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braine:
Finally, my testimony!

Its been a very long journey of about 4 years. If I begin to write, this place go full. In summary sha:

ITA: March 29 (CRS 482)
Medicals: May 2
AOR: May 14
BIL: May 31
Eligibility Completed: May 31
Biometrics Completed: June 14
Background Completed: July 12

Visa Office: RROC (the slowest visa office ever)

**silence**

Final Decision: October 5
PPR: October 10
Courier to Kenya VFS: October 11
Counterfoil: October 17
Received Passport back today: October 21..

The support on this platform has been awesome. Shout out to GraciousWords for their work in putting page one together. All thanks to ProfGordons for the moral support.

To those still trying; keep pushing! May Cannyland favour us all.

Congratulations my brother and friend, may Canada favour you beyond measures…

littyprincess:
You’d be able to withdraw cash from the ATMs in Canada too. Ask your bank what their daily limit is

ATM rate for Nigerian banks are ungodly but since there are USD ATMs in Canada it is possible but limits might be small.

Jenykech:
Hello everyone, please how did you do with your money when entering Canada. My pof is in my zenith bank domicilary account. I’ll soon travel to Canada so I don’t know if I can access the money from there (I have the zenith dollar Mastercard) or do I need to withdraw cash and travel with cash.

If I need to withdraw the cash and travel with it, will it be in CAD or USD? Thank you

No, you don’t need to withdraw cash. Upon arriving Canada you can open an account and do a direct wire transfer from your Zenith.

Brownmannie:
If you can pray, keep praying. I submitted mine since 18th of August and it was transmitted to Accra Visa office on 25th of August. Till date I am yet to get counterfoil or any update. My flight ticket is for 25th of this Month.
I am trusting God for a miracle!

Una go dey put God under pressure, lol

richieway:
Does Klm Airfrance requires transit visa to Toronto pearson YYZ. i have one stop over at paris.. Please update me about your experiece.
Good luck to everybody

No, transit visa not required

Kenny4real68:
Hi Everyone,

PLEASE am I the only one finding it hard to book biometrics appointments via vfs site. Each time an OTP is sent to me, I enter exactly what’s in my email yet I am being told “incorrect OTP” it’s been a week now. Please what can I do
Thanks

Are you using gmail?

Qwertyuser:
Just to clarify for general information.
Part time counts for work experience

Well clarified

Luccilucci:
Hi, pls I’m in the Uk and I want to pursue the Canadian EE. I have just finished my masters in cyber security. Is there anyone here who has started this journey from the Uk? I have just about 2 years work experience working as a carer whilst studying. Do I qualify? In a nutshell, it’s the process same? How does it work from here.
Thanks

My questions will be:
1. Did you work full time as a care giver? You need to have worked full time to claim work experience.
2. Did you have previous work experience in IT before starting your Masters, this may account for work experience

OTOIDEEHI:
Good morning, everyone.....Happy new month/Independence/ Sunday!!!!
Should the reference letters from past and current employers need to be addressed to IRCC as recepient?

Yes if you are providing one. If you are unable to provide one, a previous reference will work with appropriate explanations and the reference should reflect IRCC’s expectations

vickyehi:
Thanks.

Ticket was already purchased as proof to ircc that PA can land before the medical expiration date. Does anyone know if PA can go and collect the passport in person?

I think PA was misinformed in all of these, there is no such requirement as buying a ticket. It would not influence the issuance of the visa. All you and PA can do now is to patiently wait.

nnamdi346:
Landed a professional job in Calgary, Alberta Canada with an SOWP - NOC 1.

Does anyone know how easy it is to get PNP in Alberta with his job offer/experience, before my spouse completes her 2-years program, and which stream?

You can’t qualify for work experience points until your spouse has completed studies, they want their full money for the school fees.

vickyehi:
Anyone know how I can contact Accra to expedite a passport stamping process? Principal needs to land before their medicals expires.

In the grand scheme of things, this is barely important. Worse case is to do another medical before traveling, it doesn’t invalidate the PR visa.

