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technix:
I will advise that you apply for visitor visa for all of them (I believe your initial application was submitted before September 7).

With that, they can travel together. You just need to explain in your LOE.

Thank you @ technix i appreciate your response

skull4eva:
Good day guys i got this mail from IRCC this morning after series of webforms and emails, I think am confused my spouse applied for SOWP and my two kids VV. But the mail is saying quoting the last kids webform sent that he can apply for new VV in the new portal. See the mail below
Good day,

We recommend that you submit a new online application if

you submitted your visitor visa application before September 7, 2021; and
your situation has changed; and
you’re travelling for one of the following reasons:
to be reunited with an immediate family member who is a Canadian citizen, a person registered under Canada’s Indian Act or a permanent resident of Canada
to be reunited with an immediate family member who is in Canada temporarily
to be reunited with an extended family member who is a Canadian citizen, a person registered under Canada’s Indian Act or a permanent resident of Canada.
to visit for business (meeting, special event, training)
to attend an end-of-life ceremony or a funeral
to be present during the final moments of life of a loved one
to provide care to a critically ill person
to join a vessel as a marine crew member
to assume a posting as a diplomat or to travel as an accompanying immediate family member of a diplomat arriving on posting who will also be accredited in Canada
to handle the affairs of a victim of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752
Get instructions to apply

Make sure to include up-to-date information and, if possible, your previous application number.

By submitting a new application, your previous visitor visa application will be withdrawn. Unfortunately, there is no guarantee of a refund, and you won’t receive a written confirmation that your previous application has been withdrawn.

If you don’t intend to travel to Canada right now

There’s nothing else you need to do. Your application will remain in the queue for processing.

If you no longer want to travel to Canada

You can request a withdrawal via the web form. There is no guarantee that you will get a refund.

Kind Regards,

Migration Office | Bureau de migration (SWG)

High Commission of Canada | Haut-commissariat du Canada

P.O. Box / C.P. 1013, Limuru Road, 00621 – Nairobi, Kenya

www.kenya.gc.ca

www.canada.ca/immigration
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Please advice accordingly. Thanks
Should I reapply for the kids using the VV new portal and leave their mums application on the old sowp portal

Please i still need answers on this above. @ technix and other gurus kindly advice

Good day guys i got this mail from IRCC this morning after series of webforms and emails, I think am confused my spouse applied for SOWP and my two kids VV. But the mail is saying quoting the last kids webform sent that he can apply for new VV in the new portal. See the mail below
Good day,

We recommend that you submit a new online application if

you submitted your visitor visa application before September 7, 2021; and
your situation has changed; and
you’re travelling for one of the following reasons:
to be reunited with an immediate family member who is a Canadian citizen, a person registered under Canada’s Indian Act or a permanent resident of Canada
to be reunited with an immediate family member who is in Canada temporarily
to be reunited with an extended family member who is a Canadian citizen, a person registered under Canada’s Indian Act or a permanent resident of Canada.
to visit for business (meeting, special event, training)
to attend an end-of-life ceremony or a funeral
to be present during the final moments of life of a loved one
to provide care to a critically ill person
to join a vessel as a marine crew member
to assume a posting as a diplomat or to travel as an accompanying immediate family member of a diplomat arriving on posting who will also be accredited in Canada
to handle the affairs of a victim of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752
Get instructions to apply

Make sure to include up-to-date information and, if possible, your previous application number.

By submitting a new application, your previous visitor visa application will be withdrawn. Unfortunately, there is no guarantee of a refund, and you won’t receive a written confirmation that your previous application has been withdrawn.

If you don’t intend to travel to Canada right now

There’s nothing else you need to do. Your application will remain in the queue for processing.

If you no longer want to travel to Canada

You can request a withdrawal via the web form. There is no guarantee that you will get a refund.

