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Thony2023:
Did your sponsor send funds to yours account and did you submit ur bank statement?

Thony2023:
Did your sponsor send funds to yours account and did you submit ur bank statement?

Winnerpoks:
Congratulations, did you include letter of introduction from work? And how long were you working? Or what else did you use as home ties

Teejay13:
congratulations

onyekachee:
congratulations my dear,please when did you submit

tenderjunkie:
Congratulations 🎉🎉
May the land of Canada favour us

EyinjuGod:
Good morning all
God did it
He finally made me smile after 2 rejections
I’m a 3rd time time applicant and I already promised to give back to the page that gave me so much hope and inspiration.


I reapplied last year December after paying full tuition
Had about 8/9M in my account as POF and I also used a sponsor as co sponsor but was rejected in Feb
It was really a tough one and I didn’t tell people until about a week or 2 weeks after the rejection

I summoned courage and started putting my documents together again. I reapplied on the 30th of March after I had waited for my CGMS note and was tired of waiting.
Voila, notes came out same day I reapplied. Got there notes in the afternoon and I reapplied in the morning around 4 a.m.
reason for rejection was because I didn’t prove enough relationship btw sponsor

Reason for first rejection was because I was self sponsored and didn’t pay tuition and VO felt I have higher degree already but I finally got a PPR with the same admission letter

I prayed even though I felt I did justice to relationship btw sponsor on both occasions
I used my uncle though.
Things I did differently this time around.

I mentioned that the program is a necessity for my career and academic progression due to the specialization and also the course isn’t studied in Nigeria
I added my fathers landed documents as a claim that it can be liquidated if any need for urgent funds arise.
I also mentioned that I am my father’s manager and I manage all his properties here and I’ll come home from time to time to oversee it.
I used my parents as home ties. Used my job that I’ll return to the job and I also Used a landed property and also used my father’s properties since I am his property manager.

I got PFL on 14th of April and I was given just 7 days to reply with evidence that I didn’t use fraudulent bank statement
I was sad, worried. I had to go to bank to request for updated bank statement and I reached out to my sponsor to help with updated MBS and I got a reference letter from the bank too because my sponsor and I used same bank so I wasn’t sure of the particular statement they had issues with
I attached a letter to address the PFL and possible reasons that I could think of which could have warrant the letter

I was truly scared because my research shows that PFL is usually followed by either a rejection or ban.

I kept on praying and God did it on the 4th of May
And funny thing is I have been counting days to God since may 1st
I’ll tell God, God, today is day 1 of May, please put a smile on my face and answer my questions

I got the first email that night because the phone was with me and I got BVL. Then the second email dropped just few mins apart and my hands were shaky. Behold, God did it
Tobechukwu

This is to encourage everyone not to give up especially for those that got rejected by the embassy.
Province-nova scotia
School-CBU

Documents attached

SOP
POF for sponsor and mine
I used 2 banks for mine. One was 7M and the second was 800k
Sponspors account… NA but enough funds
1 year Tuition payment receipt
Work ID
6 months Pay slip
Employment letter
Reference letter from work
Co sponsors ID card
Co sponsors letter of sponsorship
Co sponsor’s affidavit of sponsorship
Land document
Father’s asset documents
Birth certificate
Passport data page
Affidavit of return
Upfront medical
Degree certificate
NYSC cert
Waec 😀
CV
International passport
NIN slip
Admission letter

Shrunkwriter:
PPR DON SHOW MEHHHHN

Meke ona no vess abeg ... It came out a while ago but i've been quite busy. Wanted it to be as detailed as possible to help y'all for the sake of reference. Thank God for giving me this, I consider it a special gift. I initially intended on using an agent because of his proclaimed success rate. I con reason am, which agent go tell you about their win-to-loss ratio? So, after having a holistic discussion with him about Visa Applications in general ... I figured ... hey ... This isn't really rocket science, I can do this. And so, everything from start to finish was done BY MYSELF. Here's my timeline below.

*Timeline*
School Application 12th Dec 2022
Admission 15th Dec 2022 (Centennial College)
LOA came 3rd Feb (came in late cus Dem go carry my money give another student, I give dem wahala no be chais until dem release am)
Visa Application Submitted 17th Feb
Biometrics 22nd Feb (The way the guy that attended to me here kept congratulating me. At this stage IRCC nvr even touch my application. I con dey wonder )
Request for Medical Examination 24th March
Medicals done 17th April
Medicals updated to passed 26th April
PPR dropped 28th April

*After the medicals (Q-life family Clinic Lagos), I followed up with Q-life to find out when they had uploaded my Medicals. When they confirmed this, I sent a mail to the ircc nairobi mail and and about an hour later, medical updated to pass. Same goes for the PPR, when I saw nothing was happening 2 days later, I sent a mail to nairobi again informing them that my medical has been updated to passed and then, I kid you not ... 5 mins later I received 2 mails "A message about your application is waiting for you.", checked the portal and PPR was sitting peacefully waiting for yours truly. Lass lass, na God get power.

