Vinny102:
Please ami213, olabomy, blessed451and other gurus in the house please respond.
I sent an email to my MP to intervene for my delayed application and for faster processing of my application since the date of the convention which is the purpose of my travel is very very close and I got the below response which I complied already.
Please does the below response signifies hope of getting a decision soonest?���

While getting a response from the office of the MP is very encouraging, however, they will not compel the IRCC to expedite a faster processing of any application as far as I know. Having said that, they usually have their contacts in the IRCC visa department who can follow up on your TRV application. The IRCC on their part would see that the office of the MP has an interest in your file which could make them do something about your case. Hope this helps. All the best.

Contacting MPs now may not yield something meaningful. New parliamentary rules now limit the MPs' interference to the IRCC work. That is why many Canadians are calling for the setting up of an Ombusman for the IRCC by the parliament. The Minister of Public Safety in Canada has already drafted a bill to establish for a body to be overseeing the work of the CBSA officers. We are waiting for the Immigration Minister to do the same.

Blessed451:


While getting a response from the office of the MP is very encouraging, however, they will not compel the IRCC to expedite a faster processing of any application as far as I know. Having said that, they usually have their contacts in the IRCC visa department who can follow up on your TRV application. The IRCC on their part would see that the office of the MP has an interest in your file which could make them do something about your case. Hope this helps. All the best.

Vinny102:

Thank u so much@olasubomy
I hv sent webform to IRCC Nairobi
But pls what is the link to send to that of Abuja?
Again, is my application being processed in Abuja or Nairobi?

I would not know where your application is being processed but most applications from Nigeria for temporary residents are handled in Nairobi Kenya.

I mentioned Abuja because they are proactive most times and also domiciled in your country of origin.

Abuja - ABUJA-IM-Enquiry@international.gc.ca)

Blessed451:


While getting a response from the office of the MP is very encouraging, however, they will not compel the IRCC to expedite a faster processing of any application as far as I know. Having said that, they usually have their contacts in the IRCC visa department who can follow up on your TRV application. The IRCC on their part would see that the office of the MP has an interest in your file which could make them do something about your case. Hope this helps. All the best.

Thank u so much@Blessed451

olasubomy:


I would not know where your application is being processed but most applications from Nigeria for temporary residents are handled in Nairobi Kenya.

I mentioned Abuja because they are proactive most times and also domiciled in your country of origin.

Abuja - ABUJA-IM-Enquiry@international.gc.ca)

This Abuja link for webform u sent for me doesn't open if I click on it
Please send for me the one that will open once I click on it here.
Thank u

Kurukuru:
Contacting MPs now may not yield something meaningful. New parliamentary rules now limit the MPs' interference to the IRCC work. That is why many Canadians are calling for the setting up of an Ombusman for the IRCC by the parliament. The Minister of Public Safety in Canada has already drafted a bill to establish for a body to be overseeing the work of the CBSA officers. We are waiting for the Immigration Minister to do the same.

@kurukuru, are u saying that the MP can not even contact them concerning the application even if he can not influence faster processing? and re u saying also that they will not take up the application even after being contacted by the MP? If the MP's intervention is totally useless as u claim, do u think the MP will demand for more information about the application from the applicant as he demanded in that response that he sent to me?
Please educate me more
Thank u

olasubomy:


I would not know where your application is being processed but most applications from Nigeria for temporary residents are handled in Nairobi Kenya.

I mentioned Abuja because they are proactive most times and also domiciled in your country of origin.

Abuja - ABUJA-IM-Enquiry@international.gc.ca)

This Abuja link for webform u sent for me doesn't open if I click on it
Please send for me the one that will open once I click on it here.
Thank u

Blessed451:


Even though there's a temporal public policy in place for converting VV to work permit, I don't think it's advisable to discuss it here as this page could be monitored and consequently there could be an increased number of VV denials for genuine visitors if they noticed people are not really sincere in just visiting....who knows. Feel free to send me an email for further discussion on this. Cheers

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Hi Blessed451,
Good day,
Please I have a question.
I applied for a visitor visa since January to visit my husband, I did my biometric January 11th, and up till now I haven’t gotten any feedback from IRCC.
I checked the processing time from Nigeria, sometimes it shows 88days, sometimes 92 days, but now it is showing 102 days. My application process is 5 months now, I have sent web forms but no response, I don’t know what else to do.

I applied since nov 2021 , no update , eligibility has not started . Just had to withdrawal my application today, since it taking too long and I applied as a tourist.

Re: Canada Visit/tourist Visa Discussion. by Talksub(m): 2:52pm
I applied since nov 2021 , no update , eligibility has not started . Just had to withdrawal my application today, since it taking too long and I applied as a tourist.


Please let me know what you decided to do next. Mine is September 2021 and eligibility has not started till now

Please can some assist in confirming if the status of my application shows they are working on it or it is just the generic information for everyone.
Thank you

EmjaySimon:


Hi Blessed451,
Good day,
Please I have a question.
I applied for a visitor visa since January to visit my husband, I did my biometric January 11th, and up till now I haven’t gotten any feedback from IRCC.
I checked the processing time from Nigeria, sometimes it shows 88days, sometimes 92 days, but now it is showing 102 days. My application process is 5 months now, I have sent web forms but no response, I don’t know what else to do.

They are giving more priority to Ukrainians and those who applied for study permit, they have been quite inconsistent in their processing times, VV approvals from Africa has been quite slow in recent times. What you can do now is order for GCMS note and/or contact MP. Don't give up. Lastly, u can try applying via the new portal who knows.

Cheers

CYAD:
Please can some assist in confirming if the status of my application shows they are working on it or it is just the generic information for everyone.
Thank you

The same story, they said your application is in progress. When you submit your application and do biometric that's what you will see on the portal until they have information for you.

