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EnnyOneda:
My timeline:
Application submitted - Jan 27, 2020
Biometrics updated - Feb 3, 2020
Medicals- upfront(Jan 2020), updated to passed(Nov. 2020), Expired(Jan 2021)
Medical request - Feb 4, 2021,
Medical passed & updated - march 13, 2021
Passport Request - June 25, 2021
Passport submission(Lagos VFS): June 28, 2021
Passport received: July 14th
-Request for 1st GCMS note: Oct 2020, received: Nov. 2020
-Request for 2nd GCMS notes: 18th may 2021, received: 21st June, 2021
-Applied for 1st TA: Jan 6th, 2021, refused: 15th Jan(based on expired medicals)
-Applied for 2nd and 3rd TA: No response
Travel documents required:
-Covid 19 test result(not more than 72hours to the day of arrival)
-ArriveCan receipt(download the app and fill within 72hours before your trip), print out the receipt and have a backup on your phone)
-marriage certificate(orig&photocopy),your spouse docs(study/work permit, I.D card, updated confirmation of enrolment etc), int. passport, hotel booking for quarantine(if you are not vaccinated), quarantine plan, P.O.E letter, GCMS note(I used this in place of T.A. the section that stated I qualify for T.A) and any other supporting document.

P.S:
T.A was only requested at MMIA but not mentioned at the point of entry, although this depends on the officer on duty. My spouse also contacted the MP twice to raise an enquiry which they did.

Most importantly, God hasn't forgotten you. You will need a very good dose of patience Pray for God's favour on your application and journey. It will end in praise and you will share your testimony soon

Big congratulations to you and yours. It has ended in praise.

Biodunjobi:
You guys, it's finally PPR for my husband and children!!!!!!
Timeline;

Application submitted - Feb 14th
Biometrics updated - Feb 26th
Medical request for my husband - April 10th
Medical request for my children - April 20th
Medical passed & updated - April 27th and May 10th
Passport Request - June 25th

For everyone waiting for this kind of good news, it will come, God will perfect it and together we shall all rejoice.

Big congratulations to you on this. Congratulations to your family. We pray that this good news will go round us all by GOD’s grace.

It has ended in praise.

Allgoodies21:
Presently shows your document is invalid

If it currently reads invalid, I don’t know if you will be able to travel and traveling without it being updated is a risk.

I think what you can do is push back you itinerary. Gauge the timing and you change your ticket date, you can call the hotel and ask them to change the dates you booked for. The Air bnb too see if you can push it back a bit to accommodate the time you will need.

Ordinarily for the hotel, it should not cost you to make a date change but you will pay for the Ticket date change, the Air bnb I am not sure. Find out.

sleekcheek:
My PPR is here guys, it has finally ended in praise!!!!

Will share my timeline soon, meanwhile I plan to use Lagos VFS because from the recent trend it seems their processing timeline has improved. Please since this is my second application and I did my biometric at Lagos VFS do I still have to pay the transmission fee?

Good good news. Congratulations. It has finally ended in praise. May the land of Canada Favour you.

ozone00001:
I tried ordering gcms I was told only permanent resident or citizen can.

Please who knows how to bypass that?

thegcmsonline.com

You can use that above.

Rootiab:
please can u give me the mail.

Personally, I would advice you go there physically instead of sending mail. This is to avoid stories that touch o. You can go back there tomorrow morning, be their first customer.

Rootiab:
okay. But for the 3 days quarantine. What's the cheapest hotel?

You will need to check online for this information. Some of the hotels can be booked online so check their rates. I think hotels in Toronto is a bit more expensive than other POE’s so you can do well to also check the other POE and also align with airlines that will fly to other POE asides Toronto.

Rootiab:
I have finally sent my passport to vfs today. Please I'm resuming may 10th. When is advisable to travel.

Big congratulations to you @Rootiab. All those your questions of is it going well or what do you think is happening have ended now.

