i feel theres no harm in trying so long as one makes a genuine effort to convince the vo otherwise that he is really here to study. what makes you think that european country are more "accepting" towards nigerians???
but yea i highly doubt that nigerians generally have this intention. 99% of them probably want to stay on in canada considering how horrible nigeria is
Hello KirinFrost,
I agree with some of your commentaries, I do not agree with others.
1. If it costs a lot of money and effort to put in a Canadian study permit application, if he put in once and he had been refused, the tendency is that he will be refused a second time. But like you said if he/she feels its worth it, they can go for, I just gave my honest opinion.
2. European countries at the moment seem to have a lot more promise, most Nigerians are not applying there, so if you package your application properly based on the Canadian study permit experience and use some of the ideas on this thread (they are universal) then you are likely to get approved for a study permit.
3. Visa application approvals should be based objectively based on whether the applicant meets the minimum requirements or not. It should not be based on a stereotypical and biased perception of Nigerians. Some people may be flaunting the rules, but not everybody, but when your decision to approve a visa is based on the behavior of the bad ones on the good ones, then that is unjust, unfair and unethical.
4. In 2015 approval rates for Nigerian applicants were between 45-50%, within 6 years it has sharply declined to about 10-19%. That decline is too sharp. Has the demography suddenly changed? How is it that for example someone who's 1st child is already studying in Canada, has her second child refused, what changed in that family. The first son is just about to graduate, there is no evidence to show that he will not return to his country yet. And many other cases like that.
5. Now let us not kid ourselves, who will invest such amount of money into Canadian education and not want to stay back? Another problem is that Canadian immigration is being hypocritical. They claim to be immigration friendly, yet they are refusing genuine applications from Nigerians. If you don't want Nigerians to stay back in your country, then they should cancel the post-graduate work permit scheme that allows students to stay back and work as a route to permanent residency. The UK did that some years ago, so those that still went there knew that they will not be able to stay back. So why is Canada encouraging students to come and study and stay back and at the same time refusing permits on the basis that they may not return? Please think about it.
Finally, as I stated in my first post, I am here to give honest opinions based on facts, people are free to either take it or refuse it. I don't like giving false hope. I don't like seeing people waste scarce resources such as time and effort to pursue what they may not be able to get.
Many thanks for your thoughts though.
Omofar