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adewumz:
Hello house, please anyone who graduated from Babcock University here? How long did the verification take? My IELTS speaking is tomorrow. Wish me luck.

Good luck. Go in confidence...

Guitarlife:
The treasury bill I bought will mature next year January and my CRS is 267 which would earn me instant ITA once I enter the pool by Gods grace so would I now wait till ending of the year ?

I have pulled out all resources and this is what I could gather.
I was hoping someone would assure me that the face value was good enough.

Why not tweet at CIC
I did and got a response which resolved a nagging question for me.

MRSDA:
Hello everyone,

PPR mail received today. Huge relief.

ITA- July 2017
AOR- Sept 6th
ADR - Sept 19th
MEP- Sept 20th
NA2- Sept 20th
FTD to LVO- October 30th
ADR- Feb 1(passport bio data pages, height and eye colour)
PPR- Feb 5th (my son's birthday)

Wishing everyone the best in their Canada journey.

Congratulations
Beautiful story before my eyes this morning. Indeed it is a good day

Oopsy:
I got encouraged here, so I'm also back to encourage another yet again... On IELTS

1st attempt: LRSW - 7.5,8,8,7
2nd attempt: LRSW - 8.5,8,7,6.5

Requested EOR on Speaking and Writing and after 10 weeks, my results came:

LRSW - 8.5,8,8.5,8. CRS did triple long jump from 374 to 424!

Well, when i received the EOR, I started crying (LOL). I really can't say what happens at BC or why it happens, but if you know that you know that you know you did better than what you got (in speaking and writing o), request for a remark. It may take time (10 weeks no be here sha), but at the end, it is worth it.

#swimmingwithslowbackstrokes@424#

Congrats! Great story here.
Your 10 weeks patience sef na grace by imself
Congrats again.

jelmusboy:
ADVICE PLS...

I started working in a government hospital in June 2013. Fortunately for me, I got a scholarship to study in the UK which I started in January 2015, invariably means I "left" the job in January 2015. Prior to leaving, I wrote a letter to the management to grant me study leave which after many bureaucratic hurdles, it was granted in June 2015. Although, I decided that whether they grant it or not, am leaving.

After the study leave approval, my salary and allowances which was stopped was paid and I was paid up till December 2016. I finished my studies in the UK in May 2016 and since then, I am still in the UK doing one or two things. Legally though.

My question now is:

1. If I want to write my work experience date, is it supposed to be from June 2013 till December 2016 when my salary was stopped or January 2015 when I left for UK?

2. Because I left and never returned to the job, I couldn't go to the Admin department to get a reference letter but my manager/supervisor gave me a reference letter when I visited Nigeria last year which covers from June 2013 to January 2015. Should I use the reference letter or I should just humble myself and use my payslips that covers from the month I started work till December 2016?

I actually preferred to get the reference letter from my supervisor because she was the only one who understand and knows my job description. As we know that most government establishment doesn't have job description for employees.

3. The letter my supervisor gave me was on a letter-head paper with his email and phone number. If they need to verify, who will they contact? I checked the hospital website but they don't have a functional contact number or email address.

4. If I get ITA and am asked to upload reference letter, should I upload the letter my supervisor gave me and payslip to back it up or I should wait until they require me to back the reference letter up with additional documents?

I will attempt to answer this question from a very safe point of view.
First what did you claim as per number of years while you were entering the pool?
Did you claim you have experience from the hospital until Jan 2015 or Dec 2016?
If your HR is contacted tomorrow (not your supervisor oh) and they ask when you left, what will the representative of your organisation say?
Even if they don't like your face but they were to give a factual representation of when you joined and left the organisation, what will be their response? I think the answer should guide you here.

I personally believe the safest thing is to state the organisations's point of view as your response to when you left. From this thread and other Canadian Immigration thread online, i have observed CIC sometimes jumps protocol of asking a supervisor/Manager and writes directly to the HR Department. Sometimes this tends to bring bad blood between a supervisor/Manager versus HR. Especially in an organisation where the HR has their own way of handling these sort of things. You alone know how your former organisation behaves or what they might say.

