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sleekysilk:
Newmum0615, encoded4life, and all other silent ITA choppers, congratulations on ur ITA.

eaglemaniac, dtaminator, and also to all other silent PPR choppers, congratulations on ur PPR.

@GS, Hephgirl, JustinTrudeau, Reasonabledoubt, Racounteur14, and all other ITA expectants, get ready for the falling of ITA on u because yours on the way... Amen!

Amen. I must say I really miss Hephgirl mama on this thread especially with her buahaha. Hope she gets a better score with her new IELTS.

Congratulations to all those with good news mentioned above. It will surely end in praise.

knightfemi:
Silent reader here. I am glad to announce we got our Passport Request (PPR) today!!! Hopefully this

The entire process from AOR to PPR took 221days. The wait was very frustrating for us as it took much longer than the average processing time, it got even worse when we read how London VO keep files in their queue for much longer than expected. We are however grateful to the Almighty for seeing us through to the finish line before the end of the year.

Wishing those still waiting the very best in this journey. Cheers

Congratulations Knightfemi. Thanks for sharing your timeline and patience. May the maple land favour you.

cochtrane:
Wish those in the pool ITA today. Hopefully these guys do this today after several weeks of no show.

Amen o. We need multiple draws for the CRS score to drop significantly to circa May scores.

Congratulations Prime Minister JustinTrudeau on your multiple scale through. May ITA fall on you.

Finally taking my own space in this part 3. I will testify of my story and patience in this part 3. Amen

MrsBee:
Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, May I have your attention please.

PPR has landed. London VO has finally released me. Glory be to God.

My fellow LVO peeps still waiting @deeore @yooku @yewwygraceful and co, it shall not tarry by God’s grace.

Congratulations MrsBee. May the Lord bless your hustle

sleekysilk:
My fellow team #433, I believe God will help u as he helped me on this journey. I pray CIC draws favours ur new CRS#428 in no time and get ITA sooner than we expect. Thanks so much

Amen. Thanks so much for the thought and prayer. I can only use the time of waiting to glean all I can from the gurus here so as to cover all necessary steps. These days, I work on Nairaland and CIC website.

@blackbuddy, your posts are so great. God bless you real good for the wealth of experience you are depositing here

Santino1:
Just to add another perspective to the discussion. Like I already mentioned in my PPR rant, I only got a one page letter from Credit Suisse a couple of days before my ITA stating all my accounts, date they were opened etc (i.e. following the CIC guideline) and my balance on the day the letter was printed. Thus, in my opinion there is no way to know if I had a lump sum deposited a day before the letter was printed or not.

Note to all. I'm not advising people to start circumventing the process (if CIC catch you and slam 5 years ban on you for lying, Santion1 no dey abeg). Just though I should enrich the discussion.

Even though I am inexperienced (I am just in the pool), I think the time of deposit wouldn't matter much in as much as one gets the CIC format from one's bank. This can be gotten with or without statement of account for 6 months and/or LOE depending on one's appetite for risk. Like @cochtrane said, the fact that so many people have gotten PPR even after depositing after their ITA and close to submission lends credence to the fact that this is acceptable.

However, if one can afford to have it for the whole duration, that will be the safest.

cc @Kontagious

bbaby84:
Listen up people!!!!

It's my turn!

PPR has landed! Indescribable joy!


All glory to God!

Congrats bbaby84. All the best.

Waiting for a draw that drops CRS significantly today so that my hopes can be increased.

sleekysilk:
Congratulations @ Algbenguze, Newmum0615, Kemzyebony, Divinegift Becky, and all who aced their IELTS.

In other news, COPR and Visa on hand.
ITA Sept 20
AOR Sept 25
PPR Oct 25
Passport got to Accra Oct 30
COPR Nov 24

Thank you all... Hephgirl, 40man, Canadianfly, GlitteringStar, Cochrane, etall... I pray it all ends in praise for all of us

Congratulations Sleekysilk. I remember when we were both #team433 before my birthday made my CRS score drop before the ITA of September 20 that you got invited at.

All the best in the maple land. May it favour you just as the way this process has been speedy for you.

AlexanderGreat:
And the PPR mail is here...



Thanks also to everyone here who contributed to this journey, knowingly and unknowingly. Sincerely appreciate!
And may this kind of joy spread to each and everyone here. God bless!

Congratulations to you. May the Cannyland favour you.

This has to be the most congratulations for someone that hasn't officially announced his PPR officially.

I guess it is official when your Mrs dear friend announces it with so much aplomb.

Congratulations @cochtrane, Chief Data analyst who is always willing to help. Predictions with graphs and other data to back it up make it seems like he works with CIC.

And I can only join everybody in congratulating G.S Cochtrane as well. Dive into the pool on time so you can go and join him there swiftly.

