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441 is a very solid score. I don't believe you have any reason to worry at all. It will definitely be your turn soon. Keep the hope alive.

superdoll:
1 month (4 weeks +2days) after transcript deliver to IQAS and yet no acknowledgment. To tink that I still have another 9 to 10 weeks to wait after der confirmation makes me want to start this ECA process afresh with ICES or WES.
CRS score will be 446 wen ECA is recieved but after my birthday in sept it will drop to 441.
Now I can't afford to have these guys (CIC) draw at higher scores. Seriously praying that the scores temaim low through the rest of the year.
Can I really wait till November to get my ECA from IQAS.
I am really worried...........

Sorry oh. Hopefully, you'll receive yours in a couple of weeks.

sleekysilk:
Just a point ooo bros. Na to wait for my turn.

Pls check your account again and ensure your payment was successful. I submitted today and got AOR instantly. Abi, is AOR not that letter confirming receipt of application?

I didn't get a mail but when I checked my account, it was there.

dtush:
My fellow Canadians, I submitted my application since yday 2pm and yet to get AOR till now.

What do I do please? Do I need to reach out to them and if yes how

Maybe because we don't have the answer. I usually use wakanow if I must use an agent at all.

MummyJaygirls:
I asked this question this morning and una bone me abi, me sef go dey bone questions from now on

congratulations to you and to all new ITA recipients.

bigfido:
IIIITTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! after 2 years of trying!!

Congrats. You'll get your ITA shortly.

DatechMan:
Thanks.
My Score is 441

Never say never. It can still happen today. It's happened around 8pm before.

DatechMan:
It seems there is no draw today.

Central Intake Office (CIO)
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Canada

Kevinoh:
Hello house, please what particular address should my bank use on the bank reference letter they are to give me?

Congrats. Please share your timelines and any challenges you overcame on the way.

fabdee:
Finally ooooooo PPR has fallen on me oooooooooo. Oh my goodness. Brb my people my people

Guys, please I have a question regarding POF and the need for LOE.

1. About half the PoF is from the money I saved up in my office's cooperative society. I used the money to buy T.bills and the T.bills is about 2 months old now.

2. I have a letter from my bank in the CiC format. The letter mentions my T.bills and the dom account, which has the other half of the money.

3. I did a detailed LOE attaching my payslips to show that the money was deducted from my salary monthly and my statement of account to show that the Cooperative society paid the money into my account.

My question is, do I really need to explain the T.bills money with all these supporting documents? Is it advisable to discard the LOE and simply attach the Bank's letter and the T.bills certificate?

Yes, you can.

sunvick:
Please ohh my people,
Just to be double sure!!! Can I use the online WES result for ITA application? given that i dont have that CAD$78 to pay for international post?

Congrats!

We can't wait for the story. Please remember to come back with it.

Remxyj:
Just a quick one house..... I just got my PPr mail.
Coming back to encourage someone with story. Because the discrepancies on my application is too huge and I didn't write a single letter of explanation and my Father did it just like that.... July Aor
Brb....

Are you saying we do not need to explain the source of the funds in our T.bills for example? I T.bills of just about 2 months, don't I need to explain where I got the money from for the T.bills?

Ballerz:
Good News Fellas.
I woke up this morning to see her message
My cousin/client just gave me the good news. "Submit your Passport"
Start to finish was about 45 days.

On the POF, guys try reduce all the plenty stories (via LOE) you give the VO. I guess they make them to start querying what they should not query. I remember last two/three weeks when she came running that they said she should submit another POF within 7 days.
I told her relax. no big deal. Resubmit the old one (To show consistency) and submit a new statement.
She had returned the 2m we credited her to augment her statement, so I simply sent her another 1m to increase the threshold back to to the required level. (And yes, I specifically told her, she doesn't need any letter of explanation. And true to my words, no questions asked.

Cheers Guys

ysmd:
@ Yimiton It nice you were able to get the reference letter in the required format. Pls how was average balance calculated and did you also include statement of account or are you uploading the bank letter only

The balance at the end of every month for 6 months were summed and divided by 6.

I attached the statement just as support document in the space provided for letter of explanation.

That means mine is very on point then.

There's no mention of the money being equivalent to the POF at all.

closetextrovert:
SOA is statement of account.

