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Biot34:
Good good afternoon gurus in house, please I need your assistant, my study permit was denied base on the following grounds:
• I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay, as stipulated in
subsection 216(1) of the IRPR, based on your family ties in Canada and in your country of
residence.
• I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay, as stipulated in
subsection 216(1) of the IRPR, based on your personal assets and financial status. I'm planning to apply next month by using my cousin as sponsor now. Please help me out

JustMellow:


Hello Teezkid,

The sum transferred to you can be considered as a demonstration of his sponsorship commitment. Ensure to explain the lump sum in your study plan. It will be best if he pays your first-year tuition while he transfers your LE to you.

Best of Luck

Priceless25:


Please oo my people.. I need insights to this

gascoigne462:
Good evening house.

Please I’m in the process of filling out my IMM forms and I have few questions.
1. Funds available for my stay? I was admitted to a 2 year course. Should I show for the first year or both years?
2. How do I sign the IMM 1294 and Family Information IMM 5645 forms?

Please kindly help answer these important questions. TIA

mrprolifik:


You can put your bank statement, tax records, pay slip and every other document that has to do with finance under funds.
Anything that has to do with your identity like your international passport , national id card , drivers license , expired and unexpired visas and also stamps in the pages of your passport should go under Travelling document.
Letter of explanation is an optional document so it should go under optional. I hope this helps.
Lastly you will have to compress the documents because in the new portal you can't upload documents larger than 2mb.

Uzoamaka123:
Hello guys�

Please can someone give a breakdown of how we are to upload documents in the new portal.
Under these headings , what documents can we add ;
LOE

National identity document

Travel documents

Funds

Optional documents.

Pls how do I breakdown all my other supporting documents under them like gift deed, academic qualifications and employment letters

CharitMan:
Good day good people, has anybody heard from Dalhousie University concerning fall admissions, either positive or negative or even any dept...I just want to know if they have actually reached out anyone here; acceptance or Rejection.
Thank you!

Ketima:


Hello Uzoamaka,

Home tie isn't just only family and for the fact that you're entire family is in USA, you can use that to your advantage.

Let me give you question you can answer that will help you take your family in USA as advantage.

1). All my(you) family is in the USA but I have chosen to go study in Canada when USA could have been easy for me to stay back after after studies. Elaborate on this. Think deep on this and come up with answers that will act in your favor to portray you just want to come to Canada, study and go back.

2). How long have your family been in the USA and only you in Nigeria? Use this to link to your business and prove why you have stayed back in Nigeria to promote and grow your business and that of your family(if any).

For family ties, do your brother, family have business in Nigeria or properties that you can say you manage for them in their absence? Be creative in your application ok.

Other home ties includes, job/work ties, businesses, assets and investment, professional organization tie ( are you member of a group, expecially in your area of study, religion group( though considered of less weight but it helps too), non governmental voluntary organization like red cross, rotary etc.

So add all that will prove you have an economic/financial ties to your country that will warrant you to come back home.

For your brother(sponsor), you have to add his pay studs, employment letter and all related to his job to show his weekly/monthly income which will enable the VO understand he can actually support your Studies.

That's my little opinion. Let gurus in the house advice you the more.

jvmum:


Sorry to hear about MUN. I got my admission letter from Dalhousie last month. What is your app status on the portal? What prog? Also if it is thesis option /grad program, it would take longer time to hear back from what I gather.. I don't think it would be out of place to mail them to enquire. Keep the faith, you still have 2 options ...I hope it works out for you.

AmeliaT:
I don't think it works that way. People with a 5m balance can get rejected while others with 1m get the visa.

1 Do not resort to inflation, sending through large deposits within the six-month period. So, money should definitely have been there before the 6 months; talkless of 30 days.

2 The money isn't meant to be idle. That's trying to game the system and you'll be flagged. Spend as you normally would in your personal account, leaving some each month so that is accumulated to a healthy balance. Your balance will be reviewed versus your claimed income, expenses and proof of job or business.

3 Review the statement first before you indicate your income, expenditure, and budget. Make sure the annual income matches the statement income. Annual income should ideally be X2 of your 6month statement. The expenditure should also follow the same principles.

4 Budget for the trip should ideally not exceed 2 months’ income. There is no hard and fast rule about this, but people have been rejected for a budget that was X4 their income.

5 However, ensure this budget covers your entire trip. Breakdown flight, accommodation, food, transport and a little bit for shopping and entertainment (not mandatory). Below is my personal budget guide which I came up with myself and is by no means prescriptive, but you can review, and tweak as needed. This will help guide to ensure your budget, length of trip and available balance are all in sync.
Flight- £564
Accommodation- £50/Day (unless you’re staying with a friend)
Food- £20/day
Transport- £10-15/day

Optional
Shopping- Variable
Entertainment- Variable

6 I personally advise that you try to ensure that the available balance in your account is 2X the budget for the trip. Because they expect that you have funds to go back to when you get back home. So, you can use your available balance to work backwards to see the budget you have available for the trip and therefore the number of days you can afford to stay. Others have gotten their visa with a 500k balance but it’s better safe than sorry.

