Pls help out. Does an undergraduate need to write a SOP for visa application. Is it necessary please let me know. Thank you

Hi,
Its not compulsory but it helps, especially if there's something in your app you want the VO to understand better.

Preshy2004:
Pls help out. Does an undergraduate need to write a SOP for visa application. Is it necessary please let me know. Thank you

To whom it may concern:


https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2020/05/agri-food-pilot-begins-accepting-applications-may-15.html

Alwaysgetbetter:
Hello everyone,

I’m just a newbie here (someone sent me a link to this thread) and I have been reading contents here I must say I’m impressed by the selfless replies and answers.

I have applied for schools in Canada and I’m awaiting admissions.

Please I have questions bothering me since days now.
I had been refused of USA visiting visa before like last year (around June). My uncle that sent the invitation was the one that did the application for me and there were a list of lies, such as married (while actually I wasn’t married), employed in an oil company with salary of about 400k per month (while I wasn’t working, in fact just graduated), and fake documents to serve as proofs. And my mother’s name was changed mistakenly. Although I questioned the whole lies but he said that would be the only way they could grand me the visa as they would serve as home ties. And he is the same man sponsoring me.

Now that I want to apply for study permit myself without lies and with legit documents, I’m afraid they might check my history.

Please I really need a candid advice from experience gurus here on what to do and how to explain this to the VO.

Has anyone had same issues and was offered study permit?

Please someone should answer me as I have asked several people but no head way and the last person I spoke to directed me here.

Because I was also looking for answers to what the USA and Canada immigration shares, I found the attached screenshot. You may look through and see how much damage you have done to yourself and then decide on what you think is the best way to go.
Good luck

Vokay91:


Mine is for September.. school resumes on the 9th.. I haven’t submitted my visa application.. because I haven’t been able to renew my passport due to the lockdown.. I am thinking of deferring to January sef.. but still thinking ..

Do you know how to defer the admission? I got a mail from MUN that online delivery will be on used for this September. What program did you apply for?

Lekiboboe:

Thanks @mcobex

Yes we did all of that as u mentioned,
I explained how he paid the money etc. in my SOP, & He explained more of it in details in his LETTER OF SPONSORSHIP

Though he didn't talk about the First Bank Conversion of funds to USD $ and using his FCMB Domiciliary account to pay my tuition fee....

Should my Sponsor and me aswell also talk about that in his LETTER of Sponsorship & My SOP

Thanks..

The conversion is not CIC's business, all they are interested in is that you have paid your tuition and have proof. So don't worry

Kellymaria:


Thank you for your kind response to my queries. I declared that I was denied F1 student visa to USA and I quoted the date I appeared for interview. I hope this is sufficient.

Yes it is

Frankrobbn1:


@GucciOluwa, Please see the comments below as per your enquiry.

1. You can submit the normal account which has adequate funds in it. There is no need submitting your salary account since there is little or no funds saved in there. Pay stubs plays a pivotal role for applicant's who are gainfully employed, it gives the visa officer an overview of your salary structure and tax deductions. So include it as well


2. Speaking from my vast experiences in handling study permit, PNP's and PR applications. I have colleagues that applied for permanent residency, and reading from the GCMS notes they shared with me, I find out that most often the visa officers are not satisfied with mutual funds statement for POF. The mutual funds statement were tagged as RR (Review Required) in their notes. This is simply because the Visa officer thought that the funds in the investment statement is encumbered by debt or other obligations and thus might not be readily accessible by the applicants.

So, I had to advise them (PR applicants) to liquidate the funds in their investment account and deposit it into their account, then raise a CSE to the processing visa centre. Having done what I told them their application moved from Review Required to ELIGIBILITY passed as evidenced in the subsequent GCMS notes they ordered. In view of this and from the wisdom of my experiences, I would suggest you liquidate this investment and provide a brief explanation as to the LIQUIDATION of the investment before the time of application.


3. I don't think it's very necessary to provide explanation to the 10M that will be coming in 3M trenches into your husband's account considering that there have been history of 3M in the account in the last 4-6 months. You only provide explanation if there haven't been any traces of such amount in his account statement.

