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uhmm, what type of suffering are u referring to

Aaaaarghmed:
omo..no be small suffering o.its just better to marry a france woman if you can get one in this type of condition.

congrat

ekpotek:
So my US visit visa interview was today tuesday 5/07/2022 for 10.00am

VO: Good day Sir
Me: Good day too
VO: What are you going to the US for
Me: To attend the 71st Annual Meeting of American Society for Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
VO: A conference, where?
Me: Seattle, Washington
VO: How long will stay
Me: 5 days from 29th Oct to 4 November 2022
VO: How is paying for your trip
Me: The organizer in the US as I am one of their travel grant awardee.
VO: Where do you work?
Me: I work with xxxxx and I am XXXXXX post since 2013
VO: So you are XXXXXX
Me: Yes
VO: Are you married
Me: Yes
VO: Is your wife here in Nigeria
Me: Yes
VO: Children?
Me: One, a son
VO: Is son here in Nigeria
Me: Yes
VO: I have approved you visa, pick it up between 5 to 7 days at this location. VO handed me the white paper

Praise the Lord

Note as many were refused, others were approved. A naval officer in uniform was refused with his wife and kid
A business man was refused with his wife and 3 kids
Others approved included a old lady, a mother with 3 children, a husband and wife. Only 3 booths were used for the interviews. My message is just be confident and be familiar with DS 160 form. Be prepared to answer any questions convincingly. Noted they hardly check documents except where necessary. Good luck to the applicants in the house.

yes i saw many of this black dude too in italy when i travelled there back in 2019
even one of this stupid black guy trying to steal a chinese lady wallet seating next to me at train station in Millan

Cyberknight:
Same with Spain and Italy.
Lots of migrants hanging around on the streets in the major cities, hustling street trade.
Police generally only take an interest when crime is involved, the migrants otherwise live in their own parallel world.

OOH are u currently in France too
yes i know only resident are allow to rent a house

davide470:
@Aaaaarghmed,

France does not deport unnecessarily. Those people serve a purpose in the grand scheme of things. Police hardly ask for your ID except you are suspicious, or behaving in a strange & uncanny manner around public places.

As an unregistered migrant without papers, you are alienated from the society. You can't open a bank account, rent an apartment, access free healthcare (except red cross) or get a reasonable job.. that alone is stylishly meant to force you to leave.

Allihamdullahi go excel
i will join you soon By God grace
my turn will come

RAYSKIS:
Silent reader and 2nd or 3rd time poster on this Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 21.

If I have thousands of tongues, I will use it to praise Allah!

And He has granted you all that you asked Him for. If you tried to count Allah’s blessings, you would never be able to number them. Indeed, humankind is truly unfair, ˹totally˺ ungrateful Surah Ibrahim Ayat 34 (14:34 Quran). وَءَاتَىٰكُم مِّن كُلِّ مَا سَأَلْتُمُوهُ ۚ وَإِن تَعُدُّوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ لَا تُحْصُوهَآ ۗ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَظَلُومٌۭلَظَلُومٌۭ كَفَّارٌۭ ٣٤

Student Visa Application.
School: Mohawk College Fall Intake (September 2022).
To Study: Business Analysis.
Self-Sponsored Applicant.

Old Portal/GCKEY.
Upfront medical. : Q-Life Family Clinic, Jan 27, 2022.

Application submitted : November 17, 2021.
Biometrics done & Updated. : November 22, 2021.
Ghost update. : No
Medical passed: February 18, 2022,
Eligibility started.: May 13, 2022,
Ordered for my GCMS notes 2 times before PPR.
Sent mail and webforms to Nairobi ( Uncountable).

PPR. : June 22-06-22.
I am seriously a busy type but I have decided to share my PPR Journey as of today in order to reciprocate (05-07-2022) after my passport had been stamped and returned to me due to the fact that I benefitted on this forum called Nairaland a lot before now. “To whom much is given much is expected”.

Documents submitted are:
• IMM 1294E (Student Permit Application form).
• IMM 5257B (Temporary Residence form).
• IMM 5645E (Family Information form).

• Letter of Acceptance (Private Section on GCKEY).
• International passport data page (Private Section on GCKEY).
• Passport Photograph (Private Section on GCKEY).