The land of Canada will favour you. You can travel in April I guess. Like 1 month before resumption so it really depends on you.

samycage:
My People, God has finally done it.
My Application took exactly 360 days. 5 more days to make it 1 year.
But God has done it. PPR dropped yesterday.

Thanks to everyone here for the help and posts.
Specials thanks to @awys and @meemeeibrahim22.

My PAPER Application Timeline goes thus
-Applied: 20th March 2020.
- Biometrics done: 20th March
- Got AIP (Approval-in-principle) : 25th September 2020
- Medical Request: 1st October 2020
- Document Request (New LOA):- 5th October
- Medical Updated to Passed: 14th October 2020.
- Biometric Validity Letter (BVL) :- February 26th,2021.
- Original passport request (PPR):- March 15th, 2021. (17 days after BVL)

Sent several Webforms and Mails before PPR dropped.

Goodluck to everyone waiting.

Big congratulations. It has ended in praise.

The land of Canada will favour you.

eriax12:
Please help

Nobody can tell you how long it takes because the truth is nobody knows the timing. You get a response when they send one to you.

Having said that, we have seen cases whereby people applied and in less than 2 months they got approval, we have also seen the reverse whereby people who applied since last year Oct, Sep, August, even up to 1 year still waiting to get a response.

Ultimately weigh your options and go with what you feel is the best.

If I were to personally advice you, I would say May is too close. You will put yourself under unnecessary pressure and heartache that you could have saved yourself from.

Relax, put your documents in order and submit soon with September resumption in view. Like I said again this would be my own personal advice.

It will end in praise.

Heroulo:
Okay, have just seen people get their medical update and mine is not.

And what is the ‘Ghostupdate’ about please.

Don’t worry. It will be updated, if you did upfront that means you submitted the E medical form that was given to you already.

The ghost updates is just a sign that work is going on back end. You stumble on your application and your see profile updated as the status.

Work is going on. Don’t worry yourself. You be back with your approval gist very soon. Just relax and pra.

Heroulo:
Hello.. good morning to the gurus in the house. I have been a reader and appreciate all the info here. I would like to ask a few questions;

How long does background check last? Does it update to complete?

Also how long does eligibility last?

I submitted my application on the 4th of march and biometric on the 7th of March, background check started same day and has been like that.

Eligibility started 2 days later and has also been like that. Meanwhile I submitted upfront medical and my portal is saying I dont need medical for now.

Is my application going well at all?

You application is going well. It is too early to begin to stress yourself. Honestly you will need the energy for later on so just keep calm and just keep praying.

Nobody can state the timing it takes for these things to be completed.

Keep the faith up and it will end in praise.

slim2tite:
Hello Everyone,I applied on the 25th of January for Study Visa(for me) with my spouse and kid,our medicals have been updated to pass,but I was surprised that my spouse's eligibility review has started since while mine has not started. Pls house what do you think?

Work is going on backend. We have seen cases of people get approved and eligibility review had not started.

Just keep praying that it will end in praise.

Queenmama03:
Please guys help ooo. Does a letter of support from my mum stating that she will assist with looking after my kids in my absence need to be sworn in court?
Also letter from my husband supporting, my proposed studies, do I need to swear Affidavit or I can just upload a letter signed by them? They're both not rendering any financial assistance I'm self-sponsored.
Ejorrr biko help.

@FrankRobbn1 @lekiboboe @Awys

It is not compulsory. You can just upload a letter written by them.

dramacox:
Please guru in the house I need your help am a newbie here.
Please I need some answers to this bothering questions.
I had 2.2 in Bsc computer science since 2007
I have 10 years working experience working with State government as computer analyst.
Age: 37 yrs.
Married with 3 kids
I intend going for graduate certificate program computer network course.
Questions:
I hope my age won't affect my chance getting visa?
Do I need to do IETLS?
What should I have in my closing bank statement?
Despite my age can I still use sponsor?
What should be closing balance of my sponsors?
What are the documents required from my sponsor?
Any other profitable advise will be highly appreciated.

