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Army2022:
Good morning all.
Landing gist. (#Read the story,forget the grammatical mistakes)
I applied for SP October 2022 for January resumption, got my PPR end of January 2023 (a week after Deferral to Sept2023 was approved).

Left 9ja this week through Ethiopian airlines.
Checked in my luggage (paid for extra)
I regretted wearing canvas, got tired of pulling it off at security checks ( if you can wear slippers, please do to save yourself the stress).

Yea...I was so surprised as my back bag was not even weighed, I wish I had added more things to it (hiss).

The journey was so smooth, but it was the Longest journey of my life, I even cried sef.
We left Los at past 1pm, got to Addis Ababa 9pm and immediately checked in to another flight and continued our journey.
At 5am we stopped at Dublin to refuel(it seems this took UpTo an hour, I'm not sure), but nobody left the plane. 😁 Through the window I saw plenty cows feeding near their airport.

After flying for about what looked like forever...I don't know if it was because of the long journey or because I began to miss my parents, but shaar uncontrollable tears began to drop.

😁They used food and drinks to finish us in that journey!
I slept throughout, I only wake up to eat.
The routine was, sleep, wake-up,go back to sleep, wake-up to more food and drinks 😄.

Finally we landed in Toronto, very beautiful airport. I asked questions and proceeded to get Study permit .
Hmmm So many students, of which 98% were Indians.
Ehen, they didn't even ask us any question. Our LOI was collected, few minutes later they gave me a paper. I asked the officer what next, he said that's your sp, you can go. Wow, just like that? I was supprised!

Then I proceeded to locate my luggage, checked into my next flight to Alberta(to be with fam before sch resumes). Mehn...4hrs flight again? Same country ooo! I became sick, nearly threw up, feverish etc. I became 95% healed at the sight of my nephews and nieces running to hug auntie at the airport.
Canada is very big abeg.

Weather experience.
*First of all As I'm typing this, one of my nose is blocked😄.
*8pm sun still shines! Wow
9pm be like 9ja's 5pm
This is so amazing!!

*The breeze is so cold like ice. And it's windy, this is the only thing I dislike.(because it makes me dress as if it's winter😄, which leaves me wondering how scary winter is going to be)
I don't know if I should still go ahead and change my dli from Ontario to Alberta, mehn this their weather scares the hell out of me.

*All their restaurants I've been to reads "wait to be seated" nawaoo.
*Neat rides, big cars, beautiful cars. The city I'm in and it's environ is amazing 😍
*Everybody I've come across is polite and friendly.

* This country is very big, it will contain all of us.

Good luck to all the PPR hopeful.
To those who got rejected, get your gcms note, correct your errors,do the right thing, reapply and get your PPR asap. No time, because Canada needs us.

To all the Guru's here, please help
I have my new passport, I want to apply for visa extension as my old passport will expire soon.
Is 15kcad pof enough to show for visa extension?
2yrs course, but I've paid for 1st semester which will start by Sept.
Thank you nairaland😍

God bless you. May the land favor you!

Please those that just travelled, we need more updates like this.

Bambi222:
12th of July

Submission is by physical appointment or Courier?

Bambi222:
please do i need to pay vfs to get my passport back to lagos after getting this mail?

If you sent from Lagos, wait for message that tells you it's already in Lagos or count five working days before approaching Lagos office.

Bambi222:
The decision envelope for your application, tracking ID No. 20230717CALAPKT63415 has been received from the IRCC Office on Thu Jul 27 2023 at the Canada Visa Application Centre, Abuja CVO and is ready for collection. For details on the location and hours of operation of our VAC, please refer to our website at: https://www.vfsglobal.ca/canada/Nigeria. Please note this is an auto generated e-mail. Please do not reply to this email.

Your decision envelope will be returned to you via the courier service offered by the VAC. Collection of decision envelopes in-person at the VAC is not permitted until further notice. Please refer to the 'Buy Services' page of the VAC website for further information on courier services offered by the VAC

May I know when you submitted your passport pls?

kdfemi:
I was planning to go Next week but Lagos sent collection mail this morning

Oh congrats

Pinkalicious:
Good morning everyone
Please after receiving this can I go and collect my stamped passport or wait for another email for me to come collect ir

This is the first message from vsf now. Your passport has not even gotten to IRCC office.

