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We didnt do upfront medicals,
Please do upfront medicals and apply and just sit and relax ...because I have been following other threads of other countries on this SOWP and it seems like it taking so long
I have sent case specific enquiry and emails to ghana and nigeria
And dont even know what to do again

BE811APP:
My wife is on Study Permit.. while I am about submitting my SOWP application..
My wifes application took like 6 weeks all in all from submitting to approval.
She resumed January dis year...


Whats urs? Work permit or Study Permit?
3 months
Pls ask the Gurus in the house on what to do next?
Did u do upfront medicals?

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I think this maybe sheds some light on long processing times

Hi , do are you on a work or study permit ? And how long did you wife's application take ...mine is now 3months with no response

BE811APP:
I am not a Senior Member in terms of a Correct advice but I think If u have enough money to sponsor the whole family.. u can all apply at once for the whole family but if the money u have is limited, allow him to go first then u apply for Spousal Open Work Permit SOWP after he gets there..

I am in the same shoes with u.. tho my wife is already there.. If i knew we could have applied with the kids initially..

Good Luck..

Hope it helps?

Hello, wasit the spouse open work permit you applied for ? To shed some light on it it issued to spouses of students and workers and is same duration

1nuola:
Hi everyone, my name is wonuola. I came accross this thread on Google and I must commend y'all. I got married august last year and finally my husband got a study visa to trebas institute toronto after he was denied twice. He left Nigeria September. I applied for an open work permit/visitationvisa on Dec 11, went for biometrics Dec 15. I prayed and fasted, hoping to God that I will get the visa, but I got a refusal mail some mins ago. We actually used a lawyer because he helped my husband get his visa. I am so devastated @ the moment, coz I waited for two months and spent so much money using the lawyers. Please I need the gurus in the house to advice me, I beg you guys. I was denied based on travel history,family ties in Canada and in country of residence,length of proposed stay and financial status. My dad wrote a letter that he was going to sponsor me and I used his statement of account. He had over 7million in his account. I really don't know if that affected the visa because am married. I really don't know what went wrong. 1)Can I apply for visitation first, then work permit later?? 2)Also do I have to wait for 30 days to apply again?? Please gurus I will be waiting for ur response, God bless y'all

@Huzzie and @Eruditor
I couldn't but to say that I was intrigued by your posts, like Huzzie said the chat is filled with repeated arguments and questions which is the reason people have moved on...this is not a bad thing though as they are quickly replaced
You both have very valid points infact excellent points
I feel Nigerians just tend to have a bias of what title a qualification will add to them MSc, PhD etc without properly analyzing what they want their career paths to be
I have been working here for almost a year in company dealing with lighting and energy I will tell you that most of my bosses graduated in Social Sciences not even from universities (from colleges) ...I think its a matter of what the individual truly wants
Usually people just play safe and not ask themselves the important questions instead follow the Masters bandwagon which MAY not have been the best choice for them...
NB ... Your opinion is yours and mine is mine ...but we all learn from one another

Huzzie:

Engineering is one of those courses that people go to colleges to gain hands on knowledge. Where I'm doing my Coop, one of the bosses graduated from my school (Brock uni) and went to Niagara college for a diploma in same course. Likewise, most of the savvy in the engineering department are products of Niagara college.

I like your punchline from the bolded.

Cheers

It's the result of making a former Bank MD entrenched in all sort of underground bank transactions the governor of the CBN its like letting the member of a robbery gang guard the vault

freezingus:
GTbank is a fraud. How can one make an online transfer from his domiciliary account to his savings or current and the exchange rate was being charged at the official exchange of 199, then, for one to use Master card they charge 280, someone has to call all these banks to order. This is not only the BDC's the banks are now deeply entrenched in this unholy act of making difficult for helpless Nigerians. The CBN governor needs to address this issue asap.

Do you really have to add a leave letter ? I was working as well and used the company as sponsor just added employment letter and the company documents...no leave request
I am done now with school and on PGWP

dsquare4u:

Can any1 pls respond to my msg?

