mohrayo:
Good day house....

Please does anyone have a contact at CIPM? I really need to fast track my transcript process. I sent details for the same on 2nd of Dec along with my B.sc.....

go to their office and follow up.You can also call Livina/Charity.

all the best

kemkem30:
Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah robbil alamin (All praise be to Almighty Allah)
It’s a rather long one, I have been at it for a while!!!

Timeline

ITA: Nov 28 2018
AOR: Jan 26 2019
Biometrics: March 08 2019
Remedicals: October 01 2019
GU: October 15 2019 (eligibility passed)
Remedicals passed: 0ctober 25 2019
GU: December 12 2019 (security passed, application approved)
PPR: December 17 2019 (Dated December 16 2019)[/b]

I started writing this story today the 29th March 2019, because I am really hopeful for PPR this March (lmao, I obviously did not know what is going on)
Anyway Alhamdulillah, it is finally here; I heard about express entry in 2017, from my friend who has been a Canada PR for over 3 years now.
IELTS: I immediately registered for IELTS, I did not even bother to find out about the minimum score and the importance of scoring 8777. I just dived headlong into it because I had done academic IELTS before and I was feeling quite confident. Alhamdulillah, it went well, I scored 8.5,8.5,7,7.5 (LRWS) in my only attempt. This was in April 2017.

ECA; As a pharmacist, I went for PEBC and I decided to attempt the first exam since I was sure I was moving soon (dreamer right?). Anyway, it took about 4 months in total, including the time it took to get the documents. I passed the first exam by the way.

ITA: I dived into the pool with a score of 431, feeling confident considering there was 413 draw ( I think) around that time. I got Ontario nomination, I let it expire because I was confident of ITA soon. ITA refused to come o. I waited and waited. Infact, the first draw after I entered the pool was 433. It seemed what went up was never coming down.

Hubby’s ECA/IELTS: March came I lost 5 points (birthday). I was now below 430, meanwhile, draw did not go below 440. I called my husband I said ‘oga come and go and do IELTS’, he agreed. Then he was with me in the UK but he was to write in Nigeria. My husband publishes/writes for a living so he was so sure that ahn ahn is it not English, don’t disturb me jare. Omo only writing and speaking were good, let's just say his IELTS score did not help us as much as I expected. We were now at 438, and un-accompanying we were at 459, but I did not want him to have to wait so long to see us.
Anyway, we decided to evaluate his PhD which took a further 3-4 months to come through, we were now finally at 448. I was confident of the next draw, next draw came, the score was 449. I said ah, na wa for this ITA o. At this point what was left was for me to rewrite IELTS and attempt to score higher. That was not necessary because the November 28th draw finally brought ITA our way.

POST ITA: we had scheduled medicals for London because I was so sure of the previous draw. When I did not get ITA, I canceled the appointment and just waited. By then my hubby was back in Nigeria again so he had to do his medicals in Nigeria. Anyway, the documentation took a while but I finally submitted on the 26th of January 2019.

POST AOR: This was the most frustrating part of the journey. The endless wait. I saw PPR stories of people that did not even have ITA by the time I was submitting. I prayed hard in Ramadan, I fasted but PPR did not come. I dreamt about it but it still did not come. I then dreamt once more that God was keeping me from something but that I would eventually get my wish and be happy. I held on to this. There is a verse of the Quran; that says ‘and Allah will give you and you will be glad’. This consoled. I was frustrated but I held on. I found out in July that my application was undergoing additional verifications.

The MPS: I wrote Ralph; eligibility not started. I wrote Erin; eligibility not started. Then a sister told me to reply Erin and make a passionate appeal. Then he found out that there was an area that required review (which we did not see in the GCMS notes). I quickly acted on this and got remedical request on the 1st of October.

