Kishkosh:


Dear , I do not know what you mean in the bolded , but pls note that school SOP is different from SOP to the Embassy .
The structure and tone are quite different.

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!!!

thesoj:
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Whynotme:

Its NOT going to be a refusal for me

Samuelpluto:


I empathise with u, but the truth is your situation is not a eazy one to just comment on.3rd time in a span of 6 month looks desperate already. but, those with more experience should try and comment on this please

Bracha:
There really isn't another way to say it. Just write your SOP well, include a strong proof of home tie, and a good statement of account. Your fiancé isn't a strong proof of home tie, please include other proofs.

Good luck.

Aisha77:
OK I didn't get response to my inquiries but that's OK. I hope to just get everybody view on this.

First refusal in march-sufficient availability of funds to pay tuition without working, purpose and ties

Second refusal june- travel history, purpose , ties and personal asset. I have travel history and personal asset listed in all applications. From all said purpose and ties boils down to Sop.

Now school starts in sept 1 and have limited time and want to apply immediately.

How can I address this without sounding desperate to migrate when I'm just desperate to save time. I am 30 and engaged, he has agreed to give me a year to finish school so I am desperate for time because its now or maybe never.

Aisha77:
Refusal for the second time.

My application history.
First refusal was purpose of visit and family ties

Second application and for the sake of previous argument, there is no change in trend. My back ground check was completed the same day I applied which means previous one was still valid. Decision made same day I got BVL.

Reasons.

1. Travel history
2. Purpose of visit
3. Family ties
4. Personal asset and financial status

Submitted docs.
1. Unconditional Acceptance letter from the school
2. Statement of Purpose/LOE
3. Sponsor statement of account and ARM money market fund embassy letter worth 50m
4. Sponsorship letter
5. Sponsorship affidavit
6. Sponsor ID card
7. Proof of Sponsors source of income
8. certificates
9. birth certificate
10. Family members certificate of birth
11. Assets in my name which include lands and ARM money market worth 10m
12. Employment letter
13. Work ID card
14. Personal statement of account of 1.5m
15. Recommendation letter

I didn't include leave letter because I wasn't going back to that job but explained well in my sop. Feel I am forgetting something sha.

Please gurus help me see wahala

kcosam:

Sorry about your visa refusal, you didn't state your previous course of study and the current admitted program. Is there a study progression? Is there any unexplained study gaps? Is your previous study related to your job?

Wineth02:
Good afternoon house, I received a message and mail today that, my process passport is ready for collection no upfront medical and medical request wasn't sent to me. I submitted my application on 16th of May, and I received BVL on 14th June this year. Pls can someone explain to me what would be outcome pls. Am guessing is refusal

slimdaddy2822:


If upfront medical no medical passed

Chukwuemekatehi:
Mine didn't burst too. They quick to state people who got refusal after weeks but they won't mention those that got approved after week of receiving BVL. Let's be positive anything can happen.

tajmal:
let me bust your bubbles. If you read through part 15, you would understand that the same thing happened where April applicants received Biometrics Validation Letter almost at the same period.
There was a moniker that even said almost all of them that submitted paper application on the same day got BVL and refusal letter the following day except for him.

Some even received BVL after 2 weeks of their application and got refused eventually. While some received BVL and got refused after 6 weeks.

As Frankrobbn1 as explained earlier, the moment one receives BVL, it means that such application has been finalised.

But what do I know, as I am not a VO, miracle could still happen even after receiving BVL and one gets a medical request and PPR

abusmanlouis:

I mailed them after my application was refused for reasons not associated with my Application. They mailed me back after one week, gave reasons for refusing Application. economy migration, home country family connection, Applicant not willing to return back to their homeland

abusmanlouis:
Hello house, if you receive a biometric letter validation, just know that decision have already been taken on your application, either Approval or Refusal depending on your case. if you receive medical request, your approval is 90% but when your upfront medical is updated to passed your approval is 50/50 (my upfront medical was updated to passed all i got was refusal may 1st applicant). CIC is afraid of economy migrant all in the name of school. that was the mail i got from them this afternoon after mailed for wrongly judging my application.
gather your document and check where the fault is coming from. poor documentation of application can cause refusal

Chaniel:
Someone I know applied in early May, got his biometrics correspondence same May, Eligibility review started this June, after few days, he got a medical request. For those in similar situations, keep faith.

Anyone like me here on his or her second app, 21 May submission, background check started 22 May and no update again since then?

hadigun:
Hello everyone, Please i submitted my application via paper route since May 22, I've been trying to link my application online, but it keeps saying no application found. Please help

Frankrobbn1:

@prospy01


A decision has already been reached on your application and it's an automatic refusal. Nairlanders should be well prepared that there is a certain period of time (peak period) when the Canadian embassies are faced with multitudinous applications and will intentionally start refusing study permit applications with insubstantial and general reasons. It is at this point in time we start receiving generic GCMS NOTES from potential candidates who were denied of their visas. It might be a shock to you guys seeing so many applicants receiving biometrics correspondence letter/refusals, however this is the trend I have carefully observed in the past two years and above of my existence on the reputable platform.. A great deal of approvals will subsequently follow as soon as the refusals have been dished out. As a consequence, you guys shouldn't fright whenever you start facing this changes on this thread.

For the benefit of those that were refused recently, I'll personally advise you from the wisdom of my experiences to use the attached GCMS NOTE in preparation of your visa reapplication because I have noticed an act of using general GCMS note by the embassy has begun.


I wish you all the best

Whynotme:

Do you mean biometric request letter? This the first time I'm seeing biometrics correspondence come before review of eligibility.
Interesting

papijulah:


My friend got this biometric correspondence mail yesterday.

Amahjosh:
Please, the rate at which I am seeing biometric correspondence coming before medical request or medical changing to pass is getting me scared or is it a new pattern.

I applied on the 7th of June and I did upfront medicals and got a biometric collection letter on the 8th of June then on the 13th of June my medicals was changed to Passed. Review of Eligibility has not started yet, Is this normal or a good sign?

Tlontin:
enough especially April

Senatorkolade:

Biometrics validity mail before medical request or upfront medical updated to pass is likely to be a refusal.
Sorry for that

shantelleasante:
... Is there any hope for us?

shantelleasante:
.... I received my biometric validity mail today and my eligibility review and background check also started today... I'm worried