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Abdon01:
Graduated in 2015,
Went for Nysc in 2016 and pass out In may 2017

Let's chat on whatsapp @thesoj.....

Abdon01:
Reason for denial;
Purpose of visit
Travel history
...
I have bsc In Mathematics 1st Class and applied for Msc(thesis)mathematics

- Offer letter and acceptance letter from usask
- funding letter received from the usask($19k)
- all Cic documents
- bsc(mathematics) certificate
- primary and secondary school certificate
- SOP
- my statement of account (over 200k)
- sponsor is elder bro with same surname bank statement
- police clearance
-CV
- can't recall some other documents

ProfOjah1234:
Boss, Longest time sir!!.. Where have you been?

Oseni007:
Long Post Alert ooooooooo...I have applied for visa 15times in this life (yes 15times).US F1(9 times), US B1/B2 (once), Canada study visa (thrice), South Africa visit visa (twice), you will say ordinary South Africa, I will say ask ojcrown (she was refused 7 times). I can say I am one of the chairman on the board of trustee of the people who say “I am a silent follower/ reader”
From 2012-2014, I applied for F1 5times, same blue paper, same white building,I got a white refusal paper onetime sef. I decided to give Canada a shot armed with my impressive grade in Finance, I got admission from Mohawk and Lambton college respectively in 6days. Oya Canada bring visa, first and second attempt was refused in 1 and 3months respectively...

...I wasn’t expectant this time but I was determined to never give up(in Kanu's Voice) and go in one more one more like Desmond Doss, cut to the chase I applied 4 times in one month( June/July 2017) and I have my visa now, don’t even know how to celebrate cuz I don burn steam ,from the UNESCO dream, planned finance support projects all in my head “ 2 international passport with no travel history, 3 SEVIS Fee payment , 5 different admission letter ,10 visa fee payment, 10 DS 160 and of course 10 different VOs, I thank Allah, it has been written ”...Cheers.

jnyuwa02:
So there had been back and forth here with no resolution on whether it's possible to get a student status while visiting Canada without having to return back to Nigeria and apply for a TRV. Yes it's possible.

1. By applying while in Canada to change your status to that of a student if you belong to the listed class of visiting visa and temporary residents as enumerated in this link:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=483&top=15

2. Apply for TRV online while in Canada by sending application to the CIC office in Los Angeles, California.

DereI:
Okay, this is what my friend did....
Note that she is to resume by September 2017. So far, she has been working 5 hours daily every mondays to saturdays and earn a minimum of C$15/hr.
So this is it....you can actually work while waiting for resumption.

Osemigho:
Only him could have done it for the son of a pepper grinder. He sent this wonderful family to me to support the dream.

Special thanks to TheSoj for my documents review, especially my visa SOP. I frustrate the guy die as I was asking obvious questions and he will say "I am sure you know that na". He started with me since December 2016 during application period. I appreciate your time, money, efforts, advices, sacrifices, etc towards my admission and visa application. God bless you. Sir, I have some mentee too, and I hope to pass on your simpleness and sacrificing spirit to them.

Special thanks to Yemdogg, he was the one I could easily turn to for every question when our ever present and egalitarian elder -TheSoj- think I should know the answer. You are a brother from another mother. We will together celebrate something bigger. The heavens and earth will arise to make it happen for us. We were born for greatness and nothing can stop or change it. Not even ourselves can.

Thanks to nony1 for clearly telling me what to write in available funds, tuition, etc part of a cic document. No matter your offense, I owe you this one. Thank You, God bless you.

Thanks to others mentioned before, Vvvvv, Marvel4Love and many others. You all contributed to the journey.

Advise mainly from the thread was highly useful. Y'all all were my agent during the admission and visa application. I pray God will help me to contribute greatly to this mission for a very long time like TheSoj and Justwise.

Part 12 of this thread did not pass me by. I got my visa in it. Hallelujah!!!!

