See what the Lord has done

This journey that started like a joke has finally come to an end. Ran into an old school mate mid-2019 and she encouraged me to give the Canadian journey a try (thank God for friends that push us).

Was supposed to write IELTS in March 2020 unfortunately on the day of my test, British council sent an email saying all tests were postponed due to COVID.

IELTS (Self & Spouse ) August 15th,2020
ITA - SEP 2020
AOR - DEC 2020
RPRF request - FEB 2021 (We were already happy here cos RPRF request was supposed to mean, your application is almost concluded)

Long Silence

Remed, PCC & Schedule A request - Feb 2022
Medicals Passed - March 2022
PPR email - May 25th 2022

Sent passport via DHL to Accra - June 22nd
Arrived at VFS - June 24th
Received passports - July 18th

Good luck to all those still on the journey and thank you to everyone who shares here. I literally learned most of what to do about our application, how to tackle IELTS etc from this platform.

May Canada favor all of us.

I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living (Canada).

Dimple10:
Congratulations!!! may the land favor you

Ideally your passport should have up to 6months validity for stamping. If you can get the new one before the deadline, i'll advise to do that.

Pls is this Accra or RROC...just asking cos our AOR is 3days apart

It is ACCRA VO.
Thanks for the suggestion

Finally! What we waited for has come to pass ��

ITA - September 2020
AOR - Dec 3 2020
Biometrics - Jan 13, 2021
RPRF request - Feb 2, 2021
RPRF submitted - Feb 4, 2022
ADR (Medicals, PCC, schedule A)- Feb 9, 2022
Medicals passed - March 14, 2022
PPR - May 26th
VO - ACCRA visa office

Thank you to everyone who shares here. You kept my spirit up on the down days..
speedy PPR to everyone still waiting

I have a question please - My Spouse's Nigerian passport expires in 5months. Can we submit it like that? or do we need to wait for the new one which we are working on to be issued? Has anyone submitted a passport with less than 6 months expiration date? did it fly.
Thank you

Hello, house...
Please is there a POST ITA WhatsApp group for people who received ITA in Sep/Oct? If yes, can someone point me in the direction?
As anyone who got ITA recently been able to get their police report done? How will we do our police report with all this wahala on ground? Tips/help on how to get this done will be appreciated

Good day people. I received my ITA in September and have a few questions make I no go lost.

1. POF - The bulk of the money we intend (spouse and I ) to show as POF currently seats in my child's mutual fund account. It was our own way of limiting access to the money and a culture even before we started considering Canada. This account currently sits under my BVN and I am the sole signatory to the account. I am now wondering, If I move the money to my account will it raise any flags? Or do I just present my child's statement as the POF since she is also a dependent and do a LOE .
Also, a friend who went through this process last year said he submitted only the Stanbic Mutual funds letter as his POF without attaching the statement of account. Can anybody confirm that this also worked for them?
Finally, has anyone used money in PIGGY VEST as POF?


2. For people who gave birth in the US did you use your childs US passport details when filling the application or Naija passport? Child doesn't have a naija passport yet.Can we bookk our medicals uing the US passport details.

Please if these questions have been answered before now kindly point me to links.
Thank you my people for always coming through.

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Have you sorted out your accommodation?

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Please was your previous visa B1/B2 or B2?

B1/B2

[quote author=Mamaiyanu post=66988790]congratulations on your successful POE!

please how can I reach HNWMC? every time I call Shelly I get her voicemail. And mails I send have been bouncing back. Please help!

sent you something

Hello,

Been a silent reader and i must confess this thread has been quite helpful from the moment I decided to have the baby in USA.
Renewed my VISA via drop box in December and picked the B2 option.

Arrived IAH at about 2pm US time, the airport wasn't so busy. Was already on the queue to be attended by a black CBP before another till opened with a white guy.


Officer: Good morning
Me:Good morning.
Officer: Why are you here and for how long
Me: To have my baby and 10 weeks
Officer: Where are we having this baby
Me: HNWMC
Officer: Do you have any correspondence with the hospital/ doctor
Me: Yes, (brings out all my documents i.e: email correspondence with both dr xydas and Shelly from the hospital including my appointment letter and also the miracle moment package) He scans through for like 5 mins.
Officer: Have you met this Doctor physically before ?
Me: No
Officer: So how did you find him
Me: Internet and online reviews.
Officer: How much cash do you have for this purpose
Me: $XXXXX - (less than $10,000)
Officer: shouts Escort, hands over my passport and documents ta a guy, then turns to the guy and asks me to follow him to Almighty secondary inspection

When we arrive secondary inspection, I see them grilling a pregnant arab lady and almost enter panic mode but I just stayed calm and sat down. After about 20 mins it was my turn


Secondary Inspection officer: Why are you here
Me: to have a baby.
Secondary Inspection officer: Why do you want to have your baby here
Me: Dual Citizenship
SIO: Having your baby here doesn't give dual citizenship
Me: The baby can have both a Nigerian Passport and an American passport
SIO: I see you've been to other countries why not any of them
Me: The benefits of America outweigh all others
SIO: Where is your husband?
Me: Lagos Nigeria
SIO:So tell me one of these benefits you talked about earlier
Me: At this point my mind is balnk, I sha say they can get access to IVY league education
SIO: You don't have to be a citizen for this.
Me: But this means you'll pay nore
SIO: How much cash do you have on you?
Me : XXXXX
SIO: Can I see it, He looks at the cash but doesn't count and hands it back to me. Also hands back my correspondence letters
SIO: I hope you know what to do else next time you plan to come to the US we will cancel your visa?
Me: What exactly?
SIO: I thought you did your homework well
Me: You mean getting all my reciepts and paying in full
SIO: Yes.
As he is about to hand me my passport, next thing he asks where am I staying?
Me: Intown suites
SIO: How much is that costing you
Me: About $3000
SIO: Hangs on to my passport. So how is the balance of the cash you have going to cover your bills
ME: I have my BOA card with me and there's some money in the account.
SIO: How much
ME: $XXXX
SIO: When was this account opened
Me: 2016 during my last visit
SIO: So you have been planning for this since then;
ME: NO
SIO: So why do you have an international bank account
Me: It helped me to save and then for international transactions
SIO: Like?
Me: Apple music, Online shopping
SIO: What other countries do you have bank accounts in
Me: Just here and Nigeria
SIO: Finally hands me my passport, and says make sure to pay all your bills else we'll revoke your visa when next you come
Me: Thank you.

Proceeds to baggage claim to get my bags and realize the place is literally empty except for my bags, as I pick up my bags one woman says I have to go for baggage inspection and hands me a form. I quickly opened the form and see that they circled rice.
The guys at baggage just scans my bag and says next time don't bring in rice.

Now staying at Intown suites. Not sure how i feel about the place. My next hustle now is to get a better place. Maybe its the Nigerian in me but I feel the place feels so exposed.
The kitchenette only has a microwave and fridge and 2 disposable cups.
Any HNWMC/ Dr Xydas mamas due in May please lets connect