The above may or may not be your case but how can we tell who the officer handling your case would contact or the information they may be content with? If i were in your shoes, I may go ahead with the supervisor's letter especially if i can't contact HR or they refuse to respond to me. If CIC asks for payslip/bank statement in addition, i will tender what i have and state in a LOE why the payments continued until 2016. I think the key is being honest while one errs on the side of caution.

[s]As for the absconding bit, CIC is not a morality contest at least nor be army officer you be. Its not cool yeah but its a morality thing and not an illegal thing. [/s]


Let the seniors and HR specialist join mouth in this matter.

SUPERGEEAK:
Long post alert!!!

This is my story
how much I gave to BC, got encouragement from my family and friends (8,8,7,8 )..I got my eca report last week in January...

Fantastic story!
Lesson, take note of your weak points and work hard at it. Congrats. Get ready to slide into the pool. I'm sure all your documents are ready.

Your ECA though; damn took forever.
Its well

ashiwajew:
Guys, i am already simulating my scores but i am not near 400 yet, whereas my assessment lawyer says 413. May be someone should just try to explainn what my score could be using this and suggest what i need to score in IETLS. I am 28 yrs, i am applying alone, a bachelor of science graduate in Nigeria, 2 years work experience in Nigeria, no relative in Canada, no work experience in Canada and i cannot speak French

Who is assessment lawyer? Oga please use the CRS tool to calculate your score yourself.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/crs-tool.asp

sistaj:
;@mzjennypher by all means go for a remark.Congrats to all the acers.For those who fell short,do not despair,eyes on the prize,dust it up,prepare very well like your life depended on it and try again.Hubby fell my hand o.Did not prepare so tey d thing almost cause quarell.At least he has addeed 12 points to the 30 he took from me. Well I have something to hold over him.He said he might go for a remark and I laughed very hard ,abeg make em no delay me by that his remark ooo when he did not prepare.Sitting at 446 now and hoping next week does not pass me by.All my documents are almost ready.On the marks now

Your score is very good nah. Next draw and you should be in. @kmgb congrats.
I'm so excited to note a lot of vocal people (minus the observers oh) seemed to have aced ielts this time. This is quite refreshing from the last time. Congrats to all again. Good luck to the guys writing soon.

@wes I thank you for delivering on your promise to finish my evaluation today. To those still hanging on due to the strike, verily I declare 'this too shall pass'

Guitarlife:
Overall Band: 8.0
Listening: 8.5
Reading: 8.5
Writing: 7.5
Speaking: 7.0

thanks guys

CRS 467, Na NASU dey delay WES now

Finally. Big clap. I was looking forward to yours

jelmusboy:
After three attempts, I eventually tear IELTS

First: LRWS - 7.5, 7.5, 7.5, 8.0
Second: LRWS - 8.0, 6.0, 7.5, 8.0
Third: LRWS - 7.0, 8.5, 7.5, 8.0

FOURTH
Listening 8.5
Reading 9.0
Writing 7.5
Speaking 8.0

Let me book my flight to Canada in advance with CRS score of 461

I have my dancing shoes and tambourine for the next few people who will be celebrating their success in ielts. Good one!

IjeleNwa:
My girlfriend, best friend, confidant and soul mate passed away after a valiant fight against an especially aggressive breast cancer. She was the light of my life and many others as she affected my life in her own special way. She was a vibrant spirit – containing a genuine love for people and a passion to help those less fortunate than herself.

She was surrounded by loved ones when she passed and I know she is in a much better place – away from the pain and suffering that a cancer diagnosis and the subsequent uphill/downhill battle can bring. She was one of the bravest – most courageous people I know.

That courage, strength and intense love will always be with Christy

Too young to die but then death is no respecter!
I miss you like "I don't even need the life my self"

Terribly sorry for your loss. May God give her parents and siblings the fortitude to bear the loss. God knows best

XX01:
They will. You will end up having to do it twice. If the school is in Enugu and they have been receiving others from Enugu then yours emanates from Lagos. It will raise a red flag.

This is incorrect.
Wes specifically made allowance for people who their university refuses to send their transcript. I have copied this info from WES FAQ. Op find below. I copied and pasted it

"To send your academic transcripts to WES correctly, make sure:
They are in a sealed envelope with your institution's name on it.
The seal, stamp, or signature of an official officer at the institution overlaps the back flap of the sealed envelope as shown in the example below.

