judlice84:
Read what Oluwamalik wrote. He said he was denied after being invited for medicals. That was my curiosity

I didn't say you're wrong, it happens, just saying not in all cases. And if you read what I wrote to the end you will see what I wrote, it's what I experienced, it may vary from individual to individual.
I be applicant like everyone here, seeking advice on how to ensure my next application isn't denied

Mikymiko:
Medical passed. Praise God! Alleluia!

congratulations bro.

Bro, this your information is wrong. Before sometime last year, if CIC tell you to go do medical, it means you have gotten approved. But sometime last year, they started the new trend of medical and refusal. And I am a witness to it. After I got my GCMS file, I found out that at the stage of Medical, which I passed, after a short while (days or so) a final decision was made. So bro, dont think after medical all is well. All you should hope for is the final favorable decision, then the application is finally closed.
If I am wrong, someone should please dispute this.

abestine:


It is almost impossible to be denied after being called for medicals. Those who were denied after medicals are mostly people who did medicals upfront. Application assessment is in stages. The VO verify your documents to see if everything check out, of it does, they contact you approximately after a month of submission to go for medicals. If the result came out as PASSED, this probably takes about another month, they don't have any choice than to send you a letter of congratulations, telling you to go and pick up with international passport with VIsa stamped on it.

I am talking from experience, I did upfront in my last application, I passed medicals and was denied, if I hadn't done upfront, probably I would have been denied without having to waste money on medicals.
Just what I think though, gurus here can shed more light on that.

Any practicing pharmacist in Canada here.I need to connect with yall pls signify lets chat

Leakingbasket:
Bro, this your information is wrong. Before sometime last year, if CIC tell you to go do medical, it means you have gotten approved. But sometime last year, they started the new trend of medical and refusal. And I am a witness to it. After I got my GCMS file, I found out that at the stage of Medical, which I passed, after a short while (days or so) a final decision was made. So bro, dont think after medical all is well. All you should hope for is the final favorable decision, then the application is finally closed.
If I am wrong, someone should please dispute this.

Bro, kindly share reason for refusal then. It's somewhat unfair though.... why make applicants spend money to do medicals when you know you wont approve their visas. Medical should be the final phase for issuance.

Leakingbasket:
Bro, this your information is wrong. Before sometime last year, if CIC tell you to go do medical, it means you have gotten approved. But sometime last year, they started the new trend of medical and refusal. And I am a witness to it. After I got my GCMS file, I found out that at the stage of Medical, which I passed, after a short while (days or so) a final decision was made. So bro, dont think after medical all is well. All you should hope for is the final favorable decision, then the application is finally closed.
If I am wrong, someone should please dispute this.

Please read the first statement ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE, I didn't say it's not possible. The fact that I was denied after doing upfront doesn't mean someone else will be denied after doing upfront and dat u were denied after been called to go for medical doesn't mean someone else will be denied after been called, different strokes for different folks.

Klinsmart:


My sponsor is my husband who is presently in Nigeria with me. The statement of acct is above 20m with his company letter of introduction. I need help to defend my purpose of travel and travel history.
Will he attach his american passport data page, his american statement of acct, and his company information in american. Pls any useful info can be of help to me. How can I write an LoE. Thanks
My email is klinsmart@gmail.com.

Document I submitted are
Statement of acct
Wedding pix
Letter of introduction
Pls advice on more things.

Sorry about your delay. I think the main issue here is 'What your intended visit to canada entails'. will you be visiting friends,family,conference and its likes and how sufficiently you have been able to show relevance of this visit to your present situation. What do you do? what home ties have you demonstrated in your application that will compel your return after your short visit? I believe the issue bothers largely on 'why and who you are visiting'. Travel history may not significantly be an issue as most times it is not a 'stand alone' reason but if you have traveled before and contravened the conditions of your stay, this could play out. As regards your sponsor and funds, you didn't mention insufficient funds as part of the reason for refusal, so my guess would be that they believe the funds are available for you. But you need to give more details about your intended visit and other details of yourself as well as your present situation so people here can help you adequately. Best regards.

Folaroyal:

Bro, kindly share reason for refusal then. It's somewhat unfair though.... why make applicants spend money to do medicals when you know you wont approve their visas. Medical should be the final phase for issuance.

Exactly my point, and people should please endeavour to read someone's post to the point of understanding before saying he is wrong. We are all here for the same purpose, to get our visa application approved, the Lord will grant all our heart desire

Mikymiko:
Medical passed. Praise God! Alleluia!

