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I haven’t been to the US before although I have a valid US visa at the moment, but yes I have UK travel history. I’m a first time applicant for Canada Visa. I just wanted to share the timeline it took from start to finish

amnotapervert:
RowenaR it would be nice to also state you have previous strong travel history Uk and USA so people will have a full context to you

Visitor Visa Alert

First time applicant, 10 year visa

Application Submitted 15/11/25
Biometrics 18/11/25
Request for Passport 15/12/25
Passport Submitted 29/12/25
Passport Collected 31/12/25

Interview transcript 2nd Dec 2024

VO: Are you married?
Me: Yes
VO: Any children?
Me: Yes, a 2 year old
VO: Are you traveling with your family?
Me: Yes, but just with my husband, without my daughter
VO: does he already have his visa?
Me: Yes
VO: Have you travelled outside Nigeria?
Me: Yes
VO: Where?
Me: Lists where I have been
VO: Where are you going in the US?
Me: New York
VO: What are you doing there?
Me: Just tourism. We want to visit as we’ve always been seeing it in movies
VO: how long are you staying?
Me: Just 8 days
VO: do you have any family in the US
Me: No
VO: Where do you work?
Me: Answers
VO: I’m going to issue your visa
Me: I would like to keep my passport as I’m traveling on Thursday. I will submit it after I’m back from my trip
VO: Okay. (Gives me form, with “pending travel, to submit passport after travel” written on it)

Thank you so much. Yes I was planning on going with my ticket & the letter I got from work for the trip.

Zebaby89:
You can request that you send your passport when you’re back from your trip .Just in case take evidence of the the trip you’re going for .

Oh no. I’m definitely going for the appointment. The worst that can happen is I leave with my passport, forgo the visa & might try again another time. It’s not that big a deal to me. But I’m not leaving my passport unless I’m guaranteed to get it back Wednesday.

Malevonent:
You will likely miss 1 of them.choose wisely the one you would miss....

Good evening everyone. Thanks for all the helpful posts. I have my interview this coming Monday 2nd Dec. The issue is I’m traveling out of the country on Thursday 5th Dec & cannot move the trip as it’s from work. I also don’t want to reschedule my interview date as the available dates I’m seeing are too far away. I plan to just go ahead and attend the interview. Should the interview turn out to be successful, can I request to keep my passport until I come back from my trip then submit it for the visa? Or is it possible for my visa to be issued in 1 day and I get my passport back with the visa on Wednesday 4th, before my trip on Thursday? Is that something that they do? Thank you. I’m a first time applicant so don’t know how their own system works.

Visa Alert. 10 years
Biometrics TLS Abuja 13th September
Renewal after using my first time visa (2 years) once

Visa Alert! For my daughter

- Biometrics date: 23rd June, TLS Abuja
- First timer
- Visa duration: 2 years visit visa
- Collection mail: 12th July

Visa Alert!

- Biometrics date: 20th July, TLS Abuja
- First timer
- Visa duration: 2 years visit visa

I applied for a 6 month visit visa in November last year and was rejected, due to unexplained large deposits from my employer in my salary account.

Decided to just go for 2 years when reapplying. Wrote a very detailed cover letter and resubmitted the salary account statement from the rejected application, explaining every single deposit in it, amongst other things.

I also submitted a new more recent 6 months salary account statement for the new application.

I have been a silent reader. Thanks everyone for all the tips! Was a bit worried when I saw some people saying first time applicants don’t get 2 year visas, but I decided to just go for it anyway and was granted a 2 year visa.