Akannitommy:
No, I don't think you are exempted and so you will likely need to pay the N7,430. Since the biometric was not done and paid for in respect of the current application then you will pay transmission fee. I know this because I had a chat with the VFS office yesterday and asked the question. The case was for a PR who did biometric several years ago for a visit visa application which was unsuccessful. But now a PR is positive and passport request was given. I helped with payment and sending yesterday. They also said we could send to the Lagos VFS which is what we did. So my response is aligned with logic from this experience.

please I’m in a similar situation. What’s d proof that I paid the package transmission fee. I’m I to attach the proof of payment to the documents I’m sending VFS. How did you go about it. Please thank you

Congrats!!

Did you submit LOE and SOP? Any work experience?

Gunbi:
Applied in Nigeria. First time applicant for winter 2021
Application: September 1
Biometrics request: September 2
Upfront medicals: September 16 (but I didn't upload it till October 16)
Biometrics done September 17
Medicals updated October 27
BVL: October 27
PPR: October 27

No AIP

Documents Submitted
Admission letter
Bachelor's degree certificate
Birth certificate
My expired passport showing travel history to the US last year.
Passports of my parents and siblings.
Sponsorship letter from my father
Statement of account of me and my father


Thanks to everyone for helping out.
To all other applicants, it will definitely end in praise. Keep the faith.

Iceman2020:
Na wa o. IRCC just decided to mute we that have AIP since. Concentration on studies in becoming tough. Having a sound sleep is even difficult. I will refresh my email more than 5 times within an hour. Sometimes I will even mark the previous donotreply emails as unread just to show I have new email... Hahahaha

I have got no choice than to drink water and take chill pill. Please anyone that has AIP and got BVL plus PPR this week should please update us at least we will be motivated.

I just can't wait to get the positive news.

Hello Iceman2020,

I understand how you feel. It's a truly disturbing situation. It is one thing to have an AIP and know that things aren't moving. It's another thing to have an AIP and see others get PPRs (especially when they applied after you). It can be quite frustrating and deleterious to mental well-being. However, you shouldn't allow it get to you too much.

Rest assured that your application will turn out positive and you'll get feedback soon. You're not alone and that's a good thing. Canada bound students all over the world are putting pressure on IRCC. Expect final decisions soon. Like I've said before, don't allow IRCC give you headache over nothing. Hopefully, more decisions will come this week and this thread will light up like last week.

I'll still advise you to raise a webform if that makes you feel better. Raise a webform and request for finalisation of study permit application. This isn't necessary but it won't hurt to try and it would definitely make you feel better knowing that someone in IRCC will read your message.

Please who has an idea if Lagos vfs are receiving passport through DHL?

jdoe28015:
Once you get to Ajah under bridge or the nearest busstop to the expressway, take a straight bus going to lekki . There will be buses going to lekki phase one or jakande. Enter either one, if you enter the one going straight to lekki, stop at 3rd roundabout also called ‘Ikate ’, it is a short journey after you pass the mall (Circle Mall/Shoprite). So from circle mall, you can start telling the conductor you want to stop at ikate. At ikate, just walk down, the VFS is at the left side of that freedom way road. If you stop at jakande, you have to take another bus to ikate. Also, ikate has two entrances, you are going to stop at the second one (closest to lekki phase 1). I hope this helps

Akannitommy:
No, I don't think you are exempted and so you will likely need to pay the N7,430. Since the biometric was not done and paid for in respect of the current application then you will pay transmission fee. I know this because I had a chat with the VFS office yesterday and asked the question. The case was for a PR who did biometric several years ago for a visit visa application which was unsuccessful. But now a PR is positive and passport request was given. I helped with payment and sending yesterday. They also said we could send to the Lagos VFS which is what we did. So my response is aligned with logic from this experience.

How did you make the payment for Lagos VFS

VO was from Nairobi, Kenya.

I forgot to add that I wrote SOP.
I was really worried because I felt I didn't prove enough home ties. I only used coming back to work as my reason. I was on NYSC at the time but I didn't include any recommendation from work.

