Toluchenko:
Hello my people. Good afternoon

Pls I have a question...

I am seeing some instances here where the sponsor transfers the funds into the applicants account.

Is it compulsory for my sponsor (elder brother) to transfer the funds into my account? Can't I just present the Statement of account of my sponsor in my applications?

You can just present the statement of account of your brother, but it is more efficient to have him transfer the money into your account then submit the statement of account . This will help you to build genuine story around the transfer since it will reflect in your account and his at these time. That was what I did couple of years ago and it worked... Ire o

Wow! It's so nice to be here again

emeify:
Biko, is this true?

Students must complete 6 months of studies in Canada to invite family or friends.
Applications are typically denied by Canadian officials when students are unable to
prove that they have been registered for 6 months of studies.

Any thoughts??

there is no specified time in months, but you should be able to show that you're a registered full-time international student. you can get a document stating that you're a registered student from the registrar's office (enrolment letter) or departmental office or combine both. But it is advisable to have completed at least a semester so as to show that you have integrity and your grades as well might speak volume for you. There may be a better answer, this is just my suggestion and the information I gathered from people who have really done it and was successful... Ire o

Senatorkolade:


The administrator of this forum should not condone this kind of fraud here. Nairaland post discussion is accessible to the public including the spies working for embassies as well. This kind of post does not portray this forum and Nigerians a good image at all.
INFACT, THIS PERSON OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN BANNED.

haba bros! you dey provoke o! banning is too harsh for a first time offender, let him be warned first before banning

joe10:
Please does anyone know if USASK accepts part payment for masters program.

well, I think some schools have a way of relieving students on the burden of full payment at ones depending on some criterion. for example, there is an installment tuition payment plan for students who are on scholarship, grants or have a steady source of income. you may be required to provide the evidence of a steady source of income in Canada alongside an application, if the source is verified to be true you will be approved to pay your tuition on installment basis and extend the deadline for you. so you may want to check with the financial accounting administrative section to see if you have such an option... Ire o

Onyekweluonyedi:
Greetings, my name is Onyekwelu Onyedika from Anambra state. I just received an Email today that my study permit application has been accepted. But truly, I don't know the expression I should be putting on. I have only gone to U.K with my mum but that was for holiday purposes, this will my first time traveling alone and by the way am 17 years old. I don't know where to start if I reach Canada, i don't even know anybody. I think I should start with looking for an accommodation near to my school( university of Winnipeg) but I still don't know how to go about this, the houses am seeing online are pretty expensive and also I don't know about necessary things that are required except the popular ones like winter jacket. I truly need your urgent advice on this. Thanks

You can check kijiji.ca I think there are pretty cheap houses there at the moment... congrats

Olayemudia:
Approval!!!

Applied: 22/04/2018
Sent emails: 09/07/2018
Passed Medical (upfront): 10/07/2018 (9am)
Approved/Passport request: 10/07/2018 (11am)
Submitted Passport: 11/07/2018
Correspondence Letter: 18/07/2018
Retrieved passport via UPS: 19/07/2018


Online route
University of Manitoba
PhD Mechanical Engineering
IGSES award of 5400CAD
Research and Teaching Assistance from supervisor (amount will definitely cover tuition and living expenses)
Resumption date: September 2018

SUBMITTED
Excluding the IMM documents, I submitted
1. Proof of Means of Financial Support
a. A brief note on my source of income and a table of content showing the following:
I. Letter of the offer of Research and Teaching Assistance from supervisor.
II. Offer letter showing the award of 5400CAD
III. Letter of financial assistance from Uncle with his Bank statements and letter of introduction from his employer.
IV. Letter of assistance and treasury bill of mother.
V. Letter of introduction from Bank and six months bank statement
VI. Letter of introduction from employer
VII. Six months pay slip showing pension amount
VIII. Will of late father (asterisked where my name appeared)
IX. Death certificate of late father
X. Front page of deed of land transfer to me.

2. DID NOT SUBMIT ANY OTHER DOCUMENT like police certificate, statement of purpose, birth certificate, masters and bachelors degree certificates (distinction and first class respectively), no transcript, no NYSC etc.
The no supporting documents got me scared because I got to see this thread after submitting, but I fired on with prayers.
Many thanks to hardy116.
Cheers!

congrats!

