LagosismyHome:


one way is fine

Schonebaby:
Good morning e-family.
Please, I'm asking this question for my sister. She's travelling August to the US on Study visa. Please can she book one way, cos the return flight prices I'm seeing are fearfully priced .
I want to be sure she can book One way before we book it.
Thanks

sharwama:

Abeg no vex. Wetin be the duration of the study kini?
How many months/years

DBlessedofGod:
@Schonebaby thanks for the selfless service to this thread.
Although I am yet to apply for my TRV even though am to resume in fall (most likely defer to January) I would like to go with my family.

The plan is to apply first then apply for my wife n 3 kids.
My question is in regards to your initial SOP,
1. Did you use your child n hubby as home ties
2. If you did 1 above how did you then justify applying for your family almost immediately. As one would assume you never wanted to go with them.

Thanks

emeify:
Congrats @schonebaby. I have a few questions. When u say budget, did you give a breakdown of what ur expenses would be?. 2. How exactly did u appeal.to the VO's compassion in your letter. 3. For finances , did you state that you were following the requirements of having 10k for ur self and 4k for your spouse, etc in your LOE and how much more than the requirement for one year did u have 4. Did u also refer to your funding as part of funds available for u? 5. Can you share your LOE, with personal details removed of course. Thanks

Juleskiki:
Wow, Approval oooo... God is Good..
I am preparing my full time line and testimony... will be right back guys...

Qudkom:
Just had the smoothest POE experience. I wasn't asked any questions or whatsoever just directed to a counter where the lady requested my passport and excused her self came back after a few seconds and handed me my study/work permit. To all trv hopefuls I wish you the very best and I'll still be present here to offer my advises et all to those who need it. Cheers!

Jeandji:
Hello,

I want to know what kind of visa I need to apply for my daughter while my wife apply for SOWP. She is just 7 months old.

2) my Study permit expires by nov 2019. I intend renewing it before then. Can they go ahead apply? Or do I need to renew it first before they apply?

3) what route is better and faster this days? Paper or online?

I look forward to your help!

Thank you

Higherground1:
Hello,

How does someone with SWOP get a job in Canada? Spouse has been teaching since she graduated from university. Any website or advice will be appreciated...

omoluka:
Is it true that one can get a genuine Australia or Canadian work visa from Nigeria?

emeify:
Been thinking and want to ask, am on study permit. Can my kids apply for stude permit (they are school age) without my spouse applying for sowp? This is really important, so.if u know, pls let me know. Thanks

Schonebaby:
Thanks to all my beautiful people. I see you all. All our labour will not go unrewarded.
I really desired to go with my family cos they mean the world to me. So contrary to popular opinion that one cannot get visas for family while still in Nigeria, I decided to apply. I started preparing for the application immediately I submitted mine. First, we valued our property (about 12 million), we also booked upfront medicals. Fortunately my visa came before the date given.

So I got my study visa May 7th. And I used these documents from me:
My approval letter
My passport showing visa
My previous passport
My admission letter
Funding letter (showing I have over the required 10k cad for personal living expenses, apart from tuition)
Letter of invitation. I explained several subtopics *relationship history *why swop and visit visa for daughter (daughter is less than 2 years) *funding and budget * husband work expertise and designation *purpose of visit( to join mum for PhD)
I realised that unlike study permit application which is quite objective, sowp and family sponsorship application can be very subjective. ( I wrote the sop in a way that I appealed to the compassionate side of the VOs). I particularly capitalised on the fact that I don't want to leave my baby for 4 years + ,nor my husband.

Marriage documents:
Marriage certificate
Change of name
Newspaper publications

For my husband:
A letter of introduction introducing him and his relationship with me, his work designation ( he's an engineer). He talked a lot about his work achievements e.t.c since its a work permit application
Introduction letter from work
Appointment letter
Confirmation letter
Id card
Payslips

Hometie
Property receipts
Property document
Valuation
His Pension fund account. ( just about 1million plus)

Financial part
This was very tricky. After much deliberation. We decided to use what we have.
My husband had a million plus in his account. His father had earlier sent to him 1 million, 6 weeks before we applied. ( We explained it in our letters).
My mum gave us one of her fixed deposit monies (2 million). We included the fixed deposit certificate to show it has been fixed for 3 months and I stated in my letter the day it was terminated and sent to my account. It was sent just 2 days before I applied but I made sure I showed it has been fixed for a long time and thus, its available.
So basically our funds consisted entirely of 2 lump sums but it was explained with proof.
We included our parents ID cards , passport, sponsorship letter from them, and employment / retirement letter. We also included our birth certificatesto prove paternity.

