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Rach86: 5:41pm On Nov 27, 2024
Good day everyone, please help can anyone help with this. My friend applied for Canada tourist visa alone through an agent in April and in few month after, her wife tried to apply for New Zealand tourist visa online for her husband and herself but their application was declined despite having few travel history, the wife applied on her own in July for Canada, still waiting the decision. But in September the agent notify the husband that his canada tourist visa was declined. So the situation now is, the husband is applying by himself for Canada tourist visa again after correcting everything with gcms note, cos most of the documents submitted to the agent was not used at all. The question now is , should he only state that he and his wife has New Zealand visa rejected without ing the rejection letter because on the New Zealand rejection letter, his wife's port number is on it and he's worried if it wont affect the wife Canada tourist visa application that she has already submitted. Please urgent answer. Thanks
House34: 6:29pm On Nov 27, 2024
Marykike:

Till my port expires in 2028

Congratulations! After two swop refusals, you finally got a visit visa. IRCC has now changed gears with the new rule for visiting spouses of students. In the past, they were often given short visas equal to the duration of the student's visa. Now, there is no more end of port for ordinary visitors. I pray you get the swop and PR ahead, as that is the main goal. I wish u safe journey!

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House34: 6:34pm On Nov 27, 2024
Rach86:
Good day everyone, please help can anyone help with this. My friend applied for Canada tourist visa alone through an agent in April and in few month after, her wife tried to apply for New Zealand tourist visa online for her husband and herself but their application was declined despite having few travel history, the wife applied on her own in July for Canada, still waiting the decision. But in September the agent notify the husband that his canada tourist visa was declined. So the situation now is, the husband is applying by himself for Canada tourist visa again after correcting everything with gcms note, cos most of the documents submitted to the agent was not used at all. The question now is , should he only state that he and his wife has New Zealand visa rejected without ing the rejection letter because on the New Zealand rejection letter, his wife's port number is on it and he's worried if it wont affect the wife Canada tourist visa application that she has already submitted. Please urgent answer. Thanks

Nobody ask for visa refusal letter..just answer the question honestly that you have previous canada and new zealand visit visa refusal and state the date finish!

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Ilekunola: 8:29pm On Nov 27, 2024
Goodevening pls I submitted port for me and my kids and got notification my kids own are ready for collection,and didn’t get for mine…pls I want to ask if anyone has experienced this and what can be done? Or could this be an error?
Marykike: 4:53am On Nov 28, 2024
House34:


Congratulations! After two swop refusals, you finally got a visit visa. IRCC has now changed gears with the new rule for visiting spouses of students. In the past, they were often given short visas equal to the duration of the student's visa. Now, there is no more end of port for ordinary visitors. I pray you get the swop and PR ahead, as that is the main goal. I wish u safe journey!

Amen thank you 😊
yoyome20: 5:33am On Nov 28, 2024
Good morning all. Please let me know if IRCC is in July now or still in June. Has anyone in July gotten a response? Thanks

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omega2128(m): 9:19am On Nov 28, 2024
Calmlolly:


You are in for a long wait o, Also applied for visit visa to Canada from uk since November last year and no response till now..Even the person I wanted to go and visit has visited uk twice this year..it’s disappointing.

Hello,
Have you got any reply from canada?
mamawa123: 9:23am On Nov 28, 2024
Calmlolly:


You are in for a long wait o, Also applied for visit visa to Canada from uk since November last year and no response till now..Even the person I wanted to go and visit has visited uk twice this year..it’s disappointing.


Any update on your application?
clayfounder: 10:28am On Nov 28, 2024
Jeboy:
Confirm.

The criteria have been updated for Asylum claims.


This crazy ooo ,What now the advantage of spending million to geting canada visit visa if u cannot live and work in canada
Jay1507: 12:11pm On Nov 28, 2024
Hello,

Please how log does it take to receive back port from Canadian embassy after submitting via vfs?

I submitted my port last week tuesday which is more than a week ago, the port reach the embassy the following day but I've not gotten any update whereas my wife who is the dependant which we both submitted together got her port 2days after submission

does anyone have insight on hhow long it takes to receive port back for study permit please?
Rach86: 1:18pm On Nov 28, 2024
House34:


Nobody ask for visa refusal letter..just answer the question honestly that you have previous canada and new zealand visit visa refusal and state the date finish!
Thanks
Ilekunola: 3:24pm On Nov 28, 2024
Jay1507:
Hello,

Please how log does it take to receive back port from Canadian embassy after submitting via vfs?