Ghost update: I got a ghost update the day after sending the documents to explain the area requiring review. Only to see remedicals when I still had over 2 months to medical expiry. I jumped into action again. I emailed CPC Ottawa, I raised CSE. I called to book an appointment and was told I was too early for a remedical that I should tell CIC. I merged all my family medical information sheets together and sent via CSE. I told them to only give me 3 weeks to land in Canada, just don’t ask for a remedical, I also sent this to my guardian angel Erin. He replied and said request forwarded ( I smiled).
On the 15th I was eventually able to do my medicals again. I accepted my fate. In the evening of the 15th, I checked my application and saw another ghost update. I was beginning to wonder what it meant. Has ircc accepted my plea. On the 24th the hospital sent my medicals and on the 25th I passed.

Post Remedicals: Normally people get PPR within 24 – 48 hours after remedical passed so I had high hopes. I started looking at boxes and jackets. I started checking out houses to rent in my province of choice. Hmm Story Story, IRCC still wanted to hold on to my application. 10 days after passing remedicals and after having my hoped dashed every morning. I raised yet another webform and heard security not started. Sigh.
I knew my wait and watch was not over. I had to reset my mood. I found ways to distract myself. I stopped logging into the application.

PPR; I got a second ghost update on the 12th of December a few days after I received a response to one of my weekly CSE. I called and was told everything passed and application approved (on Friday the 13th).
10 months and 2 agonizing weeks post-AOR, 7 weeks after second medicals passed I woke up to PPR I am speechless. I am happy: I am hopeful. I have prayed about this journey. I asked Canada to choose me. I also asked that this journey be a fresh start and be a fruitful one for my family. To everyone still on the journey, pre ITA, post AOR just hold onto whatever you believe in and know that the moment will come!
All the best!
(please pardon my errors)

kemkem30:
Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah robbil alamin (All praise be to Almighty Allah)
It’s a rather long one, I have been at it for a while!!!

Jay35:
Hello house
Please I have a quick question..
A friend just got PPR and he’s processing his landing in few days . He has 2 siblings both in the EE pool with low crs. Is it possible for both his siblings to claim family relationship (extra 15points) at the same time?
Please when best can they claim points ?
Can it be immediately After he gets his PR card or they have to give it time? Say months?

Petrelli112:
Please help me check 0651 also, which is more of it?

muvey10:
No they cannot claim points until he lands and they sign his COPR. And yes they can both claim at the same time

Prisscindy:


@ednut1 is the NOC guru. Please help her with it

ednut1:
me How and when abeg o. I only know about my noc

sesay:


page1. I don't understand. please share the link. thank you

sesay:


please kindly assist with a sample/format of GIFT DEED. PLEASE. I BEG IN THE NAME OF GOD.

Tina26:
this is page 218. On page 1 there is gift deed samples there. In the name of God please please get it there

Tina26:
this is page 218. On page 1 there is gift deed samples there. In the name of God please please get it there

bekayy:
You know what time it is, It’s PPR Time. Whoop Whoop.

bankyh1905:
I am. I used the same expression on my WhatsApp status on Saturday. You must be psychic. I'll be here to celebrate with you too, very soon. Thank you so much dear.

pinkbananas:

Stencil is a sis Why have I always imagined a he?? Lol !
I'm eagerly waiting for your PPR gist @stencil you and topsmamen have been really helpful to me on this ppr journey. God bless you both real good. And of course you too ladymarshall.

Asking:
[/color][color=#006600]please can I get some material for ielts thats a wonderful result right there.thanks

Adebayo82:
can someone put me through the fast way to send the certificate to WES for evaluation, my school called me today that my transcript is ready. they were asking whether I will prefer the existing postmaster in the school, EMS and is 10 working days. a lot of recommendations on hellofax on how it is reliable and faster to send the document to Canada but I don't know how it works. I'm dilemma, much appreciate if I can put through the process.

Mumtwins2:
Hello house .. I am the PA, I and my husband have 8m in our joint account and we are submitting that .do we need to submit our personal statements again ? The 8m is fixed . Thanks s

Hehehe, I'm watching you in 5D

Stencil:
Oh yeah? Awesome!

_{Send 1/3 of POF as prophet offering...}

hillony:

godG:
This is the day, this is the day, that the Lord has made, that the Lord has made…I will rejoice, I will rejoice and be glad in it…and be glad in it. Hallelujah, this is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it…this is the day, this is the day that the Looooooord has made!

