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Thanks a lot @ Bullstriker

bullstriker:
I don’t know if Nairaland has a thread for Spouse or Common-law partner sponsorship. But you can’t go wrong with the checklist. You can apply under family class or in-Canada class. The latter allows you to apply for an open work permit while your PR is processed, while unlike the latter, the former will enable you to appeal the decision if your application is refused.
You can now submit your application online.

Happy married life!

Thank you so much @ Tenderjunkie.

tenderjunkie:

You can ask in the living in Canada thread.

Here's the link

https://nairaland.unblockandhide.com/4933819/living-canada-life-canadian-immigrant/717

Good morning all, I came to Canada last year through study visa, got married here this year and trying to change my status. Please can someone direct me on the correct thread to find people in my shoes in this nairaland. Just like student visa thread.
I need the list of documents apart from the checklist.
Thank you

If I was to advise I would say, leave at least 80 to 90% of your POF in your at least 4months before you print your SOA.
This is to avoid explanation of lumpsum in your SOP.
If you can't wait, then you have to explain it very well in your SOP in away the VO will understand and also believe your truth.

isioefe:
Hi, guys. I am currently working on my Canadian application using the study permit route and do currently have some questions. I saved most of my money in dollars using a crypto exchange to edge against the naira inflation. I got these funds via freelancing as a software engineer for years. Now I am bringing the funds back to my naira so that I can apply for my Canadian visa in a week's time, I have gotten most of my documents ready except the SOP part that explains my proof of funds. Kindly advise on how best I can go about it. Thanks.

Ok. Thank you Johnstan

johnstan:


Depending on your location, check FB marketplace for student sublets, thats where I got mine after weeks of searching.

If you're buoyant enough reach out to housing agencies around and get a private room in a shared apartment. Doon is over an hr bus from my city so I'm not sure about housing around there.

That question is still open, I'll appreciate any contribution you add.
Nevertheless, I think people here don't have much experience about it, so google will be my friend on this one.

Oluwaloniglory7:
Army have you done your study permit extension? I sent you multiple email through nairaland private message I believe you are busy or what? Please kindly update me or the house how you go about the process.


We need one and other for sharing info like what you are asking johnstan.

Johnstan I don find u taya.
I'm looking for a room or shared apartment.
My campus is Doon. I'm tired of paying hotel bills.
I sent you an email few weeks ago. I need your pls 🙏

johnstan:
It's been a while I've been here. The reality in Canada was not as I envisaged but we give God the glory for the last 8 months I've been here.

There have been times I questioned if I did the right thing and times I was confident I did the right thing. Canada is designed to reward the SMART ones and not just the average HARDWORKER. Don't get me wrong, if you work hard you will surely be rewarded, however, you might continue in that endless loop whle the smart ones are soaring.

Our social media content creators unfortunately paint a perfect picture of life in Canada and prevent people from preparing adequately before arrival. The housing crisis, the lack of student jobs, the cost of living (especially if you depend on the Naira cos of no jobs) etc, is not a joke.

In all, it's a beautiful place especially in the summer and extremely cold in the winter. Basic amenities are present so you don't worry about basic things really.

Comparing life over here with life back home, it's way better once you're settled and finacially equipped so don't be discouraged in pursuing your dreams.

Feel free to shoot me questions and I'll gladly answer. Please don't send me emails cos chances are that I wouldn't see them.

URGENT!!!
🙏Somebody please help.
Who's looking for a female roommate around Kitchener, not more than 450cad.
Or a single room not more than 650cad.
Anybody currently @ Conestoga Kitchener please help me.
@Tenderjunkie
@Johnstan
And anybody that can help please do 🙏

🙏Somebody please help.
Who's looking for a female roommate around Kitchener, not more than 450cad.
Or a single room not more than 650cad.
Anybody currently @ Conestoga Kitchener please help me.
@Tenderjunkie
@Johnstan
And anybody that can help please do 🙏

Hello good people, please do anyone have an available room or shared apartment for rent in Kitchener, close to Doon Campus? (I am single)
If yes, please can you also state the amount here🙏.
I've already checked Kijiji. I hope to get something cheaper , plus I would prefer a fellow Nigerian as a roommate or flat mate.

