modskiller:
the company belongs to a family friend, his services are related to the course of interest

justwise:
[b]

Using it makes no sense because he is not going to close his business and hand the money over to you to spend in Canada. It can't act as your tie to Nigeria because you are not the proprietor.

Pmiller1:

Mr Justwise, are you saying compay's SOA is not accepted by CIC?

I just thought I should share this post I saw on another Thread by Vicjustice.....Main Reasons Many Are Denied Visas

"A lot of people make the mistake of making deposits into their bank accounts prior to visa application; this action is called "Money Lodgement" which is an express ground for visa refusal: Do not naively commit this violation (by depositing lump sums of money into an account which apparently stands in isolation) for presentation purpose.
Such account does not meet the requirement of an acceptable bank statement so, applying for a visa with it will only give you a definite result, REFUSAL.

This is how it works; An acceptable bank statement must have up to six months transaction records demonstrating your income (from verifiable sources) and expenditures, and it must have good enough fund to sustain your trip and intentions, and also; it must have enough balance to keep you going after the trip: preferably, a Current account, Savings account, Salary or Wages account:
Importantly, you must be able to satisfy your Visa Officer that you have somewhat of an obligation or home tie to return to Nigeria for.
I regret to say that until your bank statements meet the standard format as explained, you will continue to get refused no matter how many times you applied or how much money you have in your accounts

For those considering the use of sponsor, be aware that there are very few circumstances in which it may be considerable for an adult applicant to use a sponsor, such sponsor may be a Spouse (especially for Family Reunion) or Parents/Guidians (especially for Education or for medical reasons) etc. But if you are considering the use of a Company's account, that would be unacceptable (even if you own the company). For a company's sponsorship to be acceptable, you would need to be applying for a training or a course, or a seminar etc that would be deemed profitable to your company in order to satisfy the visa officer of the purpose otherwise, it would be judged that the money in the company's account is not available for your use: unless your company is offering you a complimentary vacation under its care.
And as an adult, you are supposed to be financially independent to meet the requirement for a tourist or pleasure visa; for example, you can't be sponsored by anyone if your intended travel is for the purpose of tourism or romance rather than official or compelling family visit (no sponsor's bank account can cover you except in compelling limited circumstances whereby it is deemed reasonable for his sponsorship to be considered).
*A presentable account has to meet the requirements and the formation of the bank statement that is acceptable as explained in the bolded part of the above paragraph.

It it extremely important to make your visa application early in order to give the embassy enough time to process your application: many people are refused for reason of insufficient time: There is always a general warning that visa applicants should give plenty of time to process applications as delays may occur due to uncertainties and circumstances beyond their control, and in the event that your application is decided after the purpose of your intended trip has expired or is in a tight situation, your visa application may be refused for reason of "change of circumstance".

I decided to add this (my earlier) post since it continues to happen that many people still find themselves in this unfortunate situation, and I thought i should lay emphasis to save people's money.
This informational advice is for country-men and women who continue to bin their thousands of Naira attempting to obtain the UK or the US visas while being unaware that they are under a ban for ten years or for life respectively.
Have you ever been refused a UK visa on the basis of fraudulent, fake, or misleading documents or even serious sensitive misinformation? If so, then apply for a UK visa no more, keep your application fees and try for other countries.
If you committed this act before the 10 years ban came into effect, as long as your finger-prints were taken, you would get the ban on your next visa application: only those who committed it before finger-print era are free from this merciless punishment
It is unfortunate that, except you take measures, you might not be able to find out whether you carry the ten years ban based on fraudulent or misleading documents presentation or, false declaration; this is the unfair method that the UK embassy uses to punish individuals who had attempted to use fake or misleading documents to obtain their visa: they allow them to re-apply unaware of the ban while they extract the visa application fee from the unsuspecting applicants.
If you are unsure of your ban/no-ban status, you are entitled to the rights of knowing your eligibility for the UK visa after refusal and the staff are obliged to let you know it. But however, if you wish to make subsequent application, you can inquire before making your payment: ask them to inform you of your status before paying the visa fee, it is their duty to notify you of it if you ask them even during fresh application.
These said, another way (perhaps the most effective way) that you can find out is your own intuition, you should know whether you were detected presenting any fake, fraudulent or misleading documents or serious sensitive misinformation to support your previous application. And if you were, then, there is no two ways about it, you've just been banned (unaware) for ten good years. Period.

