@ chizquare,

Congrats man, I never doubted the success of your application. "Even if na me be the visa guy, I go give u now". Anyways, have fun and enjoy your trip.

@ newacca,

It used to be on most visa application forms at the "for office use" section. I guess CIC removed it, but some embassies still have it on their form. Plus most visa appeal bundles come with the for (UK specific).

@ vkings,

What did you study for your first degree?

@ newacca

Hahahahahah, pali don't worry you did pretty well at the interview, it's just your fear playing a fast one on you. The stuff you saw was just a decision form by used by VO's. It has recommendation: Refusal/Approval, guess you did not see the approval part. After your interview, the VO will make a recommendation by ticking the appropriate tab.

Goodluck.

Hey, and another one,

http://britishexpats.com/forum/search.php?searchid=1156891

Hi Guys,

Below is a link to another nice forum on Candian study visa.

Cheers.

http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/international-students-b2.0/

@ steve112,

Na wha for u oo bros. Must it be naija brothers and sisters? Try mix-up now, after all na multiculturalism dey reign now. Seriously, get out and meet people regardless of their race.

eky102,

That's a good choice. Just to clarify something, the scanned copy is just to gather your documents, only the original should be used to make your application. The statement of result is a confirmation of your grade, and it's issued in lieu of your certificate, and only valid for a duration of time. If the statement of result is still valid, then no problem. If your admission comes with good funding, using your family friend as sponsor is no big deal at all. All he needs to do is to include his financial documentations, with a letter reiterating that he understands you have funding enough to cover your expenses, but he feels financially obligated to your studies, and would be providing any funds you'ld be needing to be successful in your studies.  Please pay attention to the wordings of your funding offer, it must be guaranteed for the first year, and renewable for subsequent year(s). The first year funding must not be contingent upon any condition. If that, then fine.

On the section of funding on the application form, if you're receiving full funding, then the University should be your source of funding. Filling the application online or with pen does not really matter. Make sure you use a legible hand-writting and a black pen.


bonne chance!!!

@ eky102,

Congrats on your admission to Memorial. While you await the original copy of your student letter, you could call the SGS to have a scanned copy e-mailed to you immediately. This would give you a general idea of your terms of admission and funding package if any, and allow you enough information to start gathering documents for your visa application. Mostly likely you would be awarded funding, if the funding is enough to cover your tuition and living expenses, then you don't need to pay any tuition in advance. All you need do is to quickly fill an accept/decline form, and upon registration when you arrive at MUN, you would be given an option for tuition fee payroll deduction. If the funding is enough, you honestly do not need to much financial solvency documentation for your visa. If the funding is from your supervisor's grant, he can even send you a supporting letter.

Good luck.

@ Cuddlemii,

Nice one, He's my oga oooo

@ Cuddlemii,

All the documents you have would suffice. Be aware that, any letter from your organisation should be on the company's letter head, signed, sealed, and dated. All photocopies of documents should carry the company's stamp and seal. Don't worry about the 2010 audited financial report, it takes a lot of procedure to get it done.

Good luck!!!

P*S

Do we have a mutual friend? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

@ anfanio,

Funny you even commented on that, I thought it was common knowledge. No one is saying CDC is an arm of WHO, it was just a rhetorical statement which I'm sure chizquare understands.  The statement of purpose should clearly state his future goals and antecedents. I only suggested he includes professional lingo in his SOP. By the way, how would you know the VO does not have the patience to read, do you work with them?

@ anfanio,

Funny you even commented on that, I thought it was common knowledge. No one is saying CDC is an arm of WHO, it was just a rhetorical statement which I'm sure chizquare understands.  The statement of purpose should clearly state his future goals and antecedents. I only suggested he includes professional lingo in his SOP. By the way, how would you know the VO does not have the patience to read, do you work with them?

@ chizquare,

That's good then. They surely look at travel history, it would help your application to a great extent. You have everything going, so you should be fine.

@ chizquare,

Hey, I'm guessing you're a medical practitioner, If right trust me you don't have much to worry about. The strength of your application lies on your statement of purpose (SOP). It's stale gist that Africans suffer from a lot of diseases and infections, and getting into MPH in Nigeria is a "tug of war". It would be a no brainer for the visa officer to trust your study intentions, even if you decide to stay back in Canada, good for their economy, they need Doctors anyways. Come up with a very good story in your SOP, tell them you were passionate from childhood, tell them Africans need to be sensitized, tell them you were involved in health awareness during your NYSC, tell them Africa is under-represented at the center fro disease control (CDC) arm of the WHO, tell them it's been your passion. Please in your statement include all the -sis, -oma, -ism, -mia, and all the medical terms, after all you spent 7 years to become a Doctor, so you might as well flaunt it. 99% of the times, the visa officer would get carried away by your enthusiasm and command of medical lingo.

