₦airaland Forum

jogojogo:
Jesus!!!Sowp now takes 37weeks and VV 224days through the new portal. If you have kids u need 4k each for them. My own perspective Where did you see this please?

Deronke1:
Also please is 8m proof of funds enough for student visa and sowp for a 5m first year tuition fees.

TETTTI:
They are 5 to 10.

TETTTI:
Hello Skull4eva,

Please how can I apply for Study permit for my children. I want to apply for SOWP.

Kindly assist.

Deronke1:
Hi guys, so my husband and I are planning on applying together. Him for student visa and I for Sowp. I currently work at nafdac, just 1 year and its my only work experience. I've taken many online courses.
What are the criteria for sowp? Am I eligible?
Please help as we don't want to make a mistake

Teluv:
really, so i have to go through the regular route

jce:
From what I have seen, there are people that get their ppr within a space of 3months while some up to a year, is there a reason for this

LadyBlaq:
Its's been exactly 2 months and 8 days since my husband's visitor visa application was submitted. I don't knw what else to do. My study permit will be expiring by July though I plan on extending it.

Please, how do I get in touch with my MP? Ontario?

Naturalobserver:
500$ for admission fee.I forgot to put it

Naturalobserver:
Okay let me make it clear
I applied to study in Canada last year through an agent.
Paid 500$ (CAD),235$ (CAD) for visa and 250,000 naira for State Of Account
Got Letter Of Acceptance from the school..Lambton college in Sarnia,Canada.
I paid 2000$ CAD as deposit for school fees.
Did my biometric 2nd week of April 2021.Since then no satisfactory information from the agent.He kept on telling me he hasnt heard anything from the embassy and concluded its because of covid.Anytime I ask him he kept on saying nothing yet maybe cuz COVID..I dont even have access to any of my account..
It was nothing until December last year I started doubting him when he told me he paid 150$ for GCMS note and with the information I get here i havent seen anything like paying money for GCMS note.To make it worse he was advising me to just apply for UK and started stating all the requirements,that was when I got angry and told him to send me all the money I have given him so far that am no longer interested in pursuing the Canada admission anymore ...
He sent the part school fees I paid ..{$2000 (CAD)} and my passport...I asked him what about the remaining. He told me the remaining money were used accordingly so I just ended the call immediately..I actually went for biometrics so on my own am removing the $235 for visa and the $500 for admission because of the ACCEPTANCE Letter I got from the school...But I still dont think the State Of Account has been used hence the reason for my question..I will be grateful to get useful information...Thanks

Omiinii:
So you haven't received a decision from your application and you got rid of the agent that applied for you. I believe you need your application details if you're still interested in this journey, Best you talk with your agent about it to release your application Information. As for the statement of Account. I understand that you yourself didn't submit your own bank statement. You paid your agent 250k to arrange POF for you to which you were ultimately left out on how he/she got such. It's very risky to do things like that. I'd advise you talk to your agent as only he/she can explain what he or she has done and submitted and you can weigh your options of either withdrawing your app so as not to affect your future Immigration intentions or even your case file towards Immigration to canada

Wales55:
Do I need details from the agent about the last application when reapplying or applying for SOWP?

Wales55:
Thanks her EDD is in May,that is why I am scared of putting in for SOWP

Marh:
Yes, it's a stand alone SOWP.

Yes, it was after the SOWP was approved. ( Same day).

Marh:
PPR Finally!

SOWP Application:

Date Applied - May 21st, 2021
Upfront Medicals -August 23rd,2021
Approved - February 4th, 2022 (37 weeks)!

Visitor Visa Application:

Date Applied - October 23rd, 2021
IRCC requested we withdraw the application since the sowp has already been approved - February 4th, 2022.


NOTE : Eligibility and Criminality has been passed since December 1st, 2021 on the visit visa application
January 24th, I requested for urgent Processing on the visit visa application, the mp submitted to IRCC on my behalf.

A big Thank you to Sam4774 for his assistance! It was from his post I got to know about urgent processing from IRCC.