Mideyo234:
Congrats!!

Did you submit LOE and SOP? Any work experience?

Gunbi:
Applied in Nigeria. First time applicant for winter 2021
Application: September 1
Biometrics request: September 2
Upfront medicals: September 16 (but I didn't upload it till October 16)
Biometrics done September 17
Medicals updated October 27
BVL: October 27
PPR: October 27

No AIP

Documents Submitted
Admission letter
Bachelor's degree certificate
Birth certificate
My expired passport showing travel history to the US last year.
Passports of my parents and siblings.
Sponsorship letter from my father
Statement of account of me and my father


Thanks to everyone for helping out.
To all other applicants, it will definitely end in praise. Keep the faith.

Wow, BVL & PPR same day,

Fantabolous!!!

Lekiboboe:


1)
ABOUT SCHOLARSHIPS & OTHER THINGS YOU SHOULD/NOT DO
Do not talk about funding unless the Prof has accepted you. Personally, i would check the school funding package before I contact any Prof in that school because no Prof gives money from their private pocket

Source:
https://www.nairaland.com/5233221/canadian-student-visa-thread-part/493#86085388

In a Nutshell, since a Prof. has agreed to supervise her, that means she has bin accepted, so she's at full liberty to ask if funding is available.

2) The Professors are mostly busy (as you can imagine, teaching and all), so they need
some outstanding students to do this research with them. The students (Research Assistant) will work on the Professor's research & funded
through the research grant.

This funding (in most cases) will be enough for her. It can also be combined (depending on each school policy) with Teaching Assistant (where she will assist Prof. in teaching a particular course & get paid for it). This way, she works with the Professor, get paid & also get her MSc.

Also she's at liberty to ask for all of this from the Prof.

3) It depends on her, she can , and she can also work on her own research work but it should have a touch/Component of the Profs. Existing Project or Research areas.
In short, she and the Prof. Should share common goal but a prof. would love some diversity.

Now that' she's accepted, she can ask questions on anything she wants to know or not clear of, no need for her to be scared, a Prof. likes an Inquisitive Research Student

By the way, did the PROF schedule any form of Online Interview via (Skype/Zoom) with her ?
Cos that's the platform they use to communicate with students they are interested to work with & also a medium for the student to ask any question.




Do await more response to you questions.......

Thanks for such a detailed response. The professor has not arranged any interview yet. She only acquiesced to her request yesterday, and she is thinking of the appropriateness of broaching the topic of funding at such an early stage. Hence, the quest for clarity from guys here. Your response has done justice to my question. Thanks mate

Yes they are...

Faith243:
Please who has an idea if Lagos vfs are receiving passport through DHL?

Congratulations to you friend. I’m glad it worked out.

Usually the professor will organize an interview immediately after accepting the student to see the vibe and discuss issues. The professor would most likely talk about the funding at this interview.

At least this is how mine was. After the acceptance via email, an interview was fixed immediately. The professor talked about the funding there.

If the professor doesn’t talk about it, the applicant can then ask. The professor’s funding might be enough to cover the period of studies. If it isn’t, she can mail the program assistant / advisor to ask for findings available and she can also check the programs website. It’s usually stated there.

All the best

PanicButton:
Hello @heidepaper @lekiboboe @justmellow,

If you guys could recall, I expressed worry on the inability of one of my friends to secure a supervisor for her MSc program in Geography. Thanks to your assistance and words of encouragements, a researcher from Queen's university has indicated a strong interest to supervise her project. Although she could afford to fund herself to a degree, but receiving some amount of financial assistance will go a long way for her. Now the question is:

1. Does she wait until she secures admission before she applies for departmental funding. They indicated that funding is available https://www.queensu.ca/geographyandplanning/mamscphd/funding-awards

If she decides to be a research assistant or teaching assistant, will she have to apply formally?

2. How does she approach this subject with the supervisor. She only says she is willing to supervisor her project, without any mention of funding.

