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I dont think you read my previous posts closely. The contention is not whether the company belongs to him or not -- it is clear that he is a part owner. I am saying that owning the company doesn't mean he should write his SOP on company letterhead (though he can in the legal sense).

If I were the OP, I would write my SOP on a regular paper, then I would get my aunt to write a letter on company letterhead describing how my education in Canada would help the company. The aunty would also emphasize my part-ownership of said company and whatever else needs to be said about my involvement in the company.

Anyways @Thomby2k12, whatever you decide won't be a deal breaker. Just giving my two cents.

berexio1:
My guy, u are not getting it..anything he has as partnership is his property whether in an company or outside a company....This is not to be debated..For the single fact he is a director, that coy belongs to him..jointly though

@berexio1, while he (I stand corrected if the OP is a she) may own the company, his TRV application is not an application for the company. It is a personal application, not company business. That he may own a portion of the company is auxiliary information that will be included in the application. If the OP were my sibling, my advise would be to not write it on company letterhead unless the application was for the company (which is not the case here, the company is not applying for a TRV for itself). Conclusion: he can, but he shouldn't.
@Thomby2k12

berexio1:
That means u co-own the company...u can write on the coy letter head. This is not an issue at all

I don't think it is a good idea to write your SOP on the company letterhead. You are applying for a TRV for yourself (not the company), and the SOP is your personal story. What benefit could possibly come out of writing it on company letterhead (even if u were CEO)? Imho, writing it on company letterhead may unnecessarily confuse the VO. I can't come up with one single justification for writing it on company letterhead.

When you say "can [you] use the company as [your] personal asset?" How would you do this? If your SOP is well written, then it would be obvious to the VO that the company ties you to Nigeria. Other than that I'm not understanding how you would use the company as a "personal asset".

Thomby2k12:
Gurus in the house, I'm a co-director of a company and my aunt the managing director; can I use the company as part of my personal asset?

Also can I use the company's letterhead to write my SOP?

You are welcome. You could probably apply in either place, whichever you deem convenient or advantageous. If you are to apply in Egypt though, make sure your permanent residency there will be valid for as long as the estimated application processing time, otherwise you might be refused by default. In any case, pls also do your own research via the CIC website. Best.

Kindmind25:
Thank you so much I really appreciate your concern over my advise needed.. Please I will like to ask again should I apply here in Nigeria or I can go ahead to apply in Egypt as I'm a permanent resident over there till December... I will appreciate your respond to my question once again...

I'm not an expert with Canada visas, but it might be best to just apply for an immigrant visa to Canada given that you are married to a Canadian.
Your non-immigrant visitor visa application is likely to be refused again because you have extremely strong ties to Canada due to your wife being there. I would recommend that you do some deep research on getting an immigrant visa to Canada through your Canadian wife. Scour through CIC's website and I'm sure the information is on there somewhere. Best of luck. PS: this is just my relatively informed opinion but I am not an expert whatesover.

Kindmind25:
...visitor visa...My application has been refused 2 times ...
Travel history
Family ties in Canada and home country...
My second application... refused again
Travel history and identification documents
Family ties in Canada and home country
Employment statues and insufficient found
I'm married to a Canadian citizen...

Also, doing some quick Google searches should help you narrow down schools. In addition, contact @Gu2015, he/she is a Nairalander starting a Mechanical Engineering PhD in Canada this fall; I found his/her Nairaland post on this thread by entering the search phrase " "mechanical engineering" phd canada nairaland" (without the the outermost inverted commas) into Google. You can find similar info through google as well. Best.

mondob2k:
Thanks. See u when I'm done reading

Resend. Didn't receive it.

lakusi:
Replied your email and expecting your response boss.

I'm not a reader of this thread but stumbled upon this post randomly. Just wanted to say you don't necessarily need to be in the US for up to eight years to obtain permanent residency (assuming you are on an F1 student visa).

Since you will obtain your MSc in software engineering, this is a really hot area that would enable you to get your US permanent residency in possibly two years from when an employer files on your behalf. What you need to do is to get a job with an elite tech company like Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Twitter, etc and you will have your green card in hand likely three years from when you start working for them (many companies file for you six months to a year after you start working... some even start earlier). Btw, I live in the US and came on an F1 visa and now have a green card. I am an engineer as well.

Anyways, keep doing your Canada runs but don't count out getting PR in the US, especially since you are into software.

castrogee:
...
However, having lived in the West (America) I know that as an Immigrant your chances start the moment you become a permanent resident. Conversely, to be a permanent resident (for my visa status) I need at least to stay legal in the US for eight years - many of my friends don't mind staying that long - but for me; I don't see myself staying in the states for eight straight years just to be a permanent resident...

Nice one bro... I see what you did with the link there. Another trick: if you want to link directly to a specific post on a page, right-click on the text above the post (i.e. "Re: Travelling To Canada Part 8" ) and copy the link. Using the Nairaland text editor you can hyperlink directly to said post, not just the page of the post.

sholay2011:
I dey feel your responses for this thread. Ride on bro.