Ask your institution to send your academic transcripts directly to WES.
If your institution will not send them directly to us, you may send them. Be sure to follow the instructions for sending a sealed envelope.

Note: WES accepts academic transcripts in sealed envelopes that have not been opened. Documents will not be accepted if the envelope is opened or the seal is broken. Please view the required documents for the country where you studied for more information."

https://www.wes.org/ca/help

Shadow247:
Hi nairalanders, I urgently need advise on my transcript to wes. I was given my transcript sealed and stamped across the envelope last year November to send by myself to wes. I'd like to know which is preferable sending it from ogun state the location of my university or sending it from lagos where I reside via ems,ups or dhl. I want to know if this won't be questionable by wes that I am sending the transcript by myself instead of the school se

It makes no difference where you send it from. You are not doing anything wrong by sending your transcript from your school to WES. As long as you have not tampered with the envelope et al. Please see below
https://www.wes.org/ca/help
Specifically on the question "How should I send my academic transcript to WES"

bigfido:
Hello guys. A lot of people here might not know my story but for the few that do, it's ppr!

Timeline:
ITA August 23rd
Aor-Sept 14th
Ip1- Sept 21
Mep- Sept 23
Adr- Sept 23 travel history
Na2- Sept 29
Job mail- Nov 2
Ftd- Nov 3. London
Cse for mistake in not declaring visa refusal for spouse Nov 7
Adr- Nov 29 schedule A
Ip2- Jan 18
Adr-Jan 19-- I need to attend to this for some people. Details below
Ppr- Jan 29


For the ADR I got, I was asked for additional proof of employment for myself employed work. The requested for contract documents, photos, tax returns etc. I was also asked to provide detailed explanation why a certain company was always depositing money into my account. Some few months back, @boss13 wrote extensively here about what documents you should submit before for your proof of employment.. I mocked him, I was asked for those documents exactly has he said it. I am sorry for my actions. Please go through his TL for those documents. London is not a joke. The trauma is intense. I am on different whatsapp group and the agitations are very intense. Try your best to submit those documents. Documents I submitted for my self employed work includes contracts, cac document, lirs tax card, ID cards, call cards, bank statement highlighting payments for the contracts I submitted, screen shots of official emails, practice licence, receipts and invoices

I have been at this journey since 2015. If you go to the first thread, first few pages, you will find me there. It has been a surreal experience but I thank God it ended in praises. I wish you all the best of luck

Hallelujah to God for this testimony. Since 2015! Phew. Dear lord, thank you for coming through for this brother. It will end in praise

chiobich:
Good evening Canadians. Please is any one who is leaving soon willing to sell off their TV? The one in my bedroom just started misbehaving and I am not looking to start acquiring brand new house appliances if I am to leave Naija this year. Edakun, epp me o.

https://www.nairaland.com/3589456/house-clearance-sales-come-here

Why not try that thread in the family section or even these guys who are quarter to go in this thread below

https://www.nairaland.com/3617393/living-canada-life-canadian-immigrant

vcole:
Ppl sit beside me all the time even when i have my bag on the empty seat beside me, they have asked if I could move it so they can sit. However, ppl stand all the time. I choose to stand a lot in transit even when the train is empty or bus. On the flip side, I have opted to stand up when 2 persons who speak the same language are beside me and are in conversation a bit loudly mostly because I feel uncomfortable when that happens.

OK. Thanks

Canadian guys, is such behavior widespread?

https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2018/1/canadian-based-nigerian-lady-shares-a-video-showing-the-racism-she-experienced-inside-a-train.html

MrMystrO:
So Sad... I Hope She Accepted Jesus Christ as Her Personal Lord and Savior Or Else she Will Be Burnt and Seriously Tortured In Hell For All ETERNITY!!

Modified : Apparently These dull People on here Cannot identify Subtle Sarcasm in a comment when They See one. smh

Death stories don't require sarcasm.

XX01:
I have had a similar issue but with their sister company, Domino Pizza at Emperoh Estate beside Novare Mall.

