NOVA SCOTIA Provincial Nominee Program January 2015

[drajpoot]

Dear D,
as you have mentioned that PCC is related to only the state in which we have lived, Does the PCC needs to cover entire duration from 18th birthday of a candidate to the date of application? Like if a candidate has lived in the same city on 2 different addresses and has not traveled to any other city or internationally, do he still need to get a pcc for both the addresses lived? keeping in view that he has not traveled abroad ever or to another city and he has been living in one city since 18th birthday.

Can you please read again what I mentioned cause you are asking same question again.
And do not thinkmuch. Again there is an online application form they will ask you what information you need to fill to apply for PCC.

regards
D

 

[drajpoot]

Dear all,

I have received AOR email today 3.10.2016 I am 18th Sep. applicant.

Dear admin please update spreadsheet.

On the other hand, I have some questions please guide me seniors :

1. I have changed my job after submitting my app to NS so I am thinking of provide new two ref. Letters to include in my reply ..one for the old company with the full period and the other of the current company. My current new job is the same of the intended noc so I think It is good to do that as I have to write all my jobs including all NOCs in last 10 years (am I right of including all jobs with different Nocs?!) please guide me to do that or what? ( to write all jobs with all nocs and to provide the new ref. Letters)

2. I will send updated stamped bank statement with no letter head as my bank does not give it on letter head and I will also provide bank cirtificate with current amount on letterhead...Is that fine?

Thank you so much

1) You may provide them your new reference letters with the intended NOC, in case they are covering the 1 year full period. As for now, you have already got the AOR, so you can provide them now.

2) Yes that is fine if the bank is providing you the statement with the stamp on it, irrespective if it not on the bank letter head. And mostly banks do not give the statement on letter head, only they show the fds statement for that. Secondly, if the bank is giving you the bank certificate with the present amount in it, that will work best.

For point #1 If you do not have 1 year experience in your new job does not matter what documents you provide for this job as this experience will not be considered. But you can provide them whatever you want its nice to update but if you think you have better documents from your new job as comparison to previous job than it does not work if you do not have experience 1 year or more in your new job. I would suggest you to make sure you have better documents from your previous job.

For point # 2 You are fine.

D.

 

[drajpoot]

Dear Seniors,

My EE profile and IELTS both expire this month on the 25th of October. I am re- sitting for my IELTS on the 8th of October and will have the results by the end of the month. I am a November 10th NS EE Demand Applicant. Fingers crossed, I am hoping that NS will process my application by the end of November (based on existing pace).

My question - Obviously I will have to create a new EE Profile as the existing one expires on the 25th of October. How will I communicate the EE Profile number to the NS Immigration Officers? Will an email suffice? Do they respond to emails? What other Information should I mention in my email e.g. why I have a new number etc.?

Thank you for your help and advice.

I do not think your EE profile would be expire, I am pretty much sure you will get your IELTS report before 25th and as soon as you will get that just update it in your EE. Just in case if it expired make a new EE profile and the day you will get AOR, NSOI will ask you to provide your EE profile number and then you can provide them existing EE profile number.

regards
D

 

[drajpoot]

Hi Rita,

Do we need to provide the bank certificate or a statement with the stamp of bank for the Proof of Funds.
If we need to provide the bank certificate, is there any specific format for it.

Thanks,
Mansi.

Hi Mansi,

If you need the format for the bank certificate I can provide you that. Let me know that if you need one.

Each Bank has their own format to provide you bank certificate and most of the time they charge fees too.

You can request the bank manager to provide you something on letter head as most of the bank has letter head( for Internal office use) print your matter on that and than ask them to put stamp, sign and date. That would work perfectly and in addition ask them to provide bank statement and stamp and sign it.
To get this you must have good relation with your Bank manager

regards
D

 

[Rob2K]

I can only provide the reference letter and the business card of my supervisor. I cannot get the paystub or payroll or any contract from my previous company. NS would like to see the email address and the telephone number of the company in the reference letter. My previous company that I worked for is a small company and there are very few people left who know me in the company at the moment. So, I am wondering that NS will send an email to the company email address (info@....) instead of supervisor email address or call directly the company phone number and ask some questions about me to anybody. Is it possible or do u have any experience about this?

I hope now it is clear.

