only attempt
Spouse ielts - gave me more than enough point
Siblings point too
CRS- 484
NOC - 4011
WES - February 2019 - June 6 2019
WES spouse - March 2019 -August 2019
Dived into pool June 11
ITA- July 24 2019
AOR- August 28 2019
MEP/BIL- Sept 11 2019
BIOMETRICS DONE- Sept 20 2019
1st Ghost update : Sept 12
2nd Ghost update: 7th January 2020
PPR- 7th January 2020
VO- Ottawa
Family of me and my 2 GUYS


i want to specially thank everyone on OVO group, you guys are awesome. all my paddy from @chicyclass , my babes aisah, fawzy, my guy trick, shardarck, bhaloosky, aunty jolie, akin, duke of alberta, adetayo, gerrard, hoppy, DH, ada baby, june, mama hephzibah, oyinlola, obinna.- you guys are awesome...God bless you...i pray for `those expecting PPR, we go parte after parte.

Congratulations ma! Thanks for sharing your Dingtone units with us!

Congrats! May Canada favor you and yours! Amen

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Alhamdulillah!!!!!!!!!!!!

it's PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IELTS- 8,7.5,7.5,7 (LSRW) first and only attempt
Spouse ielts - gave me more than enough point
Siblings point too
CRS- 484
NOC - 4011
WES - February 2019 - June 6 2019
WES spouse - March 2019 -August 2019
Dived into pool June 11
ITA- July 24 2019
AOR- August 28 2019
MEP/BIL- Sept 11 2019
BIOMETRICS DONE- Sept 20 2019
1st Ghost update : Sept 12
2nd Ghost update: 7th January 2020

Gnomic5:



Alhamdulillah!!!!!!!!!!!!

it's PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IELTS- 8,7.5,7.5,7 (LSRW) first and only attempt
Spouse ielts - gave me more than enough point
Siblings point too
CRS- 484
NOC - 4011
WES - February 2019 - June 6 2019
WES spouse - March 2019 -August 2019
Dived into pool June 11
ITA- July 24 2019
AOR- August 28 2019
MEP/BIL- Sept 11 2019
BIOMETRICS DONE- Sept 20 2019
1st Ghost update : Sept 12
2nd Ghost update: 7th January 2020
PPR- 7th January 2020
VO- Ottawa
Family of me and my 2 GUYS

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Congratulations!!!

473

na wa oooo Cut off for the 1st draw of the year 473

Eraytee:
na wa oooo Cut off for the 1st draw of the year 473

After 3wks break, 473 is still a good chance Atleast it’s not close to 480 *sad

Congrats

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Alhamdulillah!!!!!!!!!!!!

it's PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IELTS- 8,7.5,7.5,7 (LSRW) first and only attempt
Spouse ielts - gave me more than enough point
Siblings point too
CRS- 484
NOC - 4011
WES - February 2019 - June 6 2019
WES spouse - March 2019 -August 2019
Dived into pool June 11
ITA- July 24 2019
AOR- August 28 2019
MEP/BIL- Sept 11 2019
BIOMETRICS DONE- Sept 20 2019
1st Ghost update : Sept 12
2nd Ghost update: 7th January 2020
PPR- 7th January 2020
VO- Ottawa
Family of me and my 2 GUYS

Gnomic5:


May canada favour us.

Congrats

RealVictor:
But do you why they would still request for SOA after submitting bank reference letter and TBills

I really don’t know why. But as others have always advised, it’s better to upload all documents you think is necessary. I felt it wasn’t that important as I had way over the required POF for my family of 5. Maybe they just needed to see the source of the funds I said I have.

Men!!

you are right, lets see how it goes with subsequent draws... PNP is so bae right now

Adunni09:

After 3wks break, 473 is still a good chance Atleast it’s not close to 480 *sad

I am not sure I understand your question but the TBills was only for 90 days. I had earlier done for 90 days and just renewed before submitting my application so I showed all previous TBills Certificates.

esthernnanna:


Ok thanks. One more question please. As at when you submitted was the Tbilis up to six months or less? I’m kind of confused about this six months thing

Eraytee:
na wa oooo Cut off for the 1st draw of the year 473

Na wa o. Seems its time to move on from this thing.