I went there with my kids to get pizza. When I got to the cashpoint, I called my husband to ask what he wanted which I relayed to them. My kids wanted to pee so I took them to their toilet. By the time I returned, I started looking for my phone.

I checked my bag, pockets, toilet etc It was nowhere in sight. I told them my issue and they said it cannot be a staff. I asked to view the CCTV and they said it can only be viewed by their HQ. That I should come back later that day. I asked to talk to their manager and they said he wasn't around.

Someone mentioned that they were viewing the CCTV so I should wait. Ate the pizza, left the kids to play a bit. Went back to ask and they started another story. At this point, I lost it and started making a scene. Someone said I should check my car. Why should I when I made a call right there.

Tracked the phone via Google and it pointed to the phone being at that spot before it went offline. They told me to go and they would call me when they could view the CCTV. I left as I had a movie to catch thinking that the phone was lost forever. Only to get to my unlocked car, to see the phone there.

I checked the last call and it showed that it was to my husband 15 minutes ago which was when I was in the pizza place. Didn't bother to go back as I knew they were covering for their employee. Seems like it is their new modus operandi.

Wow! Just wow! How did they manage to place it in an unlocked car? Wow

UjSizzle:
It's a long read but bear with me.
back and we asked her if she fo and frustrating our efforts. Perhaps I’ll learn to be more dramatic and cause a scene in the future.

Getting this kind of treatment from a favourite brand is extremely disappointing. You can do better than this.

A member of staff stole that bag. Shame nor go gree make that person own up. If the company is very serious, every staff on duty that night will be spoken to individually. The most likely culprit locked up. That bag will show. Finally for their sanity, if all this fails, every member of staff on duty that night should be sacked.

It will be a high risk to keep any of them on.

xtosync:
Yes I have, but for my Post-graduate degree. Had my first degree in another university.

Hi. Did you get this done during this NASU strike era or before?

Newmum0615:
Hmm. This your JD is looking like 1122 sha. Still searching. I never forget.

Thank you very much for your response. I have had a look at it and i can see the quality term in that NOC. I hope you don't mind. I pmed you. I don't wish to spam this thread by going on and on about this job description.

ifeoluwa122:
Still available

By volunteering, do you mean someone working for you for free?

Newmum0615:
Still checking too o. It's quite overwhelming. @stonecoldcafe, we will arrive at something by God's grace

Hi Newmum, any headway on the Quality Assurer NOC? I have one or two pointers. You can share your ideas with me so I can run them over. God bless. It will surely end in praise

Japhet04:
I'm a law student and i'm naturally dark skinned with dark lips, but just recently i discovered that my lower lip is turning pink, and it doesn't do so uniformly, becase there are still some dark patches on the lip and it's spreading out..,

Pls help i don't know what to do anymore, because i have already seen the dermatologist and they gave me hydrocortisone cream to rub but it has yielded no results

This makes me very sad and scared and it has also affected my relationship with other people in a bad way because I sometimes feel stigmatized when people keep asking me what is wrong with my lips and this kind of decreases my self esteem ..,

Pls has anyone here experienced the same thing or knows someone who has, how did they cure it or cope with it.

Pls helpful suggestions, see pics below..

Lalasticlala

Could this be vitiligo?

Your lips is not really pink as you say but its like vitiligo patches. Please look at your body very well. Are you starting to have white patches in other areas of your body?

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitiligo/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitiligo

Whatever it is, dont allow your self esteem take a nose dive. Chin up. It is well...

Tspice2015:
It was just the reference letter I submitted for my past employers initially. I claimed a total of 8 years of work experience. Yes they have websites. I’m currently not working so I didn’t have a current employer but I listed my NYSC experience under personal activities.

My spouse’s work experience of over 10 years was listed under personal activities as we couldn’t find a suitable NOC for it post ITA.

Hi. Quick question.
Can someone gain the maximum three years work experience for more than 1 NOC (falling under 0,A or B)
So for example 1 and half years as a Businesses Development Manager and another 1 and half years as say an Administrator?
Or should he just stick to one NOC and go with the 1 and half year work experience.

