Good evening Everyone.
I decided to enter the poll while praying for score to come down and taking French class.
Please should I go about getting Police report and reference from the company I worked for long at? and maybe POF.
Do I need to wait till I get ITA

Ok so this is a bit confusing. The link I saw in the morning didn’t specify “immigration application “

40manlappy:
https://twitter.com/citimmcanada/status/1308818421795246081?s=21

All the nba asked for was proof of payment of dues and practicing fee and letter of recommendation from a senior and respected lawyer. All this extra just sounds hectic. When I posted mine i used the NBA office as the sender's name and address.

Debbieeeeeee:

The latest requirement now is that you need a letter of introduction from the Secretary to the council of legal education to the Supreme Court which is 5k paid via remita then apply with call to bar , qualifying and undergraduate certificates , letter of application etc. The thing weak me too when I hear o because everyone I know got theirs without troubles but they’ve stiffened the process now.
Did you send yours to NCA? NCA is saying the issuing body should be the one to post to them not the individual so I’ll have to use Supreme courts courier

Prisscindy:


It's like buying black market dollars into a virtual card and it could be used to make online payment. There's no limit and yes, you pay in naira.

Okay thanks. Let me go and check it out

Toludebs:
Good evening Everyone.
I decided to enter the poll while praying for score to come down and taking French class.
Please should I go about getting Police report and reference from the company I worked for long at? and maybe POF.
Do I need to wait till I get ITA

police report is valid for 3 months only, you can get reference letter from your old company down. Pof at your discretion.

A very big congratulations to you.
All the best in the subsequent steps.

selenium:
IELTS results came in.

First attempt with 3 days of study.

My advice is prioritizing practice to tutorials. Read books (2 per week), listen to podcasts and try to summarize afterwards, make a habit of writing properly (most especially abbreviations) irrespective of the forum and most importantly, not being averse to corrections.

Wish success to everyone on the IELTS journey.

E wa bami gi ijo ope o, jesu o se!!!!


Timeline
IELTS: March 23rd,2019, LRWS: 8,7.5,7,7
ECA: April 18th, 2019, Masters degree
EE profile created: April 18th, 2019
CRS: 469
ITA: May 1st, 2019
AOR: June 8th, 2019.
MEP/BIL: July 16th, 2019.
PFL: February 5th, 2020
Automatic extension of Medicals: June 2nd, 2020.
PPR: September 23rd, 2020.
VO: Montreal

I heard about Canada EE from my friends when we were discussing alternative ways of settling abroad. I never really considered it initially because I was discouraged by the money and the thought of me writing IELTS exam was not entertaining.

Canada EE began to have roots in my mind when when I completed all my compulsory coursework PhD program and I was not interested in H1B Visa lottery wahala.

IELTS: I registered for IELTS exam in January and at the same time I was trying to turn in my Chapter one and Two of my dissertation, coupled with me going for conferences and moving to a new apartment. It was not easy but I survived. I wrote the exam on March 23rd, result was available by April 5th, LRSW 8,7.5,7,7.

ECA: I had already created a WES ICAP profile back in 2014 when I was applying to universities in USA. So I created another account for the ECA and called the customer care service to transfer all my transcripts to WES ECA. My transcript were transferred FOC and my younger brother helped with my WAEC result back in Nigeria. ECA report got completed on April 18, created my profile same day with score of 469.

References: I combined 4 different NOC. I was unable to get reference letter for NYSC (NOC 4031) but wrote the letter myself and notarized it, I attached my SOA to show salary deposit.
I also used my industrial training, was paid in cash (NOC 2282/1, June 2009-November 2009, 40hrs/week), submitted only the reference letter.
Family business, paid in cash (NOC 6211, June 2014 - July 2015, 40hrs/week), Attached salary deposit.
Research assistant (RA): My RA was broken down into four parts (September 2017-December 2017, 20hrs/week), (January 2018 - May 2018, 20hrs/week), (September 2018-December 2018, 15hrs/week), (January 2019 - April 2019, 10hrs/week).