Submitted Under: Proof of means of financial Support:
• Letter of Explanation (Source of Income) Due to lump sum of 13m Plus.
• Reference letter from my Bank
• My Personal Statement of Account
• Half tuition deposit of $9050 CAD later Paid balance tuition fee around June $9572 CAD and send the record of payment via webform.
• Letter of Introduction from company.
• Issuance of study permit letter from company.
• Confirmation of employment letter from my company.
• Leave of Absence letter from my company.
• Letter of Appointment from my company
• Work ID.
• Resume
• Consent Clearance of my landed property from Lagos state government.
• My C of O (Certificate of Occupancy).
• Clearance letter for Building Plan Approval.
• Deed of Assignment of my landed property.
• Survey plans of my landed property.
• Sales of Agreement of my other property.
• Deed of gift (from my wife)
• Sales of Agreements evidencing my lump sum. (Proof).
Submitted Under: Client information Section are:-
• Statement of Purpose (SOP).
• Degree Certificate.
• Transcript
• Iosh Certificate UK.
• OSHA Certificates USA.
• NPC Birth Certificate.
• Sworn Affidavit for correction of name and date of Birth.
• WAEC Certificates.
• Reference letter by my Foundation Secretary.
• Certificate of Incorporation of my Foundation.
• Wife International Passport data page.
• Wife Nursing License.
• Wife Work ID.
• Kids’ International Passport Data page.
• Kids’ Birth Certificate.
• Marriage Certificate.
• Registry pictures Only.
For guys going to Mohawk College please let us know what is up oooooo, you can actually reach me on +2348070708684 whatsapp only please, thinking of moving by late August and yet to get accommodation and flight ticket.

Praise be to Allah before and After.

ooh really alright then

ogatboy:
They either have a resident permit or asylum papers

Really they do that?
Those black guys selling all this craft and things like that around all the tourist sites are they resident, cause i see them walking freely around those places
But my thinking is that they are not resident the way they look

ogatboy:
Police can randomly ask for your permit

Nice one

talentarena:
Consulate General Of France
European Union Crescent,
Off Constitution Ave,
Central Business District,
Abuja, Nigeria



COVER LETTER FOR BUSINESS VISA APPLICATION

Dear Sir/Madam

Request For Schengen business Visa for my self sghdhd

I will like to submit my application for A short stay business visa. I intend to travel to France for a summer program in directing and cinematography at the met film academy starting from July 18th to 29th 2022. I will be in France for 16 days. My Travel dates Are July 16th To 31st July 2022. This course will futher help me develop my film making and cinematography skills while learning from top industry professionals and in return give me and my company am upper edge in the Nollywood film industry.

I am the chife executive officer of my company xyz, an entertainment company, i also have assets such as two houses and landed properties which i have submitted documents to attest to. I have a travel history of being to turkey twice, Russia, maldives, United Arab Emirates and Ethopia, which i also included my visa page as part of my documents .

My supporting documents which I have included to support my application are as follows:

* Course registration and acceptance certificate
* 3 Months Company Bank Statements
* 3 months personal bank statement
* 3 months piggyvest savings statement

* Travel Insurance
* National Identification Number Slip
* Visa Pages (2 turkey visa, Russia, maldives, United Arab Emirates and ethopia stamps)
* Property Documents
* Personal Banks Reference Letter
* Corporate account reference letter
* Duly Filled and signed Visa Form
* Flight & Hotel Reservation
* Letter Of Introduction/ cover letter
* Business registration documents (Cac)
* Program payment telex
* Work Id
* Company introduction /sponsorship letter.
* covid 19 fully vaccinated certificate

I trust you will find everything in order , but Please do let me know if you need any additional details or documents …


Thanks and Regards

How do you mean they checked documents alot?

ogatboy:
They check documents alot so except you want to make an application for asylum or do the hide and seek game

Congratulations

talentarena:
Guys i have brought good news, i dint use a single agent i asked questions here read through, got my ome month france visa in 2 days, biometric on Wednesday visa issued on Thursday infact thats in one day, first timer infact i coppied and eddited cover letter from here, thamks to you all, i submitted same doc everyone has been listing

Ooh cool

ogatboy:
If you are smart, you can have your work around the language. I still do not speak a lot of French but I've been here a couple of years. The truth is that it depends on how you get here but getting a good job might not be easy except you go for jobs that do not involve a lot of interaction

Thank you for. Coming out i love your sincere to help others

Pls tell us how is life there without French knowledge

ogatboy:
It has been a long time I made contribution to the France thread. If you have any genuine question about life in France, feel free to quote me and ask and I will try to answer to the best of my knowledge.

Please note that for the visa procedure, I might not be the best person to give answer because I did that process a long time ago but the coronavirus has caused a lot of changes to process.

