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[Destiny2014]

what a wonderful God we serve.......our PPR mail came in this morning
To God be all the Glory

i use ours as a point of contact to all waiting for one update or the other that God will stir the hearts of the visa officers to send good news our way in Jesus Name.

want to use this oppurtunity to thank all too numerus to mention for their help,support,prayers and encouragement on this journey....

thanks so much




Congratulation emmy_est i pray that the land will favour us ijn, to GOD be all the Glory

 

[Hakpoguma]

what a wonderful God we serve.......our PPR mail came in this morning
To God be all the Glory

i use ours as a point of contact to all waiting for one update or the other that God will stir the hearts of the visa officers to send good news our way in Jesus Name.

want to use this oppurtunity to thank all too numerus to mention for their help,support,prayers and encouragement on this journey....

thanks so much

Congratulations to you on the receipt of your PPR. I have just said, Amen to your prayers. Thanks.

 

[dada-karma]

@ nanonye, egbe and donwin4real,

First, I will like to state that the inner workings of the Accra Visa Office, as we know it, are mainly speculations and at best, best guesses and deductive reasonings.....We do not have a code of conduct or administrative instructions as to what their practices are. We can only guess....
That said, I can only talk about my own experience, and how the process worked in my own case, based on the FACTS that I have in my own case.
I had painstakingly and thoroughly prepared my application (I didn't intend to use a representative at any point in the process ) and I was definitely not leaving anything to chance. For example, when I went for my bank statement, I asked the lady at the customer service desk to seal the envelope and put the bank seal on the envelope. She looked at me curiously and asked why I would want to do that to a personal document, and I had to explain to her that I didn't want them to feel that I had tampered with the statement. She laughed, called me a 'control freak' jokingly and went to look for the stamp. Another example: My Head of Department at that time didn't have a complementary card. You know a lot of doctors in Public Hospitals don't have..... . It was with doggedness and tenacity of purpose that I persuaded him to print a batch, just so that I had one for my application. I didn't want to send that application without his business card....
After doing all that to make sure my application was complete, I did not want to leave anything to chance. I knew all my credentials were genuine and could be verified, with that, I had no qualms. All the money in my bank statement were savings from my monthly salary, and it was quite obvious to anyone reading the statement, moreover, it would be breach of confidentiality for the bank to disclose my information to a third party without me giving consent, so I knew there were no problems on that either. The only problem I had was with verification of my work experience and my accommodation.
I decided to ask my Head of Department ever so frequently if he had been called concerning my application for which I made him print a complementary card. And each time, the answer was a very emphatic 'no'. Infact, it got to a point, when he would see me on the corridor and preempt me with a 'no'.....that went on for a long time.....and at a point, it was the only evidence I had, that I had submitted an application for permanent residency with all the delay and waiting.
When I left my working place at the expiration of my residency training, I got a letter from the hospital that indicated why I left the hospital. In all, Accra visa office did not call him once to verify I worked there.

I am not sure if this is the state of things in general from Accra visa office, but I can say for a fact in my own case, that they didn't call my work place to know. And if they had visited, too, I'm sure I would have known.....
I think they do most of their checks based on the documents you submit. I'm not sure about Police clearance certificates, that, i don't know anything about.
The important thing is to make sure your application is complete. Be as truthful as possible, infact, be very truthful. Do not hide anything that will make your application look suspicious.
When you fill in your application, read and re-read it to make sure there are not mistakes or gaps in your forms.
I was asked to re-fill and return my Schedule A form from Accra because there was a gap (which was a typographical error) in the question on where i have lived. It could have been avoided if I had looked over it and found the error before sending in the application.
On notifying them of any changes to your status, I think it is wise to exercise some caution as to what and when to send. Major changes to your application like marriages, births, deaths, divorces, child custody battles and impending court cases on criminal or civil charges are important life events that should be reported to Accra VO. These will significantly affect your application, and a report must be made to forestall delays in your application.
Notification of change of house address is not important IN MY OWN VIEW, IF IT IS NOT YOUR PRIMARY ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE IN THE IMMIGRATION PROCESS. I changed my own accommodation during the process, and I did not inform the visa office. My correspondence address was a Post Office box which I still use till now, and that didn't change.
Notification of change of job is also not important IN MY OWN VIEW, SINCE A DECISION ON YOUR APPLICATION IS BASED ON YOUR PAST JOB EXPERIENCE. I changed my job during the wait period, and I didn't notify the visa office. My own reason for not notifying was because I was temporarily unemployed between jobs, and I didn't want to start writing a letter explaining the Residency program and how it works...
Most people are asked to resubmit a freshly filled Schedule A form with the medical request.
These two changes to my status were eventually reflected in the new Schedule A form that I was asked to fill and submit along with my medicals. I didn't even include supporting documents with the new Schedule A form (as an oversight, I ordinarily would have included them), and I was a bit worried that they might return it and ask for me to resend them, but they didn't. The next correspondence was PPR.

