Chechem:
TIMELINE.
1. First Application and first refusal, 12th January 2023 and 4th February, 2023 respectively.

2. Second application and PPR, 11th May 2023 and June 3rd respectively.

3. I already did biometrics and medicals for my previous application, so I frontloaded everything and added more documents.

4. I am self sponsored.

DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED.
1. LOE
2. Notarized Affidavit of Return.
3. Birth certificate of mother and siblings.
4. Letter of introduction and recommendation from workplace.
5. Study leave approval letter.
6. Wife's International Passport.
7. Wife's PR Card.
8. My Cv
9. All Educational Certs and transcripts, birth certificate.
10. Wedding and family pictures.
11. Notarized 3 lands documents (Power of Attorney)
12. Affidavit of Self sponsorship.
13. Affidavit of Return.
14. MyBankStatement.
15. Bank reference letter.
16. Proof of fund documents. (Document of land inherited and sold)
17. Tuition fee Receipt.
18. Employment Letter and work ID.
19. Notarized Payslips.
20. Letter of Support from wife.
21. Wife's statement of Account, payslips, work ID.
22. Marriage cert.

School is Sheridan College, for September 2023. Postgraduate Certificate Program. 1 year...

Thanks everyone and may God continue to bless us all. Amen...


Please, what and what do I have to submit with my passport? Apart from the dispatch fees. Is there any other fees to be paid

Shrunkwriter:
PPR DON SHOW MEHHHHN

Meke ona no vess abeg ... It came out a while ago but i've been quite busy. Wanted it to be as detailed as possible to help y'all for the sake of reference. Thank God for giving me this, I consider it a special gift. I initially intended on using an agent because of his proclaimed success rate. I con reason am, which agent go tell you about their win-to-loss ratio? So, after having a holistic discussion with him about Visa Applications in general ... I figured ... hey ... This isn't really rocket science, I can do this. And so, everything from start to finish was done BY MYSELF. Here's my timeline below.

*Timeline*
School Application 12th Dec 2022
Admission 15th Dec 2022 (Centennial College)
LOA came 3rd Feb (came in late cus Dem go carry my money give another student, I give dem wahala no be chais until dem release am)
Visa Application Submitted 17th Feb
Biometrics 22nd Feb (The way the guy that attended to me here kept congratulating me. At this stage IRCC nvr even touch my application. I con dey wonder )
Request for Medical Examination 24th March
Medicals done 17th April
Medicals updated to passed 26th April
PPR dropped 28th April

*After the medicals (Q-life family Clinic Lagos), I followed up with Q-life to find out when they had uploaded my Medicals. When they confirmed this, I sent a mail to the ircc nairobi mail and and about an hour later, medical updated to pass. Same goes for the PPR, when I saw nothing was happening 2 days later, I sent a mail to nairobi again informing them that my medical has been updated to passed and then, I kid you not ... 5 mins later I received 2 mails "A message about your application is waiting for you.", checked the portal and PPR was sitting peacefully waiting for yours truly. Lass lass, na God get power.

I split my documents into 2 pdf's. the first was for financial related documents, and the second was for any other document. Because of this split, I didn't have too hard a time in compressing my documents. As for the compression, documents that I felt ranked higher in importance, I did little to no compression, while documents that ranked lower, I brutally compressed them.


* APPLIED USING GCKEY
*Documents submitted*

1st pdf (financials/proof of funds) 45pgs

- Detailed clickable Table of contents
- writeup explaining everything regarding proof of funds along with all my cash breakdown.
- Personal Account Statement (closing bal 16m/regular inflows and outflows, bal nvr went below 1.5m)
- Gift Deed from Parents signed by both of them and notarized. (parents transferred 10m to me from their joint account 2 weeks before the statement was printed)
- Parents int. Passport.
- Dom account statement ($6,000)
- CAC of parents company.
- Mybankstatement ticket for my Corporate account (contained 800k, inflow/outflow of about 35m/acct interacts regularly with personal acc)
- reference letter from the bank stating when I opened the corporate account, account has no issue, and that I am the sole signatory to it. Signed by the branch manager.
- sample invoice raised for one of the inflow transactions in my corporate account.
- CAC of my company.
- CAC status report of my company.
- 6 months payslips from my place of work.
- screenshot of salary breakdown from my staff online dashboard.
- Telex copy of school fees deposit USD4,000/CAD5,353.
- Receipt of deposit from school.
- Form A printout showing that I have logged my request to transfer the remaining balance of the school fees.
- Letter from someone who borrowed some money from me explaining that he transferred the lump sum of his outstanding debts of 3m.
- Receipt of this lumpsum transfer. The receipt came with a barcode that can be scanned for confirmation.
- 1 Landed document
- Car particulars (proof of ownership, vehicle reg, insurance cert, Auto reg, roadworthiness, etc)
- 2 pictures of my baby ... referring to my car .

2nd pdf (all other relevant documents) (41pgs)

- Detailed clickable table of contents
- Statement of purpose (3 pgs long) (pro tip, try to keep it short, but if you get plenty talk, Organize your plenty talk into well-defined sub-headings so that V.O will know where to look for whatever)
- School fees deposit receipt (uploaded this in both 1st and second pdf, make dem no talk say dem no see am )
- Birth Certificate
- Nigerian Voter's Card ... probably the last time I would use this for anything to be frank...
- NIN Slip
- WASSC Result (WAEC)
- Nigerian Uni Undergrad offer for provisional admission.
- Undergrad University Transcript.
- Undergrad Degree BSc Cert - Hons.
- Lecturer Recommendation letter with school letterhead. (If you see hyping ehh... )
- Affidavit of return ... (dem say I go come back ooo ... na wetin dem talk for inside the letter ooo )
- NYSC Certificate
- Letter of Commendation from my PPA who acted as my previous employer
- Company CAC
- Letter of employment from current employer.
- Confirmation letter as permanent staff from current employer.
- Leave of Study from Current Employer...
- work ID Card.
- C.V.
- Certificate for the course created by my current employer completed. (had barcode for confirmation of this)
- Pictures of me @ my workplace, family pictures old and new, Nysc pictures of selfless acts mehhn, was president of my cds group so the pictures really really captured me in the act of goodwill.
- screenshot of my 2 youtube channels
- My Company card.
- Landed property.

Really tried my possible best to be as legit as possible. Would really score myself high on that ... but hey ... If you know you know .

other compulsory documents for upload.

LOA
PASSPORT (THAT IS WHAT WE NIGERIANS CALL INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT)
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH (CANADIAN SIZE) I TOOK 3 DIFFERENT PICTURES AND DIDN'T REST UNTIL I LOOKED CUTE ENOUGH FOR THE V.O .

Good luck to everyone still hoping to hear from IRCC ... good news soonest! At least dem don call off the strike.

If you’re going to Centennial College Sept intake reach out and let’s connect. If you're also going to TORONTO too please, don't hesitate to reach out. I'm here to answer any other questions anyone might need.

You see this Canada, All of us must enter am . I know you will make it. See you around.

Shrunkwriter:
PPR DON SHOW MEHHHHN

Meke ona no vess abeg ... It came out a while ago but i've been quite busy. Wanted it to be as detailed as possible to help y'all for the sake of reference. Thank God for giving me this, I consider it a special gift. I initially intended on using an agent because of his proclaimed success rate. I con reason am, which agent go tell you about their win-to-loss ratio? So, after having a holistic discussion with him about Visa Applications in general ... I figured ... hey ... This isn't really rocket science, I can do this. And so, everything from start to finish was done BY MYSELF. Here's my timeline below.

*Timeline*
School Application 12th Dec 2022
Admission 15th Dec 2022 (Centennial College)
LOA came 3rd Feb (came in late cus Dem go carry my money give another student, I give dem wahala no be chais until dem release am)
Visa Application Submitted 17th Feb
Biometrics 22nd Feb (The way the guy that attended to me here kept congratulating me. At this stage IRCC nvr even touch my application. I con dey wonder )
Request for Medical Examination 24th March
Medicals done 17th April
Medicals updated to passed 26th April
PPR dropped 28th April

*After the medicals (Q-life family Clinic Lagos), I followed up with Q-life to find out when they had uploaded my Medicals. When they confirmed this, I sent a mail to the ircc nairobi mail and and about an hour later, medical updated to pass. Same goes for the PPR, when I saw nothing was happening 2 days later, I sent a mail to nairobi again informing them that my medical has been updated to passed and then, I kid you not ... 5 mins later I received 2 mails "A message about your application is waiting for you.", checked the portal and PPR was sitting peacefully waiting for yours truly. Lass lass, na God get power.

I split my documents into 2 pdf's. the first was for financial related documents, and the second was for any other document. Because of this split, I didn't have too hard a time in compressing my documents. As for the compression, documents that I felt ranked higher in importance, I did little to no compression, while documents that ranked lower, I brutally compressed them.


* APPLIED USING GCKEY
*Documents submitted*

1st pdf (financials/proof of funds) 45pgs

- Detailed clickable Table of contents
- writeup explaining everything regarding proof of funds along with all my cash breakdown.
- Personal Account Statement (closing bal 16m/regular inflows and outflows, bal nvr went below 1.5m)
- Gift Deed from Parents signed by both of them and notarized. (parents transferred 10m to me from their joint account 2 weeks before the statement was printed)
- Parents int. Passport.
- Dom account statement ($6,000)
- CAC of parents company.
- Mybankstatement ticket for my Corporate account (contained 800k, inflow/outflow of about 35m/acct interacts regularly with personal acc)
- reference letter from the bank stating when I opened the corporate account, account has no issue, and that I am the sole signatory to it. Signed by the branch manager.
- sample invoice raised for one of the inflow transactions in my corporate account.
- CAC of my company.
- CAC status report of my company.
- 6 months payslips from my place of work.
- screenshot of salary breakdown from my staff online dashboard.
- Telex copy of school fees deposit USD4,000/CAD5,353.
- Receipt of deposit from school.
- Form A printout showing that I have logged my request to transfer the remaining balance of the school fees.
- Letter from someone who borrowed some money from me explaining that he transferred the lump sum of his outstanding debts of 3m.
- Receipt of this lumpsum transfer. The receipt came with a barcode that can be scanned for confirmation.
- 1 Landed document
- Car particulars (proof of ownership, vehicle reg, insurance cert, Auto reg, roadworthiness, etc)
- 2 pictures of my baby ... referring to my car .

2nd pdf (all other relevant documents) (41pgs)

- Detailed clickable table of contents
- Statement of purpose (3 pgs long) (pro tip, try to keep it short, but if you get plenty talk, Organize your plenty talk into well-defined sub-headings so that V.O will know where to look for whatever)
- School fees deposit receipt (uploaded this in both 1st and second pdf, make dem no talk say dem no see am )
- Birth Certificate
- Nigerian Voter's Card ... probably the last time I would use this for anything to be frank...
- NIN Slip
- WASSC Result (WAEC)
- Nigerian Uni Undergrad offer for provisional admission.
- Undergrad University Transcript.
- Undergrad Degree BSc Cert - Hons.
- Lecturer Recommendation letter with school letterhead. (If you see hyping ehh... )
- Affidavit of return ... (dem say I go come back ooo ... na wetin dem talk for inside the letter ooo )
- NYSC Certificate
- Letter of Commendation from my PPA who acted as my previous employer
- Company CAC
- Letter of employment from current employer.
- Confirmation letter as permanent staff from current employer.
- Leave of Study from Current Employer...
- work ID Card.
- C.V.
- Certificate for the course created by my current employer completed. (had barcode for confirmation of this)
- Pictures of me @ my workplace, family pictures old and new, Nysc pictures of selfless acts mehhn, was president of my cds group so the pictures really really captured me in the act of goodwill.
- screenshot of my 2 youtube channels
- My Company card.
- Landed property.

Really tried my possible best to be as legit as possible. Would really score myself high on that ... but hey ... If you know you know .

other compulsory documents for upload.

LOA
PASSPORT (THAT IS WHAT WE NIGERIANS CALL INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT)
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH (CANADIAN SIZE) I TOOK 3 DIFFERENT PICTURES AND DIDN'T REST UNTIL I LOOKED CUTE ENOUGH FOR THE V.O .

Good luck to everyone still hoping to hear from IRCC ... good news soonest! At least dem don call off the strike.

If you’re going to Centennial College Sept intake reach out and let’s connect. If you're also going to TORONTO too please, don't hesitate to reach out. I'm here to answer any other questions anyone might need.

You see this Canada, All of us must enter am . I know you will make it. See you around.

Shrunkwriter:
PPR DON SHOW MEHHHHN

Meke ona no vess abeg ... It came out a while ago but i've been quite busy. Wanted it to be as detailed as possible to help y'all for the sake of reference. Thank God for giving me this, I consider it a special gift. I initially intended on using an agent because of his proclaimed success rate. I con reason am, which agent go tell you about their win-to-loss ratio? So, after having a holistic discussion with him about Visa Applications in general ... I figured ... hey ... This isn't really rocket science, I can do this. And so, everything from start to finish was done BY MYSELF. Here's my timeline below.

