Congratulations Bro!
I sent you an email as I'll need some sample documents you used.
Thanks in anticipation

ManLikeMace:
Hey guys, It's been a minute since I came on here. I thought about Nairaland and how I was always here when I started this travel journey in 2013. It took me eight years to eventually get my study permit, and I would say it was worth the wait. This is to encourage anybody thinking about giving up; please don't. I understand how frustrating it was to wait year after year and one rejection after the other.

If you are waiting on your study permit decision, please look for a skill to learn. When you get here, it is essential you have something you can do to earn some money on the side apart from the 20hrs a week you are allowed to work. Many students here do cash jobs to make money on the side.

Let me clear something up real quick; Canada is the land of milk and honey but trust me, you have to work like a mad man to get to that point where you'd enjoy it. School here isn't as hard as in Nigeria, but the workload is crazy. If your course is online, it is easier, but when you have to be physically present in school, it takes a toll on you. Make friends in school and meet as many people as possible; do not be an island when you get here. The difference between passing and failing a course can be friends willing to assist you with assignments and have study sessions with you.

Nigeria is hard, and Canada is way better in many ways, but that does not mean it is easy here. If you notice, many people here on Nairaland disappear after they travel, and I can tell you that it is primarily because of the new challenges you face here. Rent is monthly, so before you blink, it is time to pay the next; the semesters go by so fast that you have your next semester's tuition to pay in no time. Assignments are back to back, tests are every other week, and you still have to do your 20hr a week job plus the cash jobs.

I am not writing this to discourage anybody, I love Canada, and it's a beautiful place to live, work and build a family. I want you to understand that while you are leaving one set of problems behind, and rightfully so, this one is waiting for you here, too, lol.

Anyway, do not give up on your dream; Canada is more beautiful than you can imagine. It is so peaceful, and everything works. I pray that everybody reading this gets to experience their dream of moving here.

I don't know much about the immigration process, but if you have any questions about living in Canada, Thunder Bay, or how it feels like studying at Confederation College, please feel free to ask me here or shoot me an email.

Hello Everyone,

I have a quick question as I'm getting my necessary documents ready before ITA.

Please as a self employed, do I need to get Tax Clearance Certificate (3 years + the current year) or Can I use Tax receipts instead?

P.S: I've searched the thread but couldn't find an answer.

GrAnDwEeZ:

NOC - 2282
CRS - 483

Congratulations, Do you have job offer or relative in Alberta?

joselekas:


Just read regularly for pleasure. Read blogs; follow posts of excellent writers on Social Media; read books and take notes of new words and their usage; download documentaries (DW is my favorite) on Youtube and watch.

Jay and Liz's videos are on Youtube for free and if you can afford their premium content go for it. You also need to practice writing. Write as much as you can. Join the IELTS Mooc group on Facebook and post your writings for people to help you review. It will help!

Print out the writing booklet used by IELTS and practice writing with it. That way you know the number of words without counting.

Thanks �

joselekas:


Prayer can indeed help you ace your IELTS. Let me share my experience with you.

My first IELTS was in Nov. 2019 and the result was a disaster. I had Listening:7 Reading:6 Writing:7.5 Speaking:8. I was very disappointed in the Listening and Reading as I felt I put in all my best in the preparation. In retrospect, I think I focused majorly on Writing.

Our CRS score was 375 or so and we were pursuing PNPs. When the PNP-Saskatchewan route fell apart due to COVID, our relative lost his job, we then resolved I should retake the IELTS.

I did the paper-based version of the exam in June 2020. So this time around I prepared for Listening and Reading with a different approach. I solved all the Cambridge IELTS Past Questions that I could lay my hands on. I remembered watching one of Liz's videos on Youtube and she said: "The Listening test is a test of plurals". You have to learn to listen for plurals if you want a band 8 and above. That statement stuck with me all through my preparation. I observed that it's very difficult for me to get a pluralized word whilst listening. So I constantly check the context of the word and try to add the 's'. That strategy didn't work all the time during the preparation as I missed some questions by adding 's'.

On the day of the exam, I kept revising all the strategies I had written down whilst preparing but this 'plural' strategy was something I knew is not 100% certain. I kept praying that God should guide me through making the right decision because I knew the "test of plural" will surely come out. My wife and little children were also praying back at home. She kept telling me to revise my Listening as if they will repeat questions. .

So after the Listening test, there was a question I wasn't sure either to append 's' on the compound word or not. I thought about it but was not convinced. So while doing the Reading, a phrase jumped at me with exactly the same construction as the Listening question I was doubting, and 's' was added to the word. Meanwhile, you are not supposed to flip to the Listening section answer sheet (they use the same answer sheet for both Listening and Reading) once you have started the Reading. And now that I'm sure I needed to add 's', what should I do? I ascertained no invigilator was watching me and I affixed the 's' to the word and continued my Reading section.

The results came out as Listening:8, Reading:7.5, Writing:7.5, Speaking:7.5. If I had not done what I did, I'd not have gotten 8 in Listening and that results would have been useless. And that'd have ended my Canadian dream. I know it's Prayer that did that for me.

Our CRS jumped to 446 immediately after that. Wife also did and had Listening:7, Reading:7, Writing:6.5, Speaking: 7. The CRS increased to 464 and we got picked up by Ontario in October last year and got the nomination in March this year. It's been a draining and stressful journey so far but at the centre of it for us is PRAYER. AOR: 28th April 2021. #prayerworks #foreverhoepful #Godisable

You maintained a consistent band in writing. Can you share the materials you used in preparing for writing?

Thanks

ericmaestro:


Ok...did u self study or you used a tutor??..cos I really want to pass the exam on my second trial

"Self study" in one month and a week. 7 days for each course.
I bought the books and downloaded the past questions which are available for download on their website.

Nenyezz:
The certificate you mean not the result because result comes out after a month

Yes please, I meant the certificate.

But I need to know if I can evaluate with 'statement of result' or if I have to wait till January next year for the certificate.

ericmaestro:


How did your exam go??..,I also wrote the exam but failed one course out of the five courses

The exam went well. I passed all 5 courses.

Hello Fam, I wrote the CIIN exam in April (for 2 or more) and just discovered the result is issued January each year.

Has anyone evaluated CIIN with statement of result? Thanks in anticipation.