Like I said earlier, this is my own experience with the process. That said, I am yet to read on this forum that a Naija based applicant had his/her house address or workplace visited for verification.
Pls, seniors in the house should express their opinions on this.

Nice one there Ekundapsy! +1 for you sir

 

[Hakpoguma]

@ emmy_est,
CONGRATULATIONS.


@ all,
PRV collected. just returning from AVO.
Thank you for your support and encouragement in seeing this project to a logical conclusion.

We shall all rejoice!!!

A big congratulations to you Shoga. Thank God for journey mercies. So happy the real planning process to relocate has just began. Congrats!!!.

 

[Crest]

Re: Where is IOM located

Thanks donwin4real

This is their address with phone number:

International Organization for
Migration (IOM)
Plot 74B, Michael Otedola
Crescent, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos
Tel: +234 7 0988 20688

 

[Biolah]

@emmy_est Congratulations and Amen to your prayer. Biolah

what a wonderful God we serve.......our PPR mail came in this morning
To God be all the Glory

i use ours as a point of contact to all waiting for one update or the other that God will stir the hearts of the visa officers to send good news our way in Jesus Name.

want to use this oppurtunity to thank all too numerus to mention for their help,support,prayers and encouragement on this journey....

thanks so much

 

[ekundapsy]

Thanks. This is quite helpful.

Just in addition if ones job change entails geographical location change in terms of VO, it is appropriate to inform AVO. RIGHT?

Egbe,
Well, that is another matter to consider. If your change of job entails a geographical location change in terms of Visa office, you might consider having to notify your visa office as soon as possible. This is not because they might transfer your application to the visa office responsible for your new location (I doubt they will do that), but because you might be living in that new geographical location for periods exceeding ^ months. In that case, you might be required to obtain police clearance certificates from that new country, and this may prolong your application.
On the other hand, if your application is still in the early stages, they may actually consider sending your application to the new visa office, if you will be living there indefinitely, depending on the terms of your new job. People on this forum have had similar experience in change of visa office. Someone posted a while ago, that they applied for the PR while they were on a temporary resident visa in another country (I think student visa), and actually CIC transfered their files to their home visa office when their visa expired and they had to return home. I'm not sure if this same situation is applicable here.
On the whole, I think a change of job that entails a change of geographical location will be significant enough to report to the Visa office. But pls, also seek the input of seniors in the forum

 

[ekundapsy]

Hehehe. You cracked me off.

If I was in your shoes, the DHL route would the most convenient for me. Instead of waiting in line. Especially, considering that you're going to travel and probably wait on queue at the Canadian High Commision at Accra. It takes just 2-3 days for your passports to get to Accra. And 3-5 days for it to come back.

All the best though. Follow your mind. And congrats once again.

Afewgoodmen

Dear Afewgoodmen,
I will vehemently disagree with your post above.
You certainly have not read a significant amount of experience of people on this forum who used the DHL route. It takes just 2-3 days for your passports to get to Accra. And 3-5 days for it to come back. Yes, agreed. But do you know how long it sits in the visa office before your visa is stamped? Most people who used the DHL route had a 6 week delay between sending their passports and getting them back And I am absolutely sure that most people on this forum will tell you without batting an eyelid that you should just go and pick your visa by yourself in Accra. The DHL route is only recommended as a last option, if it is ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE for you to travel down to Accra to get the visas. For God's sake, it takes just a day for you to get your visas if you physically present yourself in Accra.....they have no choice but to give you your passports back, since you cannot leave the country without it, anyway....And the wait you are talking about, is just for about 5 to 6 hours, depending on when you get to the visa office. And its not that you virtually stand on your feet and wait in line outside the consulate while the visa is being prepared. People that have gone to collect their visas this route have found different things to do while waiting....(some people went to visit Mandie and enjoyed the famous jollof rice, some people relaxed in the officers' mess just across the consulate, my humble self took a cab to Osu area and relaxed in a cafe, then later went to eat at KFC with a friend I met at the VO, etc)
Pls, just let the guy go and collect his visas in Accra himself oooooo......He departs Lagos by Arik or Aero in the morning, gets to the visa office before 10am, goes back to collect the visas by 3pm, departs by 6pm from Accra by Aero or Arik, and gets to Lagos by 8pm.....
I am not sure you will like to wait for 6 weeks to get your passports back, having sleepless nights and wondering what has happened to them....you can ask people who used this route about their experience....Guy, it's not worth it...