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Alhamdulillah!!!!!!!!!!!!

it's PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IELTS- 8,7.5,7.5,7 (LSRW) first and only attempt
Spouse ielts - gave me more than enough point
Siblings point too
CRS- 484
NOC - 4011
WES - February 2019 - June 6 2019
WES spouse - March 2019 -August 2019
Dived into pool June 11
ITA- July 24 2019
AOR- August 28 2019
MEP/BIL- Sept 11 2019
BIOMETRICS DONE- Sept 20 2019
1st Ghost update : Sept 12
2nd Ghost update: 7th January 2020
PPR- 7th January 2020
VO- Ottawa
Family of me and my 2 GUYS

Hello,
how long does it take to complete the CFA certification you referred to here?

Thanks.

Eraytee:
na wa oooo Cut off for the 1st draw of the year 473

inside life

Toshine2:
Good morning, please who has collected the hard copy of Dec 14 MOD ielts result? I want to kmow the result date written on the result as it was not written on the online result I checked

3rd of January. Ur TRF number should begin with 19NG.....

Congrats to those who got ITA.

Some analysis for those who are yet to get ITA :

- The draw size today was only 3400. Ive crunched some numbers and in order for IRCC to meet their target for 2020 , they need to issue an average of 3600 every two weeks.. From previous patterns they will likely maintain 3400 for some draws , 3900 for some draws and then 3600 draws , the average of this will be ~3600.. Once they increase the draw size there will be sharper drops in the CRS required.

- The CRS is gonna have another sharp spike in Late April / May due to the FST draw which means a 4 week gap for FSW / CEC candidates. But until then we can expect CRS to drop between 1-3 points per draw. Which means if there are no back to back draws then the CRS score before the FST draw in late April / May will be around 461.

- There is a good chance of back to back draw in January judging from last years trend . This will likely be Jan 22 and 29th and if this happens scores on Jan 29th will be around 466 - 468.

Disclaimer : I dont work for IRCC , this is just my guesstimation from studying previous draws and some math. However , I dont think my predictions will be too far off so plan accordingly

Eraytee:
na wa oooo Cut off for the 1st draw of the year 473

Hay God! I’m on 472....this is after my husband’s ECA Finally came out in December. Now I will loose 5 points by 20th of this month...new score will be 467...anyways God dey!

KaceeDcontrol:

Na wa o. Seems its time to move on from this thing.

I couldn't agree more.

MumofTwins2017:
God decided to make it a special way to start the year for us. The words I have always dreamed to type......
IT’S PPR GUYS!!!!!!

Timeline
IELTS: Dec 1
Me as PA-LRSW 8.5, 8.5, 7, 7
Spouse - LRSW 8, 6.5, 8, 6.5 3rd attempt
ECA- IQAS, (6months) April 2019
Spouse : WES April 2019
ITA: 472 (July 26)
AOR: Sept 10 2019
ADR : 19th December 2019 (updated POF) I didn’t submit Bank Statement of account initially hence the ADR.
Family of 5
VO: Ottawa

I will return with the full story later.
It truly ended in Praise.....

Congrats Mama Ejima!

Pls drop it like it's hot for Lawyers and Self Employed folks.

People...this mama had started WES but ported to IQAS to get professional degree ECA as per Lawyer..... after that she still do Tax Clearance wahala as per self employed....

I like people that mean business jare.... you do well ma. All the best in Canny!

Auroralights:

1. Yes, you can pay for WES with Zenith MasterCard. Didn't use WES but I know someone who did and she used Zenith card to pay.
2. Can't help you with that, someone else who probably went to the same school may.
3.For IELTS, you should watch E2 language and IELTS Liz on YouTube. Follow their guidelines, they are very good at what they do. For writing, you can get a friend or whoever to help assess your writing since you cannot gauge your own progress by yourself. You should also use Cambridge IELTS series books to practice. They are very good.

Please If WES send your documents to your University for verification, will they inform you?

ok thanks

MumofTwins2017:

I really don’t know why. But as others have always advised, it’s better to upload all documents you think is necessary. I felt it wasn’t that important as I had way over the required POF for my family of 5. Maybe they just needed to see the source of the funds I said I have.

KaceeDcontrol:

Na wa o. Seems its time to move on from this thing.

Don't o. Please look for ways to improve your score. You can learn French

Ok, Thanks for the analysis,
i need every ounce of hope i could find, i'm yet to write ielts and my CRS should be 462 unless i max out ielts to score 474
God help me

canadaman18:
Congrats to those who got ITA.

Some analysis for those who are yet to get ITA :

- The draw size today was only 3400. Ive crunched some numbers and in order for IRCC to meet their target for 2020 , they need to issue an average of 3600 every two weeks.. From previous patterns they will likely maintain 3400 for some draws , 3900 for some draws and then 3600 draws , the average of this will be ~3600.. Once they increase the draw size there will be sharper drops in the CRS required.