As for your cousin sponsoring you, you better come up with a good story why he's doing so. Above all. it's all about God.

Good luck

@ ashley86,

Hi, I guess suggestions from people would not go a long way. You know your criteria and profile, I suggest you start by checking the schools that meet your profile and reading through their webpages.

@ Cuddlemii,

I wish you success with that. Happy holidays to you too.

@ Cuddlemii,

The documents you mentioned are ok, but the most important thing is to justify why the company has decided to sponsor your further education. You should be prepared to address the following questions in your statement of purpose(SOP). Why is the company sponsoring you?, does the company has the financial solvency to take care of your expenses?, how would you be of importance to the company upon the completion of your studies?, why did the company decide to preferentially select you amongst other member of staff (your record, achievements, antecedents, length of service? e.tc), Has the company sponsored any other member of staff previously?. If you can answer those questions honestly, you would have succeeded in proving your financial solvency, and ties to your country.

You have to understand that you would be using funds from the company's account, so it has to be authorised by all the members of the board. Since most companies are out there to make profit, the visa officer should be convinced that it is very profitable to invest in your studies. In addition to the documents you mentioned, I would advice you to include an audited financial report of the company. This provides an independent report of the company's financial strength, plus it carries every other information about the company.

Good luck.

@ Cuddlemii,

I don't think you need the original certificate of incorporation. All you need is a copy signed and endorsed with the company stamp and seal. For the question on the type of documents to show, it really depends on the size of the company, and whether it's limited or a public liability company. If big and plc, a letter carrying the registration number of the company, signed by the board of directors, and a copy of the company's audited financial statement for the year before should suffice. If the company is small, then expect to put every thing including company's bank statement, and the organisational chart, and why the company is willing to sponsor your studies.

@ eky102

University of Victoria

@ eky102

Don't worry about that, your admission would be based on the actual reference letters. The verification would come later. I even received my admission offer before my referee got the verification letter. But Make sure they receive your reference letters, and you would be fine. If otherwise, you'll be informed.

@ eky102

If there's one thing I'm sure of, it's that you're references would definitely be verified. Once they receive your references, a letter would be sent by post to your nominated referees for verification. If your references were sent using an institutional e-mail, an e-mail would also be sent to them. They usually don't update the online status thing instantly. I just checked with my friend, he said his online status read processing even after he got the admission. If I were you I would follow up with calls just to ask if they've received your document. You can download magicjack, free calls to Canada.

Just out of curiosity, I'm guessing you're the eky guy asking questions on MUN's facebook page. If my guess is right, then I'ld advice you to stop, 'cos those guys give generic infos online "you be naija now, if dem go bend, dem no go bend for open" give them a call and rap them up. Also, I notice you were talking about your supervisor, brother, your supervisor is your discovery ooo, before you say "Jack Robinson" someone else from the west with better proposal has sent him a mail. So please be discreete about it.

The gist is, disturb them with calls, follow-up your documents, befriend their website, and know your supervisor. Send him ideas, and suggest ways to improve his current research.

All the best.

@ eky102

Hey, please accept my warm congratulations on getting a supervisor, that's the very first and major step. What happens is, once your file is complete with the school of graduate studies (SGS), it would be sent to the academic unit, and a recommendation of admission would be made to the SGS by your academic unit (kinesiology). So what I implore you to do is to play the nationality card, tell them you'll be not be able to send the original copies of all supporting documents because of logistics and administrative protocols. Once SGS sends your file to the academic unit, call or e-mail your supervisor to follow up straight.

Moreover, I hope you have a good statement of purpose, and motivation to wanna do kinesiology, 'cos the panel would consider that. Come to think of it, if you need any help with MUN let me know.

Good luck.

@ eky102,

For starters, I would not say what I'm not sure of. Like I said, he was asked to send scanned documents, so call your department or whoever is in charge at MUN. If you're told to send scanned documents, then fine. Different strokes for different folks.

@ Ayoalade
Nice one brother, seun should give you some stakes in Nairaland.

@ eky102

The best way to expedite your admission is to keep calling the SGS/department at MUN. You could even have a live chat with them online. If you have a personal copy of your transcript, you could make photocopies and certify them as true copies of the original by a notary public/solicitor/lawyer, that would very much suffice for your application (check with them though). If you don't have a copy, you could have a chat with them, I'm sure they'll commence the processing of your application just to meet up with the deadline, but the admission (if offered) might be subject to the presentation of an official transcript transcript, they'ld confirm from your school anyways. The secret again is to communicate with them directly and document every correspondence for the sake of posterity. A friend doing his PhD at MUN was allowed to use a scanned copy. I used a notarised copy myself, a different school though.