Passport Request mail came in!

**Please quote responsibly.

Timeline
ITA: June 12
AOR: June 26
MEP: July 24
BIL: July 27
Bio Given: Aug. 1
Silence: August 2 - December 16, no ADR
Ghost Update: December 16
PPR: December 17
VO: Ottawa
Waiting Period: 5 months, 21 days
Single applicant. Till now, not a single change on my account since after medicals passed in July.


**
October 30th
So, today –– October 30th –– at exactly 12:06am, I decided to start journaling my PPR journey. Partly because I can't sleep and partly because I know I will be too busy to write this when I finally get PPR in November(?). Yes, I'm thinking I'll get the email sometimes in early November.

It's been a very rough October for me. I lost my brother, my egbon, on October 6th. I don't know if this should be a part of this narrative, though. But then, it's my story. And I want to make this as real as possible. Frankly, I am eagerly waiting for October to end. I have been through a lot this month. Oh, I should add, I clocked 28 on the 25th of October, the day my application became 4 months old.

I wasn't happy on my birthday, I was grieving. But I was thankful still. For life – knowing that it's short and fleeting. Vanity. Anyways, I'm looking forward to the months ahead. I know God is in control. I miss you, bro. I honestly do. I wish I could tell you this the last time we talked.

Good People, when you are done reading this, do me a favor: tell the people you cherish you love them. I know some of us would prefer to let our actions prove our love. That’s fine but saying it would be good as well. Please, tell them.

The Beginning of The PR Hustle
I got to know about EE sometimes in 2016, I think. But then, I wasn't really into leaving my life in the United States. Plus, I got to know about EE when I was in the MA phase of my PhD. I decided I should at least get my MA, take my prelims, and be a dissertator before leaving. Plus, I would need the MA to get a good CRS score.

Sometimes in May 2018, I completed the MA requirements. However, for some reason, I wasn't really keen on moving again.

Then came my friend in March 2019. Let's call her M. M really wanted me to move to Canada. In mid-March, M mentioned the EE process to me again and I told her that I would think about it. I used the next two days to think through the process, financial and academic implications, and to read this thread. I was quite familiar with the thread because I was frequent on the US Student Visa thread from 2014 - 2016. Back then, I would wander into Canada threads just out of curiosity. I was always like "what is happening in this their Canada thread sef?!"

Anyways, I called M after making my decision and told her that I would be applying. M was happy.

(Well, I should add, being a single graduate student, the money to finance the PR hustle wasn't really a concern. I will write about this later. I'm grateful to God for this privilege.)

ECA: WES
Almost 4 days after M told me about EE, I registered for WES evaluation. My MA transcript was sent to WES within 3 days. Everything about my transcript was done online and was free -- I didn't pay a dime. Transcript got to Canada in 5 days. All free.

Evaluation became ready sometimes in April. I think 25th. It should have been earlier, but I made a mistake: Because I had evaluated my credentials with WES USA before, I told WES US to transfer my file to WES Canada. My thinking was that since the file was already evaluated, I won't need to go through the WAEC wahala. Na so I received an email from WES say they were waiting for my WAEC o. For where?! I just called them to delete the damn undergrad credential from Nigeria and proceed with my MA from the US.

IELTS
Evaluation is done. Now let's face IELTS. To my surprise, however, the earliest available date in my city was in June. "Too far," I thought. Don't blame me, the EE spirit don possess me by this time. I decided to do the test in Indianapolis. So, I called my friend in Indy:

"Baba o, booni nkan, ọrẹ mi? E be like say I dey come your side next week Friday o. I be wan come write an exam."

My padi told me he would be expecting. I signed up for the exam. I think I paid some extra fees because I was registering too close to the exam date. In hindsight, I should have just chilled! I blame this on two things: first, I'm the kind of guy that likes to go all the way once I made up my mind on something. Second, because of pride and arrogance. I took TOEFL twice, I had above 100 on both instances. I took GRE as well, I had 160 in Verbal. I'm a PhD student in Humanities, I was like, nothing dey happen. Shior!

