kolade22:
Hello Good people

I read on this trend that if someone was denied visa in any other country in the past, he or she has to state it when applying. My question is,

Is it applicable to the PA alone or Spouse has to state it too?

in my own case, i was denied USA visa 2 times in the past but they later approved my visitor's visa in my 3rd attempt, in this case, do i have to state no/yes?

i am confuse, pls good people of this forum should advise.

Thank y''all

Oyin15:
@Virt my son is going to be 6 this December and he was allowed to go to grade 1 in September. I live in Ontario also

SlowlybtSurely:


He will be allowed to start grade 1. As long as he turns 6 before or on the 31st of December of same year.

Blackbuddy:


I stand corrected, if a child will not be exactly 6 years or over by the first day of the school year, he will actually be allowed to start in grade 1 provided he's 6 by December 31 that year.. Apparently the September cut off is not so strict in Ontario. I appreciate the experiences shared below.

vcole:

Tax returns for the current year are filed between jan1 and april 30th of the following year. So tax returns for 2017 should be filed on or before april 30th 2018. If a pr landed in 2017 then s/he would file taxes next year. For child benefit, you don't need to have filed taxes if you are a newly landed immigrant, the form would explain to you how to declare your income prior to landing in Canada.

Santino1:


Basically how to circumvent the G2 test and get a G licence with my Swiss licence.

AZeD1:

Your license should be ready. I renewed in August and it's ready for collection.

Rocorleone:

Got the int'l driver's licence before travelling though. Cost 12k. And for the FRSC Letter, I got mom handle it. She got it on my behalf and sent it via DHL. I hope this answers your questions

adeza:
My naija driver’s license will be 2years in January, I did the knowledge test and applied for exemption. I have the class 7 license and they said I can go ahead and do the basic road test now or wait till January for the advanced road test.

I had a baby last Wednesday , PR cards received and my older child has been paid child benefits for October & November, thought we had to wait for 3months before the ist pay

Mire222:
Much excited!!! PPR!!!!

PNP outland (Ontario)
Applied for pnp in May 27th
Got nominated July 26th
ITA July 28th
AOR July 4th
Med passed August 17th
Ip1 August 18th
Na August 18th
IP 2 November 9th
PPR November 16th.(LVO) got a notification email that I had a message in my cic account an hour ago. That's where the ppr mail entered. I was expecting to see a ppr mail directly in my email just like others have stated they received it but mine was in my cic account .

I want to specially thank those who have contributed immensely in this thread. I benefited a whole lot from reading here.

Please I'm a bit confused though, I only got request for travel documents(passports) ,height and eye color. I'm aware others are requested to submit passport photographs. Am I missing something? I don't want to do DHL twice abeg. Should I just omit sending the passport photos or just do aproko and send it? . Lol.

Thank you!!!!!!

Feygbe:


I had 3 US visa denials, went from IP1 to IP2. No NA2, 4 PCCs. VO was Ottawa

ajiifixing:


102 days at NA2.

Man no go die.

themaestro212:


This question should be at the FSW/EE Thread but anyways...

I don't think this should significantly affect the speed of processing times. Understanding what goes on at the Central Intake Office and the CPCs, from what I have read, they can decide to gather more information about your visa refusal if they feel it raises any questions as regards criminality, inadmissibility or security concerns. This may lengthen the processing time of your application. Also people from certain countries (Afghanistan, Pakistan etc) may undergo more scrutiny than others.

A visa refusal from another country because you did not have sufficient funds or did not submit all required documentation etc will probably not call for many more additional checks and may therefore not increase the processing time. These guys have a databases where they can pull up visa approvals or refusals from other close countries like the UK and US and verify reasons for the refusal.

I think what gets people stuck at NA2 is the transfer of files from the CIO to the Visa Offices. After NA2, your files are transferred to a visa office where the visa officer reviews the agent's (CIO) recommendations. Sometimes, the work load at the visa offices is heavy and it takes a while to treat.

I hope this answers your question.

geebaby10:


One US visa refusal and travel history of four countries. Trips to the UK alone can fill one passport but thankfully it wasn't up to 180 days cumulative. No UK refusal ever. File ended up in LVO. Been on NA2 since 16 August. That's about 87 days now.

crazyinlove:


This theory is somewhat true but not totally true. I was in NA2 for 77days before moving to IP2 recently and I had 3 refusals in the past. I think other factors like expensive travel history (esp. to certain countries) can make one to stay in NA2 for long.

Santino1:


I'm not answering your question because I haven't received PPR yet. This is just to offer another perspective.

