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Ultimaate:
I paid the sch fees just last week after the rejection which is $8700 to show my commitment to my study but this gcms notes just came in yesterday but I didn’t pay with this account, my friend help me pay tuition with his dollar account but someone said he will advise me to be spending and replacing the money in my account to show it’s not for demonstration purposes.
How did you see that?

The bolded is very important.

Sojiflex001:
Good evening sir
please what is the web address of the new portal?
Please help a brother! Thanks

https://ircc.canada. ca/visit-visiter/en/get-account-ircc-portal

Join the space between Canada. and ca

Awesome85:
Good evening! Greetings to y'all.
I have been a follower of this noble forum for years now but because of finance l never put in application... Now God bless me with the finance to do it.

I m just coming back from iom now after the x-ray l was told that l need to do SPUTUM TEST for 3days. Honestly l m down ...medically l never vist hospital for admission before . I am so worried 😟 right now. Because l m applying for SOWP.

Please house help me abeg. What do l need to do before going to iom on Monday .

What is SPUTUM TEST all about?

Wii these now slow my wife application?

Please?, make una help me. Right now l just de cry since
Thanks y'all

Tuberculosis was suspected.... You can use a combination of Isoniazid and Rifapentine consistently before your next appointment to suppress it or talk to your Doctor.

Emmafe:
You can only use old portal for Sowp

Thank you very much.

Good morning everyone.

Please who has successfully applied for Spousal Open Work Permit (SOWP) through the new portal??

Good morning everyone.

Please who has successfully applied for Spousal Open Work Permit (SOWP) through the new portal??

Good morning everyone.

Please who has successfully applied for Spousal Open Work Permit (SOWP) through the new portal??

NwanyiOkpa:
Goodluck to you all in a quest to obtain your study permits.

God dey with una!

Just got mine recently. Any special advice about life in Canada as a student?

tweeny24:
I didn’t add that…will add it now

Without consent form they will not work on your package because you haven't given them permission to do that. That is exactly what is in that consent form.

tweeny24:
Hello everyone
Please I need your help and advice on a situation
I submitted my passport at DHL last week Monday but I got a phone call today and it was returned back due to incomplete documentation..please has anyone experienced this before? What’s the solution?


These are the documents I submitted earlier
International Passport
Photocopy of passport data page
BVL letter
Passport Request Letter

I didn’t add my biometrics slip because I misplaced the slip from the biometric I did in 2015

Please kindly advise on what to do next and what other documents they need.. I have 17 more days for this to be done
Thanks In advance

Consent form??

Cotyozimede:
[ they will send u another message again when is ready for pickup in Abuja,just wait,two days later another message again that is ready for collection in Lagos .so wen dey send is ready for collection in Lagos u will move to Lagos to collect it.do not use courier service to pick up oooooo if not e go enter one mrtquote author=Pristine664 post=124506440]
Congrats!

Please what is the message you received last before going to collect it physically? I also submitted to Lagos through courier and below is the message I received last...

The envelope for the decision on the results of your visa that has been processed has been received at the Canadian Visa Application Center at Abuja OC, on the date. We will then send this to the Canadian Visa Application Center Abuja OC. Please note that this is an automated email. 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

Thank you very much.

daisy1:
PPR ALERT!!

My PPR came in today at 7am.

I am a first time applicant and I have had  a USA B1 visa refusal before.

BACKGROUND
My initial target was to go to the UK to school because everyone I spoke to said Canada was hard to get into. Last year I applied to about 5 schools, 2 in UK and 3 in Canada.

Fanshawe responded really quickly, I almost didn't take it as I wanted George Brown, they had a course a bit closer to what I currently do, but one mind was like, just take what you see first, so I accepted their offer and I paid 9k CAD using my GTBank USD card.  2-3 months later, none of the other schools I applied to accepted me, George brown I really wanted, said my study gap was more than 5 years as the last time I was in school was in 2011.

I then came on nairaland and I read as much as I could from here, I even asked questions and I got responses. In my case, I have a fulltime job and 2 different side gigs, that pay me monthly so I needed to know if this would not affect me as I am self-funded.

THE APPLICATION

I did not need to write IELTS or verify my documents via WES.
My application to Fanshawe was done via www.applyboard.com.
I wrote my SOP myself, ensuring that I use headlines to break it so that it doesn't become a long read. One key thing I did here was explain how as an accounting graduate, I pivoted into Marketing. I treated my SOP as a story, ensuring that I hit the high notes really quickly without boring or oversharing irrelevant information. The headlines and a brief synopsis for what each section contains can be found below:

YOUR NAME
The Visa Officer,
Deputy High Commission of Canada,
Lagos Nigeria.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

- Introduction: In this section, I gave my name, a bit of my educational background and the course I want to go and study in Canada. I ended this section with saying how this course will improve my career

ABOUT ME
In this section, I gave some info about my family, If you are married, state that, have kids, state it here

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
in this section, I gave more information about my education, I only have a BSC in accounting, so to set the ball rolling for why I want to take a different path in my studies, I stated why I am making the switch to a different course of study.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
in this section, I talked about my work experience, showing a clear progression of my career from after university to date.

