Hello all, please I have a question related to passport submission. I have read a lot of concerns about delays on passport submission/return. Can anyone say which of the VACs is fastest to use and can return passport between 1-3 weeks? I hear it takes 6-10 weeks for Lagos/Abuja VAC.

Jenykech:
Congratulations!!! Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed reading.
I hope Canada favors you.

Few questions; did you book your flight before you got your copr, I mean after PPR? Or you waited till your passport was stamped?

Also, how long did it take for VFS to return your passport after submitting?

Congrats.

Please how long did you wait after getting the vfs notification that your passport has arrived before picking it up.

I recently saw on this thread to wait 2 or 3 days. Not sure why though

Jrmh29v11:
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*Two or more degrees
*IELTS - L8.5 R9 S8 W7.5 (Dec 2022 first and only attempt)
*Sibling in 🇨🇦
*Combined 2 NOCs
*Entered pool Dec 2022 with CRS 489

Timeline
*ITA - 23rd March 2023
*AOR - 24th April 2023
*MEP/BIL/UCI - 5th May 2023
*GU1(gckey) - 8th May 2023
*Biometrics (VFS Lagos) - 11th May 2023 (got a bit worried at this stage because my biometric data/info wasn't updated in GCkey or tracker; later got updated/completed on May 19, but date still registered as 11th May)
*Eligibility in progress on tracker - 31st May 2023
*GU2(gckey) - 3rd June 2023
*BGC/Eligibility completed - 5th June 2023
*RFV - 6th June 2023
*Passport submitted - 23rd June (sent to VFS Lagos via courier. Dispatched to IRCC office same day).

**Unexpected event. Received an email update on 11th July and rushed to gckey hoping to see counterfoil; lo and behold, it was an ADR for passport photographs. Apparently my photos got missing somewhere between vfs and ircc (up till now I still don't understand how this happened). Contacted vfs to find out how my photos got missing and what i should do next; they provided zero explanations and the CS rep I spoke with said they don't accept any submission(s) apart from international passports. I was so confused and perplexed at this point. I searched and searched online hoping to see info from anyone who had experienced something similar; thankfully i found a nairaland post of someone who went through the exact same thing last year. Long story short, I sent my photos directly to High Commission of Canada via DHL on 27th July and package was delivered 31st July.**

--radio silence--
--plenty webforms/emails plus intense prayer--

*GU3(tracker) - 11th August 2023
*GU4(tracker) - 14th August 2023
*Counterfoil - 16th August 2023
*Passport collected with visa and copr docs - 29th August 2023


Docs submitted
*Work ref letter, Work ID, Employment/Promotion letters
*ECA, IELTS, Degree certificates
*Bank ref letter and letter of non-indebtedness
*6 months bank statement
*Gift deed for 100% POF (not notarized) [received funds 2 weeks before submission], plus transfer receipt
*Docs for sibling points (PR card, utility bills, lease agreement, NPC birth certificates showing parents names)
*Upfront medical slip (QLife)
*PCC
*NYSC cert (added this just to put my mind at ease, lol)
*LOE for source of funds and another for previous Schengen visa refusal


The devil tried but God prevailed as always. To anyone else who's going through challenges/difficulties in this journey, just surrender all to God (and please do your due diligence too). This PR journey has been known to offer unlimited subscription of sleepless nights lol; you just never know what to expect! But once you involve God in your matter and let Him lead, you can be sure it will always end in praise! To God be the glory for everything!

DUPSYSPARKLE:
Hello everyone please can I have the link to track.

I’m using the link I have and once I try to input the UCI it says the No is incorrect and this is the number I have on the system and I have received AOR

Don’t know if I’m using a wrong link

I’m facing the same issue. I would really appreciate a response on this.

Heenarh:


I’m facing the same issue. I would really appreciate a response on this.

You cannot use the UCI that begins with "CAN000" to register on the application tracker.

You'd have to wait till your Medicals are passed (MEP) and you're issued a Biometric instruction letter (BIL). Thats when your real UCI is updated. You will get a notification for these.

Until then, have patience.



Cc DUPSYSPARKLE:

Hello

My friend fell out with his agent, and asked her to withdraw his EE profile. Unfortunately, he doesn't even have any details of the application. How does he go ahead with a new profile without the old number?

I wanted to advise him to create a new profile and delete it. So he can create another new one referencing the one he deleted. I am not sure if this is the best advice and decided to seek help from you all instead.

Thank you

Congratulations!!🎉. Haaa I’m still wondering how they managed to misplace your passport photographs. Omo. Thank God that was able to be resolved

Jrmh29v11:
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Profile
*Two or more degrees
*IELTS - L8.5 R9 S8 W7.5 (Dec 2022 first and only attempt)
*Sibling in 🇨🇦
*Combined 2 NOCs
*Entered pool Dec 2022 with CRS 489

Timeline
*ITA - 23rd March 2023
*AOR - 24th April 2023
*MEP/BIL/UCI - 5th May 2023
*GU1(gckey) - 8th May 2023
*Biometrics (VFS Lagos) - 11th May 2023 (got a bit worried at this stage because my biometric data/info wasn't updated in GCkey or tracker; later got updated/completed on May 19, but date still registered as 11th May)
*Eligibility in progress on tracker - 31st May 2023
*GU2(gckey) - 3rd June 2023
*BGC/Eligibility completed - 5th June 2023
*RFV - 6th June 2023
*Passport submitted - 23rd June (sent to VFS Lagos via courier. Dispatched to IRCC office same day).