Anyways, armed with my coffee, grilled drumsticks, cashew nuts, bread, water, and juice, I drove for 9 hours a day before the test. I got to Indianapolis around 10pm on Friday. Test was the following morning. Mind you, I hadn't done any studying. Pride goes before destruction.

My padi drove me to the test center and I took the test. Oh dear, the listening section humbled me. No wahala sha, I won't kill myself. Sunday morning, my padi packaged some gizzard and fried fish for me, picked a can of soda from his fridge, napkins, then I drove back to my base with my disappointment. I was stopping occasionally on the road to chill and pee.

The result came out, I had: 7.5,9,8,8. Not surprised. I considered remarking for a few minutes but eventually decided it wasn't worth it. I needed to turn in my passport (means of ID for the test) at a consulate for visa to Europe.

At this stage sha, I already knew the listening was going to be a monster if I didn't face it head-on. I devised a plan: drill the listening module for a few days.

It was already late-April. The semester was coming to an end. I would be doing lots of grading. I was traveling to Europe for a Symposium during the first week of May. 2 days after getting back from Europe, I would be traveling to Nigeria for some preliminary research. So, I knew that my best bet would be to register for IELTS in Nigeria.

Second IELTS
I signed up for the second IELTS the day I got the result of the first. My second test was scheduled for May 23rd. I got to Nigeria on May 14th. I didn't do anything about IELTS until May 18th. My studying this time was devoted to drilling the listening module. I practiced with Cambridge. I took like 10 listening tests in 5 days or thereabouts. I decided to take the paper-based test because I naturally excel in paper-based exams.

I took the exam in Ibadan. The result came out and I think I had: 8.5,9,8.5,8. This was already June.

CRS/The Pool
I entered the pool and CRS was 481.

ITA
This came on June 12th. It was a public holiday in SW. I was happy. This is looking like a reality. Although, my plan was to get ITA by the first week of May and get PPR in October/November. That was before the listening module humbled me.

Work Experience
I combined 3 NOCs and claimed 3 years of work experience.

Lecturer: 1 year, NYSC, (Primary NOC)
I couldn't get a reference letter in the format specified by IRCC.

Here is the thing. I got a letter just before I left my PPA. The letter contains some details like just one job role: "taught Use of English". It also had the duration of employment. I knew that won't cut it. I tried reaching out to people in the polytechnic to help me with a new letter; but, trust Nigerians, na so so story. Plus, because they changed the management, getting a letter in IRCC format was a pipe dream. I gave up after a while. I had to use the letter I had and asked a friend (we served there together) to write a supplementary one for me. I used those two along with my NYSC allowee account statement, PPA posting letter, discharge certificate, and the letter I got when the Registrar's office deployed me to teach English. I also attached a screenshot of the management crisis at the polytechnic to buttress the fact that it was almost impossible to get the letter in IRCC format. I uploaded all these to the relevant placeholder.

Teaching Assistant: 1 year
I claimed another one year as a teaching assistant. It was straightforward. The chair of my department wrote the letter for me in IRCC format. I'm a bit worried about this though: the chair's signature is in black ink. But I submitted my tax documents as additional docs na, so no yawa. Amen.

Operations Supervisor: cumulative 1 year
After college, before NYSC, I worked at a very small family business (owned by my oldman and hin egbon). After NYSC, I worked there for some months before I got a Fulbright Scholarship to Yankee. Everyone in my family kinda goes through the company to prepare us for life and put some money in our pockets while we figure things out as graduates. It's a registered company. But no online presence. Getting the letter (stating both work periods) was pretty easy. I was paid in cash and added a cash salary certificate.

PoF
One good thing about my graduate program is that we are given roughly $5,000 at the start of every semester for 2 years, I think. For some reason, I did not do the paperwork for a year's worth of the fund back then. I just didn't care. Because I didn't do the right thing when folks in my cohort were doing theirs, I gave up the idea of me being able to get my own money.