Congrats bro
Did you do upfront medical? Your application seems to be fast

The normal procedure is to wait to be called for medicals, people do upfront medicals for so many reasons, like in my case, my admission letter came in March, if I am to wait for medical call it may be late so I decided to go for upfront. Others do it for convenience sake, they can't afford travelling long distance to go for medical when called so they do everything ones and for all. Which ever route you follow pray it favours you

Husband, American citizen and you want to visit Canada why not US?
A VO would probably think in this light.
If you so like Canada (as in one of your previous post), i would suggest you get a US visa (though takes longer for a US citizen's spouse), then getting into Canada from US will be a piece of cake for you.

You can still try with a strong LoE though!

Klinsmart:


My sponsor is my husband who is presently in Nigeria with me. The statement of acct is above 20m with his company letter of introduction. I need help to defend my purpose of travel and travel history.
Will he attach his american passport data page, his american statement of acct, and his company information in american. Pls any useful info can be of help to me. How can I write an LoE. Thanks
My email is klinsmart@gmail.com.

Document I submitted are
Statement of acct
Wedding pix
Letter of introduction
Pls advice on more things.

executivegej:
A tip for all: Make good use of SOWP, apply for you and your spouse at the same time. No need trying visitor's visa for a spouse. Experience from inland show it is way better and in better stead to be granted.

What of we that we are single and not yet ready to marry?

Austinpee4:

Sorry about your delay. I think the main issue here is 'What your intended visit to canada entails'. will you be visiting friends,family,conference and its likes and how sufficiently you have been able to show relevance of this visit to your present situation. What do you do? what home ties have you demonstrated in your application that will compel your return after your short visit, I believe the issue bothers largely on 'why and who you are visiting'. Travel history may not significantly be an issue as most times it is not a 'stand alone' reason but if you have traveled before and contravened the conditions of your stay, this could play out. As regards your sponsor and funds, you didn't mention insufficient funds as part of the reason for refusal, so my guess would be that they believe the funds are available for you. But you need to give more details about your intended visit and other details of yourself as well as you present situation so people here can help you adequately. Best regards.

I agree absolutely.... your husband's citizenship would have given enough mileage only if you were visiting America. Trust me... the way these people think ehnn... only if we realise most times that we're dealing with psychologists... yes dats what they are if you never knew!
Please repackage as advised... Oyinbo wants to see there is a purpose your intended trip is supposed to fulfil and what ties you back to Nigeria that will ensure you return after your trip.... shikena!!!

Wow, wouldn't that look desperate? How then do you prove home ties to the VO?

executivegej:
A tip for all: Make good use of SOWP, apply for you and your spouse at the same time. No need trying visitor's visa for a spouse. Experience from inland show it is way better and in better stead to be granted.

Hello house, please who here applied to McGill? I can't seem to find any page for the links to upload unofficial transcripts and other documents, please who knows where I'll find them?

Austinpee4:

Sorry about your delay. I think the main issue here is 'What your intended visit to canada entails'. will you be visiting friends,family,conference and its likes and how sufficiently you have been able to show relevance of this visit to your present situation. What do you do? what home ties have you demonstrated in your application that will compel your return after your short visit? I believe the issue bothers largely on 'why and who you are visiting'. Travel history may not significantly be an issue as most times it is not a 'stand alone' reason but if you have traveled before and contravened the conditions of your stay, this could play out. As regards your sponsor and funds, you didn't mention insufficient funds as part of the reason for refusal, so my guess would be that they believe the funds are available for you. But you need to give more details about your intended visit and other details of yourself as well as your present situation so people here can help you adequately. Best regards.

Thanks a lot, although I don't have relatives in Canada, my purpose is to go on holiday and put to birth there, am already seven month pregnant, am a married woman who also supervise his husband business in Nigeria, am a graduate too. My family, parents and siblings are all in Nigeria and USA. my husband is not buying the idea of me putting to birth in the USA. He wants Canada.

Klinsmart:


Thanks a lot, although I don't have relatives in Canada, my purpose is to go on holiday and put to birth there, am already seven month pregnant, am a married woman who also supervise his husband business in Nigeria, am a graduate too. My family, parents and siblings are all in Nigeria and USA. my husband is not buying the idea of me putting to birth in the USA. He wants Canada.

