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    Anyone in southern africa

    It will probably be different for each case, depending on what there concerns are. The main focus in our case was on why she wanted to do the course in Canada (and why she couldn't just do it here) this is I think the thing they reject most study visas on, and then also just various questions to...
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    Anyone in southern africa

    They did ask for her cv at some stage yes. Am not aware of them actually verifying anything on it but they may of and certainly isn't worth the risk of putting any false info. They did ask questions about things on the cv at interview as well.
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    Anyone in southern africa

    My fiance is studying at complections international academy http://www.complectionsmake-up.com/ I will be joining her on an open work permit(or visitors visa as it is not clear if they will grant me an open work permit or not at this point) The time line for our application so far has been...
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    Anyone in southern africa

    Oh yes, we ended up having to move the course start date as well because they only interviewed us the day before the course was meant to start, which was a bit late... I would advise applying at least 5 months in advance to avoid disappointment, even though they recommend 3.
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    Anyone in southern africa

    Hello sasha, My fiance is currently also trying to get a study visa, it looks like we may finally have been accepted today as they have sent us an email asking for passports. After doing the medical it took 83 days before we heard from the embassy again, so it can take quite long... They wanted...
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    Is there anything further I can do?

    My Fiancé and I applied for a study visa and open work permit at the Canadian High Commision in Pretoria(South Africa) on January 8 2009. Her course start date is may 10, so this left a longer time period then both the 8 week average processing time as well as the 3 month in advance...