*Timeline*
School Application 12th Dec 2022
Admission 15th Dec 2022 (Centennial College)
LOA came 3rd Feb (came in late cus Dem go carry my money give another student, I give dem wahala no be chais until dem release am)
Visa Application Submitted 17th Feb
Biometrics 22nd Feb (The way the guy that attended to me here kept congratulating me. At this stage IRCC nvr even touch my application. I con dey wonder )
Request for Medical Examination 24th March
Medicals done 17th April
Medicals updated to passed 26th April
PPR dropped 28th April

*After the medicals (Q-life family Clinic Lagos), I followed up with Q-life to find out when they had uploaded my Medicals. When they confirmed this, I sent a mail to the ircc nairobi mail and and about an hour later, medical updated to pass. Same goes for the PPR, when I saw nothing was happening 2 days later, I sent a mail to nairobi again informing them that my medical has been updated to passed and then, I kid you not ... 5 mins later I received 2 mails "A message about your application is waiting for you.", checked the portal and PPR was sitting peacefully waiting for yours truly. Lass lass, na God get power.

I split my documents into 2 pdf's. the first was for financial related documents, and the second was for any other document. Because of this split, I didn't have too hard a time in compressing my documents. As for the compression, documents that I felt ranked higher in importance, I did little to no compression, while documents that ranked lower, I brutally compressed them.


* APPLIED USING GCKEY
*Documents submitted*

1st pdf (financials/proof of funds) 45pgs

- Detailed clickable Table of contents
- writeup explaining everything regarding proof of funds along with all my cash breakdown.
- Personal Account Statement (closing bal 16m/regular inflows and outflows, bal nvr went below 1.5m)
- Gift Deed from Parents signed by both of them and notarized. (parents transferred 10m to me from their joint account 2 weeks before the statement was printed)
- Parents int. Passport.
- Dom account statement ($6,000)
- CAC of parents company.
- Mybankstatement ticket for my Corporate account (contained 800k, inflow/outflow of about 35m/acct interacts regularly with personal acc)
- reference letter from the bank stating when I opened the corporate account, account has no issue, and that I am the sole signatory to it. Signed by the branch manager.
- sample invoice raised for one of the inflow transactions in my corporate account.
- CAC of my company.
- CAC status report of my company.
- 6 months payslips from my place of work.
- screenshot of salary breakdown from my staff online dashboard.
- Telex copy of school fees deposit USD4,000/CAD5,353.
- Receipt of deposit from school.
- Form A printout showing that I have logged my request to transfer the remaining balance of the school fees.
- Letter from someone who borrowed some money from me explaining that he transferred the lump sum of his outstanding debts of 3m.
- Receipt of this lumpsum transfer. The receipt came with a barcode that can be scanned for confirmation.
- 1 Landed document
- Car particulars (proof of ownership, vehicle reg, insurance cert, Auto reg, roadworthiness, etc)
- 2 pictures of my baby ... referring to my car .

2nd pdf (all other relevant documents) (41pgs)

- Detailed clickable table of contents
- Statement of purpose (3 pgs long) (pro tip, try to keep it short, but if you get plenty talk, Organize your plenty talk into well-defined sub-headings so that V.O will know where to look for whatever)
- School fees deposit receipt (uploaded this in both 1st and second pdf, make dem no talk say dem no see am )
- Birth Certificate
- Nigerian Voter's Card ... probably the last time I would use this for anything to be frank...
- NIN Slip
- WASSC Result (WAEC)
- Nigerian Uni Undergrad offer for provisional admission.
- Undergrad University Transcript.
- Undergrad Degree BSc Cert - Hons.
- Lecturer Recommendation letter with school letterhead. (If you see hyping ehh... )
- Affidavit of return ... (dem say I go come back ooo ... na wetin dem talk for inside the letter ooo )
- NYSC Certificate
- Letter of Commendation from my PPA who acted as my previous employer
- Company CAC
- Letter of employment from current employer.
- Confirmation letter as permanent staff from current employer.
- Leave of Study from Current Employer...
- work ID Card.
- C.V.
- Certificate for the course created by my current employer completed. (had barcode for confirmation of this)
- Pictures of me @ my workplace, family pictures old and new, Nysc pictures of selfless acts mehhn, was president of my cds group so the pictures really really captured me in the act of goodwill.
- screenshot of my 2 youtube channels
- My Company card.
- Landed property.

Really tried my possible best to be as legit as possible. Would really score myself high on that ... but hey ... If you know you know .

other compulsory documents for upload.

LOA
PASSPORT (THAT IS WHAT WE NIGERIANS CALL INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT)
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH (CANADIAN SIZE) I TOOK 3 DIFFERENT PICTURES AND DIDN'T REST UNTIL I LOOKED CUTE ENOUGH FOR THE V.O .

Good luck to everyone still hoping to hear from IRCC ... good news soonest! At least dem don call off the strike.

If you’re going to Centennial College Sept intake reach out and let’s connect. If you're also going to TORONTO too please, don't hesitate to reach out. I'm here to answer any other questions anyone might need.

You see this Canada, All of us must enter am . I know you will make it. See you around.

Shrunkwriter:
PPR DON SHOW MEHHHHN

Meke ona no vess abeg ... It came out a while ago but i've been quite busy. Wanted it to be as detailed as possible to help y'all for the sake of reference. Thank God for giving me this, I consider it a special gift. I initially intended on using an agent because of his proclaimed success rate. I con reason am, which agent go tell you about their win-to-loss ratio? So, after having a holistic discussion with him about Visa Applications in general ... I figured ... hey ... This isn't really rocket science, I can do this. And so, everything from start to finish was done BY MYSELF. Here's my timeline below.

*Timeline*
School Application 12th Dec 2022
Admission 15th Dec 2022 (Centennial College)
LOA came 3rd Feb (came in late cus Dem go carry my money give another student, I give dem wahala no be chais until dem release am)
Visa Application Submitted 17th Feb
Biometrics 22nd Feb (The way the guy that attended to me here kept congratulating me. At this stage IRCC nvr even touch my application. I con dey wonder )
Request for Medical Examination 24th March
Medicals done 17th April
Medicals updated to passed 26th April
PPR dropped 28th April

*After the medicals (Q-life family Clinic Lagos), I followed up with Q-life to find out when they had uploaded my Medicals. When they confirmed this, I sent a mail to the ircc nairobi mail and and about an hour later, medical updated to pass. Same goes for the PPR, when I saw nothing was happening 2 days later, I sent a mail to nairobi again informing them that my medical has been updated to passed and then, I kid you not ... 5 mins later I received 2 mails "A message about your application is waiting for you.", checked the portal and PPR was sitting peacefully waiting for yours truly. Lass lass, na God get power.

I split my documents into 2 pdf's. the first was for financial related documents, and the second was for any other document. Because of this split, I didn't have too hard a time in compressing my documents. As for the compression, documents that I felt ranked higher in importance, I did little to no compression, while documents that ranked lower, I brutally compressed them.


* APPLIED USING GCKEY
*Documents submitted*

1st pdf (financials/proof of funds) 45pgs

- Detailed clickable Table of contents
- writeup explaining everything regarding proof of funds along with all my cash breakdown.
- Personal Account Statement (closing bal 16m/regular inflows and outflows, bal nvr went below 1.5m)
- Gift Deed from Parents signed by both of them and notarized. (parents transferred 10m to me from their joint account 2 weeks before the statement was printed)
- Parents int. Passport.
- Dom account statement ($6,000)
- CAC of parents company.
- Mybankstatement ticket for my Corporate account (contained 800k, inflow/outflow of about 35m/acct interacts regularly with personal acc)
- reference letter from the bank stating when I opened the corporate account, account has no issue, and that I am the sole signatory to it. Signed by the branch manager.
- sample invoice raised for one of the inflow transactions in my corporate account.
- CAC of my company.
- CAC status report of my company.
- 6 months payslips from my place of work.
- screenshot of salary breakdown from my staff online dashboard.
- Telex copy of school fees deposit USD4,000/CAD5,353.
- Receipt of deposit from school.
- Form A printout showing that I have logged my request to transfer the remaining balance of the school fees.
- Letter from someone who borrowed some money from me explaining that he transferred the lump sum of his outstanding debts of 3m.
- Receipt of this lumpsum transfer. The receipt came with a barcode that can be scanned for confirmation.
- 1 Landed document
- Car particulars (proof of ownership, vehicle reg, insurance cert, Auto reg, roadworthiness, etc)
- 2 pictures of my baby ... referring to my car .

2nd pdf (all other relevant documents) (41pgs)

- Detailed clickable table of contents
- Statement of purpose (3 pgs long) (pro tip, try to keep it short, but if you get plenty talk, Organize your plenty talk into well-defined sub-headings so that V.O will know where to look for whatever)
- School fees deposit receipt (uploaded this in both 1st and second pdf, make dem no talk say dem no see am )
- Birth Certificate
- Nigerian Voter's Card ... probably the last time I would use this for anything to be frank...
- NIN Slip
- WASSC Result (WAEC)
- Nigerian Uni Undergrad offer for provisional admission.
- Undergrad University Transcript.
- Undergrad Degree BSc Cert - Hons.
- Lecturer Recommendation letter with school letterhead. (If you see hyping ehh... )
- Affidavit of return ... (dem say I go come back ooo ... na wetin dem talk for inside the letter ooo )
- NYSC Certificate
- Letter of Commendation from my PPA who acted as my previous employer
- Company CAC
- Letter of employment from current employer.
- Confirmation letter as permanent staff from current employer.
- Leave of Study from Current Employer...
- work ID Card.
- C.V.
- Certificate for the course created by my current employer completed. (had barcode for confirmation of this)
- Pictures of me @ my workplace, family pictures old and new, Nysc pictures of selfless acts mehhn, was president of my cds group so the pictures really really captured me in the act of goodwill.
- screenshot of my 2 youtube channels
- My Company card.
- Landed property.

Really tried my possible best to be as legit as possible. Would really score myself high on that ... but hey ... If you know you know .

other compulsory documents for upload.

LOA
PASSPORT (THAT IS WHAT WE NIGERIANS CALL INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT)
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH (CANADIAN SIZE) I TOOK 3 DIFFERENT PICTURES AND DIDN'T REST UNTIL I LOOKED CUTE ENOUGH FOR THE V.O .

Good luck to everyone still hoping to hear from IRCC ... good news soonest! At least dem don call off the strike.

If you’re going to Centennial College Sept intake reach out and let’s connect. If you're also going to TORONTO too please, don't hesitate to reach out. I'm here to answer any other questions anyone might need.

You see this Canada, All of us must enter am . I know you will make it. See you around.

Shrunkwriter:
PPR DON SHOW MEHHHHN

Meke ona no vess abeg ... It came out a while ago but i've been quite busy. Wanted it to be as detailed as possible to help y'all for the sake of reference. Thank God for giving me this, I consider it a special gift. I initially intended on using an agent because of his proclaimed success rate. I con reason am, which agent go tell you about their win-to-loss ratio? So, after having a holistic discussion with him about Visa Applications in general ... I figured ... hey ... This isn't really rocket science, I can do this. And so, everything from start to finish was done BY MYSELF. Here's my timeline below.

*Timeline*
School Application 12th Dec 2022
Admission 15th Dec 2022 (Centennial College)
LOA came 3rd Feb (came in late cus Dem go carry my money give another student, I give dem wahala no be chais until dem release am)
Visa Application Submitted 17th Feb
Biometrics 22nd Feb (The way the guy that attended to me here kept congratulating me. At this stage IRCC nvr even touch my application. I con dey wonder )
Request for Medical Examination 24th March
Medicals done 17th April
Medicals updated to passed 26th April
PPR dropped 28th April

*After the medicals (Q-life family Clinic Lagos), I followed up with Q-life to find out when they had uploaded my Medicals. When they confirmed this, I sent a mail to the ircc nairobi mail and and about an hour later, medical updated to pass. Same goes for the PPR, when I saw nothing was happening 2 days later, I sent a mail to nairobi again informing them that my medical has been updated to passed and then, I kid you not ... 5 mins later I received 2 mails "A message about your application is waiting for you.", checked the portal and PPR was sitting peacefully waiting for yours truly. Lass lass, na God get power.

I split my documents into 2 pdf's. the first was for financial related documents, and the second was for any other document. Because of this split, I didn't have too hard a time in compressing my documents. As for the compression, documents that I felt ranked higher in importance, I did little to no compression, while documents that ranked lower, I brutally compressed them.


* APPLIED USING GCKEY
*Documents submitted*

1st pdf (financials/proof of funds) 45pgs

- Detailed clickable Table of contents
- writeup explaining everything regarding proof of funds along with all my cash breakdown.
- Personal Account Statement (closing bal 16m/regular inflows and outflows, bal nvr went below 1.5m)
- Gift Deed from Parents signed by both of them and notarized. (parents transferred 10m to me from their joint account 2 weeks before the statement was printed)
- Parents int. Passport.
- Dom account statement ($6,000)
- CAC of parents company.
- Mybankstatement ticket for my Corporate account (contained 800k, inflow/outflow of about 35m/acct interacts regularly with personal acc)
- reference letter from the bank stating when I opened the corporate account, account has no issue, and that I am the sole signatory to it. Signed by the branch manager.
- sample invoice raised for one of the inflow transactions in my corporate account.
- CAC of my company.
- CAC status report of my company.
- 6 months payslips from my place of work.
- screenshot of salary breakdown from my staff online dashboard.
- Telex copy of school fees deposit USD4,000/CAD5,353.
- Receipt of deposit from school.
- Form A printout showing that I have logged my request to transfer the remaining balance of the school fees.
- Letter from someone who borrowed some money from me explaining that he transferred the lump sum of his outstanding debts of 3m.
- Receipt of this lumpsum transfer. The receipt came with a barcode that can be scanned for confirmation.
- 1 Landed document
- Car particulars (proof of ownership, vehicle reg, insurance cert, Auto reg, roadworthiness, etc)
- 2 pictures of my baby ... referring to my car .