I split my documents into 2 pdf's. the first was for financial related documents, and the second was for any other document. Because of this split, I didn't have too hard a time in compressing my documents. As for the compression, documents that I felt ranked higher in importance, I did little to no compression, while documents that ranked lower, I brutally compressed them.


* APPLIED USING GCKEY
*Documents submitted*

1st pdf (financials/proof of funds) 45pgs

- Detailed clickable Table of contents
- writeup explaining everything regarding proof of funds along with all my cash breakdown.
- Personal Account Statement (closing bal 16m/regular inflows and outflows, bal nvr went below 1.5m)
- Gift Deed from Parents signed by both of them and notarized. (parents transferred 10m to me from their joint account 2 weeks before the statement was printed)
- Parents int. Passport.
- Dom account statement ($6,000)
- CAC of parents company.
- Mybankstatement ticket for my Corporate account (contained 800k, inflow/outflow of about 35m/acct interacts regularly with personal acc)
- reference letter from the bank stating when I opened the corporate account, account has no issue, and that I am the sole signatory to it. Signed by the branch manager.
- Sample invoice raised for one of the inflow transactions in my corporate account.
- CAC of my company.
- CAC status report of my company.
- 6 months payslips from my place of work.
- screenshot of salary breakdown from my staff online dashboard.
- Telex copy of school fees deposit USD4,000/CAD5,353.
- Receipt of deposit from school.
- Form A printout showing that I have logged my request to transfer the remaining balance of the school fees.
- Letter from someone who borrowed some money from me explaining that he transferred the lump sum of his outstanding debts of 3m.
- Receipt of this lumpsum transfer. The receipt came with a barcode that can be scanned for confirmation.
- 1 Landed document
- Car particulars (proof of ownership, vehicle reg, insurance cert, Auto reg, roadworthiness, etc)
- 2 pictures of my baby ... referring to my car .

2nd pdf (all other relevant documents) (41pgs)

- Detailed clickable table of contents
- Statement of purpose (3 pgs long) (pro tip, try to keep it short, but if you get plenty talk, Organize your plenty talk into well-defined sub-headings so that V.O will know where to look for whatever)
- School fees deposit receipt (uploaded this in both 1st and second pdf, make dem no talk say dem no see am )
- Birth Certificate
- Nigerian Voter's Card ... probably the last time I would use this for anything to be frank...
- NIN Slip
- WASSC Result (WAEC)
- Nigerian Uni Undergrad offer for provisional admission.
- Undergrad University Transcript.
- Undergrad Degree BSc Cert - Hons.
- Lecturer Recommendation letter with school letterhead. (If you see hyping ehh... )
- Affidavit of return ... (dem say I go come back ooo ... na wetin dem talk for inside the letter ooo )
- NYSC Certificate
- Letter of Commendation from my PPA who acted as my previous employer
- Company CAC
- Letter of employment from current employer.
- Confirmation letter as permanent staff from current employer.
- Leave of Study from Current Employer...
- Work ID Card.
- C.V.
- Certificate for the course created by my current employer completed. (had barcode for confirmation of this)
- Pictures of me @ my workplace, family pictures old and new, Nysc pictures of selfless acts mehhn, was president of my cds group so the pictures really really captured me in the act of goodwill.
- screenshot of my 2 youtube channels
- My Company card.
- Landed property.

Really tried my possible best to be as legit as possible. Would really score myself high on that ... but hey ... If you know you know .

other compulsory documents for upload.

LOA
PASSPORT (THAT IS WHAT WE NIGERIANS CALL INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT)
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH (CANADIAN SIZE) I TOOK 3 DIFFERENT PICTURES AND DIDN'T REST UNTIL I LOOKED CUTE ENOUGH FOR THE V.O .

Good luck to everyone still hoping to hear from IRCC ... good news soonest! At least dem don call off the strike.

If you’re going to Centennial College Sept intake reach out and let’s connect. If you're also going to TORONTO too please, don't hesitate to reach out. I'm here to answer any other questions anyone might need.

You see this Canada, All of us must enter am . I know you will make it. See you around.