- The CRS is gonna have another sharp spike in Late April / May due to the FST draw which means a 4 week gap for FSW / CEC candidates. But until then we can expect CRS to drop between 1-3 points per draw. Which means if there are no back to back draws then the CRS score before the FST draw in late April / May will be around 461.

- There is a good chance of back to back draw in January judging from last years trend . This will likely be Jan 22 and 29th and if this happens scores on Jan 29th will be around 466 - 468.

Disclaimer : I dont work for IRCC , this is just my guesstimation from studying previous draws and some math. However , I dont think my predictions will be too far off so plan accordingly

Yes, you will be sent a mail. And if you login to your WES account it will also be stated there.

Arlanda:


Please If WES send your documents to your University for verification, will they inform you?

Thank you so much. I appreciate. It wasn’t easy. So many doubts here and there. I hardly commented or advised people here because I felt my application was so imperfect and I needed to be sure all the work and ‘gamble’ would pay off. Will try and post the full story. I just started typing it because of doubt.
PPR will get to everyone in time. Amen.

Mamaroon:


Congrats Mama Ejima!

Pls drop it like it's hot for Lawyers and Self Employed folks.

People...this mama had started WES but ported to IQAS to get professional degree ECA as per Lawyer..... after that she still do Tax Clearance wahala as per self employed....

I like people that mean business jare.... We do well ma. All the best in Canny!

Congratulations to you and your family

MumofTwins2017:
God decided to make it a special way to start the year for us. The words I have always dreamed to type......
IT’S PPR GUYS!!!!!!

Timeline
IELTS: Dec 1
Me as PA-LRSW 8.5, 8.5, 7, 7
Spouse - LRSW 8, 6.5, 8, 6.5 3rd attempt
ECA- IQAS, (6months) April 2019
Spouse : WES April 2019
ITA: 472 (July 26)
AOR: Sept 10 2019
ADR : 19th December 2019 (updated POF) I didn’t submit Bank Statement of account initially hence the ADR.
Family of 5
VO: Ottawa

I will return with the full story later.
It truly ended in Praise.....

Thanks for this... I just removed it

carissaa:

It is not advisable to put whatsapp links on public platforms like these. Random people can join and clog up your group. I think you should take this down

MumofTwins2017:
God decided to make it a special way to start the year for us. The words I have always dreamed to type......
IT’S PPR GUYS!!!!!!

Timeline
IELTS: Dec 1
Me as PA-LRSW 8.5, 8.5, 7, 7
Spouse - LRSW 8, 6.5, 8, 6.5 3rd attempt
ECA- IQAS, (6months) April 2019
Spouse : WES April 2019
ITA: 472 (July 26)
AOR: Sept 10 2019
ADR : 19th December 2019 (updated POF) I didn’t submit Bank Statement of account initially hence the ADR.
Family of 5
VO: Ottawa

I will return with the full story later.
It truly ended in Praise.....

Congratulations to you and your family, learned colleague. What awesome way to start the year.

pettyemi4:
Yes, they do. Have you gotten nomination? DM to add to group. [color=#006600][/color]

hi i have been nominated by Nova Scotia.Please I will like to join any available whatsapp group.Thank you

Lansky:
Started from Part 5…now we’re PPR!

Me (PA): 22, PhD (Uni of Toronto) L: 9, R: 9, W: 9, S: 9
Wife: 22, PhD (Havard), L:9, R: 9, W: 9, S: 9
TEF Canada - L: 360, R: 300, W: 450 ,S: 450
Sibling in Canada
LMIA Job Offer secured
CRS: 645
ITA – Dec 19th
AOR – Dec 25th
PPR – Jan 1st
Passport Submission/COPR – Jan 2nd (home service aka VIP option)
...
Thanks for coming to my stand-up special…will soon be on Netflix for those that missed it.

My actual story now...no jokes again

God is Good!

Summary:
ECA: MSc. 21st July, 2018 - 17th Sep, 2018
IELTS: 29th Sept, 2018 – L 9, R 9, S 8, W 7.5
Family: We be 3, later become 4, none go solo…Me, wifey, 2yr old kid, baby.
ITA v1: Oct 29th, 2018
Medicals: Nov 8th, 2018
Used POF for business
…
ITA v3: April 17th, 2019 (CRS: 458)
AOR: May 27th
MEP/BIL: July 8th/9th
Medical Expired: Nov 8th
Baby: Nov 10th
CSE for baby: Nov 11th
CE/CPC Email: Nov 18th/19th
ADR for Baby: Nov 22th
ADR for IMM0008: Dec 5th
Baby UCI: Dec 7th
MEP v2: Dec 19th
ADR for updated POF: Dec 24th
PPR: Jan 3rd
VO: Ottawa…found out today.

