[quote author=Oakville19 post=75342659][/quote]

But you already said the entire process was completed in 5 days and you doubt it was really reviewed, so was the result supposed to change? or which one is incorrect theory again?

I am a man of faith, and I believe if you need an upgrade in writing only but decide to include speaking when you don't really need it just for the possibility of refund then you lack conviction. And it's no way to exercise Faith.

Pegzzyg:
Honestly Tojued, can the Parish name & Priest name be shared by the Poster? This is so unfortunate & I feel very sad as I belong to a Catholic Family myself. Wrong information as such needs to be escalated!

My darling we have to be very careful about what upsets us. There's no point getting riled up about dem-say information provided on a faceless forum.
The gist is still too scanty.

Besides, this is a new year. We (tojued) are bringing our life policy of circle of concern / influence to how we operate on this thread

Lol. Do you have new husbands for us?

ontarioissauga:

You girls need to change husbands oh, LOL.

shege45:
i would answer question 1. Any experience which you want to use to claim point must be after graduation. Your industrial training experience isn’t an after school experience. So its best you go with your nysc as it is an after school experience

You're even going too far in your analysis.

@nubianqueen87 will 2008 be within the last 10 years by the time you get AOR?

I'm panicking right alongside you. My visa office is Accra. So that's another strong thing.

JumzieBabyy:


Hi Guys, been away forming I won't put my mind on this process.

No update since Oct 2nd o! We will be 6 Months by 24th of this month...am beginning to pannick.

We dey here man!!! Accra branch.

ontarioissauga:
@chandlerbing, how far?

I'm glad that you want to rewrite. I only practiced more. I used ielts listening test samples on YouTube ( I think they are more difficult than the actual test). I also practiced on ieltsonlinetest.com. I do this everyday (atleast 3 listening test). While practising, I discovered that I mostly loss marks because of plural sound (e.g butterfly but the right answer is butterflies) so i started paying more attention to that. I started listening to CNN everyday after work and weekends. Their discussions became clearer to me gradually.

I must also say that thankfully, there was no map question(s) in the test where I had 8.5 in listening because I still can't get around with map in listening test.

Pray as well. You must testify.

quote author=Garnyangel post=75328860]Hello. Congrats. Pls I beg you in the name of God. What tips and strategies did you use for your listening? I have written my IELTS 4 times now and I have been getting 7 in my listening score. Please what strategies did you use to ace the test this time around? I want to write the 5th one by February 14. Pls I need your help on how to ace the listening. Thanks. [/quote]

ultrazone:


Congratulations. Can you please help with your materials and strategies for IELTS? My email is eazyguy206@gmail.com

Thanks.

will soon be sharing some tips based on my experience. working on it.

hopefully it'll be of help to u

Tojued:


My darling we have to be very careful about what upsets us. There's no point getting riled up about dem-say information provided on a faceless forum.
The gist is still too scanty.

Besides, this is a new year. We (tojued) are bringing our life policy of circle of concern / influence to how we operate on this thread

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damzy88:
Congrats bro. I can relate.When you start thikning of another 68k/75k in the exam hall then you know something is wrong

As in........

it's not funny fa

the exam embarasses you, humiliates you, and worst of all, drains your hard earned cash while wasting your precious time in getting an ITA.

God help all those caught in the web at the moment...it really is not funny.

Pls mention me when you share the information. My test is on Thursday.
Thanks in advance.

quote author=youngRx post=75348994]

will soon be sharing some tips based on my experience. working on it.

hopefully it'll be of help to u[/quote]

I applied on Dec 23,2018 and my EOR was ready on Jan 30,2019

bharbhyie:
How long did it take?

Hello house.... Thanks to all contributors of this thread. The info one gets here is far more than what money can buy.
My evaluation from WES will most likely be completed on the 15th. I have a question before I enter the pool. I intend to use my one year nysc experience but the thing is nysc started in January 2017 and I resumed at my ppa in March. So I have only salary inflow of March to December when I completed the scheme. I don't want to indicate nysc as government employment as has been advised against in this thread. So how do I explain the missing two months statement. Will saying I was paid cash for those two months suffice or do I include my allowee statement of account? Thanks in anticipation.

