passionup:
Good news, just got a Passport Request letter for my family members who I applied for to reunite with their kid who is in Canada temporarily. This week has good news awaiting everyone. They had a previous application which i submitted in March 2020. The new application was submitted on Dec 1.
Best wishes to everyone.

Congrats. Pls after u do ur biometrics for a temporary resident visa for Canada how long do u wait to hear a feedback . Approval or denial

Update on passport submission.

So I submitted passport on Tuesday 14th, December through UPS, it got delivered to vsf office Abuja on Thursday 16th December.

I just received the stamped passport now.

RuggedArab:
Update on passport submission.

So I submitted passport on Tuesday 14th, December through UPS, it got delivered to vsf office Abuja on Thursday 16th December.

I just received the stamped passport now.

Nice brother. Congrats
Omor no 1 wan reply me sha lol. Abeg na. After biometrics, how long before you get a refusal or approval. Pls make som1 tell me.

Good news, I just got my passport request letter.
I applied Nov 22.
Should I send my passport to Abuja or Lagos?. I did my biometrics in Lagos tho.

baddestguy:


Nice brother. Congrats
Omor no 1 wan reply me sha lol. Abeg na. After biometrics, how long before you get a refusal or approval. Pls make som1 tell me.

28 days.

Jayeolaifeoluwa:
Good news, I just got my passport request letter.
I applied Nov 22.
Should I send my passport to Abuja or Lagos?. I did my biometrics in Lagos tho.

Abuja takes 1 week and costs about 25k if your if your bio was done in Lagos.
Lagos takes 2 weeks or slightly more but it costs 4k or so if your bio was done in Lagos.

Went with Abuja to save the headache of having to wait for an extra week or more. The choice is yours.

baddestguy:


Congrats. Pls after u do ur biometrics for a temporary resident visa for Canada how long do u wait to hear a feedback . Approval or denial

Every application differs. The people I applied for did theirs over 5 years ago. They have travel experience to Canada and beyond so the issue of waiting period is peculiar to an application.

Thank you, I’ll go with Abuja.

Abuja takes 1 week and costs about 25k if your if your bio was done in Lagos.
Lagos takes 2 weeks or slightly more but it costs 4k or so if your bio was done in Lagos.

Went with Abuja to save the headache of having to wait for an extra week or more. The choice is yours.

TheExalted:


28 days.

Really for temporary resident visa

How many people who applied in September and October are still waiting?
Is there really a difference in the turn around time between gckey and new portal.
My wife applied for visitor visa in October to join me in Canada. The gckey was used then. Now, I am thinking if i should reapply using the new portal or wait. Any thought/ advice??

can nigerians now apply for canada tourism visa without having any relative in canada?

holyjacket:
How many people who applied in September and October are still waiting?
Is there really a difference in the turn around time between gckey and new portal.
My wife applied for visitor visa in October to join me in Canada. The gckey was used then. Now, I am thinking if i should reapply using the new portal or wait. Any thought/ advice??

The new one is faster I guess

All the best

Jayeolaifeoluwa:
Good news, I just got my passport request letter.
I applied Nov 22.
Should I send my passport to Abuja or Lagos?. I did my biometrics in Lagos tho.

Do Abuja jejely o. It’ll cost slightly more if you did your biometrics elsewhere but it’s worth the peace of mind. Sent passport to Lagos Dec 3, profile was updated as approved on Dec 13 and passport is still not back. Lagos VFS sucks

adveert002:


The new one is faster I guess

All the best

Please when you say new one. Abeg explain. Cos am confused . How do I know which one is d new one. I did my biometrics last week.
Is my own the new one loooooooool

baddestguy:


Nice brother. Congrats
Omor no 1 wan reply me sha lol. Abeg na. After biometrics, how long before you get a refusal or approval. Pls make som1 tell me.

I think it depends on your application, every application is unique. The new portal processing timeline is fast especially if you are reuniting with your immediate family. The one I applied for is 12working days for my mom.

NB: older people get a lot of approval.

RuggedArab:


I think it depends on your application, every application is unique. The new portal processing timeline is fast especially if you are reuniting with your immediate family. The one I applied for is 12working days for my mom.

NB: older people get a lot of approval.

I agree with you cos I have also observed this too. Older people's gets approved faster than other categories, irrespective of method of application (gckey or new portal).

Hello my people. Please do we have anyone here who intend to travel to canada in February 2022. My mum will be travelling for the first time, she is quite old and i would need help from anyone who is coming over so that she can tag along and probably get some help. It would have been a smooth journey if all these covid 19 travel protocols are not in place. I am here in Calgary. Thanks my people.