3. Will it be in her best interest to work on one of the supervisor's existing project?

Thanks as I await your meaningful contributions.

PanicButton:


Thanks for such a detailed response. The professor has not arranged any interview yet. She only acquiesced to her request yesterday, and she is thinking of the appropriateness of broaching the topic of funding at such an early stage. Hence, the quest for clarity from guys here. Your response has done justice to my question. Thanks mate

You are welcome PanicButton,

As far as the Prof. has accepted her without any protest, then there is no specific period on when to ask about the topic of funding.

By the way,
the content in the link u posted
https://www.queensu.ca/geographyandplanning/mamscphd/funding-awards
justify why she is at liberty to ask the prof. about the availability of funding, cos in the link, its very clear funding is available for the thesis-based masters in Geography & Planning @ Queen's University

In case the Prof. ask to have an Interview Session with her
do ask for some guide here in the forum, so she can have an overview of the meeting/interview expectations and some questions she can/should ask the Professor to show her research curiosity,

Best Wishes to her!!!

Thank you for this information. Please can I get the contact details of the vfs center you chatted with.

Akannitommy:
No, I don't think you are exempted and so you will likely need to pay the N7,430. Since the biometric was not done and paid for in respect of the current application then you will pay transmission fee. I know this because I had a chat with the VFS office yesterday and asked the question. The case was for a PR who did biometric several years ago for a visit visa application which was unsuccessful. But now a PR is positive and passport request was given. I helped with payment and sending yesterday. They also said we could send to the Lagos VFS which is what we did. So my response is aligned with logic from this experience.

Thanks. Seen

heidepaper:
Done

Hello everyone,

I am new here. I have been a silent reader for a while and I want to commend each and every one of you for the wonderful job done here.

Please I have an urgent question. How do I alert IRCC about my new LOA? I deferred my admission to September 2021 and I recently just got my PPR last week. i didn't upload my new LOA when my application was still under review and now that it has been approved, I'm thinking it's only right for me to tell them that I have a new LOA. Please I am really confused and bothered. I don't know how to go about this, I will appreciate if anyone can assist me with this. Looking forward to a positive response from anyone. Thank you.

cc @Lekiboboe, @Frankobbn, @Chocs, @heidepaper

adeenzo:

Yeah, but I just have to be hopeful, I could have kept my bsc but I have already mentioned in my previous canada visiting visa... So I decided not to keep it out.
I have been to NAIT, and honestly its a frigging wonderful and awesome school. When you see physically whichever school you have applied to, you will be blown away.
But with my bsc in computer science and my current work as an IT systems administrator (3 years) in a financial institution to your own knowledge and experience does this correlate with my intended course (electronics engineering)?

Hello Adeenzo,

Yes, it does but it also depends how well you demonstrated the correlation.

All the best

Congratulations on moving to the next step.

This people sha don tire me, March applicant.

Gunbi:
Applied in Nigeria. First time applicant for winter 2021
Application: September 1
Biometrics request: September 2
Upfront medicals: September 16 (but I didn't upload it till October 16)
Biometrics done September 17
Medicals updated October 27
BVL: October 27
PPR: October 27

No AIP

Documents Submitted
Admission letter
Bachelor's degree certificate
Birth certificate
My expired passport showing travel history to the US last year.
Passports of my parents and siblings.
Sponsorship letter from my father
Statement of account of me and my father


Thanks to everyone for helping out.
To all other applicants, it will definitely end in praise. Keep the faith.

Please where can I get the vfs consent form. I can't find it on their website.

Hello

You should inform them via webform and attach the new LOA

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

Choose Nairobi as processing office (if you applied from Nigeria)

Also send them an email (state your UCI, application number and full name as in application) and attach the new LOA

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

MissMC:
Hello everyone,

I am new here. I have been a silent reader for a while and I want to commend each and every one of you for the wonderful job done here.

