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Travel › Re: Canadian Express Entry/Federal Skilled Worker Program - Connect Here Part 11 by thelma76(f): 12:06pm On May 24, 2023

ExcellencyFSA:
Good morning,
Please I need the description of how I can get to VFS Global from Obalende through public transport.
Thanks.

I think you can take lekki-Ajah(those white buses) and stop at freedom way bus stop I think. You have to cross to the other side and walk inside lekki. VFS is just down that road. You can’t miss it because there’s always a crowd outside

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Travel › Re: Securing Visa To France, Applying From Nigeria... by thelma76(f): 3:17am On May 23, 2023

crusader6:
Congratulations. Did you still apply with Belgium embassy the second time?
And did you mention in your new application that your visa was refused and state the reasons?

To give some perspective, I work with a well known multinational and we have a lot of trainings in Belgium. We were denied some months back for some of our applicants because 1. I think that embassy is generally tougher to deal with, and listen, they verify almost everything you submit if not all. They will reach out to every contact listed and if one thing is off or different, you will be refused the visa. In our case, we foolishly opted for dummy bookings instead of actual hotel reservations which we typically would have (and have) used previously.

We applied again, declared the refusal, fixed the hotel proof with actual letters from the hotel and got it. The second denial was with another set where ambiguity of purpose of trip caused wahala too. So with Belgium, just keep your application easy (don’t inflate number of days you’re staying at all!!! It’s better to get a 3days duration valid for three weeks than to get a refusal! In fact, I’d recommend nothing more than 4-5days max and ask for a single entry visa!) and make sure the accommodation confirmation, conference contact details etc are valid and reachable because their DVO (department of verification blah blah) works hard to refuse anyone. I honestly wouldn’t recommend them for tourism though.

So declaring a refusal is not always a bad thing especially if you’ve rectified the flags. We have someone who reapplied through France, first time traveller and got feedback in 8 days last month, refusal from Belgium was also declared with cover letter and multiple entry visa of 3 months validity (30days) was granted despite applying for single entry. So yeah, don’t think declaring a refusal is anything to worry about.

Travel › Re: Securing Visa To France, Applying From Nigeria... by thelma76(f): 10:15pm On May 21, 2023

directonpc:
Congratulations! Seems like you're a software developer. I'm traveling to the Netherlands in June for a tech conference and I'm going to submit my documents at TLS Abuja tomorrow. (via Belgium). Hoping I get positive results oo.

For Belgium, they’re quite strict. For hotel reservations, make sure it’s a letter from the hotel confirming your stay. They’re quite strict about this requirement and have denied visa applications that were submitted with just dummy bookings. Goodluck!

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Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by thelma76(f): 9:13am On May 18, 2023

Ijaay83:
Standard o

Wow, impeccable timing. If you don’t mind, Can you please summarize your application here e.g trip budget, duration, etc

Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by thelma76(f): 6:15pm On May 10, 2023

Bmuhd4smile:
Thanks to everyone that contributed and offer advice. Visa Granted 🙌🙌. 6months.

Congrats! Did you still declare 800pounds as your trip expense? And did you have previous visas?

Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by thelma76(f): 9:55am On May 03, 2023

XYZJAZZY:
For those of use working in Organization where their CAC is inactive nko? I have search some of these big conglomerate company like Leventis where I worked before all their sisters company are all inactive will ECO use that to make decision when the company in actual sense exist and doing well in Nigeria market.

I always try to be modest with my feedbacks but i do not think you did well by holding to the information your dad gave you.

You could have just confirmed here https://search.cac.gov.ng/home

That been said, the issue with large deposits is unexplainable because this is the area ecos hammer applicants mostly.

Subsequently, operate a very simple account with lesser transactions.

My honest input.

The truth is, once your employer’s status is inactive in that portal, it increases the scrutiny on your application and casts doubts on every other thing you’ve claimed in relation to that employment (especially if you now submitted many company related documents e.g introduction letters, etc etc).

If you’ve now claimed your employment is your major source of income, then they’ll over stress on your account statement, if anything seems off or even slightly different from what you’ve claimed/declared, then that’s wahala #2.

Even if your company is so popular that it works with the UK government itself, the ECOs are bound to remain objective by working with whatever information you directly provided, what can be inferred/assumed mostly from it and their checklists and this might include things like confirming an active status on the CAC portal etc.