Malcolm07:
same here . if you have the whatapp group

Bobomaigida:
If you do not have an appointment, they won't let you enter, check their website and give them a call or chat them up with the challenges you are having.

Didibibi:
It’s PPR Guyysssssssssssssssssssssss
I am posting this on behalf of my sister (na we wan drag this girl comot from Nigeria)
We applied via the GC Key portal and this was her first student application. School is SAIT, Sept start
Her timeline
Applied on the 6th of Feb 2023
Biometrics request: Upfront Biometrics from a previous Visitor’s visa
Medicals was done upfront on the 10 Aug 2022
Eligibility started: Not sure, no update on this
application, it was just a direct passport request
PPR dropped: 24th February 2023
Documents Submitted:
Digital Photograph
Letter of Admission
Receipt of School fee payment(Tuition Deposit)
Proof of Means of Financial Support
Me and my brother decided to co-sponsor her application as we are both Permanent residents
Letter of Sponsorship(Affidavit notarized in Canada)
Sponsors birth certificate(Just mine and applicant’s BC)
Sponsors letter of Employment confirmation)
Sponsors 3 months’ pay stubs.
My brother’s confirmation of investment $10k
Title certificate of house belonging to me and my brother in Canada(with a confirmation saying she can stay in any of the houses)
We also attached a 5-year bank statement of the applicant showing consistent deposit from me or my brother for my sister’s upkeep.
We also highlighted what our combined income was and stated that her tuition (35k for 2 year course) was about 15% of our total annual income.
Client Information
we submitted all documents listed below
LOE written by my brother (the baddest to ever do it)
Passport data page
Birth Certificate
This application isn’t the most accurate, we did a lot on God’s Grace and Vibes
For home ties, we had mentioned the state of the Nigerian educational system and the incessant ASUU strike (my sister is a final year student in one of the federal universities), we also highlighted how she has been on a 3.5-year course for almost 5 years and there’s no end in sight. We also mentioned that she is the caretaker of our late parents’ property, and she has sentimental attachment to it and she will be returning to continue her duties over the property.

Please anyone with SAIT whatsapp group or support group will be highly appreciated.

Eje18:
First I will congratulate myself. Congratulations to me. God has remembered me. I am sure most of you will know me here when I was complaining that my application has stayed for so long and no response. I am August 16 applicant.
After 10years UK ban, 3 times US refusal which I mentioned.
Just yesterday I got so frustrated and I cried a lot asking God why I have to wait for this long. I didn’t know God was waiting for me today. I got my PPR today feb 13th.
Congratulations ma’am...this is beautiful
When I got the message I was at work about to serve medication. I am a registered Nurse. I just sat down I became scared, nervous. I felt my removing my cloths . I didn’t know what I was going to expect. But I gathered courage and served my medications then went into my car to check. Only to see the good news.
The documents I submitted was
-High school, bachelor
- ielts. Even tho it has expired in February I still submitted it that August
-CV and study leave letter from work.
-letter of acceptance from school
- School fees receipt . I paid full fees of 18,000 CAD
-bank transfer Slip
-Bank statement: my Niara account of 5 million and my dollar account of 8000usd. I submitted MBS for naira and I printed for dollar account
-land evaluation
- land papers, car papers
-upfront medicals
-marriage certificate
- passport showing my visit to SA in 2017 and 2021
- husband and children passport
-all IMM forms
- birth certificate and children birth certificate
- CV
-Police clearance.

ahmedio2017:
Wow you mean three of them offer u admission

ahmedio2017:
Pls is it possible?

Kaptainkoko:
Good day admin. Please i need help with this post and i hope someone with experience or vast in subject topic can help me out.
Since June 2021, I d submitted application for student visa at the Canadian embassy. I'd done biometric and also did pay part of my school fees too. But till this moment, all I'm getting is, they are still proccessing my application. Please what does this mean? It's over a year and going to 2 years. Please what can I do ?
I'd written countless letter to them, all they keep saying is, they are working on it.
I need advice please.
Thanks

bullstriker:
IRCC is quick to respond to LoI issues. Send two web forms using ‘URGENT’ on the first line. Select technical issues for the second webform. Let them know you have received the visa but have not received the Letter of Introduction and attach a copy of the visa. Also, try both new and old webforms.

You can go to their office in Abuja as a last resort.

ANGELAFELIX:
I’ve been asking questions since because I’m desperate but nobody is replying

I’ve been sending webforms and emails for two months but I’ve not gotten my LOI
What next

joshuaidibia:
Delta State university, Abraka. Geology.

LavishG:
I finally got my PPR!!!