PCC: I applied for UK PCC and it was pretty straightforward and easy.
Nigeria PCC: A friend helped me out with it.
US PCC: Easy and straightforward also.

Medicals: I had already booked for medicals weeks before ITA. I live in Louisiana, I had to do a 8hrs drive down to Houston (to and fro, longest drive I’ve ever done).

Fund: I received 100% funding from my dad’s business account. I never knew wire transfers could be that stressful, the agent took over 2 weeks after the money has been cleared from my dad’s account. Submitted a gift deed with it. I submitted all my account and credit card statement.

I raised 3 webform, 1st webform: To submit Bank letter, I initially submitted just my 6 months statement of account, 2nd webform: I had a UK visa refusal back in 2011, submitted the letter, 3rd wedform: I submitted my RA work experience Paystub.

Regarding the Research Assistant reference letter i submitted for my application. I realised that i forgot to mention an extra $600 which reflects on my paystub for January 2018. I initially had a Research assistantship with another department (Same job duties) for January 2018, submitted my timesheet for that month and was paid $600 but i later moved to my current department when i received a better offer of $1250/month.
This explains the discrepancy between what was stated in my Reference letter and Paystub.

Received a Procedural Fairness Letter on February 5th regarding notarized NYSC letter I submitted, I was given 7days to respond. I was in a dilemma because I knew no-one living in Brass Island, Bayelsa state. But after pleading my cause throughout several forums, I was able to locate a friend who knew a friend who also knew a friend living in Brass Island. That was how I submitted the original reference letter and stamped statement of account on February 12th.

Ordered GCMS note in August and I was relieved to see Eligibility met, just waiting on final approval.

I tried calling them this morning but it was not going through, I later had to give up not knowing that 20 minutes later I was going to receive the approval email.

ednut1:
police report is valid for 3 months only, you can get reference letter of your old company down. Pof at your discretion.

Thank you very much Sensei

Teamo2:
E wa bami gi ijo ope o, jesu o se!!!!


Timeline
IELTS: March 23rd,2019, LRWS: 8,7.5,7,7
ECA: April 18th, 2019, Masters degree
EE profile created: April 18th, 2019
CRS: 469
ITA: May 1st, 2019
AOR: June 8th, 2019.
MEP/BIL: July 16th, 2019.
PFL: February 5th, 2020
Automatic extension of Medicals: June 2nd, 2020.
PPR: September 23rd, 2020.
VO: Montreal

I heard about Canada EE from my friends when we were discussing alternative ways of settling abroad. I never really considered it initially because I was discouraged by the money and the thought of me writing IELTS exam was not entertaining.

Canada EE began to have roots in my mind when when I completed all my compulsory coursework PhD program and I was not interested in H1B Visa lottery wahala.

IELTS: I registered for IELTS exam in January and at the same time I was trying to turn in my Chapter one and Two of my dissertation, coupled with me going for conferences and moving to a new apartment. It was not easy but I survived. I wrote the exam on March 23rd, result was available by April 5th, LRSW 8,7.5,7,7.

ECA: I had already created a WES ICAP profile back in 2014 when I was applying to universities in USA. So I created another account for the ECA and called the customer care service to transfer all my transcripts to WES ECA. My transcript were transferred FOC and my younger brother helped with my WAEC result back in Nigeria. ECA report got completed on April 18, created my profile same day with score of 469.

References: I combined 4 different NOC. I was unable to get reference letter for NYSC (NOC 4031) but wrote the letter myself and notarized it, I attached my SOA to show salary deposit.
I also used my industrial training, was paid in cash (NOC 2282/1, June 2009-November 2009, 40hrs/week), submitted only the reference letter.
Family business, paid in cash (NOC 6211, June 2014 - July 2015, 40hrs/week), Attached salary deposit.
Research assistant (RA): My RA was broken down into four parts (September 2017-December 2017, 20hrs/week), (January 2018 - May 2018, 20hrs/week), (September 2018-December 2018, 15hrs/week), (January 2019 - April 2019, 10hrs/week).

PCC: I applied for UK PCC and it was pretty straightforward and easy.
Nigeria PCC: A friend helped me out with it.
US PCC: Easy and straightforward also.