So yes, it counts. For you to successfully jump over that flag, the other parts of your application/documentation must be super super straightforward or your ECO must be one of those “innocent until proven guilty” humans. Judging from the way the decisions are taken, it seems visa decisions run with the idea of “guilty until proven innocent”

Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by thelma76(f): 9:36am On May 02, 2023

Jayyjay:
Hello house, Good evening.
My company in the UK is sponsoring my visit to the UK for business, although I have some relatives and friends in the UK. I was advised on this forum not to mention that I have family in the UK and to keep the application strictly for business. My question now is when I get to the UK, I most likely won't be staying in a hotel but at my relatives' houses. With this info, how do I approach the 'Where do you plan on staying in the UK' question? Can I just state I will be staying in a hotel or private housing without no evidence of booking?

If your company is sponsoring you for a business trip, aren’t they supposed to provide accommodation by default or guarantee payment for it?
Anyway, no you can’t claim you’d be staying in a hotel and not show evidence. Especially for a business trip.

Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by thelma76(f): 9:32pm On Apr 26, 2023

Daniel2802:
Also I need clarification for this, because this is actually a company sponsored trip to Montenegro. However as I was going through UK, I decided to make it a visit (I actually have people I want to visit in the UK too) and use my account as the sponsor so as not to stress my company.

You can also try a schengen short stay
visa. Italy or France, since holders of Schengen visas can also visit this Montenegro according to what you shared. I personally prefer Schengen visa applications to UK. France only requires three months bank statements and their TAT is usually less than 3 weeks. Problem now is, availability of appointment for first time travelers as the closest available date was already in June as at last week.

Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by thelma76(f): 4:36pm On Apr 18, 2023

But jokes aside, I think they will begin scrutinizing (student) visa applications a lot more moving forward. Not sure if they have quotas for it but they’re probably close to whatever targets they’ve set and will probably be more critical of people’s candidacy.

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Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by thelma76(f): 3:27pm On Apr 18, 2023*

TCD:
Its like you want to throw away 80 pounds. They never mentioned anything about your documents. Your refusal was based on the answers you gave at the interview, which in all honesty your answers were lacking in intellectual capacity expected of a graduate . You were probably nervous during the interview and what was coming out of your mouth and what was in your head were two different things.

You sef read what you responded to those questions. Did they make any sense to you?

Why did I read this in an “angry parent” tone??! grin

In all honesty, I was laughing my head off reading that refusal letter. @OP, this is what I think

1. Don’t bother wasting your time, money and effort(s) for an AR. They clearly have a recording of your call with them and the nature of responses provided from your end is enough grounds to refuse you a student visa, especially for a PG course! Excuses could have been made for an undergrad with zero tertiary education/experience.

2. You should have requested to interview at another time, if possible. It’s totally understandable if you have a conflict/clashing schedule and I’m sure with a well written email, they could have accommodated your request and rescheduled (I may be wrong). However, I understand you panicked and resorted to having the interview anyway.

3. In any case, on what grounds would you even be requesting for AR? I am surprised to hear that you were interviewed for a student visa as that’s not a common scenario. My guess is that they already concluded on a possible refusal but scheduled the interview for avoidance of doubt. Possible reason could be that something was off in your application, in their opinion.

Just indulge my curiosity… I really would like to hear your perspective on why you think the refusal is unfounded

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Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by thelma76(f): 8:56am On Apr 18, 2023

Femaleoutfit:
Good Evening. I'm about to submit my Application for UK Visit Visa, As Earlier Stated I'm A Business Owner And I have Just One Account to Present For My Visa Application which is my Business Account, please I will like to Ask If Anyone Has Done This And what The Outcome Was, Secondly Do I need to submit Any Tax Clearance certificate, My Business Is Registered As a Business Name On CAC portal.
Please I will Appreciate A prompt Response thank you all for your Help Always.

Hi, good morning. On this issue of submitting a business bank statement for a tourist visa, if you read even just a page back on this thread, you’d see that it usually does not play out well because the visa officers don’t believe it’s an ideal scenario for a company account to be utilized for personal purposes and they have doubts that the funds in a business account will always be available for personal use.

I’d strongly advise against it. If you can use a second account in addition to the business’, please do so.

