sweetkemzy:
Got my visa today.Submitted 23 Dec, 2015.
All glory be to GOD

wow congrats! Are you first time applicant? I applied since 3rd Dec but still under processing

No ooo, extension. But my ist time self I got it within à week.

sweetkemzy:
No ooo, extension. But my ist time self I got it within à week.

Please how many years visa were you given

2yrs because my PR will be out this year by GOD'S grace

sweetkemzy:
2yrs because my PR will be out this year by GOD'S grace

Congratulations!

sweetkemzy:
No ooo, extension. But my ist time self I got it within à week.

Congrats on ur visa. Would like to know how you got your visa within a week the first time you applied.

@kkokoma, Please i will need information on the documents submitted and others.



Thanks

omoba26:
@kkokoma, Please i will need information on the documents submitted and others.

Thanks

I would prefer to post everything on this thread, that way anybody else will be able to access it. Please see below.

In addition i wrote a very succinct Letter of Purpose, referencing the table of content attached and explaining all salient issues

1. Application for Temporary Resident Visa ( IMM5252) – Completed and signed
2. Family Information (MM5646) – Completed and signed
3. Schedule 1 - Application for Temporary Resident Visa ( IMM5257)
4. Introductory/Cover Letter
5. Letter of Invitation (From my Brother and his wife in Canada)
6. Current Passport
7. Marriage Certificate
8. Birth Certificate (My son)
9. Flight Reservation
10. Pictures of Myself and family
11. Copy of recent Schengen Visa, UAE Visa and Entry/Exit Stamps
12. Old Passport with Visas, Study Resident Permit Stamp and Entry/Exit Stamps
13. Used Boarding Passes from recent foreign holiday trip with my family
14. Pictures of me and my family during our foreign holiday trip
15. Receipts and proof of payment from recent foreign holiday trip
16. Bank Statement of Account – First Bank
17. Bank Statement of Account - Ecobank
18. Introduction Letter from Employer
19. Copy of Staff ID Card and Complimentary Card
20. Pay Slip
21. Tenancy Agreement (Where I am the Landlord)
22. Building Approval (for my now completed house)
23. Land Purchase and Deed of Transfer (for my completed house
24. Pictures of my house building stages to completion

kkokoma:


I would prefer to post everything on this thread, that way anybody else will be able to access it. Please see below.

In addition i wrote a very succinct Letter of Purpose, referencing the table of content attached and explaining all salient issues

LOL, na citizenship permit you applied for?

bodejohn:

LOL, na citizenship permit you applied for?

Well it worked, I got the Visa, been to Canada for the Christmas and New Year

kkokoma:


Well it worked, I got the Visa, been to Canada for the Christmas and New Year

Good and congratulations...

1koboko:


Will wait till the end of the month to see if it comes in. I got myself busy with work to get distracted and it worked.

Have you heard from them?

Please has anyone who applied in January received any visa pick up notification?

Pls anyone in d house that submitted visiting visa btw 5th of january n any update yet

Cala:


Have you heard from them?

Awfully sorry Cala for d late response. Yes, I just received a notification this morning and I went and collected my passport. I was given 1 year multiple visa. I am thankful to God for that. At work at d moment. Later, I will debunk some fallacies peddled here albeit inadvertently by some folks so as to assist others. Cheers

1koboko:


Awfully sorry Cala for d late response. Yes, I just received a notification this morning and I went and collected my passport. I was given 1 year multiple visa. I am thankful to God for that. At work at d moment. Later, I will debunk some fallacies peddled here albeit inadvertently by some folks so as to assist others. Cheers

Congratulations, when exactly did you apply?

Hi guys, please I need info on how much application fee and biometrics is in naira. Thanku

Toshybaba1:
Pls anyone in d house that submitted visiting visa btw 5th of january n any update yet

Hello Toshybaba, any update?

1koboko:


Awfully sorry Cala for d late response. Yes, I just received a notification this morning and I went and collected my passport. I was given 1 year multiple visa. I am thankful to God for that. At work at d moment. Later, I will debunk some fallacies peddled here albeit inadvertently by some folks so as to assist others. Cheers

Hello bro, if u don't mind will you be kind enough to share the documents you submiited with us? Thanks in advance

Hello All, my visa application is now 57 days and I haven't gotten any update. Is there anyone else in this situation? Please share

Cala:
Hello All, my visa application is now 57 days and I haven't gotten any update. Is there anyone else in this situation? Please share

I submitted online 8th-Jan and no updates yet

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Hi mrkhaynoni & other visa hopefuls,

Every application is unique and so there is no hard and fast rule as to the style or type of documents you need to attach. However, I believe there is a baseline for every application. I will offer an advice that will help in packaging your application to suit your peculiar circumstance.

