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NommyD:
Please, who is travelling to Halifax next week, I am looking for a travel buddy

I’ve sent you a mail

Abeg make una add me to the Cotonou WhatsApp group. 08064011722.

Thank you.

1st March 2021

Anndav:
Congrats, congrats congrats!!!!!!!
An soooooooooo happy for you
It has reached out turn o
Wao when did you apply

atiteb4:
congratulations. Work permit or study permit?

Work permit

Glad to share this here because I learnt a lot from this group. Saint Mary’s University work permit approved. Procedural fairness was due to chargeback by third party.

Finally the long awaited mail arrived. Employer specific work permit approved.

Congratulations

chichi93:
Hi guys! I just wanted to drop this here. I have an ongoing SOWP but I applied for visitors visa with the new portal on the 28th of October and it got approved today. It’s actually possible to apply for visitors while waiting on another TRV or PR application. I understand that this is something some people may not be brave enough to try without seeing who it has worked for first, which is why I dropping this here. Good luck guys!

Congratulations

ifychybrian:
And my PPR just dropped for myself and 3kids to God be the glory. just believe and have faith timeline is not up to 2 months

Congratulations

KingKitchener1:
To God be the glory, PPR finally dropped .
SOWP , 2 SPs and a Visitor visa.
Online application submitted 15th May
Medical Passed: 19th May
Eligibility Review started :5th September
PPR: 22nd Nov.
This requires lot of patience and of course prayers.
I pray that as many that are awaiting PPRs for thier families., they shall come very soon by the special grace of God. Thanks to my Nairaland family, you guys are awesome. Special thanks to my brother and friend, Akannitommy for his supports.

I think it’s too early to worry for updates. But you can still send mails to them may be that will expedite things for you.

Erudensi:
Dear gurus ,
kindly advise I submitted my husband's application on the 10th of October and biometrics completed on the 13th of October and till now nothing nothing. Will it be advisable to send a mail to them and how do I go about it cos our intention is to travel together.

Congratulations……more good news to follow this week.

Akannitommy:
FINAL PPR ALERT, it has ended in massive praises! Alhamdulilah!!

We received PPR for the remaining members of my family earlier today and also got a travel restriction exemption authorization approval for my 2 year old son. After we waited for two weeks after the first set of PPR for my daughters, we decided to send their passports on Monday to Abuja. We did to avoid the pitfall of missing 30-days deadline for submitting passports. The passports were delivered on Wednesday due to Tuesday holiday. Counterfoil for the girls were updated on the portal Friday and DHL picked up stamped passport same day - tracking shows it is en-route to Lagos. We woke up to receive PPR for my wife and son this morning, as well as a travel authorization for ONLY our son - since he applied for visitor and we also applied for the travel restriction exemption twice. The letter of introduction for the girls dropped too.

We are juggling many things right now and the logistics are crazy. I pray that everyone waiting for their PPR gets it soonest. I understand what you all are going through because I was in the same boat for over 5 months and I not unaware that several more have been waiting longer. Hang in there, be hopeful. Your time will come very soon. It has finally ended in praises. Many thanks to everyone who rendered assistance in one way or another on this platform in this journey. You are all too many to list but you know thy selves and the Almighty God know you even more. Your rewards will be in multi-folds and bountiful. Also, I am grateful for the emotional support everyone provided all through the process.

Again, it has ended in praises!! Alhamdulilah!!

See updated timeline below:

15th May - Application submission with upfront medicals for 3 out of 4 (All 3 had April 2021 passport expiry dates)
19th May - Medicals for Spouse and two kids (student permits) updated to passed
25th May - Wife completed bio-metric while kids didn't due to minor ages
3 months - Nothing; not even ghost update. Focused on passport renewal process and NIN reconciliation wahala.
18th August - Sent Nairobi inquiry email and got normal auto-response immediately
19th August - Nairobi replied my inquiry saying the usual stuff - under active review & unable to say when to finalize
19th August - Applied for GCMS notes for all
26th August - Applied for written travel authorization exemption (WTRE) for all
4th September - Emailed MP office covering my residential area
5th September - Emailed MP office covering my school area
8th September - Senior Advisor (staff) to MP covering my house replied - " I should reach out in 2 weeks if I haven’t received anything......."
9th September - Eligibility review commenced -- no ghost update - just random login and saw it
10th September - Received medical request for 2 year old son (who didn't do upfront medical since it was visitor visa for him).
10th September - 3 emails responses per travel authorization application - one shows son's WTRE is authorized & others tagged "courtesy"
17th September - Completed son's medical exam and uploaded result via webform and emails to Nairobi - no reply.
26th September - Son's medical updated to passed
6th October - Received PPR for daughters' study permit applications.
18th October - Sent daughters' passports to Abuja using DHL return service

18th October - Same day after I had sent 2 passports, the MP's office replied my umpteenth inquiry saying that "regarding the progress of requests, they are all linked and processed together. Verification of eligibility and medical results was accepted. The next step concerns the final decision which must be rendered (we do not have the date). Regarding your second question, I spoke with an IRCC agent who told me that you could send the 4 passports together by putting an explanatory letter explaining that it is easier financially and logistically to do like this and there shouldn't be any problem, but don't hang around in sending passports."

18th October - I replied MP's office that I had sent 2 passports and that I wouldn't want to risk sending all four because am not sure someone won't mix things up just because there was not PPR for 2 of the passports. In my experience, most people who work in customer service etc behave like robots lacking latitude to apply discretion in sensitive or unfamiliar situation. I didn't want anyone to use me as experiment.