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Travel › Re: Canadian Express Entry/Federal Skilled Worker Program - Connect Here Part 11 by thelma76(f): 9:29am On Apr 06, 2023

thelma76:
I’m not sure why Nigerians like to behave this way. All these factors you’ve raised are the norm in mega cities or cities that have a diverse populace due to immigration. It’s not the first time and it will definitely not be the last time (especially with increase of digital nomads) that influx of immigrants would drive cost of rent up and cause people (lower income earners) to have to adjust to sub standard forms of accommodation. It’s part of the growing pains of any country leveraging population for economic growth. Look at some of the biggest cities/countries today and they all face/faced these same issues at some point.

Not saying the concerns are thus invalid. But let’s not act like these weren’t taken into consideration when Canada decided to open their borders and set targets for immigration. Besides the borders aren’t going to be open forever/infinitely. This idea of “now that I’ve benefitted, the others can go to hell” is so rampant in Nigeria especially. You see it even in workplaces. We need to stop. Pretty sure the Asians don’t think this way and they’re also some of the world’s biggest migrants.

When someone challenges or dares to share a different opinion, you raise your shoulders to immediately forewarn the person that you can’t be talked to because “you’re part of the privileged in Canada who earn better” and so your claims are out of care for the less privileged and most affected (a.k.a other Canadian PR holders and the opposition themselves). Who gives a damn for all this self-righteousness?

If Nigerians in Canada and other beneficiaries of the various PR pathways are this pressed about it, they should return to their fatherlands where housing isn’t an issue then, and bank manager jobs abound. Jokers.

In Lagos, we’re facing some of the biggest housing issues for similar reasons; “Migration in hope of better”. Let’s not act more aggrieved than the real owners of the land and learn to point fingers objectively

Travel › Re: Canadian Express Entry/Federal Skilled Worker Program - Connect Here Part 11 by thelma76(f): 9:23am On Apr 06, 2023

I’m not sure why Nigerians like to behave this way. All these factors you’ve raised are the norm in mega cities or cities that have a diverse populace due to immigration. It’s not the first time and it will definitely not be the last time (especially with increase of digital nomads) that influx of immigrants would drive cost of rent up and cause people (lower income earners) to have to adjust to sub standard forms of accommodation. It’s part of the [b]growing pains [/b]of any country leveraging population for economic growth. Look at some of the biggest cities/countries today and they all face/faced these same issues at some point.

Not saying the concerns are thus invalid. But let’s not act like these weren’t taken into consideration when Canada decided to open their borders and set targets for immigration. Besides the borders aren’t going to be open forever/infinitely. This idea of “now that I’ve benefitted, the others can go to hell” is so rampant in Nigeria especially. You see it even in workplaces. We need to stop. Pretty sure the Asians don’t think this way and they’re also some of the worlds biggest migrants.

If Nigerians in Canada and other beneficiaries of the various PR pathways are this pressed about it, they should return to their fatherlands where housing isn’t an issue then, and bank manager jobs abound. Jokers.

In Lagos, we’re facing some of the biggest housing issues for similar reasons; “Migration in hope of better”. Let’s not act more aggrieved/self-righteous than the real owners of the land.

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Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by thelma76(f): 9:14am On Mar 23, 2023

giselle237:
Can stout or can malt? How do you like it?

And I really like chilled malt o, you got me grin

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Travel › Re: Canadian Express Entry/Federal Skilled Worker Program - Connect Here Part 11 by thelma76(f): 9:12am On Mar 23, 2023

Harmony63:
Is MBA degree seen as masters for someone applying for express entry or must it be Msc?

An MBA is literally a masters degree, just in business administration. Why would an MSc be recognized/accepted and an MBA wouldn’t. With how expensive and “prestigious” it usually is.

Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by thelma76(f): 8:49am On Mar 23, 2023*

mckellenkins:
Thank you for ur respond. I just summited the questionnaire I had to answer NO. In the year 2015 I was denied by Germany so I did a new passport.

The year 2018 I applied for US with the new passport, which I was denied same year France refused me visa.

Now I have new passport, bearing new age, that is wat am using to apply for uk student visa.

you’re hilarious. Why would using a new passport nullify your previous denials. Unless the passport carries an entirely different identity, name and biometrics . You must think developed countries are like the Banana Republic we run in most WA countries where data and records are our biggest issues.

With this intentionally criminal act, you’re clearly deserving of all the denials you’ve gotten. Goodluck beating the system though.

I should have known from the first question. I mean, coming here to ask us if you should lie on your application (knowing fully well the “appropriate” option) is usually a red flag.

Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by thelma76(f): 12:00pm On Mar 05, 2023

Twostep:
Good morning house, please I will like your inputs.

Does a company status have to be active on CaC for a Uk visit visa application ?

The company where I work status says inactive and was registered in 1988 ( as seen on the cac website)… a friend is insisting the company gets the status back active else I should not bother with the application.

I am not in a position to instruct the company to the needful to get the status back active

I will appreciate your inputs here, thank you

From my experience, it counts. That was the first reason quoted on my refusal slip. But I also think it depends of the mood of the ECO and how solid the rest of your documentation is, because I’ve seen people who got their visas with their companies being inactive on that portal (and btw, sooooo many reputable companies are inactive on there). I wonder why so much credence is given to something so unreliable.

It’s not even a question of how popular (or not) your company is. Apparently that website is their source of truth, whether your company is a multinational or not.

I’d advise you try to speak to(not instruct😂) the team that handles your CAC status. I have zero intentions to apply until it’s rectified. And I am applying all the necessary pressure to get it closed out ASAP.

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Travel › Re: Canadian Express Entry/Federal Skilled Worker Program - Connect Here Part 11 by thelma76(f): 7:59pm On Mar 01, 2023

Qwertyuser:
PNP draw..sighs

They held a PNP draw?

Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by thelma76(f): 8:03am On Feb 28, 2023*

Sweetlikehoney:
Hi all, So I am applying for a Uk visa (visitor), in my application I have included my employment evidence (pay stub). My bank statements (both savings and chequing), invitation letter from a friend (on work visa) and proof of pr (I am a permanent resident of canada). My savings account has almost 8k dollars, I would be going to the uk just to see a few friends, I’m spending a week. Was just wondering if i need to include anything else or this is good. Thank you

You have a solid profile, a Canadian PR and you’re not applying from Nigeria. I’m not confirming the scrutiny is less for this type of applications, but it is, if we’re being honest. I have a friend who has a US green card(about 1.5 years since she got it) and applied from the US. She didn’t even have more than 1000 dollars in her account at the time of the application, and didn’t submit any introduction letter from her employer and she got her Visa with zero travel history except her relocation trip to the US.

All the calcu and planning we have to do here and in many third world countries even as genuine visitors to UK,EU and US, you’re lucky to avoid that with the kind of visitor profile you have.

The realities differ. Summarized response is, you’re good to go.

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Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by thelma76(f): 2:10pm On Feb 21, 2023

MadeMan01:
Hello House,
Which Terminal does Qatar Airways fly out from in Lagos? Is it the old MMIA or new MMIA Terminal? Which is Terminal 2?

As at Jan, it was the new terminal.

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Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by thelma76(f): 10:33am On Feb 18, 2023

arasola2000:
Please can you explain the ratio he should use.

N2M was based on the fact that flight is about N1M nowadays.

He should get flight tickets reservations m, attach to documents uploaded and review that trip budget downwards.

Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by thelma76(f): 1:55pm On Feb 04, 2023

ekpanbaghi:
Good morning everyone.

My wife and daughter just concluded self-upload of documents on TLS for UK Visa. Unfortunately, some documents were mistakenly omitted and now that window is closed to add any more documents.

If we choose assisted service appointment so as to get the ommited documents uploaded at TLS on appointment date, will we lose the documents initially uploaded and have to start from the scratch at TLS?

Thank you.

No. When you get to TLS and they are doing the initial review of your docs, just tell them you want to add an additional document you forgot to upload. You’ll pay sha, the same price you’d have paid for assisted service initially, which in my opinion, is so annoying. I think it’s about 13k approximately. They’d make the upload on your behalf.

Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by thelma76(f): 9:17pm On Jan 18, 2023

Longjonjoe:
Thanks for the response. I really appreciate. Definitely i wont spend all of it even UKVI knows, it covers majorly flight to and fro, hotel for 7 days and some flex like live football match and other tours. Hopefully the visa comes through. But what would have been the advice please so i can heed to it just in case

Honestly, that budget is a lot. I hope you have a bank closing balance that’s at least 4x that amount. I think next time draw your budget without flights especially if that’s what inflated the total like this. Goodluck

Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by thelma76(f): 8:21pm On Jan 10, 2023

infosoftlife:
Just like the link from @hunee
This is not the best time to be declaring family members who are not citizens in the UK.
If one doesn't have a strong purpose for traveling, it is best to sit it out at this time.

