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Wow! Thanks for this

Osemigho:
Look for summer student positions on your school page or indeed.ca.

On indeed.ca, type ".... summer student" and fill the gap with your program or field name e.g Construction summer student, IT summer student, HR summer student, etc. Put the location to your city or change it to Canada to see positions available in other places. Then search. You will see summer student positions available to you. Some might allow you to work remotely. Remember to begin your search around by January. You don't have to do it everyday. Once a week is fine.

You'll see it in your portal under "eligibility review"

Halyshia:
please how do you check this thing?

How can one go about the bolded?

Osemigho:
The image attached is a fresh post on LinkedIn. The post suggest qualified immigrants struggle even in the booming IT and computer science field. This is why I emphasize program with Co-op or Internship. Canadian employers are usually nicer with student and fresh bachelor's employment and than professionals.

Rather than "hustle" throughout summer, you should use it to get summer student position if you don't have internship. Most summer student or internship position recruitment is between November and April. Note that in your calendar. Also network with working progessionals in your desired field. Those that fail to plan, plan to fail. I drop this topic.

Congratulations!
I'm next o amen!

Obibaby:
Jesusss oooo it's PPR guys!!!

Congratulations!
We that are waiting will get ours too in Jesus name...amen!

Raphchuks:
I thank God �

Amen!
To God be the glory

DamilareOla:
Passport stamped and returned via Abuja VAC.

It was sent from Ibadan on the 3rd February 2022 and arrived at my doorstep at 10 am on the 10th February 2022

Thank you Nairaland.

For all our PPR hopefuls, Hang in there, God will come through.

Best Wishes

That means they're the same thing

Gift212:
mine says "We are reviewing whether you meet the eligibility requirements."

Congratulations!

But why does IRCC keep applicants waiting for soo long before taking a decision...imagine 1 whole year, nawao.
Thank God it finally ended in praise and may the land of Canada favour you...amen!

tekst:
PPR finally dropped at 12 months after application! Thanks to everyone that has helped me with one clarification or another on this platform. More goodnews on the way for us all���

Amen!
Congratulations to your fiancée

Gennyoma19:
PPR Alert Guys!!!

P:S The application is for my fiancée. However, I was 100% involved in the second application. (we started dating in 2021)

Second Application - November 5th, 2021
First application in 2020 was refused based on purpose of visit, home ties and personal assets.

A quick backstory he has was studying for Masters and applied for a Post Graduate Certificate. He disclosed this in his first application.

What he I feel he did wrong in the first application:
1. He was not done with the Masters at the time he applied in 2020. (He studied in an Asian country)
2. His course of study did not really align with his background and he did not properly explain the reason for choosing that program in his SOP.
3. The Masters program is higher than the PGC Certificate.
4. Personal assets ( no need going into much details). We all know how IRCC operates with this refusal reason. Having enough money is not really a guarantee.

What we did differently:
1. Requested for GCMS notes, analyzed the refusal reasons and how to tackle them.
2. Changed course of study to a more related course. Though we still maintained a PGC
3. Had his sponsor Deposit his living expenses in his account.
4. Wrote a well structured letter of explanation and statement of purpose highlighting how the course of study will impact him and his home country and the opportunities available in this field in Nigeria.
5. Attached landed documents.
6. Added a co-sponsor for elaborate demonstration of proof of funds.
7. Prayed fervently.

Note: We still went ahead with the application despite him not being done with the Masters still. Although, it was properly explained in the LOE.(for once strong head don good).

*Application Submitted: November 5th, 2021
*Submission Confirmation: November 6th
*Medical Request: 21st January, 2022
*Medicals done: 2nd February
*Updated to pass: 4th February
*Eligibility review: I really don’t know when it started. It is still showing we are reviewing whether you meet the requirements.
*PPR and Correspondence Letter : 9th February, 2022.

Last last na God run everything. All glory belongs to him alone!!!

Documents Submitted:
All IMM forms
Letter of Admission
Bank statements (MBS) of both sponsors and applicant
Employment Letter
Landed documents (Survey plan)
Tuition receipt
Affidavit of Support
Letter of Sponsorship
Family pictures
Study Plan (one and half page)
Letter of Explanation (2 pages)

Thanks to Nairaland and you all that steadily give value on this thread. Everything I know and applied on the application was from this thread. I never travel before��. I appreciate you all. Those that answered my questions, may God bless you. I wish everyone in waiting PPR. Amen!

Good day Nairalanders,

My eligibility review started a weeks ago with "we're currently processing and checking if you meet the eligibility criteria" to "we assess whether you meet the eligibility criteria" as of today.
Please are both of the statements the same thing? Or do they mean different things?