Read the previous 50-100 pages and you will find your answer on a platter of gold .
Also read through @richcasey's links for a condensed treasure trove of valuable information.

I would advise that you don't only apply to schools with cheap tuition particularly if your BSc CGPA is above 4.0. As a PhD applicant, you should get funding if you play your cards right; this post (link edited) should help you on tips to find a research supervisor.

After you get admission, you should read at least 400-500 pages of the thread.

mondob2k:
I knw I am kind of late here. I'm interested in a PhD prog in Canada. I need ur advice on an affordable Uni. Tuition free is preferable. I hope i will find help here. Thanks.

Lol! I just read my response to your email. I just asked you for your profile o, that no be forming I fit form for you sha if you want .
In any case, share your profile on here and we will tackle the reasons for your prior delay.

2grozz:
Yes oh
Plenty....
Plus forming official for me over email...
Forgive me
Am not as discipline as u...
Lol

Lol. How i dey bone you na? did you ask me a question that i didnt respond to?

2grozz:
Thesoj.....
First of all I greet u sire with hands up....
2ndly be boning me oh....dere is God oh

@lakusi I just responded.

Your question is ambiguous and that could be why no one has answered. It is unclear if you need help with Australia or Canada. In any case, if you are interested in Express Entry to Canada, there is a different helpful thread for that. People on this hyperlinked thread would be in the best position to help.

Bahaushiya:
Good morning house. Please doesn't anyone have an idea on what I asked? I'd appreciate a response please. Thanks.

@Onyeoma3 Thanks man. Very valuable.
@sholay2011 You are welcome.

@Chicoboy
Yes it should be on company letterhead and the company should state why they are sponsoring you and the amount per year. It would also be beneficial if they stated info like what you do for them, how your education would benefit the company, when they expect you back, how your role will change once you come back, etc. Basically, they should include all possible info that the VO may wonder about.

Thank you. See the attached image for how to create a hyperlink in the Nairaland text editor.
Also, I am quite ok at using different tricks to use google to find most things, even content on Nairaland.

Also, it is easier to use Google to find something that I've once read on this thread so long as I remember a key phrase from the post. In addition, I also have a document where I save links from this thread that I consider to contain extremely high value information.

sholay2011:
You must be a good researcher. The way you just hyperlink info and reference to the particular source of info is admirable.
Did you have to type the URL or how did you do the hyperlink reference? I want to learn sir. Thanks

Thanks for the excellent advice, bro. Yes, he will also include all the same sponsor documents as we did for my sister's application. What I had meant in the quoted post was that the only submitted SOA that is in my bro's name is the dom account one.
I will package the application very tightly and hope for the best. My main concern is that I don't want the VO to give a "Personal Assets and Financial Status" denial, so we need to write an extraordinary SOP!

ayooluwatoni:
Stating the dependent should not limit your brother's chances. But I don't think you need to go into full details about your sister, that is, she's studying in Canada. You can leave that to the VO to determine; while you just state she's starting a master's prog which will last for 2 years in January and her sponsorship will not in any way affect ur brother's. Pls if u also av time to go through the process of sponsor's bank statement and other sponsor's doc u provided for your sister, pls provide for him too......it worked for your sister, let's hope it will work for him too. I believe it should give more weight to the sponsor's claim of having sufficient funds to sponsor both of them...... No matter how you calculate the living expenses, make sure it is not less than 10k cad, even if it means making the variance "miscellaneous expenses".

Go through these links posted by richcasey, and read the last one hundred pages if you are in a hurry. Preferably, start from page one of Part 8 (and/or any previous Part).

TemmieDeal:
Pls am new on nairaland. But this canada pgd prog talk seems very interesting. I also wana go jan 2016 and am equally appkying for pgd in human resources. Wana know aw long and aw sure the whole process is. Esp for conestoga college. And aw the work permit tin works.

@Graviton2, just sent you a mail. Btw, you don't need a Letter of Clarification if your SOP covers whatever you want to convince the officer about. It's all up to you. For my sister, we used a separate Letter of Clarification because I wanted to write a different letter to address the "insufficient funds" issue.
@TheBae, you are one super helpful person... I like

Bummer. Yeah I'm thinking you may also need to boost your sponsors' bank statements then. Or get an additional co-sponsor. I hope in this application you were meticulous about including documents about all your sponsors' sources of income/funds. Perhaps because you are UG, the VO needs to see bank statements in the double figures (as berexio1 stated). Also, maybe your sponsors' letters need some tweaking.

Edited: @Graviton2 yes the sponsor bank statements have to be six months. The four-month statements you submitted could also have caused the VO to be skeptical.

Graviton2:
In my first (This is my second), I made sure I filled the "other" section too...Yet I was denied for the exact same reason as now.