I applied for remark via mail. I downloaded the EOR form, took the picture of the completed form with my phone and sent to their mail with evidence of payment (copied Idp Australia). Although, I havnt collected my TRV from their office at that time. I requested for remark of writing and speaking and my writing was upgraded. I had 8 in speaking already. A refund form was sent to my mail

venorite:
Quick question my people. If I remark my writing and listening and only one comes out positive, will I get a refund? And also, must I visit idp if I want to remark or can it be done online? And lastly, what’s the cost for remark. Pls help

zannie:


Yes I'm very sure.
Info@ielts.ng

Pls is the result for Jan 19th , 2019 out ? @modielts




I've been trying to check online to no avail and it's 14 days already

[quote author=Oakville1q post=75342659][/quote]

For those in the divorce/separation quagmire, you may use the below document pending the readiness of your final divorce certificate. Copied from Canadavisa.

AFFIDAVIT OF SEPARATION:

I, ______________________________, date of birth _______________ (mm/dd/yyyy) and holder of Passport no. _____________ issued by (country)_________________________ hereby certify that I am separated and estranged from my spouse (name of spouse)_______________________ date of birth _______________ (mm/dd/yyyy) and holder of Passport no. _____________ issued by (country) _________________________ since _______________ (mm/dd/yyyy). I further certify that I do not intend to reconcile with my spouse.


I intend to take following legal action with regard to my marital status:

_________________________________________________________________________


I, __________________________________, further certify that my spouse (name of spouse)_______________________ does not wish to undergo medical examination and police clearance process for the purposes of immigrating to Canada. I understand that such a refusal will render my spouse ineligible to be sponsored for immigrating to Canada at any time in the future if reconciliation were to occur prior to any legal changes to my marital status cited above.

Under penalties of perjury, I certify the aboverepresentations to be true as of the date shown below.


__________________________________________ ______________________


Your name (Signature) Date



__________________________________________ ______________________

Signature Notary Public / Commissioner of Oaths Date

Oga, enough of this faith/conviction ish, please provide proof to back up your statements or keep it to yourself. Stop discouraging people abeg. For many of us, every penny/kobo counts, money doesn't grow on trees.

To everyone who decides to go for EOR, follow COPR's advice - after submitting your application, send an email to the relevant exam body, that way you are sure that your result is sent to the appropriate parties for remark. Personally I have NOT seen any evidence to back up the claim that marking more than one section affects EOR outcome. Good luck everyone!

Blooit004:

I am a man of faith, and I believe if you need an upgrade in writing only but decide to include speaking when you don't really need it just for the possibility of refund then you lack conviction. And it's no way to exercise Faith.

See attached screenshot

Any PPR recipient that studied in cotonou?
If you know one please point me in that direction.
I have a post ITA question.
Thanks

sokem:
I applied for remark via mail. I downloaded the EOR form, took the picture of the completed form with my phone and sent to their mail with evidence of payment (copied Idp Australia). Although, I havnt collected my TRV from their office at that time. I requested for remark of writing and speaking and my writing was upgraded. I had 8 in speaking already. A refund form was sent to my mail

Thank you. How much did u pay

joyoi:
hello sis, please how much does CES charge for ECA. Thanks

Canadian Dollars 210

Full CES Uni of Toronto ECA gist courtesy of Johnny here :

https://www.nairaland.com/4843199/canadian-express-entry-federal-skilled/406#75149624

@smslive2 this might just be page 1 material

Ifeoma77:

Yay!! Another frontier conquered. Congratulations
Kudos to you and all trailblazers

Thanks ma'am

ChandlerBing:
We dey here man!!! Accra branch.

Chai. Gcms?

Youtook:
Lol. Do you have new husbands for us?

Nope. Manage them. Explore your options and reach a decision together.

IELTS: Thoughts and Experience.

So, what's the big whoop about this test anyway?

Well, as far as I'm concerned, these guys are deliberately failing candidates to generate profit. How else can one explain a situation whereby, out of about 20 people that shared their results in a group chat from all over the world, only 1 person got the desired band scores? The rest are ALWAYS 0.5 short of the exact band scores that EXPRESS ENTRY demands!
Coincidence?... Nah, i don't think so.

But then, Chinua Achebe said in one of his books, "if you must blame the hawk for cruelty, first scold mother hen for exposing the chicks". Even if we blame those guys for not being fair, truth is, the fault is partly from us too. At least to some extent.

