@VCole I sent you a PM fee weeks back. Kindly respond. Thank you

To God be the Glory!!!

This journey started February 2015 but today PPR came through.

Made IELTS on the 4th attempt (14th Oct 2017)
ITA - 20 Dec 2017
AOR - 23rd Feb 2018
MEP - 5th March 2018
IP2 - 6th March 2018
RPRF - 24th March 2018 (Paid with IRCC Requesting)
GCMS Notes - filled with IRCC on 31st May 2018 having observed that people were getting PPR few weeks after ordering GCMS notes. Yet to get the notes itself.
Ghost Update - 18th June 2018
PPR - 25th June 2018

Challenges

1. I made IELTS at 4th attempt (Listening showed me pepper! 7.5 until the last attempt)
2. 70% POF was resident in my spouse's account
3. Got married 6th Dec 2014 but the marriage certificate given by the church looked dodgy (no certificate number), also, we didn't do a court marriage. My wife's change of name document wasn't done till April 2015. Considering all these, we had to book a date at Ikoyi Marriage Registry on 28th Dec 2018 (after obtaining ITA).
4. While creating the Profile, I included my wife's work experience but we had to remove it and include it in personal history Post- ITA as her employer wouldn't give the Reference Letter in CIC format.

I really can't tell it all but just using this opportunity to say thank you to everyone who has contributed in making this forum so helpful.

Special thanks to all those who respond to questions irrespective of those questions being repetitive or plain stupid.

Thanks so much @kontagious.

God bless you all.

I pray it shall end in praise for everyone!!!


Congratulations to all ITA recipients!!!

Congratulations

Kotansibe:
Good Evening Good People. PPR came in today.

Sent you a PM request already.

beeodun:
Hi hi....please still waiting on a response. Has anyone experienced same?

I’d imagine you’d want to claim points for the PgD PgD program, if that’s the case, it will be better to wait till you finish the program before proceeding with WES.

enesty:
Hello, please am a newbie I need help.

Amen ooh

linuslynx:
Haven't heard PPR news in a while. I pray those in waiting get the golden mail soonest.

Maybe we might be able to help if you'd tell us the difficulty you're encountering.

beeodun:


Please is there anyone here trying to register for ielts May 2018...general training? I have been having difficulties registering. Pls hills. Thank you.

Congratulations

MissG:
Guys, I got my PPR today

Here is my timeline

- August 23 2017
AOR - Oct 26
PPR - March 27 2018

Thanks

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Please how do you mail CIC?

Thanks

Flaj:


If you can't pay both now, you can pay later even before CIC requests for it, after payment you can mail CIC and raise a CSE attaching the payment receipt.
https://eservices.cic. gc. ca/epay/welcome.do?lang=en

Please what stage are you?

Luxury:


I just received ADR for height and eye colour and also employment reference letter for my spouse.
I did not claim point for her and put her work history in personal history section.

Congratulations!!!

deni83:
Hello all,

I'm a silent reader here. I just joined nairaland today to post my timeline. I was referred to this thread by a friend and I can honestly say that this forum is the best. I hope my timeline helps and encourages someone.

I'm a 35yr old specialist physician (family of 4)
Wrote IELTS with my hubby Oct 2016
Sorted out ECA/MCC issues Jan 2017
Found out I could join the pool by myself (honestly I was totally clueless) March 2017
Directed to this thread March 2017
First ITA with score of 461 March 2017 (sorry can't remember the date) Rejected it cos POF wasn't complete
Finally accepted 4th ITA with a score of 456 July ending(Had a birthday in July)
AOR- 27 Oct 2017
ADR- Travel hx for spouse-31st Oct 2017
Medicals passed-3rd Nov 2017
NA2- 11 Nov 2017
ADR-not needed Dec 7
Wrote to find out visa office- Jan 12
Reply- LVO Jan 9th
Requested for GCMS notes 13 Feb
IP2- 27 Feb
Got GCMS notes- 14 March
PPR-19 March


Notes
This journey was pretty long for me mainly due to lack of information on my part and the time taken to get my husband on board with the move.

I wanted to have a good amount above the required POF (didn't want any fluctuation story- so my husband and I waited to accumulate it from different sources ). 90% went into treasury bills and the balance was in my account. I wrote a cover letter for the POF explaining the funds, attached a letter from my husband stating his transfers and days they were made and that it was towards the family's immigration dream, got a letter from my bank (but not CIC compliant) put in the treasury bills certificate and my statement of account.

I also had cover letters for my work reference in addition to LOE. I think it was from @dupsyshoo's post that I found the idea of cover letters and it just seemed to make sense to help guide the visa officer though your application.