Congratulations!
God is too faithful to fail.

Vee2021:
Who am I that you are mindful of me? God has done it.. PPR IS here. After waiting for so long. I prophesied that this week was my week and God did it.

I am a silent reader here and I joined after I submitted my application, although I avoided this place for a while because of anxiety. After several emails, mp sent mails as well, I have started classes online for Fall 2021 at lambton college, currently doing the winter term, just last week Thursday I was asked to send my updated letter of acceptance but I sent enrollment letter instead , then I received PPR this afternoon. This is my timeline.

Submitted- May 11th 2021
Biometrics- May 24th 2021
Upfront medical - April 28th 2021
I don’t know when eligibility started.
Updated letter of acceptance request - Feb 3rd 2022
Passport request- February 7th 2022
Yes 9months!

See ehn I was so scared, I trusted God but I’m human right? But God said his ways are not my ways.
I submitted all the necessary documents even sent my fall transcript, please whatever you do just keep trusting God.

Please who’s going to Lambton College (Sarnia campus) or is already a student there? Hit me up. Thank you.
I pray everyone excepting good news will receive it soon. Amen.

Congratulations to your best friend!

VonVictor:
PPR ooooooooooo!


I'm shaking

Congratulations!

Sapte:
Its PPR guys. I am coming back

Amen!
It'll end in praise

Chiziteremary:
It appears there are not many ppr's this week. The VO's may be reserving the ppr's for next week. I prophecy that we will have a rain of ppr's next week starting from Monday in Jesus name. Mine will be among the 1st in Jesus name

Yes

kennyjoy:
As your eligibility start?

Okay thank you

Anon123:
No..

Good evening to y'all

Please does IRCC notify applicants in any way after eligibility review starts on an application?

Hello Anon123

I sent you an email request, please accept/reply. Thank you.

Anon123:
No, you can not go for a masters with an HND as you will not meet the admission requirements.

The best bet is either an Advanced diploma or PGD at colleges (google can solve this ) in a course related to your work experience.

IELTS is optional

WES is optional but do not send any of your financial documents to WES

Congratulations!
I tap into your testimony.

DamilareOla:
IT'S PPR Guys!!!!


I'm coming back to drop timeline.

For those expectant, it will come. Just trust God.

Congratulations!
I tap into this speedy processing.

Anonyvx:
I just got ppr!!!
What God cannot do does not exist
December 7th applicant(2nd time applicant)
Thanks to this platform. I gained a lot here even if I already applied before I found this platform.

Congrats in advance to all ppr hopefuls. God bless you all

Congratulations once more and may the land of Canada favor you.

TeeMade:
Good afternoon house, long post alert!!!

My journey to getting SP started in August 2020 and has now ended in praise to the glory of God. I will be detailed in this post hoping that someone can learn from it, same way I learnt a lot from other people's post on this platform. To the gurus @frankrobbn, @justmellow and others, I hail oh...
See timeline below:

1st Application
- Submitted on Aug. 28th 2020
- Biometrics done on Sept. 2nd 2020
- Refused on Sept. 12th 2020
Resaon: Purpose of visit
In gcms note: VO stated the following:
1. Study gap (despite the fact that I'm studying an MBA with a specialization in Professional Sales and Business Development) and I have over 10yrs of work experience in the business field, out of which about 7yrs is in sales/business development till the time of the application.
2. Age which was 34 at the time
3. Fact that I got a US tourist visa in Jan. 2017, had a child in the US with the visa in Jan. 2018 and my visa renewal was refused in Oct. 2019. Na so dem write oh and no be sey I owe money oh, all relevant documents were provided and I visited the US in June 2017 before having the baby there in 2018 but as Trump no gree renew the visa in 2019, wetin we go do?

2nd Application
- Submitted on October 28th 2020 (This was before I received the gcms note because I was trying to meet up with January 2021 start date but thankfully, the issues raised were already addressed with proper documentation because I had joined this platform by then. Thanks to all the gurus). The only document I didn't add was "Change of Intent" email that I sent to the US Embassy in Nigeria after I decided to use my tourist Visa for child birth.
- Upfront medical passed on Nov. 20th 2020
- NSE request letter received on Dec. 1st 2020
- NSE requests submitted on Dec. 13th 2020 (used this opportunity to include the left out document and carefully explained it in the brief LOE submitted with the request.
- Refusal letter came on January 24th 2021
Reasons: purpose of visit, ties to Canada, financial status/assets, language test.
Gcms note stated the following:
1. Application pre-review comments stated that I had a child in the US and my visa was not renewed afterwards, hence, my intent to study was in doubt. I was livid seeing this because an application had just been wrongly judged even before going through the facts and documents provided.
2. The VO's comment was practically thesame as the pre-review comment so it became clear to me that the refusals were purely based on bias because of the child birth in the US and the visa renewal refusal - see wetin Trump cause.