There are so many people who applied in October that their application is still pending, in fact, we have a whatsapp group that 100s of us are always complaining everyday. Seems they ignored October application and move to November/December application. Just tired.

holyjacket:
How many people who applied in September and October are still waiting?
Is there really a difference in the turn around time between gckey and new portal.
My wife applied for visitor visa in October to join me in Canada. The gckey was used then. Now, I am thinking if i should reapply using the new portal or wait. Any thought/ advice??

Congratulations to all recent PPR recipients. Let's hope it rains more PPR this week.

We should expect more flexibility and considerations, with how CIC processes these various applications considering the recent letter the PM wrote to the immigration letter. Some nice goodies upcoming. Let's hope the inks are backed with actions!

You can read the letter here:
https://pm.gc.ca/en/mandate-letters/2021/12/16/minister-immigration-refugees-and-citizenship-mandate-letter

aloskyyoung:
There are so many people who applied in October that their application is still pending, in fact, we have a whatsapp group that 100s of us are always complaining everyday. Seems they ignored October application and move to November/December application. Just tired.

Weird. Since your application has passed the 30 working days processing time, have you or the other folks tried sending them a webform? They did say they'll respond to webforms if an application is passed the slated processing time. That may help to know what's going on.

While each application is unique and handle time varies, it's concerning and worth knowing why there are delays in October applications like you mentioned. (Except all these applications belong to the class of deprioritized applications at this time). Worth finding out.

opomulero:
can nigerians now apply for canada tourism visa without having any relative in canada?

Good morning all,

any response pls

Good day,
Please if you have travel to Canada recently, can you explain what you did during your trip, the documents you showed immigration and all. Thanks

OloriOfMontreal:


Weird. Since your application has passed the 30 working days processing time, have you or the other folks tried sending them a webform? They did say they'll respond to webforms if an application is passed the slated processing time. That may help to know what's going on.

While each application is unique and handle time varies, it's concerning and worth knowing why there are delays in October applications like you mentioned. (Except all these applications belong to the class of deprioritized applications at this time). Worth finding out.

Applied November, today's 30th day. From tomorrow bombardment with webform.

holyjacket:




I agree with you cos I have also observed this too. Older people's gets approved faster than other categories, irrespective of method of application (gckey or new portal).

Just checked my application. Guess it's d Gckey portal. I thought maybe I used the new portal. Since I just did my biometrics last week. But as I opened my application I saw Gckey lool.

How do I go about the payment.
?

TheExalted:


Abuja takes 1 week and costs about 25k if your if your bio was done in Lagos.
Lagos takes 2 weeks or slightly more but it costs 4k or so if your bio was done in Lagos.

Went with Abuja to save the headache of having to wait for an extra week or more. The choice is yours.

Please how do I send passport to Abuja vfs? How much is the transmission fees as I did my biometrics in Lagos.

philaw:
Please how do I send passport to Abuja vfs? How much is the transmission fees as I did my biometrics in Lagos.

Go back and check previous chats; someone has answered that question before.

So many OCTOBER applications of spouse reuniting with family members still pending. In fact, when I saw complaints from them, me that I am travelling for normal tourism, I just calm down…..The back log is just too much, I have sent up to 5 web forms within a week…..Still no positive response, just GENERIC AUTO REPLY that I am getting.

OloriOfMontreal:


Weird. Since your application has passed the 30 working days processing time, have you or the other folks tried sending them a webform? They did say they'll respond to webforms if an application is passed the slated processing time. That may help to know what's going on.

While each application is unique and handle time varies, it's concerning and worth knowing why there are delays in October applications like you mentioned. (Except all these applications belong to the class of deprioritized applications at this time). Worth finding out.

aloskyyoung:
So many OCTOBER applications of spouse reuniting with family members still pending. In fact, when I saw complaints from them, me that I am travelling for normal tourism, I just calm down…..The back log is just too much, I have sent up to 5 web forms within a week…..Still no positive response, just GENERIC AUTO REPLY that I am getting.

@aloskyyoung..... can we start applying for normal tourist visa from nigeria now., no relative whatsoever in canada

opomulero:


@aloskyyoung..... can we start applying for normal tourist visa from nigeria now., no relative whatsoever in canada

Of course you can, it’s just that no one can predict when you will get response on your application.

hi, that group full of october visit visa applicants, has anyone of them started getting PPR yet?

aloskyyoung:
So many OCTOBER applications of spouse reuniting with family members still pending. In fact, when I saw complaints from them, me that I am travelling for normal tourism, I just calm down…..The back log is just too much, I have sent up to 5 web forms within a week…..Still no positive response, just GENERIC AUTO REPLY that I am getting.