The number one reason why people get denied visas is as a result of failure to articulate the content of their application properly.

People fail to get visas sometimes because they failed to include a covering note or that the included covering note did not properly capture the grainy details of their application.

Remember that the visa officers have tons of applications to deal with on a regular basis and they would be more than glad if you make their job easy by leading them straight to d points in issue via your covering note instead of burdening them with the arduous task of foraging through the compost heap of documents accompanying your application.

labeling your documents is very critical in an application. Since most accompanying documents sent are photocopies, u need to do well to label them for ease of reference.

For example, photocopies of your property documents or visas can be marked "Doc 1", "Doc 2", "Doc 3" respectively and so on as so forth as the case maybe.

Please, do not mark originals but make copious references to them in the covering note.

You will discover at the vfs office that the rearrange the documents and put them under different heads. Do not bother because, when the documents are marked, it is easier to trace them despite the rearrangement.

A lot of people get denied visas not because they weren't qualified but because relevant documents concerning their application were not seen or located by the visa officer or that some knotty issues were not explained.

Remember that the covering letter advocates for you in your absence. To my mind, the covering letter is better than an oral interview because you are calm and composed when writing it unlike d oral interview where you may be knocked off balance by a question owing to a wide range of factors like anxiety etc.

Let your covering note be chronological or sequential and not haphazard.

You can break the letter into different heads. I advise that you break them into the heads that they usually turn people down for. Example

1. Purpose of visit.
Under this head, very clearly and in simple language explain the reasons why you want to go to Canada and how you plan to spend the visit. You can now refer to your letter of invitation (if you have one) or tour booking or conference booking as proof of purpose of visit.

2. Travel history
Under this heading, please, list the countries you have visited and refer them to the photocopied visa pages or flight tickets as proof of travel history. Remember that you should label the photocopies and refer to them by their labels.

3. Proof of sufficient funds.
All they need to see here is proof that you have sufficient funds to defray your expenses during your visit without having recourse to public funds. U have to introduce your bank statements here and refer them to closing balances if the account is healthy or in the alternative, pattern of inflow and outflow of funds if the balance isn't impressive. The most important thing is to convince them that you have sufficient funds available to you for your trip.

4. Proof of assets
Here you list your valuables like houses, cars, electronics etc, anything to show that you have a quality life here in Naija which u would long to come back to and that you are not the scum of the earth.

Attach the receipts of purchase as proof of personal assets and reference them properly.

I will continue next time and conclude my thoughts on this subject. I hope you find d little above useful instead of listing documents. If you still want a list of the documents, just let me know and I will be more than glad to oblige you. Cheers buddy.[/quote]

Cala:
Hello All, my visa application is now 57 days and I haven't gotten any update. Is there anyone else in this situation? Please share

HI Cala, be patient. Mine lasted over 60 days before I got the notification. You are likely to get d prompt this coming week or at d most the upper week. Please, share the good news when it comes in. Get your self busy with work to kill the anxiety. Congratulations in advance

Hello House,

. Myself, wife and kid plan to visit Canada and my Son is a US citizen. Do i include him in my application as he has entry to Canada being an American or i just keep him out of the application. If am too include him, Do i pay a visa fee also?

Thanks

shamecurls:
Hello House,

. Myself, wife and kid plan to visit Canada and my Son is a US citizen. Do i include him in my application as he has entry to Canada being an American or i just keep him out of the application. If am too include him, Do i pay a visa fee also?

Thanks

Including his name as part of family members traveling.

1koboko:


HI Cala, be patient. Mine lasted over 60 days before I got the notification. You are likely to get d prompt this coming week or at d most the upper week. Please, share the good news when it comes in. Get your self busy with work to kill the anxiety. Congratulations in advance

Thanks, I'll do just that. I'll share the news once I get it.

@1koboko

Is cover letter part of visa requirements?

justwise:


Including his name as part of family members traveling.

Thanks

shamecurls:
Hello House,

. Myself, wife and kid plan to visit Canada and my Son is a US citizen. Do i include him in my application as he has entry to Canada being an American or i just keep him out of the application. If am too include him, Do i pay a visa fee also?

Thanks

He doesn't need a visa so you don't have to pay for him. Just include him in the application as part of those traveling and from the family form, they would see he's an American citizen.

Cala:


He doesn't need a visa so you don't have to pay for him. Just include him in the application as part of those traveling and from the family form, they would see he's an American citizen.

Thanks.... Appreciate