Frankrobbn1:





One of the few good guys on this thread, AgroNACT, I'm happy to see you on this window today as promised helping out and assisting others to attain their precise academic aspirations.

Welcome back to the grassroot where it all started

Thanks, Frankrobbn1.

Dear Great N'landers,
I hope we have been all good? I have missed you so much. Canada has been good just that assignments can make you question your decision of coming to Canada sometimes. Tens of people have sneaked into my PM for advice and I have tried my best for each one of them. I got some free time today so I decided to drop some tips here for everyone to be able to learn one or two things.



GETTING A SUPERVISOR AND POSSIBLY, FUNDING: MY EXPERIENCE WITH NORTH AMERICAN SCHOOLS[center][/center]


WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE READY
1) A CV* (not Resume!)
2) Degree certificates (Undergraduate for Masters, Undergraduate and Masters for PhD.)
3) Transcripts (student copy)
Note: Your CV is different from Resume in that the former is concerned about your academic activities, achievements and research objectives. Among other important things, It should contain your overall grades and that of your last two academic years (in percentage), three or four bullet-point research objectives (in place of the career objectives/statements you usually have in resumes), previous awards and scholarships, as well as your research works; published or unpublished. You should always modify this to suit the work of the supervisor and the school you are applying to.

WRITING A SUPERVISOR
Do not write a supervisor without having read 1 or 2 publications from him/her. They do not take you seriously if you are not already familiar with their research focus (I knew these before I entered the game and all the Profs I have met here also reaffirmed that). When writing them an email, use a catchy subject like "PROSPECTIVE GRADUATE STUDENT, FALL 2050" or "PROSPECTIVE Ph.D. STUDENT (ALREADY APPLIED), FALL, 2024" If your proposed school demands that you apply before securing supervisors. Please note the keywords in the subject!.

DON'T YOU EVER USE GENERIC EMAIL! All emails sent to each Prof. must be constructed personally for them because they always detect and detest copy and paste generic email. The body of the email should have the following:

Dear Prof. Xyz,
Your name? graduate of what, and where? your grades; overall and last two academic years in percentage (No Prof. has time to be converting your grades), your interests in relation to the research focus of the Prof.

What you read about the Prof's paper and how it captured your interests, what point and suggestion were you able to derive from the research you read? your own research interests and how it relates to that of the Prof.

Let him know you met the requirement for admission (you must have checked the school portal to know if you meet admission requirements) and when you intend to resume. Ask him about the possibilities. Tell him you have attached a CV, Transcript, and Certificate.

Thank him/her for the time

Sincerely,
Your name
(Do not put your number, they will never call you, and stop putting your email here, it is already on the mail you sent)

WHEN TO SEND THE EMAIL
Always check the local time in the Prof's province and send the email in at around 8 am and 3:50 pm their local time. If they fail to respond in 5 business days, keep resending it at that interval until they reply to you.

ABOUT SCHOLARSHIPS & OTHER THINGS YOU SHOULD/NOT DO
Do not talk about funding unless the Prof has accepted you. Personally, I would check the school funding package before I contact any Prof in that school because no Prof gives money from their private pocket. The minimum requirements into most graduate programs in Canada is Nigerian 2:1 (70%) and they strongly "prefer" candidates with 80% and above.

Scholarships are mostly given based on the school's provision (See program funding package on the school's portal). Most of them are merit-based, you don't have to apply as they come with your admission package. This is where your grades in last-two academic years come in. The closer it is to 100% the better. You can expect something if you hold 80% and above. If you are not clear with the conditions, you can ask the Prof. after he has accepted you.

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I hope I have just answered some common questions, with time I can drop something about admission application. Have fun and dream big.

Sincerely,
AgroNACT

eazyrely:


Thanks boss

Plant Science actually.

top4b:
Hello All the Gurus in the house, I saw this somewhere and pls I want your response to it:


Don't Apply For Study Visa To Canada If Its Not Your Intention. Here's Why

Two years ago, two different people wanted to study in
Canada for their masters program

But between you and i...

They wanted to use that process to integrate
with the country and get permanent residence
once they are done.

