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Yewwygraceful:
Hey Revlane congratulations, i remember you shared a while back that after you ordered GCMS notes, you realized that there was review required for POF. Thank God for you by the way did you do anything about it, i.e, attach a Letter of explanation or something?

No, I didn't send anything. I knew it was a risk but I believed God didn't bring me this far to have me rejected. So I just got PPR by His grace

Finally God has answered my prayers. Woke up this morning to PPR mail.
Don't even know how s to start, its a dream come true. I will tell my story later.

Timeline
AOR May 25
ADR Schedule A June 30
Medical Passed July 4
NA2 July 5
ADR RPRF September 29
RPRF Paid October 1
IP2 October 18
PPR October 26

To God be the glory.
Thanks to everyone one. I want to mention names but una too much.

So I dey Ibadan but can't find where to take the passport photo with stamp. Any suggestion or should it be hand written?

Thanks for stopping by and for the information. Bless you

ebho:
Hi Guys,

Been a while, i am reporting live from Canada(Winnipeg) Landed on the 9th Of October. The Journey was Smooth we Bless God this Journey started here on this Platform i greet everyone of you here both Elders and Newbies.

we used Egypt air(Travel Start) Family of 4 from Abuja Nigeria to Canada. Egypt air was cool not as bad as people made it look, stopped at Cairo then boarded Toronto Canada.

we carried 5 strong Ghana must go backs and one Bus making it six luggage's it is not supposed to exceed 23kgs so na to weight the thing wella. if you are carrying food items ensure that are well preserved ie properly dried and grinded into powder and stored in Ziploc.

Abeg if una never book use Abuja to move out ooo, no stress from anybody there but ensure you get to the airport 2 hours before Boarding
so everything can be sorted out on time, but for us those Nigerian immigration guys be one tell me say my luggage plenty so i had to educate them that every passenger is entitled to 2 luggages and 1 hand bag and we were a family of 4 all this na to drop something sha.

our Luggage was not searched so just package your self nothing dey happen. so the journey to Cairo no wahala but the A/C for the plane na die, so wear better jacket for National peace. at Cairo waited for about 2 hours then we left to Toronto.

At Toronto now the immigration guys no get joy oooo, the babe come ask for all the document finally e come reach for the money we bring come Canada. so i told her we brought $1500 oboy no be small thing ooo this lady come dey speak english ooooo, as a sharp Nigeria guy before leaving Nigeria i activated online banking, dollar card and domiciliary account of all currency and change almost all the naira to dollar.

so we transfer all the money instantly to the dollar card and that was it. every other thing was history. Above all Pray before leaving, Baba God nia get Power.

Signing Out here

Congratulations to all those with PPR, I wish you best of luck in your canny life.

To those spending huge on calling CIC, I bought Glo international call bundle with 1k and got 150minutes. You can try Glo with *777#

To those of us waiting, we will all be celebrated soon

Onlineise

20-10-2017: PPR.

This is post is long and unnecceasry but na as e dey do me...and maybe to encourage anyone that is still waiting from MAY Squad and all fellow Londoners generally @ajujuju2, @Yooku, @MrsBee, @Lordnath, @deeore, @ITABABE, @damidamsel, @behati, @LordSebastian...the journey didn't just start today but in all we give thanks.

Thanks Y'all for the support.[/quote]Congratulations, so happy for you. I checked now and I moved from NA2 to IP2. I am May 25 AOR Ottawa. Looks like them don dey remember may people.

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

FSW-Inland Timeline.

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!

So happy for you. Wish you the best in your journey from here

Samadict:
Thanks for the response. Can I send you a pm?

I replied your pm but it isn't working. Send a mail to foxyjoe122@yahoo.com. I will link you up from there

Samadict:
Has anyone here sent transcripts from Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba - Akoko to WES? How long did it take AAUA please? And how much did it cost? Thanks

Sending and confirmation was smooth with WES. I think I sent between 18k-25k to a friend who did it for me last year.
I can contact him if you don't wanna travel down

Congratulations oooooo. May PPR shower move round us oooooo

MostBlessed:
With great joy and deep gratitude to God, I am happy to announce that I have received the PPR mail at last!!
My time line is ;

AOR in February 21st 2017
NA in April 28th 2017
Ip2 on the 29th of September 2017
PPR mail on the 2nd of October 2017

Many Thanks to all elders and members of this forum for their selfless contributions. @Jesusdway, Triv, 40manlappy,dupyshoo, vcole, Salford, esosa 4real.... etc

Guys please on planning... the way further,
What is the best way to convert funds from naira to Canadian dollars and also open an account in canada /transfer the funds into canada.