But the Nigerian in me won't let me be. I tried my luck. As God would have it, the time I was filing the paperwork and the time it got approved coincided with the time I started the EE process. You see why I said the financial implication wouldn't be a problem earlier? My money eventually came through! See God! A lump sum of almost $10k entered my account. Because I really did not want to be explaining this, I wanted to keep my application quite simple, I transferred the money to my mum in Nigeria. Make e dey rest there.

When it was time to turn in my application, she transferred the money to my Nigerian account since I was in Nigeria. Of course, with a gift deed. I wrote about the problem I encountered while I was trying to notarize my gift deed here. Ended up not notarizing it. I put the money in Stanbic IBTC Mutual Funds. I got the investment letter. Very efficient bank. Everything was done electronically. All this was around June 19th.

Then came First Bank. Very ridiculous bank. It took them almost two weeks to get me a letter of non-indebtedness. They said the guy that would assent the letter at the regional office went on Hajj. Ha! Imagine. Anyways, the Hajj man got back. I got my letter.

All along, I was looking through my documents and making sure everything was airtight.

Medicals
IOM. I chose IOM because they let me do it upfront and they had dates that fitted into my schedule. I booked this from the US. Medicals in the US would cost me quite a lot. The closest physician to me would charge roughly $600 to run the medicals. And my insurance wasn't ready to pay for it. I decided to do it in Nigeria instead.

Whenever I am in Nigeria, I'm usually with my brother in Lekki. So, on the day of my medicals, because I don't want to be stressed before the tests – driving in Lagos traffic may trigger stress – I decided to take Uber to IOM. I got there around 9am and left around 3pm. IOM could use some help with organization and crowd control though. Other than the ridiculous organization, the process was smooth.

PCC (Nigeria and FBI)
Oga Moshood to the rescue. I called him while I was still at IOM. Asked if he was in his office. Took another Uber to Alagbon from IOM. And from Alagbon, I took another home. Stressful day. Later that night, we went to HardRock Cafe to unwind. By the way, Oga Moshood struck me as a nice guy. Customer-friendly. Paid 4k.

I also did the US (FBI) clearance. I ended up doing this twice. Because the 1st one I had was done before I left the US. Thanks to folks on this thread for telling me I needed to. I had to pay 25k to for DHL to send my fingerprinted forms to FBI.

AoR
I used ilovepdf to do all the resizing and mergers. For my photo, I followed my sister to one of their usual photoshoots (ladies and pictures! Smh) and decided to take one picture for my Canada waka. I used an app like that I downloaded from Playstore to resize it into IRCC format. I finally turned in my application on the 25th of June. I got an acknowledgment letter dated 26th.

I got two ghost updates 3 days after AoR. Don’t know what those meant.

Medical Passed/Biometrics
Passed my medicals on July 24th. The biometric request letter came 4 days or so after.

I did my biometrics on the 1st of August. Pretty straightforward. I drove to VFS from my brother's house – 10 minutes’ drive with traffic. The whole process took around 2 hours. My account got updated the same day. I spent the whole day sleeping. And later that day, we went to Circa to unwind. You guys should check it out. Amazing place.

Post-AoR
June - August
The first three months went by so fast. I raised a CSE one week after my AoR. I honestly can't remember what it was for. I raised another CSE (2 months post-AoR) for my visa office. They told me it was Ottawa. I also raised another CSE to update my address and passport page when I got back to the US in late August. I had a fulfilling summer in Nigeria.

September - October
Nothing seems to be going on with the application. I ordered GCMS notes on the 2nd of October. I got notified days later that it would take 90 days. LOL. Just LOL. Anyways, I know God's got me.

Then my brother passed away. It was a Sunday. I talked to him on Independence Day. He didn't show any sign of dying soon. His lasts message to me on WhatsApp was: "I will update you as things go through." He never did.

If you're reading this, no death in your household in Jesus' name. I decree protection over you and everyone around you. And if you have lost someone, I won't tell you to be strong (my brother's death has taught me this doesn't help people grieving), may you find peace and meaning in your grief. Amen.

