Air Flights Itineraries not available for the interview - TOMORROW

[mubeen241615]

Hi

I have interview tomorrow along with the test .

I traveled my home country (INDIA) so many times during resident . Now I dont have any Air Flights Itineraries to show tomorrow in the interview if the officer asks me .

What can i do and what should i tell to him tomorrow in the interview

Pls help me

Thanks
Mubeen

 

[neutral]

You need your passport where the officer can see the stamps.

Anyway, if you don't have flight itineraries, you don't have ....

 

[tb2708]

If your passport is stamped that will be sufficient. Probably, it did not get stamped in your home country. Then they MAY ask for further proof. It seems to depend on how close you are to the 1095 days. This is where flight itineraries are useful. Without them, you can use anything else that shows you were in Canada before and after the trips - credit card statements showing transactions in Canada, proof of doctor appointments, etc. We were told, correctly, that even flight itineraries are not proof. They are looking for something that suggests what you say is more likely to have happened than not. Good luck with the interview!

 

[Bigudi]

What you need to do now is relax and focus in your test/interview.

If you don't have the itineraries, you don't. Don't sweat over that.

I know there are some cases of the Officer demanding more proof about the travels, but consider these points:

- Many people with several trips, during the interview, had the Officer already holding their CBSA report (requested by CIC prior the interview). That happens when the person has a lot of travels and the Officers just want to confirm the exits and entrances.

- Many, MANY people had several travels AND missing stamps in the passports AND no CBSA report or anything. And nonetheless the Officer didn't even ask any questions bout it.

- Worst case scenario for you is: The officer wants further proof of your travels, you don't have it, he doesn't have it, you will be RQd, you request a CBSA report (takes 30 days) and send to CIC. It kind of sucks, I know. But your application will be still valid and running.

I myself, had two stamps missing on my passports. Granted that I didn't travel much and the stamps missing were from USA, but they are missing stamps nevertheless. I didn't have any proof of these travels. The Officer never asked.

I wish you luck and peace of mind to go through your process tomorrow.
If you can't do anything right now, the best you can do is relax and focus in what you CAN do: score 20/20 in the test and be very friendly during your interview.
The Officers are nice people. They are understanding and helpful.

Please keep us posted about your case after your interview.

 

[fdk511]

I second @Bigudi's comments. There are not a lot of people out there who maintain copies of their itineraries or even boarding cards for that matter. Don't sweat it too much. The officer will review the stamps in your passport against the dates you noted in your residency calculator. If s/he feels there are too many stamps to verify during the interview, you might be told that they will review your records and update your eCAS, provided there are no other issues with your application. If you make a mistake in your entry, or missed a travel date, and the officer picks up on it, tell them it was a genuine oversight.

In my case, paranoia had gotten the best of me AFTER we submitted our application, and I actually went ahead and ordered the CBSA travel records via ATIP as well as medical visit records from Alberta Health Services. During the interview, our officer was nice, but felt that my 7 trips over the past 3 years or so would require him to review my passport stamps in greater detail since he didn't have the CBSA report with him (which was kinda surprising). I furnished him with my copy of the report, and he was a bit surprised to see it, but accepted it without question and then proceeded to review my travel records in front of us - and then informed us that he is satisfied with our application and we should hear back within 2-4 months for an oath date.

I am reasonably convinced that having these records allowed our application to move to a "Decision Made" status sooner. In your

 

[samreentariq]

You only need to take what is mentioned in the Test Notice. I went the extra distance and took a bunch of extra things like NOA, translation of stamps for one visit to U.A.E end of day nothing was required, as long as your passport is stamped you should be good. The interview takes anywhere between 5 to 15 mins, officer will ask where do you work now, your current address and maybe a few questions specific to your file, so take Bigudi's advice and relax and go confident tomorrow.

 

[wes786]

I think above posts have clarified your concern. I would just share my experience.

My wife had couple of missing entry stamps, when coming back from the States. The officer took photocopies of all of her passports and told her that he will contact the CBSA to confirm the dates she claimed on the residence calculator. While she was waiting, she also ordered the CBSA report via ATIP and had it in 30 days just incase for future. After about 3 weeks of her test/interview, her status changed to decision made and now her Oath is schedules for next week. Good Luck with the test/interview tomorrow. You will be fine...