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good evening all pls where can i upload the other document E.G cover letter bank statements, flight and hotel booking etc cause the new site from Uk telling me to pay first
as anyone gone tru this please share process https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk

u yet to get reply since

pointednose:
Alright, thanks

thanks all for the response

please how many month bank statement do i need for Uk visa, 6 months or 3 months?? need response

you not get any update yet bro

pointednose:
Did you do online or paper application? And when did you apply please?

this is only Biometric Validity it call BVL here

u will soon received your Application Update I wish you well

granmurdafucker:
@hoppa and house am back again please I got this mail yesterday... Help me interpret it better

yes But Approval and Denials ones

hoppa:
Does everyone get the BVL including people that are deined? Kindly advise if you have been deined before and you got the BVL

am Telling You what do you think is happening

FYsol:
Yes. Whenever they open your file for any reason. You get a ghost update even after decision is made.

@ FYsol and all
please it is possible to get another Ghost Update After i got my refusal yesterday ..? i log in now to my email i saw there is a mail
Your application(V33*******) has been updated
when i log in to my application i saw no changes please what happen is there any update going on in my application??

lol that marriage got me laughing any way let me wait for the GCMS and for now am staying away on canada till next year

jj17cv:
@pufframmy
Oh you are single remember that 2land can carry you come naija but family can do that work.... Try uk and reapply after marriage

Sure thanks Life continue

FYsol:
Sorry about the refusal bro. All things work together for our good.

NothingDoMe:
Sorry pufframmy. DId you get GCMS for the first application?

Sure i Did which the reason were
(Purpose of my visit and travel history) which i have tackle by applying for schenghen visa and i went to Italy During that period of Easter
the new denial says ( purpose of travel and tie in canada and home country ) na problem to be single now after submitting 2 landed documents

aBI OO
i dont understand them i think dey do as they wish oo

my first application got 2 reason (Purpose of my visit and travel history) which i have tackle when i apply for schenghen visa and go to Italy now i just dey laugh them cause i dont understand them

jj17cv:
@pufframmy
Sorry about ur delay what is the reason this time na wa oo....

Application Denied 2nd Application fed-up already

yes oo sent u PM

jj17cv:
@pufframmy
Any update on ur application

pls check your PM

pointednose:
Just checked my profile and saw that eligibility review has started.

I didn't receive any email notification regarding the application update.

@pufframmy and other June applicants, any update yet? God's favor is with us.

Any more updates on June Applicant?
please share with us oo

can u share document submitted

Temmydiz:
This is my timeline

Application submitted/biometrics on 1st of Aug 2019
Application concluded on 19th of August 2019
ready for collection on 20th of August 2019
Pick up on 22nd of August 2019.

6 months multiple visa granted

Seen bro thanks

olorogun1:
scroll back to see my first post. everything took 26days

keep it up Canada will favour you

Philips49:
As seen on canadavisa.com.
Very detailed .

Preparation for Canadian PR from Nigeria Explained


Police clearance:

Nigerian Police certificates only have a 3 month validity, so it should be one of the last things you get prior to submission. You can get one the same day (within a couple of hours), just get to Alagbon Ikoyi early.

A police clearance certificate is required for every country, other than Canada, that the primary applicant, spouse and kids over 18 have lived in for six months or more in total within the past 10 years. In total means cumulatively. In our case, we had to also get from the UK. Check your travel history, some countries take up to 14 weeks to give one. Cost – N6500 and £80 each.


Medical:

We used The Children’s Practice in Ikoyi, Lagos. Take passport photographs and two copies of passport data page for each family member to the clinic. One can find a CIC approved physician to perform the medical at http://www.cic.gc.ca/pp-md/pp-list.aspx

The physician enters all your medical results onto an online system which the CIC has access to, so we never actually saw our results. You could ask for them if you want though. You just need a "Proof of medical" form (or the IMM 1017B upfront medical report form) from the physician which you upload during the application.

Cost – N28025 per family member. Date of medical – 06Mar17


Proof of funds:

One has to prove that you have the minimum required funds, in my case for a family of 4 (see http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/funds.asp). These funds have to be readily available, so can't be in the form of property or the like. I got my bank to provide their letterhead indicating when I opened my accounts with them. I also printed out 6 months of statements (with the branch stamp on each page) for each account. I scanned in all these with a cover page summarizing what I had in each account. I also included statements from my foreign US account.

There have been cases where an application was refused because the required funds were "gifted" to the applicant a relative/sponsor. I am not 100% sure but I think one can have funds gifted to you, but you have to prove the money is not borrowed. Get the gift notarized. In your letter of explanation, have a financial section to explain with detail every major deposit that is not usual income with proof.


Proof of work experience:

The CIC requires proof of your current and previous work experience. This is reflected by a reference letter and pay slips (where available) from your current and previous employers.