Medicals: I had already booked for medicals weeks before ITA. I live in Louisiana, I had to do a 8hrs drive down to Houston (longest drive I’ve ever done).

Fund: I received 100% funding from my dad’s business account. I never knew wire transfers could be that stressful, the agent took over 2 weeks after the money has been cleared from my dad’s account. Submitted a gift deed with it. I submitted all my account and credit card statement.

I raised 3 webform, 1st webform: To submit Bank letter, I initially submitted just my 6 months statement of account, 2nd webform: I had a UK visa refusal back in 2011, submitted the letter, 3rd wedform: I submitted my RA work experience Paystub.

Regarding the Research Assistant reference letter i submitted for my application. I realised that i forgot to mention an extra $600 which reflects on my paystub for January 2018. I initially had a Research assistantship with another department (Same job duties) for January 2018, submitted my timesheet for that month and was paid $600 but i later moved to my current department when i received a better offer of $1250/month.
This explains the discrepancy between what was stated in my Reference letter and Paystub.

Received a Procedural Fairness Letter on February 5th regarding notarized NYSC letter I submitted, I was given 7days to respond. I was in a dilemma because I knew no-one living in Brass Island, Bayelsa state. But after pleading my cause throughout several forums, I was able to locate a friend who knew a friend who also knew a friend living in Brass Island. That was how I submitted the original reference letter and stamped statement of account on February 12th.

Ordered GCMS note in August and I was relieved to see Eligibility met, just waiting on final approval.

I tried calling them this morning but it was not going through, I later had to give up not knowing that 20 minutes later I was going to receive the approval email.

Congratulations!

Teamo2:
E wa bami gi ijo ope o

Congratulations Teamo2!

[quote author=Teamo2 post=94234422]E wa bami gi ijo ope o, jesu o se!!!!
Congratulations!!!

Congratulations!!!

Teamo2:
E wa bami gi ijo ope o, jesu o se!!!!

DebbieWilliams:


Primary NOC Has to be at least one year work experience. Which is your primary NOC 1221 or 6235?

1221

Teamo2:
E wa bami gi ijo ope o, jesu o se!!!!


Timeline
IELTS: March 23rd,2019, LRWS: 8,7.5,7,7
ECA: April 18th, 2019, Masters degree
EE profile created: April 18th, 2019
CRS: 469
ITA: May 1st, 2019
AOR: June 8th, 2019.
MEP/BIL: July 16th, 2019.
PFL: February 5th, 2020
Automatic extension of Medicals: June 2nd, 2020.
PPR: September 23rd, 2020.
VO: Montreal

I heard about Canada EE from my friends when we were discussing alternative ways of settling abroad. I never really considered it initially because I was discouraged by the money and the thought of me writing IELTS exam was not entertaining.

Canada EE began to have roots in my mind when when I completed all my compulsory coursework PhD program and I was not interested in H1B Visa lottery wahala.

IELTS: I registered for IELTS exam in January and at the same time I was trying to turn in my Chapter one and Two of my dissertation, coupled with me going for conferences and moving to a new apartment. It was not easy but I survived. I wrote the exam on March 23rd, result was available by April 5th, LRSW 8,7.5,7,7.

ECA: I had already created a WES ICAP profile back in 2014 when I was applying to universities in USA. So I created another account for the ECA and called the customer care service to transfer all my transcripts to WES ECA. My transcript were transferred FOC and my younger brother helped with my WAEC result back in Nigeria. ECA report got completed on April 18, created my profile same day with score of 469.

References: I combined 4 different NOC. I was unable to get reference letter for NYSC (NOC 4031) but wrote the letter myself and notarized it, I attached my SOA to show salary deposit.
I also used my industrial training, was paid in cash (NOC 2282/1, June 2009-November 2009, 40hrs/week), submitted only the reference letter.
Family business, paid in cash (NOC 6211, June 2014 - July 2015, 40hrs/week), Attached salary deposit.
Research assistant (RA): My RA was broken down into four parts (September 2017-December 2017, 20hrs/week), (January 2018 - May 2018, 20hrs/week), (September 2018-December 2018, 15hrs/week), (January 2019 - April 2019, 10hrs/week).