When did you submit?

kdfemi:
Visa application, tracking ID No.**** – Your processed passport has been dispatched from the Canada Visa Office on 2023/07/20 to the Canada Visa Application Centre. Your decision envelope will be returned to you via the courier service offered by the VAC. Collection of decision envelopes in-person at the VAC is not permitted until further notice. Please refer to the “Buy Services” page of the VAC website for further information on courier services offered by the VAC.To know more, please call VAC helpline number or visit VAC website

Dispatched from Canada Visa office to Canada Visa Application Centre means your passport has left IRCC office for VAC office. But it wasn't stated whether Abuja or Lagos.

May be you should check Lagos office to confirm especially if you are in Lagos.

yemiezay:
What do you mean by rate limiting step?
Omo the thing is just giving me headaches something I already passed just for me to pay and it’s taking me back that’s error. I did 2012-2013, 2014-2015 and so on still I can’t move to the next page

How were you able to do yours ?

I used that statement to mean how fast you are able to complete your application. I spent about 2 days on that stage lol...

I just keep changing the dates and making sure that no date is left out and no overlap between education and work history and it eventually went through.
e.g Jan 2013 to Feb 2014; March 2014 to August 2018; September 2018 to Nov 2021; Dec 2021 to present..... Making sure that no overlap between/within education and/or work dates.

Good luck!

yemiezay:
House!!!! Please I need your help, I am trying to use the new portal. I already filled in all my application but left it for some weeks. By the time I came back to the portal I can’t seem to move on to submit and continue. Now I am stuck in the “work history” page

It asked me to provide work experience form 10years ago. I did that but I can’t move to the next page.

What can I do please?

That stage is the rate limiting step on new portal.

Make sure you fill your education and work history in such a way that there is no gap or overlap in the dates of both education and work history.

kdfemi:
Yes i did

What is the tracker saying??

kdfemi:
I don’t know if VFS is currently overloaded mine arrived at Abuja for Pickup since last week Thursday, i haven’t heard anything from VFS lagos.

Did you try to track it?

tenderjunkie:

I'm just curious...

wasiubello:
Good afternoon Everyone. Please i need Urgent attention, I am trying to send passport VFS through courier right now, but i am seeing multiple kind of payment on their website which i can not understand anymore.

Please can someone clarify to me the exact payment i should pay if i am sending my passport from Ogbomosho through DHL OR UPS to VFS in Abuja. Please its Urgent because i am already at the curriers office

Check the payments below

You said this ( screenshot attached) few days ago. How did you manage to get your passport back that you are sending again?

What really happened? It was sent back to you unstamped??

It feels good to be on the first page of the new thread with PPR.

May the wishes of all those expecting their PPR be granted on this thread. Amen.

SweetJJ:
Why do you call it madness? Policy is policy. If you are traveling with a Visitor visa you must buy a return ticket. If some people got away with one way ticket doesn't mean it's madness on the part of the airline. If you are travelling with Student visa you are not required to have a return ticket.

The madness I'm referring to is the fact that EgyptAir is the only airline that is currently forcing holders of study permit to buy two-way ticket. That has been discussed in study visa thread.

Enculer2:
So many Nigerians travel through Paris these days.

Saw loads of them last time we travelled to Toronto. They stood out. Rowdy and noisy.

Hahaha

Gentlesoul3268:
No transit needed if you have 1 stop over in one Europe country, about the one-way ticket shouldn't be problem. I think is Egypt airline is crazy about two- way ticket for student

Thank you.

oluayebenz:
You are safe to travel with one way ticket

Yeah. Thanks.

Just want to be sure that Airfrance doesn't do the two way madness like Egyptair.

TabletMan:
Are going for Diploma or certificate program?

Cert.

lyndaoyewole:
international experience class

I'm not sure I even saw this option. I chose work though.

NuCypher:
Where's your connection? Paris? If it's Paris, you don't need a transit visa.

Yeah Paris.

Thank you very much.

Viking07:
You are joking with deportation from the border agents.

For one year study visa?

oluayebenz:
You don't need a transit visa with air France but what visa category are you traveling with on one way ticket?

Study visa.

Please who knows if transit visa is needed for Airfrance? My trip is Lagos to Toronto.

And hope there is no issue with one-way ticket??

Urgent pls.

Please who knows if transit visa is needed for Airfrance? My trip is Lagos to Toronto.

