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Thank you

JustMellow:
Go and prosper, Big congratulations again.

I can’t wait too
Little part ke... you’re trying to be humble ooooo

Qudkom:
Congratulations again, I really can't wait to see you in kamloops and I'm glad I could play a little part in your approval.

Yes o...: thanks

benque:
Congratulations, see you on the other side

Thank you

Bella25:
Congratulations dear

Thank you

jessyeve:
Congrats darling, enjoy

Yes ooo

Mofpearl:
Congratulations babe !!! Start packing your bags!
After all the waiting.

online

victorsol:
congrats.
online or paper route

thank you

kcosam:
Congratulations!

Program: Master of Nursing science, Thompson Rivers University(Fall, 2019)

Application timeline
Route - online
Applied 5th May
Biometrics 6th May
Done 9th May
Background check 30th May
Eligibility 14th June
Medical Request 19th June
Done 25th June
Medical Passed 28th June
BVL-July 11th
Passport Request/ Approval- July 11th


Documents submitted

Academic Qualification
1. Letter of acceptance( full tuition for a semester)Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops
2. Transcript from the University 
3. BNSc certificate.

Proof of Financial Support 
1. Letter of sponsorship from Father
2. Affidavit of sponsorship
3. Account Statement of sponsor from bank.
4. Personal statement of account


Other documents
1. Completed and signed IMM1294 and IMM 5070
2. 2 passport photos
3. Police Clearance Certificate
4. Copy of official Nigerian passport
8. Copy of parents page of current official Nigerian passport
9. Copy of Birth Certificate (Siblings and mine)
10. Brother’s Letter of employment with a monthly salary included
11. Father’s CAC documents
12. father’s letter of introduction from work
13. Pension documents
14. NYSC certificate
15. Nursing license
16. Work ID
17. Referral Letter
18. Affidavit listing all landed properties with valuation

A huge thank you to everyone that contributed one way or the other. May Almighty God bless you immensely. To the TRV hopefuls, you shall find favour In Jesus name. Special thanks to @Qudkom and @mofpearl @juleskiki for the advice, help and encouragement especially when I almost panicked. @justmellow
Thank you very much.
@qudkom again, you’re an angel!!!!!!!!

Passport request/Approval right now !
I’ll post details when I get home ��������������

Toh God help us

Pachie:
I applied may 15th, still no response

Hii, are there any other May applicants who are still awaiting a response from cic?

congratulations babygirl!!!!1

Juleskiki:
Long Post Alert....
Wow, I crafted this testimony a long time ago to inspire someone.
My admission process was not an easy one, but when it was time God showed up. I applied to 2 schools late last year against fall 2019. By March 2019 they both sent me a refusal letter. I felt really bad, after the whole struggle of getting a supervisor and all. So I started looking for another supervisor, luckily one got back to me and after the interview and all. He offered me a spot in his lab. And in less than 3 weeks I was admitted with full funding.


Background:

BSc Applied Microbiology

Msc Environmental Science

Going for a PhD in Environmental Engineering


My Timeline:
Upfront medical-23rd May 2019
Submitted: 30th May 2019 (Paper route)

Biometrics: The same day
Upfront Medical updated to passed:13th June 2019
BVL: 20th June 2019
Approval:8th July 2019

Documents submitted

Admission letter
BSc Certificate
Bsc Transcript
Msc Certificate
Msc Transcript

Travel Docs with previous visas and exit stamps

Financial Docs
Detailed financial breakdown (This was a 2-page document extracted from my SOP, I felt I needed to explain my finance properly regardless of the funding)

1. Scholarship/Funding Letter (Full funding)

2. Letter of Support from Mum ( she noted she will be supporting with 11k per year regardless of the scholarships and assistantships)

3. Affidavit of support

4. SOA (Mum)

5. Employment details (Pay slips, Employment letter , Promotion letters)

6. My SOA (1.8M)- part of this money was from my husband as support funds

7. My employment letter

8. My confirmation letter

9. Letter of support from husband

10. Employment letter from husband

11. Letter of Introduction from my Institution (this letter also shows I was granted a paid study leave for 4 years since I could not wait for the official letter from my institution)-

12. Personal Car document

Others
1.SOP (well detailed -4Pages) Reason: My academic background was not straightforward, so I needed to explain every bit well.
2. Academic CV ( this Cv just shows different research, conference, publications, and relevant work experience) barely 2 pages
3.Marriage docs
4.Childbirth certificate
5.Husbands and child international passports
6.Mums international with travel history
7.My company CAC
8.Abstract of Publication and paper presentation



Special thanks to God Almighty…

Now this would not have been possible without the help of Frankrobbn1, Qudkom, schenobaby, 4evaco, Justmellow, Ticive Thanks so much guys… I am super grateful…

Amen!

