Biakwa:
Good evening all,

Just being inquisitive, does anyone have an insight of what is happening to June applicants.
No much response from that month.

Just imagining.......

All things being equal, be expecting response from August.
If it is refusals, their decision is always between 3-4 weeks if submission date.
So be hopeful

MrsDaniels:
@Ratawu please i need you to pls help review my Sop before i submit tomorrow. Please can i private message you.

Send it to adedibu2005@yahoo.com

Biakwa:


I think that should be a success. Congratulations

Please when did you apply, kindly share your time line.

Did he do upfront medical? If yes, congrats to him but if no, I am sorry, it is a refusal.

Naijaforeigner:
Please I call on all the elders and gurus to please help me out.

I just discovered that I forgot to fill section C of my IMM5645 form (information for brothers and sisters). I submitted via paper route just 2 days ago. someone please help me.... what can be done?

You don't even need it.
It won't affect your application

kpizzle:
Attached is the comment from my GCMS note

I think it is too generic and vague and it doesn't tell me anything.

My only thought is that maybe I need a better SOP/LOE.
Please house help to analyse

What is your undergraduate grade? What is UG discipline and what are you going for?

dedecoder:
Please, can someone who has applied via the paper route put me through some few issues I have?

1. How to go about the booking of appointment

2. Can I go and return the same day (location: ife)

3. What are the forms I am expected to fill at home before getting there or will everything be done there?

Please never mind the seemingly funny inquiries. I couldn't find a link to the paper route application on the zero page and need to be cleared on this.

Will be expecting your kind response.

Now paper application is faster. You can do it that day if you get there very early.

Can somebody post a link to where the CIC says that they will not issue visa beyond the expiration of the passport. I need the link urgently to renew my wife's passport.

Zaid123:


My spouse to be let me put it that way

Let your GF re-apply as soon as the GCMS note is out but for your own, be positive on it and if eventually otherwise, allow your girlfriend application to be approved then you apply for spousal work permit.
It depends on who among you has the higher chance of approval sha.

Zaid123:
Dear NL
I need an advise I have been a silent reader on this thread for this year i applied for study permit in June though still awaiting their response but my GF too also apply but she was refused last week and we have ordered for gcms note and also write to Dalhousie University to issue her another letter for January. Please I need advise on the following

1 if my application is refused how will it feel to the VO if my GF is applying again and we apply as a couple with marriage certificate knowing fully well that I had already applied for study permit and was refused because I know they will issue a spousal work permit for me

2 looking at the time frame when she’ll apply again maybe by September is it advisable to apply as a couple won’t it show a bit of desperation


Please I need advise of my fellow NL


Please

Clarify this:
Your spouse or your Girlfriend?

hotcakept2:


Thanks for replying.

So someone like me that has not applied before does not need it shey? And also does adding one siblings birth certificate help

You don't need any gcms notes since you have not been refused before. Gcms notes is only applicable to the previous visa refusal(s). You add your siblings birth certificate to show your family ties but spouse and children BCs are stronger

bbclue:


Is not compulsory....but if am you I will try and read through if anything that pertain to me is there I will fill

Fill it to occupy that space because if you leave the space open, you won't be able to submit the form

cyborg27:
Hello Ratawu,

There will always be crowd. Just let her be there and on time. 2 hours max if she's there on time. Automated queuing system so no palaver.

Off-topic, the queuing system played ojoro on me when I did mine May 15. I was B23 and when the system got to B21, it jumped to B24 leaving I (B23) and a guy beside me (B22). We were worried but maintained calmness as per automated thingy. After about 30mins we walked to the security operative and complained. He said it was normal to be skipped and that we should hold on a little. After 10mins there was nothing and he now asked us to proceed to the first counter (Pre Submission) which we did. We for just sleep there o

Hello people, I'm an active reader. Commented just few times in part 13. Glad to be a part of this. Nice work.