A survey was done on some applicants that are delayed at the NA2 stage and most of them had one visa refusal or the other and indicated same in their application. Some of them have been on the same stage for 2 to 4 weeks and counting while their counterparts and those who applied after them have long received PPR

While this may be the case for most, It doesn't apply to me. I have never had a visa rejection before and this is my third week on NA2. I have travelled to about 26 countries in the last 6 years so I simply attributed the delay in NA2 to verification from those countries I have visited.

This is simply my theory as I have no way of knowing for sure why I'm stuck in NA2.

ugoiyke79e:
In other news, Portharcourt IOM session was AWESOME!!
I met gorgeous peeps frm here @ virt, @afamdi12 etc
I encourage everyone that gets even up to IP2 stage to register for a session as well as join online prearrival settlement courses....very educating...
but if u know u dont like to read and sieve through lots of info, dont even bother.

ugoiyke79e:




Hello virt......glad you were able to register with your UCI number.
The scheduled date and time is 8am-4pm on 7th Nov. in portharcourt.
You should have received a confirmation email from Wumi detailing the time and venue as well as confirming a reservation for you..
If you havent got d confirmation yet, pls send her a reminder email ASAP.
7th is already very close.
Wishing u a speedy kontagious-like ppr

@ PH peeps, see you all there and dont forget to come with a form of ID.
Cheers.

Kontagious:
Hello Great Fellas,

I feel like typing in capitals, I can’t keep calm, it’s PPR!!!

Timeline below;

ECA: 15/08/17
IELTS: 22/09/17
ITA: 04/10/17
AOR: 07/10/17
Med Passed: 21/10/17
IP1: 21/10/17
NA2: 27/10/17
IP2: 28/10/17
PPR: 01/11/17

Will be back with a long post!

nkigirl:
Hello. Pls does anyone know how much Prime Clinic in port Harcourt charges for medicals for adults and children? Also, can you walk in or do you have to make an appointment?

A14:

I paid 30k earlier this year. Dunno if they've increased it now. No idea how much they charge for kids

ugoiyke79e:
Congrays to all ITA recipients........I am sure you guys/ladies will sleep like kings/queens tonight....Just a few reminders.

--Strictly adhere to all the specificied document format,type and content.
--Scan and save each document with its appropriate name . This is to avoid confusion when uploadining.
--upload each document in d correct placeholder.
--use your LOE judiciously.
--stall your medical exam till a few days (or even same day) of submission.
--Pray,pray, & pray again. for a good VO and LVO
--Start packing your stuff
We are all expecting ppr rains frm y'all.

Kontagious:

First, English no be my mother tongue and same for my child, so I went with the native language option.

For the child communicating in English, I have an infant who is just about walking, babe never start to talk properly so I asked my wife, how am I suppose to answer this question now? But since she'd eventually speak English, I choose English. Plus we talk to her in English and she responds accordingly (when she decides to be a gentle babe though), and she has started picking one word syllables. So, I had more conviction to select English. Only conservative as I would have selected both English and French for her sef as we'd want her talking french classes at the appropriate time. We saved that for future use

Lets wait for our seniors.

area74:
Great people of nairaland. I just started my own express entry dream. I have applied to WES for credential evaluation as well as requesting my school to forward my transcripts to them via UPS.

I need your assistance on how to fax the copy of my degree certificate to them electronically and if i am to write the WES reference number on the copy for easy tracking. People who have done it through this route should kindly help out.

Thank you.

12go:
I am not a tweeting thing but I have joined twitter to send message to WES. I have also sent them a message on facebook and fax using hello fax.

Will send them a formal request using fax tomorrow and will tell my institution to write to WES on my behalf.

Plan to leave Ghana tomorrow. Please suggest any other avenue through which I can contact WES .

Medaasi for the suggestions

dupyshoo:
Is it possible to put a dummy PR number? Then you can include a letter in the general LOE section explaining your situation.

I was in a kinda situation as I had applied for Alberta PNP before years back and my application was returned as incomplete. I did not even get to see the returned form. I said "No" to all the statutory questions and when I was asked to submit a Schedule A form, I used that opportunity to explain the situation.

ajiifixing:


Bwahahahah. The fear of the ''Badt gang'' is the beginning of not mentioning names.

I can only tackle below question:

1) I applied in 2014 for permanent residency through the paper based application, but was returned that my NOC has capped, and they wrote my UCI number in pencil on my form. Now I'm being asked if I have applied for PR before and I answered yes, and they asked for my PR file number and I dont have any such number, and the form keep showing incomplete without the PR file number. What should I do?

I had a File number too .It was written in the mail they sent to you at that time your prior application was returned. Mine starts with B0 followed by numbers with [SW1] in bracket at the end. e.g. B056761222[SW1].
If you check the top right part of the letter sent by CIC to you ,you should find it there.