Minimum amount needed by an Express Entry or Permanent Resident applicant and Work-Study candidates for a successful Visa application

PROOF OF FUNDS

Proof of funds means settlement funds, this is how an Express Entry appliacnt shows the Canadian Federal Government that they have enough money in their bank account to settle in Canada, after they have been invited to apply, they must present a written proof that they have this money.

Permanent resident applicants are mandated to show their last 6 months statement of account and the reason why it's required is for them to check the applicants 6 months balance and also the source of the funds they are showing and also to confirm that there's no suspicious or sudden influx of funds or money into the account.

These funds should be readily available to the applicant and should be used without restrictions.

If the applicant receives a large sum of money, in their bank account as a gift, this sudden influx of funds will be justified, if the applicant is able to produce a gift deed.
This gift deed will justify the source of the funds.

For married applicants, whatever funds they have in a joint account, can be accounted towards their proof of funds, including the ones in the spouses name or account, if any.

Immigration, refugees and citizenship Canada (IRCC), has advice express entry candidates to always update their profiles, in order to show their annual changes and adjustments.

Read Canada Express Entry Program, for skilled workers

In Express entry program, all applicants are expected to provide a proof of documents. If you do not need to provide proof of funds, you must upload a letter of explanation.

EXAMPLE,

• If you've been invited to apply under the Canada Experience Class 
• You have a valid job offer

With these proofs, you're not expected to provide proof of funds, you do not have to meet the funds requirement if you were invited to apply under the Canada Experience Class.

Candidates who were invited to apply under the Federal Skilled Worker Program or Federal Skilled Trades Program, are mandated to show that they meet the settlement funds requirement.
For proofs, they must get official letters from any bank or financial institution where you're keeping money.

The letters must Include:

• All current bank and investment account.

• Outstanding debts, such as credit card debts and loans.

• In your express entry profile, you will be asked to include the amount of money you will have, to help you settle in Canada.

• It must be printed on the financial institutions letter head.

• Include there contact information (address, Telephone number and email address) 

• Include your name

Also Read Everything you need to know about Canadian Provincial Nomination


Include for each current bank and investment account..

• Account Numbers
• Date each account was opened
• Current balance of each account
• Average balance for the past 6 months.

This is to show that you are capable of supporting yourself and any family member, who comes with you to Canada and also assist the Canada government, in assessing which program is suitable for you.
Keep your funds, up to date in your profile, the system may find that you're eligible for more than 1 program.

 The amount of money you need to support your family depends on the size of your family.
You should also include your spouse or dependent children,even if they're not coming with you to Canada, not minding they're permanent residents or Canadian citizens.

This table shows the minimum amount needed by Express entry applicants  to migrate to Canada in 2019. 

If you have more money, You should list that full amount in your Profile or Application.

                   Number of Family Members                                             Amount
                                      
                                     1    ---------------------------------------------------  $12,669
                      
                                     2    ---------------------------------------------------  $15,530

                                     3    ---------------------------------------------------  $19,390

                                     4    ---------------------------------------------------  $23,542

                                     5    ---------------------------------------------------  $26,707

                                     6    ---------------------------------------------------  $30,114

                                     7    ---------------------------------------------------  $33,528

NOTE: Each additional family member : $3,361

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The funds must not be borrowed from another person and must be readily available to you. You must be ale to use the money to pay for the cost of living for family. Real estates are not acceptable.

carry out a detailed research on the cost of living in your chosen province. Endeavor to bring as much money as possible, because it will make getting  an accommodation in Canada a lot easier for you.

Once you get to Canada, you must tell the border official, if you're bringing more than 10,000 CAD into Canada. You're likely to be fined, if you don't and your funds confiscated and this includes, cash, cards, documents that show property or capital payable to you. Such as:

• Stocks, 
• Bonds, 
• Treasury bill

Documents that guaranty, payment of a set amount, which are payable, Egs.

• Bank draft, 
• Cheques,
• Money Orders, 
• Travelers Guide.

Jan, 2020

Canada updates the minimum settlement fund requirements for the year 2020. 

The Canadian Federal Government has and updated and increased the amount of funds needed by certain skilled workers/Express entry applicants, in order to immigrate to Canada.

Canada has updated the settlement funds requirement for two Express Entry programs

They are

The Express Entry-managed 

• Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP)
• Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP)

These are the new proof of funds requirement to determine eligibility for Federal Skilled Worker Program and Federal Skilled Trades Program candidates in 2020. 

The total amount of funds needed depends on the number of family members and the size of the family included on the application. 

Though the changes may be small, but they could affect the eligibility of applicants.

The Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), has stated that the following family members can be included on an application for Canadian permanent residence:

• The principal applicant
• Their spouse or partner;
• Their dependent children; and
• Their spouse’s dependent children.