I agree. My family member is a British citizen though, and has been for about 7 years now. But thanks, I do think it’s best to “rest” at this point.

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Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by thelma76(f): 5:28pm On Jan 10, 2023

I have been following this thread for a while now and just observing, reading people’s experiences so I learn a thing or two before putting my application forward. Thanks to everyone who keeps this thread active and flowing with advice and suggestions

I heard the refusal rate for uk visit visa has significantly increased this past month but went ahead nonetheless. And now, after receiving a refusal with the most ridiculous reasons, I can say I’m fully convinced something is wrong with the vetting system.

I am also not able to appeal the decision, which is very disappointing. The decision came out in 4 working days post biometrics and this was not a priority or super priority appointment btw. Reason for refusal was tied to 1. Doubt on my employer (which is crazy because I work at a multinational of great repute - they claim my employer couldn’t be found on CAC’s website as a valid company, howww?? I literally use our CAC document to process permits for incoming Expats of various nationalities and with 100% success, I also had all sorts of supporting documentation to prove my employment), 2. Declared funds being 3x my disposable income despite having a solid statement (I had a closing balance of approx 2m and lump sum was clearly explained with bonus memo and payslip) showing flow of funds from my employer, and a strong LOE explaining all these in detail, payslips for 6 months, an introduction letter from my employer as well as a supplementary statement from another account of mine).

They also stated a budget of 1.1m is too much for a short stay trip and gives them reason to doubt that I would leave the UK. I used this budget inclusive of flights (in my head) but in hindsight, maybe I should have declared half of that instead especially since I’d be staying with family.

All in all, the decision is unfounded. And I’m completely stunned as I also have good travel history within Africa and to two Schengen states and never had an immigration issue or visa denial. The latter part of this upsets me the most because these guys have now spoilt my record undeservedly. If I saw this coming, I would have just applied for a Schengen visa jeje and saved myself this headache, and some money.

At this point, and with these flimsy decisions given without due diligence, I am not sure what more one can do to prove their application is genuine. It is well

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Travel › Re: Canadian Express Entry/Federal Skilled Worker Program - Connect Here Part 11 by thelma76(f): 8:20am On Jul 29, 2022

EsoEso:
Mr stupid opinion, will you give her money to sponsor the case if she hires an immigration lawyer? A lady that's heavily pregnant whose husband has gone AWOL with bills and other things to handle you are talking about an immigration lawyer etc.
You are calling in calvary from Canada sisters, do you even know if the man has even left for Canada or entered Canada. How about if he is just chilling in one hotel flexing, then you will go and be bugging ircc with lag of information
It's very evident that if she follows most advice from here, 5yrs from now she will still be in naija with no headway in this matter. She better apply 99 intelligence ...

You've assumed she's a weak woman and at the mercy of her husband. This is a woman who funded the financial requirements for this journey alone so I doubt hiring an immigration lawyer is going to be the herculean task you're making it to be. From every post you've made here, You're one of those men that see women as lesser beings. A typical patriarchy champion using phrases like "her humble apology", "apologize for peace sake", "we are Africans, let's do this the traditional way" (the traditional way of women always taking the blame, suffering in silence and dying while alive in their marriages). You've been casually making jokes out of the wicked situation this man has put his hevaily pregnant wife in by saying things like "he's just chilling in a hotel flexing" with a sprinkle of fake clownish emojis here and there. You're not even suggesting a facade apology just so she gets out of the situation and escapes that man, you're suggesting an apology so she can appeal to a man's narcissistic ego and continue to bear the emotional abuse just so "peace can reign" (peace, in this case, being the man's wounded ego getting all the attention and repair it doesn't even need while she wallows). You're clearly enjoying this drama and the fact that this women is visibly distressed. Smh. We know your type

This is not to discredit the fact that men go through their fair share of problems in marriage, after all they're human beings and not gods. So if women face their own share of problems, they would too.

But since the husband can play foolish games and jokes like saynomoore suggested as a possibility, aunty madam, I suggest you play the same game with him. You absolutely do not negotiate with a terrorist. It's a slippery slope and you'll find yourself in another headache shortly afterwards. Speak with an immigration lawyer that can advise you on the best way to handle this situation. . Also share what we have all advised and vet your options. It is well. May the Holy Spirit grant you discernment and the wisdom needed to overcome this situation.