Cheers

lol funny you congratulation

Aissy:
LANDING GIST

I got to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by past 11am for my flight to Toronto with Egyptair by 3pm, please weigh your bags or just prepare your mind to pay for extra bags the airline is not joking oh it must not be 24kg, it can be 23.5 or something but not just 24kg I had to be 66k for extra luggage, one of the airline agents there was behaving quite rudely and I was already tensed so I was just nastily glaring at him then he started to joke that I am his Benin sister I shouldn’t be angry blah blah that they have a lot of work, I just told him to take it easy. We got to Egypt by past 8pm our flight to Toronto that was suppose to leave by 1:55am was pushed to 4:40am I couldn’t sleep, make flight no go leave me LOL… sha just walked around the airport, used Wi-Fi and my brother from home through the phone basically kept me company. Then it was time to board, my people the flight to Toronto is long, I mean it is looonnggg plus the cold inside the plane, ah I still have catarrh and cough because of it…at one point ehn I was like is the pilot not even tired ? Because me that was sleeping and waking I was exhausted, the food was just there with sap much bread plus orange juice.. I really liked their orange juice . We got to Toronto by past 10am so this is where my anxiety started dancing within me, I am naturally an anxious person so this didn’t help me at all. Got to the declaration machine, I had already declared on the arrive can so I just placed my passport and printed my declaration form out then it was time for Immigration. So my visa is expiring in august because I was deferred and the new LOA didn’t come out on time so I couldn’t upload so I was really jittery about this, the queue was quite long so when it got to my turn the officer asked why I didn’t upload the new LOA and I said it didn’t come out on time so he just gave additional time and told me to extend it to cover my entire school duration. My aunty came to pick me and they still haven’t taken the light���
A part of me still can’t believe I am here, but I am seeing a lot of white people and everywhere is really quite so I know I am not in Nigeria too ��� I am extremely thankful to my family and this platform.

wow am happy for you congratulation

what are the documents submitted to help others too

Dajmoh:
Yeah I just received my passport and Tank God visa approved.Make the Good news reach everyone.

YOu welcome bro

thankfulgal6996:
Thanks Pufframmy

lol cool
make dey no change my date since last year i don dey prepare mak i visit them for the first time

Itunup:
I don't know o.... When I went to the site to reschedule perhaps it was a mistake, I saw May 22nd again.... Mo ya farabale�������

congrate

highburygonner:
God did it. I give him all the praise. This would have been impossible without Him.
 
My journey to Canada began in 2014, when I submitted an application for the Federal Skilled Workers program. I sent my documents to Canada in December of 2014, and in April of 2015, I called to inquire about the status of my application, only to be informed that it had been returned to my address because the NOC that I applied for was full. I never received those documents back.
 
I was devastated, having invested time, effort, and money. My then agent requested that I reapply immediately through the newly introduced express entry program, as I met all of the requirements but was too emotionally exhausted to undergo the process again. I basically gave up on the Canadian dream.

Life goes on.

In 2017, my wife and I made the decision to try again. In 2018, I entered the pool, but my points were just too low to get an invitation to apply. I also applied for PNP in some provinces, but I wasn't selected. 

This time, however, we resolved not to give up. We will keep trying.

Going to Canada through study was never appealing to me.

All that changed last year, when we decided to try the study route. I came here to learn the requirements and the process involved. I was astounded by the quantity of information I received. I read parts 18–20 to gain a comprehensive understanding of the entire process. I discovered that I could do it myself after receiving loads of information here.
 
I applied and got admitted to some schools, but decided to settle for Seneca College (1 year program PG). 

After paying the 1st semester tuition fees in February, I realized that the available funds would not be enough to show proof of funds. We then decided to sell one of our properties. From the proceeds of the sales, I was able to pay the second semester tuition fees and send some money to my spouse's account for family upkeep (I did all these things to demonstrate that the lump sum was not intended for demonstration purposes).