**Unexpected event. Received an email update on 11th July and rushed to gckey hoping to see counterfoil; lo and behold, it was an ADR for passport photographs. Apparently my photos got missing somewhere between vfs and ircc (up till now I still don't understand how this happened). Contacted vfs to find out how my photos got missing and what i should do next; they provided zero explanations and the CS rep I spoke with said they don't accept any submission(s) apart from international passports. I was so confused and perplexed at this point. I searched and searched online hoping to see info from anyone who had experienced something similar; thankfully i found a nairaland post of someone who went through the exact same thing last year. Long story short, I sent my photos directly to High Commission of Canada via DHL on 27th July and package was delivered 31st July.**

--radio silence--
--plenty webforms/emails plus intense prayer--

*GU3(tracker) - 11th August 2023
*GU4(tracker) - 14th August 2023
*Counterfoil - 16th August 2023
*Passport collected with visa and copr docs - 29th August 2023


Docs submitted
*Work ref letter, Work ID, Employment/Promotion letters
*ECA, IELTS, Degree certificates
*Bank ref letter and letter of non-indebtedness
*6 months bank statement
*Gift deed for 100% POF (not notarized) [received funds 2 weeks before submission], plus transfer receipt
*Docs for sibling points (PR card, utility bills, lease agreement, NPC birth certificates showing parents names)
*Upfront medical slip (QLife)
*PCC
*NYSC cert (added this just to put my mind at ease, lol)
*LOE for source of funds and another for previous Schengen visa refusal


The devil tried but God prevailed as always. To anyone else who's going through challenges/difficulties in this journey, just surrender all to God (and please do your due diligence too). This PR journey has been known to offer unlimited subscription of sleepless nights lol; you just never know what to expect! But once you involve God in your matter and let Him lead, you can be sure it will always end in praise! To God be the glory for everything!

Hello everyone..
Pls has anyone applied for PCC from diaspora? Have you gotten it and was there a need for biometrics?

Luchiee:
Hello everyone..
Pls has anyone applied for PCC from diaspora? Have you gotten it and was there a need for biometrics?

If I remember correctly, biometrics were taken at the Nigerian embassy. The embassy staff will give you a package to be sent to Nigeria. The police report will then be produced and certified by the foreign ministry.

This legalised police certificate then gets sent back to the country you are and the Nigerian embassy will legalise the police certificate.

These guys are lowest scums of the earth. It costs so much to legalise the document.

Disclaimer: I used mine for citizenship application. That is the reason why they needed it legalised.

I think for Canada application, you do not need legalisation by the embassy.

Luchiee:
Hello everyone..
Pls has anyone applied for PCC from diaspora? Have you gotten it and was there a need for biometrics?

I applied last month using the possap portal, I did the biometrics manually, using ink on the printed paper documents and scanning it back. I got the PCC 10 days after, All for 30k!!!

Thank you for your response.. ahh Wetin be this?! God Abeg oo! How long did all this take pls?

Enculer2:


If I remember correctly, biometrics were taken at the Nigerian embassy. The embassy staff will give you a package to be sent to Nigeria. The police report will then be produced and certified by the foreign ministry.

This legalised police certificate then gets sent back to the country you are and the Nigerian embassy will legalise the police certificate.

These guys are lowest scums of the earth. It costs so much to legalise the document.

ohh thank God!! This is much better. The other response scared me.. thank you so much.

Afolavid:


I applied last month using the possap portal, I did the biometrics manually, using ink on the printed paper documents and scanning it back. I got the PCC 10 days after, All for 30k!!!

Yes, it did.

dest4real:


Sir, did it show all the four components at the point of registration?

Jrmh29v11:


Yes, visa was issued at Accra. Your counterfoil update was earlier than mine, so i think you can expect to receive passport pickup notification any moment now. Have you been getting updates from vfs?

Hopefully, no there's been no further update from VFS

I did my estimate CRS score and I got 441, don’t know if I should proceed with this or not.

Pamperme:
Hello

My friend fell out with his agent, and asked her to withdraw his EE profile. Unfortunately, he doesn't even have any details of the application. How does he go ahead with a new profile without the old number?

I wanted to advise him to create a new profile and delete it. So he can create another new one referencing the one he deleted. I am not sure if this is the best advice and decided to seek help from you all instead.

Thank you

Is the agent a licensed immigration consultant ? If not your friend may be at his mercy as all entries made pre and post ITa are logged to GCMS and if their is any discrepancy in information the applicant may risk being accused on misrepresentation.

Good Afternoon Everyone!
Please assuming someone takes a loan of 1million naira from their salary account for a business, It is going to affect them when he/she start their application, especially with the "arranged" POF ?

Luchiee:
Thank you for your response.. ahh Wetin be this?! God Abeg oo! How long did all this take pls?

