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prettysussie:
Will FRSC respond or you will need a FRSC official to fast track the application?

As with most things in Nigeria, a facilitator is required. I got an FRSC official to fast track mine.

References1:
https://www.thecable.ng/mathias-nnadi-neuro-surgeon-dies-of-covid-19/amp

Such a sad news. While USA enable his neuro surgeons to thrive and become world famous like the renowned Dr. Ben Carson, Nigeria decide to kill her own.

Nigerians are endangered species. Surviving in Nigeria daily is a miracle. The Nigerian systems is designed majorly to frustrate and kill the masses to the benefit of the political elite.

Baiser:
How do I get a driving history.

By sending an application to Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) info@frsc.gov.ng and attach a copy of your Driver's license.

ayo4eva:
Well detailed story....Congratulations!!! Go forth and prosper

Amen. Thanks ayo4eva.

Shanzzy:
Congratulations am happy for you. Still waiting since July 2019.

Thanks Shanzzy. Keep holding on, it will end in praise. Your PPR is closer now than before. I understand the frustration and helplessness of waiting endlessly. This too shall pass.

Shanzzy:
Congratulations am happy for you. Still waiting since July 2019.

Keep holding on @Shanzzy, PPR is closer than never before. I understand the strain and frustration of waiting for over a year and not knowing exactly when it will end. This too shall pass.

Komed:
Congrats on your PPR @sirabbey...

Pls can you share the email for Hong kong Vo.

Thank you.

There is no direct email address to contact Hong Kong.

Raise a webform and choose Hong Kong as your VO, then input your message in the webform message space. It will be deliver to Hong Kong VO.

Lao4389:
Thanks.. please what's CIO mail address . If you can't post here, please send to me via email, I sent you a message here...

See their email address attached below.

Lao4389:
Congratulations @Sirabbey
I also got the mail from Hong Kong saying application approved and I should have received passport request letter.. that was on Dec 11, yet no PPR still.
Please was it an email you sent to CIO OR WEBFORM?
Do specify so I can do same... Don't know what to say about that Accra VO.. God should sort them out for our sake.. it is well...

Copy out the mail sent to you by Hong Kong or snip out the part where it is written that you file is approved and you should have received PPR. Then raise a webform telling them that you are yet to get the letter and ready to travel. Raise 2 webforms, One to Hong Kong (secondary VO) another one to Accra (I presume AVO is your primary VO) on each form attach the email you got from Hong Kong as evidence. Finally send a mail to CIO with the same attachment. It is an indictment of AVO sloppiness and they will quickly issue you your PPR in less than 3 days as in my case.

All the best.

When you get your PPR, Avoid Accra like a plague.

executivegej:
Did you get your COPR yet?

Not yet. Document enroute London currently. I will update when that happen.

Ikepooni:
Sorry about the ban. Is there a way we can access the information on how to send to London?

Print out your PPR letter, fill the eye colour and Height chat on the letter for the principal applicant and all dependents
Fill out IMM 008 if your family no had changed
Get someone in UK to assist in paying transmission fees to VAC London (see attached) The cost is £15.85 X no of International Passports sent.
Print out evidence of payment and attached (you may ask input your UCI no while making payment as reference)
Include 2 photographs for all family member with names and DOB written on the reverse side as well as address of the studio and date pix taken.
Fill and include consent letter for each member of the family to allow VFS accept and give your Passport from/to your chosen courier service (DHL is recommended)
Put International passport for all family members in one envelope with other documents (ensure at least 6 months validity of each int. passports)

Address to Visa Application Centre ,
66 Wilson Street,
London, EC2A 2BT,
UK

Head on to your chosen courier service and send all document in one envelope or package. sit tight and expect to be contacted when your COPR is ready for collection. Then you go back to your courier service to pick up and deliver to your house.