JustMellow:
I think sometimes, to be scared/afraid is a worthy seed to sow, especially when the success of the invested labour is uncertain. @Tvickie you're next in line.

Big congratulations sisi, begin to pack your luggages into prosperity.

All the very best!

congratulations babygirl!!!!

Mofpearl:
I have now received an update on my CIC account that my application has been approved alongside a passport request letter. I am hoping this means that there won't be any secondary background checks because I am planning to travel and will require my passport.

Thank you to everyone who has supported me through the way especially justmellow and tvickie.

Application timeline

Submitted a paper application on the 23rd of April
Eligibility and background began a week after. I didn't know how to use the CIC website at that time so I don't know the exact dates.
Medical request on the 21st of May
Medical passed on 4th of June
BVL on 1st of July
Application approved and passport request on 3rd of July.

Documents submitted

Academic Qualification
1. Offer Letter from Dalhousie University, Halifax Nova Scotia
2. Nova Scotia Graduate Scholarship Letter from Dalhousie University
3. Copy of result from the University
4. Letter of Degree Completion from the Universityr
5. High School (IGCSE and A levels) Results

Proof of Financial Support
1. Letter of sponsorship from Father
2. Maximum approximated costs of study based on Dalhousie’s recommendations
3. Account Statement of sponsor from bank
4. Proof of Investment from sponsor
5. Sponsor’s Letter of employment with a monthly salary included
6. Receipt of Deposit fee paid to Dalhousie University

Other documents
1. Completed and signed IMM1294 and IMM 5070
2. 2 passport photos
3. Police Clearance Certificate
4. Police Clearance Certificate of sponsor
5. Copy of National Identity Card for the country of residence
6. Sponsor’s copy of National Identity Card for the country of residence
7. Copy of all pages of official Nigerian passports (current and previous)
8. Copy of sponsor’s biographical page of current official Nigerian passport
9. Copy of Birth Certificate
10. Study Plan Letter
11. Letter of participation in a research project as an Undergraduate Researcher (added this because the program involves research)
12. One-month research internship certificate

lol it is well

JustMellow:
We are expecting your final testimony

Yes

JustMellow:
Congratulations in advance, was it medical on request?

I’m still on background and eligibility review since last month.
Medical passed 28th of June

JustMellow:
Any update on your application?

Read through the thread from the beginning. You can then ask for clarifications if you’re confused about anything

muyo2001:
Can someone please give me an answer. I beg ijn

congratulations!!

Dera12345:
ORIGINAL PASSPORT REQUEST!!! (May applicant)

Experience is truly the best teacher, and my Canadian Sucess story made me believe the saying “EVERY DISAPPOINTMENT IS A BLESSING”!!! I know very well my story will motivate or strengthen some people never to give up in whatever that interests them, pursue it desperately like your life depends on it!! Yes I mean it.
Before I proceed, below is my timeline.

Online Application (2nd Application)
Submitted May 9th (10:57pm)
Upfront medicals passed on 11th June
Correspondence letter (today by 10:12am)
Original passport request (today by 10:32am)

This experience is my most difficult experience in life so far, I have always thought I can have anything I want in life but this Canada journey taught me that “Human beings can make any plans they want, but it’s God that decides their Sucess or failure”. I don’t even know where to begin from, but only God, Myself and @frankrobbn1 can tell my tragedy-comedy story.

