EsoEso:

Mr stupid opinion, will you give her money to sponsor the case if she hires an immigration lawyer? A lady that's heavily pregnant whose husband has gone AWOL with bills and other things to handle you are talking about an immigration lawyer etc.
You are calling in calvary from Canada sisters, do you even know if the man has even left for Canada or entered Canada. How about if he is just chilling in one hotel flexing, then you will go and be bugging ircc with lag of information
It's very evident that if she follows most advice from here, 5yrs from now she will still be in naija with no headway in this matter. She better apply 99 intelligence ...

Ovywils:

Ewo
What exactly happened?
Did you book a return ticket?

MissMa01:

I bought a return ticket but no PTA for me. I bought dollars at 708/$1 yesterday for my trip this weekend.

Lots of people think it will come down but I doubt it. Federal reserves is almost depleted, insecurity in Abuja, the impeachment talk was/is low level.

It’s going to take them sacking CBN Governor or a speech from the president to stabilize things and the odds of that happening is zero.

$1/1000 coming soon.

Anyway, I’m going home (Calgary) - checked my BP yesterday and it clearly shows I need to relax.

MissMa01:

In the mud.
I’ll buy black market - this is Nigeria

Dennyjuff:
I really would not advice anyone to change their POF to dollars at this crazy rate unless you’re leaving the country now now. it’s an artificial increase mostly caused by Emefiele’s announcement on monday and then fueled by panic. This wasn’t an exponential increase. it was rapid. i believe it’d go back to stability of the 600’s.

Allegory:

Nawao. The way people are travelling with return ticket and no PTA these days is scary. The bank workers are not helping matters with their wuruwuru. They’re using the dollars to settle their own contacts. My dad was telling me how he deposited a thousand dollars in UBA last week and tried to get it back almost immediately, just to be told there was no dollar. They ended up giving him 850 after much drama.

Priceless25:
Please can anyone help me pay for Gcms note? My card is being declined

zannie:
OMG I can't believe I'm back here with my own testimony. I promised I'll be back to give God all the glory when I finally got the golden letter and to encourage someone, because all the golden mail stories gave me so much hope.

I started this whole process because my SIL was applying. I thought it was a good idea so I joined her. She got her PR seamlessly in 6 months so I thought ours was going to be that easy. Fate had other plans lol.
IELTS: 15/12/2018
WES completed: 30/01/2019
Jumped in the pool: Feb 2019, score 445. Stayed in the pool and lost 5 points due to birthday in July. Note that ITA cutoff scores just before we entered the pool were hovering around 435-439. Immediately we entered the pool, it rose sharply to 460s. As soon as I saw that scores weren't dropping, I quickly got my husband to go and write IELTS. It boosted our score to 459. I adjusted our score and the wait continued. We were lucky to get ITA because the cutoff was 459 but our profile was created before the tie break date.
ITA: 24/07/2019
AOR: 21/09/2019.
COMPLETE RADIO SILENCE! Sent about 20 webforms that went unanswered. We even ordered GCMS notes that we did not understand.
IRCC finally responded to one of my webforms and I was informed that our VO was Accra. That was when I decided to just take my mind off the entire process and wait on God.
This year, we decided to update our medicals on 24/04/2022. I sent webforms with the re-medicals and our change of address. More silence.
We even got my SIL who is in Canada to keep calling IRCC on our behalf. Still no new update from them. At one point, I thought they had cancelled our application.
One day, a friend who applied because of us, called us to tell us he just got his letter. We were confused because we know his application was months after ours. So he told us he was tired of his own waiting and got info to write a strongly worded letter to the immigration minister. We decided to do the same and sent a letter to the minister on 24/05/2022. Fortune finally smiled on us and we got a mail on 11/06/2022 for ADR to submit police report, passports for my husband and son, and schedule A for my husband and I. We submitted the documents on 7/7/2022 with our deadline being the next day (8th). On the 20th of July, I logged into our profile only to discover the documents were not transmitted. The devil really tried to work overtime but failed. Omo, I started sending webforms and reporting technical issues o. I begged and pleaded and cried. I didn't hear anything from them on that matter but on 25th July at 11pm, I saw a mail from them to check my account. I was so scared it was a rejection due to our docs not transmitting to them before our deadline. It was so heart wrenching to open my account and seeing that letter. I couldn't stop crying.

This journey has taught me the true meaning of patience, but I'm so happy it finally ended in praise. To all who are still in their waiting period, don't lose hope. It is definitely coming. Thank you so much to all old members of this thread i.e those who were here 2018/2019. This thread is a huge goldmine. Every single thing I learnt about this entire process was from here. Onto the next!!!!!

zannie:
OMG I can't believe I'm back here with my own testimony. I promised I'll be back to give God all the glory when I finally got the golden letter and to encourage someone, because all the golden mail stories gave me so much hope.

Jumped in the pool: Feb 2019, score 445. Stayed in the pool and lost 5 points due to birthday in July..... As soon as I saw that scores weren't dropping, I quickly got my husband to go and write IELTS. It boosted our score to 459....... We were lucky to get ITA because the cutoff was 459 but our profile was created before the tie break date.
ITA: 24/07/2019
AOR: 21/09/2019.
COMPLETE RADIO SILENCE!

........ but on 25th July at 11pm, I saw a mail from them to check my account....... I couldn't stop crying.

This journey has taught me the true meaning of patience, but I'm so happy it finally ended in praise. To all who are still in their waiting period, don't lose hope!