By this time, I knew it would take more than a re-application to tackle and clear the bias. I needed to do more so I decided to do a JR.

- JR commenced in March 2021
- My lawyer had 30days to file all documents
- All documents submitted by April 2021
- IRCC correspondence had 30days to respond
- Response letter received in May 2020 and stated that they will not do any filling but they retained the right to file if the Judge decides to hear the case. (Sounded like they were trying to buy time but I didn't find it funny at all).
It was a long wait before the Federal court judge responded

- Sept. 15th 2021 - Judge responded that based on documents provided in the application, he can't understand why the application was refused and scheduled a hearing for Dec. 8th 2021.
- IRCC correspondence conceded upon receiving the judge's response, requested to settle out of court.
- They decided to set aside the refusal decision, reopen my application and have another VO review it. I'll also be allowed to submit updated IMM forms, LOA and any other documents I deemed fit to support my application.
- At this point, my lawyer advised that I should pay a substantial part if my school fees if not all and I did that.
- Also, I had renewed my UK visa for 2years while in JR process cos I was planning a vacation and I included this to show that I do not have any immigration issues. Also added (as argued by my lawyer in her submission) that the US refusal was based on the then US government's ban on African countries including Nigeria and not because I did anything wrong.
- This time, I didn't submit an LOE to explain my conditions but a statutory declaration with bullet point to address every concern/explain every point and it was notarized and sealed by the Canadian lawyer.

Application reopening timeline:
- Profile update on Sept. 30th 2021
- Request for updated documents on Nov. 3rd 2021
- Documents submitted on Dec. 1st 2021
- Medical request received on Dec. 8th 2021 (exactly 1 week from the date of submission)
- Medicals done on Dec. 20th 2021
- Medicals passed on Dec. 29th 2021
- PPR received on Jan. 12th 2022
- Passport sent through DHL to VFS Lagos on Jan. 20th 2022 (I was out of the country when I got the PPR, submitted as soon as I returned)
- Received 4 emails on Jan 24th 2022 confirming receipt of my documents in VFS Abuja office and confirming it's been sent to IRCC office
- Conterfoil and LOI dropped on Jan. 26th 2022
- Also received 4 emails confirming that my decision envelope is ready for collection on same 26th
- Received a mail confirming that my decision envelope has been received by VFS Lagos on Jan. 28th 2022
- DHL delivered my passport in the morning, today Jan. 31st 2022.

N.B: Compare the responses on Jan. 24th 2021 and Jan. 24th 2022. In exactly 1 year, I was smiling about something that got me worried and angry. Stay with God regardless of your current situation, He is too faithful to fail and He loves us too much to ignore.

All thanks to God, it has ended in praise...

I wish all PPR hopefuls all the very best and reasons to smile as God fulfills your heart desires this week and beyond.

Congratulations!
God is faithful indeed.

Jermaie0009:
God has done it for me, Thank you Anon123, and other Gurus on this forum ….God bless you guys

First application: applied September 2020, rejected January 2021
Reasons: purpose of study and personal and financial aspect
Order my gcms ,Mistake I did in my first application was applying for a diploma course when I have masters, and for the financial aspect another mistake was submitting only my dad’s company account.

I reapplied again… but this time I changed my school and my course, also added my dad’s personal Account , his company Acct and my personal Account.

Going to conestoga college,I paid 1,500 of my acceptance fee and I submitted , after I submitted my application I attached my tuition fees through webform


second application : Applied September 5, 2021

Documents submitted
BSC
Bsc transcripts
Waec
Nysc Certificate

Dad’s salary account closing balance was 18m
Dad’s company account
My personal account closing balance was 600k
Award contracts from the company
Dad’s appointment letter from work
Dad’s letter of promotion
Sworn affidavits of coming back after studies
Sworn affidavits of sponsorship
Landed properties
My mum NIN
My dad international passport
My brothers DOB

My personal account
My work id
My leave letter
Appointment letter
Sop 1 and half page
LOE
Upfront medicals

The wait was not here but Glory be to God ….it will end I Praise for everyone waiting �

quote author=Jermaie0009 post=109826981]This week PPR will choke for me and others waiting ….AMEN

Hello Buchi,

You can as well drop it here on the thread so others who might want to do it can benefit from it. Thanks.

buchito1:
DM me.. Lemme show you how I did mine.