Kind Regards,

Migration Office | Bureau de migration (SWG)

High Commission of Canada | Haut-commissariat du Canada

P.O. Box / C.P. 1013, Limuru Road, 00621 – Nairobi, Kenya

www.kenya.gc.ca

www.canada.ca/immigration
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Please advice accordingly. Thanks
Should I reapply for the kids using the VV new portal and leave their mums application on the old sowp portal

Saloiba:
I guess I'm just confused with the word "use"? How does an applicant pointedly use something or someone as home ties? Is it not that the IRCC would consider the totality of the information one provides and see which ones could form a home tie?

Please pardon my ignorance again. I've never filled an application before now.

Some in their eagerness to get visa state it categorically in their SOP that the spouse and kids will stay behind as home ties and later when they reach canada they apply for them.

Saloiba:
@skull4eva still waiting to learn from you and other gurus at the bolded.

If you used them as hometies you will need to have more explanation to make to convince the VO that you are not running away with ur family. See it is on a safer side to use other things as home ties since you intend to bring in your family. Its better you use job or landed properties or company assets or aged parents and siblings because once you come here there must be a cogent reason to change your mind to apply for your family and cogent to you might not mean cogent to the VO

technix:
Yes, you can.

Please how do I go about that on the new portal

aykanbi:
Not withdrawn. Checked again today. Background check still ongoing. No review of eligibility however

Please can someone add kids to the application for visit for spouse because i am also rhinking to apply for visit for my spouse and kids as soon as possible.

aykanbi:
I applied for sowp in may 2021. Background checks going on since last year. With frustration I applied for visiting in January this year. I just got approval for VV today

Congratulations please can i send you a mail to make more inquiries? What now happened to the sowp? Is it still in process or it has been withdrawn?

LadyBlaq:
Hello House!
I just got my husband's gcm notes, the pre-assessment note is not looking good. I have basic knowledge on what I have to do to address the home ties, any more advice on what to do next, please?

How many days did it take to get the notes?

Kuze1:
Hello house, I discovered this after I had submitted. My situation is I have a previous Masters in project management from the UK; this was in 2009. I have applied for a Masters in the same course but with a data analytics direction in Canada. The primary reason I’m going this route is because my 1st child is presently in senior secondary school and I want to prepare for when she will be going to University so that the huge university fees can be reduced for herself and her siblings. I’ve been to Canada before on a visiting visa as I have an older sibling who is a medical doctor and a Canadian citizen. I also indicated that I would be living with her for the duration of my 2-year course.

I tried express entry but age is no longer on my side as I am 43. I stated in my application that my husband is my home tie as he will remain in Nigeria for the duration of my studies; the plan is to apply for him and the children after I receive mine. I got an Mpower loan to support my application for my entire school fees and have about N10m of my own money as I indicated that I am self sponsored.

I have been in my present job for a 10years period and provided supporting documents from my office and details of property owned by my spouse. I applied via the new portal. I’m just a bit apprehensive looking through the previous posts and wondering what my chances are

Using your hubby and kids as home ties might not be a good decision since you have the mind to bring them in later. Its best you use aged parents or landed properties or job ties

LadyBlaq:
Hello everyone. I ordered my husband's gcm notes on the 11th of February, 2022. I got the mail below after that, with a 7 digit tracking number. I haven't received any notification or the gcm notes since them and I just want to know if i ordered the right thing.

Please, is below attached screenshot the usual reply one gets after GCM Notes application? for those who have succesfully requested and gotten theirs.

Hellooo @ladyBlag please can you educate me on how you did this in canada here. I applied for one on jan 14th got it on feb 18th but it was through a third party site becos i couldnt navigate going through the 5cad route well hence I ended up paying 20cad. All other things has been done except for eligibility review which has not started up till the date my spouse notes was ordered.

Aissy:
Thank you very much, and I could show the money in my naria account or it doesn’t matter?

You can show it in naira account

[quote author=Aissy post=110966604]thank you for this, if I should open a first bank dollar account for this specific benefit, I am still to source for the dollars right?[/quote
Yes very sure 100%

Aissy:
first of all thank you for this, when you travelled with that huge amount, did you still show them your bank statement at the border? Or just showed them the cash? I was also thinking of holding some dollars and I don’t know if I show have the rest in naria in my account, since I have to still buy the dollar for my dollar account in black market which will be crazy expensive

But you can show them your statement of account printed with you. After printing the statement withdraw the money and change to dollars. You can withdraw a day after nobody at the point of entry will request to see cash as far as i know.