"Just got my consultants email stating cic has asked to resubmit my last 6 months bank statement but I don't have that much funds in the account right now".

The above was posted today by someone in one of the WhatsApp groups. Some people have been posting about loopholes and how to beat CIC with proof of funds. CIC is unpredictable and if you fall into their hands, you will be banned for some years and then your IELTS and WES plus application fees can go into the wind. Be careful what you submit, wait till you are ready, some of us have been on it since 2015. And please stop posting your fraudulent ideas on this thread. It was started by people with Integrity.

Thanks. Am still waiting for PPR sha

EJIZY:
Hi revlane....please did u submit another POF before you were told to pay RPRF?congrats in advance.

I wasn't and if I am asked I will find money ASAP. I posted this for Pre-AOR people. Each application is unique and you can be penalized for something while someone else is favoured. For example, some people get rejected for missing PCC while some get ADR for missing PCC.

Yooku:
What is this guy implying?? Na London be bona fide go slow? Expecting GCMS by end of this week and ordering for another one as soon as it lands to keep them busy on my file!!

It's a serious case with London V.O. if after four months I was transferred to London again, then village people finally got me. I will kuku just park go meet them, make dem kuku kill me.
Meanwhile your strategy will work. Am positive

I don't know what happened after that, I just know my file was stuck for a while. And perhaps they consider some other things best known to them. Borrowing isn't an option too my brother. May God bless our hustle. Am running around now to raise additional POF for my fiancée cos na marriage after PPR.

ray78:
Were you asked have to submit a new bank statement?How will they expect one to make up the money without borrowing(which they dont expect)

saouri:
Please did you apply for federal skilled workers or express entry? What was your score?

Federal Skilled workers is a program under Express Entry.
Yes I applied for FSW.
My score was 435 and got ITA March 1st

Thanks for the input. I raised the issue here so many people can learn from it. Sometimes they minute on your application and just leave it like that for months not touching it. You won't know what is going on. My advice is to take note of all these info here before submitting any application and when you notice their isn't movement for a long while (Not London V.O) try to order GCMS to at least see your application status. I have been asked to pay RPRF sha so I guess am lucky.

folamingo:
Shu! You should be thanking God, the application was not cancelled/rejected. If I were you, I would have calculated using black market rate by now, gotten the shortfall in my account, printed another statement and raised a CSE with the new POF details.

In my opinion, how can rates be locked in My advice to people use Black market rate (this gives a buffer from official rate)...you know the naira is subject to foreign exchange fluctuations. Abi eventually when you get PPR and travel, is not the current black market dollar/PTA rate you will use for conversion? Even sometimes they ask for POF at the point of entry...

My 2 cents...we are learning.

cochtrane:
Many forget that in areas like this your application is at the near full discretion of the visa officer. He could have just gone on google and determined using the current exchange rate that your POF was not enough. He couldn't have had the time to dig out what the exchange rate was at the time you placed your application. This is why you want to consider two options:

1. Render your POF in Canadian dollars in a domicilliary account and remove the influence exchange rate fluctuations
2. Ensure your naira when converted to dollars is way above the requirement such that exchange rate fluctuations will have no influence in the foreseeable future.

Clearly, you should have fixed more than that and not held your application by a thread.

Both suggestions are perfect to enable one sleep with two eye closed if there is anything like that when it comes to CIC.

linuslynx:
This raises questions to if rate applied at AOR are locked or fluctuates untill you've gotten PPR. The exchange rate even as close as two months ago on oanda was in the range NGN280/1CAD. For 3M it means your conversion rate was N243/1CAD to equal the minimum amount for single applicant which is CAD12,300. Probably at the time of your submission the rate you used was wrong or something else I can't explain happend. I'd let others weigh in on this.

