Newmum0615:
Take a seat people.

This lady is coming in a jiffy.

Alright sis......
Row 02 Seat 01 -revealhidden

Front row is reserved for your close relations

Hian! Which Kain tin be this na?

Newmum0615:
Take a seat people.

This lady is coming in a jiffy.

Newmum0615:
Take a seat people.

This lady is coming in a jiffy.

Wooow!!!
Congratulatioooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonssssssssssssssssss!
Newmum!

Newmum0615:
Take a seat people.

This lady is coming in a jiffy.

Biko nu.... drop am as e dey hot.
We like it hot.

Ope o

Newmum na true o. Congratulations are in order.

Ire mi ti de

Newmum0615:
*Walks on top of stage*

Testing mic

1---------------2----------------3

*Leaves stage to continue praising God*

AdaZion2018:


I hide my face type this message but my friend is not happy. Thanks

Oya back to our celebration.

Newmum dropuzienu postu gi biko nu. Mmamiri oku ji some people

Saskatchewan is accepting EOI. She could quickly apply while looking at other provinces

Torkwase1:


Put "Nil". It should go. Mine was delivered in about a week. It is estimated to take 1-2 weeks from application, processing and delivery. You will get a tracking number sent to your email some days after you apply. That shows the transcript has been processed and dispatched.

Thanks a lot!!!!!

Congratulations @newmum0615 and @balogunsam. Newmum we are waiting oooo.

Am already seated, waiting for the testimony

Newmum0615:
Take a seat people.

This lady is coming in a jiffy.

I am glad to be here And I hope this thread will be helpful for me.Hearf how it had helped several persons. I calculated my skills and experience on the calculator my Msc+1year experience with good IELTS grades I met up to 444 points. My problem is i have not completed my Msc will be done by November this year or march, All things been equal. I am currently running my masters at UI and our result will be ready but our certificate can't until convocation next year November. Please can i enter the pool with my masters and WES evaluates my result without my certificate bin ready

yes sir/madam,

WES can accept your statement of result.

Just answering b4 the thread closes down and we become overwhelmed with congratulatory message .hehehehehehe

Domarion25:
I am glad to be here And I hope this thread will be helpful for me.Hearf how it had helped several persons. I calculated my skills and experience on the calculator my Msc+1year experience with good IELTS grades I met up to 444 points. My problem is i have not completed my Msc will be done by November this year or march, All things been equal. I am currently running my masters at UI and our result will be ready but our certificate can't until convocation next year November. Please can i enter the pool with my masters and WES evaluates my result without my certificate bin ready

Can everyone take a seat please? It’s going to be quite a read.

It’s my turn.

PPR has come to the glory of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost.


It has been a lonnnnng but rewarding experience here on this thread and in this EE journey. I have learnt a lot through months of research and waiting. If you had told me anything about relocating from Nigeria before the second week of August 2017, I would have rolled my eyes at you in apparent indifference. I was never one for living abroad. I love visiting on vacations, buying plenty stuff and coming back home. However, one day at the end of the 2nd week of August 2017, I was in the car with my husband, on our way to work and I remember vividly how I stumbled on Testden while browsing through the internet that morning. I decided to read a little and I just became fascinated with the practice texts and solving the questions. A colleague of mine who moved to Australia last year had been harping on about migrating, but I had no such plans. Hubby and I are doing quite well here, and I am also so close to my parents that the thought of staying so far away from them kept me from taking the leap.

Initially, practicing the IELTS questions was just for fun but I had a light bulb moment one day while still recovering from a surgery that almost cost me my life in a Nigerian hospital. A supposedly ‘big’ hospital. Why not take the test and work towards getting outta here? I asked myself. Hubby didn't agree at first. He is a believer now.

So voila! My first connection to anything Canadian was the IELTS test discovery via Testden. During my recuperation period, I decided that I needed a better life not just for myself but also for my kids. I considered Australia, but there is a disconnect between my first degree and work experience so I didn’t stand a chance. Canada was next on my list. I went on to research on the internet; CIC site and Nairaland popped up first among others. I have always engaged Nairaland as my go-to place for 1st hand practical experience on just about anything. It really needs to be rated among the top internet search engines in the world. We are great like that!

So, lemme not bore you with my long story joor.

Here is my timeline:

Decision to immigrate: 2nd week of August 2017.

