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Hello house, please I have a brother who’s a nurse and evaluated his credentials with IQAS. PleAse is nursing degree equivalent to professional degree or two or more certs.

What a joy!!! Its COPR guys.
Timeline
ECA (with PEBC) October 2017
ITA: 5th September 2018
AOR: 29th September 2018
Med Passed: 29th, October 2018
ADR: ‘Schedule A’ form (spouse)
Biometric request: 5th November
Biometrics Completed: 7th November
IP2: 23rd April
PPR: 24th April, Dated 23rd April.
COPR: 21st May, 2019.
IELTS:
1st Attempt (March 2016): L7.0, R 8.0, W 7.5, S 7.5
2nd Attempt: (Dec 2017): L7.5, R 7.0, S 7.5, W 7.5
3rd Attempt: (Jan 2018): L 7.0,R 8.5,W 7.5,S 7.5
4th Attempt: (May 2018): L 8.5, R 8.0, S 8.5, W 6.5(Requested for remark, but came back unchanged after 4 weeks)
5th Attempt August 18, 2018)(Abeokuta Center): L8.5, R9.0, S7.5,W7.0
All attempts were with the British Council.
Hmm, the journey started actively in April 2017 when I decide to start my PEBC evaluation, although I got to know about express entry since 2014, courtesy of a friend who had started her evaluation in 2015 during our NYSC program, then I was more tuned to the idea of migrating to Australia since my older brother is a PR there, not knowing that my occupation was not even listed on their skill select list.
After one or two failed attempts to migrate to Australia as a student, I decided to settle down to understand more about this Canadian Express entry stuff.
To cut the long story short, I started my ECA in April 2017, and got my report on 24th of October 2017. It took me that long because I never knew about Nairaland this time until after our ITA. Lest I forget, I even had to make payment for my report separately because I didn’t know that I ought to have applied for both concurrently.
Following the arrival of my ECA, I had thought that my first IELTS would be useful, not knowing that I needed 8777 to get an appreciable score.
So I sat for the 2nd test, got that result(earlier stated), still score still didn’t push through, not until a night when I was playing with the CRS calculator that I got to know that having ≥8.0 in the listening band was the game changer .
Immediately, I register for the 3rd test. A big thanks to my wife’s cousin who showed sincere interest in me and gifted us 64k out of the 68k for this particular attempt. I was left devastated when the result came out, still not anyway close. Did I Mention that I was running my master’s degree during this time, so it was close to our project defense, so I had to face this and chill for IELTS first. So, I decided to have some break.
Fast forward to April 2018, my interest was again rekindled, so I register for the 4th attempt, though at a different test center (Ilorin). Before now, all the previous attempts were in Ibadan test center, but I later discovered that once I enter the exam hall, I partly lose my confidence. As beautiful as this result was, I was short changed by just ‘0.5’, so painful. Again I was really discouraged, but something in me said I should try it one more time. Thanks to my dear wife, this time she really encouraged me, because she later got to know that my mind was no longer in this country, and that failure to nail this exam was already telling on me.
We quickly rushed to register for another exam in late July, this was less than 20 days to the test date. But I was so determined to pass this time around. I practiced, fasted, prayed, even gave just to make it this time. Well, just do whatever you believe in, but trusting God pays!!!
Gbam! the result came out on the 31st of August 2018. We made it!!! I ran from the sitting room that night to the room to break the news to my wife, tbh, I almost fell down, but nothing like knowing fully well that the obstacle has been removed. Praise the Lord!!! We couldn’t sleep throughout that lovely night, we were just busy praising the Lord. In fact, we had to go for covenant hour of prayer that morning just to express our gratitude to God.
Immediately, I updated our profile, we got ITA on 5th of September 2019. We were so elated, and we quickly plunged into action. Needless to say, I have been hearing about Nairaland, but the truth was that I never really understood how to use it until a friend explained to me, so our post ITA experience was very smooth courtesy of this great forum. Thanks guys!
IELTS LEARNING POINT
Never attempt the exam until your practice sessions on multiple occasions start making brain. For instance, you can comfortably score ≥35 in the listening test as occasion demands.
Medicals
We had our medicals at the Children’s’ Practice clinic. We gate crashed and we were lucky to have been attended to after all the booked appointments were taken care of. It wasn’t a stressful one. While we were waiting for our e-report form, we quickly breezed to Alagbon for our police certificate clearance. Thank God, one woman we met at Children practice told her driver to quickly take us there because I was not very good with navigation in Lagos.
CRS Core
We entered the pool with a CRS score of 451, it was later updated to 459 when my wife’s ECA came later in the month. I remembered I asked a question concerning this in part 5.
POF
Thanks to family and friends who came to our aid. Over 6.5 Million was raised within two weeks. My bother in Australia did a gift did of 2.5M for me. He wrote an affidavit and attached his Australian’s driver’s license.
I used Stanbic IBTC mutual fund account, and my regular salary account. I intentionally used my salary account because my last place of work did not have an online presence, but there was a record of over 6 months of my salary payment directly from the company.
Work References
It was a walk in the park for me, let me say that never burn any bridges in your life journey. It was easy for me to go back to my previous bosses for my employment letters because of good relationship sustained over the time.
Application was submitted on 29 Sept 2018. Then after medicals, and ADR were submitted and biometrics completed was followed a long period of silence.
Sometimes I got frustrated, called CIC agents a couple of times, but they kept giving generic answers. I also raised multiple CSE’s with no positive response. The only vital information I ever got from the agent was our Visa processing office.
Thank God, in January I took up a new job position. I desperately needed a good distraction, and it eventually paid off.
Did I even mention that my wife was pregnant all along, and we were nursing the dream of having a ‘Canadian baby’ not knowing that IRCC had a different agenda?
On April 3rd we had our bouncing baby girl. So, I informed IRCC immediately about the new family addition.
The following day, I was asked to inform our visa processing office (Ottawa). So, I got a generic response as usual that it would take them 10 working days to respond to my request.
On 23rd of April, I had a very long day, I had travelled to Ekiti from Ibadan, getting home, I discovered that my friend who I put up with in Akure was not in town, so , I made arrangement for a make-shift place. Throughout that day there was no sign of any single network on my phone (courtesy of glo with pride).
Very early on the next day, I had gone out to look for network on my phone. Shortly, after I finished talking with my sister in-law who I am trying to assist with ECA evaluation.
I just said let me check my mail for anything new. To my surprise, I saw a mail from Ottawa detailing the things I need to apply for my daughter’s application (they had mentioned ‘birth cert and passport).
Honestly, I was really down seeing this, immediately I called my wife to tell her what response I just got from Ottawa. What pained me was that, I would need another 10 days to get any vital response from them again. About few minutes later, I just went to check my mail box to see that there was another mail from Ottawa.
I went ahead to check it, behold, it was the ‘golden mail’. At first I didn’t know how it looked likes, so I still had to call my wife to tell her what I saw. Immediately she shouted that it’s what we had long been waiting for.
I didn’t know how to express my joy, but I was really overjoyed. If they had ride a horse in my heart that day, it wouldn’t have stumbled.
Oh let me thank my dear wife, after the birth of our baby, she gingered me that we should quickly run our baby’s birth cert, passport and medicals. Thanks so much dear! Due to the nature of my new jib, I wasn’t available, even though she just out to bed through ‘CS’ she still went through the rigors of running these things. Did I mention that she drove herself back to Ibadan all the way from Lagos after the medicals. Our case would turn out to be that of’ preparation meeting opportunity’
We didn’t know that our PPR was waiting for us the next day. With everything on ground, we just added our baby immediately, and in less than 24 hours, IRCC added her to our application. Lest I forget, I wasn’t asked to update our proof of fund, going by normal standard, we would have had to upadate with about 300k.
We transmitted our passports on 29/04/2019, and just today I got the COPR.
Thank you Jesus for finishing what you started. We won!!! To everyone still in wait for this, my prayer is that God will grant you the tenacity to stay strong even when the going get very tough and you will still win as well.
Please let me add here that two are better than one because they have a better reward for their labor. It wasn’t smooth sailing for me until I got my wife on the same page with me. Couples please unite together to make this dream a reality for your family. God bless!!!
A sincere appreciation goes to everyone who helped us in the course of this journey (My brother in Australia, my sister in-law in Lagos, hmm, I so much disturbed her with IELTS palaver, my dear wife, and to myself for not giving up.
Lastly, pardon my plenty grammatical errors. It took me so long to put this up, but I feel indebted to this great forum that keeps changing lives.