Omonoba1981:

I have issue with form IMM1294, I cant validate as it seems Employment is compulsory to fill out. I am 18th and haven't work or apply for any job

fill in your education in it, you can't leave it blank

Phocusjosh:

lol.....boss i owe this forum a lot. This forum help me so well. I remembered when i visited several agency after grad looking for help, their ridiculous fees scared me away until someone recommended this forum who taught me all from zero till approval. It is time to give back as well

and to the TRV hopefuls, it shall end in praise.

good to know this forum is changing lives, please remember to give back to the forum when you get to Canada too, work may be overwhelming at times, but try to assist in your own little way... Ire o

swisster:
please those that went to lagos vfs off recent help me out, i want to knw if d crowd is still very much der,
Am planning on coming for my biometric on Monday. is it going to b possible for me to do it dat same day.

Thank u.

my advice is either go to Abuja Visa Office or do online. because the policy in Lagos now is that you book an appointment for submission first before you can submit or do biometric... Ire o!

Phocusjosh:
Good to know. As regards my application, na only God hand o. 14weeks of application, got medical request 6weeks ago, no update since then. We go connect at U of M in Sept by God's grace.

sure boss, by God's grace we go see come September. A friend is also coming in by September for PhD, he already has his Visa, God that did his will do yours too bros

Phocusjosh:
Egbon statistician, how manitoba. Your boy dey hail o. Hope Winnipeg is treating you well.

how is your application going, or are you here already? met canadiannurse in person here, a really cool dude and other annonymous users... nairaland is really connecting nigerians

Phocusjosh:
Egbon statistician, how manitoba. Your boy dey hail o. Hope Winnipeg is treating you well.

winnipeg is a great place to be and the school takes up all your time

nice to be here again... really miss this forum

Owoch:


Did your sister go for biometrics, because this application is so speedy.

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maralina:


Haha,
Welcome to Winterpeg Manisnowba..
Thank God you arrived safely.
Looking forward to meeting with you.

Manisnowba... , you and Canadiannurse with these modified names won't kill person, thanks hope to see you and Canadiannurse soon...

CanadianNurse:
lol welcome to winterpeg na here you go know cold

Nah serious winterpeg, funny enough, Toronto was not as cold as Winnipeg when I was there waiting for my connecting flight, infact it was sunny outside, though I didn't go out of the airport anyway

Cherryola:
@abestine congrats wish you all the best pls how much do you get your Ethiopia airline ticket in naria

Was done by an agent for me at #310,000

Finally got time to update the house
Update live from Winnipeg, Manitoba
Started my journey on the 13th, December from murtala international airport, my family members were not allowed to go into the airport with me, so went in myself with two 23kg luggage and a backpack. My luggage wasn't searched, moved to weigh them, wrap them in nylon bag for a thousand naira per bag, collected my boarding pass, later went out to bid my family farewell, it was then that it dawn on my wife that she will be missing me...

At exactly 11:45am, we were called to board our flight (Ethiopian), being the first time of flying was kinda feeling dizzy when the plane took off .

Got to Adis Ababa, join a connecting flight to Toronto that stopped a brief at Dublin to fuel up and change the cabin crew after 6hours of flight. Ethiopian wan kill person with food even though the food was something out of my league. Had a little delay when we landed at Toronto, a plane was still dropping off people at our gate, that made me missed my connecting flight to Winnipeg .

Went to clear luggage, the Canadian border service agent were friendly, collected my passport, asked what course I was going for and asked me to sit and wait, after a while he called on me to come pick up my study permit saying I can work on or off campus... . Got my food stuffs searched... Egusi, grounded pepper, crayfish, garri, beans, smoked fish, semolina... I like food .

I was put on a stand by for the next flight but booked for the flight leaving for Winnipeg by 11pm, that is I have to stay for like 12hrs... , took my time to work around Toronto airport and search for food, nah there I know say I dey oyinbo land, what I saw as rice on bill board when I open am no be rice dey inside, couldn't eat that was how I wasted 18 dollars early morning in Canada.

Finally got a flight at about 8pm, arrived Winnipeg at about 10pm, my pick up was already waiting for me, because I used the free WIFI in Toronto airport to inform him of my delay flight. Stepping out of Winnipeg airport made me realised that my winter jacket nah singlet... Cold here no be jhoke o.

Settling in very well, had my first snow walk yesterday to open an account... Money matter... .

The city beautiful, waiting for you guys, there are lots of cool Nigerian guys here, very welcoming and friendly, they try as much to make sure you don't feel home sick... , can't wait to start lectures...
That's all the experience... Ire o!

millybushy:
Visa Approved!!! Glory be to God, and thanks to @wealth360, @jeyelaiye,@jnyuwa02. Between, I am a very silent follower. Will update my profile soon.