 

[tangowisky]

what a wonderful God we serve.......our PPR mail came in this morning
To God be all the Glory

i use ours as a point of contact to all waiting for one update or the other that God will stir the hearts of the visa officers to send good news our way in Jesus Name.

want to use this oppurtunity to thank all too numerus to mention for their help,support,prayers and encouragement on this journey....

thanks so much

Congratulations Emmy est.. I wish you a smooth landing...

 

[Highlyfavored]

what a wonderful God we serve.......our PPR mail came in this morning
To God be all the Glory

i use ours as a point of contact to all waiting for one update or the other that God will stir the hearts of the visa officers to send good news our way in Jesus Name.

want to use this oppurtunity to thank all too numerus to mention for their help,support,prayers and encouragement on this journey....

thanks so much

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

 

[Highlyfavored]

@ emmy_est,
CONGRATULATIONS.


@ all,
PRV collected. just returning from AVO.
Thank you for your support and encouragement in seeing this project to a logical conclusion.

We shall all rejoice!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

 

[vmaac]

what a wonderful God we serve.......our PPR mail came in this morning
To God be all the Glory

i use ours as a point of contact to all waiting for one update or the other that God will stir the hearts of the visa officers to send good news our way in Jesus Name.

want to use this oppurtunity to thank all too numerus to mention for their help,support,prayers and encouragement on this journey....

thanks so much

emmy_est, PRAISE THE LORD!! Your news has brought encouragement to most of us.

We key into this awesome news and Pray that it is replicated across the Forum speedily in JESUS NAME!!

 

[tangowisky]

@ emmy_est,
CONGRATULATIONS.


@ all,
PRV collected. just returning from AVO.
Thank you for your support and encouragement in seeing this project to a logical conclusion.

We shall all rejoice!!!

Congratulations....

 

[Eni]

what a wonderful God we serve.......our PPR mail came in this morning
To God be all the Glory

i use ours as a point of contact to all waiting for one update or the other that God will stir the hearts of the visa officers to send good news our way in Jesus Name.

want to use this oppurtunity to thank all too numerus to mention for their help,support,prayers and encouragement on this journey....

thanks so much

I say a big congratulations to you. I'm really happy for you. Amen to your prayer.

 

[tangowisky]

Dear Afewgoodmen,
I will vehemently disagree with your post above.
You certainly have not read a significant amount of experience of people on this forum who used the DHL route. It takes just 2-3 days for your passports to get to Accra. And 3-5 days for it to come back. Yes, agreed. But do you know how long it sits in the visa office before your visa is stamped? Most people who used the DHL route had a 6 week delay between sending their passports and getting them back And I am absolutely sure that most people on this forum will tell you without batting an eyelid that you should just go and pick your visa by yourself in Accra. The DHL route is only recommended as a last option, if it is ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE for you to travel down to Accra to get the visas. For God's sake, it takes just a day for you to get your visas if you physically present yourself in Accra.....they have no choice but to give you your passports back, since you cannot leave the country without it, anyway....And the wait you are talking about, is just for about 5 to 6 hours, depending on when you get to the visa office. And its not that you virtually stand on your feet and wait in line outside the consulate while the visa is being prepared. People that have gone to collect their visas this route have found different things to do while waiting....(some people went to visit Mandie and enjoyed the famous jollof rice, some people relaxed in the officers' mess just across the consulate, my humble self took a cab to Osu area and relaxed in a cafe, then later went to eat at KFC with a friend I met at the VO, etc)
Pls, just let the guy go and collect his visas in Accra himself oooooo......He departs Lagos by Arik or Aero in the morning, gets to the visa office before 10am, goes back to collect the visas by 3pm, departs by 6pm from Accra by Aero or Arik, and gets to Lagos by 8pm.....
I am not sure you will like to wait for 6 weeks to get your passports back, having sleepless nights and wondering what has happened to them....you can ask people who used this route about their experience....Guy, it's not worth it...

Ekundapsy, I totally agree with you on this. Use of courier should only be the last option as it is evident from available reports that it takes more than 4 weeks to get the 'stamped palis' after submission to AVO for PPR issuance. If there is any mistake on the issued documents, one can immediately make complaints if you are there in person to collect. Na another long thing e go be oo if after courier, mistake come dey for the documents.. In that case one may now have to appear in person to get them corrected.