Thanks bro. It's not been easy!
I'll share timelines right away.

Ajayi4:


Congrats my brother. It is the Lord's doing and marvelous in our eyes. Pls share your timeline

So my wife got approval yesterday, and just this morning; my daughter got approval too. Both will submit passport tomorrow. God alone be praised. This is second application. I will post documents submitted and our story shortly. Thanks to all of you for the information you graciously share here. They made the difference in all of the journey through this!

Thank you guys and may God perfect everyone's story SOONEST in Jesus name!

remaj:
Spouse is in canada or student permit someone advised me to summit my application first if granted I can use mine and hubby information to apply for the kids immediately not leaving them behind
As a guru that was why I asked for your opinion
Thanks

By law: You are permitted to apply (together) with your kids to join your husband (a Full Time Graduate Student in any approved Canadian Post-Secondary Institution). Applying alone and leaving kids behind doesn't make sense, because one of the criteria for granting SOWP is that you want to REUNITE your family. Putting your kids out of the equation might suggest you are pulling some strings. And what if you got approved and apply for the kids and they get refused (God forbid)? My advise is to gather documents required, find ways to make an SOP that create ties back home. I believe that once everything is done right and correct, one can only get the visa - even though it may take time; delay is not denial. Just do what is RIGHT and let God handle the rest.

Medical passed today. We keep hopes alive!

Bab5:
Good evening guys...
Please i need information for price and procedures of police Clearance certificate at alagbon, Lagos and also if am getting it for some else. Thank you.

This very document is actually for PR applications. I don't know, somehow it has become a norm for study permit & work permit applicants in Nigeria to include it. You can't get it for someone, basically because the applicant need to thumb print.

Ajayi4:


Congrats my brother. I have prayed so. More of testimonies today in Jesus name. Pls share your documents for others to learn. Quickly go ahead and do the medical.

Thanks bro. They will do medical tomorrow morning. I was thinking to share the docs after approval?

Medical request for my wife and baby this morning! One step forward...

Wonderful!!!

bode777:
Jesus did it on a Monday morning. Passport Request my people. It can only be God. After One Study Permit and SOWP Denial. I'm serving the Lord of Miracle, I Know, Yes I Know. ****singing

smileing:
Please I need responsible advice

Many were coming as suitors but I don't know why I let him come closer.

He forcefully took away my pride and I was hurt. He said he did that cos he doesn't want to lose me

I wanted to leave but I couldn't cos I love him.
I don't offer sex cos I'm religious and I believe it's a sin. Told him to wait till marriage but he wouldn't.
for almost a year we ve been courting I didn't allow him touch me.

Till this day he forcefully had sex with me .
He wants to come pay my dowry but I'm not sure that my people will let me marry him. I too went and prayed about him and they told me that he is not my husband (about 5 different people said it)

He is OK, financially, is educated and promising.
But not God-fearing as I wanted.

Now I'm pained for what he did to me .I'm grieved cos I wanted to lose my pride on my wedding night.
and I'm thinking of leaving him cos I'm hurting so much now.

I feel less of myself and sinful too


Please what should I do?


those that married non Virgin how did your spouse take it. I need to know cos it ll help reshaping my mindset

Marry this guy now or regret later.
All the people here condemning him ain't better.
Yes he forced you, but he didn't walk. He's there to stay and you are busy making a thread.
"But not God-fearing as I wanted" really? Don't let "god of men" rob your destiny. I can see you have consulted 5 people already who told you he's not your husband. Funny that 'people' are the ones telling you instead of the God you said your hubby-to-be doesn't fear enough. That guy might be holier than you are in my opinion.

Bad approach to promote a business!
Meanwhile OP didn’t say for how long the advertising contract was to run, or just a single post @ 700k? #IDonBelieveItOneBit!

Meanwhile Canada's population is just a little over 36m!