4. This is a critical situation for you. How do you intend to cope without your husband when you've successfully put to bed in Canada. At this point, it's best you co-apply with your husband but your reasons for applying together shouldn't reflect or talk about your pregnancy. The visa officer might have a wrong impression that you're using study permit as a means to facilitate entry into Canada in order to give birth rather than educational advancement. Ideally, I would prefer you travel to Canada for the winter term. My reasons being that it will be very difficult and so demanding for you as a pregnant woman to adapt with the stringent educational system of Canada considering that you're heavily pregnant and due for delivery in October. More so, given that you're pregnant as at the time of application, you will not be able to undergo an X-ray test during your medical examination, as it can be very dangerous to the unborn baby.

5. You're a resident and a citizen of Nigeria. So, CUAC Ghana office is not applicable to you. I would suggest you use your home country as the country of citizenship and where you're applying from for your study permit.

6. In the meantime, if you have any questions or concerns as regards your application. Do not hesitate to reach here for professional assistance and/or advise.


It will end in praise

Hello Frankrobbin,
permit me to ask, I have a mutual fund investment I have been building up for a while now, and I have specifically written to them to issue me a statement to the Canadian embassy for this purpose, are you implying the statement does not hold water enough? If they carry out due diligence as earlier implied, they should know people have mutual funds which is basically a good investment these days especially this period of low interest rates, should I go ahead and use the investment letter specifically written to the embassy informing them of my investment with the firm.

Hey Nairalanders

I was denied early this year based on family ties in home country and Canada
So my dad got a plot of land recently personally for me but it's in his name.
My question is that should I explain in my LOE that I'll return to my home country to establish a medical health center after my studies or I should say that I would be taking over my dad's business

I need y'all help

ralfudoh:
@Naijaforeigner This isn't nice to say. I guess the truth isn't nice to say because it was too blunt. You can see this now. I dont mean to argue with you but can you see this? And you tell me my words aren't nice. How else would you want the truth sugar coated.

Please this is not nice for anyone to be using as a case study. The guy was good enough to open up everything in this forum. If you have answer, suggestions or advice then give, not to castigate him. The guy is looking for a solution that's why he ran here. I believe most people here are in the same shoes but just can't open up or be truthful to themselves because it's not pleasant to the ear.
I have a friend in Philippines who was previously denied of tourist visa to USA and also over stayed in the USA when finally granted, but she was still granted a Canadian student visa without rejection.

It's not just Nigeria these thing happen.

From the guy's statements, I believe he wasn't happy with the lies and he wasn't the one that submitted the application. I think when applying for USA visa you don't submit or upload documents apart from your passport. The only thing is the marriage, employment stuff and the mother's name.

Please do not castigate, rather provide solution and if you don't have solution, pass.

My thought tho

Good morning, please ,is it only canada and US share information as regards to application

My co centennial college applicants and main students pls let’s form a group .

Good morning everyone, this is my first time commenting in this trend however have been a passive read the trend and I find it informative.

I want to ask a question, I tried apply to a college and have been given pre acceptance letter and was asked to pay an enrollment fee then all possible documents will be sent to for visa application. But all this was before the pandemic, I am supposed to have paid since a month ago but I have as I really don't know the condition of everything right now. Asking if this you advise me to pay and continue the process or wait till the whole covid stuff is over. The resumption date is October 5. Thank you

I know of New Zealand Australia and UK share information with USA and Canada.
From my gcms notes

Chukwuemeka101:
Good morning, please ,is it only canada and US share information as regards to application

Alwaysgetbetter:
Hello everyone,

I’m just a newbie here (someone sent me a link to this thread) and I have been reading contents here I must say I’m impressed by the selfless replies and answers.

I have applied for schools in Canada and I’m awaiting admissions.