So exactly a year today 20th June 2018, I submitted a paper route application and It was refused within 4weeks based on family ties, purpose of visit , personal assets and financial assets. Meanwhile, I have a Bsc in Biochemistry with overall CGPA 4.15 and last two year CGPA 4.71 , going for 2year diploma, paid tution fee $8,880cad.
when I received my refusal letter, I cried that very day like never before and till date my first refusal date 18th July,2018 still remains the worst day of my life, and the agent my parents used was just after money. After crying, knowing how bad i needed to leave this country I woke from my comfort zone and began my personal research, this was how I came across this wonderful forum and started reading up!

Through this wonderful platform I met an angel in human form, a motivator, my soulmate and my support system @frankrobbn1, may God bless you richly for me. Frank took his time to explain the errors in my application starting from advising me to secure a masters admission and that is nearly impossible to convince a VO on why diploma and not masters considering my high Gp, and secondly that my application is as empty as anything, I didn’t even submit my family’s information, no assets declared, no employment evidence and so on.

So I began my admission hunt and the devil started his work. Almost all the schools offering my course/ or related course requires a supervisor , and you know how difficult securing a supervisor can be. Some schools I contacted will tell me pump and play that I must identify a supervisor before applying while some will tell me to apply that they will assign me a supervisor once am admitted! I fell to their tricks and lost my application fee, I also tried contacting supervisors all kept turning me down. I kept sending countless mails to different supervisors in different universities all to no avail, some would always come up late with their negative mails of not having space in their lab while some will totally ignore me. I got feed up and I decided to stop sending mails but to call them on phone at least to get a straight forward response rather than waiting for their response that takes weeks and at the end must be negative. I made it as one of my daily activities to call at least 10 supervisors daily, and I did this for months!!! Even the ones that later accepted to supervise me though without funding just all of a sudden will deny even knowing me after I have submitted my application hoping I have secured a supervisor.

In general, I applied to 6 different universities in a space of 8months and all turned me down. I kept asking myself who did I offend? who is after my progress? Through this same wonderful forum I met a very nice fellow @agronat. Immediately he posted about him securing a masters admission with funding, i pm him to put me through, and that was how I realized the vital points/information missing out in my application and the reasons behind my refusals regardless of my high scores. And today am glad that my finally attempt landed me a full fulled scholarship worth $38,076CAD at BROCK UNIVERSITY ONTARIO , 2 years MSc in Biotechnology. Big thanks to @frankrobbn1 for recommending Brock University to me. I nearly craze that day (April 18th, 2019)!!! NB: the scholarship covers my tution and living expenses with extra left, I was also guaranteed a graduate assistantship position. Isn’t God great? This was when I realized that God was preparing something greater for me.

Fast forward to my visa application, guru @frankrobbn1 finished work.. I personally wrote my SOP and LOE, but when frank was done reviewing it I couldn’t recognize my LOE and SOP .. lol, he reconstructed it and was even using the VO’s terms to address every issue. He sold me well and also left the Change for the Visa officer to keep. I can’t thank you enough.., even after I submitted my visa application he took me to a church where I was given 4 days dry fasting and prayers (something I have never done in my life). I’m not the churchious type but this journey brought me closer to God and will forever remain grateful. I will be traveling to lagos next week to submit my passport and at the same time celebrate this wonderful journey that ended well. Seriously my sleep tonight will be very special after one year of dreaming of CANADA �� Lol, and to @justwise thanks for making this platform possible.

Below are the list of documents I submitted with my application:
Father sponsor.

All CIC FORMS
MY PASSPORT DATA PAGE
DIGITAL PASSPORT
UPFRONT MEDICALS
CLIENT INFORMATION;
•LOE
•SOP
•CV
•A reference letter from my supervisor
•Degree Certificate
•Degree Transcripts
•NYSC Posting letter
•NYSC Certificate
•My birth certificate
•WAEC result
•Employment letter (Written by frank , signed by my employer)
•Study leave approval letter (Written by frank , signed by my employer)
•work ID CARD
•police clearance certificate
•Picture with my parents
•HSSE professional Certificate (levels 1,2 and 3)
• social club reference letter (Written by frank)
•Deed of Gift of a four story building with a penthouse on top from Dad( Drafted by a senior advocate of Nigeria), I did the deed of gift before my application but it was back dated!
•My parent’s marriage certificate
•My family 25th marriage silver jubilee calendar as far back as 2008 . (Showing a portrait of all my siblings and my parents in the center) I was only 12years old then but I added it because we don’t have family picture.
•Siblings birth certificate
•Reference letter from my dad company stating I am one of the directors of his company existing for more than 30years now.
• My ID CARD showing am a director