MrsDaniels:
Goodmorning house....please how do i link my hubbys application online as he applied for open work permit while i applied for study permit. Have been able to link mine but cant do my hubbys own. Please someone help. Thanks.

Hi MrsDaniel, its basically the same method you used in linking yours. Create a new account for him and logon to search his record and link it. You can also link it to your own account if you referenced that both have association during application.

wealth360:
Seems all online application is been treated in London or Lagos. It is well my people

My wife’s own is also in London. I confirmed that yesterday.

I can't believe I just wasted my 5 minutes reading this thrash!

Nigeria's biggest problem is INCOMPETENCE.

Ajayi4:
MY DOCUMENTS
Passport data page
Study permit
Visa page
Admission letter
Funding letter from school
Transcript
Marriage certificate
Wedding pixs
Wife's pix
Family pix( Six of us together)
My pix with the children when I went home in March
HOD and supervisor's letter
My Bsc certificate ( to prove my high CGPA)
UniIbadan part time employment letters
Fulbright certificate ( was a US Fulbright scholar at FSU in 2008/2009 academic session
Fulbright workshop, conferences, seminar certificates
Cross Creek letter ( also taught at a high school in the US)
Reference letter from a professor in FSU, United States
Reference letter from another professor from FSU, United States
My US Visa Page
Letter of employment at an International school in Mowe( former job)
Confirmation of employment as a journalist in a National newspaper in Nigeria(the job I had before coming to Canada)
Introduction letter from the newspaper's company
Uncle ( same surname letter supporting my study two years ago
Uncle in-law letter supporting my study two years ago
Mother in-law letter confirming sponsorship of my family ( put 14 million in my wife's account)
My Scotiabank account statement (about $15 thousand dollars)
My pay stub from MUN
Enrollment letter
Letter from my landlord that I am paying my rent
Pension from my former job in Naija

MY WIFE'S DOCUMENTS
Account Statement ( showing N28 million balance)
Birth certificate
Passport data page
Change of Name
Mother's biodata page
Her family members' biodata pages (six) showing home ties
My Uncle's biodata page and his letter of confirmation that he dropped 5 million to her account
Her uncle biodata page and letter he also dropped 3.5 million into her account
Letter of introduction from my professor in UI that I would be offered employment as a lecturer when I finish my study ( home tie)
Landed property documents
Her Bsc certificate
NYSC exemption letter
Appointment letter from her teaching job
WAEC certificate
Letter of Introduction from work
ID Card from work
CV
Another landed property (aches of land belonging to her and her mother who is resident in UK)
Her pix in the farm ( she also farms on the landed property
Soap making pixs ( she teaches Chemistry and they produce soaps in school)
Pension certificate
Caregiving pixs ( she does part time with Cheshire home in Ibadan)

Nigerians are rich indeed. Above average Canadian cannot gather 1-fifth of these! Congrats my brother.

Pheisharah:
From what I gathered so far....looks like spouses of students are top priorities to CIC. Spouses of workers are d ones waiting without response. This life

I am not sure. I think it depends on where the application is being processed. My wife's (and baby) application is 13 weeks+ and no medical call or feedback whatsoever. Yet I am a student. I also know a couple other students on this thread waiting for feedback. Let's keep hopes alive in any case.

Aghatise:
I received my study visa 2 weeks ago and due to resume in September. My wife and daughter applied for SOWP and trv last week (paper route) . Please do I link both account separately or just my wife to see both status? Appreciate your guidance . Also, how feasible is it being granted prior to leaving Nigeria - I have not arrived Canada yet but have got study visa approved for studies .

Congrats on your study permit. I think you should link your wife's application - which is considered the principal application. Your daughter's application is dependent on that. There's nothing wrong with linking both, but it is better to keep an eye on the main application - your wife's. All the best.

Parked.

Nigga

Jimmychuks2018:
Update! Got my passport today with Canada visa. I return all glory to God! My kids passport still in high commission! Submitted separately because their passport request came before mine. It will end in praise for everyone of us.