2nd pdf (all other relevant documents) (41pgs)

- Detailed clickable table of contents
- Statement of purpose (3 pgs long) (pro tip, try to keep it short, but if you get plenty talk, Organize your plenty talk into well-defined sub-headings so that V.O will know where to look for whatever)
- School fees deposit receipt (uploaded this in both 1st and second pdf, make dem no talk say dem no see am )
- Birth Certificate
- Nigerian Voter's Card ... probably the last time I would use this for anything to be frank...
- NIN Slip
- WASSC Result (WAEC)
- Nigerian Uni Undergrad offer for provisional admission.
- Undergrad University Transcript.
- Undergrad Degree BSc Cert - Hons.
- Lecturer Recommendation letter with school letterhead. (If you see hyping ehh... )
- Affidavit of return ... (dem say I go come back ooo ... na wetin dem talk for inside the letter ooo )
- NYSC Certificate
- Letter of Commendation from my PPA who acted as my previous employer
- Company CAC
- Letter of employment from current employer.
- Confirmation letter as permanent staff from current employer.
- Leave of Study from Current Employer...
- work ID Card.
- C.V.
- Certificate for the course created by my current employer completed. (had barcode for confirmation of this)
- Pictures of me @ my workplace, family pictures old and new, Nysc pictures of selfless acts mehhn, was president of my cds group so the pictures really really captured me in the act of goodwill.
- screenshot of my 2 youtube channels
- My Company card.
- Landed property.

Really tried my possible best to be as legit as possible. Would really score myself high on that ... but hey ... If you know you know .

other compulsory documents for upload.

LOA
PASSPORT (THAT IS WHAT WE NIGERIANS CALL INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT)
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH (CANADIAN SIZE) I TOOK 3 DIFFERENT PICTURES AND DIDN'T REST UNTIL I LOOKED CUTE ENOUGH FOR THE V.O .

Good luck to everyone still hoping to hear from IRCC ... good news soonest! At least dem don call off the strike.

If you’re going to Centennial College Sept intake reach out and let’s connect. If you're also going to TORONTO too please, don't hesitate to reach out. I'm here to answer any other questions anyone might need.

You see this Canada, All of us must enter am . I know you will make it. See you around.

Shrunkwriter:
PPR DON SHOW MEHHHHN

Meke ona no vess abeg ... It came out a while ago but i've been quite busy. Wanted it to be as detailed as possible to help y'all for the sake of reference. Thank God for giving me this, I consider it a special gift. I initially intended on using an agent because of his proclaimed success rate. I con reason am, which agent go tell you about their win-to-loss ratio? So, after having a holistic discussion with him about Visa Applications in general ... I figured ... hey ... This isn't really rocket science, I can do this. And so, everything from start to finish was done BY MYSELF. Here's my timeline below.

*Timeline*
School Application 12th Dec 2022
Admission 15th Dec 2022 (Centennial College)
LOA came 3rd Feb (came in late cus Dem go carry my money give another student, I give dem wahala no be chais until dem release am)
Visa Application Submitted 17th Feb
Biometrics 22nd Feb (The way the guy that attended to me here kept congratulating me. At this stage IRCC nvr even touch my application. I con dey wonder )
Request for Medical Examination 24th March
Medicals done 17th April
Medicals updated to passed 26th April
PPR dropped 28th April

*After the medicals (Q-life family Clinic Lagos), I followed up with Q-life to find out when they had uploaded my Medicals. When they confirmed this, I sent a mail to the ircc nairobi mail and and about an hour later, medical updated to pass. Same goes for the PPR, when I saw nothing was happening 2 days later, I sent a mail to nairobi again informing them that my medical has been updated to passed and then, I kid you not ... 5 mins later I received 2 mails "A message about your application is waiting for you.", checked the portal and PPR was sitting peacefully waiting for yours truly. Lass lass, na God get power.

I split my documents into 2 pdf's. the first was for financial related documents, and the second was for any other document. Because of this split, I didn't have too hard a time in compressing my documents. As for the compression, documents that I felt ranked higher in importance, I did little to no compression, while documents that ranked lower, I brutally compressed them.


* APPLIED USING GCKEY
*Documents submitted*

1st pdf (financials/proof of funds) 45pgs

- Detailed clickable Table of contents
- writeup explaining everything regarding proof of funds along with all my cash breakdown.
- Personal Account Statement (closing bal 16m/regular inflows and outflows, bal nvr went below 1.5m)
- Gift Deed from Parents signed by both of them and notarized. (parents transferred 10m to me from their joint account 2 weeks before the statement was printed)
- Parents int. Passport.
- Dom account statement ($6,000)
- CAC of parents company.
- Mybankstatement ticket for my Corporate account (contained 800k, inflow/outflow of about 35m/acct interacts regularly with personal acc)
- reference letter from the bank stating when I opened the corporate account, account has no issue, and that I am the sole signatory to it. Signed by the branch manager.
- sample invoice raised for one of the inflow transactions in my corporate account.
- CAC of my company.
- CAC status report of my company.
- 6 months payslips from my place of work.
- screenshot of salary breakdown from my staff online dashboard.
- Telex copy of school fees deposit USD4,000/CAD5,353.
- Receipt of deposit from school.
- Form A printout showing that I have logged my request to transfer the remaining balance of the school fees.
- Letter from someone who borrowed some money from me explaining that he transferred the lump sum of his outstanding debts of 3m.
- Receipt of this lumpsum transfer. The receipt came with a barcode that can be scanned for confirmation.
- 1 Landed document
- Car particulars (proof of ownership, vehicle reg, insurance cert, Auto reg, roadworthiness, etc)
- 2 pictures of my baby ... referring to my car .

2nd pdf (all other relevant documents) (41pgs)

- Detailed clickable table of contents
- Statement of purpose (3 pgs long) (pro tip, try to keep it short, but if you get plenty talk, Organize your plenty talk into well-defined sub-headings so that V.O will know where to look for whatever)
- School fees deposit receipt (uploaded this in both 1st and second pdf, make dem no talk say dem no see am )
- Birth Certificate
- Nigerian Voter's Card ... probably the last time I would use this for anything to be frank...
- NIN Slip
- WASSC Result (WAEC)
- Nigerian Uni Undergrad offer for provisional admission.
- Undergrad University Transcript.
- Undergrad Degree BSc Cert - Hons.
- Lecturer Recommendation letter with school letterhead. (If you see hyping ehh... )
- Affidavit of return ... (dem say I go come back ooo ... na wetin dem talk for inside the letter ooo )
- NYSC Certificate
- Letter of Commendation from my PPA who acted as my previous employer
- Company CAC
- Letter of employment from current employer.
- Confirmation letter as permanent staff from current employer.
- Leave of Study from Current Employer...
- work ID Card.
- C.V.
- Certificate for the course created by my current employer completed. (had barcode for confirmation of this)
- Pictures of me @ my workplace, family pictures old and new, Nysc pictures of selfless acts mehhn, was president of my cds group so the pictures really really captured me in the act of goodwill.
- screenshot of my 2 youtube channels
- My Company card.
- Landed property.

Really tried my possible best to be as legit as possible. Would really score myself high on that ... but hey ... If you know you know .

other compulsory documents for upload.

LOA
PASSPORT (THAT IS WHAT WE NIGERIANS CALL INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT)
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH (CANADIAN SIZE) I TOOK 3 DIFFERENT PICTURES AND DIDN'T REST UNTIL I LOOKED CUTE ENOUGH FOR THE V.O .

Good luck to everyone still hoping to hear from IRCC ... good news soonest! At least dem don call off the strike.

If you’re going to Centennial College Sept intake reach out and let’s connect. If you're also going to TORONTO too please, don't hesitate to reach out. I'm here to answer any other questions anyone might need.

You see this Canada, All of us must enter am . I know you will make it. See you around.

Shrunkwriter:
PPR DON SHOW MEHHHHN

Meke ona no vess abeg ... It came out a while ago but i've been quite busy. Wanted it to be as detailed as possible to help y'all for the sake of reference. Thank God for giving me this, I consider it a special gift. I initially intended on using an agent because of his proclaimed success rate. I con reason am, which agent go tell you about their win-to-loss ratio? So, after having a holistic discussion with him about Visa Applications in general ... I figured ... hey ... This isn't really rocket science, I can do this. And so, everything from start to finish was done BY MYSELF. Here's my timeline below.

*Timeline*
School Application 12th Dec 2022
Admission 15th Dec 2022 (Centennial College)
LOA came 3rd Feb (came in late cus Dem go carry my money give another student, I give dem wahala no be chais until dem release am)
Visa Application Submitted 17th Feb
Biometrics 22nd Feb (The way the guy that attended to me here kept congratulating me. At this stage IRCC nvr even touch my application. I con dey wonder )
Request for Medical Examination 24th March
Medicals done 17th April
Medicals updated to passed 26th April
PPR dropped 28th April

*After the medicals (Q-life family Clinic Lagos), I followed up with Q-life to find out when they had uploaded my Medicals. When they confirmed this, I sent a mail to the ircc nairobi mail and and about an hour later, medical updated to pass. Same goes for the PPR, when I saw nothing was happening 2 days later, I sent a mail to nairobi again informing them that my medical has been updated to passed and then, I kid you not ... 5 mins later I received 2 mails "A message about your application is waiting for you.", checked the portal and PPR was sitting peacefully waiting for yours truly. Lass lass, na God get power.

I split my documents into 2 pdf's. the first was for financial related documents, and the second was for any other document. Because of this split, I didn't have too hard a time in compressing my documents. As for the compression, documents that I felt ranked higher in importance, I did little to no compression, while documents that ranked lower, I brutally compressed them.


* APPLIED USING GCKEY
*Documents submitted*

1st pdf (financials/proof of funds) 45pgs

- Detailed clickable Table of contents
- writeup explaining everything regarding proof of funds along with all my cash breakdown.
- Personal Account Statement (closing bal 16m/regular inflows and outflows, bal nvr went below 1.5m)
- Gift Deed from Parents signed by both of them and notarized. (parents transferred 10m to me from their joint account 2 weeks before the statement was printed)
- Parents int. Passport.
- Dom account statement ($6,000)
- CAC of parents company.
- Mybankstatement ticket for my Corporate account (contained 800k, inflow/outflow of about 35m/acct interacts regularly with personal acc)
- reference letter from the bank stating when I opened the corporate account, account has no issue, and that I am the sole signatory to it. Signed by the branch manager.
- sample invoice raised for one of the inflow transactions in my corporate account.
- CAC of my company.
- CAC status report of my company.
- 6 months payslips from my place of work.
- screenshot of salary breakdown from my staff online dashboard.
- Telex copy of school fees deposit USD4,000/CAD5,353.
- Receipt of deposit from school.
- Form A printout showing that I have logged my request to transfer the remaining balance of the school fees.
- Letter from someone who borrowed some money from me explaining that he transferred the lump sum of his outstanding debts of 3m.
- Receipt of this lumpsum transfer. The receipt came with a barcode that can be scanned for confirmation.
- 1 Landed document
- Car particulars (proof of ownership, vehicle reg, insurance cert, Auto reg, roadworthiness, etc)
- 2 pictures of my baby ... referring to my car .

2nd pdf (all other relevant documents) (41pgs)

- Detailed clickable table of contents
- Statement of purpose (3 pgs long) (pro tip, try to keep it short, but if you get plenty talk, Organize your plenty talk into well-defined sub-headings so that V.O will know where to look for whatever)
- School fees deposit receipt (uploaded this in both 1st and second pdf, make dem no talk say dem no see am )
- Birth Certificate
- Nigerian Voter's Card ... probably the last time I would use this for anything to be frank...
- NIN Slip
- WASSC Result (WAEC)
- Nigerian Uni Undergrad offer for provisional admission.
- Undergrad University Transcript.
- Undergrad Degree BSc Cert - Hons.
- Lecturer Recommendation letter with school letterhead. (If you see hyping ehh... )
- Affidavit of return ... (dem say I go come back ooo ... na wetin dem talk for inside the letter ooo )
- NYSC Certificate
- Letter of Commendation from my PPA who acted as my previous employer
- Company CAC
- Letter of employment from current employer.
- Confirmation letter as permanent staff from current employer.
- Leave of Study from Current Employer...
- work ID Card.
- C.V.
- Certificate for the course created by my current employer completed. (had barcode for confirmation of this)
- Pictures of me @ my workplace, family pictures old and new, Nysc pictures of selfless acts mehhn, was president of my cds group so the pictures really really captured me in the act of goodwill.
- screenshot of my 2 youtube channels
- My Company card.
- Landed property.

