The event is an annual event. I was sponsored by my organization. I uploaded letter of invitation, pay slip and letter of introduction from my organization. i did not upload bank statement. I went last year and spent 1 week and came back though i didn't go for the main event i got the visa for last year due to vfs holding my passport for 2 weeks but i attended another event late last year hosted by the same agency with the 6 months visa. I do not have a USA Visa. I have no plans to japa either. All my colleagues also got theirs within the same time frame as mine last year, those who submitted at VFS Abuja got theirs within 1 week while vfs held mine for 2 weeks after submission last year and i complained on this forum.

Another thing is the agency hosting the event wrote to the embassy last year before our application to notify them that we were going to apply. The letter had our names, date of birth and passport number. Hope this clarifies the comments.

chatmate:
Just 7days..super fast

this one be like ETA lol.

congrats

Funny enough the one of last year was faster. This one got me worried.

Got the 9 Years Visa Multiple entry . Applied for a conference and was sponsored by my organisation. Git 6 months single entry visa for the same event last year sponsored by my organisation.

Applied 10th of May 2024
Got passport request 27th of May
Submitted passport at Lagos VFS 28th of May
Picked up stamped passport at VFS Lagos 31st of May.

Milezwadup:
Passport submitted and updated as valid. I’m in panic mode

Good Morning, DId u submit in Lagos or Abuja and how long did it take from submission of passport to pick up ? Thank you

adegbajupraise:
Timeline:
Application submission - Nov. 19th
Biometric - Nov. 24th
Biometric Validity - April 24th
PPR - April 24th
Passport Submission - April 26th
Passport Collection - April 29th
POF - 4m
Paid Conference
Travel history - Togo
First time applicant

Good Evening. Please did you submit in Lagos or Abuja ? Thank you

This is not confirmed

Yungmil:
Where is UNN.


My alma mata where great lions and lionesses where trained.

If u graduate with 2.1 for UNN na 1st class b day for any other universities in Nigeria.


UNN hard to enter except u dey brilliant.



To d guy below me how much have u made so far for FTC in nairaland. No go hustle

Education is meant to be relevant not difficult. All this talk about how hard it is to get first class in a particular university has zero correlation to the quality of education. Take the 2:1 person to Harvard and see if the person won’t perform then take the first class oyinbo Harvard graduate to your UNN and see if the person will have first class. Does that mean UNN is better than Harvard ?

Arsenal vs Barcelona UCL Final 2006

When i listened to a message by Gbile Akanni

hunee:
Congratulations
1. yellow card
2. Flight ticket
3. Verified hotel voucher
4. Work ID -They can be tough sometimes, your Id card can be helpful
5. Passport.
6. Visa outcome copy

Hi @hunee, please want to confrim somethings. I have a conference to attend in SA in 2 weeks time and i want to confirm which one will be faster,evisa or vfs ? Secondly for the evisa, do i select visitors visa and conference or business visa and conference ?Thank you

crusader6:
Hello everyone I humbly ask for your assistance.
I applied for South African Visa physical application on the 12th and Evisa online on the 15th.

My evisa has been granted today.
How can I get my passport from VFS because I was told to submit it along with my documents.

Good Afternoon, when you applied for the conference with evisa, did you select business visa and conference or visitors visa and then conference ? Thank you

Compare this to that ikoyi $9m house and you understand why real estate is a scam in Lagos.

The guy gave all those insults cos he was frustrated according to him. If he's confirmed, he should be prepared for premium frustration depending on the ministry he's appointed to head. The civil servants are the most difficult people to work with. They know the terrain . The civil servants are the barracks while the ministers are the soldier go soldier come. It will be interesting to see how he performs.

Most people think being competent and intelligent is enough to succeed as a minister or As the Head of a Government agency. That's not enough o. Managing civil servants and unions and changing the status quo is where the real work is.