Why Canada?

I have had family and friends relocate abroad but never really considered it cuz I had previously lived abroad during MSc. and didn’t stay back due to some reasons. My wife as well had no abroad leanings beyond vacations.
Working in Nigeria wasn’t easy; came close to a number of big jobs but didn’t get selected at final AC stage. The “small” companies I worked for had issues paying salaries on time or at all. I quit my job, archived my CV and focused on building my business in Nigeria. However, an issue that rendered me immobile (unable to make money too) for some days, made me realize the benefits of a country that considers the healthcare and welfare of its citizens paramount (go NDP!).

What Canada?

ECA:
WES was a breeze for me due to abroad MSc. I didn’t include my Nigerian degree. 21st, July – 17th Sep, 2018. My wife’s own took much longer cuz of Naija factor but we didn’t use it in the end cuz points were enough. My kid didn’t do at all cuz points were enough.

IELTS:
I already posted my IELTS story in part 5 . 29th Sept, 2018 – L 9, R 9, S 8, W 7.5. My wife didn’t write cuz points were enough. My kid didn’t write cuz kids don’t listen.

ITA v1:
We got our first ITA on Oct 29th, 2018 but rejected it cuz I had to use POF for business.

Medical v1:
We had our medicals on Nov 8th, 2018. Mine went smoothly. During our doctor interview, I mentioned my asthma history while my wife told him about her thyroid gland history. He said hers wasn’t an issue according to the system/software but he would double-check and get back to us. The waiting period was filled with anxiety. The next day, the nurse called to inform us that we passed. My kid did his medicals…yeah! finally contributing when points are not being taken.

ITA v3: April 17th, 2018.

POF:
It took a while to return to our account. Pls blame my clients, they are not alright…all right.
We had our funds in a joint (just my wife and I...my kid wasn’t happy about being excluded cuz he definitely contributed money) Stanbic Mutual Funds account. I logged in and printed our account statement in PDF, combined it with the scanned letter from Stanbic.

NOC:
Initially selected 2147 based on my previous job titles, but when I read the rules and found out that job role trumps trudeaus job title, I switched to 2281. My former offices owed it to me (literally and financially) to “follow my advice” on how to structure the letters.

LoE:
My letter was 63 pages long…attached docs inclusive oh. I explained every document uploaded in placeholders and attached to the LoE.
Major explanations:
i- POF: I felt I had to explain the source of POF cuz it came in bulk few days after/before ITAv3. I attached statements from my company account, CAC docs, biz docs (Purchase Orders, Contracts, etc.)
ii- Wife’s name: My wife had been using a shortened version of her name on ALL her official documents except her birth certificate which has the spiritual version. Her change of name after marriage was from her shortened version to her current name.

When Canada?

AOR/Post AOR:
May 27th, 2019
The wait was pretty chill for me as I have previously handled visa applications all by myself. I registered on immitracker and saw people going green in 69 days…we started praying for a speedy conclusion.
My wife occasionally asked for updates…but the frequency increased towards the end of 2019 as we needed to plan 2020.
My kid didn’t ask for updates at the beginning…neither at the middle nor the end. I’m beginning to suspect he doesn’t know what’s going on.
I joined the April/May AOR WhatsApp group around this time.
Our account was pretty uneventful till our medical expired Nov 8th 2019…ghost update. I read some people’s stories on canadavisa forum where they got their medicals extended so we were hopeful.
On Nov 10th, my wife gave birth to another kid who is also enjoying points he didn’t contribute to. We raised a CSE the following day etc (see timeline). IOM was kind enough to schedule us for the baby’s medical a day after baby’s passport was ready. I made a mistake when signing the IMM0008 form so we got an ADR for it. Baby’s UCI was ready on Dec 7th.
Medical v2 (entire family excluding new baby) requested on Dec 10th. MEPv2 on Dec 19th.
Got an ADR for updated POF even though I included it when uploading docs in response to ADR for Baby.
We received the PPR email on Jan 3rd, 2020.

How Canada?

Will find out after landing.

We are saying a big thank you to all those that answered our questions and pointed us in the right direction. We appreciate all the positive messages in response to my application status updates. We pray everyone’s PR dream is fulfilled.

God bless!

I fell for your comedy

Big Congrats to you on this good news to start the year!