Anyone applied a Student Permit from Philippines?

[lilliecutie]

Good day! Ask ko lang po, need pa ba mag open ulit ng US Dollar Account sa BDO para sa GIC? Yung account ko kasi is Kabayan Savings... pwede kaya ipa change into dollar account or mag oopen ako ng bago? Thanks in advance

I think kahit anong bangko po, capable naman mag-wire ng funds for GIC. In my case po, I wired money to Scotiabank in CAD amounting to 10,200 CAD. 'yung 200 kasi processing fee yata nila 'yun. It took about a week before Scotiabank received the funds, and it had to go through an intermediary bank (a "middle man"), which in my bank's case was Citibank. Ang bangko ko po ay BPI; it was BPI who facilitated the entire wire transfer process. All I had to do was step into a branch, fill out forms and show my identification (passport and another valid ID), present the instruction form emailed to me by Scotiabank, and BPI did everything else on their end.

 

[lilliecutie]

What will happen to the application if you dont have NBI and police clearance?

If they would require those additional documents, they would notify you to send them (I think); however in my case, they didn't. I got approved nonetheless. What I found convenient with the online application was that you're not compelled to put everything in because the fields to upload documents are limited. Ang dami ko rin po kasing prinepare na docs prior to finding out it was that simple e. Kumuha ako ng nbi at police. Tapos nag print ITR, requested certificate of employment, printed pay slips, got copies of my bank certificates and statements, etc. But I think (though I'm only speculating), that online applications are convenient not only for us applicants but also for IRCC because they don't get dumped with too many documents that they don't really need. Anyway, if they happen to need additional papers from you, they would communicate. Good luck po on your application! Bless you on your journey!

 

[nursesnow]

Wow 4 forum-mates graduated last night!!!

Congrats, psyduck and lilliecutie!

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Updated forecast:

1. nursenow (any day from today's date)
2. catpaws14 (July 20)
3. mrsm2016 (July 28)
4. rain143 (Aug 01)
5. lopi14 (Aug 04)
6. roks (Aug 11)

Disclaimer: forecasted dates lang po ito. Plus/minus 2 days. SDS processing takes about 21 + 7 days, while Reg Stream takes about 28 + 7 days.

Lopi your predictions are really good. My visa was approved july 19. I was really shocked and cried while i was on duty earlier. Praise be to God. Thank you everyone for the positive vibes. Hoping everyone to be approved.

 

[nursesnow]

I was at first hesitant because my ielts band score is not good. My total band score is 6.5 with listening 8.0 , speaking 7 , writing 5.5 and reading 5.5. I have read feedbacks in this forum that this scores are not good and there is a high chance of rejection; the sad part is that I HAVE ALREADY lodged my papers ( my agent assured me that ielts score does not matter as long the school accepted you, so i didnt bother to retake and it shocked my nerves that ielts score with 5.5 has a high chance of rejection.)


I was depressed and receiving the approval few hours ago mademe realize that God is full of surprises. I feel blessed and thankful.

I am a nurse in the philippines with 5 years work experience.

 

[lilliecutie]

I was at first hesitant because my ielts band score is not good. My total band score is 6.5 with listening 8.0 , speaking 7 , writing 5.5 and reading 5.5. I have read feedbacks in this forum that this scores are not good and there is a high chance of rejection; the sad part is that I HAVE ALREADY lodged my papers ( my agent assured me that ielts score does not matter as long the school accepted you, so i didnt bother to retake and it shocked my nerves that ielts score with 5.5 has a high chance of rejection.)


I was depressed and receiving the approval few hours ago mademe realize that God is full of surprises. I feel blessed and thankful.

I am a nurse in the philippines with 5 years work experience.

Hooray! Congrats!

 

[roks]

Lopi your predictions are really good. My visa was approved july 19. I was really shocked and cried while i was on duty earlier. Praise be to God. Thank you everyone for the positive vibes. Hoping everyone to be approved.

Congrats to all who was approved! Cool po ng timeline Lopi. Sana mapaaga pa ang regular. Huhu ang mahal na ng ticket.

Keep on praying guys!

 

[psyduck]

What will happen to the application if you dont have NBI and police clearance?

If they ask you to provide, then submit asap. You will see it on your gckey acct if they needed additional docs. In my case, they asked me to provide. Naka regular online po application ko.

 

[roks]

Lopi your predictions are really good. My visa was approved july 19. I was really shocked and cried while i was on duty earlier. Praise be to God. Thank you everyone for the positive vibes. Hoping everyone to be approved.

How to know po if I pass the medical and eligibility may agent ako and regular?

Agent ko lang po ba ag makakatrack nun? Thanks!

 

[roks]

If they ask you to provide, then submit asap. You will see it on your gckey acct if they needed additional docs. In my case, they asked me to provide. Naka regular online po application ko.

Usually po NBI lang din naman po ang need. Just ready your NBI nalang po to make sure..

 

[psyduck]

Congrats to all who was approved! Cool po ng timeline Lopi. Sana mapaaga pa ang regular. Huhu ang mahal na ng ticket.

Keep on praying guys!

Oo nga. Nagtingin ako. 40-50k na ticket.. wala pang add ons yun

 

[roks]

Oo nga. Nagtingin ako. 40-50k na ticket.. wala pang add ons yun

Oo nga po eh. Try nyo po skyscanner tapos via taiwan..

 

[lilliecutie]

Oo nga. Nagtingin ako. 40-50k na ticket.. wala pang add ons yun

I agree. I check out Kayak and Skyscanner, and get a mini heart attack every day.

 

[lopi14]

Lopi your predictions are really good. My visa was approved july 19. I was really shocked and cried while i was on duty earlier. Praise be to God. Thank you everyone for the positive vibes. Hoping everyone to be approved.

What a blast this week! Total of 5 forummates got their visas!

Congratulations, nursenow!

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Updated forecast:

1. catpaws14 (July 20)《yours is upnext ♡》
2. mrsm2016 (July 28)
3. rain143 (Aug 01)
4. lopi14 (Aug 04)
5. roks (Aug 11)

Disclaimer: forecasted dates lang po ito. Plus/minus 2 days. SDS processing takes about 21 + 7 days, while Reg Stream takes about 28 + 7 days.

 

[mrsm2016]

How to know po if I pass the medical and eligibility may agent ako and regular?

Agent ko lang po ba ag makakatrack nun? Thanks!

Yes. If you have agent, and you signed up the form of use of representative, then they're the one who have the access of tracking your account.

You won't be able to link your app thru GCkey din kasi if may agent ka.

 

[lopi14]

How to know po if I pass the medical and eligibility may agent ako and regular?

Agent ko lang po ba ag makakatrack nun? Thanks!

I am under an agency, too. We were provided access to GCKey. I provided them my preferred username, password and answers to secutrity questions. After lodging our regular stream application online, they provided me the access credentials and requested not to change anything on the account for now so they can monitor, too, the status of our application.

Is there a way you can work this out with your agent?

When you pass the medical exam, date will be provided. However, this is not true with review of eligibility.