johnstan:


You will be notified via email and that makes it nerve racking. U will be fast and slow to open your portal at the same time lol. It's not a nice feeling until you see *original passport request*

Yooo. An acquaintance submitted to Abuja on the 19th got a notification that their PP has been dispatched today.
They also got that mail we got on the 25th. I really dunno what Lagos' people fates are bayii.
Any update on your end?

padie77:
Got a refusal on Nov 28th

Application submitted - - November 15th
Biometrics collection letter --November 16th
Biometrics date -- November 21th
Biometric completed--November 21th
No info about medical
Going for a year PGD course at Geogian college
School Resumption date - May 2023

Refusal reason-- Your assets and financial situation are insufficient to support the stated purpose of travel for yourself (and any accompanying family)

I submitted POF of 20m, Inflow outflow of 40m

What could be wrong?

Hi,

So sorry about your refusal. There could be a number of factors responsible for this.

- Are you self sponsored or sponsored by immediate family member or third party?
- How many years work experience do you have and did you show proof of income?

johnstan:


I contacted VFS via chat after ppr dropped and they sent me a mail detailing the ppt submission process so I knew before going to DHL, I didn't even know people did 2 way DHL service till I stumbled on it here after submission.

No feedback yet, wanted to chat them today but change my mind because their last email update was in Friday.

Ok no wahala na.
Maybe once it is back in Lagos, I'll go and pick it up in-person.
Hope I won't have issues since I didn't pay that 9310 fee? I only paid 990 own but I don't even get any SMS

johnstan:


I'm not certain about this stage but VFS always state that they usually return ppts through their own courier service and I don't think it's DHL.

Why not contact VFS to know the courier service they used so you can track the package and retrieve it timely.

Omo DHL didn't tell me this o. They collected money for two-way from me.
Any update on your passport yet?

olutoyiin:
Bepositive11 and olokings trust u guys are great can't seem to find 7COLOURS. Glad to hear from everyone, currently shopping for cheap flights to vancouver while praying for my family's application. It will end in praise

Unfortunately she deactivated her account after she was rejected. The weird thing is her eligibility said Recommend Passed or Passed, not sure which before she was eventually rejected.
Was pretty sad.

olutoyiin:
my Geeee congrats, super happy for you.Thanks for the mention. May canada favour you, for me it's being a mix of a whole lot of emotions, still hoping for a miracle for my family's application. Regardless your sucess brought lots of smiles to my face

God that did yours will perfect that of your family speedily. Appreciate the goodwill. We’ll all have cause to rejoice always.

Frankielilbaby:
Please guys for the VFS consent form, I just watched a YouTube video that says we are only expected to fill the 2nd part and leave the rest blank, please is this true?

Yup yup

Buxel:
Hello guys, its Ppr. I received my stamped passport today!!!!!
I have been an active reader on this platform but 1st time posting.

I am a 2nd time applicant.

1st application submitted on 24th April, 2022 and breakfast was served on 15th June, 2022 for financial assets wahala.

Contacted Makano and we worked on GCMS notes which took forever to come (the devil is a liar).
2nd application was submitted on 30th September, 2022.
Truly, what God cannot do, does not exist!

By His grace, I will be resuming for winter class at Northeastern University Vancouver. (My Vancouver folks, where una dey?)

Attached is my timeline for the rest of the story.

Hey hey
Congratulations. Where did you submit your passport to pls?

Leadforteservic:
Your a great guy and always willing to help. Most people that got their PPR later abandoned this thread but you and a few others (I think johnstan and others I can't remember their monikers) still followed the thread advising, helping and encouraging others.
God will bless you and others like you and Canada will favour you in the name of God

Amen Amen thanks.
Really hoping others can do the same but I mean, it is what it is.
May God help us all.

chigozieevans:



@Johnstan and @Thomsyn - personally, your posts and comments have been of numerous help to me since I started following this thread. I have learnt a lot from you guys.

Congratulations bro
One love

Many cheers bro. It pays to do good and to give back. I myself learnt from people on here. It’s only best I give back the same knowledge cos the sky is big enough for us all to fly.