Thanks boss. I added a screenshot of Oanda.com showing about 3M =12,700cad. So it wasn't a matter of wrong calculation.

I received copy of my GCMS yesterday and on it the case analyst said in bold letters that according to the GTB exchange rate at the time of my application, I do not meet the minimum required funds for single applicant. Hence under Eligibility, it shows Review Required.
I fixed 3M which at that time was about 12,700cad using Oanda which I uploaded.
My question is did I miss something, or the funds I fixed should have been more than that?
Is it now advisable to use bank rate?
AOR May 25
MP July 5
NA2 July 5
Application at Ottawa

Congratulations to you. So happy for you. That's a new Guinness Record LOL

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.

Hello House,
Please my profile changed to we do not need additional documents today and I got a mail request just now for RPRF payment.
Can I guess my application is processed at Ottawa? My AOR is May 25.
Can I also relax now?

Still NA2 ooooooo

Trikings2000:
Anyone kindly respond to this

When uploading a Police character Certificate obtained from Alagbon on CIC, Is it required to add the finger print form (CRO 21)? Or is just the certificate only sufficient?

Upload everything please

sleekysilk:
I used mine too for direct entry for B.Sc and it was no problem. Keep calm and go evaluate your credentials with WES.

Hurray, thanks alot

sleekysilk:
Yes. Both qualify as 2 or more certificates. I used same and I got my full 100 marks under skill transferability. Still awaiting ITA though.
Good luck.

And to the PPR recipients, I say a big congratulations. We dey your back.

Thank s a lot. I appreciate.

MrOba:
From what I have read on here, I think both qualify as two or more certificates provided you didn't use the NCE to gain direct entry admission into second year of your BSc program.

Awwww, she used it for Direct entry for Bsc oooooo. Chai. That's harsh rule oooo.

Hi, I want to confirm if NCE and BSc qualify for two or more certificate. Anyone with info pls

He has done it for you He will do it for us, the PPR we are waiting for He will do it for us. You guys made my day, so happy for you. Congratulations and hugs. Maybe we form association of nairalanders in canny soon.

Am so happy to see you guys get PPR. The wait is really something and am happy it eventually paid off. Wish you all the best as your life takes a fresh start.
To all those still thinking about the process, better start now, you never can tell.
To those of us waiting, ours will come soon too.
I will miss some of this PPR guys though

jassymama:
I will answer just number 2 and others with experience on spouse inclusion will say their bit.

DO NOT withhold info from cic cos it will backfire, if u get married before ppr inform them immediately, waiting till after ppr can lead to withdrawal of your visa cos ur wedding date will show u got married before the issuance of the visa.

This I know cos it happened to someone.

If u want to include after ppr, wait till u get the mail then u can fix ur wedding at a later date, goodluck!!!

Thanks a lot. Your response is appreciated.

Boss13:
Thanks for the response. Immigration is an important process and should be properly planned. I believe the poster knew he was going to get married soon, but decided to proceed with the application. Maybe he thought of just giving it a trial. This is a wrong approach.

Marriage is also very important and if you intend to immigrate, please inform your future partner. They may or may not like the idea. This is to ensure proper planning. If he proceeds without his spouse, it takes 6 months for spouse sponsorship and that's another process, additional money and even not definite if they are issues.

If an applicant knows that he would be getting married shortly, please delay applying. Get married and start your application. There is this notion that single applicants get more CRS than married applicants and some Indians are trying to disguise their marriage or marriage plans - this is misrepresentation.

Canada is still going to take qualified immigrants in the future, as long as you are a qualifying immigrant, you stand a chance. Don't join the rush bandwagon and complicate your application.

The guy can raise CSE to inform CIC of his new situation.

Thanks for the detailed approach.

To those that got married after AOR. Please I have these questions.
1. If I want to upload additional funds for spouse, can I just fix it for three months since my application will be almost three months by then.
2. Am thinking of adding spouse after PPR mail, is that a good strategy? As anyone done this successfully.
3. Like how long will it take to finalise spouse application when added.

Thanks