PhD at USASK

Congratulations

Abiodunne:
yayyyyy help scream God is good!!!! Finally my application has been approved.

Wow! I have been waiting to receive your testimony... When God ordains a thing the devil can only try yo delay, but he can't deny it from becoming a reality... It is God that had done it, it is no man... You have a great destiny awaiting you in Canada as you can see for yourself from all this delay...

Congratulations bro... Go and succeed in Jesus name...

osento:


To me the VO was right...Bachelor of education in Maths and Msc Industrial Maths.this two are so related but this other you goin for.hmmmmmm..and now you thinking of Msc Scientific Computing... To save your self. You would have gone for something related to this mathematics thing, just change your course,because if you go with same ,and explain everything on SOP ,am afraid it will still be turned down....



Please I kindly need your help to tackle reasons for refusal of my TRV for my second application . The reason of refusal is purpose of visit. I applied for my gcms note and the visa officer's concern is " After careful review of your application and supporting documents , program of studies does not appear to be consistent previous education and/ or employment . Applicant has limited economic and social ties to home country as well as limited travels which could demonstrate a history of having traveled and return . Based on the evidence provided I am not satisfied that app is a genuine student who intend to complete program of studies and would depart at end of authorize stay. Refused".

I have Bachelor of education in Maths and Msc Industrial Maths. My intended program of studies is Msc Scientific Computing. I am currently a mathematics teacher at a Secondary school. I am 33yr and single.

I kindly need your suggestions. I also need some of the gurus in the house to review my SOP.

Regards.

Well I will say the VO is not an encyclopedia, we shouldn't assume that they know things, we should try to explain things to them.
Trying to relate scientific computing to industrial mathematics, try to break down industrial mathematics into fields : pure mathematics and applied mathematics, then pick any of these fields and explain to the VO that most of the real life problems are modelled into mathematical equations which in most case can't be solved analytically (by manual simplification), hence the need for numerical solutions which is often carried out by softwares designated for the purpose ( you can then state some softwares, high level and low level programming languages: FORTRAN, Q-basic, python, R, SAS, MATLAB, C+, C-sharp... e.t.c). With this a VO who doesn't know before will see the relationship... Mathematics and computer science can't be separated... Ire o

Penielfav:
Praise God!TRV approved for I and my Son.
He’s going for Undergraduate studies in Manitoba.

Here’s our Timelines and documents submitted

Application Date: 11/09/17 (Online)
Biometrics: 12/09/17
Medical Call: 28/10/17
Medicals Passed: 03/11/17
Approval: 20/11/17 ( 70 days in all)

Documents submitted for Son:
CIC Forms ( Study Permit, Family Information, Family Representative, Custodian Declaration- he’s under 18)
Admission Letter
WAEC
TOEFL
Transcript
Upfront Medicals
Police Character Certificate
Birth Certificate
Passport Bio-data page with no previous visa
SOA of N9m (I’m the Sponsor)
Receipt of part payment of Tution 8,200CAD
LOE
Letter of Consent and ID of Hubby

My Documents:
CIC TRV Application form
Family Information Form
Bio-data Page with copies of US and South Africa Visas
Certificate of Registration of Company/ CAC form
Company SOA of less than N700k with inflow/outflow of N22m
One Property document in my name
LOE

I’ve been a silent follower on this platform right after I submitted our applications, became exposed to your insightful comments and care. You’re all much appreciated and I pray that all TRV hopefuls will receive positive responses in record time in Jesus Name (Amen). For those that have been refused, please keep hope alive and don’t give up��

My people for Manitoba, make una get ready oh to be big uncles and aunties. God bless us all!

Congratulations, start parking up, when is he resuming?

CanadianNurse:
How una dey ? Exams will soon be through and school will vacate
Incase you are coming to Manitoba please come with aboniki #A Word is enough for the wise

Noted boss... Best of luck in your exams...

Pyale:
Hello my people,
Many thanks to every contributor here.
My University offered me admission on the 9th Nov for a programme starting 8 Jan, 2018. I have been offered a graduate research assistant fellowship which is valued at 25000 CAD yearly. Although the fellowship grant does not cover my tuition, I plan to authorise my Uni to deduct my tuition from my grant. I have already started my online application, but yet to submit as I have some questions to ask us here:
1. Can the fellowship approval letter alone serve as a proof of sufficient grant to a visa officer or I may have to support this with bank statements
2. Do I stand the chance of getting TRV approval between now and, say December 31, 2017?
3. My upfront medical exam appointment is today. Do I also have to request for an upfront police certificate, or wait for it to be requested from me?
4. Any other advise you may give to facilitate the application process.

