Swansy10:
Who else is following the fight on the sister thread?, No be small something oo. Maternal has done it again

joo2018:
Eeya.
You are almost 5 months into. You might need to request for your GCMS notes.

nairalandnewbie:
I already did in October and the stage the agent I spoke to said I am now currently was indicated in the gcms notes from November

Adeyemmy24:


I assume your Eigibility is passed which is the most important check, security and criminally can be be done within 48 hrs as we have seen cases were agent says security not started and ppr came the following day. It will end in praise

akohwo:


My dear the thing tire me oh August 29th AOR hopefuls and my VO is Ottawa. I thought they said Ottawa VO is 3 months it takes.

joo2018:
Must be in queue for a residential review. Keep the faith. It will soon come.

nairalandnewbie:
Thank you Joo joo...are you post aor too

CanadianNaija:


I guess we can’t even really do much until we exceed the official estimated processing time.

I’m just praying it doesn’t get to that, keeping fingers crossed.

Utonne:


If i cross the 5th month without ppr. I’ll order gcms notes. Tried calling on mon but i couldnt get to speak with an agent cos of high volume of calls

Ifeanyinuel:
Yes it's possible
I got mine within 24 hrs.

Adunnee:
Required funds have been reviewed

capsule:

I doubt, I will keep sending them mail. I may have to forward the response I got from Aussie to them as well.
This is so unprofessional.

nairalandnewbie:
Lol you heard right And wrong... the only info I have of Ottawa Is they don’t like exceeding the 6months processing time... None of this VOs have a fixed time of answering just pray for mercy and favour

Maggie0133:
hello e family,
Please how do I order GCMS notes. I am already past 6months post AOR and profile is still on IP1. I also just added my baby to the application.
VO Ottawa.

Thank you

EyesondPrize:
The mail I got from IDP Australia this morning
Faizan
IDP IELTS Australia

ArcUgo:

Dear XXXX,

Regards,

Faizan
IDP IELTS Australia

This was the response someone gMOD was copied in all the mails. So I will suggest you keep on bombarding them until the situation is resolved.

talisae:
Pls can u send the material to me..@ taflino@gmail.com.Thanks alot.

1. Stick to a FEW practice materials! The number of materials for IELTS that we see on a daily on this thread can be overwhelming. Try out only a few and stick to the one that resonates with you. Don't use ieltsliz, Jay, Cambridge, ieltsadvantage, road2ielts etc at the same time (some of these peope don't agree on the same approach and reading all can get really confusing). If you try one and it sits well with you, ditch others. Focus on that one and be a master of it. I almost got overwhelmed at some point, because l wanted to open every link or try every material l saw here. But l had to give myself brain oh.

2. Practise everyday. No excuses. Create the time. Even at work, you can use your lunch break to practise. Instead of listening to music or radio on your way to work, listen to your downloaded tips on writing, speaking, reading, listening. When walking down the streets, have an earpiece on (l hate this, but we can make sacrifices for one month abi?) and keep LISTENING. At weekends, practice speaking with your wife/husband, friend, son/daughter etc. Write out questions and tell them to ask you (under exam conditions). I finished a WHOLE 30 leaves notebook for listening practice (yeah l work an 8 to 5 and live on the mainland with my office on the island -remember, no excuses!). Always check your wrong answers and replay those portions and find out what you didn't hear properly. I used youtube for listening/speaking/reading.

3. There's this ielts expert too, one Ryan (cannot remember his surname) that l think is underrated. I used his tips for writing. He talks about 15 sentences max for writing. 3 paragraphs with 4 sentences and the closing paragraph should have 3 sentences. This keeps you in check and you already know what to write before the exam, all you will be waiting for on the ielts day is the topic given! I can share his materials if you drop your email address.
For writing, write letter and essays! Don't read what someone else wrote. Write yours too. Some people practise writing by reading another's work -WRONG! write yours too and compare. Minimum letters to write on different topics - 10. Minimum essays - 20. Revise your work and look for better ways to reconstruct your sentences. I suggest you write with pencil on your exam day so you can erase if need be.

4. For reading - use youtube. It also has a timer, so practice using the time and don't stop the timer or pause the video. The easiest comprehension in reading are the first two. Spend less time there. Say 5 mins tops for each. You do not need to UNDERSTAND nada. Just look at the instructions (very important), then the questions, then scroll through the passages for the answers. You need all your time for the last two passages. They are more technical.

5. For speaking - Be confident, relaxed and know your basic english and introduction (see ieltsliz). See this as an interview. We all attend interviews don't we? I got a list of 42 likely cue cards from ieltsliz blog (l think she said they change it every 3 months but she always update the cue card questions) and l practiced the 42 different topics and l always set my two minutes timer with my phone. You can be in the BRT or your car and practice this one, or when walking down the street or whilst doing chores at home, or lying down in your bed doing nothing (l did this. Some days, people will think you are going crazy because you are talking to yourself, but...who no go no know). One of the 42 questions l practiced was my cue card during my speaking test -something on my pet animal (l was wondering "madam why me? Animal kwa?" but because l had practised earlier, the examiner had to cut me off when it was two minutes. I just went on and on.