Congratulations Perks, Topebamidele, Moyinoluwa and all the other silent readers that are chopping PPR. Congratulations to all those that got ITA too. It will all end in praise

Faaz09:
Good evening seniors,I have been a silent reader who has benefited immensely from this thread but I am confused at the moment.

Ielts-LRWS-8,8.5,6.5,7
Writing is in no way my weakness. Should I ask for a remark of my writing and speaking or book another test?

Please go for a re-mark. And while you are it, just tick the Listening, Writing and Speaking. You could just get better there

Ajujuju2:
Oya oooo!!!!!!!!!
Gather round, come follow me praise God.
Jehova unchanging...Awimayeun...Okwerenkwa me ya! Alagbada ina...Chineke ana-agbanweghi agbanwe! Chai his praise is all i have.

Express Entry Awareness Oct 2014
IELTS Sept 2015
ITA1 Jan 2017 (rejected for FBI PCC)
ITA2 Mar 2017
AOR June 16
MP Jul 11
NA2 Jul 25
FTD Aug 25
IP2/ADR Nov 8
PPR Nov 15

This journey has taken three years in planning and execution. In all Baba God was in charge.

@yokus @deeore @Mrsbee oya oo. Share your testimonies #TeamLondon
@onlineise, @mummyjaygirls @slowlybutsurely @merrymum ...i'm right behind you o!
Forgive me if i left anyone out.

Congratulations. Your patience is like that of Job. May lines fall for you in pleasant places

smslive2:
CRS today... 439

I thought no one noticed that there was a draw.

I am happy it dropped o. May it continue to drop mehn. Some of us need it to go to the mid 20s at least

A14:
Guys it was a long wait but it finally came.
AOR: 21 April
MP: 20 June
IP1: 20 June
NA: 21 June
FTD: 03 August
IP2: 07 Nov
ADR: 07 Nov
PPR: 10 Nov
FSW

Thanks everyone for your contribution and thank you vcole, it was your ITA post last year October that gave me the ginger to start this process.
To those who want to start and are having financial difficulties, I pray God provides for y'all.
And to my London gang still waiting, just be patient it'll come.

Congratulations bro. It was worth the wait

Gone for a day only to see 10 new pages . Una do well o. All because of questions answered in the very first page. Issokay

Congratulations kike100. Wishing you a speedy COPR.

In other news, any draw happening today? These people shouldn't forget us here o

Congratulations Yingman and Lordsebastain. Good to see more people getting PPR.

esosa4real:
ALBUM TITLE: "CIC CHRONICLES"
ARTIST NAME: DR. XOSA aka "I must blow'�

Track 1- Collabo (aka IELTS jam ECA) ft vcole
Track 2 - Issa Draw feat IRCC
Track 3 - Police is your Friend feat Alagbon
Track 4 - Arab Money feat @kyaggy
Track 5 - The wait begins feat @ugoiyke
Track 6 - Canadian Love
Track 13 - Chill Pills feat @Mummyjaygirls
Track 17 - Haba, I nor do again
Track 18 - No man knoweth the hour nor day
Track 19 - Hope feat @40manlappy

Track 24 - PPR FALL ON ME feat @DAVIDO

So as i promised months ago, this is my 24 - track album dedicated to cic and it's relatives (nairalanders and whatsappers) on this wonderful day of my PPR!!
Ppr mall yaff come...... i am I the music studio.....I yaff blow!! ����������

This is a serious elder and we celebrate with you as the long awaited PPR mail has finally come. A big and hearty congratulations to you. This almost feels like a family and the way people pray (I have noticed newmum0615) is incredible. Speedy COPR to you

Congratulations to both Kontagious and Veleta.

I wish the low scores yesterday for both PNP and FST would translate into low CRS but I don't think it will _yet. More people are constantly entering the pool with good scores and the number of CRS invitations have reduced.

I can only hope that the number of invitations pick up again with two draws done within a week of each other. That will help reduce the CRS. I also suspect that there might be new developments to the process. In all, I am cautiously optimistic (I get choice?) that CRS will drop. Hopefully to the 420s and possibly below sef.

We wait, we hope and we have faith.

tempest01:
thanks....ive seen the site. Fingers crossed, waiting for the draws. are you in the pool or you ve passed this stage

Mehn, mine is a long story that will end in praise. I am in the pool but CRS is low and I have very limited options of increasing it that won't take a lot of time and waiting. So I am just waiting and having faith that the draws will get to the mid 420s and I will get an ITA

tempest01:
Okay thanks....Is there a place to get historical draw dates and numbers?