Hello kriss, I understand the zeal to help others as this thread was very helpful to me as well...kudos to you
The last part about food ...please dont take that hook line and sinker because if you're caught with the any edibles and didn't declare you will be in much more trouble
I am not big on travelling with foods cos I feel no matter how much it will still finish
But if you're someone that will stock enough pls its better to declare ...I know friends that declare whenever they come in and they were not delayed or scrutinized
At most they will be confiscated but not declaring is more risky especially if you have in large amounts

Kris99:
Travel Tip #1:
Do not put important documents, money and laptop in your main luggage. our might not be guaranteed that it will not be stolen from the airport in Nigeria after you have checked-in. Keep relevant documents such as passport, offer letter, proof of payment receipt or scholarship documents in your hand luggage. These documents will come handy when you touch down and head to join the immigration queue to obtain your study and work permit. There are instances where students kept valuables in main luggage and had them missing. 40-60min as you approach your destination( say the Pearson Airport in Toronto or Montreal) you will be asked by the air hostess to fill a declaration form. On this form you must provide the following information: Biodata, address you lived in in Nigeria, Contact number of someone home, address you will be staying in Canada, whether you have funds on you to declare or not, whether you are carrying any food item in your main luggage or not. For some of us, the smartest answer to give them is that you carry no funds on you( cos the moment you declare you do carry you must disclose the amount and go througha long process of clearance) . Same with food items. you will be asked to disclose..even if u carried stork fish or indomie i beg make unna no disclose am. It complicates things.

Hello bro, congrats

About your visa...you're always given the same time as your course plus a few months which is the duration of your study permit as well
About accommodation my advise is to go early of you can find someone to manage with and secure a room in a few days. my experience with kijiji is landlords don't like foreign enquiry and will want you to be on ground on a face to face.
For flight pls follow with the 155k its very likely through a flight agent even though I prefer booking directly with the airline the price difference through an agent can be up to 100 to 150k ...
Also if you planning to bring your family ...start looking into sowp and pnp route to PR after your masters
Safe

paparazzi1987:
Please house I have this pressing issue:
>> Ticket Price: please what is the average ticket price from Lagos to Windsor
>> The expiration date on my passport is 02-Feb-2017 and that is exactly the expiration date on the Visa issued. I thought they were meant to give me temporary resident visa (like 3-6 months) then at the point of entry I would be issued Student Visa…..but I was given (16 months )visa that will expiry the same day my passport expires….
>> Accommodation: I need advice on very cheap and conducive accommodation. I wouldn’t mind sharing room.

Pls check this link below for guide to funds you need to show for each dependant ...but really do you think it will be easy for her cos it also means you need to apply for study permit for your kids since they have to go to school http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/study-how-documents.asp

JUBILEE2000:


Thanks a lot for your kind response.

We don't have relatives in Canada. please may I know what you mean by showing extra 5 or 10K for each dependant?

Money might not be too much of an issue by God's grace. I really wanted to know if it is possible for one's children to accompany her to Canada on student's visa. Does anybody on this forum know someone who has done it in the past and if yes how did they go about it?

Your help will be appreciated.

Thank you.

I just think we have to look at this from the VOs point of view...one child is something but 3children and still going to school is a lot. If you have close family in Canada you can package that they are assisting you
Also hope you know you have to show like an extar 5k or 10k not too sure ...for each extra depandant I.e. your 3 children

JUBILEE2000:
Hello house,

Please I need candid advise from the gurus in this forum.
My wife just applied for a graduate programme in a Canadian university. I will sponsor her from Nigeria but she needs to travel with our 3 children; the eldest of them is 5yrs old. The challenge now is this: how best can we package their visa application to convince the embassy to grant her study permit and also allow her travel with the children? Please your advise and suggestions will be highly appreciated.

Windor and Barrie are still in ontario ...so I guess youre still coming in at YYZ airport , I don't think it's a problem though

lamama1:


Ve u got a solution to dis issh....cos I m in the same shoes.

Mr Rex. I think I know you though, are you on a study permit ? Then bringing your wife on sowp? If yes are you in seneca or close to people there?

rexxy09:
I got help from nairaland and promised to testify here too.

SOWP Application Online: 21st September
Medical Mail: 3rd November
Medical completed: 4th November
Medical Passed: 6th November
Passport Request: 9th November
Approval Mail: 11 November

God bless you guys. Please let's always share ideas on Spousal Open Work Permit. I noticed most people usually have questions unanswered, unlike Study Permit.