4. Lastly and certainly not the least...the place of PRAYER. I'm catholic, so when l saw the prayer to St. Joseph of Cupertino here, l made a mental note to say it. I started saying it every day from September till i wrote my exam on the 1st of November. I even added a 9 days St. Joseph of Cupertino novena with prayer and fasting which ended on the 31st of October (l'm that extra oh. I left no chances). I asked my family to add me in their prayers too. So, pray, pray and pray. Whatever works for you. Someone dropped one St. prayer here on financial assistance for POF, best believe l'll look for that prayer and do it too!

5. People have done it, you too can. Don't be discouraged if you have tried more than once. We don't give up on this thread oh. Being here has taught me a different level of selflessness and never say never spirit. People you don't even know are quick to help and empathise and l am still in awe of you guys.

6. Please drop your email address so l can send the Ryan materials to you.

This too shall pass!

All the best everyone and my apologies for the long post.

Ramj:
For those still struglling with evaluation, which body to use and all

For Evaluation of Degrees - ECA for immigration is what you need
PLEASE READ
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/documents/education-assessed.html .




The main idea is to get the right body to correctly evaluate your degree to give a Canadian Educational Equivalence.

Apart from Doctors (MCC Pharmacist (PEBC).

Any of the other Bodies Accepted by CIC
WES, ICES,IQAS, ICAS, CEC can evaluate all other degrees however wisdom is profitable to direct
NB: Only WES evaluates Professional Certifications like ACCA, CIPM, ATS AAT...

ICAN itself is not equivalent to Any Canadian Educational degree for now so don't bother

That being said experience has helped to build knowledge base that not all these bodies evaluate degrees the same way.

Also considering speed and required documentations these are the recommendations.

Lawyers - use IQAS ( they would clearly state your LLB is equivalent to a professional degree which is same as Masters)

Nurses - RN and RPN, RM, and other post basic degree - use IQAS or ICAS to get 2 or more Certificates) IQAS faster

According to CIC you only need to evaluate your highest degree

PhD and MSC and Bsc - Only PHd

If you have BSC and MSC - only MSC

This rule does not apply if PGD is your highest qualification.

If you have Bsc and PGD evaluate both to get 2 or More Certificates.

ND and HND or NCE and HND - evaluate both

For all other degree you can use either of the ICES, WES, ICAS, IQAS or CEC...

If you are evaluating only foreign degrees - WES is your go to body.

Once a Nigerian degree is involved WAEC is a must (WAEC processes is pretty simple so nothing to worry about ensure to send a new scratch card)

ICES is fastest for now 4-6 - they don't need WAEC, your school can send transcript to them by official email and they don't reverify with your school like WES.

ICES evaluates each degree at $200 CAD unlike WES nonetheless[b] I recommend[/b] them even if you have 2 degrees to evaluate (cheaper on the long run I tell you)

NB: ICES do not send soft copy ECA - so i advice you use a US, UK or Canada address for delivery and get it scanned to you. NIPOSt are trying but docs still get missing in transit - or request for courier delivery


What else further read

ICES - https://icesonline.bcit.ca/ices/register/register

WES - https://www.wes.org/ca/

IQAS - https://www.alberta.ca/iqas-immigration.aspx

ICAS - https://www.icascanada.ca/home.aspx

CES - http://www.learn.utoronto.ca/ces

MCC - https://mcc.ca/ and http://mcc.ca/repository/educational-credential-assessment/

PEBC -https://www.pebc.ca/ and https://www.pebc.ca/index.php/ci_id/3374/la_id/1.htm

MUST READS -
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=681&top=29
https://www.wes.org/ca/eca/


Je m'appelle ECA

Utonne:


If i cross the 5th month without ppr. I’ll order gcms notes. Tried calling on mon but i couldnt get to speak with an agent cos of high volume of calls

bigwizzy001:



please give me the link to the sister thread. I learnt It's all about landing gist there

livewithpurpose:
Please how much will it cost me to do a Police Clearance Certificate for someone in the US? He has sent me all the required documents and fingerprint. A Police link at Alagbon is telling me 20k. Is this a fair price?

Dannyko:
Please for those who used a treasury bill certificate that mature in the course of the application, what were the steps you took to inform IRCC?I planned rolling over one of my Tbills that matures today. What else do I need to do?

N/B Pardon me if this has been responded to in the past�‍♀�‍♀.

capsule:
I applied for EOR (MOD) 21th Dec 2018, I sent a follow up mail to idpaustralia (copied idp Nigeria) today enquiring on the status, I got a response from idpaustralia that they are yet to get my request from my test center (Nigeria).
I'm yet to get a response from MOD Nigeria though.
I don't know what to do again.

clemclem:



Thanks for the info . Please which of the body is responsible for medical laboratory science ? I will be glad if you can guide . Thanks

livewithpurpose:
Please how much will it cost me to do a Police Clearance Certificate for someone in the US? He has sent me all the required documents and fingerprint. A Police link at Alagbon is telling me 20k. Is this a fair price?

livewithpurpose:
Please how much will it cost me to do a Police Clearance Certificate for someone in the US? He has sent me all the required documents and fingerprint. A Police link at Alagbon is telling me 20k. Is this a fair price?