sysclp

I cannot get a straight answer on this from anywhere, even the CIC 800 number. My question is, on the application do I need to list every 1-3 hour trip to the US I have made for picking up forwarded mail, shopping, etc. since I moved here? One agent says no, they are only interested in longer trips and another says they want every trip and even 1 minute outside Canada counts as an entire day away! Who is right? There is no way I can come up with all the day trips I have made in the last year and a half as I kept no records because I didn't know it would ever be important.

Do any of the experts have any knowledge on this matter?

Henry

I remember from a posting by one of the experts in this forum that the basis
for counting the days is actually "where you slept at night".

Even if you commute from Canada to the U.S. everyday but sleep in Canada at
nights, it is OK. Your situation basically looks the same.

Henry


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    > I cannot get a straight answer on this from anywhere, even the CIC 800
    > number. My question is, on the application do I need to list every 1-3
    > hour trip to the US I have made for picking up forwarded mail, shopping,
    > etc. since I moved here? One agent says no, they are only interested in
    > longer trips and another says they want every trip and even 1 minute
    > outside Canada counts as an entire day away! Who is right? There is no
    > way I can come up with all the day trips I have made in the last year
    > and a half as I kept no records because I didn't know it would ever be
    > important.
    > Do any of the experts have any knowledge on this matter?
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    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

sysclp

That was what I thought, but the agent I talked to put me on hold and supposedly confirmed it with someone else and said that if you were outside Canada for even 1 minute it counted as being outside Canada for an entire day and had to be reported on the application. I am really upset at this as there is no way I can come up with all those 1 day trips I never even thought would matter.

Andrew Miller

It may be tricky but again - short trips don't count as days of absence as
explained in my earlier post. But you should list every trip abroad, no matter
how short - just put "0" as a number of days of absence if you were returning
the same on next day.

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"sysclp" wrote in message
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    > Originally posted by Henry:
    > > I remember from a posting by one of the experts in this forum that the
    > > basis
    > > for counting the days is actually "where you slept at night".
    > >
    > > Even if you commute from Canada to the U.S. everyday but sleep in
    > > Canada at
    > > nights, it is OK. Your situation basically looks the same.
    > >
    > That was what I thought, but the agent I talked to put me on hold and
    > supposedly confirmed it with someone else and said that if you were
    > outside Canada for even 1 minute it counted as being outside Canada for
    > an entire day and had to be reported on the application. I am really
    > upset at this as there is no way I can come up with all those 1 day
    > trips I never even thought would matter.
    > --
    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

sysclp

The main problem is I have no clue what dates the trips were on as I never kept track! I have gone once or twice a month for the past year and a half. I know the dates for all the long trips (10 trips of 2-7 days each), but all the little ones I haven't a clue about! I guess I will try calling again tomorrow and ask another agent hoping for best 2 out of 3 since I got two totally different answers from the first two.