Now here is what happened. 

One got it... 

The other one got denied. 

Now the issue was not because the other
one was not qualified. 

In short... The guy that got denied was much more
financially capable than the other guy running into
several tens of million in the bank account. 

Now why is that 

This is what happened. 

The reason why the first guy that got his visa
granted two years ago was his age... 

He's in his early 20s... 

22 years of age with a First Class Degree

The second guy is a 34 Years old with a Second Upper
degree that has graduated over 10 years ago here in Nigeria

You see.

Its one thing for you to get admission to study in
any Canadian university. 

Its another thing for you to get the visa from
the canadian government at the embassy 

It may surprise you to know that The School and Embassy don't have anything tied together! In other words they both don't have any control over each other and they do their work separately.

Look, Canada knows that people are looking for alternative
ways to come live and work in their country and they
are saying this to everyone. 

We want you to come to canada and live happy,
But you just have to go through the right
channel of how its done.

And one of the channel that the Canadians don't accept is if you
are saying you are coming to Canada to do your masters after
you have left school a long time ago and now above 30...

They will deny you. 

Take it from me.

Chances of you getting this is simply 1 in 100. 

The only people getting visa to study their master are those that
recently came out of school with clear distinctions and
want to simply further their education.

Now i know that those people applying for study permit are
doing so because they want to use that to also get residence

Here is my advice. 

Go through other process of relocating to Canada legally.

They are not stopping anytime soon 

Go through the process of either going through the
Federal Skill Program or the Provincial Nomination program. Work Permits and Visit Visas. Direct Employment Packages are also there.

It will work out. 

All you have to do is to plan it.

Even if you have been told that you cant go
with your current criteria...

Look through other means even if it will cost you more money... If you are serious
Plan for it.

If had seen this before i applied, or i saw this after i was refused, having applied at age of 31 as NYSC corps member, I would probably have been totally discouraged to apply/reapply for a
student VISA given that i was given "FULL & EXCESS" Scholarships.

Thank God for "Grace" and wonderful people in this platform that joined their morale with mine to reapply asap.

It is on the strength of the above that i want to encourage anybody of any age, status or background that there is no height too high for them to attain, only if they believe the "I CAN" in them! Forget protocol, God has the hearts of the Vo(s).

BELIEVE IN THE GOD YOU KNOW, AND PUT UP AN APPLICATION TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY (Do your best and dont leave any stone unturned).

If i was Given Study Visa with just 1.1M in my personal account as a married Corps member through the Grace of God, you also can get it!

I pray miracle that boycotts protocol will locate all TRV and PR hopefuls and you will come here to testify in Jesus name.

PEACE i leave with you!

SmallerB:
Lol its to sleep and wakeup inside airport lol

Lol, that's not when your school resumes the next day.
Hmmmm, all will be well!

SmallerB:
Thanks, there is no direct flight there and the layover to the flight going to the province is long. I just want to ask if someone can leave the airport before the flight

Same here, the direct flight i first reserved would have a layover of 24hr+ at another province before moving to my province of destination. So its almost impossible to wait that long. They should consider when one books a flight to different province so as to board another one to his destination just to safe time. I pray them!

SmallerB:
LOL IT FEELS LIKE A MIRACLE LOL
Second application
submitted online June 20
Medical request July 5(funny thing is my first application was refused after 15days also)
Medicals done July 18
Medicals passed August 2( i had to call Qlife cause it was passed the 10 working days. They told me they had sent it, thats when the true worry started ehn i started questioning my health since i had a surgery in june lol. So i sent a web form on august 1st and the next day i got medicals passed)
BVl August 2nd also
Application was processed in Paris
Passport request August 5 lol

I submitted all cic forms
Admission letter: university of Saskatchewan going for PGD food science, i have an undergraduate degree in microbiology and 4.78cgpa i couldn't get a supervisor sadly. But i spoke to the program coordinator and he said if i have good grades and get a supervisor after the first semester i could switch to Msc so i am hoping(crossed fingers)i graduated uni at 19 so i mentioned how young and all i still am so a career switch blah blah lol i am surprised. I made mention of the courses i did as an undegrad that are related to food science(like food microbiology, organic chem, bio chem and industrial micro) i also mentioned that my undergraduate course was slightly deficient so i couldn't get into masters which is true in a way.
My mum is my main sponsor, statement of account of 9m and 7m TB said to be dedicated to my studies
Submitted my dad's will with funds and land property dedicated to i and my siblings. It also had court order.
Submitted my transcript and thats all. And above all i added my God to the equation lol.