These are my thoughts and of course there have been exceptions to the rules, both positive and negative. All the best!

1oak:
Hello all please what’s the process for getting passport stamped after PPR. And which is the fastest right now Lagos or Abuja? Need an answer please thank you.

Legacyedition:





PART 2 : LONDON TO CANADA ��

Make una manage the typo, no time to edit. It's 4am here



So we left London, naxo wahala begin with accent again, I no hear pim from what everyone was saying, E kon be like say I no hear English again, the lady beside me seek permission to snap the sky with her iPhone 13, first time, I didn't understand her accent, and she felt like I turned her down. I brought out my phone to snap, naxo the Bae kon ask again, I was like, mio gbo English. She now said can I take a picture of the sky please?. I said, shey nah that one?. No be my papa get plane nah abi which kind thing be this one. Abeg dey snap dey go. This girl snapped like 10 times and at every time, she asked for my permission. I just confess to her, please I am not hearing what the hair hostess are saying, nah London we just komot and I dey hear everything, e reach Canada own I no hear anything again, the Bae agreed to help me with any communications with the air hostess.


My people, naxo I sleep go o, dem share first food , appetizer and drinks, Omo aye, as I open my eye like this. The girl done shack 2 enikeni ( Heineken) go. Eweh. I don't want to disgrace Una with my own , I no fit call hostess say make dem bring my own, dem no go hear my English, I no dey hear their own join, naxo I just lock up.



After a while, they started sharing second rounds , they asked me what I wanted , I said RICE, naxo everybody begin dey laugh. Rice no dey, nah chicken kini made with cooked abi baked flour dey. Edakun, bring am.


As I opened the food guys, nna mehn, I was disappointed, I just closed it up. Behold, a still small voice came to me and said " legacy, legacy, legacy, I answered 3 eye. If uno chop this food, ugo faint. Haaa, naxo I begin dey look the girl as she dey chop, if nah exam we dey write and I copied that girl like that, seriously I go write her name and matric number on my answer sheet � .

I carry the food, smash am. Chop am. I watch film ontop. The Bae shack another 2 rounds of Heineken, anything wey I talk wey she no hear, I go type am for phone. I watched film, Kong vs godzilla abi kinikan




After 9 hours on air, we landed in Canada, disembarked from the flight and proceeded to the hall, I generated a receipt, a lady directed me to where I declared my belonging and luggage. A receipt was also generated, waited on a queue and I was gloriously called.

Officer: WHAT are you here to do in Canada,

Me: study


What school and course:


Me : with this my dressing you should know it's a business related course ( nah my school and course I mentioned o ).


He directed me to another place to go get my study permit.


I got there, a senior cbsa officer rushed me, he discovered I am a student and directed me to another officer, seems he does pr and others.


Officer: WHAT are you here for?

Me: Study

Course and school: I told him

Officer:When is your class supposed to start

Me : May

Officer: You came rather too early,

Me: YES, I need to get accommodation and settle down, people that are here since January are still looking for accommodation.


Officer: Go have your seat while I printout your study permit and work permit.

Me: Thanks.


In my mind, this bros, with all this plenty documents that I printed in colored copies, well packaged and all, can't you just honor me and check it, atleast for the sake of the stress I went through to print and photocopy all this things. No documents were checked



In 5 minutes. My permits were out, I proceeded to baggage claim. Picked up my bags and moved . Change some usd to cad.


I got outside , e be like say dem put me inside cold room. Taxi. Carry me go hotel, I paid $30.


Wahala no kuku dey finish for this Canada matter, hotel bounced me.



When I got to the hotel I booked 2 weeks earlier, I wasn't allowed to pay online while in naija.

The front desk asked for my credit card, I carry 15 ATM come out, 3 Dom accounts and other naira cards.


The guy said no, he doesn't accept debit or prepaid card, only credit cards. Baba calm down nah. Eno gree make we try am o. Okay. Take cash, he said no... Inside this cold. By 11pm . Edakun, I no Sabi anybody for here.


Then I got out, went to 7-10 hotels, they all refused to allow me use my cards. Okay nah. Inside this cold. I just called taxi, no be today we dey sleep for park for naija if night catch us for Journey. I returned to airport, chop food, charged my phone and slept like a baby


In the morning, I left my bags, I go charge phone, as I come back, I no see my bag again. 2 bags filled with My clothes and Ijebu garri, abeg nah, no be Oshodi we dey fah.

I went to information desk, a security attended to me and said Canine departments came to carry it, egbami. K wetin you call am, no wahala, okay, gimme their address make I go meet them, dem say no way, nah only info desk close to where I sat can know the location of my bag.

Haha, people wey never come, me wey done dey here since midnight, no be juju be that , una kon say nah dem go get info. Okay nah. 10am knack. I go there , and dey brought out my bag, I signed, gave them my driver's license and they released my bag.


Oya airbnb, how far, host no gree accept o.


I went back to hotel. And told them I want to lodge. They asked for credit card, I no give them my card, bring the POS machine make I put am myself, I put am, put my password and . . . . Approved . Oya lemme enter hotel wey I pay money ontop nah, rara o. Dem say no, nah 1pm I go fit enter. No wahala. I sha done pay.