PROOF OF MEANS OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT
•My full funding unconditional acceptance letter
•Affidavit of sponsorship (Drafted by frank, signed by Dad and notary public )
•Letter of sponsorship (Written by frank , signed by Dad)
•Board of resolution letter
•Dad’s international passport data page
•Dad’s Statement of account ( Bal: #113,000,000 inflow- 440M outflow-375M)
•My Personal savings acc. About eight something!
• My Dom account statement (I explained that regardless of my full funding, my father transferred the sum of $10,000Cad for my flight itinerary and other miscellaneous expenses that might rise)
•Dad’s CAC
•Dad’s company particulars of directors (showing my name as one of the directors)
•Dad’s company memorandum of association
• proof of his company shares in all my siblings name and also my mum
•Dad’s landed property, evaluation report and survey plan( I included two building, one rented and one personal building), AND three empty lands under construction)

Even though I know my application is a little bit tight, I still handed it over to God because I have seen better applications refused, or the acceptance quota being reached as rumored on the forum,I said to God that they will bang the door when it’s my time to enter, I prayed against errors which can come from the VO leading to common refusals, lol, I prayed against bad mood on the head of the VO handling my application. Prayer is the Key.

I wish all TRV hopefuls SUCCESS!!!

Congratulations ��

Hopeful2019:
God be praise!

Thanks for being part of my success story, Frank. You guys are the best. Passport collected at VFS global office today.

Best regards to all TRV hopeful. May the good Lord make room for you.

But I understand anyway. Thank you

Frankrobbn1:
It's the same thing since you didn't receive a medical request before the BVL, the application is at risk of being denied.

No without receiving the BVL.

Frankrobbn1:
It's the same thing since you didn't receive a medical request before the BVL, the application is at risk of being denied.

What if you’re on the eligibility review before you got the BVL? Is that a different scenario ?

Frankrobbn1:
Once an applicant receives the biometrics validity letter it automatically moves to review of eligibility, that's their mode of operation for the kenya, Nairobi Immigration office.

may 5th. Online

Asapant:
What date did u submit and what route?

on background check and eligibility

Asapant:
May 2019 applicant. Any news so far ?

Na satan name we suppose shout before?

ralfudoh:
Lol. See as everyone sabi God, come the shout God forbid. Better pray hard oh. If you do anyhow, you go see anyhow. Am just trying to make common sense.

God forbid �

ralfudoh:
I hope its not a repeat of May/June/July applicants of last year I hope you guys don't have to wait for 9months+ like we did

congrats

Tlontin:
ppppppppppppppprrrrrrrrrrr

Congratulations!!!!

ruthnnedi:
Approved!!!

Online application

Applied 3/6/2018
Biometric 5/6/2018
Medical 25/2/2019
Passport request 3/4/2019
Passport received 19/4/2019

My husband got admission into university of Alberta for his masters, he applied for study visa and I applied to accompanying him.

Our application lasted for 10 months plus ... We even forgot about our application and moved on with our lives.

Then I took in (pregnant).
To cut the long story short!! We traveled on the 23rd/4/2019 to Canada. I was 38 weeks pregnant (9 months plus) then, I made up my mind to travel and God on my side the journey was very smooth!! There was no immigration issue etc.

I delivered on 3rd of this month. My baby is now Canadian citizen.

June, July and August 2018 applicants that are still waiting please keep your faith alive because it will only delay but not deny. Thank you all

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Amen

abusmanlouis:
Grace, Faith and believing in God can makes you successful in this Study permit issues.
Remember the Bible said the earth is the lord and His fullness thereof and they that dwelleth therein. God own the VO (Visa officer). Bible said again the Heart of the king is in the lord hands; turneth it to where where he wishes.
Somebody will find favour from God this week in Jesus Christ name.
I see somebody celebrating His TRV this week in this forum, another one Jubilating His approval, many positive updates will takes place in our CIC accounts and medical reports will be updated passed this week in Jesus Christ name. If you believe hit like and say Amen with loud voice.