Below is what is required to be in your banker's ref by CIC.

“The applicant should provide an official letter(s) from one or more financial institutions that lists all current bank and investment accounts as well as outstanding debts, such as credit card debts and loans.

The letter(s) must be printed on the letterhead of the financial institution and must include;
1. the applicant’s name

2.the contact information of the financial institution (address, telephone number and email address)

3.the account numbers

4.the date each account was opened and

5.the current balance of each account as well as the average balance for the past six months”. 

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/funds.asp

What is SOA? Is the Banker's ref supposed to state that the balance is equivalent to the required POF? My own letter doesn't make any reference to that but it states my balance and the 6 months average, while in my LOE, I attached the Oando converstion that I used to get the equivalent.

closetextrovert:
Do you already have your Banker's reference and SOA stating your balance as the equivalent of $25,000? If you do, i personally think you can go ahead and submit but make sure to top it up at the end of the month just incase they request POF again afterwards. There is really no way for CIC to know what your present balance is without you sending the proof to them.

I hope the CAD is actually falling back to a reasonable exchange rate. It's just been too high.

Iruosonobrugwhe:
Please between Oanda.com and xe.com, which is the most reliable for exchange rates? the disparity is too much as at today(N266-1CAD for oanda and N289-1 CAD for xe)?. this PoF must bot cause high BP

No, you'll be required to provide the date of the ECA result as well as a reference number. You can come up with the reference number but definitely not the date of the result, so, the best thing is to wait for the result before you enter the pool.

cochtrane:
It's possible, but not advisable. Are you evaluating with WES? Then you can form your ECA number from your reference number and put it what you expect to be evaluated for.

Good job to everyone opening this new thread. PPR to fall on everyone desiring it.

Thanks oh. Even though I tell myself that I'm not bothered about this, a tiny voice in my mind keeps telling me its something to worry about.

Blackbuddy:
Not to worry, as long as the affidavit was sworn to in a competent office of the court, it will be accepted. CIC relies on the position/authority of the court that stamped the affidavit in this regard. In other words, if it is okay with the Nigerian court, it is okay for CIC.

I feel I need to share this here in case anyone is in my position and don't know what to do about it.

I have names that appear very inconsistent in all my degrees. My full name is Mary Olamide Emeka (not real name) and my name in the following documents are as follows:

Master's degree: Mide Mary Emeka

First degree: Emeka Made Mary (notice the wrong spelling in Mide)

IELTS: Mary Olamide Johnson (married name is Johnson)

WES: Emeka (Johnson) Mide Mary (Olamide) - I like how WES wrote the very complete names

So, to avoid stories that touch, I went to Lagos State ministry of justice and swore an affidavit of 'one and same person' informing the world that no matter how my name is written spelt, it's one and the same person. I listed all the possible ways it can be presented and it was upto 6!

I earnestly pray that CIC will accept my affidavit and treat my application but for now, I'm not letting it give me a headache. I have attached the affidavit with my educational credentials and waiting to submit my application as soon as we do our medicals on Tuesday.

Children's practice is N28,000 each for both adults and children while at Q-Life, babies and children is N20,000 while adult is N28,000

You don't have to pre-book to use Children's practice, you can just walk in but for Q-Life you must book first and they usually don't have space. I booked since 9th of August and the earliest date was 22nd August.

XX01:
Does anyone know the cost of medicals at Children's practice and that of Q-Life for children and babies? I need to compare the overall costs so that i will know which is cheaper for my large family.

I chose this option when I did mine and received the letter in my house (Lagos) in less than 2 weeks.

Temas:
Delivery Method: Standard Mail via Canada Post - $7.00

I think they will send it to through canadian post to any address in the world... Just that this not an express service.

I chose this option though.(cutting cost).. i hope to get the post mail through our local post office.

Do you know what the exchange rate is from Nigerian Dom account to CAD? I'll be paying my application fee through my Dom account and wondering what the exchange rate is.