Timeline:
Application submitted May 11th, 2022.
Biometric was done on the 16th of May, 2022 and was updated the same day.
I booked June 20, 2022 for an upfront medical at IOM.
Medical request in the early hours of June 18th. Omo I was excited.
Medical done: 20th of June
Medical updated: 22nd of June.
BVL: 30 June 2022
PPR: 30 June 2022

Documents submitted:
SOP
LOE (extensively explaining lump sum, breaking down proof of funds, etc.)
LOA
Tuition fees receipt (full year payment)
Attestation of Birth certificate
MBS (5 different accounts)
Police Character Certificate
NIN
Offer of appointment letter
Confirmation of offer of appointment letter
Salary increment letter
Recommendation letter from CEO
Reference letter from my immediate boss
Study leave approval letter
4 months payslips
4 months MBS salary acc.
Staff ID Card
Marriage certificate
Consent letter from spouse
Family pictures
Spouse's NIN and Birth certificate
Children' s NIN and Birth certificate

ND/ HND Certificate
WES evaluation
Résumé
Professional certificates
NYSC certificate
Properties (Valuation Reports)
Deed of assignment and power of Attorney of property sold
Cars (proof of ownership certificates)

A guy I did medical with on the 20th had his medical updated on the 23rd and received PPR on the 24th, so I was concerned when I didn't receive PPR after my medical was updated to pass. Due to this, anxiety nearly killed me.I was wondering why I had not yet received PPR and what could have caused the delay.
Yesterday at 4 p.m., I began sending emails to a number of email addresses found on this page. I submitted a web form to Nairobi as well.
Then, I received the golden mail this morning.
I believe that the email and web form did the trick.

A big shout out to Justmellow for writing an outstanding SOP and for reviewing my final documents.I emailed him a lengthy draft. He shortened it into a 3-page study plan, and it made a lot of sense, though I had to write an elaborate LOE.
Thanks to Frank for providing me with advice that altered the entirety of my application.
I am grateful to Anon for reviewing my documents at a very short notice.
God bless you all.
A special shout out to @ACTIVATEOLUWASE, a brother I met here. When I needed assistance with my Form A, he graciously walked me through the steps. Thanks brother. I eagerly anticipate your good news.
Thanks to all contributors, you are all doing a yoeman' s job. God bless you all.
God will certainly remember all PPR hopefuls.

I apologize for the long post.

Thank you for sharing
Enjoy ur stay

fatimar5:
I am a first timer, virgin passport holder (yes my old passport got stolen in SA so I basically have no travel history…)

I am a student and applied for a long stay (D) visa

I applied directly to my school and followed the campus France procedure afterwards so all the documents I submitted are as stated in my campus France guide list. I will attach it here

I was given 1 year multiple entry visa.

I used my sister as my sponsor and showed money deposited in my bank account from her.
(615 euros x 12 + some extra very small)

I also already paid DEPOSIT (first installment of 3) of my tuition

Hope this helps

For ur Daughter you Can

Enitan1998:
Can I include my daughter school fees receipt as part of documents I’m in applying for a tourist visa to France ?

for student visa?

Kos26:
This is not correct. I submitted my 3 months salary account ONLY. And my visa was granted. This is an account that had less than 600k as the closing balance.

uhmm

Estimore:
Hi everyone,, my name is Esther Francis, I am a Nigerian but I reside in Mauritius as a nursing officer.
First of all, I want to advice my fellow Nigerian, if u are coming to Mauritius for hustling tins, my broda and sisters think Twice oh becos their currency is not like dollar, Europe or pounds. Again don't allow anybody to deceive about the country ohh.
2 for example, if you spend let's 1.5m to come before u go make the 1.5 en fit reach 2years and above becos what most people do is that, when they come and see the situation of the country, and they have residence permit, they go to some schools and and discuss with them on how to bring student and lie to them that d country is okay in terms of payment so that they will pay schools fees and then they can get their own cut from it.
Don't be deceived by the pictures u see on Google about the island, when u come u go know say some part of ordinary surulere or lekki fine pass the country.is just that there is constant light, house rent is cheap, from 50,000 naira and above, there buses are cheap, there are also jobs but the payment is 150,000 naira, some 1350000 and above. No body should deceive you that when you do double job u can make up to 500,000 naira oh, that one na lie, most guys here will start doing yahoo yahoo so that they hit some certain amount and japa, but if you think say na salary work go help u make the millions wey u carry for mind, abeg just forget it.
You can come to the country if you like flexing things become they have fine babes but no marry anyone of them become of passport oh, this their immigration get sense pass anything, and it's best u come to the country as a student so that u can easily enter anywhere wey u want enter. My own is different becos I came as a student with a professional certificate( nursing) but still I wan japa to better country apart from UK�, so save that your money and enter better country or better still, u use am start better business for Nigeria, this na my own candid advise and opinion. Thanks.

copies only

ecomGY:
Hi everyone,

Do I need to take the original copy of my CAC documents for the visa interview or will a photocopy be enough.

wow many great news now that good
kindly share you document submitted to help others
and are u first timer?
how may month given

fatimar5:
On the site if I can still remember it’s written firstname (s) so write Your Firstname and middle name in the same box. Then only your surname on the last name box

For those filling applications for visa, make sure you fill the appropriate office forms. Abuja for Abuja, Lagos for Lagos… and have photocopies of all your documents. Print all your documents before going to VFS… it was damn expensive to print with the guys around vfs… all these is so you don’t have to spend unnecessary money or be stressed on that day.