The reference letters should adhere to the following:

Printed on the company letterhead.
Company’s contact information (address, telephone number, and email address).
The signature and/or business card of either your immediate supervisor or personnel officer.
All positions held at the company and current Job title.
Duties and responsibilities (must match those specified by the National Occupation Classification (NOC) (see http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/noc.asp) on your application because a few applicants claim they were rejected because these did not match).
Dates worked for the company.
Number of hours worked per week. (To evaluate your hours against a 40hr work week).
Annual salary and benefits. All the documents should be scanned into a single file (a separate file for each work experience if you have more than one)

Proof of Education:

Here we scanned each person’s degree certificates and WES evaluations into a single PDF file. A common mistake is uploading only WES evaluations, it seems the CIC actually want a copy of your degree certificates also.


Digital Photo:

The specifications for the digital photo are as specified here. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/pdf/5445EB-e.pdf


Passports/Travel Documents:

We scanned the data page and pages containing Visas and custom stamps that we had received in the past for both current and expired passports. I scanned all passport pages into a PDF file and uploaded (not sure you have to upload your expired passports, I did just in case).


Application:

Many of the fields in the application are carried over from the application to the EE pool, but there is still quite a lot of information to be filled in. Immediate Family Members, Address history, Personal History and Travel History to name a few. After all the forms have been filled in the above mentioned documents need to be uploaded.


Payment:

After the application is complete you can submit and arrive at the payment page. You have the option of paying the processing fee and the Right of permanent residency (RPRF) fee, or just paying the processing fee. If you pay just the processing fee you will be requested to pay the RPRF at a later stage when your application has progressed further. I paid both fees anyway in an effort to save time.

I used my US bank card to make this payment, you would have to figure how to pay from Nigeria with all the restrictions.

Processing fee – 550 CAD for each adult

RPRF – 490 CAD for each adult

RPRF – 150 CAD for each child

Application submitted – 07-Mar with a total of 2,380 CAD paid.


Submission and Waiting:

All you do from here is wait and check your MyCIC account for status changes. Join forums like canadavisa.com to link up with other applicants and see what the progress is like for those who submitted around the same time. The Immitracker website is also a good resource and there are WhatsApp groups for discussions. People also order GCMS notes after waiting a while.


Acknowledgment of receipt (AOR) -

The AOR is a letter that is sent to the MyCIC account. You'll get an email indicating that there is an unread message in your MyCIC account. You then have to log in and download the message as a PDF file.

I received my AOR one day after my application was submitted, 08-Mar. Some people receive this a few minutes after submission, others a couple days afterwards.


Medical Passed - 03-May


Background Check:

This changed from “Not Applicable (NA)” to “Next Step to conduct BG Check (NBG)” aka IP1- 03-May

“Next Step to conduct BG Check” to “Not Applicable (NA)” aka NA2– 06-May

“Not Applicable” to "We are processing your background check" aka IP2- 27-Sep


Passport Request (PPR) – Received as a notification for a new message in my MyCIC account on 28-Sep Note though, some people have received their PPR directly via email.

As far as I know, PPR indicates your application is pretty much approved and complete. All that remains is for CIC to stick in your single-entry Visa and issue a “Confirmation of Permanent Residence” (COPR).

Instructions were to send our passports to High Commission of Canada in Ghana along with a completed IMM0008 form, Updated Height and Eye Color Chart and recent passport photos (stamped by photo studio). Make sure you download the updated IMM0008 form from the CIC website, some people had theirs returned because they used old forms. The instructions recommend (not insist) submitting by courier with a pre-paid return envelope. However, DHL advised that we submit our passports one-way (No return envelope) and wait for notification from Ghana. My wife and I were emailed that our passports were ready for collection. We authorized DHL to pick them up as soon as we received the email.

Date passports sent – 29-Sep

Cost of Passports Courier to Ghana VFS – N 19,575

Date passport received by VFS – 02-Oct

Application approved status on MyCIC profile – 06-Oct (Passports stamped)

Email notification for passport collection received – 10-Oct

DHL authorized to pick up passports from Ghana VFS – 11-Oct, Cost of Courier - N 20,221

Received stamped passports and Confirmation of Permanent Residence (CPR) forms – 17-Oct


Timeline summary

ITA received – Feb 08; App submitted – Mar 07; AOR – Mar 08; Meds passed – May 03; BG check "IP2" – Sep 27;

PPR - Sep 28; Passports sent - Sep 29; App "Approved" – Oct 06; Passports returned – Oct-17 (223 days post AOR).


Total cost of Express Entry (so you get an idea what you are getting into financially)

IELTS test – N 120,000 (for 2 adults)

Degree Transcript request and courier - N 31,000.