Please I have questions bothering me since days now.
I had been refused of USA visiting visa before like last year (around June). My uncle that sent the invitation was the one that did the application for me and there were a list of lies, such as married (while actually I wasn’t married), employed in an oil company with salary of about 400k per month (while I wasn’t working, in fact just graduated), and fake documents to serve as proofs. And my mother’s name was changed mistakenly. Although I questioned the whole lies but he said that would be the only way they could grand me the visa as they would serve as home ties. And he is the same man sponsoring me.

Now that I want to apply for study permit myself without lies and with legit documents, I’m afraid they might check my history.

Please I really need a candid advice from experience gurus here on what to do and how to explain this to the VO.

Has anyone had same issues and was offered study permit?

Please someone should answer me as I have asked several people but no head way and the last person I spoke to directed me here.

"The agreement authorizes development of arrangements under which the United States may send an automated request for data to Canada, such as when a third country national applies to the United States for a visa or claims asylum. Such a request would contain limited information, such as name and date of birth in the case of biographic sharing, or an anonymous fingerprint in the case of biometric sharing. If the identity matches that of a previous application, immigration information may be shared, such as whether the person has previously been refused a visa or removed from the other country. The same process would apply in reverse when a third country national applies to Canada for a visa or claims asylum. Biographic immigration information sharing is set to begin in 2013, and biometric sharing in 2014.

Under the agreement, information will not be shared regarding U.S. or Canadian citizens or permanent residents. Any information shared on travellers and asylum seekers will be handled responsibly and, as with other information sharing agreements, exchanged in accordance with relevant U.S. and Canadian laws".

Quoted from US Department of State website
https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/12/202065.htm

As for the solution, i think other experienced gurus here can help out.

ralfudoh:
I know of New Zealand Australia and UK share information with USA and Canada.
From my gcms notes

Alright thanks

This is a personal decision for you to make, no one will advise you to proceed or stop. Considering the current economic situation and high number of refusals coming in, it won't be a bad idea if you wait for things to settle down, plan for Winter or Spring resumption.

MavenMykael:
Good morning everyone, this is my first time commenting in this trend however have been a passive read the trend and I find it informative.

I want to ask a question, I tried apply to a college and have been given pre acceptance letter and was asked to pay an enrollment fee then all possible documents will be sent to for visa application. But all this was before the pandemic, I am supposed to have paid since a month ago but I have as I really don't know the condition of everything right now. Asking if this you advise me to pay and continue the process or wait till the whole covid stuff is over. The resumption date is October 5. Thank you

Pls someone should answer me na.
My SOP is currently 4 pages on font 12,Rimes new roman. Is it ok? Do i have to explain EVERY source of income?

Pee2Jay9:
People of God, pls how many pages should SOP be? Is there a preferred font style and size?

I want to get it right this first time

Morning everyone, so i took my time & went back to IRCC page and had to read everything slowly and even the Nigerian Advisory. I deduced things.
immigration is law and law supposedly have different interpretations. To pass the law, u must have fulfilled all possible conditions when weighed front/back or even sideways.
In my case, after checklisting, i was able to deduce the reasons for my first refusal, and even particularly for the second refusal (hopefully gscms notes will agree with the latter). It was glaringly both my bloody mistakes.
So my advice to us hopefuls, if you've got time, go back and read & digest things there slowly. You'll find out a whole lot we did wrongly. Still come back and lets all talk about it here.
My thoughts though..
i just got rejigged, man I'm not backing down on this journey.

Pls share the mistakes you agreed to have made.
It will advise us too.. Thanks alot for even sharing

Rollyxxmv:
Morning everyone, so i took my time & went back to IRCC page and had to read everything slowly and even the Nigerian Advisory. I deduced things.
immigration is law and law supposedly have different interpretations. To pass the law, u must have fulfilled all possible conditions when weighed front/back or even sideways.
In my case, after checklisting, i was able to deduce the reasons for my first refusal, and even particularly for the second refusal (hopefully gscms notes will agree with the latter). It was glaringly both my bloody mistakes.
So my advice to us hopefuls, if you've got time, go back and read & digest things there slowly. You'll find out a whole lot we did wrongly. Still come back and lets all talk about it here.
My thoughts though..
i just got rejigged, man I'm not backing down on this journey.