To that effect, I'll be sharing some tips; things i did that really helped me. Will be focusing more on listening cos that was the bone of my contention in the test.

1) LISTENING:

a) after practising for 5months before my first attempt and still failing listening woefully, i realized it takes more than just practising. To ace listening, alot depends more on CONFIDENCE and EMOTIONAL COMPOSURE during the test.
You need to let go of past failures, and that crazy rush to ace the test by all means, if you are a first timer. Ease into the conversation and follow it. And no matter what, DO NOT let your attention falter for a second. Once you do, you miss parts of the conversation. This creates panick which makes you miss some answers.

Funny enough, you get to realize later that the part of the tape you missed has absolutely nothing to do with the questions you skipped, and that if you had not panicked you would have still heard the answers. but by then It's already too late.
So, maintain CONCENTRATION throughout. Don't let your thoughts wander, and DO NOT PANICK if u miss part of the conversation or even a question.
To enhance your concentration skills, when practicing with the Cambridge series, play all the audio tapes for a particular test AT ONCE. so that as one section ends, the next starts playing immediately. The time used in going back to the folder to play the next section's tape will give your brain a refreshing break which you will not have during the test.


b) Another important thing to do after maintaining concentration is to IMPROVE YOUR GRAMMAR AND SPELLINGS.

It doesn't matter if you followed the conversation till the end and heard every answer clearly, if you do not get the correct spellings or grammatical structure for that question, you get a ZERO.

For example, was it ADVICE or ADVISE you heard?
Was it BUISNESS or BUSINESS? SEPERATE or SEPARATE? QUESTIONAIRE or QUESTIONNAIRE?
I learnt this the hard way after my second attempt, cos like i said in my testimony, i followed every bit of the conversation, yet i still failed. In my third attemot, i made sure i practised how to spell words correctly.


c) KNOW YOUR COMPOUND WORDS!

Is it MINI BUS, MINI-BUS or MINIBUS?

is it IN DEPTH or INDEPTH?
Is it FACTSHEET or FACT SHEET?
is it HOT DOG or HOTDOG?

you may think these thimgs are trivial and that you already know the correct forms until when you are in exam condition and you cant remember if the H comes before the T in "strength" or not.

What i did was search google store for apps that teach compound words, and i found one amazing app that does it in form of a game. That app really saved ma black ass, as i kept shouting in surprise anytime i failed a compound word i was so sure of.

d) FOR MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
it made more sense for me to just read the questions only, without the options, then as the tape is playing i read the options along with the speaker in the tape. I.e as the speaker is talking, my eyes are following the optioms while focusing all attention on the tape. That way i get to know if the info in an option was twisted or not.
Mind you, you may want to practice this move very well before trying it. No say i no warn you o.

No matter what you do though, ALWAYS LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION. Don't lose concentration in an attempt to read a question or it's options.

To help me concentrate more, i increased the volume of my headphone to MAX. Those long hours of listening to very loud music with an earpiece finally paid off, as i was very comfortable with the sound level.

e) LISTEN FOR PLURALS
very important. If the tape says "Family Outings" and you write "Family Outing" you get a Zero, even if your papa is Dangote. I think Liz has a video on that.

f) practice writing down your answers as the tape is playing VERY FAST. Writing distracts you from listening, so you have to write very fast to save time. In listening, every second counts.





2) WRITING.
I've never had a problem with writing, however i realized for this test, it's a different ball game entirely. Studied numerous tips by many ielts tutors, but none of them could teach me what i needed. the one that gave me the breakthrough was one on Agree $ Disagree essay by this tutor, IELTS-UP.
Pls if you have not watched this tutorial video, go look for it on YouTube, it made a whole difference in my writing. this is because, my problem after getting the MAIN IDEAS for the essay was how to develop them.
IELTS-UP taught me how to do that.


WORK ON YOUR PUNCTUATIONS!
pinctuation, they say, is very powerful. They can change the meaning of any sentence.
Did you know that after listing some items, a comma must come before and after ETC if it's in the middle of a sentence?.

For the essay structure, JAY'S fornat was helpful, and Liz's introduction style too was great. But i think the examiners are tired of seeing those common styles. Tweak yours a little...