Cheers!

Okay thanks ...that helps

Ayodeledej:


Spouse is on study permit with funding from the school

Thanks a lot ...yeah all cases are always slightly different ...one question is the spouse in Canada on a study permit, pgwp, or work permit ?

Ayodeledej:


Ok. I did it some weeks back. We submitted all the documents relevant or irrelevant. Acct statement, cheques, proof of relationship including pictures, hone ties and a letter that explained my reasons for visiting my spouse and that I needed to work while visiting.
It took about 5 weeks and half before I got called for medicals. Got medical passed within 2days. And the rest was easy. Took about 8 weeks in all.
Although our stories may be different, just know prayer is key, both before and after the application and totally trust God.
I hope that was helpful?

Thanks a lot ...yeah seen the profiles involved but trying to reach them spexifically that's why ...thanks again

EmmaMsc:


Hello
you should type the following in google spousal open work permit travelling to canada nairaland. You will see a list of places where work permit was discused on this thread and the experiences.
Cheers

In order to avoid this, was why j came in before the first visa ezpired. Cos ideally you're not advised to leave Canada without getting response to the app

sellmyadiva:


I intend to leave by January, any suggestions cause i think i stand a chance since i have a work permit, still paying for my credit card and bank accounts with them , the issue is how to go about it.

If your question is about "WHEN" I will say the earlier the better once you have all your documents ...I am sure a lot of people have already applied for September entry right now as you know most courses start on September

yetunde84:
Hello everyone! Pls I need to know wen I sud apply for my trv, d resumption date is Sept. 2016.

I was denied July dis year.

Trust that I will have done that extensively before coming here . I even have all the documents needed already.
I just want to know if there's anyone here that's done it? The docs they submitted ? how long it took to get a response? etc ...so to have a second opinion on my methods

Ayodeledej:


What exactly are your questions and I would first advice you do your research well on cic website and Google

I don't have one here ...just did the research whn I needed it. There are tons of sop on the internet and even in this forum

xpress101:
Please i need SOP sample format. I'm applying this december

Thanks

I was almost in the same situation as you but got back into Canada a day before my visa expired

I will advise you call CIC to find out if you should do it locally or have your passport sent to Canada ...I hope you're not in a hurry though

sellmyadiva:
Hi guys, I have a pressing question. I was recently issued my postgraduate work permit while in Nigeria. My visa expired in April so do i need to apply from Nigeria or send my passport back to canada to get it stamped with a visa?

Visiting is even much harder and I have seen a lot of people get rejected for visit even when invited when the spouse is a permanent resident....the key to visiting is having strong ties to home country ...so parents that have job and children etc in naija can get visiting easily compared to younger folks

Ak4christ:


Yea this forum is for study but ppl av answered question on SOWP,but I will want to ask why don't you apply for your wife from within canada if you can easily get a visiting visa?

unibadan:
Hello my good people,

I have a friend who has BSc in Quantity Survey, and an MBA. She has over 15 years’ experience in banking. She has never used the BSc degree to work in quantity survey related job, so there is a knowledge gap. Right now she wants to set up a consulting company as a quantity surveyor. Because she has no knowledge on current operations in the field, she is considering doing another BSc degree in Quantity Survey in Canada to brush up. What are her chances of getting a student visa?

I understand she needs to prepare a SOP as part of visa requirement. What explanation will suffice in SOP and will sound convincing?

Thank you.

After 15/years working a bachelors just seems too low seems she already even has a bachelors ...my view is a diploma of 2years preferably with a work term is much better angle
One doesn't have to know the nitty gritty to run a business

This forum has been of immense help to so many people
And the good thing is people keep moving on and other people come.in ...its interesting
I used this forum as guide to get mybstudy permit last year and I am now working in Canada
I want to bring my wife on an a spouse open work permit, does anyone have experience or info about that ?
I understand most people here are going the study route

Congrats Zorkky

Hello everyone ,

Nice to see some really nice people stick to the thread and dint know nairaland doesnt hesitate to block someone.

anyone headed to Toronto this month? what airline are you flying

@slimdel @finestlex and the rest cant remember.... and @chrigo welldone sir

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