All the best.

BTW I got my visa (long stay) and it took 3days
Thank you everyone for the tips here and there

congrrate go and enjoy

thankfulgal6996:
VISA ALERT!!!

First Timer

I am here to fulfil the promise I made to myself .

I have been following this thread since March, it has really helped me with my Visa application. I did my biometric with VFS Lagos on Thursday 23rd of June and Visa was Issued on Monday 27th of June. Passport Delivered Wednesday 29th of June. The Process was Fast

1 Month Single Entry Visa.

Document Submitted

Accomplished application form for Schengen visa with photo
Round trip flight ticket confirmation
Proof of hotel reservations
Detailed itinerary(Paid Tour tickets)
Proof of employment (Employment letter, payslips, ID card.)
Proof of contracts
Proof of income (2010 income tax return, bank certificate and statement)
Proof of identity (International Passport)
Proof of Pension (Statement of Account and Introduction letter)
Insurance Policy covering the entire period of stay(Axa mansard)
Letter of Introduction from Company
3 months payslips()


Thanks to Everybody that has contributed to this thread.

May God Bless you all.

Feel free to ask any question.

i pray when my date comes in make i just go and know my faith i dnt want any postponement oo

wow 2024 watin happen

Itunup:
Thank you so much Sir, I have filled the form today and the visa appointment is May 15th, 2024����. It is well with us anyways
I celebrate you Sir... Thank you


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wow again

why all this nah i pray make they no reschedule me oo cause i may kuku forget am

tunyuz:
You are not left alone. I booked since July last year. Now they have rescheduled me thrice. Today they rescheduled me to July when I’m supposed to have the interview tomorrow. Calm down. The consulate have the discretion to reschedule as many times as they want.

your first visa??

or you have been granted visa before

naivasha:
Visa Alert!

Please note I chose the Keep My Passport option.

Branch: TLS Ikeja
Visa: Standard Visitors Visa (2yrs)
Payment: 3rd May 2022
Biometrics: 11th May 2022
Transferred to DMC: 11th May 2022
Received by DMC: 12th May 2022
Email to submit passport: 2nd June 2022
Passport submitted: 24th June 2022
Email to pick up: 28th June 2022
Passport Collected: 29th June 2022

Thank you for your contributions and all the best to everyone in their applications.

kindly share documents submitted
to help others

CarrilT:
VISA alert
biometrics 5th of may
Sent paid mail 27 th of June with response of decision being made
VAC 28th
Received 29th...
Visitors visa
No travel history
One rejection history from USA

Dey are Always i think Nigconsat signal on it not too strong

GuntersChain:
Why is mbc max and mbc2 cracking on nigcom sat.

PLease Name of the Hotel and is it Cheap

mantics:
Apologies for posting late. I learnt a lot from this thread. Thanks to Fairheart, Schrodinger04 and Horlarsunbo.

Embassy: Abuja
Attempt: 3rd
School: Georgia State University
Course: PhD Computer science
Funding: Fully funded
Status: Approved✅✅
Date: June 15th 2022

A very long read, you can stop after the Congratulations from the VO. ��
So I have been denied twice in 2021 for MS Software engineering (zero funding). After the second denial, I decided not to go back unless something tangible changes in my application. So applied to as many schools with better application dossier( GRE, Duolingo, SOP Rewritten, Changed Recommenders, Mailed Profs)

I got to the embassy around 6:10am, it's just 7mins trek to the hotel I stayed. The hustlers approached for stapling, told them I be veteran for embassy. lol��

Interview proper:

The very beautiful lady, she just approved 4 F2s going to meet their Dad and husband. I jumped to her front and helped the woman carry her youngest son dragging not move. (Baba, move on time nah).