PCC: I applied for UK PCC and it was pretty straightforward and easy.
Nigeria PCC: A friend helped me out with it.
US PCC: Easy and straightforward also.

Medicals: I had already booked for medicals weeks before ITA. I live in Louisiana, I had to do a 8hrs drive down to Houston (longest drive I’ve ever done).

Fund: I received 100% funding from my dad’s business account. I never knew wire transfers could be that stressful, the agent took over 2 weeks after the money has been cleared from my dad’s account. Submitted a gift deed with it. I submitted all my account and credit card statement.

I raised 3 webform, 1st webform: To submit Bank letter, I initially submitted just my 6 months statement of account, 2nd webform: I had a UK visa refusal back in 2011, submitted the letter, 3rd wedform: I submitted my RA work experience Paystub.

Regarding the Research Assistant reference letter i submitted for my application. I realised that i forgot to mention an extra $600 which reflects on my paystub for January 2018. I initially had a Research assistantship with another department (Same job duties) for January 2018, submitted my timesheet for that month and was paid $600 but i later moved to my current department when i received a better offer of $1250/month.
This explains the discrepancy between what was stated in my Reference letter and Paystub.

Received a Procedural Fairness Letter on February 5th regarding notarized NYSC letter I submitted, I was given 7days to respond. I was in a dilemma because I knew no-one living in Brass Island, Bayelsa state. But after pleading my cause throughout several forums, I was able to locate a friend who knew a friend who also knew a friend living in Brass Island. That was how I submitted the original reference letter and stamped statement of account on February 12th.

Ordered GCMS note in August and I was relieved to see Eligibility met, just waiting on final approval.

I tried calling them this morning but it was not going through, I later had to give up not knowing that 20 minutes later I was going to receive the approval email.

congratulations ooo, but please i want to ask, do i have to send my nysc reference letter too, because i dont understand ooo. do i have to also send all my work experience incurred all through my life post nysc or only my current work experience which covers my needed work experience

Thanks,I submitted my NYSC reference letter because it was part of the 3years work experience for the points I gained.

Grreenk:



congratulations ooo, but please i want to ask, do i have to send my nysc reference letter too, because i dont understand ooo. do i have to also send all my work experience incurred all through my life post nysc or only my current work experience which covers my needed work experience

Teamo2:
E wa bami gi ijo ope o, jesu o se!!!!


Timeline
IELTS: March 23rd,2019, LRWS: 8,7.5,7,7
ECA: April 18th, 2019, Masters degree
EE profile created: April 18th, 2019
CRS: 469
ITA: May 1st, 2019
AOR: June 8th, 2019.
MEP/BIL: July 16th, 2019.
PFL: February 5th, 2020
Automatic extension of Medicals: June 2nd, 2020.
PPR: September 23rd, 2020.
VO: Montre

Congratulations

Teamo2:
E wa bami gi ijo ope o, jesu o se!!!!

Timeline
CRS: 469
ITA: May 1st, 2019
AOR: June 8th, 2019.
MEP/BIL: July 16th, 2019.
PFL: February 5th, 2020
Automatic extension of Medicals: June 2nd, 2020.
PPR: September 23rd, 2020.
VO: Montreal

References: I combined 4 different NOC. I was unable to get reference letter for NYSC (NOC 4031) but wrote the letter myself and notarized it, I attached my SOA to show salary deposit.

Received a Procedural Fairness Letter on February 5th regarding notarized NYSC letter I submitted, I was given 7days to respond. I was in a dilemma because I knew no-one living in Brass Island, Bayelsa state. But after pleading my cause throughout several forums, I was able to locate a friend who knew a friend who also knew a friend living in Brass Island. That was how I submitted the original reference letter and stamped statement of account on February 12th.

Wow! Congratulations!!

Thank God for friends of friends of friends who are willing to help!!!

Thanks for sharing your story...one lesson from it is that anyone planning to leave out their ref letter and send a self written notarized one should reconsider.