So like I said, in my case I was pursuing 2 things at the same time. The Canadian PR and citizenship with a European country.

For the Canadian PR, I do not think I had to legalise the report at the Nigerian embassy. I did do this for the citizenship application.

So it is not too bad.

icelog:
Hello all, please I have a question related to passport submission. I have read a lot of concerns about delays on passport submission/return. Can anyone say which of the VACs is fastest to use and can return passport between 1-3 weeks? I hear it takes 6-10 weeks for Lagos/Abuja VAC.

I submitted via courier to Lagos VAC and got it back in exactly 4 weeks (whole dispatch process to Accra, Counterfoil and back inclusive) which seems fair. Hear Nairobi is fastest but I didn’t explore that

Submitted mine at Lagos end of July. It took a little over 4 weeks. (Accra)

icelog:
Hello all, please I have a question related to passport submission. I have read a lot of concerns about delays on passport submission/return. Can anyone say which of the VACs is fastest to use and can return passport between 1-3 weeks? I hear it takes 6-10 weeks for Lagos/Abuja VAC.

jayF19:


Hopefully, no there's been no further update from VFS

have you tried tracking it? What is it saying?

Jenykech:
have you tried tracking it? What is it saying?

Says it's still under process at the Canada Visa Office. People who got counterfoil notifications after me have received their passports from the same VAC. Went to VFS lagos and they said it's still at the embassy? The matter don dey tire me

Hello people,
I received nomination from Alberta some months back and I have done medicals and biometrics. My AOR is May 26th 2023. Since then, I have not gotten PPR. I requested for my GCMS notes only to get it and see that it was my reference letter that had an issue, it was not dated by my employer and it was stated in it that I was working till date with that employer, meanwhile I am in the UK pursuing a Masters. I checked and saw that the date of studying are not computed with the work days so I immediately got my employer to draft another one while making all the corrections noted in the notes. I am still waiting for PPR. My POF has been cleared in it, criminality passed but from the file, my case was attended to last on the 6th July, 2023. Pls who do I contact? I am really worried. The reference letter is the only one under review and my file has since then not been touched.

tshtsh:

Is the agent a licensed immigration consultant ? If not your friend may be at his mercy as all entries made pre and post ITa are logged to GCMS and if their is any discrepancy in information the applicant may risk being accused on misrepresentation.

thanks for your response. i believe she's licensed. There's no discrepancy in what she put in initially, he just wants to do this by himself. i noticed you can link an application but it requires the cancellation of the representative - he may end up doing that.

Odegaard:
Congrats.

Please how long did you wait after getting the vfs notification that your passport has arrived before picking it up.

I recently saw on this thread to wait 2 or 3 days. Not sure why though

Got the notification on Friday and went to vfs the following Tuesday.

Jenykech:
Congratulations!!🎉. Haaa I’m still wondering how they managed to misplace your passport photographs. Omo. Thank God that was able to be resolved

Still wondering too o! It was crazy, but God pass dem. Thanks👍🏽

icelog:
Hello all, please I have a question related to passport submission. I have read a lot of concerns about delays on passport submission/return. Can anyone say which of the VACs is fastest to use and can return passport between 1-3 weeks? I hear it takes 6-10 weeks for Lagos/Abuja VAC.

I submitted to VFS Lagos and it took 9 weeks to get my passport back. I've heard Kenya is quite fast.

Oh okay. Thank you so much for the clarity

Enculer2:


So like I said, in my case I was pursuing 2 things at the same time. The Canadian PR and citizenship with a European country.

For the Canadian PR, I do not think I had to legalise the report at the Nigerian embassy. I did do this for the citizenship application.

So it is not too bad.

Jrmh29v11:


I submitted to VFS Lagos and it took 9 weeks to get my passport back. I've heard Kenya is quite fast.

Thank you. Looking for people who submotted to Nairobi recently to understand how they processed it...payments, etc

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Hello Gurus in the house,
Please how do i go about granting WES access to share the results of my ECA report with the province of Ontario?
Please will I be required to make any payment as well?
Thank you all

Anyone travelled on KLM from Lagos to Canada with about 7 hours stop at Amsterdam?
Did you have to apply for an Airport Transit Visa?

wiltimz007:
Anyone travelled on KLM from Lagos to Canada with about 7 hours stop at Amsterdam?
Did you have to apply for an Airport Transit Visa?

If you are only stopping at Schipol, then you don’t need a transit visa.

Huge congrats! Such high CLB in both IELTS and TCF is quite remarkable…Did you have prior knowledge in French or you started learning it for the purpose of express entry? How long did you study for the exam?

Haiddi:
Long Post Alert!

February 2021 - Decision to apply for Canada Express Entry.
November 2021 - Renewal of my passport and fresh passports for the kids.
June 2022 - Passports collected.
August 2022 - IELTS. CLB 10.
7 September 2022 - ECA. Master's degree.
12 September 2022 - Hubby's ECA. Master's degree.
October 2022 - Hubby's IELTS. CLB 7.

We entered the pool with a CRS score of 450 (age was not really on our side).

TCF - October 2022. CLB 9.

CRS score now 518.