Hello house, happy, Sunday to all. please a quick one, I have a brother who has a BSC accounting and ICAN and CITN certifications. Please would these certifications be rated as master’s or professional degree on the CRS rating tool. In addition, I would like to know which assessing body would be most appropriate in assessing it. Please accountants in the house, Ifeoma, and all the house.. Thanks for your anticipated response.

Long post alert! It’s PPR guys.
IELTS:5 attempts
ITA: 5th September, 2018.

AOR: 29/09/2018
MED Passed/adr(schedule A form for spouse): 29/10/2018
Biometrics:07/11/2018
long silence
IP2: 23/04/2019
PPR:24/04/2019 dated 23/04/2019
I am coming for the full gist, but please a quick one, I have a new addition to my family about three weeks ago, so I informed CPC otttawa through the CSE I raised earlier. But to my surprise, their response came with a PPR message yesterday morning, while asking me to submit my baby’s birth certificate for her own application.
Later last night I discovered that my profile has been opened and they have sent the details of what I need to upload for her own application to be added.
Good for us, we have done her international passport, birth cert and medicals. All documents are reading for uploading.
However, I am a lil bit confused, should we still go ahead to our passport including our new baby’s own as demanded by the PPR letter. The letter states that all passport must be submitted on or before May 1st.
Happy people in the house, please kindly assist with evidence based information to guide us through this stage@ifeoma, joo2018, newmum etc etc
It came when I least expect it, I Pray that for those that are still on the waiting line, the LORD WILL SURPRISE YOU.
las las, all of us go entry Cannyland in style. Thanks.