WES evaluation received: 15th November 2017

IELTS: L8.5 R9 S7.5 W7.5

Hubby: Did very well. Maxed out on scores.

EE profile created: 1st December 2017

ITA: 6th December 2017

AOR: 1st February 2018

NA1: 2nd February 2018

Medicals passed/IP1: 12th February 2018

NA2: 16th February 2018

IP2: 27th February 2018 (the mass movement)

1st GCMS notes (ordered via gcmsbuddy.com): April, 2018 Received in less than 2 weeks

2nd GCMS notes (ordered via gcmsbuddy.com): June, 2018 Received one month later

ADR: 2 days ago. Day 179. Height & Color info + Copies of passport biodata pages (as if I didn’t provide it before)

PPR Mail: 1st August 2018. Received around past noon today. I was actually speaking in faith this morning when I was teasing y'all about having correct news . I just had the feeling.

VO: Almighty London

AOR to PPR: A whooping 181 days!

Other details:

POF: I used 3 T-bills certificates, account statement and other sources of funds. Reference letter from bank and letter from hubby giving consent to use his own portion of the funds. Used affidavit and LOE to explain huge inflows from hubby cos they were quite significant (upfront allowance from his employer). I had almost 3 times the amount needed for a family of three, so I had to exclude other sources of funds so that I don’t complicate things with a bulky upload and overwhelm the VO.

Whew! It was a battle getting that file to compress. After a 6-hour battle on submission day, I was finally able to compress it to 3.7mb. Made a mistake on the LOE in calculating total amount, was about to upload the whole file in the POF placeholder when I got a call from hubby that he had observed a mistake from his review. Had to abort mission ( ), correct it, rescan before remerging and uploading.

Employment: Got letter from my previous employer (didn’t use it in the end cos I couldn’t decide on the right NOC for it), added role in personal history. Used the one from my current employer, LOE explaining NOC change, work mails, Tax card, Staff ID card, my call card and that of my line manager. No payslips or SOA. Although I got maximum score for my previous role with current employer, I also declared my one and half year current role, same employer under my work history cos both roles showed on the same reference letter anyway, and so I had to upload the same doc again for this current role (Thanks happytbaby for calling my mind to this one. I might have missed it). Hmm, was so scared throughout the process cos I had used a different job title and NOC before ITA, but apparently, it wasn’t a biggie (thanks to @cochtrane, @einsteino, @happytbaby & @Blackbuddy for allaying my fears on this).

Education: IELTS TRF, ECA report, Degree certificates. ECA process was pretty straightforward, Naija Uni represented well. UK school, of course didn’t disappoint.

Hubby’s Education: No ECA done for either degree.

Medicals: Done at Q-Life a day before I submitted (I no dey plan travel soon, so had to shift it as far away as possible). Very seamless process.

Photos: Studio 24. The hard copies we did have expired in the wake of this delay. We have to retake them.

Legal document for name change: Submitted one & the same person affidavit for hubby.

LOE: Submitted Schedule A, old UK Visa refusal notes for hubby and 1, Travel History form, affidavit for one & the same person for hubby and his birth certificate (for different names on his docs).

CSE: I noticed that I had mistakenly swapped documents in the wrong placeholders. Raised CSE and notified them of the error.

GCMS Notes: 1st & 2nd were fine. No issues.

So, as I drop my pen, abi fingers (), let me acknowledge and thank everyone for the great job we are all doing here. You guys are amaaaaazing! Agents and consultants are seriously learning compared to us.

As I say thank you to each and every one, lemme send a special shout out to people who were and have been consistent in making this thread a success: @40manlappy (you no answer some of my PMs in the early days of my membership here sha, I still dey beef you-smiley), @Kontagious, @happytbaby (God bless you plenty), @Glitteringstar, our able landlady and data analyst, @cochtrane, @einsteino, @Blackbuddy, @mcstan18 (you snuck up on us and became a formidable “elder” smiley), @Hephgirl (I miss you in our midst.), @Elfmannisback (thank you for being our police here), @ysteph, @Ethelia, @luffyhaki, @Tojued, @ArabianRose @TEECANN, @Threemg, @vcole @smslive2 @agates @ jholarharde and many many others I can’t name here. Una too plenty ooooo. Thank you for all the love and support. You guys made the wait easy to bear.