Wish us all the best

Frankielilbaby:
Hi guys,
I haven't been here for a while. The last time I posted I said I would share my timeline when my PPR drops well today it dropped. I am so excited guys. For all those waiting please don't give up. Hang in there.

Congratulations!!!

johnstan:


Lol, I was about to contact them on chat when I got this exact mail.

Booked my flight today after several searches for a good price.
Ethiopia airline. N915k - 1 stop at Addis Ababa.

We move....

Wow!! Lucky for you. How many hours is the trip duration plus layovers?

Also, any idea how long it takes to get the passport back from now?

johnstan:


Congratulations once again.
Your POF case is same as mine and God did it.

It's safe to say that the POF info on IRCC still holds water, however, showing POF for the entire program duration would not be a bad idea.

Hi johnstan,

Have you gotten this mail?

Your application, tracking ID No.123456789 has been received and is under process at the IRCC Office on xyz

Regards,

VFS Global

Thomsyne:


Wish you all the best.

PPR - Passport Request: Once your application is approved, the visa office sends you a letter requesting for your passport so they can affix a counterfoil on it.

IRCC - Immigration, Refugees and Citizens Canada: Its like Nigerian Immigration but that of Canada

Webform - This is a form available for you to fill and submit to IRCC based on your request. It could be maybe you have an update to your application you want to send to them, or you want to ask for application status, etc. Think of it like contact form.

IOM - International Organization for Migration: Medical Institute in Lagos and Abuja where you do your medical screening for purpose of immigration. There's also QLife

Nairobi Office - This is IRCC's office based in Nairobi, they are mostly responsible for processing Nigerian Study Visa applications

Upfront Medical - Typically, after you submit your application to IRCC, after some time, they send a request for you to go for medical screening. At this point, finding a close date might not be possible. In addition, it could take some time for your results to get to IRCC and for your application to get finalized. So imagine this extra wait after waiting for months to get an update on your application. Now, upfront medical is pretty much going to do your medical screening even before IRCC requests for it in order to save time.

MP - Member of Parliament: Think of them like House of Rep member in Nigeria. So in cases where an application is taking too long, people contact the MPs within the area of their school to help them get feedback from IRCC. The details might not be lengthy but it more often than not has information that isn't on your application portal. Some postulate that it triggers an action on your file - especially if it's past the standard processing time and I think I agree.

CBSA - Canada Border Services Agency: Pretty much border control but the reason you'll see this here very often is because.... I'll get to that. You can order something called GSMS notes from IRCC. These notes contain detailed information about your application and people use this to travk the progress on their application. Now you can order your notes from CBSA and this typically arrives in 30 days standard. It contains pretty much the same thing you'll get from IRCC. The GCMS notes ordered from IRCC takes like 30-300 days now. Even that 30 days no sure.

MBA - Masters of Business Administration

cc Lagoseko GCMS and CBSA explain above. SOP is statement of purpose. Basically a letter you write to the embassy stating your reason for applying for a study permit.

Aduragbemioluwa:
Hello thomsyne, please I need your assistance on how to order the notes. Which one is faster gcms or cbsa. Also please can you explain to me how you ordered your notes. My application was refused since Sept and I have been confused on how to order my notes. I have a question and this question is directed to you and other members in this forum
Please is it possible for me to get all the documents including SOP that I used to apply for my study visa. I used an agent in my first application and he did not do a good work on file. So I told him that I am not going to reapply again that I want my tuition deposit. Meanwhile I don't want to work with him again so I requested for all the documents he used to apply for my visa which he gave me, but I just have the suspicion that the Sop he sent to me is not the actual Sop he used to apply for my visa. To clear my doubts that is why I asked this question.
Please forgive me for my lengthy write up, To everyone expecting PR God answer your prayers. You shall have testimonies.

Hiii,

So sorry about your refusal. You can get your full notes from https://gcmsnotes.com/ or https://getgcms.com/en/order-now if you have dollar card. However, ask Anon123, Justmellow or GCMSwriters if they can also order full file. I know they do GCMS and CBSA. You can pay them in Naira.