I've always been a ghost reader on this space, but I have specially created an account because my PPR journey is unlike any I've read here. I applied for a student visa for the third time on 18 November 2021 after 2 refusals but this story doesn't start there. As you listen to my story may you remain blessed.

It starts before I got admission in 2020, you see I've always wanted to study in Canada after Uni, but I was waiting to garner 3years of experience first. But in January 2020 after working for a year, my plan changed.

You see a friend of mine got a Canadian visa in January 2020 after being denied by the US six months earlier and the truth is I was the one who encouraged him to try Canada instead of a second application to the US mainly because I've always had a thing for the country. Maybe its the name, Canada or the country's reputation, but I always told my friends that I would pick a Canadian visa over any other country's visa including the UK and the US.

Covid came in February 2020 and I knew I wasn't going anywhere, anytime soon so I sat tight. Fast forward to August 2020 and I decided to begin my journey. I didnt know about this thread then, so i basically paid the same agent my friend used (quite pricey) for the school and visa application, school admission letter came sharp sharp before the end of September 2020 for the May 2021 term. My friend sef no fit go anywhere since January till September 2020 when he finally left Naija.

Between September and May, I had enough time to process my visa, or so I thought. One bank that has 'a' in their name first delayed my Form A to pay my school fees deposit for the first term. 2weeks still on queue, 3weeks, 4weeks same thing, who I offend like this. #EndSARS came(may the souls of the departed rest in peace and may their sacrifice not be in vain) in October 2020 and I knew that everyone would start applying for visas to leave the country, I needed to move faster.

In November 2020, my parents and I contacted a cousin of mine to help pay my school fees through her company as the deadline for my tuition deposit was fast approaching, at least Bank suppose respect themselves. In a week, they don do the deduction, we sent the equivalent to her, first term fees paid. Thank you very much. It's good to have a big company o.

My dad was to be my sponsor, so we sent all necessary documents to my agent by the first week in December 2020. That's how my agent called and said there's a new this thing called NSE program and it will make them process my kini fast fast, like in 21days and for that I will need IELTS and MyBank statement Certificate. I was just wondering which kind of wahala be this. So I registered for IELTS, I heard people fail it gan so I gave myself one month to prepare, My exam date was in Jan 2021, no be English language again, language that I've been speaking since I was a baby.

January 2021 came and my office promoted me, in my mind I was like thanks but I dey comot here very soon. I wrote the IELTS, passed it (before nko) and entered the wahala of MyBank statement Certificate. You see, my dad's primary bank said they were having network issues or portal issues and that they could not access something something on the MyBank Statement portal, naso another waiting begin.

We entered February 2021 no headway on the MyBank Statement something, remember my term was starting in May 2021. At the end of Feb 2021, we decided maybe my cousin who helped paid my fees should sponsor me as my dad's accounts with other banks did not have the kind of funds that can be proof of anything. My agent sha talk say make we draw family tree, this one and that one as solid proof that my cousin intends to sponsor me and that we are related. Finally we got my cousin's MyBank statement, around N50m was in the account and I was able to make my first application in early March 2021. March 2021 finished, April 2021 came, excuse me, madam agent shebi you said in 21days I will get response. She said
there's a general delay due to volume of applications. Wahala dey o.

By mid April 2021, my school sent a mail for me to register for the session,  I was in a dilemma for a long time on whether I should defer my admission or register. I thought about my life, if I deferred that means I wont be able to graduate in Jan 2023 like I have planned. They said the term was online, so I could start classes here in Naija while I wait for the visa. One of those nights before I could make a decision, I had a dream (I take dreams very seriously because I rarely have dreams or even remember what I dreamt about if I do). In my dream, I was inside a high rise building with glass windows wearing a very nice suit and looking outside. I was looking at a truck or something clearing snow from the road. So definitely no be naija I dey. It was futuristic or something because I felt like Harvey Specter. When I woke up I felt that it must be a confirmation from God because I immediately knew what I needed to do. I needed to register for my classes.

After registering and getting my timetable, I realized another thing, you know I said I was promoted, omo the salary increase no reach the increase in workload. I knew that I couldn't do both school and work as my work didn't end in the office anymore, I was carrying work home, working on weekends and we were at a peak period. If you know any accountants in charge of financial statements, please give special kudos to them. Which time will I use to do the school. Definitely one or both will suffer.

So I decided, I was going to resign from work(Warning: do not try this) if school started before visa came. My application was solid I thought, I had gotten a confirmation, proof of funds choke sef, why they no go give me visa. I had about 4months worth of salary savings (na my papa house I dey stay since) and an investment with one finance company like that.