Moving on, sometimes in mid-October, I started getting anxious. Panic attacks. I was having something close to an existential crisis. I wasn't sleeping. The few times I slept, I found myself waking up suddenly. Not necessarily because of my application. It was just me trying to cope with grief and make sense of the meaning of life. I decided to send an email to Ralph, hoping that would brighten my spirit. He replied the same day: only criminality passed. I was indifferent. No wahala, we move. Still.

Also, in October, there was this white girl. We had something going on. She was there for me. I told her I felt like going home to be with my family. Just what I felt o, na a so she dey cry. She couldn't think of the idea of me leaving. She told me that we should take what we had to another level. Introduce her to friends and family? Whatever it's you want, Love, you have to calm down o. Anyway, I tell am say I get her point but that the time no be am. I needed some time to process the things going on in my life.

She started giving me attitude. Sad. Here I am, lost a brother, getting calls from home almost daily, and one of the good things going in my life is putting me under unnecessary pressure. Being under any pressure is the last thing I need now. I know God's in control.

So, here I'm. Not able to sleep, 30th October. Thinking about the things that happened to me this month. Still thankful to God for His mercies and promises of peace, though. While it's sometimes hard to understand how, I know God is in control. My faith in Jesus is stronger. I will not faint during adversity.

I need to try to sleep now. It's 1:37am. I'm teaching tomorrow morning. And I have meetings, too. Further, I have an appointment with my therapist. He's helping me make sense of what I'm going through.

November 26 (Status Bar Says 30 Says Remaining)
Here I'm again. Well, I didn't get my PPR in early November as I guessed. The events of the past couple of weeks have been one hell of a ride. But I think I'm in a better place now. I was out of town yesterday. I got back home tired. Been a while I drove for that long. After getting home, I ordered some Buffalo Wings and fries, had dinner, took some paracetamol (I always bring them from Nigeria), then slept. I slept around 8pm. I guess this explains why I'm now awake - 4:40am.

Two days ago, Nov. 23, I had the urge to call these people to know the status of my application, but I asked myself: "To what end?" Calling them won't really change anything about the process. So, I'm just going to wait it out. But I have a very strong feeling that I will get my PPR during the first two weeks of December.

I won't update this journal again until I get my PPR. The semester is coming to an end, I have got a lot on my plate.

Oh, about the babe? We hung out a couple of times after her wahala. But the truth is that we are growing apart. Ko le work.

December 15
Well, I decide to update this today. I call this prayer for the people.

Heavenly Father, hallowed be Your name. People are getting PPR o, their AoR dates are even after mine. But as You expect Your children to do, I was genuinely happy for them. Thank You for making the dreams of these people a reality. As they begin to think of the journey ahead, be their light. Strengthen them. And if there is anyone among them who doesn’t believe in Jesus, Lord, touch their heart. Also, when they get to Canada, be with them just as You have always done for me.

But, Father, as You have remembered these people, remember me too. Thank You for being dependable.

December 16
Hi, there. Good morning. God told me I will get PPR in a day. The dream was too detailed to be a lie. Plus, God doesn't lie. This is a confirmation.

December 16
Hello, I’m here again. I just noticed a ghost update on my profile. It’s 6:53 pm. I’m not surprised, God already told me PPR cometh soon.

December 17 (And So It Came to Pass)
Today, I got my PPR. If someone told me this in January 2018, I would laugh it off. Look at God!

(Thank you, Jesus! This wouldn't have been possible without you. You keep bringing opportunities my way. This is beyond me. Heavenly Father, I really don’t know what Canada will bring because You have been teaching me not to be rigid with my plans. However, let this be the beginning of a fulfilling journey for me and mine. When the road gets rough, please straighten me, hold me, and abide with me. I put my trust in You. Plug me into Your purpose for my life there. In Canada, let only Your will for me be done. I'm going to Canada by the power of Your might. You are my hope. You are my all in all. No lack. No loss. No limitation.)

What a ride this has been — a ride of laughter, uncertainties, hope, and – finally – thanks!
If you are still on this journey, I decree peace, speed, favor, and clarity over you and your case officer in Jesus' name.

Thanks, everyone. Let's keep being supportive. God bless us all. We move!