Part 10 and now it is PPR

SUMMARY
IELTS Dec 2017
ECA April 2018
1st profile April 2018 and expired April 2019
2nd Profile April 2019
Alberta NOI May 2019
Alberta Nomination Certificate July 2019
ITA Aug 12, 2019
AOR Aug 19, 2019
MEP July 2019 (upfront)
BIL completed Sept 2019
Long silence
1st GCMS Dec 2019
2nd GCMS July 2020
Medical Expired July 2020
3rd GCMS Oct 2020
Medical Extension Nov 27, 2020
PPR Dec 17, 2020.
AOR to PPR 16 months

JOURNEY EPISTLE
My journey started in Dec 2017 when I wrote the IELTS. I have taken 2 months earlier to prepare for the exam and luckily for me it paid off as I maxed out the result in one single attempt (L9, R9, S 7.5, W 7.5). My spouse was not so lucky as she had to write IELTS 3times before finally giving up the attempt to improve on her reading score especially ( L 7.5, R 5.5, S 7.5, W 6.5). In one of the attempts she applied for re-mark. Her Writing score bumped up by 0.5 hence she got a refund of the N15,000 re-mark fees but the reading score remained notoriously at 5.5 .

Next bus stop was the ECA, which started simultaneously with IELTS in Dec 2017. We both use WES for ECA. Spouse assessed her Master's degree with WES and by Jan 2018 it was ready. I on the other hand have ND, HND and PGD to claim 2 or more degrees, so I decided to assessed HND and PGD. Later I realized that I should have just assessed my ND and HND. This mistake cost me additional N50K in transcripts and logistics fees and 3 months in time extension. WES started the assessment of HND and PGD and after 3 months requested for ND transcripts and certificate to conclude the assessment of the HND, so I ended up assessing all the three degrees. This delay meant my WES report was not ready until April 2018.

April 2018, I dived into the pool with 421 points. I swam in the pool for a whole year and even became an Olympic champion in the pool but no ITA. With my birthday approaching in January, I decided to start learning French in Nov 2018 to compensate for the 5point loss on my approaching birthday though I must confess that learning French sounded like learning Greek in my ears. April 2019, I was notified of profile expiration and I quickly created another profile 2 days after expiration of the first profile. For inexplicably reason, my CRS points dropped to 414 points instead of 416 points. I doubled checked and tripled checked but I could not figure out why, so I lost 7 points for my birthday instead of 5points. (In Hindsight now, I think the other 2 points loss may be for my spouse birthday)

Good thing I created a new profile as Alberta came calling with their Notification of Interest (NOI) in May 2019. Basic criteria was mainly newly created profiles as people with CRS as low as 330 also got their NOIs in May of 2019. We packaged the documents required and sent to them. They did a thorough job in checking on all documents submitted, contacted my office to verify my reference and work experience. Spouse IELTS TRF was somehow omitted while packaging the documents, but Alberta graciously notify me of this omission and allowed me to send a scan copy by email instead of having to send by courier as required. By the end of July 2019 Alberta Nomination Certificate came in without spending a dime other than the cost of sending our documents through courier. I was elated, I accepted immediately and felt giddy when my CRS flew to 1014 points.

I stopped learning or is it pretending to learn French instantly . After a little over 6 months of learning French at Alliance Française, I find myself terribly unqualified and unprepared to attempt TEF due to no fault of Alliance Francaise (as they have very many excellent instructors and robust curriculum) but due to my dullness to grasp a new language fast. I spent no less than 150K on this French adventure but I do not regret it a bit as I improve on my residual knowledge of the language and became very confident to intervene in my children primary school/beginners French studies as the French expert of our family.

The next draw was on Aug 12, 2019 and I clinched ITA, I took a week to arrange my documents and by Aug 19, 2019 I submitted and got AOR same day. The family did upfront medicals in July 2019 and MEP was obtained in Aug 2019. Biometrics was completed by Sept 2019. Everything seems to be in cruise control and I was already dreaming of PPR in Dec 2019 or worst case scenario as my birthday gift in Jan 2020.

Interestingly in Oct 2019, Saskatchewan Nomination of Interest came in and I was informed I have up to Dec 16, 2019 to Accept or it will expire but since I have already accepted Alberta NOI, I could not take up the offer. I was secretly praying that PPR or even rejection comes before Dec 16 2019 so that I can take up Saskatchewan NOI offer before it expires, even though I prefer Alberta to Saskatchewan and its NOI application process will cost 300CAD unlike Alberta NOI that was free of charge.