God be praised, congratulations bro. Your kids own will come soon as well.

obailala:
@Ofodirinwa,
A railway connecting 2 steel cities is what you call dead?... Delta steel and ajaokuta steel both need this rail to return to life, and if both steel plants return to life , you really think Ajaokuta will be a dead city?... By the way I'd take it that your reference to Warri as a dead city was a 'slip of hand'.

Meanwhile, no words for the fellow below who just termed people brain dead for this; his words already speaks volumes of the status of his own brain.

Tell the Delta and Ajaokuta steel story to people who know nothing about state of things around those facilities. You want to ‘connect’ dead historical facilities that never operated while Trucks keep deforming our road networks to move imported goods from Lagos to major cities around the country.

You want to connect Delta and Ajaokuta when trucks spend days to move food, cattle and grains from North to other parts of the country through bad roads. A living brain would connect Lagos-Extreme North, North -East and West-East; each route trailing the middle belt.

I don’t blame you, I blame those you work for.

Ofodirinwa:
Connect 6 unproductive economically dead cities via trillium n Nair's rail project. Continue.

Don’t mind brain dead idi.ots.

This is a good development. A business class should be all about negotiations and selling a car requires lots of negotiations and tactics. I am surprised that most of are laughing over this, but I admire the Lecturer's ability to relate his exam questions to a real situation. A lot of you laughing over this would be ok if the question had been framed using one non-existent Company in China, Taiwan or US.

jaybaby2017:
Hello House, please i need your great advice on this... my spouse is presently studying in Canada, he started school in January. We applied ( in March) to visit this summer ( myself and 2 kids) and we were refused ( the only box ticked was the very last one that says we have no social economic ties at home). My hubby then asked that we should use the consultants that did his study permit and they applied early June and 3 days ago my children's applications were refused on the following grounds
1.Personal asset and finance ( I submitted both dollar and Naira account with 3 land documents)
2. Document submitted could not be authenticated. ( I only submitted their admission letter and letter from their school. All other documents are mine which are very valid and verifiable e.g. company introduction letter (stating my earnings, approved leave period, my dependents, when I joined and that my employment is fixed) my tax clearance, letter from pension fund,payslips, tentative flight bookings,hubby's employment letter and payslip in Canada,Enrollment letter from the school, study permit, etc. )

Meanwhile I addressed the concern of the 1st VO's by providing a letter from my church since i'm the church administrator and I added it to the second application).

while my application is yet to be released.

Background:
I sponsored hubby application.
Have a good bank balance (Naira & Dollar)
We all have valid US and UK visas.
Very good job with IOC in nigeria

Note: Sincerely just wanted to visit hubby on our way from the US 'cos' we intend spending this summer in the US.

Hubby is frustrated and wants me to apply for SWOP but i'm not prepared to leave my job now.....Please advice a sister.
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Sorry about your refusal dear sister. It's a refusal not denial, so there's hope.

I can easily spot two issues from your explanations.
1. Over confidence
2. Desperation.

To be honest, our people have messed up Canadian Immigration to a point that CIC now finds it difficult to trust Nigerians. They doubt every single document from us and every story we tell, until proven otherwise. The ideal would be to believe that our documents are true/valid until proven not - and there seems to be nothing we can do than continue to try.

#Over confidence#
To my no.1 above, I was a victim in my wife's first application in July 2017. I had submitted my (personal GTB Dom) bank statements (denominated in USD: 12 months inflow of $111k+ USD and closing balance of $37k+) joined with my CIBC (Canada) account with closing balance of $35k+ CDN. My company documents, 3 landed documents, etc BUT we failed to add my wife's account statement with the assumption that mine was enough. CIC turned that application down claiming that my wife has 'no PERSONAL finance' and 'poor establishments' in home country to guarantee her return.