I submitted my port last week tuesday which is more than a week ago, the port reach the embassy the following day but I've not gotten any update whereas my wife who is the dependant which we both submitted together got her port 2days after submission

does anyone have insight on hhow long it takes to same thing is happening to me too,but am being advised to go there that it might be ready,did u try going there?receive port back for study permit please?
Same thing is happening to me too but am being advised to go to vfs that it might be ready,did u try going to ask when ur wife collected her own?
queenkaylio: 7:47pm On Nov 28, 2024
VISA ALERT WITH TIMELINE

June 6, 2024
I submitted application for Visitors Visa together with my wife. I submitted it online on the IRCC Portal

June 7, 2024:
I received Biometric Submission Letter for both of us. Note that I used my to apply for my wife and I.

10 June, 2024:
We submitted Our Biometrics ar the VFS office in Abuja

******VERY LONG PERIOD OF SILENCE******

25 November, 2024:
Visa approved on the portal and port Request Letter as early as 5:30am

25 November, 2024 by 11:30am:
My wife and I submitted our port at the VFS office in Abuja

27 November, 2024 at 2:45pm: We received notification of port Collection from VFS.

28 November 2024 at 11:30am: We arrived at the VFS office in Abuja and collected our port.

**I was given 10 years. My visa will expires in 2034

** My wife was given 2 years because her port had only 2 years left before expiration.

Thought it was a very slow process that took us about 5 Months 3 weeks, the final result was worth it as I won't need to apply Canada visa again till 2034.

NB:
** It was our first Canada visa
** We Visited UK once last year and still have 2 years valid UK visa in our ports.
** We recently visited Australia in February this year (2024) and had a 1 year Australian valid Visa.
**We've also visited Turkey, Dubai and Maldives in 2022.

Hope this timeline can help someone.

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Calmlolly: 8:05pm On Nov 28, 2024
omega2128:


Hello,
Have you got any reply from canada?

No response till now..Now more than a year..What about you?
Calmlolly: 8:07pm On Nov 28, 2024
mamawa123:



Any update on your application?

Nothing yet
Paulo01: 9:17pm On Nov 28, 2024
queenkaylio:
VISA ALERT WITH TIMELINE

June 6, 2024
I submitted application for Visitors Visa together with my wife. I submitted it online on the IRCC Portal

June 7, 2024:
I received Biometric Submission Letter for both of us. Note that I used my to apply for my wife and I.

10 June, 2024:
We submitted Our Biometrics ar the VFS office in Abuja

******VERY LONG PERIOD OF SILENCE******

25 November, 2024:
Visa approved on the portal and port Request Letter as early as 5:30am

25 November, 2024 by 11:30am:
My wife and I submitted our port at the VFS office in Abuja

27 November, 2024 at 2:45pm: We received notification of port Collection from VFS.

28 November 2024 at 11:30am: We arrived at the VFS office in Abuja and collected our port.

**I was given 10 years. My visa will expires in 2034

** My wife was given 2 years because her port had only 2 years left before expiration.

Thought it was a very slow process that took us about 5 Months 3 weeks, the final result was worth it as I won't need to apply Canada visa again till 2034.

NB:
** It was our first Canada visa
** We Visited UK once last year and still have 2 years valid UK visa in our ports.
** We recently visited Australia in February this year (2024) and had a 1 year Australian valid Visa.
**We've also visited Turkey, Dubai and Maldives in 2022.

Hope this timeline can help someone.


Congratulations

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gaeul(f): 3:32am On Nov 29, 2024
Follow up on this:

port came in yesterday: 10years each...Thanks Everyone 🤗🤗🤗
gaeul:
Mother and brother visitor visa approved three weeks after graduation

Brother is 400level student accompanying mother.

Attached is d timeline

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gaeul(f): 3:34am On Nov 29, 2024
My mum own took almost 2 weeks
Ilekunola:

Same thing is happening to me too but am being advised to go to vfs that it might be ready,did u try going to ask when ur wife collected her own?