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Freelane33:
My co centennial college applicants and main students pls let’s form a group .

mcobex:
The conversion is not CIC's business, all they are interested in is that you have paid your tuition and have proof. So don't worry

Alright, Roger that,
Thanks for the Clarification @mcobex

ralfudoh:
I know of New Zealand Australia and UK share information with USA and Canada.
From my gcms notes

Hi dear, how did you explain this, was there any reference to your previous application in another country in your gcms note, please explain.

A link would have sufficed.

Rollyxxmv:
Morning everyone, so i took my time & went back to IRCC page and had to read everything slowly and even the Nigerian Advisory. I deduced things.
immigration is law and law supposedly have different interpretations. To pass the law, u must have fulfilled all possible conditions when weighed front/back or even sideways.
In my case, after checklisting, i was able to deduce the reasons for my first refusal, and even particularly for the second refusal (hopefully gscms notes will agree with the latter). It was glaringly both my bloody mistakes.
So my advice to us hopefuls, if you've got time, go back and read & digest things there slowly. You'll find out a whole lot we did wrongly. Still come back and lets all talk about it here.
My thoughts though..
i just got rejigged, man I'm not backing down on this journey.

https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/student.asp?countrySelect=NG#applications

Here's one. The second item is an advisory and in pdf form. Download

Tstunt:
A link would have sufficed.

oma22:


Abeg you and your cohorts should go and sit down! This thread is for prospective Canadian students to share info and lot for bitter people that they denied! Nigerians are too entitled for my liking. CIC does not owe you visa, if u apply and get, fine! If u don’t, reapply or try another country. Don’t come here and be talking rubbish. Every Nigerian student apply for Canadian study permit is not on Nairaland, the people on Nairaland are not even up to 10% of Nigerians applying. So the fact that people on Nairaland have been getting rejections of recent does not mean Canada does not want you or there system is not working. People will always quarrel when things don’t go their way! If u got visa now u wil say the system works, bro abeg let’s hear word. People are getting study permit from Nigeria everyday. People are are getting PR everyday. If u are not here to share info go to another thread and don’t bring negativity here.

Thanks.

Your view is something else! My study permit was approved on the 17th of March for Fall 2020. My husband also applied for his Open Work Permit in a joint application and was approved too. One time. Never applied before and we got it in one try.

I have not had a bad experience with IRCC but I’ll still say that they have not been transparent enough with the study permit process. I have read enough experiences to come to this conclusion. None of the visa processes is transparent for Africans. Every year we are denied for reasons that don’t make sense. People are told they don’t have sufficient funds even when they’ve shown evidence they do. Some are denied for not having home ties even when leaving a husband and children behind. If we’re going to be denied, we need more than a generic reason.

Visa applications are a racket in case you don’t know. Visa fees are a significant portion of revenue for consulates and embassies around the world. About 81% of applications from Nigeria are denied! You can’t tell me it’s unfair for people to be upset and bitter.

Here’s a link for more clarity.
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/qz.com/africa/1708714/canada-rejects-most-african-student-visa-applicants/amp/

First refusal reasons: Family ties and employment situation

I didn't include any proof family ties, meanwhile advisory says Family members birth cert, even if they're not accompanying you. I didn't also include any employment info, advisory stated otherwise

2nd refusal: the whole 5 generic reasons(Fam ties, employment, travel history, purpose, Finance status)

I retified the reasons for the first refusal, Only for me to include my POF which was 2-3months prior to my submission
Advisory says Up to date or at best 1month prior

Pee2Jay9:
Pls share the mistakes you agreed to have made.
It will advise us too.. Thanks alot for even sharing

TheBeat:

Do you know how to defer the admission? I got a mail from MUN that online delivery will be on used for this September. What program did you apply for?

I got a mail too.. but it was clearly written that if you plan to defer you should wait till August..I think you should contact your program supervisor for that.. I applied for Master’s in Employment Relations. You?

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Zika123:
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