REASONS FOR PURSUING (INSERT YOUR COURSE NAME HERE) COURSE IN CANADA
here I talked about why pursuing this course in Canada was important to me, in my case it was very important to get an additional degree in the field I currently work in, if I wanted to advance in my career.

WHY FANSHAWE COLLEGE IN CANADA?
ExIplain why you chose this school and not any other. It would be great to look through your school's website and find out what makes them standout and add it in this section.

SPONSORSHIP OF MY CANADA STUDY TRIP
Explain who is sponsoring the trip, if you are self sponsored like me, state how much you earn monthly, if you paid any part of your fees, state it here, state how much you have kept aside for upkeep. If you are sponsored by someone, tell the story about why this person will pay your fees, show a clear relationship and also state their monthly revenue or salary.

MY FUTURE PLAN
here I talked about what I will do with the Canadian degree when I return to Nigeria

Overall, Make sure you stick to the point, tell a clear story about your life. The general rule of thumb for font size/type on SOP is times new roman, size 12 with a line spacing of 1.5 (I don't know if this is important, but it does make your writeup look neater.

THE SUBMISSION
I submitted my application on March 30, these are documents I submitted
I used the GCKey portal to submit.
- All the IMM forms
- Letter of acceptance
- Passport
- Digital photo
- Medical e-sheet
- Proof of funds (MBS for my USD account as well as MBS for my Naira account, Payment receipt from Flywire to fanshawe)
- Client Information (see all the documents below)
- SOP
- Invoices I sent to clients for my side gig
- My Payoneer account print out (if you are a freelancer, you will know what this is)
- A picture of my car
- My car ownership papers
- My old scheghen visa
-My full time job contract showing clearly that I am still going to be working for them, I am not on leave. This was my home tie. I did not need a study leave letter because of this.
- Shares certificate I received from this fulltime job.

THE WAIT
This is the timeline after submission
- Upfront medical IOM - March 20
- Apllication was submitted - March 30
- Confirmation of application - March 31
- Biometrics letter - March 31
Biometrics done - April 5
Then silence...
I scheduled emails via my gmail to send to the IRCC emails, Newyork, beijing, nairobi at least once a day. I just scheduled the email for 10 days in like 1 hour and I just left it, same email no changes and my subject line was URGENT - STUDY PERMIT.
May 30 - Medical passed
June 8 - Correspondence letter (BVL)
Then silence again, it was unusual as BVL comes a few hours before PPR but mine didn't, so I started researching again. Then angie88 told me to create an account via https://ircc-tracker-suivi.apps.cic.gc.ca/en/login to check if I would see my visa document number. On June 9, I checked and my visa and study permit numbers were there under the Document status. I sent a couple of emails but I got a generic response.

THE FINAL APPROVAL.
During the weekend, I had scheduled like 42 emails to go out to all IRCC offices starting from 10am today, but at 7am, I got the PPR. I had to stop all the scheduled emails immediately
June 19 - PPR

TIMELINE
- Upfront medical IOM - March 20
- Application was submitted - March 30
- Confirmation of application - March 31
- Biometrics letter - March 31
- Biometrics done - April 5 (Updated on GCkey same day)
- May 30 - Medical passed
- June 8 - Correspondence letter (BVL)
- June 19 - PPR

Wow

Cotyozimede:
[I have collectedquote author=Pristine664 post=124500235]

Have you collected your passport yet?

Congrats!

Please what is the message you received last before going to collect it physically? I also submitted to Lagos through courier and below is the message I received last...

The envelope for the decision on the results of your visa that has been processed has been received at the Canadian Visa Application Center at Abuja OC, on the date. We will then send this to the Canadian Visa Application Center Abuja OC. Please note that this is an automated email. 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

Lol

Cotyozimede:
. I did my biomatric in Lagos,so I went to VFS in Lagos,o use ups logistics to send my passport to vsf Lagos,which is Tuesday last week,and right now I have received mail yesterday and today that my passport is with ircc for stamping.so it takes at list 10 days,by Friday my passport will be ready for collection in Lagos afterge must of stamp it in Abuja and sent back to lagos

Have you collected your passport yet?