Aissy:
first of all thank you for this, when you travelled with that huge amount, did you still show them your bank statement at the border? Or just showed them the cash? I was also thinking of holding some dollars and I don’t know if I show have the rest in naria in my account, since I have to still buy the dollar for my dollar account in black market which will be crazy expensive

i already paid my fees before i left nigeria and i also had funding letter so i didnt even show or declear any cash just my tuition fee receipt and my funding letter.

kennyjoy:
Well you might be right about GTBANK coz I don’t know much about them. But for FirstBank ooo. $VisaGold card is $1k a day limit for ATM and 3$ withdrawal charges, POS & WEB are free and the limit is $6k, while First $VisaDebit card is also $1k with 1.5$ withdrawal charges (POS & WEB) are also free too.

What am trying to buttress out is, if you deposit $10k to any of those account, the charges you needed to withdraw everything outside the country is just 30$ & 15$ respectively which still make sense to me rather than carry cash. Like I said earlier not everybody get that nerve to change and carry that kind of money for traveling.

U didnt get my final point even if you can withdraw 1k dollars per day no atm in canada will pay more than 500 dollars per transaction self. Anyway the person can try 1st bank like you said.

PatrickOkunima:
Bro, please permit me to ask, can't one transfer the funds from GT dom account to an account in Canada?

No you cant except you enter the bank in person withdraw the dollar and now deposit it into ur canadian account even with all the new policies dey might not even do the deposit self

kennyjoy:
This is not entirely true boss, POS and WEB payment with visa card are actually free no charges, while ATM withdrawal charge attract 1.5$ and the limit is 1k$ per day. I get your point about the charges involved but not everyone get that nerve to travel with that kind of money.

Hmmmm i beg to differ i used my gtb visa card a few times and it was 3cad charge per withdrawal in fact if u use another bank canadian card on another banks atm it is 3$ charge i had to travel back to nigeria to withdraw my almost 6k dollars from gtb last year becos of these charges. Go to the atm and try it am speaking from experience bro in canada on a student account u cant withdraw cash from an atm more than 500 dollars except u do online transactions and that is a maximum of 1k even using a canadian bank atm except you call the bank to increase you money for that day due to a purchase you want to make

kennyjoy:
In addition with what you just said, I think the best is to just open a Dorm acct get a Visa card, fund the account with USD as you can easily withdraw it when you get to Canada and saved it to your Canada account, thou there’s a daily limit and charges to every withdrawal.

See on every withdrawal you are charged 3cad and the maximum you can withdraw on the atm per day is 500 cad cash and 1k cad online purchase on debit card. Now imagine paying 3cad on every withdrawal you are losing money which is hard to make here. I will advice u change the money to usd and travel with it. You can travel with as much as 10k usd once decleared. If not make it 9k900usd and dont declear nothing will happen becos you havent broken any law. In fact i travelled with around that amount and took it to bureau the change here and converted it to cad and deposited in my account. Its very simple. You can decide to change in bank too just that the price is slightly lower with few cents

buchito1:
Bros I have no idea about Domiciliary account. That's why I didn't talk about it.

If Return ticket would make you get 4K$ why not? Book it!

I booked for a return ticket too.

Yeah i get your point but you need to arrive nigeria that in that date unless cbn will blackmail you and term you a fraud. When you now calculate the flight money to return to nigeria and to go back to canada buying black market will almost amount the same and it will not have the flight stress attached

buchito1:
If you parents decide to send you 3.5M to your account, that's fine. Instead use half of that 3.5M to apply for PTA and leave the rest in your account.

You can show the $4000 gotten from PTA to the Immigration Officer. And the remaining in your account, and a screenshot of your parents account statement..

This should do. Good luck.