RealObserver:
My goodness!!!

Bro stop with your bickering and ill-informed posts, you are talking about things you have no experience of. People you see giving advice here are not just dishing it out for the sake of creating a post, they do it because they have an idea of how it works or have been through same situation in the past.

The lady in question asked the house for recommendations and the house is helping her out by sharing thoughts with her, you Mr. Man didn't say anything until you saw others sharing their thoughts, then you went on tackling every post on the subject matter...

There's this aura of dissent that you exude whenever you make a contribution, you want to always rub it on people's face that you know better, come on stop with your attitude, this is Nigeria, you are no longer in the US , learn to keep quiet when you have no experience whatsoever on the subject matter, and learn to respect people because the gurus you see here today have been around for over 2 years now and will be around in more years to come, but I am certain that you won't even remember this thread by September this year should you get your visa approved

Be humble... sit down

GermanDreamer:
canadian VOs don't understand career change. They are acting on the rules and regulations set out in assessing applications. Any glaring mediocre makes their work easier by rejecting it. I stand and advocate against any form of strong/compelling SOP my foot whenever there are INCONSISTENCIES as long as CANADA is involved

manlikegb:
@thesoj, hey bro, if I may ask, the SOP amounted to about how many pages eventually? Thanks.

jnyuwa02:
This is complete BS, I am surprised its coming from thesoj. I heard of quota in relations to an immigrant visa, not student or tourist visas. Even if there were quota to student visa, denial on flimsy excuses? This is not ethical and rational basis and I seriously doubt that visa officers do this. How did thesoj enter into the mind of a VO to know what they do in their inner chamber, denial because quota exhausted? If there were such a thing as quota, delaying an application to the next available season for adjudication is properly what should be done-not denial because quota ran out. I want some of what thesoj is smoking, if he is really the one that made such blatantly false allusions.

CanadianNurse:
I read from one post that @thesoj quoted in part 3 or so that the vo have a quota that they approve every academic season and once they reach that quota they won't approve any trv again, they will be denying based on multiple excuses

@thesoj I'm sure you guys must have meted the issue out then, please shed light on this!

Other gurus please what do you think? How true is it that they can't approve any application(no matter how perfect it is) after the reach a certain number of allocated slots for study permit for that season for fall/winter etc

famous17:
...My application was approved today...
Thanks to everyone who supported me in one way or the other...
Special thanks to ola and thesoj.

jnyuwa02:
Thanks for your very thorough, well researched and intelligent response. You indicated not wanting to apply from Nigeria yourself. Why is that?
I did my undergraduate studies in the United States and returned to Nigeria only a year ago to see my ailing mother. I am still Nigerian with an expired student visa. While in the United States, I saw many people apply for study permit while on a U.S. visitor's visa. So it is totally possible to do. Heck, I have seen people even without status, apply for a Canadian study permit in the U.S.. Those that came to the United States with a visa and overstayed it. I think the requirement in the United States for Canadian visa applicants that overstayed their visa in the United States, is that you must prove you have not been out of status in the United States for more than one year, at the time you are applying for Canada visa.

You mentioned those in Canada on a tourist visa sending their applications to the Canadian embassy in LA? Do you mean Los Angeles by LA? If so, why Los Angeles instead of any American embassy in the U.S. I remember a Canadian embassy been present in the city I lived: Seattle...

dapoddon:
Thanks boss. Me sef go enter one of the Five eye countries

dapoddon:
...Timeline:
Online application: 20th April. (upfront medicals)
Biometrics :21st April
Original passport request :23rd May
Passport submission : 26th May
Approval update 31st May.

M.A Economics, U of Manitoba.

Major shout-out to Thesoj for his consistent service to this thread...

kalohenic:
Today is that day the glory of God is revealed.
I just got a mail from CIC requesting for my passport.
....
A big thank you to TheSoj for reviewing my SOP and documents and guiding me on my application generally.
Justwise I am very grateful for your input and for this platform of knowledge.
Thank you.

michV:
@maziude thank you very much..@mcowubaba..thanks for the emphasis, I would have spoken more but lemme end it to that.