Out of curiosity, I ordered the first GCMS notes in Dec 2019, I discovered that my file was moved to the notorious Accra Visa Office (AVO) after initial processing at CIO in Ottawa. I immediately started weaning myself mentally off the process but wifey was becoming emotionally and mentally attached and agitated as the process dragged on. By Feb 2020, AOR clocked 6 months but no PPR, By this time our IELTS results had expired, Alberta Nomination certificate had expired (it had validity of 6months) and Saskatchewan NOI too had expired, so any problem with the application at this time will mean going back to re-write IELTS and joining the pool to initiate the whole process all over again. A very scary thought to contemplate.

COVID19 global pandemic heightened in March 2020 and IRCC started sending delay emails to applicant as a result of COVID 19, I waited till July 2020 and ordered the 2nd GCMS, notes, Medical Passed since Aug 2019, Biometrics Completed since Sept 2019 but Review Required (RR) on Eligibility while Security and Criminality yet to start. The case analyst mentioned that my reference letter had the same JD for the two companies submitted and was 100% similar to my NOC as stated on IRCC website. This was a mistake on my part as I copied the JD for my NOC on IRCC website (since I carried out all these functions and more at work anyway) and added a few more before getting my current Manager (Paddy of life) and former HR (Another paddy of life) to put on the company letter head and sign off on it.

At this point there was nothing to be done but to wait it out. I waited and waited but long silence. sometime in Aug 2020 and Sep 2020, I noticed a flurry of ghost updates (GU) so I ordered the 3rd GCMS notes in Oct 2020. I discovered my files was moved to Hong Kong at some point and then to Beijing, and to then to Shanghai. My LinkedIn profile was checked around this time as well. Eligibility has moved to Recommend Interview (RI), Medical expired July 2020. Criminality and Security yet to start.
I emailed over 10 MPs to check my application update and why it is taking such a long time. only 2 or 3 replied saying they won't be able to help giving one excuse or the other. it is either I am not living in province they represent, not in Canada or their office has been inundated with similar requests and they are now overwhelmed to assist again.

I contacted Qlife to pick a date for Re-medical, I was told the earliest date is Nov 19 2020, so I booked. Nov 19 2020 came, but I did not go as I start seeing that people were getting medical extension. Flurry of GUs was noticed again and on Nov 27, 2020 I got medical extension as well saving me well over N120K for re-med. At this stage my wife was checking our profile at an average of 7times daily and raising web-form weekly. People were speculating that PPR should come latest 2 weeks after medical extension but no PPR. On Dec 14, another web-form was raised to Hong Kong (Secondary VO) and Accra (Primary VO). Hong Kong replied that our profile had been approved and that we should have received Passport Request letter. Accra of course did not reply as they hardly ever reply web-form nor can you reach them by Phone.

I was happy and angry at the same time. Why is AVO being wicked like this?. Hong Kong had cleared Review required and Recommend Interview yet AVO is still sitting pretty on my PPR. I copied Hong Kong VO mail stating that my application had been approved and send another webform to them, AVO and copied CIO. 2 days later on Dec 17 PPR mail dropped by AVO in my mail around 2am. On checking the letter I saw the PPR mail was dated Dec 11 2020 but AVO decided to sit on it, but for Hong Kong who exposed them, only God knows how long AVO would have sat on the PPR.
The next day I packaged the required documents with passports, got a UK friend to assist in paying for VFS transmission fees in Pounds Sterling while I refund in Naira then couriered the documents to London UK for COPR (I can't deal with the wickedness of AVO any longer )

It was a very long roller coaster journey but we thank God it ended in praise. Awaiting Passport return from London. From AOR to PPR took 16months (1 year 4 months), it was mentally draining but well worth it at the end. I appreciate everyone on this forum and the plethora of Whatsapp Groups that my spouse belongs to (I refused to join any WhatSapp Group for my sanity ) for the support and comradeship offered so freely.