Please I have an urgent question. How do I alert IRCC about my new LOA? I deferred my admission to September 2021 and I recently just got my PPR last week. i didn't upload my new LOA when my application was still under review and now that it has been approved, I'm thinking it's only right for me to tell them that I have a new LOA. Please I am really confused and bothered. I don't know how to go about this, I will appreciate if anyone can assist me with this. Looking forward to a positive response from anyone. Thank you.

cc @Lekiboboe, @Frankobbn, @Chocs, @heidepaper

Send me a private message. I’ll forward it to you via email

Gunbi:
Please where can I get the vfs consent form. I can't find it on their website.

Please kind drop link to book appointments for medicals on Lagos mainlands .


Thanks.

Please, any prospective PhD applicants for fall 2021 here? I am having a hard time getting potential supervisors

Sent

heidepaper:
Send me a private message. I’ll forward it to you via email

Hello,

Contact them via email, it’s faster. Tell them you want to book medicals and the number of people. Read below to see the email


City: Lagos
Name: Patrick Olayinka Olowojolu
Address: Q-Life Family Clinic,
Plot 155a Prince Ade Odedina Street,
off Sinari Daranijo, Victoria Island Annexe,
E-mail: y.olowojolu@qlifefamilyclinic.com/ info@qlifefamilyclinic.com
Telephone: +234-8113975433 or +234 7027704055
Spoken Languages: English

City: Lagos
Name: Adetokunbo Omodele Alakija
Address: Q-Life Family Clinic,
Plot 155a Prince Ade Odedina Street,
off Sinari Daranijo, Victoria Island Annexe,
101244
E-mail: adealakija@hotmail.com / info@qlifefamilyclinic.com
Telephone: +234 8113975433
+234 7027704055
Spoken Languages: English

City: Lagos
Name: Olutayo Olasimbo Labiyi
Address: Q-Life Family Clinic,
Plot 155a Prince Ade Odedina Street,
off Sinari Daranijo, Victoria Island Annexe,
101244
E-mail: jollywel3@gmail.com
Telephone: +234-8113975433 or +234 7027704055
Spoken Languages: English, Yoruba

City: Lagos
Name: IOM MHAC Lagos
Address: No. 1 Isaac John Street,,
GRA Ikeja,
(This panel physician or clinic provides services paid by Interim Federal Health Program. Ce professionnel désigné ou cette clinique offrent des services payés par le Programme fédéral de santé intérimaire.)
Telephone: +234(0) 807 2191112; +234 802 2264059
+234(0) 909 9991256; +234(0) 909 2156079
Spoken Languages: English

Legacyedition:
Please kind drop link to book appointments for medicals on Lagos mainlands .


Thanks.

PanicButton:
Hello @heidepaper @lekiboboe @justmellow,

If you guys could recall, I expressed worry on the inability of one of my friends to secure a supervisor for her MSc program in Geography. Thanks to your assistance and words of encouragements, a researcher from Queen's university has indicated a strong interest to supervise her project. Although she could afford to fund herself to a degree, but receiving some amount of financial assistance will go a long way for her. Now the question is:

1. Does she wait until she secures admission before she applies for departmental funding. They indicated that funding is available https://www.queensu.ca/geographyandplanning/mamscphd/funding-awards

If she decides to be a research assistant or teaching assistant, will she have to apply formally?

2. How does she approach this subject with the supervisor. She only says she is willing to supervisor her project, without any mention of funding.

3. Will it be in her best interest to work on one of the supervisor's existing project?

Thanks as I await your meaningful contributions.

Hello PanicButton,

Its good to know that the information from thread proved resourceful.

When its comes to funding after a supervisor has accepted to supervise the student, the supervisor nominates the student to the department for any available or existing funding opportunity whether or not the supervisor have enough available funding as at the time of accepting the students.

Given that funding is an essential part of the program and for the supervisor to have willingly accepted the said person without any warning of no available funding, then it means the person would get it. There is no harm to request for the availability of funding from the supervisor. It may escape the supervisor to mention it to the said person. So, its right to request or enquire about it.