Thank you nochyks87, Thank you everyone. May Almighty God answer our prayers.

ami213:
Hello guys!
My visitor visa application was refused based on family ties in Canada and home country. How do I tackle this?
My husband is a study permit holder and I haven’t seen him in 2 years. The good people of nairaland please come to my rescue. Can I apply for SOWP or should I just reapply for VV?

Application submitted January 9 2022
Refusal February 9 2022

Cynk:
since october 2021, upfront medicals hasnt been updated to pass. i have sent sent over 3 webforms and still nothing. should i be worried?

Oganammuo:
Thanks so much for this info.
Now with our two kids(assuming 4,000 each), it will be 14,000CAD + 8,000CAD = 22,000CAD.

GOD BLESS YOU GREATLY.

FYsol:
I don't think it matters where you apply, it is about the passport you submit that categorizes you as a Nigerian

TheLasyBuddha:
Good morning.

I have a question: I just noticed that the processing time in Nigeria is currently at 45 weeks and the processing time in Ghana is 11 weeks, would it be wise if I go to Ghana to process my SOWP? Also, how do I show strong ties? My parents and siblings are back here.
Don't have a job yet.
My spouse has a study permit and her ties is her federal government job.


Please I need response.


cc: Justwise

cannyonyi:
Hello Everyone!
This is the mail I got from my mp:
Dear Bleep
I was able to contact IRCC on your behalf. The current status for your husband and children's application is that the criminality and biometrics have been passed. Medicals were received on December 29th 2021. Eligibility is still in progress.
I will contact IRCC in a month to check on the status of your application.

Has anyone received this kind of mail from an mp before? Please gurus in the house what do you think? How can one interpret this? Especially that last part that the would contact in a month to check on the status...

A little throwback. On Feb 2021, we applied for sowp and study visa for my spouse and kids to join me here in canada (I am on study visa). When we didn't here form them we applied for visitor visa for the whole family under the new visitor visa platform on October 2021. Still no word... we then started with webforms telling them that they've exceeded the normal processing time (more than 50 business days now). All we got is the usual generic emails until we contacted the mps office who sent us the email above.
Don't even know what to think with this reply. The anxiety is something else.
Wetin una think...Is their hope of feedback or nothing in at least a month time?





I got something like that too the Mp schedules monthly meeting with IRCC until a final decision is made and communicated to you. Atleast my mp does that for me monthly for the past 3months now with another one for Feb 8 2022, but i do remind him via mail not to forget the follow up

cannyonyi:
Hello Everyone!
This is the mail I got from my mp:
Dear Bleep
I was able to contact IRCC on your behalf. The current status for your husband and children's application is that the criminality and biometrics have been passed. Medicals were received on December 29th 2021. Eligibility is still in progress.
I will contact IRCC in a month to check on the status of your application.

Has anyone received this kind of mail from an mp before? Please gurus in the house what do you think? How can one interpret this? Especially that last part that the would contact in a month to check on the status...

A little throwback. On Feb 2021, we applied for sowp and study visa for my spouse and kids to join me here in canada (I am on study visa). When we didn't here form them we applied for visitor visa for the whole family under the new visitor visa platform on October 2021. Still no word... we then started with webforms telling them that they've exceeded the normal processing time (more than 50 business days now). All we got is the usual generic emails until we contacted the mps office who sent us the email above.
Don't even know what to think with this reply. The anxiety is something else.
Wetin una think...Is their hope of feedback or nothing in at least a month time?
I got something like that too the Mp schedules monthly meeting with IRCC until a final decision is made and communicated to you. Atleast my mp does that for me monthly for the past 3months now with another one for Feb 8 2022, but i do remind him via mail not to forget the follow up

Stonehenge83:
It's PPR guys. God be praised. It shall get to all of us in Jesus name. Amen.

