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Bolyboly:
Thanks so much please what's the duration for the PGD

Chocs:
Hello Luwaluwa

You do not need to pay another visa fee.

When you get a new passport just inform IRCC via a webform and email and attach the new data page of the passport.

If you applied from Nigeria, use this Email addresses and the webform :

Email (nairobi@international.gc.ca, nrobi-im-enquiry@international.gc.ca, nrobi-immigration@international.gc.ca)

Webform
https://secure.cic.gc.ca/enquiries-renseignements/case-cas-eng.aspx?mission=nairobi&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

Best wishes

Engager69:
Happy belated birthday boss

Godsblessings:
please bro, which docs do you think he can add to avoid being judge with the formal application of the agent. the agent applied tourist visa for him ,in year 2017. I'm thinking that he should add affidavit and a letter from lawyer, what do you think pls cos if he is to request for gcms note , it will take a month to get the gcms note and he's applying in 3-5days time

DINO71:
Hi, I require some clarification.
Is it in every application made that a BVL is issued? I already have a BVL obtained when I applied for a visitor visa. In my application for a student visa do I expect to get another BVL regardless of the fact that i didn’t do biometrics again and it has a duration of 10yrs.

Luwaluwa:
Good evening,

Please, I have not received response from IRCC as regards my study visa and my passport will expire in a months time and I want to get it renewed. Someone said I have to pay another visa fee because the new passport will have another number on it.
Is this true? Is there anything like payment of another visa fee?

Ckechi:
Good evening everyone,

My sponsor wants to write the sponsorship letter, what address should she address it to?

TimAke:
PPR just dropped guys. I'll give a detailed update soon. Let me catch my breath first

Dameelee:
Hello guys

My GCMS note came in today, eligibility passed (thank God) but I’m a bit confused cos I can’t find any VOs comment.

Dameelee:
Hello people!!
Please I’m still a bit worried about my GCMS notes as I stated earlier.
I’m not sure what to think about the VOs note (it doesn’t seem like anything to me). Also the part where they said BIL expired, I’m not so sure what that means because I did my biometric and it was updated.
Please someone should explain this notes to me... there’s really no comments there.

Dameelee:
Hello people!!
Please I’m still a bit worried about my GCMS notes as I stated earlier.
I’m not sure what to think about the VOs note (it doesn’t seem like anything to me). Also the part where they said BIL expired, I’m not so sure what that means because I did my biometric and it was updated.
Please someone should explain this notes to me... there’s really no comments there.

Frankrobbn1:
Can you screenshot the second and three pages of the GCMS notes where the visa officer gave his final assessment on your application. A glimpse at the GCMS note shows that you've passed the ELIGIBILITY requirements. Personally, I would say your application is on the right track. The "BIL Expired" could have been entered in error by the program analyst, which will still be reviewed by a senior immigration officer before you will receive the final decision.



It will end in praise.

Phatkayconcept:
BIL - biometric instruction letter that was sent to you has expired. If you have done your biometrics and if it has been updated. Nothing to worry about. Just chill.

Another postive from the note is that, you have passed eligibility.

The question is; were you given directives to undergo medical exam?
Do you receive AIP?

Dameelee:
Yes I got medical request shortly after getting AIP

dommakavelli:
So, I thought I would leave some hints about how to write a statement of interest. I think it is better if you break your essay down into sessions so the visa officer can find it easy and interesting to read. You may use the example below.


Background:
Here, you should talk about your academic background, your work experience(s) that are relevant to your studies, annual income, your program in Canada, start and end date. Who is your sponsor, your relationship with your sponsor and how much you have paid towards your tuition.
Note: Keep whatever you say regarding the bolded to one or two sentences because you will elaborate later. Also, don't worry about repetition, you want to keep putting those good things about you in the Visa officer's mind as they read.
Note: They often read everything. I've seen a GCMS note where the officer said the statement of interest is Vague. This part is like your introduction, more like a summary of everything you have to say in your letter. The rule of thumb is that if the introduction doesn't make sense, the body of the letter or essay won't make sense too.

My Study Plan
This is the part where you have to kill it. You should link whatever you say to your future goals. You must be concise and clear. It is not about how much you write, you don't want to be vague. Make whatever your writer personal. Think like you are in front of a visa officer and you have to convince him to approve your visa. The goal of this part is to address the first condition of the study permit (PURPOSE OF VISIT).

Note: Keep this part to 4 to 5 paragraphs and each paragraph should be between 5 to 8 lines, 12 font, new times roman. This font and font size are standard for APA academic writing.

Example:

In the first paragraph, talk about why you are interested in your proposed program and link it to your future goals. This should be brief because you will elaborate in the next paragraph

Paragraph two, talk more about why you choose your program. You can get information from your program website. (You know that info about your program on the school website, paraphrase it and make it sound like they are your words). Conclude the paragraph by linking whatever you say to your future career goals.