WES ECA - 400 CAD, Delivery - 14 CAD (I chose standard delivery. Courier delivery is 85 CAD each) (for 2)

Police Report – N13, 000 and £160 (for 2 adults)

Medical – N128, 100 (for 4)

Application Processing fee – 1100 CAD (For 2 adults) and RPRF – 1280 CAD (for 4: 2*490 + 2*150)

Passport Photos – N 6,000

Passport submission to VFS – N 17,575

Courier of passport back from VFS –N 20,221

Total cost of application - N 1,216,568 (Approximating 1 CAD = N 288, 1GBP = N 475 bank rate).

On top of the total cost one obviously still needs the minimum required funds for the required 6 months duration available to you.

Can u share your timeline file submitted and and when u apply congrats

olorogun1:
i am so grateful to God almighty that my uk visa application was succesful though i don't believe in prayer over visas,if our country is good no one will be desperate to leave.
i stated in my application that my budgetted expenses for the 14days trip is 2m and the visa was granted.no relatives in uk,will stay in hotel.

i am writing these maybe it can help others in their applications and also help the ones refused in their reviews.


i intend to travel dec14,though the visa starts from october i'll appreciate suggestions from the ogas in the house on how to arrange and package myself in these areas----airline/ticket,transportations,location to choose and places to visit.so the journey could be a memorable one.
thanks

it will end in praise

bibiliscious:
Maybe it varies cz i also have valid US visa till May 2020 and today is Day 67 and still waiting on feedback (Eligibility review started 10 days ago) so guess i have 5 more days for final decision

Just Check oo It True oo it have started oo May God Help US oo i just log in now oo Bro
i pray it will end it Praise

pointednose:
Just checked my profile and saw that eligibility review has started.

I didn't receive any email notification regarding the application update.

@pufframmy and other June applicants, any update yet? God's favor is with us.

loggin in to check now

pointednose:
Just checked my profile and saw that eligibility review has started.

I didn't receive any email notification regarding the application update.

@pufframmy and other June applicants, any update yet? God's favor is with us.

ooh congrat

jayfierce:
I previously shared the documents I used to get a Canadian visa in 2016 valid till 2021. By God's grace I was able travel to Vancouver in 2017 and havent been to Canada since then. We have a child that is a US citizen.

Documents we submitted:

* Letter of introduction from my company introducing my family, date of trip and contact address in Canada.
* Hotel booking from booking.com
* Trip itinerary in excel format
* Flight itinerary done by an agent
* Marriage certificate
* Child birth certificate.
* Wife's passport data page
* My passport data page
* Child passport data page(Nigeria & US)
* Evidence of her travel history: Dubai, US(Valid), Qatar(Layover), and Singapore.
* PTA Stamps.
* Letter from her employer stating her job as a virtual assistant
* Her GTB electronically stamped 5 months statements with closing balance of 150k.
* Letter of sponsorship stating my sources of income
* My Total renumeration sheet showing annual income
* My Payslip for 5 months.
* My Income tax clearance 2016, 2017, and 2018
* My GTB elctronically signed bank statement with closing balance of 900k.
* Access bank stamped statement with balance of $3k.
* Online Stanbic mutual funds statement supported by the first purchase certificate.
* GTB online transfer receipt showing recent mutual funds top up.
* C of O for three lands with two buildings.
* Her Letter of explanation stating our trips to Dubai and US. Explained my inability to travel with her twice due to work schedule. Also explained that she works from home enabling her meet her responsibility as a home maker. Finally stated that she gave birth in the US and does not currently require medical services. Attached the following documents to her letter:
* My travel history since Canada, Valid US visa.
* Child's travel history to Nigeria and Singapore.
* Wife's extra sheet for Imm5257E employment history.

Stanbicassmgt delayed in providing a letter and stamped mutual funds statement. So i printed an online statement and supported it with the first mutual funds certificate from 2016. They sent it after a week but I didn't bother to upload via webform.

TIMELINE:
Online application submission 7th June 2019
Background checks started 7th June 2019
Biometrics request letter 8th June 2019
Biometrics done in Lagos 21st June 2019
Biometrics updated online 21st June 2019
Biometrics status Completed 23rd July 2019
Eligibility review started 12th August 2019(Id El Kabir)
Biometrics Validity Letter 26th August 2019
Passport request 29th August 2019

We received no notification after initial submission until BVL came from London. I had jokingly told myself that if London office cooperares and issues her visa I would lift my self imposed ban to the UK. I may keep to my words if justwise is doing house warming ceremony.

Thank you all for the information you provide here. I was really encouraged to see successful family applications. I wish all applicants successful outcomes.

Timeline please

jayfierce:
Approval Alert! Just got an original passport request for my wife. Application was on 7th of June 2019. I am totally on cloud 10 right now.

to God na so here oo the suspense too much

knytred:
Baba, we are in the same boat ooo.... omo I just Dey pray everyday

any update for june Applicant here this waiting get as e be oo