Hello good people, please do anyone have a room or shared apartment for rent in Kitchener, close to Doon Campus? (I am single)
If yes, please can you also state the amount here🙏.
I've already checked Kijiji. I hope to get something cheaper , plus I would prefer a fellow Nigerian as a roommate or flat mate.

Thank you.
By sending a mail.

Markish:


Hi Dear,
Your journey story was quite refreshing.
I will be coming to Ontario soon for school, how do I you directly?

I've replied.

tega419:


hello army 2022 i am exactly in your shoes i sent a mail please reply

Thank you very much

Gentlesoul3268:
I just watched it on YouTube online now you will follow the process you did initially when you applied for your stupid permit, Just Yes and No to some questionaire question if applicable to you like you YES to you are applying inside CANADA.

I think the POF required depending the length of your study left at the time you apply for extension.

Someone please help , I'm already in Canada. I've checked ircc website but didn't see anything like POF for visa extension.
I have my new port, I want to apply for visa extension as my old port will expire soon.
Is 15kcad pof enough to show for visa extension? Is POF required? If yes, how much cad or how many years POF is required.
2yrs course, but I've paid for 1st semester which will start by Sept.

Army2022:
Good morning all.
Landing gist. (#Read the story,forget the grammatical mistakes)
I applied for SP October 2022 for January resumption, got my PPR end of January 2023 (a week after Deferral to Sept2023 was approved).

Left 9ja this week through Ethiopian airlines.
Checked in my luggage (paid for extra)
I regretted wearing canvas, got tired of pulling it off at security checks ( if you can wear slippers, please do to save yourself the stress).

Yea...I was so surprised as my back bag was not even weighed, I wish I had added more things to it (hiss).

The journey was so smooth, but it was the Longest journey of my life, I even cried sef.
We left Los at past 1pm, got to Addis Ababa 9pm and immediately checked in to another flight and continued our journey.
At 5am we stopped at Dublin to refuel(it seems this took UpTo an hour, I'm not sure), but nobody left the plane. 😁 Through the window I saw plenty cows feeding near their airport.

After flying for about what looked like forever...I don't know if it was because of the long journey or because I began to miss my parents, but shaar uncontrollable tears began to drop.

😁They used food and drinks to finish us in that journey!
I slept throughout, I only wake up to eat.
The routine was, sleep, wake-up,go back to sleep, wake-up to more food and drinks 😄.

Finally we landed in Toronto, very beautiful airport. I asked questions and proceeded to get Study permit .
Hmmm So many students, of which 98% were Indians.
Ehen, they didn't even ask us any question. Our LOI was collected, few minutes later they gave me a paper. I asked the officer what next, he said that's your sp, you can go. Wow, just like that? I was supprised!

Then I proceeded to locate my luggage, checked into my next flight to Alberta(to be with fam before sch resumes). Mehn...4hrs flight again? Same country ooo! I became sick, nearly threw up, feverish etc. I became 95% healed at the sight of my nephews and nieces running to hug auntie at the airport.
Canada is very big abeg.

Weather experience.
*First of all As I'm typing this, one of my nose is blocked😄.
*8pm sun still shines! Wow
9pm be like 9ja's 5pm
This is so amazing!!

*The breeze is so cold like ice. And it's windy, this is the only thing I dislike.(because it makes me dress as if it's winter😄, which leaves me wondering how scary winter is going to be)
I don't know if I should still go ahead and change my dli from Ontario to Alberta, mehn this their weather scares the hell out of me.

*All their restaurants I've been to reads "wait to be seated" nawaoo.
*Neat rides, big cars, beautiful cars. The city I'm in and it's environ is amazing 😍
*Everybody I've come across is polite and friendly.

* This country is very big, it will contain all of us.