I guess I have to say this again, find a supervisor, and in one to two months you'll get a decision. Come to think of it check out these Profs in Kinesiology, go through their profiles and send them mails. http://www.mun.ca/hkr/research/.

You might just be on your way to MUN home of the sea-hawks!!


Goog luck

Hey Guys,

All the MUN rejects, sorry about the outcome of your applications. It's a pity some people fall for the 2:2 admission policy. Just as Ayoalade rightly said, Just because you have a 2:2 does not mean you'll get an automatic admission, if it were so, there would be millions of people at MUN. If it would interest you, some people with CGPAs of >4.0 even get refused admission. I was at MUN for a conference last month, I must say it's the best in Atlantic Canada, with lots of scholars. The inexpensive tuition is just a provincial stuff, and not a reflection of MUN's academic standard. Lovely school, and serene environment I must add. Contrary to what Ayoalade said, PhD and Masters are both referred to as graduate studies, and you guys must know that there is a huge difference between Undergraduate and graduate schools in North America. It's a transition from being a consumer of knowledge to a producer of knowledge (for those in research), so you have to present more than your grades to get an offer, make them want you, sell yourself. Finally, if you're going for a research based course, the most important thing is to get a supervisor before you submit an application, unless you've got some application money to waste.

All the best

are u blind? don't u understand simple English? wake up, there is bound to be change and all must wake to the change to avert unexpected happenings

@ aocecelle
Why the hostility, "johnkent" just made a very good point. You don't just come here and expect people who make out time out of their busy schedule to feed you with information "hook line and sinker", in return for derogatory remarks from the likes of you. How on earth is the UK's immigration connected to the CIC. Moreover, just for reminders, this thread is about travelling to Canada, which obviously is boldly written on the title bar.

Just as an advice, spend less time listening to information from third parties. I believe you can make out time to peruse the information/news online, and come up with a thought challenging poser. Afterall, every information is just a click away.

@ dadaja2004

Getting a visit visa is somewhat a tough one. The strength of your application would be more on what would compel you to return to your country after your visit (ties). If you are funding your trip, the baseline is, you must show you have enough funds to cover your air travel expenses, room and board, and other miscellaneous. The total of all that should be what you'll write on the application form, plus you must be ready to show the source of the funds. If a friend would be funding your trip or providing financial assistance of any sort, such friend should include a letter, and proof of funding.

Hope this would help, an oil company worker with a 500,000 naira account balance is more likely to get a visit visa than an unemployed man with 1.5million naira. So it's your call from here.

All the best.

@ cleakoms

Thanks for your congratulations. Somehow I'm still in London, was meant to travel of Saturday but Air Canada cancelled my flight because of the snow. So I've been re-booked for after Christmas. To your question, Cau has said it all. Just an addition, like I've always said, it's all about God, and different strokes for different folks. I can only advice you based on my own experience.

Showing proof of ties to your home country/country of habitual residence is somewhat subjective, if you would believe me, applicants only get refused on that grounds if the visa officer is not convinced of the bonafides of the applicant's intentions. If it would interest you, I applied in London without any tie to the UK i.e house or Long residence status, I only gave a letter from my brother and a proof of our family house in Nigeria. However, you must indicate clearly your intentions to leave Canada after your proposed course of study, and the socio-economic benefits your proposed course would bring to your home country. This could be done on your study plan. whatever documents you can show about your property, family, or job please include them. It would strengthen your application. So as long a there is a natural progression from your previous course of study and your proposed course, which obviously is right in your own case, you are good to go "all other things being normal".

I really do not know much about your circumstances, I'm guessing you're an international student in the UK, and would be completing your degree in 2011. If my guess is right, then you have all the time to research good schools that offer funding for your course. If your masters is two year researched based, you're most likely to get funding/financial assistance, if not the onus is on you to prove financial solvency. All you need do is show you have funds for you first year tuition fee and living expenses for the first year. Just on a bright side, I'm of the opinion that because you studied in the UK, that should in a way prove your financial wherewithal, and a good travel history.


Just on the side of caution, please prepare you application with care, trust me, the visa officer would look out for perfection in your application considering your first-class status, any avoidable mistake would be a minus. Yeah, most importantly, please check with your school if they accept a three year Bachelor's degree (that's what you have, I guess) for a Master's program, ;cos some schools don't.

Should you have any more question, please let me know. Would be glad to be of help.


All the best.

P*S
Your first class honours is a plus.

@ dadaja2004

I guess you really do not want an answer to your question anytime soon. Delta has been silent for a while now. I suggest you address your question to everybody or other very active veterans.