MyVc:




Please, with the increasing competition for the Canadian Express Entry nomination; can one stand a very good chance to get the Canadian nomination with a CRS Score of 475?


Thanks.

Amaanvad:




I'm also one of the 2019 applicants (AOR September 2019), though I've been a guest on the page till now .
Please do you know the email of the Canadian minister to send a mail to? I'd like to explore all other options before opting for the Mandamus like you did. Thank you.

Royrey:
Please as anyone used IQAS for evaluation recently? I want to evaluate my LLB certificate but it's been difficult getting iQAS to evaluate. Covered my masters which would have been easier to evaluate with WES but due to the strike I haven't been able to get LLM certificate and transcript from Unilorin.

Smithsonian12:


Hi Hi! Congrats on your PPR!

To answer question 1, yes, there was no update on my CIC page until counterfoil was generated. I still had in progress for most of the items and that only changed to "a decision has been made" after counterfoil was generated. I also did not receive any emails to this effect, I logged in to check when I received VFS email that my passport has been despatched back to VFS.

For the second question, I can only provide some information for VFS in Accra, the attached screenshot was valid as at April 2022 and held true if you were sending directly to Accra (cutting out Lagos/Abuja VFS)

GraciousWords:


Congrats are in order, no maybe about it ma. CONGRATULATIONS on the PPR as well as the reconsideration!!!

No letter in GC key account, only PPR email is common according to the word on the street. Some VOs send PPR as a letter in the GC key account while some send as a direct email. So nothing to worry about.

We hear Nairobi and Accra are fast. For any VFS you choose, I would advise you assume 4/5 weeks minimum, to lower anxiety levels. I think you can do a foreign currency transfer if you have a dollar account, or PM anyone who has used these VFSs here on NL. The gist is to avoid London VFS like the plague, 8 weeks has been the general experience there.

GraciousWords:


PM - see here https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/fsw-inland-pr-applicants.708993/post-9622942

IRCC Minister - see here https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/fsw-worldwide.739338/post-10007439

Hang in there, hope you hear good news soon.

Dimple10:


see here for minister: Minister@cic.gc.ca sean.fraser@parl.gc.ca

other addresses that people have sworn worked include the below:
centralized-intake-office@cic.gc.ca,
ircc.cio-brcd.ircc@cic.gc.ca,
ircc.cpco-finalrequest-ctdo-demandefinale.ircc@cic.gc.ca,
IRCC.ClientPortalPrairies-PrairiesClientPortail.IRCC@cic.gc.ca,
IRCC.Agent-Agent.IRCC@cic.gc.ca,
IRCC.ClientPortal-PortailClient.IRCC@cic.gc.ca,
ircc.in-rroc-corr-ri.ircc@cic.gc.ca

Marike2:
Hello everyone
I would appreciate responses to the following questions;
1) Is SYEL IMMIGRATION, a Canadian consultancy firm legit or scam?. They are charging 1,500CAD service fees for job offer, CV rewriting and visa.

2) Does Canada visa sponsorship jobs include the dependants/family? OR only the applicant?

Thank you

nymphomaniac:
At the rate e go reach person hand by October.


#HopeKeptAlive

Naffyfera:
Good evening all,

Please has anyone submitted to Germany VFS recently? What’s the timeline like?

I’m considering both Germany and Kenya.

mastravel:
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GraciousWords:


24 calendar days for Berlin VFS from passport send off to Passports/COPR received.

Berlin VFS will send to VO in Vienna. There is actually no VO in Germany.

Sent through DHL on day 1, Berlin VFS received on day 3 but did not send to VO Vienna until day 12! VO Vienna returned to Berlin VFS on day 19. App approved and COPR issued on day 19. DHL pick up initiated on day 20. DHL picked up from VFS on day 22. DHL package arrived on day 24. I can't say if the Berlin VFS delay is normal or if it was just me.

I wondered why people didn't just use Vienna VFS until I saw their transmission fee..... it's x 3 of Berlin VFS's!

Once your waybill shows DHL has dropped off at any VFS, immediately start contacting them for the VFS tracking ID.

Naffyfera:
Thank you so much for your reply, it was so helpful. When did you submit ?

Lastbornbuns:
Rank required to be invited to apply: 2,250 or above

Date and time of round: August 17, 2022 at 13:43:47 UTC

CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 525

Tie-breaking rule: December 28, 2021 at 11:03:15 UTC

ITAs issued 2,250
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/submit-profile/rounds-invitations.html

Afolavid:


Even though the CRS score decreased from 533 to 525... The total number of candidates in the pool increased, hence the 2,250 ITAs today didn't have any visible positive effect on the total number of candidates in the pool. So unusual!

bekayy:
If EE reaches 470. It would be the greatest miracle.

Congrats to everyone that has gotten this year and that will get before December.

I know it’s now harder with the devaluation of the Naira but keep your hopes high and keep the ball rolling with your documents.

Canada 2023 is sure for some of us here. Congrats everyone.

Keep the hope alive.

BelovedQuerida:
Hi everyone. I want to share my good news (maybe?) and also ask some questions. By way of background, sometime in Feb 2020 (just before lockdown), I joined Nairaland because my EE application had just been refused for allegedly ‘claiming points for a professional degree in law’ even though my WES assessment of same indicates that it is a ‘bachelor degree in law’, and I needed all the assistance I could get. Indeed, God sent me angels from here who answered my questions and encouraged me to apply for a reconsideration/review. My application was eventually re-opened less than a month later and the hope was that we would receive PPR soon. That didn’t happen (full details on why later). So all through the covid lockdown, 2021 and half way through 2022, we heard nothing, despite several web forms raised and emails sent to addresses I obtained from the net.

Sometime in June, we received a request to redo our medical exams. From then on, we received a couple more requests and finally just last week, we received the ‘Ready for Visa Email’. I did not see it until after 2 days because it was sent to the first email registered with my account (which I changed after the initial rejection because my poor heart couldn’t take any more disappointments) and not the one currently listed on my account.

So now to my questions:
1. Even though we have received PPR email, there is no update on my CIC account - I read somewhere that this happens. Confirmations will put my mind at rest.
2. Which of the countries should we send our passports to and what is the process (submission, payment, etc)? I heard Accra and Kenya are fast, however, I have not been able to figure out the fees payable. My passport and my son’s will expire next year March, so we really need the passports stamped, so we can do first landing possibly before the end of the year, so please help.

PS: AOR was May 2019 - so almost 39 months (3 yrs and 3 months). Hope that encourages someone, however, I do not wish it for anyone.
I will share my full story when we get the COPR. Thanks in advance !