Lol. true true. I like the way your mind works.

TheBae:
Yes of course, it all depends greatly on the SOA and dependents. Someone can have N50M SOA and still get denied for insufficient funds because he has 20 siblings, 15 of which are dependent on the same sponsor. So yeah, a lot of factors need to be considered before dropping huge figures

True... makes sense. UG lasts four years after all.

berexio1:
UG finances I have studied so far require 2digit SOAs..U can read back the thread to confirm this..finances has to be strong...

Yeah if I were Graviton2, I would only add like $12k CAD (total of "room&board" plus "other" ) to the tuition, and then write the total (no more than $26k CAD) as funds available for my stay. This would put less pressure on the bank accounts.

Edited: Writing $52k is okay if the bank statements are massive enough to handle it. In my sister's app, we wrote the total amount that the sponsor promised for the two years total; but putting an amount for one year is ok too.

TheBae:
Lol it's just weird. I know for sure that my father won't drop $52k just like that but I guess it happens like in your case
Of course with a very attractive SOA (which is not the case in his application), it'd probably pass if he's his sponsor's only dependant. They probably know that his aunty won't give him $20k anyway, the SOA gave that away. I think that's the major problem, $52k is too much for the SOAs presented

The fact that he is a university representative doesn't mean that he understands how to fill study permit application forms to CIC. His job is to help with admissions or to advertise the school, not to fill and understand visa application forms. Also, his being white has nothing to do with it (no offense, just saying). The guy is wrong, actually (I'm usually not this blunt lol).

University admissions representatives have compartmentalized jobs, and I wouldn't expect them to know how to fill student visa application forms correctly. This is not their job. They do not work very closely with or for CIC, and they can't even influence CIC's decisions.

"Funds Available For Your Stay" refers to funds available for your time in Canada. (read through Step 2 in the hyperlinked page). To me, it is pretty clear; and every link I found online corroborates this.

eetti:
In reference to the bold text, I once argued with a Canadian University representative (White guy) about summing up tuition +room and board + others to get funds available for your stay and he refuted. What I finally filled was the image provided.

@deedee0, makes sense. Thank you.

@berexio1, the best policy is to make it simple for the VO to assess one's application. Based on this premise, it is best to have the amount in "room&board" plus "other" add up to at least $10k CAD, therefore meeting CIC's minimum requirements. This obviously doesn't mean that the applicant still couldn't be denied for other reasons.

@TheBae is the new detective on the thread, a la @hayqinsbFX. I love your questions

TheBae:
Kindly explain how you arrived at $52k.. I'll assume the actual amount you may need is about $30k for 2yrs. What about the $22k, what is it for? That's a lot of money and puts so much pressure on your SOAs.
How many siblings do you have? What position are you in your family?

Yeah I agree it would be a problem if the $52k CAD doesn't corroborate his sponsors' earnings and/or bank statements.
This is why it is sometimes good (for people with cosponsors or complicated finances) to create a spreadsheet or table to itemize every source of funds and how it adds up to the amount one stated in the "Funds Available For My Stay" box.

eetti:
Having the stated amount in the sponsor's account does nail it, you have to show prove that the sponsor would give you that amount of money, this people don't earn that in a year and you claim that amount of money would be available to you. It sounds fishy.

@eetti
It is okay to put $52,000CAD as funds available for your stay if his sponsor letters can back that up. Nothing wrong with writing down a higher amount if the financial documents corroborate it. One of the issues he needs to fix is putting at least $10k CAD in addition to tuition.

Edited: @eetti "Funds Available For Your Stay" refers to total funds available for your stay, meaning the amount that will be available to cover "tuition"+"room&board"+"other expenses". The image you posted looks like a form that wasn't properly filled.

I mostly agree, unless the sponsor is a parent in which case many prior applicants have put the total bank statement balance as funds available for your stay. But I agree that the safest route is to put the amount stated by the sponsor as the funds available.

TheBae:
I don't think it's advisable to put the total of the bank statement balances as the funds available for study. If possible, there should still be about 30% of the total funds available for study left in the accounts + good inflow and outflow of cash. No one will use their life savings to sponsor him (at least that's how the VO may see it).

While I would like to think that it is not the sole reason for his refusal, it could be one of the key reasons for his refusal. His sponsor's financials looks pretty good. CIC states that tuition plus $10k CAD is a minimum requirement. The $10k CAD number is not a guideline, it is a minimum requirement. Not meeting that requirement could have soured the VO's disposition towards the application.

berexio1:
I agree with u as I also stated same thing u said here..Bt I think putting 8k there is not the reason for his refusal...

@berexio1 I agree that it doesn't have to be exactly $10k. But the total (of Room&Board plus Other) definitely should NOT be lower than $10k according to CIC. @Graviton2 should play it safe and follow CIC's clearly stated requirements on this one. This is one of the issues he should fix.