Did Biometrics May 15 and my application has been on background check. Am I worried?

Bless!!!

Thanks for the info. Your application will end in praises. If it is more than 9 weeks which I don't pray for, send them email

How is the crowd level at the Lagos VFS now?
My wife will go for her visit visa biometrics on Monday.
I just need the info on the crowd if it has reduced

Linzo:

That $360 is the approved market rate and not official rate. OK, for example if you're paying for student Visa using paper route you will pay N54,050 against $235 for Visa fee. Please thank me at least letting you know this. Go to bank ask the customer care direct and guide you on how to overseas fee. Not just carry money to bank to pay fee as normal transaction

Are u sure of this info? GTB charged us N298 to $1 CAD last year through the CBN form A for tuition fees Payment. Please verify this information again

swisster:


i applied online already,am jst going for only biometric, do i still need to book a date for only biometric?

Yes

Omonoba1981:


Does that mean going the paper way, seems to be better!

Online route is better during the high season period. VFS does send all your docs to Nairobi or Ghana. What they do is to scan the basic docs to them leaving behind many vital docs that explain certain areas of application.

Emmyirab:
Hello everyone, my brother just got this reply.
He also tracked his application, and it said

"Your processed passport is ready for collection on 21/06/2018 at the Canada visa application centre."

Please, what does this mean?

P.S - He submitted about 3 weeks ago and he wasn't asked for medicals.

IT IS A REFUSAL

U

Tochy31:
I still can't believe that we have a great forum like this. Please, Gurus and my Ogas @ d top, I have a question that I am unable to find an answer for the past 45 days. Please, I have a sponsor who earns 1.5 m Naira monthly as salary but with 80k closing balance. Below is the summary.
opening balance: 3k
total debit: 15m
total credit: 15m
closing balance:81k

With extensive document, can i use her as my sponsor for study permit without paying tuition fee? She is a friend to me but not related in any form.

Thanks

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odimbannamdi:


Bro, please clarify me on this paper route submission.

Is it that one's documents are physically submitted in a designated office here in Nigeria, but they are then sent to Nairobi for appraisal?

They are sent to Nairobi for processing but the concern there is that most of the vital documents that explain your situation are left behind in Lagos

Kishkosh:


But sir, I'm more concerned about when it will be processed rather than where . I have submitted thou

It is better they take more time to thoroughly look at your dossier and approve it than the hasty and shoddy job being done in Nairobi and get refused on funny grounds.

reichwolf:


So it’s better to go through paper route??

Online route is better. It will will be processed in UK or UAE.

Twallace:


You are right. Those Nairobi VOs are doing poor job. They don't seem to look at the application well. This is not the first case

Yes, they are trained but many of them in Nairobi treat applications with prejudice. There was a court judgement against one of them at the Judicial review where the court lambasted the VO for poor job done. Somebody who have travelled to the UK, US twice and Canada twice on visit was given limited travel history.
The court ordered that another VO should treat the application and the person was gladly approved at the UK office.

Many people will just post the reason for their refusal or the GCMS notes without posting the initial refusal letter sent to them. The tone of the last in the letter determines what they expect you to do when re-applying. If the visa just asked you to respond to the concerns, you don't need to look for additional documents or new information to supply, the refusal is just to address or explain some grey areas the VO pointed out in the GCMS notes . But if the VO mention that "this application is closed", you need to re-apply if your situation has changed or you have new information to supply.

rolorolo:


Really? Did you see the part where the VO said has savings? Funny enough, I applied alone. He mentioned that I applied for TRV with family. That was in 2016. I have been to Canada before with my family. Besides, the brother referenced in his concerns was very wrong as my co-sponsor is my sister and I presented my birth certificate and hers to proof that we share the same parents. I feel the VO did not review the file thoroughly as what he mentioned as his concern is not a reflection of my application. The person was quick to conclude and with even wrong information which is not reflective of my profile.