Hi,

NS will call the person who ever has given you the the reference letter/contact details. If you are providing the business card of your supervisor it is perfectly fine. All you need to do is, get a plain paper and get your roles and responsibilities printed on it, and attach the business card of the supervisor. Do you have a offer letter of that previous company ? If you have just provide that as well.

I guess you can take few more experts opinion.

 

[hellgate]

Hi,

NS will call the person who ever has given you the the reference letter/contact details. If you are providing the business card of your supervisor it is perfectly fine. All you need to do is, get a plain paper and get your roles and responsibilities printed on it, and attach the business card of the supervisor. Do you have a offer letter of that previous company ? If you have just provide that as well.

I guess you can take few more experts opinion.

Unfortunately I don't have any offer letter but if they call my supervisor, it will be ok. Thanks for your help.

 

[Rob2K]

Unfortunately I don't have any offer letter but if they call my supervisor, it will be ok. Thanks for your help.

If at all you remove this particular experience, does your points go below 67 points ? If not you may better remove that particular experience, just a suggestion.

 

[Surbhigurpreet]

Dear D and Skywalker and all seniors and friends,

I know we have discussed this earlier but in order to be reassure and check with you guys I am writing this.

I am an independent practitioner ( Tax Consultant) My nomination officer has asked me for fresh reference letters as my previous one did not had hours mentioned in them. Being independent practitioner I do not bill my client hourly basis.

But From 2009 till 2013 i worked with a law firm as a tax consultant for their clients. They have given me a reference letter saying that for forty hours i used to be in their office and my fees for the same for XYZ per month. To support this i have attached my TDS certificates, income tax returns and also banks statements of that period proving that i was receiving the said amount in my account.

In support of this i have attached reference letter from a colleague CA who is also my business partner and we share clients. He has confirmed in his letter that i am available in office from 10.30 till 6. 30 pm. Along with two clients saying that I bill them for x no of hours in a week and they pay me XYZ per month.

Now my query is that reference letter of law firm and CA were not included in my original application, so is that a problem. They might feel that i have concealed the same initially.

Secondly, if they are not convinced with the reference letters given by my clients than my association with the law firm from 2009 till 2013 should be sufficient to prove my continuous work experience for more than one year.

I have also attached income tax return for 6 years, certificate from bank saying that my banks account is used for professional transactions along with format of invoice sent to one of the client to show the same.

Please advice that weather i am on right track or should i send something else to make it more proper. Presently they have allotted me 62 points so i only have to prove one year of work experience to make it 71.

Please help and advise.
Thanks and regards.

 

[F.K]

For point #1 If you do not have 1 year experience in your new job does not matter what documents you provide for this job as this experience will not be considered. But you can provide them whatever you want its nice to update but if you think you have better documents from your new job as comparison to previous job than it does not work if you do not have experience 1 year or more in your new job. I would suggest you to make sure you have better documents from your previous job.

For point # 2 You are fine.

D.

Dear D,

Thank you so much for your reply.
My new job does not has a year yet the only reason I am mentioning and providing a letter for it is that I have to mention it in the NOC table as they asked us to provide all jobs with all NOCs in last 10 years.

Actually I am now confused ..should I mention only the intended NOC jobs in table ?? without any other non-intended NOC???

 

[Skywalker_RT]

Dear D and Skywalker and all seniors and friends,

I know we have discussed this earlier but in order to be reassure and check with you guys I am writing this.

I am an independent practitioner ( Tax Consultant) My nomination officer has asked me for fresh reference letters as my previous one did not had hours mentioned in them. Being independent practitioner I do not bill my client hourly basis.

But From 2009 till 2013 i worked with a law firm as a tax consultant for their clients. They have given me a reference letter saying that for forty hours i used to be in their office and my fees for the same for XYZ per month. To support this i have attached my TDS certificates, income tax returns and also banks statements of that period proving that i was receiving the said amount in my account.

In support of this i have attached reference letter from a colleague CA who is also my business partner and we share clients. He has confirmed in his letter that i am available in office from 10.30 till 6. 30 pm. Along with two clients saying that I bill them for x no of hours in a week and they pay me XYZ per month.

Now my query is that reference letter of law firm and CA were not included in my original application, so is that a problem. They might feel that i have concealed the same initially.