Really tried my possible best to be as legit as possible. Would really score myself high on that ... but hey ... If you know you know .

other compulsory documents for upload.

LOA
PASSPORT (THAT IS WHAT WE NIGERIANS CALL INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT)
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH (CANADIAN SIZE) I TOOK 3 DIFFERENT PICTURES AND DIDN'T REST UNTIL I LOOKED CUTE ENOUGH FOR THE V.O .

Good luck to everyone still hoping to hear from IRCC ... good news soonest! At least dem don call off the strike.

If you’re going to Centennial College Sept intake reach out and let’s connect. If you're also going to TORONTO too please, don't hesitate to reach out. I'm here to answer any other questions anyone might need.

You see this Canada, All of us must enter am . I know you will make it. See you around.

Shrunkwriter:
PPR DON SHOW MEHHHHN

Meke ona no vess abeg ... It came out a while ago but i've been quite busy. Wanted it to be as detailed as possible to help y'all for the sake of reference. Thank God for giving me this, I consider it a special gift. I initially intended on using an agent because of his proclaimed success rate. I con reason am, which agent go tell you about their win-to-loss ratio? So, after having a holistic discussion with him about Visa Applications in general ... I figured ... hey ... This isn't really rocket science, I can do this. And so, everything from start to finish was done BY MYSELF. Here's my timeline below.

*Timeline*
School Application 12th Dec 2022
Admission 15th Dec 2022 (Centennial College)
LOA came 3rd Feb (came in late cus Dem go carry my money give another student, I give dem wahala no be chais until dem release am)
Visa Application Submitted 17th Feb
Biometrics 22nd Feb (The way the guy that attended to me here kept congratulating me. At this stage IRCC nvr even touch my application. I con dey wonder )
Request for Medical Examination 24th March
Medicals done 17th April
Medicals updated to passed 26th April
PPR dropped 28th April

*After the medicals (Q-life family Clinic Lagos), I followed up with Q-life to find out when they had uploaded my Medicals. When they confirmed this, I sent a mail to the ircc nairobi mail and and about an hour later, medical updated to pass. Same goes for the PPR, when I saw nothing was happening 2 days later, I sent a mail to nairobi again informing them that my medical has been updated to passed and then, I kid you not ... 5 mins later I received 2 mails "A message about your application is waiting for you.", checked the portal and PPR was sitting peacefully waiting for yours truly. Lass lass, na God get power.

I split my documents into 2 pdf's. the first was for financial related documents, and the second was for any other document. Because of this split, I didn't have too hard a time in compressing my documents. As for the compression, documents that I felt ranked higher in importance, I did little to no compression, while documents that ranked lower, I brutally compressed them.


* APPLIED USING GCKEY
*Documents submitted*

1st pdf (financials/proof of funds) 45pgs

- Detailed clickable Table of contents
- writeup explaining everything regarding proof of funds along with all my cash breakdown.
- Personal Account Statement (closing bal 16m/regular inflows and outflows, bal nvr went below 1.5m)
- Gift Deed from Parents signed by both of them and notarized. (parents transferred 10m to me from their joint account 2 weeks before the statement was printed)
- Parents int. Passport.
- Dom account statement ($6,000)
- CAC of parents company.
- Mybankstatement ticket for my Corporate account (contained 800k, inflow/outflow of about 35m/acct interacts regularly with personal acc)
- reference letter from the bank stating when I opened the corporate account, account has no issue, and that I am the sole signatory to it. Signed by the branch manager.
- sample invoice raised for one of the inflow transactions in my corporate account.
- CAC of my company.
- CAC status report of my company.
- 6 months payslips from my place of work.
- screenshot of salary breakdown from my staff online dashboard.
- Telex copy of school fees deposit USD4,000/CAD5,353.
- Receipt of deposit from school.
- Form A printout showing that I have logged my request to transfer the remaining balance of the school fees.
- Letter from someone who borrowed some money from me explaining that he transferred the lump sum of his outstanding debts of 3m.
- Receipt of this lumpsum transfer. The receipt came with a barcode that can be scanned for confirmation.
- 1 Landed document
- Car particulars (proof of ownership, vehicle reg, insurance cert, Auto reg, roadworthiness, etc)
- 2 pictures of my baby ... referring to my car .

2nd pdf (all other relevant documents) (41pgs)

- Detailed clickable table of contents
- Statement of purpose (3 pgs long) (pro tip, try to keep it short, but if you get plenty talk, Organize your plenty talk into well-defined sub-headings so that V.O will know where to look for whatever)
- School fees deposit receipt (uploaded this in both 1st and second pdf, make dem no talk say dem no see am )
- Birth Certificate
- Nigerian Voter's Card ... probably the last time I would use this for anything to be frank...
- NIN Slip
- WASSC Result (WAEC)
- Nigerian Uni Undergrad offer for provisional admission.
- Undergrad University Transcript.
- Undergrad Degree BSc Cert - Hons.
- Lecturer Recommendation letter with school letterhead. (If you see hyping ehh... )
- Affidavit of return ... (dem say I go come back ooo ... na wetin dem talk for inside the letter ooo )
- NYSC Certificate
- Letter of Commendation from my PPA who acted as my previous employer
- Company CAC
- Letter of employment from current employer.
- Confirmation letter as permanent staff from current employer.
- Leave of Study from Current Employer...
- work ID Card.
- C.V.
- Certificate for the course created by my current employer completed. (had barcode for confirmation of this)
- Pictures of me @ my workplace, family pictures old and new, Nysc pictures of selfless acts mehhn, was president of my cds group so the pictures really really captured me in the act of goodwill.
- screenshot of my 2 youtube channels
- My Company card.
- Landed property.

Really tried my possible best to be as legit as possible. Would really score myself high on that ... but hey ... If you know you know .

other compulsory documents for upload.

LOA
PASSPORT (THAT IS WHAT WE NIGERIANS CALL INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT)
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH (CANADIAN SIZE) I TOOK 3 DIFFERENT PICTURES AND DIDN'T REST UNTIL I LOOKED CUTE ENOUGH FOR THE V.O .

Good luck to everyone still hoping to hear from IRCC ... good news soonest! At least dem don call off the strike.

If you’re going to Centennial College Sept intake reach out and let’s connect. If you're also going to TORONTO too please, don't hesitate to reach out. I'm here to answer any other questions anyone might need.

You see this Canada, All of us must enter am . I know you will make it. See you around.

ogawisdom:


I am researching about it in great details and gathering evidence to support my claims in my petition.

Can anyone share a sample petition letter for scholars?

fabem:



Here is my experience as a DIY applicant at Ibadan Office of NIS.


Good afternoon to you all. Its a lengthy one but if you take your time, you will find it worthy especially those that wants to do DIY.

I have been following this thread for years but just silent reader since i wasn't ready to apply for any passport.

Around March this year, I decided that it is time to get my passport because of incoming opportunities.

I went through like 50 new pages of the thread to gather latest new infos.

The journey begins;

I went through the web to read all the instructions before i begin my application and after going through it, i begin the application.

- I opened the portal www.passport.immigration.gov.ng and registered within 30mins.

- I copied out my application and reference number, it is a key DIY applicants must have on their phone anytime.

- Time for payment, my mastercard for declining for the payment. kept trying it for days using different options apart from paystack, the same thing, used different banks, the same issue persist I was like village no want make i apply). So i was already behind schedule. Without payment you can't choose appointment date.


- Some days later i open the portal login, i went through other payment options, i saw transfer options, called Sanna pay agent via their web and told me to ahead that they will confirm it within 30mins. I paid 25,000 and 500 as transaction fees making total of 25,500 qnd truly it was confirmed within 10mins and appears on my NIS application page that i have paid. I scaled that hurdle.

- I was like i will choose date later since na Ibadan, we no dey rush things like lag people make i rest small, something tells me to check on how their appointment page looks like, na so i went to through www.appointment.immigration.gov.ng, I paid around May 4th. All the remaining working days in may are fully booked. I said abi na my eyes dey pain me ni? I went through june, fully booked, i was like ha, so things be like this? Only July and August have space, i didn't choose date and left it.

- Few minutes later, i went back to book appointment, fortunately i saw an opening on June 8th, i sharply pick the date and save it for printing later. How did that happen, I don't know. I saved all the application on my phone. I went to business center and to get it printed.

-I have 5weeks of waiting for the appointed capturing date. Well i used the time to gather my documents, I couldn't get guarantor a week to the capturing date, because those i trusted to help as my guarantor are doing somehow even in Church, I let it slide. Chatted an old friend who is a big brother, he offered to help. He gave me his passport and ID to go and use it and bring it back whenever I am through with it this. He filled the form for me and signed. I can never forget that gesture forever.

- I went to local Government magistrate court near my house for the stamp, the man said #500, i sha bargain to #300 and got the stamp.
I went to do enough photocopies. This is just one day to the capturing.

I am ready for the capturing!

On June 8th, 2022. I left early, just an hour to my place, i got there 8.05am and i saw many people outside already. They ushered us in, we all sat down. One of the officers came to address us, they have a parade we should wait until they finished. They spent an hour on the parade ground.

Everyone went to their various offices, the officers brought files, and started calling names, mumu me sat and expecting my name to be called.

I waited for over two hours, i was like what is going on here? Not knowing my real journey just started.

THE REAL JOURNEY

I stood up and approached the officer who just finished calling names. Sir, i didn't hear my name for capturing, he said who is handling my files, i said myself. He asked why? I told him i applied online, he looked at me from head to toe, and hissed! He left! I was dumbfounded and disappointed.

I saw another officer and approached him, i told him my predicament, and i quote him "ha ha, you for don come before capturing date, you never do anything, you just applied, you never do anything. Online application have several stages which includes:"
i. Documents arrangements
ii. Account checking
iii. Verification
iv. Interview
v. Capturing

He said i can't capture that day again, i have to follow the due process first. He directed me to the office where my documents will be properly arranged. I went there, the officer who was on sit is a nice man, he sorted the files, gave me offline application form, almost same form we filled online, told me to go and do 10 photocopies . When i got to the photocopy shop, the one woman said #100/copy.

The vex wey i vex leave the place, i went out and bargain with a guy outside the NIS compound, he did it 3 for #50 for me. I rushed back inside, the man told me to fill the form and collected the remaining, i did so. He also told me to write a letter, i asked for a sample and he gave me one . After writing the letter, he brought a [b]brown file[/b]and attached the documents with it.

He told to go and come back after an hour. I did. Where they took my file to, the officer said they can't do anything again because there are too many crowd. He told me to come back next week (15th June). I collected his number. I chat him two days later and he told me, they have gone through my files and is ready for capturing. I was happy.

On june 15th, i left early as usual. I went straight to the office, and asked the office about my file, na there i know say the officer dey lie. He didn't even know where they kept DIY files again. They were looking everywhere for almost 20mins before they finally saw it. You can imagine. I saw some DIY files which are already dusty and unattended to.

I collected my file, i wanted to get angry. I calm my nerves, he directed me to where do my account checking. He supposed to be the one to carry the files around and get it signed. Here i am, doing his job. But if I don't do it, my file won't be attended to unless i pay, which i have vowed not to give any officer shishi.

Fortunately for me, but unfortunately for other offline applicants, the NIS capturing portal was totally down. So they couldn't do anything, so the officers have time for other things. They have my time now since all their applicants they collected money from, no network to capture them.

I went to the account office, they checked online to be sure i really paid online. And i went for verification, few minutes later. The called me and two other offline applicants for interview. Everything went fast because they have nothing to do that period. The person that interview DIY is different from those that paid through agents. The man was nice. He was shocked that i haven't got captured and asked what the problem was, i told him. He said those officers lied to me, i could have done all everything same day i came last week.

He didn't even looked at my file that much, just glanced through it and signed every documents. He told me to take it back to verification unit, and he informed that Officer to take my file to the capturing unit which he did. I was relieved! It was around 2pm and capturing portal is still down.

Come and see film, some applicants who paid to some officers started shouting at them showing their frustrations. The officers were running up and down sweating. Why? The state controller is around and anyone caught lasan, you go collect kiakia.

When i see that the portal not coming up, there is Ibadan North local government secretariat sharing fence with NIS. I went to their INEC office, the gate man said they can't attend to anyone again time has gone. I was at the gate and saw of one of the Inec staff, i pleaded, told the gateman to open it for me. I went in, did my Inec registration within 10mins and i left. I don use 1 stone kills 2 birds bayen.


I went back, capturing never comes up, but that man at the interview session have told me, son do everything to get captured today because tomorrow or next week is not guaranteed. So i keep waiting, half of those to be captured have left.

We remain like 100+, around 5:25pm, portal came back. So they came with files and call to know who are still there for capturing. I was called among, then i knew i am 75% done! So by 7:30pm, i was called in, portal went off for another 20mins. Came back again. I was captured around 7:55pm. It was dark already.

After capturing, they gave me a piece of paper. Me i no send, i wanted to be sure, then i check www.track.immigration.gov.ng and i saw that my application is at production stage. I left!

Then i went into the production side and i was told to check within three to five weeks it will be out.

