COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDY VISA APPLICATION

All required CIC Forms, altogether four(4) in number:

- IMM1294 form/study permit form; fill on the computer don't use PEN, validate and sign. If you
have been refused visa(s) in any country you MUST answer YES to it in a section provided for it
in this very form. Failure is 5 YEARS BAN.
- Lagos visa office instruction form: Included checklist from page 1-5 (tick documents submitted)
and Study Permit Questionnaire page17-18 (fill this very questionnaire with pen).
- Family information form, fill on the computer.
- In addition current CIC application fee for both visa & biometrics is N56,000 approximately

Educational documents:
- Waec/Neco.
- B.sc certificate/HND/Masters certificate as the case may be.
- Transcripts.
- NYSC certificate.
- Intending school admission letter & invoice and school fees receipt as the case may be.
- Relevant professional certification(s) if applicable.

Identification documents/others:
- Birth cert. and sibling(s) birth Cert.
- International passport and its photocopies of data page only
- Passport photograph
- police report
- previous visa(s) to satisfy travel history if applicable. If you don't have don't necessarily worry.

Financial document/source of income and proof of relationship

If you sponsor is a working class then the following:
- Employment letter of sponsor, 6 months Pay-slip, work Id and Introductory letter if possible.
- 6 months bank statement of the sponsor with adequate funds and a reference letter attached
to it by the bank (bank letter head, signed and stamped).
- Any asset of the sponsor e.g Land documents but in some cases if not available, don't worry
- Sponsors may be self/father/mother/brother/sister/uncle/cousin/inlaw/wife/husband. The idea
of family friend I can't guarantee anyone.

If you sponsor is a business man/woman/person/self-sponsor entrepreneur then the following:

- 6 months bank statement of a sponsor with adequate funds and a reference letter attached to
it by the bank (on bank letter head, signed and stamped).
- CAC documents/certificate of registration, tax clearance certificate(s), if the already mentioned
is not available, invoices, transaction receipts and rent receipts can play here to prove sources of
income.
- Land documents if available.

Proof of relationship are;

select as apply to the sponsor you intend using.
- Marriage certificate
- Birth certificate/affidavit of age

N.B: the 2 listed above are the substantial and convincing proves. For example if my sister is
married and her husband is sponsoring me. To prove relationship, my birth cert. and my sister's
birth cert. come to play. since the in-law is my sponsor, to prove that, my sister's hubby has to
get (their/his) marriage certificate and his birth cert./affidavit of age. So the key factor in proving
any relationship is marriage cert. and birth cert/affidavit of age. Anyone if applicable I didn't
mention is entertained.

In addition, detail sponsorship letter written by the sponsor or by your aid, then signed by the
sponsor and affidavit of sponsorship which would be taken to and signed in a High court.

For the principal applicant:

If you are done with youth service, endeavour to explain any gap more than one year
for those employed, List of requirements are:
- Employment letter(s)
- 4/6 months payslips and if your account statement indicates your monthly salary and
allowances, point that to the VO via your SOP if payslips are not available to you. In some cases I
assume that the VOs point such out on your bank statements and may not bother about
payslips.
- Introductory letter as the case may be.
- Study leave in cases if you are coming back or claimed coming back to work with your same
organisation.
- Your Personal Bank Statement and a reasonable amount is expected if you are a mature
applicant and having worked longer years. I do advice above N1m or surplus if you are
opportune. Pension statements and insurance if available as the case may be.

If you are unemployed for more than 1 year and for many years but have tangible productive
activity and which may have connection to your intended program and background, you should
endeavour to explicitly explain this on your LOE/SOP and provide evidence by means of
documents available. But if you don't, you can ask others for a positive solution.

If your are currently serving(NYSC):

- Call-up letter.
- Nysc ID card.
- PPA letter.
- Discharge certificate if you are done serving.
- NYSC statement of account if possible. Make sure you explain to the VO that you are serving
your father-land(Nigeria) and it is mandatory for every graduate in Nigeria.
If you are out of service and idle for less than one year, endeavour to at least explain something
meaningful you have been doing with your time.

For mature applicants of at least 28 years old and are employed, home ties may be of
employment/assets/family/stock and bond etc.
Mature Single applicants that are employed; at least land documents to serve as home tie
which the VO assumes would compel you to come back when you can't legally stay in Canada.
stock & bond which worth reasonable value may play if any.
Married men/women; your wife/husband and kid(s) are already strong home tie(s).Addition of
land documents, car particulars if available is to strengthen the financial/economic ties.

NB: Home ties vary and the VO may assess yours depending on your profile and case, so
the above stated especially for Single(marital status) may vary.
In addition it doesn't mean that some documents required for TRV application and was
unintentionally omitted and which may be irrelevant would lead to refusal. It won't as long as
the relevant ones and ''a must'' is there.

More so, carefully choose your programs especially PGC(d)/dipoma applicants. Very soon, the
mistake you made by choosing the wrong program and assuming that it's related when the
COURSE MODULES of your intending program don't clearly correlate with your employment or
its activities/previous studies, would amount to PURPOSE OF VISIT & CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
SITUATION refusals and other refusal factors if other areas ain't taken care of.

Meanwhile those that have wider gap-year (4/5/6yrs more) and intend pursuing studies with
diploma/UG afterwards. This style adopted by some is always complex in dealing with such
applications and I find it difficult speaking on this aspect.

And Finally put more effort on your SOPs. Make it comprehensive, detailed and free from
grammatical errors. Paragraph, structure it and make it professional. Avoid plagiarism, It spoils
so many things. It has denied so many even the competitive masters admission in Canada.

I give kudos to baba @Thesoj. I silently followed his posts in part 4 or so upwards when he was
HOTCAKE on this thread. I finally give back to this forum and may this very post serve as
reference/guide.

Congrats to everyone anticipating approval and yet to apply. Faith and prayers without hard-
work is waste.