Thanks for reading.

Canada is really a nice and beautiful place, the people are so nice and always ready to help. The wait and the stress really worth it at the end. Well organized and sweet environment. Beautiful people everywhere.


Same day, I opened 3 accounts, got SIN. ID card is instant. Everything is just organized.

Ketima:

Hello ,
Pls what about two siblings in USA.
Can they both be sponsors ?
And would I have to still submit my own statement?
Also what can I use to show home ties? My mum is also in the US.
Can I put it as she is in Nigeria and I would be coming back to my job and my aged mother?
Hello Chemchem

Sorry I will have to use question to answer your question.

First, are all these sponsors related to you like parents, siblings or are they 3rd party sponsor's like aunt's, uncle's and friends.


Now putting yourself as the VO, if you have your 3 siblings willing to sposnor you, it will be more convincing to the VO that your parents and or siblings are coming together to sponsor their child or sibling in education which can easily be believed and accepted. But when you have three 3rd party sponsors coming together to sponsor you, I will be frank with you, VO will see it as you have gone to gather funds for DEMONSTRATION PURPOSE.

To even use a single 3rd party sponsor for an application is hard to prove not to talk of 3 third party sponsors.

BabajhideySammy:
It’s PPR
Finally ended in praise.
Hello, did you also submit your own bank statement?
First time applicant
Timeline.
Application submitted: July 13
Biometrics: July 15
Request for updated loa: September 30
Request for medical: September 30
Medical passed: October 26
Correspondence letter: January 6
PPR:January 12.

Wasn’t an easy wait at all, especially seeing people with similar timeline getting approvals.
Documents submitted.
IMMI forms
6months sponsor statement(mother)
Letter of Purpose
Letter of Justification (explaining every transaction above 100k)
Property documents
Sponsor’s employment letter and letter of promotions.
My employment letter
Letter of introduction from employer.
Sworn Affidavit of Return
Education certificates (transcript, certificate,nysc certificate)..

I’ll like to thank the initiators of this thread and everyone here who chips in one or two things they know about visa application. These platform is so rich and I wish everyone waiting for PPR all the best.

Please, what do I do from here, I did my biometrics in Abuja btw, can I get the link for the consent form please.. thanks.

Anon123:

Thank you so much.
I appreciate your response. I would put both into consideration.
What do you suggest I use to show my home ties apart from the job?
Can I write family? But I don’t have immediate family in Nigeria �
Good day..

Reading your inquiry these are what I feel you could do.

Even if you use just your mum as your sponsor(US and Nigerian bank statements), you are expected to include your own bank statements in the application and you are expected to show source of funds in her bank statements or likely lumps sums in her account (employment docs or cac of business attached with sales or contractual agreements are docs you will need to include).

The 2nd option is also okay but you will need to show more than employment docs as your source of funds that covers tuition and living expenses for a 25yr old with 2yrs work experience. It probably would raise be a concern.

Therefore I will advise you apply both options on your application. It makes your app stronger. As per hometies, you can include your present work experience, study leave letter and an affidavit of return.


My 2kobo

Uzoamaka123:
Hello everyone ,
Biko someone should pls reply me now


So thankful for your response on my previous enquiry ��.
Please I’m in a dilemma right now.

I don’t know if I should sponsor myself or make my mum be my sponsor.

My mum doesn’t stay in the country, she works in the US. Does it make sense that she sends her Nigerian bank statement and US bank statement . Hope they won’t deny me visa on the basis of not having ties to Nigeria .I don’t have family in Nigeria too.

Second option is to sponsor myself and look for a company that can pay me salary that will show in my statement and I can get leave letter from them too.
And state it that my mum is in Nigeria when she’s not.
Does it have effect on my status if I’m granted visa
Please which one is better .

Ps : I’m 25 years old.
Finished uni 2019.
Worked for 2 yrs in hr and my intended msc is also in employment relations memorial uni.

Cherukei2015:
Good Day House,
Please were in Lagos can someone do the Covid test required for traveling to Canada.
My niece will be traveling from Lagos to Canada next week but she doesn't stay in Lagos and so she doesn't know where to carry out the required test for her trip.

Thanks in advance for your response

Osemigho:


I can’t defend the 12 months statement because I run a business and most funds goes into my business account before I disburse into other account immediately. It’s because of the Canada process I want to fund the account with 2m monthly so it won’t be a lump sum at once.

I assume you are going for masters or PhD. Whatever you do, do not apply to a single university for graduate programs. Applying to more than one that you meet their criteria (particularly supervisor approval, if needed) increases your odds of getting admission.


1. Most masters admission usually come within1-4 months after application deadline. If the program offers full or partial scholarship, they will likely be at the right-hand side of the decision timeline spectrum because they have to do multiple meetings to decide available funds and how to share it.

2. NSE is no longer faster based on people's experience here.

3. IRCC and it's visa officers focus more on how you accumulated that balance. Be ready to prove that. 4-12 months statements as you prefer. 12 months shows more history. If you have good and provable long account history, with good balances overtime, go for 12 months.