Visa no come beginning of May 2021 so I dropped my resignation letter, tell HR say I dey go school. She said I should bring evidence to be included in my file, so I gave her my school enrollment letter. Naso she see school for Canada, she didn't know I hadn't gotten the visa yet, before I knew it everyone started congratulating me at the office say I no inform them say I dey travel go Canada. At that point I couldn't tell anyone that visa hadn't come yet, they would have thought I was crazy. I couldn't even tell my parents at home that I had resigned. You know how parents can be especially with the unemployment rate in the country.

So, I registered at a library, that's where I began taking my classes. I would leave home in the morning like I do when going to work and come back in the evening. How anybody wan take know.

Beginning of June 2021 I got two bad pieces of bad news. Firstly, the finance company I had investment in crashed, shebi they said it was SEC certified, my investment with them was gone. I was still healing from the hurt when I got served my first breakfast from the Canadian embassy, Reason: Purpose of Visit and Financial Assets.

Haba, with the proof of funds wey choke for my cousin company account. I spoke with my agent she said they most likely didnt believe my cousin was the one sponsoring me.

That's how I began research and discovered GIC investment Certificate, this is what most of my indian classmates used to show proof of funds. What better way to show proof of fund than to have some money in my name. For my mind, I just be like I go show this embassy people.

With the help of my parents, I purchased CAD12k worth of GIC, minimum for GIC is CAD10k but I wanted to show the embassy say the money dey now, I also paid the fees for my second term. At least now they cannot say any yeye financial assets. So I submitted another application in July 2021 with my dad as my sponsor. We sent printouts of his bank statements this time as well as I felt the GIC and receipt of 2 terms tuition where enough to cover the fact that we didnt have the MyBank statement.

Lo and behold, another breakfast came again in October 2021. Wetin happen this time, they said purpose of visit, family ties and travel history. I almost ran mad. Wetin be all this one. I became angry, are this people playing with my feelings how will you remove one reason and add 2 reasons. By this time I had started my second term.

I felt betrayed, Canada, the country of my dreams was surely a scam. Why didnt they put all this before. I spoke with my school and they said I should either request a refund of the remaining balance of my 2nd term fees or reapply again. I requested for GCMS notes, ladies and gentlemen, there was no detailed reason on my GCMS note like I see here. Just the same generic reason on my letter of refusal. It was as if they didnt even go through my application.

I told my parents that I was dropping out and that I was tired. They encouraged me and told me not to give up yet. I no even answer them because I had mentally signed out. Na to go dey find another work be that o. My former colleagues don dey ask me when I dey comot, na soon I just dey tell everybody say my classes still dey online. Then my dad told me something that restored my belief, he said he had been moving money out of the bank that had MyBank statement issue small small into another bank and that it is better he sponsored me with that account now, he also said I should find out if I could complete the course from Naija. My mum also said she had been saving money and she had about N3m in her account. At that point my belief returned, so I did not withdraw my GIC investment(brethren, no be by GIC o), this time I used both my parents as sponsors, we printed and put all their account statements inside the application plus the ones with shikini money and did MyBank Statement for the 2 major accounts to be used, about N12m in total for both accounts. I included my first term transcripts, notification of award of dean's honour list and all my parents properties in my 3rd application in Nov 2021.

Usually all my applications had always taken 12weeks but the wait for this one was massive. Kiloshele. After 12 weeks, my agent said she was going to contact them and that I should send her my second term transcripts, fortunately I was on Dean's honour list again so I sent everything to her. Meanwhile, I had academic break starting in January 2022 with my 3rd term to begin in May 2022 meaning I had inadvertently spent the full first year of my school in Naija.

On the 7th of April 2022, my agent called me as she always does when embassy provides a response, the way my heart was beating as I picked the call gan can pound yam, because won't my enemies laugh at me like this. The first thing she said was congratulations, the embassy has requested for your passport, abi na April fool. I suppose dey cry as I type this but I won't, as per hard guy I won't. I could not contain my joy especially with the fact that my school sent a mail that they are transitioning back to physical classes for the next term.

Thanks for reading and I hope my story inspires someone. I just want to wish everyone that is hopeful for a visa the very best and I pray that God that did it for me will also do it for you. I know that I might have left a lot of details out but this story seems like it will be very long. God makes all things beautiful in his time and the truth is I have saved a lot of money by completing my first year in Naija because now I dey hear say my rent will be $600CAD per month.

I am new on Nairaland, so I may not be as responsive here as quickly as I should be, I'll try to respond as much as I can. If there is any other way I can help anyone or any other details of my application you would like to know about, you can send me a msg on Twitter @lavishorlex and I will surely reply you.

