Thank you so much!

Assuming am not able to renew, and they give me just for a year.....
Can I extend d visa when I get there?

afosoft:


Yes, The embassy will only give you visa for the life of your passport. If its six months, you will get six month visa.

Hello everyone, Am applying for a 2 years study visa...but my passport doesn't have up to 2 years life left in it. It expires January 2024. Do I need to apply for another intl passport?

Waoooo

Congratulations!
Super fast!

I tap this Grace for speed in Jesus name amen!

MediaLady:
My People, God has done it for my family...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *dancing emoji*

IT'S PPR...!!!
Family of 3...!!!
I have been laughing and crying at the same time...
After 5 years of being away from my husband...
My son and I applied from Nigeria, while my husband applied from the US...

Please join me in praising the Lord. After 3 times (US) F2 denial for my son and I...we have finally overcome this challenge. I do not take this for granted Oh! Lord!!

TIMELINE:
Application Submission: May 19
Upfront Medicals in Nigeria (SP & VV): May 23
Biometrics (SP) in Nigeria: May 26
Upfront Medicals (SOWP) in the US: June 3rd
Biometrics (SOWP) in the US: June 9th
Ghost Update (SP, VV & SOWP): June 11th
Eligibility:  I can’t really say.
Medical Passed (SP, VV & SOWP): June 18th (today)
PPR (SP, VV & SOWP): June 18th

I will come back to share the documents submitted...

Thank you Jesus...!!!

Have the same challenge


I don't think there is provision for sowp in d new portal....

I might just use d old portal....


Any one has a contrary opinion?

Hanzat:
Hello @CharitoJames,

That is what I did, but that the available options in the picture attached. Don't know what to do.

Don't give up, okay?

I have sent someone that waited for 8 months and still got d visa...

Defer....to January
Then wait....

Most importantly....wait in Praise and Thanksgiving.....

I got denied....and am re packaging to refire.....

Timonline:
my people abeg make una help me. Im really tired of this canada thing, i am about to lose my mind, 5 months after medicals still no word from ircc. Now i have to defer again to january because my college contacted me that the september batch is full. What do i do please ?, i feel like giving up and asking for a refund of my tuition fees. I've sent a lot of webforms, they just come back with the same automated response.

Thank you so much @lamash

He just turned 4, and my school starts January.

So I guess it's visiting visa for him.

lamash:


Sowp is on the old portal.

4 going to 5 next year, 6 and 8 it's study visa and 1 is visit visa.

Thank you so much for all the encouraging words.

Please, I can't seem to find SOWP in the new portal.

Pls how do I apply for hubby?(there is no open work permit option in d new portal)

I wish to apply as a family.

4 kids...
Ages 1, 4, 6 and 8
(Am also confused, wether it's visiting or study visa for d kids)


Pls help.
Thank you!

You have a great chance of getting appointment....a good one



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Go there in person.

Very early.

yhucee:
Please I am trying to reschedule my appointment at IOM Abuja but it is going through. I have sent them mails but they have not replied, I have also tried calling but none of the numbers on the website is going through. What can I do?

Thank you so much for this encouraging words.

Please, I can't seem to find SOWP in the new portal.

Pls how do I apply for hubby?(there is no open work permit option in d new portal)

I wish to apply as a family.

4 kids...
Ages 1, 4, 6 and 8
(Am also confused, wether it's visiting or study visa for d kids)


Pls help.
Thank you!

Ketima:
Now I want to give a little advise to us all. Do that which you believe will work for you. Many of you here knows me well but note it that no one knows it all. We all learn from each other.

Today I got my wife's SOWP, just 3 months after submission even though I'm still in Nigeria. Sometimes we get adviced based on others peoples situations or event, but truth be told, things changes with time. When I got my study visa, family application refusals were high, hence we tend to advice to apply alone, then apply for spouse and kids(if any) when you arrive in Canada. In the past few weeks, we have noticed that family applications are recieving approval, those applying for diploma even when they already have Bsc are getting approval, those applying for PGD even after Masters are getting approvals.

So, What that matters is let your application be top notch. Avoid any loophole. Be your own VO. Review your application yourself and leave the rest to God's grace.

So, I advice henceforth, if you're a family, apply together, worst scenario, it will be rejected and you people can refire again. If you're applying for a degree lower than what you already had, ensure that your prove beyond doubt why you're going for such course. Nothing is impossible in this Canada journey.

For SOWP, then we were advised to wait till you get to Canada before applying. But with the recent delays in SOWP application, applicants are waiting 8 months + before getting decisions. So if you applied alone and got approval, you may as well work toward submitting your spouse (family) application because you never can tell, it may even get approved before you leave so that both can leave together.

And again for those not coming forth to encourage others with there timeline, is not that you're compelled to do it or people beg or attack you, is just to help the newbies learn vital document's to submit as not all will have time to read from the beginning. I personally have 3 people I helped applied for and got approval this month and I told them to come share their testimony here to encourage others and they promised but still hasn't. But It was still from sharing of timeline that they came to me to help them in their applications. So please let's do well to help each other because this journey has no end until we all become citizens. At any stage, you will need help and this nairaland forum is top notch for such.

For my wife SOWP, I will still share it here for others to learn and as well in the SOWP forum.

We're all doing well and God will bless us all.

Lianna2020 you motivated me to apply for her early and I'm grateful I did.

Thank you so much!