Secondly, if they are not convinced with the reference letters given by my clients than my association with the law firm from 2009 till 2013 should be sufficient to prove my continuous work experience for more than one year.

I have also attached income tax return for 6 years, certificate from bank saying that my banks account is used for professional transactions along with format of invoice sent to one of the client to show the same.

Please advice that weather i am on right track or should i send something else to make it more proper. Presently they have allotted me 62 points so i only have to prove one year of work experience to make it 71.

Please help and advise.
Thanks and regards.

I also faced a complicated matter with my reference letters. As I'm self-employed, I provided one letter from my accountant, stating hours, period, salary (income) and job title, along with supporting documents, but they couldn't testify about my duties. For the duties, I provided a letter from my father, who is my partner in the company, written on letterhead, stamped and all, supported by 4 other letters from third-party business partners of our company, stating that I had competence for some of the duties. The officer said that, although they have no problem with that kind of evidence, it wouldn't be accepted by CIC, as, besides only accepting letters from relatives under special circumstances, the letters with the duties weren't referred on the main letter, from my accountant.

So, the officer recommended that I should provide a sworn affidavit from at least one of the business partners, which should contain the necessary duties, and the affidavit must be referred on the letter from my accountant, as CIC wouldn't accept "fragmented" evidences. Right now, the letter and affidavits are being translated and shall be ready tomorrow. Even though I still didn't sent them, I have sent a sample with approximately the same contents as the ones I'm providing and she said that they will be accepted, as long as the duties cover the majority of the ones listed for my NOC.

My advice is to ask your nominee officer. If you provide your case number, they are usually fast to reply and very helpful. Just remember to be very polite!

 

[rkeys]

Hi,

I am in the process of filling PR application after nomination. After filling all forms I am now on the second page where I have to upload all the documents. My question is I cannot see any placeholder for uploading ECA and IELTS certificate? Only one placeholder is Education (diplomas/degrees). Should I combine my ECA and IELTS along with my educational certificate? Or we do not need to upload them at all as their information is already filled in the forms?

Can anyone share his/her experience on this who has filed the APR? Thanks

 

[Surbhigurpreet]

I also faced a complicated matter with my reference letters. As I'm self-employed, I provided one letter from my accountant, stating hours, period, salary (income) and job title, along with supporting documents, but they couldn't testify about my duties. For the duties, I provided a letter from my father, who is my partner in the company, written on letterhead, stamped and all, supported by 4 other letters from third-party business partners of our company, stating that I had competence for some of the duties. The officer said that, although they have no problem with that kind of evidence, it wouldn't be accepted by CIC, as, besides only accepting letters from relatives under special circumstances, the letters with the duties weren't referred on the main letter, from my accountant.

So, the officer recommended that I should provide a sworn affidavit from at least one of the business partners, which should contain the necessary duties, and the affidavit must be referred on the letter from my accountant, as CIC wouldn't accept "fragmented" evidences. Right now, the letter and affidavits are being translated and shall be ready tomorrow. Even though I still didn't sent them, I have sent a sample with approximately the same contents as the ones I'm providing and she said that they will be accepted, as long as the duties cover the majority of the ones listed for my NOC.

My advice is to ask your nominee officer. If you provide your case number, they are usually fast to reply and very helpful. Just remember to be very polite!

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[cool2409]

Hi,

I have received my Nomination today...
MY time line
sept 8th 2015 applicant
Pre Aor june 7
received Aor on sept 16
Nomination on 04 oct

good luck to all my friends!!!

 

[Surbhigurpreet]

Hi,

I have received my Nomination today...
MY time line
sept 8th 2015 applicant
Pre Aor june 7
received Aor on sept 16
Nomination on 04 oct

good luck to all my friends!!!

when did you replied AOR.

 

[otf]

Hi,

I am in the process of filling PR application after nomination. After filling all forms I am now on the second page where I have to upload all the documents. My question is I cannot see any placeholder for uploading ECA and IELTS certificate? Only one placeholder is Education (diplomas/degrees). Should I combine my ECA and IELTS along with my educational certificate? Or we do not need to upload them at all as their information is already filled in the forms?

Can anyone share his/her experience on this who has filed the APR? Thanks

Please make sure you combine your Eca and educational certificate. Ielts is optional but I advise you include it