Landing gist loading for 2021 by the grace of God.

fergie001:
Eight Candidates applied for the vacant #WTODG position:
https://www.nairaland.com/5979465/wto-candidates-dg-position#91528630

All candidates did undergo the selection process:
https://www.nairaland.com/5993688/wto-dg-selection-process-begins-today



WTO


Liam Fox (The UK)
https://www.wto.org/images/img_dgsel20/img_gbr.jpg


Mohammed Maziad Al-Tuwaijiri (KSA)
https://www.wto.org/images/img_dgsel20/img_sau.jpg


Amina Mohammed (KEN)
https://www.wto.org/images/img_dgsel20/img_ken.jpg


Ms Yoo Myung-Hee (KOR)
https://www.wto.org/images/img_dgsel20/img_kor.jpg


Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (NGA)
https://cdn-punchng-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/w680/s/cdn.punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/13165555/Ngozi-Okonjo-Iweala.jpg

This is amazing, only three of my top 5 made the cut. This means that political chess mastery/ingenuity of the candidates sponsoring country plays a major role than even their competence/suitability for the job, otherwise Yoo Myung-hee (S.Korea) and Mohammad Maziad (Saudi Arabia) has no business in the top 5. Amina of Kenya still remains my favourite, though happenings in the last few weeks shows that Ngozi of Nigeria has very powerful friends in high places who may just nick the job for her. Wherever the pendulum swings among these two African Amazons, it will be a great win for Africa and Female gender. Let the best Woman win

fergie001:
chuxyfranklin
Sirabbey....thanks for your submissions.


These are my personal submissions, I wish NOI well nonetheless.

Thanks fergie for your insightful analysis. It is interesting that despite using different yardstick our top 3 candidates are the same Amina, Kuri and Ngozi May the best man/woman win.

chuxyfranklin:
The Egyptian Guy was too political in his response and he was too attacking in some of his Response especially when asked about the validity of candidacy of the other African candidates.

Amina was good and expressive also, but I feel NOI gave the most intellectual answers to questions asked.

It's going to be difficult for her to win as she's not an insider, and for an Organisation currently undergoing it's biggest challenges as WTO, they'd need someone from the inside to steady the ship and hit the ground running immediately.

I agree, he was a bit too political and was almost discounting other African candidates in other to sell himself but that does not take away from the fact that he has been there since 1985 even before WTO started in 1990. He is a founding father of WTO and know so much about the workings of the organisation, he is also very brilliant but Amina dusted him and Ngozi in the way and manner she answered her questions and demostrated her capacity for the DG job.

Waoh so far so inspirational, educative and informative. All the 8 candidates has very intimidating resume befitting of the exalted position of DG of World Trade organisation with Dr. Kuri of Mexico leading the pack in terms of resume and experience but from their 30 minutes interaction with the members of the press, I present to you my objective scorecard.

Jesus Kuri (Mexico) 8/10
Ngozi Iweal (Nigeria) 7.5/10
Hamid Abdel (Egypt) 7.5/10
Tudor Ulianovchi (Moldova) 7/10
Yoo Myung-hee (S. Korea) 5/10
Amina Mohammed (Kenya) 9/10
Mohammad Maziad (Saudi) 6.5/10
Liam Fox (Britain) 7/10

Amina's perfomance was off the hook and she will definitely makes an effective and efficient DG of WTO even though I believe our own Ngozi is equally deserving of the the post. I will be back to update this score card when the remaining two candidates takes their turn.

I learnt from both Amina and Ngozi that they don't want the post simply because they are women but because they are competent and suitable for the post, infact they insuniate that they would consider it an insult to be considered by virtue of their gender rather than their competence. This is very instructive to feminist who think that gender should be considered above competence and suitability in order to balance whatever perceived gender inequality.

I look forward to getting to this level of interviewing for an international job, it is simply orgasmic

modified. If two candidates are to be chosen for the next round then it should be Amina and Kuri but if three person are chosen for the next round then maybe our dear Ngozi will proceed to the next round. The whole process is very interesting and WTO spokeman Keith has this calming and soothing voice that one would love to listen to for hours.

phal:
Please kindly post pictures here let me see...thanks

Here you go.

Car is in Lagos if you are interested in inspection.

phal:
Car gurus in the house please kindly help me suggest which car would fit my budget,
I am actually planning to buy my first car as my family is growing big and moving from point A to B is becoming stressful for us, hence I decided to get a very good & sharp Nigerian used car with a budget of 500K max.