My first application was refused based on ties to Canada and purpose of visit. I ordered GMCS note and it didnt mention anything about my study plan being vague or anything. VO's main point is that i wont return to Nigeria. I was really sad when the refusal came, i cried sef then ran to niaraland and read all the responses lol. My first application had all the documents i believe it was even perfect but yet it was refused. My second application i didn't even notorise sponsors letter or anything, didn't even submit birth certificate or any extra thing. Its only God that's all. I'm so thankful for everyone that posts here i have always been silent but I'm grateful to everyone here

Congratulations, Greatest Saskatoonite!

ralfudoh:
No you dont, in Dublin, you are not coming out of the aircraft it's just refueling.
At times they add passengers too if the bookload isn't full from Addis Ababa.

Thanks, i really appreciate. God bless you.

BaaleOfOntario:
Bro. pls I need your LOE. I beg of you.

I have replied your PM, check your mail.

Hello Fam, I am traveling by Ethiopian Airlines to Toronto through Dublin, Please do i need transit VISA during Dublin layover?

clemsclef:
pls Hw did u get the scholarship did u applied for it or Hw ??

I will still share my experience on this as i have gotten more PMs than i can handle on individual basis. Kindly stay tuned while i take care of some things. LOVE Y'ALL!

Obehi44:


Congratulations... May God do our own too

Amen. I can't wait to read more testimonies as we have been having influx of approvals this August already.

JustMellow:


Big congrats bro.

Thanks so much for the detailed advice you gave me that time. It was on it i built the 2nd application on. Keep up the good works bro, God's favor will never depart from you.

4evaco:
Come and join me sing Alleluia, Jehovah Jireh has done me well (2ce)
O Mama carry us dey go (2ce) Wherever better dey carry us dey go(2ce)
Approval Alert
Stay tuned for details.

Wow, Congratulations!

xcaper:
Congrats on your student visa approval to Canada. What course and school?

Thanks. University of Saskatchewan, MSc Plant Sciences - Focusing on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction

KenduMan:
June 7th Applicant Paper route

Please how can someone tackle this refusal?
This is second application
Your advice is needed house please

I am sorry about this setback. However, the person should worry less, s/he should expend energy on how to restrategize and get it right in next app. And approval will surely follow by special grace of God.

[quote author=KenduMan post=80848412][/quote]
Lol, Amen. Thanks Man

[quote author=wynie post=80846445]Congratulations dear. I tap into your blessing, medical request is on the way for me by God’s grace [/quote

Thanks. Because you believe yours too will end in Praise.

wynie:
Congratulations dear. I tap into your blessing, medical request is on the way for me by God’s grace

Amen, because you believe, so shall it be. I am expecting your testimony too.

SOPWriter:
Congratulations!

Thanks alot.

Frankrobbn1:



Oh really I did? Experience is best teacher for me when it comes to handling Canada study visa applications. We give all glory to da Lord for the success! Thanks very much for believing and trusting in my capacity. I really appreciate your kind wishes and prayers and I say AMEN to all of them....

Go and excel in Canada!

Amen to prayers.

Megatronn:
Congrats sir..

Thanks

abelorode:


Congrats man. Remember reading how you got denied 2 months back, now the reverse is the case. I celebrate with you, go live your dreams.

Thanks so much. I really appreciate it.

mcobex:
Congratulations to AgroNACT and all those who got their approval and medical mail . Good luck to those still waiting on CIC

Thanks, Amen to prayers

Frankrobbn1:


Congratulations brother! I can remember how disheartened you are after your initial rejection. Happy it worked out perfectly as planned! Glad to be part of your TRV crowning achievement.