Spouses/common-law partner and dependent children must be included on the application even if they are not coming  with you to Canada with or if they are already permanent residents.

The following amounts have been updated for 2020:

Number of family members Funds required (in Canadian dollars)

1 $12,960

2 $16,135

3 $19,836

4 $24,083

5 $27,315

6 $30,806

7 $34,299

Each additional family member   $3,492

The Canadian proof of funds is increased and updated yearly.

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ABBREVIATIONS/ACRONYMS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY USED FOR EXPRESS ENTRY AND CANADA VISA APPLICATION

SOME EXPRESS ENTRY ABBREVIATIONS

Abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method. It's a new word created from the initial letters of a long name or phrase.

It may consist of a group of letters or words taken from the full version of the word phrase.
They can be seen in every area of our daily lives, because it's an easy way of shortening and pronouncing words.

We will be stating some of the abbreviations and acronyms related to Canadian Express Entry..


ACRONYMS:

AVO   -  Accra Visa Office

PCC   -  Police Clearance Certificate

FSW   -  Federal Skill Worker

EE      -  Express Entry

ITA      -  Invitation To Apply

PPR   -   Passport Requirement

MR     -   Medical Request

POF   -   Proof of Fund

CRS   -   Comprehensive Ranking System

NOC   -   National Occupation Clarification

AOR    -  Acknowledgement of Receipt

PER    -  Positive Eligibility Review

COPR -  Confirmation of Permanent Residence

PEI      -  Preliminary Evaluation for Immigration

AOR    -  Acknowledgement of receipt letter.

BDEC  -  Background Decision

CC       -  Credit Card

CHC     -  Canadian High Commission –  Refers to the Canadian embassies, Visa offices, and Consulates.

CIC      -   Citizenship and Immigration, Canada – the umbrella body which governs both CIOand local CHC offices.

CIO      -   Centralized Intake Office in Sydney Nova Scotia – where you sent your application.
Sometimes it is mentioned as CIU (Centralized Intake Unit).

DD       -   Demand Draft (Bank Draft / Certified
Cheque / Money Order)

ECA     -   Educational Credential Assessment

ECAS  -   Client Application Status, an official CIC service which allows to view the status of your application on-line

FD       -    Fixed Deposit

SLU     -    Second Level Update

FILE BF'D TO - File Brought Forward date

FINDEC -   Financial Decision

FOSS     -   is a central database of applications

GCMS    -   Global Case Management System

IMMCAT -   Immigration Category

JD          -   Job Description

M01-M07 -   level of Medical assessment. M01 means perfect

MEDDEC - Medical Decision

MI           -  Ministerial Instructions

MR         -  Medical Examination Request

NCR       -   No Criminal Record

NOC       -   National Occupation Classification

OREQ     -  Other Requirement

PCC        -  Police Clearance Certificate

PER        -  Confirmation of Positive Eligibility Review from CIO

PI            -   Principal Immigrant

POF        -   Proof of Funds

PPR        -   Passport Request

PPS        -   point at paper screening stage

PS           -   Prescreen (another explanation is Paper selection)

PSDEC   -   Paper Selection Decision

RPRF     -    Right of Permanent Residence Fees

SEC CRIM - Security criminal

SELDEC -    Selection Decision

SS          -    This spreadsheet

SW1       -    Skill Worker 1

UCI         -    Unique Client Identifier, an 8-digit identification number. People usually get it from CIC in a PER confirmation

VO          -    Visa Office

RBVO     -    Received by Visa Office

XREF      -    Cross referenced applicant

PR         -     Permanent Residency

NA          -     Not Applicable

IP           -     In Progress (1 or 2) and refers to the status of your background check

NBG       -     Next Step is to Conduct a Background Check

BOWP    -     Bridging Open Work Permit

PGWP    -     Post Graduation Work Permit

CSIS      -     Canadian Security Intelligence Service

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AIR PEACE TO EVACUATE NIGERIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja
__________ 
PRESS RELEASE
No: MFA/PR/2019/42

AIR PEACE TO EVACUATE NIGERIANS FROM SOUTH AFRICA

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes to inform the general public that following the recent unfortunate xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals, including Nigerians in South Africa, the Proprietor of Air Peace Airlines Chief Allen Onyema, has volunteered to send an aircraft from Friday 6th September 2019 to evacuate Nigerians who wish to return to Nigeria free of charge.

The general public is hereby advised to inform their relatives in South Africa to take advantage of this laudable gesture. Interested Nigerians are therefore advised to liaise with the High Commission of Nigeria in Pretoria and the Consulate General of Nigeria in Johannesburg for further necessary arrangement. 

Signed

Ferdinand Nwonye
Spokesperson
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja

Wednesday, 4 September, 2019

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LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT EVALUATE CREDENTIALS FOR PERMANENT RESIDENT (ECA) IN CANADA

Organizations that evaluate credentials

There are different organizations that evaluate  credentials in Canada and for different purposes.

An Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) is used to verify and confirm that your foreign degree, diploma, certificate (or other proof of your credential) is valid and equal to a Canadian one. 

Citizenship and immigration Canada uses educational Credentials Assessment (ECA) reports to:

* Authenticate an applicants foreign credentials

* To determine the equivalent Completed Canadian Credentials.

The purpose of the report is to award immigration selection points to applicants or make program eligibility decisions.

Citizenship and immigration Canada has designed both multipurpose Assessment organization and professional bodies to assess foreign credentials.

The designed organizations are:

* World Education Services (WES)

* International Credentials Assessment Services of Canada 

* Comparative Education Services (CES)

* International qualifications Assessment Services.

*International Credentials Evaluation Service.

These educational bodies are to authenticate and evaluate foreign educational credentials.

WES is mostly for degree evaluation, like; Computer, Management, etc
But if you studied Law, it's better to evaluate through IQAS, so that your degree will be equated as masters and not just a degree.
(5yrs degree and one year of law school).
That way, you're not loosing so much points.
Remember it's a point based system, where you get points based on the level of your education.

Most people also evaluate through ICES, mostly to avoid the stress of evaluating their WAEC or other reasons, they evaluate through ICES or IQAS, because these organizations do not evaluate WAEC.

People with professional courses that require license, like Medicine or courses that require license are to evaluate their credentials through...

The designated professional bodies are:

* Medical Council of Canada (MCC)

* Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC)

People with professional course must evaluate through a licenced body.
MCC for medicine and PEBC for pharmacy,
That way, when they get there, they will only write the professional exam, before they start practicing, without having to start all over.

These professional organizations are to authenticate and evaluate foreign educational credentials, to determine how they compare to a Canadian credentials. It is also considered a step towards the licensing process.

You must submit an ECA for all levels of completed foreign education, you want to be considered or be awarded points for. It is up to you to decide which credentials to have assessed by a designated organization.

Citizenship and immigration Canada only accepts the ECA for immigration purposes from one of the designated organization.

Your ECA must be less than 5years.

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Tips on proof of funds and different ways you can prove your funds

By Nneka Odilichukwu

Before deciding to apply for express entry, work and study visa. visit visa or just for tourism, you must be able to show that  you can take care of yourself , when you get to your host country.

You need to have the right amount of money in your account, for adequate living expenses. 

It's one of their requirements and among the documents you'll asked to upload, during filling of form.

For example, the proof of funds for the Canadian student visa is CA$10,000 at present, for every year of your stay.

But in Quebec the amount of funds required per year of your stay is CA$11,000

YOU CAN PROVE YOUR FUNDS BY

• Proof of a Canadian bank account in your name, if you have transferred the money to Canada.
• Investment Certificate (GIC), from a participating financial institution.
• Your bank statement for the past 4 months
• Proof you paid tuition and housing fees
• Proof a student education loan from a bank.
• A letter from school or person giving you money
• A bank draft that can converted  to Canadian .
• Proof of funding paid from within Canada, if you have scholarship or in a Canadian educational funded program. 

PROOF OF FUND FOR EXPRESS ENTRY

To meet the minimum requirements for express entry, proof of funds is also needed. All candidates are required to show proof of funds and this proof of finds must be readily available.

The Government of Canada has introduced a slight increase to its settlement funds requirement and is urging Express Entry candidates to ensure their profiles reflect the change. 

The increase raises the required minimum settlement funds by just over 1.5 per cent for each family level.

For a single person arriving unaccompanied in Canada, this translates to an increase from $12,474 to $12,669.

All Federal Skilled Worker Class and
the Federal Skilled Trades Class
candidates must show proof of funds, which are required to ensure the principal applicant and her/his accompanying family members have the means to support themselves financially upon landing in Canada as permanent residents.

Canadian Experience Class candidates who are working in Canada on an eligible work permit are exempt from having to prove
they have the minimum settlement funds.

However, Canadian Experience Class candidates invited to apply for Canadian permanent residence through the Federal Skilled Worker Class will have to show proof of funds.

The total amount of money needed to support your family, depends on the number of family members, which includes

• Yourself
• Your spouse or Partner
• Your dependent Children

The total amount of money needed as proof of funds, required for express entry and the amount for each accompanying family member are HERE.

The  total cost depends on the number of family members.

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How to apply for a work and study visa in Canada

GUIDE TO A WORK AND STUDY VISA APPLICATION

Several people would have preferred to have their post secondary and post graduate studies abroad, but couldn't due to one reason or the other, some are schooling in their preferred school already, while some are actively working towards achieving their dreams, of continuing their studies in another country.