Favourphilic:
Wahala

Yup, I spoke with someone at IOM a few weeks ago, she mentioned that

So the rich works to hard to make money taking risk and endless commitments. The rich lose out on many good things like family time, friends and religious obligations for some. Eventually this gets taken from the rich and handed to the poor that was not the creation of the rich… unfair world!

Bigboy75:
Hi guys, can anyone please enlighten me on how Canada verifies work experience for express entry? Is through tax documents, bank statement, payslip or what?

No one can tell

GraciousWords:
*clear your cache and try again
*close browser and reopen
*try using another browser altogether
*switch to incognito/private mode

Ndo.....

Agbor people…😜

Brownmannie:
Please how can I request for my passport that is already at IRCC Acrra to be returned back to me?

It's 6 weeks since passport submission at VFS Abuja and no update on it yet.

Upon return, I want to courier it via DHL to Kenya IRCC for faster processing. I need to be in Canada before on or before 25th October.

Maybe go to Ghana

Mario290:
Hello guys
I just received a refusal letter from Ircc 😩😩

I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay as required by paragraph R216(1)(b) of the IRPR (https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/sor-2002-227/ section-216.html). I am refusing your application because you have not established that you will leave Canada, based on the following factors:

• Your assets and financial situation are insufficient to support the stated purpose of travel for yourself (and any accompanying family member(s), if applicable).

Please help.. Ah nor fit cry😭😭😭🤌🏻
So i Submitted with 21mill closing balance for a two year PGD program in ontario with a tuition of Cad$17900 per year… I paid first semester tuition of Cad$9650
Note: (Sponsor Mom)(one account)(Including documents to prove occupation)
Family of 8- all their birth certs
Family’s landed property with valuation reports
Family photos
But no employment for myself so I didn’t upload my account statement.
Please gurus in the house what should I do abeg!!
My brain nor fit brain again😥

If I read well, did you say family of 8? You have to be kidding the account officer

Debbieeeeeee:
I completely I agree. Even acing the IELTS plus masters isn’t sufficient anymore based on the current distribution of the pool. Sigh sigh sigh.

lol, sighing won’t solve it.

Augrere2022:
Hello,
Good afternoon house,
Please I need urgent response pls.
I tried to make an FX transfer today for my GIC, and was told by access bank that the limit I can transfer is 10k USD.

My GIC is 20,000 CAD which is equal to 15,369.25 USD.
My question is, can I raise two GIC deposits?
Like with same Canadian bank or two different Canadian banks.

PS: was told my limit is 10k usd for a month
Pls urgent reply needed.
Thanks in advance

This is because you most probably deposited cash in your account. For you to transfer above $10k, the money has to be an “inflow” not cash deposit.

Debbieeeeeee:
If your IELTS test date is within 6 weeks explore the option of remarking the writing component, it won’t hurt to try and you may be upped to 7.5 which gives you 3 points extra. In the pool these days you have to stay competitive. Try pnp if your noc fits in any of the categories usually invited by provinces or learn French.
Least general draw crs score this year was 481 and it doesn’t look like it’s coming down anytime soon although it may.

Very apt, initially my thoughts were that the scores were going to drop, but reality now is that these high scores are here to stay, with over 1million students being admitted yearly and those numbers which tripled in recent years already graduating and clamoring for status. Now people have to do more to raise their points

Piuscharity:
Hi all, I need clarification, below is my Job description, I am a bit confused on what NOC to choose: 21222: information system specialist or 21223: Database analyst & data admin.

Job title: Master Data Process Specialist
Job description:
Responsible for management of product lifecycle: data gathering, data validation, BOM creation, initial request submission, workflow tracking, issue resolution, and rationalization.
• Recommend, align, and implement process improvements.
• Primary point of contact for cross-functional project teams on product -related processes.
• Cross-functional communication; solidify partnership with the Data Management team and align issue resolution, priorities, and ways of working.
• Communicate formal process changes, improvements, and ways of working to the greater Activity Management team and cross-functional resources.
• Achieve success against performance KPIs.
• Develop fluency in process and project systems (PPM, AMS, Workflow, etc.)
. Use of various software to input track and analyze data , E.g., SAP, Excel, Power BI, Veritas (Oracle Agile PLM), Orchestration Layer, Sales force, etc.