Good luck to all the PPR hopeful.
To those who got rejected, get your gcms note, correct your errors,do the right thing, reapply and get your PPR asap. No time, because Canada needs us.

To all the Guru's here, please help
I have my new port, I want to apply for visa extension as my old port will expire soon.
Is 15kcad pof enough to show for visa extension?
2yrs course, but I've paid for 1st semester which will start by Sept.
Thank you nairaland😍

Thank you. Soon you'll tell your story too

chrisifeanyi:


Good morning, may God prosper you exceedingly. I feel like I'm there already with you. I can't wait to you. Stay blessed always.

This truth is scary 🥶

HonourableJoe:
If my guess is right, you landed couple of days ago. If it was before the rain then for the weather aspect, wait for winter lol. If about 18°c cause blocked nose then i cannot imagine what -35°c and -40°c will do.

Congratulations on your arrival

Thank you.
I've replied your mail

Officialarhnie:


Congratulations… please check your mail

Good morning all.
Landing gist. (#Read the story,forget the grammatical mistakes)
I applied for SP October 2022 for January resumption, got my PPR end of January 2023 (a week after Deferral to Sept2023 was approved).

Left 9ja this week through Ethiopian airlines.
Checked in my luggage (paid for extra)
I regretted wearing canvas, got tired of pulling it off at security checks ( if you can wear slippers, please do to save yourself the stress).

Yea...I was so surprised as my back bag was not even weighed, I wish I had added more things to it (hiss).

The journey was so smooth, but it was the Longest journey of my life, I even cried sef.
We left Los at past 1pm, got to Addis Ababa 9pm and immediately checked in to another flight and continued our journey.
At 5am we stopped at Dublin to refuel(it seems this took UpTo an hour, I'm not sure), but nobody left the plane. 😁 Through the window I saw plenty cows feeding near their airport.

After flying for about what looked like forever...I don't know if it was because of the long journey or because I began to miss my parents, but shaar uncontrollable tears began to drop.

😁They used food and drinks to finish us in that journey!
I slept throughout, I only wake up to eat.
The routine was, sleep, wake-up,go back to sleep, wake-up to more food and drinks 😄.

Finally we landed in Toronto, very beautiful airport. I asked questions and proceeded to get Study permit .
Hmmm So many students, of which 98% were Indians.
Ehen, they didn't even ask us any question. Our LOI was collected, few minutes later they gave me a paper. I asked the officer what next, he said that's your sp, you can go. Wow, just like that? I was supprised!

Then I proceeded to locate my luggage, checked into my next flight to Alberta(to be with fam before sch resumes). Mehn...4hrs flight again? Same country ooo! I became sick, nearly threw up, feverish etc. I became 95% healed at the sight of my nephews and nieces running to hug auntie at the airport.
Canada is very big abeg.

Weather experience.
*First of all As I'm typing this, one of my nose is blocked😄.
*8pm sun still shines! Wow
9pm be like 9ja's 5pm
This is so amazing!!

*The breeze is so cold like ice. And it's windy, this is the only thing I dislike.(because it makes me dress as if it's winter😄, which leaves me wondering how scary winter is going to be)
I don't know if I should still go ahead and change my dli from Ontario to Alberta, mehn this their weather scares the hell out of me.

*All their restaurants I've been to reads "wait to be seated" nawaoo.
*Neat rides, big cars, beautiful cars. The city I'm in and it's environ is amazing 😍
*Everybody I've come across is polite and friendly.

* This country is very big, it will contain all of us.

Good luck to all the PPR hopeful.
To those who got rejected, get your gcms note, correct your errors,do the right thing, reapply and get your PPR asap. No time, because Canada needs us.

To all the Guru's here, please help
I have my new port, I want to apply for visa extension as my old port will expire soon.
Is 15kcad pof enough to show for visa extension?
2yrs course, but I've paid for 1st semester which will start by Sept.
Thank you nairaland😍

Good evening all. Please who's traveling this month? I wish I can find a travel buddy.

