[quote author=ladymarshall post=82997659]First, let me say a big thank you for your wishes and prayers since I first announced. I’m so overwhelmed as I type not just because of the happy shock of PPR but also because I never expected the outpouring of love. Thank you. I really appreciate you all.



Congratulations Dear,

You have been so selfless and simply amazing here and in other groups. Most times I wonder how you do it.

Your blessings and rewards have just started....go forth and prosper.
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[quote author=Erigo23 post=82827716]Sorry for the long post.
DELAY IS NEVER DENIAL!!!
This is not PPR it’s IELTS victory. Finally after multiple trials IELTS HAS FREED ME!!!

Congratulations Darling.

wasseynewest:
Chai! My Zinggiiiiiiiiii darling(I know say na only me fit adress you like that ad bros no go vex ). My gist partner, my CIA agent, and adorable friend full of BRAIN to unravel anything . The genius that became my padi after meeting her "guru" hubby at the IELTS centre. The one I finally passed after 6 attempts . We thank God it's finally happened dear. Congratulations and trust me, am really lucky to have been friends with this beautiful family.



Congratulations!!!

Na my head you wan make e rise like puff puff shey?
Thanks a lot Padi mi.
Oya enter inbox...

yemblaze:
Massive congratulations to you and your family....wish you all the best in your new home. God will replenish your loss in a grand style.

Thanks a lot Dear. Amen o.

mcstan18:


Congratulations.

Sorry for the loss of your kids. We pray that affliction doesn't rise again a second time.

Amen and thanks Mcstan.

Ayoade154:




Congratulations �

Thanks.

joyuzo:
Wowwww.....Congratulations my sister... Indeed Our God is too Faithful to Fail... Surely this journey is Only and Really for the Brave in Hearts... Optimistic and Determined Minds... May you and family flourish Mightly in Our Dreamland.. Canada.. (Canny) �

Amen...Thank you.

Debsify:
Congrats to you and your family

Thank you

vicnoshon:
What a testimony!!! Congrats!!!

Although, I'm just taking a baby step now, I shall testify too. From all the PPR testimony I have read so far, Determination and Persistence is vital.

You shall definitely testify in the nearest future. Amen.
You have taken the first step, that is all that matters in this journey.
Keep moving forward, be determined and trust God.

Jaybye:


Wow! Congrats to you and your hubby Zinngi. I am not only inspired by this PPR testimony but endeared to your family already. Losing even a kid is traumatic enough and I reckon the feeling of losing two in such a fashion as you did would be beyond description. I have witnessed it all. Thanks to God the Almighty for counting your loss as gain in the end!
May Canada favour you with all good things; a great job and Canadian triplets topmost! And for the superb alternating mix between English Igbo and Yoruba when your moniker suggests something from Plateau, that's quite impressive. Weldone!... Best regards once again.

Awwwww....I sincerely appreciate your kind words and prayers. I say Amen to them but you see that part of triplets, I jump and pass abeg ; one more is okay. Thanks a lot.

ladymarshall:
Congratulations!!! Super happy for you. You made plenty mistakes in your application o, ahn ahn but God was faithful. And, no this PPR wait is not ordinary like working under pressure o

Your mum is the sweetest. You have a gem in her. My sincere sympathies for the loss of your twins.

Thanks for being so detailed in your story. You score 9.5/10.

All the best for you and your family in Canada

Thanks Sis. I am done serving my ban so I can reply now .
My Dear, God was and is faithful.
A whooping 9.5 for me? Thank you. Even ielts no gree dash me this score o.
I pray for your PPR Sis. It will come soon.

Eraytee:
Congratulations to you and family, what an inspiration!!! May Canada favor you and your family, am so happy for you

Amen. Thanks.

MumtotheBeloved:
Congratulations Sister!!!
It has ended in praise

Thanks Dear.

Stencil:
You indeed have a great and amazing support system. Your mum and sister in law are the real MVPs.
I'm really happy for you Canada would definitely treat you right

Amen. Thank you.

Yay!!!! It's PPR guys.....


OMG !!! It feels so surreal... I have been waiting for this mail longingly like a deer panting for water. I just couldn't wait to have it so badly that it became a need but I learnt what it means to be hopeful in the IRCC school of patience.

Honestly, I thought this long wait would dampen my spirit and kill every form of excitement but I was wrong. Just look at me checking my mail and smiling since I saw it.
This feeling is sweet...���.

Pure gratitude!!!


Olisa bi n'igwe, nara otito m
Eze eligwe, nara ekele ....oloro ihe loro enyi, aka mu di n'elu


A journey that was first perceived in 2016 began in earnest in 2018.

March 2018, we lost our twin girls few days after birth due to hospital inadequacies. It was the saddest day of our lives but it was the push we needed to resurrect the desire to migrate.
After a heart to heart discussion, we made up our minds and drew a list of all that had to be done and how we were going to tackle each of them.