I want a car that is very durable, reliable, fuel efficient, cheap and accessible parts, meanwhile I don't want Toyota or Honda as they are too common on Nigerian roads & I also believe they re not the only best car options we can get. Though I am looking at Nissan Almera 2001, Nissan primera 2000 to 2002, VW Golf 3 and Mazda cars from 1999 to 2002 models.

Please kindly help me as I need your car expertise to decide which car to go for ASAP.

Thanking you in advance

Thanking

I have Kia Rio 2008 model for your budget, excellent body and engine. if you are interested let me know.

Babatunde40:
I ave never entered an Airbus. But I have entered boeing and those smaller propeller engines planes. If you have entered an Airbus, let me know how it's like

An AirBus is more comfortable than a Boeing. It is better suited for long haul travel, as you would hardly feel the constrain of the journey.

Samaras:
While doing research on building materials prices in Nigeria for my project in the last years, I repeatedly came across the profil of chekitaut. Apparently he had built a reputation for himself and seemed reliable. I got in touch with him a couple of times for quotes and even connected him to a friend of mine who is into the haulage business and was looking for partners in Lagos at the time. They discussed a few times on truck importation from China. Subsequently neither my friend nor myself got to do business with him. Considering the number of reports currently on nairaland about him not meeting up on his promises, I have also decided to do an appraisal of all the nairaland contractors I worked with during my project.

Good feedback and excellent project you have got Samaras, however for future project or second plot, kindly disallow the embedding of waste sanitary pipes into the blockwork of the building, this detract from from the serviceabililty or maintainance of your project. Any leakage in the sanitary pipes due to wearing of gum or even breakages will results into sanitary/waste water leaking into the building walls, replacement/repairs of sanitary pipes is also a big issue when they are imbedded into the building walls.

The better approach is to get the Architect to review the plan by indenting the external walls of the toilet inward by say 450mm to 600mm, this will create a space where the pipes can be laid independently of the building walls while Aluco bond or Aluminium grille is then used to cover the indented pipe space externally.

Congratulations on the completion of your projects.

spyder880:
On the deck......

Good Job, however the use of various thickness of stones to achieve concrete cover as shown is unprofessional and unacceptable in civil engineering/construction. The correct process is to produce uniform concrete "biscuits" with or without binding wire to be placed under the slab reinforcement to achieve the required concrete cover (between 25mm to 40mm). Plastic concrete cover can also be purchased for use.

The essence of concrete cover is to protect the reinforcement used in the concrete from quick rusting which is defeated when irregular stones are used.

Keep up the good work.

........still available now N550K.

oyukuwife:
I decided to enter the pool with my score below 7 hoping for Alberta pnp. Will work on improving my ielts score next month. When I was filling my express entry profile it asked how much am bringing. Can someone please tell me how to write it kos I put 20,000 CAD but it’s saying incorrect. This is the last step for me to submit my express entry profile. Your input will be highly appreciated. Thank you

Just write 20000 without the comma (,) and the unit (CAD)

Explorers:
He was linked to the 1989 bombing of an Avianca jet, which killed 107 people, just to assassinate one traveller, another presidential candidate.

Fortunately or unfortunately ( you pick) The intended target ( a colombia presidential candidate) was tipped off by 'gringos' American CIA agents in colombia and he did not fly the ill fated Avancia plane. The 107 passengers were just wasted for nothing. Such is the cruel reign of Escobar

SOLD SOLD SOLD. THANKS ALL.

........Still Available.

...still available.

Profemmy001:
Hello Nairalanders!

I'm a young graduate and I am about to get a small car. Due to my budget, I have narrowed down to two cars. A Kia Rio 2005(manual) or a Renault Logan 2008(Manual).

Please, which will you advise and what are the reasons behind?

I appreciate your responses so much.

Check this KIA RIO out. https://www.nairaland.com/5627488/kia-2008-650k-excellent-body#85735282 Price is negotiable.

Available.....

.......still av

Anchor84:
400k...

You can do better.

Still available.

1. Bought Brand New
2. Only one user- the original owner
3. Excellently maintained
4. Manual Sticks
5. Original papers available
6. Location is Lagos.

SOLD