They further questioned if I was truly enrolled in school (whereas I added an official enrollment + spouse invitation letter from school). They also said they were not sure how our relationship unfolded, basically doubting if my wife was my wife for real. NOTE: My marriage was at federal Marriage Registry in the heart of FCT!, plus we added pictures from both court and church weddings, family photos at both weddings, including court & church marriage cert, newspaper publication for change of name, affidavit, etc. What point am I making here? Not including my wife's statement foiled everything else and made them question things they should never have!

#Desperation#
Your hubby resumed January, you applied in March and got refused and by June you already re-applied. This wouldn't have been an issue if you were from China, UK or even Kenya. But you are a Nigerian & applying from Nigeria. That was the issue. CIC saw a desperation to relocate, they didn't believe you truly wanted to visit your husband. And this is a bad thing for them to have developed that presupposition on us.

I understand that your second refusal was based on:

1.Personal asset and finance ( I submitted both dollar and Naira account with 3 land documents)
2. Document submitted could not be authenticated.

To tackle this, you need to give it a break first. Let your husband get at least a part time job and establish few months of work record in Canada, then add his previous semester transcripts, enrollment letters, and letter from International Student office - of course with his bank statement not just yours. Also try on your own to figure why your documents could not be authenticated, I am hearing that for the first time.

< ...I addressed the concern of the 1st VO's by providing a letter from my church... >
This people don't understand the 'church language', they trust papers with legal backing. Get such letters notarized, only then would it count.

< ...Note: Sincerely just wanted to visit hubby on our way from the US 'cos' we intend spending this summer in the US.... >
No doubt about this, very few people would leave a well paid job in IOC to come here to work in McDonalds. But then, they don't believe you.

< ...Hubby is frustrated and wants me to apply for SWOP but i'm not prepared to leave my job now.....Please advice a sister... >
This is understandable, but let him chill. If you rush it you may prolly get same result. No one is praying for this, but that's what we have gathered from experience.

Again: Avoid Agents!

How about my wife?
Well she waited for about 7 months before reapplying in April this year. We added a few more documents (which we ignored in the first application) including her 6-months account statement. An of course we now have a 5 months old pretty daughter. Their application remain pending with no words for now, but we are hopeful.

I find this forum more useful than most agents out there. Once you have the right documents, do it yourself. Many gurus on this thread will help you. Cheers dear sister and regards to your family.

Jimmychuks2018:
My children just got a medical request this morning, and I have submitted their passport already! What should I do? There is no passport Data page attached. We only got the medical request form! Please advice my people! How much is children's medical?

I’m guessing you should have either their photocopies or scanned copies somewhere. Print those and take to the hospital, they are enough.

A worthy mentor. I hope we take a moment to acknowledge men like this. Every sane Nigerian should encourage men like this to come up and clean the mess in our central executive. Let’s look beyond tribes, people!

sagio09:
Rotimi Ameachi.
Geoffrey Onyeama.
Fashola.

Their achievements?

Aghatise:
Hi house - I am having difficulty with this section on the IMM1295 as I do not have a fax number - there is a red rectangle I see . Appreciate your assistance on how to go about it

That field is optional. Simply leave both boxes (Canada/US and Other) 'unchecked' then leave that subsection blank. I hope that helps.

bestviewer:
Obiano is a man ahead of his time. He is a practical technocrat who knows how to get things done and done very well.

Akuko n'egwu Mike Ejeagha. Anyways you are doing your job well, jisie ike nna. Oburo fault gi na igasiri skoolu ma oru adighi. Ha nye gi some 'change' nara rie, then bia internet postuo ihe soro gi and defend him. Cheers

I sense a possible advent of another elephant project. Our leaders should start from the grassroot for God's sake. We do not have the technology and resources to embark on projects like this when we can readily use cement, water, rods and readily available Labour. OP should have been more specific and tell us that Governor went on Excursion. It's allowed, kids do it and he can do same!