Paragraph three, you should talk about your career goals. In this part, you need to put everything together. You could talk about how your previous study has prepared you for this new program. Link your previous studies and work experience with your proposed study. Then link everything to your future plans.

Paragraph four, you should link what you spoke about in paragraph three to coming back home to pursue your goals. For example, if you have a job /business that you will be going back to, talk about them. Talk about how your study in Canada would help you to grow in your future career. Talk about the possibility of progression in your current job and how studying your program in Canada would help you. You may also talk about how you plan to contribute to your country's development.


Why I choose my school (name the school)
You can get information from the school website. Remember to paraphrase and link whatever info you get to how studying your program in that school is the best choice. Keep to one or two paragraphs.

E.G, After much research, I realized that to grow in my career, I have to study where education is best taught. I choose MUN, amongst other schools because of whatever. I have learned that MUN emphasis on whatever that helps students to learn better. The availability of best professors, and cutting edge research opportunities and whatever inspires me to study at MUN. Something like that. Don't use my words, please. As you know, many people would be reading this.

Why I choose Canada.
Keep this to two paragraphs.

Financial Sponsorship
Here, talk about your sponsors, how much they will support with, mention it if you have paid tuition/accommodation and how much you paid. You may have said this in the introduction, don't worry, it is okay to repeat yourself. Think about it like you are reminding the visa officer about your proof of funds. (The goal here is to talk about the second condition, PROOF OF FUNDS).

Home Ties and Assets
You have to kill this part too and don't worry about repeating yourself. You maY keep it to 3 to 5 paragraphs. The goal here is to convince the officer about the third condition (HOME AND ECONOMIC TIMES). I must say this is the most difficult part.

Example

Paragraph one: Talk about your job/business in Nigerian, how you are doing with them and your plan to come back to them upon completion of your studies.
Paragraph two: You can talk about your professional connections and associations.
Paragraph three: Talk about your relationship with your family. Let the officer know that family is important to you. Your goal is two make this emotional so the officer can understand that your whole life is in Nigeria and you will not throw it away for living in Canada.

Paragraph four: Talk about your financial ties. Do you have properties, cars, rental agreement, stock, money in savings etc. Mention them and conclude this paragraph by saying you have strong economic and family ties to your home country and ask the officer to give high consideration to this. If you signed an affidavit, mention it state that you assure the officer that you will be coming back home after your studies. (I recommend you provide documents for whatever you say here)

Last paragraph: This part, your goal is to make this emotional and connect with the officer's mind. Visa officers are humans too. Remember you have said lots of positive things about yourself, so this is the time to assume that the officer likes you and sees you as a qualified candidate. You should ask the officer to be part of your success story. Write this part as if you are in a job interview and you have the feeling that you will get the job.


Write your conclusion by stating that you believe you are qualified for the study permit based on the info you have provided and urge the officer to approve your application. You should also include your contacts in case they need additional information.


lastly, make sure you use good grammar. Like you are writing an academic paper. It's annoying to have to read a letter that is written poorly. I will be happy if I read a sentence once and understand what you're saying. If I have to read most of your sentences two-three times, to understand, I will be pissed and lose interest. I hope this is helpful. If you have any questions, feel free to ask




Hello bro, sorry for the inconvenience but I was hoping to send you my SOP so you could take a look? Please I am in dire need of your assistance

Dbankx1:
Hello guys, I am hoping to apply to Canada for the January entry and I am hoping to finish my application by this week, and I have a couple of questions. Please any expert should help me and see me through this.
1.) I am going to school in conestoga for a post graduate certificate and the school fees is 23k cad, and I currently have 23M with me, would that be enough or it is too little, I am hoping to show my housing costs as well as my living cost at once.
2.) my dads international passport has expired will that be a problem when applying for the visa?
3.) I just completed my nysc today, what do I put for employment as I have none?
4.) will I be able to make jan entry if I apply now? Or am I too late
5.) can I send anyone my SOP to help me look over it for any corrections.
Thank you and may we all see succes

Dameelee:
I just checked and there is no comment but I just attached the assessment

EngrCGD:
Hello gurus in the house, good morning

@Frankrobbn1
@naijaforeigner
@JustMellow
@Lekiboboe
Etc

Please i need your answers on my below questions;

1.) When filling the Canada study permit form, does the form require one to indicate if you have been denied any country Visa previously especially US and UK ?

2.) If YES, does previous US and UK visiting visa denials have any effect on the outcome of your Canada Study permit Visa ?

3) Please is it true that UK, US , Canada and Australia share same biometric data with each other or information of applicant denied a visa ?