P.S: I apologise for not posting this immediately I got my PPR, I read here about someone who got his passport returned without a stamp after submission so I waited till I got my passport back. I waited for almost 20weeks una sef suppose fit wait for one week na. I will see if I can do landing gist as well if una no mind.

LavishG:
I finally got my PPR!!!

I've always been a ghost reader on this space, but I have specially created an account because my PPR journey is unlike any I've read here. I applied for a student visa for the third time on 18 November 2021 after 2 refusals but this story doesn't start there. As you listen to my story may you remain blessed.

It starts before I got admission in 2020, you see I've always wanted to study in Canada after Uni, but I was waiting to garner 3years of experience first. But in January 2020 after working for a year, my plan changed.

You see a friend of mine got a Canadian visa in January 2020 after being denied by the US six months earlier and the truth is I was the one who encouraged him to try Canada instead of a second application to the US mainly because I've always had a thing for the country. Maybe its the name, Canada or the country's reputation, but I always told my friends that I would pick a Canadian visa over any other country's visa including the UK and the US.

Covid came in February 2020 and I knew I wasn't going anywhere, anytime soon so I sat tight. Fast forward to August 2020 and I decided to begin my journey. I didnt know about this thread then, so i basically paid the same agent my friend used (quite pricey) for the school and visa application, school admission letter came sharp sharp before the end of September 2020 for the May 2021 term. My friend sef no fit go anywhere since January till September 2020 when he finally left Naija.

Between September and May, I had enough time to process my visa, or so I thought. One bank that has 'a' in their name first delayed my Form A to pay my school fees deposit for the first term. 2weeks still on queue, 3weeks, 4weeks same thing, who I offend like this. #EndSARS came(may the souls of the departed rest in peace and may their sacrifice not be in vain) in October 2020 and I knew that everyone would start applying for visas to leave the country, I needed to move faster.

In November 2020, my parents and I contacted a cousin of mine to help pay my school fees through her company as the deadline for my tuition deposit was fast approaching, at least Bank suppose respect themselves. In a week, they don do the deduction, we sent the equivalent to her, first term fees paid. Thank you very much. It's good to have a big company o.

My dad was to be my sponsor, so we sent all necessary documents to my agent by the first week in December 2020. That's how my agent called and said there's a new this thing called NSE program and it will make them process my kini fast fast, like in 21days and for that I will need IELTS and MyBank statement Certificate. I was just wondering which kind of wahala be this. So I registered for IELTS, I heard people fail it gan so I gave myself one month to prepare, My exam date was in Jan 2021, no be English language again, language that I've been speaking since I was a baby.

January 2021 came and my office promoted me, in my mind I was like thanks but I dey comot here very soon. I wrote the IELTS, passed it (before nko) and entered the wahala of MyBank statement Certificate. You see, my dad's primary bank said they were having network issues or portal issues and that they could not access something something on the MyBank Statement portal, naso another waiting begin.

We entered February 2021 no headway on the MyBank Statement something, remember my term was starting in May 2021. At the end of Feb 2021, we decided maybe my cousin who helped paid my fees should sponsor me as my dad's accounts with other banks did not have the kind of funds that can be proof of anything. My agent sha talk say make we draw family tree, this one and that one as solid proof that my cousin intends to sponsor me and that we are related. Finally we got my cousin's MyBank statement, around N50m was in the account and I was able to make my first application in early March 2021. March 2021 finished, April 2021 came, excuse me, madam agent shebi you said in 21days I will get response. She said
there's a general delay due to volume of applications. Wahala dey o.

By mid April 2021, my school sent a mail for me to register for the session,  I was in a dilemma for a long time on whether I should defer my admission or register. I thought about my life, if I deferred that means I wont be able to graduate in Jan 2023 like I have planned. They said the term was online, so I could start classes here in Naija while I wait for the visa. One of those nights before I could make a decision, I had a dream (I take dreams very seriously because I rarely have dreams or even remember what I dreamt about if I do). In my dream, I was inside a high rise building with glass windows wearing a very nice suit and looking outside. I was looking at a truck or something clearing snow from the road. So definitely no be naija I dey. It was futuristic or something because I felt like Harvey Specter. When I woke up I felt that it must be a confirmation from God because I immediately knew what I needed to do. I needed to register for my classes.

After registering and getting my timetable, I realized another thing, you know I said I was promoted, omo the salary increase no reach the increase in workload. I knew that I couldn't do both school and work as my work didn't end in the office anymore, I was carrying work home, working on weekends and we were at a peak period. If you know any accountants in charge of financial statements, please give special kudos to them. Which time will I use to do the school. Definitely one or both will suffer.