Amo12345:
pls, must the letter of invitation address as group invitation or can it be individual invitation from Canada organization

Mine was group. All our names were on one letter

Amo12345:
hi, I hope this find u well, and congratulations on ur visa, pls, I would be applying for a conference with my colleagues at office, I work with federal government parastata, which docs did u submitted, did u attach bank statement and properties docs/employment docs cos I have read some of the requirements here for tourist, don't know if it's same for government sponsored conference too, would be glad to read from you soon, thanks.

I submitted my Payslip as additional document. I submitted a letter from my organisation stating they will pay for the entire trip. I also submitted a letter of invitation sent by the organisation in Canada. Also submitted soft copy of my NIN. That's all I submitted. I did not attach my bank statement. I did not attach any property documents.

However the copy of the letter of invitation I submitted was sent to the Canadian high commission in Nigeria by the organisation in canada before I made the application. All the best.

Bentiner7212:
Hello good afternoon everyone
Pls how long does it take to get passport back from Lagos for stamping

Mine took 10 working days o. Submitted passport May 29. Got message June 9 that passport is ready for pick up. My colleague in Abuja submitted at Abuja May 30, He got message to pick up 2nd of June at Abuja VFS.

Abuja is faster .

Eniiyanu1:

Hello @Lyoncrescent I currently have a scholarship to attend a one-week summer school in August, I submitted my visitor visa application earlier last month. Can you kindly tell me the tips to expedite the process just as yours? Thank you for your anticipated feedback

If the summer school can contact the Canadian high commission in nigeria directly with a letter stating your intention amd your name and passport number and date of birth in the letter and send to them via fax or mail or post, then maybe it will help. That's what was done for me however i had a copy of the letter before my application and we all made sure the letter was sent first to the canadian high commission before we applied.i attached a copy of the letter to my application as my letter of invitation. However I also work with a federal government agency and my company was to fully sponsor my trip.

The difference may be i did all these before application but you have applied already

mojisolani:


Pls how much do you have in your account? Pls. Did you used a personal account or office account was used?

It's a government agency. A letter from my office is all I needed and my payslip. No statement was submitted by me or my agency

mikeayus:
Please do you have any travel experience before now? I heard its not advisable applying for canada tourist visa without previous travel experience.

Yes I do have travel experience but 2 people with no travel experience in my group were given visas. Just to add, I have been rejected visa twice by UK and USA which I wrote in my Canadian application and I still got a Passport Request.

AskGod07:
Do you submitted your bank statements or company bank account

I didn't submit statement. My company is a government organisation so they didn't also submit statement. Just a letter

Please if the mods and major contributors can look into this.

I think if possible the first post of the first page of this thread should have some information pinned that can help new people as its not easy to go through 700 pages. Information like the new portal , old portal, whether to submit passport at Abuja vfs or lagos vfs. Which emails addresses one can use to send complaints, use of webforms and how to track applications and maybe abbreviations and other general related information . It can be updated from time to time . This will help people to have a glance of the process based on all of our experiences instead of going through 700 pages . Thanks

mamawa123:


Can you share the documents you included in your application

Letter of invitation to the conference with our names in the letter . Letter from my organisation showing they will sponsor the trip with our names in the letter and I added my payslip as part of additional document . That's all

gimakon2:


Your application and all you did was it the new portal ? And was it this year you did your application ?

New portal. Applied May 18 2023. Got PPR May 26. The conference organiser wrote to the Deputy Canadian High Commiission and all so maybe that's why it was fast. But out of 8 of us, only 3 in Abuja have visas . The rest of us in the center of excellence are still waiting

omoMessiah:
From my own experience and couple others i know, note: when you submit in lagos all passport are gathered and taken to abuja on Friday(whether you submit moday oo or Wednesday, it will taken to Abuja friday) then worked on during the week and returned back Friday.
What I'm saying is this, all submitted passport from 29th till yesterday gets delivered to abuja yesterday and will be returned this coming Friday

Thanks for this information. It's a big lesson cos I only need the visa for the conference and nothing else. Conference is 5 days and starts this monday. No plans to japa . Whenever they are done they should sha return the passport. Its just painful as my organisation would have given me a nice travel allowance . Na that one dey pain me and also the papers I had to present at the conference will now be presented by someone else. Its all good. How I wish VFS can make this your explanation above known to people so they can now choose where to submit.

