Help listing US study in travel and address history

[BatulKS]

Hi everyone,
I need some help figuring out how best to list time I spent in the US during my masters program in the post-ITA form's address and travel history sections. I'm an Indian citizen and reside in Kuwait. During my study in the US (on a student visa), I retained my residence permit in Kuwait by making short trips back to the country here every six months. As it was a significant stretch of time overall, I have listed my US addresses in my address history even though each ''stay'' was just under 6 months. Now, for the travel history, should I:

A- List the chunks of time in the US as 'trips" again?-- This is what I did a couple of years ago when I was applying for the Canadian visitor visa so CIC has this info already.
B- List the shorter visits to Kuwait as 'trips'? - This feels odd to me as the form asks for trips excluding those to one's countries of citizenship and residence. But I could be wrong?
C- something else??

Has anyone else faced a similar issue? Would really appreciate some help. Thanks!

 

[Islander216]

With A, I understand the logic as you weren't residing permanently in the U.S, but what would strike me as odd is that if you were studying for your Masters, you would be living there primarily even if you don't have a permanent status there. You would still be primarily residing there as a full time student.

Like for example, if I'm on a student permit in Canada, I wouldn't put that I'm here on a trip, I'd put this is where I'm residing for the duration of my studies, and then travelling back to my country of residence would be the trips.

It seems to me you've got it the other way round.

Because your temporary residence in the U.S would be captured through your address history. And the trips back home would be captured by your travel history.

 

[BatulKS]

With A, I understand the logic as you weren't residing permanently in the U.S, but what would strike me as odd is that if you were studying for your Masters, you would be living there primarily even if you don't have a permanent status there. You would still be primarily residing there as a full time student.

Like for example, if I'm on a student permit in Canada, I wouldn't put that I'm here on a trip, I'd put this is where I'm residing for the duration of my studies, and then travelling back to my country of residence would be the trips.

It seems to me you've got it the other way round.

Because your temporary residence in the U.S would be captured through your address history. And the trips back home would be captured by your travel history.

Okay so you're suggesting I put in the short trips back home (not to India though) during the US stay in the travel history? Any idea if this would be a problem as it wouldn't match the 5 year travel history I submitted to CIC for a visa application a couple of years ago?

 

[Islander216]

Okay so you're suggesting I put in the short trips back home (not to India though) during the US stay in the travel history? Any idea if this would be a problem as it wouldn't match the 5 year travel history I submitted to CIC for a visa application a couple of years ago?

Yes.

I don't think it matters how it was listed previously, what matters is how you listed it now on your PR application. You can always write a cover letter addressing it as well, saying you listed it differently on a previous application, but it was because you understood it in a different way then. I don't think it should be a problem, it's not like the information is incorrect, it's just been listed in a different way before.