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yoyome20: 3:47am On Nov 29, 2024
gaeul:
Follow up on this:

port came in yesterday: 10years each...Thanks Everyone 🤗🤗🤗

Wow congratulations on this
Diaperssbabies: 5:14am On Nov 29, 2024
Co-asking too. Please any early July applicant with recent approval? Please share your timeline. Thank you



yoyome20:
Good morning all. Please let me know if IRCC is in July now or still in June. Has anyone in July gotten a response? Thanks
martyns303(m): 10:13am On Nov 29, 2024
Jay1507:
Hello,

Please how log does it take to receive back port from Canadian embassy after submitting via vfs?

I submitted my port last week tuesday which is more than a week ago, the port reach the embassy the following day but I've not gotten any update whereas my wife who is the dependant which we both submitted together got her port 2days after submission

does anyone have insight on hhow long it takes to receive port back for study permit please?

Mine is more than 2 weeks now since I submitted my port. How did you know the port got to the embassy, did you receive an email from IRCC?
Ilekunola: 12:51pm On Nov 29, 2024
gaeul:
My mum own took almost 2 weeks


Ok thanks ,did u get mail when it was ready?
Yeezy24: 1:29pm On Nov 29, 2024
Please any May/June who hasn’t received a response yet?

Thank you in advance.
Ashirioluwa: 2:34pm On Nov 29, 2024
odehbrainard:
Application for Canada visa submitted since February this year. Application done from the uk. In fact I got a Schengen visa which I applied for recently and got it yet Canada still hasn’t responded to me. I am really disappointed in them. I really don’t care anymore cause I missed my mums birthday because of their visa delays.

Applications submitted in Nigeria are processed more quickly than those submitted in the UK. Current processing times for applications submitted in the UK is 13 months (403 days), whereas the average processing times for applications submitted in Nigeria is 6 months (176 days).

If the processing time progression is followed, your application should be decided by April 2025 at the latest.
omega2128(m): 3:10pm On Nov 29, 2024
Nothing yet.
Did you do gcms request?
Calmlolly:


No response till now..Now more than a year..What about you?
Sholzyy: 3:36pm On Nov 29, 2024
Calmlolly:


Nothing yet

It’s possible you get response by December since average processing time for UK applicants is 13months
adigun27: 8:59pm On Nov 29, 2024
Plss I did my biometric may 22 till now no update yet what is going on
tiptoe24: 1:57am On Nov 30, 2024
Please house a friend needs help, does anyone know any way or loop hole he can convert his visit visa to work visa without stepping out of the country. Also, he applied for visitor visas extension already and waiting for a decision, if he must stop out now that he has an LMIA when there has not been a response won’t it be counted against him?
funkyy598: 3:35am On Nov 30, 2024
tiptoe24:
Please house a friend needs help, does anyone know any way or loop hole he can convert his visit visa to work visa without stepping out of the country. Also, he applied for visitor visas extension already and waiting for a decision, if he must stop out now that he has an LMIA when there has not been a response won’t it be counted against him?

If ur friend has already applied for a visa extension, also means the applicant have already spent about five months in Canada. A visitor record can either be granted or denied. If it is granted, it simply means the visitor visa has been extended, which still does not provide the opportunity to work. There is no 'loop' that would allow for work authorization, so do not pay anyone for an LMIA, because Ottawa announced on August 28, 2024, that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has ended a temporary public policy that allowed visitors to apply for a work permit from within Canada, effective immediately. What many people are doing now is claiming asylum, but as the immigration minister mentioned on Monday regarding changes coming to Canadian immigration, asylum seekers will face more difficulties as new rules are set to be introduced and the student route not cheap!

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KodakBlack: 5:50pm On Nov 30, 2024
I’m in the same boat with you, applied for my gcms notes which arrived about a month ago nothing new.

I don comot mind for their matter as they can do as they wish with their visa.

odehbrainard:
Application for Canada visa submitted since February this year. Application done from the uk. In fact I got a Schengen visa which I applied for recently and got it yet Canada still hasn’t responded to me. I am really disappointed in them. I really don’t care anymore cause I missed my mums birthday because of their visa delays.
Jeboy(m): 8:18pm On Nov 30, 2024
IRCC will literally teach you patience without taking you to classes. Hellish.

KodakBlack:

I’m in the same boat with you, applied for my gcms notes which arrived about a month ago nothing new.

I don comot mind for their matter as they can do as they wish with their visa.

Jeboy(m): 8:25pm On Nov 30, 2024
Big Congrats. My journey and yours looks similar.


Marykike:

Amen thank you 😊

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