Vinny102:

This Abuja link for webform u sent for me doesn't open if I click on it
Please send for me the one that will open once I click on it here.
Thank u

Abuja has no webform. Send it to their e-mail address.

Blackfinegirl:


This is one of the reasons why I have not applied. I am still contemplating if I should apply as a tourist or use letter of invitation. Although I qualify for can + because of my usa visa, but I still want to be very sure before I apply.

Give it a try, I believe you will get the visa

Congrat to you..I have also been waiting since I submitted in Jan 18,2020..Hoping to get good response

Racewinner:
Good morning guys
How are you dealing with the wait? I've been checking my email every few minutes to see if there's a message from IRCC... e nor easy.
Please, those who got passport requests recently should drop an update in the group to keep our hope alive.
Is it possible that the Ukraine situation is causing the delay? Make them show us love as soon as possible...Biko
This page needs to be lively again.
Enjoy your day.

For how long have you been waiting?

My husband recently applied for VV and has a valid biometrics till 2029 ( previously applied in 2019) but he got a message last week Friday to pay $85cad for biometrics. Its been paid but we are quite confused as to why it was requested since he has a valid biometrics on file.

Can anyone relate to this please?

Blessed451:


They are giving more priority to Ukrainians and those who applied for study permit, they have been quite inconsistent in their processing times, VV approvals from Africa has been quite slow in recent times. What you can do now is order for GCMS note and/or contact MP. Don't give up. Lastly, u can try applying via the new portal who knows.

Cheers

Thank you.
Can I send email to Abuja IRCC ?
If yes please do you have the email address for Abuja IRCC?

EmjaySimon:


Thank you.
Can I send email to Abuja IRCC ?
If yes please do you have the email address for Abuja IRCC?

You can send email and web form everywhere lol

Abuja@international.gc.ca

Lagos.immigration@international.gc.ca

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Reapplied May 14th 2022
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Reapplied May 14th 2022
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Please guys, what is more important in a statement of account, balance or cash flow? The statement has a cash flow of about N45,000,000 and a balance of 600k as at this morning. I want to use it for a tourist visa.

pufframmy:
congrat

Congratulations

shuri:
Please guys, what is more important in a statement of account, balance or cash flow? The statement has a cash flow of about N45,000,000 and a balance of 600k as at this morning. I want to use it for a tourist visa.

Both are very needed cash flow shows your doing biz or working and earning income while balances shows that after visiting you will not be a liability because of no cash to fall back to in my opinion 600k as balance is too low try and step it up atleast 2-3m

shuri:
Please guys, what is more important in a statement of account, balance or cash flow? The statement has a cash flow of about N45,000,000 and a balance of 600k as at this morning. I want to use it for a tourist visa.

Both are important o, if the cash flow is within 4-6months then the account is good. The balance now will be a concern to most VO's, that balance of 600k will cover only flight roundtrip so you see.

What I recommend is allow the account to have a good balance then print it out before any withdrawal. Next time sef print out the statement of account when the account balance is bulky before withdrawal.

Cheers

Good evening house,

When is the earliest date(probably a month or two) one can travel into Canada having a September resumption date?

Thank you.

Hello, please can someone help me with answers to the following questions:
A friend sent me an invitation(he's a canadian citizen) for myself and my family and we submitted in April but no update yet.
He will be out of canada for most part of June and we don't know if IRCC will want to call to confirm our relationship with him.
Questions:
1) Will it be OK if he writes IRCC to tell them he has invited us to visit him in July and that his letter is to confirm our invite incase they are not able to reach him b4 he gets back and what office/dept can he write if he has to?

2) The vacation is meant to be in July, is it OK to start sending emails/webforms now even though the application is still within the processing time frame?

I will really appreciate the gurus in the house to help answer the above questions.
Thank you

phyla:
Hello, please can someone help me with answers to the following questions:
A friend sent me an invitation(he's a canadian citizen) for myself and my family and we submitted in April but no update yet.
He will be out of canada for most part of June and we don't know if IRCC will want to call to confirm our relationship with him.
Questions:
1) Will it be OK if he writes IRCC to tell them he has invited us to visit him in July and that his letter is to confirm our invite incase they are not able to reach him b4 he gets back and what office/dept can he write if he has to?

2) The vacation is meant to be in July, is it OK to start sending emails/webforms now even though the application is still within the processing time frame?

I will really appreciate the gurus in the house to help answer the above questions.
Thank you

Good evening,

If he's a Canadian citizen I don't think sending additional message to IRCC explaining his absence (in June) will make any significant difference, the letter of invitation he has sent to you if detailed and citizenship ID amongst other documents should be enough.

Moreover, they can easily verify his information and contact him via email IF they need to.

But hey, follow your instincts who knows

2) If the application is still within processing time then you should be patient until first week of June thereabout if nothing has moved then you can start sending them a message.

@Blessed451 thanks so much, God bless you

Blessed451:


Good evening,

If he's a Canadian citizen I don't think sending additional message to IRCC explaining his absence (in June) will make any significant difference, the letter of invitation he has sent to you if detailed and citizenship ID amongst other documents should be enough.

Moreover, they can easily verify his information and contact him via email IF they need to.

But hey, follow your instincts who knows

2) If the application is still within processing time then you should be patient until first week of June thereabout if nothing has moved then you can start sending them a message.

rheene009:
PPR finally arrived

Applied December 2021
Refused February 2022

Reapplied May 14th 2022
PPR May 26th 2022

Big big Shoutout to @justmellow and @gcmswriters best service i can think of right now.

Wow!! Big Congratulations to you. Your timeline is so short. Please can you share what you did differently.