The sad truth is: you did not receive the ban from making subsequent applications, but rather you received the ban from obtaining a UK visa of any category. So, it is up to you to apply a hundred or a thousand times while under a ban, but you will never be given a visa except after the ten years ban expires.
There was this case of a Nigerian visa applicant who was refused a visa for reason of forged documents that he presented in his previous application; after some time, he eventually came clean in his new application, but still he was refused a visa on the basis of the "fraud documents" that he submitted in his previous application. Yet, the cruel visa officer did not advise the mugu applicant that he was under a ban, but the country-man who obviously found no reason for his recent refusal was wise enough to ask about his chance of getting the visa in future application, and then the visa officer was obliged to let him know that he had been under a ban even before his recently denied application was made.
Now, had this countryman known that he was under a ban, he wouldn't have spent his hard-earned money all through that stress and trouble to apply for a visa that will never be issued him?

So, considering the fact that at the UK embassy, over 9000 applicants were caught with fraudulent documentsg in just one year, I wish to request that this thread be kept alive so that others would see it and avoid binning their money, this thread can save millions or even billions of Naira.


NOTE 1: The same applies to the USA visa application, but considering the LIFE BAN that you can get from the US if caught with fake or misleading documents or misinformation, the UK 10 years ban is merciful.

NOTE 2: For expectant mothers; know that it is a serious violation to conceal pregnancy during visa application, and it is even more serious to give birth in a country if your visa is not issued on medical ground: and worse still, to deny the awareness.
And unlike the merciful 10 years ban that is applicable with the UK, You may never be issued a US visa again, this violation MAY attract a life ban from the USA depending on circumstances and judgement
NOTE 3: I am not a Travel or "Visa" agent. And if anyone tells you that he is a visa agent, run away from the person because, most of the people who get into bans are those who solicit the services of syndicates who profess themselves "visa agents".
YOU CAN APPLY FOR THE VISAS YOURSELVES, and you will be sure of the documents that you use. But if you solicit (the so called) visa agents for assistance, you might not know when fake or tampered documents are added to your application, and the result will be a LIFE BAN from the USA."

teana4040:
Hallo house,i spoke to one agent,he said i shld bring 70,000 naira for a lawyer to help me prepare affidavit of sponsporship...cant i do it from a high court? gurus pls help me out?

yregs:


Hmmm, from my knowledge gathered from this forum, I wont advise you to use a company SOA because the company has other employees to take care of. Ask yourself, why will a company send an employee on an UG course? How long has the employee been with the employer? Its a different thing if it is a special certification or short course or even a PG course and you have to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the course is very important to your company's profile and it will benefit you and the company. You also have to show some ties to the company like you have been working there for a while and you need to improve your capability in that field, hence the need for your company to send you on that course. So for an UG course, why will I as an Employer send an Employee to go for a 4/5 year program I wont grant that person Visa if I am a VO....

Please look for another sponsor.

teana4040:
Hallo house,i spoke to one agent,he said i shld bring 70,000 naira for a lawyer to help me prepare affidavit of sponsporship...cant i do it from a high court? gurus pls help me out?

Pmiller1:


Thanks bro, but company's account can be use for PG?

Pmiller1:

Mr Justwise, are you saying compay's SOA is not accepted by CIC?

manover:
I will be coming to Lagos to morrow to take biometric.. Pleas can anyone here help me with the address of the place where i can take biometric in Lagos, what time do they close because i will probably be in Lagos by 3pm tomorrow.

Address of the place

What time do they close, and what re the requirements i need for biometric?

manover:
I will be coming to Lagos to morrow to take biometric.. Pleas can anyone here help me with the address of the place where i can take biometric in Lagos, what time do they close because i will probably be in Lagos by 3pm tomorrow.

Address of the place

What time do they close, and what re the requirements i need for biometric?

manover:
I will be coming to Lagos to morrow to take biometric.. Pleas can anyone here help me with the address of the place where i can take biometric in Lagos, what time do they close because i will probably be in Lagos by 3pm tomorrow.

