This question comes up on this page most times and the answer i see is "Be sincere as much as possible"

There are places your sincerity will get you, and there are places you can decide to be Yourself.

Most of the time, If your application can station on what you have achieved rather than doing....

You could have been a hair dresser, sales girl, or some one that does "something"!

I repeat, the Uniqueness is what gets you a visa!

NwanyiOkpa:



Your point is clear and straight to the point. Thanks a lot.

What do you advise someone without a job currently do about his visa application? Thanks.

TUFIAKWA!!!

Don't o

How will it sound?

Your SOP is a Description of the picture of your Decisions, why would you include a picture again?

Just learn to write very creatively, don't talk about anything that is not documented in that application!

NwanyiOkpa:



Hello, can i include images in my SOP?

tellalexander:
I submitted a TRV paper based application at VFS early this month..but the man at VFS didn’t collect my family pictures nor asset pictures..he told me that the embassy don’t really pictures..and I heard some people submitting pictures..how true is this,because I am very concerned! those are part of my proof and ties in my application

Hello Tellalexander,

You should have submitted a coloured paper print out rather than pictures, which is not accepted excepted you are applying online. However, you don't need to worry about not submitting pictures. Its not a requirement.

All the best.

CHRISPLACE:
I just got refusal of my study permit yesterday. This is my second application that is been refused. The ground for refusal different from the first one. I have already defer my admission to may intake and I want reapply as soon as possible. Please Gurus in the house I need your. I don't want to get another refusal.
The two reason for refusal is in the attachment. I am waiting for your responses.

Hello CHRISPLACE,

Don't just rush to reapply, request for your notes and take out time to analyse your situation before reapplying.

All the best.

onyemaxie:
Good day everyone, please what's the possible of trv , if one uses loan to fund tuition accommodation and textbooks, then family as sponspor, your prompt response will be appreciated. Thanks

Hello Onyemaxie,

There is no one here that can tell you if you stand a chance of being granted or not. The only advise I have for you is to endeavour to package your application to the best of your knowledge after analysing your situation.

It is good to take a loan to pursue your study but you have to justify your reasons for the loan when there are similar options in your CoR. Also, endeavour to provide evidence of the loan and delineate on how its going to be offset. However, there is a way you collect a loan but not necessarily justified as a loan but other convincing reasons...

Family sponsorship is good but endeavour to show proper proof of relationship and if possible, evidently show proof of pass commitment.

All the best.

loba18:
Please I am new here, though I tried to read all the pages here but the pages are too much. I want to start admission process. And someone got an admission letter from a school in Canada for me. Please what is the next stage. Please help me, I don't want this admission letter to waste because I paid for it.

Hello Loba18,

You paid for an admission letter, from who and how?

elsteve:
Attention: Justwise, Frank, Vibrant and all Canadian student visa gurus in the house.

Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen,

Please my lil cousin was offered PGC admission to study Information Technology for Spring(May) at Confederation College, Ontario, Canada. We have been so confused with the next steps to be followed given the raising rate of visa refusal at the Canadian Embassy.

Please my immediate questions would be?

1. is the application for study permit different from the application for student visa application?

2. At what stage, is he required to go for medicals and biometrics?

Thanks.

Hello Elsteve,

If I am not mistaken, I think Confederation college is in Thunderbay, a little bit far from Ontario. To your questions:

1. Most applicants confuse the two or use them interchangeably. Thus, a study visa is the application which allows the person to travel or board a flight if approved. While the study permit is issued at the POE prior to arrival in Canada along the work permit.

2. For the biometrics, it is very compulsory to do it unless the said person has done it before. The choice would be his if he decide to do the medicals. Normally, a medical can be done upfront prior to or after submission, or wait till its requested.

All the best.

NwanyiOkpa:



Hello, can i include images in my SOP?

Have MUN gotten back to you?Have they included your transcript and Confirmation of Degree'?

JustMellow:


Hello Onyemaxie,

There is no one here that can tell you if you stand a chance of being granted or not. The only advise I have for you is to endeavour to package your application to the best of your knowledge after analysing your situation.

It is good to take a loan to pursue your study but you have to justify your reasons for the loan when there are similar options in your CoR. Also, endeavour to provide evidence of the loan and delineate on how its going to be offset. However, there is a way you collect a loan but not necessarily justified as a loan but other convincing reasons...

Family sponsorship is good but endeavour to show proper proof of relationship and if possible, evidently show proof of pass commitment.

All the best.

. 'However, there is a way you collect a loan but not necessarily justified as a loan but other convincing reasons... "

Please how can someone do this?