Under POF

Letusconnect:
Hello

Please, for those that got PPR. Did you attach school fees deposit receipt under Proof of funds or under Letter of Acceptance ?

Submit the two . When I did mine i submitted more than 2 statements sef.

sainaF:
Please guys i want to transfer lump sum from my saving in zenith bank to my maim in Gtb. Please do i need to print bank statements for the 2 banks or i can just explain that the lump sum is from my savings . Thank you for all you do here!

Hahahahaha "wear clean boxers" omg 😂🤣😂🤣😅😅

Zane2point4:


International port
Recipt of payment
Medical form sheet or booking sheet printed from ur page.
Go with pen,
Wear a clean boxers you will UnCloth
Go very early

Congratulations.
Send it again.

wasiubello:
Urgent Attention Needed. I did upfront medical on the 15th of this month and ed to them through webform. Then, yesterday being 23rd. I receive medical form letter requesting for medical examination.

Please what do I do since I have done my medicals few days ago

Send your e-medical sheet to ircc through webform. Finish.

toeyeen:


How can I if the doctor has ed my medical result? I explained the urgency of the situation to the doctor that examined me, and he assured me that he would it. However, I don't want to solely rely on his assurance. Is there a way to confirm if my medical result has indeed been ed?

Wow, congratulations

daisy1:
PPR ALERT!!

My PPR came in today at 7am.

I am a first time applicant and I have had  a USA B1 visa refusal before.

BACKGROUND
My initial target was to go to the UK to school because everyone I spoke to said Canada was hard to get into. Last year I applied to about 5 schools, 2 in UK and 3 in Canada.

Fanshawe responded really quickly, I almost didn't take it as I wanted George Brown, they had a course a bit closer to what I currently do, but one mind was like, just take what you see first, so I accepted their offer and I paid 9k CAD using my GTBank USD card.  2-3 months later, none of the other schools I applied to accepted me, George brown I really wanted, said my study gap was more than 5 years as the last time I was in school was in 2011.

I then came on nairaland and I read as much as I could from here, I even asked questions and I got responses. In my case, I have a fulltime job and 2 different side gigs, that pay me monthly so I needed to know if this would not affect me as I am self-funded.

THE APPLICATION

I did not need to write IELTS or my documents via WES.
My application to Fanshawe was done via www.applyboard.com.
I wrote my SOP myself, ensuring that I use headlines to break it so that it doesn't become a long read. One key thing I did here was explain how as an ing graduate, I pivoted into Marketing. I treated my SOP as a story, ensuring that I hit the high notes really quickly without boring or oversharing irrelevant information. The headlines and a brief synopsis for what each section contains can be found below:

YOUR NAME
The Visa Officer,
Deputy High Commission of Canada,
Lagos Nigeria.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

- Introduction: In this section, I gave my name, a bit of my educational background and the course I want to go and study in Canada. I ended this section with saying how this course will improve my career

ABOUT ME
In this section, I gave some info about my family, If you are married, state that, have kids, state it here

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
in this section, I gave more information about my education, I only have a BSC in ing, so to set the ball rolling for why I want to take a different path in my studies, I stated why I am making the switch to a different course of study.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
in this section, I talked about my work experience, showing a clear progression of my career from after university to date.

REASONS FOR PURSUING (INSERT YOUR COURSE NAME HERE) COURSE IN CANADA
here I talked about why pursuing this course in Canada was important to me, in my case it was very important to get an additional degree in the field I currently work in, if I wanted to advance in my career.

WHY FANSHAWE COLLEGE IN CANADA?
ExIplain why you chose this school and not any other. It would be great to look through your school's website and find out what makes them standout and add it in this section.

SPONSORSHIP OF MY CANADA STUDY TRIP
Explain who is sponsoring the trip, if you are self sponsored like me, state how much you earn monthly, if you paid any part of your fees, state it here, state how much you have kept aside for upkeep. If you are sponsored by someone, tell the story about why this person will pay your fees, show a clear relationship and also state their monthly revenue or salary.