Obviously 21223

ganie:
Thanks for the response, I have been thinking of it but I felt this result is enough. If I remark and get to say 7 for writing,will it make a significant difference?

No point is “enough” with express entry. One point can make a whole difference. Max out what you can max out as you still have points to pick up.

TwinHeart:
The largest part of my POF was in Risevest and Shyft which are not exactly banks. What is important is being able to get a Banker’s letter showing your holdings and stating the fact that you’re not indebted to them.

Both apps you’ve mentioned are invest apps. Wise on the other hand is a money transfer app. I know someone who used money from wise as POF for student visa and got a rejection just last month, reason was that the money may not be available for the actual use.

Arrowhead12:
Hello everyone. Please is it possible for one to hold the POF for Express Entry on Wise (formerly known as TransferWise), rather than in a domiciliary account in Nigeria? I am asking because I plan on holding the required funds in the USD equivalent. Some of the USD I have are from personal savings and the remainder will be received as a gift from a sibling abroad.

Wise is definitely not a bank and as such the funds will not be regarded as POF.

kiari:
At long last…
ITA RECEIVED 🎉💃🏽
It’s been a long time coming 😭

Congratulations!

deelizabeth93:
Good evening all. Please I need someone to direct me on steps to follow.

I just got ITA today...Thank God! But I also just put to bed last week. How do I go about adding my newborn? Considering the long time to obtain passport in Nigeria. My husband and I have done out upfront Medicals before now also.

Can someone kindly guide me? Thank you.

I am not sure passports take a long time to issue anymore just go for the passport first I will say

rs172:
Yea boss, I’m not a fan of applying for visa all the time

Hahaha, a very perfect reason

Benrichard:
Good evening all, please I submitted my ITA on the 28/04/23 n used oanda n xe rate to calculate mt pof for a family of 3 which was 20371cad at #340 to 1cad,= #6,926,140 but used #8m at d rate of #392 to 1cad, but later increased it to 12.5m because of exchange rate fluctuations,
Done medicals n biometric n After waiting without response, I apply for gcms notes where I saw in that my case officer said my initial pof ws insufficient.
Pls I need your advice on what to do next.

Quickly add to your POF, then send a web form with explanation about the whole currency crisis. They will update it then officially request an ADR for POF.

NuCypher:
It is more certain that you will receive your passport at some point than it is that the sun will rise tomorrow. Yeah, that's an exagerration, but it's a near certainty that you will get your passport. You have no need to worry. it would make more sense to worry if you had some kind of a deadline waiting for you in Canada. But we all know you don't. Use the available time to start planning well. Have you even started using the job bank and applying for jobs already? Focus!

lol

Temidola12:
Hi everyone please I really want to know if the work experience I had before my bachelor's degree will count. I was teaching for 3 years with my o level certificate, before I gained admission, I just graduated this year and would like to know if I'm eligible to apply since I don't have any work experience after earning the degree. Would truly appreciate a response concerning this.

Of course it counts even if it was after secondary school.

tshtsh:
Lol even immigrants in Canada are beginning to question the government's immigration plan as its beginning to look like greed. The government has no plan to drastically increase the economic immigration quota. Yet there are tons of bogus colleges springing up and sponsoring study permits. Canadian universities are known for their tough entry requirements however, with these colleges just pay and come in. No accommodation, low quality teaching in anyway nobody cares about what the college has to offer. Its just the study visa as a path to PR.

I would not agree totally with you on the quality of education dished out by the colleges. An education abroad is more than just an education and I would not expect the curriculum to be less than you will find for an equivalent course taken online. The major problem lies with the student who need to work several jobs to survive at the expense of the education offered.

More so, the individual who has some education in Canada, regardless of its “quality” stands a good chance in achieving social and economic integration of the individual is focused and finds the right opportunities.