So I decided, I was going to resign from work(Warning: do not try this) if school started before visa came. My application was solid I thought, I had gotten a confirmation, proof of funds choke sef, why they no go give me visa. I had about 4months worth of salary savings (na my papa house I dey stay since) and an investment with one finance company like that.

Visa no come beginning of May 2021 so I dropped my resignation letter, tell HR say I dey go school. She said I should bring evidence to be included in my file, so I gave her my school enrollment letter. Naso she see school for Canada, she didn't know I hadn't gotten the visa yet, before I knew it everyone started congratulating me at the office say I no inform them say I dey travel go Canada. At that point I couldn't tell anyone that visa hadn't come yet, they would have thought I was crazy. I couldn't even tell my parents at home that I had resigned. You know how parents can be especially with the unemployment rate in the country.

So, I registered at a library, that's where I began taking my classes. I would leave home in the morning like I do when going to work and come back in the evening. How anybody wan take know.

Beginning of June 2021 I got two bad pieces of bad news. Firstly, the finance company I had investment in crashed, shebi they said it was SEC certified, my investment with them was gone. I was still healing from the hurt when I got served my first breakfast from the Canadian embassy, Reason: Purpose of Visit and Financial Assets.

Haba, with the proof of funds wey choke for my cousin company account. I spoke with my agent she said they most likely didnt believe my cousin was the one sponsoring me.

That's how I began research and discovered GIC investment Certificate, this is what most of my indian classmates used to show proof of funds. What better way to show proof of fund than to have some money in my name. For my mind, I just be like I go show this embassy people.

With the help of my parents, I purchased CAD12k worth of GIC, minimum for GIC is CAD10k but I wanted to show the embassy say the money dey now, I also paid the fees for my second term. At least now they cannot say any yeye financial assets. So I submitted another application in July 2021 with my dad as my sponsor. We sent printouts of his bank statements this time as well as I felt the GIC and receipt of 2 terms tuition where enough to cover the fact that we didnt have the MyBank statement.

Lo and behold, another breakfast came again in October 2021. Wetin happen this time, they said purpose of visit, family ties and travel history. I almost ran mad. Wetin be all this one. I became angry, are this people playing with my feelings how will you remove one reason and add 2 reasons. By this time I had started my second term.

I felt betrayed, Canada, the country of my dreams was surely a scam. Why didnt they put all this before. I spoke with my school and they said I should either request a refund of the remaining balance of my 2nd term fees or reapply again. I requested for GCMS notes, ladies and gentlemen, there was no detailed reason on my GCMS note like I see here. Just the same generic reason on my letter of refusal. It was as if they didnt even go through my application.

I told my parents that I was dropping out and that I was tired. They encouraged me and told me not to give up yet. I no even answer them because I had mentally signed out. Na to go dey find another work be that o. My former colleagues don dey ask me when I dey comot, na soon I just dey tell everybody say my classes still dey online. Then my dad told me something that restored my belief, he said he had been moving money out of the bank that had MyBank statement issue small small into another bank and that it is better he sponsored me with that account now, he also said I should find out if I could complete the course from Naija. My mum also said she had been saving money and she had about N3m in her account. At that point my belief returned, so I did not withdraw my GIC investment(brethren, no be by GIC o), this time I used both my parents as sponsors, we printed and put all their account statements inside the application plus the ones with shikini money and did MyBank Statement for the 2 major accounts to be used, about N12m in total for both accounts. I included my first term transcripts, notification of award of dean's honour list and all my parents properties in my 3rd application in Nov 2021.

Usually all my applications had always taken 12weeks but the wait for this one was massive. Kiloshele. After 12 weeks, my agent said she was going to contact them and that I should send her my second term transcripts, fortunately I was on Dean's honour list again so I sent everything to her. Meanwhile, I had academic break starting in January 2022 with my 3rd term to begin in May 2022 meaning I had inadvertently spent the full first year of my school in Naija.

On the 7th of April 2022, my agent called me as she always does when embassy provides a response, the way my heart was beating as I picked the call gan can pound yam, because won't my enemies laugh at me like this. The first thing she said was congratulations, the embassy has requested for your passport, abi na April fool. I suppose dey cry as I type this but I won't, as per hard guy I won't. I could not contain my joy especially with the fact that my school sent a mail that they are transitioning back to physical classes for the next term.