A political party officially reacting to a lawyer doing his job at the tribunal doesn't make sense to me sha.

What are your own lawyers doing?

Bobomaigida:
VFS E-ICR (In case of third party collection - printout of the e-mail and VFS EICR is mandatory
VFS stamped copy of passport data-page.
Government issued valid photo identity.
In case of third party collection - Signed VFS consent form from all applicant/s, name and relationship to the applicant is
required. Signature must be as per the passport.

CC: VFS

The bolded is for people that submitted physically right?

Because those of us that sent through courier did not get this.

faithee01:
I submitted my passport via ups and they said they have submitted to vfs lagos last week Wednesday..... but up till now no mail from vfs.....pls anyone will similar situation......what can I do..? I am confused ...I don't even reside in Lagos

Hope you didn't make mistake in the email address you put in your package?

You may have to approach Lagos office in person if you don't get any update this week.

Happy birthday boss.

Gentlesoul3268:
Well I have downloaded how to apply on YouTube

The YouTube link pls. I'm interested abeg.

I guess you are applying through the new portal?

Buddha3:
Without mincing words, Tinubu is the most unpresidential material we've ever had in Aso Rock!

Buhari was a gigantic failure but whenever you saw him in photos, you couldn't help but admire his gait and panache.

Even with the best cameras money can buy, Tinubu's face and appearance commands shame and a sad face whenever his pictures turn up in the media.

Obasanjo was not facially presentable, but darn, his personality was menacing and intimidating! And he had the strides of a leader.

Tinubu is not just ugly, he's hunched and frail, with teeth that make you feel he should have no business smiling into cameras. And with all certainty, he's going to be a failure. The signs are already there and way too obvious to be ignored.

I prayed that God shouldn't burden us with a President who'll make us miss Buhari. But clearly, God doesn't answer certain prayers..

Ok...

Cotyozimede:
[How wish u use ups they would have helped u to arrange d documents and tell u the right thing to do.just just do life chat with VFS so dey can help uquote author=Pristine664 post=124373977]

Jeez!!!

My email and phone number was written on my data page that has the biometric sticker.

I did not add any extra copy of my data page. Yes I used Courier service. Pls send me the vsf link I can chat through.

I used UPS

What is going on in the market?

Glowing05:
Please did you add police character certificate document

No

onyekachee:
good one,did you pay your full tuition for the course?

I paid for one semester.

justmoveglobal:
Asset is an important part of your application, so try to work on that

I didn't put any asset in my application and I was self sponsored. No land documents, not even car documents and I was approved in less than 20 days. I only put my business documents to justify the money in my account.

angie88:
https://visa.vfsglobal.com/nga/en/can/track-application#
Use web chat to chat them up

Thank you.

angie88:
D data page with biometrics sticker dat one follow, but u r supposed to do extra two photocopy of ur data page where u will write ur phone number and email address.

Did u use courier service to submit? U better chat vfs to knw d state of ur passport

Jeez!!!

My email and phone number was written on my data page that has the biometric sticker.

I did not add any extra copy of my data page. Yes I used Courier service. Pls send me the vsf link I can chat through.

angie88:
Hope u wrote ur email address on top of ur photocopied data page u submitted? Hope d email address is correct?

By photocopied data page, do you mean the data page with biometric sticker? Because that is the one I submitted.

Leebeedo:
Please, I don't understand what I am seeing oh. Can someone help me explain, please? Is it possible to get Stupy Permit without medicals? I did upfront medicals after I submitted my study permit application. I sent it in as an attachment and it's not reflected in the Application Status Tracker yet but they've requested for my passport.

Here is the content of the letter:
This is in reference to your application for temporary residence. A decision has been made on
your application. We require your passport to finalize processing your application.
Passport requirements
• Please provide your passport or travel document, with a copy of this letter.
• There must be at least one blank page in your passport.
• Your passport must be valid for the duration of your expected length of stay in Canada.
• Please note that we cannot issue a visa beyond the expiry date on the passport.
Your passport must be received by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada within
30 days from the date of this letter. Failure to do so could result in the refusal of your application.
Please ensure that a copy of this letter is included with your passport.
To find out where to send your passport, visit our website:
Thank you for the interest you have shown in Canada.
Attention: The unique client identification (UCI) number in the upper left corner of this letter is
your personal identification number. For your own protection, do not allow any person, other than
an authorized representative, to use this number as it provides access to personal information on
your file.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

What exactly is it that you don't understand?
You've already sent your upfront medicals to them through webform and your application has been approved.

Congratulations!

Muslimahxo:
Good day everyone. Please is there a general whatsapp group for students in toronto? or for Ryerson/TMU?

I'm interested too if there is any.