As for many of you that are waiting for positive response from IRCC, may heaven change your stories IJN! Frankrobben1 is back for good and will be active here to answer and render my selfless service for the benefit of others. I am therefore open to questions of any kind.

Yes Bro, we bless God for everything. But bro, at times i am scared of you. You predicted what could be in my GCMS note and we filed documents to tackle them all, that by the time the real GCMS note came, i felt like i wasted money to have requested for it. God will not leave any stone unturned in your life bro!

To all TRV hopefuls, Yours can never be difficult for God to do. Yours too is on the way.

God be praised las las!

LONG POST ALERT! All to the Glory of My Lord Jesus Christ!


SECOND APPLICATION TIMELINE
Second Application submitted online: 13th June
Background check started almost immediately.
Eligibility Review started: 12th July
Medical request: 12th July
Medical done (IOM): 18th July
Medical updated to pass: 23rd July
PPR/Approval/BVL: 1st August

DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED
SOP (5pages)
LOE (4pages)
All IMM forms
International Passport
Police clearance
Birth Attestation
Passport size photo

EDUCATION
Degree Certificate
Degree Transcript
NECO Certificate
Letter of recommendation from my UnderG supervisor
Research publication (Front Page)
MSc Admission letter
MSc Acceptance Letter

FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS
1st Scholarship Letter ( 23400Cad)
2nd Scholarship Letter ( 16000Cad)
(I later got 3rd Scholarship of 2000Cad -came in after i submitted my application, so i could add it.
My supervisors recommendation letter (Adding 5000K, funding my research and acknowledging my fundings)
My personal SOA (Current employment) with (N1.1M)
My NYSC SOA (Zero account)

EMPLOYMENT
NYSC Call up letter (I later passed out 25th July)
Official letter of acceptance from My PPA
Official Letter from my PPA confirming my current and future role when i come back (Written by me, stamped and signed by the company HRM)
Picture of me at work and at my CDS
NYSC ID Card

HOME TIE & PERSONAL ASSET
My wedding certificate
My Wife's birth certificates
My siblings' birth certificate
My Own Land Property docs (Power of Attorney and survey plan)
Pictures of My paintings
(Artworks)
My late fathers house and land properties (I explained I inherited them and i showed his death certificate)

TESTIMONY
I filed this application one month after i was refused with 4 refusal reasons.
I just want to thank God almighty who made it possible. I thank everyone in thread 15 for their invaluable advice at that time i was refused. Special thanks to @frankrobbn1, @Schonebaby and @Dera12345 who personally took it upon themselves to join me in re-strategizing for the the second app. They were always on phone with me, going through my letters, brainstorming on documents i should/shouldn't get. @stonecoldsteve, i can't forget you also. God bless you guys beyond measure.

It was not by my power, neither was it by any tight application, It was simply by the GRACE of my Lord Jesus Christ. I praised him exclusively and he answered by fire.

PRAISE THE LORD!

COMMON HAIL MY JESUS EBUBE, EBUBE , EBUBE DIKE X2
APPROVAL ALERT!!! JUNE 13 (RE)APPLICANT!
I WILL BE BACK FOR FULL GIST!

Fatimaochojila:
Please house,can one apply for a study visa while pregnant? I currently got admission to do a Pgd programme in January,planning to apply for visa then realised I'm pregnant,I know that when they ask for medicals,it will show.please what's my faith?

According to IOM "Pregnancy: Do not conceal pregnancy. Pregnancy will not affect your immigration prospects. X-ray
radiation may harm your baby."

I was so curious about this same question and i asked a doctor at IOM, and she said... "Pregnant women usually have 3 options as regards the X-ray part of the examination. 1) Consult your private doctor for advice on what to do, whether you should have the X-ray or not, If you are given go ahead by your doctor to have the X-ray, a shield would be provided to protect your foetus during the X-ray capture. 2) You can subscribe to sputum test (an alternative means to X-ray and more accurate procedure of detecting presence of causal organism of tuberculosis through culture technique) the disadvantage is just that the test takes 10weeks to be out. 3) You can go and give birth to your baby first, then come back for X-ray.