A good tip for people who can't get a ref letter from their far off NYSC schools in the 2nd paragraph of this post:

https://www.nairaland.com/5471101/canadian-express-entry-federal-skilled/351#86410661

lawyerintransit:
All the nba asked for was proof of payment of dues and practicing fee and letter of recommendation from a senior and respected lawyer. All this extra just sounds hectic. When I posted mine i used the NBA office as the sender's name and address.

Hectic is the word o because I’m stressed out I can’t even think about it straight. They just started this whole new system now because they issued letter to counterfeit lawyers in the past without due verification so everything must pass through law school now confirming your status before Supreme Court will write.

Teamo2:
E wa bami gi ijo ope o, jesu o se!!!!


Timeline
IELTS: March 23rd,2019, LRWS: 8,7.5,7,7
ECA: April 18th, 2019, Masters degree
EE profile created: April 18th, 2019
CRS: 469
ITA: May 1st, 2019
AOR: June 8th, 2019.
MEP/BIL: July 16th, 2019.
PFL: February 5th, 2020
Automatic extension of Medicals: June 2nd, 2020.
PPR: September 23rd, 2020.
VO: Montreal

Congratulations!!!

Debbieeeeeee:

Hopefully it will reduce , it has been reducing so let’s hope it keeps reducing. If you can learn French And take the exams that’ll be an advantage too.

I’ll say get in the pool once your eca & IELTS on both sides are in , so at least if points go lower than 470 you’re selected.

Pls do you have an idea or know a link where I can get breakdown of TEF scores so as o know what grade will give like 30more points to a 458 CRS? Thanks!

Hydra1:


Thanks a lot @mamaroon
I am pre ITA (471) and I have a receipt for the fx transaction but I also noticed the name of acct holder (bdc operator) I paid to, is different from that on the receipt I was given. Hope not an issue?
Although the entire transaction from liquidation of tbill to crediting new Dom acct happened within 48hrs.
Thanks for indulging me, just trying to be extra careful.

Forgive me for responding like a lawyer, but in general it may be best to avoid including anything that will confuse rather than enlighten the VO.

You still have option 2.

ExpressEntry:


Pls do you have an idea or know a link where I can get breakdown of TEF scores so as o know what grade will give like 30more points to a 458 CRS? Thanks!

It's in the first link of the very first post of the TEF thread

https://www.nairaland.com/4672912/all-tef-candidates-canada-immigration#70227147

Teamo2 huge congratulations �

ExpressEntry:


Pls do you have an idea or know a link where I can get breakdown of TEF scores so as o know what grade will give like 30more points to a 458 CRS? Thanks!

https://immilist.com/tef-to-clb-converter/

This may be helpful

Congratulations

Teamo2:
E wa bami gi ijo ope o, jesu o se!!!!


Timeline
IELTS: March 23rd,2019, LRWS: 8,7.5,7,7
ECA: April 18th, 2019, Masters degree
EE profile created: April 18th, 2019
CRS: 469
ITA: May 1st, 2019
AOR: June 8th, 2019.
MEP/BIL: July 16th, 2019.
PFL: February 5th, 2020
Automatic extension of Medicals: June 2nd, 2020.
PPR: September 23rd, 2020.
VO: Montreal

I heard about Canada EE from my friends when we were discussing alternative ways of settling abroad. I never really considered it initially because I was discouraged by the money and the thought of me writing IELTS exam was not entertaining.

Canada EE began to have roots in my mind when when I completed all my compulsory coursework PhD program and I was not interested in H1B Visa lottery wahala.

IELTS: I registered for IELTS exam in January and at the same time I was trying to turn in my Chapter one and Two of my dissertation, coupled with me going for conferences and moving to a new apartment. It was not easy but I survived. I wrote the exam on March 23rd, result was available by April 5th, LRSW 8,7.5,7,7.

ECA: I had already created a WES ICAP profile back in 2014 when I was applying to universities in USA. So I created another account for the ECA and called the customer care service to transfer all my transcripts to WES ECA. My transcript were transferred FOC and my younger brother helped with my WAEC result back in Nigeria. ECA report got completed on April 18, created my profile same day with score of 469.