Note:

From my experience and mistakes;

1. If you are doing DIY, go there before capturing date, sort your files out till it reaches capturing unit. Then come on the capturing date. If you miss the capturing date, they can do it any day you go there, IF you tip officers at the capturing unit. No need to do reapportionment online again because online is fully booked till may August/September. Those agents are making it more complicated because they choose dates for their applicants too online.

2. What DIY applicants are doing is the same those officers are doing if you pay to them. What they do is, since they work there, they will fast track it. They also applied for you online.

3. If you are rushing to get your passport, DIY is not the best for you. The frustrations alone, many can't deal with it.

4. Many still don't know they can apply themselves. I have to create the awareness for applicants who paid to officers there. Some paid 50k, 70k depending on how the officer prey on their gullibility.

5. If you can negotiate with your agent and agree on 35k -40k, pls go for the agent because the 10k to 15k worth the stress especially if you are a busy type.

6. You can DIY and still pay like 10k to fast track your passport depending on how fast you need it.

7. You can pay to officers and still get delayed. So be sure the options that suite you.

8. DIY applicants are respected because they don't know who is who and nobody wants to loose their job. So they are being careful attending to you, they only use body language to frustrate you.

9. Do every photocopies before coming in or else photocopies go chop all of your money.

10. In Ibadan office, throughout the day i did capturing, out of 100s of files, only 3 are DIY and DIY uses brown file. While others uses white file.

I will stop here for now, sorry for length post, i hope new applicants can learn from it. Questions are welcome.

Thank you.

Highlyfavoured3:
]Please help with these,
1.Please can i get a sample of a UK healthcare CV
2.Are the referees on the CV contacted via phone or email?
3. How many referees should be provided and do they have to be from the company where i have worked?
Thank you

OnyeukaO:
It’s PPR guys

First time applicant ����

Submitted Application- 20th March 2022
Biometrics collection- 25th March 2022 (updated the same day)
Medical request - 15th of June 2022
Medicals done - 27th of June 2022
Medicals updated- 4th July 2022
Eligibility- I honestly don’t know don’t know
BVL AND PPR- 7th July 2022


!!!!!!!Documents Submitted!!!!!!!!

-Passport Biodata page
-Birth Certificate
-Degree Certificate
-Sec school Testimonial
-Transcript
-Letter of Acceptance
- My dad Account statement
-My dads letter of sponsorship
-my work appointment letter
-My bank statement and my pay slip
-U of C Acceptance fee ($500)
-Landed Property
-my company reference letter/ leave letter
-reference letter from Dad’s company
-Dads ID Card
-NIN
-Tax Clearance for my dad
-Dads pension document
-Police clearance

yoged:
Please who has a sample of work reference letter from a previous job .My former boss needs a sample. i'll appreciate it

fabem:



Here is my experience as a DIY applicant at Ibadan Office of NIS.


Good afternoon to you all. Its a lengthy one but if you take your time, you will find it worthy especially those that wants to do DIY.

I have been following this thread for years but just silent reader since i wasn't ready to apply for any passport.

Around March this year, I decided that it is time to get my passport because of incoming opportunities.

I went through like 50 new pages of the thread to gather latest new infos.

The journey begins;

I went through the web to read all the instructions before i begin my application and after going through it, i begin the application.

- I opened the portal www.passport.immigration.gov.ng and registered within 30mins.

- I copied out my application and reference number, it is a key DIY applicants must have on their phone anytime.

- Time for payment, my mastercard for declining for the payment. kept trying it for days using different options apart from paystack, the same thing, used different banks, the same issue persist I was like village no want make i apply). So i was already behind schedule. Without payment you can't choose appointment date.


- Some days later i open the portal login, i went through other payment options, i saw transfer options, called Sanna pay agent via their web and told me to ahead that they will confirm it within 30mins. I paid 25,000 and 500 as transaction fees making total of 25,500 qnd truly it was confirmed within 10mins and appears on my NIS application page that i have paid. I scaled that hurdle.

- I was like i will choose date later since na Ibadan, we no dey rush things like lag people make i rest small, something tells me to check on how their appointment page looks like, na so i went to through www.appointment.immigration.gov.ng, I paid around May 4th. All the remaining working days in may are fully booked. I said abi na my eyes dey pain me ni? I went through june, fully booked, i was like ha, so things be like this? Only July and August have space, i didn't choose date and left it.

- Few minutes later, i went back to book appointment, fortunately i saw an opening on June 8th, i sharply pick the date and save it for printing later. How did that happen, I don't know. I saved all the application on my phone. I went to business center and to get it printed.

-I have 5weeks of waiting for the appointed capturing date. Well i used the time to gather my documents, I couldn't get guarantor a week to the capturing date, because those i trusted to help as my guarantor are doing somehow even in Church, I let it slide. Chatted an old friend who is a big brother, he offered to help. He gave me his passport and ID to go and use it and bring it back whenever I am through with it this. He filled the form for me and signed. I can never forget that gesture forever.

- I went to local Government magistrate court near my house for the stamp, the man said #500, i sha bargain to #300 and got the stamp.
I went to do enough photocopies. This is just one day to the capturing.

I am ready for the capturing!

On June 8th, 2022. I left early, just an hour to my place, i got there 8.05am and i saw many people outside already. They ushered us in, we all sat down. One of the officers came to address us, they have a parade we should wait until they finished. They spent an hour on the parade ground.

Everyone went to their various offices, the officers brought files, and started calling names, mumu me sat and expecting my name to be called.

I waited for over two hours, i was like what is going on here? Not knowing my real journey just started.

THE REAL JOURNEY

I stood up and approached the officer who just finished calling names. Sir, i didn't hear my name for capturing, he said who is handling my files, i said myself. He asked why? I told him i applied online, he looked at me from head to toe, and hissed! He left! I was dumbfounded and disappointed.

I saw another officer and approached him, i told him my predicament, and i quote him "ha ha, you for don come before capturing date, you never do anything, you just applied, you never do anything. Online application have several stages which includes:"
i. Documents arrangements
ii. Account checking
iii. Verification
iv. Interview
v. Capturing

He said i can't capture that day again, i have to follow the due process first. He directed me to the office where my documents will be properly arranged. I went there, the officer who was on sit is a nice man, he sorted the files, gave me offline application form, almost same form we filled online, told me to go and do 10 photocopies . When i got to the photocopy shop, the one woman said #100/copy.

The vex wey i vex leave the place, i went out and bargain with a guy outside the NIS compound, he did it 3 for #50 for me. I rushed back inside, the man told me to fill the form and collected the remaining, i did so. He also told me to write a letter, i asked for a sample and he gave me one . After writing the letter, he brought a [b]brown file[/b]and attached the documents with it.

He told to go and come back after an hour. I did. Where they took my file to, the officer said they can't do anything again because there are too many crowd. He told me to come back next week (15th June). I collected his number. I chat him two days later and he told me, they have gone through my files and is ready for capturing. I was happy.

On june 15th, i left early as usual. I went straight to the office, and asked the office about my file, na there i know say the officer dey lie. He didn't even know where they kept DIY files again. They were looking everywhere for almost 20mins before they finally saw it. You can imagine. I saw some DIY files which are already dusty and unattended to.

I collected my file, i wanted to get angry. I calm my nerves, he directed me to where do my account checking. He supposed to be the one to carry the files around and get it signed. Here i am, doing his job. But if I don't do it, my file won't be attended to unless i pay, which i have vowed not to give any officer shishi.

Fortunately for me, but unfortunately for other offline applicants, the NIS capturing portal was totally down. So they couldn't do anything, so the officers have time for other things. They have my time now since all their applicants they collected money from, no network to capture them.

I went to the account office, they checked online to be sure i really paid online. And i went for verification, few minutes later. The called me and two other offline applicants for interview. Everything went fast because they have nothing to do that period. The person that interview DIY is different from those that paid through agents. The man was nice. He was shocked that i haven't got captured and asked what the problem was, i told him. He said those officers lied to me, i could have done all everything same day i came last week.

He didn't even looked at my file that much, just glanced through it and signed every documents. He told me to take it back to verification unit, and he informed that Officer to take my file to the capturing unit which he did. I was relieved! It was around 2pm and capturing portal is still down.

Come and see film, some applicants who paid to some officers started shouting at them showing their frustrations. The officers were running up and down sweating. Why? The state controller is around and anyone caught lasan, you go collect kiakia.

When i see that the portal not coming up, there is Ibadan North local government secretariat sharing fence with NIS. I went to their INEC office, the gate man said they can't attend to anyone again time has gone. I was at the gate and saw of one of the Inec staff, i pleaded, told the gateman to open it for me. I went in, did my Inec registration within 10mins and i left. I don use 1 stone kills 2 birds bayen.


I went back, capturing never comes up, but that man at the interview session have told me, son do everything to get captured today because tomorrow or next week is not guaranteed. So i keep waiting, half of those to be captured have left.

We remain like 100+, around 5:25pm, portal came back. So they came with files and call to know who are still there for capturing. I was called among, then i knew i am 75% done! So by 7:30pm, i was called in, portal went off for another 20mins. Came back again. I was captured around 7:55pm. It was dark already.

After capturing, they gave me a piece of paper. Me i no send, i wanted to be sure, then i check www.track.immigration.gov.ng and i saw that my application is at production stage. I left!

Then i went into the production side and i was told to check within three to five weeks it will be out.

Note:

From my experience and mistakes;

1. If you are doing DIY, go there before capturing date, sort your files out till it reaches capturing unit. Then come on the capturing date. If you miss the capturing date, they can do it any day you go there, IF you tip officers at the capturing unit. No need to do reapportionment online again because online is fully booked till may August/September. Those agents are making it more complicated because they choose dates for their applicants too online.

2. What DIY applicants are doing is the same those officers are doing if you pay to them. What they do is, since they work there, they will fast track it. They also applied for you online.

3. If you are rushing to get your passport, DIY is not the best for you. The frustrations alone, many can't deal with it.

4. Many still don't know they can apply themselves. I have to create the awareness for applicants who paid to officers there. Some paid 50k, 70k depending on how the officer prey on their gullibility.

5. If you can negotiate with your agent and agree on 35k -40k, pls go for the agent because the 10k to 15k worth the stress especially if you are a busy type.

6. You can DIY and still pay like 10k to fast track your passport depending on how fast you need it.

7. You can pay to officers and still get delayed. So be sure the options that suite you.

8. DIY applicants are respected because they don't know who is who and nobody wants to loose their job. So they are being careful attending to you, they only use body language to frustrate you.

9. Do every photocopies before coming in or else photocopies go chop all of your money.

10. In Ibadan office, throughout the day i did capturing, out of 100s of files, only 3 are DIY and DIY uses brown file. While others uses white file.

I will stop here for now, sorry for length post, i hope new applicants can learn from it. Questions are welcome.

Thank you.

yoged:
Please who has a sample of work reference letter from a previous job .My former boss needs a sample. i'll appreciate it

fabem:



Here is my experience as a DIY applicant at Ibadan Office of NIS.


Good afternoon to you all. Its a lengthy one but if you take your time, you will find it worthy especially those that wants to do DIY.

I have been following this thread for years but just silent reader since i wasn't ready to apply for any passport.

Around March this year, I decided that it is time to get my passport because of incoming opportunities.

I went through like 50 new pages of the thread to gather latest new infos.

The journey begins;

I went through the web to read all the instructions before i begin my application and after going through it, i begin the application.

- I opened the portal www.passport.immigration.gov.ng and registered within 30mins.

- I copied out my application and reference number, it is a key DIY applicants must have on their phone anytime.

- Time for payment, my mastercard for declining for the payment. kept trying it for days using different options apart from paystack, the same thing, used different banks, the same issue persist I was like village no want make i apply). So i was already behind schedule. Without payment you can't choose appointment date.


- Some days later i open the portal login, i went through other payment options, i saw transfer options, called Sanna pay agent via their web and told me to ahead that they will confirm it within 30mins. I paid 25,000 and 500 as transaction fees making total of 25,500 qnd truly it was confirmed within 10mins and appears on my NIS application page that i have paid. I scaled that hurdle.

- I was like i will choose date later since na Ibadan, we no dey rush things like lag people make i rest small, something tells me to check on how their appointment page looks like, na so i went to through www.appointment.immigration.gov.ng, I paid around May 4th. All the remaining working days in may are fully booked. I said abi na my eyes dey pain me ni? I went through june, fully booked, i was like ha, so things be like this? Only July and August have space, i didn't choose date and left it.

- Few minutes later, i went back to book appointment, fortunately i saw an opening on June 8th, i sharply pick the date and save it for printing later. How did that happen, I don't know. I saved all the application on my phone. I went to business center and to get it printed.

-I have 5weeks of waiting for the appointed capturing date. Well i used the time to gather my documents, I couldn't get guarantor a week to the capturing date, because those i trusted to help as my guarantor are doing somehow even in Church, I let it slide. Chatted an old friend who is a big brother, he offered to help. He gave me his passport and ID to go and use it and bring it back whenever I am through with it this. He filled the form for me and signed. I can never forget that gesture forever.

- I went to local Government magistrate court near my house for the stamp, the man said #500, i sha bargain to #300 and got the stamp.
I went to do enough photocopies. This is just one day to the capturing.

I am ready for the capturing!