VO: Let us do your biometrics.
Me: Alright..
VO: Have you been to the US before.
Me: No, I have not had reason to.
VO: What do you do presently?
Me: I work as a software Engineer with *********. My duties includes Applications development, system analysis, coding, testing and deployment. (And some other functions with Jargons as the lady dey nod head dey go)
VO: What will you do after completion of your program?
Me: I will be picking up a role as Senior Research Software Engineer at the National Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics.
VO: Do you have commitment from this place:
Me: ( Thank God for @Euler transcript, I quickly formulated something asking @Tumi if it's right yesterday afternoon) Yes, I have been in correspondence with a director at this place and I am aware PhD is the minimum requirement for this role, moreover with my years of Experience in the field coupled with the advanced skills the PhD would equip me with, I will definitely be employed.
VO: You said National Center...
Me: National Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ( said it slowly while she types)
VO: Are you married?
Me: Yes, I am married to a lovely wife and I have an adorable daughter.
VO: Will they be coming to join you?
Me: Yes, my wife is presently engaged with her business but she will visit with my daughter and I will also visit them during Summer break if chanced to.
VO: (Made a gesture of one, as in one daughter)
Me: I said yes, one daughter for now. ( She types)
VO stood up and went to bring blue papers and pink, I was like Mama, no do this nah, she went back to pick the white ones and said Congratulations, this paper will tell you how to pick up your passport.

Collected the white paper and left.

You welcome That was a nice trip
i wish mine too will happen

possessor1:
Landing gist

Nigeria.

My flight was 11pm, June 27. I planned to get to lagos airport very early. I left for the airport at 3pm arrived

Lagos airport was very chaotic.
I willl advice you arrive very early. I figured I had excess luggage and what I was carrying as my carry on bag was too big. I wasn't perturbed I was ready for it. I rearranged my bag and paid for one bag extra

Then I went to check-in at Air France desk.
They said they need to profile my passport and ask for documents. (In my mind I was like when Naija start to dey sound sweet like this. In my mind I was like Oga which documents do you need im ready for you!)

He only asked for Arrive CAN..vaccination card and international passport. He signed and added a white slip behind my passport saying Im cleared I should go and check in.

Then we waited in this long Nigerian immigration ( before you join this line they give you a yellow form to fill..just join the line with your phone... The line was sooo long and their system was down for like 45 minutes. 3 or more people missed their flight... Again got to Nigerian airport early.

Then we proceeded to board at the right to time.
The food in air France was really nice.
Tasted like yam and stew porridge...the type in the Esau Used to sell his birthright loool. We landed in CDQ airport France. At 6:25 am on 28th

The airport was different, better and more excellent than the Nigerian airport. I had to plan myself for my next 10 hours layover. I asked if I have access to a lounge...they said I have to pay 50 euros for it. My seat mate at the lagos to Paris trip was going to Toronto too..so we were navigating everything together

France CDQ airport is very awesome no hassles. Everything here is computerised. Just swipe your boarding pass and direction shows in a computerised map.

But the issue was our flight to Toronto wasn't showing on the screen yet because it was like 9 hours away nor was it written on our boarding pass. We asked one of the officials..she scanned my boarding pass and viola! My Gate appeared.. Gate K55. We had to navigate to The K area of the airport...we used a train to get there.

When I got to the gate area....then Place was really soft and chill. They had normal chairs.. Sleeping stretchers... And sofa beds. I slept for like 3 hours woke up..got something to eat... Connected to airport wifi... Make calls updated my folks about the trip and all...

My flight to Toronto was 4:40pm...they opened the line to board at 3:20pm

Here they asked for letter of introduction. (I heard the Indians murmuring that this is new..they never ask that here)

I boarded.. We took off...at 4:50pm... Landed at 7:00pm Canadian time...but there was a long queue...so we had to come out of the plane at 7:24pm

There was a really long walk...to the self service machine before getting to immigration for the study permit.

Where you scan your passport..and print a ticket..this ticket is what determines the line you join.. They were a lot of people! Especially from Ukraine.

I joined the study permit line. They were like 50 people ahead of me. When it got to my turn.... The VO was looked calm... I told him he has a nice haircut.. The guy smiled..he was like no one has told him that all day... So he asked for my passport.. Said he will need my Letter of introduction...so I brought out my file..he was like wao I came ready.. I go..you bet! lol...

He said I had a back charge and PFL from last year....I was like yeah. He said he sees that I made the payment. I told him I have 2 friends that have the same issue and they have waited for up to a year (the guys are in this group) he said he would have asked for their UCI but there is some confidentiality clause around that. That they should send a webform stating all the details.

Then he went to print my study permit. Then he said welcome to Canada!

I left...my bags were waiting for me.

The person to pick me up was waiting. I left the airport at 9:16 pm (Toronto time)