MY FUTURE PLAN
here I talked about what I will do with the Canadian degree when I return to Nigeria

Overall, Make sure you stick to the point, tell a clear story about your life. The general rule of thumb for font size/type on SOP is times new roman, size 12 with a line spacing of 1.5 (I don't know if this is important, but it does make your writeup look neater.

THE SUBMISSION
I submitted my application on March 30, these are documents I submitted
I used the GCKey portal to submit.
- All the IMM forms
- Letter of acceptance
- port
- Digital photo
- Medical e-sheet
- Proof of funds (MBS for my USD as well as MBS for my Naira , Payment receipt from Flywire to fanshawe)
- Client Information (see all the documents below)
- SOP
- Invoices I sent to clients for my side gig
- My Payoneer print out (if you are a freelancer, you will know what this is)
- A picture of my car
- My car ownership papers
- My old scheghen visa
-My full time job contract showing clearly that I am still going to be working for them, I am not on leave. This was my home tie. I did not need a study leave letter because of this.
- Shares certificate I received from this fulltime job.

THE WAIT
This is the timeline after submission
- Upfront medical IOM - March 20
- Apllication was submitted - March 30
- Confirmation of application - March 31
- Biometrics letter - March 31
Biometrics done - April 5
Then silence...
I scheduled emails via my gmail to send to the IRCC emails, Newyork, beijing, nairobi at least once a day. I just scheduled the email for 10 days in like 1 hour and I just left it, same email no changes and my subject line was URGENT - STUDY PERMIT.
May 30 - Medical ed
June 8 - Correspondence letter (BVL)
Then silence again, it was unusual as BVL comes a few hours before PPR but mine didn't, so I started researching again. Then angie88 told me to create an via https://ircc-tracker-suivi.apps.cic.gc.ca/en/ to check if I would see my visa document number. On June 9, I checked and my visa and study permit numbers were there under the Document status. I sent a couple of emails but I got a generic response.

THE FINAL APPROVAL.
During the weekend, I had scheduled like 42 emails to go out to all IRCC offices starting from 10am today, but at 7am, I got the PPR. I had to stop all the scheduled emails immediately
June 19 - PPR

TIMELINE
- Upfront medical IOM - March 20
- Application was submitted - March 30
- Confirmation of application - March 31
- Biometrics letter - March 31
- Biometrics done - April 5 (Updated on GCkey same day)
- May 30 - Medical ed
- June 8 - Correspondence letter (BVL)
- June 19 - PPR

You didn't share your PPR news and your landing gist.
Pls share your story to encourage others, I trust it will be an interesting one😁

Uzorsammy:
If you are coming to Kitchener, especially Conestoga College I can help you secure accommodation. You can what's app me +2348110831230

Why don't you submit the 2 s and save your self from the lump sum explanation. You can submit more than 2 SOA sef.

Belinda32:
Goodmorning, pls if I send a lump sum from my savings to an I use for proof of funds , do I still need to explain the lump sum with evidence , since on the POF , it’s showing I was the one that tranferred the money to myself

It means that they're asking for your up-to-date statement. Probably because they want to confirm your POF is available. This is a good sign😁.
If it is available and you send it as requested, then congratulations in advance 😁.

Iceboyblog:
What does it mean when ircc ask for updated bank statement after submitting before when applying

Send through webform not email.
Webform link👇
https://secure.cic.gc.ca/enquiries-renseignements/canada-case-cas-eng.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookie&AspxAutoDetectCookie=1

navidennis:

It was attached in the mails I sent

Send your e-medical sheet that was given to you at the hospital to ircc through webform.

navidennis:
Medical submission deadline is 15th of June I did medicals since 2nd of June no upda5e. I have also sent an email to Nairobi email. Please what else can be done

No I didn't do any evaluation.

obyyba:
Hello everyone,

Please, who has applied to Conestoga College before? Did you do evaluation of bachelor’s transcript?

I need help, please kindly assist. Thank you