Lagoseko:
Guys
Well done
I am new here and about to start processing school for my wife.
I have applied and waiting for admission letter.

Please what is the meaning of some words that have been reading here like
PPR
IRCC
Webform
IOM
Nairobi Office
Thank you
UPFRONT MEDICAL
MP
CBSA
MBA

Secondly, is it better for the POF to be in the student's or sponsor's account ?

Thank you

Wish you all the best.

PPR - Passport Request: Once your application is approved, the visa office sends you a letter requesting for your passport so they can affix a counterfoil on it.

IRCC - Immigration, Refugees and Citizens Canada: Its like Nigerian Immigration but that of Canada

Webform - This is a form available for you to fill and submit to IRCC based on your request. It could be maybe you have an update to your application you want to send to them, or you want to ask for application status, etc. Think of it like contact form.

IOM - International Organization for Migration: Medical Institute in Lagos and Abuja where you do your medical screening for purpose of immigration. There's also QLife

Nairobi Office - This is IRCC's office based in Nairobi, they are mostly responsible for processing Nigerian Study Visa applications

Upfront Medical - Typically, after you submit your application to IRCC, after some time, they send a request for you to go for medical screening. At this point, finding a close date might not be possible. In addition, it could take some time for your results to get to IRCC and for your application to get finalized. So imagine this extra wait after waiting for months to get an update on your application. Now, upfront medical is pretty much going to do your medical screening even before IRCC requests for it in order to save time.

MP - Member of Parliament: Think of them like House of Rep member in Nigeria. So in cases where an application is taking too long, people contact the MPs within the area of their school to help them get feedback from IRCC. The details might not be lengthy but it more often than not has information that isn't on your application portal. Some postulate that it triggers an action on your file - especially if it's past the standard processing time and I think I agree.

CBSA - Canada Border Services Agency: Pretty much border control but the reason you'll see this here very often is because.... I'll get to that. You can order something called GSMS notes from IRCC. These notes contain detailed information about your application and people use this to travk the progress on their application. Now you can order your notes from CBSA and this typically arrives in 30 days standard. It contains pretty much the same thing you'll get from IRCC. The GCMS notes ordered from IRCC takes like 30-300 days now. Even that 30 days no sure.

MBA - Masters of Business Administration

sos123:
Thank you bro! please can you send the mails.

Abuja@international.gc.ca,
lagos.immigration@international.gc.ca,
beijing-immigration@international.gc.ca,
accraimmigration@international.gc.ca,
shanghai-im-enquiry@international.gc.ca,
ganzu-immigration@international.gc.ca,
london-im-enquiry@international.gc.ca,
ldnimmigration@international.gc.ca,
nrobi-im-enquiry@international.gc.ca
ABUJA-IM-Enquiry@international.gc.ca
nrobi-immigration@international.gc.ca
nairobi@international.gc.ca

sos123:

I still dey ooh!! Una don forget me

Ah no vex oooo. God will remember you my paddy.

Hope you’ve been harassing them with mails and webforms? Also pls get an MP to assist you.

As a side note to anyone reading this. My CBSA notes came a couple days ago and I realized that a particular webform I submitted got to them and reflected in my notes - it was addressed to RROC.

I also noticed that the Primary Office changed from Nairobi to RROC in the notes that came after my approval so I would implore those that have been waiting for a while to focus on webforms.

The old one, new one and there’s a variant of the old one that isn’t addressed to any office. The webforms I sent were to Lagos, Nairobi, Beijing, London and that ordinary one that isn’t addressed to any office.

Wish everyone the best.

Isyma:
Gooday to you all.
I so much appreciate all the supports I got here
My PPR dropped yesterday.
I wish everyone success.
July 16th application.

My Geeeeee!!!
Congratulations Chief!
Been waitingggg. I think that wraps it for those of us that were waiting together sometime back. With olutoyiin and co

SoftdudeKay:


Bro please, can you help post the emails on here for our easy access. I know it’s been posted once but I couldn’t navigate to the page. Sorry for the stress and thanks in anticipation.