ShowYoung:


Emails:

High Commission, Lagos
lagos.immigration@international.gc.ca

High Commission, Abuja
abuja@international.gc.ca
ABUJA-IM-Enquiry@international.gc.ca

High Commission, Nairobi
nrobi-im-enquiry@international.gc.ca
nrobi-immigration@international.gc.ca
nairobi@international.gc.ca

Hello everyone!
pls can someone help me with emails for Nairobi, Lagos, and Abuja offices
Thank you so much!

Congratulations!!!!!


Please i need to reach you
we share soooo much in common!

pearlies100:
Very Long Post Alert!!

I got admission December 2020 for Fall 2021 in University of New Brunswick but could not apply immediately because I was due to give birth in January 2021. I planned to submit my application in March but thanks to our immigration service, it took over 3 months before I could get passport for my baby despite paying through my nose for expedited processing. I ended up submitting our application on the 9th of June 2021 due to this delay. I was advised to put in mine while waiting for the passport but going without my children was not an option. We applied as a family, Myself, husband and 3 children. My husband applied for SOWP and visiting visa for my children because they're not up to school age.

Aside from the wahala of having to convince the VO and the fact that we are close to our mid 40s, two things stood against us. We had applied to visit Canada in 2019, but were denied, reason given was that we will not come back and false information in my husband's application, he didn't disclose his denial for US visa. We had applied for US visa a month earlier but the consular officer decided to give myself and my son but refused my husband. When we asked for the reason, she said she had none but was making a split decision. It was an oversight on my part because I filled our forms, I did mine first and just edited same form for my Husband and son. I forgot to change that part.
The second issue was my husband had a health condition and no information on how it was handled by IRCC. He didn't want to apply with us because he was scared he would ruin our chances but it was a no no for me. How will I manage with 3 small boys while studying.
We decided to use agents to help with our application but when I heard the price, I ran away quickly, not in this Buhari's economy.

I used same SoP I used to get my admission because I had no time to start afresh, I just edited it and in addition explained why I was doing a second masters (I have an MBA, same with my husband), how it would be beneficial in Nigeria and course not available in my country. I also addressed the issue of the denial in 2019 stating we never planned to break any visa rule and pointed them to our travel history to show that we have never overstayed in the countries we have visited. I also had to explain the false information in my husband's SoP stating it was an oversight. Reason given for going with my children is that they were too young to be left behind and I need my husband to take care of them. He runs his business and will take time off to support me in my career advancement. Reason given for him applying for work permit is that he wants work part time to gain experience that he would apply to his business back home and also support his family while in Canada.

Application was submitted 9th of June and the wait started, UNB gave us ultimatum of 13th of September to get our study permit or defer. We would not be allowed to even start online without it. I had no choice but to defer to September 2022. I wrote to IRCC but got generic responses. I got Nairobi email address from this forum and sent several mails. At some point, they stopped responding. I decided to fast and pray first week in February, a friend gave me Abuja email address, I sent a mail to them on the 7th and got a response on the 9th to go for medicals. I was so excited that finally, we have made progress. My husband and I did ours first. We had to disclose his condition and he was asked to go for further test, the tension of waiting was not easy especially on his part, mine was updated on the 19th while his was updated on the 22nd. We finally crossed that hurdle. Then our kids were asked to go for theirs a month later. Theirs was updated on the 23rd of March. I was asked to submit an updated application letter from the school and I also had to send a new passport because of the expiry date on the one I submitted. My hope was that within a month we should be done with this whole process. Then another wait started. I started writing to IRCC every other week from April but they didn't respond to any of my mails. I saw a format on nairaland 3 weeks ago to use to send email reminders but still no response. I decided to chill until the one year anniversary of our submission. At this point I was tensed because so many things were hanging, cost of ticket was rising, I needed to give enough notice to my boss to get my replacement before leaving. I entered another fasting and prayer last week, I had no other option. On the 10th of June, that's last Friday, someone posted the email address of different Visa Offices. I started sending mails to all of them. I also sent message to IRCC's twitter account and was about to send to London VO when I saw 7 donotreply emails. I first of all panicked and was afraid to open the mail. It was like a miracle, finally after one year of waiting, this came through. I also pray for those waiting patiently to get yours quickly in Jesus name, Amen!

My timeline:

Application Submitted: 9th of June 2021
Medical Request for me and my spouse: 9th February, 2022
Medical Passed: 19th and 22nd February 2022
Medical Request for my children: 9th March 2022
Medical Passed: 23rd March 2022
BVL: 10th June 2022
PPR: 10th June 2022

Documents submitted:
Myself:
IELTS Result
Police Clearance Certificate
Resume
Marriage Certificate
BSC and Masters Certificate
Proof of Current Employment
Travel History
Land Documents
Proof of Fund: Joint Account (had to explain the source of a lump sum), Dorm Account, Children's individual account, savings from office cooperative and RSA account (I stated this was for back up).

Spouse:
Police Clearance Certificate
Company Registration
Land Documents
Travel History

Children:
Birth Certificate

Good morning all!
Please Does IRCC work on Saturdays?

Congratulations to all who got PPR this week!

Upfront medicals May 27. I attached it while making my application on the 31st of May

I sent a web form on Sept 20 and on 22nd Sept my bvl dropped and my medical changed to processing .....
Just waiting for PPR.
It will end in praise!

anike2011:
Hello QuinM, when did you take your Medical Assessment?

May 31st
Bvl dropped Sept 22
Upfront medical still being processed
Awaiting PPR

usor00:
Good morning house, all may applicants indicate here, I got news for u folks

Hi, I'm new here. Been a silent reader. But I believe my PPR is close.
May 31 applicant.
I love this family