Oh i see..Well, in as much as your other intention of your visit is to have your baby, the PRIMARY purpose must be established and in accordance to their existing rules and regulations. From the little i know, Most holiday and tourist visas r predominately issued during the SUMMER periods (June-aug) and understandably,you had applied during this period earlier in your previous application but i don't believe this can affect a genuine reason to go for holidays during other seasons as you intend to reapply soon. Another thing they probably will be considering is why is she still deciding to travel for holiday during the winter period when it's usually not so comfortable for foreigners why isn't she going to the US where she has family and sponsor, Could there be other underlying reasons behind her proposed trip'?(Even though you know the reason) but from this info http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/temp/visa/processing/birth.asp , It's either you make your intentions clear to them about you going to have your baby (as giving birth in Canada does not represent a violation of any terms or conditions which may be applied to a temporary resident) or present a good case to them why they have to issue you a visitor's visa. but your PRIMARY intention MUST be known. You still have a good chance to securing the visa once this is addressed.

Frostbaby:
To God Almighty be the glory

Got passport request this morning
Applied :July 29th
Biometrics : August 1st
Upfront medical
Medical passed : sept 2nd
Passport request : Oct 27th

University of manitoba, Msc soil science

TRV hopefuls cheer up. It will end in praise.

please how did you pay for your application fees at university of manitoba. I really dunno how to go abt it as the mastercard is no longer working for international transactions.pls how did u go abt it.thnks

What if I can get an invitation from someone in Canada, a,strong invitation, will it aid my reapplication?

What if I can get an invitation from someone in Canada, a strong invitation, will it aid my reapplication?

Klinsmart:
What if I can get an invitation from someone in Canada, a,strong invitation, will it aid my reapplication?

Absolutely.The person must give in his/her letter of invitation reasons for inviting you, show and state relationship to you, show financial status to caretare for you and all or any dependant(s). On your part, You must show strong home ties to compel your return at the end of your stay.(business,family,work, assets etc). Best regards.

bbwollex:

Congrats bro
Did you do upfront medical? Your application seems to be fast

Upfront. It is the hand work of God.

abestine:


It is almost impossible to be denied after being called for medicals. Those who were denied after medicals are mostly people who did medicals upfront. Application assessment is in stages. The VO verify your documents to see if everything check out, of it does, they contact you approximately after a month of submission to go for medicals. If the result came out as PASSED, this probably takes about another month, they don't have any choice than to send you a letter of congratulations, telling you to go and pick up with international passport with VIsa stamped on it.

I am talking from experience, I did upfront in my last application, I passed medicals and was denied, if I hadn't done upfront, probably I would have been denied without having to waste money on medicals.
Just what I think though, gurus here can shed more light on that.

From june/july last year approval after medical passed is 50 - 50. It is not matter either you re called for medical or you did upfront. The reason is best known to cic. What i think is that they do preliminary checking of ur document, if its okay they will call you for medical or update your medical as passed. After that they do final checking of ur application. Final checking is d most critical stage where they will confirm ur document may be they are bogus or not. Another thing we need to know is that not all upfront medicals are updated as passed before they are being denied. Some applications with upfront medicals are refused without passing medicals.

The main thing we need is God's grace on our applications. Lets package our applications well and hope for the best. God will not fail us.

It shall definitely end well.

More explicitly, if she's got a child already, he/she can be used as home tie.

Austinpee4:

Absolutely.The person must give in his/her letter of invitation reasons for inviting you, show and state relationship to you, show financial status to caretare for you and all or any dependant(s). On your part, You must show strong home ties to compel your return at the end of your stay.(business,family,work, assets etc). Best regards.

hello house
please I need advise cos am really confused right now
I submitted my application June 20th , ever since I didn't even receive a mail update about my application.
they stated that the processing time on the website is 16weeks and its 18weeks today.
please is there anyone who has this kind of experienced.
what can I do...??


I have sent mails to Ghana immigration @international .CIC

Folaroyal:

There seems to be no preference for reapplications unfortunately!!... will still go on that same long wait.
Did you apply online or paper? And when were you invited for medicals?
Pls share your application docs and details. Reasons for delay and all.

IT WAS A PAPER APPLICATION, I WAS INVITED FOR MEDICALS ON THE 20th OF MAY 2016 FOR SEPT 2016 INTAKE,
APPLICATION DOCS ARE
1. APPLICATION FORMS
2. SPONSOR'S STATEMENT
3. POLICE REPORT
4. MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
5. LETTERS FROM MY COMPANY.