Thanks for reading and I hope my story inspires someone. I just want to wish everyone that is hopeful for a visa the very best and I pray that God that did it for me will also do it for you. I know that I might have left a lot of details out but this story seems like it will be very long. God makes all things beautiful in his time and the truth is I have saved a lot of money by completing my first year in Naija because now I dey hear say my rent will be $600CAD per month.

I am new on Nairaland, so I may not be as responsive here as quickly as I should be, I'll try to respond as much as I can. If there is any other way I can help anyone or any other details of my application you would like to know about, you can send me a msg on Twitter @lavishorlex and I will surely reply you.

P.S: I apologise for not posting this immediately I got my PPR, I read here about someone who got his passport returned without a stamp after submission so I waited till I got my passport back. I waited for almost 20weeks una sef suppose fit wait for one week na. I will see if I can do landing gist as well if una no mind.
This is so interesting to read....congratulations bro

DestinationCann:
Hi guys, it's PPR for me and medical request for my toddler (I don't know why they have requested for a fresh Medicals for her but we go do am)


2nd time applicant

1st application July 2021
Refusal cake in on 6th October 2021 after waiting. I had to defer my admission. I had already started classes oo. The bad news came in in the middle of a particular class and I want blank for 10 minutes, exited the zoom class and cried to my satisfaction. I ordered GCMS Notes same day through a friend in Canada who was following up with me on my application.

GCMS came after 1 month and I realized IRCC messed up my application.

They mentioned sponsor when I didn't have any.
They said I had lump sum when I showed certificate of fixed deposit and told them the date it liquidated.
They didn't even acknowledge the 45% upfront school fees I paid (I think they already made a decision before I sent in the payment receipt)


I had to contact of a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant after my GCMS came in because I wasn't ready for the emotional stress of opening and refreshing IRCC portal and my email for update, he scheduled a zoom meeting with me and after reading through my GCMS Notes and listening to me, he said he'll have recommended a JR because the refusal grounds were baseless however, to save me time, money and stress, he recommended a reapplication.

I lost interest in online classes so I kuku deferred my admission.
I don move out funds buy market from fixed deposit sef so I kuku defer.

I started working on my POF immediately. I ensured large sums entered my personal account from everywhere and moved out and targeted March for submission of a fresh Application.



2nd Application Timeline

Application submitted 16th March 2022
Biometric confirmation 16th March 2022
Correspondence Letter 4th April 2022
PPR 4TH April 2022


Documents submitted:
Full tuition school fees payment evidence from school (32k CAD)
School admission letter
Person Account MyBankStatement showing 5.9M
Police clearance certificate
IELTS general result
WAEC result
Student copy of transcript
Digital passport
Letter of introduction by employer
Letter from employer showing amount and date my salaries were paid in the last 4 months.
Leave authorization from employer
International passport (mine and my toddler)



Home ties document submitted

Company account MyBankStatement showing closing balance of 28M and 6 months transaction of over 170M
CAC documents of Business
Company tax clearance certificate
Personal tax clearance certificate
Marriage certificate
Other children's birthday certificate
Husband's international passport
COF of landed property


The Registered Canada Immigration Consultant asked me questions like he was a Visa officer, I got tired sef. We exchanged lots of mails.

I'm grateful to God for this success. In deed, God has done this and I am in awe. Who could have imagined that my application would take 19 days and 13 working days?

I had already started Sweden application to schools sef. I had planned to apply to UK schools in October but transcript wahala didn't help matters so I left it.

I pray the God who did mine would do yours too. Do not give up.

Lolly30:
@tejaisco
I dnt really knw much. The decision is yours. I Ve bsc on public health I finished secondary school in 2013.. I wanted nursing to be sincere I tried going to school of nursing sef Bt no avail.
So when applying for student visa it was bsc I applied for again. I did as if I dnt even ave the bsc at all. Pple said is waste of time Bt Daz wat I really want and to God b d glory I got my Ppr dis march and I applied December. Though I did not do it myself o.

Lekiboboe:
Yes this move is a wrong Academic/CAREER PROGRESSION and a red flag on a study visa application which which will give a visa officer an impression your PURPOSE OF VISIT TO CANADA is not to STUDY.

Going for another Bachelors degree is a Red flag since you already have a Bachelors degree
Going for Nursing which has nothing to do with Geology is another red flag.

A Canada Visa Officer Will expect you to go for something higher e.g. a PG. CERT program in a Geology, Environmental related field in a College.


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PastorandMentor:
Public Olosho.
She did all that just to gain more fame.
The whole attention was going to Laycon the winner of BBN she wanted some for herself.
She wanted to be all over the news
She wanted the name.
Mumu dey worry all of una.

Quote me you die.