Waiting for them is the best bet? That's not a solution. You are not listening to yourself at all. Some people will go there tomorrow and give us update on what they tell them. I know you will benefit as well. That's a solution and been reasonable.
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okay! I see. I do not need the benefit though but I hope they get it.
The advice from CountessO is the best and most rational you can get anywhere. You are the one getting unnecessarily touchy about the advice.
If you go to the Canadian high Commission in Lagos, I can almost certainly guarantee you will have wasted you time and money going there. They will not let you in except you are there for consular support, which will only be provided to a Canadian citizen. The Lagos office has no business with the VAC in Lagos (VSF Global). They both have their entirely separate roles and the VAC is only a contractor. If the Lagos VAC is not open, you have to exercise some patience for businesses in Lagos to open.
For your information, the resumption of processing on July 1 just announced is for temporary residence applications - visitors, temporary workers and students. PR application processing and work permit for those working in essential services sector never stopped. The visa processing offices are all working remotely from home. The challenge is with the VACs, which are not part of the immigration decision makers but merely agents and couriers.
If you are going to resume a job that is defined as an essential worker in Canada, you may send a web form enquiry to the responsible visa office with the title "URGENT REQUEST - COVID-19 EXEMPTION". To confirm if your job is considered essential, check here https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/ntnl-scrt/crtcl-nfrstrctr/esf-sfe-en.aspx. If you feel the visa office (not a VAC please) has treated your application badly or has not responded to a web enquiry you sent after 30 days, and you want to report the unnecessary delay to the powers that be in Ottawa to pile pressure on the visa office to expedite the process, send an email to Case‐Review‐im‐enquiry@cic.gc.ca
I am not getting touchy at all. Some of us here know all you just mentioned here, we have done alot. Let me ask you a question, if you have problem contacting your bank to resolve an issue, going to the bank to make enquiries on how to get it resolved, is that a problem? Having submitted passport since February, yes covid19 impacted everything; if 2 or 3 persons decide to go there and ask questions since their email and number aren't going through, its not bad at all. There's nothing like his advice is best and rational, we are all trying to get leads and plan ahead!
Some of us went to the lagos immigration and vfs and got good news. To many of you who like speaking big English and acting like others are stupid, well done! Asking questions and making enquiries is not a bad thing to do.
So i was at the Deputy High commission some minutes ago and though they didn't let us in, they were calm and polite about their approach.
When my wife and I laid our case, the man in charge of security went in to consult and came back to tell us that that though the commission had resumed work, they were yet to open to the public.
He also told us that Vfs cannot resume canada services until they are instructed to do so which would most likely happen within a week or two.
He asked us to exercise a little more patience.
HAHA!!!!! I don't even know why this funny.. I AM GLAD THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I SAID AND WHAT @Alwayssuccessful! SAID. ... sometimes you can pass your opinion without being neccessarily rude because of frustration. Lol! at least your solution worked! Good luck!
I am not frustrated and rude. We made a suggestion and decided to visit lagos immigration and vfs, you said it is not the right thing to do and @Alwayssuccessful! Said you are giving me the best and rational advice. But we did it after all and still came back to update everyone. Asking questions and making enquiries is not a bad solution, this is why processes, policies, systems become better. The feedback will help many of us plan ahead as we wait patiently.
And when vfs doesn't open up in one or 2wks time what happens? U go back to the high commision again? U don't have to be rude and touchy when others share their opinions as regards your plans. Do u think the info u got from the deputy high commision in Lagos was something new? Everyone knows that canada VAC was not closed permanently and would open at some point, just have a little more patience and hopefully things would turn out well for everyone. The Lagos consulate literally asked u to be patient, which is not different from what @CountessO and @Alwayssuccessful! said earlier.
I believe you are the same guy saying the admin on the WhatsApp group should go break up vfs if he cannot be patient. If you know everything and you are still here and the WhatsApp group, I really wonder what you trying to achieve. I went there, I updated the group on my findings, I don't think have done any wrong by going to ask questions I don't know about. Saying its not a good idea to go there to make enquiries, is not a good thing to say to people; these offices are usually open to the public for enquiries. I even saw other people who came to make enquiries as well. Are they also impatient people as well? Whether or not vfs opens in 1 or 2wks, at least we have gone there to see if the offices are even open at all and when likely things will begin again.