Allegory:

Nawao. The way people are travelling with return ticket and no PTA these days is scary. The bank workers are not helping matters with their wuruwuru. They’re using the dollars to settle their own contacts. My dad was telling me how he deposited a thousand dollars in UBA last week and tried to get it back almost immediately, just to be told there was no dollar. They ended up giving him 850 after much drama.

GraciousWords:
POF and Dollar

I found this old quote from Blackbuddy. It explains what Cochtrane has been trying to say very simply. I hope people read and understand it. It was written 5 years ago in 2017 and is still relevant today. Of course, people are free to disagree with this view Especially those who believe that the POF is assessed based on the "official" exchange rate on your AOR date. Even if IRCC assess POF at AOR using the official rate on that day......it's about more than the Canadian dollar equivalent at AOR, it's about the real value of the money to you when you begin to spend it on landing.......Naira is not what you'll spend in Canada. And unless you get a job before you land, it's likely you will begin spending your POF from the airport.

Let's even assume 708 is inflated and unrealistic, anyone who bought 4 weeks ago at 606 would still be making a loss compared to if they had bought that same amount at 406 2 years ago, when they started saving the POF.....even if it was only $1,000.

It's very very very difficult to save in foreign currency, but in my view....most prudent thing POF wise. Passing POF eligibility with IRCC is one thing......the value of that POF to you is quite another. The best way to merge those two objectives is to.....#BuyDollar

https://www.nairaland.com/2624318/canadian-express-entry-federal-skilled/728#59148316

<sup>CIC is interested in the POF as dollars but you are allowed to hold the equivalent as Naira, pounds, rupees, cedis, etc.

So you are expected to have the dollar equivalent till conclusion of the application review process. If on Monday your POF is say, 4m naira and equal to $20,000.00 which is the expected POF for a family of 4 (this is just an example please), if exchange rate fluctuates and on Friday, your 4m is no longer equal to $20,000.00 but is now equal to $18,000.00, can you say have the complete POF? Of course not, because you no longer have the equivalent of $20,000.00. I am not out to scare you please but just to clarify the expectation, hence I illustrated with the example of the 2014 FSW PR set so you monitor the exchange rate and increase your POF accordingly or just get the complete dollars and keep so that if naira goes up or down, you're not concerned as your $20k remains complete. This thinking keeps you ready incase you receive request for updated POF which is for the VO to see if your POF is still up to the dollar equivalent. Remember, the currency used to measure the POF is Canadian dollars not naira so please ensure your Naira POF is equal to the dollars expected for your family size at all times.

Hope you understand now.</sup>

cc150615:
I may be late but a man was wicked enough to abandon his pregnant wife in Nigeria,going away with her passport and someone opened his mouth to talk about apology,testing her maturity and massaging ego. I don't even care[b] what she did or did not do,[/b]that man is Lucifer's incarnate.
Please get your passport from him if you can maybe have his parents talk to him (going through an immigration lawyer may cost you so much except you find someone who wants to do it pro bono) or just declare it missing and try to make your own plans for yourself and forget that man ever existed.

Winkky:


This naija enh, a lot of people travelling with return ticket especially this summer holiday had plans of getting PTA and selling to aboki which will drive the volatility further. so all get as e be jare

ciwi:
Is it wise to open 2 profiles? One with French as 1st language and the other as 2nd language? The person in question targeting OINP French does in case they put an upper limit on the CRS scores they invite? Gurus pls advise. @ednut1 @graciouswords

grasiouso:
Please I need help.

My husband seized my Visa and COPR so I’m unable to travel.

I am heavy and due to travel in August with my ticket already booked.

He has travelled already and he took my passport with visa and my COPR and cut off communication with me. He never even allowed me see the COPR cos he had his plans so now I’m stranded in Nigeria and need help on what to do.

Please how do I go about retrieving these documents from IRCC?

A little background:

The marriage has been filled with serious emotional abuse from my husband mainly because I was added to his Canadian EE application. He willingly added me just after we got married and this somehow delayed his getting PPR as it took over 2 years before it finally came. I have seen hell in this 2 years with him constantly blaming me for the delay, then he would accuse me of not being submissive and appreciative of the sacrifice. He threatens me with divorce all the time saying I'm not submissive and he cannot take a woman he cannot control to Canada. Repeatedly tells me he made a mistake marrying me. He tells me no man can ever do what he did for me. That most men will not add their partner to their application and that I'm supposed to be worshiping him. Note that I had to bear all the financial requirements for everything concerning my own.

Winkky:


This naija enh, a lot of people travelling with return ticket especially this summer holiday had plans of getting PTA and selling to aboki which will drive the volatility further. so all get as e be jare

Dejavu44:
Hi Guys,

I recently received biometric instruction letter. I can't seem to find any nformation online on the process and documents to take along with me. I live in Lagos.

Please what is the process and what documents to take along ?

zannie:
OMG I can't believe I'm back here with my own testimony. I promised I'll be back to give God all the glory when I finally got the golden letter and to encourage someone, because all the golden mail stories gave me so much hope.

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Allegory:

True, I’ve been thinking of it too. We can blame Buhari and the CBN governor all we like but the level of greed and get-rich-quick in everybody’s blood in Naija is also a big problem. It’s still the same people screaming about dollar rate that are desperately pushing the rate towards N1000 per dollar so that they can make more money when selling. What’s the use of making all that naira if the currency is practically worthless.

Allegory:

https://visa.vfsglobal.com/nga/en/can/book-an-appointment#

Book an appointment using the link and read the attached screenshot on what to bring