Hello house, well-done and may God grant our heart desire . please i want my parents last born to study in Canada, precisely memorial cos of its cheap tuition And I have already submitted her online application for undergraduate degree program in memorial University , I have sent her waec confirmation, transcript and proof of English proficiency collected from her secondary school . Please the issue I have now is that they mail me to her test of English test score of either IELTS or TOEFL , I have read from this group that , since Nigeria is considered as English spoken country. , So a letter should be issue from her secondary school to cover up the IELTS , TOEFL , which we did . Please your candid advise will be highly appreciated .

University recommendation
Pls do you guys know any university for an undergraduate program which fees below 3m naira in Canada .

Barseat:

Pls I'm still yet to get any update since jan 10 o
My passport was requested for jan 3
I submitted jan 10
Hope Its not exceeding the normal time bayii

If your docs are all clean, den u have nothing to worry about... u can mail them to ask why the long delay

Godsblessings:
Hello house, well-done and may God grant our heart desire . please i want my parents last born to study in Canada, precisely memorial cos of its cheap tuition And I have already submitted her online application for undergraduate degree program in memorial University , I have sent her waec confirmation, transcript and proof of English proficiency collected from her secondary school . Please the issue I have now is that they mail me to her test of English test score of either IELTS or TOEFL , I have read from this group that , since Nigeria is considered as English spoken country. , So a letter should be issue from her secondary school to cover up the IELTS , TOEFL , which we did . Please your candid advise will be highly appreciated .

For MUN undergraduate degree, TOEFL is mandatory.
There are other schools that don't require it

PPR today.

Must say a very big THANK YOU to my Nairaland found friend, brother, adviser, encourager and so on @frankrobbn1. He master minded all my applications, beginning from choice of school, program, admission, SOP etc. He really tried for me.

Timeline: (online application)

Submission........ 9th Nov, 2019
Medical request..15th January, 2020
Medicals done ...23th January, 2020
Medicals passed.25th January, 2020
Bvl..........................29th January 2020
PPR........................30th January 2020

Submitted Documents;

. All CIC forms
. Data page with stamped pages (valid USA and Canada visa)
. Offer letter (university of Windsor) September 2020
. My husband and 3kids data page and stamped pages
. SOP
. SOA (my company acct N14, bank of America acct $11, joint fixed deposit N10m) self-sponsored.
. Receipt from Uwin $4 CAD
. CAC documents
. Letter from my mum stating she will take care of my kids while I'm away.
. My Business LPOs and sale Invoices

Travel history with family;
UK, dubia, USA and Canada.

Let me add that I have 14years study gap.

Good luck to you all expecting.
It will end in praise as Frank will always say.

Congratulations!!!

peaceful22:
PPR today.

Must say a very big THANK YOU to my Nairaland found friend, brother, adviser, encourager and so on @frankrobbn1. He master minded all my applications, beginning from choice of school, program, admission, SOP etc. He really tried for me.

Timeline: (online application)

Submission........ 9th Nov, 2019
Medical request..15th January, 2020
Medicals done ...23th January, 2020
Medicals passed.25th January, 2020
Bvl..........................29th January 2020
PPR........................30th January 2020

Submitted Documents;

. All CIC forms
. Data page with stamped pages (valid USA and Canada visa)
. Offer letter (university of Windsor) September 2020
. My husband and 3kids data page and stamped pages
. SOP
. SOA (my company acct N14, bank of America acct $11, joint fixed deposit N10m) self-sponsored.
. Receipt from Uwin $4 CAD
. CAC documents
. Letter from my mum stating she will take care of my kids while I'm away.
. My Business LPOs and sale Invoices

Travel history with family;
UK, dubia, USA and Canada.

Let me add that I have 14years education gap.

Good luck to you all expecting.
It will end in praise as Frank will always say.

peaceful22:
PPR today.

Must say a very big THANK YOU to my Nairaland found friend, brother, adviser, encourager and so on @frankrobbn1. He master minded all my applications, beginning from choice of school, program, admission, SOP etc. He really tried for me.

Timeline: (online application)

Submission........ 9th Nov, 2019
Medical request..15th January, 2020
Medicals done ...23th January, 2020
Medicals passed.25th January, 2020
Bvl..........................29th January 2020
PPR........................30th January 2020

Submitted Documents;

. All CIC forms
. Data page with stamped pages (valid USA and Canada visa)
. Offer letter (university of Windsor) September 2020
. My husband and 3kids data page and stamped pages
. SOP
. SOA (my company acct N14, bank of America acct $11, joint fixed deposit N10m) self-sponsored.
. Receipt from Uwin $4 CAD
. CAC documents
. Letter from my mum stating she will take care of my kids while I'm away.
. My Business LPOs and sale Invoices

Travel history with family;
UK, dubia, USA and Canada.

Let me add that I have 14years education gap.

Good luck to you all expecting.
It will end in praise as Frank will always say.

Wow! Congratulations!We finally have a success story.In your company's SOP you wrote N14 and US account $11,do you intend writing N14m and $11k cos I'm confused here.