Please note this is the only valid work experience he has which occured in the last 10 years.

Hello all

@Newmum0615
@GlitteringStar
@Cochrane
@40manlappy

Please have a look at this JD and help to tell which NOC it falls under.

wholesomegrace:
Check your mails guys, log into your account and view your silver mails

I just received ITA. Work has started

Congratulations to you. Do not forget us here, pop in and continue to be helpful even as the 2nd leg of your journey commences.
Good luck.

Lucious477:
Hello all, I'm sharing this to encourage others.

If i see this post and waka pass, even me will not be happy with me
Fantastic story of motivation for all of us. Fantastic tale. So much to learn from especially for beginners like us...
God bless bro. All the best. We will also rejoice on this thread once your golden mail hits

Oh bless. I remember this car like yesterday.

Faskey:
It's PPR guys....I am so happy right now, after lonnnng wait period. I am a silent reader in this great platform but do come here once in a while to drop some comments.

I feel I should update my timeline :

AOR: June 30th, 2017

Medical passed : July 20th, 2017

BG NA and IP1: July 21st, 2017

IP2: August 9, 2017

Ordered GCMS sometimes late September and realised they are conducting security screening for me.

January 22, 2018 : sent an email to the prime minister and minister of immigration complaining about long waiting period.

PPR : January 23,2018

I wouldn't know whether the mail I sent was a coincidence or not, but I give all praise to Almighty Allah.

207 days post AOR!

I wish everyone else waiting for this good news a speedy PPR.

Lolz @ reporting to prime minister n minister of immigration.

canadianxmas:
Guys please don't be angry for the long post but this are trying times for me as well as "matters of the heart" concerning me and IELTS and they said "a problem shared is a problem solved"

I keep getting 7.5 on listening and 6.5 on reading even though I read/practice/prepare as if I'm going for MBBS exam. My practice score for both listening and reading are most often within the range of 38- 40 but "I still dey gbagaun for the actual test " dunno y

Here is list of things I think might I be doing wrong when it comes it to the listening section:
i. I write all my ans in caps.
ii. I go back to correct the tenses and more often change from singular to plural and vice versa as the sentence required.
iii. In the last test I took; the question required you answers be written in two words and a number; the speaker called out a date of birth as "22nd the 7th 1985" and I wrote "twenty-second July 1985" was I correct? cos i'm thinking this contributed to my downfall and wouldn't want to fail such a question ever in my life.

In reading, I knew my weakness was T/F/NG; Y/N/NG and matching heading so I took out time to practice question on this alone until I started acing it consistently yet "I still enter 6.5 bus" aside this I can't point a finger to what could be wrong with the reading section.

I planned on taking the next available test as "e dey hot" but on reading canadianfly's write up, I had to take a second guess cos she really made a good point; but my problem could not be practice as I invest good time in it.

Lastly, could it be BC

Your post called out to me. I thought this may be useful for you. The following links are some materials i used during my IELTS test and they were most helpful. I also had problems with the Y/N and matching question and i remember calling a friend (who had passed ielts) repeatedly and complaining bitterly. I always had very low scores there while i was practicing. I had issues too with the matching headlines until i watched the video of this lady Darian Sandmartin . And the whole thing was demystified for me. Please be calm and go through this links and others which may help you. Also, give yourself sometime to prepare. Practice and practice again. It is well with you.

Something also helped me though some people may not agree with it. I practiced with Academic test, I did this partly in ignorance for sometime before i realized I was working with academic instead of General test! The end result was that i mastered the harder tests (for months) and by the time i was doing my mop up reading on general test (this was about 2 weeks to the IELTS exam) it was like a walk in the park. Please do remember this took about 3 months for me so i had some time to play with.

I am not asking anyone to do this as my technique may not be what will work for you but this was something that seemed to work for me and it definitely helped me with the reading test.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYl9PX7Ua_Q


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKdZALEoa4o


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZGaUdIqSuk


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpXQKgygS8I&t=2s

For those struggling with the speaking test, the JAM technique was most helpful for me. Till date, i can still speak about irrelevant (lolz) things and stretch the speaking time due to JAM technique. See link below


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0qT4cK-wtk&t=401s