I know someone already gave you the CIC site but this is succinct in one page and it is updated every time there is a new draw

boosy:
LONG POST ALERT!!
My Canadian family, gather abeg, gist dey!!!!!
so i have been a ghost reader (probably one of the oldest) since d days of Zandora N Duppyshoo!!
i had to come out of my 'anti-social media' shell cos its madatory i give back to this thread!!!
i hope my post encourages someone esp those going thru some lows in any part of their lives...

whatever u might be going through, pls use it as a driving force to achieve your dreams. we started at the lowest point in our lives and used it forge ahead, it will never be easy, but with God all things r possible, he came thru for us and i know he will for u 2..
am so so sorry for my long post.. i love u all like u'r my siblings.
i should have posted this earlier on, but procastination did not allow....*shame!shame!shame! am truely bad with social media talk.
Newbies pls appreciate every1 that takes out time to respond to u, its a lot of work abeg! i was hoping i wont have to type this for days sef..

@revlane.. congrats dear...have u found a place for ur pictures in IB? if not u can go to pixels at Bodija or ring road

Congratulations Boosy. God rewarded your persistence. Congratulations to all that received PPR recently- Sleekysilk, Feygbe, Revlane and the others. Congratulations to all that also had good IELTS. It will surely end in praise.

I know I will also share my testimony here

People no dey sleep o. 7 people viewing this thread at this time of the day.

Saw this and thought it might help someone. Age Definition of Dependent Children on Canadian Immigration Applications has increased to 21 as at October 24th. Planned since May but took effect from October 24th.

Learning patience and faith in this hustle.

https://www.cicnews.com/2017/10/age-definition-dependent-children-canadian-immigration-applications-to-increase-109678.html#gs.naGiW6A

If there is an increase in number of people for Canada Immigration Levels Announcement to be announced by the November one deadline, that will be good news and signify increase in number of ITAs issued and hopefully CRS dropping. Good thing is the new minister is an immigrant himself.

https://www./november-1-deadline-approaches-canada-immigration-singer-lawyer/?published=t

themaestro212:
Hi guys. I am writing this as a follow up to a question I asked some weeks back and to tell how that went. Hopefully anyone who's in the same shoes can refer to this post. In my PR application, I marked "no" in one of the statutory questions asking about visa refusals. (I had been refused visa to a country after which I appealed and got the visa). I was not sure if this was a misrepresentation so I asked on this forum and I was advised to send a CSE with an LOE. To be safe, I sent a CSE with an LOE and an updated Schedule A form. CIC acknowledged receipt and did not require any additional documents. I received PPR last week. Below is my timeline.

ITA: 21 September
AOR: 22 September
MEP: 28 September
IP1: 28 September
NA2: 28 September
RPRF Request & Paid: 03 October
IP2: 16 October
PPR: 17 October

Thanks for all the helpful posts. I wish you all the very best. Remember to commit your applications into God's hands.

Congratulations. This is a good processing time. I can only key into this kind of blessing when my time comes

Osemigho:
Sorry I have been away for long. School had been very tough. PPR email delivered.

FSW-Inland Timeline.

ITA: 7th sept

Application submitted: Sept 19th

Medical passed: 30th sept

NA: Oct 7

Ip2: Oct 13

PPR email: 17th October.

Thanks to those that created Nairaland and those that opened and contribute to this thread, Most especially the Elders of this land that were helpfully one way or another.

My special appreciation goes out to 40manlappy who was answering my questions and concerns.

After failed attempt to get admission for fall 2016, I prayed to be an international student on full scholarship by December 2017 but I didn't know God had a bigger plan. He wanted me to wait a whole year, work and use the experience for PR application.

With tears dropping from my eyes, I say "Thank you lord!". Omo baba elero (son of a pepper grinder) doing all this can only be you.

Tell the son of no man to never give up!

Congratulations bro. Your success and testimony is a well deserved one. May God bless your hustle in Canny

XX01:
Back to more important things.

I received the golden mail this morning. It is PPR people! God has just been so faithful. Wrote to them yesterday evening Nigerian time and they responded that it was in Ottawa and hasn't been finalized yet. Only to wake up to the golden mail this morning. Don't know if they work over night in the Ottawa office.

19days from AOR to PPR. It can only be God. I put the barest minimum I could put (apart from the bank reference letters). Didn't provide a single bank statement. Didn't include payslips and appointment letters. Had plenty travel history for both my husband and I. I had nearly all my funds in my husband's account. God just covered over any mistakes as none were intentional.

ITA = 9th Aug
AOR=11th sept.
MEDP= 21st sept.
IP1 = 22nd sept.
NA2 = 27th Sept
IP2 = 29th sept.
PPR = 30th sept.

Will send my passports once I return to my house next week.