Respond to the funny concerns and let them know that you meet the requirements.
Some VOs have a predetermined motion to refuse application no matter how watertight your applucation may be.

HerMoney:
Morning guys. I just got an email saying to come get my passport. I guess its a refusal coz I wasn't called for medicals. Submitted paper application on May 3. I am about to go to VFS. Please what is the next step from here? Will I be told there?

Request for your GCMS note to know the actual reason for your refusal

IF YOU INCLUDE AN AFFIDAVIT O RETURN WITH YOUR APPLICATION AND WAS REFUSED, AFTER ADDRESSING THE VO's CONCERNS,
When submitting visa applications, it may be helpful to draw their attention to a declaration stating that you understand the nature of temporary entry, and that you will not overstay. As the Federal Court noted in Zhang v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2014 FC 499:

''It is apparent that the visa officer has also failed to consider any other reasons raised by the applicant to support her claim that she would return to the PRC. For example, her study plan states that her fiancé lives in China, he owns his own business there and he has purchased an apartment in her name. The applicant’s declaration explains that her fiancé is not interested in living abroad but that her study “is also one part of the preparation for our future career; therefore I will not stay in Canada for long term” (see para VI of the declaration, Applicant’s Record [AR] at 28). The declaration also states that the applicant plans to have a family in China and to take care of her parents there and that she understands the repercussions of failing to leave Canada (at paras VII and IX, AR at 28-29). As stated in Cao v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2010 FC 941 at para 13 [Cao], “[t]he decision to submit the applicant’s declaration is not a banal gesture. The declaration is a clear statement that the applicant understand the consequences of overstaying his welcome in Canada, and for this reason, it will not happen.”

drhammed:


Oga VO, Welldone.. Go and refuse her if they didn't..

The guy may be right anyway. Whatakes sense to us here is always illogical to some of these VOs

MeinKampf:

This is not joke section. Why don't you tell the person why you think he/she will be refused instead of that cynical comment you thought to be funny?

The guy may be right, what makes sense to us here is always illogical to some VOs

Many applications for a temporary visa (TRV) to Canada are rejected because the applicants don’t have bonds strong enough to make them return to the home country.

The form letter of refusal from Canada also advises against re-applying unless the applicant has some new evidence. Since most applicants have done the best job they can with the first application, and have no new evidence to offer, so they give up.

An acquaintance who works wit VOs in a Canadian embassy has a different take on this: apparently it CAN be useful to immediately re-apply, with the same application and same evidence. Here`s why.

The average VO has something like 45 seconds to assess each application for a TRV. Why so many applications? Partly because travel agencies will submit multiple applications for a single client to many countries, hoping for at least one approval out of the many refusals.

So the overworked VO will routinely refuse applications unless there is a compelling reason to approve. But if the applicant re-submits, challenging the VO’s reasoning in a cover letter, but essentially drawing the VO’s attention to the strong evidence already presented in the original application, then the VO has to pay more serious attention, and the chances of approval rise significantly. Essentially the applicant is taking his application out of the big pile of applications in the first in-basket and putting it in the smaller pile for special VO consideration.

At least that’s what my “insider source” says. So, if you want a TRV, apply early, giving yourself enough time to re-apply. If you really want to make the best case, give yourself time to get the CAIPS notes after the first refusal, then address those VO concerns in the new cover letter.

uyplus:


Same here! I am really confused about what to do! I can't teach the VO his/her job. Maybe I should hang on a bit to see if all of these will be updated in a day or two! How long did it take before your biometrics was updated? How about the timeline before your review eligibility and background check status were updated?

Send them a mail

ayoslas88:
Hello Nairalanders,

Pls were wil I get to attached my personal Documents online. Document such as employment details, date of birth of Siblings, and so on.

Pls I need fasts answers

Plssssssssss

Scan all your supporting docs into one single PDF file starting from your SOP. You can appendix your docs for easy reference to them in your SOP.