On June 8th, 2022. I left early, just an hour to my place, i got there 8.05am and i saw many people outside already. They ushered us in, we all sat down. One of the officers came to address us, they have a parade we should wait until they finished. They spent an hour on the parade ground.

Everyone went to their various offices, the officers brought files, and started calling names, mumu me sat and expecting my name to be called.

I waited for over two hours, i was like what is going on here? Not knowing my real journey just started.

THE REAL JOURNEY

I stood up and approached the officer who just finished calling names. Sir, i didn't hear my name for capturing, he said who is handling my files, i said myself. He asked why? I told him i applied online, he looked at me from head to toe, and hissed! He left! I was dumbfounded and disappointed.

I saw another officer and approached him, i told him my predicament, and i quote him "ha ha, you for don come before capturing date, you never do anything, you just applied, you never do anything. Online application have several stages which includes:"
i. Documents arrangements
ii. Account checking
iii. Verification
iv. Interview
v. Capturing

He said i can't capture that day again, i have to follow the due process first. He directed me to the office where my documents will be properly arranged. I went there, the officer who was on sit is a nice man, he sorted the files, gave me offline application form, almost same form we filled online, told me to go and do 10 photocopies . When i got to the photocopy shop, the one woman said #100/copy.

The vex wey i vex leave the place, i went out and bargain with a guy outside the NIS compound, he did it 3 for #50 for me. I rushed back inside, the man told me to fill the form and collected the remaining, i did so. He also told me to write a letter, i asked for a sample and he gave me one . After writing the letter, he brought a [b]brown file[/b]and attached the documents with it.

He told to go and come back after an hour. I did. Where they took my file to, the officer said they can't do anything again because there are too many crowd. He told me to come back next week (15th June). I collected his number. I chat him two days later and he told me, they have gone through my files and is ready for capturing. I was happy.

On june 15th, i left early as usual. I went straight to the office, and asked the office about my file, na there i know say the officer dey lie. He didn't even know where they kept DIY files again. They were looking everywhere for almost 20mins before they finally saw it. You can imagine. I saw some DIY files which are already dusty and unattended to.

I collected my file, i wanted to get angry. I calm my nerves, he directed me to where do my account checking. He supposed to be the one to carry the files around and get it signed. Here i am, doing his job. But if I don't do it, my file won't be attended to unless i pay, which i have vowed not to give any officer shishi.

Fortunately for me, but unfortunately for other offline applicants, the NIS capturing portal was totally down. So they couldn't do anything, so the officers have time for other things. They have my time now since all their applicants they collected money from, no network to capture them.

I went to the account office, they checked online to be sure i really paid online. And i went for verification, few minutes later. The called me and two other offline applicants for interview. Everything went fast because they have nothing to do that period. The person that interview DIY is different from those that paid through agents. The man was nice. He was shocked that i haven't got captured and asked what the problem was, i told him. He said those officers lied to me, i could have done all everything same day i came last week.

He didn't even looked at my file that much, just glanced through it and signed every documents. He told me to take it back to verification unit, and he informed that Officer to take my file to the capturing unit which he did. I was relieved! It was around 2pm and capturing portal is still down.

Come and see film, some applicants who paid to some officers started shouting at them showing their frustrations. The officers were running up and down sweating. Why? The state controller is around and anyone caught lasan, you go collect kiakia.

When i see that the portal not coming up, there is Ibadan North local government secretariat sharing fence with NIS. I went to their INEC office, the gate man said they can't attend to anyone again time has gone. I was at the gate and saw of one of the Inec staff, i pleaded, told the gateman to open it for me. I went in, did my Inec registration within 10mins and i left. I don use 1 stone kills 2 birds bayen.


I went back, capturing never comes up, but that man at the interview session have told me, son do everything to get captured today because tomorrow or next week is not guaranteed. So i keep waiting, half of those to be captured have left.

We remain like 100+, around 5:25pm, portal came back. So they came with files and call to know who are still there for capturing. I was called among, then i knew i am 75% done! So by 7:30pm, i was called in, portal went off for another 20mins. Came back again. I was captured around 7:55pm. It was dark already.

After capturing, they gave me a piece of paper. Me i no send, i wanted to be sure, then i check www.track.immigration.gov.ng and i saw that my application is at production stage. I left!

Then i went into the production side and i was told to check within three to five weeks it will be out.

Note:

From my experience and mistakes;

1. If you are doing DIY, go there before capturing date, sort your files out till it reaches capturing unit. Then come on the capturing date. If you miss the capturing date, they can do it any day you go there, IF you tip officers at the capturing unit. No need to do reapportionment online again because online is fully booked till may August/September. Those agents are making it more complicated because they choose dates for their applicants too online.

2. What DIY applicants are doing is the same those officers are doing if you pay to them. What they do is, since they work there, they will fast track it. They also applied for you online.

3. If you are rushing to get your passport, DIY is not the best for you. The frustrations alone, many can't deal with it.

4. Many still don't know they can apply themselves. I have to create the awareness for applicants who paid to officers there. Some paid 50k, 70k depending on how the officer prey on their gullibility.

5. If you can negotiate with your agent and agree on 35k -40k, pls go for the agent because the 10k to 15k worth the stress especially if you are a busy type.

6. You can DIY and still pay like 10k to fast track your passport depending on how fast you need it.

7. You can pay to officers and still get delayed. So be sure the options that suite you.

8. DIY applicants are respected because they don't know who is who and nobody wants to loose their job. So they are being careful attending to you, they only use body language to frustrate you.

9. Do every photocopies before coming in or else photocopies go chop all of your money.

10. In Ibadan office, throughout the day i did capturing, out of 100s of files, only 3 are DIY and DIY uses brown file. While others uses white file.

I will stop here for now, sorry for length post, i hope new applicants can learn from it. Questions are welcome.

Thank you.

jasperonyx:
I can't believe I read all these ooo, it is worth it.
What did you verify?, Is it your national id card?[Chquote author=fabem post=113987571]


Here is my experience as a DIY applicant at Ibadan Office of NIS.


Good afternoon to you all. Its a lengthy one but if you take your time, you will find it worthy especially those that wants to do DIY.

I have been following this thread for years but just silent reader since i wasn't ready to apply for any passport.

Around March this year, I decided that it is time to get my passport because of incoming opportunities.

I went through like 50 new pages of the thread to gather latest new infos.

The journey begins;

I went through the web to read all the instructions before i begin my application and after going through it, i begin the application.

- I opened the portal www.passport.immigration.gov.ng and registered within 30mins.

- I copied out my application and reference number, it is a key DIY applicants must have on their phone anytime.

- Time for payment, my mastercard for declining for the payment. kept trying it for days using different options apart from paystack, the same thing, used different banks, the same issue persist I was like village no want make i apply). So i was already behind schedule. Without payment you can't choose appointment date.


- Some days later i open the portal login, i went through other payment options, i saw transfer options, called Sanna pay agent via their web and told me to ahead that they will confirm it within 30mins. I paid 25,000 and 500 as transaction fees making total of 25,500 qnd truly it was confirmed within 10mins and appears on my NIS application page that i have paid. I scaled that hurdle.

- I was like i will choose date later since na Ibadan, we no dey rush things like lag people make i rest small, something tells me to check on how their appointment page looks like, na so i went to through www.appointment.immigration.gov.ng, I paid around May 4th. All the remaining working days in may are fully booked. I said abi na my eyes dey pain me ni? I went through june, fully booked, i was like ha, so things be like this? Only July and August have space, i didn't choose date and left it.

- Few minutes later, i went back to book appointment, fortunately i saw an opening on June 8th, i sharply pick the date and save it for printing later. How did that happen, I don't know. I saved all the application on my phone. I went to business center and to get it printed.

-I have 5weeks of waiting for the appointed capturing date. Well i used the time to gather my documents, I couldn't get guarantor a week to the capturing date, because those i trusted to help as my guarantor are doing somehow even in Church, I let it slide. Chatted an old friend who is a big brother, he offered to help. He gave me his passport and ID to go and use it and bring it back whenever I am through with it this. He filled the form for me and signed. I can never forget that gesture forever.

- I went to local Government magistrate court near my house for the stamp, the man said #500, i sha bargain to #300 and got the stamp.
I went to do enough photocopies. This is just one day to the capturing.

I am ready for the capturing!

On June 8th, 2022. I left early, just an hour to my place, i got there 8.05am and i saw many people outside already. They ushered us in, we all sat down. One of the officers came to address us, they have a parade we should wait until they finished. They spent an hour on the parade ground.

Everyone went to their various offices, the officers brought files, and started calling names, mumu me sat and expecting my name to be called.

I waited for over two hours, i was like what is going on here? Not knowing my real journey just started.

THE REAL JOURNEY

I stood up and approached the officer who just finished calling names. Sir, i didn't hear my name for capturing, he said who is handling my files, i said myself. He asked why? I told him i applied online, he looked at me from head to toe, and hissed! He left! I was dumbfounded and disappointed.

I saw another officer and approached him, i told him my predicament, and i quote him "ha ha, you for don come before capturing date, you never do anything, you just applied, you never do anything. Online application have several stages which includes:"
i. Documents arrangements
ii. Account checking
iii. Verification
iv. Interview
v. Capturing

He said i can't capture that day again, i have to follow the due process first. He directed me to the office where my documents will be properly arranged. I went there, the officer who was on sit is a nice man, he sorted the files, gave me offline application form, almost same form we filled online, told me to go and do 10 photocopies . When i got to the photocopy shop, the one woman said #100/copy.

The vex wey i vex leave the place, i went out and bargain with a guy outside the NIS compound, he did it 3 for #50 for me. I rushed back inside, the man told me to fill the form and collected the remaining, i did so. He also told me to write a letter, i asked for a sample and he gave me one . After writing the letter, he brought a [b]brown file[/b]and attached the documents with it.

He told to go and come back after an hour. I did. Where they took my file to, the officer said they can't do anything again because there are too many crowd. He told me to come back next week (15th June). I collected his number. I chat him two days later and he told me, they have gone through my files and is ready for capturing. I was happy.

On june 15th, i left early as usual. I went straight to the office, and asked the office about my file, na there i know say the officer dey lie. He didn't even know where they kept DIY files again. They were looking everywhere for almost 20mins before they finally saw it. You can imagine. I saw some DIY files which are already dusty and unattended to.

I collected my file, i wanted to get angry. I calm my nerves, he directed me to where do my account checking. He supposed to be the one to carry the files around and get it signed. Here i am, doing his job. But if I don't do it, my file won't be attended to unless i pay, which i have vowed not to give any officer shishi.

Fortunately for me, but unfortunately for other offline applicants, the NIS capturing portal was totally down. So they couldn't do anything, so the officers have time for other things. They have my time now since all their applicants they collected money from, no network to capture them.

I went to the account office, they checked online to be sure i really paid online. And i went for verification, few minutes later. The called me and two other offline applicants for interview. Everything went fast because they have nothing to do that period. The person that interview DIY is different from those that paid through agents. The man was nice. He was shocked that i haven't got captured and asked what the problem was, i told him. He said those officers lied to me, i could have done all everything same day i came last week.

He didn't even looked at my file that much, just glanced through it and signed every documents. He told me to take it back to verification unit, and he informed that Officer to take my file to the capturing unit which he did. I was relieved! It was around 2pm and capturing portal is still down.

Come and see film, some applicants who paid to some officers started shouting at them showing their frustrations. The officers were running up and down sweating. Why? The state controller is around and anyone caught lasan, you go collect kiakia.

When i see that the portal not coming up, there is Ibadan North local government secretariat sharing fence with NIS. I went to their INEC office, the gate man said they can't attend to anyone again time has gone. I was at the gate and saw of one of the Inec staff, i pleaded, told the gateman to open it for me. I went in, did my Inec registration within 10mins and i left. I don use 1 stone kills 2 birds bayen.


I went back, capturing never comes up, but that man at the interview session have told me, son do everything to get captured today because tomorrow or next week is not guaranteed. So i keep waiting, half of those to be captured have left.

We remain like 100+, around 5:25pm, portal came back. So they came with files and call to know who are still there for capturing. I was called among, then i knew i am 75% done! So by 7:30pm, i was called in, portal went off for another 20mins. Came back again. I was captured around 7:55pm. It was dark already.

After capturing, they gave me a piece of paper. Me i no send, i wanted to be sure, then i check www.track.immigration.gov.ng and i saw that my application is at production stage. I left!

Then i went into the production side and i was told to check within three to five weeks it will be out.

Note:

From my experience and mistakes;

1. If you are doing DIY, go there before capturing date, sort your files out till it reaches capturing unit. Then come on the capturing date. If you miss the capturing date, they can do it any day you go there, IF you tip officers at the capturing unit. No need to do reapportionment online again because online is fully booked till may August/September. Those agents are making it more complicated because they choose dates for their applicants too online.

2. What DIY applicants are doing is the same those officers are doing if you pay to them. What they do is, since they work there, they will fast track it. They also applied for you online.

3. If you are rushing to get your passport, DIY is not the best for you. The frustrations alone, many can't deal with it.

4. Many still don't know they can apply themselves. I have to create the awareness for applicants who paid to officers there. Some paid 50k, 70k depending on how the officer prey on their gullibility.