If you're among this sect, the first thing to do is to

 To complete your application, you are required to provide many documents and the documents you need, depends on your nationality, the program you are applying for and your personal situation.

Decide on your preferred country and university

Everything is now a click away, go online and do a little research on the country you want to travel to and their educational system, about their provinces and communities, their language, rules and regulations, laws that govern each province, their universities and their location, accommodation, currency and environment, etc.


University

Confirm their tuition fees, if it's not readily available, create a separate account and start putting them together. Tuition fees differs from country to country and university to university.
Check the admission requirement of the university, to know the documents you need and examples of the files required.

Remember some schools, especially public schools offer free tuition fees packages/scholarship.
If it's a country that has a scholarship scheme for it's international applicants, endeavor to apply, because getting a scholarship will help in making the whole process a lot easier for you.


Read List of documents required for a work-study visa application


International Passport

Your international passport should be ready. Most people will be nursing the idea of schooling abroad without procuring their international passport first, therefore making things difficult for themselves when they eventually start up with the process.


Proof Of Funds

You're also required to show/provide a proof of funds,sponsor statement of account or block account.
The proof of funds is just to show that you will be able to take care of yourself while studying, the proof of funds differs from country to country.

In some countries, when you resume, you wont be allowed to withdraw the whole funds at once, a country like Germany will only allow you to withdraw a specified amount per month.



Insurance Cover

This is also among the requirements, you are to get a health insurance for yourself and family in the country of your choice. This can be renewed every year for a specified amount.

If you're applying for a master's or Phd degree in most countries, you're required to choose a school and also get a supervisor for yourself, finalize with your supervisor, before applying, but this is not a general rule, because some schools are actually more flexible.


Motivation Letter

A letter of motivation is an introduction letter, which will be attached to your documents. Your motivation letter should show your goals and what inspired you into choosing your program of choice.
For example, reasons for choosing the course,
Reasons for picking the school,
The different ways your future aligns with the course you chose.
The motivation letter will be used to assess the purpose for your application and the reasons behind the course you chose, your educational life and things you love doing.

IELTS/TEF

Most of these universities require the English Language Proficiency Test Report, while some do not. So get ready to write the IELTS exam, TEF, TOEFL, etc, depending on the country you're applying to. It's adviced to get this report ready before applying or get it during your application processing.
The IELTS will be used to test your language proficiency.

Most countries or universities can accept confirmation letters from your previews school/s showing that you've been taught and received lectures in English Language.

In some countries countries, you will be given residence permit, work permit, to enable live and work freely and take care of yourself while schooling, you will also be given the option of applying for applying for permanent resident in your host country, after living there for a number of years.

Once you're set, gather all your documents together, not forgetting your birth certificate and also get ready for the interviews. All your documents must be genuine, avoid misrepresenting yourself because it could cause your admission and you will also be banned for a couple of years.

CV

Your CV will be used to gain more insight in your education, which documents you need exactly, your professional career and activities.

Check out some INTERVIEW questions posted by real people, it's only meant to give you an idea of the questions to expect. Endeavor to research on them before going in for your interviews in order to scale through.

It's also advisable to get an immigration expert, to help and guide you through your application, to avoid confusion and mistakes, we can help you with your work and study application.

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List of Documents required for a work and study visa application (BSC AND MSC)

  

Requirements for a work and study visa application

Hope the tips on WORK AND STUDY application, has been helpful, if you haven't checked it out, I'll suggest you do so, especially if you're planning or preparing to study abroad.

In applying for a work and study visa, one of the first things to take is, finding the requirements for both the school and discipline you are to applying for, confirm you meet all their requirements before proceeding with the application.

Before applying for the work and study program, the international students, applying for masters, you  are expected to have Bsc degree, some universities accepts equivalent qualification, in the course of their choose.



After putting all your documents together, gotten an admission and a supervisor (if you're applying for masters or Phd), ready for the online application..

The next thing to check and confirm, are the requirements for BSc, MSC, PHD and the visa application.

REQUIREMENTS FOR VISA APPLICATION

• Admission documents 

• Medical Test

• International Passport

• Police Report

• Birth Certificate

• Account Statement

• Intake Application 

• 2 Passport Photographs

Any other supporting documents


Read How to apply for a work and study visa in Canada


REQUIREMENTS FOR BSc

• WAEC Result
 
• Secondary School Testimonial

• CV/Resume (optional)

• Interntional Passport

• WAEC Scratch Card

REQUIREMENTS FOR MSC

• BSc Credentials 

• School Transcript
 

• WAEC Result

• WAEC Scratch Card

• International Passport

•  Secondary School Testimonial

• Two references 

• CV/ Resume

Other supporting documents

The application process is step by step, and you also have to be meticulous, in order to avoid mistakes.

You can contact us for further consultations, we will be happy to help you out and also guide you through your visa application.

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