NB: I am not a medical personnel or an authority in this subject, neither am i a guru, kindly visit a doctor to verify my suggestions here.

Hi family, you guys are doing great here!

Stonecoldsteve:
And so I had an 8 am class this morning (I am a lecturer) and after the class by past 10 am, I get to the office and see a 'Do not Reply' mail for CIC. I log into my account and behold, it's a passport request.

Application type: Re-application
Application Date: 5th of June 2019
Medical passed: 13th June, 2019
Eligibility Review: 25th June 2019
BVL: 28th June 2019
Passport Request: 2nd July 2019

Will be back with the details. Let me roll on the floor first!

A very big congratulations to you.

Dera12345:
ORIGINAL PASSPORT REQUEST!!! (May applicant)

Experience is truly the best teacher, and my Canadian Sucess story made me believe the saying “EVERY DISAPPOINTMENT IS A BLESSING”!!! I know very well my story will motivate or strengthen some people never to give up in whatever that interests them, pursue it desperately like your life depends on it!! Yes I mean it.
Before I proceed, below is my timeline.

Online Application (2nd Application)
Submitted May 9th (10:57pm)
Upfront medicals passed on 11th June
Correspondence letter (today by 10:12am)
Original passport request (today by 10:32am)

This experience is my most difficult experience in life so far, I have always thought I can have anything I want in life but this Canada journey taught me that “Human beings can make any plans they want, but it’s God that decides their Sucess or failure”. I don’t even know where to begin from, but only God, Myself and @frankrobbn1 can tell my tragedy-comedy story.

So exactly a year today 20th June 2018, I submitted a paper route application and It was refused within 4weeks based on family ties, purpose of visit , personal assets and financial assets. Meanwhile, I have a Bsc in Biochemistry with overall CGPA 4.15 and last two year CGPA 4.71 , going for 2year diploma, paid tution fee $8,880cad.
when I received my refusal letter, I cried that very day like never before and till date my first refusal date 18th July,2018 still remains the worst day of my life, and the agent my parents used was just after money. After crying, knowing how bad i needed to leave this country I woke from my comfort zone and began my personal research, this was how I came across this wonderful forum and started reading up!

Through this wonderful platform I met an angel in human form, a motivator, my soulmate and my support system @frankrobbn1, may God bless you richly for me. Frank took his time to explain the errors in my application starting from advising me to secure a masters admission and that is nearly impossible to convince a VO on why diploma and not masters considering my high Gp, and secondly that my application is as empty as anything, I didn’t even submit my family’s information, no assets declared, no employment evidence and so on.

So I began my admission hunt and the devil started his work. Almost all the schools offering my course/ or related course requires a supervisor , and you know how difficult securing a supervisor can be. Some schools I contacted will tell me pump and play that I must identify a supervisor before applying while some will tell me to apply that they will assign me a supervisor once am admitted! I fell to their tricks and lost my application fee, I also tried contacting supervisors all kept turning me down. I kept sending countless mails to different supervisors in different universities all to no avail, some would always come up late with their negative mails of not having space in their lab while some will totally ignore me. I got feed up and I decided to stop sending mails but to call them on phone at least to get a straight forward response rather than waiting for their response that takes weeks and at the end must be negative. I made it as one of my daily activities to call at least 10 supervisors daily, and I did this for months!!! Even the ones that later accepted to supervise me though without funding just all of a sudden will deny even knowing me after I have submitted my application hoping I have secured a supervisor.

In general, I applied to 6 different universities in a space of 8months and all turned me down. I kept asking myself who did I offend? who is after my progress? Through this same wonderful forum I met a very nice fellow @agronat. Immediately he posted about him securing a masters admission with funding, i pm him to put me through, and that was how I realized the vital points/information missing out in my application and the reasons behind my refusals regardless of my high scores. And today am glad that my finally attempt landed me a full fulled scholarship worth $38,076CAD at BROCK UNIVERSITY ONTARIO , 2 years MSc in Biotechnology. Big thanks to @frankrobbn1 for recommending Brock University to me. I nearly craze that day (April 18th, 2019)!!! NB: the scholarship covers my tution and living expenses with extra left, I was also guaranteed a graduate assistantship position. Isn’t God great? This was when I realized that God was preparing something greater for me.