I kept trusting God and believing that my turn will come one day. Months back, I wrote my goods-to-follow list, made a list of all that we were going to sell off. I even decided on the school my son will go to if we were ever able to get a house within the boundary of the school board. I have researched and researched, now it feels like I already live in Canada (except for the cold. ). I appreciate the Planning for Canada session I was privileged to attend. It’s a pity that the opportunity may end soon. It really helped with my planning.

I appreciate you all for all the times you wished that this day would come sooner. Every time I saw a post praying for my PPR, I would pray and ask God to answer the prayer. May God Almighty, the One who is able to do exceedingly, abundantly, above all that we can ever think, ask or even imagine make our ways prosperous and grant us all fulfilled lives in Canada.

We shall meet in Canada one day. One day soon.

Excuse my dramatic post. I wasn’t going to type all these, but you guys have waited for this day, so I didn’t want to fall hand. It has been one hell of a wait. I was expecting serious excitement the day this PPR would come, but I am not as excited as I thought I would be. It’s even surprising to me. I think I am even a little afraid, but God has got me. We will all flourish in Canada. It's a must!

PS: To all our newbies, please take time out to read and understand this process. When you take offense at people who ask you to read more, it gives the impression that people that did exactly that are foolish. Imagine that no one took out time to study the process, who would you have confidence to ask for guidance? Please read, read and read. It can be overwhelming, I know, but the benefits surmount every stress you might encounter in figuring where and how to start. To access even the most basic of services in our Maple Leaf country, you would need to read and understand your rights and entitlements as a PR, T&Cs of certain services and all. Why not start now and imbibe that behavior?

…Off to continue dancing! See you guys lerra.

Congratulations Newmum0615, your selflessness is amazing. God bless your new path abundantly. Because you have been a source of help to many others, help will come to you before you even ask in Jesus name.

You can use your statement of result in place of certificate . Hope you can get your transcripts before the convocation?

Domarion25:
I am glad to be here And I hope this thread will be helpful for me.Hearf how it had helped several persons. I calculated my skills and experience on the calculator my Msc+1year experience with good IELTS grades I met up to 444 points. My problem is i have not completed my Msc will be done by November this year or march, All things been equal. I am currently running my masters at UI and our result will be ready but our certificate can't until convocation next year November. Please can i enter the pool with my masters and WES evaluates my result without my certificate bin ready

Newmum0615:
Can everyone take a seat please? It’s going to be quite

Arrrrrrgh!!! Jehovah over do!!!! This our God is too much!!! Though it may tarry, it will surely come to pass!!! My joy for you knows no bounds!! Congratulations my sister!! You deserve this and more!!!!

congrats newmum0615. It's time to party

Big congratulations to you @Newmum0615. I'm happy for you and your family.

Awwwwn Not read ur story yet but let me say congrats @newmum before the thread gets flooded

Congrats Newmum

congrats babes. go and flourish. we all wish you well.

Newmum0615:
Can everyone take a seat please? It’s going to be quite a read.

It’s my turn.

PPR has come to the glory of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost.

Congratulations to you. I hereby declare the thread open for celebrations

what more can i say? Congratulationssssssssssssssssss, and like i love to say, he (in this case she ) who waters, shall be watered abundantly, God bless you mama!

Newmum0615:
Can everyone take a seat please? It’s going to be quite a read.

It’s my turn.

PPR has come to the glory of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost.

Congratulations @Newmum0615. If you open my hear ehen it's pure joy for you. So happy.

Congratulations to you and your family @Newmum0615 . Go and flourish in Cannyland

@Balogunsam and @Newmum0615 congrats

Newmum0615:
Take a seat people.

This lady is coming in a jiffy.

Who on earth collected my seat?? Na wa to una o. I no see where to siddon again

Massive congratulations to You Newmun!!!!!!!!! This is manifestation of patience and steadfastness. I share your joy.

Congratulations Newmum. I was so happy reading your news!

Congratulations @Newmum0615 so happy for you

Can't wait to share mine.

Newmum0615:
Can everyone take a seat please? It’s going to be quite a read.

It’s my turn.

Longest PPR post I've ever read!

Congratulations!! And thank you for all you've done for the thread. Hopefully you won't leave some of us who are still hopeful
Wishing you and family the very best moving forward

Congrats, Newmum. The moment we have been waiting for has finally arrived.

Congratulations Newmum0615. Your timeline inspires us all. This is definitely the beginning of greater things for you and your family.