@the other moniker that arrogantly questioned my post, the last time I faced such encounter was the day I made it the last time to respond and express dismay to whoever that would naively come to attack me.I have no word to say to you.

Omoarukheo:
Hi,
I have been a silent follower of this thread and I am very impressed, kudos to everyonpe
I have questions and I'll be happy if they are answered:
1, I applied to Seneca and conestoga college for business pgd, and I studied banking and finance in school, will that fly or not
2, I haven't finished nysc and I applied against January admission, is my nysc discharge certificate a prerequisite for applying for my visa, cos I intend to apply at the end of next month, I'm serving with an audit firm and they are ready to give any document to support my application
I would humbly accept any suggestions
Thanks and God bless

blizz411:
Kindly assist guide me. I graduated with 2.1 mech engineering 2011 and have been working with the bank since 2014. I intend to run a masters programme in Canada. Is it convenient to switch to MBA because of my banking experience since i am in business development or continue M.eng in mech engineering?

Which will be an easier process for me?

Ayoola03:
@maziude please can you kindly tell us what to expect,how to cope considering the difference in teaching and learning methods in naija nd canny lastly what is the best way to start getting prepared for research masters in canada. Any current research master student's reply will be highly appreciated please advice!

AYOT12:
Good PM house
pls I need a clarification on something O
I am processing my Canada stuff via an agent.
I did biometrics on 24/01//2017
He informed me not too long that my application has been approved for medical but I v to get a bank draft of 10,000 Canadian dollar in my name and school's name for them to know that I have living expenses for my first year in Canada.
Pls can somebody explain wat dis clause/criteria means
And when do I need to fulfil dis criteria bfre or after medicals.
Pls I need urgent response ASAP

Moley22:
Hello Guys...Anyone knows about Brandon University or Concordia University for UNDERGRADUATE programme for JANUARY session?...I fear there might be a delay in the admission process of these schools which might disrupt the visa processing time here in Nigeria....I'm waaay to paranoid but i need answers...Do i go ahead and apply for any of these...I have high BP i mit faint after spending money in this economy

ademcoboy:
...Secondly, I am a fresh first class graduate (cgpa of 4.71 of 5.00). I will like to apply to university of Toronto due to the availability of guarantee funding that covers tuition and living expenses of 15,500 for the first year.
Can someone share experience about university of Toronto Admission?...

miella:
I wish you the best Sir. You can download IELTS materials from this page @thesoj, thanks to you...had to learn how to do this.

nestkojex:
[b] good evening lovely family. I just got the message below from the university of Manitoba. Please how best can a person secure a supervisor? I means the dos and the don'ts. Thanks

olugere:
Thank you so much. I resolve to Express Entry. Am grateful, will start to prepare for ielts

tommee:
@theoj
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm i am totally blown and woowed at your wealth of experience and contribution here most especially after reading the steps and stages you took that got your family friends TRV approved. However i have taken note of the bolded above and it will surely form the major part of my SOP. lastly i wanna beg and ask if you can help review my SOP when its written to be sure am on the right track or better still can i contact you privately for speedy communication please dont say no GOD bless you.

olugere:
...Pls,I am processing graduate certificate program in energy management at Algonquin college, 8 -months program but overall estimated to 1-year program
Pls, I have both Bachelor and master degree in Mechanical Engineering, working in power station + 6 years experience, 36 years age
Wife 31 yrs age, nursery school teacher, children 2, age both less than 5years

My question is that can a visa be granted for 8 months program?

...What is the probability of using this graduate certificate program to further my studies in Canada?

What document do you think I can put together to get a visa bearing in mind that money is not so available

Do we have anybody processing the school too