Abuja@international.gc.ca,
lagos.immigration@international.gc.ca,
beijing-immigration@international.gc.ca,
accraimmigration@international.gc.ca,
shanghai-im-enquiry@international.gc.ca,
ganzu-immigration@international.gc.ca,
london-im-enquiry@international.gc.ca,
ldnimmigration@international.gc.ca,
nrobi-im-enquiry@international.gc.ca

Teeebabyyy:
Same! It seems like that's the new development. Did u pay dhl for 2way courier?

Oh nice. Yeah I did.
Let's hope Abuja is faster then hence the re-routing

TrendyBby:
Qatar is nice and comfy...

Oh really, nice thanks

johnstan:


Nice, I'll just go ahead to book so I can get a good deal timely.
Which site did you use and the airline.

Pls do ooo, prices aren’t smiling. I used Qatar website direct but went to their office in VI to pay when it wasn’t taking my card.

Except you want to use Ethiopian- it’s like 700-800 but you’ll spend almost 50h travelling cos of the stops

Proffessorr:


Pls, what what the price you got?

1.078M

johnstan:


Let's wait n see.

Looking at last week in Dec. The air ticket prices are shooting up every day so I'm trying to book ahead any moment plus I don't want to go too early and start incurring costs especially when I don't have anyone over there.
What about you?

I've booked o. Got a good deal on Egypt Air but lost it because I was looking for something better
Finally settled with Qatar

2pretty4u:


Passports submitted in their Lagos office are sent to Abuja for stamping, that's why it takes more time. Most times people don't mind paying the transmission fee and send it straight to Abuja.

Ehen, has this always been the case? I thought there's an IRCC office in Lagos that stamps.

Leadforteservic:
Please any idea how long it will take if it's sent straight to Abuja? Do u know the cost of transmission fee?

Not sure anyone has an accurate timeline since the whole terrorist scare in Abuja. But transmission fee is 9930, sms fee is 990.

johnstan:


U can imagine this people.
I don receive their email taya, every email keeps saying "your ppt has been received*
Chatted them yesterday and the staff bluntly told me I shud go and wait.

Aha na wa o. Well, let's see what happens between this week and next. I'm sure Lagos is possibly at max capacity that's why.
When are you flying?

johnstan:


Tho not an advice from a visa officer as we don't have visa officers here, Your best option is application to further your studies based on your under grad qualification or your current working experience.

Your undergrad is computer science so you're off on a good start, however, because you do not have working Experience in your previous degree but with your brother's business and also considering the study gap, ensure to explain in your SOP why you chose your current course, the benefits you stand to gain from studying the course etc... If it will benefit your brothers business don't forget to mention that as well and you will be fine.

Good luck.

Hey hey, forgot to update you, my PP was sent to Abuja also despite addressing it to Lagos.

Prosperkossy:

Pls sir while uploading ur bank statements or ur sponsors bank statements, is it advisable to explain with short note of the lump sum made in the bank under the bank statement or u have to include the short note where other documents re being uploaded like sop, landed properties etc

It is best to explain it just before the bank statements within the same document. I don't think anyone would be going back and forth between your SOP and POF documents to read about lump sums. This is a sample I used in my case.

This account shows an inflow of xyz which was first deposited in my xyz account then sent to my xyz account and the rest from a contract
job I was paid for via Transferwise, into my xyz account. I then forwarded these funds to my xyz account which I then used to pay my school fees deposit. The last inflow of xyz is remaining June Salary from xyz.

You can also use a table to explain. I’ve attached a sample

Dayo96:


I'll try. lol.
I picked the screenshot from my SOP. Like I said in previous posts, I'm not a professional but this nairaland platform really helped me with information which I used.

Let me know if you require further information.

Senior!!

With this kind of detailed packaging, you could as well just start an agency lol.

Congrats once again.

TOPAI7:
Congratulations.
Your profile is very rich and irresistible.
Have a safe trip to Canada

Thanks a lot.