I had had visa refusal from the UK which I appealed and won, ... so I go with the theory of UK travel/ refusal/stay history== London visa office

God has been involved every step of the way and the wait most definitely built my faith. I'm trusting him for a fruitful transition and I'm open to embracing the opportunities He brings them my way.

For everybody still waiting to sort out IELTS/ECA runs, receive ITA and PPR... God will surely perfect what He has started in you. Everybody's journey is different and yours will surely come to pass.

And to all the wonderful contributors, question answerers, troublemakers and my fellow silent readers may the Cannyland smile on us and favour us. Amen

Congratulations!!!

ewa2014:
Glory be to God!!! My Father and my Redeemer...

This journey started Jan 2017 when I wrote IELTS and got (9,8.5,7.5,7) in LSRW in one sitting and I was like wow by June 2017 I’ll be in Canada (LOL).

But ECA did me strong thing, getting my LL.B transcript took about 4months as some years of my result was missing. It was not even funny at all. Lucky for me, I live in the town where I schooled so every week I’ll go to follow up. Sometimes even twice in the week... Eventually we had to go to my faculty to manually retrieve result from handwritten mark sheets submitted by the lecturers as at 2003/2004... imagine the pile of dust and all... But after 4 months we got finally sorted out the compilation of Transcript and sent to WES. All the while my foreign MBA had been evaluated (I did not know I could just do highest qualification only).

My ECA came in July 2017. I quickly dived into the pool... got ITA and submitted August 13th. August 30th I got ADR for Travel History Form, I submitted and the next day my application was cancelled for not including UK PCC.

I went back into the pool on the 1st of Sept and applied for UK PCC. I got ITA first week in September and submitted 18th September 2017. See my timeline below:

AOR- 18th September 2017
NA2- 2nd October 2017
FTD- 7th November 2017
IP2/ADR-16th February 2018 (Height &Eye colour and Bio Data pages)
PPR mail - 26th February 2018

Passport sent to Accra - 26th February 2018
Received in Accra - 28th February 2018
PUM- 12th March 2018
Approved - 13th March 2018
COPR- 15th March 2018
Left Nigeria - 20th March 2018
Arrived Alberta- 21st March 2018

Some highlights of my Application (major thanks to the wealth of information shared on this platform):
*the 2nd attempt was more straight forward as I moved spouse’s Experiences to personal history
*i uploaded documents for only jobs I was claiming points for, moved the others to personal experience (In previous application I uploaded letters for all previous jobs cumulatively over 9years and my present one which is self owned Firm)
* my LOE was one page and more straight forward (the first had over 4pages)
* I notarized the letter from spouse saying money in his account was for our immigration purpose and that I had access to it. Basically the entire POF was spouse’s.
*i added ielts, ECA to education certificate (I dint do this for the first).

I give all the glory to God, what started like a dream has become a reality... I don’t even know how to express my gratitude... my application has its lows and delays but through it all, my Visa officer was like an angel. He replied all status enquires politely and continually gave me hope through it all...

Also, please if you are on LinkedIn, ensure your profile is updated and accurate just as you filled in your e-APR. when i was told that my background check was ongoing, I noticed my profile was checked by “ControlRisks” a UK based firm that also handles immigration security, travel security, etc. I doubt this was a coincidence.

Finally, don’t be afraid to reach out to your Visa Office with any enquires, requests or plea as the case may be. I needed my Passport stamping expedited and I wrote to London after getting PPR, and honestly it’s the best decision ever made... My Visa Officer took it upon himself to ensure Accra stamped the passports in a timely fashion...He would even mail me from time to time to ask if it had been stamped and eventually mailed to tell me it was stamped and would be delivered same week... hence why I got PUM before approval (Please don’t abuse this privilege except you have genuine reasons for it, so we don’t ruin the chances of others with real emergencies)

The kind of favour I experienced through it all, it was definitely God at work.

I made some amazing friends too especially @bigfido and @mrsda. Thanks also to @feygbe and all those in the August and September WhatsApp group, the LVO group as well as the Post-PPR groups... the journey would have been incomplete without you all.

May God bless you all and may all our dreams and aspirations become valid!!!

One love!!!

Congratulations!

Zeiya:
I am happy to tell you that the eagle has landed. Please find below my time line and ensuing epistle
IELTS: May 13th 2017
EE profile: June 8th 2017
CRS: 432
PNPO App- 3rd Nov 2017
PNP Nomination: 1st Feb 2018
ITA: 7th Feb 2018
AOR: 20th Feb 2018
MEP: 27th Feb 2018
IP2: 27TH Feb 2018
PPR: 20th March 2018
VO: Ottawa

So fast. Congrats

Congratulations!!!