5. If you can negotiate with your agent and agree on 35k -40k, pls go for the agent because the 10k to 15k worth the stress especially if you are a busy type.

6. You can DIY and still pay like 10k to fast track your passport depending on how fast you need it.

7. You can pay to officers and still get delayed. So be sure the options that suite you.

8. DIY applicants are respected because they don't know who is who and nobody wants to loose their job. So they are being careful attending to you, they only use body language to frustrate you.

9. Do every photocopies before coming in or else photocopies go chop all of your money.

10. In Ibadan office, throughout the day i did capturing, out of 100s of files, only 3 are DIY and DIY uses brown file. While others uses white file.

I will stop here for now, sorry for length post, i hope new applicants can learn from it. Questions are welcome.

Thank you.

fabem:



Here is my experience as a DIY applicant at Ibadan Office of NIS.


Good afternoon to you all. Its a lengthy one but if you take your time, you will find it worthy especially those that wants to do DIY.

I have been following this thread for years but just silent reader since i wasn't ready to apply for any passport.

Around March this year, I decided that it is time to get my passport because of incoming opportunities.

I went through like 50 new pages of the thread to gather latest new infos.

The journey begins;

I went through the web to read all the instructions before i begin my application and after going through it, i begin the application.

- I opened the portal www.passport.immigration.gov.ng and registered within 30mins.

- I copied out my application and reference number, it is a key DIY applicants must have on their phone anytime.

- Time for payment, my mastercard for declining for the payment. kept trying it for days using different options apart from paystack, the same thing, used different banks, the same issue persist I was like village no want make i apply). So i was already behind schedule. Without payment you can't choose appointment date.


- Some days later i open the portal login, i went through other payment options, i saw transfer options, called Sanna pay agent via their web and told me to ahead that they will confirm it within 30mins. I paid 25,000 and 500 as transaction fees making total of 25,500 qnd truly it was confirmed within 10mins and appears on my NIS application page that i have paid. I scaled that hurdle.

- I was like i will choose date later since na Ibadan, we no dey rush things like lag people make i rest small, something tells me to check on how their appointment page looks like, na so i went to through www.appointment.immigration.gov.ng, I paid around May 4th. All the remaining working days in may are fully booked. I said abi na my eyes dey pain me ni? I went through june, fully booked, i was like ha, so things be like this? Only July and August have space, i didn't choose date and left it.

- Few minutes later, i went back to book appointment, fortunately i saw an opening on June 8th, i sharply pick the date and save it for printing later. How did that happen, I don't know. I saved all the application on my phone. I went to business center and to get it printed.

-I have 5weeks of waiting for the appointed capturing date. Well i used the time to gather my documents, I couldn't get guarantor a week to the capturing date, because those i trusted to help as my guarantor are doing somehow even in Church, I let it slide. Chatted an old friend who is a big brother, he offered to help. He gave me his passport and ID to go and use it and bring it back whenever I am through with it this. He filled the form for me and signed. I can never forget that gesture forever.

- I went to local Government magistrate court near my house for the stamp, the man said #500, i sha bargain to #300 and got the stamp.
I went to do enough photocopies. This is just one day to the capturing.

I am ready for the capturing!

On June 8th, 2022. I left early, just an hour to my place, i got there 8.05am and i saw many people outside already. They ushered us in, we all sat down. One of the officers came to address us, they have a parade we should wait until they finished. They spent an hour on the parade ground.

Everyone went to their various offices, the officers brought files, and started calling names, mumu me sat and expecting my name to be called.

I waited for over two hours, i was like what is going on here? Not knowing my real journey just started.

THE REAL JOURNEY

I stood up and approached the officer who just finished calling names. Sir, i didn't hear my name for capturing, he said who is handling my files, i said myself. He asked why? I told him i applied online, he looked at me from head to toe, and hissed! He left! I was dumbfounded and disappointed.

I saw another officer and approached him, i told him my predicament, and i quote him "ha ha, you for don come before capturing date, you never do anything, you just applied, you never do anything. Online application have several stages which includes:"
i. Documents arrangements
ii. Account checking
iii. Verification
iv. Interview
v. Capturing

He said i can't capture that day again, i have to follow the due process first. He directed me to the office where my documents will be properly arranged. I went there, the officer who was on sit is a nice man, he sorted the files, gave me offline application form, almost same form we filled online, told me to go and do 10 photocopies . When i got to the photocopy shop, the one woman said #100/copy.

The vex wey i vex leave the place, i went out and bargain with a guy outside the NIS compound, he did it 3 for #50 for me. I rushed back inside, the man told me to fill the form and collected the remaining, i did so. He also told me to write a letter, i asked for a sample and he gave me one . After writing the letter, he brought a [b]brown file[/b]and attached the documents with it.

He told to go and come back after an hour. I did. Where they took my file to, the officer said they can't do anything again because there are too many crowd. He told me to come back next week (15th June). I collected his number. I chat him two days later and he told me, they have gone through my files and is ready for capturing. I was happy.

On june 15th, i left early as usual. I went straight to the office, and asked the office about my file, na there i know say the officer dey lie. He didn't even know where they kept DIY files again. They were looking everywhere for almost 20mins before they finally saw it. You can imagine. I saw some DIY files which are already dusty and unattended to.

I collected my file, i wanted to get angry. I calm my nerves, he directed me to where do my account checking. He supposed to be the one to carry the files around and get it signed. Here i am, doing his job. But if I don't do it, my file won't be attended to unless i pay, which i have vowed not to give any officer shishi.

Fortunately for me, but unfortunately for other offline applicants, the NIS capturing portal was totally down. So they couldn't do anything, so the officers have time for other things. They have my time now since all their applicants they collected money from, no network to capture them.

I went to the account office, they checked online to be sure i really paid online. And i went for verification, few minutes later. The called me and two other offline applicants for interview. Everything went fast because they have nothing to do that period. The person that interview DIY is different from those that paid through agents. The man was nice. He was shocked that i haven't got captured and asked what the problem was, i told him. He said those officers lied to me, i could have done all everything same day i came last week.

He didn't even looked at my file that much, just glanced through it and signed every documents. He told me to take it back to verification unit, and he informed that Officer to take my file to the capturing unit which he did. I was relieved! It was around 2pm and capturing portal is still down.

Come and see film, some applicants who paid to some officers started shouting at them showing their frustrations. The officers were running up and down sweating. Why? The state controller is around and anyone caught lasan, you go collect kiakia.

When i see that the portal not coming up, there is Ibadan North local government secretariat sharing fence with NIS. I went to their INEC office, the gate man said they can't attend to anyone again time has gone. I was at the gate and saw of one of the Inec staff, i pleaded, told the gateman to open it for me. I went in, did my Inec registration within 10mins and i left. I don use 1 stone kills 2 birds bayen.


I went back, capturing never comes up, but that man at the interview session have told me, son do everything to get captured today because tomorrow or next week is not guaranteed. So i keep waiting, half of those to be captured have left.

We remain like 100+, around 5:25pm, portal came back. So they came with files and call to know who are still there for capturing. I was called among, then i knew i am 75% done! So by 7:30pm, i was called in, portal went off for another 20mins. Came back again. I was captured around 7:55pm. It was dark already.

After capturing, they gave me a piece of paper. Me i no send, i wanted to be sure, then i check www.track.immigration.gov.ng and i saw that my application is at production stage. I left!

Then i went into the production side and i was told to check within three to five weeks it will be out.

Note:

From my experience and mistakes;

1. If you are doing DIY, go there before capturing date, sort your files out till it reaches capturing unit. Then come on the capturing date. If you miss the capturing date, they can do it any day you go there, IF you tip officers at the capturing unit. No need to do reapportionment online again because online is fully booked till may August/September. Those agents are making it more complicated because they choose dates for their applicants too online.

2. What DIY applicants are doing is the same those officers are doing if you pay to them. What they do is, since they work there, they will fast track it. They also applied for you online.

3. If you are rushing to get your passport, DIY is not the best for you. The frustrations alone, many can't deal with it.

4. Many still don't know they can apply themselves. I have to create the awareness for applicants who paid to officers there. Some paid 50k, 70k depending on how the officer prey on their gullibility.

5. If you can negotiate with your agent and agree on 35k -40k, pls go for the agent because the 10k to 15k worth the stress especially if you are a busy type.

6. You can DIY and still pay like 10k to fast track your passport depending on how fast you need it.

7. You can pay to officers and still get delayed. So be sure the options that suite you.

8. DIY applicants are respected because they don't know who is who and nobody wants to loose their job. So they are being careful attending to you, they only use body language to frustrate you.

9. Do every photocopies before coming in or else photocopies go chop all of your money.

10. In Ibadan office, throughout the day i did capturing, out of 100s of files, only 3 are DIY and DIY uses brown file. While others uses white file.

I will stop here for now, sorry for length post, i hope new applicants can learn from it. Questions are welcome.

Thank you.

fabem:



Here is my experience as a DIY applicant at Ibadan Office of NIS.


Good afternoon to you all. Its a lengthy one but if you take your time, you will find it worthy especially those that wants to do DIY.

I have been following this thread for years but just silent reader since i wasn't ready to apply for any passport.

Around March this year, I decided that it is time to get my passport because of incoming opportunities.

I went through like 50 new pages of the thread to gather latest new infos.

The journey begins;

I went through the web to read all the instructions before i begin my application and after going through it, i begin the application.

- I opened the portal www.passport.immigration.gov.ng and registered within 30mins.

- I copied out my application and reference number, it is a key DIY applicants must have on their phone anytime.

- Time for payment, my mastercard for declining for the payment. kept trying it for days using different options apart from paystack, the same thing, used different banks, the same issue persist I was like village no want make i apply). So i was already behind schedule. Without payment you can't choose appointment date.


- Some days later i open the portal login, i went through other payment options, i saw transfer options, called Sanna pay agent via their web and told me to ahead that they will confirm it within 30mins. I paid 25,000 and 500 as transaction fees making total of 25,500 qnd truly it was confirmed within 10mins and appears on my NIS application page that i have paid. I scaled that hurdle.

- I was like i will choose date later since na Ibadan, we no dey rush things like lag people make i rest small, something tells me to check on how their appointment page looks like, na so i went to through www.appointment.immigration.gov.ng, I paid around May 4th. All the remaining working days in may are fully booked. I said abi na my eyes dey pain me ni? I went through june, fully booked, i was like ha, so things be like this? Only July and August have space, i didn't choose date and left it.

- Few minutes later, i went back to book appointment, fortunately i saw an opening on June 8th, i sharply pick the date and save it for printing later. How did that happen, I don't know. I saved all the application on my phone. I went to business center and to get it printed.

-I have 5weeks of waiting for the appointed capturing date. Well i used the time to gather my documents, I couldn't get guarantor a week to the capturing date, because those i trusted to help as my guarantor are doing somehow even in Church, I let it slide. Chatted an old friend who is a big brother, he offered to help. He gave me his passport and ID to go and use it and bring it back whenever I am through with it this. He filled the form for me and signed. I can never forget that gesture forever.

- I went to local Government magistrate court near my house for the stamp, the man said #500, i sha bargain to #300 and got the stamp.
I went to do enough photocopies. This is just one day to the capturing.

I am ready for the capturing!

On June 8th, 2022. I left early, just an hour to my place, i got there 8.05am and i saw many people outside already. They ushered us in, we all sat down. One of the officers came to address us, they have a parade we should wait until they finished. They spent an hour on the parade ground.

Everyone went to their various offices, the officers brought files, and started calling names, mumu me sat and expecting my name to be called.

I waited for over two hours, i was like what is going on here? Not knowing my real journey just started.

THE REAL JOURNEY

I stood up and approached the officer who just finished calling names. Sir, i didn't hear my name for capturing, he said who is handling my files, i said myself. He asked why? I told him i applied online, he looked at me from head to toe, and hissed! He left! I was dumbfounded and disappointed.

I saw another officer and approached him, i told him my predicament, and i quote him "ha ha, you for don come before capturing date, you never do anything, you just applied, you never do anything. Online application have several stages which includes:"
i. Documents arrangements
ii. Account checking
iii. Verification
iv. Interview
v. Capturing

He said i can't capture that day again, i have to follow the due process first. He directed me to the office where my documents will be properly arranged. I went there, the officer who was on sit is a nice man, he sorted the files, gave me offline application form, almost same form we filled online, told me to go and do 10 photocopies . When i got to the photocopy shop, the one woman said #100/copy.

The vex wey i vex leave the place, i went out and bargain with a guy outside the NIS compound, he did it 3 for #50 for me. I rushed back inside, the man told me to fill the form and collected the remaining, i did so. He also told me to write a letter, i asked for a sample and he gave me one . After writing the letter, he brought a [b]brown file[/b]and attached the documents with it.

He told to go and come back after an hour. I did. Where they took my file to, the officer said they can't do anything again because there are too many crowd. He told me to come back next week (15th June). I collected his number. I chat him two days later and he told me, they have gone through my files and is ready for capturing. I was happy.

On june 15th, i left early as usual. I went straight to the office, and asked the office about my file, na there i know say the officer dey lie. He didn't even know where they kept DIY files again. They were looking everywhere for almost 20mins before they finally saw it. You can imagine. I saw some DIY files which are already dusty and unattended to.