And hope there is no issue with one-way ticket??

Urgent pls.

Please who knows if transit visa is needed for Airfrance? My trip is Lagos to Toronto.

And hope there is no issue with one-way ticket??

Urgent pls.

Please who knows if transit visa is needed for Airfrance?

And hope there is no issue with one-way ticket??

Urgent pls.

Please who knows if transit visa is needed for Airfrance? My trip is Lagos to Toronto.

And hope there is no issue with one-way ticket??

Urgent pls.

lyndaoyewole:
please guys, respond

What is IEC?

Hotice085:
Examples of these coins that have influence on cryptos

Lol don't mind the guy.

Sometimes I feel he just type anything that comes to his fingers.

Ennamdee:
Glory be to God.

PRR Alert!!

1 SOWP (Spouse Open Work Permit) & 1 VV (Visitor Visa)

Timeline for SOWP:

Application Date: October 12, 2022
Medical Examination: Performed upfront
Passport Request (PPR): June 6, 2023
Passport Submission: June 7, 2023
Passport Received: June 15, 2023

Timeline for VV (For Child, Less than 4 Years Old):

Application Date: October 12, 2022
Medical Request: June 6, 2023
Receipt of Spouse's Authorization Letter & Passport Data Page: June 6, 2023
Passport Request (PPR): June 29, 2023
Passport Submission: June 30, 2023
Passport Received: July 18, 2023

On January 4th, we updated the medical information using a webform and started the waiting period. Despite numerous emails sent to the designated IRCC email addresses and several webforms filled out, we received no response.

My spouse reached out to her MP's office to express our concerns and was informed that we would need to wait due to an overwhelming number of applications. She later visited another MP's office who offered reassurances and explained that one major factor affecting SOWP delays is the city to which the applicant is going. The demand for the applicant's NOC can determine the speed of the response. This MP promised to make inquiries with the IRCC if we didn't receive any feedback within two weeks.

Indeed, the SOWP PPR arrived within the specified two weeks, though not for my son's VV. Instead, my son received a medical request and an authorization letter, and the passport data page from my spouse. It's worth noting that an authorization letter had already been submitted with the initial application, but for some unknown reason(s), it was requested, again.

Travel Experience:
Our experience at MM2 was typical. We flew via Lufthansa Airlines and had another document check-in Frankfurt. Upon arrival at the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), I filled out the declaration form. The officer asked if I was carrying food items such as fish, meat, or yam and whether I was carrying more than CAD 10k. My answer to both inquiries was a definitive "No."

The encounter with the immigration officer was quick and smooth. The officer only asked why I was in Canada and requested my Letter of Introduction. Please note that no questions were asked about my son. Another Nigerian who stood before me was asked by another immigration officer to show his marriage certificate and children's birth certificate.

Documents submitted for my SOWP

LOE
Pay slips for 6 months
Employment letter (partnership offer) & ID card
Land documents & property evaluation
Family pictures
Letter of invitation from my spouse
Statement of account from my pension manager worth N4.2m
My Bank Statement showing a closing balance of USD $34k & N6m
Spouse’s student visa & study permit
Wedding certificate
Police report
Birth Certificate
Letter of explanation for transactions above N1m
Company CAC
Spouse lease agreement
Spouse Social Insurance Number
Spouse tuition receipt, transcript & enrolment letter


Documents submitted for my son

LOE
Authorization letter from spouse
Birth certificate
Letter of invitation from my spouse
School results and pictures with other kids
Affidavit of support from my father that I submitted in my study permit application.
My study visa and letter of acceptance

Thank you all for your contributions, and my special appreciation goes to @okukuone, you're far too generous with information. And to those waiting, you're next to testify.

Congratulations...

megapriest:
Please guys, Thanks for information here....

Please for how long will I need to leave POF in my account for a Visitors Visa application to Canada? I don't know when they normally check...

Secondly am claiming office sponsorship for my conference,I want to stay 3days in Canada.. will a balance of #1.5m in my Original salary account be enough?

I recently returned from Johannesburg this June from my office sponsored training which was sponsored with #5m by my office..so I quickly want to apply for a conference to Canada.The conference will be January 2024 in Ottawa.

Anyone Kindly assist Please

With good SOP, You stand a very high chance of getting a study permit in Canada with this your work tie and travelling history. One year certificate course should be ok.