Please even if my questions are irrelevant, try to help your brother. Thanks in anticipation

1. Your age won’t affect
2. Not compulsory but if you want to go through the NSE route then yes you will need to write it.
3. Calculate your fees, add living expenses and and just make sure you have a tidy amount.
Yes, you can use a sponsor.
A tidy sum that will show that the person is capable of paying your fees.
For the sponsor, Letter of sponsorship, the persons employment details, employment letter, documents to show and establish your relationship,

If you read through the thread, you will see a list of documents needed.

Kindly find time to go through the thread. It will help you.

Benquip:
Hello fellows in this journey. I sent webform and email to all the available offices and got a response from Nairobi today saying Good day,

In response to your email enquiry below, kindly note that this application is still under active review by our office. At the moment, we are not in a position to give a clear indication of when we anticipate finalizing this application.

However, we wish to inform you that our office is doing the necessary to ensure that this application is processed and finalised within the shortest timeframe possible.

We trust that this information suffices in responding to your enquiry.

Regards, Also I checked my GCKey yesterday and saw that my eligibility review has started. Does the above message from Nairobi means I would get an update on my application soon?

It means your application is being worked on.

As for when you would get an update, no one can say when. Just do well to exercise patience and keep praying.

Blesyn24:
Hello everyone... Please I sent my passport via DHL to VFS Abuja today and one the dhl tracking portal it shows that it has been received at the VFS office since 11am but I haven’t gotten any mail from VFS office. Should I be worried or what do you think could be the problem?

No need to worry. Give it some time. I’m sure you should get a notification soon.

If you don’t after a day or so you can do well to call them to find out how far.

Elizdee:
Someone should please respond

LOI
LOA
Negative Covid 19 test result from an accredited center
POF (SOA)
ArriveCAN receipt
Enrollment letter
Evidence of Tuition payment

Sakaz:
Hello good people. Pls,how many month can medical result take for study visa b4 expiring.

Validity period of a medical result is 1year.

ayoslas88:
HELLO

AM ASKING UN-BEHALF OF A FRIEND

HE WAS AWARDED A FUNDING OF 30,000CAD BY HER SUPERVISOR WHICH HAVE COVERED THE TUITON FEE AND LEAVING EXPENSES

DOES HE NEED TO GET A SPONSOR AGAIN?

Not necessarily a sponsor but he/she should still be prepared to show his personal statement of account with some money in it. We have had cases of people denied with full funding on this platform.

The person should just get ready to show some funds in his/her personal account.

You can also wait to hear from others.

samycage:
Good Evening guys,
Please how many days does it take to get PPR adter BVL:- its been 7days now since i got Bvl. And my application would be a year old my march 20th. E be things.
Paper application. Timeline
- Applied: 20th March 2020.
- Biometrics done 20th March 2020
-Admission deferred to winter 2021- June 25th
- Got AIP (Approval-in-principle) : 25th September 2020
- Medical Request: 1st October 2020
- Document Request (New LOA):- 5th October
- Document Sent:- 6th October
- Medical Updated to Passed: 14th October 2020.
- BVL:- February 26th 2021.

And No news from them since then. Is there anyone here with a Similar Timeline?

Is your passport with you? Was it returned after the pandemic started?

You need to send mails to them. If you take time to read back a few pages, you will see where this same issue was raised and the advice that was given to the person.

The person thereafter got her PPR. So do well to read back a few pages and do the same. All the best.

awys:
They have updated the hotels in a way that you can book online go to the website there are some hotels in which you can book directly with them Online go through the list beside some of the hotels there is "Online Booking" beside them click on the hotel it will take you directly to the booking page but confirm the price before booking

Thanks babes. This is good news.

olasubomy:
LANDING GIST

Hello house, congrats to those who have gotten approvals on their applications and best of luck to those awaiting a decision. It will end in praise. Let me summarise my landing experience and not bore you with stories since I still have some energy after arrival.