I collected my file, i wanted to get angry. I calm my nerves, he directed me to where do my account checking. He supposed to be the one to carry the files around and get it signed. Here i am, doing his job. But if I don't do it, my file won't be attended to unless i pay, which i have vowed not to give any officer shishi.

Fortunately for me, but unfortunately for other offline applicants, the NIS capturing portal was totally down. So they couldn't do anything, so the officers have time for other things. They have my time now since all their applicants they collected money from, no network to capture them.

I went to the account office, they checked online to be sure i really paid online. And i went for verification, few minutes later. The called me and two other offline applicants for interview. Everything went fast because they have nothing to do that period. The person that interview DIY is different from those that paid through agents. The man was nice. He was shocked that i haven't got captured and asked what the problem was, i told him. He said those officers lied to me, i could have done all everything same day i came last week.

He didn't even looked at my file that much, just glanced through it and signed every documents. He told me to take it back to verification unit, and he informed that Officer to take my file to the capturing unit which he did. I was relieved! It was around 2pm and capturing portal is still down.

Come and see film, some applicants who paid to some officers started shouting at them showing their frustrations. The officers were running up and down sweating. Why? The state controller is around and anyone caught lasan, you go collect kiakia.

When i see that the portal not coming up, there is Ibadan North local government secretariat sharing fence with NIS. I went to their INEC office, the gate man said they can't attend to anyone again time has gone. I was at the gate and saw of one of the Inec staff, i pleaded, told the gateman to open it for me. I went in, did my Inec registration within 10mins and i left. I don use 1 stone kills 2 birds bayen.


I went back, capturing never comes up, but that man at the interview session have told me, son do everything to get captured today because tomorrow or next week is not guaranteed. So i keep waiting, half of those to be captured have left.

We remain like 100+, around 5:25pm, portal came back. So they came with files and call to know who are still there for capturing. I was called among, then i knew i am 75% done! So by 7:30pm, i was called in, portal went off for another 20mins. Came back again. I was captured around 7:55pm. It was dark already.

After capturing, they gave me a piece of paper. Me i no send, i wanted to be sure, then i check www.track.immigration.gov.ng and i saw that my application is at production stage. I left!

Then i went into the production side and i was told to check within three to five weeks it will be out.

Note:

From my experience and mistakes;

1. If you are doing DIY, go there before capturing date, sort your files out till it reaches capturing unit. Then come on the capturing date. If you miss the capturing date, they can do it any day you go there, IF you tip officers at the capturing unit. No need to do reapportionment online again because online is fully booked till may August/September. Those agents are making it more complicated because they choose dates for their applicants too online.

2. What DIY applicants are doing is the same those officers are doing if you pay to them. What they do is, since they work there, they will fast track it. They also applied for you online.

3. If you are rushing to get your passport, DIY is not the best for you. The frustrations alone, many can't deal with it.

4. Many still don't know they can apply themselves. I have to create the awareness for applicants who paid to officers there. Some paid 50k, 70k depending on how the officer prey on their gullibility.

5. If you can negotiate with your agent and agree on 35k -40k, pls go for the agent because the 10k to 15k worth the stress especially if you are a busy type.

6. You can DIY and still pay like 10k to fast track your passport depending on how fast you need it.

7. You can pay to officers and still get delayed. So be sure the options that suite you.

8. DIY applicants are respected because they don't know who is who and nobody wants to loose their job. So they are being careful attending to you, they only use body language to frustrate you.

9. Do every photocopies before coming in or else photocopies go chop all of your money.

10. In Ibadan office, throughout the day i did capturing, out of 100s of files, only 3 are DIY and DIY uses brown file. While others uses white file.

I will stop here for now, sorry for length post, i hope new applicants can learn from it. Questions are welcome.

Thank you.

fabem:
When i am less busy, i will share own my experience at Ibadan Immigration Office as a DIY applicant.

I will give indepth analysis because people hardly know about the online application here in Ibadan, only few did DIY, the rest are through agents. So you can imagine the intimidations and stress i went through before capturing.


Anyways, for now questions are welcome.

Paxhavard:
Guys it's PPR Alert oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Just got my PPR request now.

God is indeed the Almighty. Trust him and never give up.

First-time Applicant (Self-sponsored), No agent. I did it myself.
Congratulations, please did you pay deposit fee?

I did not submit any landed documents to establish home ties. I established home ties with my family and my job in Nigeria. No single property title was submitted.

Time-line:

Application submitted - February 1 2022
Biometrics request - February 2 2022
Biometrics done and updated - February 3 2022
Medical request - March 23 2022
Medical done - April 19 2022
Medical updated to pass - May 5 2022

(PS: Avoid Q-life. They can delay for Africa. I recommend IOM)

PPR - May 19 2022

Documents submitted
Letter of Admission
Mum's letter of employment
Parents marriage Cert
My birth Cert and that of my siblings
Family pictures
Undergraduate Transcripts
Diploma and LLB Cert
Law school transcripts and Cert
Call to Bar Cert
NBA Practicing fee receipts
sample of my NBA Stamp and Seal
CV
My Employment letter
Letter of Introduction/leave from my employers
work ID
6 months payslip
Lagos State tax clearance certificate
reference letter from the International Law Association
reference letter from ARM and my pension and retirement account Statement
MPower loan offer - $40k
6 months Salary account statement with about $12k
IELTS
NYSC cert
Waec
Police character report.

I encourage everyone who is waiting not to give up hope. E go reach you soon.

Abeg who dey go Toronto make we link up for Fall 2022.

God, I'm so happy! Thank you Jesus.

Paxhavard:
Guys it's PPR Alert oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Just got my PPR request now.

God is indeed the Almighty. Trust him and never give up.

First-time Applicant (Self-sponsored), No agent. I did it myself.
Congratulations, please did you pay deposit fee?

I did not submit any landed documents to establish home ties. I established home ties with my family and my job in Nigeria. No single property title was submitted.

Time-line:

Application submitted - February 1 2022
Biometrics request - February 2 2022
Biometrics done and updated - February 3 2022
Medical request - March 23 2022
Medical done - April 19 2022
Medical updated to pass - May 5 2022

(PS: Avoid Q-life. They can delay for Africa. I recommend IOM)

PPR - May 19 2022

Documents submitted
Letter of Admission
Mum's letter of employment
Parents marriage Cert
My birth Cert and that of my siblings
Family pictures
Undergraduate Transcripts
Diploma and LLB Cert
Law school transcripts and Cert
Call to Bar Cert
NBA Practicing fee receipts
sample of my NBA Stamp and Seal
CV
My Employment letter
Letter of Introduction/leave from my employers
work ID
6 months payslip
Lagos State tax clearance certificate
reference letter from the International Law Association
reference letter from ARM and my pension and retirement account Statement
MPower loan offer - $40k
6 months Salary account statement with about $12k
IELTS
NYSC cert
Waec
Police character report.

I encourage everyone who is waiting not to give up hope. E go reach you soon.

Abeg who dey go Toronto make we link up for Fall 2022.

God, I'm so happy! Thank you Jesus.

jeezybuck:
Please pardon me for my post, it might come with a lot of typo, I am typing this dead drunk.

My Journey started in late September, I was in my room relaxing on my bed when my wife's cousin called me from Canada to say hello. We had a long conversation and he told me it would be nice to have me and my wife around in New Brunswick. Immediately he said that something triggered me to get in on it and I did immediately.

At first, I was going to let my wife do the study thing, but for some reasons I changed my mind that I will be the one to do it.

He sent me the website of UNB but I didn't meet up with the requirements because I had 2.2, I reverted to him and he advised I checked NBCC. I checked in with NBCC, I went to get my NECO certificate, I had my Bsc certificate already and I called my friend and he applied for my transcript, it took about 3 weeks and it was delivered to me.

I applied to NBCC and the wait started, it took about 7 to 8 weeks and these guys won't say a thing, around Christmas they were sending me Christmas messages and I was happy thinking they will admit me for them to send me seasoned greetings, come 31th of December or so i got a bad breakfast, i was waitlisted for the program I applied for, i didn't know what that meant and I contacted Olaide on NL and she told me not to wait on the waitlist I should apply to other schools immediately. I summoned the courage out of desperation and I applied to three more schools namely NCSS, Canadore and Sheridan college. While I was desperate for admission I messaged Niagara college to ask about their admission. Weeks after, On this faithful day I got a call and this lady said she was calling from Niagara college, She said she has been trying to contact me for several days but my emails won't go through and they found my number. She asked about my qualification and work experience, and she told me to apply and make payment and they will review my application. This lady came like an angel and she helped follow through with my application, she was in touch with me from week to week and she assured me if I met the requirement I will get admission. Weeks after, admission came through, I paid the deposit without hesitation and a few weeks after I got 3 admissions from the schools I applied to earlier and that makes it 4 admissions.

I didn't know how else to proceed, I have been following the Canadian student visa section since late September 2021, when the time came to put my application in I contacted frank Robben but he didn't respond to my email and I noticed Makano was very active at the time and have been helpful with questions asked on the platform so I reached out to him he replied almost immediately and we talked, I felt he would be the one to write my SOP, but to my surprise, he said he can't, i have to write my story myself for him to develop on, immediately I went back to a post regarding SOP where the poster wrote a good write up about a cobler (Shoemaking narrative) I followed through and I used it as a guideline (God bless the person that wrote it). I took a notebook and I started writing, I sent back everything I wrote makano, he did his adjustments and sent it all back, I was expecting it to happen within a few days, but it took longer than I thought. Later he sent it to me and I again forwarded it to my friend for review.

Makano gave me a list of the documents to put together and how to arrange them, I couldn't meet up with everything, he advised me to use what I have. I gathered it all and it was time to submit, my documents were way over the 4 MB limit it was 30 something MB for supporting documents and about 12MB for proof of funds, i had too many pages, it took more than 2 weeks to get it down to 4 MB but i couldn't they keep coming out blurry, I had sleepless nights because of this stupid PDF thing, I couldn't go to work, Makano was telling me what and what to do to get it down and God willing I got it down.

I submitted my application on the first of March and the wait started, the evening I applied i told myself I won't let this bother me, I will continue life as usual, but that was a big lie after about the 5th day I couldn't concentrate any longer all my thought was around my application as this Canadian journey determines my going forward with life. I couldn't function any longer, I couldn't concentrate on my work, I was just in a fix and I didn't know how to proceed, I check my email at least 100 times a day ( i am not exaggerating) I realized this Canadian journey is not for the faint-hearted. I struggled to get by from day today

One thing I appreciate most about Makano is his encouragement and he is always checking in, he keeps messaging me to ask how far with my application if there is any update, I tell him baba everything is still the same since the last time.

Just yesterday he was the one who contacted me again to ask if there is any update and I told him no, he asked if my application is up to 13 weeks I told him yesterday makes it 12 weeks, and he said to wait 2 more weeks before I start firing them mails and webform.

Today happened to be another rough day as it has always been, my school called but I didn't take the call they were going to ask about my application and I don't want anyone adding salt to my wound so I didn't pick the call, after I got a mail from the school I just ignored it. I was busy drinking my bullet when I saw a mail icon on my phone I opened it up and it was from IRCC. Immediately i was sweating from head to toe, my balls were soaked in sweat, I chatted with my wife immediately to express my fears and let her know I got a mail from IRCC she encouraged me to log in and check.

My people I opened it and I got the best mail of my life "Original Passport Request", I went berserk i was crying like a baby, I called my wife to share the news with her and again I called Makano he didn't pick. I cried like a baby for soooooo long, I wasn't crying because I had tears to shed I was crying because i didn't believe what the Lord has done for me.

What God cannot do does not exist, God will come for all of us.

To every expectant, it will happen by the special grace of God, to those that have been delayed please do not give up, fire on and do it all over again.

A big thank you to God, Makano, Frank, Just Mellow, Anon, Lekkiboboe, Showyoung, Teemenzo (went quiet), Osemigbo I can't really spell it, and the rest I can't remember their names God bless us all. You have no idea how helpful you all have been on this thread, God will reward you all in beautiful ways.

First-time applicant, GC KEY.
Application Submission : March 1
Biometrics: March 4
Upfront Medicals Feb 14th; Updated: March 7
PPR and BVL: May 25

Documents submitted.
LOA
BSC certificate 2012
Neco Cert
BSC Transcripts
SOP 6 pages
Police clearance certificate
Upfront medicals
Business ID card and complimentary card
CAC certificate
Marriage certificate
Birth certificate
Wife's birth certificate
Sister's birth certificate
Nin Slip
Affidavit of return
Wife's consent letter
Wifes's work ID
Wife's affidavit change of name
Wife land and agreement receipt
Friends testimonial
Vehicle receipt
Pictures of house
Pictures of an inherited house
Wedding pictures
family pictures
pictures of my businesses
Acceptant deposit: I = later paid full first term and sent the receipt via web form and email. I Ircc replied after a month or so and eligibility started the day they acknowledged receipt
Statement of account 14M
reference letter from the bank
Business receipts
Several land documents and agreement
Survey plan
Inherited house documents
Tenancy lease documents

God will come through for every one of us, Thank you again to everyone. I have been a silent observer