Daughter:
Her birth certificate
Her immunization report
Little things like her church dedication certificate bearing our names.
We included photographs but vfs did not allow us to submit it. I later submitted it via webform.

We submitted May 14 exactly a week after I got my trv
May 23, medicals was passed
June 17 BVL came in for my husband
June 27 approval for them both.
My daughter was even given 5 years visa. More than my 4 years program.


I saw God's hand in this application. Honestly, I was so clueless. But, the Holy Spirit helped me every step of the way. Writing the letters, tackling the financial part e.t.c.
He made this possible.
I will like to answer questions more on the forum as suggested by Mods so everyone can learn instead of pms.
I return all glory to God o
My temporary lovestory with CIC has ended in praise

Thebushboy:


Thank you so much. I was able to link it. One of the advantages of this forum!

Thebushboy:


Hi

Was the SOWP application successfully linked to your online account?

omoluka:
Is it true that one can get a genuine Australia or Canadian work visa from Nigeria?

Thebushboy:
It seems there might just be 2 or 3 people here waiting for approval. Can we make this thread a bit active in order to help each other gain insight into possible processing time.

My Current Challenge..I have applied for the past 4 weeks now and I cannot link the paper application(OWP) to my account. Anyone with similar experience? How long should any OWP be before you can link it?

guzenaira:



Hello AkeemTy,

From my vantage point, the best is for you to apply together. It’s faster, alittle cheaper and less stressful and most times comes with an approval but it’s very demanding.

I read your profile above and it’s fantastic that there is no accompanying children which makes it alittle better.

My advice; Make sure you have full tuition and 1st year living expenses for you and your wife in you account. (14k cad) + full tuition.

Make sure your sponsor is a direct family member, your dad like you said is fantastic. Make him write a committing Sponsorship letter and Afidavit.

Make sure you submit your business papers and try to hype your business in your SOP.

Make sure you add your personal asset to your application.

Make sure you let the VO know the provision you made on who will handle your business on your behalf before you Come back.

Once you are granted, they will definitely grant your wife as well. Western world take marriage or family seriously and they don’t want to put separation because they know the consequences of the law they created themselves.

Finally, like sillysassysally will say, you need to sit down and write a badging SOP if truly you really mean your wife should be with you. I love your courage and I pray it works out well.

In your wife’s application, she doesn’t have much to say. Her SOA is an option in the application, marriage certificate, photos and her SOP stating why she’s following you and the importance of she being with you but don’t ever mention that you guys haven’t given birth in the application. That’s all she needs. It doesn’t matter if she’s working or not.

But if you can’t do the above, submit your application, once you get an approval then apply for her but it’s a 50 50 stuff.

Nevertheless, you can visit the spouse open work permit thread SOWP for more information.

https://www.nairaland.com/2271485/canada-spouse-open-work-permit

Pls apply early.

jaybaby2017:
Long Approval Alert!

I just want to thank everyone that contributed to my approval. @wealth360, I will never forget you for all your advice and guidance.

Amahjosh:
Hello gurus

I just got a correspondence letter this morning. I applied via online route 7th of June and did biometric on the 11th and my upfront medical was updated to pass on the 13th of June. And today been the 27th of June I got a Correspondence Letter, I guess they have already reached a decision and it a refusal. Do I apply for my GCMS notes now before the final decision comes in to know how to tackle the points raised by the VO and also defer my admission to January intake 2020?

skirmish:


Please, what document did your submit for your daughter? Is she above 5 years? How did you get letter of acceptance for her?

kcosam:

Congratulations! What a joy, is your hubby going on SOWP?

AAO7:
Congratulations Hun

sillysassysally:
I have done this!

I just hope this does not cause a significant delay.

AgroNACT:


BIG CONGRATULATIONS. I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU. IT IS GOOD TO BE GOOD

Qudkom:

Professor Schone..... been waiting for this day. I am extremely happy for you dear.