SUMMARISED EXPERIENCE AT MURTALA MUHAMMED AIRPORT

I flew with Ethiopian Airline and the flight was at 1:40 pm. I got to the airport a little late due to a last-minute rush/parking. Fast forward to entry. The first point was two immigration officers. They asked about my final destination, I told them Canada. They sighted my passport and handed it back to me. The next checkpoint was to weigh my luggage. Hmm! the first luggage (box) weighed 26kg and the second box carrying food weighed 33kg. I was forced to return some stuff back home and paid 60 dollars for the excess luggage and obtained a receipt because I was not ready to return any food so I rather reduced some clothing. Please try to use a travelling bag for your foodstuff to avoid overweighing so you won't be forced to buy ghana must go at the airport. The next check after was a lady who asked for my COVID test result, school enrollment letter and my passport. She snapped the enrollment letter and passport then sent it to someone by WhatsApp for confirmation. She asked for the Arrive CAN receipt. I showed her on my phone. The next point was where I got my boarding pass. After this, i started walking fast to the point of boarding because my aircraft was already boarding. I would advise you to try to get to the airport much earlier due to these new changes at the airport so you don't start rushing.

SUMMARISED EXPERIENCE AT ADDIS ABABA AIRPORT

The Ethiopian Airline flight took off on time around 1:55 pm. The flight was okay, a very massive Boeing aircraft and was not fully loaded to capacity. I guess due to COVID and not much demand due to travel restrictions. Our first stopover was at Addis Ababa. We had to pass our hand luggage, remove our shoes and belts, laptops through computer screening at three different areas in the airport. Such tight security. One of them saw dollars in my pocket, I told him I was a student, he had to check my passport and boarding pass to confirm. It is that strict. There is nothing wrong with holding your cash. Just let them know you are a student if peradventure they ask you. The next check at Addis Ababa was an Immigration Officer. She asked for my Negative COVID test result, evidence of Arrive Can and confirmation of booking of the 3 days stopover hotel in Canada. She took a copy of the COVID result and gave me a health form to fill ( like a questionnaire) I filled and returned back to her.

Try to make at least 3 copies of all your documents before travelling just in case an officer ask you at any of the airports. It all depends on the officer but better to be prepared.

SUMMARISED EXPERIENCE AT TORONTO AIRPORT

We were given 3 forms to fill in the plane, one of which is the declaration card ( the declaration card is where you will declare if you are holding 10,000 dollars or more, and foodstuffs like (meat fish, nuts, egg, vegetables, fruits etc). We all had to fill it in the plane, even the pilot kept announcing for us to fill it. We finally landed in Toronto after almost 20 hours in the air. Even when the plane got to Toronto airspace. It still spent almost 2 hours in the air before landing. CANADA is really big. I am not surprised it is the second-largest country in the world after Russia.

The airport looked a little skeletal. Some offices were not opened, I guess due to COVID. The first check at Toronto was different counters with immigration officers. We had to queue and was assigned to each one at random. The officer asked for my negative COVID test result, Arrive Can, evidence of booking my 3 days stopover hotel and evidence of booking of the 14 days isolation and the declaration card so I gave him all. I showed him the confirmation of 3 days hotel booking on my phone. I did not bother to print that out since you can only book 48 hours to your arrival in Canada and would be too late print. He did not even bother to review the card. He just signed and gave it back to me.

The next check was another set of different cubicles with various immigration officers ( The main point of entry). I noticed one cubicle was free and a Chinese-looking lady officer was there so I just went to meet her. She did not even press me as expected. She just asked for (1) Letter of Acceptance (2) Evidence of Arrive CAN (3) Evidence of booking of 3 days hotel stopover (4) Passport and then she asked two questions: Why are you coming to Canada, I answered I came to study for my MBA then the second question was how are you funding your studies and I said my biological parents are sponsoring me. She felt satisfied and printed my study permit. It all depends on the officer that would be interviewing you.