ON MY ADMISSION LETTER FROM UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, I HAVE THE OPTION OF EITHER SEPTEMBER 2016 OR JANUARY 2017.

BUT I REAPPLIED 2 MONTHS AGO WITH ADDITIONAL DOCS I.E PERSONAL LANDED PROPERTY AND MORE UPDATED SOP.
THANKS

What was the reason for your denial after medicals?

oluwamalik:


IT WAS A PAPER APPLICATION, I WAS INVITED FOR MEDICALS ON THE 20th OF MAY 2016 FOR SEPT 2016 INTAKE,
APPLICATION DOCS ARE
1. APPLICATION FORMS
2. SPONSOR'S STATEMENT
3. POLICE REPORT
4. MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
5. LETTERS FROM MY COMPANY.

ON MY ADMISSION LETTER FROM UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, I HAVE THE OPTION OF EITHER SEPTEMBER 2016 OR JANUARY 2017.

BUT I REAPPLIED 2 MONTHS AGO WITH ADDITIONAL DOCS I.E PERSONAL LANDED PROPERTY AND MORE UPDATED SOP.
THANKS

IT WAS A PAPER APPLICATION, I WAS INVITED FOR MEDICALS ON THE 20th OF MAY 2016 FOR SEPT 2016 INTAKE,
APPLICATION DOCS ARE
1. APPLICATION FORMS
2. SPONSOR'S STATEMENT
3. POLICE REPORT
4. MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
5. LETTERS FROM MY COMPANY.

ON MY ADMISSION LETTER FROM UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, I HAVE THE OPTION OF EITHER SEPTEMBER 2016 OR JANUARY 2017.

BUT I REAPPLIED 2 MONTHS AGO WITH ADDITIONAL DOCS I.E PERSONAL LANDED PROPERTY AND MORE UPDATED SOP.
THANKS

THEY NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT MEDICALS, BUT THE REASON THEY GAVE WAS I DO NOT HAVE TRAVEL HISTORY (I HAVE TRAVELED TO S.A BEFORE IN 2013), THAT I DO NOT HAVE PERSONAL ASSETS WHICH I HAVE INCLUDED WHEN I REAPPLIED 2 MONTHS AGO.

Lemme chip in an elderly experience,People here just get nervous even with mere notification that ur application "has been forwarded to Canada for processing"..why draining yourself emotionally on just one country? instead of using the waiting period to explore other options atleast having an admission at hand while waiting on Canada.Canadian VOs are unpredictable.you may satisfy the whole requirements and still get refused,while some other with mediocre application will be granted.

Meanwhile, upfront medical oo,late medical call oo,early medical call oo,medical status changed to passed is no longer guarantee that you would be approved visa..

Until you get passport request if online application and status approved if linked online to CIC for paper routers before you may start atleast jubilating till you pick up you package from VFS,you can now paint the city white and red.

Lastly we should be careful about writing LOE/SOPs especially to PGC(D)/diploma applicants here.some refusals i have seen,show that the VOs try capitalizing on that to question ones purpose of visit in some cases which also in my perception according to some applicants profile is a reason to merely discard an application if they don't want to issue.

Pray for luck.

Gymme:
More explicitly, if she's got a child already, he/she can be used as home tie.

True. You are right.

michV:
Lemme chip in an elderly experience,People here just get nervous even with mere notification that ur application "has been forwarded to Canada for processing"..why draining yourself emotionally on just one country? instead of using the waiting period to explore other options atleast having an admission at hand while waiting on Canada.Canadian VOs are unpredictable.you may satisfy the whole requirements and still get refused,while some other with mediocre application will be granted.

Meanwhile, upfront medical oo,late medical call oo,early medical call oo,medical status changed to passed is no longer guarantee that you would be approved visa..

Until you get passport request if online application and status approved if linked online to CIC for paper routers before you may start atleast jubilating till you pick up you package from VFS,you can now paint the city white and red.

Lastly we should be careful about writing LOE/SOPs especially to PGC(D)/diploma applicants here.some refusals i have seen,show that the VOs try capitalizing on that to question ones purpose of visit in some cases which also in my perception according to some applicants profile is a reason to merely discard an application if they don't want to issue.

Pray for luck.

are u saying there is no need for sops?cos its even a part of the requirement by cic