EASY and cheapest way. Cause lawyers go chop your money, cut your neck!

May Canada favour you...congratulations once more.

LoyeeB:
Landing Gist

Ive come to give back to the thread that gave so much to me.

I pray that God answers the prayers of all PPR hopefuls and fulfill your heart desires.

Long post brace yourself!

Departure: January 26
Airline:KLM

Flight was scheduled for 10:45pm but I got to the airport by 6pm and I'm glad i did, Father Lord it's like a massive crusade was going on at the airport.

I had about 8 eight people with me, man never traveled before in the end only my mum and dad could get in and that's because I know someone.

So I was directed to the customs guys first, the people there were already tired, they just asked me if it's my first time travelling and purpose of travel, they opened my bag and just scanned through and said I should 'bless' the guys I dropped '5H' and move.

Next the person i knew led me to a shorter queue and made me understand that the line is for business class, I had economy. She told me not to talk about my ticket and went to work. Almost after she left someone started checking people's tickets and sent like 3 people away from the queue (at this point I was just calculating ehn) finally he came to me and said "what's your class of ticket" and I said "good evening" he asked the question again and for whatever reason I confidently said "KLM" then he asked that I show him my ticket i bought out my phone and took my time trying to locate my ticket then he left.

Immediately he left, the person that brought me to the queue came back and i told her so she went and talked to the guy. The next challenge was my baggage i wanted just 1 bag as i don't like carrying load and made the mistake of not weighing it at home (please try to do this it will save you stress) it was weighed as 44kg instead of 23kg so i had to split into 2 at the airport.

I was cleared and my documents were checked and was given my boarding pass then i went to say my final goodbyes to others that couldn't come in then proceeded to board. My backpack was checked then I boarded.

We landed at Amsterdam at 5:55am, and had to wait for 5 hours for the connecting flights. My documents were checked again and I boarded.

We arrived Toronto at 3:45pm local time, went to the self declaration machine and answered some questions the receipt was printed I went to join another queue, the lady there asked for my course duration and if i know someone in Toronto and then made some markings on the receipt then told me to join another line.

I waited for my turn and the man on the counter asked for my documents, he asked why I arrived late (resumption was January 10) and I told him that there's an option to attend classes online and I've been having online classes. He asked for my course duration and said he will give me 3months extra and that im welcome to apply for an extension if need be and then he issued my study permit.

Next i went to get my luggages it was so easy and went for the covid test make sure you register online.
I was done in 15mins and left. All along I was thinking "the cold sef no reach I'm gonna bouce it off" but my people immediately I came out of the airport
My spirit and soul literally left me and ran back into the airport ooo but came back sha and we moved.

Advice: if you are coming in winter get plenty winter wears o, the clothes for Nigeria's weather are useless.

Documents:
POE Letter
Acceptance letter
Confirmation of Enrollment
ArriveCan receipt
Quarantine plan
Travel Authorization letter
Passport ofcourse
COVID card
PCR test result
Tuition fees receipt

I also printed my Statement of account just in case but I didn't use it at all.

Once again thank you to the gurus and everyone on this thread. I wish us all great successes in all our endeavors. Amen.

N70k for police clearance certificate Lmao that police officer should be jailed for fraud!
Something i did for N7,500 and i was still crying that it was expensive and a criminal told you N70k for same thing kai.

Uzoamaka123:
Hello everyone.
Thankful for this platform.
finally all the piece of my student visa journey is finally making sense .
it’s been a roller coated trying to find schools with specialization in Human Resources or management. They all require gmat or gre and I’m trying to save cost lol.
Please what’s the disadvantage of a 1 year program to a two year program. I found some management masters program but it’s 1 year .
the employment relations I applied for at MUN is 1 year but can be completed in two years but it’s one year work permit me I’ll get.

also, I’ll like to find out the following. Would appreciate it if someone replies biko.
A police officer told me it’s 70k for the police clearance certificate. Biko what’s the price .

Congratulations!

username12:
Jesus you love me too much oooooooo too much o, too much ọ excess love ooooo

Guys! It's PPR!!

GOD ALMIGHTY has done it for me. I can't express my joy and thankfulness to him.

I'll come back with full gist later in the evening.

Applied via new portal

God bless you Tobe1997. You're the best friend ever.

Frankrobbn, you're a grand guru. God used you to make this happen.