Few months after (2018), we were ready to try. We took the whole process a step at a time, choosing to start with the ECA. I sent my certificates for evaluation in July.....got it in Oct, 2018. I used WES. The delay was 'cos WES said they had sent my documents to school for verification while school claimed not to have seen it. Many thanks to my younger sister who did the running around to ensure it got sorted out. Let me not even talk about how much was spent sending the initial transcript and for verification stage.
Hubby had 2 degrees so we evaluated both with ICES.


We had previously planned to write ECA in August. On the day we were to make payment, hubby suddenly had cold feet...lol..we finally attempted IELTS in October, the 27th to be precise and our scores were as follows;

PA's score:
L-8.5,R-8,W-7.5,S-8

Mine: L-8.5, R-8.5, W-8, S-8

We spent hours practicing listening and reading daily but didn't bother with writing or speaking....we just believed we would be fine....

Then came speaking day, you see; I thought I knew how to speak English so I didn't practice or read up. I was just too confident that speaking was a no-brainer, if only I knew it was laughing at me. I had thought up all kinds of dramatic topics and felt I could handle them, you can imagine how shocked I was when the examiner said "talk to me about sports". Simple? yeah....but to me it was a tough one (In my mind I was like, who gives such an unladylike topic to a lady? If you know me, I am not a sports fan..)

As expected..I couldn't talk for more than a minute in part 2....honestly, I am not even sure I talked up to a minute. The examiner gave me all kinds of cues to keep talking, at a point she was tapping her desk. Me, I was staring at her anya anya (blankly)..So tey, the examiner asked me "Do you have friends that like or play sports?"...and when I answered "No", she had this look of "no wonder". Ah!..egbami..I was telling myself na so my money take go?

Part 3 speaking came and the examiner started bombarding me with questions...the woman no gree leave this sports topic o....talk to me about sports and entertainment, talk to me about sports and branding, talk to me about amateur sports etc.. God being so good, my brain started booting..over booting sef...I surprised myself here, was even giving examples�(all thanks to my ex-colleagues in the office who wouldn't stop talking about football).

Trust na, I stuck to football in my speaking. How I knew amateur sports had to do with sports at grassroot level amazes me till date....smiles..I even remembered Kano pillars, Heartland of Owerri, Rashidi Yekini...ah, I try mehn. (Emi o gberaga o but let me praise myself small o jare���).
I think she actually enjoyed the chat 'cos she couldn't seem to stop asking me questions and according to those who were to do the speaking test after me, I stayed in the room longer than the other test takers who went in before me. Maybe Madam examiner was trying to understand how one could go from almost mute to extremely chatty on same topic. See ehn, the thought of having to write the exam again will make you want to put in your best to possibly ace it once. My consolation: I only needed a 7 in speaking�.
Gratefully, we wrote ielts once and both aced it then opted for hubby to be the PA.

We gladly dived into the pool with crs score 455 and clinched ITA on January 10, 2019.
Like play, like play, it was getting real.

I hurriedly sent a mail to Qlife and IOM, Qlife gave us a date in March while Feb 4 was available in IOM so we opted for the latter.

Medicals at IOM was okay and we were able to do PCC same day. We spent close to a month taking our time to ensure we got all documentation in place and finally submitted our application on Feb 5, 2019 (a day after medicals).

Here's our timeline:

ITA: Jan 10, 2019

AOR: Feb 5, 2019

MEP: March 20, 2019

BIL: March 22, 2019

IP2: immediately after BIL

Raised GCMS in August, yet to get it

Ghost Update: September 11, 2019 (AM)

PPR: Sept 11, 2019 (PM)

Family Size: 3

By the time we made up our minds to start this journey, any idea to leave was a welcome one to my husband and I. Alas, we didn't have much savings left and as a man, he was worried about how we were going to foot the bill for all required to make Canada a reality. I wasn't really bothered, I was convinced we were making the right decision so on my knees, I took it to God in prayers and he did his thing, voilà my Mum came through for us.

You see ehn, my Mum is my greatest supporter. She believes in all my dreams and is always ready to partner with me. She is simply amazing. When she heard of the decision to migrate, she was excited. It had always been her desire for me to leave the country.
On phone, she asked me to make a list of all the steps we had to take, put the sum by the side and send to her via whatsapp. This amazing woman took care of 70% without being asked to. Then came POF and my sweet sister in-law stepped in. Isn't God Awesome?

Proof of funds was 100% gift deed from my sister in-law. She wrote a love note stating that she was gifting the money to us and signed the letter. We did not notarize the letter, neither was it stamped at the court. We attached 3 days statement of account (of our joint account) showing the day we received the gift and the day it was fixed, fixed deposit letter, pension fund statement of account and reference letter (to cushion the effect of currency fluctuations) clearly stating the access to 25% part.