Elevation20:


Have MUN gotten back to you?Have they included your transcript and Confirmation of Degree'?

They have included my transcript but have not included my degree cert.

Adetayoade1:
Yes please Good evening a friend of mine got admission there for his diploma which is about 18k Canadian dollars but thinks he can go there without paying and get a job to pay but I tried telling him it’s not possible ......please what are the consequences if one enters without paying the said fees I need to show him this,as I believe you or the knowledgeable people in the house can help me out with this....As he plans to file for visa.....
He has paid the 500$ To accept the admission now he plans to file for visa

Hi, his chances of pulling that off are very slim. Even if he gets the visa, he cannot get registered without paying fees, and even if UoR allows that for him, he cant raise the complete fees, using a part-time job, which is a condition for study permit. I believe the course in question is a one-year program.

SOA ( STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT)

Elevation20:

Wow! Congratulations!We finally have a success story.In your company's SOP you wrote N14 and US account $11,do you intend writing N14m and $11k cos I'm confused here.

No oh diploma I guess 2 years program
Thank you very much for responding

cashhip:

Hi, his chances of pulling that off are very slim. Even if he gets the visa, he cannot get registered without paying fees, and even if UoR allows that for him, he cant raise the complete fees, using a part-time job, which is a condition for study permit. I believe the course in question is a one-year program.

Adetayoade1:
No oh diploma I guess 2 years program
Thank you very much for responding

Okay, well he can give it a try if he wishes to... although he needs to note that 'insufficient proof of funds' is a huge red flag for visa approval.

Congratulations!!!

peaceful22:
PPR today.

Must say a very big THANK YOU to my Nairaland found friend, brother, adviser, encourager and so on @frankrobbn1. He master minded all my applications, beginning from choice of school, program, admission, SOP etc. He really tried for me.

Timeline: (online application)

Submission........ 9th Nov, 2019
Medical request..15th January, 2020
Medicals done ...23th January, 2020
Medicals passed.25th January, 2020
Bvl..........................29th January 2020
PPR........................30th January 2020

Submitted Documents;

. All CIC forms
. Data page with stamped pages (valid USA and Canada visa)
. Offer letter (university of Windsor) September 2020
. My husband and 3kids data page and stamped pages
. SOP
. SOA (my company acct N14, bank of America acct $11, joint fixed deposit N10m) self-sponsored.
. Receipt from Uwin $4 CAD
. CAC documents
. Letter from my mum stating she will take care of my kids while I'm away.
. My Business LPOs and sale Invoices

Travel history with family;
UK, dubia, USA and Canada.

Let me add that I have 14years study gap.

Good luck to you all expecting.
It will end in praise as Frank will always say.

This is what happens when people have false expectations about a place they are going to. The notion that you can work to survive is what puts people in a lot of trouble on this travel abroad journey.
This journey entails a lot of financial obligations no matter how we want to think otherwise.
why put yourself in a quagmire thinking things will work out just like that?

Even in Nigeria, we pay tuition and fees before we start school or register for classes... max before exams.
Why do we sometimes think abroad where things are much more organised is where we can get away with it?
The perception is a false perception and I think your friend has to rethink this decision.

Your friend is setting himself up for trouble, and these are my reasons below:

1. His chances of pulling that off is very slim for the following reason:
a. He has to be enrolled /registered for courses and he cannot do that without paying tuition.
b. Even if he does not pay and feels he can work, he cannot really work with the study permit cos he is not enrolled, and as soon as he tries to use that or his SIN to work, it will be noted in the system.
c. That puts him on the streets. (which i am sure he will not like)

2. He can get to Canada without paying the tuition, but as soon as he gets here he has to pay. Some schools can do payment plan that enables him pay in installments. That way he does not pay the 18k at once.
So my best advise is that he should have some savings or some money from Naija to get him by for the first few months, (accommodation and fees) until he gets a job, and be paying tuition little by little.

I do not know much, but these are my 2 cents.

I wish him well.

Adetayoade1:
Yes please Good evening a friend of mine got admission there for his diploma which is about 18k Canadian dollars but thinks he can go there without paying and get a job to pay but I tried telling him it’s not possible ......please what are the consequences if one enters without paying the said fees I need to show him this,as I believe you or the knowledgeable people in the house can help me out with this....As he plans to file for visa.....
He has paid the 500$ To accept the admission now he plans to file for visa

Godsblessings:
Hello house, well-done and may God grant our heart desire . please i want my parents last born to study in Canada, precisely memorial cos of its cheap tuition And I have already submitted her online application for undergraduate degree program in memorial University , I have sent her waec confirmation, transcript and proof of English proficiency collected from her secondary school . Please the issue I have now is that they mail me to her test of English test score of either IELTS or TOEFL , I have read from this group that , since Nigeria is considered as English spoken country. , So a letter should be issue from her secondary school to cover up the IELTS , TOEFL , which we did . Please your candid advise will be highly appreciated .