References: I combined 4 different NOC. I was unable to get reference letter for NYSC (NOC 4031) but wrote the letter myself and notarized it, I attached my SOA to show salary deposit.
I also used my industrial training, was paid in cash (NOC 2282/1, June 2009-November 2009, 40hrs/week), submitted only the reference letter.
Family business, paid in cash (NOC 6211, June 2014 - July 2015, 40hrs/week), Attached salary deposit.
Research assistant (RA): My RA was broken down into four parts (September 2017-December 2017, 20hrs/week), (January 2018 - May 2018, 20hrs/week), (September 2018-December 2018, 15hrs/week), (January 2019 - April 2019, 10hrs/week).

PCC: I applied for UK PCC and it was pretty straightforward and easy.
Nigeria PCC: A friend helped me out with it.
US PCC: Easy and straightforward also.

Medicals: I had already booked for medicals weeks before ITA. I live in Louisiana, I had to do a 8hrs drive down to Houston (longest drive I’ve ever done).

Fund: I received 100% funding from my dad’s business account. I never knew wire transfers could be that stressful, the agent took over 2 weeks after the money has been cleared from my dad’s account. Submitted a gift deed with it. I submitted all my account and credit card statement.

I raised 3 webform, 1st webform: To submit Bank letter, I initially submitted just my 6 months statement of account, 2nd webform: I had a UK visa refusal back in 2011, submitted the letter, 3rd wedform: I submitted my RA work experience Paystub.

Regarding the Research Assistant reference letter i submitted for my application. I realised that i forgot to mention an extra $600 which reflects on my paystub for January 2018. I initially had a Research assistantship with another department (Same job duties) for January 2018, submitted my timesheet for that month and was paid $600 but i later moved to my current department when i received a better offer of $1250/month.
This explains the discrepancy between what was stated in my Reference letter and Paystub.

Received a Procedural Fairness Letter on February 5th regarding notarized NYSC letter I submitted, I was given 7days to respond. I was in a dilemma because I knew no-one living in Brass Island, Bayelsa state. But after pleading my cause throughout several forums, I was able to locate a friend who knew a friend who also knew a friend living in Brass Island. That was how I submitted the original reference letter and stamped statement of account on February 12th.

Ordered GCMS note in August and I was relieved to see Eligibility met, just waiting on final approval.

I tried calling them this morning but it was not going through, I later had to give up not knowing that 20 minutes later I was going to receive the approval email.

Teamo2 Congratulations

Ohh thanks a lot. Please can l pm you?

Debbieeeeeee:

It’s better to do the process when you’re on ground not when you leave and anyone you send starts to take advantage or wasting your time unnecessarily. It can be done anytime but I’ve started mine now and what I have outstanding is this letter of good standing from SC

achmed1:
Hey guys I need some advice... submitted oinp application recently...went back to check again and noticed a small mistake...

Under a section were we indicate how much is available to us as settlement funds I indicated 12900 cad instead of 12960 cad Which is ircc requirement for a single applicant.

Although my pof as per documents submitted and letter of explanation is well in excess of the required amount.

Should I be worried? or do I contact them to make the correction?

Had same issue (OINP too) and I only realized weeks after submission when I was just freestyling through my downloaded application. Got worried but certificate of nomination came out the following week. I think if evidence of POF is up to required, you have no worries.

Mamaroon:


Forgive me for responding like a lawyer, but in general it may be best to avoid including anything that will confuse rather than enlighten the VO.

You still have option 2.

Thanks, you've been helpful!

Hellvicks:


Had same issue (OINP too) and I only realized weeks after submission when I was just freestyling through my downloaded application. Got worried but certificate of nomination came out the following week. I think if evidence of POF is up to required, you have no worries.

Thanks, I already sent a mail to them just in case and they have confirmed receipt.

Toludebs:


Congratulations!

You can't just quote the whole PPR store and say 'Congratulations'

If everybody does this, will there be space on this thread? Please go and reduce what you quoted.
And you too @Grreenk.

Thank you.