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Travel › Re: Canadian Express Entry/Federal Skilled Worker Program - Connect Here Part 11 by thelma76(f): 3:40pm On Jul 08, 2022

Allegory:
Please who took ielts with mod last month, why are the results not showing online

Also very confused. If anyone has seen theirs, please show us the way

Travel › Re: Canadian Express Entry/Federal Skilled Worker Program - Connect Here Part 11 by thelma76(f): 4:23pm On Jun 28, 2022

ChristabelleD:
Please who can help me out, RSUST has been frustrating to send confirmation of result to WES back they keep posting every time my husband goes, now we get an email saying our WES File is on hold till the school responds. This Rivers university people are a nightmare, who else has gone through this with them, to send the result was war since november now to send the confirmation back another one.

I will advise you to remain dogged on this. There's always that one official that would sort this WES thing, even with the ongoing strike. Unfortunately, the only problem is you'd have to "grease their palm"... that's the state of things in this country, you pay extra for common things. Try and find out who this is, students would know. I found out mine through twitter searches using keywords related to my uni (not RSUST btw) and transcript/WES process

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Travel › Re: Canadian Express Entry/Federal Skilled Worker Program - Connect Here Part 11 by thelma76(f): 10:05am On Jun 27, 2022

Prettiepearlz:
I think you should consider writing ACCA F1 to F3 instead of CIMA. It gives the same evaluation report as CIMA. Pass mark is 40 and you need to write just 3 papers. Certificate is issued within 48 hours, transcript to Wes is free. If you studied an accounting related course, you can take 1 exemption and write 2 papers.

If the pass mark is 40/50, I support prettipearlz's suggestion. CIMA has a pass mark of 70% which is crazy especially when you dont have a background in accounting/finance

Travel › Re: Canadian Express Entry/Federal Skilled Worker Program - Connect Here Part 11 by thelma76(f): 3:21pm On Jun 23, 2022

Clairita:
Thank you. Is it better or faster to write TEF. I want to increase my CRS with either TEF or CIMA. I want to create an EE profile by December (hopefully IELTS) will be done and dusted

Nobody can confirm if it's faster or better dear�. It depends on what works for you. How good are you with languages/finance related stuff or how good are you with learning/picking up new things? If you don't have a finance background, try reading through the syllabus/topic breakdown for each module in CIMA to decide if it's a challenge you're willing to take on. You can also do this with TEF.

There's also the cost aspect of things. How much would CIMA cost you if you clear all papers at one sitting? The minimum it would cost you is 428 pounds and at the current exchange rate, that's about 300k . I don't know about TEF though but cost is also a big factor with this decision.

There's also time for preparation. How much time can you spare..which of the two exams would require more time and efforts from you...

Nothing good comes easy. Both exams aren't easy but they're great options!

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Travel › Re: Canadian Express Entry/Federal Skilled Worker Program - Connect Here Part 11 by thelma76(f): 3:13pm On Jun 23, 2022

Clairita:
Thank you. Is it better or faster to write TEF. I want to increase my CRS with either TEF or CIMA. I want to create an EE profile by December (hopefully IELTS) will be done and dusted

Hi Clairita! Just wanted to advise you based on my own experience. Start your evaluation now! Contrary to the responses you received, you can make payment for evaluation of two certificates and begin evaluating one(most probably your degree) while you complete the other (in this case, CIMA). I also want to correct a response that said CIMA certificate is only available in January. You don't even need your certificate for evaluation, once you're done with the Cert in Business Accounting, all you need is your transcript and letter of good standing. I got mine sent to WES and my evaluation completed within a week of writing my last paper. The certificate should get to me soon, I heard it takes about 6 weeks to be ready.

I'm saying this because you do not know for sure, how long your institution would take to respond to WES and send all required documents. It took UI 15months to complete mine for no sensible reason. So please start your evaluation process immediately! Also the exchange rate is getting worse daily! Better to close your eye and gather money to pay for two certificates evaluation at once. Once you're done with your certificate (if you choose to do CIMA) or if you opt for any other self-paced diploma, you can upload the results as soon as you're done.

Thats my two cents.

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Travel › Re: Writing CIMA For Express Entry?? Lets Meet Here! by thelma76(f): 6:37pm On Feb 24, 2021

I paid £75 for each paper. So 150 for the two.

Danny175:
Ok. How much did you pay per paper £75 or £77?

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