Congratulations. This can only be God's grace. Guess who is having a white Christmas

Kenon1:
@4Barr
Thanks for your response on LLB evaluation by IQAS. The impact of this will be much on the CRS score. Talking about an additional 6 or 7 points. Please how long did it take IQAS to complete your evaluation after the submission of the required documents(LLB transcript, photocopy of LLB certificate with photocopy of data page of international passport) in the recommended way to them? Thanks.

Actually, 31 points if married and 33 points if single. You get an extra 25 for Official Language proficiency and education

teewhy31:
Agreed. I actually used standard delivery for.mine but it never came. Instead of requesting for another I used the soft copy from WES and uploaded it.

Sorry to be a bother. When you say soft copy, did WES send a copy to your e-mail or is it the electronic report gotten from their site that has the watermark "not official".

sleekysilk:
Thank u madam. Na ITA I get and e be me like PPR. God bless u all.
Na me dem go first see for PCC plus medical office tomorrow. Make I rush submit get AOR before my birthday next week on d 27th

So happy for you. Congratulations. Yours came before your birthday.

My birthday was last week and my scores dropped from 433. It just feels like they are trying to test my faith. There is God!

Algbenguze:
LONG POST ALERT!

From my observation, CRS cut-offs are usually determined mainly by the draw size and then interval btwn draws and to a lesser extent the number of candidates in the EE pool.
The reason the cut off recently didn't really drop as anticipated, even when we had up to 3 draws in August, was because of the relatively smaller draw sizes. The closer draw intervals were offset by the decrease in sizes.
Let's see some figures:
The last 4 (Aug-Sept) draw sizes were 3264, 2991, 3035 & 2772 (twice below 3k) ITAs with CRS of 441, 433, 434 and 435 respectively.
Now compare that with April draw sizes of 3753, 3923 and 3665 with CRS of 431, 423 & 415 respectively.
Let's see also May with similar draw sizes of 3796, 3687 & 3877 with CRS of 423, 415 & 413 respectively.
Another factor is that the number of EE pool candidates has increased from an average of 50k in Apr-May to abt 58k averagely nowadays- more competition. Now you see why cut-off no gree drop further ba?

My prediction: If CIC's reason for reducing draw sizes is because they are getting closer to their 2017 quota, then CRS may hover around the 430-445 range a little longer. But If that's not the case, then maybe (I hope) they will still increase their draw sizes again this year which will force down the CRS cut-offs below that range.
The good news is that even if their 2017 targets are almost already realized, their 2018 immigration targets are quite high. In order to achieve that, they will have to resume the large draw sizes again next year in order to meet up and consequently lower CRS cut-off.
So guys, let's keep our fingers crossed and hope they are still far from their 2017 targets make we get our ITAs first before they wind up for the year as guys don taya for this zone. Lol.
Sorry about the long post, just thought I should do a little analysis.
Cheers.

The post isn't even that long. You don't know how many people you have given hope by this analysis. We pray they increase their draw sizes while the draws are closer. We await one of such tomorrow.

oluphilip2008:
Hello house

Could there be another draw today?

Baba, THERE WILL BE A DRAW TODAY. I am patiently waiting for it. I also hope it will be less than 430. Since there was a draw last week, my guess is that if there is indeed a draw today, it will be lower than the last CRS

NB: The above was only said in faith as there is not much data to prove this but like I told Cochtrane last week, I went through the trend of ITAs issued this year and it supports this a bit. For the months that have had three draws(Jan, April and August) with May being the exception, the second draw is usually one week after the first draw.

So faith put into works that there will be a draw today.

einsteino:
huh! why kwanu?

Lol. I included a professional certificate that was not assessed and would not be acceptable. This gave me an extra 33 points that if when removed would make me fall below the lowest CRS and could have jeopardized my application.

Thought it better to remove the cert, re-enter the pool and wait for an ITA I can be confident to apply for.

hayor2014:
You rejected the money or the ITA �

Rejected the ITA

Mavor:
Hmmm...This is disturbing news. The school in question is OAU as well. Is there a way I can contact you privately please? Thanks.

You can pm me

kaybigdad:
Hello House, I have a good CRS score but I just started making plans for POF, I've tried to get loans form family and friends but to no avail. I understand that i need available fund when I get there, and I'm already making plans to save before travelling.

I just want to start to process before policies change or the cut off score goes up again.

Please house, any suggestions on how I can get fund to build my account to ASAP.

Thanks for your anticipated help.

Bro, we can do very little for you here about your POF. Most people get from friends and family and sort themselves out when they need to use funds over there. If you cannot convince friends and family who have known you for years to help, especially if you are sure they have the money, it will be hard to convince anyone else.

My advise though, dive into the pool and hope to get an ITA. I got funds from friends and family -who were not willing originally- easily when I had an ITA (even though I eventually rejected it).

Urgency sometimes makes one able to confront better otherwise seemingly uphill tasks.