Not all schools waive it for Nigerians and I think MUN doesn't do that for undergraduate students. Try to talk to them and explain that English language is the language of instruction back in Nigeria (though they are aware of that already) and you will like them to waive the IELTS/TOEFL score for your sibling(I doubt if they will accept though but no harm in trying).
They will be in a better position to assist you

Ormohlawlah:



For MUN undergraduate degree, TOEFL is mandatory.
There are other schools that don't require it

Haha, really , this is painful O and I have paid the application fee , even they are two . Please which school accept Nigerian undergraduate without toefl and I want those whose admission application are going , please oo

peaceful22:
PPR today.

Must say a very big THANK YOU to my Nairaland found friend, brother, adviser, encourager and so on @frankrobbn1. He master minded all my applications, beginning from choice of school, program, admission, SOP etc. He really tried for me.

Timeline: (online application)

Submission........ 9th Nov, 2019
Medical request..15th January, 2020
Medicals done ...23th January, 2020
Medicals passed.25th January, 2020
Bvl..........................29th January 2020
PPR........................30th January 2020

Submitted Documents;

. All CIC forms
. Data page with stamped pages (valid USA and Canada visa)
. Offer letter (university of Windsor) September 2020
. My husband and 3kids data page and stamped pages
. SOP
. SOA (my company acct N14, bank of America acct $11, joint fixed deposit N10m) self-sponsored.
. Receipt from Uwin $4 CAD
. CAC documents
. Letter from my mum stating she will take care of my kids while I'm away.
. My Business LPOs and sale Invoices

Travel history with family;
UK, dubia, USA and Canada.

Let me add that I have 14years study gap.

Good luck to you all expecting.
It will end in praise as Frank will always say.

My sister on point, very simple and easy going person.... You actually knew what you wanted and made every effort to actualize those dreams. Thanks for trusting and believing in what I can deliver . I'm glad it finally ended in praises for you. Go forth and prosper in Canada.

NB: For the matured applicants in here with huge study gaps, i hope this success story will motivate you and consequently enable you put in your very best in your applications. I wish you all the best.

Elevation20:

Wow! Congratulations!We finally have a success story.In your company's SOP you wrote N14 and US account $11,do you intend writing N14m and $11k cos I'm confused here.

Its 14M in the company's SOA, US account 11KUsd.. Don't be confused okay.

It will end in praises.

Godsblessings:

Haha, really , this is painful O and I have paid the application fee , even they are two . Please which school accept Nigerian undergraduate without toefl and I want those whose admission application are going , please oo

Practically every school except MUN. I'm not 100% sure because I haven't checked EVERY school in Canada but I know most schools don't require Nigerians to submit any English Language test.

Congratulations!!!

peaceful22:
PPR today.

Must say a very big THANK YOU to my Nairaland found friend, brother, adviser, encourager and so on @frankrobbn1. He master minded all my applications, beginning from choice of school, program, admission, SOP etc. He really tried for me.

Timeline: (online application)

Submission........ 9th Nov, 2019
Medical request..15th January, 2020
Medicals done ...23th January, 2020
Medicals passed.25th January, 2020
Bvl..........................29th January 2020
PPR........................30th January 2020

Submitted Documents;

. All CIC forms
. Data page with stamped pages (valid USA and Canada visa)
. Offer letter (university of Windsor) September 2020
. My husband and 3kids data page and stamped pages
. SOP
. SOA (my company acct N14, bank of America acct $11, joint fixed deposit N10m) self-sponsored.
. Receipt from Uwin $4 CAD
. CAC documents
. Letter from my mum stating she will take care of my kids while I'm away.
. My Business LPOs and sale Invoices

Travel history with family;
UK, dubia, USA and Canada.

Let me add that I have 14years study gap.

Good luck to you all expecting.
It will end in praise as Frank will always say.

Good day all
My younger brother applied for admission in Lethbridge college.
He got this in his mail this morning.
Please is there still hope of him still getting admission into the college?
If there are any suggestions, I would be more than happy to hear them.
Thanks.

Hello there
To my understanding it’s a 50:50 chance he is qualified for the program but the amount of people admitted makes the space full so Incase any one accepted doesn’t accept the admission and there are Spaces he can be enrolled or better still change the course of study from business administration to another course that’s not filled up
I guess that’s what it means

Simplymeeko:
Good day all
My younger brother applied for admission in Lethbridge college.
He got this in his mail this morning.
Please is there still hope of him still getting admission into the college?
If there are any suggestions, I would be more than happy to hear them.
Thanks.

Good day everyone please I want to ask, does someone who gained admission to study a PGD in Canada for 1 year, has a chance of getting visa approval??