Fast forward to my visa application, guru @frankrobbn1 finished work.. I personally wrote my SOP and LOE, but when frank was done reviewing it I couldn’t recognize my LOE and SOP .. lol, he reconstructed it and was even using the VO’s terms to address every issue. He sold me well and also left the Change for the Visa officer to keep. I can’t thank you enough.., even after I submitted my visa application he took me to a church where I was given 4 days dry fasting and prayers (something I have never done in my life). I’m not the churchious type but this journey brought me closer to God and will forever remain grateful. I will be traveling to lagos next week to submit my passport and at the same time celebrate this wonderful journey that ended well. Seriously my sleep tonight will be very special after one year of dreaming of CANADA �� Lol, and to @justwise thanks for making this platform possible.

Below are the list of documents I submitted with my application:
Father sponsor.

All CIC FORMS
MY PASSPORT DATA PAGE
DIGITAL PASSPORT
UPFRONT MEDICALS
CLIENT INFORMATION;
•LOE
•SOP
•CV
•A reference letter from my supervisor
•Degree Certificate
•Degree Transcripts
•NYSC Posting letter
•NYSC Certificate
•My birth certificate
•WAEC result
•Employment letter (Written by frank , signed by my employer)
•Study leave approval letter (Written by frank , signed by my employer)
•work ID CARD
•police clearance certificate
•Picture with my parents
•HSSE professional Certificate (levels 1,2 and 3)
• social club reference letter (Written by frank)
•Deed of Gift of a four story building with a penthouse on top from Dad( Drafted by a senior advocate of Nigeria), I did the deed of gift before my application but it was back dated!
•My parent’s marriage certificate
•My family 25th marriage silver jubilee calendar as far back as 2008 . (Showing a portrait of all my siblings and my parents in the center) I was only 12years old then but I added it because we don’t have family picture.
•Siblings birth certificate
•Reference letter from my dad company stating I am one of the directors of his company existing for more than 30years now.
• My ID CARD showing am a director

PROOF OF MEANS OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT
•My full funding unconditional acceptance letter
•Affidavit of sponsorship (Drafted by frank, signed by Dad and notary public )
•Letter of sponsorship (Written by frank , signed by Dad)
•Board of resolution letter
•Dad’s international passport data page
•Dad’s Statement of account ( Bal: #113,000,000 inflow- 440M outflow-375M)
•My Personal savings acc. About eight something!
• My Dom account statement (I explained that regardless of my full funding, my father transferred the sum of $10,000Cad for my flight itinerary and other miscellaneous expenses that might rise)
•Dad’s CAC
•Dad’s company particulars of directors (showing my name as one of the directors)
•Dad’s company memorandum of association
• proof of his company shares in all my siblings name and also my mum
•Dad’s landed property, evaluation report and survey plan( I included two building, one rented and one personal building), AND three empty lands under construction)

Even though I know my application is a little bit tight, I still handed it over to God because I have seen better applications refused, or the acceptance quota being reached as rumored on the forum,I said to God that they will bang the door when it’s my time to enter, I prayed against errors which can come from the VO leading to common refusals, lol, I prayed against bad mood on the head of the VO handling my application. Prayer is the Key.

I wish all TRV hopefuls SUCCESS!!!

Congratulations dear. I am so happy for you !

wealthmiq:
Please How are you guys filling the cic forms? I don download adobe acrobat DC tire. Once i open the document it shows " This document enabled extended features of in Adobe Acrobat Reader. The document has been changed since it was created and use of extended features is no longer available. please contact the author for the original version of this document". When i click okay and the document opens with red boarders on the forms filled I can't fill it. when i click fill & sign or edit text it takes me to a page to Adobe Acrobat Pro DC which is a paid version and says it's not available in my country(Nigeria)

Use Internet Explorer computer browser to open, fill, validate and save it. I use version 11, and it works fine even without Internet access

Okoriekwe:
They do. You wouldn't know until you're about to submit your application. Apparently, Nigeria is one of the countries in UN poverty index.

Ok, good to know.