Amen!
Thank you

Calmdancer21:
November wow!!! Congratulations

This new thread 21 is giving me joy
Congratulations on your PPR!

phummy1821:
IT'S PPR
#January24th2021applicant
Family application
Primary applicant: Husband 43
Spouse (me): 37

LONG POST ALERT

You are too faithful to fail me
You are too faithful to disappoint me
You’ve proven yourself in my live
And I have to realize
You’re too faithful to fail me

You’re too loving to leave me
You’re too loving to leave me halfway
What you start
You always finish
Lord I‘ve to realize
That You’re too loving to leave

Application submitted: 24th of January 2012
Biometrics: 26th of January 2021
Upfront medicals: 19th of May 2021
Medicals updated: 20th of May 2021
I ordered 3 GCMS notes but nothing tangible was there, kept sending emails to them from time to time yet nothing.

8th of September 2021: PPR for my husband
I thought mine will come in the next days or weeks bot for where . We were happy but couldn't really celebrate it as we wanted to go as a family.
October
November
December nothing still. So I contacted the MP of my husband’s school. She got back to me in January 2022 and ask for my proof of vaccination which I sent to her immediately.
On the 8th of January, exactly 4 months after my husband’s PPR I started sending 10 emails to them daily at exactly 8am in the morning. It became a routine for me.
Later the London office which is our secondary office replied me that they can't trace my application. I started crying and told my husband let's reapply through the new portal.
Last week Saturday, Nairobi office replied me that I should send evidence of my husband’s enrollment which I did immediately.
This morning I was about to send the 10 emails when I received email from Abuja that I should log in and check my account. Lo and behold my PPR was there.

After a year of submitting a family application and over 4 months of my husband’s approval, IRCC finally released my PPR.

DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED
For my husband:
All IRCC forms
SOP
Introduction letter from work
Leave approval from work
Bank statements
Admission letter
Deposit receipt
Properties documents (4)

For myself:
Introduction letter from work
SOP
Leave approval from work
Salary account
Marriage Certificate
Family pictures
Our son American birth certificate

All in all I give all the praise to Jehovah, the wait was not easy. It affected my mental health especially when I think of the probability of my husband leaving us behind. He already started his classes online.

5months now and you haven't gotten medical request? Wow!
Your application has passed standard processing time maybe you should do upfront medicals instead.

It'll end in praise by God's grace.

SandraOvie:
Finally we are here! 21st Thread.
I'm grateful to all our guru's oh! Una well done!

I book my medical request and PPR space on this thread, inshallah.

August 9th regular route applicant, no show, no activity, on my page! Nothing! Really tiring.

To all those waiting,may our wait be worthwhile!

Amen! .

Sandra Ovie.

Amen!!!
It'll end in praise and i shall testify on this thread by God's special grace.

Frankrobbn1:
I have been anticipating to see the end of the Part 20 thread, and it is with a great pleasure of mine to officially welcome everyone to the Canadian Student Visa Thread PART 21. I strongly believe that this new phase of the thread would bring postive changes on various applications and many shall share their success stories.

As a senior member and major contributor of this platform, I take the opportunity to invoke the power in the name of Jesus Christ and speak in life into every TRV applications awaiting response from IRCC. Today, I come with the full anointing of the Holy Ghost and I stand as an Oracle of the Most high God to decree and declare that as many of you that are believing God for TRV success, may God in heaven open every closed doors in your life and may the Visa officers at the Canadian embassy be forced to grant you your visas... Brethren, there is no immigration case God can't solve, believe in his word that “He has made everything beautiful in its time.” (The Bible, Ecclesiastes 3:11).

I, therefore call forth the heavenly beings (Archangles) to take charge of every applications on this platform and perfect everything that concerns your application this time. This part 21 will be filled with lots of testimonies and success stories in Jesus Name!

If you believe strongly in the grace of God Almighty, as you punch on the LIKE BUTTON, may heaven intervene in your case and may your application find favour in the sight of the visa officer. As you shout the loudest AMEN!, may it come to perfection in Jesus name!.

Your Case is settled forever... Go and Rejoice for your success story is near.

Part 21 Grace --------------------------》100% Loaded!

I am rooting for everyone and looking forward to a prolific reign on this thread. I'm also committed to ensuring the continuity and progress of this window.

As always, IT WILL END IN PRAISES FOR EVERYONE

Congrats man!!!
We have same application date.
It'll end in praise for me too...amen!

buchito1:
PPRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!

NOVEMBER 29th Applicant!!!

OH MY LORD JESUS!!!!!

What did I do to deserve this love!!!!!

Who say God no dey!? Come tell it to my face!!!!

Amen!!!

Bankowner:
As many of you looking to be in Canada, I pray for you today that it will be so. I look forward to hear from you on this side.

And if you're coming very soon, be prepared for the winter cold. Wish you a safe trip.