Hephgirl:
compared to $7
I noticed cad to usd is a better rate if u use ur American account than naija dom account

Wow! Congrats. This is such a fantastic timeline. PPRs are raining today.

emanode:
I want to appreciate God and the great people of this thread for your contributions. Got the golden mail yesterday, i hope it encourages someone.This is my timeline.
timeline
FSW
VO - Ottawa
ee profile - 15 may
ita - 17th may
aor - 27th june
meds passed - 18th july
Adr - 18th july
ip1- 19th july
NA - 21st july
ip2 - 9th august
PPR - 16th August

@Kontagious, my pleasure. Hopefully, your result will come out positive. We are rooting for you.

Kontagious:
Hello Great People,

I have applied for EOR, also decided not to take the test till I have my result back. After reading through people’s experience with IELTS especially @bigfido, Jesuba and a couple of others, I thought these are folks who had to wait 2 years or write over 4 times just to have a desirable score, why can’t I wait for 10 weeks more especially when time between new score and remarked score is just 4 weeks. In essence, I won’t be waiting for 10 weeks but 4 weeks. Maximum draws within that 4 weeks period will likely be just 2 – why dash BC 68k if what I’d be missing is two ITA draws.

Thank you @Yimiton and Wura27 for your words. You both gave me another dimension to my case. Your thoughts, encouragement and support is priceless. I really appreciate you. Thank You.


@Jesuba. You need not apologize please, no offence taken. I had a good laugh reading the post myself. Wish you success in your next attempt.

I have a little challenge about this too. Some information was already filled in my personal history based on what I filled on my EE. Part of it however is much earlier than 10 years ago. Should I delete it and leave only the ones from 10 years ago?

sexymj:
Hello every one. i am here again with my questions.

thank you for the answers and support so far.

i am filling the e-APR.Please,
do i need to fill nysc as govt? or my internship in a govt hospital as govt?

When filling personal history, all my work history and education is reflecting there. however, i have been reading here that we shld move work that we wont b claiming points for to personal history.
do i move all my education and work history from personal history?

coolhayor:
We quoted Child birth & vacation for my wife

Thanks

ysmd:
At free radical /Yimiton pls what bank gave you this format and can you share the format

I don't have it yet but my friend who uses First Bank (Keffi Branch, Ikoyi Lagos) said he was given. So, I intend to go there on Monday and request for one.

I asked for a sample here but I didn't get a response so, I came up with this one, in case anyone needs it.

14th August, 2017.
The Branch Manager

First Bank of Nigeria (Keffi Branch)
4, Keffi Street
Ikoyi, Lagos.

Dear Sir/Madam,

Request for a letter

I am applying for permanent residency to Canada and I have been requested to provide a letter from my bank with the following instructions:

“The applicant should provide an official letter(s) from one or more financial institutions that lists all current bank and investment accounts as well as outstanding debts, such as credit card debts and loans.

The letter(s) must be printed on the letterhead of the financial institution and must include the applicant’s name, the contact information of the financial institution (address, telephone number and email address), the account numbers, the date each account was opened and the current balance of each account as well as the average balance for the past six months”.

Sample letter (on letter head please)

Date………
Central Intake Office (CIO)
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Canada

Dear Sir/Madam,

This letter is to certify that (your name) maintains the following accounts with First Bank of Nigeria, Keffi branch, Lagos Nigeria.
1. Current Account. Account number: …..
Date opened…..
Current balance as at today, 14th August, 2017…….

2. Domiciliary account (US Dollars)
Date Opened……
Current balance as at today, 11th August, 2017 – …….
Average balance for the past 6 months……

This is to certify that funds are fully free of any liens, debts and/or encumbrances and are maintained and available for immediate transfers or use as of today, 11th August, 2017
3. Mrs….. also holds a Nigerian Treasury Bills Investment in the Sum of ……… (in words) with the bank.

Effective date: ………..
Maturity date: ………..

This letter is issued on the request of the customer.
Authorized signatory,

For: First Bank of Nigeria______________

I will be grateful if you would avail me with the letter to aid my application.

Yours faithfully,

Signature

Your Name

yokus:
I put vacation and medicals.

Thanks

Please under personal history, should I write 'Child Birth' as reason for travel when I went to have my baby in the US or should I indicate tourism?

Thanks

freeradical:
No. I submitted only bank letter.

Good morning all,

If I can get the proof of funds letter in the exact format stipulated by CiC, do I still need to include my bank statements of account?