Another cause for headache was Job reference as my husband's employers said they do not give the reference letter in CIC format to current staff and as he was not resigning till we had ppr, we made do with the generic letter to the embassy which they provided, offer letter, promotion letters, appreciation letters, one month statement of account from his salary account showing inflow of salary, reference letter in A4 paper written and signed by a senior colleague with the colleague's office I'd card attached bearing his email and phone number, in fact everything we could find to prove work experience was attached and submitted. Luckily he had worked in same company for over 7years. Then began the journey to PPR.

One beautiful morning, while discussing with Wasseynewest, in his words he said " login and check your application...if you see sey you no do one part well, quickly raise CSE before them start your R10 check".
After the call, I logged in and took my time to check all I had submitted and uploaded, yours truly uploaded a PDF version of my son's passport photograph as against the required format...na snap, crop and convert cause am o..���....CSE to the rescue (was not sure if this was an issue but I wasn't taking chances).

Again, I realised we put my husband's job level and job generic title in our application while his promotion letter had just his job level.. In his work place, his job title has the word "Manager" attached to it but he is not a Manager in the real sense and another name given for his job level. I quickly raised another CSE attaching an LOE explicitly explaining this, his work complimentary card and his employee data page showing the level and title were also attached..as I no wan hear story. Please try and be very clear in your application, make officer no out of confusion refuse am.

Around this time, my passport had less than 6months to expire....I seized the opportunity to do a change of name(newspaper publication), court affidavit and all, then headed to passport office, Abeokuta. After capturing, I was told it would take at least 3weeks for it to be out...see me praying to God to now delay PPR small ���so I can get my new passport, submit and have the name changed on my application before they issue PPR. This was done and submitted via cse, few days later the change was effected on our application.

Then I noticed my Sister in-law made a mistake in the year on the gift deed. She put 2014 as against 2019...hah....we entered kabashing mode and prayed for God to blind the eye of those reviewing our app to the error...as we didn't see it before submitting, may they also overlook it when reviewing. Iseeee!!!.�
(�Please dont be like me o, guess I was just trying not to raise too many cse's as we had submitted statement of account showing the funds and an investment letter initially)

As God take love me so, he answered my prayers, ah...he over-answered sef as Ottawa went to sleep after effecting the name change...lol. The wait is not easy I must confess..you put a call through and you are told criminality has been passed, you call a month after...nothing new, 2 months after, same...yet everything is okay with your file...hmmm...
I had been strong all along, encouraging people to hang in there and wait it out but one faithful day, I broke down in tears (thanks to Mum2dbelovd for pulling me out of that mood)...with PPR in our mailbox, I can only look back and smile.
I remember being asked if I could handle or work under pressure in the interviews I attended in the past..as usual na, I said yes and explained. Honestly, I think I lied then o because ordinary PPR wait pressure and I crumbled.

Funny, my husband said he never saw me worry about our application��� he didn't know I had wonderful support system as friends. Guess I didn't want him adding application worries to the stress he encounters at work (if I don't take care of my man, who will?�‍♀️..lol).

I give all thanks to God who started this project and completed it ..."for my hallelujah belongs to you, my hallelujah belongs to you...you deserve it" (singing).

This story will not be complete without me mentioning names of nairaland friends turned family who were there for me and also people who helped make this journey worthwhile.

To Wasseynewest, who became my Gee you know where. Thanks for always picking up when I was worried and excited. My gist partner. God bless you for being you.

To Edechlo, my sister and prayer warrior. Thanks for always rekindling the fire in me. May God grant all your heart desires.

To Mumtothebeloved, my ever stable friend with a good heart. You made me laugh a lot in this journey. May God make you laugh always. I heart you Sis.

To Petrichor....thanks for acting as a big sister in this journey and always being there for me. May you never lack helpers.

To Je'mappelle Ramj, thanks for all the assistance you rendered to me in the journey, may you be highly rewarded and may Canada favour you greatly.

To Mumayo, Girl..you made me proud. Thanks for not letting me rest even when I was officially tired of you�...May your journey to PPR be smooth.

To DrCynthia, thanks for always answering my enquiries even when you were extremely busy. God bless you.

I am eternally grateful for the wealth of information I garnered on Nairaland for this journey. God bless you


It's your gal,

Zinggi

Ah....Thank God o....finally caught up with this thread.

Imagine logging in and seeing over 100pages to be read...i just had to read them....phew ...so happy seeing a lot of old monikers getting PPR...

A big congratulations to all who got the golden mail and to those of us at one stage or another, may we smile at the end of the day.

Congratulations to Livy2018, msmodi, Liz019, popscicle and Adeyemmy24. May the land be green for you. Go forth and prosper.