Thanks.

Congrats for your admission, you will have to provide additional form of financial support to show that you are financially OK and able to carter for your study without the Research Assistant grant which maybe seen as a job offer, so you don't get refused based on not able to finance your study without working in Canada excuse.

You can get an approval before your resumption date, it seems there are quite few number of application that is been processed at the moment because the rate of approval/denial right now is fast.

My advice, get your police report, and submit with your application, don't make them ask for it.

Other advice, cross every T's and dot every I's , don't give the VO any reason to doubt your intentions... Good luck, Ire o...

mideyola:
My application has just been approved!!! MSC Educational Administration and i only took 2 weeks just like d PHD.
I really cant hide the excitement but i know it was Gods divine favour. This post is to encourage anyone that wants to change a career path but is not sure of how to go about it. with God and doing proper research on how to gather the right documents, u can only expect God to finish the remaining part. Am sincerely grateful to some people dt helped me with ideas and review of my SOP...may God bless u all @fredunna(for ur constant support everytime i buzz u) @jnyuwa (for ur additional input) and @beverlyd (she showed me the area to focus on).

Congratulations, good news flowing in... More of this in Jesus name... Start packing your things

Please let's display a reasonable level of maturity, the people clicking like on the controversial comments of @facelessBeing and @ISK9 should please stop it. Don't be party to fueling their discord, causing the forum to derail from its actual purpose, nobody is an island, if you don't agree with any post here, simply discard and go for what you believe, we should learn not to react to every post and if you deem it fit to react at all, simply because you don't agree with it, try as much as possible to make it a constructive criticism and not destructive to the extent of exchanging words. All posts here are merely suggestions which you can either adopt or discard, after all it is your application.
The two above mentioned individuals should please for the love of God let the sleeping dog lie...

To all TRV hopefuls, success in Jesus name... Ire o!

Nogen:
With great joy in my heart, I want to inform us that my application I submitted exactly 2 weeks today has been APPROVED!

Congrats! Start parking...

akmog:
TIME-LINE ; First application
*Applied via paper route : 02/05/17
*Denied: 06/06/17
REASONS
*purpose of visit
*travel history
PROFILE ;
*Previous degree: B.Sc and Msc Physics
*Intended course: Msc in space physics with intention of transferring to PhD in 2nd year
*Relevant work experience: Yes, 8 years plus
*Prerequisites courses: Yes
DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED ;
*SOP
*WAEC and nysc certificate
*Bsc and Msc Certificate and transcript
*Admission letter
*letter of financial support from UoA, $28000
* letter of introduction from my employer and that of my wife
*Marriage certificate
* My birth certificate and that of my wife and daughter
*My pay slip
*Upfront medical
*My statement of account
* Document for my landed properties
*Police character certificate
*Co Sponsor(uncle's) bank statements
*Co sponsors employment letter, I.D card
*Co sponsor's Landed properties
*Co sponsor's international passport data page

2nd application
*Applied via paper route : 26/06/17
*Denied: 16/09/17
REASONS
*purpose of visit
*travel history
*financial status and personal asset
DOCUMENT SUBMITTED
*same as the first application
* Rewrite my SOP to address why I put in for Msc since I already have one
* Letter from my supervisor explaining why I was admitted for master and the intention of transferring to PhD in my 2nd year.

3rd application
*Applied via paper route : 28/09/17
*Approved: 07/11/17
ncial status and personal asset
DOCUMENT SUBMITTED
*same as the first application
* same SOP as the 2nd application
* Letter of explanation, I address the reasons of my 2nd denial one by one and I stapled documents to back up my explanation to the letter.
* Affidavit of return.
* Lot of prayer of divine favour with fasting

I want to encourage everyone that have been denied never to give up, put in more effort and try to address all issues raised by the vo . I pray that the almighty God that perfect my own will also do yours.
A big thanks to my Nairaland friend Gbenga (abestine) for his encouragement and support.

I am really happy for this great favour that the Almighty God has shown unto you, his approval came in less than 2 months, without waiting for his GCMS file... Double Congrats boss...