Address of the place

What time do they close, and what re the requirements i need for biometric?

justwise:


That depends on a whole lot of scenarios....who owns the company? Solo proprietor or limited/ plc company? Are you submitting the company's account, tax certificate and personal account? Is the company's net profit good enough for your fees and maintenance?

Basically you can't use friend's/family member's, an uncle etc company's account for visa application because the money in that account is for the running of the business.

justwise:


That depends on a whole lot of scenarios....who owns the company? Solo proprietor or limited/ plc company? Are you submitting the company's account, tax certificate and personal account? Is the company's net profit good enough for your fees and maintenance?

Basically you can't use friend's/family member's, an uncle etc company's account for visa application because the money in that account is for the running of the business.

Pmiller1:

...It's limited, yea am submitting the company's account SOA,TCC and it has more than enough money for the fees and maintenance...

manover:
Oga Justwise and d rest....... Please with my qst naaaaaaa

teana4040:
Hallo house,i spoke to one agent,he said i shld bring 70,000 naira for a lawyer to help me prepare affidavit of sponsporship...cant i do it from a high court? gurus pls help me out?

Zattiezat

just got admission into the uni of Saskatchewan for masters in public health, first question is it necessary to pay tuition before applying for trv and does it improve my chances if I do so

My school resumes in August im confused if I should be in a hurry to submit or I should ensure my financials r in order first

Zattiezat:
also please I need help in reviewing my sop, is there a criteria pertaining to number of words or pages, can any1 please respond so I can mail it to them for review. thanks

Zattiezat:
hello guys,
first I want to say thanks to everyone that posted their experiences on this forum it has been so helpful.. God bless u all
second I have a couple of questions
-just got admission into the uni of Saskatchewan for masters in public health, first question is it necessary to pay tuition before applyinf for trv and does it improve my chances if I do so
-my school resumes in august im confused if I should be in a hurry to submit or I should ensure my financials r in order first
-my dad is a pensioner but he owned his company and his last contract was in 2009, so no pension fund but he still has fixed deposits and accounts of about 9m is that sufficient or i need a co-sponsor
my passport reads tolani zainab but my academic name is omotolani zainab please will this cause a problem
thank you

Mcjimmy:
HELLO HOUSE please can someone still use the same police report which was used in one's previous application or one will have to do a new police report?

Graphical:
Please house, on what part of the online form should I attach CV, statement of result, certificates etc. Also, is there any need to notorise original scanned copy of my documents?. Also, if I decide to move with my family of four (altogether), what are the necessary requirement e.g. Financial implications and ties. A beg make una helep me o with answers. I need to start filling, resumption is September.

govmob:
Hello house, you guys have been doing great here. I finished my MSc in the UK in 2012 where I studied sustainable waste management. I have been working in Nigeria since 2013 in various waste management roles. However, I wish to add more environmental management knowledge to my profile. So far, I see the environmental management and assessment certificate program offered by the Niagara college as an ideal course to do.

My question is, does canadian embassy grant study visa for someone with a masters degree to go to canada to study for a lower(certificate program) degree?

I will be glad to hear from the gurus in the house.

Remain blessed.

justwise:
[b]

Using it makes no sense because he is not going to close his business and hand the money over to you to spend in Canada. It can't act as your tie to Nigeria because you are not the proprietor.

justwise:


That depends on a whole lot of scenarios....who owns the company? Solo proprietor or limited/ plc company? Are you submitting the company's account, tax certificate and personal account? Is the company's net profit good enough for your fees and maintenance?

Basically you can't use friend's/family member's, an uncle etc company's account for visa application because the money in that account is for the running of the business.

yregs:


Hmmm, from my knowledge gathered from this forum, I wont advise you to use a company SOA because the company has other employees to take care of. Ask yourself, why will a company send an employee on an UG course? How long has the employee been with the employer? Its a different thing if it is a special certification or short course or even a PG course and you have to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the course is very important to your company's profile and it will benefit you and the company. You also have to show some ties to the company like you have been working there for a while and you need to improve your capability in that field, hence the need for your company to send you on that course. So for an UG course, why will I as an Employer send an Employee to go for a 4/5 year program I wont grant that person Visa if I am a VO....

Please look for another sponsor.