22nd October - Daughters' profile showed counterfoil have been issued - visa stamped - expiry date is 4 months earlier than my own expiry date. No problem because that is valid for 2 years essentially.

23rd October - PPR for my wife and son dropped along with travel restriction exemption approval for my son & the girl's letter of intro.

The grace and joy shall go round by the special grace of God Almighty.

A big joke here

Akannitommy:
Also, I applied for GCMS notes since 19th August but nothing yet till date. I sent email to follow up, same thing. Anyone in similar situation?

Everything about IRCC Nairobi is a joke now. They just don’t care. I applied for job specific work permit since March 1st 2021 till date nothing. I, my employer (a university) and the MP have been sending IRCC mails and calls yet no real response. I ordered GCMS note since September 1st yet IRCC refused releasing my details. Their usual mantra is Be Patient.

Probably there is something they are not telling us.

ifeo123:
PPR GUYSSS

Second Time Applicant

I first Applied in January 2021 & got a Refusal April 29. I didn’t give up. I fired back 2 weeks after.

Second Time
Application Submitted - May 15th
Upfront Medicals - June 9
Medicals Updated - June 16
Ordered for GCMS - July 8
BVL & PPR - July 16.

Isn’t God great ? �

Congratulations

Mobi22:
BVL AND PPR JUST DROPPED!!!
Would be back later to post my timeline
God has done it for me!

Congratulations

kunbeeee:
Yayy! It's PPR!! I have never been so scared to open a website before. God is faithful.

First time applicant. See below timeline. I did not see any ghost update throughout.

Congratulations

Team11:
It's PPR guys.
March 9th applicant.
Medical passed - March 16th
Silence until
Ghost update 13th July
GCMS: 13th July
PPR: 14th July
Good luck to everyone waiting. It'll end in praise. Take care everyone.

Congratulations

maralina:
My work permit just got approved
And my Sister’s PPR just landed, she applied in March.
March 5th
Biometrics March 10th with upfront medicals

Double approval!!!!, I’m so excited
Canada is sweet but hard when you live alone with no family, it’s so depressing ngl. Wasn’t easy for me doing that for 4years. I have friends though but it’s different without family.
Now having my brother and sister coming over is what I’ve always dreamt of and I’m so happy my dreams came true.
My brother got approved in January: coming for bsc
My Sister got approved today: coming for masters
Thank you everyone for all the tips you give on here, it was really helpful. The land of maple will favour us all����

Congratulations

RxOtunba:
PPR baby!!! Dropped around 9am today #EChoke!!! First Time Applicant.

Application submitted: Thursday, 11th March, 2021.

Biometrics: Monday, 15th March, 2021.

NSE request: Thursday, 25th March, 2021.

Upfront Medicals: 13th April, 2021 and passed 18th April, 2021.

Eligibility review updated yesterday, 13th July, 2021.

APPLICATION DETAILS:

University Of Windsor, Master Of Medical Biotechnology, Fall, 2021. My dad is my sponsor and I paid the compulsory CA$4k tuition deposit. My monthly salary is #87,500 and I attached 3 months payslip and 6months MBS of salary acct. Bin working in a community pharmacy since December 2018 and I also attached a reference letter from my employer.

-SOP 6pages
-Sponsor's personal bank statement: 19.5m
-My own statement: 4.3m (4.1 from my sponsor as living expenses and I had 200k)
-Sponsor's landed property (like 10) and I claimed itz worth over 300m (no evaluation)
-I did a deed of gift from my sponsor to me, for a piece of land, and I back dated to April 2018, so I claimed my sponsor gave me as a graduation gift, since I graduated in Sept 2017.
-CAC docs of sponsor's companies, with one being a good hotel which I claim itz over 200m, and also noted in my SOP dat i own a 10% shares with docs to back it.
-UK travel history and old visas with the last expired 2yrs which I ddnt evn use.
- I schooled in Cotonou, Benin Republic, So I added the stamps too.
-My siblings; First as a director in one of my dad's company, I am d 2nd, 3rd as manager in anoda of my dad's company, 4th, a recent graduate from a private uni in Nigeria (Nothing to support d claims, jst family pics in Naija, UK and my pics at work wearing my white coat)
-I flaunted my sponsor well!!!!!!
-My SOP was really directed to Nigeria and Africa. I talked abt how much we are dependent on imported medicines, and how we were handicapped during the pandemic, since our major importers, India and China couldn't export bcuz the covid hit dem so badly. I talked abt our drug importation of over $500m in 2018 and expected hike of over $1bn in year 2030 and compared it to our export of only $800k (With reference links).
-I talked about the AfCFTA which is signed already and how it will be good for manufacturing should be accelerated in Nigeria....Nd also, how I can easily export across Africa since my father is a freight forwarding mogul and how this will contribute to my country's GDP.

I got 4 US F-1 visa denials, ans the last one was in November, 2020. Same biotechnology course, but issues av been that I wasn't well informed, I was using my dad's corporate bank statement. I jst see say v.o go dey gbadun my speech for interview, dem go say mk I bring bank statement, if I just show dem, dem go say "sorryy....". One time sef, my passport sleep embassy, e no still come back wit Us Visa......Aiye le o!!!! Datz y I jst used personal statement now as I got more informed!

Thanks to everyone on this platform.
Special thanks to @insanity this is a special being, he touched my SOP like itz for him, nd baba no collect shishi, God bless u bro.

@Silvamania this one will lecture u like u are in d classroom and encourage u like u are in d church.....God will bless u bro!!!

All of u.......GodBless u all!!!

Congratulations

Hi guys, please how do I go about this. The person I paid to make this payment for me charged back the money without informing me. I got this from IRCC this morning