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Has anyone here successfully gotten stamped/certified Wealthsimple bank statements for a visa application?

I need bank statements showing the last 3 months of activity for a Spain Schengen visa application in Canada. The checklist asks for stamped Canadian bank statements, but since Wealthsimple is branchless, I’m not sure what the accepted version is.

Did Wealthsimple provide you with a DocuSign-stamped/certified statement or any official letter? How long did it take, and was it accepted by the visa office/BLS/consulate?

Would really appreciate any recent experience or tips on what exactly to ask Wealthsimple support for.

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I received an OINP Employer Job Offer ITA for ISS on April 30. My understanding is that the employer application/application for approval of the employment position is due within 14 calendar days, and the applicant's side is due within 17 calendar days. My company lawyer says the employer application appears to have been submitted on May 8, but OINP withdrew the invitation/application on May 14, before my applicant-side deadline. They suspect it being a system glitch and have reached out to OINP via webform for support.

Has anyone experienced something similar where the employer side was submitted on time, but the file was still withdrawn before the applicant deadline? Were you able to get OINP to reopen/reinstate it?

I have an appointment for July 9th at Spanish consulate in Toronto and intent to travel last week of August.

Has anyone gone through the process before?

How long did it take to get your visa decision after the appointment day?

Did you get it before your flight?

Thanks everyone!

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Hey everyone, I passed the exam on my first try!

My first language is Middle Eastern, and I started learning French from absolute zero. I’ll try to make a more detailed post later about my full plan and everything I did, but here is the short version.

For the first two months, I focused heavily on grammar with a very experienced tutor. My goal was to learn the structures I needed for a solid B2 level: tenses, pronouns, connectors, conditional, subjunctive, and useful sentence templates.

After those first two months, from August to December, I focused more on listening and general immersion. I worked through two listening books to improve my oral comprehension, listened to French content regularly, practiced dictation a lot, and tried to expose myself to the language as much as possible.

Then, closer to the exam, I moved into very focused exam preparation. I studied around 3–4 hours per day and completed 35/40 of the Réussir le TCF sample tests. A lot of the question styles were very similar to what I saw on exam day.

For writing, I did around ~36-40 writings on different topics per tache (total around 100-120). I practiced using strong introductions, connectors, conditional phrases, subjunctive structures, and clear conclusions. I also timed myself regularly so I could get used to writing under exam conditions.

For speaking, I practiced with my tutor twice a week throughout the process. I went through many different topics, timed myself for oral tasks, and trained myself to answer clearly with structure instead of improvising randomly.

Outside of formal study, I tried to create full immersion as much as possible. I talked to myself in French, used ChatGPT and Gemini to practice answers and correct mistakes, listened to French content, and did a lot of dictation practice to improve my listening, spelling, and sentence structure.

There are honestly so many resources available, and French is such a beautiful language. If you give it time, patience, and love, it will love you back.

Bon courage à tous !