Selzsky:

It’s PPR family!!!!!

IELTS April 21, 2018 (L=8.5, R=9, S=8, W=7—-BC
ECA - Ist week of May
CRS Score—-440
Entry into Pool: May 7, 2018
ITA —-Oct 15, 2018(Draw Score 440)
AOR —-Oct 20, 2018
MEP——Nov 21/22 (not too sure again)
Ghost update 1—-(2 days later)
Biometrics (Dec 3)
GCMS Order—-(March 8, 2019)—yet to receive it till date
2nd Ghost update (April 2)
RPRF request (April 3)
RPRF paid (April 6)
3rd Ghost/PPR (April
No ADRs
Visa Office —-Ottawa
Single Applicant

Main gist——wait for it cos it’s definitely coming !!!

Meanwhile, congrats to all PPR clinchers at this time

Congratulations...

[quote author=Xplorezee post=77405593]** clears throat**
Sorry for the delay..... I need to add sauce to the gist ni jare.....

Guys!!!!! It's PPRRRRR!!!!!

Alhamdulillahx3ce, robil al'amin

Am so excited�����. You might be wondering who is this but it's your boy(wasseynewest) pppprrrrrrr......yeeeaaahh



Congratulations Iyawonewest and Bobonewest. May Canada favour you always.

[quote author=Dannyko post=76793369]VERY LONG POST ALERT

IT’S COPR

Sing along with me:


Congratulations...May songs of praise never cease from your lips. Go and prosper.

[quote author=Kusetic post=76792689]First time poster, long time reader

AOR: October 19, 2018
PPR: March 19, 2019

I almost gave up during the requirements phase and even while waiting, but reading stories here and following instructions went a long way. God bless everyone here.



Congratulations...

goodlife4us:
I slept in Nigeria and woke up in Canada. It’s PPRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Decision to leave Nigeria- Since the day I discovered I was BORN in Nigeria
AOR 23RD October
MEP/BIL 21st November
RPRF 4th December (Paid same day)
IP2/Background check commenced on 15th March
PPR 19th March 3.41AM (dated 18th March)
For POF, I used my Stanbic Pension (25% of total amount), Gratuity and Mutual funds.
This forum has been very helpful and I thank everyone. Your sojourn shall end in praise.
Let the good life begin....................................................

Congratulations...go and enjoy the good life jare...

[quote author=Supergirl1 post=76785153]People of God, e don land at last oooo

Where I go start from?

Timeline:
Decision to travel: August 2017
Ielts: December 2, 2018.

My babe got better IELTS scores, so we decided she should be the PA. Getting her ECA done was another hurdle on its own. Finally, it was ready and into the pool we went.

ITA: July 25, 2018.
AOR: August 18, 2018.
MEP/BIL: September 18, 2018.
ADR(RPRF): September 26, 2018.



Congratulations.

Ifeoma77:
God is too good

...Long post alert...

Your Boss is right jare....You are awesome...Je kan Mo..
Congratulations once again...now let me take my time and read this sweet gist for the third time...o na ato mu pieces.

Ifeoma77:
Woke up to THE mail today
It's PPR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes!!! Yes!!!! Yes!!!
Congratulations Ify....Finally, prayers answered.
May Canada favour you.
May you be blessed beyond your imagination
May your helpers always locate you.
Keep shining. .Go forth and excel.

I am so excited.

[quote author=Claire18 post=76586232]Its PPPPPPPPPPRRRRRR!!!!!!!
All Glory to God on High!!!!!
LONG POST ALERT!!!!
For those that can’t read long texts…..
Timeline
IELTS by BC -8777. 7th July 2018
ECA by WES - 4th Sept 2018
ITA - 4th Sept 2018
MED/PPC—18th Sept 2018
AOR-5th Oct 2018
BIL -2nd Nov 2018
Biometrics-5th Nov 2018
Expected PPR--- 5th Dec 2018
PPR---- 12th March 2019, dated 11th
Visa Office—Still unknown
Family of 2!!!!
155 days!!!



Congratulations. May Canada favour you.

[quote author=wasseynewest post=76580120]Na early morning waka i dey when i received the call from my adorable zinggi.
Zinggi: Guess what? He don happen!


Chai....tatafo...someone cannot even play with u again ....oya lemme return to my hibernation till the next good news.

[quote author=raphrulz post=76575769][color=#000099]Guysssss!!!!


THE EAGLE HAS LANDED!!!!!


ISSA GOLDEN MAIL THINGS!!!

Here is my “brief story”… read at your own risk:




Congratulations Prof.

[quote author=JesusBabyyy post=76573337]MY PPR STORY

First of all I am so grateful to the Almighty God! It was not an easy one.. I am not a woman of many words but I’l like to give back to the thread by sharing my journey.



Congratulations..