READ NOVELS!
i think writing is an individual thing that needs to be developed & one way of doing that is by reading NOVELS!.
you get to learn different styles of writing by different authors, and how they play around with words. And you know what, they make an entertaining read, unlike reading articles in jounals or magazines. If you're reading this and still got months till your next attemot, i recommended you start reading novels. I actually enjoy those in the AFRICAN WRITERS SERIES most...honestly, Africans are powerful storytellers. Unfortunately, the series are gradually going extinct and nothing is being done to revive them.
Books like THE POTTER'S WHEEL, THE CONCUBINE by elechi Amadi, BOTTLED LEOPARD etc are very interesting to read.

3) READING
Never being a fan of practising for reading. It takes a whole hour and i end up getting bored reading those long passages so i don't thimk I'm in the best position to give tips on it.
However, in exam condition, my senses the extra extra sharp o.

I think the most important thing here is time management and searching for answers very fast.

4) SPEAKING.
just be in a very chatty mood for a great conversation with the examiner. Be yourself. Smile often. Flow with the little vocabulary you know, it's way better than struggling with borrowed vocabs.


Finally, PRAY! PRAY!! PRAY!!!

Pray to whatever God you serve.
If you are an atheist, pray to Albert Einstein, Steven hawkins etc...cos the importance of prayers in acing this test can never be over emphasized.

STUDY AS IF THERE IS NO GOD, Then PRAY AS IF YOU HAVE NOT READ A THING.

Just putting all your trust in a supreme being or a higher authority gives this feeling of assurance that's very important in exam conditions.

Prayer boosts confidence, keeps you calm, eases the exam tension.... which brings out the best in you.

Besides that sef, these markers are humans and prone to mistakes. One never knows how scripts are handled. There could be an oversight, a mistake on the part of an examiner, etc. How else do we explain the sudden jimps from 7.5 to 8.5 in LISTENING of all sections after an EOR in some cases? So you see, prayer is very important both before and after the test.

Last last, no matter what happens, DO NOT GIVE UP. you see these two, DETERMINATION and a DIEHARD SPIRIT?...they can get you very far in life.

joo2018:
Chief, kindly do as I advised and also add the NOCs you are considering.

Listing it like this alone means:

1. You are looking for someone who is already familiar with this JD and its NOC to provide you with an answer. That can still happen.
2. You are looking someone who is familiar with all NOCs and is willing to set out maximum time to do the search for you. The only person who is like that is Newmum and she's currently finding her feet in Canada. She has also paid her dues (if she was owing any).

What some of us over here can help you do is to help consider your options, fine-tune and make suggestions towards a decision. You need to do your research first. Use this tool: here

The first one that comes to mind is 2171. I'm also looking at audit related field 1111. House please help.

Hello house, has anyone successfully used the attached online generated GTBank statement for Canada Express Entry?

Good day everyone, please I need your help on this issue:

The age on my husbands' international passport is different from the one on all his school certificates..

The real age is the one on his certs..They made a mistake with his passport.. And he has an affidavit already declaring his real age

Now my question is this , In this PR process starting from ECA, should we still go ahead and use WES for his documents verification and attach the affidavit bearing in mind that the age on his transcript, waec is different from passport?

Should we attach an age declaration affidavit to any document that has date of birth in the course this process

I would really appreciate it if anyone understood what I just type and can be of help
This country don tire me

toocute4uall:
Pls mention me when you share the information. My test is on Thursday.
Thanks in advance.

quote author=youngRx post=75348994]

will soon be sharing some tips based on my experience. working on it.

hopefully it'll be of help to u

Just did.

Phew!...that was some very long post. Even i myself know that.

Goodluck reading the whole thing...Lolz.

Your passport is the source of your biographical data. Best to change the passport.

Xclusivemaama:
Good day everyone, please I need your help on this issue:

The age on my husbands' international passport is different from the one on all his school certificates..

The real age is the one on his certs..They made a mistake with his passport.. And he has an affidavit already declaring his real age

Now my question is this , In this PR process starting from ECA, should we still go ahead and use WES for his documents verification and attach the affidavit bearing in mind that the age on his transcript, waec is different from passport?

Should we attach an age declaration affidavit to any document that has date of birth in the course this process

I would really appreciate it if anyone understood what I just type and can be of help
This country don tire me

joo2018:

@Shyee, did your BG status change IP2 to IP1 after MEP? And what was the status at PPR?

IP2 from AoR till today sef. No change at all.