Congrats to all PPR Clinchers. Please a quick one, I need a contact in IOM Lagos . All the contact displayed on their website are not going through. I had a new addition to my family . I need to book a space for medicals as soon as possible. Please I need to book a space for medicals as soon as possible. Please help guys.

Congrats vivacious2.Thank God it has ended in praise for you. Please I will like to know, did you mean that IRCC verified your pension account? Thanks.

@chicagomum, call this number:08056112373,
He once assisted in processing my wife’s undergraduate transcritp. He can quickly go to pg sch on ur behalf

@chicagomum, call this number:08056112373,
He once assisted in processing my wife’s undergraduate transcritp. He can quickly go to oh sch on your behalf.

Wow, Congrats!!!

Congrats @Wenks.

Congrats to everyone who got ITA @crs 439. What a great christmas package. I wish you all a favourable processing. Meanwhile I am still awaiting my own Christmas gift. PPR Come fast, I am highly expectant of your arrival. Thank you Jesus for the confident hope. It's here!!!

A very big congratulations To all the ppr recipients @ Nono 16, onyeeyeh. May the good Lord who has started his good work in your life complete it. There shall be surplus provision for your journey in Jesus name. Go and prosper!!!

[quote author=SkyWalk12 post=73931063]Exactly. A lot of these test takers already associate the Lagos test centres with failure. Once you go in with that mindset, it takes a lot to fight your way up. That’s why we notice either someone takes the test once, or takes it 4,5,6,7... times. I think you are right @ skywalk. Change of teste center could be helpful, I had three consecutive trials@ Ibadan test centre, at a point once I get into the hall, somethig just tells me that I would lose focus again, cos then, I was having issue hitting the 8.0 mark in the listening band. The first time I had a change of test centre I got 8.5 in the listening test and that was it for me. I think it's a psychological effect.

Erigo23:
Guys this is my first time writing I’m so broken inside I don’t even know what to do again. Writing ielts for the 3rd time and still not making it is devastating. especially for the fact that I’m unemployed and I have to save the money everytime on my own. It’s really devastating.
1st try with BC. LRWS- 8.5, 6.5,7,8.5
2nd try with IDP LRWS- 7.5,8.0,6.5,8.5
3rd try with IDP LRWS: 8.5,6.5,6.5,8.5
This is demoralizing I have done my ECA since August just waiting on this IELTS and now I was really hoping this would be the last time but I can’t believe I have to continue this again next year. I prayed and prayed and I studied and studied still nothing. This is almost 300k wasted. Having to watch my friends that I even told about the program move on and get PPR and I’m still stuck here. � lemme just stop typing I’ve been crying since morning.

. Still you can't give up, you could probably take a break while analysing how best to tackle your weak areas. Your breakthrough is around the corner. Wrote Ielts 5 times, so I know what you are going through.

Wow! This is really touching. So happy for you, whatever the Lord does is perfect. I wish you God's speed in the rest of the journey. Congratulations!!! The truth is that who no go no know.

Congratulations at skywalk12. Go and prosper in Jesus mighty name.

Hello house, please I need help, I just got a request for additional document. It says 'fill schedule A clarification form for spouse' Please what does this entail. Secondly I have been finding it difficult to download. Please kindly assist. Thanks.

@30 watts, call the stanbic customer care at +23412801266.

A very big congratulations to everyone who got their PPR/ITA today. It's a season of good news, and none of us shall be left out in Jesus Name!!!

Please guys how can you know which Visa office you fall into after submission. Thanks.

Thanks guys, someone said it doesn't matter since I will be able to upload her ECA number and result at the end of the day. I chose 'Yes' under her educational history because ECA is due for completion by 21st of September. Is this still equivalent to misrepresentation, and besides with her ECA, our score would increase from 451 to 459.Thanks.

Thank God, I have finally seen the long awaited ITA. The name of the Lord be praised. But I have a question, when I went to view my profile, I discovered that the transmitted has changed to red, but I am seeing 'in progress under wifey's education history. I had chosen Yes under that, but haven't filled in her university education history since we are still awaiting her ECA. We are expecting it by 21st of september.Please guys, hope that would not have any negative implication. Thanks.

Please I need advice, I entered my profile on september 4, jst yesterday with a CRS score of 451, I am yet to receive any mail as per the ITA. The least score on today's draw is 440. Please does it usually take time before people start receiving msg or its usually instant. Thanks.