Dopekidd:
Hello everyone, please I need your opinions and possible solutions on this.
Early 2020 my uncle introduced my parents to a Canada travel agent who collected 300k to help me do student visa. He only took my passport details and family details, and didn't ask for any of my documents
I did biometrics few weeks after he started and for good 10 months he didn't give me any feedback but just kept saying they haven't sent a response due to covid 19
I got tired of waiting around then reached out to someone who advised me to send an email to Canada embassy and explain everything cos I do actually have my application number
I did send the email and two days after I received a response with a letter attached in it, they've refused my student visa since April 2020 which was barely a month after I did biometrics and this bastard agent kept me in the dark, that was when I knew he had finessed me (it was a generic refusal by the way). It was a whole lotta drama after that which is not even pertinent to why I'm here.
Fast forward, I asked the agent to give me the whole details he used for my application, he printed it out for me and I went through everything, could you believe this bastard agent filled Lautech for me in my educational background meanwhile I didn't go to lautech but finished from another university. He probably used fake docs to secure admission for me, i dont even know.
Now if I wanna apply again, I dont know how to go about it because they already have that information the agent put down which is wrong
PS: I have my gcms notes

Thank you.

May06:
Hello everyone,

I would appreciate if you cud please share your thoughts with me on this issue.

I have been expecting my PPR from the Canadian embassy for over one month. I passed the Medicals and my profile was updated since October 23. Since then, I have been waiting to receive PPR. Most of the people who did the Medicals at the same time as I did have received PPR. I am considering raising a GCMS note but would like to hear your thoughts on these. Are there other options I can explore to get an update on my application?

Thank you.

TUOladeinde:
Thanks, i have been able to apply using gcmsonlie.com.

To answer your questions:
My husband was my sponsor
I did not include my own bank statement, i however included my payslips
At the time of application, i paid the deposit then paid the full tuition to avoid losing my admission with the school. The person helping me with the application raised a webform to that effect.
There were no lump sums. I used my husband's dollar account and fixed investments statements as proof of funds.
I however applied with my 2 sons. I guess that's where the issue of dissatisfaction with home ties in Canada and home country plus personal assets and financial status arose from.
After getting my gcms notes, can i reapply alone?

Faveee:
I haven’t paid my tuition and my flight is on the 28th, will I be allowed to enter Canada? I tried paying but my bank rejected the payment through western union platform because of CBN’s policy. Will I be allowed to enter without proof of tuition payment? I need help.

atoke2021:
Also do you have any suggestions on what else can be used as home ties- we already used his farmland, his job, his payment stubs, his parents and siblings I’m Nigeria.

The only thing I’m thinking is maybe to talk about some projects he has carried out as a consulting engineer on some projects but those were freelance stuff. Would appreciate any other thing that can prove strong home ties. Thank you.

atoke2021:
Hello guys,
I just wanted to share my experience on here.
I applied for a SOWP for my husband in september 2021. While waiting, i decided to apply for a visitor visa on the new portal- i did this on the 8th of December, we were denied today on the 20th of December- we were refused based on family ties to Canada and home country and travel history. I am still reeling because we showed his land documents, his current employment, his pay stubs and bank statements with 14,000 USD.

For the travel history, i dont really know how to tackle that because he has never traveled out of the country before and i dont know if they are expecting us to start traveling for the sake of traveling.
I wanted to ask how this refusal would affect the SOWP application that is still in progress. Since this visitor visa was applied for after the SOWP, do i have to send a webform to IRCC letting them know of this refusal? Is travel history a big thing that is a reason for refusal?

I also want to ask if you think its a good idea to pay for the services of an immigration lawyer if the SOWP gets refused to redo the application again, i have started looking at it costs like 3000 to 5000 CAD and we want to start saving up for this if we need to do so.
Also, should i consider applying for the GCMS notes considering that its taking like 2 to 3 months to get them and we don't intend on applying for another visitor visa unless there is no progress on the SOWP by end of February 2022.

Background on me- i am a fully funded phd student in Canada and i also showed documents of my funding which is guaranteed for 5 years.

Would really appreciate any insights you might give.

Thank you guys.

Bhyy:
10 years

Bhyy:
Actually visit visa has a higher degree of approval than SOWP. I had SOWP since August and no nothing up till now. However, I applied for visiting visa and before we open eyes it was approved.