4.) Lastly please i have a very important issue bothering me which have prompted all the above questions, sometime in 2013 and 2014 i was denied a US and UK visas and the date of birth on my international passport was incorrect ( Wrong year of birth but with correct Month and day of birth) , the visa agent filled up some misleading information to correspond with the age increase ( About 7 years added to my real age) , then i was so desperate to travel, i only have my my OND cert then, after the visa denials i decided to stay back and further my education, so i later proceeded and got my B.ENG , now i want to apply for masters in canada and i'm well established here in Nigeria with 2 companies, married with other TIES, i have been living with the guilt of the misleading data on my passport and information at the US and UK embassies and because the wrong DOB will not also correspond with the DOB on my educational document ( e.g WAEC) i have applied to go to Abuja soon to correct the information and have the date of birth correct on a new passport to apply for the canada study permit.

Now my biggest fear is, if the Canada consulate will get my previous data information from the US or UK embassy.
I have not seen the Canada Study Visa form if the question for previous visa denial for US , UK or any other country will be asked or not, but definitely i'm willing to say the truth in my application and ready to face the consequences, i just want to make everything right , i regret my action few years ago. I was misled by the visa agent then.

NOTE: i traveled to Dubai twice (2013 and 2016) with the wrong year of birth, though the passport with the wrong year of birth is expired and like i said, i will soon have a new one with the correct data.
UK informed then that i had insufficient funds as reason for denial while US, didn't give any reason for the denial, simply was denied after interview.

Please kindly reply my above questions and advise me on what to do guys. Please help a brother, i'm really bothered.

Lekiboboe:
Happy Sunday to you all

I wanna ask what this means ,
(based on whether an Applicant who got AIP should defer or wait till he/she gets a Visa decision bfor Deferring).
NB:Program only available for Sept INTAKE., and Program has started alrdy for Fall 2020

The Applicant got a mail from the school which goes thus,

Please see the IRCC instruction on this

DEFERRED ENROLMENT

After a study permit application is submitted (150 days or less)
If less than 150 days have passed since the intended program start date, officers should continue to process the study permit application.


After a study permit application is submitted (more than 150 days)
If more than 150 days have passed since the intended program start date, officers should request a new letter of acceptance from the applicant to confirm if the student has deferred their enrolment to a later date. Officers should follow the instructions concerning Requests for additional documents on open applications and allow 90 days for the applicant to respond "

My Question now is,

With the above mail from the skool, Is it safe not to defer yet until 150 days is complete starting from the program Start Date (which is September 8 ) and 150 days from that date is around early February 2021.

Thanks...

Frankrobbn1:
Congratulations as your application is on the right track.


It will end in praise

Dbankx1:
Hello thanks for the reply,
Also how do I send my fathers bank statement, he uses first bank and they do not offer the online bank statements sending to the embassy, do I just upload it to a pdf file and send it that way?

2.) I have not paid for my accommodation, will that be a hitch in my application or is there no need to attach an accommodation recipt?

Chocs:
Hello Dbankx1

1) He should go to the bank and request for his bank statement to be printed out, each page must be stamped by the bank. 4-6 months bank statement. You should scan this and upload it under proof of funds, merge it with the other documents which show financial capabilities.

2) there is no accommodation requirement. You’re good to go.

Please kindly read from page one of this thread until the end to get familiar with the requirements for application and the right section to upload each document. At the bottom of the page, you’ll see the page numbers, click on 1 and start reading.

Please try and get it right, no need rushing and then ending up making a mistake that will affect your application.

Best wishes

Dbankx1:
Hello guys, I am hoping to apply to Canada for the January entry and I am hoping to finish my application by this week, and I have a couple of questions. Please any expert should help me and see me through this.
1.) I am going to school in conestoga for a post graduate certificate and the school fees is 23k cad, and I currently have 23M with me, would that be enough or it is too little, I am hoping to show my housing costs as well as my living cost at once.
2.) my dads international passport has expired will that be a problem when applying for the visa?
3.) I just completed my nysc today, what do I put for employment as I have none?
4.) will I be able to make jan entry if I apply now? Or am I too late
5.) can I send anyone my SOP to help me look over it for any corrections.
Thank you and may we all see succes

Frankrobbn1:
You must certainly receive a BVL notification regardless of the fact that you didn't do biometrics in your current application. This notification comes whenever a decison has been reached on any temporary resident application to Canada.


It will end in praise.

Dbankx1:
Hello guys, I am hoping to apply to Canada for the January entry and I am hoping to finish my application by this week, and I have a couple of questions. Please any expert should help me and see me through this.
1.) I am going to school in conestoga for a post graduate certificate and the school fees is 23k cad, and I currently have 23M with me, would that be enough or it is too little, I am hoping to show my housing costs as well as my living cost at once.
2.) my dads international passport has expired will that be a problem when applying for the visa?
3.) I just completed my nysc today, what do I put for employment as I have none?
4.) will I be able to make jan entry if I apply now? Or am I too late
5.) can I send anyone my SOP to help me look over it for any corrections.
Thank you and may we all see succes