GlitteringStar:
Knock! Knock!! Knock!!!

Application Approved!!!

Kindly find below my timeline.

Congratulations in advance!!!

gistwivkome:


IP2 since Feb 27

Please what stage are you now?

gistwivkome:


Pls my AOR was 5th Feb. do u think it’s too early to start asking for my visa office?

Congratulations in advance!

GlitteringStar:
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Congratulations!!!

Rebarobyn:


Timeline:
FSW AOR: Sept 21
mep/ADR (Schedule A form): Sept 27
NA: Oct 10
FTD to LVO: Nov 10
IP2: Feb 27
ADR: Mar 3
PPR: Mar 13

Congratulations!!!

Tspice2015:
With thanksgiving to Almighty God, I'm glad to announce PPR
Timeline
AOR August 28
ADR for Travel history 11 Sept, submitted 12 Sept
Medical Passed 13 Sept
NA2 14 Sept
IP2 & ADR for Employment 16 Jan, submitted 23 Jan
PPR 24 Jan
Visa Office London
FSW

Thank you.

It will end in praise!

Tspice2015:



Sorry for the late response. Well I can’t really advice on this matter as I am yet to get PPR, let other seniors advice on the matter

Thanks for the response. It shall end in praise!!!

Thinking I should do same as it is not contributing towards CRS score but I don't know how safe that will be...or should we just do a notarized letter in CIC format along with the Letter of Introduction (containing just her name, Job Grade - not Job Title, annual Salary - benefits excluded, and HR contact) since she's not the PA.

Please what will you suggest?

Tspice2015:


Hi, I removed my spouse’s employment post ITA, yet to get PPR, file in London.

Hello @Tspice2015, please any update on this? I considering doing same cos my spouse's employer only gives letter of introduction and not reference letter in CIC format.

Thanks

Good Morning everyone,

Please I've got something I'd want clarity on.

If you have a passport, you must provide a copy of:
• the page that shows your birth date and country of origin, and
• any pages with stamps, visas or markings.
"

All my travelings were between 2010 to 2013 and the passport has expired (infact missing) but i have scanned copies of the Data page, stamps, markings and visas.

Please should i upload them all with the data page of previous passport?

Thank you

Yes, you can have a different delivery address.

All the best!

Loffloff:
Please can I request my UK police clearance certificate be posted to another address different from the address on my proof of address? The reason is because I have moved houses and requesting the bank to change my address has bin a bit difficult for me(long story) . I moved from Abeokuta to lagos. Any suggestion will be appreciated. The address on the documents on my proof of address is an Abeokuta address and I want to request that it should be delivered to lagos

Congratulations!!!

GlitteringStar:
Yippee!!! At last!


ITA RECEIVED


Congratulations to all 80th draw ITA recipients.

May the Lord grant the heart’s desires of all IELTS hopefuls, ITA hopefuls and PPR hopefuls. Amen.


#BestChristmasGift
#MyNewDawnIsHere

Thanks very much...

yokus:
You have a very good score with spouse and you will get ITA soon. Don't worry

Thank you!!!

Newmum0615:
See sample as asked. You can actually get samples off the internet. There is no fixed sample. Just a specified format from CIC/IRCC. If you had more than one duty in the company, list all of them and state the title, duties and period worked.

November 13, 2017
Immigrations, Refugees and Canada
Centralized Intake Office
Sydney,
Nova Scotia

Dear Sir/Madam,

REFERENCE LETTER FOR JUDAS ISCARIOT
This is to confirm that Pontius Pilate was/is a staff of Jerusalem Nigeria Limited.

Please find his employment details below.
Job Title: Senior Betrayer of the Lord
Unit: Head Office
Start Date: 2nd January 2007
End Date: 12th June 2008
Nature of Employment: Permanent/Full-Time
Number of work hours/week: 40 hours/week
Salary: =N=10,200,000 (Annual)

DUTIES
 Constantly ensure that you betray everybody and anything.
 Analyse and review more ways of betrayals
 Effectively monitor all earthly betrayals and train on betrayals

For further inquiries, please contact jerusalem@gmail.com

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

Pontius Pilate
Head, HR/Admin
For: Jerusalem Nigeria Limited

For your current job, i'd suggest you wait till you get your ITA before requesting for your reference letter but for past job experience(s), I think you are okay requesting for it now.

policy12:


Pls I need answer to this questions below:

1. I talked wt my HR today on the issue of reference letter,and he asked me to give them the name of d org or inst d letter will b address to. House can someone help wh address will d letter be directed to?


2. Did reference letter expire because now I am not in d EE,I have not done WES since my sch is on strike.