You cant get PTA except you book return ticket. And if you open a dorm account you cant transfer the money from dorm account to canadian account easily if dat is even possible. Aside that the bank will ask you to fund the dorm account from the black market in fact they will call the aboki to come meet you in the bank themselves lols

corleone427:
Let's keep hope alive and hang in there....I believe God will answer us...God no dey forget anybody

Amen. God has a track record of keeping His word. He will show forth for us all. The best is no matter how long one should get a positive response. Only an approval can give soothing relief.

Upton:
Congratulations.

Please do you need a transit visa to fly with air France?

That question is difficult to answer directly of your airfrance flight only has one stop in france then you are enroute to Canada then no transit visa is reqired but if your airfrance has more than one stop on the EU a transit visa might be needed

iwale:
Why not call for your gcms note to know what goin on with the app,my candid advice.

Got my gcms note two weeks ago and eligibility hasnt started other things done

[quote author=Anndav post=110920752][/quote]Omo this one no easy ooo. Mine is since july 2021

corleone427:
Been almost a year now I did biometrics...... biometrics done - 16 march 2021.....

Still no PPR.....

Anyone having same timeline as mine please indicate let's give one another hope because I swear it ain't easy...don't know what's wrong....they should even reject the application sef so I can start at fresh but nothing....am scared.... frustrated and depressed at same time


Be like say God dey answer everybody here and dey pass me

Send them webform and mail that your application has passed their standard processing time of 36weeks currently and it way long overdue they will respond. Also contact your mp from your spouse constituency here in canada and tell them your plight they will also help followup. Is it a stand alone sowp?

Ayomidesss:
Good morning all.

My SOWP application was rejected last month...so sad after 6 month of waiting. I applied for GCMS notes and got this reply.


Gurus in the house, please assist. I'm missing my husband.

Thanks.

Omo this one weak me ooo. Are you employed in nigeria? If yes can you get a legal bond on return to your employer and make your employer give you a one year leave of absence letter without pay? So that you can use that as hometie because landed property at this point might not be enough. Then also fluant your skills and usefulness to the canadian community as @kurukuru said too.

Awas:
It is well!!! God will grant us speed!

Amen

Awas:
i applied for SOWP and study visa for my children second week in october. No response. I sent medicals in November and it was updated after a month and still nothing. please what can i do? anyone waiting to .

A lot of people are also waiting. My spouse application and two kids was submitted since july

Taiyejenny:
Even dried ijebu ponmo

Please aviod it they have dogs that sniffs bags now. I was almost given a ticket of 1300cad for just 5 pieces of ponmo when i came back from my christmas break on jan 24th this year. I was literally begging the CBSA agent.
He dropped the payment but still gave me the ticket to show it was confisticated.

Activateoluwase:
11 days from today my application will be 3 months old. Eligibility review started on 9th of February, two
ghost update. Since then they have decided to increase their blood pressure (BP) ..pls what can son of man do? I thank God say I still dey single if not how person go cope.. nawa for IRCC Nairobi.

Blood pressure how? Please be calm and prayerful. I got bvl during my time but final decision didnt come until 8days after

makano:
Hello Kennyjoy

Find below the supposed list of food items to travel with..

Dried meat
Dried turkey
Powdered milk sachet
Milo
Stock fish
Dry pepper
Cameron pepper
Turning stick
Egusi
Ogbonno
Dry bitter leave
Dry Afang
Dry iru
Dry fish
Salt and maggi ( say 2 salt and 6 maggi salt can be heavy
Garri
Semo
Poundo
Crayfish
Beans
Rice
Spaghetti
Beans
Palm oil in Eva water container
Little veg oil
Sachet tin tomato
Suya pepper
Pepper soup spice
Noodles
Moinmoin leave
Curry thyme
Spices
Few Soap and cream
Ori
Coconut oil
Oral solution
Manual blender
Sugar

Credit- Lianna2020

Many applicants that have travelled recently can add to these..

Peace

Please dont carry dried meat and milk ooo. Infact avoid any animal product.