When filling out the new form, question 9(b) asks about pre-PR status. If answered "YES", we have to finish the chart attached. The question I have is about the date the status was obtained/effective in the chart. In the presence calculator, I have entered the status I had up to 2012/10/11 when I was a student. If entered a date earlier than 2012/10/11 (i.e. more than five years from the application date), the calculator will tell you that part of your date is not in the "eligibility period". Therefore I entered from 2012/10/11 to 2015/03/01 for my student status, while actually my student status started before 2010. Now in CIT0002E, the same question is asked, however in the chart it asks "Date your status was obtained/effective". Shall I enter the same date as the calculator (2012/10/11) or entered the actual starting date of my student status in 2010?
Another question is for my wife. She has been with me since my student time, work permit time, and now PR. While in the chart I can indicate student status and work permit time clearly, what is the right form for her to use for the status? The permit she had when I was a student/worker was always the same which gave her open work right but in different permits. There is no gap so it should be OK, but do I just add one temporary resident permit holder for her covering the entire time before PR, or should I break it down? Or she has to use the worker status for the application?
Please let me know your thought, thank you!
Another question is for my wife. She has been with me since my student time, work permit time, and now PR. While in the chart I can indicate student status and work permit time clearly, what is the right form for her to use for the status? The permit she had when I was a student/worker was always the same which gave her open work right but in different permits. There is no gap so it should be OK, but do I just add one temporary resident permit holder for her covering the entire time before PR, or should I break it down? Or she has to use the worker status for the application?
Please let me know your thought, thank you!