Application /Biometric Collection Letter May 18

BVL and PPR May 26

If I knew what you just posted above I won't have
Submitted to Lagos VFS May 29. Even if I have to fly to Abuja to submit , it would have been better

anselmvictor:
Great I believe. Have you recieved BVL?

Is it this BVL attached below or another BVL. Not sure which one you are referring to. My process was particularly fast but to get the passport back is when everything went slow cos I submitted in Lagos VFS. My colleague in Abuja has same timelines as me. The only difference is he submitted this week Tuesday in Abuja VFS as they didn't open at Abuja VFS on Monday due to inauguration. I submitted at Lagos VFS on Monday the inauguration day. He got back his passport with visa yesterday while I got this message below yesterday. Its so frustrating to say the least. Should have submitted in Abuja

Your application, tracking ID No.has been received and is under process at the IRCC Office on Fri Jun 02 2023

Regards,

VFS Global

anselmvictor:
have you checked document status on the tracker to see if there is a visa number and expiration date? I understand that could be an indication that visa has been approved but yet to be issued and I believe you have recieved BVL? You should check that.

There is a Visitor Visa Document number and expiry date listed when I checked just now

Emmafe was correct Good Morning. I should have submitted at the Abuja VFS. I submitted my passport at Lagos VFS on Monday the 29th of May and I got the message below yesterday morning . My trip is supposed to be this Sunday and is sponsored by my organisation. Don't know what to do again. When I track it , it says it is under processing at the Canadian visa office.

Your application, tracking ID has been received and is under process at the IRCC Office on Fri Jun 02 2023. This was the last mail I got.

My colleague submitted his passport in Abuja VFS as he's based in Abuja on Tuesday this week and got a message Thursday evening to pick up his passport which he picked up yesterday.

My advice for anyone if you want your passport back fast please submit at Abuja vfs.

Any idea what I can do as if I can't get it by Monday, I won't be able to go for the conference again.

Emmafe:
It means it has bn sent to Abuja for stamping.

Okay. Thank you

Emmafe:
If you don’t have much time, send your passport to Abuja for asap stamping.

My passport got to Abuja vfs last week Thursday, I just got a message it’s available for pickup in Lagos. Everything took just a week.

Good Afternoon, Just got this message below when i tracked my ID. Any idea what it means..submitted at Lagos VFS on Monday this week.

Visa application, tracking ID No. Your processed passport has been forwarded to the Canada Visa Office on 2023/06/01. To know more, please call VAC helpline number or visit VAC website

Will of God

Emmafe:
Send to Abuja for fast processing. If you send to Lagos vfs, they’ll wait to gather more passport before they send to Abuja vfs who will forward to ircc processing center. Seems u don’t have much time, you cn do drop off in Abuja and also pickup in Abuja. My passport was delivered to Abuja vfs via dhl on Thursday, on Friday it was already in ircc processing center. Stamping takes 1-2days n sent back to Abuja vfs. So if you don’t have much time go to Abuja.



Webform and mails doesn’t work for passport stamping.

Wow. Thank you. Didn't know this. Already submitted in VFS Lagos today. Will tell my colleagues to submit in Abuja. Thank you

Good Morning All,Please is there any difference submitting passport in VFS Abuja compared to VFS Lagos in terms of speed in getting the stamped passport back ? VFS Lagos is open today as said above. Also if one wants it stamped same week as submission, can one send an email or webform because the conference the visa is meant for starts next week Monday meaning one has to leave this weekend. Thank you.