The next step was getting my luggage and I proceeded to another queue to register for the COVID test and was subsequently directed to a tent where a nurse took samples from my nostril and told me the result would be sent to my registered e-mail. After that, I got to another queue where I waited for the taxi going to my 3 days stop over hotel.

I wish everyone the very best as you plan your journey to Canada.

Thanks so much for this. You are favoured already. Go and shine.

A question please, how were you able to sort the issue of booking and calling the people to book. You got them on phone or what method did you use. Thank you.

khosen:
Good morning my people.
Please I have a question to ask, pls I need answers.

I live in Abuja and did my biometrics here at Abuja vfs, pls how do I go about submitting my passport?

I've been seeing people use DHL to send to Abuja, I guess that's because they are not based here.

What are the procedures pls for someone living in Abuja?

Thanks for your swift responses

The procedure for people living in Abuja is the same for the person living in Any other state my brother.

VFS will not ALLOW delivery or collection by hand. So just go to DHL or UPS and send your passport ASAP. The good thing is you won’t spend so much. Also remember to do 2 way courier so they will return to you when stamped. All the best ahead.

Tohbieee:
Hi guys,

I received my passport stamped from Abuja on Monday. However, I am yet to receive counterfoil and LOI. Please what can I do?

Thank you for your assistance as always.

PPR hopefuls God that did mine will remember you too.

Just wait. It will come soon. The LOI drops as correspondence letter in your account and the counterfoil is just above that. You can’t miss it once it drops.

Olayibo1:
Good morning house..pls can someone use two accounts for proof of funds? my mum's account and my own account..can that work out?

Yea it can.

slimy205:
Hello gurus,

I submitted my NSE request on the 7th of February. Its beyond the 20 days now. Please what do I do or should I just keep waiting.

Keep praying and wait in faith. It will come soon.

skull4eva:
News in brief ..... headlines only.
Good morning my people I woke up to receive the greatest news of my life today PPR after 8days since BVL dropped the anxiety serious and i was just down but now my life is back.
It has finally ended in praise. God is good
Second application. first was denied on October 3rd 2020.
I thank God for making the application a success. He has a track record of keeping His word.
Thanks to my boss and friend Frathermatty for all the help all the way sop and loe review. To my bosses @vibrant 99, Frankrobbn1, @justmellow, lekiboboe, @awys and Anonn. Thanks for the support, comments and advice. I appreciate you all.
please how do I send my passport to Abuja for stamping?

It has ended in praise. Congratulations and all the best ahead.

jogojogo:
I HAVE CHECKED O, NOTHINK IS THERE, SHOULD I WRITE TO THEM? OR STILL HOLD ON? WHEN DO YOU THINK I SHOULD WRITE THEM?

The letter of Introduction comes as correspondence letter and the counterfoil is just above the portion for correspondences.


Once you have your passport back, then it should have dropped. Maybe you send a mail to the Lagos office using their e mail add.

silvamania:
Help on This please

I think they already have a list of agents they use, so just pick one from the list. You can try iwajayiimmigration. I think she is on the list as one of their approved agents.

I don’t know the person personally o but she seems to come highly recommended. Check her on IG.

Please do your check.

Summe:
Thank you for this. Is Montreal your last stop? I will be stopping over in Montreal first, before going to St. John's after the mandatory quarantine.

My question now is how do we go about the flight to St. John's after the quarantine? Do I have to reschedule the flight for after 3 days?

You can book everything from here. You will book to Montreal observe the 3 days then continue after that.

Check Wakanow. com.

Dave1860:
Wakanow yeah?
I called their costumer line when I received the mail this evening and they confirmed that students are traveling presently.

Yes. Thanks so much. This resolves it.