Not all supervisors advise or interview their research students via video app prior to acceptance though its a common practice with some. Most supervisors are conservatives. To be a TA or RA, aside the funding, the student must be proactive enough to enquire about availability. On some notes, some supervisors offers the position with question especially for those students interviewed by supervisors.

It will be only right if the said person go through the list of the Profs past and current students and reach out to them. This way, there would be enough insight on how to tailor any research work to suit that of the supervisor. Don't do too much but doing it right is all that counts if the supervisor is to trust and open the lab to a student.

The process of funding comes with different experience from respective supervisor, department and institution. Also, the person should also check with the department if there is still funding available, as the requirements or process for funding from the department may be entirely different from that of individual supervisor.

All the best

Thank you for your prompt response.

After sending it to them via webform, can I still go ahead and submit my passport to VFS? or I should wait till I get a response from IRCC?

I hope me not submitting my new/updated LOA won't affect my visa?

Looking forward to your positive response.

heidepaper:
Hello

You should inform them via webform and attach the new LOA

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

Choose Nairobi as processing office (if you applied from Nigeria)

Also send them an email (state your UCI, application number and full name as in application) and attach the new LOA

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

I have sent it to you

Gunbi:
Sent

Ehfkay:
Please, any prospective PhD applicants for fall 2021 here? I am having a hard time getting potential supervisors

Hi Ehfkay,
the contents in the link below would help you in getting Potential Supervisors for PH.D , Fall 2021, go through all you gonna see there explicitly

https://www.nairaland.com/5818588/canadian-student-visa-thread-part/111#90933556

Thanks a lot

heidepaper:
I have sent it to you

MissMC:
Hello everyone,

I am new here. I have been a silent reader for a while and I want to commend each and every one of you for the wonderful job done here.

Please I have an urgent question. How do I alert IRCC about my new LOA? I deferred my admission to September 2021 and I recently just got my PPR last week. i didn't upload my new LOA when my application was still under review and now that it has been approved, I'm thinking it's only right for me to tell them that I have a new LOA. Please I am really confused and bothered. I don't know how to go about this, I will appreciate if anyone can assist me with this. Looking forward to a positive response from anyone. Thank you.

cc @Lekiboboe, @Frankobbn, @Chocs, @heidepaper

Hello MissMC,

Since PPR has dropped, there is no need to panic about forwarding the updated LOA to IRCC. Its reasonable if you hold onto it except requested which may not happen.

All the best

MissMC:
Thank you for your prompt response.

After sending it to them via webform, can I still go ahead and submit my passport to VFS? or I should wait till I get a response from IRCC?

I hope me not submitting my new/updated LOA won't affect my visa?

Looking forward to your positive response.

You can go ahead to submit even without raising a Webform

Thank you for your kind words. Please how do I go about raising the web form? Also, please I will appreciate if you can also send me their emails "Nairobi guys"

Thank you once again.

fratermathy:


Hello Iceman2020,

I understand how you feel. It's a truly disturbing situation. It is one thing to have an AIP and know that things aren't moving. It's another thing to have an AIP and see others get PPRs (especially when they applied after you). It can be quite frustrating and deleterious to mental well-being. However, you shouldn't allow it get to you too much.

Rest assured that your application will turn out positive and you'll get feedback soon. You're not alone and that's a good thing. Canada bound students all over the world are putting pressure on IRCC. Expect final decisions soon. Like I've said before, don't allow IRCC give you headache over nothing. Hopefully, more decisions will come this week and this thread will light up like last week.

I'll still advise you to raise a webform if that makes you feel better. Raise a webform and request for finalisation of study permit application. This isn't necessary but it won't hurt to try and it would definitely make you feel better knowing that someone in IRCC will read your message.

Hello, please I have some questions

- What documents are we required to submit upon receiving PPR?

- What is Vfs consent form?

- How do I submit my passport and the rest, I reside in Ajah...Must it be by courier service only?

- I heard Lagos Vfs center is open, did you submit in person?

Your response will be highly appreciated. Thank you!

heidepaper:
I have sent it to you